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market and then William Bratten came in with a livery stable and SamuelNelsonisthecampshoemaker. Apostofficewasestablished several months since with J. W. McCuistion as postmaster.
During the fall a saw mill was erected just above the town by
W. E. Pratt & Co., with T. E. Harrington in charge. It is a well
appointed mill and they have already manufactured a large quantity
of lumber and shingles and have kept in operation all winter. It
has a share of the demand for and mine him - supplied large building
ber at Kingston and in the district generally since it went into oper- ation.
There are many good prospects on every side of the town and as the mines become developed and are put in full operation it must become a point of considerable importance.
THE PERCHA MINING DISTRICT.
The mining interest of the district is the paramount one to all others; it is the foundation upon which all other industries must rest. It is, of course, in its infancy and its full development will re- quire time and a large expenditure of capital. The resources of the camp are but comparatively little known, a shaft one hundred feet deep being the rare exception, while there is not one in the district two hundred feet deep at the present writing March 20th.
An article written a few weeks since for the San Francisco EXAMINER by Mr. W. F. Hogan contains a very careful description of the general features of the camp and of its geological formations, from which the liberty is taken to make some extracts.
"The formation consists chiefly of a dolomitic limestone, occur-
ring in regular strata, dipping slightly to the south of east and hav- ing a general northerly and southerly strike. This limestone is cut through in many places by dykes of intrusive porphyry and cross courses of quartz. The porphyry has a general course nearly paral- lel with the limestone, while the quartz ledges run in a general
northeasterly and southwesterly direction, cutting through both the porphyry and limestone in their course. These porphyry dykes and quartz ledges sometimes assume large proportions so far as width goes, and in the case of the former not only are they exceptional in width but in length also, one in particular apparently the chief one




















































































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