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Show I poicupi isir 1 i eon ist Two or Three Properties May Make Good, but Rest a Gamble. B KDM WAS OVERDONE Engineer Plate Gives His Impressions of Far North Gold Camp. Tbtm ( Ota wrt v been following the experience of the Pommlnc operator oper-ator Iti their endenvor to develop mine? will be Interested In the . description ptven in thin eltr on Saturday by BtoUat-neer BtoUat-neer If It. Plat, who recently made his second visit of Inspection to the dls-iri.i dls-iri.i Mr. Plate stated that he was In Porcupine from last November to January and he had the prlvtlere of visiting ptaetleaUjr SB Um properties of merit in this time. There A? two main proposition!" there, lhe Bolllnirer and the Dome, which alve nromue of helnc rood mines, two or hree. perhaps will he rood properties, h it the balance Of the thousand and one propositions compOM what Mr. Plate deems a wild cam We. There are a number of Important factors which must set bo solved. such s the continuity of th ore bodies wltti depth and the faithful faith-ful value of the ores, two Items not vet fully demonstrated at any point. At the Holitnirer 1004 feet of work has been done alonsr the vein on the ion-foot ion-foot level, and on th 2W-foot leveL which Ik the deepest, about 3..0 feet of work has been accomplished. The ore is expected to have a stopln width of from nix to eight feer and the ro!d values are river, as 886 to S3S Pr ton. The comcaav has expressed Its determination determi-nation to send the shaft to the 400-foot levl The company's mil! Is to have a dallv capacity of 350 tons of ore. The miDe is not yet in a position to suppW this tonnage. The. Dome Is a closely held proposition from which all visitors are excluded re-Hrlouelv. re-Hrlouelv. This company Is puttlnsr up a 400-ton plant, hut. like the Holllnger It Is behind the surface equipment facilities facili-ties with its underground work. At both these properties the equipment Installed is remarkably fine and durable. Other than thse two. Porcupine properties are pretty much n the prospective statre, and among the other active properties Mr Plate mentions the Mclntyre. Vlpond. Plenaurum. frown Charter. Doble and the Rae Ask"d about the veins of the camp. Mr Plate stated that he does not Relieve Re-lieve one Is Justified In terming- them Assures. They are more a scries of lnzes and cashes In the schist; the.v are very treacherous and Irregular In width and values and are likely to be found equally as unreliable at deoth. Two daily 'rains run Into the district, the railroad facilities belnc excellent. |