Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-04-06
be expended in work on the claims withir
three years.
Little Slate Greek plncers.

three years.
Little Slate Greek plncers.
Preparations for developing the placer
diggings on Little Slate creek about 10
miles west of Florence, Idaho, are being
made on an elaborate scale by Florence
parties who control 400 acres of virgin
ground. Some idea of the magnitude of
their hydraulic operations may be gain
ed from the statement that when the
works start up this season they will be
able to handle almost an acre of ground
per day
Little Slate creek gold deposits were
discovered by Robert Royal in 1873, but
he did not develop the claims and they
attracted no attention until two years
later when Captain j. Wilson discovered
a gulch that yielded 25 cents to $3.50 per
pan. Foekler gulch was discovered the
same fall by Joseph Fockler, c. p. Cone
and the late Andy McQuade. 1t yielded
$1,000. Buchanan gulch, another rich
producer, was found the same year
1t is estimated that these gulches yield
ed in the early days about 100000. Will
$llOO in one day for five men. None of
the gulches are worked beyond its mouth,
dumping ground being lacking. These
gulches open at right angles upon Little
Slate creek where present operations are
being undertaken. 1t is about four or
five feet to bed rock and the ground pros
poets from cents to $3.50 per pan.
The works will be completed in July.
j. c. Meinert, w. p. Murphy. J. w. Turn
bull and j. F. Boyer of Florence are in
terested in the enterprise. Little Slate
creek gold is all shot gold and runs uni
formly SIG in value.
klOndike From COlfax.
A large pack train has LEFT Colfax for
Dawson City via the Spokane overland
route. The train is owned by G. w.
Cole who. assisted by two hired men. is
in charge of the outfit Mr.. Cole is a
pioneer of the Pacific coast, is 80 years old
and bachelor He recently sold farm
for 81 years and is well supplied with
money and complete outfit. One of hi.
friends here made the statement that be-
sides his outfit Mr.. Cole will take $4,000
in gold with him to the Klondike coun-
try, Mr.. Cole mas been in and around
Colfax for three weeks buying and break
ing pack horses for the trip. So quietly
has he been ut work that few knew of
his intention until today when he left
with 81 pack horses and six saddle horses
for Spokane where he will push forward
at once. Leaving Spokane the party will
take the overland route and travel by
easy stages until the grass gets good.
They will prospect along the route il
good ground is discovered this side OF
Dawson they will stop and locate claims.
If not, they will go to Dawson, where
Mr.. Cole will probably buy claim. Mr..
Cole, whose hair and beard are as white
as snow, is still strong, hearty, deter
mined and ambitious, and is confident he
will meet with success in his undertake
ing. As the train left Colfax this morn
ing with Mr. Cole at the head it formed
Il pretty picture and reminded the old
settlers of the early days when all pro-
visions used in this country were brought
in by pack train.
Ore Shipments FsOm Nelson.
The ore shipments from Nelson, B. C..
for the past week amounted to 27O0 tons
of an approximate value of $l26,4GG. The
figures for each shipping mine are as fol
lows: Hall mines smelter, copper bullion
| IL tons, lead bullion, 90 tons; lie Roi, l6SO
tons; Payne, 270 tons; Queen Bess, u
M
Last Chance, so tons Rambler, As tons
Montezuma, 80 tons; Reco, 90 tons; Brad
en- Bros, Pilot Bal, no tons. This bring.
the total shipment for March, including
the first two days of April, up to ll,740
tons, of an approximate value of S69S, "a Is
The shipments so far for 1893 aggregate
20.821 tons. valued at ", ,S45.042.