The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-22

chinery which should be admitted duty
free. The delegation is opposed 10 an ex-
port duty on ore.
A double shift Is employed by L. D. W.
Shelton and others in sinking shaft on
the Little Iron group, near Pierre lake,
Colyile reservation.
The tunnel in the ST. Elmo. Trail creek.
Is in nearly 500 feet. and the face is al
most solid ore. carrying : TO lo per cent.
copper. s. gold and little silver.
Trout Lake district British Columbia. has
proved to carry 500 silver and 80 gold and
six claims have been located on II.
II. G. Blackwell. manager, and +. A.
attic at Silverton, returned TO town yes
tel day and are now at the Butler.
A well-defned seven-foot ledge. carry
ing ore which assays $50 silver and runs
high in gold and copper: has been struck
In the Lakeyfew. near Nelson, IL. G.
The Little Giant. near Pierre lake. Col
Vile reservation. has nearly eight feet of
free milling ore in the bottom OF the shaft.
A steam hoist and pump have been In
stalled.
John F. Stevens. chief engineer Of the
Great Northern railroad, has bonded the
Black Diamond and Little Donald at
Ainsworth, B. c., 10 an Eastern syndicate
for $40 go.
half miles from Cheney. accidentally
turned up a piece of galena ore while
blowing on May 10 and in day or two his
whole farm was located.
OF the Rossland mines. the Josie has be,
gun shipping car load of ore day and
the kooienay and Columbia two car loads
daily. The Monte Cristo and Cliff viii
also begin shipping this week.
The meeting OF the. Rossland stock ex-
occupied with a wrangie on points OF or
der. but the proposal will probably carry
and new exchange be organized.
A 4-foot s-inch ledge in the shaft Of the
Trailite at Deer Park, Trail Greek dis
trict. carries an unusual mixture OF min
erals-free gold. gray copper, copper sui
phides. csrbonatess OF copper, zinc, salena,
arsenlcal iron and iron sulphides.
The Humming Bird, on Pierre lake. has
shown foot of bromides of silver, rum
ming $s32i to $3ll.39 at the botton OF an
ls-foot shaft. The Evening, in the same
district has six feet OF quartz carrying
free gold and pyrites in a 4e-foot shaft
Rich samples from the Fire moutain. on
Harrison lake. British Columbia, attract
much attention In Vancouver. There are
two lodges. one free milling and the other
concentrating the former having an Is
inch pay chute shown in lv-foot tunnel.
The sulphide ore in the Pocahontas,
three miles east OF Granite Falls, shows
continual Improvement as the shaft goes
rock assayed 81 50 gold. but at sixty feet 1t
had improved 10 81. Sinking is being con-
tinued.
A double shift is driving tunnel on the
Contention, one of the Lucky Dog group,
a mile from Pierre lake, in the Colyille
reservation. owned by the Seattle Gold
and Copper Mining and Milling Company.
The ledge carries sulphide ore and Is OF
good size. but has not been deemed.
The Red Shirt on the Methow. is one of
the largest producers in the state. 1t en-
ploys fifty men in the mine and eight in
the mill which treats seventy tons of ore
q day and pays about $500 a month in
wages. In the new tunnel an ore body has
been struck which assays $50 10 SO
The Two Friends Mining Company has
lost the ledge In Its mine in the SLOGAN.
and has therefore bought the Great West
ern adjoining The latter is well devel-
oped and has a large body of shipping
and concentrating ore. The shipments
OF ore from the Iron Mask mine al Ross
land up 10 January /. 1897, were l,I5o tons.
worth SS5.sf.
During the week ending May 10, llO
tons of ore were delivered at the Monte
crisfo concentration By the Mystery and
Pride OF the Mountains tramways. Con-
centrates shipped to the Everett Smelfer
during the same week aggregated 80 tons.
C. II. Ballard. OF Conconuily. has bonded
the Mammoth. on Slate creek. and has
gone there 10 spend the summer In de-
yeloping IL.
Seven men are employed by the Anaeon-
da OF Washington. Gold and Copper Min
ing Company. in driving tunnel on the
OF Mount Hawkins. In the Cle-Elum dis
trict A contract has been let for ln feet.
and is likely TO be extended TO 2fsf feet.
This ledge is OF great width. and carries
over eighteen inches OF copper sulphfies
and black oxides.