Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-01-01
PROSPECT Acknowledgement
THE CLEARWATER COUNTRY
blazing Trail From the st. Joe
Late News From DawsOn-A $7O'-
900 Lease In the Garnet District
of MOntana-The lie Roi smeIter.

laaho, from his summers trip to the
Clearwater country, where he has been
developing some property discovered by
an old prospector in his employ. The
country is entirely unknown, and they
have but vague idea as to where they
are. The doctor thinks line drawn from
the head of navigation no the St. Joe riv-
er to Moose City would pass not far from
their location, which is some As miles by
an air line from the head of navigation on
the st. Joe. They blazed a trail in from
the st. Joe, working it where absolutely
necessary, over which horse can take
about 60 pounds. He estimates that it
would cost $25 900 to build a decent trail
in there. They put up a small arastra,
and the rock worked yielded satisfactory
returns. The ledge they have located is
only eight inches wide, but the rock is
rich. The country is very rough and hard
to prospect-hard as Klondike, the doctor
says-but with a trail leading into the
country there is likely to be number of
men go in next year.
Facts About the Ontario.
In sepaking of the recently closed down
Ontario, a stakeholder says: The gentle
man who furnished facts and figures for
the Tribune stated that there were $780,
600 tons of tailings at the Ontario mill or
below it, which carried average values of
IL ounces silver and ST. in gold to the
ton Now, the total output of the Ontario
mine up to date has been sos, 283 tons.
During the past II years the mill has
worked 100000 tons, and the value OF the
| tailings from the ore worked is 397
ounces in silver to the ton, and on account
of the low values of these tailings the
company did not deem it worth while to
save them; hence they were allowd TO
run down the canyon for distance of two
miles, where dams were built to prevent
/ them from destroying the meadow lands
| belonging to the ranchers below. Now,
this leaves 258,2S3 tons to account for.
The company has shipped 76,402 tons
! of base ore to the shelters, which, deduct
ed from the 25S 2S3 tons, would leave 49,
! 8Sl tons of tailings in dams around the
mill In the three dams north of the
teaching plant it is estimated that there
are 100, 04dssaaGmNEarioh 5e;ll average five
ounces Of ~sflVvY to the ton. One large
dam south of the teaching plant averages
seven ounces to the ton, and. by care
full calculation, it is estimated that there
are 10000 tons of tailings in it. These
amounts deducted from the l8l 1881 tons
saved around the mill would leave 81 ,88l
tons in dams in front of the mill, which
will carry values of 960 ounces in silver
and 81 cents in gold to the ton; and this
is the tailings dam that the stakeholder
in the Tribune SAYS contains 100000 tons
of tailings which carry average values OF
! II ounces in silver and ST so in gold per
ton"
News From Dawson.
A. p Quinlan. who has arrived at Vic
toria, b. c., brings late news from Daw-
son. He says there is enough food in
Dawson to last the 5000 men now there
all winter, those without food, 1000 in
number, having gone to Fort Yukon. Two
hundred will come out over the trail.
Major Walsh, who is now encamped at
Bio Salmon, will endeayor to break a
trail through to Dawson but he does not
saws he will allow miners to stake claims
in blocks Of 10, retaining the adjoining 10
for the government. All the claims on
Quartz creek are now staked and it will
Drobablv be as rich as Eldorado and Bo-
nanZa creeks.
The Garnet District.
In the lower part of Garnet, Messrs.
W. r. Ramsdall r. Mclaughlin and ID.
]. Welsh have a $4,000 lease and bond
on the Is quartz claims and 10 stamps.
They have a force of men putting in a
cyanide plant, which is to start very
soon. 1t will be able to treat $50 tons
a dav, and will be under the supervision
of Arthur p. Brown, of the Mammoth
. Mining Company The Garnet district is
in the Bear mountain region, II miles
north of Bearmouth. Mont. The claims
, are on quartz lead, which has been
traced several miles. About $50 men are
at work. The permarency of the camp
is assured, several claims show good ore in
considerable quantities. Freight charges
TO Bearmouth are IS ton. All the ores
of the camp grow base with depth.
SmeIter at Northport.
The lie Roi Mining Company has made
payments of $2l 600 on its new smelter
at Northport. Construction of the smelt-
er was begun in August last, Since then
the lie Roi has paid 5000, 900 in dividends,
> built 100000 smelter, and expended
about $4,000 in permanent improvements
at the mine. The company has decided
, to pass the usual monthly dividends this
month, as the completion of the smelter
will stop ore shipments 10 the outside
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