The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-31
hLhSkh'S QUARTZ MINES.
SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN THEIR
OUTPUT WILL BE SHOWN.
Progressed steadily - W. T..
NOVEL;, Superintendent of Bern
ere nay Mines, Reviews Season.

Although the stampede 70 the Yukon
drew away many OF the skilled miners ana
rendered IL difficult TO keep full force
a. work. the quartz mines Of the SOUTH
eastern Alaska coast belt have been WORK
ing away al summer and VIII Dave an IN
creased output to their credit for tals year
Wills Z. NOVEL;. superintendent Of the
Berner bag mines OF the Novel; Mining
Company. Is al the Butler for month
vacation and gives good review or TIE
seasons Goilgs. saying:
On the Comet mine we have been ex-
tending the three lower levels south and
making connections by upralses, so tnat
Ne have practically opened up a new mine
and now have more ore IN sight than Ne
ever had We started 10 raise TO connect
our i.04ttfooI ieye. with the ssEfoos tefei.
and found thai the ledge ho.ds its width
OF ten feet When We were seventy feet
up in this raise We struck free milling ore.
carrying visible gold ana fine-grained ga
Lena. On the kensinsIon mine on the
other side OF the suich We nave been run
ming levels and making Gpraises 10 pre-
pare for the underground work THIS VIII
ter TIE ledge is eighly feet Wide IN the
lower workings, n fact, the ~no-e sidehli-
seems 10 be d great mineral zone OF ow
grade
We sack the high grade ore ard ship it
direct 10 the sneiter, the last shipment
having Melted $751;, hut the bulk of the ore
Is treated in the Comet MILL III which We
twenty on the kensington ore. The NIL
Ing ore carries s. to SO III gold. The Ken
sington ore carries a large proportion OF
sulpnurets which We save by running the
pulp over q doubie-deeked blanket siuice
sixty feet wide. By this means We save
as high as ~ per cent. of the value.
We are also running thirty-stamp
mill On galena ore on Sheep creek, where
We have a high percentage Of silver and
lead with considerable gold We have
been running principally on. the ore from
the Glacier and Queen lodges, but this
summer We have opened up the hex ledge.
exposing several feet of ore. The same
seSqes of hedges seems 10 run through from
Silver Bow basin 10 Sheep creek. but on
gold and on Sheep creek ii is in silver and
lead We have finished our buildings on
this ground and have begun milling the
ore.
I'VE have had very good year with our
hydraulic mine on Silver Bow basin. In
order 10 get depth Oh the basin and put
our sluice boxes on a suitable grade, We
ran a tunnel 200 feet. which tapped the
basin ninety feet below the surface and
gave us enough gravel TO run for thirty
or forty years We now have a hank OF
dirt over 100 feet high. all pay dirt when
worked on a large scale. which We wash
with two giants and still We are not down
to bedrock. II seems 10 nave been swept
down by glaciers and slides from the
quartz hedges in the surrounding noun
tains. and when we find any nuggets they
have sharp edges and corners a sign that
tley have rot travelled far. Although l
have not been to the Klondike / under
stand that the nuggets there are all worn
smooth and round. which seems 10 Indicate
that they have travelled far.
While no great new discoveries have
been made in that district. the people who
have prospects have oeen opening them up,
and il is only a matter of a year or two
untu they will be putting ZIP stamp mills.
The Mellen Mining and Manufacturing
Company has a number OF claims On the
extension of our Lodges on Rerner bay
ard IS putting up n iwenty-stamp mill.
Col. Darrell and Mr.. Snyder are doing con-
siderable work on the continuation OF the
Jualin ledge on Berner bay, and have a
mill and compressor ready to Sled in over
the snow The Jualln mill has been run
ming all summer. The Bad Eagles four
stamps and the Sum Dunn Chiefs ten
stamps have been running and both mines
are showing up we'll
'on Berner hay We have The first steam
railroad built in Alaska after that In the
Treadwei mine. II runs for three miles
from the mine to the mill and wharf, with
four switchbacks and an average grade
of s per cent, The new mills al the Tread
well and the Mexican mines are nearly
finished giving a total Of nearly loo
stamps on Douglas island"