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

pssss. - was alvsyy II poe6tiss - hase
~ rfGAss 1eaned a1d opeD1y Soe0gntsed.
~ = ~ fnee 81 the written eoasr1e4 10
o4e0n1y enseTe3 into. his version Of cor
vesDat5oos ou9hs not - - necepeed - the
extent q charging sppeisanL
Ons 81 the promising eoId dfstrScss
In WashsngtSn . on the hesd vassss -
Cedar StssF. oniy tuensy-dvs miies from
this city in . straight line. a three ho0rs'
ride over the Lake Shore rod brings ene
70 North Bsad 1t II 30 In IL DorninK.
where sadie horses can b procured sad
the "Trip mas1s 70 within Eve miles n the
fnises over . kood wagon rosd The
IsdEes ass found sIonR Cedar river and it
tributaries, shout twelve mifes Shove
Cedar lake. the river. Bear crsek and cshsr
wstsr eourses euftinx them. Go Bear
ereek the Fear ssd Nay Eehast eisims are
Oh tie level ground Ia she bed 81 Bear
creek. bus the oshsr Ieiges ass l,50D feet
higher. thosGh oniy mile snd half dis
tsst - vaiisy having bssa eat through
thsm- The Lodges ass all very
Isses, ss.eine from 5osty-Gvs feet on
ths ean Joss. 80 30 ssss on the Mountain
Qusen and Princess Angeiius. and While
most Of them are Low grade concentrating
orr. runnsse from 81 10 ~ in gold. Sk %
3 pr csnI copper, and small quantity 81
Silver, some lodges shov up With tboa-
sasds of dollars in gold. They are Ill par
ailel running from northeast 70 south
vese, and ooms have besn traced clear
through . mountaih. On the Los An
esies. San Jooe, San raneisco. Brooklyn.
Quiney. Nickel Piste. Little Phil, Ere
mont, whistler. Mountain Queen. Val
parsiso. MEXICO snd Princess Ansslins
csaams r. r. Tos nsIey hiss eight men en-
Gseed in development work. On most Of
his claims he b only doing sssessment
work, bat on the San jose and Los An
eslss several thousand dollars has been
spsnk The San jose tunnel b In about
10 feet and the Los Angeles about sixty
feet, aud s1o other tunnels have been
started at . different stops and will b.
pushed 20 that machinery can b placed
this fall
On the San Jose the ledge IL now over
forty-dve feet vide. ON the Los Angeles
thirty fsst and on the Whistler seventy
feet. Some ore in the Los Angeles. Nay
Erhart aud Bear. owned BY NJ. Robinson.
carries from 500 to 81. 20 in gold. and
. large pass Of the May Erhart runs
from u Loo 70 5000 In gold. The Bear.
Silver Bell. Silver Tip. Cub. ETC., are .
group Of claims controlled BY 1. ID. Ross
and Harry White. ON which 20 far
not . great deal Of work has been
done. NrEsroy 4 Irwin. James Bishop.
Angus Mclean and Alien White are
doing assessment work on their
several clsims. Assays 20 far made show
that the 3o0-foot ledge. on which the
Mountain Queen and Princess Angslins
are located. runs from $l3 to 80 in gold.
with some copper and silver. Several
samples taken from the Whistler, ~ .
width Of seventy feet. run from 8i3 70 $50
in gold. while test made By the Tacoma
smeiter from . ssmpis from the Bear
shows eA65 in gold. The Los Angeles vein
has been traced clear through the mountain
for distance Of two and half miles, Mr.
King having made location on the OPP
posits side from the Los Angeles claim.
The HORSE Shoe basin has hitherto been
little heard Of here. for it has been diificult
% reach until the present summer, when
within easy distance Of Seattle. II II 1t the
head Of the Stehekin river, about twenty.
one miles from the town Of that name at
the head Of Lake Chelan. and is within
three daya' travel Of the city. The mineral
Iedees Of gaiens ore run across . double
horse shoe, which has been scooped out
between the mountains BY the glaciers.
and can b. traced from one hili TO the
other. sixteen in number. The Fergu-
son group. owned by Donald Fergu-
son and others. Of Seattle. con-
sists Of twenty-four claims on the
sixteen distinct lodges. and tunnel over
. mile long IL being run TO cross-cut all Of
them. The lodges have been located for
over four miles. and are strongly defined
and similar TO those Of Butte. Mont. The
ore runs from $50 TO 500 tom in silver and
lead. Mr.. Ferguson has cut trail from
the head Of the lake to the basin, and has
spent $4,000 In development. He paid
81. 900 for she Blue Devil and Black War
rior claims alone. The Isolatta ledge.
about twenty miles from the head of the
lake. which Is owned by the PurshaIl
brothers, the discoveries, and Spokane and
Davenport capitalists. 10 also showing
some fine ore. The Rouses, who are still
working on the Boston mine in the Cas-.
cade district, arc also working some fine
lodges in the Doubtful Lake district. lust
across the ridge from the Horse Shoe basin.
A number OF men are working in the
Bridge Greek and Methow districts, and
the squaw creek gold finds on the Methow
river ara attracting considerable attention.
The Washington Consolidated Mining
and Milling Company. whose headquar-
tiers arc at Seattle, held its annual meeting
on Tuesday and elected the following Of
ficers for the coming year: A. B. Ball,
president: Charles II. Holden, vice presi-
dent; IL. c. Gordon. secretary and treas
urer; David IL. Summers. superintendent
OF mines: and the following trustees: A.
b. Ball. II. c. Gordon. c. II. Holden, A.
L. Hawiey. II. q. Bickford. The com.
pany own and arc operating some valua-
BILE mines in Washington and at Elk
Creek. Idaho
The completion Of the track on the Ever.
EFT & Monte Cris;o railroad will soon make
IL possible for ore to DO shipped to the
smeIter. Development work and stopinR
IL In active progress. and the trans from
the Wiimans properties will be completed
by the time the track Is in condition for
regular traffic, and by that time also there
will be several hundred tons Of ore ready
for shipment Before winter sets In Monte
Cris'o will be regularly producing min.
ing camp and will ce reaiizing the predic-
tions made for il.
Articles OF Incorporation Of the Sksrit
Mining and Milling Company were fiied in
the auditors ofiics Saturday. The incor.
poratoss are: Douglass Almond, L. r.