The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-04-11

Special Dispatch TO the Post-Inteihgenoer.
REPUBLIC. April I0-The mill OF the
Mountain Lion is working smoothly and
the machinery is rapidly getting the
newness worn off. 1t will soon be going
like ciockwork The twenty stamps are
pounding ore at the rate Of eighty tons
per day In a few DAYS the required 100
tons will he under treatment every TWEEN
ty-four hours. The mill employees and
laborers number f1fty-five. there being
a double shift in the reduction plant as
well as the mine
superintendent Wyatt states that az
present the ore being treated is the low
est grade found in the mine. Four drills
are employed in stopping and in prospect
ing.
The values obtained are even more sat
isfactory than expected. The straight
cyaniding process proves a perfect sue
cess. the ore seeming to yield readily to
its treatment
A complete assay ONCE Is established
adjoining the mill, where daily assays
are made and strict values obtained
from the output of ore, as well as from
the development work done in the mine.
Mr. Wyatt was not at liberty to state
Just what per cent. of values were being
saved, but stated that by the LIST Of May
there was no reason why dividends should
not beh paid, and thereafter monthly.
He says the Mountain Lion should be
$4,000 on the LIST of July next and from
that up TO 100000 In year from now.
-Four Dollars Ton for Treatment.
Ii was stated to your correspondent
last winter during the erection OF the
mill. that the expectation was that the
min would be able to treat the ore at a
cost of less than 81 per ton, and that
there We're thousands of tons of $50 ore
blocked out in the mine. Even should
the ore only average $40 per ton. it is a
simple matter to figure the profits from
the mill, providing the cost OF reduction
and treatment proved by actual expert
ment as predicted and expected by the
management.
Beside the pay roll from this mine,
which Will probably reach $4,000 month
~. the supplies. powder. tools. repairs.
fuel. etc, to be used in it's operation
viii distribute. to the town OF Republic
The boiler from the old compressor
plant has been moved and placed In po-
sition with the two main boilers. This
is to be used only as auxiliary.
The mill viii consume from eight to
ten cords Of wood daily. The company
is well supplied with fuel. having 5000
cords already cut and ready for use. The
automatic electric appliances in the
hoiet shaFf hei'se and mill are giving
perfect satisfaction.
Lone Pine funnel Near Ore.
From the main tunnel in the Lone
Pine. which is in over 500 feet, a drift
has been extended to the west about 100
feet to Try TO catch the head OF the big
VEIN extension from the BLACK Inli \
very encouraging showing OF quartz APP
pearing In stringers, denoted the pres
ence Of the vein ahead when the shaft
was laid of at this point last week This
location is about eighty feet above the
level OF the Pearl tunnel. which is being
extended into the Lone Pine property
by two shifts. IL is presumed the Lone
Pine ore will be shipped through THIS
tunnel with connection made by an up
raise. IL the Lone Pine workings are
continued during the summer Il will be
absolutely necessary TO get better ven
tilation, which probably could be obtain
ed by means Of the Pearl tunnel coBnec-
ton and fan or compressed air ven
tilatOr.
The site for the building Of the COM
pressor plant for the Quilp mine ia about
completed. II has required the exca~
walton Of many tons 81 earth from the
hillside and has exposed the surface
showing % the great vein running
through the property. II will take or
u short time for the erection Of the
building and as the machinery Is now At
Grand Forks, there ought nOt TO be any
dalaV In tho early completion OF the
plant.