The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-28
Extenaive and Successful Work
on the Warrior General.
STARTING UP THE NEW MILL,


Telegraph advice was received yesterday
from Supt. J. II Leonard. OF tbs Warrior
General mine at Bieweft that the com-
pany's mill had started with its full work.
ing capacity. This Ii a BIT OF news fraugli
with great interest to every one engaged
In mining I'm the Cascades. since II means
the substantial revival Of an cid gold camp
that has suffered stiacreait and even con-
domination because OF ignorance In meth
DDS Of management and proagacy In leas-
ing operations. The news IL Of particular
moment to Seattle. since the city VIII
profit commercially from the renaissance
OF the peshastin district. and for the fur
ther reason that weIi-kno.n. cnterprising
citizens. against all odds. have reopened
these gold mines in manner THAI VII
make them dividend payers. L. G. Gilman.
DIR. q. W. BraGdon, Harold Preston and
A. E. croneEwett who organized the CON-
pany. have expended Sa9.oSp, contributed
stock. IN putting the mine On paying
basis
Extraordinary Waste Of Value.
Approximately half million dollars net
has been ciesned up from the property
since Its discovery. in spite OF the losses
from defective milling. AS an illustration OF
the waste of values IN the treatment OF
the ores, the experience OF 1885 will suffice.
From 2.3si tons, the average 0s gold saved
was 3ll.T per ton. concentrates. E.a1; loss
In concentration from Inferior yanners--
average taken fram ta.l.ng bins at the mill
--$710. 1t will be seen that the total tom
cent.
Improved vanners have been substituted
for the worn and obsolete oneE. and addi-
tional canvas surface has been provided
for the shines. Outside the mill the COM
pany has coo tons of tai.inGs. carrying
from s. 10 - per ton. which will no doubt
pc run through at an early day as a test.
In the mill building IL room for twenty
"A n
present plant IS between nifty and sixty
tons day. the duplication OF IL. which Is
designed. win mean the handling Of more
than loo tons daily. On the property Is a
smaller mill of six stamps which will be
rehah.litated also and started az soon as
practicable.
strike Of Rich suirhide.
What In more interesting stilI the COM
pany has made a rich and unique mineral
discovery In opening up it's free gold lodges
Al depth OF 40 feet under ground and
distance OF 200 feet In one Of the several
tunnels. has been opened up twenty-five
inches OF $50 smelling ore. 1t began
wedge shape. I'm the breast Of the tunnel.
fifty feet from the present point Of devei-
opment. the edge measuring less than four
inches. Assays here showed an average
twenty Ave feet farther. and as the new
ore shoo. Eaa widened the quartz disap-
peared and the gold-bearing sulphides
The development OF this exceptionally
rich shoot will be pushed vigorously. 40
that an idea soon may be obtained as 20
Its extent. Possibly the new ore may be
treated successfully hy roasting prior to
milling. but II not the company viii try
TO determine without delay whether the
installation OF a smelter plant will be jus
tilted. as the transpor tatipn charges would
be considerable.
The strike was made In No. o. the upper
tunnel Two hundred feet lower the SAN
dial tunnel has only reached $40 feet and
Hum ,spp on ka MOI "a Tn
is in only - feet. Some little time will
be required To push these works on 70 the
suiphida shoot. Meanwhile In No. 5is-a
tunnel still lower on the mountain N
distance OF 500 feet the edge of the sui
phide shoot has hoen struck, with values
ranging from $40 to $40. With the change
experienced tn No ? tunnel. IT IL sntsei-
pated that as the new ore assumes density
In tito lower tunnel the values WI. pro-
perfionate'y Increase.
Plans for Opening the New shoot.
Al i0o feet further IN Ne 5is upraising VIII
begin. ard when the Sandal and Hummlnss
Bird tunnels have penetrated the Sulphida
shoot. the four tunnels will he connected
through II in a systematic manner. Then
the blocking OF the new-foand ore will
have begun, II should require two or three
months operations before the company
can decide ia the policy of handling
this shoot. In the meantime the tunnels
are constantly opening up the average 81,
free milling ore. 81 which i11.9A tons are
said 10 he In sight
The Warrior General property consists
OF three and 0ne-half claims. or Z SO feet
iensth en- two parallel veins between which
runs q porphyts dixie with lnnuneFabIe
ore seams running through Ii transverse
" James Robinson. a mining engineer
and fnesailurEist OF International repusa-
tion. whc hurriesily examined the property
no, leng ago. SAYS. THE west half 90 the
Culver claim. from which ore hns been
extracted. shows a mass of shattered por-
phyrs the iutsrsttees hesng Allied With
clay carrying free geld, Farther cast the
formation becomes more regular. and the
ground Is eat up hy parphyry bikes run
ming generally IN the direction ~ she
CLAIMS These are In turn cat hv one trAsn
dixie 81 crystalline schfst which runs
through a iasga part ef the Culver auG
Rabtai claims Sc far as 1 could Judge
tn. ere makes w.th the pegphyry diATs
ard the mere DISCARDED the condition Of
the ground ihe he2s aY aH8 larger wiz me
ore bodies prove
Ore That oan Re Guarded.
THE property has hega worked eNtsf,s-
lively on tbs lease system. without very