The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-08
4 klONDIE N THE STATE.
GREAT MINING DISTAICTy THAT
ARE TRIBUTARY TO SEATTLE.


the surface In the Palmer Moun-
tains Of OkanogaA County--Look-
ing to Seattle for an Ostlet.
Seattle can control every dollars worth
OF trade in and about the Okanogan min
ing district IL she wiz only reach out for
IL, and she can Go so with nut very little
effort" we're the sententious words last
evening OF Mr.. Del Hart. half owner and
manager OF both the Tribune and the Bun
Frog Gold Mining ana Milling Company.
on Palmer mountain in Okanogan county.
Il am afraid that the pnoverbiai Seattle
spirit Is not fully alive to the importance
Of the many mining districts within the
borders Of the state Of Washington that
are tributary to this city. This is q mat
ter to which the attention Of the Cham
Der OF Commerce and the business COM
munisy IN general cannot be too forcibty
called. for If the truth were only appre-
ciated. 1t would be understood 70 mean
that Seattle has a ktondike OF her own
right here in the state. and without having
To go to the frozen. inhospitable north. II
Is notorious fact well recognized among
responsible mine owners that II Seattle
were to pay ons-haK the attention 10 the
mining interests tributary 10 her that Spo-
kane has been doing for years, the results
WOULD be even greater Tor her than II
district as an illustration. and there are
other districts equally as promising that
are tributary TO your city: but. as said,
sans is saa os 10 ses 10 and from
attic than II is TO get 10 Spokane. and We
prefer coming to Seattle for the reason
that, being the metropolis OF the North
west you can do more for us than can
Spokane. This fs a much more serious
matter than the surface shows. and / am
free to confess that the merchants and
they they have been and are SIN being sighted
by Seattle, notwithstanding that IL 10 be-
ing done nnthinkingiy. The merchants of
that entire district are q class Of men, as
a whole. who will make as good show
ing through Bradstreet's a. any other set
OF business men In any farming commu-
nifty or mining district In the United
States.
Good Field for Investment.
For the man who Is willing to invest
money or help I'm developing and proving
property. know OF no better opening than
the Okanogan district. / have no AK to
grind and no mine TO sell, therefore am
disinterested In my utterances OF that Sec
ton, and as I propose TO make Seattle
my home / should like to see her arouse
herself to the wants of an industry that
win go far toward developing the country
and increasing her wealth and population
There Is no country today 30 accessible
one that can be worked 80 readily the
whole year around. There is plenty of
room for earnest workers. but OF wildcat
promoters our people have had surfeit.
We all feel that the time has come when
men should mine for the money that Mes
buried In the ground. and not with view
to specializing In stocks.
ties. notably the Golden Zone. owned by a
PITT r.t,tsbarg company with plenty OF capital
ms mine IS on Mount Chopaca. on tne
Simiikameen river, and the owners are
making arrangements to erect stamp
mill early in the spring. There Ii also good
placer prospect in that neighborhood. The
from The bed OF Which s.. 90 was washed
out In 1850 by the primitive pan and rude
rocker process. These placer beds are stll
being worked today with rockers, the men
making good daily wages at ii.
Ore ut Great Depth.
The Palmer Mountain Tunnel Company
has forever set at rest all questions as to
whether the lodges hold out in depth. The
last ledge cut there reached a vertical
depth of 100 feet at a distance of 1850
feet from the opening of the tunnel.
There they cut ledge twelve feet wide
carrying gold of a free milling character
They are continuing the tunnel intending
TO tap several other we'll known lodges be-
yond, and the next known ledge will be
at depth of about 900 feet. namely the
Jumbo ledge. From that on they will gain
rapidly In depth. This work has been
carried on for two years and without any
publicity or Offering of any stock in the
~ are substantial business men such as
c. c. May. banker of Davenport. Wash:
DIR. y. Fred Esseg, of Spokane and -.
NJ. Drumheller banker of Spokane. The
promoter of this company, who is also
IFS manager. Is John Boyd. a live, practical
man OF Loonis. Wash. who may well be
called the record-breaker on tunnel work.
Mr.. Boyd is one OF those enterprising spirits
who don't understand the meaning OF the
word fail He went TO Okanogan in 1899
as a merchant. backed by an Eastern cap
iialist. He made comfortable fortune for
himself and his partner. and seeing the
advantages and realizing the merits OF
Palmer mountain. from what the Black
Bear had l produced. he C. conceived c,s,.sl
could be grouped and one tunnel made to
tap them all at a great depth. He was
two years getting possession and control
OF this group of claims and when you re-
alixe that he had 10 go loo feet before
striking the first ledge that showed from
the surface and had to combat the state
that country would not hold out flor the
reason that they never went down deep
enough. the hardships he had to contend
with will readily be understood. for don't
believe that one man in thousand could
have secured the capital that he did u
work with. Al tina. time was not a
practical miner but subsequently took a
course in mining engineering and assumed
full charge of tie property from the first
Outside Capital Interested.
outside capital has of late been going
into that district. the Britssh-American
Corporation. owners of the lie Roi. having
bought two groups OF mines on Palmer
mountain. on the strength OF the results
obtained In the now famous Palmer noun
tain tunnel. This same company is also
figuring for other properties IN that local
ity.
ION the Bull Frog rnne we have reach
"a depth Of I75 feet. Considerable devei-
oprsnt weyk has already been done, and as
soon cas- the spring opens we viii move our
cyanide mil to the property and reduce the
ores taken osit this winter. This mill Of
sixty t1ns capacity. II the first and cniv
cyanide mill ever erected III the .Okanogan
district. The peculiar nature OF sae ere
readily Yields 90 the cyanide process
The Bun Frog also has valuable three
foot graphite ledge containing II per cent
pare graphite. We have 3ta-foos tunnel
into this ledge. and as soon as railroad
facilities will permit OF Il this graphite
can be mined aud uiilled aud shipped d a
profit.
we are arranging 20 further develop the
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