The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1904-11-25
THE MINING INDUSTRY
Some Very Promising Mines Are BE.
ing Opened UP That VIII BE
Tributary to Leave
enwOrth

1t has been known for years that the
mountains in this vicinity contained
mineral of various kinds, aud, it is
firmly believed, in paying quantity. All
that is lacking is capital sufficient to
develop the prospects and convince the
doubtful ones that it is here. The La
RIGA mines at Blewett are said to be
the oldest in the state. They have
been worked for many years with an
occasional stoppage, and large guam
tity of gold has been taken out OF these
mines by the different owners. The
ores taken out of these mines are free
milling gold and last winter and spring
the capacity of the mill was increased
and the power enlarged On this prop
erty there are several miles of tunnels.
On the head of Icicle creek, near
Mount Stewart, there are numerous
mines, ON some of which a larg amount
of development work has been done.
Last week George Persinger came
down from Niger creek, a tributory of
Peshastin creek, where he has been for
fifteen years working on a group Of
twenty-three claims known as the North
Pole group. An Incorporated company
owns this property, on which numerous
shafts have been sunk varying in depth
from twenty to one hundred and twenty
five feet. A cinnabar prospect is down
shn
u very rich specimen which is fairly
loaded with quick silver, and would
probably ruu 90 per cent. in the pure
stuff. The average, however, he says,
will run from 21a to 5 per cent. il quicN
silver.
The greatest amount and the most
promising development work has been
done on grey serpentin proposition
containing free god in very
fine round particles. On this property
shaft has been sunk to a depth of so
feet. On the surface there was large
per centags of copper and small per
centage of gold. Us depth was reached
the per centage of copper decreased
and the per centage of gold increased,
until finally the copper almost disap-
peared. A tunnel has been run on this
property over l23 feet long. The last
43 feet is in the grey serpertine
quarts, which is free milling. Just
how much farther the body of ore ex-
| tends is not known.
MIR. Persinger Us enough develop
ment work has been done. and enough
ore exposed, to convince any man who
knows anything about mining that the
North Pole company has valuable
property. The property is located II
miles from Peshastin siding and l6
miles from Leavenworth.
Since writing the above Mr.. Per
singer received returns from Spo-
kane assayer on sample of the grey
serpentine ore which runs $40 in sill
YER and Clio in gold to the ton. He
left Tuesday for Seattle, where he will
have another assay made, perhaps two,
by different ASA, ers, in order to con-
irm his belief in the value of the ore.
Over 100 feet of tunnel work has
been done on the North Pc g group.
I he prob EN- that conIronto the com
pany Just now is road To til mines, %
that machinery and supp can be
hauled in. 1t will take b, tween two
and three thousand dollars tn build II
good wagon road TO where the mines
are located.
There are a number of other pros
poets in this locality. Il. f. Brown is
inter, sLed in some pronls ng pros ects
adjoining the North Pole, on which a
larg,, amount of work has been done.
1t is estimated that "a, many as l5J
men are at work on The various mining
properties in the section named, eSe'u-
sive of Blewett.
is not at all improbable that within
the next few years minlng camp may
DC opened in the vicinity OF Leaven-
81 rth that will rival the famous Grip
pie Creek camp.