The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-08
Great Showing Of Expenditures in
Palmer Mountain District.
DIvEloP,No ON 4 BIG SCALE
Synoptic Review OF the Amount OF
Money Spent In the Work of the
Present Year-Plans Of the Large
Companies for 10OO-Enterprissng
Investors Determined to Prove
the Merit OF Deep Minlng.

Special Dispatch to the Post-Inteiligencer.
LOOMS, Dec. 7.-Okanogan county will
include within its bounds. when that
portion going to the new county OF Chelan
Is cut or. 5000 square miles, on each OF
which can be found some useful metal.
Its valleys are warm and productive. all
kinds OF fruits. vegetables and cereals in
the greatest abundance. while the foothills.
and. in fact, some Of the mountains. fur
nish the finest grazing lands In the Pacific
Northwest.
At this time. sad to say, there is not q
mile Of railroad In all this vast area, q fact
which accounts measurably for the tardi-
ness with which the mining resources have
been developed.
At least the mining Industry has been
brought to basis where capital and knowl-
edge are continuing to wrest from 1t the
richest results The development during
the present year has been Of such q nature
that James J. Hill. of the Great Northern
railway. has publicly announced his In
tention to build branch to the Okanogan,
and while all sections OF the county have
Influenced Mr.. Hills present state of mind,
perhaps the greatest factor In his decision
has been the Palmer mountain district. \
With the exception OF the Palmer noun
tain tunnel, the Golden Zone Company and
the @. g. Co.. the most important develop
ments have been made In the district dur
ing the present year, and. in fact, the most
important developments In the properties
mentioned have occurred in the same Pc
riod.
Tapping the Bi4 Mountain.
The Palmer Mountain Company. with for
ty-four contiguous locations, has a cross
cut tunnel which 10 to be 500 feet in
length. Its maximum vertical depth win
be 400 feet. 1t II now In 2,526 feet, hav-
ing cut fifteen parallel veins giving an av-
erage of SIS gold . ton. Two hundred thou
sand dollars have been expended In acquir-
ing property. including one of the best
water rights In the county, equipping the
for the present development. Plans for the
next six months, including Improvement Of
water power, call for 100000 more. and the
money has been provided.
The Gold Hill has sixty-two contiguous
locations. Forty-five thousand dollars
had been expended in running tunnels on
the vein. sinking shafts and other work,
when the bond for 100000 was taken up.
Plans for development were then formed.
calling for 100000 outlay, covering sur
veys and patents, an excellent water
right, mine buildings, q wagon road four
and q half miles, now nearing completion;
two working tunnels. aggregating 1850 feet,
and an inside power hoist. The ores are
gold-beariug, and are said to average so.
The Golden Zone has expended upward
OF 100000 in running 1900 feet Of four tun-
nels and connections, installing a concern
traitor. mine buildings, and other surface
improvements A large amount of ore IL
blocked out, and the company expects to
start the concentrator early next year. The
ore Is said to average $50 in gold
The Okanogan Free Gold Mines expend-
ed $4,000 in the purchase of property.
twelve locations, mine buildings, installing
q 10-stamp mill, with Willy concentrating
tables, and blocking out one years ore.
which averages 80 in gold as mined. They
have paid one dividend Of Y cent on 1.600.-
900 shares of stock. The last cleanup OF
q 3O-day run produced $40 ounces of gold.
The @. 8. Gold Mining Company has
twenty-three locations surveyed for pat
ent, with six mill sites. 300-foot cross
cut tunnel going to the vein, and many
surface improvements.
The Bull Frog Gold Mining and Milling
Company has fifty locations A cyanide
mill Is installed on one Of their six mill
sites. A shaft eighty-five feet with drifts
crosses three parallel veins carrying high
values, and a 175-foot tunnel is being con-
tinued to the main vein For the purchase
price and the present outlined Develop
ments the treasury was supplied with $780,
000 The product of this property aver
ages 80. Among the future development
Will be 20O0-foot tunnel, which will cross
cut eleven cropping veins.
Reworl<ing an Old-Timer.
The Black Bear-War Eagle Mines dncor-
porated), owning the Black Bear and War
Eagle, the two first locations made on
Palmer mountain, In 1892, produced $780,
COO with 5-stamp mill. The property
emerged from litigation the present year.
Twenty-Five thousand dollars was provid-
ed for the hoisting machinery just started,
repairing the fume and mill and adding
to the latter five stamps. and retimbering
the shaft, now down 1870 feet, with levels
every fifty feet. The company is now hoist
ing ore from the 15o-foot level and sinking
a shaft $50 feet. The ore milled averaged
$A.
The wehe Consolidated Gold Mining
and Milling Company, just incorporated,
takes In three smaller companies owning
twenty-six claims. The deal involves $780,
900, OF which $4,000 goes into the treasury
to provide for power hoist and sink the
present 13o-foot shaft to depth of 500 feet
with drifts to the vein, and a tunnel $50
feet, which is now in 125 feet Contracts
are let for both workings and for 100000
feet of mine timbers. The mine buildings
will be erected as soon as lumber can be
had. The ores are gold and copper. with
some silver and lead; average values said
to be about $40 in gold.
The Paskell group, which has just been
sold, requires an expenditure of $4,000. 1t
has about 500 feet of shafts on the vein
and a crosscut tunnel ITS feet. The latter
Is to bc extended and should tap the
vein at $50 feet depth. The ores are gold
and copper. with a fair per cent. of lead:
values are said to run SIG in gold, good per
cent. of copper, and lead sufficient to smelt
the ore. This property is six miles to the
Okanogan river. where steamboats, can run
three months Of the year.
The Marietta Mining Company has con-
siderable development showing hlgh-grade
lead and silver ore. Developments are
planned to cost $4,000.
The Chapacca Gold and Silver Mining and
Milling Company, for purchases and de-