The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-01

OF capital is not likely TO occur soon again
therefore the Poss-Inselligencer has opened
its columns TO the admission OF such data
as its representatives have been able 10
verify relative to Snohomish county
mines and especially those contiguous 10
Everett. which have already proved 10 be
prolific with rich ores. Certainly no eoun-
~ has better or more lasting material and
facilities for building up a mighty mining
business than has SnohomIsh.
The entire region Is easy Of access, with
an abundance Of timber and water for all
purposes making IL certain that the de-
veiopment OF the great mineral lodes
which traverse the county viii proceed
with activity and promptness, Besides its
gold ana silver mines IL bids fair 10 rival
the Butte country as one OF the greatest
copper producing districts In the world.
So numerous are the good prospects which
await capital to be developed. that II Is
utterly impossible TO predict what the out
come OF the region will be five years hence;
but OK this there is no question. there
wiz Zoe no lack OF energy and capital
heneeforth for the development OF the
mines OF the county and il it should turn
out to be as rich as IL Is now anticipated
and there Is reason to believe. large pop
ulation viii be added next summer. Mini
ing towns viii be established and a new Dc
mand VIII Do created Tor labor with safe
opening for small capital.
In the course Of the next six months il
Is not improbable that the entire county
OF Snohomish viii be ablaze with a mining
excitement which not unlikely viii con-
tinue for years 20 come. for II has been
demonstrated beyond question that it's
hills are unferlaid with vast mineral bodies
ofexceeding richness. Without in any sense
detracting from the promises OF other dis
tricts there is every reason to believe that
the Jndex-SIlver creek section will witness
the greatest activity. principally because
OF its uneqgaled transportation facilities
Then. too the wonderful achievements OF
the Sunset copper mines on Trout creek
already producers. with the prospects and
promise OF immense ore deposits as !nsii-
Gated by the work now being progressively
carried on. have astonished the mining
world as nothing has in recent sears, thus
calling attention 70 a mineral field which IN.
all respects IN likely to prove the most ex-
tensive and reliable in yield. value and
profits the world has ever known.
These copper properties have every ma
tural advantage and viii have every faeil-
ity necessary fer mining at the least ex-
pcnse Recent experiments in the great
pent OF copper ores have resulted in great
reduction in the cost of production and IL
is now possible 10 mine and mill ores that
FIVE years ago would have been considered
worthless. The present price or copper is
about f2ia cents per pound. The avail
able supply Is very smag. while the de-
mand for the ugo Of copper IN electrical
appliances and the transmission plants.
gives assurance that the price OF copper
viii continue firm for years 20 come
This being true tho Sunset properties
with the very rich ores, averaging from
ten 10 twenty per cent, copper. will with
out doubt be steadily worked by the capt.
tai which authority states is now backing
the management While tho bulk of the
output IL "A low grade chaicopyrite there
are pay streaks Of very rich ore, running
from two To four feet In width, with A
practically unlimited tonnage already
availabie. With ore worth from Ssa ~ $50
per ton and lots OF IT. It will not he sar-
prls!ng II the Silver Creek-fnaex mining
district starties the country with the mag
ntuAe Of its discoveries and Developments
in the year just being entered upon All
Indications point that way.
The Sunset Milling and Power Company.
corporation organized Cor the purpose
of utilizing the immense water power II
Sunset fails on the south fork OF tie Sky
hornish river two miles east Of Index
contemp.ates the construction OF an elet.-
trio railway from Index 10 Galsua, "A die
tauce Of nine miles the coming spring
which would furnish transportation for all
the mines in that viciuify. The Keystone
slnse; AMI Trout creek properties would
be especially favored BY the building os
such road and would All be Oh the ship
ping LIST next surnrner. The company now
has IS force III men employed clearing and
1xcavatlnE preparatory 10 the ereeflon ~
N electric plant. II Is estimated fhAt tns
fails when controlled wiil yield 5ansS
horse power This indeed promises 80 be
one 81 the greatest enterprises IN this
county.