The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1914-12-12
Rich Assays Prove
Mining Possibilities
Report of big discoveries near COlville is
confirmed by men who have been in
search of the veins for months

nave on thelf property III aDull-
dance
c. A. Heberling, former county
engineer, is now - In on the
new toWnsite Of Rathbun and re-
ports that his work will be com
aIeted within the next two weeks,
and at that time this toWnsite will
be recorded and the lots will be
placed on the market. There
have been several inquiries from
the east asking information re-
garding purchase price Of lots in
this townsite and without doubt
d large number of lots will be sold
lurin@ the months Of January and
February as it appeals to the
people Of the east and middle
states that the new town OF Rath-
bun is destined to be not only a
little gem of 4 town but one of the
liviest mining towns in the state
Of Washington
Mr.. Rathbun, the manager, in
'orms us that in the certificate of
incorporation they do not confine
themselves to the marble business
alone and can at their own discre-
ton enter into the mining business
+ any material OF value las well
as locating toWnsites, equipping
electric light plants, operatln"
w mills, and a general timber
business.
This company keeps two pros
. pectors in the field looking for
mineral claims or properties Of
value and from recent reports
which are substantiated by the
company's assayer's report we
note that a very valuable mineral
deposit will soon be opened up on
one or more Of the properties OF
the Inland Marble Quarries Corn
pany. The large deposits Of high
grade zinc ore assaying better than
$50 to the ton and silver ore that
will assay better than $32o to the
ton are certainly worth going
after.
Five additional claims adjoin-
ing these properties have recently
been located and development
work is now going on and already
they are working in pay ore. The
extent Of same is hard to deter
mine until their drills have I ""t'n
depth Of the ore body. One lead
of zinc formation 100 feet wide
and about 90C feet iong is low be
ing proven up and already shows
rich ore.
During the past week two eX-
perienced mining men from Spo-
kane visited the property and re
ported it would prove a shipping
mine. The location Of the de.
posits are easily accessible and no
tramWays or expensive machinery
will be necessary for loading pur-
poses. The work of sinking
shaft and opening up a tunnel IS
now in progress and ore Of paying
value is now being wheeled onto
the dump.
1t is the intention Of this com
pany to put forth every effort to
have this property on the ship
ping list both from marble stand.
point as well as mineral stand
pint as quickly as possible. There
is some rumor that subsidiary
company might be Incorporated,
to contfne itself entirely to open
ing mp these valuable mineral de-
poslts.
From good authority we are in
formed thai the first ~ the year
commodity freight rate for ship
ment Of marble from the new
townsite Of Rathbun via North
port will be effective which will
compare very favorable with the
Seattle rate, namely, 50 cents to
New York city, 70 cents to Chicago
and 30 cents to the twin cities,
Minneapolis and st. Paul, and to
Duluth. This will place the In
land Marble Quarries Company
where they will have The same rate
to apply on ther product to east
ern and central points as apply
on the Alaskan marble shipped
from Seattle as we'll as the Colo
RADIO which compares very favor
ably with the product of this
state.