The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-10-17
One of the DISCOVERIES of the Camp
Reviews Its Condition.
VERY MANY BIG ORE BODIES.
Three stamp Mills on the Ground
The Eureka To Increase Its Plant
To Forty sfampa-Thirty Feet of
Mineral Development of the
Ma I'm moth Into q Full Pledged
Mfne-Nountain Goats Rad Luck.
special Correspondence

Special Correspondents.
E ANAcORTr.S. Oct. H.~Alex Nj Bar
ron, who with II II Soaie discovered the
HEate creek mining region in the early
nineties. has arrived home here AFTER an
absence of about year The camp n
general Mr. Barron says, Il prospeFing
ano has now entered the era OF suostan-
tial developments. There are three stamp
mills in the dlstrlct-~one each az the Eore-
ka Mammoth and Mountain Goat.
The most expensive development being
dane In the camp In a, the Eureka mine.
The main shaft. following the pitch OF the
ledge. IL down 10 feet. or about it1 feet
perpendicular. A, depth Of about eighty
feet the ledge was crosseut and found TO
be thirty feet wide. Al the depth Of Ii5
feet drifts were run In opposite direc-
tons for distance Of thirty feet The
surface of the ledge has been stripped for
q distance Of seventy feet and shows an
average width of thirty fest. The main
drift IL In 40 feet and connects with the
bottom OF the shaft. In sinking ths shaft
Il was found that the ledge at depth
OF about I3e feet. took & heavier r'tch to
the north, but only for short distance.
when /, resumed it, regular pitch.
Mr. Barren VAS one of the first to go 10
work on the Eureka after Msssrs. Lane
and Hayward secured the option. In fact.
he pilate1 in the representative OF this
the first thing to do was 10 get In supplies
30 thai work could be continued through
the winter Men with backbone enough
70 face winter In that remote camp. too.
were looked up and put 10 work All
winter long the miners continued the de-
veiopmsns work. and when. early last
spring provisions ran low. men were put
on the trail packing In supplies. at an
enormous cost. When spring opened an
ryh fayr sas n a
wagon road sserIy from Ventura, across
the main Cascade range at an elevation
OF $500 feet. and down 70 the site cfossn
for the erection ~ the works intended for
the operation OF the mine. The distances
was fourteen miles. ana the road cost
about 81 go.
VIII Increase the Mil Capacity.
When this was finished heavy machin-
cry began to arrive. This came via the
Methow valley. 1t was carried from the
Sound TO the Columbia river by IN. Great
Northern. thence up the Columbia by
steamer TO the south of the Methow. and
teamed thence up the Methow valley and
across the range TO the camp. about one
hundred miles The first machinery 20
arrive was the sawmiIl which was set
up and started to saving lumber for the
buildings A shingie u1ili also was built
and put In operation. The teu-stasnp mill
Is on the ground. but has not been set in
motion After the saw,nill had been nut
up Il was found tina. the boiler while it
would have been amply large for use at
q point on a low altitude was not cap
able at that elevation Of doing the work
Intended for It. so that there was an un-
expected delay in saving lumber. Plans
arc made for INCREASING the mill 70 forty
stamps tramway is being built from
the mine to the mill. and will be covered
the entire distance. A manway IL along
side the track. so that no matter what
the sn6wfall, there will be no difficulty
I'm going from mill 20 mine. AT one point
the tramway In on trusses thirty seven
feet above the ground. II is built "a stay
and on a good grade. An electric light
plant will Hight the mine. the tramway and
the mills where the plant Is located The
mills and other work ara AZ the creek.
2sS feet from the mine and at inN feet
bower altitude, and a wagon road over
which the heavy ttnibers are hauled con
meets the two. The stamp mill saw and
sh,nEle mill and concentrator are provId-
Ell with the latest appliances and are o.
a character that would ~ credit 20 any
minirg camp Tire shortness Of the sea
son for getting IN machinery ard doing
open afr work made Il necessary 10 post
pone the construction Of the ehlorInas.on
works until next season. .
The Mammoth which In under the SUI.
prospect. but n sul-fetgesi mine The
nve-stamr mill and Woodbury. concentra
tor were started M n short time ago ard
results are beyond expectation The mil
ls on y bench ahoGt Ss feet below tho
workings OF the mice. and rerhars go feet
above the creek. An elevated wire car
tram carries the ore from che milne % the
mill There are about i.S. feet 81 work
inss on the Mammoth ard the depth. FOL
lawiug the pitch of The ledge Is about ~,
feet There are some very rich or> zhans q
on the property. aa shown IN the several
drifts
The Indiana syndicate have force at
work en- the Barreti & Metain prorertv.
or the sassvriy slope az Ren<on mountain
Thay are preparing or the winter and VII
continue Development work The prsperty
locks siu ana the work is ~ Thorough
character.
Ore In All the Workings
The stamp mll Al the Mountain Goa. Is
Idle. The process adopted At This nrnH-
srty fov saving the gula has not ws~ke
satisfaefori'y. and is seems &c he admitted
THAI before she n4lne paws e must have
coacrnifator ana other appliances far
trcat.nE he ore. I'he te>3se locks well -
the face "! tttrN dart There - saxea
feet - ore IN fhe urper arts,. four fee,
iH the wes, dTtt ana three fee. In he
east Agifs
Mr. Aarr0i Drought out =e4ae ss~,i-
mems Thg rres shoNn - 'hs fe.s,rss =,
arr from the Eureka and ar very rsnN
ss rich as could he takfn from any MIN
anywhere ofs earsh. Tasrs are = - .vsrtfe
ore. one r. So its Matte STATE. al ,na
average person woG|6 .->ok az II aud ms
sihiy wonder 20 ht;ns nhe hs~ II hal
ANY intrtn&- Ha'1se TsA exrer, v,>.tf
SAY that IL RUS from me hundred ,hs.,~
sand dollars ans EpwatGS 40 the tee TNe
ether specimen eaS here treated Is sxf-
ssniic 9Tes usually are 'rcate& - make
them @Row ~ - advances. ant RE Cos
g! Ks oal IN hit }lsnss ~ ts3sters aH
oVsr she quartz t}s'f AZ - za: ,,il .,...-f-
mens ~ ore - the fires ga tes y a.s
kua@u - mining srt-yfev
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cye. the csstcorye &c sae S&ato -s~ek r,-s~-
tins regtan. rTaet!caly he .5.scete-er =
the Hrst quarts property - bs tocafe} ~
tee & s.rict when 81 rescs gter ssssssw aters
rsesuy 3sEs y eSr& :vavs3 W1sh q a.~A1v
pack OK h.s eack. hs A4s atese+ r.tsrs
Tremendously - the S<l es rhaf px- IL II
ges.tu. ard tss,. AZ ;Nkt las es&s: 3 *
csNslcs Fssert - 4essomssEesr t1+ e&k.s-t-
Ness of his tksagy- sn8T uSStng gfrupzs rs
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