The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-03-09
MINES AND MINING.
Colville Reservation Glitters
With Gold.
ROSSl ANO'S RICH MINES.
MINES.
ROSSIANO'S
Wealth In Gold Hnl-The 81. Helens
District-General News Prom
the Camps.


an eye upon for twelve years. Mr.. Keller
formerly did business at HesseltlRe ard
hulks OF the Indian trade went 10 aim for
years. Naturally he became well acquaint-
~ with them and made many trips onto
the reservation. ostens.hly 10 hunt and FISH.
But during these trips he kept a lookout
for quartz leads and whenever opportunity
afforded did little prospecting
When asked for his opinion recsriiny
the feasibility OF entering the reservation
from the south side. he said that there
were three practical rcu:es, the best one
OF which he was not absolutely certain,
hut believed II to be IN the Sans Poll river.
From the mouth OF the sans Poll to the
reservation line IS forty-fve miles. The
whole distance is through mineral belt.
While fishing near the forks OF the Sans
Poll about a year ago. one OF the teachers
at the Tenaskat school found a nugget
which ne sold for SIS. A few months ago
an Indian brought over two nuggets for
which he received SIS. At another place
along the route there is ledge OF rock
! In which free gold is plainly visible. no
matter in how small pieces the rock is
broken. The story goes that Virginia Bill.
a Squaw man, worked the ledge for years
and extracted a large quantity OF gold
MIR. Keller made the round trip in three
days. He went up the Mes Pelum and came
down the Sans Poll. At this time he SAYS
/ NedNN ioaGs can ne nauied UP tfie sNtS fri-
UNI. Two ferry boats are in operation at
the mouth of the Sans Poll and the travel
all promises to he IN that stream. j. W.
Otiield. from California, has secured from
the department a permit TO construct q
wagon road up the Sans Poll and to oper-
ate a ferry across the Columbia. Two
years ago he had careful surveys made and
the estimated cost of the road was only
81 500 Mr.. Offield is expected up from Cali
forn'a at an early date to commence work
on the road.
The Rich Mines of Gold Hil.
Thomas Fife. who has been working on
| Gold Hill for the last five years, is making
preparations TO resume operations there as
| soon az the weather will permit. He has
some beautiful gold specimens In which
free gold in abundance is visible. His
mines are on the very summit of the Cas-
| cades and consequently are hard to get TO.
but his veins are all we'll defined and are
| true assures in character. Mr.. Fife has
| made an arastra on American river, below
the mines, and before the season closed
| last fail he had taken down by pack AMI
mails thirteen tons of ore. two of which he
had run through. severe storm coming
| on suddenly in November he had 70 stop.
| but he banned out three pans Of his pulp
| before leaving and secured over 81 worth
| of gold He confidently expects good re-
turns when he Is again able to push work.
An assay OF his ore male by McNicker, OF
Salt Lake. yielded seo 10 in gold and $50
| ounces of silver per ton.
Tie mines are located about s.xty-five
miles west and a little south or Eliens-
| burg which is the nearest Quitting point
unless il be Buckley, on the other side OF
| the range but the road up from there Is
! on a sharp grade, while from here 1t IS a
| gradual ascent.
In addition TO the quartz formations OF
that country he says there Is some fine
| placer ground and good pay awaits syste-
! matte operations. Besides this there -
| every indication that copper and iron
| abound there.
The st. HeIens Mining District.
| The ST. Helens mining district Is now the
| cynosure OF all eyes. to speak That re-
| gion is known to abound in evidence OF the
| existence OF precious metals. and many who
have been through that district frequently
| during the last few years willingly concede
that there Is greater reason to investigate
| the report concerning the published result
| Of this discovery than any yet reported in
| the state of Washington. In fact. several
parties are already preparing TO visit the
new gold fields at the earliest possible day.
| fully equipped and provisioned for a suf-
| ficient STAY to enable them to determine
what NAV be there. The Milwaukee report
| Of the organization OF the company and
the extent of the district IL has prospected
with encouraging results gives the area
! covered by the metal producing district as
about 345. 500 acres. while the 152 claims al
ready taken and patented cover only an
area of 3.eih acres.
Recent Discoveries In Rossland.
The Nest Egg Gold Mining Company,
which was recently organized In Victoria
10 develop and mine the Nest Egg ,lnim in
the south belt has commenced operations.
/ A shaft 80 feet 20 the south 81 me CASTOR
shaft WAS started last week. IA soon as
the state OF the weather permits. surface
work VIII he commenced.
The shaft on the Morning Star Is ecing
/ down rapidly and now. AZ depth OF thirty
( five feet the vein shows better than ever.
| the bottom Of the shaft being full or ore.
| a heavy mixture Of copper pyrites Win
! quartz gsneue The remarkable similarity
existing between this ore and that found
| in the lowest working Of the lie Roi mine
! strikes everybody who sees IL. This claim.
/ with the Chance both the Dropcrty OF
! Butte and Rossiani people. viii ne incor-
ror,s.ed this week under the name OF the
Morning Star Mining Company. This
| company will be Incorporated under the
| British Columbia act OF iss2 relating 10
! Joint stock companies. Rossland Is named
az the companys head office and chie,
place Of business. 1t Is the first and only
| comnany ererating IN Trail creek incorpor-
| ated under this law
Not xfthstanhing the past twenty DAYS or
! soft weather whereby ore shipments from
| the camp have been greatly retarded. me
lie Roi il and has been running fun blast
all the time and last Friday completely
broke all previous records In hosting. Two
hundred and ninety>six buckets, holding an
average Of I ta pounds OF ore per puckef.
were hnizted from the bottom and east
3s0-foot level IN twenty-four hours The ore
bins have been fun % Overlooking for some
time mast. and now huge piles OF ore are
being stored AZ both the east ana west
ends Of the bins Little or no ore is leaving
tho mine. II Is rllrnored that the skip
which "a being Installed Is nearing compile
ton and that when the skip~ay IS finished
a general shutdown will he made while the
machinery ia being moved.
The Center Star is stiil working me usual
force drifting ahead In the long tunnel
and cro~scatting both n the north and
ssufh In the drift the face Is stili showing
a solid front Of metal which IL Is said -
as.4ylng better every day. BON crosScots
are IN now considerably OVER 10 feet, and
veins r.araIlel 20 the main lode. about Tour
feet in width. IN which there is eonslierabls
good ore exposed. have been cut through
in each eroSscut- 4 vast pile o. ore is se-
crrnuIatinx on the dump where II viii lie
until The RoHiand A. Tran trsmvay ~ COM
flefe~4 The machinery a. the mine Ia run
ming 10 perfection II Is said that the cree
ton q rnattsing plant for the reduction
Of the ores from this property IL now under
the serious consideration Of the manage
rnFut.
IRE frnpasssshls state II both the Tran
creeE ard %0rthport roads has 20 h!nderea
ss,lumenfs from the War Eagle that every
man At The mine except those working IN
The No War EsagIe and the Iron Max
tunnels has been laid on Indefinitely The
mine i reoorte-l TO - looking well al