The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-02
kalso Mining Notes.
The Kootenalan.


The Noble Five Consolidated Mining ana
Milling Company. john g. AcGulgaa'
manager. began operations this week Win
a. large crew % men. A portion OF the
force xil push ahead on the development
work already laid out. anG the remainder
Wit take UNt ore. an immense d0a8i.4's
IL which has beea Blocked out. The hiEa
grade ore wll ne sacked for imnestlat 9
shipment. and the concentrating Wi pc
fa.ed up TO await the completion OF the
gnliL
The restaking OF the Eureka. one OF the
eldest and most extensively worked mines
IA the country, By Alex. Cummings, on
Thursday ot last week. was a leading
topic Of conversation n these parts Tor
several Gays. The public IS puzzled 10 &C
count for the action. or. rather, the mac
zion OF the owners. the Greens. OF sag
iaax and Manager j. c. Ryan Is allowing
the properly - lapse BY not fecofdhs
the assessment work The Eureka was
originally located BY Bob and Neal Melon
aid. or SanGoE; J. ID. Moore. Jack Ne
Thee and j. II. Mcmillan The latter was
killed By snowsdde al tho mine not
long afterwaro. The mine vas bonded N
IN3 by 3 H. Green. OF Saginaw, for 80
90 since which time IL has been deyel-
Considerable ore has been shipped, ana
f. was only last June that Manager Ryan
closed Gown and Went East. II Is est
mat THAI besides the money PAID ouL on
the bond. tae Greens nave spent &eVJ
CT the mine. some OF which was taken out.
Sandon has beeg more or less feyerish
since last Saturday over the discovery.
almost IL the heart or the town, or What
VIII Un1esgonab.y be the meals or
placing another prospect upon the long
st Of Sloan mines. Several months
ago Billy S9dro staked for himself and
partners. Jack Whittier and Jack
Thompson, claim which, he named the
Argo, and which extends IRON the n.
x >. tracks, Just above Reco avenue,
Up the hiil across the Cody branch.
Sudro began 20 strip the lead for the pur-
pose Of getting a good idea or It's dip. lie
n#Hrara #rana r~He ~ a
and Saturday uncovered three feet OF
solid ore. The ore bears a striking re
sembsance 70 the slocan star ore end
IS about the same IA grade. little
work on the showing made ast week
proves that the ere boiy not only goes
Gown, but is widening out
\ rumor OF a big gold strike. in which
can, has been floating around for the
past several days but no one seemed 20
know from what source the story came,
or from waom. II has Leaked out TIA
the story - true. though as yet reliable
ce,ails are lacking. Mayor Green "a
the kas3u man interested. ana Harry
Matthews and man named simpson
were sent ont by Mr. Green some weeks
ago they came down from the big jam
On The Duncan on wednesday OF last
week. and secured ASSAYS OF samples.
Next morning they left hurriedly on
their return They gave out no tnfor-
NATION concerning the discovery. bat
A4NUtF SAW the f0tN al d4c*R i3ie@-
store. snd ten or twelve have since slipped
away ana are now IN the vicinity OF
the big jam where the strike was made.
The records show that on August Is.
H. p. Green recorded the Little Giant
cn pu1can river. and II. T. Matthews
recorded the Mayfiower. same pace Il
Is not known exactly. whore the claims
are located. except tialt they are near
tie big }2u. The ledge IS slld % be
forty feet Ia width. bat the assays on
the samples are a secret beyond that
AFR. Green assures the ko0teuaian that
they went better than IN a ton. Some
Of the rock IS free milling. The big
jam IS about forty miles from kaSlo. on
me Duncan river. snd Is easily reached
I > lake and trs.L