The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-07
Palmer Mountain District Will
Furnish Much Ore.
IT Will b. ccNCENTRArss.
Mineral Region Embracing $4,000
square Miles Hampered by Lack
of Transportation Facilities
Summary OF Extensive Develop
ment Work In One of Foremost
sections Of Pacific Northwest.

Special Dispatch to the Post-InteIiigencer.
LOOMS, Dec "a summing up of the
work done In the Palmer mountain dis
trict during November shows a material
addition to the future output of ore
awaiting the time when this part OF the
country will be given railway facilities.
and the following may In a measure de-
monstrate that the district has proper
ties which will furnish a traffic to rail-
way as great as any territory of equal
area in the Pacific Northwest.
One of the great ore bodies just UNI
covered Is in the Utica Orc Elmo. on
Utica mountain. four miles southwest of
LOOMS. About a year ago this property
was bonded by Pittsburc, Pa. people and
work has been prosecuted continuously,
tunnel Of 500 feet has been run from
the Orc Elmo ground on a vein running
into the Utica. the vein showing ninety
two feet on the surface. This vein has
now been reached and found to be 900
feet in width carrying mineral clear
across, which Is reported to assay up
to per cent. copper and $40 to $50 in
gold. this at a depth Of go feet. This
vast body Us smelling ore. Hence 1t
must go to the smelters In the form of
concentrates, and II is said the deferred
payments on the bond will soon be made
and a concentrating plant installed early
the coming spring.
of LOOMS, will have extra machinery
installed and mill ready to run by Janu-
airy l, and during the coming year will
produce 500 tons OF concentrates per
month They are at the same time de-
veloping their ground so that by Janu-
airy l. 1902. they can supply sufficient
ore TO make 1000 tons of concentrates
per month.
The Puritan Mines have gotten every
thing In shape to begin early the COM
ing year to run their long tunnel 5000
feet and gain 1850 feet depth. They are
now completing the installation of their
compressor plant to be used for this pur
pose. This property alone could supply
large tonnage In concentrates II they
desired to ship their product In that form.
but II Is understood they propose erect
ing plant for treating them on the
ground Besides running this long tun-
mel other development work Is In pro-
gress, ana fifty men were employed dur
ing November.
AT the Palmer mountain tunnel the
machine drills have been turned back
from the face and the work of drifting
on veins crossed has begun. The tunnel
is now 1000 feet In length, and has cross
ed twenty-five veins of ore OF various
widths, besides a piece of ground nearly
500 feet in width carrying values SUI
fcicnt to net them s. to $2.5o per ion
over cost OF mining and treatment. This
500 feet can be literally quarrted out. The
next few months win see an immense
quantity of ore put on the dumps by the
big tunnel and the coming year large
plant brought In and installed
The Bull Frog Company now has i.ooo
tons concentrating ore on the dump at
the Wyandotte mine. and can easily put
months time.
The Six Eagles. an adjoining property.
Is capable Of very large production the
There Is much activity IN and around
Wehevile and Golden. where are the
Wehe Consolidated Milwaukee and
okanOsan. the Milwaukee and Palmer
Mountain Gold and Corner Companys
properties; while just north OF Golden, at
the Horn silver, some very fine gaiena
ore has been mined, as Is also the case
at the Marietta. on whisky hiil.
South Of LOOMS. near Blue lake, is
the q, 5, which has been under devel-
Northand Gold and Copper Company,
which has done a large amount Of work
this season, and sim farther south, at
Conconully, are properties capable OF
turning out large amounts Of concentrate
ing ores Among those most prominent
are the Bridgeport. Allen G.. Mason prop
erty and the Hargraye-C owly property.
The facts are that while some OF the
big properties can and win treat their
ores on the ground, the majority ~ them
Will seek smelter with their ores In
the shape OF concentrates.
what Is true 81 the Palmer mountain
district Is practically true OF all the
camps % Northern Washington. The
question is VIII transportation companies
give his vast area the necessary railway
this coming season. II Ia possible that
EXPERTS may In a few months learn as
much about Is ON square miles OF mining
territory as those Who have dclved 10
its veins and assures for many years
bat II Is not probable that men With capt
tai would eSpend million dollars In de-
veinpnsent. as have mine owners Ga the
Palmer mountain district IN the last year
unless they knew they had producing
mines.
MIA IN. II.IG IAINI. l.AIuI.