The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1910-06-17
At THE GOLDEN CHARIOT.
An Incline Shaft Down 800 Feet
and Ore of Superior Quality
and Quantity Cot.

"A uIlp 10 Une 1Oluen OndrlOU nlne,
on Kruger mountain, is an easy jaunt
and well worth while. You will meet
with pleasant reception from Silas
Fritz. the manager, who has nailed his
faith to the property, and is showing
his faith by his works. Mr.. Fritz is
in charge of the work in progress.
There is no large force under his COM
mand, and the amount he has to ex-
pend in carrying on exploitation Is
limited, but he is spending what he has
to spend in manner that will do the
most good, and if the pay roll is not
extensive those drawing per diem
are giving full value in honest labor
The Golden Chariot is one of a num-
ber of mining properties scattered over
Kruger mountain, and on the group of
claims constituting this particular
holding mineral has been found in suf-
ficient quantities and of quality to
justify the expectations of producing
mine under proper conditions. Those
conditions are depth and systematic
development. Exploration on large
scale and in a thorough manner re-
quires considerable capital, and so far
there has been no considerable capital
at command to demonstrate the real
value of the Golden Chariot, or for
that matter any one of the several
hn1 in, hot init i,,
stages of development.
Most of the prospecting that has been
done on the Golden Chariot has been
concentrated on an inclined shaft fol-
lowing the general trend of cropping
quartz lead. This shaft is down some
300 feet, with a vertical depth from
the surface OF some ITO feet. On the
present incline while the shaft does
not gain depth rapidly it is steadily
penetrating into the mountain, and.
there is plenty of evidence of niper2l
to encourage steady continuation Of
investigation. Some of the best ore SO
far discovered and extracted from any
Of the many Claims along anu On inc
south side of the international bound
ary has been taken from the Chariot.
At point short distance above the
present bottom of the shaft drifts were
run in, following an ore body, on both
sides of the shaft for distance of from
so to Is feet. AT this point an excep-
tionally fine lead was cut, and from it
several car loads of ore were shipped
to the smelter, netting good returns.
The ledge is rather fiat where opened
up, but is of considerable width with
strong pay streak on the foot wall.
There is much of this ore in sight that
can readily be knocked down, and
could be handled at profit were the
means of treatment nearer at hand.
Last week handsome lead was cut at
the bottom of the shaft, and Saturday
the indications pointed to the proxim-
unity of more ore. Mr.. Fritz felt very
much encouraged and expects any day
to break into a larger and richer de-
posit than any yet encountered.
The Golden Chariot is worked with
hand drills. 1t is pretty well equipped
with necessary accessories for carrying
on development, among them being
25-horse power gasoline hoist. What
is needed to expedite exploitation,
gain depth more rapidly and demon
strate the true value of the property
expeditiously is power drills and an
ample force to keep them pounding.
Toall Appearances the prospect is worth
such an investment. Mining is a
chance, but in this instance the chances
seems to be all in favor of the opera
tors, if any reliance can be placed in
the indications that usually presages a
producing mine. Mr.. Fritz, who has
had much experience in mining, GER
tainly believes the claims to be the
making of world beater, and it is to
be hoped that he may yet have an OPP
portunity to carry out his long cher
ished plans, and that when carried out
they may be crowned with success,