The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-31
REVIEW OF MINING RATION5 DURING THE PAST YEAR.
SDeullt0s Stock Nay in Some Instances Have Been Disappointed But to
Prudent Men tie Results Of Seasons Work Have Been Satisfactory

tie the srsatest results s have been beer, obtained
during the past year the tWG pre sy ehs
the case IN such properties as the Palmer
Mountain Tunnel. Golden Zone, 0kar-
cyan Free Gold Bun I. FroE ana Dif ,Ss
properties a. the Marietta, Wshe Com
solidated. Paskall, Gold HUI. Roanoke.
Solomon and Q. g.. though mostly Of as.
sessment nature. had made suficient
showing to warrant the expenditure OF the
money that has been made during the
II Is to be regretted that in case Of such
properties AZ the Triune, Spokane. Rain
have aTr.nre 1'G fSeir dirersnces 'v and en
tered the working list during this year.
However. It 10 the rule, and not the ex-
c cssssy nss the couss 81 ssnss: or @na
cation because Of obstructionists in their
r;s;., yer XII q s. Sas e .s.n
the past II fully assured by. the work laid
out at the various properties mentioned.
Their plans call for the expenditure Of at
manent underground workings and the
usual amount of falsework necessary to
putting 2 mine on q permanent ana pro,
work nearly over the whole year Of 1900.
ton BY january /, 1soi. Will have the eff
projects sssresating greater sum Of ex-
pIiR Il csn b safely stated that the year 1900
m MIN ssS q shs 'f Psm srh
which Il now the largest town and the
most important one n ,oka n CONN., ;ne
It might be well to call attention 70 tho
fact that In no other mining district in the
I r.s dsDs ncs ss :
Idaho. and while this district q generally
known as being strictly fold Pre- '.sd,
silver showings are not exceeded except
in the two districts above mentioned;
while in two properties the Copper World
o coS 9. g. are remarkable exposures OF
somethins Now in old Places.
Coming west to the Cascades 1t will be
found that in the higher attitudes OF
pierce. Kittitas. King: Chslan, snonomisn;;
least forty mining districts, which with
two or three notable exceptions, have been
the scenes Of unusual activity during 1888.
Lake cheian. steheixin and Entiat, ali dis.
tricts net easy Of access, deep mining has
been continued steadily all year and many
Several tentative shipments have been
made over difficult trails to the Columbia
river and thence to PARKWAY smelters.
been received-returns that would justify
capital In solving the problems Of local
The camp Of Blewett was never SO pros
porous as now. Peshastin was the scene
OF placer discoveries a generation ago and
Quartz discoveries subsequently. It yielded
same cause that has Frustrated many a
into S" sulphides after p the osdaed materials
had been exhausted. and SO much Of the
values Of the ore were lost In the mill that
ses ssses uoasd as isune the
effect was to depopulate the district. Dur
ing the last year a Seattle syndicate.
nnSwn a. the WsrrSr
led the requirements Of the situation. re-
vised the twenty-stamp mill. and are now
sSyss ~ per cent q fh. the 6;.. g0ld values
menss and show an average value Of so
to the ton. With depth in the mine q large
body Of arsenical iron running as high as
$3.50 to the ton has come in. indicating a
further. though richer. change in the gold
deposit. Blewett Will have to be reckoned
among the future gold producing camps of
the Northwest.
when Food IL Needed, There IL Gold
known geologicaiiy as the Wenatchee
break, on the Yakima watershed, another
Seattle company is putting in a mill on
gold I quartz. thousands Of tons Of So ore re
on this property, mined and prepared for
the stamps, await the plant which has
site the company is excavating in spite
Of the unfavorable season. The group Of
claims known as the Ida Elmore were To-
Gated on Camp creek, tributary Of the
and exploited noselessly by experienced
and independent mining talent
!. The history Of this his spot Of ground has as
placers, discovered many years ago and
still productive. 1t was found by old placer
miners who tested the decomposed quartz
In their pans. In spots or pockets they
got such good results from washing that
ever since the original locations were
made every, season they CHANGED to need
attacking the mountain, packing the
granulated material in sacks to the creek,
and there washing out enough dirt to
In the same district, the Gle Elum. are
nave made esperimentsl Shipments Shipments to MA the
The predominating value in the Cascade
mines Of Pierce and King counties seems
to be silver: In Snohomish "copper" in
gold. Throughout the west side dstricts;
OF the range all three metals are found in
association, and occasionally gold and sill
yer. have lead for companion. Lead
predomfnates rarely, as IN the Cascade
district for example, where large bodies
Of 1t. carrying silver, have been exposed
for many years without marketing posH-
bilities.
An Unknown Resource.
Manifestly the whatcom county districts,
as yet three or four days travel from the
tide water cities, are destined to interest
the capital that especially trails the gold
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