The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-03-06

Special Dispatch to the Post-Inteiiigencer.
LOOMS. March Sat the end Of March
three Palmer mountain mines VIII MAKE a
cleanup OF about 10000 In gold bullion
and concentrates They are the Okanogan
Free Gold mines, Golden Zonc and Back
Bcar-war Eagle The first has been max
ing regular clean-ups for the past hve
months the Black Bear viii start their
mill tomorrow, and the Golden Zone start
"a on regular run March i, treating
thirty tons daily.
The Golden Zone Company, composed OF
Pittsburg. Pa. and washington state peo-
pie, have for little over two years been
developing a property consisting Of twelve
mining locations. starting Mt the base OF
Mount Chapacca and extending up the
. face OF the mountain. Within the lines
Aare three veins. The most prominent Is
the Golden Zons and crops at intervals
vf0r 1000 feet. showing good width. and as
says run from 81 TO SIS in gold from sur
face samples. The Eureka, OF smaller
width. 200 fest east has much higher
values The third vein crosses the Zone
on the dip. and parallels II on the strike,
which In good width and carries mostly
copper of a medium grade
Improvement Of the Property.
April 1. 1851. there were In all about 1000
feet Of work done upon the property. AZ
that time w. r. Garrigues. a mining en-
Qtneef OF new 1Dfk CITY, WIS oiitltu anu
accepted the general management The
mine now has $3.50 feet of tunnels, WINES,
raises. drifts and Slopes, and at least 1900
tons of ore arr In sight. without going
above or below the present working. They
have 600 feet above them. and below. OF
course, az far as they can follow their ore
THOR longest tunnel is $50 feet, and Is con-
necsed with two below IT. A drift 400 feet
In length runs between tunnels No. and
No. .. and q winze Is being sunk from No.
to No. (, $50 feet. Thus II will be seen
there IL no guessing az TO the amount OF
orc In sight Nearly all the work Is done
on the Zone vein. the ore running from
twelve to thirty inches in width.
Equipment Of the Mil.
Mr.. Garriguss has In this time planned
and completed a mill In which Is Installed
nifty horse power boiler and engine,
crusher, two sets Cornish rolls. Hunt
ington mill. a threc-step amalsamation
table. hydraulic classifier. three Wiley
tables and a concentrate dryer. through
and over which thirty tens OF ore go
daily. BY adding two more sets OF rolls,
one mill and two Whitley tables. the ca
pacity will be increased to fifty tons. The
building ID designed for the extra ma
chinery when desired.
The ore In conveyed from the mine TO
the mill by q 6t0-foot incline on "a 30 per
cent grade. passing the portals of the four
tunnels to q station from which a ], 100
foot sinRie-span ropeway conveys II to the
mill In buckets running by gravity. A neat
piece OF mine engineering has been do0
In constructing this incline and ropeway.
owing to the steep grade to overcome.
there being a 700-foot head between tunnel
No. and the mill II reflects much credit
upon Mr. Garrigues as a mining engineer.
and was the subject OF much anxious
thought before completed and tested.
value Of the Concentrates.
Two tons Of concentrates are made from
thirty tons OF orc OF the value of SIS.
which. with the values saved by smalga-
nation. brings the total value to about
~ per ton gold. From the drying room
tho concentrates 80 to the store room,
pending a favorable time for shipping.
probably to Everett or Tacoma. They can.
however. be treated by chlorination on the
ground should freight and treatment
chargee become excessive. The cost would
he $40 per ton. though not quite so high
values could be saved at a smeiter
Under MIR Garrigues' management there
have been erected bunk house with ae-
commodstions for tifty men. having a
commodious reading room and web APP
pointed bath, a mess house OF similar ca
paoacity, an office building combining the
business office, assay office and chemical
laboratory. with store room attached.
a commodious refrigerator for meats and
perishable provisions. a residence for the
manager and one for the superintendent
An. with the exception Of refrigerator.
are heated by steam and viii be lighted
with electricity as soon as a dy namo now
On route arrives.