The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-18

Estimate of What SLOGAN District
Will Produce During the Pres
ent HeHr-The LATEST Skinner

The Rosslaud Red Mountain mine. which
is the last TO enter the shipping list, Is
situated on the east slope OF Red mountain.
Near the shaft OF the Mugwump Is a very
substantial house containing the new
seven-driIl air compressor plant
OF the company. At present the
company working on a drift which
is being driven from the bot
tom OF a seventy-foot shaft This drift Is
on a pay shoot Of very nigh grade ore
This pay shoot carries from Is TO 8 per
cent. copper and a fair amount of gold
The high copper value is a special feature
of this mine.
Further down the hin a tunnel Is being
run % crosscut the north ledge which the
Rosslander says II is expected 10 do with
about 100 feet more. This tunnel Is now In
3l5 feet and when Il cuts the ledge ii is ex-
pected TO be about 275 feet from the sur
face. The shaft VIII be sunk 20 connect
with the tunnel and the ore stopped. There
are a present Twenty-f0ur men AZ work
on the mine.
The Sl3can district VIII produce al least
S. 10000 during the present year This is
regarded as a conservative estimate by
those who are familiar with the country
and rs capabilities FOR producing ore
The mines which viii ship ore this year
are the Payne. Reco. Sl0can star Last
Chance, Ruth. Noble Five. Goodenough.
sur i}flz 81. " asAll4iE tuHs " QlteWdteF. Jack
son. Rambler Wonderful. Wellington,
SLOGAN Boy. Northern Belle. Lucky Jim.
Consolation, Enterprise. Idaho. Two
Friends. Howard Fraction, Queen Bess.
Rondholder. Exchange. Chapleau. hex.
Montezun1a. silver Bell. Gibson. London
and Bullion. Best B.ueblrd. Sunset
Monitor. Galena mines, Ivanhoe. Fisher
Maiden. Iron Hand. Nepawa Chambers.
Northern Belle No. 2 Mountain Chief
Az Cas-
and several others. The above list COM
prises the names Of foriy-seven mines from
which ore viii be shipped. This is a won
derful record.
OF the above list an estimate has been
made OF the amounts which the largest
producers viii send 70 market. The Payne.
5000 tons Up 20 April l. Reco. 1870 tons dur
ing the winter S.ocan Star. 20 tons Of
concentrates a month: Last Chance. 600
tons this winter. Ruth. so tons month.
Noble Five. 790 tons concentrates and
crude ore a month. Surprfse. 80 tons a
month. Washington. so tons a month.
Whifewater, r. tons a month. Jackson.
900 tons this winter. Rambler. 90 tons
month. Wonderful. - tons month.
Wellington. 30 tons this winter: SLOGAN.
Boy 80 tons during the winter. Northern
Belle. 100 tons this winter Enterprise. 90
tons a month. idaho. 30 tons month:
Two Friends. 20 tons this winter. Queen
Rass. 20 tons during me season; q total
OF 47 80 tons THIS. with the other mines
which will snip wiu swell the amour, 20
a. least 5e089 tons. with a conservative
value of g o1o. 60.
While me Tonnage OF the district is not
50 large a. tat Of the C0ur dAiene IL Is
without doubt The greatest high grade sil-
vpr-les9 camp en- tae continent.
There rs bus little machinery in use In
the entire district The Noble Five IS
eouipr.e8 with @ 12l-iou concentration. The
sloean Star has "a concsntrator and COM
preesor plant The Three Forks concen-
traitor has a capacity q sixty tens. as
has tha washington coucentrat0r. This
includes AL q tne machinery IN the dis
trlct except few 6olsts. There IS not
a steam hoist IN are Siocan.