The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-25
Instructive Experience Of Ram-
bler-Cariboo Management.
FOUND THE ORE At LAST.
Deceived By the Dip of One Ore
Shoot = Crosscut Tunnel 10 DE-
verted An Another Direction and
Strikes = Larger shoot On the
Monthly Dividends In sight.

Lake d. woifarf, president ard man
aver of the Tom Thumb. at Republic. and
one Of the representative stockholders In
the Rambler Cariboo. OF the SLOGAN, Is
In the city. Mr.. Woifard says the latest
information from the Tom Thumb II that
the ore In the north drift at the IJ0-foot
level IL three and a half feet wide. An
average of several assays taken from
across the face of the shoot gave 3ss.6a.
At - feet In the south drift Is high grade
telluride which returns from SloJ to <Ss1
of gold per ton. A general average Of tbs
assays throughout this level exceeds BY
100 per cent. the values obtained In the
upper drift from No. 2 shaft.
Respecting the Rarnbier-Cariboo, Mr..
Woifard says the mine never looked so
strong as now. The experience OF tho
management In developing IL Is instruct
I've, and illustrates how difficult 1t Is
sometimes to do precisely the correct
thing In attempting TO prove up deep ore
shoots by crosscut tunneiing. even when
the vein Ia large and pronounced What
Is known az tho King tunnel Is short
ore opening up an apex ore shoot, and
having no connection with the subse-
quent workings. No. tunnel is fifty feet
higher. and from it's mouth to a point
fifty feet higher stiil. a triangular stope
has been worked out TO the surface. From
this latter point the depth of the mine.
as demonstrated by present workings. Is
calculated
Mfscs lculati0n On the Tunnel.
No 2 tunnel. ON the King tunnel level.
begins with a orosscut which opens from
the southwest, while the King tunnel
starts on ore at the east of south. Two
different dips are indicated In these two
unconnected workings. on the same level
II Ii now proved that the King tunnel
was run on q slight fold of the vein. such
as might be suggested by the bending Of
the upper corner of sheet OF paper from
o person by the right hand. while the
sheet was held vertically by the left.
From observation IL was estimated that
at level 400 feet below the apex of the
stope over No. 1 tunnel the apex shoot
cut by tho King tunnel. ls5 feet lower on
the mountain. could be tapped by a cross
cut on No. 3 tunnel, In not 10 exceed 400
feet. No. main crosscut was driven. In
accordance with this theory, q distance
OF aso feet. and then the breast was
abandoned In diseouragement. At a dis
tance of 400 feet the work was DETECTED
10 the north. or into tile mountain, on "a
stringer. This work Is described as tun~
mel No. g. When the tunnel had been
driven IS feet In this direction another
crosscut was run for the apex shoe. a
distance OF IS feet. and also abandoned
The tunnel was then carried farther for
$50 feet. where IL was detected Ia the east
on another stringer. and In IL fee; a four
foot shoot Of high grade ore was tapped.
Through n Fine Ore shoot.
After all this devious exploitation a
north drift was run on the vein for ~
feet. all In solid ore save small pinch
of few feet. and barren strip Of -
feet at the present end of the drift. At
q feet In the south drift the ore shoot
pinehed out. but eight inches OF a new
shoot bad come In again at last reports
The survey now determines that the
main No. 3 crosscut. or the entrance into
tunnel No. g. stopped about * feet short
Of the apex ore shoot. and that the breast
of the second erosseus on this level, ahou.
- feet from the point where tunnel No. 8
starts on the first stringer. had reached
tho footwaii when work was long ago
discontinued I'm IL In other words. Is
feet additional work in main No. 3 cross
cut would have tapped the apex shoot.
with the only difference that where q,
opened the vein II would be IS feet be-
sond the point calculated on the basis Of
the dip in the King tunnel 80 feet above
Dividends for Two Nenrs.
The showing In the mine now IL ex-
ceptionai. even among the SLOGAN Lead
silver properties. All the workings at
the north, going into the mountain fer a
depth OF td1 feet, are In ore. and by this
time the upraiSe from the north drift Of
the +1-foos level must have met the
Wine, thus connecting the upper With the
lower workings in solid ore all the way
II will be seen that this great ore shoot.
which averages 81 per cent. In lead and
very high Ia silver. has been found 81 ex-
tend to a point " feet south 81 "a depth
OF 400 feet. and that the south drift at the
latter level has undoubtedly tapped the
apex shoot on which no stopping has heen
done for the depth Of rs feet
The superintendent at the mines. writ
Ing under recent date. says that he has
thirty men At work. and expects Ca In
crease his force TO forty by December l.
He adds that THE ore reserves are stuff
ctent above the 4lss-foot level 10 insure I
cent, PEE share month"; uis istend f~r twn
years. Unless they parted company with
the shares they obtained eheaptv in tire
early days OF tho EamhlCr-t'arihao his
terry, "A great nlany Puget sound invest
Sts.