The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-05-02
DAILY INTELLICEN(ER.
Wednesday. May %, 1877.

OUR MINING I~rEgR.Ts The min.
ing interests Of Washington Territory
are only az present in their inception.
the cnrtain ka, not as We, been raised
upon the rich stores of mineral w,al,b
which our Territory will somc day pa
rsde before the eyes Of the world. aud
what IS now gong on In this depart
ment IS only oehind the scenes A. j.
were. Still we already have something
10 boast OF In that way. more paF,icu-
Iarly IN the extensive And rich coal
mines already opened Coal. however,
in the future, is To DC bat one aut Il
small item In the aggregate Of our NIT
ing Interests, and though this. 10 some
may appear to be but fancy picture,
yet We believe sufficient proof has al
ready been given To warrant the predic-
ton. Within year the rich and extern
sive quartz lode Of the Peshastin Creek,
on the east side Of the Cascade range.
hiss been discovered. aud is just now
being brought to light. aud many other
rich mineral discoveries made have not
yet been brOugA, TO public notice Pros
pecting, however. in that section has
hardly ben began yet; bu. during
the coming season rich and sur
prisinE developments are likely to
BE- made. A short time ago . pros
pecting party from this city returned
from there after having mide a short
tour among the foothills. and bro rght
back q large amount of quartz speed
mems, alleged with silver. gold aud
quicksilver. One Of the party left for
San Francisco where he had the speci-
mems assayed. The quicksilver speci
mems assayed were very rich. and
ono Of the river specimens
picked up ia one Of tho little ravines At
a. the foot Of the hills, weighing eight
pounds, was sold to the assayer for IS
per pound. 1t was almost . solid chunk
of silver. The parties found it lying
low among the rocks in the ravine: but
are Of the opinion that it must at one
time belonged to some Of the lodges or
bluffs near by. The party intend to
thoroughly prospect that section this
summer. There is . general opinion
prevailing among many that there il a
rich gold bearing section somewhere
in the vicinity of the headwsters Of the
Skagit. for the reason that on all the
rivers having their source in that viein-
ity more or less gold has been found in
the deposits of gravel washed down
c.ch Spring For number Of years
past large gang of Cinnamon have
been working one Of the bars in the
Wenschee river. They exhaust the dig
gings each season, and each Spring
freshet brings down fresh deposit Of
rich, gold bearing gravel. This season.
We learn that they. and some white
men who are engaged with them. are
making %. -. aud Is per day. and
sometimes pau has run rs high as So
The same IS true Of the Sultan river
Gold in considerable quantities has also
been found on the StilagusMish. Baker.
Nootssck and Upper Skagit, All these
rivers have their source in the same vi
cinity. aud 1t 10 therefore reasonable to
believe that there are large and rich
deposits of gold somewhere IN that re
gion. A number of gentlemen from
this city intend making an extended
prospecting tour of that country this
summer. and will he of in . few days