The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-11-20
MINING NOTES.

A SCHOOL Of mines liz to be incorporated
at RosSian3.
block 81 10000 shares OF War Eagle
stock has been sold for $4,000 70 a Toronto
firm.
Ire Brftish-Anersca Corporation "a said
20 have secured an option on the Watson
property near EIko. II the Nelson district.
The Albion n.ne a, AInSworIh. p. c.. is
70 be sold. an offer OF eiz cents a share
having been accepted by the stockholders.
4 trial shipment from The Jewel, OF Long
lake, near Greenwood, Il. g. paid SIT per
ton. THIS was picked ore, the average
being go.
A test shipment OF twenty tors Of ore
from the Dundee mine az Ym'r was made
20 the Han mines smeIter ard returned
over go ton
John E. pinger, Of Chicago and others
have undertaken the development Of the
Cook * Chance coal property. three miles
east Of Bossburg.
a cross-cut in the Pothook A. Kamioops
r. G.. IT the l51-foot level has run for
nineteen feet through good copper ore. con-
tanning bornsta and caaieopyrite, and has
not reached the wall.
A large quantity OF ore is ready for ship
naent from the Vancouver group. near ST.
verton. in the SLOGAN district, one car load
IL Il carrying 81 ounces Of silver, s. ii gold
and b.lz per cent. lead.
The arrast-e on the Lorne group. on
Bridge river, 3. g. has miiied thirty tons
al the value was saved but the tail.ngs
were deposited in a reservoir for future
treatment.
A tunnel has been driven $40 feet az rlgh.
angles TO the vein OF the Knob Hi. Green
wood camp. on Boundary creek. and every
foot Of i Is in pay ore, with the wall no.
In sight X is expected TO prove the great
est copper mine In the world.
F. August Heinze. the builder OF the
Trail snester. is suing the Canadian Pa
cifie Railway Company for sl0".oc0 for for
chilly taking possession Of quantity of
personal property which h alleges vas not
included In the sale of the smelier prep
erfy-
a syndicate rs sad 10 be in course OF
formation 20 drive a tunnel 1890 feet long
through Noble Five mountain. in the So
can district, and giving a maxsmum dept,
Of 400 feet. Among the lodges ii would
tap are the Noble Five. Payne. Orgo, Last
Chance and Reeo.
a mineral curiosity is a vein OF Ice sew
eral feet thick. thoroughly impregnated
with particles OF silver glance which was
struck by Thonss Cunningham In mine
al Argentine pass. Col. The ice assays
several thousand dollars per ton in s!lvei,
and at intervals solid chunks OF silver
glance are found cur!ously twisted as
though subjected TO some tremendous pres
sure or heat.
The Golden Cache. on Cayoose creek. p.
c.. has proved a disappointment to the
Vancouver people who plunged on II two
years ago. The most liberal estimate OF
The cleanup from the mill run of 80 tons
OF ore liz $50. an average of S6.ll per ton
This shows that the ore Is too low grade
TO be treated on small scale. The mine
ia being developed 20 greater depth in the
hope OF striking richer ore.
The British Columbia minister OF mines
has issued an order forbdding gold COM
mixsoncrs. mining recorders, clerks or en-
p'oycs In his department TO acquire any
new mining interests, or 10 take out min
ers' licenses. except TO prosect. the interests
they already hold He has also forbidden
gold commissioners TO rule on any cases In
which they or any OF their subordinates are
Interested.