The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-07-05
And In the District Of Which
That Is the Center
MINING IS NOW PICKING UP.
Description Of the Properties There
and the Work Done On Them.
she stmirRameon Mfns~-How the Orss
Are Treated by the Cyanide Process
The Interests Confroiteo ny
lie Peeplc--Ihs Douglas asd Aeneas
Mountain Prospects.

rc.vns.,an. jane l-The mining indus
4rv 81 okAnogan county has taken on u
f4fs This year. after a long pefio1 " -
rrexxson, dae 10 the hard tines. a. -.
syac..ns during the first period OF aSs&f
40 ! nj nestact due both 20 this cause ana
~ Ina ruxh for newer districts the mn
- IKE other men. IL continually fun
rfnx after some new thing anu 49,
rafi,er 70 70 an unexpioreA district OF hD-
tried possibilities than pfn his fA1n 20
district OF known wealth. when HA
xrlv4d 4 temporary setback.
rsar~ wss probably never sarh . COM
f.sr.ttou AT circumstances 20 give shfh-
fnr district 'sliack eye a. IN the =
~ f)kauoxan county. The mines VII"
,.srA fsfst opened and were the hrst 20
ryroduce we're 30 badly managed iaat :
brlseetd that half the value contasnsa ~
she ere rnll,ed was lost in the taiAnes.
S.srus mines fell into the hands Of spscula-
far. whose last thought was 70 naas
sheu produce or who were 50 t'nta tnss
mhsn the first results di1 moi correspond
ssItk their expectations. they threw up
tbe property they had bonded and pahsa
out In alright. Thus for TWO years haf9-
ii stamp dropped in this district hfaa =
WAS abandoned except by thoss who hsd
come IN % heavily that they could not pail
os,s and the prospecfors who hung on with
xsarved persIstence In the belief that the
sscossnsry vas all right. Any man who
tried 10 induce the investment OF outside
CAPITAL was regarded az either eonn~
serre man or fool. and for two years
Okanogan wore Its diseolored optie WITT
out any person volunteering 20 appty tne
curative piece OF raw heefsteak.
Hut within the last year a change has
taken place and the man who had de-
elar4d with dosafui iteration that There
are no mines In okanogan eounty.' nfsas
Ain statement faikffIed BY facts. One
stamp mill IL running regularly and IL pro-
siucing 81 oo0 month Ia bullion and cor
eentsatea: cyanide plant. the FIRST OF lts
kind. Ii being erected nj another mine:
Eastern canital has been secured to bore
4 tunnel into the very bowels Of Palmer
mountain and tap Its principal lodges at
great depth. capital has been secured 70
thoroughly devslop several other mining
properties. Altogether. hope and activity
have taken the place of despair and idle
ness.
simultaneously prospecting has been re-
anmed and has already shown some great
results. II has shown thu presence Of iron
caps similar to those of Trail ana Boun-
Diary creeks, right among the free milling
quarts lodges Of Palmer mountain. II has
extended the known mineral belt 10 Doa-
eiAs mountain and along both sides at
Horse Spring couIee, where both free MILL
Ing quarts and ryritic lodges are found
and have been traced for n great dis
sance: IL has led to new discoveries OF
gold and silver ores on Mount Fllemeham
and Mount Chapsra Wherever develop
snsnt has bcsn made II has shown the per-
snanencs and Increasing valus Of the ae-
poNitE and has proved the wisdom ~ those
who held on tsnaciously while others had
lost faith.
The district Of which Palmer mountain
r. tho center extends from the Okanognn
river on tha east TO the Mount 6'hapaea
range on the west and from the boundary
ON the north to the mouth OK tiersa
Spring eouies on tha south. an AREA about
ffteen miles square. Mount Chapaca. ria
ing 800 feet sheer from the valley OF Tire
Simflkameen river on thu northeast three
or four miles south OF the boundary. falls
gradually away 10 the southwark in sae-
eesasve grassy benches, up which orc
could ride from Taoonfis Up Teaa's eeuise
on Thorp's ranch TO the summit Tnsd's
eoa'ee, flowing easferly, divides Mount
Chapara from Gold I'm. which looks dos n
on Iaosntston from heizht az z 90 fstt
roufh Of Gold liill r Douglas mountain.
well woaded and divided from Il b t.ee8ie
creek also n tributary OF the slnlehekls.
East az the Siniehekin. which flows north
ward into Palmer lake. Under ths brew
Of Mount tshapaca. t. Palmer mountain
long peak aflont : NO feet high breaking
away gradually TO the cast and north ana
ending IN the north IN Nonng hSierrehsin
whose base f. washed ~ tha Sirs4iik arSaNssFs
river. The latter river. AFTER neNivw
southeast across the boundary. turna east
ward and joins the 0issuoaan three miles
south Of tho tine below osoyoo~ lake, tia
tesn ~ orc standing IN the forke rest
Of Palmer mountain fs Wsnnsrutt iat 4
rear which stands che town Of Cold
an a grassy fat From the south sws or
Palmer mountain stretches Spectacle La q
ronise. named after TIE Two lakes sepa
stea bv a narrow Vsin of rock ana re-
sernhisnr IN form pair OF speesaoles re-
tween A~ness mountain ana small rtase
known a. White Stone mountain, runs
Norse Springs coaien 90 q sausNeTiy course
soase 60 fees higher IN elevation thaa
ssyectstis Lake couiee. Palmer ias
which l. ahaat four mites long $50 ~ q
wide l. eonnNstea With the ssaatIkaueeeu
Giver ~ = s,aewh. thranxh whieh e
snntses into tho river A. er3ifsaSs s,nxss
bat sarirx The spsinx frvshrfs, uhfeh 70
now NJ their height. che river water haeNs
NJ inss The lake and considerably raises
Its level.
The First Discoveries.
The first mineral discoveries IN ehss see-
sion were msas along th~ sfrsfikss,,es "A
twenty or thirty years aga. ~ enc -, -
tratsf Flanagan Sfaith whe settled -,
early dave aa the east Sharn Of gaafs,sse,~
lake ft'sf sesith - the boundary ara tNse4x,
cultivated e. ranch whta w'aitfsE FER ~ ~
tia, - discover she wealth 90 me sif~-
rounding mountains when tke ravesn-
raent snt e~ tae Territory natvvsen tNa
chsnNStn river ard THE Cascade surssafs
and eetwesn ths BOUNDARY ana ttn easis \
~nA - fsfte 90 = az Chleg Mac rs.
efyasicn shout fsa NJ Suafth ses ar a
e1atn Ter s. seaaN faF rs rnsnsur trssss-
erSy, sNieh was - ~ tacnlaea TAe ws.r.
eminent bad the p~onertY examined AID
then eTex'9 NJ Seffh sAaN. watch -
seeFnfe'sv refuses To ges srstnssr,t TIN
changed the nfattF % ths reservation "a
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