The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-07-24
MINES AND MINING.
Pushing Development n Monte
Criste Despite Snow.
nooo SHOWING m pEsnAsTsss.


~. WfImans, pEssidsnt o. tps VIII
nsaas MiAfne Company, Setufned from
Moass Crisso On Friday evening. having
fssasas the bssS time % shs down trip on
r~ersd. He left H. eemp - o'clock on
friday noeniug and arrived bsss - an
Saslssck The snase afte1noon. while formerly
81 uas tvo days tKip Of hard travelling
tsruueh evsry hour 81 daylight He said:
.wasn the road 10 completsd the trip VIII
BE covered In I've hours from Seattle 70
Monte Crisso. al By rail. Work on the
rsSd y proeressing rapidly. and Il - ex-
re<saA thas By August I track will b
within thresomfIss Of Monte Crisso. Work
On the telegraph ltns h being pushed, and
IN . lay or two " shall have connection
wssh oiIveSson.
at the mines work r going on satis-
fseksriiy undes the eircumstsnces. the
essow covering many Of the mines not hsv-
isg eatirsiy melted. Bat development 10
bssnss pushed regardless Of al obstacles.
Tas Wiimaus Mining Company 10 stretch
1ng tas Fops for its trsmusy, and Il viii b
gEnning IN thirty days"
M. wiimsns LEFT yesterday for the
r.sh ssfin district, where he 10 interested
n shs Biewess Gold Mining Company.
Ths EliensburR Loeaiis@ says: Janscn
" working his individual claim 1t the
asaush Of Williams creek. Above his
Slain h the ground leased 70 the Spokane
ecssdscase. which extends mp ths swsuk 20
che Old Black claim, now the property Of
B. =. Pitcher.
he Spokane mines ere under the man.
agemsnt Of M. Giistfap, who Is not rush
tHs business much because the company
has " contemplation the working Of their
mites on Q larger scale. There are two
g,eats employed on one Of the claims.
vssicA 10 the extent Of the work the syn
dtcste company IL doing now. Tho man.
aess kas only been in charge about three
Wesxs. The superintendent Is sick at this
tas;e Ia Spokane. The manager 10 await
lng csders for eniarsing the capacity Of
hi. mining apparatus. IIs il daily sx-
pes.iEg orders from headquarters 10 iii up
the mines for more extensive working.
Fi.ci,er continues work In his mine with
useai success.
Twsat q Johnson are reaping good re-
suits from their work.
nsocks IL 1T work on his claim next
eboys gwees 4 johnson.
4 sasgs company II working at the mouth
q nsksr, bat with what succsss We did not
Isara.
ossi the west side o. the Hwauk are the
biz syt'rsulie works, which report says are
ySesstsns veil.
hassen joins Janson above on Williams
cre.s. The ground shove that il claimed,
but $50 work on u IL In progress.
Tia first claim on Williams creek that II
beias worked 10 that Of Thomas Meaher,
Ah,. taktno s,sst eS>S,S3 H.
inc,tse Of forty-tivs feet in length that
drops seventeen or eighteen feet in that
dists,,cs. He has fifty feet Of 4 crosscut:
u ID - this he obtains his biggeat pay.
The claim has been paying right along
from ;hs bottom Of the incline.
Bignty joins Meahsr above. and Is better
prspssei for working his claim than any
one CT, the creek or the 6wauk, either. A
sweses-ioos ovarshot wheel II employed In
doing tie work on his claim. The cable Is
used g. drain the mine. to introduce air
into ths tunnel, 10 haul the car that
carries tut the pay dirt; IL also drives his
forge ard grindstons. BY the use Of this
pcwsf there II great economy Of labor and
eapenc. Il requires only two men to
cpeiass his mine. The tunnel into the
hill II % feet. the incline ~ feet. with .
perpendicular drop Of % feet: the pay
channal i 20 feet vide. The pay tunnel il
$50 fees. running isngthwise Of tho chan
mel. Ine bedrock seems TO he we'll studded
with god nuggets. double handful of
whies. he poured out Of purse for our in
srecsss.n. OF course. some OF the speci-
meus awe moro or less blue quartz in
them. The whole works are rooted in, and
work ,saE proceed. rain or shine. The Yield
Of this m.ne has been from 500 TO $500 per
mont
Wiistsn Elliott has the next claim
above lie has done large amount Of
work "a slis claim; he has altogether 400
feet ot tsnnci. Bat with all his labor no
has rss'slsed no compensation for 1t.
The sd;oinins claim above Il Neg Jen-
Gems. He has tunnel ~ feet from the
crenisss; his incline is 50 feet and drops
some n fset. lie Is not down to tho bot.
tom os tao channel, but finds some gold.
He IL sSrenaring to operate his mine With
wnter soNer on the same plan as that Of
Bisneg. already described.
The Sest claim above 10 August Sssse's:
on Il tssesa Is no work being done.
The nett Is the East" claim. owned
and H. sesa. worked by the indefasigabls
LOUIS ssuetteh. who has done more work
than kny two miners In the Swauk dis
tFiet. sais is one of the first claim. located
on Wslisaens creek. and has tunnel 500
feet ar; las ~ feet of an open cut, which
10 il sxeFa 3 feet 10 - feet in depth. all
t.moepei and used rs drain. From the
upper Ani of the drain he runs an in
eiinc 80 feet with a drop og 1, feet.
hut h<ss not reached The bottom of the
caaansl. Being satisfied he is in thu
right .seasion. he has started on perrna.
men, wers. which will hs pushed 20 com
pietioN. This mine 10 TO be opened hy
water payer and other necessary ma
e6saefE,
SesesL claims are located above shi,
claim, eat no work OF importance is neing
rsrsosfaed. 4 mite above uuei,ch'
claim r. -@asoa's aFas;rs. run hy an over
shas IS feoi wheel and 10 used sor sr,na,n,
quarts iAksn :sosa the Seasen ledge aeoy,
he m,u.
The Saohane Rssisz says: Tho I. X. /
cactht&s heasc young men arc wendertn,
snscna themselves whether the los rr,c,
of sisv*s tas sct anything Ia 10 With shsi
esse. 4 leu weeks ago sn sls.xe.. rainin
exrers s'y the name Of +. &. Clarke IN All
The acquaintance of .ame Of the hsys. an,
during ala gossip ahoa. gold a;sd sllve
rrcpettsas incidentally inquired ii any q
them ssasised 90 become millionaire in
sew weeks. There MAS . unanimous ~
spanss sn the Affirmative hy wnllau
Wolfe. William Il. Rsrfeid. CAaies A. Sol
eesg. a'sd~w q. skyem. James Ma!roy
Harley Il. Wells, Daniel Mortimer. r. \
Adams. Arthur Benjamin and HERNIA,
HAnAuss. and here commences thei