The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-28
NEWS AND GOSSIP Of TIE MINING WORLD

good supervision. The surface ground
from the open cuts On the west end 20
No. Va tunnel, a distance az some 500 feet.
a-s9 fer a width of nat less than fifty feet.
Is . mass Of shattered csrphyry and clay.
such az have described, with thickness
not determined. bet which will lead prob
ABBY into more or fewer veins Of good GRE
a. depth is attained. The n5ss as IL stands
Will no doubt be handled quickly by max
ing large open cuts. Qusrryirg the rock
down at q minimum expense ard running
II over grtxxiies Or screens 10 separate the
barren rock from the fine clay whsch car
riss the values.
Results from my samples. taken from
exposed faces. would indicate that this
mass OF ore so screened and prepared
would mil not less than so per ton, and
this estimate allows for quite a percent
age OF waste and barren rock getting into
tho ore, special samples running ali the
way from Sc tc sH PER ton"
Estimate of the Ore In sight.
The several engineers who have exam
fnec the property estimate that In sight
are s9.159 tons Of this material. which is
aside from the estimated 1900 tons Of
ledge ore expected 10 average 80 ton
Mr. Robinson = OF the opinion that the
veins under exploration viii prove perrra-
nent. with deep ore shoots. He estimates
that the cost of milling should not exceed
81 50 per ton. The sum Of 5000 Was taken
In 1857 from the porphyrisic mass described
by him
A good Halliday tramway connects the
mine and mill. IL is Ia two sections, with
a reioadBg station at No tunnel Its
daily capacity IL fifty tons
Work on the south Icige. which II is be-
iieved can produce fifty tons day for
an Indefinite period, has tapped the mine
at a vertical depth Of 1890 feet. where the
ore Is still found 20 be free milling.
II was Ohio and New England capital
that backed the Seattle company In its
plan 10 demonstrate what cautious apd
scientific methods could accomplish In me
pzof In
employed at the uaine and m3H. With
monthly pay roll OF 1900.
IL II a Mine With n History.
Mineral was first discovered In this dis
trict abou; 1850 by party OF miners re-
turning from Fraser river, but they worked
the riacers Only and gradually disappeared
I'm quest of Richer fields. One OF them. a
negro slniced 81. 100 IN one season from the
bar a. the mouth of the stream Of that
name. In 1874 quartz wes discovered on the
divide between Negro creek aud Culver
draw. Samuel Culver located the Poiepick
and after him John Shafer discovered the
Culver. one OF the present Warrior General
claims. The other claims embraced In the
cumpany's property We're also located by
these two men and were first bought by the
Lockwaods and FL d. Cooper, who put In
six-stamp mill. The twenty-four hour
experimental run on eight tons OF ore gave
q clean up Of s. 100 After having run the
mine and mill for eight years the partner
ship cold out to Thomas Johnson. dis
pute arose as TO title and Johnson killed
William ponahue. The Culver Gold Min
ing Company then bought the property and
they In turn gold 10 the Blewett company In
1891. In later years the latter company
leased the property, which proved 10 he
a disastrous experiment SO far as they
were concerned, and last spring the War
rior General company teak over the mines
and mills and entered upon the broad
gauge plan OF developments and improve
ments which is about 10 be rewarded with
golden returns.