The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-27
FOR MONTANA CAPITAL
Excellent Opportunity in North
ern Washington.
ACTIVITY AT REPUBLIC
An Immense Amount of Development
Work Is Under Way-Some Rich
Discoveries Made in the
District.

L. T.. Dexter Oh Republic ehpectS "
interest Montana capital in the pros
poets in Northern Washington. Mr..
Dexter was one of the early prospectors
in Republic and has been there almost
development of his properties. He used
to live in Montana and had interests in
mines in Lewis and Clarke and Madison
counties While in Spokane he told a
Chronicle reporter about some of the
properties in and near Republic.
There is at present large amount
of Montana capital invested at Repub-
lie, and more is coming in all the time,
said Mr.. Dexter. THE attention of the
mining men is being attracted in this
direction, and l anticipate little trouble
in securing all the financial backing l
desire.
There is great activity in the mines
at Republic. An immense amount of
development work is now under way.
and new work is being started every
day. The number of valuable mines is
being constantly increased by rich dis
coveres. There are about 20 properties
in the camp now that would be on Il
paying basis if they had the necessary
year Republic should have a dozen o.
more dividend payers.
My principal holdings in Republic
camp are in the Mabel, Admiral Dewey,
Juno and Ninety Eight and Sarah Jane.
although l am interested in quite a
number Of other properties. OF these,
the best surface showing seems to be
Mpc.: the Mabel, although little develop
ment work has ever been done there.
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rich lodges running through the Mabel.
The east and west lead we believe to be
the same one from which the wonder
fully rich showings are being secured
on the Morning Glory. 1t is directly in
line to catch the Morning Glory ledge,
and there is great similarity of rock.
The only development work ever done
upon the Mabel is 40-foot shaft, sunk
upon the Morning Glory ledge. At a
depth of "a feet the lead dipped out of
the shaft, but sinking was continued
and the bottom of the shaft is in very
different appearing quartz from that
in which we started work. This quartz
is rich, assays running as high as SAD
having been secured, and we are salts
fed that it is a portion of a cross ledge.
The snow on the ground is still SO deep
that it is impossible to tell whether
there is any outcropping of this ledge
on the surface or not.
Preparations are now being made to
start work on the Mabel. The develop
ment will probably be done upon the
east and west vein. where assays rang
ing from 81 to $s4 have been secured.
Il am satisfied that the Admiral Dew
ey will make one of the big mines of the
camp. 1t has an immense 40foot ledge
and, although the values have only
ranged from 50 to SO, there are excel
lent indications of better ore being Sc
cured. A shaft is now being sunk on
the footwall of the ledge. This shaft is
now down about As feet, and as soon
as it reaches the 50-foot level cross
cut will be run to the hanging wall,
work in the shaft being temporarily sus-
pended. The cross-cut will probably be
started the latter part of the present
week.
Little work has ever be n done upon
the Juno, but active development work
will be started as soon as the snow will
permit which Will probably be in the
course of the next two weeks. There
are indications of string ledge on the
Juno and a $40 assay was secured from
a piece of float found on the surface.
Like most of the mine owners in that
part of the camp, we are confident of
having the Republic ledge. This lead
has been traced up to within a few feet
of the ROzanna, which joins the Juno
on the north. The Rozanna people are
now running tunnel to cross-cut the
ledge. This tunnel is in over 125 feet
and is expected to reach the ledge in the
course of the next 30 days. If the
Rozanna has the ledge it also crosses
the Juno.
Development work will be started
upon the Ninety-Eight and Sarah Jane
in few days.
There is little excitement in the
camp at the present time, beyond the
large amount of work going on and the
boom which the town itself is enjoying.
Reports Of strikes are becoming so fire.
quent that they seem to scarcely affect
the public