The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-06-26
THE NEWS OF SLOGAN.
Three Lively Towns distinguished
tfsitors-Strikex ON GaIeua Farm.


SlLNERToN r.. c.. June 22-There are
three enterprising towns on SLOGAN lake.
OF winch trio SLOGAN City is the youngest
SllVeFtou comes Cext, with the largest pay
roll OF the three, but with no likelihood of
any rail connection. and New Denver
with railroad mile away, but no pay
roll from the mines on her adjacent noun
tain sides. New Denver cot built up on
the strength of the railroad which seemed
10 run its trains and boat connections for
the benefit of New Denver hotel keepers
In couple of months. however Rosebery,
couple OF miles away will be a prons-
ing townsite and have It's boom. There the
Canadian Pacific railway will run its cars
on 10 floats and tow them to SLOGAN City
The dock at the latter place is already
built. and inside this the rails are laid on
which the cars Will be transferred from
the floats. Men began work on this short
line TO connect with the ca ~adian Pacific
at SLOGAN crossing YESTERDAY The dis
lance is only about thirty-four miles. with
no engineering difficulties 20 face. and the
contractors hope to complete the line in
two months. To do this over / 80 men will
probably be employed. which for the time
Will add materially 10 SLOGAN City's bus
ting activity.
State Senator Howard OF Minnesota.
was here yesterday with Frank Watson,
In fact there was quite distinguished
parry out 10 inspect w dtsON 3 Arlington
and Fisher Maiden. The Arlington lies
back of SLOGAN City few miles. on
Springer creek. the Fisher Maiden is
twelve miles beyond Silverton, on Four
Mile. Both these properties are famous
for their rich showings near the surface
In the party were Capt. 5. Leethan r. f.
Lane and n. :. Soden, who have come
from London 10 visit the SLOGAN; NJ
chouillou. OF Rouen France: Hon w T.
Higgins. speaker of the parliament Of
British Columbia: Charles J. Iowen Of
Vancouver; Frank A. Newton of New
Brunswick and two or three local experts
They were surprised at the rich ore OF the
two properties mentioned but they also
visited the Tamarack and Viking the ore
from the latter having recently assayed
S62i in gold and Is3 ounces I'm silver.
Your correspondent last week made a
trip up Ten Mile. visiting the Enterprises
and Iron Horse and most of the hest
known claims and prospects. The wagon
road. built 10 Enterprise at 4 cost Of about
3 90. is an excellent piece OF work OF easy
grade. and along the continuous torrent
known as Ten Mile The mine Is one OF
the easiest worked propositions, probably.
in all this poor mans mining company. It
began shipping last July. and in Deem
Der began regular shipment by the new
road by April last II had shipped thirty
eight cars which would average about
Si.NP taF0 net YET fnFFc Is no machinery
no Compressors. nothing IN the way Of
machinery beyond the rails in the tunnels
and the ore cars. There are thirty-five
men now ut work part Of them Stoping
out that IL being regularly shipped
and part IN driving more tunnels and
cross-cuts. The tunneling now measures
about 1000 feet with a magnificent ore
body on either one or the other OF the
walls
TIE Enterprise wagon road Is the way
now used 20 kokanee creek ana the head
waters OF the south fork II the Kaslo. 4
very large number of prospectors have
gone In recently. and many locarons have
been made al along Ten Mile and right up
to the great glacier ~ the head OF this
creek Some are still waiting there for the
snow 20 melt. that they may work higher
up. some have made locations on four feet
OF snow.
The travel on the new road has been so
large recently that three tcwusites have
been lately surveyed. one AT Ten Nile
wharf. ore about a mile and a half from
the Enterprise mine where Their. IS nj
ready a good hotel and store. and one
below the Iron Horse Several properties
have recently been bonded IN this neigh
horhood the Edmonton group only yest.r-
daV. the L and / for <as 80 the West
Mount the Mahoo the Ohio and Pyman's
group The Iron Horse and the oregon
=
deals \ promising claim on Printers
creek Is rallied Slug Ten
The strike on the Galene Farm. made a
few days ago. is one ~ those incidents
thar seem - set expert knowledge ~ de-
nance This property IS not ser shipper
II has "a shaft down - feat. from which
level cross-cattiuE has been done about
fifty f.st each way without finding the
lead The hoist engine was found made
aua9c 20 drive the four~dr.N compressor.
;, IL was determined 30 pat 80 Pellcu
wheel In cutting the drain for the water
pipe near tho old shaft now SHED With
water tho strike was made. II was m
covered y hen your correspondent was
there thf~tv-thrfe feet one way and eigh-
teau the other. r. solid body - very rich
gaseua. and only three feet from the sur
face IL Is practically All shipping ore.
ana wsfl Re shipped ~ s5cu AS the approx
innate Depth mas been ascertaired 4 Hem
rz- NJ Seattle. has charge u TIE engines
az tire Farm ard Jack Young and Jiu
Burgess. carpenters. are stso from roar
CITY Bob CoyiuEton. the foreman. IS from
the neixhhorhood & Spokane. and there
are several other WsshiHEtoniars among
the fhs~ty-1ve men employed here
TT Four Mile creek hack % S}Ferton
there g. great activity among the mines.
The Wakefield has twenty tons ~ ere
sacked ready FOR shipment and + work
iug fifteen men the Thompson IS working
TIE same number ard Is shipping tie
Fisher Nai3-u has ten men. the Nauccg-
ver group has put on seven ner 20 hsiid
rzrvps and wll past or iu p Week OF two
seventy or eighty men. Then there are ne
/. II. WITH eight Ter. tire bahy Ruth.
with four and q number q others The
recent strike or the Emily E.dith nas
eausea uueh TAX and hurried many pros
pecfors up the creek ThAs property 8
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