The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-06-21
Revival Of Interest in the DIS
trict About Vernon.
VEINS RICH IN GOLD AND SILVER
Promising Lodges Being Stripped III
the Okanogan Lake Region.
The Dis riot Easy Of Access ana on'
ing Few Obstacles 10 the
pector-very Good Orc Being
FROM the simiIkameen District OF
Washineton.

ysrnsn. n. C., June fo.-9iining mas -
geedy begun 20 divide attention win 49,
raising and farming IN the
f,s.a r,svar counfry. Of which this 80
Northern mc,roplss. and II tne
roysries go far made aha esN
yeiepments already in iinmsaiass p~
x,1ef are any criterion the h.H
ss,,~.-s wgfl soon overshaaov Sc
ia Ia Importance. Though the syinptpi''s
az mining excitement are not az suo
fn this section as in other districts 49,
fher south ard east. they are plainly pr
ant. Misunderstanding rock aaorfas isaAi' =
ehe,v~a aaa window Iedges and VIII
aogn mems pockets and groap e1 = Z
keenly Hcrltfnizing a piece OF ro1h tias11s =
= raaanssyinx glass ta freqneAt spsssta
Miners, supplies are advertised AZ -
storex and t,roeoeetors' outfits daily 20
and from the mountains. All these are SH-
sntsfakabla symptoms and they are Kfe"-
ing Another "a the number OF mining los -
fsons recorded with Recorder fufsssH,
which svaz only about twenty In the NJ
nine months OF 1885 but was l& from oc'0-
Der /. 1886. 10 tho present time
The Okanogan valley runs due nor
and south and appears 70 be shut ~ on s''s
ezst BY tho foothills OF the Cold ranlse
and on the west BY those OF the caaca e
range. or al least by the furthest parallel
and lateral spurs of that range. In the
hsilv. which range in height from afew nun
drsd 10 1000 feet above the chain OF isk (
which waters the valley the gold-hFarins
iron and cope. pyriies characteristic OF
the Trail and Boundary creek distrie =
seems to run out and overlap with the free-
milling quartz. carrying gold and gaiena.
which predomInafes I'm the Cascade noun
taIns. The country formation consists -
belts Of dioriie, granite and quartzite. cut
BIZ dIkes OF lime and porphyry. Running
through this In q generally east and We
direction are iron-capped hedges carrying
aoid, galena, iron and copper suiphursts
and ranging in width from two 10 nfiy
feet. There are alao large bodies OF low
grade free milling quartz which earri :
gold with little or no silver and could be
easily and eheaply worked by the cyanide
or chlorination process. but Is not fich
enough 10 ship 10 smeitsra
The pioneer mine of this district IL the
Monozhee. on the north side OF Monosh q
mountain. about flfty miles southeast ef
this town and overlooking Cherry creek.
IN which piaccrs have been worked for
about thirty years II wns disrovere3
about ten years ago By Donald Mcintyre
and has q ledge Of free-Gnillng gold quar- =
about three and one-hslf feet wide. Nj
Mcrntyre associated with him +. O. Yer
ron. provincial commissioners or land and
works. and Mr. Risxie. and they drove
i've tunnels on the ledge TO a length of
Fifty 10 80 feet and stopped out the ore
] thus opened. They erected a min of an old
etyle and run about 90 tons OF ore through
H. but kept tho gold product secret Theg
then stopped operations. their min being
ont OF DATE and Mr.. MeIntyre's partners
being unwilling 10 put In modern stan ?
MILL
The next important discovery. was not
made siii 1871. and shares with Trail Creek
the credit OF bringing about revival of
fntsrest I'm mining In this district, II aia9
has the prospect OF being developed on a
large scale through the investment OF \
large amount OF English capital. This
Is tho Swan Lake group. which was dis
covered by the late Can't. F, ID, Shorts
and W. J. Armstrong az Vernon. and cor
sists Of nix ciaims-the Astor, Rtp Van
wlnkie. Ida. Enterprise. Vernon Roy ara
Queen Zee These claims are on n gFent
deposit OF free-milllng quartz which crops
out In steep buttes ana bluffs through the
bunch grass hills sioping down from The
east to Swan lake, four miles north az
Vernon One Of these auternns has been
epenaa IN point Of rock right on Tive
roadside and one can trace the ledge VII
the eye rar up the hiii. I, appears "a be
an almost fiat deposit and has been trace :
on the surface over a square nile ~
al point COO feet below the highest GU,
eror and a tunnel has been run twenty
feet into the ore from the bottom % the
shaft All this work IS IN ore which hes
given assays ranging from s. * - SO in
free gold. with a trace Of silver. The de-
poslt Is pronounced Ia be similar IN extens
md character 20 the great Treadwell mir
IN Alaska aud with The Canadian yailsot ;
running along the lake shore only q 3
al k.a =. 80
for cheap development and operation. To-
eretfr Was relocated iasf summer ~ ~
original owner aud Is nnw owned Nv 81
Swan Lake Mining and Development Corr
ganv. composed ~ " J. Armstrong. r.
q paufr % tho HaA~an Rav Coupanv
II : Davis. city clers % Vernon s a.
<atife John Bona ". n Fleming f.es1I-
pirnie, George Rankin. II " knight A.
onina Faulkner an ~ Vernon. Thes cor
rany has bonded the sroap 60 Arthur s
Craven the representative - london ca -
ftaliss-. Tor $50 80. ard he = now exaulle.
ing the property and testing the ere NJ :
a view IL deciding she course 20 - tax q
with r. II th- ore VIII average So toa 3.
rola ~ proposes 90 ereef tfty-sfayan e.
ara ehiosina ticn works spa redsaee the @ q
tv the method IN use q, Trgsfweii
ore a. she dest frsifts % ne oatssres
al prospecting wh'ea followed the Ras
land boom last ssrnmeT was the issmffsf
III tho fan ~ the Hx rVomn aafefnfvr tfss
/ ssan Lake Rroan. ~ leo Signu3ens. r. /,
i Simmons Charles Cssfsrtcn soH s. d
Z Thompson. al Of Vernon. 81 consists a
che Ben Dahla ara Waite rleohant. IN
Naia hRl 70 tha east - an8 shsxe -.
sWnn Lake group. ans - tNe Snatuv Torn
Slesnsrw Desaty. Waite Norss R'a
f Ysorsa ana Northern Scar. e&tesstf~z ~
This hala hlH acrOzs tbe 1}N creek Ta
greatest showing Is Where tNe rfssk D.
cut through che ledge down to fhe ~r.r.i..
ssotwa8 ant where, ~ strlpnlee aff ss.
eral fsef 81 soft, q vas exposed Tor uIall
of slxty fest. Assavs frcra tAls place "a I'd
81 % s. ga'8 ard nt.ls silver. Whlsh h
fair examele ef ths who1c srssa r..
country reek. which Is saiort,e Is sea-.
rnlneraslssa. haVioE Etvrs an arEav ~ s. 3
Sal8 On tbe i2sa uiae1e. where =. a.,ts
rve-Faes shaa bass e~sn sank cn q fes
sNns ies3ke p,umAaEa was feanl ptsx
with ths bFekea surface rok
Wtsie later. 90 Deeeraher. sSss yaa,
Nr<NfHsa fo8u3 a }e3ws ~ frcs. ..sft .sf- g.
sumter - shas az swan leGe or hts ~s-
sNaus eight wileS naeta - town z-A w.
Alex MeAr aur. J. BreVa &r4 Tos~ a. ID
sen leoase3 the I.sfktn k8sr ~ th., fta-,
an4 Nlae Bee. TIE LASs n So On sn eIee
1aet le3sa an wNteh a hata hae A.ee- s.-...
Nffesn fest aeA wht-A save azss1s 81 s
ga s. fenea s8vfare ~ e. N- r. sac ste
c'sla9s ara on q naeafei tetee taa
wtle gFesn veies 70 asssFa nses s
pste hseg astsEee fsrteer ~e~ .
r4ar Essashv ,sfss Nsssts sf frse-s-.ass
ere ws~e DISCOVERIES a=e MeNfsr-s
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teSsslt i she erestten - Cam- ttrat
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