The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-07-31

there sre row fhsrsy-two mines thar ars
producing ard shsppsng err Tais w0ssld
re1fatnlv 20 credit 20 rassrr older DIS
ir.et- Bur there Il no great talk and no
boom ahsoat the country Or anous any
oos1yz mines Bgs every ozs IS develop
ing hts property
B1fts-k - n ar iires Is excellent There
is cutie a feet - steamers 81 ire lake. ali
keet kssy hauling passengers. Gre and
freight bat mostly GRE. At prezest most
o. fhe ore - being shipped % the Everett
srsi.sr through Spokane and over the
Sr1kane 4 Northern
Between Nelson ard Kafso three large
steamers make daily roand trips. besides
humber of smaller craft plying beswee1
tas szrns points. The new boat. the Ko-
ksrec. - a beauty. and the swls-est On tho
lake.
AZ Kasio everything is activity. TIE
rnsrex are busy working. shipping or~ ard
declaring dividends. The municipality ~
negotiating some bonds with which 10
construct system % water works. ana
POSSIBLY 20 pat IN an electric Light plant
STU farther up The lake there - con-
st@eraole activity about L-ardo. A large
~ inter OF prozpectcrz are entering this
section. whsie the reports are very en-
eosragEng-
A. the other end Of the lake. 20 tbs
south. and this Is up the lake. too. there
Is considerable excitement IN the White
Grouse mountain country. A sownsita
called samoa Is having 3 little boom OF its
Own. Lots started IN A. Sc. and have adj
yaneed 70 800. 10 and 800. Quite a num-
Der OF people are going there. samoa Is
twenty miles south OF Plot bay. on tia
east side az tfas lake.
Down the KootsHay lake Is Nelson, the
Nelson smei;er and the Silver King mine.
There II not much talk about this prop
erty. some people hardly knowing of It's
existence But here Is one OF the great
est silver mines on the continent. IL Is
owned By an English syndicate. IL en-
rloys is men. The precious ore In slid
down the mountain side on a wire tram
way four and one-hzlf miles long, and
makes drop OF 500 feet In thai distance.
Gravity carries the ore down 10 the
smelter and gravity hauls wood up the
hlII TO the mine. From 100 20 is9 tons are
taken out each day. The Nelson sme.fer
has In contemplation two lead stacks.
With such mine !, Is hardly surprising
that Nelson. too. is prosperous.
About Ainsworth the mines are being
developed. The Skyline, 4.60o feet above
the lake at the top OF the mountain. Is
turning out plenty OF high grade ore.
IL runs from 30 ounces UP 10 2. GO ounces
per ton. The last figures are from assays
OF the best picked specimens. AT present.
however, only ten or fifteen tons are
being hauled out and shipped 10 Pilot
Bay each day. The tunnels and drifts
OF the nalne are filed with ore ready for
shipment. Work in the mine itself has
been shut down, but force OF men will
be put 70 work in a few days.
Ths Number One. a mile down the
mountain. has a large number OF men
at work and is taking out fine grade
of ore. A concentration reduces eight
or ten tons into one and the concentrates
are shipped to the Everett smelter. A
pretty appearance is made by the wire
silver on the walls or tnfs mine.
stIli further down the hill Is tho Little
Phil. Here Is a large body OF good ore.
When the company needs any money IL
ships a little ore.
The owners OF the Albion have started
men to work on the tunnel. A aDo-foot
tunnel contract has been let. Ii Is ex-
pected tie vein will be struck at a depth
OF 80 feet. There are some Indications that
good ore VIII be struck IN large
quantities.
The Highlander has shipped in a pump
to be used IN the shaft OF the tunnel.
There IL large body OF high grade ore
on this property. II Is expected men
viii be put TO work Immediately to fur
Their develop the mine. a tunnel IL In 105
feet and a sIxty-foot shaft has been sunk
az the end OF the tunnel. AT the bot
tom OF the shaft the company viii now
begin prosecuting. They win commence
shipping ore at once. This Is the property
owned by Mr.. Stevenson OF Philadelphia.
The King Solomon has produced some
good specimens from the twelve-foot
shaft This property has been bonded 10
Spokane parties who expect TO put men
20 work In a short time.
Some very good ore has been found on
the Terminus.
On Woodbury. creek the Minneapolis
Mining and Milling Company has all Its
machinery now in place.