The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-06-20
Mining Notes,

The first car load Of ore from the Argo,
SLOGAN. was shipped on Monday.
Prospecting is lively around Trout lake.
Kootenai district British Columbia.
There Is an increasing influx of prospec-
tors on the south Fork of Kaslo creek.
An offer of s75.Oon Is said TO have been
made for the Gladstone group on Fish
creek British Columbia
The Silver Shield on Keystone mountain.
ledge with IS inches of galena.
G; A. Farini has added two more claims
to his group on Twelve-Mile creek, SLOGAN,
which he is actively developing.
The Underwood dredge in Carihoo has
h II completed with new machinery in
pl.ee of the old centrifugal pumps.
The May Creek Mining and Milling Com
pany has twelve men employed in building
a camp and making trail up May creek.
near Gold Bar.
Prospectors have started from the
thirteenth crossing OF the Columbia river
IN British Columbia along the mountains
east of that river.
A large body of iron pyrites with good
deal of galena has been struck on the
Red Eagle and Mayfiower at Rossland as
says ranging from $50 to $3.50 and avera&-
ing $50.
George b. McAulay. of Spokane. and
Judge Willis Sweet OF Idaho came down
from Victoria yesterday on their way
home from the Carlboo mine at Camp Nc
Kinney.
The Two Friends Company. Of SLOGAN.
which Is now developing the Great West
ern, is building a road to the Washington
mine concentration, where It's ore Will he
treated.
J. w. Young. known among his brother
a, nns.in aleIs r rrown.s interests in this
section. has come down from Victoria. and
is at the Butler
Mr. and Mrs. J. w Jacobs, Bird Jacobs.
c. W Jacobs and II. Harrington. or wash
kfNfk erfeyr t.atE a.
up the Stehekin river, 10 work on some
claims and tn prospect
\ tunnel near the surface IN the Gold
bug. Jerome creek. Whitman county. has
shown the ore chute to widen from TO 30
inches for the whole length of 70 feet. The
Daisy stamp mill In that camp has start
ed on customs ore.
Careful samplng 10y three mining men Of
the cement bed of the Horsefiy Hydraulic
company in Caribco shows II 10 carry 81
to 8 gold per ton. The cement Is easily
crushed and II Is calculated mat lA3 tons
a day can be crushed
An oper cut for - feet on the b. =. in
Summit camp, Boundary creek. - all in
solid ora and the ledge Is believed 10 De
N TO 90 feet wide and can be traced oy
the Gaping ;or Z91 iesf. Inc ore + sohd
copper s8iphides and white iron, carry ing
10 per cent. copper.
over 100 claims have been Staked in San
Juan valley Vancouver island, but the
Alberta and Corbett are me only proper
ties having any development Inc ore
improves with depth In the Alberta shaft
and A contract has been let to sink i SHAFT
or the Corbett for 81 ,S5o.
Development work is continuing on sew
eral different properties in the China
creek district British Columbia. The
Shamrock. Rose and Thistle claims on
Mount Douglas look very we'll and ars h@-
try worked steadily. ON the WeStH God
two tunnels tap the ledge and a third is
being run al greater depth. laying bare an
immense body of ore carrying gold silver,
COPPER and Head. From the Great Divide
- pounds have been shipped for mill
test.