The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-02-17

serssanx the ore in a better ard rssrer
condition 70 BE- ssnestei. and Saving
the cose OF transportation for a great
deaf of the waste material
With the new improvements Ia the
concentrate. which viii so5i be- er,nz-
piefed. it's capacity will be CRAFTY i'm
prov-5 and better results will be ae-
coanpsishet than ever In the past.
A number Of new contracts for tan-
sieilng have heen bet in the past Few
weeks. and a grea; deal OF develop
uient work on the different properties
IL now giving on A shaft. go fer< IN
length, - being sunk IN the Mystery
mine. and tunnels Nos | and are be-
ing extended at great length. AT the
rate the development work Is being
pushed there fs no doashE that when
the concentEafor is started up a sur
hctens body OF ore will fe available
20 keep IL running al its full capacity
all summer. AT the present time snow
covers up all the district. and no pros
pecting can be done. Many miners
and r,rospeetors on the Sound are max
ing preparations to advance with the
sfT'ng as ne snow rccedes back TO
4 6
is thought that during the coming
Skinner many Hitherto uaexTsoraa re-
gions OF the Cascades viii be Hum
fnsd by the eanEpfires OF the army Of
seekers after natures hidden wealth
The building IF the Monte CEisto road
and consequent Development OF the
surrounding section has served TO
make regions That were before mac
cessfple now comparatively easy TO
reach, and the great tn discovered
here at 50 recent a date has stimu-
lated many f,r0spectOrs to penetrate
still further IN search of the much de-
sired yellow metal.
The town of Monte CristS. which, is
built IN gulcsl al an elevation OF over
2.0J3 feet above the sea level. Is at
preaent a typica! Western mining
town in appearance. The shafts lead
Ing into the mines open up at differ
cent pi-.-sss on the mountain sides.
The small house. as seen in the cut,
far up the mountain slope, is construct
cd al the opening OF the mouth of the
tunnel from the Wi!nans mine. This
mine Is about 1900 feet alss-e sea level.
Tfe Pride of the Mountains, the
Mystery. Congress and Seventy-six
all are on nearly The same general
level. Other mines extend upward
thousand or more feet higher. The ore
from the mines Is taken down to the
level by means III tFamways. which
have been erected at great cost. Buck
cts tf ore glide dean long wire cables,
while go.ng Back they take supplies or
wood and other necessary material to
the mines. All the mechanical appli-
auoes are first-class. and splendid re-
suits are looked FOR as soon as the
necessary changes are made N the con-
centraaor.
The following is a statement OF the
geological formation of the Monte
Crfsto region by r. H. Stretch. min
Ing engineer. who has been making a
study OF the geological features of the
district:
The rocks OF the districs are few
in number. consisting of highly meta
mosTsaose1 states and congiomerates
by granite. trayersed by a
numerous series Of porphyritic dykes
running east and west. which control
the metallic deposits.
THE slafes are generally twisted
and tilted TO high angie, and have
their principal exposure on the tanks
OF the sseventy-six basin. the western
slope. or rather bluffs of the Glacier
BASIN. consisting OF the same group
OF rocks broken off into perpendicular
precipIc.es many hundreds OF feet in
height. while from the eastern side OF
the basin they have been almost en-
slreiy removed. exposing the granite
with abrupt slopes. but nos absolutely
as on the western flank.