The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-09
Mining Notes.


The Alberta company has let q contract
90 sink its present @-foot shaft 20 the 70
foot level This work should result. in
some good news for the ewnsrs Of Alberta
stock.
A force Of men Is working on the South
Bend. which les near the better known
p@adwo0d- A shaf. has been put down 30
{eet which has opened up nss-foot vein.
Assays Up TO 50 have BEEN obtained from
risls showing.
An assay made OF Palo Alto ore last
Thursday showed SIS. % in gold There Is
. very good showing In the shaft The
hanging VAL eonannes TO Be psrfecly
vein ID satisfactory.
j. J. Henager sent three miners on Mon
day 10 begin work on the Falkner. . claim
lying nea- the Elise on Wild horse e. r. <
that there Is ssrong six-foot vein ex-
posed The ore u quartz and runs wei Ia
gold.
TIE shaft OF the Celtic Queen II now
down IS feet. A drift = naing started 20
the east on the vein. and some very good
ore Is being taken out Ii Is the fnest
looking ore yet found ii the Celtic Queen.
A contract VIII be let for continuing the
shaft 80 feet further.
Ten feet additional depth has been
gained In the shaft on the Union. which
IS being sunk under direction OF Joseph
Adams, OF The Walters Co At the bot
tom the pay streak was ID inches thick.
The clean ore from the Union carries $50
in Lead. silver and gold values per ton.
The Great Western has suspended work
IN its new shaft. which Is looking very
Ere In the bottom. and has put is force
OF miners 10 prospecting the surface. 70
locate new ore bodies before the snow dies.
A contract has been let to sink the pres
ent shaft on the Golden Chariot to the
7G-foot Level.
The drift started from the bottom Of the
Josie shaft at the depth Of 20 feet is now
u ~ feet on the vein with ore IN the face.
The east tunnel continues to look We'll.
The returns from recent shipments have
been very satisfactory. II IS generally be-
lieved a dividend VIII be paid by the
Josie company At no distant day.
The lower tunnel of the Jumbo has de-
veloped the most stIpendous mass OF solid
ore ever seen In the district. Shipping
values have not yet, however, been found
on this level, but as the ledge IS not fully
crosscu,. and no drifting has been done.
the chances OF finding ray ore near the
present crosscut are stail very good
The Young America. opposite the o. x.
on Deer Park mountain Ii making an ex.
ce.lsnt showing The lover or number
400 feet. showing continuous ore body
all the way. The ore IL a massive copper
suiphidc, q select surface sample yielding
sA IN gold and four ounces OF silver per
ton.
John Coates, OF Ottawa, a mining man
OF much experience in Australia, went cut
TO see the new strike on the Red Noun
tain THURSDAY and was greatly pleased.
He thinks II one OF the finest showings he
has seen In the camp Mr.. Coates has
made a number OF Investments here. He
VIII return home In a few days, but wiz
be IN Rcssland again IN the spring.
The waneta 4 Trail Creek Mining Com.
pany, which owns group OF three Claims
adjoining The Copper Giant group. two
miles west OF Fulton's landing on the
Columbia river near Wsneta. has sent q
force OF fsve men to begin development
work on its property. The claims show q
wei defined ledge carrying copper pyrites
and assaying well In silver. The com.
Archer and afrnos, al the stock has been
subscribed locally