The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-10-10
MANY MILLIONS IN SIGHT.
Immense Ore Bodies Opened Up by
the Mtncr-Graves Syndicate
mt Phoenix.

Special Dispatch to the Post-fntelligencer
GRAND FORKS. II. c., Oct. a.--The size
and extent of the ore bodies opened up IN
the various mines OF the Miner-Graves
syndicate a; Phoenix, II, c.. fairly stag
ser the Imagination. Development work
has been In progress for over nve years.
The announcement has been made that
ore will be quarried next spring from the
surface Of the Knob Hlll This viii be
unique departure in copper-goid mining.
Now tunnels and shafts ana cross-euts
representing over mile in distanee-~over
ii 200 feet-pierce and penetrate noun
tain OF copper The ere Is literally blocked
out IN acre tracts IL Is sulphide and con-
The mines. ali OF which adtoin. are the
Knob Hill Old fronsides, Victoria and
Gray Eagle Each Is owned by a separate
Gated by Henry White, an adventurous
prospector, who made hts way through
trackless forests and across almost mac
ceasible peaks 90 the summit forming the
water shed between the Kettle river and
Boundary creek Since then great trans
formation has taken place The town q
Phoenix. with a population Of 800. VIII
soon he Incorporated II lies In hollow
basin whose rim Is fringcd with huge ore
aumps and shafihouses, Phoenix beyond
a doubt Is destined 20 become a second
Rosxland The Canadian Pacific railroad
AZ enormous expense has constructed
spur from the main line 10 the mines.
distance % eight miles
In a recent report W. Nolen Williams,
Graves syndicate. submitted some inter
essins data respecting the Knob Hill De-
spite extensive work, the width q The ore
values vary al different points the ore for
nearly 900 feet % the tunnel averaging
sih q per ton. Mr.. Williams estimated the
amount % ore IN sight above the tunnel
level AZ issr 100 tons Estimating tho to-
tai A. an average 81 sS17 per ton he rs
nred out that the ore was worth Ni.$i -
In this estimate ne calculation was made
respecting the ore below the tunnel isVtl
To do al would be to become Involved In
a mare ~ ngurek calculated 70 startic the
ordinary lavruan. There - no reason. sfs-
parrntiy whv the orc should not extend
thousands ~ feet below the surface.
The Ola iruusiaes, Victoria and Gray
Eagle. All possessing the same ledge. are
conddcntiy expected 20 Be equally as hlg
propositions as the Knob Hih The main
working tunnel IN the Knob Hli 81 i2E
feet or over 80 wards Tong One hundred
and any feet frcm the portal - Ne ?
west crcsR~cut, 81 feet long ard which 10
connected wsth tse tunnel AZ their 'erul-
nsts No 4 west tross~cMf. sa@ feet from
the end az the tunnel. ~ ~ 1eat bong
TSpraises extend from No. ] ara Ne, 8
rrszz--uts 20 the surface. Cr9sS-cut Ne I
east ls iSs feet long u starts AZ 8 point
81 feet frosn tae portal - TIE tunnel
East cross.cut Ne Pc feet from east
eross-cut No. ], e % feet lnus and t. CON
eertra With = drift south - tHsf long 4
afmse sUrk in the tunnel opposite cross
cut No. ! west has 9 depth ~ 2l3 feet ~
- NNANfitN
ecter ~ ore as in the upper levei was en-
ss,9snteref Drifts on tho lta-font level
extend east ana south FORTY feot respect
iveiv AZ the Sso-fsot ievsl q drift "a The
easf - ~ feet long from which working
an unralse ~ iso feet toward The sarface
hex hesn made ore s. being shipped from
three stopsa No. ! Is IN ercss~cls1 No. !
rs ire west No. 2 IN crpss-cut No. . 20
,ha west and No. 8 a. a point LOO feet
fr6ra the portal ~ the tunnel
M / shaft % the Uid lrnusides mine
hes nstntuei a depth ~ III feet one hum
,lrca feet ~ 3rifting has hceu done on the
fsa- f0us level on the Ne-foof level there
81 : brift an feet iorg % the east ana 100
feet from the shaft there is &riff so feet
long TO the north. \ crcss-cnt y Zee;
innr from that aTfft is connected with the
main tunnel p distance ~ Is feet. AZ a
3tstanrv ~ 100 and 49, feet respectively
fr,.rn Ne I shaft are drifts south having
a total length - SIS feet and Sc feet.
I They are each CONNECTED with the main
Z srsft hy cross-cuts 80 feet long No 2
shaft IS 40 feet deep. u e connected
With the cruSs-euts from on Ne / shaft.
ara on the SlG-foet level there iS a cross
| cut 20 the west 500 feet long. At the end