Five Levels Down, Orient's First Thought Mine Hits a Wall of Gold
A sixty-foot stope averaging better than $100 a ton — and assays running to $800 — convinces the Stevens County camp that the deeper it digs, the richer the ground gets.
“At this point a stope has been opened up that shows a face at least 60 feet wide of gold ore that averages over $100 to the ton.”