The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-29
KELLER INNING DISTRICT.


Revelations ~ Mineral Wealth In .
new DiReetisn-Silver Ore which
Assays I,ls0 Ounces Fer Ten
Activity en Nearly Every CIaAn.
KELLER, Aug. 8.-South Halt min
fng properties continue to attract the
attention Of outside capital, and import
ant deals are now becoming Of common
occurrence. few days since w. H. Tuf-
", superintendent OF the Gold Mountain
Mining Company. Of Spokane. secured q
thirty-day option on the Burlington group
Of xfx claims In the Nine Mile district.
which Hes about twelve miles northeast
OF Keller and seven miles east Of the San
Poll river. on the South Half. Lieut. Gov.
Daniels II interested with Mr.. Tui1y IN
the transaction. and . strong company
VIII be organised to develop the property.
The group consists OF the Burlington.
Delaware. Arlington, Delegate. Senator
and st. Elmo and II conceded by miners
and experts TO be the most promising
property In all that section. Much valu-
able work has been done on the property.
and q practically small sum Win now Be
required to put II on q shipping basis.
The Burlington group shows some hand
some chloride Of silver ore In an appar-
entity rich ore shoot near the surface.
while some beautiful samples Of galena
have been taken from the shafts and tun-
nails which have been run on the property.
This galena In Of high grade. similar tn
picked specimens found In the SLOGAN
country. and n regarded by experts who
have recently visited that section to be
very important discovery on the South
Half. In the earlier days Of prospecting
In the Nine Mile country. II Was believed
that the beautiful quartz found there was
gold-bearin9. and In some instances some
good assaya In gold were received But
with extensive development work on the
Burlington group and the Gold Mountain
Mining Company's property. II has been
demonstrated that the district is silver
bearing. In the tunnel on the latter prop
erty some very rich Gaiena ore has been
sacked up, and the company VIII ship
carload nsxf month. The lodges are large
and we'll defined. insuring permanency Of
the mines In that section. For instance.
the lead on the Burlington has been
traced for a distance Of 1900 feet on the
surface, and the character of the ore now,
encountered assures large bodies Of ore
At q depth Of not less than 100 feet.
The assurance Of competent experts that
tho Ntne-MiIe country has wealth has in
duced capitalists to pa. money into the
more promising properties Seymour Birch,
= Spokane capitalist. recently bonded six
claims owned by Bernard King and Hen
~ Walker. and put men at work on the
property. The Crescent Mining Company,
the principal stockholders In which reside
at Dayton. Wash. and Chicago. are open
Ing up some promising claims. ]. ID.
Smith, present sheriff OF Columbia coun-
II. il one of the prominent men N the
enterprise. Mr. G. Il, Feari, formerly
quite prominent In King county politics
and 4 friend and adm.rer OF ex-Goy. Nc
0raw, Ii one OF the original iocators and
owners In the Burlington. Mr.. Feari has
unhounded faith IN the property.
It Is now believed. and with much rea-
son, that the rich silver belt Of Cedar can
y0n. In which the Deer Trail No. 2. Cleve-
land. Royal. Crystal aud silver Queen are
located. extends through the Nine-Mile
country In a northwestern direction, pass
es through the Bridge creek district. and
% the Das.. camp. where are located
the rich Harvest mlver-lea6 mines owned
by the Ciarks. All through the above
country ~ outlined there In found some
copper ore OF very high grade. while
the developed ore bodies OF Cedar canyon
show assays In silver Of over $3.50 ounces
Bridge creek Is giving to the district
sosne excellent copper ore. but not yet In
large bodies. The Congress has sent out
the best samples yet. In Keno camp. on
Bridge creek. which Is sixteen miles north
Of Keller. we have the Art Dumont and
the Roaring Eagle and Pappoose The
latter are companion claims. both being
staked from the same discovery post and
are showing up some high grade silver
ere. On the former some exceptionally
handsome ore has been uncovered giving
high assays In silver and carrying some
copper
Some very good strikes have also been
made lately In the Nesps'im country
west OF Keller, On the Stevenson claim.
which is unde- band to Nelson Clark.
OF Spokane. foriy-foot tunnel was re-
Gently driven IL cut a ledge twenty
nve feet and encountered big shoot If
ore. assaying high In copper and silver
The rock II soft and easily taken out
without blasting. becoming hard upon
exposure. II gives promise of being a
big mine The Humphrey claim has
shown silver ore which goes LOO ounces
OF silver per ten. The Centralia peo-
pie who organized company TO devotion
some property over there hay. several
claims In that locality. and arc practi-
caliy certain To make a good strike
Farther north IN the Nespelin district
are located Gold Greek and Park CIV.
which are considered very promising
sections also
The mineral prospects in the trnme-
diate vicinity Of Keller were never more
Watering than at the present time The
extensive development work on the Tina
tiiia. near the base of Toile,ran mount.
ain, has proven to the entire satisfaction
OF mining men that the ore bodies of
this vicinity are permanent and valuable.
Until the present owners If the prarerty
agree as 10 the future disposition az /,
II may remain idle. bat IL ts freely ea-
United that few weeks work would
make II producer of the vnsatilla
Work was begun last week ON ,hs
iconoeiast claim, which lies on enc Of
the numerous spurs of Toiioman mount
ain superintendent Runnels tTenas
Georget Is In charge ~ the IennoVfasr
company. recently Incorporated An
open cut and tunnel have been driven
preparatory IL an extensive aeveloptn.rt
ana some very fine ore has been taken
oat near the surface. which Will per.
maps ASSAY ctfs