The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-11-27
Seattle Company Is Expending $4,000
Here to Test Vast Ore Deposit on the
Mountains West of the City---Will
Make Preliminary Test to Handle Is
Tons a Day---Hope to Make It An
other Homestead >,

Quietly and without any ostenta-
tion H. eighton, of Seattle, has for
the past several months been assem-
bling his plans for what will prob
ably be the most extensive mining
operations in this state, and the base
of his operations will be on the
mountain west of Wenatchee. The
company represented by Mr.. Leigh
ton and in which Kenneth Mackin-
tosh, prosecuting attorney of King
county. is also interested, has secured
the Eagle Rock ranch from E. Nor
ris, the Moore place from the We
natchee Realty & Investment COM
pany, 160 acres from VIM Turner,
and a part of section 16 originally
owned by o. B. Fuller. This land,
together with the mining property on
the Squillchuck on which a 500 foot
tunnel was run some 20 years ago,
give the company practically control
of an immense deposit of low grade
ore running from the Squillchrck to
Canyon No. l. The general trend of
the deposit which it is proposed to
work runs in northwesterly ard
southeasterly direction
In brief, the plan of the company
is to engage in mining on scale
rarely attempted in the west. IL is
rlainnd haf 40 oF ha
company have in sight on top o. the
ground 165, 100000 tons of ore
which has an average value of from
81 to SO, and as a trial the COM
pany is preparing to put in a stamp
mill which will handle z tons of ore
per day. This is simply test and
if the mine fulflls the expectations
of the company 1000 stamps will
be installed and the largest minirg
camp in the west will be established
at Wenatchee
Mr.. Leighton has made this city
his headquarters for the past two
months. He is accompanied by his
own corps of mining engineers and
assayers and everything possible has
been done to test the ore and estab-
lish the permanency of the ore body.
A crew of 12 to Is men are now
employed excavating for a mill site
The stamps and other machinery
have been ordered and will be in
stalled just as rapidly as possible
The machinery which is to be in
stalled now is simply sufficient to
handle about rs tons of ore per day
and should this prove remunerative
1000 stamp will be Forthcoming
and 1000 men will be worked The
new owners sincerely believe that
there is another Homestake or Ken
dali mine in the hills west of the
city and that soon it will have a repu-
tation for being the richest mining
camp in the west, as well as being
''the home of the big red apple"
Some 20 years ago a 500 foot tun-
mel was run in on this ore deposit
The values were found but they were
low grade, so low that to be treated
successfully a large outlay would be
required for machinery and the own
ers did not have the capital to handle
it. The ground was patented and for
many years it has been abandoned
Some places on the deposit, it is said
values of $40 per ton are found
while other places the values are low
the average value being from 50 to
SO. The new owners assert that
should it be possible to net 20 cents
per ton that this will make one of
the greatest mining camps in the
world on account of the immense
deposit in sight and the ease with
which the ore can be handled. The
purpose is to mine the whole hill and
chute the entire mass down into the
stamp mill.
AS preliminary test the men here
assert that $4,000 will be expended
in the coming few months to test
the property. Mr.. Leighton is an ex-
tensive realty and investment dealer
in Seattle and has a strong company
back of him. The mills for handling
this ore are to be located on the
Squillchuck, and should the test
prove satisfactory the new stamp
mills will require from 1000 to 81
600 horsepower to operate them.
The ore itself is of gray porphy-
ry nature and does not look unlike
the Cripple Creek or Homestake ore