The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-22

n - .flften, who is largely inter
e~.as - -ri~s~x properties n Oksnogan.
reraruss a aav Or TWO szo from there he
"a a 1~-- believer u the value o. pzaEogs1
.sn4reS ars 5evsIerzeGt work aow gong
o. gives rim gocd reason 20 BE enthus1-
astse- A Post-Eatel-tgeZeeF nan saS hiSa
yesterday.
ssyfs. news about the n.Hes Of Okla
Ysaean cosufve Not much thai wotlad -
s.a@r =, sh4 readers % the Psst-Ireell ger
eer TIE most Important Mining opera
zion IL. s9sans,cvg1 county IS, without agu0T.
the pazrr,er mountain Tunne2- One has
orfv 70 see the character Of the work be-
anz done ca rEsaE property 70 BE ccnF1Icea
thai raonGy and brains are backing mat
saternrsse Spokane men are the oS0ers
OF TIE properly and spokane men have
SET more than one example IN enterprise
and push thai - worthy Of imitation by
other people oE the state The Palmer
mountain people vi have completed the
fumes 30 the nine soon and vii then plH
IN operation ire compressed air drills and
drive the tunnei eight or ten feet a day.
They expect 20 cr0sscGt the FIRST ledge 81
about 40 feet
There are sixteen well defined lodges
above the tunnel route This enterprise
viii DO more 70 prove and settle the ques-
sion OF values II that locality than any
thing that has ever been done In the coun-
~.
"As 10 the strike In the Detroit Windsor
81 was no; 50 much a strike IN high-grade
ore as IL was IN quantity OF good ore. The
entire shaft, five feet wide on the hang
ing wal, az depth OF ffty-fye feet,
averaged from 81 TO s35. AT this depth the
shaft left the hanging gah and was sunk
straight down until the foot wall was
reached 81 a depth OF seyenty-three feet.
the entire shaft bsing IN ore which aver
ages about SO. thus showing the probable
average across the entire ledge 70 be from
SIS 10 81.
When IL is remembered that this ledge
is fourteen fee; wide on the surface and
traceabls tbs length OF the three claims
constituting the ledge group known as
the Detroit " fndsor. come idea of the
importance OF this discovery can be had.
The Detroit Windsor is proving the value
OF the iron capped property IN okanogan
county. A contract for tunnel viii he
made at once The Seattle men who are
already In on the Detroit Windsor will
make an effort 10 take all the treasury
stock.
Yes. other properties are being opened,
In fact many OF them. Mr.. kingsbury
representing a Pittsburg company. is de-
veloping a property near LOOMS under
the superintendency OF Capt Curtis. a
mining man OF note, who, by the way.
says. When the people OF Washington
learn. as they viii In the near future. that
Okanogan county IS not sxcelied, II, In
deed. IL Is equaled by any country in the
Northwest as a gold and silver country.
they viii wonder why they ran all over
the Northwest, from Rossland and Bound
sry creek 10 Alaska, hanting for some
thing which they could have found so
much nearer al home
THE people OF Okauogan county feel
very grateful to the Post Intelligencer for
its efforts In behalf OF the mining inter
ests OF the state. The Post-Intengenc
Is showing that Washington Is q gold and
silver state as well as a coal, iron, lumber,
wheat. hop and fruit state.
There are many good claims IN Okla
hogan county, upon which sufficient work
has been done 20 warrant the expendi-
ture Of money upon them Properties can
be had in okancgan county now at prices
ranging from s.. 900 to s.. Co., which. If in
Ross@and, would no doubt sell for ten
times as much
capt. Curtis gave ne permission 10
quote him as follows. AS mining man
do not hesitate 10 say that developments
in this county viii show as good results as
the Rossland district I am familiar with
both localities, and slime viii prove the
truth OF what I say
The Spokane business men are after the
trade OF that country. but Seattle has the
call on that trade at present At this
time as the boat IS not running on the CO.
Ombia. the Spokane papers get into Con-
conully and LOOMS one day ahead OF the
Post-Intelllgeacer I took pardonable
pride IN hearing the many compliments
paid the Post-InteIligencer. The most
significant one was this; A certain news
matter Was under discussion in the hotel
Office AZ Loor1is. when q man ended the
discussion by saying:
Wen. we Will have 10 wait Till the
PoSt-Intelligencer comes: that win settle
H. And they concluded TO wait"