Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-08-05

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EDITOR Posr-ISTgLLFogNcyR:
la the Seattle We.k'y Herald Of ,hs
i2sn uitimo, app-ar. Al art,.l-. rayard-
ing = Question 1 have taken ;hs pam
aud time e. Inve.ti1 1at-, aud In order %
make Inys-if thor ,uxhly und.r.tn,d
s1o1ld like t. have Won r.pr ,du :. the
HsF"fa = article, aud 10 the best of ,uy
ability will analyzs 1t, xlth The nom
that the On sary M ~ take v,rnius.
Here Is vhat kir WiVpin has 10 say
regarding the Passeo mines:
These miae. are NV iSavry pros.
peross condition. over fif.y claims hav
inz been located and recorded. AID
winch take up the entire ten miles CON
snt0tinR tse location. Ali are benz
tnoronRhly prsspected, ami give prom
ise OF great richness. Tue ors asslys
sufficiently los .tisfy continued work, am
contains gold, plAtinum and lead. fnere
are also found large quantities of hy-
draulIe cement lime. The vsin 10 100
feet vide on toe surface, lying seGween
periphery and crystalline limestone,
there being large masses of slate and
granite In the v'cinitv. Tue vein il
eight miles long as far AS the cropuines
show, and from surface indications
PROMISES 20 be a deep fissure. Mr.. G..
stanton Blre6, a thorough nining OK
pert from San Francisco, has spent two
weeks IN prospecting, and his made his
report to the effect that the surface in
dications of this lode far exceed the
indie ,tions found Oh the Comstock
lode, in the State of Nevada. Mr..
Birch took up n location himself. and
remarked that II Was jost what he had
been looking for for i've years h
VIII open an ass " office in the district
l will grant MIR. MigRia the honor of
having discovered the Passgo. and the
location be gives u a. rees WITH the CON-
pass pretty well. am only too sorry
the truth Is so short lived.
he speaks of the prosperous condition
OF the mines y, all being thoroughly
prospsotsd.
Upon this whole second edition of the
great Comstock l foand bat ihres men.
and two OF them were preparing 10 leave
the district. They ara men who know
thing or tv0 about the Nevada Com
stock. They, too, have secured claims
on the Passgo, but have discovered that
II was not what they have been looking
for for i've years.
AsAE. lS&in says Qbr6 I3 NOT
one claim that has been thoroughly
pros spected not q single one.
MIR. Editor, like liars but the kind
who furnish paper with such crop
please m- just "A little too We'll
GDld. platinum aud lead, We are told,
are To be found IN this wonderful Edo
RADIO so does Ice oontain heat.
Hydrantio cement lime, crystaileui
Itxw... .N..fr L..
here, says Mr.. w; but not one word
does be say regarding the m<untaius of
sandstone aud sand. | did see IN my
travels some si Ito and granite, but the
word viciaity IN this case 10 very vague.
As 20 the san Fran ciseo expert. Mr..
Birch, j am unablo to speak. never
sav tue man: aud the above article CON
{ aims the first alIusIon hnve evsr he ,rd
uf MIN, but, on general principles. | am
Inclines to the belief that he will never
again Set foot upon tue great Northwsst
ern ClInst 'ck.
Now the question naturally arises,
y hat can prompt a man to such gross
NJ mIsrepresentationsl eau it be gain?
IL 1t IL, | can readily see how the
q ssh. me can bs worked. II Nv eBsy u
would be- for me To walk Iuto Ssatt .
WIN PbChckn tuti VIZ
mems of free gold quartz that nad been
gathered from the various mines ali 1 Q
way from Nevada t. Alaska. aud tell my
Seattle friends / lad "struck IT," aud
here were n few specimens Of the ore l
had taken out, and that for a certain
SUN | would locate them u claim ON the
gevat Passoog Why, tue resuls wonld
ba maQic-liks. would have to get an
h.e N..f in hsa
of attorney.
Now. Mr.. Editor, you can easily see
how all this could DO dom, aud how q
not be the way Mr.. W. is doing, bat IL
me say 10 your readers, Look little
out"
BY way of apology to that class who
make s4lting business, let ME say If,
in the due conrss of human events, they
don't wind up in the penits0tiary it will
be for the simpie reason that they have
ESQ iped Justice.
have talked To quite a number OF
people here regarding this AGAR. and
am confident they have no desire to
misrepresent anything regarding the
mineral products of the county. The
simple facts are good enoagh, for Kitti
tas will, in the neH future, step TO the
front among the mineral counties of the
Territory. for she has now some very
fine quartz lodes and placer di9eiDgs.
Copper and coal are found IN great
abundance. The latter. ny the by, is
is-well. might as well Acknowledge it,
IL bstter than ansthing than have ever
seen IN King county.
find myself a, ing the track. This
Is Passgb letter. You may hear fro n
me a9sin. IL is my intentioa to take in
all tue discoveries Of any worth, and
perhaps few Of no worth.
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