Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-07-17
THE OKANOGAN REGION
An Old and Experienced Miner
Gives His Unqualified
Opinion
Some Rich Mines Which Will
Yield Handsome
Returns
All That is Needed is a IL
road and Cheap Trans
portation

When the I. pr believes that he has a
rich lead or is sure he can see mint OF
money in ledge he is wont to declare
his willingness to go his full length on
H." There are many things up in the
Okanogan country, on which II. W.
uigley stands ready to go his full
length" says the Tacoma Ledger. Mr..
IIigley is stopping at the Fife, having
bid farewell for few days. to his Lady OF
the Lake mine, on the bank of the Con-
conully lake. to come to Tacoma ia
transact little business. IIigley has
bppu in the Conconully district two years
Two years ago last June" said W. ii.
Fife. proprietor of the Fife hotel, yester-
dav. in recalling lligley's first appearance.
HE came into my Office and made inquiry
about the mining resources of Washing
ton. lie had heard of me over in the
Cpur d Alene, and thought | could direct
him. | advised him to go to the Conconul ly
country, but he insisted on making an in
spection of the Olympics first. As | pre-
dicted. he did not like the Olympic region
and went over TO COnconully. That
country. which is tributary to Tacoma
Will. am satisfied. soon be one of the
leading camps in the United States. Let
iligley speak for himself
Il have mined in the Black Hills. Colo
RADIO. Montana and Idaho" Mr.. Higley
said but am sure the ConcOnully dis
trict is uniformly the richest camp have
ever worked in. The lodges are we'll
defined, and the bulk of them can be con-
vcniently worked. Tacoma people own
some very valuable poperty in the Con
cunully district. Allen c. MasOn's Lone
STAR for instance will, when he begins
To turn out ore. prove to be one of the best
mining properties in the country. Oi
course il is well known that Mr.. Mason
has gold mine. but outsiders will not
he convinced until he begins to turn his
ore loose. lie has sunk a shaft over 81
feet. and at that depth 1t shows up better
than il did on the surface.
There are. however. good mines along
the Conconully district belt. Mr.. Higlel
continued, as he pnlled from the pocket
of a linen duster a long narrow muslin
sack. Here is the evidence"-and h,
united a knot at the end of the sack and
dumped half-pint of ore upon the table
Just look at this. and this. | gathered
them at random from the Lady OF the
Lake Yes. they are beauties. When We
get railroad from the mines to the Co
lumbia and this ore can be gotten out
Conconully is going to be known to the
known to the world as one of the richest
and safest camps in the country Lone
star aud Lady of the Lake ore will pay
from the start. So will dozens OF Other
claims. The ore is there. All we wan
is a chance to get il out-a chance tt
bring it over TO Tacoma and have il
treated at your shelter. OF course w
would like TO have "a mill of our own M
there but considering the advantage
possessed by this city in treating ore.
suppose it will pay best to bring our orr
down here.
Zone important drawback TO the coun
TRY has been the fact men of.small mean
have settled down upon claims in tn
OkanOgan country and, knowing tina
they were good. they have decl ined to sci
their rights to capitalists on what men o
means call reasonable terms. Anothe
cause for hesitancy has been the action o
certain parties In working their wildcat
schemes 10 the great injury OF the dis
trict. or course there are scamps in ever.
CAMP but in this instance. compare
lively few of them have done much 4
discourage and disgust capitalists. VIII
would. under other circumstances, hav
willingly put in their money and helpe
develop tile mines. As far as ConcOnull
mines are concerned. there Is nothin
speculative in them. The ore Is there
aud II You can get il TO smelter II
just as valuable 10 you as Is farmer
crop. provided he can get 1t TO market.
Mr.. Iligley bonded the Lady of tn
Lake last fall for 5000 and has in th
meantime proved 1t to be a valuable piec
Of property-if official assays of sample
said to have been picked up have bee
picked up without undue sorting go f
anything Mr.. lligley left COnconull
camp at noon Tuesday and arrived 3
Tacoma Thursday evening. having mad
the quickest time TO Tacoma ever mad
except by Allen G. Mason, who made I'll
trip In thirty-four hours
Mir. iligIey says George Reynolds,
shiftless fellow known as "a "squaw man.
originally located and named the Lad
of the Lake mine He would not develC
il. and after satisfying himself that 1t W;
valuable Mr. IIigley bonded IL. The re;
son, why Reynolds named the claim u
Lady OF the Lake was probably becau
IL is located at the foot of Conconul
lake and commands superb view OF u
surrounding country. Reynolds does u
know the first principle Of mining. b
recognizes silver and collaborating on
and has located and named sever
claims, two of which are the Alpha.
the head of Okanogan lake in Britt
Columbia. and the Omega at the foot
the same sheet of water. Reynolds h
the reputation of being quite well rea'
among Indians and miners.