The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-25
NEW POLICY At ROSS[AND.
Camp Is Now Entering Upon an
Era Of Deep Mining.
LIE ROi is DOWN 900 FEET.
New Compartment Shaft VIII Soon
BE Pushed to the Same Depth-Co-
lum bin X Oofenay Management Is
Pursuing the Same Course-Meth-
DDS of Development Give Access.
to an Immense Quantity of Ore.

Special Dispatch to the Post-Inte,ligencer
RoSSLAND. b. c.. May 2i-The policy
pursued by the owners Of the principal
mines In this camp proves that it Is des-
tined to he remarkable fer deep mining.
The old lie Roi shaft Is already down 900
feet, but the new five-compartment shaft
VIII soon have also reached that depth
1t VIII be connected through from the sur
face TO the Black Bear tunnel $50 feet be-
low, this week. has been sunk from
that to the 700-foot level below and Is now
being appraised from the 500 to the 100 foot
level. When this Is done and 1t has been
excavated to it's full size. 6x22 feet and
timbered, sinking will be resumed from
the So0-foot level.
This will he continued indefinitely and
new levels opened at regular intervals. so
that as the ore en- the upper levels is stop
ed out, new reserves will be constantly
developed. With the new hoist now be-
ing built in Chicago, a depth of $500 feet
will be possible. When 1t is remembered
that the old company only stopped out the
highest grade ore, to width OF not over
ten feet in most places and did this only
to depth of about $50 feet. while the ore
body averaged forty feet in width one
can realize that The present immense pro-
duction ~ nearly COO tons n day can be
continued for long period of years on the
plan now being pursued by General Man
abfl hdtlpidiu. ne ore ltit III G upnBr
levels by the Old management has been
brought within the limit OF pay value Ivy
the reduction In freight, the acquisition Of
sole ownership Of the Northport smelter by
the lie Roi company and the economies In
cost of mining resulting from the increased
production.
While the lie Roi has the deepest shaft
OF its size in British Columbia the parent
company-the British America corpora
tinp-haS gaipa1
..-e Columbia Kootenay The former own
ers had run six tunnels at intervals OF 100
feet below the groupings OF the vein. The
present company went in 1000 feet on the
sixth level and sank a shaft which has
reached depth of 400 feet, giving a total
depth of l0CD feet below the groupings
From this depth, and 200 feet above. the
vein will be crosscut and levels run TO ex-
pore the ore bodies.
The Nickel Plate shaft will reach the
e0o-foot level this week and drifts will
then be run on that and the 4o0-foot level
Meanwhile all preparations are being made
TO ship from the upper levels A spur of
the Red Mountain railroad is to be laid
and bins and Gre houses erected.
The War Eagle shaft Is now being tim
bered to the s75-foot level and when this
Is completed sinking will be resumed With
the aid OF the new hoist, which has been
put In operation this week. Development
IA confined to the 62S and 100 foot levels. On
the former level an upraise is being run in
a good body OF ore. the full width of 1he
raise and possibly more. on the north vein.
On the 100 foot level the west drift has
been IN ore for It's full width for the last
40 feet and an upraise on the same vein
south of the shaft is also In good ere.
While attention is mainly devoted to de-
velopment. party OF men is employed en-
each of the levels named in stopping ore,
which IL stored In the mine for the present.
The Center Star shaft, for which the
new hoist only lacks the sheave wheels and
skins TO be ready for operation. il al-o
being timbered preparatory 10 further
sinking below its present depth OF 40 teet.
tunnel from the surface has just con-
nected with the raises on its largest ore
body which were made from the 10-soot
level of the shaft On the S0-fo5t level a
drift has been run for 400 feet east Of the
shaft and is all IN good ore and dpraises
are being made on the ore body west of
the shaft.
The Iron Mask IL also doing purely de
velournent work in order that, when Il
resumes shipments. It may do so on
large scale Two shafts are being sunk.
one OF which IL down about @o and the
other over 80 feet and the several veins
havo been cros@cut. showing good bodit
Of ore.
when one bears IN mind that all these
miues with the exception OF the Columbia
Eo.tenav are ON contiguous ground on the
.ssf Slope ~ Red mountain. # Is apparent
mat vast wealth Of mineral is being open
ed I'D and produced within cosnparatlveiy