The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-03
N||I|k On SLATE CREEK.
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Creek ~ Dsg Minsng Company.

Special Dispatch 20 the Post-lnseliigencer
MOUNT VERNON, July 1-County At
torney ~ p. HnFd. Thomas r. Costello
and Thomas Smith have Just returned from
. trip up In the Slate creek mining eo0n-
try a Pcst-Infeiiigencer ccfrespondent
called upon these gentlemen last evening.
and they expressed the greatest confidence
In the future o3 this mining camp. NJ.
1mith saiA:
I'VE Iefs here On the 18th Of June. and
proceeded without any diABculty up into
the Slate creek country. There IL q good
trail ali the way; any person can ride
horse r.ghs into this mining camp. On our
way up We stopped over night at the Ey-
erett Hydraulic company's placer camp. at
the mouth Of Ruby creek. This company
IL now working over nifty men, has al
ready constructed four miles OF hume.
has q eawmiii. has erected many buildings.
and It's force II divided into three camps.
This company expects to be In full opar-
alton by the FIRST OF September. at the
latest. When this plant ID completed 1t
wai be one u the largest on the Pacific
coast just Imagine. IL will have four
mentors, throwing two eight-inch and
two six-inch streams at water. which Will
remove $500 cubic yards OF earth every
twenty-four hours. This company will also
put in an electric light plant.
After looking over this great enterprise
we proceeded 10 the Slate creek camp and
examined our mines. the John ID. Rookie
feiler and the Moliie Bawn groups. which.
from present Developments, are most en-
coura8ing 20 ". and before snow flies
We are confident that We will have an
abundance OF rich ore uncovered. From
there we visited the Mountain Goat. Mann
moth and the Eureka. These three mines
have been thoroughly prospected and de-
veioped, and, In short, are mines OF the
richest kind The Goat people have al
ready five-stamp mill In operation. and
We were reliably informed that it's owners
are clearing over rs on each ton Of rock.
This mine has q vein about eight feet
Wide. OF rich ore, that can be traced for
for some so or go feet.
The Mammoth mine people are now
shipping machinery into their mine. This
mine Ii rich In the extreme some of its
ore assaying rs high rs $500 to the ton.
The company has . tunnel run about 500
feet, with plenty Of ore on the dump to
pay for the $3o.00o worth Of machinery II
Is now putting In. The Eureka people
bonded this group from Mr. Curtis and
others. and have put down . shaft LIS feet
and run . tunnel something like 80 feet.
Here they struck an immense body Of ore,
very RICH and they have ore enough on the
dump TO keep their ten-stamp mill. which
they arg now having put In, running for
more than year. These three properties
have passed the development stage: they
are actual mines, and rich ones.
The Whistler and Anacortes are two
more groups that are very rich. and win,
In very short time. become dividend pay
era The Anacortss group has been re-
Gently bonded to some Seattle parties. and
We met . party going n to the Whistler
for the purpose OF bonding It. A large
number Of prospecfcrs are daily coming
inte this camp from Eastern and Western
Washington. feel an II I can say with
out any fear OF contradiction that Slate
creek IL the coming mining camp OF the
Northwest. The great anticipation OF cur
people a. to tho richness OF the Slate creek
country viii In a very short time be q re-
atty
'Un our way out We camped at Anl
creek. last Monday night. and had the
pleasure of having as guests Deputy
County Treasurer Padden. of King coun-
ty. and MI. Lamont They were on their
way up 10 the Mountain Goat. In which
they are interested This was Mr.. Pad
denis first trip up this way. and he went
up MIN creek. believing it to be Slate;
thereby they experienced some hardsh!ps,
as they carried no provisions. and were
about twenty -four hours without food"