The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-04-28
MONTE CARLOM|NE Showing
LARGE BODY OF RICH ORE FOUND
IN LOWER TUNNEL.
shows Fine Arsenical Iron and Face
sampiine of s1s-work Has Last
ed During the Winter and
Much Ore Is ON the Dumps.

Special Dispatch to the Post-Inteliigencer.
EVERETT. April 27.--An immense body
of ore has been discovered in the Monte
Carlo mine, which is situated about two
miles above Galena on Silver creek and
within a short distance of the survey
made by the Great Northern railroad rum
ming from Index to Cady's pass. This
mine is ituated on the east side OF Silver
creek. coming down to the creek and run
ming to the apex OF the mountain. and in
an air line is about one mile from the
property of the German Syndicate Com
pany at the head of Sultan basin, nearly
meeting each other at the top Of the noun
tain.
There are seven claims in the Monte
Carlo property and this piece of property
is one OF the first located In the Silver
creek district. and the lead can be traced
from the creek to the top OF the mountain
almost in an air line.
Andy Michaud, one of the pioneer min
ers and prospeetors of Silver creek, has
just written letter to A. ID. Austin, or
Everett, In which he says that In the low
er tunnel of the Monte Carlo a body OF
ore solid six feet In width between walls
has just been encountered, the ore show
ing the width by having small cross
cut driven to the hanging wall ON the side
of the tunnel. This tunnel Is about $40
feet in length.
Mr.. Michaud says in his letter that this
Is the richest body of ore that has ever
been struck On Silver creek. or. so far as
that is concerned. in this county, 10 MS
knowledge The ore is fine arsenical iron
and a careful sampling of the face OF the
1t for six feet This, Mr.. Austin says, is
the fourth large ore shoot that the lower
tunnel has cut In going the distance that
II has gone, the shoots being from ten 10
forty feet in length and always the width
OF the face OF the tunnel and more. as
they do not know the exact width for the
reason that no cross-cuts have been run,
aud at no time has the vein reduced it,
self to less than sixteen or eighteen inches
The breast of the tunnel at the present
time is about 800 feet deep and is under
very large ore shoot that Is shown on
top. The upper tunnel of the property
has been continuously IN large body OF
ore. and hundreds of tons OF ore have
been taken out OF the property already
and piled upon the dumps.
This is one OF the few properties that
have been worked continuously for the
past two years This winter two shifts
have been running all the time. and the
company Is now building large ore bins
and a tram road from the mouth of the
tunnel to the bins, where the ore will be
cared fer without danger of loss.
There has always been found in this
mine small streak of from three TO four
inches OF ore that would average from so
up to as high as sl,cco ton. out OF
seven assays taken In driving one hun
dred feet on the property, which assays
were made by Mr. Walker. the govern
iltut dcHdStt VI f~stIthtp lNt AohoWihb ~
suits were obtained In gold, not saying
anything of the silver in the ore: $3.50,
$7g25 So. 90 S4315, s33 40. 500, S35. %. All
OF these assays we're made from fair sam
pies of the face of the tunnel as II was
being driven In. with the exception OF tho
assay of 500, which was a picked assay
across about twelve or fourteen inches OF
ore
The accessibility OF this property by
transportation when the railroad is con-
structed will be A No. l. While there are
akAr fkf hee ag..f l&s n,
yer creek II is evident that this particular
mine will become one of the first ship
pers. The owners are men of long ex-
perence in mining property In this coun-
ty and are the owners of large interests
In other properties. but have their hearts
set on this. IL looks as though they Will
accomplish their desires. Their faith in
the property Is shown by their holding all
their own stock and refusing to sell any.