The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-13
MINES AND INNING.
Prospects Of the New Camp on
White Grouse Mountain.
GOOD ORE IN PLENTY.
strong and Continues Veins That Can
Be Economically worked-OppsE-
yunitsss for Coed Mlncs-
Hector MrRae. manage,

Hector xrRae. manager OF TIRE Kscse-
nay a Ccsun bla Prospecting Mining
Company. rsSuxnss this weex from " aiie
Grouse mountain. where his company has
three Gains Mr. AcRae went ever 70 see
the Gains on which work has been start
ed and get a genera idea Of TIE ne"
camp. which IL attracting much attention
just now. he Supplied the Rsssland
As5er With the following statement con-
cernlng bis trip.
Il fosnd very good pack trail from
the new town OF samoa on the east slde
OF Kootensy lake. Up 10 the mines The
distance Is about twenty miles and the
elevation % the camp 700 feet above the
sea Level and about $500 feet above Kco;e-
ray lake. Tire tran passes over TWO
mountain SUBMITS. A wagon read - De-
ing built By the RamsdeiI Company from
samoa 10 the FIRST summit a. = cost OK
$1,000 ard II Will be continued into camp
as sleigh road. They expect 70 have
the road up 70 the FIRST summit by the
middle 81 September.
Now as 10 the mines. There - one
main contact ledge running through the
country from north 70 south. and on this
the claims are located There arc about
Zoo claims altogether and the edge IS
ssaked fer six miles and they say X can
be traced for twelve miles. II les De-
tween slate and limestone. the slate being
west side The ore Is carried n white
quartz mafrix. is easily worked and 10
OF very uniform value. Not enough work
has yet been done TO determine the gen
era width OF the veins, but they appear
TO be three TO five feet wide. The ore -
q concentrating and smelling PROPOSE
ton and runs from to a per cent. cop
per. from 81 to so IN gold and 10 to 20
ounces IN silver.
.The RamsdelI Bros. have eleven claims
which are under bond az the price OF
80 coo. Seven " these are in the Copper
King group and four In another group
They are getting ore from the Big Four
and Tiger which runs as high as 500
ION and they had last Saturday eighty
SIX sacks OF high grade ore from the
Storm King ready to be packed out. The
Ransdells are employing tweniy-six min
ers and eighteen pack horses Our COM
pany had eight men al work when / left
and We VIII put on four more this week.
We have three Claims on the main ledge
the Edward the Brussels am the Snap
We are running q tunnel and when l eft
we had thirty inches Of ore averaging $50
in value. II VIII cost si2 a ton 70 get the
ore down TO the lake. so that there Is
very good profit in $50 ore.
IT think favorably OF the camp. / be-
lieve the ore Is permanent and that Il can
be mined successfully. The snow Is very
deep IN winter but that VIII not prevent
mining operations When / was there
everything was fresh and green on the
south and west sides of the mountain,
but the snow and ice were still on the
north side and I suppose will remain
there permanently. The camp Is very
pleasantly situated. No town has been
laid out up there yet, but no doubt there
viii be one.
About fifty miners are now at work
for different companies and many pros
pectors are doing their assessment. There
IL a demand far good miners and al who
go there can get employment. About
fifteen men a day are going into the
camp. Prices for claims are not exorbi-
tant Most sales are made on the year
bond plan. A Frenehman owning eleven
claims says he has bonded the entire
group for $500. This is the highest fig
ure I heard named. Ny impressions OF
the camp as a whole were very favora-
ble.''