The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-03-21
NEW MINING TOWN.
Government Building Two briages
Across Salmon Riwsr-Whofe DIS
srfcf pIastered with Clsims-fmi
Mine ON Wild Horse - Parker
Group and Tennessee-Eifse Prop
erty-Gopper ktns and h"~ra
Fvscsfen-Town of Nelson to BE
Ineorperafcd-The silver kfns.


~rTsOx r. e March ia-The a.w
town OF Quartz Creek has built up ra2ic-
Is and has nos about forty buildings
Many u1sn are going IN every Gay seeking
sr-vaafnaenf. ard the hotes accommodations
are insufficient The government has prac-
ficaily decided uyon building TWO bridges
across Salmon river: one south OF Quartz
Creek and thu other . mile and . half
north. which would better suit the pEr-
roses % wild Horse creek. There - al
ready sufficient ore in sight 70 justify the
building of eight or ten miles OF wagon
road up wild Horse creek. and - seems
rsrobanBe that construction viii be COM
rneuesd during the coming spring The
entire district, al OF which lies IN the
Nelson mining district, r. literally plas-
tered with claims. many Of which sbo~
free gold on the surface and much which
f. suitable for concentrating.
The excitement h intense and there is
sure 70 be a big boom ia the spring. Like
the famous SLOGAN district. these proper
ties are showing up we'll from the start.
sad the consensus OF opinion Is that tas
camp will be fully az rich as any other
district IN the Kootenay. The yellow
legged pro~pecfors" have not paid much
attention here yet. bur just as soon as the
snog goes away 50 that their gasp-hEe
appendages will not be discoiored oy moist
ure they will be prominently In evidence.
and n number Of mines are making prep
arations TO ship.
the Yrnir mine On wild Horse is being
feveIonea BIZ the London 4 British Co
,uusbia Cold Fields Company. ard has about
Go tons on the dump ready for shipment
Twenty men are employed and go feet OF
"a ark has been done. most OF which is on the
vein. which shows a width OF fifteen feet.
The ore II milling gold ore and contains a
considerable quantity OF silver and lead.
Cod. however. Is the principal value.
The Parker group and Tennessee. south
Of Wild HoFsc are being extensively de-
veloped and have considerable ore on the
dump for shipment.
The Elise property has recently resumed
ALTERATIONS under a reorganization % the
company. ana a large force IL employed
The showing Is very fine
The British American Cold Mining Com
many has started a large force OF men al
work developing the Copper King at
Twenty Mile post on the Canadian Paeihc
railway on Kootenay river. They nave
fan.foot ledge the assays from which
snow xss 81 10 copper silver and gold. The
ledge lies ike a blanket on the mountain,
and development can bo prosecuted WITH
out the necessity OF expensive intersect-
ing tunnels
The British Canadian Gold Fields Com
tanv has secured the controlling interest
IN f7H MfA &uUNn nov AA~Aa@H -
the foot OF SLOGAN lake. ana has put
fourteen men 20 work getting out ore Tor
shipment Assays run from sos to $40
"a silver and gold.
The town of Nelson IL 10 be Incorporated.
and the election viii take place next
month. The man who viii probably have
the honor OF serving In the capacity OF
sirst mayor OF the future mining metropo-
us Is John A. Turner, a prominent and
ronular merchant OF the city.
Tho silver King mine pursues the even
terror OF its way and Is keeping the
xuelter huay with some OF the best ose
tAa, has ever been taken out OF the mine.
THE recent discovery OF a large and rich
body OF ore has frightened things up con-
siderably. and II Is expected that the snip
rnents OF matte viii be- correspohdihsy
larger The new rooster and reverbera-
tory furnaces connected with the smeiter
are almost ready for use. and VIII DC
blown In before the lapse Of many days