The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-07-07

The Jumbo company has bought up the
ophir fraction. which adJoins IL. for saoo
c. II. DE Beck. OF New Westminster.
has purchased the Banneck. which lies
Loco feet west OF the Jumbo.
The vein on the Eric has been opened
by two shafts in two places and looks very
WELL II appears to be six feet in width.
with about two feet Of high grade copper
ore.
Tho flve-drill compressor plant was
started at the Cliff this morning and
worked most satisfactorily. Col. Wharton
says they viii have round Of holes ready
to shoot in twelve hours.
The stoue foundation for the new ten
stamp mill al the q. IS. is just about fin-
ished. as is a new wagon road from the
nina to connect with the Northport road.
The new machinery Is at Northport. on
the way 10 the mine.
The o. X. was the second mine in Ross
land to make a shipment of ore ever the
Columbia T. Western. The returns have
rust been received from the Trail srnelter
on the gar load Of concentrates. and they
show So. 10 in gold and 81. so in silver per
ton.
Superintendent Haskins. of the Jumbo.
who Is directing the work on the Little
Darling. has opened up a big, strong ledge
down near the creek and close TO the west
end lire of the claim. The ore so far oh
tanned is fine grained and assays most en-
couragingiy.
A crosscut is being run from the foot to
the hanging wall IN the main tunnel or the
Maydower The face of the main tunnel
Is yielding about a ton OF ore per day,
which averages seventy ounces OF syver
and sl2 in gold on the north vein SHAFT
VIII be started this week.
In blasting out site for the new No. 3
tunnel on the Jumbo down near the creek
a fine body OF good grade quartz ore has
been exposed This 10 something new on
the Jumbo. as hitherto III has been neces-
sary to penetrate d deep Gaping before
ore OF any value has been found.
The shaft OF the Josie Is being steadily
sunk in five feet OF fine shipping ore. Over
200 tons have already been shipped from
this point. which averaged $50 per ton.
The crosscut from the main tunnel is now
only. twenty-five feet distant from the
north vein. the shaft on which is now
down forty-five feet and shows solid orc
the full width.
Work on the main tunnel Of the Monte
Cristo Is now well under way. The side
for the compressor plant VIII be finished
this week Surface work In the past week
has been confined chiefly TO prospecting
the south or c. & c. vein. which IS open
ing up very Handsomely. II has been
opened in two places. from which aver.
age assays of sl2 In gold have been OBJ
tanned
On the ST. Elmo the main vein Is being
crosscut about 325 feet from the mouth OF
the main tunnel. An open cut Is being
made on the south vein near the west end
of the claim. and this too. looks very
well. On the new north Sssn the smart 10
now down twenty feet. disclosing a solid
body OF ore nearly high enough In grade
TO ship. Every days work has shown a
slight Improvement in grade as depth Is
being attained
On the c. g. G.. work has been continued
In the shaft from which the high assays
were obtained a week ago 1t IL now down
about twenty-five feet. and shows solid
body OF ore in the bottom which is six
feet by nine feet In the clear. II is not
clearly determined yet whether the vein
runs east ana west or north and south,
and IL looks now as IL two veins inter-
sected each other close TO this shaft. In
that case one Of them viii go through the
Evening Star and the other through the
Monte Cristo and Georgia
on the Evening Star sixty feet of the
new crosscut tunnel have been finished.
leaving seventy feet more TO run to tap
the main ana cross veins at their Junction.
The surface work done since Superintend-
ent J. NJ. Scrafford took hold consists OF
an open cut slxfy-fiye feet long on the
east and west vein. which shows a con-
tirsuous ore body OF good average value.
Assays run from 81, TO 10. and $50 would
be a low average On the north ard south
vein a cut thirty feet long has also been
made. This shows an enormous ore body
but not OF as good a grade as il found on
the other vein. The east and west vein
Is opened by shafts and cuts from ore end
OF the Evening Star ground TO the other.