The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-09-19
NEWS AND GOSSIP OF THE MINING WORLD.

from one 10 five feet hat on the hanging
wall there are six feet Of clean quart
between me wan ana Ahe quaitz &FSe
seam 81 tale is found. which - a good
indication. An assay taken across the
face of the ledge showed a value Of SsANA
The mine viii soon be IN shape % pro.
take, as the levels as the tunnel The
intermediate. the l0e-foot and the 20o-foot
are being put in shape Tor stopping ore
IN great quantities.
The striking of this quartz at the
depth stated above Is an important Item
Tor the camp. and is a good criterion
Tor the future possibilities Of other
mines now In the process Of reaching lew
els below water lines by sinking. Work
has progressed steadily on the Princess
Maud, winxe. which IS now below the
tunnel level about $50 feet. Several
drifts also have been run at the t0o-foot
level. and 50 foot Work on these IS to be
suspended temporarily, for the reason the
shifts are all to be transferred 10 the
Wine. as IL is contemplated 10 sink an
other loe feet. The ledge in the winKe
Is about four feet wide, and the values
uniform than at any previous time.
Al the 2te-foot level. IN the shaft on
the Butte and Boston a crosscut is be-
ing vigorously extended Ii is now in
about % feet, and Il Is thought the ledge
VIII be struck in another 100 feet.
A cave in az the tunnel on the Golden
Harvest necessitatcd the closing down OF
work for the past week There are yet
$50 feet further TO be driven before the
ore shoot found in the upper tunnel wit,
be reached. II Is understood work viii
be resumed next Monday
Under the supervision OF John Bedier
the shaft on the San Juan has been
pumped out timhered and work Of sink
Ing resumed. The sinking Is being done
on the ledge. where good values found in
stringers Of quartz have been obtained.
a Hurry has been on for the last two
days In the stock Of the Morning Glory.
IL has been rumored that a four-foot
ledge has been struck. carrying quartz
with ore values running high in tha hum
dreds. IL is said some free gold was
found among seams running through the
quartz. This strike has happened sew
cral times in this mine. but since IA se-
we're censorship has been IN vogue by the
REFUSAL 10 allow anyone to inspect the
mine. IL Is imposs bile TO get the news
confirmed from any one In authority
The present work Is supposed 10 be In
an east drift from the l5o-foot level OF
the winze. which Is following the ledge
Into the hill. II IS thought a high grade
OF ore has been found In quartz on the
ledge for the past few weeks. but has
been kept quiet until the arrival of Some
OF the officers of the company who. dur
ing the present week visited the mine.
and took to Spokane some samples
On the Vnea group, az Summit camp,
work IL progressing on the h50-foot tup.
mel At present 26S feet has been driv-
en-. and the manager NJ II. Stait, re-
ports That the force is 10 be increased
Immediately and active work continued
all winter. The tunnel Is "a crosscut. ami
Will have obtained vertical depth on
the ledge OF over S6G feet when II Is
reached. In connection with a number
OF claims owned by this company, a walls
liable lime deposit adjacent to them has
been opened mp with SIX kilns. and has
furnished many hundreds OF tons of an
ton mills and for building purposes in
and around Republic