The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-29

.e-es.s-,~ Ssrrt 70 witness TIE maze % ma
chsre-y, covering airros. an acre OF ground
IN active operation.
TIE presert owners OF the Republic mil
ana nine also have the control and man
aSerrsere OF n number of other properties
that are cIasSed as mines Among tnese
are the jim Blaine and Lone Pine Inc
Lone Pine has over Ice feet OF develop
nseut werk done and while II has oeen
idle for some time. work has been re-
suynsS on This property Those In posi-
ton 70 know ard who are not inleres.eo
in 1t, say the Lone Pine Is bigger mine
than the Requisite. From the Republic
10 the Lone Pine Is a distance OF one mile
The survey has been made and the grade
stakes set for an electric railway 10 con-
meet the two mines and the road Will be
built very scan.
In the vicinity az the Lone Pine some OF
the richest properties in the camp have
been developed extensively. Those that
are in ore and ready 20 do business as soon
the facilities for treating the ore can
be placed al hand are the San Poll. Black
tail. Little Cove Quilp. Ben Hur and Trade
Dollar along the guIcii. On the west side
and almost adjoining are the BodIe, FL Ca
liph. Jubilee, Mark Tapley Flag Hill and
Morning Glory. All the latter properties
lie IN group surrounding the San POP
HILL and all are undergoing active devei
oplnent. and every one OF them exhibits a
pay streak OF good values III gold. The
Bodie is down seventy-fiye feet. and tie
bottom 81 the shaft IS in a fun width o.
80 ore. The Flag Hill recently developed
a good showing and five pound sample
underwent test which produced aug
get OF gold as large as Il pea The dcvei
cpment on the Morning Glory mas not
reached great depth but has enough
high grade ore in sight TO warrant the
assertion that II is mine. The Jubilee
has about fifty feet OF tunnel completed.
and although they claim that they have
over 20 feet TO run before reaching the
ledge. they have some good-iooking quartz
on the face of the present work which
x n gold no
Caiiph they have well defined ledge
stripped for ii considerable distance on
the surface, averaging about eight feet in
width The values on the surface are over
average being In excess OF 81. The Mark
Tapiey is also a promising piece of ground,
the development being of about the same
character ard extent as the FL Caliph.
South of Republic the activity In the
development OF new properties is becon-
ing noticeable, although the larger proper
ties OF the camp have heretofore attracted
the greatest attention. Some of these have
demonstrated that the south end will give
the camp some OF its best as well as ex-
tensive ore ehutes. The Rosanna is one
Of these. and indications are that it may
have the Republic ledge. The Aspinwail
though retarded by a disputed ownership
recently settled seems to have Il splendid
chance TO rise 10 a prominent place among
the dividend payers.
In the southwest part of the camp there
are from fifty to Seventy-five men at
work on the various properties there. The
Numoe? One Consolidated has six men at
work under contract recently let TO sink
fifty feet from the bottom of the twenty
five-foot shaft At the present depth sam
pies taken from the entire width of the
work show values ranging from $4l5 to SIG
in gold The character OF the ore in thu
Number One and in Mary Ann is identi-
cal with that in the Republic and Jim
Blaine. In the extreme south end OF the
camp is the Gold Ledger. which has more
than forty feet of ledge matter and a fiat
tering showing of mineral.
There seems To be no end to the posi-
bllities OF this district. but every claim
must be developed. Those that have
proved the best mines here did not show
more than a meager invitation 10 the pros
pector 10 locate them IN the beginning the
formation waS strange to even the most
experienced miners and ii is often remark.
ed that the great wonder is that the camn
was ever discovered