The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-09-28
! q WALES ISLAND
= sscn FIELD FOR MINING
aAr1os AND INVESTMENT.
swn Experts Express Fa-
80 Opinion Of Resources and
6v Of the Islana-Many
- q Hish-Grade Ore.

.>s uuinyaded field for the ex-
- a inspectors and miners and,
n "a k1l6eved, for the investment OF
y mining enterprises, Is offered
~ q wales island, of the south
ifaskan coast, fifty-four miles
a 11lxtitAn.
ID vell-known mining men who
I ~ <-1ons Interested In prospects, on
.i--1 are now In Seattle and speak
sStira conviction Of it's mineral
4 NJ Possibilities for development.
49, are Mark r. Fleming, HoI-
a ~ and the veteran of all north
I & rlning camps. James r. Ward
"a. ~ thfee men are not associated
- but happen to be In Seattle
~ ~ne time, and each making q
s2inly favorable report OF the re-
21 4 he Island Is q somewhat I'm
1Is coincidence.
~ 'y,rmine has lived on Prince OF
~ ,llond for the past year and has
.5-. iatefested in a number OF prom
~ 4, ~1er{ies. In the course OF con-
~ Yesterday he said:
-. ~ VI little development work has
3. ~ o. the island. the delay being
q 2r6t 10 lack OF transportation ia
ne island Is not on the regular
.s = ony Of the steamships plying be-
1-s a1ntfle and Alaskan ports, and to
4. -, A. present ono must make a
4 = 1 snail boat hfty-fou- miles from
- I understand. however, that
d 9,Sns Trading Company has secur-
a 1870 which will be put on q reg
- b<twesn Ketchikar and the IS
n fhers 4 large number OF men
"a = ~ island. and several companies
4 roky Tor activ. work. 30 that good
.s.e1s Z assured at once for one or
~ ~ lAiiy steamers.
$3.50 81 Walls island IL about l0S
~ M Ars forty IN width NJ the wid-
4 ~ Tho whole island II stfeaked
y. f,aeea az hiRh-grade ore. The as
= - very hiEh and excellent results
!" IN obtained from the few small
c1rsss nad1 10 the Puget sound
-. s.ors than sixty locations have
e ea1e on the island no far, and
- Il fcusee, each locator thinks he
d 3vuek Inc best, there IL still plenty
-. Small shipments OF the ore
y IN madn from the Copper Queen,
AH0 tMfDAthtSJ HIiAuUEf AUU
e skown ~ spiendidiy. The Sand
4 MINK Company. operating the Cop
4 6a<<r has about twenty-five men
~ the Copper Mountain Company
ufi1ys betweeD forty ana nifty. On a
- other properties from three to NJ
= - are employed. All we are wait
4 ~ h transportation, and then you
: soo' deal Of the wealth Of
49, - a. -s-a
4Dsfsencsd man In mining regions.
! j7nts Of wales island. and while his
~ b conservaiively expressed. ne
49, faith in the great mineral
- 81 i IL vast quantities" he said
111ay. and Of unusually high grade.
nQbR Of assays from the Cracker
4 1Aewed values running from o2li to
= tnd essays from other properties
! ~ = eood, The general run Of the
lsfs ssT ,.r ply close rsse mi rs
W "a shs Center Star. Il Rossiand.
~ samples 1t Ketchikan before I
y evef 10 the Island, and when they
y ~ ~ the side Of specimens from
| nusiand mines which happened 10
4ws. ! could not tell which was
~ psincipal factor in the develop
n 1t Prince OF Wales properties viii
~ easy transportation OF ore. Yes
} u sny sine can approach very near
. hhnd. ~ there Is plenty Of water,
~ are may be put on board and
ayyfsd directly TO the Puget sound
3tan without . second handling. Con-
esag that 10 little IL known Of the
N<a resources Of the island. the
e4qi Of work now going on there Is
efkaole. and ! believe that within a
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