Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-04-13
THE CASCADES FUTURE .
What Will be Done in the
Neighboring Mountains the
Coming Season
And What Benefit FairhaVen
VIII Derive From the
Developments
A Partial List of Mining Men
Already Here Notes and
Comments

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NEW NoGK. April H. Bar silver gG
Copper firm; lake. April Sl4.lO Lead
dull. heavy: domestic. $3.50 Tin quiet. .
easier: StraightS. so
over 1.ON feet above tarhaNou. aud .
situated uu either side ct Skagit pass. and .
comprising district uimaW miles square .
Is the nov famous Cascade mining dis
trirt' larger m extent than he tuur
IL AlcneS. richer iu minerals. easier of ac-
cess and nearer tu market; this district
will be- to fairhaNcu what thr tuur
Il Alene> were 90 NpoNau" Fails ami what
l.eadN lille was Co Denver.
Things were ou the vaur iu spokane
Falls IN October. lS>i. ior the gold mines
Of the tWur q Alour had mot Planned uut
satisfactorily. and the hundreds who had
left their deposits iu the two spokane
banks suddenly returned from thc mount
aims and drew ont their balances Money
frightened. the hanks shook. hu~iup>~ was
bad. the crowds lrlt and spokane gravel
was cheap.
Ilut mark the change that came With
the discovery ut the galcUa belt. AZ
though one hundred miles ava1- tine
good effect was Immediately tcIt. Pros
pector> rushed Zoo. mining towns were
built and new tributary trade Wi> c>-
tahli>hed
Large contracts Wcrc takru and 20 slice
cess made; every argeutilrruu, gaIoud
mine in thar section WAS q bonanza; rail-
roads came Zoe. mills went up couccutra-
tors were built and cmpioy Weut Vas given
to thousands. spokane went after This
trade and got 10 all The mines made
spokane tall>. railroads came boo after
wards.
The value Of the Cascade region tu
FairhaNcu cannot be- over estimated 40
this time. This region l. already famous
an all the mining camps of Montana
Idaho aud Washington.
TINS community t. 60 q great extent. e
mining community. Hundreds are here
now waiting for the SHOWS Go melt away
On the mountains. and 10 is pleasant. a.
one walks the streets of FdirHaNVu. and
grcetS the old boys of the mountains: the
heroes Of many rich nud: thrcompauiuu
at many a camp fire: the racers iu many
>tampede-tO ltnd them here aud ready to
Try il again. They all know the chances.
aud concede that Ion the pro, p nctur uO
better opportunity has offered Tor years:
10 j. proper To- state right here thar "a hvt-
ter class of prU>pcctor~ To- experience and
morals never awaited OBJ" opening "f %
new district.
Speaking OF the pro~pcrtur. 10 is % fact
thar there j. one thing with which hr j.
always well supplied; NO matter how poor
in pocket or how humh. in VOCATION. thp
pruSpector still has hope.
Reviewing the experience of ih, hast
twenty wears of Nallapi. Nauuah. paul-
mint in Piochc. Alta Civ. Utah. fHr
black Hills and tWur q Alcu'>. recall
that u j. the poorest OF Uru~p,ciur, Who
have become richest.
The Cascade di~tric; offers urlIr than
he usual inducrmcnt, ru pru>pectur> iw
The following reasons tjr~t-lt is almost
totally unprO>pecrtd: ~eCouu.t ores
iuund are mot Oi refractory character.
thitd-thtlr value makes them rank as q
high grade proposition: fourth the veins
are large; ufth-thg market j. near sixth
the freight will De- cheap: >tNpufh-lhrl
are easy Of access and IRE, from The usual
impedlmcut> that rctaru Investment AND
hold hack capital Tho following j. a.
correct description ui
rlE R,-roN uiNr
tine of the richest discoveries iu hot
mineral world was made jon TIE Cascade
range about one mile from the IairhaNpu
southern railroad, 4.uu feet HluNr Ii-
with an elevation Of '.Fn The miur is
called th" BOSTON. Or was located Dos D..
e. Rouse and g.. J.. Rouse. o. Ii,> ul tur
east and west sides Of the ta~cadc- and
unc-half mile west of the proposed tuu-
mel of tho FairhaNru a southern road
II wa located ou the 5th ui september.
lsSl. The surface >hoWiHu~ are immense.
being nine feet of galona urr uf charac-
ter easy tu concentrate. and pu>itiNriN
with un refractory elements I hp aNrI-
age 81 the tore l. about forty ounces boo
silver and .A p"r cent. Zoo lead. Co.. fIr
form OF concentrate 90" values uf the
concentrates are di per Gem. u lead and
uinety-hNc ounces iu silver When we
lake INTO consideration thar thp average
nf the great Bunker Hill and sullivan
mines Of the tPur a. Alcuc~ fur ono wear
was tWentN-cight ounces 600 silver and 70
per cent. ut lead. with q vein up larger
than the Boston. and the value of fHr
silver a. shown iu the concentrates of tho
Boston miuc. it, immense value is plainly
apparent
There are MANY things m the ED.ton
mine similar To- The mine, col th, tuur
d Alene. namely. The absence Goo thr ores
Of zinc autimony. copper. pNrifr~ uf iron
90 any other refractory metals ur miner
ais " j. understood that large com
tract mas been lot hy the owner, tuuartic,
IN FairhaNcn for the Development OF the
mine and the extraction Of the ores and
that this cuutrcct will De- commenced at
the earliest moment that tho uoathprufI
permit OF lu the spring. and we may pN-
pect that not only the Boston. hut the
hundreds OF other claims boo tho Cascade
rang" viii md iairhaNen am outlet.
ooUEE pAIENEE~ NOW ur-mi>r> or
FAuutNvEN
Cha~. simpson. T. T.. NrLtiaud. Evan
Evans. y. +. Ward. H. VI Butler. Nm.
Guse. Capt I. ZONES II. Dennis. e.. e..
stafford Iho> Finnrgan. ". COY. ". l..
smith. j. smith. Lee. i. D. MrDuugII
). +. NaSnrr. -t'ih,on. Jake Barrett. 4.
J. casey. ID. Monroe. \. T.. Benton. ~.
BOYER. n. smith. -- Lingfcru. -W ,r-
koh. Capt. Hermann. Capt. Palmer. Can't.
Flint. lapt Stoddaid. Capt pangburu
capt. Stannard, Capt Woods. +. Yard +
Hill, 'has. smith, John Black. John
finger. jos. Foster. John Singer Frank
sterling. Abe Townsend y. a.. Gonrh
WOOD mvEmrE~ SOW m~mrNr- or
FArEHAvEN.
AZ. Davis John Graham. q. IL. War
rem /. ". Gillette. Par Uargal9, n
Moran Howard StctSon. Frank Grom. l.
TAYLOR. --t amphell Jos Murrcll. Gru
\. Hack Blackcnger. - flamenco.
TIM rEo>rrcrou
The quocro~t thing in the vs. hole min
ing business 90 me-" said frightened .
and talkatiye passenger from the vt.~t.
named Eastman. us the pru>p"ctur. ! .
should think some good IS ritter would take,
up the pruSpectur aud make e hero of
him. or put him he play a> the central
inquire. The tluical mu~pcctur d, ctr-
talnly study. lie comes into town AIN
excited; he hics So high hp can hnrIl,
touch the ground with his feet. mi. face
= radiant. aud hc can hardly abstain
from talking with everyone ho meets.
tnally he picks out WrlI-tu-du Citizen
lakes HIM aside aud whispers Zoe his ear.
81, v" struck her struck her rich this
TIME. Tor her sure. \ big lead. sure for
tune. MI want is e chance Co show her
up. Say. gruh~takc mo and Ill give you
hai. It, q FORTUNE Tor both of u,. aud
no mistake
Probably this citizen du~rn't put up tbr
gruhsiake. he ha, heard the same story
before. but SomehOdy dOr,-a grub.tako.
You know. is am outfit for working "a min
ing claim. consisting chiefly OF food tn
kerP IN" pruspctor going while at work
digging and away hc goes hopping and
skipping into thc mountains
IN leW months hc returns lis uIum.
age hahgs between hi- legs. a~ itvrrr.
Tie looks shrppi~h and ~hamo-fa faced Up