The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-15

midst % rEa3ris a NILE Or twp sgl1.are
Along the northern edge u the prairie
Les The Mountain f&on and SIS associate
Properties. Here alSa j. the nna 81 CON-
tart between Isorpkyry ard granite.
The connection between gha Mountain
Lion gTolp and the Hepuolic EroGp ana
n" ssan Poll gusch group has not yet fsetrs
COSBY established Future development
"lA probably prove thu tSaTe = a SySte1s
o. fe.AS running clear through the amp,
NTH here and tasTa variations. o. course
CAUSED ~ geological c1uds3s3 OTIS Erteg-
venIEg between the uogtA ID south leads
tHaAs 5T1E ~ ard dowS either side Of san
Pol gnich. and the Mountain Lson sys-
fem r. a country ee*ESy coEsgei with s<si{-
met lazy deposit which o2ss s&lres t1e leads
which undoubtedly pass through that poi
'4cn u ts@ country. Taere arc two leads
ma otIseTop gn the Mountain lion ground
and both appear - ran northeast ard
StIthNsSs- Neither hAa been definitely
that outcrop ou the Mountain Lion srcalna
but II - reasonably ceT-ssa thai b3th VIII
be found - &s,s continuous as b3sh are
strong and we& defined.
THE STORY OF THE LONG Tunnel
The frst Work Mir Bco0u dki on tbs
~ fountain IAoa aa= the sinking - a saAft
on the Fua5a OK CTop T'n4s He pat 6eRn
fry Test, AMI theu ran a cgtss@-C}4t all In
ore Fpr sixteen feet. = "a al average VaiuR
~ tbe taC@ ~ tHe cfosscut Df aeax.y 81.
II was on he strength u this Showing of
ore ard of this Vai2s thAt he went doHu
the hiG On TIE ToTsa S4f{e 81 tt3E EffsueEtv
and began ar kgkAf1so Cross-cS1 tIraf..
groE-oslfls. 20 tap tae lead az a depth Of &s
feet and co. feet north 0f the s-3s4ft- Tas
cslitie4- greater difficulties than anypne
vii ever know, perhaps. OUTSIDE u Mr..
Brown himself. A. us3n4 IN such c#@sss,.
Il to0k a longer tunnel THAI Vas expected
81 reach the lead and the SIR got very
bsd IL tae end there AFlng - way of ven
t4sting he fniHs. The air was SO tsa To-
WARTS The iast that the men c3ald 9a,T
E2sk about sfhalf-ko1r a. a tine. f1i sggCh
wa tAs3F devotion 70 NJ. BrcNa that thGy
ewgT~ e stay Htta aim - f'ia Fu1, ard
finally, after many nonthS tbs great ore
body WEE st-Iek. late IL The sUInEus9 -
$50 f. required fwu weeks or mere ~
travers~ the lead from side 10 sid@, bat
when the werk was done ons Of Tie his
tofSeAf faasN o. the camp had been accom-
plsisssL aila a long step taken towards the
establishment ~ Republic camp 81 the
confidence % mining fnen and me general
public. Assays were made every day Of
the ore taken out as the cross-cGt pro
grcaecd through the ore body. and othefs
wers invited 70 take samples ara have
tests made One t&peTs in the ramp t9oS
ever FRY samples IL erier - satisfy him
ser ard he came Unacs3Eaitgiy 20 RE
conclusion shat every inch If the great
ore body was Of pay value.
OPENING Up THE III. VEIN.
The next thing done aas tsle ordering 4
a Is-ari.l az compressor which af'ef MACY
delays has Fae. arrived on fae Ta.iFoad At
MAJ lls ready - ~ ha.iird over tine wagon
vuad - tae mine. TIE y a1.e odti4 we;Sa4Dg
tunnel having been tarrbef~t. work ~
hard las been stared Su Zh@ opening e
sirfft or tHe ore towards tb@ sHAft so
feet 80 TIA @oufh wezs. }1eht y ten let
wafe eut cut on tire northeast side, fXHEA~~
irg so.i3 ore % every S3ie, ara re ~
drlft no,~ startr3 en she esther s3a - II
the ~ 4St AZ the yetD @st1 ore 3- bDin
sides. on the top and on the bottom. \
goaa-sfxed A0UNe could ne pax INTO tEe
I5feertrs- made 81 tAse original r-csss(i III tia~
us,l which vas ran bs&a and y sGC ana lsf@
x ig,ss~g ueut drifting an elta~r side 20
ere wharuxeV broken l1ia. at}4es.Fs - -
~ uniform quality. and 81 q matter 81 f8Ft
is - aapout thu Same grade boin n up
;,sArane~ ara vatur- a hso1fs ~ "Ee "a
,sakaa from every ca~ run 01lf - fae fliifr.
and sYs tNis wav 80 }safs4s IS 3ra4F' 20 &ANA
aAv TIE assays made Tor ths fs2l tta
GAYS vgara ehown TIA write y sE@ httt-
- ana they ran from - ta sts' @l-n cns
eVess7ssiav watch was tssioW SO 1a ave.
- for tha ten DAVIS wa@ as9gt ES3 rs
= .yz,tssfsly more than me whole - ne
ore y1gsssf3 g5sn az . s8ia te@t. t9a y 3 ksHtS
SIS = - 4 pYepsrty - almost lsasAtses s'.'s~
=, h. MFR Browns she1ry fhet fae his
ere hgav rfaas al the wsy from ~n#fe q
Was cr,szs-t.l4t assovT - 4 raint Rils&Fr ..-e
sn,r9 an. thar tAer" IS f5aN S' 7ef ~ ="
wav HHsauu3 esis3Fs az '7s dsFlaf.cr "a
taa sivfaes though they acre nsi ~' ai@-
aa trey arS beloT.