The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-01
GOLD MINES
Of Washington Dis
cuSSedinthe East.
TIE NEW Y0Rk SlxS M,YN
Gives Seattle and Alaska . Boost.
Mines Of the cssesdss
Msntieasd.
TIE NEW YoRk SIvS M,VS

The New York sun. In Its issue Of
the 10th instant has the following
to say regarding the mines Of Wash,
inston;
In the Sunset group. near Index.
on the Great Northern railway. a
strike has been made within the past
few days that places this property
among the great copper producers
Of the state. The whale face OF the
main tunnel q. now ln solid orc fully
seven feet Wide. that Eivea Is pe'
cent. copper. besides gold and silver
values that swell the total 10 about
500 a ton. The Downs property. in
the same vicinity. also has big
surface showing. and arrangements
are being made 90 install a plant
that viii develop IL NOR rapidly AMI
satisfactorily. The anohomish group
% ave claims. also In the same
camp. has made one ear shipment
that gave returns Of % per cent
copper. - ounces silver and 81 gold
This property consists OF fve claims
located about a mile from the rail-
road. with which Il II connected by
tran. which can he converted into
a wagon read or tramway over a
good grade. The ore that has cen
taken cut came from the main tun-
aei in eour e Of development.
''ore from the .oe-foos copper
ledge Ia okanoxan county. the pro-
p~rty recently discovered > W, A.
Ford. is being tested in Seattle with
view 60 the placing Of a plan, on
II for concentrating and reducing
the immense ofy. Prom nine to ten
feet of this ledge near the hanging
sail is rich enough 90 stand the exs
pense 81 twenty-five miles trans
portatiou.
The excitement oecasioued y the
rich discoveries In Republic district
IN extending all over the old coivilie
reservation and pro@pcctors are
rushing in from every part % the
state.
1T mas been customary among the
assaYerr on this Pacific coast In
making out their certificates to
compute copper at 81 per unii--thst
IL. ore going 10 per esnt. copper was
valued al tio. since the recent rap
a advance they compute at q per
unit. eouhlinx the copper values
Where there were hundreds Of pros
pectors in tho mountains % Wash.
laEten last year prospceting for this
metal. there will be thousands this
season. There will also be scores OF
good paying mines opened up. but
unfortunately no smelfers suitable
for tn. reduction Of this class Of
ore.
In Foss river district. nine miles
from the Great Northern railroad. a
strike was recently made ia q new
discovery. the orc Ennx % per cent.
copper, o. gold and ~ silver. The
ledge IL from 70 TO 80 feet vide. with
rich psystresks Of much higher
value To reach this property and
make thcore available ~ would re.
auire the construction Of branch
railroad % san miles and wire
tram Of three miles
The Becker river copper mines.
witch local capitalists overlooked
Wsre mapped 10 by Indiana people
from Fort Wayne about two weeks
ago. and these men have since been
offered double the amount they paid
for the group.
In stivsyton district hundreds Of
abandoned properties are now being
relocated and sold at good prices
The rebuilding 81 the Monte Cristo
railway IL bringing this district rap
idly TO the front again"
Relative TO Alaska the sun says.
The Helen Hay company this
week sent sso ounces OF gold 20 the
United Stntcs assay once Ia Seattle
the result OF the last run on the av-
erage ore OF the Helen Bay sold
mines.
During the past week there has
been a stampede from wrangei to
the tributary streams OF the Stick
cen. from which there are reported
strikes In rich placer ground. sew
-ral hundred claims have been los
cRted aud some gold has been taken
out. but the extent % the new dig
gings ~ not yet defined.
ron Porcupine creek. along the
Dalton trail. where the first dlscov.
cry Of gold waa made I'm october
last and 1890 taken out per day bY
three men. over 200 claims have
since been taken up by American
miners These diggingr are In Am
erican territory and are as rich rs
any found In the Northwest.
1T In estimated that there are 1000
men along the trail In the vicinity
Of Lake Bennett, the majority Of
whom were going to Atlln lake
mines. but learning Of the PASSING
of the exclusion act, they are now
hesitrslng and In all probability win
remain ON American soil rather than
take chances In Atlin."