The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-02
MINES AND MINING.
OWNERS OF THE ACGWUAP PCI-
TING IN SOME GOOD WORK.
Ground Being Explored by Tunnei,
Shaft and Diamond prfu-An
Equipment Of Power Drills TO Be
rurnfshed-Cut Stone Trimmings
for the Tunnel Mouth Notes
From the Districts.

In Ard about the head OF Center star
rul-h a great transformation IS going OF.
SAYS ne R5ssland Miner. Between the
placing o. machinery on the Monte Crlsto,
the CLEARING away % timber covering me
hliisi1es and the erection or new oui.1-
ings a. the city Of Spokane. the locaIity
would scarcely Be- recognized by former
residen. az the camp after Al absence OF
even a few onths. One OF the most 10
tlceabe features observed IN passing ap
the sulch IS the Mugwump working tun-
rel Started Jus. above The Columbia &
Western railway. little west Of the rail-
way bridge, the entrance 20 the tunnel
sands oat IN bold relief. IN the matter O.
construction this tunnel Is ve-itAo4e
beauty. II Is tin5e-ed In frst-class man.
nsr inside, while the outside has Deem
dressed up with a retaining wall Of gran
.ss. which gives Il an air OF graceful s2-
bsiIiy.
This tunnel /. being driven on an Gre
vein which comes out OF the City OF Spo-
kane ground. Where started the vein was
badly broken Up, but Is rapidly taking
definite shape. Both walls are now well
defined. the ore being alIed with clay and
iron cxl1e which give promise OF large
ore body not very tar ahead.
Ths Augwump although about the last
OF the Red mountain properties 10 be
placed under active development Is coming
rapidly into prominence. Being covered
from one end 20 the other with a heavy
deposit OF gravel and earth. surface ex-
ploration was exceedingly difficult and uEl-
certain, until by Developments In the Iron
Mask. City OF Spokane and Gem, when
surround the Mugwump on three sides. the
course CT the several veins entering the
Muggump from the properties named
could be determined Now the work Is
rendered comparatively easy and progress
is rapid The bonanza" vein OF the Iron
Mask has been traced TO and uncovered
In the Gugwump ground. The Gem vein.
assaying in the Gem shaft as high as Sss
in gold, 10 per cent. copper and eight
ounces OF silver per Ton, has also been dis
closed IN the western portion OF the Mug
wump, showing two and one-haif feet OF
solid iron and copper sglphileS al the
point OF discovery. II Is toward this ore
body that the working tunnel Is directed
When reached, the workings Will be sew
er2l hundred feet below the surface. Some
o. feet OF good ground intervene between
the mouth os the tunnel and the ore body
In point and a large extent OF yaluaole
mineral territory will be opened before
the latter ie reached.
An interesting feature Of Mugwump de-
vs.opmene IS IN progress along the line
OF the tunnel, half way up the hill. Al
this point, on the northern boundary or tie
Nugwamp the eoiapanys diamond drill
plant Is az work. A hole IS being bored 10
= depth OF 100 feet 70 determine the char
acter OF the ore veins traversns the claim.
The boring Is directed toward the south at
an angie OF about c. degrees. while the
ora veins traverse the claims from east 10
ives, and dip 10 the north. Il is andcipat-
ed that the 6rill Will pass through the
main MuswGmp ore vein al vertical.
Geth CT abou; 700 fee, from the surface.
thus affoF1ing the deepest exploration IN
the camp.
Il ~ needless 20 say that the cores cut
by the drIl IN this operation are examined
with intense interest, and With every
change are asssyed to determine the value
OF the mineral through which the drill has
passed To this extent the work OF the
diamond drill is conclusive and sasisfac-
tory. That II has not been started jus.
enough TO one side or the other 10 miss
valuable ore bodies is matter only TO lie
determine b. a series OF holes put down
at regular intervals along the course Of
the vein or by the slower, hat more rela-
BILE process OF drifting in on the vein. IN
the case Of the Mugwump the diamond
drill simply anticipates, as the tunnel, fol-
lowing the vein. viii shortly traverse the
ground now being penetrated by the drill.
When IN Rossl2nd last DIR. kilbourne
began negotiations looking 10 the equip
n1ent OF the Mugwtrup with power drills
which viii likely De ordered when he re-
turns 20 the mine. With compressors az
the Mugwump. Red Mountain and Nonita
q solid group OF power-equlpped mines
comprising twelve adjoining properties
VIII overlook the city.