The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-07-06
PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND.

8 A Great and Rich Copper District.
 Sam Silverman, of Spokane, who re- gently came here, saw only small part of the district, and was convinced, could not escape the vigilance of the newspaper reporter when he arrived back home, but, with seeming reuc- tance, talked to a representative of the Spokesman Review concerning the { r..ssJJffrnously rich copper properties on
 fince of Wales 1sland.'
 JMr. Silverman is excusable for having Sconfined his remarks to Prince of Wales, on the ground that during the few weeks he remained in the district he made that island the special ob- jeet of his examination, and probably does not care to express an opinion on any part of the district other than the one of which he has personal knowl- edge. Enormous as are it's ledges, in extent and value, Prince of Wales, however is only part of the Ketchi- kan mining district, which as whole embraces larger superficial area than any other known to the Mining Jour nal
 T went north in the interest of some Spokane people who form the Alaska Development Syndicate" said MT. Sil- verman to the Spokesman-Rev ssand found Alaska a country of sur nrises. expected to see some good properties, but I was not prepared for the immense leads which exist on the islands. I was in Rossland during the early stages of it's history, and 1t is no disparagement to the kootenay camp 10 say that the showing on Prince of Wales island is far ahead of the early Indications at Rossland,
 aClaims are held on very reasonable terms by the prospectors, and l man. aged to get hold of several new proper { ties. Here is ore from the Iron Crown said MT. Silverman, as he picked up massive piece of hermatite carrying copper.
 "It is pure iron base, without sNtrace of silica and of course it is an Dideal smelting proposition. Values range around per cent. copper which is equal to about sixteen dollars. The ledge is from two to three hundred feet wide. and it has been traced for mile So far as we can learn, 1t is an lm- mense deposits which runs evenly from the very grass roots
 s.I4ere is some ore from the Hetta mountain group of eight claims ne continued as he produced piece ot are showing almost solid chalcopyrites 4.rrbe lode exists in a contact between 1,ne and granite. Seven open cuts chow that it extends for three thou Sand feet. Several assays give an av- arape of 15 per cent. copper. l believe ypa can count on 10 per cent. copper ,vith three ounces of silver and two dol lars in gold.
 .The group is a grass root shipper The vein is all the way from two to twenty feet wide. It is 1mposslple as vet to say what the average may De-
 "The properties, which lie on the west of Prince of Wales island, in latitude fifty-nine. are from one to two miles oL s 4.sev-o+er r'here is fine harbof which will carry the largest vessel as ,veJI as the port at Seattle. The trans nortation question solves 1tselt.
 "As for the climate, it is much the same as it is along Puget sound BACK ir inc hills there is snow, but along the coast the snow has long ago departed.
 srrhe country is still almost i'll US virgin state The Hetta group was To cated about two years ago The iron Crown was staked last January some little work has been done on the lslana. hut not enough to show any results. have a small force employed on the properties which I secured
 "Tt looks to me like country with as syreat future. ."-K etchikan (AlasKa) Mining Journal.