The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-12


Active Development Work.
The wan Street Company has !et con-
tract 20 sink fifty feet on one o. IL GAINS
on Horse Spring Coulee. The snatt Is al
in ere. intersperssS with pockets o. oeco.t-
posed nsatrs- that assays very high IN golo.
The Strictly Business Company. whose
properties are also IN Horse spring CoGlee'
has sent IN word 70 let CONTRACT % sinA
another thirty feet On one OF its properties.
James p. Dexter is doing some extensive
development upon his ESdorado claim. Two
miles west OF LOOMS and is making a re-
uarkable showing The formation IS gran
ite and the veins a combination or gray ana
white quartz and granite very heavily MN
eralized A shaft has been sunk on the foot
wall showing nine feet Of solid ore without
finding ths hanging wall All the ledge car
ries q good percentage in geld. silver ana
copper. and a nay-streak eighteen incnes
wide Is OF very high grade.
Development on the Kalamazoo group,
situated at the base OF Palmer mountain.
one mile east Of LOOMS. only few rods
from the state wagon road. shows re-
markable property. At first II was
thought that the ledge was only three
feet in width. but in sinking ana then
cross-cutting IL was found 10 he over fifty
feet in width. and the original vein an
ore chute. with stringers of highly min
eralized quartz traversing the entire body
and centering in the ore chute. The ore
is nearly all mineral-iron copper. and
will pan free gold. and specimens weigh
ing upwards of 200 pounds are exhibited
here and receive great attention. Nego-
tiations are nearly completed 10 perform
a large amount of development work
upon this desirable property.
The Whisky Hill Tunnel Co. of Ellens-
burgh is facing UP the portal of its tun-
mel site. and will soon commence active
operations. A sample OF the face, taken
at random assayed $40 in gold and
trace of silver. and would tend to show
that Whisky Hill is a mountain of min
eral. the major part low grade. but srav-
ersed by ore chutes of exceedingly high
grade Manager Lewis has let a contract
on the Mammoth TO drift twenty-five feet
at the seventy-foot level. the shaft being
ali in ore. TO find the walls. This prop
erty is situated only one mile from the
Okanogan river, which is a great advan-
tage in the transportation problem.
The Hercules Company has kept large
force Of miners at work all winter. and
has done nearly 500 feet of work. When
the tunnel which IL is now running is
opened about forty feet further ii will
strike the ledge al 200 feet.
Work on the property OF the Detroit
Windsor of Seattle, has been suspended
for short time.
Manager Deithem. of the Wyandotte
Company recently returned from Chi
cago with several associates. and has COM
menced active operations 10 complete the
extensive cyanide plant on the Similka-
meen river. The company has also re-
Gently brought in the machinery for
complete sampling works plant, which is
now being set up. During the winter a
large amount of cord wood has been cut
and hauled TO the mill, and other prepa-
A., rive hrsc GO
the opening season.
The Triune Company, which was obliged
to shut down its mill for time on ac-
count of the water supply being cut of
by cold weather, is again running upon
very high grade of ore, and expects the
next cleanup 70 be phenomenal Devei-
opment of the mine has been continuous
all winter, showing a constantly increased
value in the property. with large lot of
good ore on the dump.
Skagit Mining Developments.
MOUNT VERNON. April 1.-THE re-
Gently discovered copper and gold bear
ing lodges In the vicinity of Hamilton
continue TO engross public attention. and
development work is being steadily push
ed with the most gratifying results. The
inaugural located on March T. is owned
by the following well-known citizens of
Skagit county: Herbert Common, Of La
Common; Judge Henry Mcbride, DIR. ]. n.
Harris George A. Joiner. Frank Quimby,
Thomas Smith. George NJ. Sinclair c. s.
Moody and William Patterson, of Mount
Vernon. Since these gentlemen acquired
the property development work has been
pushed with the utmost vigor. Already a
shaft has been sunk twenty-five feet from
the surface and the formation and char
acter of the rock at this depth give every
indication of a large ore body below the
iron Gaping.
AS depth is attained the rock is constant
ly becoming richer in copper and gold,
fifteen feet in depth yielding an assay OF
sll. 10 70 the ton, while surface rock gave
only a trace OF gold. Mining experts from
Rossland and the Kootenay country who
have examined the property declare that
the formation and character OF rock are
very similar to those of the famous Ross
land district, with the exception that
the Hamilton ore indicates an older for
nation. double shift has been put en-.
and work will now be pushed day and
night.
The vein on which the Inaugural is To-
Gated runs in a southeasterly direction
and dips into the mountain at an angle Of
Is degrees. II is a well defined and regu-
lar vein, and can be traced without diff
fculty for miles. The width OF the iron
Gaping is about twenty-nine feet, and
the shaft is being driven along the foot
wall from which, when sufficient depth
is attained cross cuts will be run 10 the
hanging wall and the ore stopped out.
Another property on which development
work is being pushed az rapidly as pos
sible is the mine OF the Hamilton Gold
& Copper Company. an incorporated COM
pany This mine is on the same vein as
the Inaugural and adoins IT, The shaft
on the Hamilton mine is down about
thirty-four feet, and the general charac-
ter OF the ore and results obtained are
similar 10 the Inaugural.
Already prospectors and mining men
are arriving in increasing numbers every
day. The neighboring mountains are be-
| ing eagerly prospected. and the face of the
country IS being plastered with location
notices. Mining men are enthusiastic ov-
or the showing already made aud every
/ indication points TO considerable mining
| activity In Skagit county the coming sum-
/ mer. After many years OF waiting Skag-
Z IL county's mountains OF mineral are In
fair way 20 30 made to yield UP their
I treasures, and the mining industry Of this
+ part OF the state to experience an activity
and development IL has never known be-
/ fore.
Olympic Ore for seattle.
! BRINNoN. April 1o.-Rev. w II Mich
/ ener and wife passed through here from
! QuiIcene on their way to Tacoma Mr.
/ Nfcheuer states that he will soon return 20
( spend two or three weeks In the Oiympics
+ chiefly 20 visit the location Of a prospect
or mineral find OF his made last fan He
I believes with many others that this COM
i ing season viii be one OF great activity as
regards prospecting and mining In the
+ Olympics
work IS being done on both the Passby
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