The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-11
OPENING THE GOLD LEDGE.


Special Dispatch to the Post Intelllgencer.
HEPUBLlC, Dec. 10.--Active work has
again begun on the Gold Ledge after con-
the working shaft. The shaft will be
continued. Mr.. Lilienthal, the manager,
mas made several trips here lately from
continue steady throughout the winter.
He is good mining man, and Is showing
great faith In the camp, not only by his
many interests in surrounding mining
claims and mines, but in other properties
adjacent to the town. which he expects
next year to have in a position to nut
on the market. flN'1
ICED Is the Okanogan Gold Coin Mining
Company. Of Republic. The property lies
close to the Okanogan line, about ten
os se west The Of c s9wn s stock Is s od
vided into 100000 shares. The directors
are L. II. Coy, @. J. Tomkins, J. w. Pal
mer. ". s: Mcfarland and w. r. Beck.
On the Butte and Boston work Is now
progressing In earnest. The shaft is
down f1ftySfeet and with the assistance
OF the new pump and hoist the work Is
wall. the general manager, spent a few
days In camp lately, and has laid out the
work for the next few months. He is
well pleased with the work so far prose-
cuted. Mr.. Aspinwall Is interested In sew
eral other promising mines here, and ex-
pressed his opinion freely that the camp
is now In better shape than ever before.
the 1O0-foot level and then drift in both
directions.
The Tom Thumb mine is making great
progress toward the record Of being num-
bered among the big mines. In the drifts
from the two shafts ore averaging a fig
ure that denotes high grade ore is now
being assayed. The characteristic of the
quartz seems to he telluride similar to
many properties nearer town. II high
grade ore should be found in the north
end, and this mine Is the furthest
that the whole belt viii even e ser turn
to high grade ore with the proper depth.
Assays as high as $3.50 per ton have been
c o. saa. e from the Tom Thumb The vein
pressor plant has been ordered.
men has purchased the Tessie claim
organized the Washington Gold Mining
Company. This claim is in the limits Of
the town. Good ore is found in several
pect that judicious mining on it will dis
close the Republic lead. The claim adj
joins the two towns, and has on the south
the Blue Jacket Fraction. on the east
the Wabash and the west the First
Thought, all Of which now have patents.
The consideration was $4,000 cash, and
a good block of stock in the company.
Messrs. l.. p. Hummer, Fl. Hansen, of
Republic. and A. Hummer and F. r. Snod-
grass, of Spokane, are the principal stock
holders of the company.
GoOu news contlnueS 10 come from the
Republic mine. The immense vein is
widening out on the lower level as work
progresses. A crosscut from the south
drift just completed shows an ore body
forty feet wide, and the richness Is a
continuation of all ore found lately. The
vein is a V-shape reversed, the comb rum
ming from the surface and widening with
depth. Experiments are being continued
at the mill on a large. scale by roasting
process. An expert from the Mercur
Utah, milling plant has the work in
charge. Experiments will probably be
continued all winter, and by the first of
February everything will be In shape for
the immediate erection of the new MILL
The capacity of the mill will be 200 tons
per day, but facilities will be put in place
to increase the capacity to 1000 tons.