The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-08-03
THE PASSING THROyG.

his S-1s visit TO tie region, and - aov .. he
Rainier hotel Il speaI q week II tie =.
said be Last evening. AZ alreety knew there
was plenty Of good ors thereof thar fact We
were convinced before ne bought the mines
and began building tie railroad into the
mountains BIT my visit vas 20 consra
the plans Of operation laid oct By our en-
gineerx Two days I spent getting there,
riding over VIA: think q the
goEghsst read I have ever Travelled.
The scenery made mp for this hardahip.
Tor it II magnificent, more Ike that Of the va
ley Of Caauouni than any ! have seen IN
America Such excursions q tie Raymond,
which hare seen here today, would be Lksiy
70 go 70 Monte Cristo If the railroad il ops-a.ed
30 a. 20 make tie place attractive % tour
lists, and if guides are furnished tof
mountain climbing ~ il ewitxerla1d
Ihs mines are II the foot OF tie
glaciers, and Thursday walked On tie ice.
caa say of these mineral deposits that - .
Whole they promise TIE largest development
and the easiest working taAs / have
yet heard OF There are difficulties, but
they are purely mechanical and can Be over.
come BY engineering skill Fer instance, tbs
loose rock has fallen in such piles that we can
NOT get At the mines without going thousand
feet up the side OF the mountain Accordingly,
the ore VIII hare 20 lie brought down By q wire
rope But WORK Is NOW 30 well under way taa.
We expect 70 begin shipping ore out a. soon as
the railroad is IL operation TIE body and the
position OF the ores remind ne Of the iron de-
posts along Lake Superior; SO you can zee that
when We are fairly az Work We shall De able to
take out large bu.ks of ore. Abou: half of the
precious metal in this ore IL gold Sixty Pc,
cent OF the ore must BE concentrated, and for
this work re shall AZ oacs erect . concentration
al Monte Crisso. TIE contract for part of the
plant has already been Ist With the
output from the Monte Cris:o mines. a1d
with that from Okanogan county and other
paris OF this state, Washington viii rank - one
OF the great producers Of the precious me.ala-
You have thought your timber and your wheat
were your wealth, but / think IN Q few years
this states metals viii in bulk and valus %
crovding close % those OF Montana" In coz
nectlon with Nj. Colby's predictions il news
from Everett that he has selected there on the
river beyond tie barge works 8 site for . srnei-
ter. Three eighty ton furnaces, and I've roast
ers viii Be begun at once. The site is on the
hillside, with dock space for receiving foreign
ores A smelling company has been organised
with $4,000 capital Joseph l. Colby is presi-
dent; j. II. Hoy:, vice pses4dent; A L Dieker-
man, consulting engineer; c 7. Rand, secre-
tary, and W. c. Butler. general superin:end-
ent
Horace D. Andrews has just arrived at the
Rainier hotel from Fsirview, where he has
mining interest The camp" said he last
teen miles north OF the boundary: The easiest
way into that country is by way OF the Canadian
Pacific 20 S.camoUs. From that point . branch
line comes down ftty-ons miles to the head OF
Okanogsn lake. There q steamer takes you
the eighty miles 20 the foot OF the lake. and You
continue lie journey by stage over q fine road
through mountain vslieya Frornl,he foot OF the
lake 70 Fai,viev is twenty miles. 20 the
boundry forty, and TO Johnston, in okauogan
county, sixty. The read 10 50 good thar the
run from the lake 10 Looris.on Il made by the
stage in . single day. The trip 10 hne one,
for the scenery along the railroad, Okanogan
lake and the stage line, is beautiful Our mines
at Fairview, the silver Crown, Brown Bear, Joe
Dandy and Morris. produce free milling gold
ore. and We now have two Little stamp mills
working OF them, one OF 6vs and the other OF
six staTnps The result hss thus far been salts
factory TO Us, for the ore thst hss gone through
the uin has given for each ton 81 IL rich, yel-
low gold"
Colonel William II. Bond. of Saha Bar,
Alaska, 10 stopping at the Grand hotel Colonel
Bond is g native OF Philatelphia- but he is iden-
titled with the Pacific coast. for he came to Cali
fornia in January, 1880 For years he vas resi-
dent of Sonona county, where he Was promi-
nsnt in the state militia and inlpo.itica In the
county he held various paolie offices and places
OF srus; until in the early eighties he went into
the San Francisco Office OF Wells, Fargo & Com
pany In 1883 he was appointed deputy collector
q, Tongss, in Southeastern AiRska, and during
most OF the time since then he has been q resi-
dent OF Alaska AZ present he Is on . brief
business trip TO the states, bu: he returns IN
Q lew weeks Yesterday he said: al have
lately been a. Loring, where is situated the can
merry Of the Alaska Salmon Packing and F0
Company. Fred Kendall Is the manager. and
the establishment is well equipped for handling
1000 salmon day. The season sais year has
BEEN from four 20 SIX weeks behind, but when
LET: the salmon were running well, and from
700 % s.ooo day were being taken II the run
continues shs esnpery viii put up the full
quota allowed by the combine. Loring is 9
beautiful spot, with fine water and a pretty
falls N short, il is one OF the promising Places
OF Alaska"
II. B. Lewis, one of the engineers OF the
Everett & Monte Cris.o railroad, is spend
ing q day or. two At the Grand hotel.
Though 81 engineer by profession, NJ.
Lewis - an artist OF unusual ability, AID hs
has made 8 number of beautiful vster-eolor
sketches of the fine scenery along the line of the
road. The sketches show various views OF the
mountains sbou. the Monte Cristo district of
the townsits OF Monte Cristo, and OF the streams
and gorgea One picture is OF . lake, where the
sauk has been damned by Q landslide. The
ssuDps of the trees are sill standing IN water.
which Ar. Lewis says il fall o. trout
Mr.. and Ma R P. Elmore, OF Milwaukee. Are
stopping al the Rainier hotel Mr.. Elnors, who
- . native OF New York sssss, where ais father
was prominent in Democratic politics. came 20
Wisconsin in 1851 He settled st Milwaukee
when there were but l0.Goo people in that city.
NJ. Elmors enjoys the distinction OF having
sold the frsi ton Of coal in Milwaukee. and
under the firm name OF & 2. El-nors Co. as
still deals in eoal. wood and pig iron his Trip
10 the Coast Is TO visit . sen, who Is = salmon
Gamer at Astoria in the firm OF E!Eaore, san
born & Co.
John Craig. L J. Heacock and Es'ee Hsacoek
went 20 Machtas on Monday snd had . good
days fishing II the Fillcauek river, taxing l6a
trout Thi. is l. J. Hsseoek's last day ST his
fayorite sport IN his section He VIII cease 10
prosecute the trout after tomorrow.
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