The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-04
MINES AND MINING.

Friday morning L. II. Presnan returned
from an extensive trip through the min
Ing regions of the COlyi!ie reservation.
Stevens county. ard those OF british Co.
uubia the trip extending about sixty
miles north Of Grand Forks up the ket-
lie river and the country above and
around Lake Christina
He first examined the two groups Of
claims on Jumbo mountain, Pierre lake
,.istrfct--shat portion OF the Colyille
reservation. between tbe Kettle and Col
,Innbia rivers Immediately south OF Ross
land and about SIX miles south OF the
north line Of the state. Upon his report
the Esteile Consolidated Gold and Silver
.dining Company and the Spencer Con-
solidated Mining Company were organized.
with q number OF we'll known Seattle and
Ninuea polls men interested. The first
FAMED company has r.ne claims and the
second fourteen claims. upon which work
is now being done.
The iron Gaping in this locality is COM
yarativcly thin. said Mr.. p eSnau so that
the quartz and mineral veins and crop
rings show very distinctly on the sur
face, some OF the quartz Lodges being
from l5o TO DO feet wide, showing galena.
from and copper in large quantities, which
Is also shown by assay TO contain good
values in gold
After al examination of the country 20
the north, III British Columbia Mir. Pres
r.aii returned 10 the reservation and spent
several days in examining these proper
ties and the formation OF that district.
lie believes that the volcanic overflow OF
iron Gaping originally covered most all
the quartz and mineral lodges in North
trn Washington. as ii still does most OF
those north of the line for distance of
from twenty-five 10 sixty miles.
The white granite dixie or belt running
across the mineral lecges at right angles
from east 10 west has acted a great
dam 10 this volcanic overflow, as it is from
100 TO 5000 feet in thickness. the greater
thickness occurring near the white gran
tie dikes as observed near the head and
above Lake Christina and in the Kettle
.sver valley. In the Pierre lake district,
between the Kettle and Columbia rivers
where the glacial action was the most Sc
sere. this iron cap has been torn OF and
carried away. exposing the quartz and
mineral lodges more than in any other
locality visited.
1.-THE general trend of the lodges
through that region OF country" said Mr..
Presnau lis from north to south, or from
northwest to southeast, running parallel
with granite walls. The rock generally
called country rock is diorite, trachyte
and serpentine. with some slate and bird 5
aye porphyry. There is very large and
rich mineral belt in British Columbia ex-
tending westward for more than 100 miles
Grand Forks being the natural and most
central distributing point. and the mer-
chants and business men of that place
leave no stone unturned to make miners,
proSpectors and visitors feel welcome
whether citizens of British Columbia or
OF the United States Contrary TO the
rule on this side of the boundary line the
customs officials treat persons with true
gentlernanly courtesy.
The lack of transportation facilities
naturally makes mining much more eX-
pensive in that locality at the present
time. but they have great hope OF a rail-
| road being built through there in the near
future, which will give mining a great i'm
petus. But until such time individuals
| and companies with limited capital will do
| we'll 10 eonfine their operations to points
| in the state more easy of access