The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-14
THE CASCADE MINES.
Prospector Enlists Omaha Cap
ital i'm His Mines.
OTHER PROPERTIES LOOKING UP
Washington Makes q Good Record for
the ear-MetaIlurgists Have
Their Eye on seattle.
OTHER PROPERTIES LOOKING UP

ofIa1d. where lie went StNCldi NcCAS acV
for the purpose of having the ores OF his
group of mines tested at the reduction
works OF that cty,and also TO interest cap
ital in his properties. The tests proving
entirely satisfactory. he was enabled 10
get men Of means to take hold, and he
returns TO Washington highly pleased
with his Eastern trip and its good results.
He is now in position TO successfully de-
velop his mines. and the fact that capital
has been enlisted will stimulate others 10
follow his example The high percentage
of lead and silver carried by the ores or
Cascade district make them very oeslr-
able. and the smelters are always eager
TO obtain them. The most difficult ques-
ton confronting the mine owners or cas-
cade is that OF transportation from the
mines to the railroad. While the ores are
rich enough TO bear heavy freight tar1if,
there is general complaint IN regard 10
the roads. A judicious expenditure or
money in building roads would add mate
rally to the output Of the mines. and
would also put thousands of dollars in
circulation that are now held in the great
reserves of the Cascades.
Miners who Are in to Win.
The Boston mine which was at one
time under bond TO Pittsburg capitalists
for quarter of a million dollars, stu re-
mains in the hands of the Rouse boys,
who have never lost faith in the mine nor
Cascade district. The development work
done this season places the Boston among
the leading silver-lead mines OF the
Northwest, and with improved roads II
would be contributing largely 20 the
wealth of the owners and the state.
The most persistent ''stayer" in Cascade
district is Pollock. the trapper-miner, VINO
spends the winter months trapping for
beaver and hunting bears, while the sum-
uer months are devoted TO developing his
group of six mines. which he is doing in
systematic manner. Like the other mines
of the district. they assay high in silver
and lead. beside carrying goodly per-
centage OF gold. The work Pollock has
been able TO accomplish. single-handed
and alone. astonishes the most expert
enced miners.
PIacers Producing steadily.
The placer mines of Washington, while
but little has been said regarding them,
have been producing steadily. This is par
ticularly the case with the Swauk gold
mines, in Eittitas county. which have
producing record extending over a period
of twenty years, and the indications are
good for as many more. These mines give
steady employment. in direct and indirect
way. to from fifty to 100 people yearly.
The old channel workings are now yield
ing spelndidy, and the weekly clean-ups
show from $500 TO $1,000 in large nuggets
and coarse gold. There are good gold
quartz lodges in this district that are be-
ing worked in a small way, the rock being
crushed and the gold extracted by the
primitive arastra
Peshastin. the adjoining district to
Swauk. is a neutrality-suspicious. country,
with two mills and concentrators. The
twenty-stamp mill is working ores taken
out by tributers, and in the early part Of
the season about $4,000 gold was produced,
while fully as much more will be milled
before the close of the season.
Washington to the Front.
While Washington has scarcely figured
among the mining states of the Pacific
Coast ii is rapidly assuming a position,
and this year IL has made rather proud
record. Last year the estimated output
was about half million; this year the
shelters viii show a record Of nearly or
quite a million and q half There were men
who doubted the wisdom Of building smell
tiers and reduction plants on Puget Sound
and predicted early failure; there we're
no mines here. they contended, that would
be able 10 supply sufficient ore to keep The
plants constantly supplied and only ruin
was predicted for the venturous spirits
that made the attempt Time has demon
strated the far-sightedness OF those who
pioneered the field and the field has broad
ened with each succeeding year. Water
and rail transportation made ii possible
TO obtain cheap and competing freight
rates ana At INF same LAUle 10 draw ores
from long distances, thus combining the
ores and working them to better advant-
age. Cheap and abundant fuel was also
another great advantage, coupled with
excellent fuxes right at our doors. The
prediction is a safe one that the product
of the smelters of Puget Sound in 1896 win
be double that OF the present year. and the
ratio of income viii be greater year after
year until this becomes the Swansea Of
the world. reducing the most rebelliOus
and complicated ores collected here from
every quarter OF the globe What cheap
fuel did for Pittsburg il is going 10 do for
Puget Sound. Mining men are compre-
heuding this fact and metallurgists al
ready realize it.
The Mother Lode OF California.
IL remained for a Seattle boy 10 discern
the mother lode Of California. and 10 did
il but few weeks ago. on the rock-ribDed
sides of old Mount Shasta The ledge as
he describes Il. covers the west side Of one
OF TIE prominent spurs OF the mountain.
is fully a hundred feet in width GnG is
traceahIe for a long distance. 4 deter
miration Of the value OF the ore made In
this city showed that u contained $40 TO
SI2 10 the ton in gold. This Is presumed to
be average rock, and II II is. the boy who
b-aycd the storms OF old Shasta may be
reckoned among the millionaires OF this
favored city. The property has been pre-
the owners OF the Utica mine at Angels
Camp. Cal. who are SO broad as 20 de-
clare there's no ''psnt up Utica" for them
notwithstanding the yield Of their pres
ent mine Is $i50,05Q IN gold per month and
the income OF its individual owners is over
81, 90 per day.
Miners Are Encouraged.
In the light Of recent developments a
Seattle mine owner said yesterday:
1T Is very gratifying 10 miners and
mine owners to have the assurance or the
public that they are no longer regarded bv
the public as robbers ard thieves. and that
their calling IS recognized as legitimate
ard honest The man who wrests a dol
lay from mother earth is at last on 4 foot
Ing with the man who plunges his arms Up
10 his elbows into the pockets OF the Son
of Adam and flches his dollar. This IS ex-
csediurly cousoling. and aptly illustrates
the saying that there Is nothing so sue
cessful as success The turning point has
been reached in Washington and mining
IS a success.
.sEutte threw . solid chunk into the
Kaftir circus in London that was 1obbIed
with exceeding avidity. II was IN the
shape Of one-fourth Of the So 0o0. 900 civil
dead-pz wing stock OF the Anaconda copper
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