The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-10-04

II. n. Boss, mining man. who was
formerly a well-known resident Of Ross
land. has for the past year and a half
been in the Boundary country. Recently
Mr. Boss visited the Franklin camp,
which is on the north fork of the Ket-
tie river about 60 miles north OF Grand
Forks In speaking about the geological
formation of the vicinity Of Franklin,
Mr. Boss said to the Miner:
1.-THE country rock Is principally gram
lite and gabbro, more or less stratifed.
with intrusions OF diorites and porphyries.
l found the veins well defined and in
most cases true assures and in several
instances sheer zone assures. These veins
usually cut the formation at right angles.
as do also the sheer zone assures. / also
observed one fault assure which was on
the Portland mineral claim. The Port
land group consists of Sly claims. The
main ledge lies between diorite and gran
lite. being a fault fissure The lead is
20 feet in width. showing good tale
seam between the vein and the wall. The
strike of the vein is east anu west and the
dip Is degrees from the horizontal. This
vein is well ni~eralized clear across n
width OF 20 feet with chalcopyrite and
arsencal iron. took averages across
the lead and also picked pieces. From
the picked pieces obtained. copper ss71i;
gold. siis2; total. ss956 From an aver
age clear across the lead I got, copper,
sis.F gold. SAB: total. s23 75. THIS ore,
as IL also all the ore OF the group, r.
OF the concentrating type and can be
put three into one advantage The own
ers are now developing II.
THE Banner Is another promising pro-
perty near Franklin. There are two
claims In this group The ore II galena
and copper, lying between granite and
porphyry. The vein carries white quartz
gangue. The groupings are very large.
being about 20 feet In width. The vein
has been exposed by n surface cut 70
feet deep and ~ feet long. From n speci-
men picked from this cut the following
result was secured: Silver. ,i727: lead.
s2t9i gold sl312: total. $3.50 A cross
cut tunnel 800 feet in length taps a par
aliei vein to the main vein at a depth
81 100 feet The vein crossed II ae feet
In width. carrying chaleopyrite in a
quartz gnngue, An average assay OF this
70 feet went s11.7s In copper and will
concentrate Eve into one.
THE Silver Bow group OF two claims
10 good property. II has strong lead
between two well defined walls The ore
consists Of galena and copper in a quartz
ganeue The vein IL between rs and 20
feet wide. and picked sample went
52S to the ton.
Two miles south Of the silver He'll
We the BRYAN ana Mckinney claims. These
Claims have true assure vein Of great
strength and seeming perNanence. IL Is
rs feet In width The work done on this
consists OF several small crosscuts on the
surface. and IN addition the lead Is strip
ped IN one place for a distance Of 100 feet.
showing ore all the way. The average
~ this lead was. Copper. sii9: gold.
s727: silver. sl&: total s2i4 The ore
will concentrate three into one.
The silver Queen lies about a mile
south Of the BRYAN and Mckinley. IT
has a assure vein, showing two good
walls and 10 feet OF arsenlcai iron. which
assays s2Ss7 IN gold TO the ton.
The Gloucester is situated about a
mile south Of the Portland. and has n
true assure vein in granite. This vein
can be traced on the surface for over
ton feet ana IA four feet wide. The ore
Is chalcopyrite and the average % tho
lead is copper. si.42. gold. S.is' total.
s5S8
''The Laura McRae is located about
two miles south ~ the Gloucester. u
and quartz which would concentrate three
into one The concentrates would run
between IS AMI 80 10 the ton"
Mr. Boss considers the Franklin camp
TO Dc a very promising one. The ore Is
~ the concentrating Kind and there ia
an abundance OF water for milling and
mining purposes what II most needed
Ia railway. for which very easy grade
can he found The maximum grade for
road from Grand Forks 20 tho franklin
camp would be less than per cent Fur
Their on there viii DO plenty 81 tonnage
there ana a railway j. certain 70 he con-
structed. This camp IL sure 20 have a
large tonnage Just as soon as shipping
facilities are provided.