The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-08-14

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reaches again the bsaks Of the Green river
someuhere in tounship II range 3 OF I
east unsurvsyeds and continuing IT. very
tirssome, sxhaustinx and often dangerous
track, one reaches the point where
the mining creek, coming from the
south. Hoxs into the Green riyes.
This il in township 10. range s
rnsuYveyed, somewhere II takes from
two 70 fous days travelling TO arrive there
from Toledo The last settlement on this
trail = In section z. township 10, range
east, and from there nothing elss but an
svfui wilderness 10 TO b seen
0tsvens CSuoey News
KETTIs TALIA. Aug. l3-,Special.l-
Fire broke ont in p. y. Hackings' cot
tage. on College avenue. about s O'Clock
Thursday evening. Il started In defect
i've due and Vas first seen when the flames
burst ont Of the upper story. Most Of the
furniture was destroyed and the building
was entirely destroyed. - the IRE had
made much headway before il Was discos-
cred The loss vas $200O. win no insur-
snce. The house stood on . slight hill.
surrounded BY about ten acres Of land, and
Vas the first residence built in town. The
grounds were laid out 70 fruit and shrubs,
which we're ruined.
Salmon are jumping at the falls By the
hundred. and = great many Indians are
camped there. catching them in their long
willow baskets. which are Suspended st
the foot of the f1lla
Mr.. Mcclellan, Of this place, made mp
large fishing party and went across on the
the reservation last week. They followed
IN Indian trail about seven miles west
from the Columbia to beautiful little
lake, whore they pitched their camp. The
place II . sportsman paradise, and the
party caught nearly 800 finc trout while
the woods abound In deer and grouse.
The postoflice at Daisy. fourteen miles
below this place. near the Columbia river.
was burned Wednesday night
The Leavenworth Times, Of August S,
savs: bob Benson returned from the
Chewahwah mines Sunday evening list.
where he had been for week Inspecting
and gathering ore from the P.-I. group.
Mr.. Benson is more than pleased with the
result Of his trip, ana convcrses in the
most cheering strains concerning it. 4
have been in al the leading mining camps
Of the United States. bat never saw . bet
ter nor bigger things than we have got up
there said Mr.. Benson. We have .
ledge eight feet wide of sold ore, and it
can be traced for Iuile. There II enough
ore on one claim to keep . mill grinding
fifty years. The ore - there. and any one
can 90 into the tunnel. put in shot aud
knock Q car load down. The pack train
from the PIT came in Wednesday, bring
ing $50 pounds OF ore, which was shipped
to the Seattle Chamber Of Commerce
Thursday morning"
CoLvILLE, Aug. Especial l-Wiiliam
Hall and John Mcdonald. who have been
in England for the past twelve months for
the purpose of efIecting the sale Of the Sill
yer King group Of mines At Nelson. b. c..
returned home yesterday. They came by
way Of Montreal and the Canadian Pacific
railway. Mr.. Hall reports that the deal
has been consummated ut the figures al
ready s.ated-$l. soc. 900. and the money
and stock in payment for the interests Of
the respective thirteen owners Of the
mines will be paid over at Nelson in few
days. The principal reason for the long
DELAY IN making the sale was the death Of
one of the purchasing partners in London
some months ago. aud il took some time
to extricate the proposition from the legal
tanele that naturally ensued.
KETTLE FAILS. Aug. 1a-fSpecial. II.
NJ. Shackleton and Col. Fish have re-
turned from their placer grounds. opposite
the Kootenay hydraulic works at Waneta.
They report that the grounds are much
richer than they thought at first. Some
men whom they have at work easily aver.
aged s. day in washing out with simple
pan. Steps will be taken by the owners to
put in hydraulic works the coming sum.
mer.
The owners Of the Kootenay hydraulic
placer mines have been troubled by .
washout Of part Of their fiume, but no
serious damage Was done. Superintendent
Goodhue 10 now in Portland purchasing
more machinery.
CoLYax, Aug. 13-rSpecial. Pros
pectors returning from the Hoodoo mines,
in the Ceur d'Alene mountains, sixty
miles east Of this place, bring . good deal
Of gold dust from placers and few mug
gets. Experienced miners who have been
there declare that before long the Hoodoo
will Be one of the best gold-producing
camps in the world. Several outfits from
various parts Of the Paionse are prem airing
to so mp on prospecting trips of month
or six weeks.
The Victoria ColoHisf says: 1.-THE report
is received from Lytton that the Van
Winkie syndicate. near that place. washed
UP in the neighborhood Of s., 500 last week.
The length Of time the ore was accumu-
lating Is not mentioned. nor Is the amount
verified. There is plenty Of prospecting
going on near Lytton at present, tho indi-
cations being that almost all Of the clam,
being worked will turn out WE'LL"