The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-06-19

oVt; his ssEn pay HUH SssSaA esknstSu
incees in width. He thinks he 10 only on
she.ouser edge Of . very big channel which
pasies through mountain fully 100
fees above him. He has . neat!y-con-
striicfed whsns Of his own invention,
sisrsngh which he baais mp his gravel, an
oye.-shos water wheel, also of his own con-
strgction furnishing the power. Siusce
borxs u;th iron rifles Of superior quality
areronvenientlv located 1t the mouth Of
thei tunnel. and Mr.. Anthony 10 we'll
equipped for steady run. A popularity
OF Is position is thar he can step from his
goll mine into bis strawberry patch, and
froas the strawberries into his cabin. The
masn wagon road from Eiienshurg to
Liberty and Peshastin passes his door.
ant be Is only distant about three hours
froin the former place.
pEILra 4 POWERS HYDRAULIC.
A new iiume has just been put in and
the giant started on Tuesday last, with .
go,Sd head OF water. through an eleven
inca pipe. The mine is well equipped and
it carts under experienced management.
win prospects for . big yield. Several
large nuggets were taken out by ground
sit scing before hydraulic started up. and
tho ground has every appearance OF being
Yica. The mine Is conveniently located
anS has its own water right from Baker
creek.
THE PHHyix ARAsrRA.
yreet, Johnson & York. owners Of the
Pfsnnx quartz mine. which made q good
finS goid record last season. are accumula-
ting ore on the dump of the Phoenix, pre-
paiatory TO starting up their arastra. The
avSrage of the ore is about 800 per ton,
bu. there are rich streaks in the vein that
viii assay into. the thousands. They an
ticapate starting the arastra the first Of
shy present week, and are confident Of .
busy and prosperous season. They did
well last year and expect to do much bet
ter this year.
THE OLD LAST CHANCE.
adjoining Liberty II the Old Last
Chance. formerly owned by Hurley, but
recently purchased by Jansen, the Wiland
Bros. and Spauiding. of Tacoma. Three
cinims are embraced in this property, and
thS new owners. after constructing .
splendid fume $50 feet long and stripping
a large area to the gravel, began siuicing
on Wednesday. They turned in . full
head and are working three men. The
previous record Of the ground is good, and
tests down to bed rock prove that it still
retains its reputation. In favored places
il banned 25 cents to the pan in fine gold.
They are confident Of success and are de-
sewing.
{ SELMA POINT.
xhers Il considerable prospecting along
thu rim of Selma point and some strikes
ara being made. This point forms tho
JUNCTION Of Swauk and Baker creeks. the
seine Of early and exceedingly prosperous
mining in Washington. Some big strikes
w}rs made.
BAKER CREEK.
On Baker creek there Is . small colony
of;miners and prospcctors from Centralia.
sotne fourteen in number. They made
thseir first locations last fall. and al soon
as:the snow disappeared this spring re-
turned with the early birds. They have
good staying qualities and are apparently
viii pleased with the camp and their
properties. They have located placers and
fis gold-bearing quartz claims.
MILL eULcH.
IN Mill gulch J. B. Davidson and others.
OF. Eliensburg. have made some valuable
discoveries. and are now developing.
CAMP CANNON.
This 10 the name given to Q group Of
plhcers on Swauk creek, below Liberty.
Three Seattle men-John Mears, NJ. +.
Cough and Manly Danforth. are operating
at this point. Their property adioins the
Anthony claim where the strike was made
OF; Wednesday last. and the indications
arc that the Same rich channel passes
through their ground. They are pleas:
aAtly situated near the main wagon road,
AID their comfortable cabins front the
Swauk, are surrounded with promising
gsrdeps. They propose running q tunnel
Il; tap the Anthony channel. They are
WILL pleased with the district, and think
its future much more promising than its
pAst, bright as that has been.
THE GREEN TREE FLAcERs.
This property is under lease to Spo-
kane syndicate, who have several men en-
g$ged in hydraulicking in the Hampton
mine. They are in good ground and have
prospects OF fair cleanup.
;O,hcr mines belonging to the same COM
pany are under lease 10 Cinnamon. who
a:e indus,rousiy working and saying
nothing.
THE ELLIOTT fLAcER.
Near the junction OF Swauk and First
c.ceks are the Elliott plaeers. which are
producing and developing. Work has
been retarded this season by too much
water.
| Near the Green Tree gronp, r. r. Brain
| has a claim on which he has run q tunnel
/ i;o feet, with fine prospects.
rnE DEER outca COMPANY.
| Three claims are embraced in this prop
| ejty, which has run several cuts and prep
| asations are making for a large tunnel.
| MINERAL HILL
| Considerable development, work /. being
! Zone on Mineral hill 10y John Shoudy ami
! others, of Ellensburg Free gold lodges
| tas been driven on one % Mr.. Shouiy $
| ,,iines fully No feet. exposing good vein,
;ssaying well in gold.
( i: Shouay & Qacitsch are also opening an
extensive placer property on Williams
! greek.
I nuckuosS MOUNTAIN.
/ ON this mountain i the weli-known
Suckhorn gold mine. owned by Corp, Ford
/ j smith. If E..enshurg. who are continu-
/ tng development work. an! have two tu,s-
! 'ie,s iu--one twenty iesG. the other los feet
N tne latter three VEINS ot free ualiin-
:.old ore have been cut. varying in width
:ron gh'ecn iaches 70 three feet. 4
/ iargr number os sirIngers have also been
/ Encountered. In thc smaller tunnel they
! are drifting TO :nd the main vein. which
/ pa the surface showed 4 width of SIX feet
! jus tae ore sas not tn place. being STAT
Tered la eea.degs IF from ten 70 FL.
. :>o,suds. The discovery al the main vein
SAL make tltls one Of the bonanzas d