The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1922-09-22
ROYAL
RUSHING
WORK

The Royal Development is rushing
work at the scene of their operation,
at Royal Mountain (fomerly locally
known as Red Mountain, but now re
named.) 1t is the hope of the com
pany that before the early SHOWS, com
mon to that district, they may get
their buildings, now under construc-
ton, completed and the new tunnel SO
far along that they may continue TO
work on the tunnel through the win
ter. Driving the tunnel actually be
gan Monday Of this week. The portal
had been completed last week.
Through the courtesy of the presi-
dent Of the company, James Naugh-
ten, the writer was enabled to ac-
company his son, James j., to the
camp on Sunday. returning to town
Monday.
Sunday afternoon was spent in
trip to st. Francs where tunnelini
hau been carried on for couple years
with n view t) proving a section of
the property. This work consists Of
a Well-timbered tunnel driven straight
into the mountain through a sect -
OF ore which we estimate to be no less
than $50 feet across as the tunnel
lies. Then a "horse" is encountered
along which a side tunnel some 265
Itet in length i constructed at right
argle t. the main tunnel, and frcm
this, short tunnels are made From
the point where he "horse," (what
appears to be solid rock) is encoun-
tered the main tunnel is extended or
through distance of perhaps 100
feet where nefal-beariny rock is
again encountered, the exten. of which
is not known but which is estimated
to be very large because of surface
indications on the mountain side, an
its known angls. Tie new or Trinity
tunnel, just begun, is to be driven
from its portal at the southwesterly
point of the mountain. to the St.
Francis tunnel and it is estimated by
the company's engineers that the min
erals proved to be obtainable in the
st. Francis sector will pay all the
expenses of driving the 5000 feet OF
the Trinity tunnel to this point and a
profit of $4,000, 900 However. it is
believed that when the Trinity is in
1000 feet ore will be struck. From a
point near St. Francis the tunnel will
be continued northerly 10000 feet
through still richer deposits
Returning to the camp on Phelps
creek near the Chiwawa river. we Wis
tied the portal of Trinity tupnel and
spent the evening in camp, talking
with some of the men employed. all
of whom seem to be thoroughly con-
vinced that they are engaged in open
ing what will be the worlds greatest
mine
Monday morning we visited about
the camp and works. The saw and
planning mill put in this summer has
enabled the company TO saw lot Of
lumber and get it in condition for the
buildings. A barn for the horses has
been provided, evidently the first care
being for mans best friend, the horse,
as the men We're already sheltered by
tents and temporary structures. The
boarding house was the next building
to go up and II is enclosed and the
frame work Of the bunk-house is up.
EXcavating for the store was in pro
gress and Monday a crew began lay
ing a pipeline from the creek across
the river which will supply good water
for domestic purposes and also for
power.
Toward ! o'clock we started on the
return trip to town, believing that we
had visited in its incipiency what will
in few years prove to be a city
teeming with activity, city with a
setting not matched elsewhere in Am
erica, where nature stored mineral
wealth with a prodigal hand amid the
mountains capped with everlasting
ice and snow, but with a climate in
the valleys mild and congenial.