The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-09-06

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LOOMS. sept "a review ~ ms EAST
f'son'b's work in fhe msnes about r<sonss
shows hef only . large snounf n worx.
b'ft WORK That COUNTS when A district -
~ the dsveiopmens stage.
Palmer mountain funn~f has p4@s~f IRE
2.So marx. while The drfting nas shown
thst ne veins - far sFs holding fnesr
own IN valves ssd quantities IN ssmy
ofhes sfsd laboratory fs in co8fss ~ cnn-
stfoctions Nhfch viii - ~ 20 fss~ 6ufn
~ building snd furnishings The ~orx-
Ins fofes nae been more tnsn Seuble5
~ putting ON night shfff ~ nae nfna
mon snd nsucsers. sIsc = nlsSs snfft ~
All the drifts. While m addition wifi ~
made 70 fhe force now 80 work on me
wafsy ditch M May. - fhe company.
" how Fast with tho rsssern ssockhssd-
efs investIsstIns machinery snd MODES
Of treating ths ores
~ The black Besr the shaN has bees
fe'ifnbefed 80 feet tire sos~s 10 rapidly
being pftt IN place. and when ready ~
run work VIII bs begun IN fhs east anf
vest drifts ~ the so foot Isveg forces
is nov repairing the 1ums. snd the mill
WI he the hewt 70 receive attention
Nv addition ~ n shoroush overnaulsrg.
I'VE more stamps vii re frsssfIed The
company has ample funds in the treas
uff for improvements. TH.so Of the f0oa-
90 shares having b~en taken cver Nv
james Parks, of Toronto, Ontario. out
~ the proceeds ~ which sH 90 Wa
placed IN tho treasury for improvements
ana developments The mine hss rnucf
ffch ore IN sight. which viii profoee
bullion ne soon ~ " can be miiied.
W~vh On i've nu1t Frcg.
At The Ruii Frog the fss foot shaft has
been unwatered ana retImbercd. n VIII
bc sunk % go feet vertically q steam
hoist IL now en- route md viii soon he
In place Two shifts are driving the
funnel now IN nearly 30 feet to tap the
main ledge. Drifts will be run from
the shaft every 100 feet and connected
with the tunnel by raise and winxe
The Wysndotte cyanide plant VIII be re-
moved 10 one of the Pun Frog MIL sites
on the shore 81 Palmer lake. and wire
tram constructed from mine to mill. A
crosscut tunnel IL also contemplated.
which, I'm 2Vo feet in length will gain
T. 500 feet depth md crosscut sixteen we'll
defined surface veins
Tho property has many ~ the snms
features ~ the Palmer Mountain Tunnel
companys The company owns nfty
locations. eight mill sites and n cyanide
plant G G. May. one ~ the big stock
holders. IL It's president. the other large
stockholders residing In Chicago.
The Okanogsn Free Gold Mines lin
tied near ORC. started ten stamps
dropping August 2. sending thirty tons ~
ore over the plates and two wiley
tables the latter saving one and half
tons 90 concentrates per day.
Manager Edgecomb states the cost Of
mining md milling II not much above Sc
per ton The compsny's balance sheet
shows 100000 Of the 100000 treasury
shares par value 8 cents. sold for nm
average OF So cents, sso.cp paid for prop
erty and balance expended on the plant,
wages 20 miners, etc.
A ss-foot vein has been crossed IN an
upper tunnel. and n lower one IL very
near. which win cross II AZ fs0 feet
depth. majority Of the stock is held
IN Toronto ard Montreal the balance In
Spokane and Rossland. ~. c.
~ the Golden Zone the work 81 CON
Meeting the four tunnels has progressed
favorably. The fourth and NTH are con-
nected md tho third and second are
very nearly 80. A full face of ore IL re-
ported in the raise. The concentration
has boon delayed for want ~ tirnhcrs
and. n Is said. Manager Garrigucs viii
ship IN sawnii for use 81 the mine
from Seattle
A. the Gold I'M about nf,y men have
been working since August TO- and things
ore fast assuming the proportions 81
mining on n big scale Manager longs
berry gives out the Information that s-s.-
6o 20 toooco will be expended IN running
three tunnels. one ~ which will be 1 so
feet IN length and gain an feet depth
-Four shafts will also be sunk one 500
feet 60 meet the long tunnel. ~ now being
down eighty feet. New mess and bunk
houses residences and assay office have
all been nerriy completed. and superfn-
tendent Niiison. who IL nm assayer. has
moved his plant 20 the mine
~ the Wehe numerous buildings for mess
and bunk houses assay ofYfce and resi-
6ence under way and a 5o-foot vertical
SHAFT started. A steam hoist 10 now on IN.
way.
a, the Pasco t1o feet OF tunnel has been
contracted for while NJ the Buckeye the
same amount % work VIII be Zone
The ahovs three ccnparie have tho
same officers but not the same ws0ckho.f-
efs. Each II their treasure. is sail 20 be
we'll supplied.
Gray Essie TsnneL
At the Gray Eagle Manager Van Glider
reports the crosScut tunnel in seventy feet
and progressing faster than expected.
Three hundred feet will hsve 10 be made
before eneounter.ns tae vein. which GA the
surface IL Do feet wide.
ADous twenty-five feet was added 20 the
slx Eagle tunnel and The manager SAYS he
has orders y put on fifteen men. When
another ine feet - added 20 the present 10
an ulraIse viii - maize and a shaft sunk
from the surface IN connect. thus proving
the vein FOR 30 Zee; and giving good air
EOr iNfuEF WNfhItK
About City feet or development was dons
cn the Red Mountain. which has Put 3
prominent prospect IN good shape 20 show
vlti "a IN ~.
f1ffy feet has been aiisd 20 the Gro
Flno tunnel making ~ full iergfh 10 feet
The spokane men interested are expected
IN soon - tsg.a active operations 20 fully
develop ~.
~ TIE whisky VIZ seventy feet has he~n
made In the eros,cut tunnel. which II h~-
ing run - tap the ma r1rnofh VEN. n Will
~ about 10 feet IN iength sr5 tar me
vrin under the SHAFT row down eighty f~e.
81 80 feet vertical fe.'h Ts@ shaft viii
hs sunk 70 connect Nth the tunnel
~ Tho 20 =" good progress has fsen
rasste IN the croywrHf tunnel sithcush tsrf
ground has teen encountered. considerable
surface worry has h~er done 'hs wagon
road improves Ard fhe survey - fhs eixh-
teen claims AMI SIX MIL sites IL now gDsns
On
A. re Roanoke sffy Zee, Nas beer sffss
- .hn lore 'unrsi running FOR the contact
AMI = - thought they have nearly reasnef
y Tffe force has been doIese-s ard snrr-
VERY Nna orc bas hem r'i~4 IN re dunn.