The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-10-08
ANTIMONY NINE BONDED.

II is reported that the antimony
mine. located at the foot of that con-
spicuous isolated hCary headed land
mark. WhitestOnc mountain, has been
bonded for large sum to eastern cap
italists who intend to install a treat
ment plant and extract the ore i'll earn
est The news of the transfer does not
reach this office through the principal
owner. Will lnghaW, but from such a
source that there iA every reason to
beieye that the dc'l has been con-
summated and that active work is to
he inaugurated at once. If true, it
means that another remarkable nat
ural resource OF northern Okanogan
county is to be deVc ,oped and made
source of profit. MOI cover, the eXtrac-
ton of ore at this antimony mine and
the marketing OF the metal will at
tract attention 10 Uhanogan mining
possibilities and prove a factor in
stimulating that industry.
The accidental discovery of this an
timony deposit has been mentioned in
this paper before, but is worth re-
peating at this time, when, after many
years, the prospects are bright for its
becoming a prominent feature in the
mining industry OF the country. A
dozen or more years ago w. H. Ingham
located a homestead at the foot of the
struggling foothills west OF and under
the shadow of WhitestOne mountain.
Coming direct from the city to Il crude,
new country, far from the railroad,
with few neighbors and none of the
conveniences he was used to, and try
ing to wrestle a sustenance out of
virgin ground none too good at the
best Mr.. Ingham found the farming
game hard one to Luck. But that has
nothing to do with the story, further
than to let the read az know how Mr..
Ingham happened to be in this part of
the country. One day Mr.. Ingham
started over the hills to neighbors
to assist in repairing a fence. He car
ried hammer in his hand. Walking
over the knobs of litchen and moss
covered rocks that strewed the ground
thickly he slipped, and in falling
barked his knee against one of the
protruding dornicks. In a moment of
irritation, accompanied by language
tabooed in Sunday school circles, Mr..
Ingham struck the rock vicious blow
A chunksflew off exposing a dark solid
ore. His curiosity was at once aroused.
He barked the other boulders and
found more ore. He kept his find sec
ret, but staked out his claims, under the
name of the Lucky Knock Samples
of the ore were sent to prominent as
savers and Mr.. Ingham was delighted
when the returns came back showing
that the ore carried a large per cent
of anti ,v.;t Il,
prices of those days antimony was
rated as a valuable mineral, and the
price has very materially advanced
since the beginning of the European
war. Mr.. Ingham carried on eXplora-
ton so far as his means and that
of relatives, would permit. When we
visited the claim shortly after disCOv-
cry there was only small hole in the
ground, but the ore was present and
lots of it, deposited in large kidneys,
the main deposit not having been
reached at that time. From time to
time Mr.. Ingham has had deals on for
the property, but from various causes
these deals fell through without the
owner realizing anything. During the
early days of ownership Mr.. lngham
builded beautiful castles in the air and
talked only in six figures when money
was mentioned, but years slipped by
with realization Of hope continually
being deferred. 1t WIS heart breaking
to nurse prospective deals almost UP
10 the moment of consumatiOn, and
then have them fall down. Three or
four years ago Chicago parties put up
afurnace on the ground and attempted
TO reduce the ore but from some
reason that experiment failed after the
expenditure of a large sum of money.
This last deal promises to result in
hnal transfer which will mean that
after many years Mt Ingham will at
last realize something from his long
wait.