The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-06-29
N THE MINING REGIONS.

The Three Forks eoncentrstor has clos
81 down. owing 10 the bad state Of ths
roads.
TIE nrs, payment on the bond on the
Fern mine. near Nelson. asa. vas mads
today.
Tire shares OF the Hall mines were quot
Ell In London early sn the week a. fS. be-
Ing at premium q 30 per cent
over sixty locations have been made
during the past week IN the vicinity os
Deer Park on the Arrow lakes.
George W. Hughes. OF the Best. received
letter Thursday nigat. informing him
That the contractors who are running a
Ss-f0ot tunnel 10 cur the ledge. had come
upon large body of ore.
Richard Shea made deal the other day
b. which the Hinckley. fine claim which
anB0lns the Eiknorn. passed into the
hands % G. ID. Porter. the ore buyer. Ths
dA& IRE Is said 10 have been Ss.oao.
The Hall mines IS building two large
sc9"s, FOR the purpose OF bringing Ore
and lime from hasio 10 Nelson. The COM
pany is also a5ou- % cree. A large board
Ing house 70 accommodate 80 men.
+. Z. Boyle has rstarned from the reser-
a SANG OF men that are at work on the
Grey CHI. Tais property Is about eight
showing.
10 a friend from Butte. He said that
Ham.ltog Smith told him the other day
tnat his predictions regarding the Trail
Sreek district were correct and that he
should feel gratined.
Word comes from Rossiand that active
work - now being pushed on Loring 3
Mayhower mine. thirty-fve foot tunnel
5 being sunk and twenty-five ounces OF
silver and from S TO $40 In gold Is the
latest smeiter return.
The SLOGAN Star concentration Is turning
cut about thirty tons OF concentrates in
the twenfy-f9ur hours. The bad state OF
Ha "a 4F4 l. - .g~4r
ments. There are over 800 sacks awaiting
transport az the concentration.
The Mayfiower mine al Trail Creek re-
Gently shipped car OF ore. The returns.
received a day or Two ago. gave 90 ounces
IN silver and slz in gold. The owners are
now taking out ore for shipment and are
In position 10 ship a carload every week.
Hector McRae. representing Ottawa
capitalists, has purchased the Red Point.
which is located on the west side OF Look
out mountain. from BENJAMIN Perkins.
The claim Is fulI-szed and has three
Lodges one Of which Is fifty feet wide.
j. n. Clark effected the sale.
Two picked specimens OF ore from the
Gold Bug mine IN the Florence Idaho.
district aSsayed as follows. One ounces
silver aud IA ounces gold; the other 25
from which these samples were taken Is
one OF group OF mines recently pur-
chased by $ s G,iaaen. Of Spokane.
The Champion-Bear Greek section OF
West kootenay is attracting considerable
attention. The formation is slightly DIFF
ferent from that around Rossland. and is
interseeted by heavily iron stained cap
pings Of lime. shale dykes or lodges. Mn
@rai has been found under this capping IN
various lodges, and pay value in gold has
been disclosed
The Morrison claim. IN the Boundary
Creek district has up TO the present time
feet, ali In ore. George T. Crane viii
leave IN a day or two and let contract
10 sink the shaft 90 feet. The ore runs
about il per cent. copper. $40 in gold and
I'VE ounces IN silver. The property Is
owned BY the Morrison Gold Mining Com
pany, Of Spokane.
Charles Wilson reports TO the wide
awake kootenaian an immense strike az
the head OF Lemon creek. fourteen miles
west Of Ai1sworth. and says he has found
ledge from 90 TO 300 feet
in gold and seven 10 ten ounces
OF silver at all points touched. II Is de-
COMPOSED porphyry and the gsngue IS ar
senieal iron. Lemon creek emDiies into
Lake SLOGAN.
George I.aforme. the pioneer packer TO
the Re Bend. started up the first train 90
the season on THURSDAY June u. How
much later this season ls than last msy
be Judged hy noting that the FIRST train
last year started cut on Nav 3. over two
weeks earlier. The train was composed
81 thirty head q horses AMI mules. About
l.ts@ pounds or supplies were carried up
Tor the various camps. The round trip
Will occupy about twelve DAYS.
new discovery has been made In
British Columbia. This time II is graph
tie II = said that the ven Is close 10 salt
water. and II sixty feet wide. The mine
Is owned by Seattle people and as pencil
graphite i worth sl.ao a ton. the owners
feel sure that they have a fortune in
their grasp. samples have been sent
TO the Dixon Company In New Jersey
The quality IS so good that q company
fer IS manufacture into pencils viii be
organized
TIE owners OF the Ruth near sandon
are working dozen men. They are TAX
Ing eaf IA little ore as possible. They ara
sinking from the main tunnel - connect
Feet nfTpe udICliarlY. aHd at re same time
a~a driving the lower tunnel ahead about
lee feet Is meet The shaft from above. and
" II cemtnence an uuratse when they
TeAnR the right point, \ road VIII be built
connecting che HHth With the Siocan Star
wagon road before any further shipments
a~e made from the mine.
Mrs v Alasworth s. said - be the
or'e woman in Oregon who can handle a
mines PICK IN rsguiatl on sfvie. Sire
and ber family. Consisting az husband and
throgNh with her household duties. she
at0tsTFs htrsf4f BY a1lnE a Aftis placer
mining One dav she Eroand-sluice3 a
patch six feet square. right ~ the hack
~ ner residence. and as a result added SCI
In Ca3d % ber pin MONEY. The cleanup
tncto&e3 Ceft haee9t valued az s. 3 Mr.
Ainsworta Is THE naSsessor OF some vatua-
bic placer ground IN the vicinity OF spar
"a ans Is a man ot coasi 3eFs bic means.
uumosr - claims Oh TIE divide be-
Tween Rear and Champlon creeks in the
We@i kootrnay districts aave hsen pur-
eaasea oN an t-aEs4fa company. sncluding
sac Frea Coinage ere JeT Davis the Er7s-
peess sn3 ths SteneRzM
Several groups og Clslms in the Nata-io,
csrp have rcreufiy been bonded for large
nE4res. snoug them sac Anarhe. 70 tN~
l4ilo<t. Fraser River ana Carteoo Cold