The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-31
PALMER MOUNTAIN MINES.
MACHINERY GOING IN FOR THE
REDUCTION or ORE
he ON the List of bullion Pro-
ducers-Nore Men Being Pat TO

Special Dispatch 10 the Posg- szeneer.
LOOMS. July Palmer mountain d4s-
t5cE - fasi assuming az aeesylJE equal to
airy ~ the camps 81 iae Northwest, Not
only are such properties as th= Palmer.
Mountain Tunnel tsosasn Zoas, okaHogan
Free Gold mines. We've God Mining CON-
fazY, Black Bear Gold H!li, I@ssoyDns and
q - mines taking On n@w msa. Dag much
Eex work Is hesag lnaaaurated-
The Palmer Mountain Tunnel Is nos In
2.laS fee. and on Mopday next VIII have
OF drifting force % sixteen rasn and are
adding 20 tae official force az asssyer.
Golden Zone.
Have now the third and second level
connected AMI second and first vii coon
bs alao connected In beth these fares they
have fasl face of ore The concentrasor
machinery IL all or The ground and work
of putting & In place going farwart as
fast a. w0ekrnen can be had
Okanoxaa Free Gold Mines
The stamp mill and concentrator was
started AZ on Monday las; and within ten
days they axp.es to be shipping 5giIion
Manager E1gecomb sentls word 20 LOOMS
THAI fifteen good miners all. ne taken on.
which would make the f0ta! fierce sixty
five men. The ore body lasI opened keeps
increasing IN width with each days work.
Black Hear.
The steam hoist will ie on the ground
ia day or two. and AS soon ii can be
pat In position Will begin hosting ore
from the iJi- foot level The water was
turned OF from the fiufne yesterday for
the purpose ot making necessary repairs
preparatory to starting the mill
W~he Gold Mining Company.
General Manager Wehe has Just closed
contracts for - gro feet of lumber and
simbers. Bunk and mess aouses.. as we'll
a. Al afs.cF and residence Tor the man
ager. will be built al once.
The shaft which Is now Ito feet,
VIII be- sunk To So feet depth vertically
and drifts run every tiftF feet to the vein.
Five hundred feet OF adits Will also be
run.
This company IL a very strong one
financially and has ample funds IN the
treasury for sli the work I'm hand. and
does not depend upon sales Of stock for
development
company are also large owners in the
Pssco and Buckeye groups adjoining 81
which Mr.. Wehe 81 also the manager. and
upon which he Is asking tenders for 500
feet Of work on each of the groups.
O.. =.
Manager Barron is adding 10 the force
fast good men be had. and Ii
getting on; some great ore from the up
per workings Meantime the cross-cut
tunnel goes forward steadily.
Gold nm.
IT was given out last night that a
Ptttshurg gentleman had closed deal on
this property. which has such extern
size ore body IL has been generally uu-
d.rstood for the past week II was only a
question of values and they must be
proven entirely satisfactory
Osooyoos-
A group Of claims owned by W. A
Ford. OF ophir. and which are twelve
miles south Of LOOMS directly across the
canyon from the famous =. s. has been
taken over by the Van Guiider brothers.
of Cape May - j. who are said to have
behind them two very high officials OF
the Pennsylvania railway Twenty men
are wanted to start work at once.
Hull Freq.
Del Hart 81 fast getting this property
into working shape. The shaft ia being
unwatered and n within put in place 20 be-
used until the steam hoist arrives The
shaft IS now isn feet ard will be sunk 10
spo feet and drifts to the vein every loo
feet
Railroad Rumblinxs.
From a reliable source IL IS learned that
the Canadian Pacific railway is making a
third ard dnHl survey from Rock creek To
Gsooyoos lake just above the information
nj line and mat cross section gang
will follow and II Is not improbable
fyecTnfs Will be- WITHIN twenty miles Of