The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-03-15
THE SLOGAN COUNTRY
proopect Of Much Activity the
Coming Season.
tAaoE SHIPMENTS % ore.
renS a0s,ters Have Agents n -
rss,A-1he Work of ths eaDs
wiater-9fining Noeea.

- steansas ps are busy with the work CT
transporting ore from the mines to mar.
-, TIE leading smsiterB have agents in
- feh and competition for the orss has
k~n keen for many weeks The Puget
ssuud Redretion Works at Everett and the
rss.ed Smelling and Refining Company, at
orsst Falls. Mont. have thus far been thu
-, successful bidders. each taking about
=, tons. principally lead ore per month.
Tacoma ard Omaha and Grant are also
= he Geld, and during the past few weeks
~ Puebla smester has sent an agent out,
saouxh. on account OF freight rates. he has
txksn but little ore. bat the fact Of this
NV bidder being on the ground il taken
:. a rood Indication By mining men IL II
es,a that Fuebia was forced to come TO
ms camp 81 shortage of lead ores in
Cs.orzdo.
The furnace OF the Kootenay Mining and
ere.ting Company ~ Pilot was temper
ally closed down last week for the pur-
ee,s n was announced. Of making repairs.
- mill however. Is running to its full
0yscsty. principally on ore from the Blue
~. Niue, owned by the company. A. u.
Heodryx, manager and principal owner.
hss iust returned after a month spent on
- Coast and In the East. and with his
,s,urp come. the report. generally believed.
raj another stack will be erected during
80 eorlag sprsng. During the pas. three
mathis the sfnclter has worked almost
exclusively on ore from the company's
uss<. and the announcement. recently
rs5s. that Pilot bay Ia soon TO enter the
sf,d n sctivs competition for siocan ores.
hrss ecior to the runsor that a new stack
vi, - put up in the spring. The Blue Ben
: aov PRODUCING about 300 tons of con-
rertts,isg ore daily. Robert r. Hediey.
ists o. Mexico. has recently taken charge
q sas smelter In the capacity OF super
taten5eat.
a. Nelson the Silver King srneiter. 100
fess capacity. recently built by The Hall
Hiaes. L..aited. IL operating on Silver King
ore Lat fail q tramway. connecting the
nine with the smelter, covering a,-distance
~ ~ rifles, wa, built by San Francisco
I'm, under the Hsllidic patents. and
croyed upon trial, to be a failure. due. Il
i claimed TO fits extreme length. Tho
tram 10 . continuous wire cable. miles
lang 70 which are attached 500 buckets.
II IA nou announced that a halfway sta
ton and transfer viii be put in and that
The train will be made TO work in n short
tine. The Silver King people will also
buy limited amount of SLOGAN ore. They
have during the winter opened up an iron
property, known as the Iron Hand. on the
Kas.o a. SLOGAN railway, about Is miles
the sneite- with iron.
Two new concentratsrs. built last fall.
yin begin operations this spring. the Slo-
ean Star about April ]. and the Washing
ton about May I. Each mine has from Is
en 10 D.oco tons OF concentrating ore on
the dump upon which 20 begin. Tho Star
Il conceded to be- the greatest mine in the
country. II employs nifty men, and Is
capable OF producing 1000 tons of i5o-ounce
ore per month. II Is located about a mile
above the new town of Sandon, and has
far a companion the Ruth, promising.
though ~ yet not fully developed. property.
Stewart 4 WEIGH. who recently bought
the r. r.. Leo from l.. Alexander on a
tt.eop bond. paying 5000 cash. are making
heavy outlays In developing the property.
There Is a strong lead of fair grade ore. and
the Lee holds good place on the list OF
prospects that are generally believed to
b. the making Of good mines.
The Whitewater. which last fall was re-
earde1 as n prospect. has record thus
far Of eighteen cars for the winter. and a
force OF twenty-five men Is now taking
ea, ore Development work recently I'M
covered large bodies OF ore running from
y 70 n per cent. lead and 100 ounces silver.
II is owned by ]. Il. Eaton. formerly
Spokane business man. and Mann & Bstai-
kck, the former holding two-thirds,
The Lucky Jim. I'm which Dr. kilbourne.
Of Seattle. Is interested. has been extern
avely worked this winter. but thu ore IL
nv grade. requiring concentration. The
fsrce OF men was recently cut down. and II
y thought 20 be the plan of the owners to
srk on the lead. The Gre body Is large
Ono Of the heaviest shippers In the sio-
can this winter IL the Payne group. owned
principally by s. = Bailey. Twenty-Five
ear ssre. L. he nrl A
large per cent. OF this ore went 10 Everett.
George Petit. who last summer located
the Mon'tos on the mountain side. one-half
mile above Three Forks. has bonanza.
rsis winter 10 has taken out 100 tons OF
ere al u very small expense. and he Is now
offered so. 900 for his property.
Tie Receau. on Noble Five mountain. Is
REGARDED as the jewel OF the hlll. Two
Srs recently shipped 10 Everett netted the
arky owners ssn.0no The Goodenough. adj
isinlng tho Reccau. Is also 4 valuable prop
erty. ami gives handsome returns. the ore
running from e5n 10 1000 ounces per ton
Among the mines which promise to be-
come steady shippers are the Deadman.
Earcka, Antoine. Surprise. Wellington.
sccan BOY and Last Chance.
Many small and iow-grade properties are
row working at rrort which one year
ace were worthless on account of the cost
q transporting ore. This change has been
thought about by the building of the Kaslo
&Slocan railway. which penetrates to tho
very hear, OF the SLOGAN. Since last No
rember this road has handled fully four
s''as % the cou.iry's output. the remain
Get going out over the Canadian Pacific
railway. via Revelstoke. The Kssio 4 sio-
ear Is 4 model piece OF narrow gauge road.
iAis,y-fve miles In length. and was built
~ company ot Victoria gentlemen AT a
cost OF ahou; ss5o.ooo. IL Is regarded nv
sssEy one az the ore great agent which
sax worked the salvation OF the SLOGAN.
The general prospect for the coming
fear Is extremely bright. In addition 20
n increased number OF working mines. a
ssafy Influx ~ capital is expected. The
hlaer@i status Of the country Is now es-
mAsshed beyond any question Of doubt.
- U Is not too much TO say that the
aeotensi country Will. within the next
'sv years. take ars, place In Importance
.hons the mineral producing sections Of
e0sTrica. ~ Vet only a small part Of this
xanaerful country has been pr0Spectcd
- the north lies the rSrican country.
saN~n 10 abound N large deposits Of sill
'''-ieai ores. Eastward lies the 50. Mary's
-ssh1fy. rich IN siivcr-iead and placer
- vast country surrounding SLOGAN lake
~ :" tavorite Geld for prospectcrS dur
= NE coming year. Should the reported
,a'sations o. the Canadian Pacific railway
esrrisi oWt this latter section viii he
.e.s'oTee very RAPIDLY. Already the hardy
t.~eeeteT IS planning The summers cam
sSn IN search ~ fortune. ard hundreds
: aieks will ~ into the above mentioned
Ssocn ncst summer.
~ aAs iasi heeH msfs public that TIRE
sli'eF near Three Forks. has developed
sod prNst0cer. " was known among
nat individual assays had given
- ~ - 80 N gold. bus tia; 4 ship
snoali e. from SIS "a 81 per ton. as
ssae~n hy return ~ las; shit,nsen; Is a
49, - surprise 10 ulniuE men and IA the
- So ~ general c'nnversation. TIE Mon
eNned entire ~ George rettit. who
''V X las; summer The lead Is small
-. ~ 10 work Tor she s.'ver-iead. and
- NAT rotd has arpea-,.a q e v,,s-.-.s..,t