The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-02
PALMER MOUNTAIN LIVELY.
Pittsburg Capitalists Buy Group
Of Forty Claims.
TO WORK ONE HUNDRED MEN,
Large Expenditure Of Money on De
veiopment work Contemplated
Before MIL Plant VIII lie In
stailed-Reaoits From Boil Frog
biii by Dscrm ber-ApproaehinE
Another Ledge In the Hig Tunnei.

gpsciat Dispatch - tie Fost-In ellsgercer
LOOMS Oct sH-Iha month - Dct@-
her has beer prolific ~ mining isafisaT-
lions and the amo4n- ~ Work accom-
rlishef in the Palmer A2UntAia district
Peria - the most important deAi y rs n"
taking over Of the Gold till3 group. con-
r!stins II forty iocatl0ns oa Gold III,
four mites west of LOOMS. b. Ralph bag
galley and associates q I'litsbuFs. p.
Three months aRa this property was
bonded for &le1eD and since that time
the parties have expended 81 ~ - sink
ing shafts running tuon*is. erecting
buildings and putting Ia supplies. Inc
result Of the work done has been - salts
factory that they have just taken ~ the
bond. and are nO~ having ihe locations
Surveyed for patent. Mr. Bnggalvr stat
Ell just before leaving for Pittsburg that
the present force ~ afty men would with
In n short time be doubled. and the prop
erty thoroughly developed Water power
was acquired with the property As soon
as sufficient mineral Is In sight a treat
n1ent plant will be Installed ard wire
tram bull, from the mine - tn" mill Iis
estimate that AZ least another $40 go
will be- expended In development work be
fore mining and milling VIII begin.
Activity ~ The ORDER 81 the day at tie
Bun Frog both in mining ores and "a
installing tin. NyBBdotte cyanide plant.
fy Uece 1nt,cr IT.. MANAGE Hart hopes 10
be treating % limited amount u ore The
greater development y running a 2.1D-
foot tunnel wili bcEiu about November !.
Another Exploration Tunnel started.
The Marietta GROUP owned by Judge
Donney and others. % Everett. Wash un-
der the management ~ ! 4 G0ldburg
began the running II a ]Fifoot tunnel
about ten days ago and are encuuntartng
some exceedingly hisn-Rrsde ore ana Tn
good quautities This property Il located
on Whisky hin. the southeastern slope
Of Palmer mountain The value of re-
cent shipments 80 Everett showed an
average - tlt1 per ton
The BLACK Hear aod War Eagle hoist
IS all ready 10 start. and tie repairs 10
hume and MIL nearly completed T}y be
cember the mill viii be started
Al the Golden Zone the concentration Is
nearing completion and IL h said viii be
started mp early ga Navenlh..r
A. the Palmer Mountain tunnel u u,tle
over 2.it@ feet Is the measurement While
no vein has hcru encountered sine, the
big one was passed the Iast swvn.,-. a,-o
feet made Indicates change # favor
able nature. and It IS expected that the
tunnel w!l soon strike another mineral
body In the meantime the drifting force
has been Increased. and tho ore damn "a
ROW keeping pace with The waste dump
~ The Nehe group good progress IL
being made In sinking ;he 5sl- foot vertical
SHAFT M developments ara expected in
this tunnel units tho $40 fae, l.rel Is
reached aud drift ran 70 the vein
Much new work f. about Ia begin and
November viii usher m mary rnw work
ing propositions In the district