Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1899-10-11
MINES AND MINING NEWS
OUR NORTHWESTERN MINES.
Items Cleaned From the Late Reports-
All Districts Are Being Developed--A
Prosperous Year IL Predict . d--M iu ing
Notes and Personals.

| Notes and Personals.
Some time ago ]. A. Osborne, of III,
Rainy Lake Herald, came into the pos
session of an old diary of an old ,m
ploye's. now deceased, of the Hudson
Bay company, and in reading il throu
he learned that the writer described
very lucidly some mineral deposits on
the eastern shore of Hudsons BAY, in
the vincinity of Great and Little Whal,
rivers, In what is known as Ungava
land. The description was so cleaI
that Mr. Osborne succeeded In inducins
some Boston capitalists TO provide the
necessary funds to equip an expedition
to go and make search for the miner
ais. The parties left Rat Portage
| about the first of June and Mr.. Osborne
returned Saturday from the trip, first
going to Ottawa, where he and his asso
| ciates filed on large tract of valuable
lands containing gold, silver, copper
precious stones, nickel, iron, cinnabar
gypsum, In fact almost all kinds of min.
! eral of economic value. Mr.. Osborne
says that the new region opened up, 50
far as mineral wealth is concerned, pats
the klondike in the shade, and he says
that Mr.. Lowe of the geological survey,
who has put In two years investigating
that country, says 1t is the coming min.
eral producing region of the American
continent. There is plenty of room Tor
prospecting, as the region is 400 by 500
miles In extent. The country can be
reached by water from Boston, and Mr.,
Osborne says that next spring COM
pany will outfit a steamer and will send
her right up to their property with
100000 worth OF supplies and mater.
ials for exploring and developing their
claims. The experience of Mr.. 0s.
borne only goes to verify the claims
that the whole of Canada, from the
wilds of Labrador to the Pacific coast,
Is one of natures greatest storehouses
Of minerals of economic and precious
value. II this region were opened up
by railway, there would certainly be
a rich field for all kinds of mining en-.
terprises. Besides anthrlcite coal,
there will be found Ignite, beds of gyp-
sum along the Missanbi; deposits of
gold. silver, copper. tin. near Moose
Factory; and fine potter's clay and sill
Tea sand.
Oregon shows Up BEST.
By far the most comprehensIve and
elaborate exhibit In the mineral de
partment of the Spokane Exposition is
the private collection of Fred r. Mellis,
which was brought from Baker City
and which was materially augmented
by ores from the celebrated Sumpter
camp, collected for the occasion by Paul
foihdeSter. Inc total exhibit, repre-
sehlihs every mine IN eastern oregon
III IN charge Oh Messrs. Meiiis ana Polnt'
dexter MT Meli's Is the mining COM
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too pine Croar sn.Lo pivar ana seven
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Republic Camp.
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nepor's irohi the oouth nan reee'vhu
u. nepup''c' are 10 tne enect Una, IN IA
Vis camp on tne iiarVes, ciainh, the
shait ID efcouh,erihs ore which SHOWS
cohs'ue' "pie ha'''e copper
The bond on the Vulcan No. and
No. 2, lying a short distance southeast
Of the Mountain Lion, will be taken up
this week.
With the sinking of the winze on the
No. 3 tunnel on the Republic, new feat.
ures are being encountered, principal
OF which is the appearance Of sylvanlte
ore.
There have been considerable guam
titles OF free gold found In the Princess
Maud winze within the past few days.
The fine gold is found In the tellurldes
In almost every piece OF ore that comes
out, and the lead appears to be getting