The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-16

CoIyTLLE. Wash. Feb Is-SpeciAl-
Ntth the approach % spring comes the
hun OF business ard Tire rush q enterprise
az along Tie line IN and aoosis the CoSytlle
reservation A. present that country IS
open 70 the white man only for the purpose
Of Mining. and & Is astonishing 10 note the
progress made IN the development q the
mixing interests in that country during the
past year, since the reservation was de-
eiare1 ~ executive order TO De open 20 the
miner AT intervals - every few niles 81
over this vast country are wel knu7vn
mining districts, every one ~ whtch has a
good showing OF rich asnsral bearing
ground. and already there are mary prop
critics sufficiently developed and capable -
active production OF large volumes Of rich
ore. The threatening attitude Of the
British Columbia authorities upon the ia-
terest q Americans has turned the tide ~
attention 10 the best showing nearer home.
and the reservation now seems 20 De the
most inviting field. IN fact. the British
themselves recognize this fact, and many
OF them are seeking investments south OF
the torJy-ninth parallel.
IN the Pisre's Lake. Fiat Creek and
ToulOu mountain countries there has been
continual development work carried or
during all the winter months. The Little
Giant mine, al PIere's lake. a-as now the
best showing OF any property on the ressT-
Walton II Is Incorporated and the Little
Giant Company owns four claims in the
group now being worked. The shaft Of the
main ledge is down TO a depth OF seventy
fest and carries fun breast OF ore al the
way down. The ore Is pyrites OF copper
and iron, and carries an average value Of
SIS per ton. the assays running az the way
from s44 10 $ssa in gold, silver and copper.
The ledge is four and one-haE feet wide
al the surface. ard at the bottom OF the
main shaft the vein widens out 20 nearly
twice that width. the values being the
same. The vein runs sransversely
across the country northeast and south
west, and the country which II covers Is
admirably situated 20 the point OF obtain
ing depth al snaE expense. Two thousand
feet farther northeast OF the Little Giant,
and traversed by the same vein. is the
Piere's Lake group OF claims. comprising
five locations. About forty feet OF cross
cut has developed a good showing Of fine
ore. the vein matter measuring up fully
thirty feet in width, and assaying $40 In
gold. No tests have been made Tor the
copper in the rock, but II will compare
favorably with the neighboring camp 10
the southwest. In the Humming Bird
claim. one OF the Piere's Lake group. there
is fine vein OF fourteen inches in width
of ore very similar in character and fully
as rich as the Deer Trak Nc. ?, IN the
Cedar Canyon country. Further north. in
the Toulou mountain district. Is what Is
known as the Scotia group. Here Is
heavy deposit OF copper pyTites that as
says an average OF SIS in gold, to say
nothing OF the copper that prevails. All
these properties are situated within twenty
miles of the Spokane Falls & Northern
railway, and good wagon transportation
viii be provided soon as the weather
settles In the spring.
This vast mineral region extends along
the Kettle river on up 10 the International
boundary line and across. In the Summit
camp, just across the line is the keough
properties that have thirty feet of vein
that assays sl25 in gold and about % per
cent. copper. This property is owned in
Salt Lake. and has fifteen men at work In
development alone.
on the reservation, across the divide
from Kettle river and about fifteen miles
east from Pieres Lake camp, is the Fsat
Creek country. This camp was first dis
covered last June. and Is In such csose
proximity TO the Tran Greek country on
the north side OF the line, and the ore
bears such close resemblance 10 the War
Eagle and other properties at Rossland.
that IL Immediately attracted wide atten-
tion. The assays are good and the ore
exists in large bodies In fact, IL Is IN
termediate between Rossland and Pierre
lake A great many Seattle people have
secured interests in Fiat creek and some
sales Of considerable Importance have
been made. The Mohican properties have
been working all winter and the develop
meuts show an immense deposit OF ore
under a heavy iron Gaping, which is char
acteristic Of tho country. An average as
say taken from the Mohican last week
at a depth OF thirty-six feet gives $40 In
gold. This is a fair test Of the camp, In
which over forty claims are under develop
ment and many OF them wiz be shippers
this season. The miner estimates that all
his expenses, including mining shipping
and reduction at the smelter vii not ex-
coed 81 per ton of the ore shipped. This
being true, the reservation viii enjoy
v,-onde~fs1I degree of prosperity this year.