, 1878-08-17
THE SUAK MINES.

Lhst Week Weunesuly i1umDOU rack
wood returned from east Of the noun
tains, where he has been for nearly six
teen months past, and the following is
the account rendered Of his whereabouts,
what he saw and what he w1s dong
while away.
Hc has been on the Sound only once
with n pack train from Shondy's store
at Ellcnsburg IT, Seattle in that time.
most of his time was spent at the mines.
except last winter he stopped Mt Ellens-
hurgh. in Yakima valley. About four
weeks ago, Jas. Masterson and family
reacheo the mines, coming over the Sno
qualmie Pass from New Tacoma. He
had been there previously, and went
over to the Sound ior his family, who
returned with him, he is doing well at
the mines. His fist days cleaning up
paid him about S.. ana he has been do
ing thar we'll ever since.
There are now at the Sauk mines
eight white men, and twelve chinamen
teiore the Indiuus frightened them away:
all but three or four lett. These mines
are about twenty miles from Ellensbtfg.
by good wagon road, and ten miles
from the other side of Snoqualmie Pass,
or 30 miles from the summit to the mouth
of the Sauk creek. The mines are apout
ten miles up from the mouth of the creek.
The country has been only partially
prospecred, OF the ground already known
to p y reasonable wages, at least twice
the number NV at work could find
To work on, to say nothing Of their chan
ccs by fresh prospecting, to find still
better diggings.
Humboldt worked one month prior to
the 4th Of July steady in the mines, and
averaged for the whole time three dollars
per day while SO employed. He found
one nugget that weighed S39, and
another that weighed $3.50 and from
that down.
The largest amount taken out in any
one day was by Moses Boman, who with
three men to help him took out S23S,
with very little preparatory work. The
largest nugget found this season was by
JAS Flood, an old Puget Soun'ler, who
found one last June weighing $l53.
The biggest piece ever found was
number of years ago oy Mr.. Bates, it
weighed $ls9.
The pay dirt is blue clay, with coarse
quartz and gravel mixed with it. When
he stopped in town, he was on his way
back over the mountains to 20 to work
ngain in these mines.
Last Apri. he took three weeks
trip going rs fur as Lewiston, returning
in May This was just before the out
brak If the Bannocks, everything there
was quiet.
Just after the 4th of July. he went in
company with John Shoutly, the store
keeper mt Ellensburg, to visit Moses,
head chief of the Wenalctre and othes
Indian tribes. Moses sad he wished to
live with the whites, but does not want
to go on a reservation; if allowed to live
there he will be peceabe, if forced to go
to reservation he will fight Tie men
OF his tribe talked very friendly and
were as sociable rs any Indians he ever
saw. and he saw no indications whatever
ot hostility willie there. Mr.. Packwood
does not believe that there is any hostility
meditated by any Inliaus in this Ter.
ritoiy. He says that all the Indians de-
sire to hc treated exactly as White men
are treated, TO receive tile same protec-
tion from the law. given the same rights,
and suhjvct 10 the same res sponsibs'iiy.
They all look upon The reservation sys
TEN as a nuisance, and the reservation as
a prison, wherv they were denied their
liberty aud liab,s to be starved OF mis-