The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-05
MINING NOTES.


the Coxey.
Cross-cutting is In progress in the drifts
at the 3o0-foot level on the Josie.
Work is being actively pushed on the
Iron Mask and the shipments last week
amounted to seventy-five tons.
The contract for the tunnel on the
Evening Star has been let and the COM
pany Is now planning to resume opera
lions.
The tramway from the Dundee mine. at
Ymlr to the concentrator site. viii be
completed in a few days. Work on the
0-ton concentrator' VIII begin as soon as
the tramway is complete.
Water has prevented work in the shaft
OF the Velvet. but 1t is expected that
work will soon be resumed. At present
drifting to the north along the vein at
the l0o-foot Is in progress.
Park property near RossIand. There are
three eight-hour shifts at the bottom OF
the shaft and another crew Is at work
In the drift at the l5o-foot level.
Work has been resumed on the Toronto
group on Eagle creek, in the Nelson dis
trict II is proposed TO resort to ground
sluicing In the first instance. The water
for this purpose Is obtained from Sandy
creek.
The men engaged at the Ruth mine. IN
the SLOGAN diArict. are temporarily re-
duced to forty in number. but now that
s All renu have have BEEN resumed. after a
short period OF interruption.
The Whitewater mines. limited, have
begun shipping again. but the roads are
st.-A bad, owing 10 the unusual amount OF
snow on the mountains. Large and ragu.
lar shipments will. however. be resumed
as soon as the roads are in good condition.
A rich strike was made last week on the
nessee al Ynr. A well defsned ledge OF
quartz. about three feet wide, was en-
countered In the. tunnel at distance OF
about 100 feet. Assays are said to show
-
500 in gold
new steam hoist has been installed
In the Athabasca min. and Is giving every
completed The ledge has been struck in
the adit tunnel at a depth Of l4o feet.
The face Of the tunnel Is all in ledge mat
yet been ascertained.
II ~ stated that n small cleanup
made At the keefer's mine. owned by the
Ashcroft Gold Mining company. few
cleanup was only made for a test, and
$50 was Welded in a 4S-hour run with a
small head OF wafer. A day and night
shift are now on and work viii be con-
tinGed.
Shipments have been discontinued for
the present from the lie Roi. and all eff
forts are concentrated in developing the
ing sunk TO the 7oo-foo, level. and as soon
as the skip Is carried 10 that point devel-
opment al the 700 VIII be commenced.
the soo-fuot level.
The Bullion group a, Ymir. owned by
the AT Gold Mining company has been
surveyed for Crown grant. This group
Is situated on Quartz creek and is COM
posed OF the following claims the Bul-
Ion, Woods.de. Crunch Hall and Mohawk
Su0etintendent Mcdonald now has TWO
shifts al work on the Bullion and they
have recently struck some very rich ere
much resembling that OF the FIossle r.
The Big Three company has resumed
Work on the Southern Beile on Red
Mountain. as Well as on the Mascot on
Columbia mountain. On the Southern
Belle. work has been resumed in the
tnnne} which is now I'm over $50 feet and
seam OF good ore varying in width from
SIX 20 eighteen inches Is being followed
IL gives good copper values. Nine men
are AZ work.
The main shaft is row down 80 fee, on
has reached deDth Of twenty feet TAs
rich ore IN this shaft Is steadily widening
and IS now considerably over two feet
wide, nile the whole ~ the shaft is n
ore 81 shipping grade. oH Thursday last
an average sample OF the No. / grade %
ore wss taken out and yielded sai2l Ter
ton. the best returns vet mad from the
property Managing Director p-sw-y
says ne Sunset No : Will enter the shin
ping list next month.
The most nnomentous news OF months
raS; - the announcement that the War
EaE.e company has decided 20 pay q Clvi-
oeHd az a sent and a half per share
iFDEtEtNs StlGSi 10 y per cent per annlrr
90 the par value ~ the sto~k SAYS the
Kosslard Miner THIS dividend Is based
upon tae present shipments Of 700 tons
day but IN October next the Sniaroa-+s
wfN - doubled. when II the directors 50
agree here should be no e.frieuirv in nav
ing dividends az three cents yer share
ta90 ..s{y. e9usl - IS re~ cent yser annl.r,
O., the capitalization 90 the mine
y = stated on high authority thai .
variable Nasogns IS about 20 strike ne
Granite creek district u the Slnllka-1fer,
as q result o. recent Strikrxsv rtch dis
ro>~T - - COPPER prospects. also contain
ms rat& saws the British Columbia Mn
lt< t@~tf.~ Keen Res sanders wtfh can
"a! aatc recently acquired the Sunset a..
'fftT attarent Ci&tus ard Z IS fre.lv a.
series fH&t tr~y believe thar q second
Er11z t'rc"k ~. - f7uu3 IN tAn S.vpNEa-
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t5es Il. Ire camp. aC3 as p resvis 4. VIZ
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