The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-29


REPUBLIC, july 9~Tne stock market
f. very quiet and probably wtf b. 50 until
the first % September bat good results
are coming from many mines. as the sum
n1er work advances Especially - tass true
Of the prospecting being done Of ne~ prop
sr;iea The strike a, the San Poll Is the
most important item OF the week. The re-
ported buisding Of the Mountain Lion mill
and the great showing Of the Repaallc are
two ether great factors 10 mention.
San Poll.
As ix well known. this u one Of our big
mines. Its merits have been related at sew
sTai times previously bot as the owners
satisfied with the valaie OF sneir prop
ersy. they think all that il necessary an
der the prosperous condition Of the mine Is
10 keep pegging away. pifing up Their
ore. ard when the question o. treatment
is solved TO the satisfaction Of other nine
operators. or custom mill il erected here
they witi not take a back seat for any
one as far as the position 10 furnish quality
as well as quantity for reduction Ii con-
cerned- Superintendent krammer has been
running a drift 10 the north and one 30 the
south from the lower tunnel at about 40
feet The north drift g in lis feet and Is
In solid ore. being the fun width Of the drift.
Tais Is running and following the vein
north. The south drift Is now In 10 feet
At ll0 feet the vein seemed 10 pinch out.
and narrowed down TO few feet. but at
I25 feet # had wfdened cut 10 TWO feet
when rich body of ore was struck that Is
now widening with every shot and Is the
finest body OF ore taken out OF the mine
for many months The averawe from the
values depth will make on vein. A, the
face in this drift where this ore is found
1t Is az a depth Of 300 feet The depth Of
the upper tunnel or No 2. IL rs feet The
ore now In sight In this mine will average
so per ton. and there are hundreds OF tons
OF II. Take the average on the dump and
what IL to be reached from the workings
the value will run s2a. As mentioned be-
fore, the necessity for the placing OF air
drills on this mine. IL more APPARENT every
visit that IL made there by your CORE
spondent. Work has been delayed a few
days caused hv The placing of an extern
sion Of the ventilation pipe from the main
tunnel. as this time Of year the smoke from
the shots need plenty OF air. There is an
air shoot 10 tunnel No. on this mine
which ss valuable assistance 10 the work
men and the ventilation. There will be 800
feet 10 the south lire that can be used In
the presen. drift from the rresen; face. and
So on the north drift toward he North San
Poil. Both drifts are being prosecuted by
a double shift. and the work Is showing
up very satisfactory. This mine Will be the
custom mill. providing one Of their own is
not erected. as they now have enough Or.
70 run Il twenty-five-ton mill for some
time TO come.
Mountain Lion.
Supt. Brown. Of tins mine. has gone 10
Portland and possibly 10 the beach sum
rDer resort for hts health M Brown has
worked more devotedly and steadily at his
mine and applied himself closer probably
than any other manager In the camp
Being a large owner in the mine. he ratu-
rally has the greatest interest In its well
fare and success. consequently he at last
decided he must take vacation. and just
at this time he takes that advantage. He
certainly deserves rest
James Wyatt, secretary of the company
and j. Il. Hammond. OF the Hammond Ma
chinery Company. Of Portland who make
speciality of mining machinery arrived
Wednesday evening from Portland II is
significant fact that these gentle men
should arrive az the same time the rnachin-
cry tor the mill was reported to be on rs
way here from Spokane IL was report ca
sixty days ago that the mil! had been or
tered and the contract signed by John
I.engmaid, woii-knoxn mill man OF Mon
.ana. This information WAS obtained upon
supposed good authority. and az yet am
q the opinion that il is contracted for
The gentlemen above mentioned went 10
the mine early the next morning and have
been there each day since they having
engaged horses for an indefinite prioa
Mr., Hammond is not here 20 survey The
site for the mill. that has already been
made. ard reports are current that the
contract for the building has also beer,
let fer its commencement on August /
The management here does not advise the
inquirer as 10 the truth whether the mill
has been ordered ar whore /, now is II
K IS ordered.
Zela W.
THIS Is the big mlne al Sheridan. Of which
Dave Snyder IL superintendent MIR. snx.
Ger was in town Thursday and reports that
the company contsmplates putting a con-
prtsSor plant on tne property. so The dr{nx
VII Re usea from afr pressure. Il VIII have
a espac!ty Tor tive drills. and will consist
OF n boiler and TAO tanks with the engine
for the power II = ~ be GO = large scai4
So the p8eer can be used for additional
machinery mat VII - installed later for
treating thc ore. This II a hleh-grade
proposition. carry ng gold and sf.ver. wl.h
ssnse COPPER. ard Is one of thg best f~oper-
Ties on the reservation. Acout FIVE toas
have been sh!paec ever The trs.a Z, The
railroad. a distance of sever:y-fave unsias
as = sample. ami Il Is understood 4 aver
aged $50 20 the taa. There g great act.v-
iiy surrounding this mining camp
Jumbo.
Mention was made recently yerarf5Fr..
this claim being oTened up by VIM keIlq
90 the Trade peilsr Mr &eils IL a prar-
teal miner. and knows Fost thing vrhes,
he Sees IL. so he SAYS be will make
u1tae etst ~ the Jumbo before he agggg
NJ. ksiis s. stayer. and frrus Present
Indications bis wssa Will likely come true
lie has saFSfted IN directly oa the xeir
where q cropped ag1 on the naYth end
and al distance ~ twenty-five feet has
q showing 81 four fest ~ ftna-taoki~g
s3nArtx that have gtv~r verT <aflSFa~ra-x
sssaEs tn g0ia ard some silver The xrl1
has t~s.a stripped au stse surface IN yrsnny
riar%~ and splendid oxIasr@f quartz
found that no sosbs viii lead 81 good f.a..
GRE with sA1ssctsfs depth
Hack Tail
a SAaff ~ seamg suHk 80 the Surgri~~s
sei0 :haf rtEEs through sass n3sn. n IRE
uorsa sryd Ore vssnntng from &c 81 81 <
euyssinE sTvsrn it zzs IS gsfs NJ more solid
with siepta. TIE agift running northeast
sfpym trs tsanel ~ ~ 10 feet zna w3f
tap cxesS weir t@entv-axs fer7 sartNe~
where IL IL thought good pay ore viii ne
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