The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-12
DEVELOPS MANY MINES.
Progress-yew Owns Over Forty
Quarts Cssfas. sunset Coal Fields
ana several Placer Mtnes.

tory 70 sfeekhos6ers The incorne ~ sbe
company has grown srnrn see month
10 1z6t9 ard title 10 or 2ntsTeE Ia over
ferty good mining claims. a placer prop
erty 81 zzs acres Ia Oregon. two kloEsesiks
placer clxsraa and tfe ssznset coal prop
erfy has been acquired. Among these
properties are tire Phoenix quartz claim,
Howard, New York and Rainbow quartz
Claims War Eagle quartz claim. River
Junction placer mines. Ares Up. Mono aad
Httou. ~ sezs. eight cf these properties
have been brought 10 q point OF develop
sa~nt where they have a marketable value.
The second annual meeting Of the
stockholders xa@ held In this city recently
ard reports were heard from Superintefd-
ent A. J. Wells ard Expert @. Edgar
Ward. Taking UP the various properties
they are described In detail In the Iasters
report as follows:
The War Eagle IL reached from Lear-
enworth. = station On the Great Northern
Tia tunnel is equipped with steel car and
track and has reached y point Si9 feet
from the surface. The tunnel has been
run az a slight angle firm the course
Of the vein an1 for the greater distance
shows ~ersnssrs Of quartz ard caIcite min
eraiized with iron ssiiphides. indicating the
proximity % body OF ere. TIE surface
showing Is orr % the strongest IN the
district. showing vein ever forty fee;
in width Of exiaixed material tina; can be
traced the length Of eight claims The
average assays from the surface are S. In
gold. the etringerx eat by the tunnel aver
aging s4S In gold.
Tie Ei5on IS situated four miles from
the Great Northern railroad. on left side
Of We@s Fork If Miller river. King county,
about 20 yards from the county road. The
ledge In porphyritIc Eangae enclosed be-
fwe -affS
and recenaensea with quartz heavily charg-
- with gray copper. clsaleopyrite and iron
suiphsies. The discovery was made on the
PERCEPTIONS sides Of eIlr and showed six
inches of mineral assaying So To SG3-gotd
silver and copper. A tunnel sixty feet I'm
length has been run, which has rot yet
reached the ore shoot. The property is
bat prospect as yet insufficient work
having been done TO determine vslueg.
The Ares Up property consists OF three
quartz claims situated on fIae Upper MI
Ter river or Granite Mountain district
eight miles from the Great Northern rail-
road az skykosnisfs. A good puneheon
wagon road Is completed TO within 200
yards az the mouth Of the tunnels TIE
property Includes ample timber ard water
power for all purposes. as is usual with
the majority Of claims in Western Wash
fngton The vein In small running from
4 few inches 10 five feet In width. IT can
however. be traced over lao feet and is
undoubtedly .-fisgure" both walls show
Ing sssiickensiaes." The course Is north OF
ives, and south OF east. dipping into the
mountain. The vein carries anthony
gray copper. gaiena and iron ssllphides
averaging value between g and IS ger
ton. The pay streak averages $50 In gold
and siIver-goid So. silver sE7 with gold
assays 40 high az SIS The upper ard
middle tunnel show four To eighteen Inches
Of pay ore. The development consists Of
over 100 feet of work consisting OF two
main tunnels ard u winzc
The vein offers promise of becoming one
OF the FIRST producers in the district. There
are number OF tons az shipping ore now
on the dump. some Of which IL sacked
ready for shipment. The Cleopatra which
Joins Aces Up on the west end has made
shipment of high-grade ore. and they
have recently struck a heavy shoot sf the
same hlgh-grade ore at greater depth
The ore and gangne In Cleopatra are
identical In character with that shown In
the tunnels OF Aces Up property.
The None mine Is reached via the Great
Northern railway to Skykonish. thence
four miles over the Miller river puneheon
road and one-fourth mile by horse trail.
The property r. situated on the east side
OF Miller river on the side OF a steep
mountain that reaches an elevation OF
s.no feet above the river level Nature
has exposed n large body Of copper ore
that carries gold values This ore shoot
Il uncovered over thirty fest in width by
80 feet Ia length. Huge blocks Of the
Gre. weighing manv tons. have rolled into
the gsiieh below The amount NJ develop
mens work done on the property IL small.
but being ali In the crs hadw coua.aera-
bic suiozsnt ~ mineral II shown. This
work consists az three tuane.s. two of
which are on the Mcna claim and one rs,
the M X" an adjoining claim under
the same ownership THE Two tunnels on
thu Mono are situated enc immediately
above The other No fstprasl Is IN tween
~ feet ard shows fair naturalization.
carrying zinc sUlnhides in sxcess - the
copper Ne is IN ssrsy feet. ana ser rho
last thirty feet Ii all tn ose~-tap bottom
and sadas Here the zinc has largely Acar
replaced b. eaptsar zssfphi4e. with gray cop
per IN occasional spots The gsngue ss an
altered hg~ee3a eenaensest with Gazette and
sti.rs along tho cicavagss az which the
mineral Is formed IN pieces ranging IN sire
from spectx - inywrs as large as wslnsss
This wangae ia soft ana fgiahle. drIll~ very
sansiiy and forms an teal material for
CONGRATULATIONS kieh a. Is per cnut ~
al the imprisoned smtnssai values having
sesn saeeef by the s!nsaie.t az concentrate
ting methods.
The Phoenix property - isses;ed ten
miles frna fu8sS a station sn the Great
Northern railway cn Middle Howard
creek. II Is rssscasi ffsn Index Ma the
new was-an read sevan And nne~haif fntlas
80 snn3th - Howard cFcek. thence ons ard
ons-haif raIiea by horse frsil ~ the rehee-
xfx cabins tire present workings of the
smine heinx go ard assa fevs respsetlveis
above the rahN@ oT yae snnunlaia s.ae
Tsss Development work consists es fwa
suaneis. Ne shcat - feet above NJ I.
tsersicsA. asa about 50 faag spart Ne
l. or tho aa1er tunnel wsS Sysvsn i'm a.
discovery an8 consists - 90 feat~sa feet
60 wfaze. - Feet en IN 0eras@e ana $50
feet sf tgnaw.iug No 2 or io@er ssEwnel
81 cres@sut calculated 20 ZAP ;ae .tsssvsv-
ess ore body ~ - fees depth hesaw face
az wnrsr tunUsl Nc : - h<tnx resm
shrough ar extremely hart sysnltse rock
A rnsaheT ef c@pgeF tzsazaKa= have hesn
.aemsfcsi rs geological anA yasnofAfaxseal
rcsNyA witG those sssfsn< Ell tAls xsurar-
~ T'ee ASSAYS frssss tie ere Andy ors se1e
feoeefyv vW-s h:xh .H capuer --ss - IS Peg
eNms Az vaAsez tSSrceF az - ter - rsav
sr~su 81 - ts5A per toa- The sisoss!ns
sssssees further aeNe'snssesf.. Tae ryrDsr-