The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-20
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o0ect4 Dispatch 10 the Posk-lnfelliesncer
~ E4ETT. 4Av 1A-Evonts Of q mo.
anentous character are franspsring in Sno-
sonash county Of late. III having more or
ana I'll Involving large sums Of money.
II has become positively impossible TO keep
secr~t ~ reference 70 naming. -. no mat
ter huw high the coufrnc1tng parties mar
-, ehero - sura - ~ some soreheada Who
VIII give IT away. All this a. . prelude
y ne fact thok tn contract has been let
Tor the putting OF the big concentration at
Monte C5ssto into complete working order
net later than the In OF Augus&. what
this means no ons On tho ou&stds kn0wA
but Il seems reasonable 70 suppose that II
mnamo the resumption Of work on the
Rockefeller properties there. Az however,
II has been repeatedly asserted II late that
ths Monte Cristo railway II not to ba re-
built, this year a. least. IL h suggested
that tho Standard Oh mAgnaAe II going 70
INSTALL = balloon service from the md Of
the road to ths mines. AZ there II no other
feasible way Of getting supplies in or ora
out The news that the concentrator 10
to be put In running orda h reliably re-
ported. but the names Of the parties who
win do the work are not allowed to b
published
since the washing out OF the Everett 4
Aanta CSssto railway mining has beon ~
standstIl both at Monte Cristo and at
6tfverton, though IN both districts thsrs
are very rich and paying properties How
much money has been expended In devci-
opnent at Monte Cr4sto II Is impossible TO
even estimate, but II 10 an enormous sum.
and the truth a. the matter II that very
little II any OF Il has been souandered.
The Pride ana tbs Myesery alone are worth
al and mora than has bssn put into the
whole district. Why the railroad has not
baen rebuilt and the mines operated Is a
myU<ery to III who know tho conditions.
he people who own the mines and tho
railway also own the emeiter. The ore
frum the Pride ana the Mystery II Of such
. character as To enable the xmelter TO
operate at the minimum OF expense. since
the road has been shut down they have
had TO purchase this character Of material
in the open market ~ nnch more than
charges than the company charged itself.
which would naturally be the actual ex-
pcnsn OF operating.
In the siiverton district even more gen
ut Monte Crtsto. The StiiiaEuanlish and
Sultan Company alone has done work
sres as 70 ssee nes 81 81 n
value II 10 an English company Of large
finances. with no stock 10 sell, but they, a.
cause u a. n no transpsrsatson faciiiiies. The
showinKs in the SfiIlaxua mish diSsrfct how
ever ara so good that development contin-
uex wttIgAt Cessation Oh many properties.
1n~ Penn Mining Company. In the Great
Lake district. has pushed tts compartment
tunnel through the mountain out onto the
wealth a close corporation. hut men who
have worked for them have said enough
10 enable al 10 know they are well satss-
fed with their hoidinga II II an open Sc
cret thar when they could get Htfie sat
hfacticn from Mr.. Rockefeller ~ to the
ycbuffding OF the Monte Cristo road they
Informed him that II made little difference
IN Them, because when they were ready 20
shin. III Ms road was not capable OF hand
ing their OUTPUT another would b., Tho
1nfererc- ~ pointed Waving an Opening
sarucsed from there 70 Index oyer a very
feasible route This read would tap the
many excellent properties on the Skyko-
msrh and tributary Troublesome.
Howard, Trout creeks etc. Mr.. Jim HIN
b progressive. pushing citizen. and wants
an possible feeders 20 the Great North
ern Mr. G.. r. Hahcr. who took up the
bond on the Daisy grnun oS mines. on
Troublesome creek. last Monday. - the
representative OF the German stockholders
n the Great Northern. railway. These
things give credence 20 the report thar Mr..
Haher's syndicate and the Penn company
ne Acottishs American Company has lately
invested heavily along this route adds
much ccior 70 the report
II h the opinion ~ those who are close
20 the interests Controlling, not only that
ire Everett 4 Monte cristo railway VIII
he rebuilt this sca enn. hut that standard
eAu9A steam rallwny VII, be operating up
fhe ekyknnssh river from index before
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