The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-02

There Is little city Al the works OF
the lie Roi mine. the population OF which
Is made I'D OF toilers. Twenty buildings
are owned and occupied by the company.
where al manner of supplies are kept.
men and horses fed and housed. assays
made. ore stored and machinery kept
under cover. A visit 10 the mine re-
calls the paimy days of Virginia City,
New, not so much from the number or
men employed. but because OF the gem
eral air OF Industry, the great piles OF
ore on the dumps. and the perfect man
ner in which the works are handled.
The buildings could not have been bet
ter placed IL view were the chief object
desired Located 400 feet above the
town. they command an outlook which
takes in the country for miles As one
faces south the town or Rossiana, with
It's scores or miners cabins. more pre-
tentioas business blocks and hotels lie be-
neath him. Smoke from q dozen hosting
works ascends in thin curls 10 the skies.
each stack originating from spots where
treasure lies buried far beneath. Iae
Red Mountain railway can be seen wind
ing up the canyons and along the nllsides,
thousands of feet below. The elackened
clearing below the thiekly settled poruon
OF the town shows that the reai estate
Spectator Is getting In shape TO reap
golden harvest. To the west Is visible
long line OF ore wagons descending the
steep graaes down the guach which leads
10 Northport To the east are the noun
tains. and TO the north is the wall or rock
which composes Red mountain
The mine Is reached either by rail.
wagon road or railroad The tran - most
trying to the pedestrians from the city.
Portions OF IL are so steep that the stones
form the rungs OF an almost perpendicular
ladder. The wagon road asceuds oy more
easy stages, but makes Work Tor anyone
except the hardy mountain athletes VINO
are employed at the mine Inc faHtoao
is the lazy mans way or getting 70 .As
works, and be gets good riae LOT nis
money Il takes route nearly lNo nhAsss
long TO ascend the 100 feet.
The boarding house. comfortable Two
story structure. is the tirsr building reacn-
ed. II is built against the side OF the hlh'
SO that one can walk into the second story
from. the ground floor. so 10 speak. ms
general Office and the assay Departments
are but step directly north To the west
are the hosting works and the ore BINS
and warehouses, and TO the northeast the
dwelling houses OF a number OF men en-
pioyed in various capacities
In the center OF the fat. where are sit
mated the hosting works. can be seen the
arst shaft. 1t looks like small cave. but
ID is a valuable one, for there Is pay rock
at only five feet from the surface. The
new hoistlng works are pretentious build
frgs for mine so young. Indeed, II IS al
most Incredible that in a years time mod
ern improvements could be transported 70
a region once so remote. TIE works con-
tain huge furnaces, with four fire doors.
a great air compressor and the engine
which hauls up dividend-paying rock.
The shaft. an incline. is at the south end
Of the buildings. A great bucket comes
up every Eve minutes from the steamy re-
glons below. There Is a roar and rumble
from the opening, the cable begins 70 I'll
the great spool at the north end. ana the
bucket shoots out Of the hole and swings
over car waiting for its contents. A
conirivance above seizeS the bottom OF the
buckets. tits II. and the rock falls into
the ear From rhe shaft the ore ls con-
veyed by means OF a track sixty yards
long 10 the ore house, a structure with
bins like a gigantic V, and which are To-
Gated directly over the railroad track. and
where the ore - loaded directly into the
cars. Experienced men SORT the ore into
three classes. according 20 It's richness.
To the left OF these hins is pile Of ore
which looks Ike a huge waste dump. but
every pound o. IL IS valuable. II contains
a. fair estimate a quarter OF 4 million
IN gold. ard waits only for transportation
20 re conveyed into gold bricks Il lays
X. and Is troddsn down In spots where the
workmeu have made paths. II contains
hundreds OF tons OF ore Trains have been
running night and day for months. but
have only been able 10 carry away the
daily output. The facilities OF the rail-
ROAD are limited a. present. but with the
completion OF the new read from North
port there will BE- no difficulty IN aisposlug
OF the product OF the lie Rot and ether
mines
A small army Of men $ employed around
the works. Every man weao can be used
20 sdvantage IL pat down the nine Then
there are ore sortsrs men 70 load the cars.
hlAcksm3ths. assayers. boarding house en-
pioyes. engineers and q score OF others 20
DO work OF repairing, cleaning and Ike
Jobs. TIE pay roll runs into i've figures
each month.
The dividends declared By the lie Rol
prove ne value % the nine II has an ore
body blocked out which VIII last for years.
and no one knows what Is beyond Il Is
owned by Spokane men, who are liberal
ans public spirited citizens. TIE success
os ths Ise 70, IS matter % local PRIDE
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