The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-13
THO FRENCH CANADIANS.
See the Great Gold Boat Roanoke
Arrive FROM the NOrth-He Ii
DuraeneA with the yellow StuR.

With his pockets full OF money just re-
ce4Sed from English capitalists for one OF
the richest quartz mines Ia British Colum-
bia. Alexander Andes. pioneer miner
from the Ymir district. has come to Seat
tie TO see the KboDsike gold boats come IN.
Not that be has any intention OF going
to the placer diggings Of the far north.
however. for Audet has good psckings In
British Columbia, even though his gold
comes out OF the cliffs mixed with several
base metals. instead Of from frozen muck
and gravel. Alexander Aude. has just sold
the Black Cock mine to the Walters Com
pany and received for his property $4,000
The White Horse and Last Chance mines
will soon be sold for $4,000 to the same
company. While this amount is shared
with q partner in the person Of A. Julian,
Audet has plenty OF money for his four
years work among the rugged peaks Of
Ymir.
Both OF these lucky prospectors are
French Canadians. members Of that rugged
pioneer army that has swept to all parts
Of the wonderful Northland ike some
mighty food released from ali bounds The
Ymir district is half way between Ross
wen, soon after the wonderful quartz dis
coveries were made at the former place.
In most parts OF Ymir the ore lodges are
hidden under a surface covering leaving
hardly trace of the rich mineral that Hes
below. The two French Canadians were
the first to discover ledge that appeared
on the surface. They found $50 ore on
their Black Cock claim at the very start.
AS depth was obtained, the ore increased
in n <,f
in gold, ten ounces in silver and Is per cent.
lead. Then II was that capital consented
to lock the property over. The sale FOL-
lowed as soon as they had thoroughly in
vestigated it, The other two mines owned
by the lucky prospectors are now being
investigated.
Mr.. Audet, in a way peculiar to an ex-
perienced French Canadian miner, told a
Post-Intelligencer reporter yesterday some
thing about the camp that has made him
a rich man. He said:
There il a great deal of mining activity
in the Ymir district this year, and the fall
will see number OF shipping mines. Four
new coneentrators are now in course OF
construction. They are being put up at
the Yn;r. Dundee. Porto Rico and Fern
mines. Three million dollars was refused
a short time ago for the Ymir mine. which
Is a very good price considering that 1t IL
not In the popular Klcniike country. The
Porto Rico is a free milling proposition.
for We have all kinds in that district. The
English owners Of this property hold 1t at
a million, and are now taking out con-
siderable gold.
Nearly all the better claims In the dis
tried have been bought up by English syn
dicates or capitalists. The ore is for Ne
most part a steel gelena, valuable for the
god that can be taken from 1t. Silver and
lead also come out of the ore in smelling.
The Dumas claim. which a strike of
$40 ore was recently made, Is about TO be
sold for $4,000. on account of the wonder
full extent of the ledge. On the Bruce
claim a $500 assay has been obtained on
the surface. There Is great future for
Ymir camp as soon as the money holders
abandon the tickle fancy OF the golden
placer. When they do that the quartz
mines of the Washington Cascades VIII
likewise come into prominence"