The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-03-18

station, where LewesF river WIN Be |
briaged, then following he shore
aroupd, ,Ieast arm y Taku, where II win |
connect with the portage railway. The
residents OF Atlin have hopes that the
work win be, initiated next summer
Mr. olson says there Is no work be-
/ ing done on the mining properties in
the vicinity OF Taku arm excepting on
lthe white Moose, opposite the En-
gineer group. This property now be-
longs TO residents OF Atlln, who have
kept two or three men continuously
drifting for the past two years. They
have lately struck a very nice quartz
lode running in a different trend from
| tie one for which they were cross
cutting.
The owners OF the Redmond mine,
who were piing up an ore dump for
shipment all last summer, will resume
work as 500 rias navigation opens. This
property was located by John Redmond
lin 1899. ana was bonded TO M. J. Heney.
n. G. Hawkins and other officers OF the
white Pass Railway Company during
construction days. The lode appeared
! 10 be a blanket three feet thick, dip
, ping out OF the hill transyersely from
n " .
the formation Of the country. A well
eaquipped prospecting camp was iocat-
! ed and a drift 45 feet long was driven
ON the body, when 10 all appearances
Ithe ore pinched and the claim was
abandoned. after the bonder had re-
ceiyed $4,000, and as much more had
been expended in the exploitation A
year later four men with plenty OF
muscle, hut without capital, recorded
: the claim. They caught the lode where
: II had been passed by the tunnel and
followed It further. The blanketrnke
outcropping they found turned down IN
a manner that leads to the belief that
" the impact is true fissure.
AS their drifting was done on the
" ore. they were enabled TO produce by
bringing in single pony hand STAMP
prospecting mill. In the washing !
Z was observed THAT black scum float
ed Off on the mater. Some OF u waA
caught and sent out for assay. i wai
! rich in gold that could not be saves
BY crude reduction.
The Redmond claim Is located on I'M
" Blghorn, 10 miles up the stream from
its mouth at Hale City. Seven and
half tons OF rock was packed dow
to the arm and shipped to the Tacomi
he smelter. On the showing OF this snelt
Or test a wagon road was built fror
the landing to the claim. ConsideraDi
he local interest centers in the Redmon
3: claim on account OF the plucky man
ay ner In which its owners have by tn
ke crudes methods met conditions wit
ly which only capitalists generally pre-
e. sumo TO cope.
Is. The Engineer Mining compan
IN equipped its property with machiner
he last summer and sank a working shat
he rs feet to within 35 feet Of where
nd viii strike the ore dip on the discover
d. lode. the smallest but richest body
to the group. Work was suspended Las
nd fall. but II is asserted that sinking an
er the installment OF the plant win be X
nd sumed in the spring. m
to The Cleaner group has been crow
nd granted and is lying in statu quo
'ip The Bighorn lode, an immense croI
ping of low grade quartz, which ht
on been recorded and abandoned sewers
is times, situated eight miles from Il
lie mouth OF the Bighorn, is now beir
he prospected By J. E, Peters. He hf
Ter sold a half interest in the property
Ise Howard, the Dawson ferryman, ar
Ter they win open up the property sy
Is tematically next summer.
During the years 1sOO-01 many Sc
led tons of land about Taku arm we
ad staked in mineral claims. They ha'
Till nearly all been abandoned. Aside fro
ne the properties mentioned in this lett
Did there are dozen or so prospects tn
- are worked in a desultory manner
hardly more than sufficient to reco'
the necessary assessment. Nothing
this section has so far been made
ray, though considerable money h
been put into the properties. The e
\ treme naturalization Of the eountry i
Y duces number of prospectors
search the hills about Taku arm eve
summer
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