The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-30
COUNTY MINES.
rnncE DoDy or GnAy CORPEn ORE
n THE wiI.suR PROPERTY.


1uerzas pssDairA 70 the Po4f-fas<fIsxeneer.
EVERETT. july 2s.--A report has come
6ioas Index that body of gray cooper ore
hss oeeH feuns IN the lswer tunnel os the
1ndex Mining compsnyss property. sestsr
Known ss the f.et Wilbur properly Some
r tie Gre has been brought here Tor az
ar, hnf tbs value has rst been gwen out
a3fhossgh n number of persons whu are ac-.
ousinted with the value OF gray eopper In
Sbk country estimate that f viii re frcm
- 10 80 ounces N silver and about - per
e1rt copper.
Il ls eerfaihsy the best locking ore ever
taten Gut OF any mine Ia Snnhnmsah coun-
~ 10 far. that II. taking into consideration
IL large amount 81 IL that Is found This
strike Il shout ~ feet below the Upper
tnnnsi Ia depth. and demonstrates that The
ore sheet found Ia sas upper tunnel OK
sxnas down q, least ~ feet
No strike ever made In Snobona;sn eoun-
u has given 20 much satisfaction TO min
iag men in generai az this one has. II
shsrs bsyon6 = doubt that copper shoots
0Itens deep into the earth aud do not
phch CIT az some skspt.es claimed fhes
would. besides. fsse ore found in she upper
knnra il oorsa.te and some small stfeaks
Of copper glance. while tina. found 80 fest
h@fow Il gray copper and af least soluble
~ value Of that In the Upper tunnel.
which shows that IL increases in value as
II goes down
work an the Annses.
The SUNSET people are working a hun
6yed rfes on the r raat ard from the sue
sos they afs having. they certainty will
- able 10 pat car Of ore into Index by
September l. The road will be ABOUT six
ard a half miles long. and they are now
building a bridge across the river about
half mile above Index. which wifi be
fuspeussoB bridge of sufficient strength to
take tram cars over loaded with Gre. This
WI give the Sunset first class transporta.
ton to The raisroad at perhaps n. cost of 81
per ton for the Gre. The Summer iron
Works have already maze the cars and
sent them TO Index by railroad They are
steel cars. holding about four tons each.
md VIII be hauled over a track Of wooden
rails ~ horses. and the grade being down
hi all the way WI permit. good horse
70 haul as the least calculation two cars az
time
The hosting machinery for the sunset
has been Forwarded from Index 10 the
mint. This pseee Of machinery IL the nrst
steam hoist ever brought into snohomish
eeunty. Heretofore II has not been neces-
sAfy TO have hotsting machinery. m All the
work was done by drifting
Index IaAepenaent.
The Index Independent property II sl,uat-
~ sbun1 tVaf mlies above index on the
Great Northern railroad. This property
nas located some years ago by Doo.ittie
and Hsrgsth and was really the flrst dis
cossfy Of borntte copper ore In that part OF
ms country. II has always been claimed
That this property had one of the largest
copper leads In the district. and from re-
liable Information II Is safe to say tina,
while this property u not under as hlwh
state az development ~ ether properties
n the Vicinity. yet Its showing nj the pres
tnt time IL very good for the amount OF
work done. A large force Of men = en-
uoyed tn building road from the rail-