The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-31
|rsl,iou Of County Commissioners
and Miners.
|.ow TO RAISE NEEDED FUNDS.
~.aelts Derived by Spokane
49, Kses~nay Mines-Larxe En-
18th misunderstanding Ore
a. eaney and Cieopatra-sfeady
development ON the Coivtiie Res
.,vssssn - On the south Half

= e arc ire eI'ASN - Ats.' = "~e VI"
. ,hs rsozsy aae Cleopatra mines has
"a, hrongt. 70 liz front the question Of
-. rf.asts to op~n up the mining dts
.4ss Had there been a wagon read up
:. ss.ezn vsley two years ago. the &
..~sa have shlvped several hundred tons
: ar. before Bow AID s@ryea a. such an
4~r, swon CT the mineral character Of
a. sSassry TIA, capital would have beer
-urse 20 Ssvesop many surrounding
sxst.ss and great addition made 70 the
-. Of the community.
IA construction Of a road up Miller
- srona tie town 0, sGyaomIsh ass
srs Hssriy ;wo years ago and was COM
- is the following spring. but q
treG s2x, fail washed out one OF the
rszrs Work was then beginning on a
sn6tgsbie scale On the Consy and Geo
"a n-nes. and there WAS every reason
sEeys that tg the tiE.le the road was
Ewa.sd they would have produced suf-
Etsxs high grade ore 10 haul TO the raj
= ssr shipment To the STnelter. Bur the
q coney tunnel ran of the ledge and
. aiy fecensIY struck i, again. and the
Etssifs tunnel did not strike the high
fnx shoot OF ore FOR which II was run
- although r id strike a great shoot
IN rs9ium grade ore which Il wii be
Erd profitable 10 concentrate. The
EssaY commissioners DID not therefore
ExseaH themselves Justified in mourning
d .5sther expense on account 81 the road;
e~ssly ~ the county road fund "a even
= 49,. xk = -
q q tho material reductions In the
exsi Of outstanding warrants which
~ seen made within the last few years.
4 District IL Improving.
sxAia the last few weeks there has
e decided Improvement in the con-
Zna IN that district. and thus the argu-
Em n favor Of the repair OF the road
rmgthenef. The lower tunnel Of the
Or has struck high grade shipping ore.
Nj on the high grade ore shoe, o, the
nHiFa has also shown up high grade
q We're the way open 10 haul ore In
90 20 the railroad al moderate cost.
IL znes could begin shipping and bring
= astfic'. and with ii King county. %
= ssni IN the mining world. A petition
= Aen presented 10 the comm! ss.oners
~ then 10 formally establish the road
~ arniy road. and To repair II. hu, IL
- hand TO have been signed only hv
Mtns OF Seattle A. the law requires
hrature OF ten residents OF tn, viciu-
st,he proposed road. the petition was
$50 for correction In this particular.
xEsaile tia mining companies have
- Ae road asssa.le for pack animals.
AsE twice built temporary bridge ard
kx cleared slide which o>s;vucted the
mis,r about 20 feet.
y county commissioners were found in
- yesterday by Poss-fn;e,t gsncer
.ssensa:Ys who want 10 DISCUSS the
NJ question with them and Mr. Nlcker-
10 aye their view of IT, He said that the
sxx would be ready Ia consider the i'm
xaeaen; OF the Miller river road when
y getion was signed and presented ac~
stkns 20 law ard when ;hs board was
Sxsi that there MAS ore ready to silip.
~ road had not get been used TO the
asst anticipated. the freighters stin PIE
r1g TO take In supplies on pack ami
zs instead ~ in wagons. The board had
ss been approached several times with
ssssis fer ;he extension II the Cedar
Escr road 4, the mouth Of R'ar creek, but
y 10; teel Justified IN iucurr!ng the ex-
pass until The amount OF ore ready 10 ship
|~xa ne nlrns wo9i warrant T.
NJ Nickerspn engaged iu Il general DIS
|zssoa - the policy Of building roads
E-elgh TIE mining districts ana other un-
EeehFsd sections of the county with a
Fss 20 opening them up and inducing set
|snsnt. ard said
lsso the Indeveisr~d Sections.
Il e. Desirable that the road system
Fssla be extended into the undcvelcprd
Pftess bu, the only source from which
p 'an draw money for th, purpose ia
p county read fund This fund was 500
y seniad three years ago. and ts now
IA s5.ts1 20 so 90 behind. SO that we
n so' feel Justified n mourning any bat
- most urgent expenses. When farmer
80 into i rev section Re finds way
q BY building a road or trail himself,
III he has usually pad taves for several
'sas before che county builds a road into
- seftiou- Msuiag claims, being unpa.-
s'N lands. - Dot pay taxes, and there
ne Ga nos cu1t3eute djrvetiy 70 shr road
I'D. e4t recognize the good policy Of
ETi-,a''nE The development ~ mining Is
se's by building roads, The miners them
ssFA however,. 10 rot usually show
s'asa faith Ia t}-lr properties 20 put any
heT esn work or money into roads.
IsssiS- wa Should feet mort Wiling 20
saNiei'r sfNss1l ths ~oQntv fund
~ N!cksrTsu's attention was called -
- 7-ac;ice iH Er';ssh Columbia. whrrs
= feYsrnr'ent has hai,t roads into mining
sssieis ~h-ch show Ear iess development