The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-10-17

issac.ory. In q feet more the 60. or second
Level. will Be reached. when drifting On the
vein VIII 5e started preparatory 10 Stopping
operations.
There is quite a furry over some Hne
Grouse creek. about eight miles north OF
Icon lake
4 fine strike was made lately on the
Waterloo. in Camp Mckinney. in the west
drifs, opening UP ledge 10 feet wide.
s-stanp mill Is being installed on this
property, but the building and power win
&c large enough for 10 stamps.
The Calune, Copper Company is sinking
on lis claims. three miles east from the
county. ard is taking out some fine copper
ore. carrying gold. The shaft is down IS
feet, and work will De continued all winter.
Spokane and Rossiand parties have the
property bonded
tunnel in the Sovereign mine at Sandon.
struck small streak Of fine looking ore
last week. which has since wiGened out 10
Il inches OF steel galera- The tunnel is
now in sst feet from the surface. An as
say OF the ore gave IA ounces silver and
70 per cent. lead
The Canadian Pacific railway graders
nave made cut or the Golden Crown
showing ledge Of solid pyrrnotite ore. al
least q feet wide. Il Was al point where
IL was believed there were no ore bodies.
Values as high as 81. 30 per ton have been
gotten from ore from the Golden Eagle.
on the north fork of Kettle river. but $so
new strike was on new ledge.
Two shafts are down 10 feet each on the
Apex, near Daisy. on the Columbia river.
The vein shows II feet Of width where II
Is stripped Oh the surface. The shafts are
In solid quartz. not a pound Of waste in
the lot 1t Is high grade carbonate. An
average assay showed 81 per cent. lead
and ia ounces silver: We have had higher
assays than this Two tons OF Ii have
been sent to Helena for smelter test.
There are four claims in the group. and
this big ledge runs the length OF two Of
them.
A very important strike was made. the
other day in Deadwood camp. Boundary,
on the Primrose, the southerIy extension
OF the mother lode. about COO feet from the
boundary line OF the latter. The cutting
mother lode exposed a vein Of yellow cop
per 81 feet wide. and practically ali ore. It
Is on the vein of the mother lode and
proves that the 3. c. Copper Company has
johnson. the superintendent OF the COM
pany. says IL Is a quarry out of which 100
tens day can be mined from the start.
The head OF the south fork Of Kaslo
creek. or Camp Mansfield. as IL has been
more recently named, promises to be the
scene of considerable activity during the
winter. good force of men are now at
work on the Joker group, and their work
is proving very encouraging TO the owners.
sood buildings have been erected and full
Senator Warner Miller syndicate. which re-
Gently secured the 3fnuggier group In the
same basin, Will, through Percy Dickinson.
of SLOGAN City. prosecute development work
on their properties. And with Mr. Mans
field operating his recently bonded prop
erty. besides other smaller operators,
should make that a lively camp Kaslo, of
South Fork properties.
1t Is practically certain now that the
Surprise is mine. The shoot, which is so
large and Is running so high was encoun-
feet being 3la TO 4 feet wide and running
from $50 to 80, Then came the rich ore.
and the shoot began TO grow wider. Last
week the rich ore had been run on for
about 40 feet 80 that at that time there
had been developed shoot 100 feet long
every inch OF which being In pay ore II
would he called fine pay shoot in any
mine. The ore at first sight would no, at
tract particular attention, for 1t IL Of dark
color and looks ike waste except on close
SCRUTINY The richest OF II carries some
iron. 81 ; 'st-e is about IL a bright, metal
lie. lust appearance on the cleavage
planes. II carries more or less silver.