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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-01

has been recorded in the Nelson district
alone This Is IN addition TO the Operating
rrtnes ard q great nun Der which are now
under Development. All development -
showing up remarkably we'll ard reports
OF strikes are continually being heard
The most important god strike ever
made in the Nelson district was reported
this week II - on ire Granite. or Forty
nine creek owned ~ J. z. SS edls@rE sad
J. w Johnson They had spent sl,1na IN
ground sitgicinx the claim and ran across
a flye-Eoot ledge ~ nigh grade free milling
ore. The claim Is The extension o. the
White. one II the POorman group. The
same ledge a nj ore have been worked on
the white. but the find on the Granite
establishes the fact that the ledge j. q
continuous body Of ore The " atte has
a. or a. tons on the dump and It's tunnel
Is ~ - feet Mr.. Davenport. one Of the
principal owners In the Pcorinan group.
thinks 1h- STRIFE the greatest free gold
proposition in the country and viii devote
more Of his attention 10 the White The
Poorrnan rrsne II being worked probably,
bat the White and Granite are looked upon
~ even richer
\ car load Of ore has beer shipped from
the Harvard fraction on SLOGAN lake 10
the Nelson srneiter.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-01

.usgenheims. of Pueblo. on Tour
With Their Expert.

Among the recent visitors TO the hoo-
tenaI country are William and Simon
C;uggenheIrn. the Colorado snlsiter men.
81 whom the Spokesman Review says:
''One b = and the other - years Of age,
ard they 30 not weigh all ounce over ia
pounds apiece. yet they own and operate
shelters at Pueblo. Colo, with capacity
Of about 100 tons 4 day, and az Monterey,
Mexico, and Coclocahente, Mexico Be
sides. they have large refining works at
Perth Amboy. y. ]. With them are otto
Mears president OF the Silyerton, Colo.
railway, and J. e hamburger. Of Salt
Lake an expert and Western representa-
tive Of the Guggenheims."
In an interview William Guggenhelm
said:
There IL no use 10 pretend that we are
coming here merely for pleasure. We are
looking at country we have heard much
Of and in which We may conclude 10 in
vest. No. cannot say We intend TO figure
on a smelter proposition now; but We may
figure on some mining propositions. and
smeiters would have TO come later If they
were needed I expect. But We know
nothing Of IL as yet. Mr. Hamburger viii
stop of in the SLOGAN country perhaps.
but the others will go on 10 Revelstoke
and return via Vancouver and Portland.
We have reason TO examine this field for
all through our section mining men have
their faces turned toward Washington and
British Columbia. The reports have been
Satisfactory enough. and the test long
enough 10 warrant the belief that there is
permaneucy here. The shipments give
proof of great merit
Mr.. Mears says the day is past for low
grade OF base ores to he cast aside Base
ores can be treated successfully he said
and low grades can be treated cheapiy."
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cluded that the hardships imposed upoa
iherl BY the mosquitoes would net lustity
them in remaining longer Y ektna Herald.
IL is authori-ativeiy stated row that the
legal troubles Of the Constoch-Le Fleur
property have been settled ont OF court.
Minor details 81 the incorporation only
stand in the way O! speedy resumption
OF work on that property Spokesrila n Re
view
l. =. Fletcher United States geological
surveyor, OF Washington. Il. c went 10
Monte CriSto Wednesday. A ear load of
camping o9tn5 Is IN route 20 Monte Cristo
fer Mr.. Fietcher's surveying party His
mission is in connection with the forestry
reserve
Otto J Heiutz. OF Buffalo: Lewis Han,
u Of Niagara Falls. and Ramsey Peugnet.
Of New York who are interested with 9TH
ers in the Sydney Gold Mining and nevel-
opnent Company. have gone 20 Qussneile.
r e. 20 visit their companyS dredging
ground. on Smoky river.
Some rich properties have been located
on La France creek. about eight miles
south Of Pilot bay. OF ko0tenai lake. Tho
ore carries a large percentage of copper.
and IL is said that the properties now IN
der development are in the same belt as the
Crawford and Hooker creek districts.
Three-quarters interest ~ the pibhls
group. on Chloride hill. eleven miles from
Fort Steele has been sold ny W. NJ.
Sprague and Gen. Warren for S}ooa. -
the SLOGAN Silver-Lead syndicate. About
sal go has been spent in development.
showing $3.50 ere. Of which 800 sacks are on
the dump. and the new owners have begun
work.
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4 LUMP RATE.
Why There Wasn't Any Fixed
Charges in This Saoctum.

When the advertising agent Of one Of
the greatest shows on eerth-for in the
circus business greatest" is not a Su-
perlative term at all-visited small town
in Kansas last summer he called upon he
editor OF the local paper and inquired
the cost of a double column display adj
vertisenent in the next two issues.
Two hundred and eighty dollars. was
the reply without a seconds hesitation.
Great Scott. Are YOU crazy" cried
The agent. What would you charge us
for a full page"
Two hundred and eighty-jus, the
same"
But how do you figure -" expos:u-
lated the circus man. Haven't YOU any
settled rate for space advertising"
See here. mister earnestly remarked
the editor . don't pay any attention 20
space in this deal but ! do know just
what an advertisement in this paper will
cost you. You may have a column. or a
page or the whole blamed paper, just as
YOU like There'e a mortgage for s2S0
on this shop. and your circus has got %
help me out with II. II IL doesn't. I'm
a goner that's all You may move right
in here and run the whole shooting match
for n couple Of weeks. but we've got 70
ante up $3.50 before next Saturday night.
Now then. are you friendly Indian. or
are you hostile2"
All the dates and extra posters used
last season by that show throughout the
west were printed in little oGe-hevse
newspaper office in Kansas. The paper
is still issued regularly. and its editor
shows every evidence that he is at peace
with all the world and is prospecting.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-01

err These properties have been iEcorpor-
atsd separately by = A Mckenzie, \. q
Mcbride AMI ether Seattle men The Iowa
has an ircn-caPpei ledge twenty feet wide.
aSSay!nS s. gold and s. silver and copper
OF tre surface on which \ shaft no"
down over twenty feet i being sunk Il
Is on a parallel ledge with the EiectoT, on
which an English company has sunk
eighty-fye feet in ore assaylng 81 al that
depth On the Green Mountain SHAFT.
row down twenty-five feet. = being sunk
and has struck So ore. Work is also being
carried on on the Murphy Greek, which
shows ore Of lower grade.
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THE GRANITE MOUNTAIN.
4 Rich strike Made. After Driving
Only Twenty Feet.

Mr.. Alex Boreu. superintendent or the
Granite Mountain Gold Mining Company.
OF the Silverron district. IS just down from
The property with news that A rich strike
has been made The Granite Mountain
group are on extensions OF the Forty Five
ledge. on the Silverton side OF the divide.
The snow and rain has prevented Develop
rnent work until within q very recent
period
\ force Of men was put az work in
Two shifts only n week ago. and their
prospecting tunnel was in Only twenty
feet when an ore chute was struck The
ore shows clear across the face of the
tunnel bat the actual width has not been
determined The ore has been assayed
and shows high returns in both gold and
silver. The parties interested in this prop
erty are James r. Hayden. jr.. Edward l.
Ensel and Alex Boren Mr. Ensel who
has interests in about twenty other min
Ing properties IN various parts Of the state
said last evening that ne considered the
Granite Mountain the best Of them all
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MINING NOTES.

The lie Roi is now shipping 10 the Trail
smslter about $50 tons OF ore a day.
Forty tons Of ore have been shipped
from the Providence, on Harrison lake. 10
the Tacoma smeiter.
An eighty-foot tunnel on the Black Fox
on Cariboo creek. Shocan. i all In ore run
ming about - ounces silver
\ new ore shoot in the War Eagle at
Rossiand, eight feet wide and ASSAY ing
over so gold. has sent stock up 6 cents.
Curtis Greene has returned To Yakima.
from the Summit district. and saws there
are la 70 30 men there. with more going
in daily.
Since the recent sale af Evening Star
treasury stock. that company has greco In
the treasury for development, and work is
To he resumed.
There are now seven mining camps Al
work on Martin creek, TWO miles west Of
Silverton. a wagon road Is badly needed
along this creek. Everett News.
col John Weir of New York. and Far
rell & MidEeon. of Butte. are both figuring
on locating smelter on Boundary creek,
al either Greenwood or Anaconda.
George r. Nicoli. of SEATTLE. vice presi-
dent of the Red Ton Mountain Mining
Company spent a few days up AZ the com
paws mine the frs, part OF the week
Northport News.
\ sale of N 80 shares OF Finance stock
has been made in London. ont. The com
pany has four claims on Green mountain,
near Trail. y. c. and one on Fortynine
creek. near Nelson.
The Fortv-nine group. on Forty-nine
creek. near Nelson. r. c.. recently located.
consists of six claims on lodges eighteen
10 thirty-six inches wide. carrying free
gold and copper sulphides.
The Frater-C Current stamp mill cannot be
taken into the Summit district till the road
Is built says The Tacoma Union. and moth
ing Is being done by those who agreed TO
build from Cady's ranch To the mouth of
Greeuwater river at their own expense.
Louis Janeck. u. G Stone and James
Curren have returned from the Yakima
above Rosa where they had loca ted placer
claims some time ago, They worked
rock for about three hours. with the result
claiming I'D 8, 10 81 cfnis. and then con
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-01
IN SUMMIT DISTRICT.
DEtELoPHfST NoHk COIN"
STEADILY FoRN AID.
Chief of Police Reed. of This City.
and 4s~o-iasss To pot n Hy dranite
Plant on Their properfy-BiE
>meIfsr Men in n oosenai-Kiehes
eff Fort .treIe-.-aft1e Wen on
Green Mountain.

Special pisratch 70 the g-Tnteiiigencer.
BUCKLEY. Jaue = Development n 90
inss sGeadiiY forward in the Summit dis
tr.ct ard grospect0rs arrive almost datiy.
some going - ti.e vicinity % Gold Iiil4 anf
others ~ 81. upper nes3Hafe oi " atte
river. IT. &he latter section many apiaf-
rutIy good gedEes Rave beer fptAted ~
r.n wno have a. ofce proceeded 10 = oi r
There is much unexploTed ground IN fsiaE
vicinity. giving good SCOPE 80 prospectors.
Seven claims are on one iedg. carrying
gold, silver and lead. and giving GOOD
promise Of value. The ore r. generally
free milling ard easy 10 work
state Senator y. + L-sh ard Y A.
i'usey. John Woodius ana ChieT ~ Police
Rect Of Se4ifie. recently examined Their
placer claim and decided 10 pat a bydraE-
D. plant On IL. They nave pay dirt from
the surface.
The Florence Mining Company Is run
Ming a tunnel on crow Point on a ledge
showing several inches IF good ore carry
Ing gold silver and lead
Col Hansen. representing the Summit
Mining and Reduction Company has been
on the ground several weeks and viii soon
put a large crew ~ men 10 work on the
company's property \ s!xty-foot tunnel
l. all IN pay ore and another = being run
for a rich ledge seventy-fve feet ahead.
The FIFE brothers are At work on the
Blue Bell which has an immense ledge.
carrying a rtcn streak Of pay ore.
Forrest and Farrell who are among the
pioneer Of the district. are working or
the Blue Grouse and Will continue I'll! win.
ter
The site for the first stamp mill is being
cleared ~ the crystal Mountain Mining
and Reduction Company.
The Gold HI Mining and Milling Com
Irany has struck GOOD ore IN a thirty-fC-ot
tunnel or the Earl and IL nov tunneling
On the King. which has five feet Of pay
ore II has recently bought six claims,
which vii bs developed this season.
The surrey Of the state road is com
pieted and the work Of construction will
begin tFfgnefifa Faly
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Lively Times at Marble Mount.

So .3al 10 the Post inteliigencer
MAJ BE MOUNT. June s.-Nrver be-
fore in the history OF this part Of the state
has there been such a rush 20 the mining
districts Of Ruby. Slate creek and sur
rounding country FIFTY locations have
been made near here within the past two
weeks. Almost daily prosnectors are com
ing down from different streams ana eX-
hioitins specir7@nS saturday TINS point
was scene Of activity. pack train or
twenty horses and As many prospectorS
left for points on streams above here The
hotel Is crowded ard the store - doing
thriving business The ferry across the
Skagit river At this place X also kept busy
The state road is being constructed n an
excellent manner by Commissioner Frazer.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-01

IL Goes From Nelson 10 IiNerpooI--
Rich >triLs. ON the Granite.

NELSON. r. G.. June 25-Tomorrow
Saturday the Hans mines smeitor Uiil
ship 10 Liverpool England. eight Gar
loads az copper from The new calciulug
and refining furnaces. The train is 10 bee
.caily decorated with flags and bunting and
each car will be largely piacarded with
he words.
First copper made in British Column
bia'
In All there will be about LOO tons valued
az about ~" per ton and a second train
load viii be ready in about one week The
likeness of the copper has been Increased
10 - and - per cent in copper. silver aud
sold As high a. fifteen tons have been
taken out from one charge
The bis 3si-ton blast furnace viii be I'm
ished la about week and will AT once he
blown in. Commencing tomorrow. the
silVer King mines VIII ship ia tons daily
eown the tramway. and the management
states thar the thine * now I'm a condition
u Keep this M uninterruptcdly for six
months. This. IN conjunction with Gus
tom ore. IL expected to he sufficient 10
teep both furnaces. having a total daily
capacity II SD tons, running continuously
The or" from the Athabasca has com
f}eneed 10 arrive at the rate Of about
twenty tons daily.
Since March si2es9 IN assessment work
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iHiage Mining Promoter.

Affairs have taken a remarKShl turn
with the Aiberni Consolidated Gold Min
ing Company. James Dunsmuir had un-
dertahen 10 develop the property and take
treasury stock in payment AT a certain
valuation. He erected roads. bridges,
buildings. machinery and diamond drill
sank a shaft seventy-fjve feet, drifted 62n
feet from il. and ran tunnel eighty feet
10 tap the shaft. The drift running into
broken ground. he declined To take the
treasury stock and made the company A
present Of the work done At recent
stockholders meeting a vote of thanks u
MIR Dunsmuir was passed. report from
James Moir was read recommending fur
ther exploration. and the directors were
authorized 70 act upon IL.
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RICHES or FORT STEELE.
Great Quantity of Ore Awaits ship
ment-trow'~ Nest RuttrOas

Dudley II. Lancaster, in an interview
published in the Spokesman Review. says
of the Fort Steele country,
''The North Star Is now down about
sixty feet and has shipped enough ore TO
pay So $50 for the mine. build a wagon
road thirty miles, put steamers on the
kootenai river and pay for all develop
ment. The ST. Eugene has i0e10 tons of
high-grade ore on the dump and fine
showing OF ore. The Sullivan group is
called a mine by miners. John NJ Burke
has already made the second payment on
the Dibble bond of SCI ,"a
Wild Horse river. Perry creek Weaver
creek ana Moyea river are still being
worked for placer. and In the sos We're the
scenes OF great activity. Sixteen millions
have been taken from Wild Horse. eight
millions from Perry creek. like amount
from Weaver creek and about twelve mill
ions from the Moyea. from its source 10
Moyca lake, distance of about thirty
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-01

miles. ]. Is or the foothills along these
streams snfson the divide near their
sources. Where the bug free milling lodges
have been located The gold taken from
the plscers IS the product principally az
erosion proving that it came from the
great Iedes O. free-rnilling quartz found
within the bosom OF these streams.
There j. now great activity IN the
camp ToxnsiteS are numerous along the
proposed route IF the Grow Nest pass
railroad. The building 81 which is TOW an
assured fatt- II Is reliably stated that
construction VIII begin at four different
places within thirty days"
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To Tunnel on the nanker Crnun.

A contract has been let for fifty feet
more tunneiing on the Banker group
which extends on both sides OF Marten
creek at Silverton and includes seven
claims. on the Banker. west of the creek
Il ledge of great width. on which a ~
foot tunnel shows rock carrying gold sill
yer. copper and nickel. This tunnel viii
be continued for nifty feet. The claims
east OF the creek have been examined BIZ
an engineer. who brought down samples
carrying native copper. as we'll gold and
silver Surface prospecting is being done
with a view TO tunneling there also
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-01
GOLD.
SiL.F Err.
STATE.
\ New Mining Review.

The Northwestern Mining Review is the
lame If a new monthly magazine pub
lished a Tacoma. which has Just APP
peared 1t Is neatly printed in large type
and has, ali in ALL made a good beginning
The saiutatory is a denunciation Of wild
eating, in the course Of which the editor
says:
w heneVer We are reliably informed as
10 the methods of operation and location
OF these mining frauds we shall most Ger
tainly expose them and do our utmost 10
down them
If this promise is lived up to the paper
will prove Il valuable acquisition.
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4 Wise Ruling.
Buffalo EXpress.

The ruling OF the Roman Catholic church
ny which the use of the English Language
is encouraged in the United States is a
wise policy for the church In that IL Will
tend 10 unity. and IL viii have good
effect upon the people affected by putting
them into the American way OF looking a
life The Pope Is 10 be credited with
excellent Judgment in this decision.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-01

"One of my sick headaches" you will
hear people frequently say as If the COM
plaint was hopeleSsly incura bic. As
matter of fact Ayers Pills not only re-
Iieve sick headache, but effectually re-
move the cause of this distressing com
plant and so bring about a permanent
cure.
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Development is being prosecuted sinful
taneously on the Iowa. Murphy Creek and
RosSland Green Mountain properties. on
Green mountain. FIVE miles north Of Ross
land and four miles from the Trail srnelt-
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Metal Product of Pacific Northwest

The production Of gold and silver for the
Pacific Northwest in 1925 and 1895 is given
by Wells, Fargo & Co as follows. in dol
lars:
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Grand display of fireworks tonight at
Madison park.
Try kaiser
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The sun., 1897-12-05
POLICE BOARD CANVASS NEXT.

The Charter Directs the Commissioners to Go
Over the Returns-To BEGIN Tomorrow.
Tomorrow at 10 o'clock the Board of Police
Commissioners will organize as q Board Of City
Canvassers and the vote OF the Greater New
York will be officially canvassed, as the charter
provides. The canvass will he moro or less of a
formality. J. n. Outwater, an expert calculator,
has been at work for more than a week upon the
returns. The tables of figures are huge affairs.
Tho one from Queens county is upon a single
sheet of paper more than ten feet long and four
feet wide. Every vote cast in the county is ac-
counted for upon II.
The board has five days in which to do its
work. but 1t will probably not take it five hours.
When 1t is all done. 1t will issue certificate to
each of the successful candidates. A number Of
printed copies Of the canvass have been pro-
vided for distribution In memory Of tho frat
election in the Greater New York.
The sun., 1897-12-05

An instructive parallel might be drawn
between Beethoven and Balzac in re-
Pan, Rourre,,- spect to the pains
before such a plen which each took to
tude OF learning. such express himself with
depth OF S, feeling, clearness. The great
susa genius nns musicians perfection Of
almost awed It is design did not como
no longer q work OF spontaneously, but was
art; is real life the result of long and
pproduced viii incessant toll. In his
RIay'' hdrIty that leaves notebooks we may trace
nothing to be wished a musical germ in its
tSr, tSr, Tnen thasa us evolution through all
morrow for the art. the successive stages Of
Bsizac is to see life, snonfane1ns m al I'd itc
" utterance, on the
other hand, Schubert Is alone. Writ
ing melodies was to him as easy az
writing letters probably easier. But
Schubert is conspicu- Baud.lu,re,-
GUS among great COM Every IN Bal
posers for his INSULT zac; down to the very
cient musical education. scnilions no has genius. en- M
He did not possess Bee vastinR his creations
thovens keen instinct for with apparent re-
design. Now, with Bee ality. he stands nrso
thoven, riotous fertility among hoVeiiS'S
of invention, like Schubert's, was held In
check by the highest artistic control. In
this manner he contrived TO immensely en-
nance the telling power
:. Hnnons Saor a. R.,Isc of his ideas. 1t Is the
was one OF tn. frst same with Balzac-th0
among the great one same fertility of inven.
OF the highest among tion, the same rush of
'ho o's'' thoughts; but also tho
same tireless energy of revision to give tho
creations artistic form and make them In
telliglble.
The sun., 1897-12-05
DIED..

BLATCHFORD. -on Dec. 8. 1907. at his residence.
81 Riverside Drive. Samuel Milford Blatohford.
in his 82d year.
Funeral services at the Church Of tho Heavenly
Rest. 5th av. and 45th ST.. on Monday, Dec. 8. at
1880 A. NJ.
BLODG DGETT.-Suddenlya at Schenectady, N. Y, on
Saturday. Dec. l. in his s6th year, George Redding-
ton Blodgett son Of George Bodgett.
Funeral at Schenectady on Monday, Dec. Q. Ser
vices private. Kindly omit flowers.
MAGOyERN.-Frlday, Dec. 8. at her residence.
1900 Broadway. Martha E. susden. wife of John
p. Magovern.
Interment at woodlawn. Funeral private. Please
omit flowers.
OLMsTEAD.-on Saturday, Dec. 4. at Hotel Gren
oble. after a brief illness. DR.. James olmstead
son OF the late JS,es and Sophia Richards Ohm
stead Of New Haven. Conn.,
Interment at Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven
Conn, on Tuesday. 9TH inst. at p. NJ.
Fresh Pond Crematory open every day in the
year for business and yistors.-U. \. CREMATION
CO., 90 East Houston ST.. New York.
FVNHE KENSICO CEMETERY. Private station. HAr-
L lem Railroad: ~ minutes ride from the Grand
Central Depot. once. 10 East 42d st.