The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-07
A RUSH TO STAKE CLAIMS.
Prospectors Thronging to the
North Fork Of Kettle River.
TWO MINES READY TO SHIP.
Pathfinder and Golden Eagle Will
Soon Deliver Ore to Grand Forks
smelter-Expcrimen Give En-
couraGinE Returns-Outiook for
Making the Christina Paying
Property-Franklfn Camp Active.

Special Correspondence Post-Inteliigencer.
GRAND FORKS, B. c., Aug. 4.--There
has been a marked revival of mining ac-
tivity recently in the various camps
strung along both sides of the north FORK
OF Kettle river. all the way from Grand
Forks to Franklin camp. a distance OF
forty miles. The outlook Is indeed very
encouraging. The Pathfinder and Golden
Eagle mines are now on shipping basis
and both will soon be contributing their
quota of ore to the Grand Forks smelter.
1t is a noteworthy fact that assay values
from north fork properties exceed those
of any other section of the Boundary
country. The recent experimental ship
ment from the Golden Eagle to the Trail
smelter gave net returns OF over $2l per
ton. To the list OF shippers will shortly
be added the Earthquake group, which
adjoins the Golden Eagle on Volcano
mountain, twelve miles from this city.
Bannock City, three miles beyond, is sit
uated at the base OF Pathfinder mountain
In Browns camp. 1t Is the center of the
north fork belt. where the greatest
amount OF development work Is In pro-
gress. II Is a fourishing camp. and boasts
of pretentious hotel. the Headquarters,
where miners and prospectors are wont
to congregate these long summer even
over the possibilities of Bannock City.
with its half-dozen dwellings and predicts
for 1t future not surpassed by Rossland
His optimism is contagious. for the deni-
gems see scores of prospective mines in
the mineral locations which stretch in an
unbroken series from the river to the
summit Of old Pathfinder.
Properties I'm the Mineral Belt.
Among the well-known properties in this
mineral belt are the Pathfinder, Mann
moth and Diamond Hitch. Pay Ore, War
Cloud. Little Bertha. Kitty W., Airing
ton Gold Nugget and Christina. Some of
the surface showings are remarkable.
lodges ten feet in width being not infre-
quent These lodges have general trend
north and south and dip usually at forty
1--WE degrees The veins are In a forma-
ton of diorite and porphyry.
Some OF the white quartz has given
assay values an high as $40 In gold and
silver. Sulphide ores have also been un-
covered.
During a recent trip up the river the
Post-Intelligencer correspondent made a
thorough inspection OF the Christina,
which Is owned by the Kettle River
Mines. Limited. company promoted by
s. Thornton Langley. OF Rossland who
has organized several successful mining
companies. Development work is under
-.
Thompson. two veteran miners. There are
four lodges on the property. The one
recently discovered was uncovered four
hundred feet from tho east boundary OF
the Christina. II runs north and south.
the ledge being nearly fifteen feet In
width. The hanging and foot-walls are
OF porphyry and diorite respectively. The
ledge consists OF beautiful white quartz.
which gives every indication OF being
free-miliing. II has been stripped for a
distance of seventy feet Wash nearly ten
feet had to be removed. The ledge is
the extension of the lead on the Ninety
shaft has been sunk on the latter. Hornet
creek practically divides the properties.
the two workings being less than sixty
feet apart On the Christina the ore now
shown up dscloses shipping ore that viii
average nT per ton; As the lead dips
into the mountain the open cut will prob
ably be extended as tunnel
summary of Development work.
Considerable development work has been
done on the west or No. ! vein, few
yards from the river Here q crOss-cut
tunnel was run twenty-five feet, cutting
through n six-foot quartz vein. in place
and which dips into the hill six-foot
Wine Was sunk following the ore on its
dip. This working Is practically all IN
vein stun, generally quartz. with more or
less Iron pyrites and some altered country
rock also carrying the suiphides Work
has been temporarily abandoned In the
winze. owing 10 the NceplnE or water
from the river Capt Frank ~ Hove. a
weil-known spokane mining engineer, who
examined the property. sampled this ledge
with the following results
Four feet q clear quartz with little
iron. s1es9 gold
Two feet or quartz with iron. 81 50 gold
Grab OF dump sample from Wine. Sss
gold
4 picked sample gave So In gold per
ton
one hundred feet 20 the south and shou,
thirty feet higher IL q cut and shaft. the
latter ten 70 twelve feet deep apparently
on the east wall 81 the ledge and - the
west all In vein matter. Two s;reaks %
suiphideN OF foot vide each are shown
with . small spfinkiinn Of pyrrhptite ard
chairopyrite IN the white iron TOsfe il
only small amount % gunrtz. and the
gan9ue ~ largely altered country rock
samples gave these results: From east
half AZ shaft tour feet with oun sui
phide streak, s.; s. gold, from west end
OK shaft us gold.
sise of the Vein Undetermined.
Both 10 the north and south % these
workings ara small cuts ON the vein,
showing about ono thousand feet The
vein ~ probably between tao eruptiyes. a
granite on the east and member 81 tho
diori;eE on the vest. bat thare - no;
sufrclent development; 70 determine lis ex-
tent IN width or direction % dip.
Veins Nos ard are opened up and
tracfahle Dor ave hundred feet ard give
evidence % good ore bpdieA They run
parallel about twenty feet apart The
following plan ~ development recon-
mended BY MIR Howe will likely b. car
RED out ~ It's entirety; FIRST, the opening
81 No. ! by short erass-cuf tunnels BE-
tween and under the tunnel and shaft
second a few surface cuts On and along
the veins Nos. and , 70 show rosiuon
81 the best ore. third. from the foregp-
inE 70 locate a main working tunnel q
cover the three veins Tbs VIII probably
be started from the west sise % vein No
l. under the shaft and running east -
feet
r Mcclure oMug the Richmond claim
near by he has run four tunnels az
creating DO feet His assays average
81 gold per ton.
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