The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-23

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ccrtzg IL On TIE Ekx SprzEx Essre =
s-ro-ssos s-orpsng q gray ecuSsr e&Frsshs
ros4 xns ssf~er ard q cross-cus r1r1s-
row "a 10 @,~x. - expected 60 ssrike sfe
ledge IN rwenty feet On the Go<lr tners
10 q sxc-soox te.xe ~ wake ssarrs carry
ing free Te6 from which saszas assays fsA
owe~ szse A saAxt Is feet deep secws TIE
free ges6 70 .roa=1us. Nezr .ne TIP Jops
al ths head o< ma o&xn and crossing ne
divide 70 Ruby creek. Oliver CsoGc ana
John c1srlora havs tns Szlnses. OF whzea
IL a ssx-ssos ledge earring Eusc ara cop
per, ard n sxo tunnels % fs~x and % feet
on sha fe1gs there Is a s5swsnx % suST51-
res On he face.
The event which maze B.ewesf . naintsg
Gasp. steadily prc1u~lng bullion. ~4s TIE
.sv~z. og l2e Bisweer Cod A.asas Com
tneroayh dsvesc prsent Of the Culver gFoap
and bait = stamp ELL N which not oaiy
rs own ores bat those Of a6toising fninss
are reduced Thus. Instead of paEl1g
noaey into thu camp, the miners are Tax
ing a conSs1s raele SUD cat OK IL On the
Culver group are snrse parallel isSses De-
tween walls OF se-psutlne and porg1yTyf
that % The Culver Itself being from two to
ten feet wsde, with occasional oancses OF
ere sixteen feet vide. Tae body o. Ire ere
is reddish gray quarts and there oeea-
sson&lly occurs on tina walls trAnSsAr-
eEt green talc with white crystals,
sarough which. as IN a maxnigyins glass,
the fakes Of freq gold can be p-Asa4y
seen The Hnmmtng Bird ana BoetAll
ledge Is two to four fest wide, and Goa
tasns blue quartz carrying iarger per
csn1axe OF sUlphurets than the Co4Ntrs
The Fraction ledge "a % about the same
size and character ara runs higher IN ifon
saiphurets- As depth Is attained The free
gold runs cut and The ore becomes base
al "a a III
ia free gold with occasional 2oSSsss as
high as s5eo and x carries q trace OF sill
yer. The group hss been deveao2sd %
number OF surface tunnels. none OF WHICH
IN further in than DO feek. but watch az
gregats several Thousand feet. and above
these tAe ore has been stopped out On the
Culver alone there are aine OF these Iln-
nels.
The Twenfy-Sfamp Mil.
When the Blewstt Company took pos
session IL shut down the Warner min.
which was afterwards sold TO Thomas
Johnson and erected new one Al the
mouth of the Culver draw, close 10 tne
elc Lockwood mill This has twenty
stamps With SPACE for twenty more. and
four Woodbury. concentrators and - run
b. steam power, with boiler capacity Tor
forty stamps. The bucket tramway vas
moved TO the new site and the miu
equipped With every labor-saying appti-
ance. such as self-feeders TO the stamps
A steam sswmisl was erected three miles
I'D the creek with capacity OF le.so feet
q day and sawed humber for the mill build
tnxs. the mine and repairs TO the read and
bridges over which the machinery was
hauled from Cie-Elum. a distance or thir-
ty-two miles The development or the
nine and operation of the mill were con-
tinaed together by the company for two
years and rather more than met expenses.
In 1894 the system of leasing sections OF
the mines 10 small associations OF miners
was lnauggrated. and has been continued
with good results ever since. IL being found
that when miners have . direct interest
ia the product they sort the ore more
carefully than when working for wages.
The company still runs the mill and
charges q royalty on the product and
milling charge. graduated up 10 certain
value. Above that figure the company
and the lcssees simply share the product
on graduated scale, the company's share
increasing the higher the value OF the ore
Under this system about sixty men are
employed In mine and mill. The last run
OF the mill began about May / and con-
tinued 70 the end OF july and reduced
about 400 tons OF ore, from which about
$40 a ton In bullion and 100 tons OF con-
ceutrates. varying In value from $50 to $500,
were obtained. These concentrates are
now being shipped 70 the Tacoma smell
preparing stock OF ore for another MIL
run. The mill does custom business when
ever a large enough quantity OF ore is or
fered for a run
Dynamite Process.
All the men here realize. however, that
a. stamp rniu. even when skiiifuliy man.
aged. as II now is. and under the best con-
diii0ns. cannot save a large proportion OF
the gold in the ore and attention has there
l..
means OF saving closer TO the assay
value. With this end In view the taiifngs
have been impoundei In settling dams on
the bank OF the creek and about so tons.
axSaylng from 50 10 $50. have thus accumu-
lated.
Thus Il was that when Prof" James
Dolan appeared In the camp Mst summer
and announced that he was a cyanide man
ready 10 erect plant, he met with hearty
cooperation. He was given permission by
r. G. Sterling. superintendent of thu
Blewett Company, 10 erect building adj
jacent 20 the MILL ana the miners furnished
him with means 70 buy material and aided
him In the erection of the plant. He put
up a crude plant OF small capacity, which
was not ready 70 start, when on November
2 1895. II took Ere and burned one end out
OF the mill. which was only saved by
prompt action on the part Of Mr. Sterling
and the men. Then efr. Doian built new
plant on the creek bank with funds fur
nsshes by the miners and mada an expert
mental run. He put some gold In solution
from the ore. bat could not precipifats
II. He struggled with the problem for
some time, and finally left here six weeks
awo. after mutual determinations between
himself and his hackers.
The interest which Pref" Dolan had
aroused IN the cyanide process caused Re-
seuberw & Co, one OF the parties OF lessses.
20 write 20 the American Cyanide Gold and
silver Rscovery Company, os Denver, on
the subject. ard the result is that that
cornpany sen, Prot A. J. Morse ore Of its
chemists 20 erect q small plant and put
I, IN operation % treat the tailings. This
Plant IL now counDlsted ard viii be started
a. seor as a few supplies are received.
which are expected daily. It has a ca
pacity 81 ten tons a day, and viii be
worked entirely on tailings. doing custom
work as well as The work 81 the owners.
II u works successfully, a larger plant will
be erected Immediately.
The Advantages.
Speaking OF The kind OF ore. to which
thu cyanide process 80 applicable. Prof.
Morse said In an interview with your cor
respondent
s-Ths advantage OF the cyanide process II
that II saves nns gold hat IS free or is
carried in suiphurets. telluriaes or other
combinations II the gold Is coarse. II
should Be smaiEamatet either hsfors or
after treatment WITH cyanide. Sometimes
ere ores vii contain coarse eolA which -
coated o. fer some oths- reason will not
.rnsigamate. but such gold VIII generally
srnaiga1ate after having been treated
with cyanide. Ths ores should r.t contain
large quantities OF COPPER. lead or arsenic
Small Quantities cr arszuic might rot in
.ersers. bus quite S-n ali quantities % copper
ra'Sht DO Sc. n TIE copper Is contained in