The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-05-02

mountain on both siaca % the line
One ~ the frat sales OF the season
made At Cascade. ". G. was that
of the Mother Lode group hy Mike
shiek aud others. Since the sale Mr.
shlek. who ls nov In the employ Of
the Mother tsade mines. limited. has
some Go the property with . force or
men % start work Reports from
the property since work was begun
are of the most encouraging char
arter, The ledge was uncovered aud
erosscpt IN several places for a dis-
tanee ~ over go feet In any one %
these openings the rock is readily
seen 70 contain free gold In eonsia-
cradle amount, aud puNeriaing aud
papnlug invariably shows many col
ora
Among other properties ALREADY
under development. or shortly 10 be-
Gin. IN this locality. are the John
huti, near Gladstone. the interna-
tlanal group. by Frcd FfederiekH.
the Euuismorr. by the Arm Mining
and Milling company limited. the
solid Gold group. recently sold for
st9,u hy Richard Cooper. and tho
Eva heli. bonded Tor ts1ooo, Alto
EeiheF the season in the tlurnt Ia
sin PROMISES 70 be decidedly active
from mining standpoint. and aatus
great strikes are anticipated.
II IL announced that NJ. 4. Fer
gunon. % Greenwood. n. 6. has
struck a rich placer claim On Bound.
AIRY creek. three miles south % that
city. and located three claims be-
tween Huy'N ranch and kcFra. The
dirt seaa Is % % cents - the yard.
carrying Euld and iridium A com.
pany has been organised in London.
with o. r. Hndxruu. "A millionaire
capitalist as ia promoter and half
owner with Mr.. Ferguson. The
company - capitalized at Eto.esa
II is called the King F'uuKns Placer
Mining company Philip r. Stan
hope. % ftarnHhy. Yorkshire. - On
ruute hcre TO take charge u the
work
a six-fa0, vein - iran and copper
ore has been struck In the shaft Ia
the War Eagle mine at Hosslapd. y.
g ~ the s59-taot level, which il NOS
being uxpt1rs.i and which assays SEQ
IN gold to- the ton ~ FAR u has held
aut in value and In width and Il
promises q hr one of The most valu.
able rhntsN IN the mine.
News from Republic states; The
reports from the Princess Maui in
slieats an Improvement In the a.zn of
the ledge. ard the values have not
changed since the assays we're OBJ
taIncd BY the corrcnpoudsrt few
days since. Fairly god pruErosa r.
being made en- the arift on the Re-
bate. The arlft IL being driven north
alenE the isaEe. The foreman could
give 80 Information a. 70 the values
There il some good looking ore on
the dump AZ the STANDARD. 40 work
il being done there now and u could
not be learned Whcn wuFk would BE-
resumed. The Agnes shaft has now
reached a depth u g feet.
on the Tom Thumb mins the tun-
mel mentioned soue time since has
not been started. and u r. quite un-
certain Nhsn u win BE-. There II
force % men working on the surface
and they have uncovered large bod
les ~ quarts IA several places. II
looks az though there wsFe At least
three large lodges on the property
In one Of the prospect holes the rock
Is green with copper stain. but the
amount ~ development in not sum
elent to determines whether there II
copper In the ore in sufficient guam
titv TO make " Of any considerable
value. The shaft IL about 10 feet
In depth. From near the bottom n
crnsacut IL being extended % the
west 70 cut the ledge
Advloes received from Ymlr. II, G..
state that the nrst returns from the
Ynsir MIL are now to hand. although
repfcaentiug only few days run ~
from 20 IS stamps during the
month ending April 10. The amount
treated during this period was 20
tons. yielding 1890 on the plates and
IN estimated value in concentrates
II 500. making a value Of tste per
ton. which Il about the value Of the
ore as estimated in the engineers re-
port. There IL about 20 feet 81 this
character 81 ore and about feet Of
clean high grade ore. Since the
above report the whole 20 stamps
have been In operation, and the
next months returns viii show =
treatment Of between 1000 and 1000
tons.
on the Queen mine Al Ymlr. y. G.
a large ledge ~ quartz outcrops with
a width ~ 30 feet. a shaft has been
sunk on this ledge about 20 feet and
a tunnel Is being driven 20 tap the
shaft. This tunnel 10 in % feet and
hna acquired about 30 feet In depth.
Al the breast a fine body 81 ore
carving iron. zinc and gaieua has
been exposed. as-rvtng so CO in gold.
Average assays taken along this
tunnel gave q. Si2, SIG and $50. Each
~ the i've claims is traverscd by a
ledge and 10 feet OF surface work
has been done on each. besides the
above described work.