The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-01
lining Engineer Tells Latest
News of the District.
-,ospecTs ARE VERY BRIGHT.
81 showing In fAe Mountain
aa~u-Chance That Many Claims
gfu strike Good Ore I'm the Next
r~n Weeks-Prospect and De-
yeIepment Work Being Done
inscription of "Jim Blaine"

~. now famous Republic msne. IN Ste
-s~. county in slis state, with its fabulous
-salsh in ssgat ana in prospect. continues
as center OF attraction In mining circles,
- all Information iouchias i or the dis
-, II which Il i located Ia eagerly sought
ss,sr Prof. s q. Dswsnap. a metal.ar-
- and mining engineer. returned yesser-
- tsau, that district. and having thor
ss.xhsy invest gated the various properties
- rauntry IA the vicinity Of the Republic
-~.rs lnc.ud.ng the Republic mine Itself.
~ position 20 talk inteIiigentiy on the
s.aseei He said
.srbe Journey 10 the Republic mine. after
isaving TAG Spokane ais * northern raIl-
80 Al Marcus or Bossburg. = by stage
~ way II Grand Forks. Il. t.. the journey
asseurgiug one and q half days. They are
rslIlns the ore II the Republic mine by
- psils ton Ciarsci process. an application
- re e.eetro-eyaniae treatment The Jim
rssasne tunnel Is something like 80 feet
ss.p al tiTe highest POI ~ OF the surface.
Ths ore on the surface where the ore shoot
esaos out is about four and a half feet
vsis. and continually widens. IL is TWEEN
sr.thves feet wide at the 2A,-foot level, and
ssnt.t thIrfy-tw5 feet wide IN the lower
sunnei IN the lower tunnel the cross-sec-
,ier OF the entire thiTty-two feet l. said 10
ss-rr about $40 per ton In gGle. with a pay
s,rsak Of fourteen feet carrying more than
ssss IN gold. The ore shoot comprises about
s.gnfv-iaY- :eef along the vein in the 2tD-
ffat iGFSi. ara AZ ftk3ktlieIisiS sfl lower
j<rei not get crossc1t.
Formation of the District.
The formation of the district is a belt
~ porphyritic fields 1t is about two miles
rtss and the veins are white. clean quartz.
extending through this belt and have
skggn ore OF sufficient grade TO work for
sfon; five miles long. The outcrops occur
a the summit Of low ridges. or hog hacks,
runulag nearly parallel With the veins and
s-aV FEk4yf 3n0 IF n
10 few degrees east Of north
The other mines that have already cut
rood ore are the san Pol, North San Poll.
sea Hnr Trade Dollar. Mountain Lion. all
az which are on the west vein Of the north
,gs The Lone Pine and the Tom Thumb
o. TIE east belt Of ths north end.
"A large amount OF prospect and deyel-
cpnent work Is being done all along tas
belt. and the chances arc that many other
Gains will have struck good GRE within the
sss, two months. The veins are exceed
aEiy well defined. with well defined ore
shootR which are ienficuiaf, IN horizontal
.ross seeiions. and Where tae quartz is Wild
nj The greatest values seem TO obtain
next 10 the Republic the deepest work
!ng Is the tunnel In the Mountain Lion.
some TWO miles north Of the Republic. tn
ahIcl forty-sIy feet OF ore has been cut,
cross section of which SHOWS SIC In gold.
with a rag streak Of twelve feet showing
81 IN gold. They have laid the foundation
ara are erecting an air compressor plant
for machine drills.
The Lone Pine. which has been idle for
mary months Is expected TO start up De
esrber ! under the maragemen. of Patsy
clark Work Is expectes to ne resumed on
ire North San Poll and on the Trade Dol
lar.
West OF the Republic some two and a
hair miles n belt OF cyanide has been pros
peeted and shows large number of veins
ef smelling ores of an entirely different
character than the vein OF the Republic
bell,
TIE value Of the properties in the Re-
rgbile belt Is fully appreciated by those liy
ag In the camp and Is shown by the fact
that on an issue OF the treasury stock Of
The Trade Dollar four times as many Of
fers 10 buy were received than there was
stock 10 supply.
East of the camp some four miles.
here is n belt 81 dtorite veins carrying
ryrrhotse ores similar 80 those of Ross
land Il. c. but in neither of these belts
has a sufficient amount of work been done
10 characterize them.