The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-28

'"rhe Okanogan country Is going to DC
heard FROM said J. M. Hagerty. prom
inent mining operator in that district at
the sesattle hotel yesterday.
Mr. Hagerty. formerly connected with
the Associated Press in Alaska, Is now
manager OF the Six Eagles Mining Com
pany, Of Olympia, whose eight claims are
located on the Similkameen river, being
part OF the famous old Okanogan Smith
property, and one OF the Oldest locality
in the state. Speaking OF these properties
Mr.. Hagerty said:
I'VE are sinking on vein on Eagle NO
s and have reached depth Of $50 feet We
are also drifting both ways on the vein.
20 ms to have an ore body sufficient to
keep 50-ton mill going This mill we ex-
pect to erect early this coming spring.
There In great development work goingon
now all over that district. no fewer than
80 men being employed in the different
properties. The Puritan mines, owned by
Ralph Baggaly, of Pittsburg, q multi
millionaire, II employing the largest force
OF men, and development work II going
on preparatory to the erection OF large
mill early IN the spring. They viii begin
nrst with Z twenty-stamp mill and In
crease It to 100 stampe as soon as trans
Il not az, incorporated company, Mr.. Bag
'sThe Golden Zone mine II increasing
it, capacity from twenty-five to seventy
sThe Palmer Mountain tunnel people are
turning their attention now to their water
power and expect to develop 5000 horse
1.-THE whisky Hin Mining Company il
running a 6OO-foot tunnel, and ] under
stand that 9. few days ago they struck
the Utica-Oro Elmo IL also running. q
big tunnel. and IN now drifting on the
vein and getting good returns. This COM
pany will also build mill the coming
The railroad situation il looking
brighter. Either the Canadian Pacific or
oad Mann n , % ns
their surveyors now on the Simiikameen.
This line VIII run from Vancouver to
ns1 thence a oSss down 1w 70 wnn 70 two ne
miles OF our property, where II viii leave
the eimiikameen and 60 throuEh Bound
ary paa: TO eoyoos lake. From there up
Hook creek to Kettle river. and follow
tho latter to Grand Forks covering a
distance ali told Of some 100 miles This
Boundary country In the Kootenai to tide
%rhe wondsrful development OF the
dq Ds on sSs BRITISH side maas pos
sihle on account OF the railroad trans
portation facilities. h going to be dupli-
Vile reservation ana northern okanosan.
- we'll ~ the entire 6imilkameen country.
I. have. been familiar with that country
since the location OF the LeRoi and the
there was only one settler there. in 1892.
and was on the site Of Greenwood when
there had not been tree cut on 4. To-
aa BAY "s roli "s 81 ,ioocoS day ana both are
steadily Increasing.
IAN this will be more than duplicated
IN Okanogan and the Similkameen coun-
try. with railroad trNnspOrtafion for the
reason that we have better surface show
ings and more Of them than have ever
been found In the former districts.
tratinE and would employ large number
Of men In the mines and mills. and fur
nish a traffic more profitable and more
permanent than any agricultural country
"okanogan county has today as large a
population as that which King county
had In lsse. and It has not a mile OF rail-
the population since the census was taken.
as the result OF the opening OF the Colviile
reservation, October 10. This alone means
q natural increase OF 5000 people during
the coming year, 80 soon as they make
their final settlement on the lands. So
far not one-auarter of the desirable lands
has yet been taken.
''T'he mines will furnish home market
az tho best prices for all that can be
raised. We have large amount of roll
Ing table land superior to that In the Pa
louise country where fifty bushels OF grain
can be raised 10 the acre. and with timber
enough for all local needs
No business IL overdone In our countr.f
states that offers as great opportunities
20 people desiring homes or business OPEN
ings as the Okanogan country"
OLYMPIA g confer wi,h sns All res way s
the company Tor the purpose OF buying
machinery Tor their property. lie viii be
on the Sound about ten days.