The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-03
HAVE FAITH IN REPUBLIc
Co1fax Capitalists to Invest Money
Literally I'm the Camp.


Special Dispatch to the Post-Intelligencer
arrivals In camp recently was d. w. Green
Company at Colfax, Wash; Mr.. Green
ing properties in the okanogan country
for himself and other Colfax people. He
IL also interested In several mines in this
ost promising Hs are G he Back Hoss he
uated east of the Tom Thumb, and the
Baltimore. located about Ave miles south
of the Republic, near the Golden Harvest
nine. He Is vice president Of the Black
Horse mine, and states that there VIII
be six men put at work sinking on the
tendency Of I. H. Hammond. There is also
q 4o-foot tunnel completed. and a contract
has been let for the driving Of an add.
over the showing made on this claim, as
well as on the Baltimore. assays showing
that copper, gold and silver have been
a twenty-ave-foot shaft. He gives IT as
his opinion that much more Colfax capi-
tai will come to Republic In the spring,
this town as one in which the coming
year will witness great mining and real
estate boom.
expected to be in place by the LIST of Feb
ruary, and it IL the intention of the COM
pany to prosecute the work rapidly as soon
the present work is being done, there is
considerable trouble caused by the drain
age of surface water, but about a foot
the face shows up splendid ore This drift
Ia being extended from the 15O-foot level.
and the last 100 feet has shown ore of
No work was ever done on the Chico
until last summer, when the company EN-.
ployed Ambrose Stewart with crew OF
and to do considerable surface prospect
ing to find the lead. The ledge was not
FOUND at the time, but strong stringers
of good quartz were found, which indicated
that ledge ran through the properly.
About two months ago work was resumed
in earnest, by the sinking of a. shaft and
recently the ledge was struck and the
values found were very encouraging. The
management are sure they have the great
Republic vein. and intend to place ma
chinery on the ground Immediately for ex-
tensve mining. The owners are mostly
men from Tacoma. Mr.. j. w. McKeehan,
a director Of the company, has been in
development, and is now more than pleas
ed, as the vein has been crosscut to the
extent of twenty-seven feet and no wall
yet found. As soon as the footwall Is cut
the intention is to drift on the lead at
this level. 1t is the intention to order a
f1ve-drill compressor, hosting and pump
ing plant. This will neceesitate a twen-
tyfve horsepower engine and an eighty
horsepower boiler, all Of which will be or
dered by Mr.. McKeehan on his trip to
and super.ntend the installing of the ma
chinery. The cost will be about 5000.
The United States Fraction is a new
group that has never been developed, as
the company owing the property was
only organized last fall The claims lie
about 200 feet north Of the Lucky mine, and
about mile west of town, in very good
location. The president of the company
is J. s. Kearney. Of MINNEAPOLIS. and the
public formerly of the same town. Mr..
Kearney visited Republic last summer. and
invested heavily in several mines through
out this district. The present work Is
under the supervision of F. H. Beck and
he is at present sinking 100-foot shaft on
the ledge, This ledge is probably the same
an open cut made on the groupings vein
was disclosed four feet wide. with values
running from 81 to So in gold This is
much so that they have decided to con-
tinue work all winter and open up the
vein +,.-e4.