The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-10
MINES AND MINING.
Increased Activity in the Trail
Creek District.
ENORMOUS RAILROAD TRAFFIC.
The Iron Colt Claim Sold - Toronto
Caplraii~r.-f.apad Growth OF the
Town or I.ossian4.

The Rcsslaa6 correspondent OF tie Spo-
kane Spoxesna H. Review thinks Tran creek
has taken Oh a new boom RE says; Tae
i4tesg evidence taai the miass o. Tran
creek are x prime favor and arm demand
ia Eastern Canadian cities 10 in me sale
u TIA IFon Coz. watch lee between tie
20. uuao1a ano Iron Horse. on 20. 4mo.a
mountain The purchasers are 81 Indicate
OF TSr0Bto ca Dlfa ISIS. with William Nc
kenzie. tbs .sl.S2cwn street FAASay
nASnate- a. THAR head. The bond. Salca
Is practically a s.xiy-day c@sa sac. cA-4s
ior &sa.evs. 10 per Cent Of wAEca sEs PAID
10 The owners sh4s morning IL IL Ihe II
teatIoa % the nex owners 20 start = on
active development al once The properly
shows one Ct iAe best defined leads u TIE
camp.
The mines are shipping more ore. new
claims are stu busy Installing more heavy
machinery. ard larger number q pros
poets are being opened Up. .aan - any
time n the previous history OF the camp
! The freight ard passenger traffic between
this poln, and Tran Is enormous. and Il 3
common report taaE the passenger traf-
&c Is more than paying the operating ex-
pensss Of Ire road Two crews or TIE
freight trains are Dusty engaged In haul
Ing by day and night % the amslter. and
SUI the transport "a ton facilities or the
camp are iamsntaoiy Inadequate. Ross
land never presented such a healthy ap-
pearanes. Business blocks and residence.
are going Up % a. SIDES. the former large
and substantial. while the latter are OF
class ard qualify thai show there is money
IN the camp and that yheir oHners. pleased
with The past. are satisfied Ia regard 10
The future. R0ss.ane IS called The best
town in the Northwes.. and veil deserves
the title.
There has been a change Of sGperintend-
en,s az the lie Roi. and from now on
Capt. w E. Hall wil guide TIE unds--
ground des;inies o. this great mine. The
ssuslter people are carrying away i" tons
Or ore ever twsnty-fopr hours while a
dozen teams are hauling iis high grade
shaft ore 10 Northport, from which point
IL goes % Everett SIM Win this Immense
output the big ore pie has not yet been
attacked The main shafT IS nov down
S0 feet. and shows up spgeBdl3iy the greds
ore chute The assayeTs returns tel The
oft-repeated story with emphasis thai The
ore bodies Of this camp increase In grade
as depth IL attained.
The shaft on the Iron Mask IS now down
nearly s3xn feet. and three e.sht-aour
shifts are sinking a double compart men.
shaft. a slugger drill IS doing nc 40 TX.
and exceptionally rapid work Is beng
made The pay streak al the bottom Is
tally five feet wide. ard large quantities
Of high grade ore are being dAily>hoistsd
and shipped.
The constant rattle OF ore into cars or
he Columbia & Western railway from
The spacious bins o. the War kag mins
tells mos, plainly tina. tais ~s.i-knoSn
dividend payer IL naid.hs ~ Us end IN
magnificent style This mine and The Iron
MASH are daily shipping Ia the ne.ghb0T-
eooi Of sixty 20 seventy~Hve tens OF ora
The Josie f. working a large force. and
tie mine presents a most excellent appear
Anee. The ore chute In the east tunnel
confines about seven feet ~ide. sold
= =
Cut particle OF waste or gansue matter.
ore Ia being produced from This drift
alone faster than tie greiEhters are able
20 take Il away. Tae main 3rift o. the
mine is also In irst-eiass body OF ore.
The Josie will. In the opinion OF mining
men. make a dividend payer before the
arSi dav of fs97.
The Center Star Is In fine shape, and
new ore pile Is jast being made for the
high-grsde ore. which comes from what
is undoubtedly the War Eagle vein. This
vein vas cut into by the north cross-cgt
during the past week. In a short time the
management will commence two shafts 10
connect with the main levels for air pur-
poses The main drift Is being tim5ered
In places
The wonderful advance OF the Nickel
Plate from the uncertain class 20 he rank
% dividend payer Is even astonishing TO
tia owners The raise from the cas-, arr,
.
while the chute in No. : shaft has MD
ensa OF, very considerably The new shaft
house is nearly completed and everything
Is being gotten into shape Tor the recep-
tson Of the new machinery. upon the In
stA.atlon ~ which the main shaft will be
started once more
The Derby atjclns ~. Nickel Pat. on
the south. and In addition 10 having its
surface rights as good marketable rest
ssnce property. vii in al probability as
tonISh people from purely : mineral stand
pN'n. Last week shaft YVES started
through the Gaping. Rn5 arss-class body
81 pav ore has been uncovered v3thtn a
Few feet cf re surface Phil Aspsnwall.
80 original owner OF The Ko0tenay. is one
ef the owners
IA The South be't th.nEs are Or the move.
snt the SRYfower - ths issr reln~ - NJ
cover chute - higA-Eraie ore 81 splen-
81 shipping value IN winze from me
naair drls, ala depth a. twenty tght feet
three feet % ore VA struck The are IS
ralens ard chslconyrtte jn 2 nice sn-
resrtn@ oeartr rsrEu@ TIE Mayfow@r
VII ship a car load ~ tyo uere % IA
coma a. soon ss care are available
A. thn Crown pst~t a scene - mining
activity - pressrfst Already ar army
- men srs srR3inw a s.te f~- re cana-
grn~sor ard cutting cc~fwoot ser win
tiers s1ppiv rnte~Eronrt work = xoing
ahead a. fast IS labor can make i,