The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-01-05
EoId and silver i'm Washington Terri
tory-Excitemeni among the Niners-
Vile. of Gold and silver Qaartz-.n-
,,ense Ru.h 10 the Field Of WeRith

From the OLYMPIA Democrat W. l. Nov. ''.I
The people of Puget Sound are now III |
the midst of the greatest excitement ever
before witnessed i'll tins country. c"liS'
ouent upon recent discoveries OF eAteh-
siye and rich gold and silver bearing
Quartz lodges, on the western slope Oh
the Cascade Range, not more thah iortS
or fifty miles distant from this place, ana
within twenty or thirty miles OF water
navigation on the sound. The discovery
was made by Mr.. George Carpenter, III
company with two other "prospectors,
on their way across the Cascades from
the eastern side, coming over the Match
ess Pass. The party had, by accident,
travelled off the main road some two or
three miles TO the south, when their at
teption was attracted by an unusual
show ofouartz rock, exposed near the sur.
face by the upturning OF the roots Oh
large fallen trees. Upon examination oi
the quartz, they discovered PLAIN indica-
tions of both gold and silver, and having
secured few specimens for the purpose
of testing, they hurried into Steliacoom
and Immediately sent the specimens 10
Victoria to be assayed. The assay re-
turn being even better than antlcl-
pated, Mr Carpenter immediately
started in return to the place oi
discovery, taking with him Hon. sam.
McCaw. of Steilacoom, and one or two
other friends. but before reaching the
LEDGE. however, the news had spread,
and some forty or fifty persons met there
almost simultaneously Claims were I'M
mediately taken up aud mining laws en-
octed-copies of which we hope to re
ceive soon for publication. About one
Thousand pounds of the quartz was
hrouqht into SteilacoOm last week ny
Messrs. McCaw and Huggins, and Is now
on the way to San Francisco 10 DC tn1'
ouOhly tested There isno doubt OF th'
existence of gold and silver In TINS rock
as particles of gold can be distinctly
seen with the naked eye IN many places
The ledge lies northwest aud southwest
and il said to be from seventy-hve to one
hundred feet in with, and has already
been traced a distance of three miles, II
an unbroken lead, and we doubt not cal
he traced much further i'll few days. i
ia nrobable that four hundred OF nv
hundred claims have already been 10
Gated, and perhaps seyeralthousands VII
be before spring. Intense eXcltemen
has seized upon our people, and almos
every one who can leave home has gone
, mr. "a about to 90, out in day o
, tyo The distance is but short, and tn
r route easily travelled, as a good wago
{ road leads from Steilacoom to within
Y dozen miles of the mines already. hue
t strife and speculation has commenced r'
\ garding town sites and trading po'hl
2 and a lively race has begun bet"ee
e Steilacoom. Seattle and Olympia, the ca
= ilens of each claiming peculiar adval
q tagesoyer the other. With this, howeye
I we have nothing tO do, only rejoicing !
e the fact that discovery has at last bee
= made which will unquestlOnably belef
n and build up the whole country ana g
v orv section and town thereof IN
e onartz i, not found in lodges as III Cal
If fnrnia and Nevada, and other places, b'
J. the whole mountain seems 10 DC con
l. nosed of the same character OF Tock'
n that in the discovery claim. The disco
0. ery claim is on the highest point oi u
Ii mountain. the summit of which y pc
hans three hundred feet above the W
X ,ars of white river, which runs at
&c base. ADOuI elRht min
IA tain has been explored and claimed
e. The quartz from no other part, exec
s. the discovery claim, has been teste
N Much depends upon the assay return iro
T. the half ton of quartz sent last week ,
i, San Francisco. Captain Hale late :
m neriutendent of Indian affairs return
from this mountain on Wednesday la
and he saws there is no doubt about I
richness of the quartz, The captain
~ said TO be a good Judge OF the ,aS aItie
40 having had some experience IN /" asn Ii
m stocks and his Judgment Is rnnen .tu Isil
tn on, Many parties have gone out ,i,i, fhs E,
of located claims and returned 10 a"al1 y y
&c. % tber developments and favorable wsaih re- y
% 70 % beain operations. The people OF "
iacoon and Pierce county have co
menced the opening OF wagon road
H. rect TO the mines. Hon. :. AeCsw o
=. party are exploring new route 70 ave
N the Crossing of Mud Mountain, u
terror TO all who have crossed the Nst'
ess Pass. A town has been laid OUT
% the foot of the mountain.