The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-09-21
WHAT PEOPLE SAY.
A Transient Record of Private Opinions
Publicly EXPRESSED.

John Sawbridge-I am very well sat
isded by my recent inspection Of my
claims. shall take an expert up there
next week. l have great confidence in
| Carter's judgment as a mining expert.
But fear that he will not make gen.
eral inquiry into Gold Hill properties
while he is up there this week, merely
looking after the bonding of some par
ticular mines. He has looked at some
of our ores and he gave exactly the same
opinion as the asssyer did when we
shipped some ore for assay. The same
quality of ore, he said, as ours, is found
| in he gold regions of Montana.
Major Wilfong-John c. Carter, of
Bozeman, Montana, is going up to Gold
Hill to look into the mines there He
has been 40 years in the business and
knows what be is talking about when he
does talk. There are men who get hold
of a mining proposition aud hold on for
$4,000 before they will sell, who can't
yet trusted for a ham or sack OF -four.
believe In a nimble dollar and if / can't
get to top notch offer I'll take the next
best and let go. II takes capital, not
talk, to develop mines.
Timothy Lynch-Work is progressing
finely in the neighboring mines to the
Lynch group of Fish Lake, in the Gle
Elum district. Two miles from us a
company has tunnelled in $50 feet and
cut into our ledge. To get gold you have
got to go deep and it take, money to
do that and hence we are selling a linn
tied amount of our stock to develop our
property, which we consider among the
richest in the northwest. Our people
and papers don't pay enough attention
to mining development. Look at Spo-
kane. She is outstripping the Sound
cities by properly advertising the min
eral resources tributary. We have just
as rich and even richer scope of mining
country heresbout and very little is said
about it.
j. B Current-The Florence Mining
Company, of Tacoma, are doing some
good work IN the Gold Hill district.
They are developing a tunnel and are In
200 feet Gold Hill is attracting in
vestors from abroad and things will be-
gin to boom there shortly.
John G.. Carter-I am on my way to
Gold Hill to examine into some mining
propositions. l heard of the Gold Hill
district when was here two years ago.
then bonded the Bullion mine of Purdy
Flint, and others in the Cle-Elum dis
trict. You can never tell what a syndi.
, cate will do, but I'll know when | come
back in few DAYS what they propose to
do with the Bullion property, finally.
Speaking of railroads, l believe the Bur
lington is building this way. l bonded
mine to agents of that company, be-
tween Bozeman and Billings, the present
terminus of the road. At least have
reason to believe the agents of the con-
pany bonded the mine. There is no
doubt in my mind but that railway is
heading this way.
Ex-Governor Burke, of North Dakota
General Miles, whom know personally.
has been getting the tarred end of the
stick at Washington. He is great
fighter and ought to be in the Philip
pines. He is the greatest Indian fighter
we have ever had and he wouldn't be on
Luzon Island SIX weeks till he would
bag Aguinaldo. He would decoy him
some way, like he did Geronimo, Sitting
Bull and the other big "Injuns." Buff
falo Bill, who knew him better than any
body, told me Miles was the only one of
the frontier officers that had Indian
lighting down to science. Miles has
some qualities that don't take-his van
ity, for instance. He likes TO go on
dress parade and have his picture taken,
but he is loyal to his army and is the