The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-03

Mountain Mining Company's property.
This tunnel is 1855 feet long at present.
The ore Of Mystery hfll IS srsenscal iron
pyrite carrying az times a small quantity
OF gslena and sphalerise or so-cAIled
black jack" The value is in the iron and
the galena- The total output OF the Mys-
terry mine for the year 1895 Is 5000 tens.
Pride of Mountain Tunnel.
The Pride OF the Mountain mine has
been worked from three tunnels. known
as the upper, intermediate and lower, the
lengths OF which are respectively ass feet.
aSa feet and the third or lower So feet.
The ore has been STOPPED principally from
the lower tunnel. fTom which has been
sunk n Wine some twenty-five feet in
body OF ore. The character Of this ore is
a mixture OF arSenical iron, chalccpyrite,
gaiena and sphalerite.
The New Discovery Tunnel.
Below this tunnel 400 feet has been
driven a tunnel 400 feet in length on the
same ledge termed New Discovery
which has developed q large body OF ore.
In addition 20 this winxe has been sunk
from this tunnel III feet deep all In min
eral The line OF this winze is but 100 feet
beyond the breast OF No. tunnel or the
Mystery hill, from which win be raised a
connection. and which Is but 500 feet be-
low the New Discovery tunnel. thus de-
velopins large stope OF ore some 100
feet in height.
The total outpu; from this nains for the
year 1895 was 5.6S4 tons. This ore. SO far
as development has gone, has shown
pure arsenicsl pyrite. The average width
OF these veins ranges from two 10 i've
feet. The ores run from 81 70 $50 gold, s.
TO $50 silver and 10 81 per cent lead.
The Concentrator.
TIE only eoncentrator working in the
Cascades is at Monte Cristo. II is OF the
Fraser s. Chalmers pattern with a capacity
of 300 tons. The mines and concen-
trator are under the direction. OF
William G. Blewett. of Everett. pres.-
dent and manager. w. f. Sutton. of
New York. has lately been appointed su-
perintendent. He has had several years
experience in Colorado and California Six
Rand drills are used in the mines, operated
by compressed air and run by electricity
generated 5000 feet distant. Last year
about rs men were employed In the Monte
Cristo mines. the monthly pay roll running
about $1,000. The force was increased dur
ing the past year 10 200 men.
The O. q ID. Mine.
The o. & r. mine. located on the divide
between Sank and Silver creek and now
owned by the o. &. p. Mining & Milling
Company IL a promising property. The
ledge is eight feet between walls. There
is 20-inch pay streak Of sulphurets av-
eraging about sS2 in gold and silver. The
ore also carries cobalt, but II Is not treated
for this mineral There is a tunnel so feet
on the ledge. 1000 feet below the summit;
another tunnel $50 feet higher is in 2o4 feet
and a third tunnel, which Is now being
driven. 200 feet higher. is In 100 feet. The
company has stopped out ore above tho
highest tunnel and there Is 90 feet OF stop
ing from the second one. Ths first ship
ment of ore was in September. 1891, when
a lot OF 100 tons was smelted. averaging
$50. In October. 1888. a cable tramway was
put In running 2 800 feet to the Everett a
Monte Cristo railroad. The owners are
pushing the development. The r and L.. on
the extension down the mountain. owned
by ]. J. Folstad and Cashier Luce. OF the
Snohomish National bank. Is a promising
property with 100 feet OF tunnel.
All in all II has been a very busy year
IN the mines In and about Monte Cristo and
the tributary country. More men and
more money are engaged In the search for
gold. silver and copper than ever before
and much of the work is of a permanent
character. based upon the rich finds al
ready made. and the value OF which has
been determined not only by assays, but
by smelter returns.