The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-07-10
MINES AND MINERS.
Development Work in the
Monte CristO District
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Sow sbss il has become possible 70 take
supplies INTO Monte Cristo. WORK on the
Development OF the great mining proper-
ssss there VII b r1snsd ahead very iasf-
la Few days consEsess sill BE Let Tor sns
ss,sctson Of the concentrating MIL and the
b.slding O! the tramuays leading from IL
~ the mines. How long II viii take 10
esnplsss these works 1t il inrsosssse TO
ss- last nov. bus they viii be pat forward
with al possible speed, and by fall the
vosk OF extracsisg ore viii bs 1nser way.
in the meantime only few miners VIII
b. empsoyed In development work. driv-
issg tunnels. etc. because there IL no place
81 store ore AZ the mouths Of the sunneis-
Many Of the standards erected last fail for
sine trsmway hare been Knocked down by
tae Gliding snow. Without previous
know.sdge ~ 70 the tracks Of snow sides
Is wss impossible TO say where they should
be located. has With the expert
esss Of last winter -
guide the engineers nov think they
kaow Just where 70 locate the standards
% they viii b safe from snowsiides~
ssrxrate corporations has been organized To
ran the concenf.ator. called the Union
(cscsatrator Company. 1t viii handle
tae ores Of the Monte Csisto. Pride Of the
Mountains. Rainy and WiIsuans Mining
eompaniss' properties and such other
properties - may be developed. The
snsnagement Of the ;.rst three companies
sid Of the concentration company ~ well
Will rest upon Thomas Weir. the nesiy
appointed superintendent. who for several
years past has managed the great Granite
Mountain msses in Montana Develop
rs~nt work on the Wiimans group 10 being
Y:nshed slong as fas: AZ possible and the
s,amvay leading from this compsny's
saines 10 nearer compilation than any Of
the others.
The Everett 4 Monte csisto railroad Is
rev running trains - far as Silverson. but
tie end of the track lies six miles beyond
f.,st place and only eight miles from the
t3wn Of Monte crss.o. The road would he
compIe;sd within . few days but for
yaek cut on the divide. bat By the FIRST Of
august trains vail be running into the
e5eas mining camp Of Washington. S-v-
e:al new houses are being erected n Sill
ysrton and few arc being put ap Ut Monte
(aisto, although there will bc no great de-
nand for new houses there until late in
rae fall and winter. when the mines get 10
working in snii blast. Some California
nsen named Morrison q Co., however. are
grading and getting ready to erect . large
hotel preparatory 10, the rush which will
cssme later.
w. r. Robinson. Of Gold Hill. Okanogan
c3anty, sends tho PosI-iSrELiIsEscER .
protest against the methods Of certain
shaateur mine operators. who. having pur-
CEASED or bonded claim, spend 81 90 or
% In Development work. and then, having
obtained no dividend as . result OF the
work. send . committee. including young
expest fresh from college. TO see where tho
trouble lies. He cites the case Of the pur.
ehasers Of the Golden Star mine, three
yaiIes north Of LOOMS. on Palmer noun
tain. Three years ago. says Mr.. Robinson.
they were fortunate enough to secure the
services Of one of the most thorough min
ing and milling men on the coas, rs man.
sger. whose judgment on the merits of
mining property and the milling of ores is
second TO none. lie came with high hopes,
backed up with the assurances Of money
10 develop the property, and began work.
Tbs ledge WAS four feet in width between
walls: four feet Of ore Of good grade
separated from one walt by the gouge and
from the other by the selvagc Of tale found
In all true assure veins In primitive forms
iions. Why shouldn't one feel good aud
hopeful Of results with such a starter7
Money Was furnished to sink q shaft FIRST
TO the depth Of seventy-fvs feet; then.
after delay Of some time. another twenty
lire feet was ventured. and the money to
do even this amount Of work was only OBJ
tanned after repeated requests and urSings
from the manager. The owners expended
sboat 81. GO. and 10 the managers further
requests and pleadings tor funds to prose-
cute the work they answered not = word.
tint sent instead u delegation of brokers.
Iambcrmen. hotel men. real estate mag.
hates aud other stockholders in the enter.
prise tn okanogan To investigate aud re-
porn Why IL was that the gold shipments
lad not begun 10 arrive at headquarter..
They were accompanied BY an expert Who
wore eyeglasses. an aneroia and an ore
plass. The expert must hare discouraged
The further prosecution Of work on the
showed At Its very hes, and where. If work
had been continued. there would have
3een. no doubt. today dividend paving
sninc. The manager was compelled To auIt
tnst n the point where. with the depth
gsined. drifts could have been driven and
further sinktag pushed forward. and xith
Abe further expenditure If, at the most. a
sea thousand dollars more the value of
She mine could have been proven. Mr..
Robinson continues.
Another effort Was made on a property
three miles farther aorth which il. with
out doubt. as tine a showing as ran 10
found In any country. The same history
almost eoal3 he written OF this as of ,Ae
star thine and various other properties
with shich tho syndicate have had to do.
Their rule governing the actions Of their
eueesintendeat sesns ~ he thus far
shsst thou SO and no farther" Mining
men are well enntsnt to spend Eve. ten.
twenty and assy thousand dollars. Ac-
sordins to the value OF the property ac-
aatrcd, in TIE development Of a mine, be-
lore they esrec1 any reguras in bullion.
before thes eill consider or can determine
the kind ~ mil or reduction works 10 10
erected for the separation and saving ~
the gold ana silver. - ueless voa can
school yourselves In lie lltgle more PER
ssssent ia ths prosecution OF work on YOUR
mines. unless yea can stand IL 10 go .iawa
for more than = les hundred dollars for
she purchase and DEVELOPMENT Of your