The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-05-26
THE METH0W MINES.
Development Is Rushing on the
Tributary Creeks.
A NEW TOWN BROUGHT FORTH.
Prospectors Swarnning to Sguaw and
slate Creeks-The Mines and
What They Produce.

A. H Camel. ere OF the owners Of the
Grey Eagle Milling and Mining Company
and also ore OF the promoters OF the new
town OF Ives which has sprung mp al the
mouth OF the Methew river. sixty miles
above wenatchee is in the city. guest
at the Butler hotel He thinks that great
things are in store for the Squaw creek
country, where his mining claims are
situated. and also in the Slate creek dis
trict. where Col. Hart and his Montana
friends are engaged IN development He
says that fully 2a9 proSpect0rs have
gone into the several districts along the
Methow this spring, and more are arriving
on every steamer via Wenatchee, and
some from Coulee City. Concerning his
holdings and the country generally, he
says
The town Of Ives. on the east hank Of
the Methow at its confluence with the
Columbia, Is already populated by about
40 people. and more mixed class OF hu-
man beings never existed anywhere on
the face Of the earth. The townsite was
formerly held by Lee Ives. an old-timer
who squatted there about eight years ago.
and is now held by Ives. Edward l.. En-
sell and W. T. Tanner. OF Everett: +. +.
Sweeney and II. c. Henry. OF this city.
and myself. We have a great place there
pilgrims. gamblers, prospectors, mer-
chants, sporting people OF both sexes.
and, in fact everything and everybody
that goes to make up "A typical mining
and agricultural camp. You see there are
good many farms in that vicinity too.
so that We have good people mixed Up
with the bad. We have two saloons, a
brewery. restaurants and-no, we have no
churches yet but they will come by and
by. Once In while a travelling preacher
comes our way and gives US the word OF
he al @la.- he a Fr1x
minister named Greene, brother of
Hon. Roger s. Greene, OF this city He
preached a good sermon. so they told me.
We are expecting that the Great North
ern will soon reach US by rail- for in so
doing II would tap the Big Bend country
which is rich In agricultural lands and
would alone be worth a railroad extern
sion.
1T would be hard for any one to go up
in Mat country anywhere north along the
Methow for seventy miles 10 where Col
Hart has holdings on Slate creek without
meeting prospectors, for they are scat
tered all over the country in little punches
our claim is located seven miles above
Ives. on the Squaw. We have a five-stamp
mill running there night and day. and we
employ twenty-five men. We are hand
ling about ten tons of ore day, and we
could handle more, as we have battery
and power for ten-stamp mill. but have
only I'VE stamps in operation. The Squaw
creek district is situated in the Eighty
Mile gold belt. cutting through Okanogan
county. Surface showings. as we'll as con-
siderable development work. indicate the
Methow as the coming mining district of
the Pacific Northwest. The Grey Eagle
mine, situated on the low hills bordering
the Methow. is now thoroughly developed,
and the vein averages fully six feet in
width, and we have ready for Stopping
about $4,000 worth of ore Our mill is
handling ore which runs S26 to the ton 81
on the plates and 81 per. cent of the re-
naming value in the concentrates Like
most of the mines In the district II is a
concentrating proposition. 81 per cent. be
ing saved by concentration and amalga-
nation. The work on the mine consists of
a shaft sunk siXty-five feet and a level
run FOR eighty. The hanging wall is OF
line green porphyry, and the foot wall
a birds-eye granite. the lodges being en-
tirely free from both walls with a we'll
defined gauge between.
Immediately across the Nethow river
the district indicates well. and there is
continuation of the Grey Eagle vein.
with a depth of 800 feet Immediately
below the Eagle is the Four Ace claim.
which is fairly we'll developed and shows
a very rich deposit of high-grade ores.
snelter returns giving 1914 to the ton IN
gold with "A small amount of silver Non.
of the claims In the camp carry more than
two ounces of silver TO the ton. From the
Grey Eagle hill 10 Johnston mountain
one passes over a perfect network OF
bona ide mining locations. on Johnston
mountain are situated the two Meccas of
the campfire Highland Light and the
Hidden Treasure. On both OF these prop
critics there has been a good deal of sink
ing eXcavating and tunneling. and indi-
cations are that there are rich and con-
tinuous deposits of very high grade ores
Just below the Highland Light is located
the Chicago claim, on which considerable
development has been done with excellent
showings. Below the Chicago is the Just
in Time and Philadelphia belt of locations.
rich with deposits of gold. This belt
shows a continuous vein for three miles
with consecutive locations on most OF
which shafts have been sunk and tun-
nels rum. Invariably developing fine de-
pOsits OF ore. At the apex OF Johnston
mountain is the Look Out group OF claims.
all rich.
"On the mountain across Squaw creek
are situated the Mountain Lily. Ben
Hur and large number Of other we'll
defined claims. on most of which shafts
have been sunk and extraordinarily large
bodies OF ore discovered. carrying an av-
erage OF SIS per ton. From Squaw creek
10 Gold creek. a distance OF six miles
one ia never upon unoccupied domain. as
the hardy miner. with AK and stakes
have preceded the late conner on Gold
creek many valuable claims are being de-
veloped. ard Il Is so clear on I'D 10 the
Twisp.
From Ives NJ 20 the Methow on either
side for a distance ~ sixty miles can he
seen the miner delving for he precious
minerals, each particular little group Of
distinct or similar format tons claiming
thai the mother lode is It's own
The Nethow IS rushing. roaring
stream and can not he for1Ad a this
time ~ the year II is larger than the
Yakima river and much more Wild and
rapid"