The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-06-21
THE PASSING THRONe.

are stopping At the Rainier ana viii 80 mp TO
Aaska on the Queen Thursday They ara NJ.
and M.A ". T. Dean. W. L Dean. Mss Dean
and maid. Mira John g. Hages. Mis- Haser, Miss
Alice Hager. Miss Ethel Hager. eoverness and
maid. Mr. ". F. Dean Is . wealthy mining
man. interested in mining properties all over
the West except In this region. 81 have heard
Q good deal about your new mining districts up
here" said he last night. "and should Ike to
get hold Of some good properties up this
property for what IL 10 worth, but when l
buy prospects ! expect to pay prospect prices
for them. and my partners were figuring up
the other day and We counted up over 40 prop
cries on this Coast which We examined Per.
sonaiy or caused to BE- Investigated By our
agents. and which we couldn't touch. Now.
don't care how far away mine 10. nor how big
or how little It il, IL IL has depth or shows signs
that It will have depth, I would like to buy IL ii
! can get IL for what it 10 worth, but can't 30
chasing through the mountains on every Pros
peetor's story hear. don't want to cndangef
my life. besides its lonesome and wearisome.
and before ! start out to look At any proper
ties. or even ssnd men out, / must have
some confirmation OF the first stories
told me about them ! never buy property
until have seen aud investigated it personally.
and always take along with me an assayer and
an engineer. SO that the mere looking At prop
erty knocks . big hole in 900 bill. OF course
have number OF experts under pay all the
time. whether have work for them or not.
because when do want them want to Be sure
that can get them. ] now have . Arst-class
superintendent doing nothing, for whom
would like TO obtain . drst-class property.
l am opening up some new fields In
Southern Oregon, near Granite Pass. which
promise we'll. and Col. Tom Ewing, of your city.
here 10 now down at Ashland looking up some
properties It may be worth while to investigate
moro fully. l don't want to touch any more
silver mines just now. The price Of silver has
got down 90 low that begin to have the creeps.
We have had to shut down the Contention mine
at Tombstone, A. T.. largely on account OF the
low price Of silver, but partly also on account OF
water. However. ~ We have taken $6,000oO
out Of the mine. perhaps We should not con-
plain much Of that property. After our return
from Alaska We shall return to San Francisco
and later 60 to the Worlds fair.
Among other tourists registered ct the Rainier.
most OF whom will 60 up to Alaska on the
Queen. are Commodore W. II. Shock, q. s. n,
and Miss Shock. OF Washington City; Mr.. ana
Mira Joseph Purcell. Miss c. l. Purcell aud Miss
F. ]. Purcell, of Crawford. n. j.: Mr.. and Mira
W. u. Ysaxall. of Springfield. o.: Mrs. E. s.
Yeexei!, OF Tacoma: Dewitt Irwin and Miss
Irwin, Of Pittsburg: II. Copien. 7. Delius. R
Marlin, N. Schade, OF Berlin: +. Claussen, OF
Hamburg. Walter spsysr, Albert G. Wieland.
Mr.. aud Mrs. E. n. Lindsay, Mrs. G. @. Bonner
and Miss Bonner. OF San Francisco: Mr.. and
Mrs. II. @. KEEPER. OF Philadelphis: Ira G.
Briggs, OF Norwich, Conn. and Raymond Il
whitcomb party consisting OF Mr. ana Mrs. J.
". Tapley. Miss Blanche Tapley. Mr.. aud Mira
I. D. johnson, Thomas Stacey and Miss Edith
Gore.
p Hyde. accompanied BY his daughter. Miss
Frances. arrived In this city Saturday evening
and 10 visiting his daughter and soa-in-law.
Mr.. and Ms. q. J. Mccarthy, at 40 Marion
street. Mr.. Hyde IL . veteran railroad official Of
California. having been connected with the
Donohue lines since 1868. lie has filled the
offce Of roadmsster for the San Francisco and
North Pacific railroad for the PAST twenty three
years. He will remain in Seattle until after the
Great Northern celebration
j. l. Morrison and +. A. Bass came down from
Monte Cristo on Monday and say things are
growing lively there. The wagon road has been
completed anu long train of teams has arrived
with supplies. so that tho miners are reveiing
In tho luxury OF new potatoes and fresh beef,
rtson is abou. 10 build good hotel at the camp.
He says that the snow IL going OF rapidly.
Or. aud Mrs. ". II. Keller. OF the City OF Mex.
leo, are at the Ra nier on a tour around the
world. They have been up tho Yosemite val
ley anu thf0uEn ta!llofnlA, ana leave on the
steamer Queen today for Alaska On their re-
turn they wilt 60 over the Canadian Pacific to
the Worlds fair. aud from there down the ST.
Lawrence river aud to the Thousand Islands,
and then perhaps 10 Europe
DIR. c. D. Rogers. surgeon in charge OF tho ma
rine hospital at sitks, Is guest OF the Rainier.
He has been OF on q leave OF absence for several
weeks visiting the Worlds fair. While there he
met b. r. Moore. OF New York city, the newly
appointed collector o. the port as Sitks to sue
eeei Mr.. Hatch, aud who will also so up on the
Queen.
William Christie, Of Albert Lea. Freeborn
county. Mimi, a member of the Minnesota leg.
is,ature. is In the city on visit to old friends
here. Among these is c. q. Bsrnsss, who WAS
auditor OF Freeborn county when Mr.. Christie
WAS county com missioner.
Rev W. Simmons, OF tho franklin colored
Methodist church. has tho honor OF having . l6-
year-osd sister who has taken the fiss, prise for
writing in the eolored department At the
Worlds lair.
Mrs. John Gwilym and Mrs. Lewis D. Gwiiym
will cave Black Diamond today for q visit to
their relatives in Pennsylvania and to the
Woid's fsir.
Mrs I. H. Pon.!us and Mrs. Ralph Moody, OF
Par, Townsend are guests o! Mrs. Teusten r.
Dyer. Depot and Lincoln stree;a
PERSONAL.