The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-05
palmer MOUNTAIN IN APRIL
Review of Development During
the Month Just Past.
INCREASEDouTPuT OF BULLION
Black Bear, War Eagle, Golden Zone
and Okanogan Free Gold VIII
Soon Produce 100000 Per Month
Good Showing on the Decimal
Fraction on La Fleur Mountains
Scott Has an Iron Mine.
Special Correspondence.

LOOMS. May April was an active
month, both in the production of bull
ion, and development of ore bodies in
the leading properties in the Palmer
mountain district.
The Black Bear-War Eagle mill-run
will show values of 5000 from a full
thirty-days' run from 300 tons of ore.
1880 being saved by amalgamation. and
$500 In concentrates, an average of
$50 per ton gold.
The Golden Zone wifi run about 900
tons of ore of about $50 900 value one
third of which will be saved by ANAL
gamatlon, two-thirds the values being
in the concentrates
The Okanogan free-gold mill will make
about its usual cleanup of $1,000 TO
5000, making the months production
$4,000 to $4,000.
Exact figures cannot be given on any
of these until the final cleanup Is made
at each MILL but enough bullion has al
ready been retorted and sent out to full
ly verify these figures.
The Bear and the Zone both have plen-
ty of ore blocked, and are opening new
slopes each month, and the Okanogan
Free Gold give out that they are now
doing large amount of new develop
ment, and will install fifteen more
stamps at once. making twenty-five in
ALL
The Black Bear-war Eagle people are
considering putting on a hoist at the
War Eagle of the same capacity as the
Bear and fully developing this claim.
They now have arrangements for ad-
ding fifteen stamps to the Black Bear
mill. all the machinery being on the
ground. while the Golden Zone people
are considering the advisabiiity of adj
ding twenty tons capacity to their mill.
These additions will bring the produce
ton up to 100000 monthly at the three
properties above mentioned.
At the Palmer mountain tunnel $50 feet
has been made during the month. and
three well-dehned veins of about 10 feet
width, carrying good values. have been
crossed. The managing directors are
now going into the matter of improving
their immense water.power, and adopt,
ing a treatment method which will call
for an expenditure OF s250,o0o
The Bull Frog. on Palmer mountain,
has fully demonstrated. that the mine
rs feet in width. with good average
values. not less than $40 in gold. Man
ager Hart, who has been outside adj
vising with the managing directors, is
Ralph Bagaley. owner of the Puritan
group on Gold hill, Is also expected here
ments for patenting the seventy mining
locations, mill site and water right,
which viii cost him the sum OF $4,000.
JHe will also decide upon site for the
compressor. and plant for reducing the
. ores and extracting the gold. The plant
win probably be a combination OF ANAL
and with compressor. sawmill and mar
row-gauge road from mill to NINE Will
cost about $500 900. Mr.. Bagaley Is alone
In this venture, and furnishes the money
for all purposes, and II is said. will have
close to half million dollars invested
by the time he turns out his first bull
lion.
The managing directors of the Wehe
Consolidated are to be here June i. and
decide on many important matters re-
rarding the future workings Of this
group. The months work has shown No
good ore i'm good quantity In both the
crosscut tunnel and the shaft
Manager Chilson,, at the utica-oro
Elmo Is pushing the Orc Elmo tunnel
with three shifts. and hopes to get into
the Utica vein within the next thirty
days.
The I.akeview has n shipment of ore
at J0hnsons Landing for delivery at the
Tacoma smelter II was to have gone
out ON the steamer Selkirk. but has now
10 wait for that craft TO be repaired.
II Is high grade silver from Mt Elene-
han I'm the Simiikameen valley Just
south Of the international line In Wash
ington 1t Is expected TO run at least
500 per ton.