The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-10
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Special Dispatch to the Post rntelfgencer-
RAILROAD CREEK. Lake Chelan. July
2--OWtng TO the late cold spring. mining
operations have been slower than usual
In this section. but active work 10 now
commencing in several Of the camps. The
trail up Railroad creek was In bad con-
dition. but . force cf men working for
dead timber. 50 that q horse can Be ridden
to the very head Of the valley.
Lusknew aaa Delhi.
The Lucknow Mining company. walla
WAlla corporation. owning the Lucknow
and Desni mining claims. was the first to
start work. good cabin, sixteen feet ~
twenty. has been butit and new trail
made to the ledge. where work win Be
commenced. Fourteen hundred pounds OF
supplies have been packed on horses hs-
teen miles up the creek, and In . few days
the blacksmith's shop will be completed
and ready for business A forge and good
supply Of tools are already on the ground.
The ledge carries copper and silvcr-beAr-
inx ores OF high grade. assays a the latter
running over 800 ounces to the ton. The
best showing II high up on the side OF .
mountain and some fne ore has just been
taken from a seventSen-foot shaft and
sent out to Spokane AID Walla Walia.
This spot Is hard to reach and work can
not be carried on here for practical rea-
sons. bat a tunnel can be driven in on the
ledge between the walls from point near
the foot 0f the mountain and great depth
attained. This win be commenced imme-
diately, and ii Is expected that good ore
will be found inside OF Is feet. although
some 500 feet Of work will be required to
reach the body Of mineral already ex-
posed.
Molly bdenite Property.
Mention has been made in the Post
Intelligencer of q molybdenite prop
erty on Lake CheIan. about two
miles above the LUCKNOW. George
Hart, OF Seattle, negotiated the sale
OF this claim in the winter Of 1897. and he
and J. E. Moore, a Seattle mining man.
have been In the camp recently arranging
for the development Of the ledge. Mr..
Moore has returned to Seattle. and as soon
brought to q close. full outfit Of supplies
will be taken In. . cabin built and men
put to work.
Chelan Mining and Milling Co.
Superintendent J. e. Myers. Of the Che
Ian Mining and Milling company. Is ex-
pected here shortly from Republic. He has
charge of the work on the company's fine
ledge lying about 800 feet west OF the
Lucknow and running parallel Herewith.
Three claims, the Little Bonanza. Sepoy
and Ideal. and locally known as the Sc
poy group, are owned by this corporation,
which Is a Walla Walla concern. This Is
also q tunnel proposition and one good
feature Of the camp il that the steepness
Of the mountains admits OF nearly every
ledge hitherto discovered being developed
By tunnel, and in most instances great
depth can be attained.
The Grace Claim.
The Grace claim. in the Meadow Greek
camp. is about 1900 feet east Of the Blue
Jay, and 8. J. Gray and L. H. Willard
have been working continuously on 1t for
the past two months. They have now
about forty tons Of clean sulphde ore
In the dump. carrying t21o in gold and
running well In copper. with some silver.
Their tunnel II In about forty-five feet.
following the ledge, and at last accounts
they had twenty inches OF solid ore IN
sight
Copper Giant.
A contract to run forty feet Of tunnel on
the Copper Giant has been taken BY r.
N. Pershall, and w, Merryweather, the
treasurer Of the company. came In recent
ly to complete the arrangements.
Minnesota Group.
Perhaps the largest mining operation in
the Lake C'heIan basin to be carried on
this year will be commenced on the Min
nesota group, on the north fork OF Bridge
creek This In big proposition and much
development work was done on II last
summer. Paul CiAgstone. OF New York,
il the leading spirit in the enterprise. but
il Is learned that a strong company has
been formed 10 carry on the work.. pre-
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