The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1911-03-17
PROMISING MINING PROPERTIES.

Recently Capt. N. B. Kelsey, who
from long experience as a practical
miner is in position to speak with
some authority on the subject, visited
the 49th Parallel mine, on Kruger
mountain, and was so favorably i'm.
pressed with that property and neigh.
boring holdings that he jotted dowu
some notes he sends in for publication
Every stranger with mining know.
ledge visiting Kruger mountain is i'm.
pressed with the evidence presented oi
extensive and valuable ore deposits,
and declare the showings compare IA.
vcrably with the best mining districts
in the west. The 49th Parallel, one OF
the prominent Kruger mountain hold
ings, embraces eight claims, and is To-
Gated in the midst of several other
mining groups of great merit. The
manager is now sinking on a ledge
over six feet wide. the shaft is down
l4O feet, and the quartz heavily min
eralized all the way down from the
surface, the values improving with
depth. Shoots of solid ore running
high in assay values are frequently
encountered, making the entire ledge
average up well. There is much choice
ore on the dump, an attractive sight to
the visitor. A gasoline hoist is in
stalled, greatly aiding in the work of
development.
''The company is Incorporated, but
most of the stock is held by a few per-
sons, railroad men and residents of Oro-
vile. The mine is situated only a few
miles north of Oroville, and short
distance beyond the O. X, Golden
Chariot, and the Detroit Oroville Ex-
ploration company's properties There
are two other well defined veins on the
claims besides the one that is being
opened up, and altogether it is a very
promising group.
"All the ledges on Kruger noun.
tain, so far as they have been pros
pected, are found continuous and 20 to
depth. There are at least % known
veins on the several groups of claims
facing eastward. The .. X. has good
ore, having shipped several car loads
to the smelter. The Golden Chariot
also has a fine ore body. Dunn and
McDivitt. of Spokane, who have just
finished the annual assessment on the
Copper Lake. struck good ore and con-
siderable of it. They are figuring on
driving in a tunnel this summer, and
write me the ore assays $4l per ton.
The 49th Parallel is second to none of
those named, and the ore exposed DEM
onstrates what the iedges really are.
"The Detroit Oroville company has
reached depth of only so feet on any
of the IL cropping veins on it's prop.
erty. Six per cent of copper was OBJ.
tanned at the surface, which increased
to II per cent at 50 feet.
with such showings as have been
made on the 10th Parallel and the other
claims mentioned there is a good open
ing here for large company to take
hold of these several groups OF claims
and open up the ground by main de-
velopment tunnel. Such tunnel,
driven in to within mile of the Sim
ilkameen falls, would intersect all ex-
posed lodges at a depth of 800 feet.
The proposition is one that invites the
investigation of mining men and cap
italists, and when :such men come to
understand the richness and promise of
Kruger mountain, as it is understood
and known by the prospectors familiar
with the ground, | am certain that
such company would be organized
and the work suggested carried out.
81 desire to thank Mr. Stanton. local
manager OF the 10Th Parallel, for
his courtesy during my visit and in
spection of the property"