Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-07-14
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readers Of rnzs psper, and sspseiails m
tefeetiEa % Chs aaUfsAIisa wbo i seeking
investnlest In tffs northwestern coun-
Try, aiAi also % The s;Qks seer.
Tki8 II my 6ffh SIMMER IN the Cas-
~adk M0unsaius; f01r Of which have
been spens IN ard abo1t Snoq1almie
ksaa. / 4issuveEsd. and Ioos&ad and I'm
pFDved sh,s indI1sGry iron sias. within
are mtis and half Of The Pisa This
ifun ere iti Arnaguetis and insxhaustsble
appanaTth Il has been aBaiyzed and
pr0nVanos 4 spars - ore can be- also Q
ytrv Ore et1siiiv e marble, dark and
white, finely yetned.
In Avsfi iaea L made 2y fifth uusnc-
as~sf1l trip Into = eo0psrstiveiy IN
kDoSn rsRSon- shen piteaed my tent
50 the middle fork 81 shs 6aoq1aInie
RIyeF. md began ~ cut paek trail up
the prseipitous mountain which lis BE-
tween the mIdsfhs and north forks Of
this river, and imIusdiafely east Of the
sn0qsHsImIs pesir1s. and overlooking
the 'kop farm owned By tee Hop
growers Association. This h "Look
cut Asnnfain,S not only In nsms bat 10
every sense Of the word. IL IL absuf
400 feet tigh. The trad asosnds The
south side Of Il, and nearing the top fell
lows the western brow, overlooking the
larger portson Of tbs great "Pugss
Soaod B.sfiiu.r
From bars the sesusry IL very grand
ABd psitnreequa- In q soutberiy diree-
ttsn ~ that grand old sentinel, Mount
Iisinier. and its surroundings, appsr-
ently not more tasB ssA miles away;
then Cedar rlveF, lake and valley, Rat
tiesnals Prairie, tsodtb and middle forks
II SuDqnal1sis are plaisly seen; Sallai
Prairie and the wagon road to the SnO-
qaainiis pass. To the west the Snoqual
snis Prairie farms are 10 view, and over
looking the falls, which are 30 feet
high md psrpendieular. Falls City
AID the rAetaQ rtssf Tolt, Snohomish
and iskikDmish valleys, squak assan
tain mad tsqask lske. Lake Washington,
city Of Seattle, Eiiiott Bay. Milton. Alki
Point, Besn's Point. Port BIakely Eagle
Harb,si. Poini-no- Point. Whldby Island,
Hat Island, Snohomish and the inside
passage. sound waters, of FouIweather
lslna, and Port LadIow, Commence
meat Hay. in front Of facoma. Hender.
sou Bay, west Of Steilaaooin; In fact
large rortion Of The Sound for fifty or
SIXTY nailss. and the olympic range of
moxntainB. kaafeF by, in . northerly
tiiFoction, is Lake Of the Woods, two
large cranberry marshes, north fork of
the SaoquAImie river. Mount Baker and
all sha Cascade rslnge In that direction.
Frem ihe northwestern base Of Look
out mountain flows Crystal brook, the
hnsss stream of water | ever saw, COM
ing directly from uhder the mountaiA,
about too fest deep and ten or twelve
feet side, with strsnR current, and
clear as running water can be. Trav-
-sine sasteris By nay trail th- first place
Of ncae Is Medicine Valley and "Cfystsl
PAlacst" copper and silver lode owned
bg James Tasler and J. Borst; next 10
the "llaia II rnet" iron mine, owned By
your humDle serrznf and others.
Tais iron 10 /" tFpwn" and red" hem
attic, 9 very dns quslity OF ore. The
next place OF interest IL Mt. TeReriffs.
Here is this greatest vein OF the whole
country. Looking ap tbs Middle Fork
canyon and Hazard Ridge" Is the
gildeet mountain soener, Immagiuabie,
sharp peaks, holes, and ridges aItsruat-
ina. There 10 -nnd az fac granite n
IL founa In the Uaited States. / believe.
Next n the Bssssmef Iron Mins, on
Green Mountain. This iron is red
nemstite, and the mest desirable oFs
vet fennd Ia this country. The Crested
Batter lode, DINING. Is magnetic ore;
tbs same as y the industry lode at the
Snoqsaln1ie PAST
Tlnsse new locations are made by
your humble servant and others. Nv
trail is open for fooimen about six miles
and when eonpieted will be about eight
milee In length. This iron ore could be
reacted by an extension from the Ce-
dar ilivsF Il. IL. Of about fifteen miles,
raining through Rattleenake Prairie and
np The Middle Fork Of tns Snoquaimie.
this route would be an easy one 10
bald over. a. eissy ~ the general aver
age s,f The railroad from seattle 70 the
Blask Diamond coal mine. There Ia q
neld Of wealth for . railroad penotrat-
ina this country and throueh the Sno-
qualmie pass In coal, iron, copper, gold,
silver, marble, aud all kinds Of granite
and sandstone. graphite and oinnabaF,
and The very faesi timber that grows IN
Washington Territory. Samples Of the
ore can be seen at my residence on
Third street, Seattle, or NJ Il. q. Tem-
plenlaa'a otiice on Main street. Seattle.
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