The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-10-05
THE PASSING THRONG.

J. c. Rouse 10 stopping at the Arlington. He
has just returned from the mines at the head
waters OF the Skagit. Mr. Rouse IL one OF the
pioneer prospsctors Of that region. In 1855 he
went to the head waters Of Cascade creek, at the
pass OF that name, where the Northern Pacific
had at one time intended to cross tho range. At
that time and for three years afterwards he had
to pack everything, food, tools. ETC., twenty-five
miles on his back. The mining district In
which he ID located 10 called Cascade district.
"Ihe ores are silver-bearing galens," said he,
"ths lodges large and strongly defined. having
porphyry Tor q hanging wall and granite
for foot WALL The district IL about
twenty-five miles south and west Of the
Ruby district, which IL q gold district
The center OF the district IL about one and .
half miles west OF the Cascade pass. and the
route out Is twenty-five miles BY PACK animals
over fair trail the miners have constructed, to
Marble Mount, the mouth OF the creek and the
end Of the stage road, thirty-six miles from
Hamilton, the end Of the railroad. Several
prospectors have been working In this disrYct
Tor the last two or three seasons, and some good
strikes have been made. As . rule the miners
are keeping up their assessment work, and
many are developing their properties without
making any blow about it L VI. Getehsll owns
several good properties there, and II now having
surveys made for patents on fifteen claims. The
Boston Is the principal mine, and has the
most work done. This consists OF two tua.
nels, sixty and forty feet respectively On the
Quien sahe there 10 Q ninety.foot tunnel, and
considerable development work has bean done
on the Johnsbury, the Midas and the Soldier
Boy. Several miners are preparing to stay on
the mountain Oil winter and develop their prop.
erties The ore from the Boston runs about 40
to so per cent lead with anywhere from . few
up to 10 ounces silver There Is al iron cap on
all the lodges, and the deterioration marks them
very clearly, making prospecting quite easy.
We expect railroad to come through the dis.
tHict soon. II will 60 up the 6kagit and Cascade
rivers, cross though Cascade psss, cut across the
head of Lake Chelsn into the valley Of the
Methow and down that river to the Column.
Northern Pacific at Coulee City. The
only drawback to the district 10 the heavy snow.
fall. We have had three feet OF snow already
this season, but that has disappeared and We
will not get much more until the holidays. Our
heaviest snowfall 10 in the spring, and it lays
until July and August By the way made an
interesting discovery during my explorations in
that country. whether It 10 new or not don't
know. went up the north fork OF the Skagit
until came to great marsh. Here the water
was almost still. but ] discovered an outlet at
either end OF the lake. one forming the Skagit
and the other being the source Of . stream which
flows into the Fraser at Fort Hope"
G. H. Jewell, OF Saginaw. Mich. accompanied
by Mrs J. w. Jewell. Of Bothel, his sons wife,
10 at the Rainier. Mr.. Jewell Is q wealthy lum.
herman, and last spring he bought several hum
dred acres Of timber land near Bothell, and he
has BEEN up on the land making Q ranch. He
has already cleared twenty acres and will clear
twenty acres more aud plant fruit trees, raise
chickens and-rabbits. at may seem Q fool
idea" said he, 'but am told that rabbits sell
for dollar pieco here, and they're bountiful
crop and easy TO raiaA My son Is interested In
some mining properties out here, don't know
VDhn md otcA hon
ties in Colorado, where he now IA. You have
grand country here and shall 60 back and fx
my business affairs 20 can spend tho winter
out here, and IL / like It shall remove my home
here permanently. have . lot of Michtgsn
friends who have invested heavily In your tim.
Der lands. and think they are visa This talk
about OVERRIDING the lumber business is all non.
sense. Why, In time you win be supplying the
entire country not only with shingles, but with
clear lumber. think timber Q good invest.
ment here without cutting It for ten or twenty
years. People said the timber around Saginaw
would never be cut out, but now 1t is all gone.
Within space OF eighteen miles there were lao
mills, big ones, too, and I observe that every
lumberman got rich. Railroads will 90 all
through these woods soon. Speaking OF rail.
roads, though, reminds me that knew Jim
Hill when he was driving . dray In St Paul,
and couldn't get credit for Q pair Of boots. That
was thirty years ago. How did he get his startf
Well, when the Manitoba road was building
Hill made contract with its managers to haul
all the cord wood he should cut and to haul for
him exclusively. This was before coal was
brought up the river in boats, and IL gave Hill
a monopoly of the fuel trade In st. Paul for
quite while"
''Nine-tenths of all the chewing tobacco used
In the United States and Canada comes from
Kentucky" said W. H Phillips. of Louisville,
at the Northern last night ave will have a
| I'm "a hAa m fn,
year, It won't como on the market until next
year. The process OF making chewing tobacco
Is as follows: After the leaf is stemmsd it 10
steamed to take the natural gum of It Then
1t 10 put through tank containing the Casing
This is mixture OF sugar giycerine, rum and
other ingredients intended to flavor 1t. After
this bath 1t is wrung out and left to dry, after
which IL II either packe In caddies or chopped
into hnecut The peculiar property of Kentucky
tobacco il thatit will absorb this casing, while
with tobaccos grown In most states the casing
all stays ON the outside, making IL gritty. To-
bacco Is good crop to raise. guess Q farmer
will get an average crop OF about ton to the
acre, which he will sell for to 20 cents pound.
Tho Kentucky farmers are mostly all we'll to do
although they are not what may be called rich,
They take life easy. They raise everything they
want to use on their tables except groceries, ana
most OF them are able TO hold their tobacco for
year. or until it 10 thoroughly cured"
II. snowden Marshall returned homo on Mon.
day night from . long trip through Eastern
Washington and British Columbia, having come
laAt from Caribou He said OF that district: .It
10 very slow mp there; they are doing Q little
prospecting and digging few bitches for next
year, but they are always getting ready for next
year, aud when next year comes they do not do
anything but get ready for next year. still
everybody talks about the times when Cariboo
produced millions and predicts the revival of
the district II 10 fuil OF forty-nipers who arc
loaded with interesting yarns Judging from
what have seen Of the country. Canada IL not
worth annsxing"
Col Thomas c. NcCollum, U. G. A. OF Port
Orchard, II stopping at the Arlington. 1.-THE
plans for the naval station buildings and
grounds, in connection with the dry dock have
not been approved yet BY the navy department.
but from the fact that We we're ordered to draw
up such plans, Il would seem that It 10 the intsn
ton 70 ultimately locate . permanent naval
station at Port Orchard"
Capt W. A. Jones, of Hamilton, manager OF
the Sksgii-Cumbegland coal mines, said yes,er-
day that during the past week the iron mine,
controlled By the Nensge syndicate OF this city.
and located on Iron mountain near Hamilton
had been bonded 70 Phiisdelphia parties for
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