The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-07
CAMP M'KINNEy GOLD MINES.
Latest News From the Free Milling
Camp of BOUNDARY,

Special Dispatch to the Post-Inteliigenccr.
GREENWOOD. Il. G., Feb. Sired NJ
Cummings, mining engineer. has returned
from lengthy visit to Camp Mckinney.
RE reports that the camp Is quite active,
ana that mining. development is proving
west drift on the first level in the Water
loo. said he. they are working in
breast Of four feet OF solid quartz. This
level Is being continued to under the old.
or No. ]. shaft. where a connection viii be
made, and In time the No. shaft win Ne
made the main working outlet. When this
connection Is completed the company viii
install new hoist. capable OF sinking 10
at least so feet depth. The tramway con-
nection from the No. shaft Will be tsken
down and replaced TO connect with the mill
from the No. l shaft. The mill IS TO be
enlarged BY an additional battery OF FIVE
stamps Hereafter the eiean-ups viii be
bound 10 become large dividend payer IN
the near future.
THE Cariboo Consolidated Company Is
working fifty men. The old levels are now
being continued to the Okauogan claim on
the east. II Will be remembered that jim
ME Moran's remaining interest in this
claim was recently purchased by the COM
pany for $4,000 At the present time, | am
Informed, they are stopping one OF the larg-
est and richest bodies Of ore ever found In
centrates TO Greenwood for shipment TO
the Hall Mines smelter. at Nelson. n. &.
The ten-stamp mill on the Minnehaha is
about completed and should be pounding
on ore in a few days. All that is to he
done is small amount OF work in maxi
Ing the necessary fiume connections to
convey the water TO the mill. ore for the
mill viii be stopped from the two levels
opened up.
The Kamloops, on the same ledge as the
Minnehaha. is also being developed 10y
SHAFT, which is to be sunk TO a depth of
100 feet. when a crosscut will be run To
the vein. Their new hoist is now installed.
and everything is running smoothly.
THE Mammoth Is looking well. This is
one OF the few properties owned by an as
sessable company. and az a consequence
velopment. The Mammoth is one OF the
few tunnel sites in camp, and the develop
nient work consists OF tunneang on the
vein. Ii Is big one. with four feet of
quartz In the face OF the drift, carrying
good values a recent sampAng across
The Camp Mckinney Gold Mining Com
pany, of Greenwood, has resumed work on
the George Hurst claim. A message re-
ceiyed by phone TO the secretary of the
company said that a vein i've feet In width
had been struck. The company intends
doing considerable work on this property.
which is one of a group OF seven lying adj
iacent TO the Sailor, in the central part Of
the camp.
I'm East Camp Mckinney. about three
six claims have recently been surveyed.
In the heart OF this section is the Dayton
claim ON which rich discovery WAS made
of free gold ledge. Assays from samples
taken ran from $500 TO $1,000 This was
from the surface. The owners OF the Day
ton have done considerable prospecting
work, and are now arranging to develop
the property at depth In consequence of
this discovery prospectors were for weeks
making locations, and now they have been
having the same surveyed / regard this
new section. little as II has been pros
pected, as one OF great promise,