The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-10-19
NEWS AND GOSSIP Of TIE MINING WORLD.

and the New York. both OF which. are &c
be worked from the same tunnel b. means
OF croxscut- On the New York lead there
IS a tunnel little more than l9e feet n
length which has cut very pretty ore
body having rs principal value Ia an iron
carrying gold and considerable copper.
A shaft has been sunk On the Rainbow
In the ore nearly 20 feet. and at that level
tunnel Was driven In, furnishing air a.
wei as a means OF getting the broken
ground out more expedt.iously and eco
nomicaiiy. In this work there has been
found exceptionally good shnw!ngs o. iron
carrying gold. then chaicopyrstes and then
hornite. This is very certain to make
copper mine Of considerable prominence
because the ore bodies are proved large.
valuable and Of uniformity II can be
worked quite economically. and with the
installation OF a concentration pra eticaliy
every inch OF the gangue viii be pay ore
The camp Is an exceptionally well Appoint
ed one, with every convenience for the
employees and with an extra cabin for the
night men to occupy, thus giving them
perfect auie, during the day. An easy
trail or road can be put I'm TO the mine
from the road on the river. over which
this company has built an excellent bridge
Details Of the Independent strike.
The Independent-There has been a
strike OF ore In this property during the
past week which puts 1t at once In the
rank OF the "hummers. for the ore Is
mostly borni;e and glance. There has been
going forward for months cross-ut tur-
mel. or rather drift inside the walls OK
a feeder TO them in lead. Last Saturday.
while running little 10 the right Of the
former course. they drove through the wall
and into good ore, the gangue being de-
composed granite carrying quantities OF
bornlfe-in fact II Is all shot through H.
In conversation with the Post Inteiigen-er
correspondent Ben Evans. who Is the PREF
ident Of the company and who has had
charge Of the work all along. said: We
had supposed II would be necessary 10 run
possibly loo feet further before any GUAM
il,y Of ore would be found, so our gratifica-
ton at the strike lis all the greater. / be-
lieve that this is but the entering OF big
shoot OF the high grade ore. as 1t shows
on the surface, some 400 feet above US, to
be from ten feet 10 forty in width. and
am positive that IL will have depth and
retain It's value We have had a large
force OF men employed for the past sew
eral months. and now Will put on more. in
order that We may the more quickly de-
,ernne what We have and put the mine
on a shipping basis
The Independent Is only three-auarters
OF mile from the railroad with an excel
lent opportunity for installing tram tine
Tor the carriage OF ore. and there Is frst-
class road TO the mine from the track
with a suspension bridge across the
stream. Your correspondent has been all
over this property, and can say that Il is
one of the most promising in the district,
with ore shoots cropping at Intervals UP
the mountain side. showing large bodies
OF high-grade ore. As the work advances
now there will be great increase OF depth.
They are now beneath an almost pcrpen-
dicular blun that pierces the sky thou
sands OF feet above.