Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-08-28
FINE PROSPECTS AT MINE
E. H. Walker Tells the Tribune of His
Recent Trip to the C0e-Marsll Mines
Out West.

ing tunnels results in merchantable
stuff.
There are on the property in addi-
tion to the claims named above numer-
Gus other veins, showing rich ores,
varying in width from three to twenty
feet, and dykes or veins of low grade
ore, hundreds of feet wide an in
stance being chimney on the Viola
No. 2. showing on the surfact 15Ox6OO
you will understand is concentrate
ore, and will be worked only when
transportation is more available.
Parallel to the veing which is being
worked are four other veins, fully un.
covered to sufficient extent to To-.
cate them clear across the property.
The Doctor keeps and assayer on the
ground with view to watching the
development of the property, and by
the way, he is a North Dakota boy.
Ray Wickam, son of Indian Trader
Wickam, of the Standing Rock
Agency, and is in charge of one of the
best equipped assay offices on the
coast, and is looking and feeling fine
i In addition to the assay buildings
OF which there are two, are comfort
!. able quarters for the mems dining and
sleeping rooms; also for the night
miners as the mine 81 run night ant
, day; tool house, powder house, black
smith shop. store house, Office build
ing and three warehouses, one at tn,
camp and one at the head and foot O
, the lake. In addition to this is tn
power house, which Is equipped wit
Z very fine air compressor, entirel
operated by water power. The docto
, has harnessed the creeks in his vicir
. ity and gets his power for nothins
His flume building shows no little er
cheering skill in construction. H
has surplus of water power and cal
develop easily one thousand hors
power from the creeks on the pror
erty.
1t is the Doctors intention to add
dynamo to the present equipment ant
, light the whole plant, underground a.
well, by electricity
will state for the benefit of tn,
stockholders who are interested that il
is the concensus of opinion along tn,
coast that the ST. Helens district will
be rich one and that the "Consoli
dated" will be the richest propert!
in the district. l will also say further
? that SO far as could Judge the condi
tions of the property were better thar
! representations made by Doctor Co,
or his secretary, Mr.. Marsh; in othe
! words, in my opinion they discounted
, every statement before it was mad,
+ to the public This in itself is an in
novation in the mining business.
1 The Doctor is most comfortabl!
5 fixed for the entertainment of hi
e friends and guests, and certainly al
3 fords them an opportunity for havin!
royal time.
!. The lake is full Of trout. Some o
!. the members Of the party caught then
; weighing as high as seven and one-hal
J. pounds while was there. The wood
e are full Of deer and elk. and Mt. 81
J. Helens affords most tempting fiel
i for Rock Mountain goat hunters.
e The public is probably not Interest
I ed in stories of the game we killed
J. nor how we climbed the mountain
d and probably would not believe ther
l. if told; but my advice to any VIII
+. are fortunate enough to get an inv
tation is to go, as they will be glo
v iously entertained and will see VIII,
e, will soon be one of the great minir
w. districts of the west