The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-08
MINES AND MINING.



me excitement ara boom At Rceaand.
Aoo'enas, owing 20 the development OF
oooies o. 2yr1ac ore carrying rhe precious
inetais Aas attracted thousands OF miners
ana number .. experts representing
bFiasl and American capitalists 20 the
c%AI'sE, which. i may se said, has become
~orsa-,asnors This condition OF things -
s.s1@F 10 % repeated on the wsss coast ..
ahcouTer island. which. So far has had
naf h;'ls attention paid 10 y. The enor-
nous deposits o. similar ore 20 ;ha: con-
1aiae1 n the lie Rot, War Eagle, Josie
ana otAer Rossiand mines discovered in
~N0AN1AF sound. are a revelation % the few
eASreTienceo mining men who have recently
tnspecsed Ther,. It Is no sxaEgera.icn 20
say tnai no ore bodies Of ouch magnitude
naFs yet been found In Kootenay.
IN the santa Marie Island In Barclay
sound. within a stones throw OF ocean
naTSstion. three grea, lessses OF ryritso
ore nave been uncovered. varying IN width
from four feet six inches 10 thirty ree,
lis ore cAnno. be distinguished by an ex-
pert rom that Of the lie Rel or War Eagle
a ME and half from Santa Marie island.
OF Ssrfts river, ard about a mile from its
Hao1sA' tne wash % the stream disclosed
similar ore IN the bank. which Is the base
u . mountain 5000 feet In height. Pros
p~ctns work n7on this body has disclosed
n width and running inro the mountain
ioF niles Upon this Ledge ten miners
.4sAnis, each Lac feet square. have been
4oeated. some OF them by Rossians miners
Wno state that no such body OF or. - 20
% round IL the Tran camp. ASSAYS prove
thAI The silver contents are greater ana
ne gold value from the surface far higher
nan some OF the best Rossland mines
showed al that point The Trail creek ores
ran from : 10 Si4 per cent. In coppe~: those
OF santa Marie Island assay from to is
per cent This ledge Is being opened IT'D
oy tunnel. now in ifty-one feet. and
showing ore all the way. The tunnel viii
De extended twenty fee; further. when a
shaft VIII be sunk 10 feet.
On Copper Island. which lies IN Barclsv
SOUND ABOUT three miles from tina mouth
or the Sarita river. there are a number
OF groupings OF pyritio ores along the
beach which assay per cent, in copper
and 70 In gold. Rising from the shore "a
copper mountain. which 10 from 200 10
l'eo rect In height The summit OF this
mountain 10 capped for acres In extent
with black iron. and down the sides the
saies or last spring, which Frustrated thou
sands or trees. and the fires Of recent date
nave exposed masses of metal OF similar
snAracter, interspersed with sulphure.S
enc claims have been located on Conner
is-and. AMI the limited amount of work
done IS OF very encouraging character.
situated as these great bodies OF ore arc
IN close proximity TO ocean navigation
wien iaoor cheaper than at interior points
win coke delivered at s1.25 for freight
from Conox. and with limestone ana iron
.oi HuAes adjacent to the property. the
enormous advantages OF Barclay sound
over any other camp IN British Columbia
must be apparent to mining men. Victo-
rians who wish 10 invest in mines need
not so TO Rossland, as they have a greater
ana, in all probability. more profitable
held Tor investment right at their doors
barclay sound Is a sea Of islands, and
It's SHORES are lined with precipltous noun
talns right down to the waters edge
These mountains. the valleys between and
the banks or the small stream that flows
into the Sound on the north and the south
shores, are clothed with forests OF fir and
cedar. matted together by a dense under
growth Moss. dead leaves. fallen trees
and decaying vegetation cover the gronnd
with an almost impervious carpet ana II
Is only where by erosion water has
cleaned away the debris, or fire has swept
over the mountain side. that the character
OF the rock can be discovered withou,
most laborIous effort The district IL a
large one, and Il is not improbable that
tho metaiiferous character OF the ore
above described may be common to the
whole region. II Is known 10 prevail on
Granite creek, where n number OF claims
have been located, and on rhe headwaters
Of the Sarita as well. But prospecting
particularly away from the streams is
very difficult and very slow work 7; will
take years 10 fully explore the shores OF
Barclay sound alone, To say nothing OF
the unknown mountains whose peaks
tower above the coast range few miles
inland. There IS a magnificent field here
for discovery. II Is convenient TO Vie
foria can ne reached at email cost, and
the weather for nine months In the year
Is favorable.