The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-06-29

Rald mountain. in SkamSnia county
Vancouver Register
W. Carlin, of Fort Steele, who has Been
on a visit 20 Golden. Il. e. says new us
coyerses are being made every DAY. - 81
Yer creek has been turning ont some sl-
nuggets which ran as high as 80 -
ebmery is being got IN for claim on CT
~ creek
Abraham Halsey. OF San Francisco.
leading California mining man. mas eeen
10 TeSada island 20 examine some tso!.
properties and determine ~hetFst ID -
shall be further prospscted tor copPs.- .ls
* understood "a nave recommended IA Go
amount OF work.
Donald Mckay and John NJ. Burke VINO
recently bonded the LUCK StAl saTSSP,
quarter-iutsrest fer THAI amount 20 a .. -,
Louis syndicate There are SIX cItihls -.
Il great reef, eleven assays on surface oto
of which averaged 81 gold.
The three-eighths interest in the q, & 3.
mine al Monte Cristo owned by the PACK
arc Mining Company ana Joseph E-.is iisii
was recently transferred 70 A y Austin .
and r H. Brownell trustees repre sstla IN.
their creditors, for S5.;sS. and WIZ pfoDdoiS
be sold 10 the -. * 3. Company
The Bossburg mining district has been
organized 10 include a large area east OF
the Columbia river and tract west OK
that river between Fiat creek, the nounu-
airy. Kettle river. the divide between het-
tie river and Curlew creek and tne state
read. r. Fl. Farnham is the recorder.
The Hidden Treasure IN East kootenai.
has been sold by ". McHeisch and Ioh
Jones to ". r Ccwell. together with the
Giant. The Hidden Treasure ore Is a car
Donate. and a car load shipped 10 Inc
Trail snelter last year is said 10 nave run
higher in copper than anything yet treated
there.
a prospector Just in from Sultan basin
reports that he has some very me Iedges
over there. They are" he says. weu
defined contact Lodges with both walls
confined. and there is no trouble WITH
horses because there is 40 horse traii Win
in i've miles OF his locations.-Siiverton
Miner.
Smith & Whiteman have bonded Tor
$3.50 half interest in the Gray Hawk,
the Gold cup. Gold Button and IRON King.
and one-thigd interest IN the Tyler nm;
Copper Cup and Copper Hill on the PEND
d'Oreille range, six miles souih OF bea NS.t
siding on the Nelson Fort sheppard
railroad.
The B. c. oil and Coal Prospecting syn
dicate, of Vancouver. Will shorty CONT
mence boring for petroleum on land aholt
six miles west Of kamloops. \ thorough
examination OF the locality has been mace
recently by representative OF the syhdl-
cate, who is confident that coal oil Is 10 Dc
obtained In paying quantities.
Specimens of ore. said TO be very rich in
gaiena and containing also a good percent
age of gold. were brought mere recently
by q. f. Beeson and q. A Norton, from
the vicinity OF the Bluehlrd mine, III tIie
Washougal district MIR. Norton also
brought in from the same district samples
OF rock that are considered quite rlch III
native copper. and NJ. Eeeson has num-
her Of samples from the Blue Jacket mine,
near the Bluebird. which show consider
able free gold.--Vancouver Independent.
The African mines in the Rand, in spite
of all the troubles with the native TABOR
and government restrictions, are rapidly
easings their output. The yield for
April is returned as 2So $50 ounces. This
shows an increase over the previous month
of s 800 ounces although April was one day
shorter The increase over April OF 1876
was 81 912 ounces. The total for the nrst
four months Of this year was SS>. 5s3 ounces.
II this rate IS only maintained until the
end OF the year. the total Will exceed that
of last year by $500 ounces, or about
$.1Jo co.