The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-03-22

1ssults q the Recent Cea1sgunce ]
at Everett.

Results q tho Recent Cea1sgUaoo Uoa4
1t Everett.
Everett, March 1--Opec1Al-MucA inter
est 10 aroused among holders of mining
properties In 0uohomiah county by the
movement for . central organization. AZ
the meeting held here this week l. d. 0ed-
shall. superintendent q the Puget Sound
Reduction Company. In explaining the o.
sect, said that at thiB time. when new DIS
tricts were being exploited. u was oppor-
tune to organise . county annexation.
which would be invaluable to thooe en-
gagged In mining and would enable prop
erty owners to advertise their resources.
While men are rushing 70 the inhcspitabia
regions OF Alaska. the mines and mineral
a4ssrscfD Of snohomish county and other
parts q the state are being neglected Inc
Trail Creek and Koooenai districts also
have splendid mines. yet two years ago
the mines Of those districts were not -
promising A. are the mines Of enohomlsh
county and Washington today. In this
county. extending over vast district from
ekykomish on tho south to Monte Crisfo
and gilvsrton. there are many claims ~
saying Is high - 80 q ~ per ton, and yet
these mines are comparatively neglected.
w. c. Butler. general manager Of the
Puget Sound Reduction Company and
member Of the executive committee Of the
Northwest Mining Ascension, heartily
felt sure that great benefit would b. de-
rived by the miners from It. There 10 no
question, he said. about the existence Of
vast quantities OF gold ana stl-
yer bearing ores In enohomtse
county. Tho ore 70 low-grade, but
We have excellent raiiroad facilities. an6
It Ia the history Of nearly ali camps and
districts that the discovery q low-gzads
ore preceded that Of the high grade. The
mines Of Colombo. Montana end British
Columbia are nearly all low grade. The
city Of Butte was built up In one Of tho
most famous mining districts Of the
world. and yet the ore Of that district
averages about $l3 per ton. We have ore
shipped to " from mines tn enohoniah
county which run ~ high ~ 10 and ~ z
ton. About two years ago man shipped
US . carload OF ore from somewhere out IN
the mountains and We paid him 80 ton
have never seen the mAa since and
don't know where his mine u. What Z
comment this incident furnishes. Again.
there are men who own comparatively un-
developed claims who put . prohtbisive
price on them. Overtufes were recequy
made by Montana capitalists for . group
of mines, but an extravagAnt value was
placed upon them and the parties went
away saying that they would perhaps
come around again IN year or two. Men
should not expect fortune out OF pros
pect. Capital does not invest that way
nowadays. It once did. A county orSani-
ration would enable US to work intelligent
" and to send out Information that would
attract capital.
Messrs. Frater. FArrah and Packard. Of
Snohomish. addressed the meeting. favor
ing a county organization and expressing
q readiness to cooperate for the advance
mcnt OF the mining interests Of 6nehom-
.sh county.
A committee on organization was ap-
pointed consisting OF W. e. Butler. L. b.
Godshall. Mr.. Farrah. c. Packard ana c.
D. Sweeney.