The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-15
Boundary Prospect Named After
Poe's Fancifnl Ecarabeus.
INVESTIGATING IT'S ANATOMY.
Nnxsrpriuins Canadisns Developing
: Prsperty That SLAPPED High-
Graas ore TO the Everett Shelter
1'Aree Years A9o-Dffnculties un-
dsr which It Mas Been Exploitea
10 Explore with Diamond Drill.

I mile from the center Of the town Is
property. the Gold Bug, that gives every
promise Of becoming one Of the richest
ore shippers in the Boundary creek dis
trfct. This claim. along with flfteen
others, belongs to the Boundary Creek
Mining and Milling Company, OF Green
wood In this company the London and
4 Canada Syndicate. represented In British
Columbia by Hector McRae. has the con-
trolling interest. 1t Is over three years
ago that d. A., one Of the group. made
\ its first shipment OF four and half tons
This shipment was sent TO the Everett
ernelter under great difficulty, having to
be packed on horseback to Boundary
Falls and from there to Marcus by wag-
On. At the smelter the shipment netted
the owners, sos In gold and a ounces In
silver per ton. Recently 9 second ship
ment Of ore was made to the Trail smell
ter. This ore came from the Gold Bug
claim. now being theoretically exploited
hy force OF ten men under 6uperintend-
ent N. Leese. The correct returns have
been received by Consulting Engineer J.
1seckie. and show the net weight of the
ore shipped to have been g. a pounds.
with value of $ll1.65 per ton. or total
for the shipment Of s1.61l.7s net. Tho
freight and smeiter charges amounted to
az per ton. The values contained In this
y ore were divided rs follows: Gold, 2x
ounces: silver. 1910 ounces, and lead
I.4o per cent.
cv 1nipsy ~" 1s nssaN...Ss. ?. AZ
2. A. Hoinrook. the correspondent OF me
Of the company The present develop
ment consists Of two tunnels, running on
the Gold Bug claim. The original de-
velopment was a 110-foot shaft, which at
few feet below the surface cut through
the vein. At the loo-foot leve! cross
cut was started to catch the ledge on Its
An. HIT the inflow OF water interrupted
She walk This shaft ana crosscut work.
1 49,. ,s,tie sbrrfiv he drained hv the INNER
81 the ' two o tunnels IN which has reached
twenty.nve feet on the course q the
whenc. the ore Wa. Taken.
The Gold bug claim is admirably sItp.
%seI ~ ~ ~ C,,,veh,. e we.tern rail.
{ s.y.v ne sses a. the foot ~ the mountain
!mnediatsly beneath the dumps: i yin
sRuF iaDss tram Tra sn;n,s ~ e1 ,y,eTa
toned was sent down IN sacks with e
n PIC Kan ana pui'ey On rope cao'e o'rec. 70
70 on Eth fhe surface the Cold Bug ledge has
Deen opTheu d ~ Iavs sg ~ d,or,ts sornos
I'LL. ~ - riecas tstn. .he tor, ~ 4
hisnket vein hut IN the MINER tunnel
has every ,a Of ssraighssnins up
s xst IT. 9ess *,,,t, faat s,,,sra az as ".
XIV Hf y stn 80 ~ ~ M - ,c tr ~
ny, sss, tha,, ra;,,tnHan. assa H..
80 satOc oon .nr III 80 hars
,naa s,,reS Al n r,iG3th gror, Few inches r.
Sssr Ssat =. 1911 80 an .sitar .r rnt,sr,.
sHow was extreme,v rtch severai rinh
sarna,es sbowad 1saies ~ bes,,tsr,,l wire
snp.eS IN ,,a as r. r e. Viz
Saiena II Is also found az q cha,cfnvrite
ssstwas MIR, caiana and ,vhara Az ~ ~, az
sai vi" =. s $1,000 au weLo .he ve .,
~ corsiaereh ia rstiva siiver sa rsu,
Mines can ahnw such handsou,a snac;s
,r.r,s ~ 80 nra sW sS' aiAuSoA0 epo~A-
es - S
work On the Otner CAaims'
Considerable work has been done on the
other claims, notably on the G. A. r.
This claim is developed by seventy
foot shaft, with a crosscut of fifteen feet
IT win require about twenty feet more
TO encounter the ledge. AS on the Gold
bug claim these workings had to be
abandoned on account of water For the
first fifteen feet the ledge was followed
on the perpendicular, but at this point
1t dipped out Of the shaft The ore is
similar to the Gold Bug and Just as rich.
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