The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-05-05
oknnoynn County Mines.

IoorsiS. May L-Specldt--tSSAis o -
are developing their fine property sui
atesi on Palmer mountain, at an elevation
Of No feet above Palmer lake. They
havc an incline shaft 10 the depth OF
sixty feet, and have stopped the ledge over
S0o feet. As they gain depth the ore
steadily increases sn value and SHOWS
ruby. native and mallsable silver and Tree
gold. all VISIBLE TO the naked eye Ihey
have sacked two tons of ore which viii
be shipped this week 10 Denver Tor treat
ment 10 test the value.
The Rush Mining and Smelling Com
pany are siiH working on the main Tun-
mel which Will tap the ledge at a depth
OF $50 feet This company has done
nearly 1880 feet Of underground work on
their group AT an expense OF many ta@us-
and dollars. and II Is expected after their
annlFaI meeting at Concouuiiy, May q
that they viii increase their working
force very materially.
AS an instance what a man can do IN
this country. by unaided efforts. attention
is called to James O'Conneli. owner Of
the Bunker Hnl group or five CLAIMS
situated on the west slope OF Falmer
mountain. facing Palmer lake. The pr1n-
cpal or original claim was located as
the Pinnacle. and several years ago
O'Connell worked for the owner for sew
eral months, and during this time several
tons OF exceedingly rich ore were taken
out which the owner personally took 20
San Francisco. and from the proceeds on
which OConnelrs wages were 10 be paid.
Several thousand dollars were realized
from The sale Of the orc. bat the owner
never showed up here again, and O'Con-
nell. after staying with and working up
on the property for a long time. nnally
filed a labor lien upon ana ultimately be-
came the owner OF the group Since that
time he has worked enoalgh outside TO
keep himself in provisions and supplies
and devoted the rest Of his time 90 de-
veloping his claims. There are eight
parallel leiges upon the claims. varying
in width from four feet 10 twenty feet
between walls, with pay ore from four
feet 70 edght feet, and running on veins
can gain depth Of $3.50 feet by going
100 feet. There has been over $50 feet
Of underground work done besides a
large amount OF surface stripping. and
there is over 90 tons Of ore on the var
ious dumps and enough ore in sight 10
keep 1co-ton mall In active operation for
several years. This is one Of the banner
claims az the camp. and the owner VIII
ultimately realize a fortune from IT'S sale.
The Leadville, on Palmer mountain. ~
another claim that is becoming prominent
by the energetic work OF its owner. John
Judge. He has sunk a 9e-foot shaft on
the claim and also run a 3o-foot tunnel.
and Is now working on an up~ra3se 10
ventilate the tunnel. There is aboaIt 700
tons of ore on the dump. sumo of II be
ing exceedingly rfch and beautiful, speci-
mems OF ore being shown that literally
glisten with the yellow metal.
L. Mainwargng has been working all
winter and spring upon the Gladstone IN
Palmer cove and has done a large
amount OF development work. including
"A shaft forty feet, also a tunnel fifty
feet along the foot wall then cross cut
forty-two feet 10 the hanging wall and
run drift OF Atty feet on this wall The
ore Is Of good quality and panning shows
considerable free gold, The various
workings have been sampled and sent 70
Denver for assay. This r. one OF the
claims bonded TO G. Il. Hammond. OF
Portland. In 1872. and considerable pay
ments were made under the conditions az
the bonds. but hammond subsequently
dropped thafn. claiming that the proper
ties had been 'fSaftcd."
James Dexter Is working on three
claims two miles southwest Of town vha.
are looking we'll. The iedges have well
defined walls about seven feet apart and
the ore taken out shows frequent specks
OF gold
The Black Bear mills stamps com
menced dropping on the Grand summit
rock to-day with about sixty tons IN the
Bins. The machinery and repairs for the
Triane mill have arrived and worirnen
are busy getting ); IN place and q - ex-
p@cted that mis and mine viii start up
inside or ten days An amalRaEnafor
from California is here 20 take charge OF
the giI
Alnlcst everyone IN fhis vicinity not ar
lively employed has gone or is going -
Slate creek looking for work or ~ pros
peci. and after THIS week the only men
left here viii be those taat are earning
wages or developing their mining proper
res