The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1915-08-27
MINING ACTIVITY POINTS GREAT
FUTURE FOR LEAVENWORTH

is there in paying quantities, and we
have every reason to believe that it is,
WE (and he doesn't says who that is)
are going to get it. Mr.. Warner is
spending considerable money on his
claims and at present has about twelve
men employed.
Jay Butties Very Enthusiastic
Jay Buttles came down Tuesday from
the head OF Indian creek which has its
source near the pass in the Cascades
OF the same name, where he has spent
the past three weeks working his min
ing claims. Mr.. Buttles has had a
crew OF four men at work for the past
month and expects to return to the
hills again next week with three or
four men. At the present time he is
engaged in getting out about fifteen
tons OF ore which will be conveyed on
pack horses as far as Index, the near
est shipping point, and from there sent
to the Tacoma smelter. The ship
ment will probably be made inside Of
a month. Mr.. Buttles believes that
his mine is sure to delope into pro-
ducer. There have been a number Of
assays made and all run considerably
over 500 ton. The ore carries gold,
silver and copper. 1t is the intention
to build wagon road from the claims
out to Index, distance of about 25
miles. the cost OF which is estimated
at $1,000. Motor trucks will then
be used to haul the ore to the railroad.
Ed ThoIin Interested at Red Mountain
Ed Tholin who for the past seven
years has been grubstakins Red
Mountain Ole' on his annual pros
pecting trips, has come to the con-
clusion that maybe his money wasn't
thrown away after all. Last week while
on the Coast, Ed left small piece Of
ore from from one of their claims with
an assayer, which he picked out him,
self when he visited the properties a
short time ago. When the nineroli-
gist's report reached him a few days
later he was very agreeably surprised
According to the assay the ore was
worth $4,000 ton. It carried sill
yer running $121.30, zinc $3.50 and
copper $17.85. The property which
is known as the Galena Mine in which
Mr.. Tholin is interested is located in
what is known as the Red Mountain
district and was located by Ole" sew
eral years ago. Mr.. Tholin expects to
return to the mines about the first OF
next month with crew of men and
take out ton of ore which will be
shipped to the Tacoma smelter this
fall. Should Mr.. Tholin decide to de-
velop his properties the matter of trans
portstion will not likely give him much
trouble. His claims are less than four
miles from the Crown Point and Hol-
den mines situated on the head of Lake
Chelan, the owners of which already
have railroad built to Lucerne point
on the Lake. Mr.. Tholin spent five
or six years in Alaska where he con-
tracted the mining fever and he says
that next year he will spend most Of
his time at Red Mountain.
Al Van Epps May Get Railroad
1t is rumored that AL Van Epps has
closed deal with eastern capitalists to
build a railroad from this point up the
Icicle river to his mining properties on
the head OF Jack creek next year. Mr..
Van Epps has been busy man this
summer taking mining men out to his
properties and is at present in Seattle
on business. The Vance Mining Co.,
in which Mr.. Van Epps is the princi-
pal stockholder has probably seen as
much development work as any mine
in this section. The claims were To-
Gated by Mr.. Van Epps % years ago
and since that time there has been
over two miles OF tunnel work done.
Mining experts who have inspected the
properties state that there is more than
$3,000,000 worth Of copper ore in
sight. Transportation and lack OF cap
ital has been the drawback in the past.
Long ago Mr.. Van Epps decided that
in the event a railroad was built it
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