The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-05-29
THE METHOw MINES.


a. II. Camel one of the owners Of
the Grey Eagle Milling and Mining
company and also one of the promo
tiers of the new town of Ives. which
has sprung up at the mouth of the
Methow river. 60 miles above Wenat-
chez, is in the city, a guest of the But
Ter hotel, says the Seattle Post-Intelli-
gencer. He thinks that great things
are in store for the Squaw Creek coun-
try, where his mining claims are sit
uated. and also in the Slate Creek dis
trict. where Colonel Hart and his Mon
tana friends are engaged in deVelop-
ment He says that fully 1000 prospec-
tors have gone into the several dis
tricts along the Methow this spring,
and more are arriving on every steam
er via Wenatchee. and some from Cou-
lee city. Concerning his holdings and
the country generally he says:
The town of Ives, on the east bank
of the Methow, at its confluence with
the Columbia, is already populated by
about 400 people, and a more mixed
class of human beings never existed
anywhere on the face of the earth
The townsite was formerly held by
Lee Ives. an old-timer who squatted
there about eight years ago. and is
now held by Ives. Edward l.. Ensell
and w. T. Tanner of Everett. T.. T.
Sweeney and II. G. Henry of this city
and myself We have a great place
there. Pilgrims. gamblers. prospectors.
merchants, sporting people of both sex
es, ana in fact everything and every
body that goes to make up a typical
mining and agricultural camp. You
see there are good many farms i'm
That vicinity too, so that we have good
people mixed up with the bad. We
nave two saloons. brewery, restau-
rants and-no, we have no churches
yet, but they will come by and by.
once in while a travelling preacher
comes our way and gives us the word
of the gospel. Sunday we had a sermon
from minister named Greene a,
brother of Hon. Roger s. Greene of
TINS city. He preached a good sermon
so they told me. We are expecting
that the Great Northern will soon
reach us by rail, for in so doing il
would tap the Big Bend country, which
is rich in agricultural lands and would
alone be worth railroad extension.
1T would be hard for any one to go
up I'm that country anywhere north
along the Methow for 20 miles to where
colonel Hart has holdings on Slate
creek without meeting prospectors for
they are scattered all over the country
IN little punches. Our claim is located
seven miles above Ives. on the Souaw.
We have a five-stamp mill running
there night and day, and we employ %
men. We are handling about 10 tons of
ore day, and we could handle more.
as we have battery and power for a
1O-stamp mill, but have only five stamps
IN operation The Squaw creek district
Is situated in the Eighty-Mile gold
belt, cutting through Okanogan county.
Surface showings, as well as consider
able development work, indicate the
Methow as the coming mining district
of the Pacific Northwest. The Grey
Eagle mine, situated on the low hills
nfaTs aaVfFa he. It.
~ developed, and the vein averages
fully six feet i'm width. and we have
ready for stopping about $50. 900 wort.l
of ore. Our mill is handling ore which
runs S26 to the ton. 81 on the plates and
81 per cent. of the remaining value in
the concentrates. Like most Of the
mines in the district il is a concentrat-
ing proposition, 80 per cent being
saved by concentration and amaIga-
nation The work on the mine con-
sists of n shaft sunk So feet and a
level run for SO. The hanging wall is
of a fine green porphyry, and the foot
wall birds-eye granite, the lodges be
ing entirely free from both walls with
q well-defned guage between.
Immediately across the Methow
river the district indicates well, and
there is a continuation of the Grey
Eagle vein, with a depth Of 900 feet.
Immediately below the Eagle is the
Four Ace claim. which is fairly well
developed and shows a very rich de-
post Of high grade ores, smelter re-
turns giving S94 TO the ton i'm gold
with small amount Of silver. None of
the claims in the camp carry more
than two ounces of silver to the ton
From the Grey Eagle mill to Johnston
mountain one passes over a perfect
network OF bona fide mining locations.
on Johnston mountain are situated the
two Meccas of the camp-the Highland
Light and the Hidden Treasure on
both of these properties there has been
a good deal Of sinking. excavating and
tunneling, and indications are that
there are rich and continuous deposits
of very high grade ores. Just below
the Highland Light is located the Chi
cago claim, on which considera BILE de-
Velopment has been done with excel
lent showings. Below the Chicago is
the Just in Time and the Philadelphia
belt locations. rich with deposits of
gold. This belt shows a continuous
vein for three miles. with CONSECUTIVE.
locations, on most Of which shafts have
been sunk and tunnels run. Invariably
developing fine deposits Of ore. At tho
apex OF tombstone mountain is the
Look out group Of claims. all rich.
ION the mountain across Squaw creek
are situated the Mountain Lily. Ben
Hur and large number Of other we'll
defined claims. on most of which shafts
have been sunk and extraordinarily
large bodies Of ore discovered, carrying