Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1871-07-08
A Mountain OF Silver.

- aiOIIlGl1 OF SILVER.
y core. nica; Of The Beaver N,r,
give detailed aceoun, If the discovery
of Leavenwo.;h Mountain. near a little
mining village IN Colorado, known g,
Georgetown. The following interesting
abstract ii the discovery is made from his
letter, together with other and subsequent
matters Of interest connected herewith:
The Netcs correspondent says that the
mountain village OF Georgetown is s;ill
wild with excitement over the discovery
Lcavenworth Mountain is within mia
and half Of the village, and tie placer
dig.ngs on its sides were discovered bv
the Ingraham brothers, two cxper, miners.
some time in December last. They were
in the employ of the Equator Company.
and were drifting, when they came across
large quantities of mineral Undecided in
the "slide," both above and below the
main vein. After concluding their work
for the Equator, they went quietly to work
for themselves, and in the course of three
weeks had taken out from 81 coo to 81 500
worth. One solid chunk weighed 726
pounds, and from it they realized over
$500.
The work, however, could not long re.
main 4 secret, and the silver patch dig
gings" became the rage. The excitement
spread, aud soon Leavenworth Mountain
was the scene of busy activity seldom wit
messed. Old and young, tall and short,
lean and fat natives, each armed with pick,
shovel and ore sack were scattered over
the mountain digging gopher holes and
uncarthing the loose mineral. At dis.
lance the mountain rcscmbled a mammoth,
ant hill, SO thickly was it beset with ANA
tcur and professional miners. The sec nc
was an amusing an interesting one
Many would "pitch in," dig hole
about large enough to enter large cat,
and failing to "strke it," would wend
their way down the mountain, giving vent
to their disappointment in such expressions
as " Dig for float, h--ll. It's ID
American humbug;" It's an open fraud
on the American people" Those "hav-
ing the sand" bent themselves to their
work, and few failed in being we'll re.
warded.
Give struck it," was the prevailing ex.
preston, and, when an unusually large
piece was taken out, there was n rush to
examine it and congratulate the lucky
finder. The largest solid piece that has
yet been found turned the scale at four
hundred and tlliriy-two. We saw several
pieces of pure mineral averaging from
two hundred to three hundred pounds
each, which. when assaycd, gave return
Of from 800 to 1000 ounces per ton.
There arc many thcori,s as to how this
mineral became SO scattered through tho
mountain slide, but nothing satisfactory
has been given. 1t would be difficult to
ascertain the exact amount which has
been taken out, but it is very large. and
the mountain is still alive with miners,
who are daily bringing down large quanti-
ties of ore.
During the search for the float" some
three valuable lodcs have been struck.
One company, consisting of Mcssrs. Rob.
inson, Scott. Wykof, and Sargent all old
miners, have taken ont two tons of first
class float orc during the last three weeks,
and during their operations they discov-
cred very valuable lode, havinga crcvicc
over eight feet in width. The ore they
have taken out will run about 200 ounces
per ton. Mcssrs. George O'Connor and
John Mcdonald also struck a very fine
lode Immediately above the Equator, and
they are preparing to work it during the
summer.