The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1909-08-20
IT LOOKS LIKE A Mine
Exposures of Ore on the Num-
Der One Large and
Encouraging.
SITUATED NEAR NIGH1HAWk
Funds to be Raised the Sink Shaft
and Systematically Exploit
the Immense Ledge.

7. A. Hubbel and G. w. Conner, of
the Ruby mine and Nighthawk, re-
spectively, stopped over in Oroville
Monday night on their way to the out
side, where they go for the purpose of
placing stock in the Number One mine
Both men are prepared and fitted for
successfully carrying out their object,
and certainly there is sufficient merit
in the property they represent to en-
courage and justify them in using their
best endeavors to place the stock, and
also to attract the investigation and
Investment of those who are looking
for an opportunity of taking chance
in proposition where the percentage
of gain seems to be in their favor.
the Number One is not recently
and newly discovered mining claim, or
combination of mining claims, as there
are several in the group. Probably it
is one of the oldest claims in point of
location of the many in this upper
country. but as old as it is as loca-
ton the discovery of mineral in large
and valuable quantities upon the chief
claim is an event of recent occurrance.
| The present Number One is one of a
number of locations made in this To-
cality in early days by the late "Oka-
hogan Smith, a cognomen attached
to a member of the Smith family that
gave the person bearing it marked
individuality and reputation in prij
vate and public life that reached, il
his time. to the four corners of the
state. "Okanogan" Smith did not do
any extensive work on his holdings,
then known by some other name, al
though the big groupings invited ex-
tensive research at that time the coun-
try was so little known, and so far from
the nearest line of transportation, that
there was nothing to encourage de-
velopment no matter what develop
ment promised to produce.
In the course of time the Number
One group fell into the possession of
the late James NJ. Hagerty, one of the
most active rustlers who ever believed
in and worked for the mining inter-
ests of Okanogan. but Mr.. Hagerty had
other irons in the fire, and paid little
attention to the Number One further
than to see that the annual assessment
work was done, and this necessary out
Law of labor was scattered over good
deal of surface and never concentrated
at one point to secure the best results.
A couple of years or more ago it fell
to Chas. A. Andrus who took the Num-
Der One in hand to do the required
representation work, and after careful
ly looking over the ground to ascer
tain where the work could be done to
the best advantage decided upon start
ing the men drifting at the bottom of
of an old and abandoned shaft. Almost
the very first round of holes blew into
huge body of as fine galena ore as
has ever been exposed along or on
either side of the international border.
Naturally Mr.. Andrus was very much
elated over the strike, and continued
his Investigations so long as his re-
sources held out, and since the strike.
at every opportunity, has concentrated
his energy IN thoroughly exploiting
the huge ore body by drifting and cross
cutting. He has demonstrated beyond
any chance of question that the ledge.
or dyke, is one of the largest solid ore
bodies to be found anywhere, and the
values average up in figures that leave
no room for doubling that if system
aticallv worked the Number One can
be made mine of great value.
The Number One is located on the
summit of Little Chopaca, about
tcouple of miles from Nighthawk, on
the west side of the Similkameen river,
and less than mile in direct line
fran the railroad. From the lay OF
the ground the mine will have to be
opened up by means OF shaft, ana
that is the plan of operation now un-
der way. The ledge is exposed in the
underground workings to width OF
over 80 feet, and the cropping can be
readily traced. and has been prospect
at intervals. for over 2500 feet on the
surface. The trend of this ledge is
nortbeaSt and southwest. and from