The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-01
MINES AND MINING.
Benefits to Be Derived From
Miller River Road.
FOR SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY
Andrew Heinrich Tells OF the Develop
mene OF the District-Commis-
sfoner Heaton Objects.

The objections made by Commissioner
Heason and others TO the building OF the
Miller road. designed to give access 10
some very promising mines. have stirred
I'D the people who are interested in that
locality. The latter advance good rea-
sons for the proposed work. and their
arguments are entirely in favor OF u
innate large benefit TO Seattle and the
county. In Tuesdays Post-Intelligeneer
the account of the commissioners action
in the matter made 1t appear that all
members OF the board were in harmony
in desiring the work done. but Commits
sioner Heaton is not unanimous" and
at the meeting moved that each and
every bid received for the construction
OF Miller river road. as well as for the
three bridges thereon. be rejected"
Andrew Heinrich. president Of the Bal
tinlore & Seattle Mining and Reduction
Company. which Is developing mines in
the district. said yesterday:
IF King county desires TO have its min
erai resources developed il must lend
helping hand by giving access to the diff
ferent localities in which valuable mines
are now being developed. We have in the
northeast part OF our county as valuable
mines as anywhere west of or in the
Rockies. but the mountains are more pre-
cipitous. and consequently il is harder
for prospeetors and intending investors
TO look up those properties. We have, our
selves, expended over Sl.0eo on a trail
leading TO our mines, and II costs US
sl3 per ton for every ton of ore We ship.
being obliged to use pack animals. and
ii costs US the same for all supplies we
need at the mines Any one at all famil-
tar with mining will at once see that this
is prohibitive. and no mining property
can bear the charge of handling its pro-
ducts in this way. Were We the only
company that had mining property in
that district We would not ask the coun-
~ TO help US. but there are a number
of valuable properties there now being
opened and which Will be ready to ship
ere as soon as the road is completed.
No doubt there will be railroad con-
structed into that section within few
years, but wagon roads have always pre-
coded railroads into mining camps. 1t al
ways takes one or two years TO develop
n mine, or mines, sufficiently TO justify
the construction of a railroad, and until
then these mines must have some means
of getting their product to the market
in order to help them along in develop
ment work. We are at present working
three eight-hour shifts on a tunnel which
We will drive l, 200 feet and whereby we
Will cut three large veins. 1900 feet in
depth. and as we are driving on vein
we will practically develop four veins
through one tunnel. These veins or
lodges all show valuable mineral on the
outcrop. We shipped thirty-nine tons TO
the Everett smelter last fall. which gave
us a net return of $751; 20 per ton. We are
now placing an Ingersol compressor and
drills TO expedite the work, and in eight
months we will have the property thor
oughly developed. AS soon as the mines
are sufficiently opened We will erect a
100-ton concentration.
CIV. l.. Sanders, from Toledo o., has
ample capital 10 develop the Little Cno
group. The Triune mine. owned by Sny-
der, Schlegel End Saunders. is being devel-
oped. and they will ship ore as soon as
they have transportation facilities. Pratt
and McNaughton are building a trail 20
their property. and viii commence TO de-
velop as soon as the trail is completed.
Williams and Tempe are opening valu-
able property. Besides these over 100 loca-
tons have been made in that section. and
unquestionably there will be some very
valuable properties among them. All
these properties are adjacent TO this road,
which connects with the road from Index
TO Skykomish., and the county certainly
cannot expend money any better than 20
give access to wherever mining is vigor-
ously prosecuted.
What the mines have done for Helena.
Denver, Spokane. San Francisco and other
cities Is a matter of record, and the sooner
we do something in the way OF opening
our mining resources the sooner we will
reap the benefits. The opening OF a few
good mines on the west slope Of the Cas-
cades will do more for Seattle than any,
thing that could be brought forward at
present. II will benefit the farmer as well
as the merchant. II means the erection
OF smelters and reduction works OF all de-
scriptions, and will give new impetus and
life to us