The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-06-25

Same Belt as Sieean. ON Trout Lake
Young and Thomas PuFchn.c.

ArnoHg the latest Seattle rnea To sa-
curs possession Of d good thlng are joe
Young and John Thomas Young il
known aS q Poplilst more than fn sny
Other capacity bat ~ has had many
years experience At mining: Thomas IS
known as = raoney broker and WIS fer
merry agent % q mortgage company here.
They CAME 10 town yesterday frO5c he
i4aFaeau country and were n8Ech ia evil
dessee on the streets. booking happy ard
prosperous.
sir. Young gaze = good idea OF the Lar
deaH country and hoT 70 get there IN 81
interview with a Post Htelligsncer rep
rssentatiTe. In wtiea he said:
To reach The LardeaB country from
the head or Arrow lake you take the
steamer for ten miles up the east arm 10
Thompson landing and then take fas
stage over coed road for twelve miles
- Trout Lake C4tg. at the head of Trout
lake. the center Of the f4ardeau mines
The country Is OF the same geological
structure as the SLOGAN and the torosra-
l,hy Is the same, The richest mines are
in the contact between slate and lire.
There are some very large low grade
lodges while Others are small and ex
;retiaeiy rich the district in this respect
also resembling the slocan. From thirty
TO tbIrty-aTe men have made sales for
1.fss TO $1,000 each during the lagt six
months the principal deals being NJ de
on the Great Northern. Jewel Black
Prince. Badshof. Ottawa Silver Cap. Wild
Swan, Sunshine and Towser Tbs Horne
Payne Company Is the biggest buyer
there having tho cream Of the camp. ard
has spent a good deal OF money on roads.
The greatest development Is from loo
10 ECO feet deep, The Great Northern
shows large quantities or good ore which
VIII p@y 10 ship. running from LOO 70 80
ounces silver. The lower tunnel IN the
silver Cap. which il about 309 feet long.
has cut TWO large ledEes running over 100
ounces OF silver and Is per cent lead be
sides The main ledge. which Is ~ inches
vide. carrying sea ounces or silver on an
average. The values are carried In sui
phlds and gray copper hat the mineral
base of all these claims is lead. The Rad
shot. Black Prince Silver Cap. Great
Northern. Jewel and Calgary. all owned
hF English companies. nave made ship
menis OF five 10 twenty tons.
The Ottawa. which AFR. Thomas and
have Just bought for s2o.of0 IL the fourth
claim southeast from the Silver Cap. and
vas only discovered on May D. SO there
- practically no work on II as yet II
has The same groupings as the Silver Cap,
except that the latter had only one vein
and the Ottawa has four distinct veins
Within ten feet oT the hanging wall IL
is on the contact between a slate hanging
and lime footwall. The four veins arr,
from three 10 six inches wide. while that
On the Silver Cap IS only one inch wide
on TOP. Assays range from % 20 $50
ounces Of silver. aud the estimated aver
age Is over so ounces with "a 10 g. per
cent lnid The claim has been ireoT-
rorated and the stock will be placed in
Eastern Canada. with the exception of a
few share which have been taken by our
personal friends IN Seattle
Tn" district has heretofore been very
Inaccessible, bat the British Columbia
government with Its usual generous ex-
penditure In such matters. has bull, roads
and trails 10 all the principal mines"