The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-04-15
TRAIL CREEK MINES.
An Interesting Letter Fr ON Gentleman
Acquainted With the section. II

Acquainted With the section. Il
BUTTE, April lathe new mining camp
of Trail Creek, in British Columbia, and
the Okanogan country, in Washington,
are drawing money, old-time miners and
prospectors from Butte. Among the men
who have gone to the latter country is Il.
A. Chesncy, who writes an interesting
account of the Squaw creek mines, on
the Methow river. After giving an ac-
count of the trip from Wenatchee to
Squaw creek, over a difficult route, he
says: "Methow, or Squaw creek mining
camp, was first struck last year, the first
location being the Hunter, and soon there
1O-stamp mill, sawmill, an arastra or
two for working FREQ milling gold ores,
four stores. two saloons, meat market,
one hotel. one restaurant and about 200
people, including about 20 women and 20
children. The mines are near the town
and the location is good one
for mining camp, with wood and water.
Surrounded by the mountains it looks like
q mining camp such as would please any
old timer. have been shown quite lot
of different ores of the camp, and from
what ! can judge the prospects are very
good many of the miners, however, are
hard up, and there are good chances for
men with money to get in the ground floor
to buy or TO put in with them TO aid in de-
veloping their discoveries. There is con-
siderable ore to be shipped to market as
soon as the boats begin TO run. For pros
pectors with outfits and investors with
money this is the right spot, for there is a
lot of country all over here-Squaw creek,
Gold creek, Grey's creek and the Methow-
and all of them are gold producing camps.
"Another new discovery was made last 4
week across the Methow, three miles from
camp, and is the richest gold find yet
made in the Okanogan country.
The ledge is about four + feet
wide. of fine gold quartz, and
about nine inches of the ore on the foot
wall is so rich with free gold that the gold
fairly holds the quartz together, Nine
ounces of the quartz pounded and panned
out yielded one ounce of pure gold. There
have been six locations made on the same
ledge, and it has caused quite an excite
ment. The camp has enough gold-pro-
ducing mines here now, when properly
developed, to guarantee a psrmanencyt9
the place. The Ocean Wave has about Is
inches of a pay streak that goes from $40
to $50 ton in gold. The Chicago is a
very rich gold bearing quartz-averaginR
800 ton. The Highland Light is one of
the richest mines here IL has 20 inches
of mineral that averages S2lQ gold per
ton and Sl15 in silver. The EXTENSIONS on
this vein are the Buckhorn and The Belle,
and have the same character of Ore
THE Hidden Treasure is a 8-incn pay
streak and assays 500 ton, and theCo-
lumbar is an extension of the sarne vein.
The Hunter, the first lacatipn in the
camp, has an 103 foot tunnel, mine feet
four inches of gold bearing quartz that
averages SIC a ton. The extensions on
the Hunter vein are the Sailor Boy. Look
out. California, Crown Point Twilight
and Badge. The Eva has ITO foot shaft
on very rich ore running from $500 to S435
G ton in gold. The Paymaster vein is
three feet and six inches wide and runs
from SIS to $500 in gold per ton. There
are many other mines running fully as
well as those enumeratcd.v