Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-04-27
FAIRHAVEN'S TREASURY
OF Precious Metals Soon to be
Opened to the
World
The Cascade District to be the
Theatre of Active
Operations
News From Other Large Camps
and Mining
Districts

rHE MARKETS
New YORK, April %.
/ Copper-neglected; Lake. April .Sl4 q
] Lead-dull; domestic, SO shd3 so
The warm weather Of the past week ha,
been general and from all points eome'
reports of activity IN the mines,
The placer miners of Montana and IA,
Cour de Alenes have not had such reason
for ne eioicing in years wafer being plenty
and weather good.
4 report of wonderful gold find may
be found in the Tacoma Globe of the 2jth.
Mr.. Frank l.. Leslie is the finder. and he
| Is described by the Globe man aS being
"a quiet bronze faced gentleman from
whose eyes darted beams that told oi
hopes fulfilled"
We quote the following from the Globe:
| Mr.. Leslie's good fortune. as above in
dicated. was not limited to the silver find
alone. for his Discerning aud practiccd
eye caught sight of an auriierous region
ON the Cascade which leaStwise makes a
big showing. The specimen of gold
quartz which shows In big groupings aud
I assays 1895 to the tOn-free gold ore is a
| remarkable discovery. The sight of it.
coupled with the fact that IL j. appar-
entity lying around loose. i enough To
I fire the blood OF an old forty miner. let
| alone the tircless wealth seekers Of the
present day. The sight of this new found
| EldoradO is not given out with geOgraph-
/ ical precision. II still slumhers "a the
comparative quietude. twenty miles from
"a railroad. but In the course of couple
of months the roads will make il acccs-
| Sibc for mule trains and there will no
doubt be a rush Of miners.
fIba writer kupNg Inc uhpKp Ia bs in lp
main correct The lOcation j. In the Cas-
cadcs. and fairhayen Is the outlet. Fair
haven Is one hundred aud forty miles
nearer this lind than Tacoma. The re-
/ port hat the Cascade district will prove
| itself the richest mining district IN the
whole northwest, aud fairhaven will he
the largest mihing town in the state Of
Washington.
GEORGE AND JACK ROUSE nISo onVEREB~ on
THE 'RosroN
These two hardy and indeiatigihlr pro-
Spcctors left for the Cascades Tuesday.
! They will go up to Rouse Town and from
! that point the trail will be pushed east
and west They also cut an easy trail to
the Boston mine which is situated about
| 7.OOD feet high and $500 feet above Rouse
Town. Hoping to be able to make access
easy 90 the Boston about June lst They
do not advise anyone to start before May
18th on June LIST. The services of Jack
and George Rouse are appreciated in
Fairhayen.
MAP OF CASCADE DISTRICT
&. II. Amerine and wife are at the Fair
haven. Mr.. Amerine has just completed
perfect map showing the mines and
mining country tributary to Fairhayen.
Rand x McNally. Chicago. will publish
IT, II will he ready for distribution about
JdlS |.
PRosPEcroRS, ATTENTION
Prospectors from abroad will do we'll to
know that Fairhayen a. supply point j.
the best MANY of the merchants here
are old time boys who know just what j.
wanted You can get anything In Fair
haven. from a pair OF oNeralls TO
ear of candles and miners over
alls and miners candles l. what
they keep in Fairhaven. No shoddy.
PERSONAL
Frank Stuart, dealer in prospecturs
supplies and general merchandise. who
has the pioneer store Of the Cascades. To-
ca ted at the junction Of Skagit and Cas-
cade rivers is in the city making pur-
chases.
The Webb Bros. two old prospecturs
from Montana have gone To Hamilton. 10
there wait for the melting Of the snow.
Jno. NJ. Hogan has arrived and will To-
ca te his family permanently in Fairhavcn.
y
chief for the Bunker Hill aud sullivan
mines lie can't be beaten In the world In
his line. lie will probably hc employed
In the Boston mine.
HINTS To PIosPECToRS
Industrial Mining Advocate: As quartz
mining Is increasing so generally from the
northern to the southern end of the state,
perhaps a few hints to new beginners
would be- timely.
IL is supposed, ul course, thdi YOU can
determine quartz.
In prospecting yOurlcjg IL the outcrop
is dim take with YOU number OF niue
sacks that will hold say ten pounds each.
Take your dirt from each place where de-
composed quartz shows. Number each
place by putting the number on a
stone building "a small monument To- To-
cate the place, aud put the corresponding
number In your sack. Devote one day to
this. The following day crush all your
samples and after quartering, put them
through your sieve which should bc no
coarser than forty mesh 10 the inch.
Horn carefully into pan. any OF the
samples carry 90 the following day
with pick and shovel and sink on the
ledge where your best prospect showed.
and take samples of all kinds OF rock.
Crush the following day and horn dow D..
II a good prospect is shown. take an
eight pound sample OF your entire ledge
and horn and amalgamatc and weigh.
using Melville AtwOOd's table of cOmpu-
tation. II your gold is free you now have
an approximate estimate OF what yonr
ledge will mill. The following day. II the
| ledge Is small. sample by inches. II large.
by feet: you thus will find the streak that
carries. Then develop a. long as the
ledge and your funds justilies. Never
| leave your pay shoot; the development
/ To facilitate working the mine must he
done by capital.
! Don't be discouraged by local ideas.
/ The energetic prOspector is finding good
| lodges all over the state. under the very
noses Of these local chaps who know II
| all.
Good fields for prospecting can be found
above any of the placer diggings:
/ Don't stick to any geological rules:
remember gold Is where you lind II. Com
| tracts are. of course. the best formations.
| The states, sienitcs. and granite is the
home of gold.
Remember the good Spanish proyerb:
'sIron is the father and quartz the mother
of gold" Bear in mind YOU viii never
find gold where the fine grains OF sui
phides of iron never existed.
1 When sulphurcs are found. find their
per centage in the ledge. Then have
them assaycd. Don't bother with youf
acid tests unless you have the necessary
paraphcrnalia and experience.
You will need for an outfit poll, pick;
"A short handled shovel. a mortar aud
pestlc. a gold pan, a horn spoon, a forty
sieve. few ounces OF quicksilver; ten
sampling sacks made of heavy drliling;
and a sampling cloth. 3X4 feet. made of
/ the same material.
! Take a barley sack. put In your pick
and shovel. and swing to your back over
/ your arms as a foot peddlar does. Your
hands and arms are thus free and your
load hardly noticed. Pack your samples
in the same way. Take 1t easy: YOU cant
prospect when fatlgucd.
CpUR D'ALENEs MINIS
The Poorman mine at Burke, on Canyon
creek. In the Cpur d'Alenes. will pay
$4,000 dividend on the 2lst. and has de-
clared the same dividend for next month.
This property gives employment to 10
men at high wages.
The Granite mine. in the same district.