The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-28

Ts,~ Huntfxscr NErsrr Company hes
TIE good c.s6.up on Co12@r creek
TIE virtue u.re has received over s.aoo
rave oee5 contracted for.
some specimen ore from the Tom Payne
Iaae gave ~ worth Of the standard meta
1Ten 80 poar - % the pulp.
The region Known as the Virtue dissrsc-
.e0Sea care year ago. but ths landscape
= coTe1 20 every direction row with min
eFs ca5lns.
Il s Fgnored that r. J. Temple and
tl.'s's@s 1..saris1 ssNe MAZE very rsca
syF se n soaa quartz ten mites south OF
Ias machinery Eor the Columbia mine IS
noN sa4a % DC on the way. The mine Is
~sa . ,..s and The MIL ~4A have a
s"Vd supply from the START
L. A1xfea1 ard brother, vho sold out
t1ear interests 10 the Enscn-C ON Daniou
fn-flss 70 ". j. Clark. have gone hack 10
Their Old home al Johns1own. Pa
The Buffalo mine. near Granite. has sent
s.nao OF lis ore 20 Arizona. 20 be fesse.i.
hls ullne fsas much ore IL slzat that as
says ~e but Is very refractory
The Old producer known as the Ra;sey
iis mas been Wei dsve. this sur UT.
.iier afa tue fireman reports that Il Nil
De running on fan time soon after esec-
ton.
A Stevens and others have so.d their
placer on TIE Snake river Bear sturgid
IS nos KNOWN. bat s-S.ea has already been
paid a; la Grande
The K. Il f. mine at Cracker creek hss
q tseniy stamp mil ard elgsEt conceutra-
sRlester ard the rest OF The pup Is frea 81
y ne IcArthur-Forest cysnisse process.
More than iy9 uen are on tie pay ro..S.
The Waite Swan mill IS running once
more. rstuciEg twenty-five toss Per day.
ar Iigner. the superintendent. expects a
keep the Stamps dropping for some time
Win the ore now II sight. New pumps
aid a condenser have been added 10 the
engine room
Hon Francis C.arno wsnt ap on top OF
the Gresnssorr range iast week ard hsied
his pockets with silver ore from The Sur
prise and Ornament mines. AMI then
came down TO Granite and SUM pier ard
made soEne silver speeches. but found
more god men than he looked Tor.
The party OF mining men and capitalists
who went oz:t 70 the bonanza mine ready
70 make a substantial payment dawn on
the purchase price VAS diss appointed al
the asst moment by being tod that the
Geisers would rot sell Ten more stamps
are being put IA the NIL. making thirty
In all.
Twenty-Five men are employed al the
l5ammersy mines these days and with
their families. constitute aveay village
on TIE psre-c.1d summit. Jones Il Otten.
OF NoodvA.A are now running ne nine
al profit ard the Ole des1ts OF the mine
may soen BE- paid N a iiye-stanD mill
reduces the ore TO gold.
The Mammoth district is TO have =
wagon road Instead or being dependent On
pack trails. The road viii start from the
Sumpter-Granits stage road AT the mouth
OF Mct.u.och'S fork and fG..ow that stream
10 The head. TIE hex. klllam ard other
claims sAat have attracted SO much atten-
tt0n this season are located IN this district
The ConSoli4atei Virginia has received
lis TWO car loads Of pumping AMI hosting
machinery and IS rapidly placing Il in Pc
sftiou for work The large body 81 water
strnck In the shaft Is not subsding aTId
viii prupably furnish in the future al the
water needed for milling purposes. Water
e scarce in the Virtue district. and this
strike is looked upou as fortunate.
The Cod Ridge - crushing about sixteen
tons OF ore per dav with teu-stanp mill.
The ore runs from 81 10 more than 80
per ten In the mil. and Is perfectly free
milling. The shaft * down DO feet Sad
the new tunnel viii cut the vein az a depth
OF 800 feet. IL IS the intention 70 sink
the shaft 20 the Saa-foot level this winter
This mine had good history until aban-
Goned years ago. Now. like many OF tho
Ga mines. L promises TO be a dividend
payer again.