The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-04
THE ROSSLAND HINES
4 Compsr1aon Of the Oufput Of the
Two Csmp-How Eossiand Has
Pru~pered-


rr.ux watson. who has h@~n ssfver
so- eta All ne way sra-z Alaska 20 sossEa
Arn~Yscz sssd sssnze nine rsontss aga tosz
IN Ia resistance .: E1esl4rs1r Il. e. 70
say, ~4s "a the ety yesterday n e9f-
ras~ti0n win a sew mining sxen41Ee -
csntEy tacory-orsfsss. anG l~ft for Spokane
en- the evening EFxiz- TIE company STAT
fax this exchange nas been lnnSrTs5r&tssz
IN this state 90 the Trxii Greek and Csi-
vii. Mining Company and Stock Ex-
chang ard u eeoternpzaTes operating
r.En4ax exchange AZ RoSxlAnd ans one at
frs5kza< I = f4rhse1b5rz. q tbs e-tT. =
ssrezA8znf ard ". J. Harris. rnanaEer Ok
fas famous Ie ft1i rnine. ard Mr.. Wat
500. are also interested n he concern
II 10 evident NAT Mr.. Wsszon h az
eusb1siaeg On tire subject n EoSSianS
rafnez. su: then he is Interested IL TIE
Lay May, sh- Indiana the Commander.
tae Boundary Falls and quite r8irtsr
a. Others Nevertheless he SPOKE quite
sanparssaIly Ct al. TIE snIf@s there. and
summary o. hts running comment on The
various properties aEs4 what they are DO
srx cannos fail to Dc of Interest
The Ise Fsoi mine. FOR Instance" ne said,
"af which my partner, " ; Harris. Is
manager, has a depth o. &c feet. where
there IL an ore body Of " feet II has
about % toss on the damp ready 20 snip
a. 90 average valse % 80 The companion
claim running parallel 70 81 - tire War
Eagle, win 3.aas 20 3.s9 tons ready for
shl2snerf TIE Center star has TOW
tunnel o. ar feet. but the whole body %
ore Is not known. as they have not run
q eroascuf on f..
The rexs claim IL The Iron Mack, fying
40 the north r has beer IN course nj de-
vsIovr@ni ell winter. ard hss :ss tons
ready 70 b hsHlsf sway. The Georgia.
20 me east was recently purchased By
Victoria ospitslisrs. ard has uncovered
large body Of Gre Stsli further 70 ths
east r. the C,oigruhla sni k09fersi- whi7h
l. putting 70 a forty sriil COMPRESSOR. Tae
a. Lawrence, next 20 y. sas uncovered a
large body % ore. The en- nuan4or
which 50 have recently obtained control
o. has a very good showing. running <
per cent. IN copper and y per cent IN
gait
Next CORES the sour, p~i.. the Tiger.
The Mele % Erin. IN which they have Just
placed machinery hat wiii De IN opera
ffoa next north TIE Nest Egg T. a prom
I~iHw prospect. AMI the Home Stake has
about go tons Of 0re ready for shipment
Then comes the famous LILY May This
wag als0owarsa ahoaf 1870 by an old Ca
na9ian Frsuehnsu named Bordsag. who
held On Ia t. uiativ doing his develop
=
across n three weeks ax0 and bought
Rim out We have Incorporated in Soo-
kane a connanv called The Lily NAV
Mining and Smelling Company. Limited
with A capital # half a million The
surface showing IS such that II viii war
rant us in sinking a shaft TO the depth OF
81 fee;
The Zilor. belonging 10 william Perdue
snd Others. Is next ard has a good show
Ing % gslena ore: then the Fairview that
Harris and I own. with TWO good surface
showiHEs. and I should say about forty
feet TO state 4 mildly. and then comes the
Jumbo. me wonder Of the camp. That
belongs TO John A. Finch and Mr. Ca
ipzha. They are in fixty-fve feet OF head
Gre and have not reached the hanging
wall. Tsenty-seven feet Of that ore aver
ages So IN gold. They have obtained as
hlgb 49, si57 In sold Lying north Is the
Nevada, an extension OF the Jumbo. which
they have just begun work on and which
VIII undoubtedly prove to be Jumbo
ledge.
Next TO the north Is the Indiana Con-
rolidated, owned BY Mr.. Harris and my
self. with twenty feet Of solid galena ore
on the surface We have obtained assays
Of = ounces Of silver. si2 In gold and 3
per cent. lead The Good Hope. on which
they have already expended over ssooo.
has good showing. as also have the
Morning Star. the Ontario and the Blue
Elephant
The Josie II a big property that runs
aEains; the end lines q. the lie Rol and Is
among che most promising OF our mines
The Iron Horse. Monte Crisio and the
Enterprise we're sold 20 A. f. Humphrles
three weeks ago for Ssa0 cash. ana he
sas pat big force Of men 10 work ex-
tracing the ore
You spoke Of the hanging wall. Mr.
Watson
Yes, that is a usual mining term.
claim hat there are no walls in camp
The ore IL In deposits apparently 3u.t
lANsrs. With Faneue matter dividing them.
Bot THIS Esngue matter I consider ore.
as y VII run from 5 to SO ton"
Are those All the mines. Mr.. Watsun-'
They are the principal ones bat every
foot fer nearly sky miles T. located We
are young camp. hui ! clsirn that We
are greater producer than Crlaule Creek
AM f7r this smonz other reasons w
hare nfty-tWo acres 90 each claim. and
when We say shipper we mean one claim
The claims az Cripple Creek are only
n.1r,y-six feet by 30 feet. and they
] -7Se srf make as many As four shippers Of
one claim Cripple Creeks daily shipment
Is estwateA - - tons az 3fs TO the
ton The - Nal alone vii - able 70
shir - toms day. averaging 80 and We
Navc siNtccn other shirpcrs n from so
90 go to The fon. The Ia Ro' has shin
pei hf'v t'ns running SO 30 the ton. but
thaf. = course. was picked ore
'E3esiand is ccinz aheaA fast when 7
went there nine months aCa there rr~e
ihrre hc'cls. now thvsr are twsntv-:hrra:
aaf every one has 20 have az least thfr-
fern rooms ans restaurant nv 'aw We
have a population - over rt'a4 wish streets
water works ans electric lights All tho
street grading and improvements have
heeu aore Pa fhs miners hiprinx in as
W~ cannot Incorporate ass a city because
there Az too few Caaad.a rs fn g. We
-" nearly all Americans ara We ;Alnk
Things asr booking pretty bright Tor Us"