The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-12
Mrs. Jennie E. Harris, Of Kaslo,
Makes q Success Prospecting.
DEVELOPS HER OWN CLAIMS.
Three Groups In white Grouse
Mountain District Purchased
From Her for s1a5.O0o. After She
Had Exploited Them ut Intervals
for Five Years-Instance Where
Femme shrewdness Won.

Mrs. Jennie r. Harris, OF Kaslo, has just
completed the sale Of two groups of claims
on Harris mountain, east OF White Grouse
mountain. and one group on Goat river to
Ernest Mansfield. the representative of
English and French capital The consider
alton is $125,0oO. This is one Of the largest
transactions which ever took place In Kas-
10, says the correspondent OF the Spokane
Review. and for some time different parties
have been negotiating for the properties.
One was an agent for the Standard OIL
Company and another represented a con-
Germ having mines at Rossland and In other
parts Of the province.
Two Of the groups named are on Harris
mountain. One is called the Harris group
and consists of the Harris Gold Bank, Sill
yer Queen and Yukon: the other is styled
the Bostock group and embraces the Bo-
stock, Jennie E.. Northern Star, Marguerite
and Jose Fraction. The last group named,
the Maple Leaf. is on Goat river about
seven miles from the Crows Nest pass
sfsts OF the Maple Leaf. Roseen and Phoen-
ician Fraction. which Is almost a full
claim.
She Developed Them Five Years.
This last named group Is on the new
trail up Goat river, which will be made
into wagon road in the near future. The
groups on Harris mountain can be reach
ed by this trail, or by trail from Samoa
on Kootenay lake. or by trail up White
Fish creek from the Crows Nest Pass
railway and by st. Mary's river in East
Kootenay.
These mines have been in Mrs. Harris
possession for the past five years and she
has been quite diligent In prosecuting de-
velopment work on them. The ores carry
gold, silver and copper. On the Gold Bank
claim Of the Harris group there Is lead
f1v fao xrytdn por rVytVSu ~olo ov,A MI,
which Is the only exception. From sam
Piles taken in the course of development
the following assay values have been Sc
cured: Gold, 1 ounce; copper, from 1876
to Bis per cent; silver from Is to 80 ounces.
The galena vein averages A per cent. lead
and is ounces silver.
Can BE Cheap1y Operated.
All Of these properties are admirably
situated for work by the deep tunneling
method. They lie in such a manner that
they can be mined by driving tunnels on
the veins. In some instances LOO feet in
depth can be gained The leads are from
seven to twenty feet between walls and
some of them have been traced across six
locations or for distance Of 5000 feet.
showing pay ore In every opening.
Messrs. Mann q Mckenzie. the noted
railway and mining men, own property on
White Grouse, near Harris mountain, and
It Is given out that they will have rail-
way spur constructed which will tap this
whole region in the not distant future.
Mr.. Mansfield, who Is cautious in his
purchases, has given these properties a
thorough examination and test. and is
sanguine under the existing conditions Of
favorable facilities for handling the ores
that he has a great bargain.
Mrs Harris was more favorably i'm
pressed with the record he had made In
West Kootenay than with any other APP
plicant for her holdings. and she preferred
he would be the purchaser.
Mrs Jennie Z. Harris has had hard
fight for fortune and richly deserves the
handsome competence which she has earn
ed. She has resided in Kaslo since 1892 and
has always been considered an energetic,
shrewd and worthy business woman. She
will spend the winter in Spokane, where
her daughter will be educated.