The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-10-19

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fza og iysa Tnes hsFe now reached
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the mouth al S1oqn4lnass pass east o.
seattle. thas se4xsng bgt ab0at - niles 70
cogng slefe another through roal from
the roHnae n spokane Falls. Inss E0ad
vii he used By tie Union p4cife and Jim
ffafrs Manitobz railroad. Inas We Wisa
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20 FAR the lack Of t-aasr orta1lon has heen
a great drawback 20 mining west aud rorfn
II Watervilie. Rich In mineral ss the
above districts are, se % net look for a
sold or silver fever. simply because Wash
ire.on has 80 many other resources that
can Dc turfess into god mine. However,
So soon as the railroads reach Waterviile
great viii he The activity. At present Tire
principal mining district In POINT 81 dsvei-
fnent is called the Salmon river mines, stu
atesi on q branch OF the Okanogan river.
Here are immense leads of silver and
gaiena ore Excellent coal for coke Is
found on the di~ide between the
salmon ard Meihow rivers. Tie
pTiacipai mining camps OF this district
are Ruby City. ConconuIIy aud Wanaea
Lake The first reduction works are now
being transported hy wagons 20 me Airing
ton Iuiue. IL can be readily understood
whst difficulties these miners contend with
when we say that above plant and sap
plies fEhieb consist mostly OF saltl will
weigh in all 800 tons. The Arlington
company, can stand the ex-
pense "a they took out in sink
ing an incline shaft 2i0 feet, and in
running if5 feet OF drifts se00l0 in mineral
consisting mainly IN ruby and brittle
silver. about per cent. copper, III per
cent lead and 81 Ia the ton In god. With
the present development 100 tons can he
taken out q DAY. The Fourth of July,
Lore star and some other claims show
equally well. as far as developed, as the
Arlington. On the Methow they are find
ing this year good gold diggings and cop
per, galena, silver and gold leads. which
are creating no little excitement. On
Pierce river, which empties into Lake
Chelan, is situated couple OF excellent
ealena aud silver lead mines and great
number of fine prospects.
Lake Chelan is magnificent body OF
water sixty miles long and from three TO
seven miles wide. The lake and tributaries
abound in trout and in this region is the
finest deer, mountain sheep and bear
hunting in the territory. The water has
medical properties which will, together
with its other attractions, make il a great
and popular health and recreation resort
on completion OF a railroad To Waterviile, it
being only twelve miles north. The Entiat
pected but this season on Pechaston creek.
which empties into the Wenatehee, have
been struck some splendid free-gold quartz
in great quantities. an immense ledge of
cinnabar and great many coal and iron
leads. Coal and iron are especially abun-
dant at the upper Wenatehee on a line with
Cleelum and Rosedale at which places are
the great mines Of the Northern Pacific
railroad. Along the Columbia river from
the Wenatchee TO the Okanogan are gold
diggings which are at present only worked
by Cinnamon, why white men don't l. a
mystery as the Cinnamon in their crude
way make pig money. Immense lodges OF
marble and limestone are found along the
river, some of which are to be developed by
an eastern company who are putting up the
Rest machinery, at a cost OF so. 900. to burn
lime. Magnificent building stone tsand-
stone and granite) lies in Corbaley's can
yon, three miles away.