The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-10-11

IN THE BOLSTER DISTRICT.
summary of Work Done on . Num-
her of Properties.


The Bolster Drill thus summarizes the
work done on properties in that district;
Eaglesmere-This group Is located on
Grant mountain. and IS the property Of @.
F. Horning and w. L. Clark. Work done
consists of a thrty-foot shaft. Width OF
ledge is 1--WE feet between well defined
walls. There are three claims in the
OF surface groupings Assays run from 5
TO Is per cent. copper and from 81 to $40
In gold.
saw IL the Diadem. owned by Bartholo-
NEW Bios. of Spokane. The ledge is
large and seems to be a true assure vein
In dolomite and porphyry.
Homestake-Work on this claim. one
OF great promise. has been pushed to
considerable extent. The work has ex-
posed a good ledge The claim is owned
by Dittmore Bros. OF Spokane. and Green
Hazel Queen--Owned by W. II. War
chow and work consists OF a shaft which
has been sunk to depth of fourteen feet.
The surface showings are good and tend
to increase with depth as shown by sam
pies taken at all points on the ledge.
Heno-The Reno Is owned by Holbrook
kean. and is also part of the town
site OF Chesaw. 1t Is on the same ledge
as the Jim Hin and seventy-foot shaft
has been sunk In body OF iow-grade
ore.
owl-rhis claim il located one mile
south of Bolster. and has one of the nm
est showings In the district. A ledge has
been uncovered from which assays to the
value Of s2oo.ss have been cotained- The
property is owned by Brassfield Bros, of
Bolster.
o. X and o. K fraetion-The o. X
is owned BY w. L. Clark. @. +. Horning
and A. II. Steel: the o. X. fraction Is
w. l.. Clark and Mr.. Bovee- These claims
lie between the Chesaw townsite and the
Yakima group OF claims, and have forty
feet OF development work done on them
and show good leads and good values.
The o. X. was recently bonded.
Jim Hill-The shaft OF the Jim Hill Is
about 100 yards from the chesaw post
office and has been sunk to the depth OF
sixty feet, exposing ledge of free-milling
ore Ave feet wide. Assays averaging s3l
have been obtained. The work on this
claim was done to obtain a patent for the
land on which is the town OF Chesaw.
Prairie Queen--This property was re-
Gently bought by Mr.. Campbell. of the
arm OF Campbell q McGregor. of Chesaw,
and some thirty feet of work has been
done In good ore.
Panhandle--This claim lis located south
Of the Ben Harrison, and is owned by
Harry Elliott. This Is a very promising
property.
Ben Harrison-Ths property is owned
by J. r. Blaine and associates. The ore
is OF free milling nature and assays
from one to four ounces in gold and
carries good values In copper. There is a
distinct contact vein the north wall OF
which Is dolomte and tne south wall
Hi Tfe--On this claim they have sunk
a forty-foot shaft exposing big body OF
lead ore. The ore also carries good val
ues in gold and silver.
Mandan-This claim Is about half mile
from Bolster, and has one OF the best
showings In the district. Most of the
work has been done In shaft which has
reached depth OF tyenty-eight feet and
values Increase with depth. Jack Harlan
Is the owner.
silver Dollsr-This property sdjoins the
Mandan and has excellent showing
which has been exposed by twenty-sev-
en-foot shaft. Mr.. Harlan is the owner.
Blue Bell--This is a copper proposition
owned by Mr. Lind. OF Chesaw. Con-
siderable work has been done and average
assays OF SIS 20 have been obtained. The
claim lies about 400 feet south OF the
boundary line.
Conshohocken and Manuyunk-These
claims are located half a mile southeast
OF Bolster and are remarkable for their
enormous outeroppings, which lie from
30 70 30 feet wide. The ore Ia a mix
tnre Of copper and iron and surface as
saws run from 81 TO S. The owners arc
W H. warchow and J. l.. cresson.