The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-22
Rare Telluride Ores Found in
Several of the Mines.
GROWS ABUNDANT WITH DEPTH
Lodges ON squaw Creek Make I'm
expected showins-Vaiues Run
, Into Hundreds Of Dollars Per
Ton-Progress Of Development on
Hidden Treasure. Highland Light,
Crystal No. 1 and the Old Frfdny.

The Methow country, from Ives TO Slate
creek is recently showing sylvanite ores
I'm various camps, that assure ITS great
ness near Mt hand. Sylvanite. or telIu-
ride ores wherever found. stamp the re-
zion as one of remarkable richness, ana
as permanent great gold fields WORK OF
the last few months at Squaw creek ana
slate creek demonstrate that the Methow
"a A syfvanite region OF great promise.
This rare ore has so far been found only
In such camps as Cripple Creek and As
pen. Colorado. and in one great mining
camp OF Australia
syivanite ore seems 10 he sure guar
antee OF true deep fssure veins that al
wavs improve In value and extent rapidly
as some depth r. gained In the mine. IL
IN only recently that any depth worth
mentioning has been reached In the Me-
thow country. A depth Of from 100 TO 30
feet Is finding sylvanite ore abundant IN
the lodges at Sauaw creek. This ore was
first found by Mr. West in tho Hidden
Treasure mine. which is down to depth
or about 300 feet and now shows ledge
eight feet wide, having high grade sylvan
tie ore similar to the great Independence
mine OF Cripple Creek. Assays run as
high as & 90 per ton. The company has
gone along in n quiet, modest way with
development work paying expenses by
shipments OF ore TO the smelters at Taco
be about ready for mills and big opera
tions.
Tho Highland Light mine on the same
ledge, Is n mine Of remarkably good out
look. 1t has large amounts Of high grade
ore In sight and on the dump. and carries
sylvanite ore also. The company owning
this mine is preparing for work on a much
larger scale than formerly and will sink
steadily this year TO n depth OF 600 feet,
stopping out and shipping and milling
the orc az II goes. This mine. as well as
the Hidden Treasure. is owned mainly by
Seattle people.
The Crystal No. | mine. near the HID
den Treasure and Highland Light mines,
IL owned by the Northland Mining Com
pany. OF Seattle. II IN making n fine show
Ing OF ore. II has two strong, weli-de-
fined assure lodges lying 800 feet apart
and each being six TO eight feet wide
and extending the entire length OF the
claim The lodges carry plenty Of free
gold on the surface and good paying ore
from the surface down. This mine was
one of the first located in the district
but was never worked until two months
ago. An average assay OF surface ore
ON this mine runs si76O and In milling
VIII concentrate 10 $500 per ton. These
values are improving rapidly every week
as more depth Is acquired. The company
IN working double shift crews OF men
running a s00-foot tunnel. drifting in on
the south ledge and piing tho ore on tho
dump to he milled as soon as stamp mills
can he put In. ON which the company Is
now nguring and expects to get In a few
months,
The old Friday mine OF the Tom Hal
Mining Company. of which Tom Warren
IL now manager. ls working n large crew
or mon and has the shaft down about 200
feet, where the workmen have Just struck
biz body OF high grade ore. assays OF
which run high up into the hundreds Of
dollars per ton They have installed late
~ steam hoist aud other machinery.
This minc formerly shipped good
deal Of ore TO the smeltcrs that returned
averages OF from $50 30 $50 per ton The
company expects soon to put In a largo
stamp mill and concentration TO work ali
grades OF Its ore.