The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-03-29
MINES AND MINING.
Mineral wealth Pound Right at the
Limit. of the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
work Continues Through Tn
favorable Weather - strike on
raytou Mountain Causes n Rash
Into the piere's Lake District
sp~cfal Correspondence OF the Posf-Ir-
teslIxeucer.

e,~cfal Correspondence OF the Post-In-
tesHgeucsr.
KANTOOPS. y. G. March Exam
loops. the inland capital Of British Colon-
a. until LAST year was thought 20 pos
- b,st scrr attriburaz-saiubrzou eli
,aate fsrssle soil, railroad. wagon road
and water communication, and . con@er-
vaslvslv zresstve population. To these.
ooxexer. a aftn has been added within
fne uaes twelve months. Al addition tnAt
yyifI make a city o. the little riverside
.ossu quicker than climate. soil. railroads
or anyshfnc else. This attn quality =
mineral wealth.
q RS long been known that copper
stained rock was - be found over 40 ex-
teuzlye area No one seemed % dream.
though. that paying ore was at the very
door OF flle town, almost begging for some
notice 70 b. taken Of &. But 10 - was.
and when the Inhabitants Of the t5~n ana
surrounding c0n8try realized what haa
beea discovered there vas A rush for the
hills and hundreds % claims have been
staKed on The sudden onset 81 winter
and the great depth Of snoT which YET
covers the higher benches, while cneck-
ing the progress Of the new camp. did not
wholly retard lis onward march. Stead
fly. ali through the winter. has the stream
cf records 81 mineral claims kept up. and
as steadily has development work been
done OF a few Of The properties. Within
the next few weeks the hills VIII re-
sound with the busy hum Of miners at
work with pick, shovel. hammer and
drill.
Aa min!ng camp Karnloops possesses
advantages enjoyed by few claimants Tor
notice. In the first place. there il the
town itself. with IT'S stores. hotels. water
az.f I
Here are me division roundhotTse, work
shops and offices q the Canadian Pa
etfc railway, which runs through the
town. Thanked on one side by the benches
that rise one above another until the
general level Of the plateau t. reached IT
s. guarded on the other by the Thompson
river into which. and Immediately oppo~
site the town. the north branch OF the
same name empties its icy waters. sur
rounded on all sides BY hills which are.
however. fraversed In every direction by
waIi-made wagon roads. with herds OF
cattle and productive farms on every
hand Kamloops Is a favored spot The
rainfall Is very light. and TO raise crops
Irrigation e. necessary.
The claims begin almost In the town IT.
eeif, those that are more disiant-and
but few are more than six or eight miles
away-are readily reached by the excel
the camp.
The Guerin fractional claim was bond
ell last fall for 1880. beyond a small
hole made By the dlscoverer. no work has
yet been done on this claim. on the Iron
Mask, uuste near the laSt-me ntioned
claim. moro has been accomplished in the
way OF drifting and tunnsling showing n
clean ore worth so to 80 a ton. There are
about $50 toms on the dump. This prop
-.
should find a ready sale The Python.
owned by syndicate In Kamioops IS
down some sixty feet, In ore all the way.
with a good pay streak. on the Evening
Star a rich strike has been made. and its
owner Is confident % having one OF the
best fllinRs In camp.
On chieftain No. ? good body OF orc
assaylng SCI IN gold. besides the copper
II contains. was reached at a depth Of
forty feet. II Is expected 10 pick up
tfiis lead on the Green Cub. the proxlmate
claim. on which also runs the lead from
the Chleftain No. l.
The Kimberly Mining Company's prop
critics are looking we'll one assay made
recently went over four ounces IN gold
besides a little silver and some copper.
On the saucy Lass. claim that borders
on the Kimberly group. there is very
good showing for the small amount OF
work done. This claim VIII receive NigOF-
QUE attention within the next few months,
as the owners think they have a gilt
edged proposition. There are scores OF
other claims that have good indications.
hut 20 mention ali would be tedious. and
enough has been said 90 show that in the
KAmloops camp there are some things far
better than the majority sold and stocked
IN the RoSsiaHd camp.
The ores are copper gold and carry from
Is 90 ~ PER cent. copper and from g. 20
s. IN gold In 50 young a camp II Is not
yet possible 70 SAY much about the quau-
vty Of ORE but present indications are
that the supply viii be all that can be de-
sired
With the advent 81 capital and the Sys-
teuatic development or some Of these
claims. The future Of the camp viii be as
surcd.
\ Miners Protective Association has
been formed. for the purpose 81 seeing
fair play in the camp. and 10 put an end
60 vexattous and frivolous chain jumping
Already the hotels are taxed 70 their
fun capacity. and K IL expected that an
other and more commodious hosiery will
te built ~ once
So far as labor t. concerned. there fa an
abundance of q on hand. and the man
booking Tor work need uet waste time and
money ia coming % a place where tho
supply eSceeds the prcsent demand
N. :. WADE.
RusH TO rIERE's LAKE.