The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-06-15
MINES In 0KAN0GAN.
4 Section Astounding in LodeS
OF Gold Bearing Ore.
1T IS TRIBUTARY TO SEATTLE.
n M~tcnlfe Enthusfastic Over the
Prospects of the New Camps In
the Loomfs District.
rT is TRIBUTARY TO SEATTLE.

J. B. Metcalfe returned home yesterday
after an absence of some weeks in the
Okanogan country, where ne went on
some legal business During his absence
ne paid a visit to the extensive mineral
regions OF that section, particularly IN the
neighborhood OF Loomis. and has returned
home enthusiastic over the pros peets or
that region. and the trade possibilities LOT
Seattle which are presented
The Okanogan region has been some
what ovarshadowed by the higher condi-
ton of development of the mines on TRAN
creek. but Mr.. Metcalfe thinks that II IS
the most promising mineral belt in the
country. The whole region lying around
Loonais Is one mass OF mineral Palmer
mountain. which is nearly ten miles
square, shows all over il, at distances OF
every hundred yards or so, clearly DEFINED
lodges of various kinds or ore, many
white quartz bearing free gold.
The most promising lodges are the War
Eagle and the Black Bear, the latter by
many considered the greatest gold mine
on earth. A company largely composed
of LOOMS and Davenport capitalists mas
Just organized TO develop nftsen
distinct lodges which IL owns on
Palmer mountain. by means OF one tun-
mel 3, $50 feet long. and work will be COM
menced within sixty days. the necessary
capital $500 having all been obtained
The first ledge will be tapped at dis
lance IN 500 feet, and 400 feet below the
surface. The tunnal viii pass through
the War Eagle ledge and terminate at
the Black Bear ledge. 3,4eV feet In and
lt51 feet below the surface.
AS each successive ledge is tapped. 1t
VIII at once be developed. The tunnel
viii be large enough for two tracks, one
to be devoted to removing the rock from
the tunnel, the other TO ore from the
lodges.
Another mine which. under present own
ership. Is proving bonanza Is the Triune,
eight miles from LOOMS. This is owned
by Lieut. Gov. Luce, c. c. May. of DAY.
export, and others. During forty-three
days OF running time they have shipped
ia bullion s, 600 The last fifteen days run
the cleanup was s.. 40. The company has
ten-stamp mill and handles about twenty
tons a day Only about 50 per cent OF the
gold is caught on the batteries and plates.
and under the former management the re-
mainine e5 per cent was lost This was
in sulphides and iron and copper pyrites.
The present management has put in a con-
centrator by which large percentage of
this is saved. The sulphides and pyrites
run about 500 ton. They viii hereafter
be shipped to smelters at Everett or Ia
coma, or the gold will be extracted on the
ground by chIorination and teaching.
There is a marked similarity in the
character of the ore and the general for
nation Of the mine and other lodges in the
Loomis district to the Trail Creek and
Boundary Creek properties, particularly
TO the celebrated lie Roi There is in sew
eral OF them the same distinctive iron cap,
and the ore externally Is so similar In ap-
pearance to that Of the lie Roi that no ex-
pert can distinguish one from the other
This fact encourages the belief that. like
the lie Roi, all OF these properties will in
crease in richness as the depth of the
workings increases.
At the Wyandotte group, ten miles north
of LOOMS, owned by number of Chicago
parties, Prof. Langhammer is putting in
mill with a capacity of sixty tons TO use
a new cyanide process OF his own inyen-
ton. The machinery Is already on the
ground, and the mill viii be in running or
der July T. They have done 1900 feet of
underground work and have ore enough on
the dump to run the mill for a long time.
The Ivannoe mine, four and one-half
miles from Loomis, is one which has been
developed into paying proposition abso-
lutely without capital Its two properties
paid their way by shipping selected ore
80 miles BY wagon to Couiee CITY. and
thence by rail 10 the Spokane shelters.
From their returns they recovered enough
10 put in mill. which is now running on
the ore rejected In the first sorting. but
which runs an average OF 81 a ton.
coming down the Ck3nogan river In the
steamer City OF EIensburg Gen. Metcalfa
says they passed a new steamer built at
Wenatchee. which was on her way up 10
the Simlkameen river. The steamer ia
equipped with pumps and novel machin-
cry invented by her owner, Capt Finch.
and Is TO be used in placer mining in the
SimiIkameen river.
The point, however, on which Mr. Met
calfe particularly dwelis Is that this ex-
tensive mining region. which. as soon as
capital takes hold OF IL. will be one OF
the heaviest ore producers In the country
IS by natural location directly tributary TO
Seattle. and with very little effort on the
part OF Seattle merchants every particle
OF the trade could be diverted in this d.
rection- At present, the means OF com
munication are BY steamer Up the Oksno-
gan from Wenatchee and twenty-eight
miles OF staging or hauling at the end OF
the water voyage. Wenatchea Is midway
between Seattle and Spokane. so Seattle
has an exactly equal chance with Spokane
for the trade. as far as distance OF haul
IS concerned, and superior chances in
every other direction. The natural line FOR
railroad would be precisely the same
route up the river
Mr.. Metealfe proposes to lay the matter
Of reaching out FOR this trade before the
Chamber OF Commerce at an early day
Mai NJ g. Barney. mining man OF
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