The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-02-13
TACOMA yERY IHpgoNANx.
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Tacoma, Fab. - Epecsai.-- Tire great
ri friisnatsan was expressed through
ont the eity To-Day At tho decision Of the
cosusnsssiosser Of the general land Office
sustaining the claim OF John @. Mcbride.
of this cstt. - Id acres ~ school section
Is. In this city. on the ground that It h
role hearing Land.
The property il valued &C ~ least q. Co.,
a.. and s.smoxf without exception the r.
caring OF it " denounced ~ = steal by
4tse peopie who arc familiar with the Land
ensi is mineral bearing properties. Pub
Sc sentiment II especially opposed 70 the
csaaa OF xe8rite. 80 81 means depicting
tisa fund for tie edsieAtson OF future gen
trzsions ~ issst the amount OF the lands
value.
G. G. WooGhouse. the mining engineer
SLATE on the hard last SWIMMER. In con-
vaFsatian With d poss-Intellixcncer cor
respondent today saii:
Mr. opinion OF the decision In that II
IS wrong. sscsaedly wrong. why? For
ire reason that there IL no gold 10 speak
O. on the iassd. or course. there Ia a
email aIaouns there. bat gold Is 10 be
found Aii through the Puget sound basin.
~ any msBernloglxt can tell you. Ny
experience IL that there IL q little less
GeId In MeEriae's claim than elsewhere
IN the city and surrounding country. II
has been found In greater quantities Ia
exeasafsans on Tacoma avenue south.
ead on the improvements IN the north
era part OF the city. on the water front.
The entire Pugs sound basin 10 filed with
. glacial drift. averaging FROM few
feet near the base OF the mountains 70
1.0oc feat IN depth In the misfsle of the
saileyA. Over this under drift Is an
other drift that carries angular fragments
and large granite bouidsrs. etc In the
bottom or the guich In which Mc-
Brides ciaim ~ located there
are no angular boulders
sut there are strata Of clay or hard pan.
I'laE strAAa McBrsde claims To- BE- bed
rock In our examination last summer
we took samples OF this bed rock. and
part Of the bed rock from many places.
hui found nniy traces OF gold In them.
We procceded through the strata. one
after another, ana found graz Ell beds be-
tween them as above. The result OF our
Investigation was 10 prove that the gravel
formation yeas similar 10 the gravel form
alton uf the whole Sound country ana
contained mo more gold than Is 20 he
found anywhere hereabcuts.
Cur Investigation developed The fact
that q little less. than cne-fiffh OF a cant
Of susd per cubic yard is to be found Ia
the claims This was the result of m. e.
says made from rs samples by nyself
Seventy -esgsst samples assaye<i by Peter
Daily. OF the Tacoma snssiter. s,oinss.ie.a
Rsfh mine With the exception OF two of
tRass samples. These two were saitesf au.s
showed mp very ssch, cut gold hay1nx
been placed IA them. The samples as
sassa represented 3is cutie yards. T.rsey
AssFv exrAyasesi from shafts % Ia 100 feet
deep and hoftngs 50 feet deessrr. The
higaesi assay We got was si.aa Of a can,
Der sahse yasxI. The i1wcsr assay was a
sssee- The material was ~orks,a svxtays.
atlTalsy under the most approved METH
oss hy pans ana rockers. The eoneen-
sFatss were saved. put into sealed bass
ara taken 20 my assay ntfsce. The ,ir.,,g-
.asae are now en- alo IN mr. one. ~.
sssals never aasissg been broken.
Rive ard oae-aa1f yea<s are. waa,. +,
esasse hssss, another mining engineer came
" my anu wanted 80 let IRE IN on saar
that ! sssisa help asgn tssroaga With. /;
- tslaa very s~ctiea Is e&Ss. khea j,sx;
TsSNias. We talked the matter over pre
Sn<t sas Ter sesae time. RS two psofas-
sscEaas tsaa MI. Ard wesgAe<s the cAan....
q tss sSavate being successful he ses,ks
* iAe nosssgslSty Of having - secure ~
81 81 fesiesai officials. by setts.sg shera In
- BARD sse rasse. Akser long and care.
ssAfy cessssisessag the ns&sss< 1 tola aim
ID neS care 10 eater fnsks any such ar,ssay.
s&ksss Ny reGsossS wese tAas sAe ss-~s
terry would soezs become n state ara tha,
siFen We would have long agat On u4ts
fas state. ana MA ssseaac ofsnian axaIss4
sas kaaEteS SaeFs wAx fsrncsleaa,y =.
sasd On ta% l&atl. / ssss rcs4ssse ve c.,,g.
ssslt wsn ar4 tha& she outcome 81 "a. ~. :
ter would ~ thar We wesssa .ase ara -
saS wssa ear sissse. tBesley ard repssss -,
Epne. ] AKA of the same esSnlaa s;til A.,
relieve what predicted viii be xAe eas
eesse af che preseat case