The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-10-18

Important Discovery Of Cobalt Four
Miles From Skykomish.

Special Dispatch to the Post-Inteligencer.
SkfkOMfSH. Oct 1r-What gives con-
siderable promise A, this time Of being
nickel mine Is located about four miles
from here. along the line 81 the Great
Northern. 1t is owned by the Gray broth
ers. OF Index, and the miners now en-
ployed are under their personal superv-
sion. There IL not at this time single
working nickel mine IN the United States
here coming tc US from mines near Sud
bury. Canada, where they find ore carry
Ing per cent nickel 10 be profitable with
the price ranging from 70 to IS cents per
pound. The deposit near this place car
ries larger percentage than this and n
places II assays 10 per cent. thus Justly
giving rise TO the hope that it will prove
q lasting body. 1t is very pretty vein,
the gangue being a close grained slate.
into which has occasionally intruded a lit
tie spar and lime. while throughout IL ia
the nickel. I'm the shape technically known
as cobalt nickel suiphide There is
vide dissemination Of the nickel stain
which has much the appearance Of that
ieached out from copper deposits. Upon
close observation II is OF duller hue and
has scarcely any luster. The pyr.tes are
characteristic. but have something OF the
appearance OF the pyri'e OF iron though
those OF nickel occur in octahedrons. or
CONGRATULATIONS. and tarnish very quick
ly. The property near here has what Is
deemed ali excellent showing with every
thing favorable for the development, of
profitable mine.
Nickel occurs - spar'ngly that little
general knowledge is had Of II 1t may
he proper to first say that nickel never oe-
Ours native. being usually found In as
socation with cobalt, so much that Il
Is especially remarked when an ,soiated
case occurs that cobalt is not with the ore
OF nickel. Cobalt. too. has commercial
value being worth NJ this time from 81 81
20 s. per pound. the latter price for the
chemically pure product. 1t Is noteworthy
IN connection with these metals that the
duty on nickel ana ores OF nickel is cents
and RraIij b. al 81 he
profit OF mine In this country, where.
indeed. great quantity. as compared
with other countries, is consumed. There
can hardly be any DISSATISFACTION Of the
minerals cobalt and nickel as the ores
or ,he ore are practically those OF the
ether, and are sulph'des. arseniies. arseno-
sniphides. antimono-sulPhiies sulphats
carbonate. stl!eate and arsenate. The ore
In the property above mentioned. while
not yet having had any precise analysts.
appears 10 he pyrrhotttic In character and
is thus roughly ciassed The two a,seni-
cal ores OF cobalt give us the greater por-
ton OF this material though the earthly
OXIDE. II abundant, has proven profit
able source. Cobalt is never employed In
the metallic state in the arts. being then
too brittle TO he Of use and IL l. indeed
co'nmoniy used IN tho state If AN * do.
or sllicate5 oxide known rs small having
It's value as paint or porcelain and pot
terry. Nickel is obtained largely from the
copper-niekel. niccollte, from an artlfi-
cial product called xpeiss obtained hy
roasting ores Of cobalt from the conner.
nickel sulphiie: from the apple-green SILL
cate hut Il Is probably more generally
obtained from the pyrrhotite II often oc-
ours with chrome ores in serpentiue rocks
az we'll as In meteortc iron. a charae,eytS-
ttc Of netenrste~ heirr the ALLOW OF nickel
and iron. Nickel does not rust OF oxisslze
readily. and "a therefore superior to stee!
IN the manufacture III many scientific
Instruments. what i= known as Ger
man silver ss an alloy copper nickel and
sinc. with about one-siSfh Of the alloy of
the metal in point.
German silver = rot a recent dis eeyArv
by any means. as In he .sn or William
III. an act WAS passed making 4 felony
IA "h!anch copper In imitation ~ silver
or mix Il with silver for sale An ALLOW
o. = psr cent coPTer VIII . per cent
nickel is th~ material ~ he cent used nv
our government There has ob,a mel fhe
idea that nickel Is especially hard % treat
htt th!s Is not 81" case the aus for N.
general impression being sh&t owing ~
N" scarcity ~ he metal theirs a~e ht,t
tEw plants for it's trsa;o.ert-twa enly IN
the United States-ore In New Jersey and
TIE other IN New York In Canada there
"a mating piaGt a. he Su.fhffr< mira
cent FnrA matte ana then shipped very
Attis 90 Il Eone - she Tefnrr!as Ar i,
has been found tha' guYt: a3- krt .haN IA :
= trtse< essarY for AL coSunan gurrax,s
N.rkel a ncN cor ms iuto %e~s xeas-,,t
$50 sr he hardening % steel sor vessels
1be price hsS heen &c 1Ate ca.r para tst,-
stationary ,bs demand Is Stea5y ard .t<~
rrut3 BE- fcu@t or a ja-gsr rso.iue. san
" ~ these facts a. hard s. }~ n.- Wcs,f4~
thN. 'h~ fope general fhst he .e.r
ef ri krlifero3s era f8un3 in kug eaea.s
WI TfsN@ = commercial lNpo%. ancs ans
that his fact vii speedily he demon