The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-09
5jlD|iG At REPUBLIC.
-" PROGRESSING TOWARD
urNICIPAL AIRS.
. v.r1ety Tbeater Nearly Ready 70
n-sa and streets GSaAe1-PKOs-
>estDrs Anxf0usiy Waiting fer
nnsW % Get On the Mountain.


REPUBLIC. April S.-~Ih% weather. c"0~
snzes warm and pleasant Tho pres
Il ,~r,ors are praying fer rain, 10 hasten
" - melting o. TIE SNOW. snien is Still
ehout fsot deep within d radius OF three
.sl<x from camp. The south sizes OF the
q tu.. are bare and accessible, but IL viii
= - a month before all the snow Is gone.
ne wagon roads viii BE- bad for a couple
4 weeks yet. owing 10 the TIA sing OF Ire
ground, bat TIE stages arrive generally
% time
Dufidisg improvements.
- nuii5inE operations and opening OF new
business houses have been lively the last
week
The new theater building IS nearing
u cnsp.etion and win be very substantial.
~ n viii be opened on April as FIRST
class vaudeville. with change Of perform
ers a. snort intervals.
TIE building has forty feet frontage and
- feet depth. two stories nign and 'front.'
9 inx on Clark avenue
I. 10 being built by II. T. Myers. who
viii also DO manager Of the theatsr. IL
vii accommodate 80 people. with ten
boxss Ia the gallery and four On the main
Hoor.
The grading OF Clark avenue is about
complete. being nov q level street
squatters cabins are getting numerous.
- well ~ many other smaller houses.
New CO0Rt0O0be - o0 ~.
As soon as County conmis.ie ner Percy
returns from his trip to Spokane and Sc
attic. II n expected to begin the work
on the new courthouse. which Is to cost
!. about N0Oo.
other improvements.
Mrs. Harvey IL having built An add
ton to her hotel On the HILL
The Webater hAUse also In having ex-
tenssye improvements made CT the side
!. Of the canyon facing Republic mine prop
e:ty.
Mr. Buggie IL having a lot excavated
adjoining the Manila saloon for store
building in which ne Is TO open gp a res
tsisrans
On the opposite side OF the street a lot
% being excavated for a large hotel.
Real Estate Advancing.
Prices for business lets on Clark ave-
nue. have advanced The last week - per
cent. They ste now asking from $t.0uo
10 1900 each.
Work In the Mines.
The Republic mine started ap again
yesterday.
: The Merrirnac tunnel is in loo feet. ana
Is supposed 10 be in the Vein of the
Mountain Lion adjoining.
A crosscut tunnel is 10 be cut on the
Reindeer No. in q few days.
! Tho new shaft cut The Mabel pro-
dueea ore which assayed SIS on ten
foot eut.
A. Walker yesterday bonded two claims
! near the Mabel for thirty days
Patsy Clarke has secured Loco shares
IN the ihsurgeut
A sale OF number OF groups IN the
near future would not DO surprise TO
well posted mining men here.
Some good ere is coming up from the
SHAFT Of the Hit or Miss, and with devel-
opment tais ought to be good producer.
sheridan Camp
r. l. Darrew. mining expert, who IL
tspre~enting the Mounta!nser Gold Mining
Company and other capitalists OF Minnie
I Apolis returned from a short triH 10 MS
mining interests in the sheridan district.
In company with Mr.. kearney. Of the same
city. who has been on an inspection tour
Of different properties in that locality.
& Ia an interview today the following de-
ecription MAS obtained Of development
work: The pfiGcipai property now being
aeve.oped In called the Salle Ann. which is
! adjacent to the town Of Sheridan. There
Il l9s feet Of tunnel. with a lead OF ATTY
Feel. the ore averaging from 50 IN s25. A
well defined potphyry dyke wall runs the
eutire distance Of about two and a hair
: feet. with six inches tale between the wall
and the ledge.
''rhere Is twelve foot hanging wall In
The cresscut drift, which Is In about Atty
feet and here q shaft Is being sung 20 a
ao0 foo, tevel In the main drift We have
ofseen foot roof from which samples have
gcne as high IS ST. 76. the average is IS 70
sas last ffty feet. which sssayea sSsv0
"A cut from the top Is down seventy I'VE
/. Ne, which shows good stringeFs of ors
and improving with depth.
we bonded today what consider two
" the most wonderful claims OF this whola
district: one which. IN my estimation. VIII
: ecuai. Il not excel. the Republic.
''fnls /. abou; three ard half miles from
Toro9s. ard lies just In The line Of Ferry
county called Tenn Creek.
There il al absolute ledge cropping I'D
The mountain surface IA feet Tong and be-
tween twelve ana eighteen fee, ~ width.
We intend 20 run tennel from ,ae bottom
In narthariy direction 40 feet. which We
figure viii bring 4 depth Of 800 feet. An
assay taken from each end q this ledge On
has '0'' >-' '"''
"A asre - no doubt eu. that In Inn
meusc quantities vii he found IN this
mountain, and ot high grade o. gold ard
ceEpsr"
Teroda Is 3 station Of twenty .. twenty
i've cabins and houses. but seed many
men left last year for prospecting GA TIE
south Mar and az present, there are net
mary settlers In this vicinity. \ property
That has been developed pretty extensively
also In the Sheridan vicinity Is IRE Zeia
N. owned ny number ef capitalists Of
Montreal and RSsslard.
Fiatt-rtug Prospects Reported.
Gr. Ru5e Hull, o. the Republic Record,
returned srcna "trip through the sheridan
ard TarSda camps ard reports Gathering
prospects. The Zels NJ. has @s~foot dFtFt
with TWO crosscuts ana = Hfty-fsai sasfs
aaak. This IS high grade silver. WITH
seae sea ara traces Of copper I; WAS
located by n NJ Snyder formerly ~ osyni-
Pa. Who Is superintendent.
NJ. Sny asy Is IN tenn and Is very srsAa-
siastc shoui his holdings The company
has 10 stock fer sale kaz hAs money enough
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