The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-30

Considerable assessment work is being
done At Summit camp. about eight miles
northwest Of Olalla. b. G.. II is descrio-
ed by r. w. Northey in the Rossland
Miner as rather series Of camps at the
headwaters OF the six or seven creeks
which rise there. Three OF these. Kera-
meos. Cedar and olalla creeks. flow east
ward TO Keremeos valley. while Fifteen
mile. Sixteen-mile and Twenty mile creeks
flow west and then south TO the Similka-
meen. There are good trails up all these
GREEKS from Olalla and pack horses can
get up quite easily.
The celebrated Nickel Plate mine IS sit
uated near the head of Twenty-uIile creek.
and there are several others high grade
properties within sight Of q, T''o Nn~1-
claims located at the
head OF Olslla creek has recently been
sold 10 r. Builpck-W Webster. Of Kere-
meos. who intends developing the proper
~ and has force of men at work there
now
The ore bodies at Summit camp are not
very large. averaging from two TO six
feet in width. but they are very rich. As
says from the Nickel Plate ore gave VAL
ues OF considerably more than 800 to the
ton, while some OF the samples from the
Yuneman group have gone still higher.
The ore IL heavy black arsenical iron,
and carries high gold values, little or no
copper being found as yet.
Nes Pearson. of Rossland. has four or
ave good claims at the head OF Cedar
creek. and is now at work on them.
The Nickel Plate on Twenty-rnile creek.
Is said to be owned by the Standard OIL
Company magnates, or Rockefeller, at
least. The representative At the mine ia
X Rogers. who bought the property from
the Two men who located II, Arundel ami
Wollaston. They went to Victoria in the
spring OF 1898 and took a sample Of the
ore with them for assay. They were sur
prised at the result. The heavy black
stuff went nearly S20o per ton. Mr.. Rogers
was staying at the hotel they put UP at,
and was so pleased with the looks Of the
rock and the assay returns that he made
a deal with them then and there. He
paid them 81 0oo down. and last fell paid
them the full amount OF $4,000. They had
never even nut a pick in the ground.
Arundel a Devonshire man. went nome
with $50 GO TO enjoy himself. The Nickel
Plate Is worked as close corporation:
so close. indeed. that no one Is allowed
to enter the mine or any OF the buildings
II Is said that the owners do not IKE
to have the property written up as they
prefer to have its value deprecated so
that they may purchase the surrounding
properties AT their own figures. II Is q
game OF freeze out. but the prospectnrs
who are fortunate enough 20 own claims
on the same lead are sufficiently up 10
the yag,4 to hold on to their properties.
There IS sufficient ore on the dump 1T
the Nickel Plate to pay for the purcha So
~ the mine and all tho development work
done since.
smelter site has been obtained on
Twenty mile. not far from the Nickel
Plate nni II is said that work on the
propos u srnciter will soon be commenced.
The only feasible route for "A wagon road
To SUNNI, cenn Is up Olalla creek from
kcrsmeos valley.
Al oIaiia Itself things are very promis-
ing An ASSAY from claim on Goat
creek about four miles from town. went
SIS in gold. "a in silver and 10 per cent.
coppsr Returns OF m aseav Of rock
from the Mountain Chief about mite
from town have been received. Swing II -
per cent copper. worth &l.lN From nm
other lead on the same property the &C.
turns were 50 In gold and 81 per cent,
conner Both samples were from the sur
face on another claim. half n mile from
town. the ASSAY went 50 cents in gold, and
.ass per cent. copper worth s15.75 IN all.
\ new leAd Of decomposed quartz con-
tanning rich copper suiphides has been
uncovered on the Mountain chief and che
owners think the new fud VIII 40 higher
IN cooper than ihe samples they had as
saved
work continues on the Flagstaff the
funnel being ia about twenty feet ant ls
an In ore the rock being n granite fun -
bnrnite fF corner suluhifes.
Two shifts are working IN the Bullion
tunnel and tho first lead may hs struck
ans say now as the breast Is little be-
vond she outrrop ~ surface,
Moro than n DOZEN properties are being
fepainpsi Ia the camp.