The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-10
Two Hundred Houses Built in the
Last Six Weeks.
KEEN RIVALRY FOR ITS TRADE.


From Republic. the greatest mining camp
in Washington. George b. kittinger has
gives glowing accounts OF its rlchss and
rapid development. To Poss-Insel.igen-
Ger representative he said yesterday:
Many people ask where IS Republic.
not knowing that the nam has been
changed from Eureka 10 Republic. III
honor or the principal mine. Owned by
the Clarks. al Spokane. II is west Of the
divide between the Sans Peel and curiew
rivers, forty-five miles west of Marcus. on
the state wagon road, and forsy~five miles .
east OF Republic landing, on the Okaaosan
river. which is beng huin by the Co
lnnlbia Navigation Company ard the &c.
attic merchants. making the distance by
road fifteen miss shorter than from john
sons landing. Freight is now being hauled
from Republic landing and stage Will
be put on this week.
The people OF Western Washington
hardly realize the richness OF the Repub-
lie district. having been so taken up with
the Alaska trade that they have not taken
time to look around their own state. 1t
Is naturally tributary to Spokane, but the
new connection over the Great Northern
railroad made it possible for our nier-
chants TO successfully compete with that
city. The Spokane papers have been for
the last month printing editorials calling
| the attention OF the merchants to the
fact that the Seattle merchants had within
one month already taken one-half the
business of Republic. and urging the
Chamber of Commerce Of Spokane TO take
immediate steps for the building of a
railroad up the Sans Peel, connecting with
the Central Washington. Mr.. Cofbin was
defeated in his application for a franchise
through British Columbia, and he has
formally declared his intention to build a
read TO connect with the Spokane Falls
& Northern south Of Marcus westward
TO Republic. If this is done ii Is a ques-
ton of only short TIME until the Great
Northern will have 10 hui,d a read Of its
own up the Columbia and Okanogan rivers,
tapping the Coiville reservation from the
west. But. whatever Is done, the Seattle
merchants must use every effort and do
everything In their power 10 keep the
trade with this city.
The town OF Republic Is itself the dis
trieuting and supply point OF the Eureka
district and the north half Of the COL
vile reservation. 1t already has a popu-
lation or about 1000 people. / counted In
the new town ten days ago 137 new houses
and buildings. either built or being erected.
This has been done In six weeks. The
surrounding country Is positively the mos.
beautiful l nave ever seen. 1t Is rolling,
bunehgrass country. with mountains run
ming in elevation from 800 to lO00 feet,
covered with plenty of timber for mining
purposes. The bottom lands have been
cultivated by the Indians for about ten to
fifteen years. and everything that can
possibly be needed is raised. The whole
country can De ridden over on a buck
board without even following the trails
or roads. by those who have seen Grip
pie k. Col, 1t IS SAID TO strongly re-
semble that district in every particular.
THE mineral in this camp il a free
milling gold quartz The quartz Is found
in porphyry dixie running north and
south. The dixie is about eight miles long
and one and one-half miles wide The
veins are strongly marked and easily
traced, the cropping showing In width
from four TO ten feet. The surface as
says from 81 to Sc gold The quartz is de-
cidediy leeched and decomposed on the
surface and impregnated with oyiaized
iron, bat at depth Of fifteen TO fifty feet
the discooratlon leaves The quartz entirely
and the values Increase TO ST TO $40 while
the ore shoots run In value from 500 TO
Sse1 1t Is typical poor mans country
Tunnels and shafts can be driven and sunk
AZ minimum price, as the quartz y very
eassfy ard very cheapsy mined. One
thousand dollars Will go as far as s. 100
to 5000 will go throughout British CO.
lumbia. II Is rot a one-m ne ramp a.
though the great mine or the camp today
IL he Republic. In eight months time
the owners OF this property have blocked
out IN the neighborhood OF s29so 900 worth
Of ore. The ors shoot that = being mined
Is l1t feet long. assaying an average value
or 500 per ton. AT the north of the ds-
trict IL has been demonstrated that the
Tom Thumb viii make a very remarkable
mine. Enough work has been done 10
thoroughly prove this and the ore assays
strs-
feet wide. The Biaekfaii has found .;s
shoot ard two days before 1 left ore as
sayed sgsi. The Sans Peel owned by John
A. Finch and others, OF Spokane. ia i'm
Ore valued at ssi. The Lost Lode
crossed two veins N their tunnel and thf.
ore assayed about SIS. They expect TO
catch the shoot br 1a-ift!ng on the vein
about 100 feet. The Rebate, AT depth
OF about twenty feet got value Of little
over s23 The jim Blaine. south OF the
Republic. is being opened as fast as men
and money can do Z. The properties
owned by Jonathan Bourne. Of Portland
the Knob HssI Mud Like Mammoth and
others. have MI been thoroughly proSpecied
Or the surface and tunnels have been RUN,
proving shat they also are mines, The
Lone Pine. owned by The E}srks. OF Spo-
kane. IL in full operation. The Peril, the
Surprise and the Qniip have the same
Ye.ns. with jEst As rich ore, a. those |
have already mentioned. The First
Thought owned bt he father Of the eatrsp
Tommy Ryan. and Mr. /. ". Campbell,
OF spokane, mas iust encountered the vein
al a depth Of abogi 20 feet which adds
ons more proct that +, Is moi a oae-:niae
camp. TIE Admsfa4. Treasury Butte arl
Boston are being worked. ard the results
are eu.ueufig satisfactory TO the different
owners.
..The gold Is fosn4 IN thu form of ehle-
ria p q al fftese properties and viii be
treated ~ the cyanide proesss TIE new.
!afge izsreon plant Of the Republic CON-
Tsnug viii lac In operation about May Is
This system wi. be succeeded In the end
hv the smelling process Everything that
Is ntejed by smelling blai1s n found
within q radius Of Eve miles. There -
plenty Sf wDoa ard wafer-~sn faef, every
IN ag nsstsFa for a successful. Mining
camp eaa be found rigas there S4stsgs.
sesEsx 20 baye fuTTisd aegTe,f .5ese 90 fur
nssh az The neana Of aubsiaieGep ard All
size .n4tsrsal@ Sar mining / woEsss s8t