The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-03


yanAaIia Co. starts Up Again.
Special Dispatch to the Post-Intelligencer.
EVERETT, July 2.-rhe Wilbur prop
erty at Index b reported to have e. the
railroad track a large amount OF ore
reauy for shipment TO the Everett smell
ter. the delay in shipping this ore being
caused by the fact that the Great North
ern has not yet got around to putting In
the spur at the point where the ore Is
now lying. This II a great DISAPPOINTMENT
TO the owners Of the property. AZ they ex-
pected to have commenced to ship ore
before this, and would have had at least
two car loads at the smelter by this time
The owners have not been saying mucn
about their ore for the reason that they
knew they had shipment, and thaf
would be a better recommendation than
their talk; and certainly the Great North
ern will not delay In an enterprise q
this kind very long. and no doubt by the
middle Of July the Wilbur property VIII
commence to ship ore and be the hrst
copper shipper In Snohomish county. II
Will be remembered that a couple OF car
that was merely for sam-ling purposes.
New Strikes On, silver Creek.
Great excitement prevails In Everett
over several new strikes made In the SAL
yer Creek Index mining district, In which
several Everett citizens are interested.
These new strikes are on Silver creek.
The Monte Carlo in the breast Of q n6-
foot tunnel has the face Of the tunnel
full Of arsenical iron ore. This Is said
by those who have just come down from
that country to be the largest body or
solid arsenical iron that has ever oeen
struck In Snohomish county. Orc from
IN mus go ascIps ana the the average run 81 ore as
found In driving the tunnel has been
about $a2 In gold.
would just as iieve have gold as copper.
for II they want copper they can buy u
with their gold, and that the smelling OF
ss TO e or les; ton ns n sod q Weighs iG
just as much as ton OF copper. They
claim that this body of ore Just struck is
wider than any body Of copper ore ever Ssr
showing they feel Is good as II they had
TIE COPPER Chief property on SILVER
Monte Carlo, is making great showing.
The company claim they have two feet
Of solid ore. OF which large sample.
taken across the lead. amounting to per-
haps one hundred pounds, IL now on exhi-
bition in this city.
Fair assays OF the ore run In value from
This is comSinat mat q copper p r gold ~ and
silver. and the ore Is very hne to look at.
This Is what Is known as q close cor
poration. all OF the stock being owned by
of this city. c. D. Fratt Il president OF
the company and the other owners are
!; E Koran. A. s Taylor. A; w. Hawks.
OF Seattle, and Andy Michaud. the vet
eran miner Of Silver creek.
OF course It IL not very much trouble
their mining properly and n Z fact cfy they
are doing 1t out OF their own pockets. and
have great confidence In the property. and
when such class OF men as these Eet
done.
Good Ore From the Independent.
Tho Index Independent. which 10 nov
known as the Independent mine. Is send
Ing down some very fine chunks Of cop
per ore. This ore has q good deal of re-
semblance to the ore from the Wilbur
property. and there Is no doubt but the
latter has shown some of the highest
The Independent people have construct
ed a wire bridge across the south fork OF
have force OF men at work on the prop
erty and have great expectations. No
doubt this property. from the reports
given OF 1t, IL making 4 fine showing.
Other Properties.
The Sunset people are keeping up good
WOfk vi tuSlF pfopcItys 8Hd IL Is now a
question whether the Wilbur or the Sun
set will ship ore first NO doubt Wilbur
would have beaten the Sunset II the Great
Northern had put spur IN at the time
II was expected they would.
The Trout creek property. upon which
Mr.. Downs has force OF men at work.
fe creating considerable excitement, as
they are about to tap the lead by tho
cross-cut, and of course everybody IL on
tiptoe to know what will be found when
they come In contact with the lead The
showing OF this property on the surface
Is great and always has been. This n
known as the Merchant and Townsend
property. and Is one OF the nrst locations
on Trout creek.
The keystone Company are still at work
upon their cross-cut, and think that with
In thirty days they will reach the ledge
II IL currently reported that the Van
daiia on Silver creek will he operated
this year. 1t will be remembered BY All
persons acquainted with the silver creek
mining property that the vandaiia has ,
great many hundred tons Of valuable ore
upon the dump awaiting transportation.
This f. one of the first properties to be
opened upon Silver creek. and upwards OF
$16.e0o have been expended on the prop
erty. and II In now owned by the smeiter
peopie at Everett. who purchased II some
eighteen months ago.
The mining experts who examined the
property for rho company estimated that
there was $50. 00o worth OF valuable ore
In sight In the tunnels.