The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-12
SHIPPERS IN THE BOUNDARY.
Smelter Returns Show That the
Ore Is Above Low Grade.
GOOD REPORTS BY AS SAVE S.
Development Continues Actively on
Marguerite and Buckborn in
Deadwood Camp-Another Gold
Brick From Waterloo In Camp
Mckinncy-&ttentiO Directed to
the West Fcrk of Kettle River.

the West Fcrk of Kettle River.
Special Dispatch TO the Post-lntellgenccr.
GREENWOOD. b. c, June u.--Mnlns
development in the many camps Of the
Boundary district is moving along smooth
ly, and interest now centers in the smeiter
returns OF the mines that have started
shipping This district somehow has gem
orally been spoken OF Oh the outside as
capable OF producing only low grade ore.
True, some OF the big mines. whose ore
bodies can be defined by the acre, may lie
classed as being low grade. but there are
others that if compared with the Rossland
mines, are certainly not so. For instance
the b. C. in Summit camp, which is the
most extensive shipper to date in the
whole district has sent some 1900 tons OF
ore to he TIed! smelter, The Post -lnrelli-
gencer correspondent has 1t on the best OF
authority that the average return OF the
ore netted sl2 a ton. The Brandon &
Golden Crown in Wellington camp. was re-
Gently added to the shipping ranks. The
assayer's report on four or five carloads
Of the ore gives II value Of $50 to $40
per ton. The ore Of the Golden Eagle, IN
Browns camp. rear Grand Forks Is ex-
tremely rich. Superintendent J. H. Fox
informed the Post elligencer correspond
ready for shipment. Asked it's value, he
said that the 1re from the upper level
would run from so TO $50, and that frcm
the lower at 1875 feet depth would go so,
mostly In copper values.
Dcadwood Camp.
A brief dispatch recently told of Ao
starting of work on the Marguerite clairG
In Deadwood camp The Marguerite sit
uated near the Mother Lode mine and mas
a splendid surface showing. 1t has been
acquired by company formed by Andrew
Laidlaw OF SPOKANE. The Quebec Copper
Company. limit ed, of Quebec. has acquired
all of r.. c. Browns interest In the claim.
IL is financially strong organization and
the money for development Is in Green
wood. which ~ the registered office If the
company. Superintendent Nassau has gt
present two shifts at work surface pros
pecting, preparatory 10 locating a ulace
for sinking. At the head OF the company
Is John T. Ross, director OF the Quebec
bank; the vice president is John Rttfhic, 4
wholesaler of the same city The hoard OF
directors is composed of other we'll known
Eastern Canadian financial men Alto
gether 1t is a strong company with "A prop
erty that has The ear-marks Of becoming
one Of the big mines OF That camp
Today the writer spent the best part of
the forenoon visiting anGther DeadNNNt
camp mine. the Bucbhorn. This property
is owned by a company composed of i.aSt-
ern township capitalists, W. e. Noble Is
resident mine manager and Walter Til mas
is superintendent Equipped with a spen-
did steam hOiSttng plant and AIR compress
scr the mine mas been developed to a
depth OF 30 feet, and as soon az p con-
nectiOn has been made at the lo-fopt level
to provide yentilatipn development az fur
Their depth Will be- prosecuted. Sunern-
tendent Thomas holes to have the mine
on shipping pasis within the next TWO
months. At the lO-foot level the crosScut
haa been run - feet In souiherlY direc-
ton The last forty feet Il all IN ore mat
ter, with stringers Of rich chalcopyritf nun
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