The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-01
A LIVELY CAMP.
NO ABATEMENT IN ACTIVITY At
THE GREAT MINING CENTER
Attention strike Reported nt
Gold Hili-Renl Estate Market
Special Correspondence.


n EptBLIc, M2rea z5.-The second
plant Of machinery In the camp 4
i permanent character has been PIT
n operation ilp8n lne Mounian Lion - ne
started txo miles north u Republic TITS
Is an air compressor plant, very complete
III all % It's appointments itleFe - ~
place upon "a stone foundation. 81 eighty
forse p3wer Cor..Ss engine az the very
latest pattern driven by q boiler o. Ike
capacity Attached 10 in!s Is an All corp
preSsor with 3 capacity of seven rand
drills, and tne machine IL - constructed
and placed that Il can r. added - and
tts working capacity increased without
charge az plans or resstting-
The Mountain Lion l. considered by MIN
lIg usn 10 D. the greatest mine IN the
camp II not liz the Sor;hwest. II Fact
there il no other mine on the coast that
can b. compared in extent 81 ledge mat
ter aud values contained The work IN the
property consists - so feet Qf tunnel.
which has penetrated over forty feet OF
clean quartz carrying gold IN the aInoun;
II from So 10 ksi Per ton The breast OF
.he tunnel Is several teet beyond the first
Gre shoot. and will * continued ~ tee'
70 the next ledge Of equal proportions and
value as the first. These two lodges have
been Opened up on the surface and run
rraralle! 10 each other The tunnel x sur
.eyod ~ cross these immense pod-sS 0f
ore 1t depth Of 80 and 800 feet. re-
spectiveAy, below the surface These ore
chutes are known 10 be 40 feet in length
ana drifts viii follow the ore each way
from the tunnel.
A large machinery plant for the mill
has been ordered and Will be placed just
behind the compressor plant a. the mouth
OF the tunnel II Will be two months or
more nov before the machinery can be
placed upon the ground and az soon there
after a. it can he put In place the ore Of
the mine Will be reduced and Treated upon
the property
The Mountain Lion Group.
The Mountain Lion holdings comprise
seven Gains in a group owned by the
CORPORATION. Less than ll1,1@ OF the l.on.-
600 shares Of the company stock. has been
offered and none sold for less than n
cents per share. II Is said that after the
first l11oo1 shares have been disposed y
no more viii lie sold. The remaining
stock is owned by W. II. Brown, who has
charge and msne gement Of the mine, ana
Jonathan Bourne, jr.. az Portland. Or.
who developed il with their OWN money
before Incorporating.
Brown and Bourne also OWE the control
OF ,he Little Cove AMI the Trade Dollar.
located one mile south of the Mountain
Lion group There properties are separate
" Incorporated ard have been extensively
worked ON the Little Cove. - steam
hoist something like SO feet Of shaft put
down, from which have been run tunnels
exploring the ledge in different directions.
aggregatsng q distance Of 1.o.c feet. The
T.ttl.. Cove has an abundance az good
looking orc in sight, and IS said to DE 4
mine On the Trade Dollar IL over 30
feet OF tunnel running ives; from tbs base
~ the hiu. waich crastscuts dozen feet
Of quartz ASA wing over 80 IN gold. IN the
az T4t-k
with that IN the Trade Dollar ard only
forty feet distant on lfEel u thirty feet
below the same ledge has been cut show
INK the same values The parties interest
II in tht Mountain Lion have expended a
large amount ~ capital III t3s development
of their various holdings IN the camp.
They have driven. in TIRE aggregate. over
&fssl fest az tunnels, and in every in
stance whore they have concentrated their
efforts they have developed a mine q tas
point Of producing ore ar Sufficient Tot-
urle and value 80 warrant the erection of
a reduction plant upon each separate
property owned by them All this has
been done - Guieily THAI the public
scarcely knew az *.
Active work on Mining Claims.
Wlthin another week there vii be many
changes in he camp most 90 them FOR the
better The snow AaS dleaupeAreI and
work IS beins started upon many claims IN
all parts ~ the district.
Thomas RYAN ore Of ihs principal own
ers In the Lone Pine. has arranged ~ par
a force 80 men AZ work oa each - four
claims uu San Foil hi3. Immediately north
east ~ town Two II These are the sur
prise ard the Iron Mask. Forty men w.N
So employed on the four properties.
The Reindeer c1mr4ny has sns-oTh4d The
North Butte claim The woEA on The Reln-
deer - IN - f.et penetrating scatter
inx str.ueers 81 So quartz
The h6tslFg plant sor the sosiSc Dtre has
no. xet arrived and as a consequence the
maine Is ly3ns }iie.
The Iutphe ,uunel IS in quartz At death
heavy enough "a miii. sr1 "a" work aas
penetrated ;he ledge 20 t@e measure -
TIE work IN the tifty-txe foot Tunnel in
the jubilee on San Poll hiit has enc7sn-
tered a fuot .u thickness - yell7g Ton-
EtomeFatF h~zTs.E miUaraAxs3 Aud Hic
ping through ;he Yorpayry Slightly into
Tho hsN toward ere Iestzr. <98Ar-z a 0I5~-
freFn ~ showed az ehe My from s. ta >
IN Solt TIE Face II tae lennsl - over ="
Etat Grvru tEc edge.
\ sn'&j s.aa eeaa.a< sa en gre eeutae:
between Iae ts1 Niasl~ or p1rufvry 30 the
HtrR;e claim. vD tne .4r- 3e eS& oits
fee s-33 i- ~msi particles ftve pnno3s
Sacva5 .ihersl s. -iakl-o-- ~ cr3aTs.
strike Iva toa, Camp.
Thsre has ae,u uew s-rts7 in ere Co3v
camp 3bo1t tatfe tas.f~ al A2it east
uoN 6a~u Aiau' tn~sy fer. where s. ia~se
@hns. rf ere ms ls Nrrrvtrt-t- r1}lr. ~
from th1rtE "a fnFtF fsa. ~tsv fats et H7-
rgus = % ci-z* 0e~user2tse1. Aat Is ~ a.es}
w cros- feesite ~ ta@ ai5afa3"< peeT4ftv-
Tae Coos i.oc< nragfff, rf%t near tho
Same ai~-rsct. ssa~ ~s' - 's. tr> "a n.-a
rs So THIS etlTe SIS mar NaH-ta'0 E'esv
Wurk Be r~aEf e~~s1E GEO sHe s'4HB yslra
fhs. s3saft Ersex ccRn stteHt .rsg-e rss fs-~-
Th property ans iae N~ff1nS t5oTt WrrN
1s-ssef f.rr sitpesne preA~ n9s. ana wvrk
showed up ssrT sst''sf assserf<