The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-11

swRreGufIng zb0af <s8nty TOES nave
- ~r5nued 10 the srneffsr, and returned
- n Is a. ton for all values. and al
~ mo ear loads are ready TO snip
- have run a. high as . Der cent
-. as god and - Dances SILVER
w~,k - the Helene Group.
- The winter the sight-irand cross-
|e~ss =. Ax;yen 100 feet further. and up
-. Ann /, will be made to the upper
~ "a seserz. points through sne great
- ssdy. The ore taus blocked out viii
e~ssecd ana will be ample for continuous
<s~.enss. Next week another tunnes VIII
!. 1870 90 feet further down the mount
4 80 TIRE same body Of ore. and will be
srfipued right through the mountain.
- ,e6~s Is exposed through eleven
- and two miles distant shows thirty
~ = eo,id Gre In the spring another
- MI be started 700 feet further
- she mountain and will be run right
<vs.~h. giving depth Of fully 800 feet
g.~ou read viii De extended 10 IL. 50
~ &, nr< can be hauled out. In few
- contract Will be lat for a Holiday
-. h-.cs<et tramway $40 feet long and
~ /. ~.naclty OF eight tons an hour. TO
1870 rom the present tunnel TO the mill
- - rleer creek. and this fall concen-
ss.se~ plaft with crushers. rollers. jIgs
- eetsI:ng watts. the total capacity being
- go Azy. Will De crested al the tram
-. terminus This machinery viii be
s-sr, - Everett and an effort viii De male
Srreet il before winter sets in. and nsxt
- ths wagon road will be changed
~ =, electric railway.
- 4Ieiena series Of lodges only COM
- few of those which intersect tnls
~. Tor odessrs Landiin. Jackson. john
- kennedy and others have located
Ssz. rroup OF claims on others parallel
~ ia the north and so1th for distance
ave niles
- ue<r Greek Company has also bond
y - chicago and 81. Louis, which were
S.e.s~,ed BIZ an outcrop on the bank Of
~ .arth fork of Deer creek. above a
- ~ fails r15 feet In height. the owners
- Il ~. Myers. Of SiIyer.on, Samuel
1870 and w. r. Brown. OF Everett
Fl. tedxe 4 six feet between walls and Is
= eoncenfrating ore. with a pay streak
p nach wall. A tunnel was run 100 feet
p ~ van. but left the pay streak 10 one
- 70 shaft was sunk twenty-five feet
- - tnnneI mouth and showed all the
~55aeke 70 unite twenty-five inches wide.
1sefhsr tunnel. 100 feet above, Is In forty
~ "a shows l2-lnch pay streak. II IL
Ss16ded TO run a cross-cus from the foot
y - falls TO connect with the shaft.
ekfch vii give depth OF 20 feet and will
AIN the mine. The pay streak assays
ekout - for all values. carrying about -
- cent copper, and the remainder of the
s.zre ranges from 81 to 81. SO that It Will
xardly oar for concentration The Jack
q /, the extension OF the ledge TO the
sey<heast. and the Hannah and It's two
sof.beast extensions complete this group.
The Deer Creek Company now employs
nAeut ninety meE. twenty at the Helena
aoup ten at the ST. Louis and sixty in
hsding the road. This number vii! be
rainiained. II not increased. when the
rsmuay and concentration are erected and
- stopsng OF ore admits of the employ
neas Of more miners.
The BONANZA Queen.
I ne next most important group. 80 far
= development has shown. IL the Bonanza
oxsn group Of ten claims. owned by J. +.
1eoder. z ". Lockwood and A. Snther-
tnd They were bondeI in 1893 to ths late
fs:ss BesIiner. Of Everett. who was after
sa.ds killed on . railroad in Mexico. but
tAs panic compelled him to give them up.
EesotIations are now In progress for a
Ind to another mining man who has am
IL capital to develop the property on a
hfge scale, and will probably be completed
y few days The main ledge. on which
ID the BONANZA Queen, Silver King. Silver
cbn and oiIycrton. crops out In gulch
INNING down 10 Deer creek Its course be-
NJ from southeast to northwest. and some
DFospectofs claim that IL can be traced I'm
|eae direction through the Sultan basin.
where Thomas Loekwood's claims are To-
|nitd on Il. over to Silver creek. and In the
|eshef direction TO the Sank valley. Tho
ldss h slxiy feet wide and the gulch
sAgs |: was discovered was formed by the
ustef wearing down the ore between high
gtaite walls. Ii can be seen cutting
1cross = lateral gulch into the mountain
wards the north forth OF the Stiiiagus-
nash. IT. course being clearly traceahie
Wherever the rock Is exposed. On the line
1tlreen the Bonanza Queen and silver
Cea tunnel has been run forty-two feet
81 cross-cat from Il eleven feet to-
ezsds the wall Is all In ore. which carries
ehn.copyrite assaying - per cent. copper
I'd upwards. besides gold and silver, ar
kEssai iron running 81 gold and Is ounces
evsr ana black oxide OF copper which as
nys ~ high as "a per cent. copper An
etAsr tunnel has been run fifty-fiye feet at
pcint sc feet lower and showed ore until
ras nun to one side into softer material
VIA the Intention OF prosecuting into
&c ere again. On the Silver King. 1900
pf northwest of the upper tunnel. Is an
faz' tunnel. which has been driven sixty
~ n ore. In the ledge is n streak of
1aasi six feet Of crys,allixed lime carrying
easFsl AMI With the richest streaks on
NJ side. which would be taken by sme!t-
g snr lux at premium. ON a ledge
zss.isl With the bonanza Queen ON the
~ are the Oregon. Sutherland. Portland
~ Astoria. or the same group. The ledge
asasiy sixty feet wide, with several
nd pay strcsks OF similar ore TO the Boz
VA Queen. and has been well exposed
aide whIeh occurred last spring above
e camp tunnel has been run twenty
ss showing veins OF chaleoayri;e. black
lfss and gaisna, The gaiena assays ssa
q ana surface ore taken above the tun-
sssayei 81 gold. fs ounces silver aud
Pef cent copper. On 4 cross ledge OF
safs quartz fourteen feet wide the same
ssfs have the Salem. on which 9a-foot
sssei shows tAo feet OF solid white iron
silh some copper. asAayfng II ounces
~ There are several ether good Stre#ks
sse that In the tunnel On another
- ledge parallel with the salem the
- parties have the Dixie. IRE isaga
we've feet between walls and n Se-fo
ssasi shows wide streak Of white iroa
Ger less In value than the Salem.
extensions Of the Bonanza Queen
n. sutherland. j. u. Sutherland
: !. z. Anderson have the f4ottie r. ana
=, ana on the Oregon ledge the
= and Stockton. which they have
~.ea sor Nssea for one yesr from ne-
- !. iSS. - Il. r. Synlnr ton. OF san
.Ssco. representing an English COM
tunnel run thirfy-oRe feet on
Z. Nseas IN che Stockton. from which a
VIII be made. and shorter tun-
en- the other claims. show ore bodies
- N sise and value 80 ,hose of the rso-
ma Queen group.
s2 I'm iong Mountain.
Loes mountain n. g. and W. II
W. J. Dean, W. W. Rhodes AMI
1yers aave the Copperheaa group ~
- claims. on series Of seventeen
- sad strirgers. The principal ledge
toGr Aces. on which are roar nsainas