The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-09-13
Over 10000 Tons in Sight in the
Snowshoe.
WORK IN RAILWAY TUNNEL.
other Properties In Phoenix Camp
Steadily Advance-The Knob Hill
Is All Ready for the Compressor
PInnt-shipments From various
Mines Continue to Increase
Developing the Evening star.

According to the Phoenix Pioneer, I'M
usual interest Is shown in a strike OF ore
in the Snowshoe. At present most Of the
work is being done in a railway tunnel.
where two afr drills are constantly pound
ing away. About 175 feet from the portal,
a crosscut to the south was made for
fifty-elght and half feet, every foot OF
which is in good ore. Chairman Water
low, OF the syndicate owning the prop
erty who was there last week. made
conservative estimate that in that cross
cut alone there was now over 5000 tons
of ore in sight. He also calculated that
with each additional foot gained in depth
500 would be added to the value OF the
property Where the south drift begins
a wnze has been started-work on It
having been inaugurated last week-and
is now down about twenty-five feet, all
OF which Is In solid ore. This railway
tunnel--so called because railway grad
ers first cut the ledge over a year ago,
and the tunnel now runs under the rail-
way tracks, now in about 325 feet 1t
is I'm the face OF this tunnel where some
OF the best ore yet found In the property
was encountered early this week. 1t is
a fine-grained copper sulphide. The en-
tire face OF the tunnel is filled with this
ore. which Is now being taken out in the
course of development. Up to few
months ago the most important work on
where excellent ore shoots were blocked
out.
Knob HiII Ready for Compressor.
At the Knob Hill the 40xs0 compressor
house has been completed for some time.
and last week the two eighty-horse-power
boilers were bricked in and now await
the arrival of the new ten-drill COM
pressor, which left Sherbrooke August
% and which is almost daily looked for.
bat L. tn ttrh az IA NJ ron H.
ness that the compressor is expected to
be In operation in week after its re-
ceipt. This Will not only give ample
power for the Knob Hin and Gray Eagle,
but will do the same for the Old Iron
sides and Victoria. because the entire
power of the latter plant can then be
used entirely on the latter properties
While the Knob HIN track was torn up.
to admit putting in the additional side
track, the hoist I'm the Old Ironsdes No
2 shaft took out the regulation 800 tons OF
ore daily. Foreman Wright. with about
fifteen assistant carpenters, has had his
hands fun in putting up the new build
ings for several months past First there
was the Knob Hill compressor house.
Then a practically new shaft house, 2sx70.
for Old Ironsldes No. / shaft was built,
and now good-sized addition to the No.
shaft house is being finished. This
latter was added to furnish a solid rock
foundation for the new hoist, which has
been running In the No shaft for some
time. Both double-decked safety cages,
In No. / and No. shafts Of the Old Iron
Sides are running smoothly. with the re-
spective new and much larger hoists.
| These cages were manufactured at ma
chine shops OF the CRANKY smelter. and
are considered frst class in every re-
spect. They greatly minimize the danger
always attendant in operating mine.
No Cessation OF shipments.
Steady shipments of five cars. OF 10
| tons. daily began from the Old Ironsdes
and Knob Hin. July II. on August q,
after the blowing in OF the CRANKY
smelter. the daily output was increased
| to ten cars. or 30 tons, each and every
| day--which is being steadily maintained.
| Up TO date there have been sent ont TO
the smelter from the beginning OF the
| shipping era. over 1000 tons of gold
| copper ore, Nearly half OF this was ship
I ped In the last two weeks. At first
all of the ore sent out was from the
| Old Ironsides and Knob Hili mines, but
/ this week ore was taken from the Vic
| toria bunkers for the first time For the
! present the Victoria ore win be holsted
through Old Tronsides No. / shaft. As
I soon as the Knob hin compressor II in
4 place and at work. say In a couple Of
/ weeks. the second furnace at the smelter
| VIII be blown in ana the ore shipments
! doubled to GO tons per day.
work Begun on Evening star.
Tuesday force OF men was sent out
TO the Evening star. IN south yelling
I ton camp. 10 begin development opera
tlous on that property. II Is the in
tenton, besides doing some prospecting.
10 sink a fifty-foot shaft az starter on
/ the exploitation % tho property. This
property. with the adjoining claim. the
Sihey was bonded 10 Andrew Iafdsa =
n couple q weeks ago by r. 2 and J.
X Fraser. 81 Phoenix. tho amount OF
| the bond being $500