The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-03

god bricks xii become the chief prod
oct Instead of nesves-
Ag-e- the opsrfng of Chief Moses rsser-
walton n 1sss. prospectors swzTrnsd
through the country. ard IN the following
year wandered aorta 70 Palmer rsosntass.
THIS great bread ri3gs. ten niles long
f5crn north 10 south and a5ou- six mics
seYoss. with numerous small peaks
marked b. white cliffs OF 60ioI3te. soon
proved 70 b. > great mineral zone The
To- nation 81 TIE mountain Is diorste on
the southern s.ope. extending as far a.
<hs summit. ard On the northern portion
tnis Is lnte-sscts9 By 8Ikss of black State
and serDen1lns. TIE eaatsrn paTsf0n cen
slsts Of SAFE capped with doiornite. which
TO- ms high whi.e bates. aoLiceas5t@
through al the country around. .nile
furtasr east are large dlkes az wildly con-
torts1 colcmits extending % the Okano-
gar river The black slate IS cay here
and there overaa.d with GosoIlses where
the latter has resisted glacial action
On the Eastern slope.
Minerals have been found in all these
formations. on the eastern slope are
yelEs OF silver Lead ore carrying a good
percentage ct gold, In contacts OF dolo-
mite and black slate. Through the black
slate run, on north and south lines, great
quartz veins carrying gold. on which are
the Triune. Spokane and Wehe groups
On the northern part Of the mountain in
the black slate are large. prominent
lodges carrying high grade silver ore as
well z good percentage OF god. on
which are the Ivanhoe, Empire and Bull
frog. In the serpentine and black slate
contacts which extend on the northeast
side 10 Mount EIlemeaam and on the west
overlook Palmer lake. are some OF the
richest g04d-bearing VEINS on the noun
tain. among which are the Leadville
group and the Bunker HIL On the south
end. in the diorite. are gold-beaTing veins
carrying 3 small percentage Of silver. on
which are the Black Bear, War Ia gle.
Wisconsin Central. Grand summit and a
large number OF others, coGrslng north
west and southeast Lodges Of pyriic
ore under iron caps are found In the do
rite Identical In character and In identi-
cal formation with those across the
boundary and they also occur OF large
size. in diorits walls In the syenitic for
nation 10 the west, which runs through
Aeneas mountain. Douglas mountain, Gold
Hill and Mount Chapaca. Palmer noun
tain shows surface disturbances which
account for the breaking over OF some OF
the lodges. for, as depth is attained, II Is
found that they are permanent and that
the break-oyer Is merely a surface dis
tuTbaHce. This Is proven In the Black
Bear. where the greatest depth has been
e. the Carboo mine al Camp Mckinney,
p. c., which is on the same geological
formation and shows the same surface
disT iacement. These disturbances caused
many prospectors TO think their lodges
near the surface had given out. and
scared away some timid investors who
were inexperienced in mining.
A Good Producing Mine.
The principal producing mine OF the
district Is the Triune mine at Golden.
owned by a company OF which c. c. May
and f. II. Luce, OF Davenport, AdeEbert
Hunt, a. F. Lambert. of Spokane, and
II. ". Ho!iey OF Everett. are the princi-
pal stockholders. The claim had on the
surface forty feet OF ore lying almost
horizontal, as shown In two small pros
pecting shafts. the ledge having broken
over. tunnel was run Us feet on this
break-over and the ore mined was milled
ana ran about Sc ton all through. The
present manager, Mr.. Hunt has run a
tunnel l65 feet TO tap one or these shafts,
cutting the lead, and from II drifts Will
be run. Stopping above this tunnel struck
a lead six feet wide and another three
feet wide. A drift is being run twenty
feet below the surface TO open ground
both above and below, and Is now IN
seventy feet on six feet OF fine ore show
ing the lead to pitch perpendtcularly. A
working smart Is also De1ns sunk 20 strike
the lead at depth and at fifty-three feet
struck a number I strlngers which
are running together. apparently into the
lead. This ore assayed Sos gold and
twelve ounces silver. The ore milled ay-
erages SIS gold and the concentrates about
$50 gold, the higher grade ore being ship
ped to the smelter. The mine has a ten
stamp mill equipped with sS0-pound
stsmps and four Frue vanners. the capac-
ity being about twenty-five tons a day.
The monthly production Is about 81 900 in
bullion and concentrates and thirty-ive
men are employed.
Adjoining the Trlune Is the Spokane
group OF fEne claims. now owned by J.
Barnett McLaren. OF Vancouver. Il. C.
which are well developed 1t has several
parallel lodges, those in the Spokane
group proper being ona, three and four
feet wide. shown up by over 800 feet OF
tunnel and shaft. the ore assaylng from
s. gold 20 % ounces silver upwards. on the
other claims are Lodges from eight inches
to four feet wide. OF about the same
value. thoroughly prospected. The mine
has a ten-stamp mill on the shore OF
Wapnicut lake. which made a run for six
months in 1894. but has been shut down
by litigation. Mr.. McLaren is preparing
II put in Frue vanners and resume opera
tons.
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