The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-09-14
NEWS IND GOSSIP OF THE MINING WORLD

3 feet In. and the vein there was II feet
vice. Drifts were then run cast and
former 200 feet The vein % this level
averages about four feet in width, and 50
Tar no breaks or faults have been en-
countered. On the i5J-foot level cross
cut was run in for i, feet and Ifo feet
q drifting run. On the level the ore IS
u somewhat different character from
stringers in mineralized tale. Mr.. Ross
says the ore assays from 81 TO ssl per
ton In gold, the vein averaging four and
one.half feet in width: The mine. is
horsepower boiler. No. 5. Cameron
pump and Rand steam drill The fu-
ture workings of the Sailor will include
level and In further sinking. II Is pro-
posed 70 build an aerial tramway from
the. Sailor hoist 70 the Minnehaha mill.
loops claim IS also acquired drifting on
az levels win be carried on east into that
ground also.
Work Done ON the Cariboo.
With the exception OF assessment work
one on several claims the only property IN
mine. This mine is the only free milling
gold mine In the province to pay regular
divdends.. and has been doing so for a
averages nifty tons OF rich ore per day.
In the mine stopping is in progress on
the THIRD and fourth levels in the east.
u
feet. These levels have passed through
the Sawtooth fraction and are now half
way across the okanogan claim. In
the west on the third level, at a Depth
Of 2so feet. the workings are in the Cart
boo claim. The mine ships about sixty
tons OF concentrates per month to the
Tran snielter. While exact figures re-
earding the monthly cleanup are not OBJ
tainable, II Is roughly stated to be $40 010.
The head office of the Caribou Mckinney
Mining and Milling Company is at To-
Iva, f,.r -
intendent OF the mine. The compay owns
the Okanogan, Sawtooth fraction, Anne
ia, Cartooo, Alice, Emma and Maple Leaf.
On these the underground development
has been confined 20 the first four The
mine and mills employ on an average
hfty-six men. The machinery at the mine
sixty-horse- power link motion hoist and
ten-drill Rand compressor. The mill
stamp batteries and two Jenckes five
stamp batteries and two Jenckes few
stamp batteries. A sixty-horse-powe Cor
liss engine, two tombstone vanners, one
Wiley table, one Blake crusher and one
Gates crusher: An order has just been
placed with the Jenckes Machine Com
pany for an additional nifty horsepower
return tubular boiler. 10 be used In the
mill. The water supply for the mill is
taken from Rice creek.
Prospects of Active Operations.
There Is every reason to believe that
the Waterloo mine and mill will again be
started at an early date. A. b. Boyd,
mining man OF Spokane, is now In camp
examining the mine. He IL a nephew
OF Or. Merriman. OF Spokane, one of
the directors OF the Waterloo Mining and
Milling Company. who IL reported 10 now
be In a position 10 place the company in
funds to resume work. providing the re-
port made by Mr. Boyd is satisfactory TO
him. MIR. Boyd II also the manager OF
the Arctic Gold Mining Company. owning
the Spokane claim, In the north end of
camp. on this claim work is TO start
Immediately.
On the Vernon, south Of the Fontenoy
Hugh Cameron, the owner. has expended
considerable amount this summer In
prospecting the north and south ledge,
with favorable results.
G. ID. Rand. Of Spokane. the promoter
and managing director of the Camp Me-
Kinney Development Company, OF Spo-
kane. owning the Wharton claim, adjoln-
ing to the east OF the Okanogan claim,
one OF the cariboo group. stated when
here recently that work would also be
resumed on that property IL the Spo-
kane brokers. who were assiduous In
booming the camp about eighteen months
ago. would fall In line with Mr.. Rand
and endeavor to do something In the
shape OF raising money TO develop the
respective holdings OF their companies,
they would confer blessing not only
on the camp, but on the countless share
holders who are anxiously awaiting to
know where they are going TO get on.