The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-07-19
INES AND MINING.
Good Mines Being Developed in
the CoIyille Reservation.
eay ORE FROM GRASS ROOTS
xf~nsson Of the spohEnns = Northern
-Ihs Nesd Of Reduction Works
In Seattle.

4 n 4 RoUe who resides at liz Bel street,
- returned To the city after an absence
~ about four weeks IN the Colvile ressr-
rnffsu lie went there for the purpose OF
1879 over The country and its mineral
..ourre< feeling confident that II pos
1910 merit fully as promising as the
~.unsry sver the boundary line. lie said
yssfsrdsy
- vas satisfied IN my own mind that IL
ra.n zsrsted to make money the place
= make It vas where IL was being made.
e.f mat vas In the mines We ali have
= Ar ss1r money oft Of the ground-Be
AN, % win IL from the mountains. be-
e.ase there Is no money In any business
. ANYTHING ia the line OF trade. and when
- 20 to the mines for wealth some OF Us
~ going 20 get IL snre-espccialIy when
-eInerxs Is so abundant is IL Is In the min
- 1is,r.cts that are now opening up all
49, fae No-thw est, and more particular
- Ia the section OF country from which
S.vs inst returned. / went there antic.-
sting surprises: return more than sur
rrs<ef. because the stories told OF the
Magnitude Of the mines and their wealth
hase not been exaggerated. Seeing In be-
n<yi,x: have seen and am convinced.
with . guide familiar with the country
u2rsed out with 'broncho loaded with
hszufe:s and grub from Sorthporf. the
nresent terminus OF the spokane & North
sru or the Columbia river. going thence
40 the boundary line. Being well equipped
e camped out and took our time to ex-
anime the country and the lodges | spent
sxo DAYS on the Berton and Fidelity lode.
~hieh il traceable for miles. and along
~ surface almost anywhere one could
tisk GOOD samples with his boots. 1t re-
euired no expert miner TO ind ore along
80 Immense lode. which IL only about
erA miles from Rosstand in an almost d.
rect line. The ore, too. is OF the same
character. 50 that there is no u1istaksng IT,
as,u the Blrton a contract has just been
made 10 sink a shaft nifty feet on the
lsdge, Eve men being engaged at present
b driving II. This property embraces
twelve claims. known as the Mary, Ida.
war Eagle, b. o. A. extension. Ruby.
Gem. Ida No. /. Iron Horse. High Ore.
Bssnarck. Secum. Birton.
ssrhe extension or the Spokane 4 North
nm on which work IL now being prose-
euted viii pass within a few yards Of tho
fidelity and Birton groups. The contract
calls for tho completion of this road In
stxsy days. but in ninety days trains viii
- passing over It. carrying passengers
ana freight. This win be a great factor
in opening up the mines and country, and
III! ut once afford an outlet 10 the ores.
vbirn can be marketed cheaply on Puget
sound. And right here / may state that
ooe Of the mistakes of Seattle Is In not
having reduction works for the handling
81 thls class of ore. Such works would
swell the volume Of trade wonderfully.
and would aid In making Seattle more OF
mining center than any other enterprise.
ssTha ledge OF the Birton crops out from
six TO seventy feet In width and the ore
assays the same as the Fidelity. about Si7
gold 10 the ton. The property Is stocked
for 81 600 90 Of which $3l0.0oo unassszsabie
stock has been set aside for working cap
tai.
The Fidelity group IL composed of six
claims Incorporated for the same amount
q the Blrton. all the working capital be-
ing taken. placing a good sum in the
treasury, so that work is now being push
"a with great vigor. Ore is accommodating
rapidly on the dump. and by the time the
railroad f. completed TO this property
there viii be large shipments ready.
s'On the Columbia river. about one mile
from Rosshurg. Is the Young American
mine. which Is turning out high-grade sll-
yer ore that goes from $500 TO I.5eo per
ton. Tunnels have been run In on the
vein AZ several points from twenty-five 10
20 feet In length. In ore nearly AL the
way.
The Bonanza IL another silver propo-
sIiion thar Is now shipping about twenty
tons OF ore per day. This ore goes to Ia
coma
The Little Tom, lying midway between
the Young American and Bonanza. Is an
other good property. with ore that gives
returns OF 81 per ton In gold.
son decided quarter section OF land. on
the Indian reservation. owned By A An
isrson. is a ledge varying in width from
nve TO twenty feet. supposed 10 be a con-
sinuasion OF the rich silver lode OF the
Young American. Pay ore can be obtain
n on this property from the grass roots,
and there Is every convenience for work
.ng H."