The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-06


which assays about So in gold. silver and
copper They have driven tunnel forty
feet on the edge On the same noun
/ tain Calvin King and NJ. Sidney. hosh az
/ Tacoma. have me Rocky Point, on which
/ are three lodges OF similar ore, each about
/ nvA fee- vide, and assayir- oil The sur
face from SiI 70 81 gol6 little silver and
/ copper. \ contract MAS let n few DAYS
ago 70 run forty-foot tunnel or the
/ ledge.
Ballard Enterprise.
II IS on Fortune creek that the Ballard
/ people are operating most extensively.
the ore running so high in copper as %
| make that often the highest va.ae. James
Grieve went up the creek the year after
/ the first discoveries en- Mount Hawkins
and on the divide between Il ana tha
TeanaSay located the Brown Scar on a
tnree-foot ledge between serpeaune walls
/ carrying sulphureis and carbonates ~
copper. with gold. silver and a trace OF
/ lead. He abandoned It six years ago IN
! order 10 center his energies or The King
| solomon, and James Bell and JOHN Kelley
| relocated H. With another claim. as the
T1p-Top- Last spring they bonded il for
| sl."o TO the Ballard Gold Mining and MILL
ing Company. composed OF Matthew Dow,
| Henry Seatman. DR.. A NJ. Critz. ". r.
| Vernon. A 9. Thompson. Louis Hawley,
| Herbert Hawley. Fred Fisher and others
| al OF Ballard. who are sinking shaft on
| the ledge.
The creek is now lined with locations on
both sides and several parties are at work
| with the intention of remaining till win
| ter sets IN. About mile above the mouth
| ON d S'2-foot ledge OF tale, between sye-
| mite walls. are the Mountain Chief and
| Mountain Belle, owned by the Mountain
| Chief Gold Mining Company. This is a
Ballard company, composed OF George ana
| Charles Terwiliger. Dr. A. VI. CTitZ. Dr.
| Walter Johnson, DR.. G. S. Emory, +. &.
Shirtlim and others. A tunnel Is in thirty
! feet on the ledge. which assays 40 per cent
copper, $3.50 gold and some silver. Above
this is the Mayfower. owned by Dr. {. s.
Emory and II. +. Weise. Of Ballard, which
| has ledge of crystallized quartz. OF
| which picked specimen assayed SIS gold
! and silver. Adjoining this claim on the
| same ledge Henry Seatman and II. +.
| Weise have the Joke and Just-in-Time.
| Further up. on a similar ledge. is the
| Queen OF the Hills owned by John Kelley
| and John Bailey, who are running a tun-
| nel on the ledge. Then comes the Whip
poorwill. located last July by X. S. Ward.
I OF Ballard. on Sl.-foot ledge OF ore SIM
| liar to the Mountain Chief. Ole O. Ham
mer and the Terwilliger brothers have
| the Standard and are beginning to drive =
| tunnel on a ledge OF sulphuret ore and are
| just beginning work on the Q. Hammer
! which has similar ore. Near the head OF
the creek George and Eugene Terwilliger
| ledge Of crystallized quartz running high
| in sulphurets. AT the head OF the north
fork John Berg and John Kelley. Of Ros-
| lyn have the Tip-Top No. on a so-fnch
ledge. carrying gold. silver and copper
Ill suiphurets, on which they have a shaft
Is feet. which shows the ledge to be wild
| erning. John Crosse. John Somers and
| Adolph Elsner, all Of Roslyn. have the
Mary on 7-foot ledge which assays 50
gold. S. silver. per cent. copper, and is be-
| left bank one and a half miles above the
| mouth E.s o. Marsh. Andy Teuke.
Langenbacher. of Ballard. and 4. c. Bow
| man. Of Seattle. have a group of four
| claims located las. June, covering one
| ledge clear TO the summit. the Searteu-
| hacker. A. b. c.. Silvietta and Inetta E.
| An obique cross-cut tunnel is being driven
| by Mr.. Marsh and his son on the outcrop
| on the first named, and has penetra ted
z feet, all in ore, which is green tale and
| lime. evidently rich in silver and sulphur
| cts although no ASSAYS have been made.
| On the summit the ledge crops SO feet
wide On the A. Z. c. a tunnel Is in IL
| fee,. but has not yet struck the solid
formation. On a ledge cropping out on
| the other side of the same gulch William
Mckasson. John RI. Corbins and Mayor
II F. Fogh of Roslyn have the Mountain
! Whistler. Lily and Ella. located last
! spring. The ledge is eight feet between
| walls OF granite and serpentne and IS
similar 10 tina of the group last described,
assayng on the surface SO gold So silver.
The ore is shown up by an open cut 20 feet
| deep and % feet long. Across the creek
| from the Jumbo on a parallel ledge OF
similar ore George and Charles TerwiIl
ger have the Twin and are tunneling on
the ledge. On the next gulch below
Marsh's claim Ole O. Hammer has the
Silver Queen on a 5t2-foot ledge Of sim
liar ore. on which he has Just completed
a 50-foot tunnel. l.. +. McConihe. OF Ros-
lyn and w. T. Head Of Seattle. have a
four-foot ledge Of sulphuret orc asSavipg
SIS gold on tho Gamblers Dream and on
the Edna and Goldburg A. u Oimstead.
f. " Wilson, G. ". Sill and ". f. Head
have two lodges of similar ore.
Camp Creek Mil.
| Preparations have been made 10 mill and
smelt the ores Of Fortune and Camp
creeks by the Fortune Creek Stamping
| and Smelling Company, organized by.
! Henry Seatman, {. s. Emory. Paul
Hopkins, George Startup and others, OF
Ballard They have erected on the bank
Of the Cie-Elum near The mouth Of For
tune creek a mill with TWO e00-pound
stamps. Of which the weight and number
OF drops win be increased by coil springs
forcing them down. The river has been
damned 20 produce fall enough to run a
water wheel. which is also ready to turn.
\ cupola water Jacket smeter with blow
or blast has been constructed by Paul
Hopkins at Ballard. and Is ready 20 ship.
| II VIII be operated by water power and
has a capacity OF ten tons In twenty-four
| hours
IF. F. vetse. s Kedzie Smith and A. @.
Thompson. OF Ballard, and l.. F. Me-
Connie and James Bell. OF Cle-Elum. went
up today 10 work on claims Fortune
creek.
The pioneer claims on Camp creek were
the Cle-Eum by ). :. Hawkins the Hank
( bv nd IA
Moses Sptavn. on the three naraNel
lodges OF gold-be airing iron sulphurets on
/ the west side or Mount Hawkins. On the
lowest OF these edges are the Gle Elum
No. l and No. . owned by A T. BoyIs and
". =. Kelly. having CITE tVo % five feet
vide. An inclined SHAFT has been sunk
about 50 feet on the ledge showing the ore
| to improve. = sample taken across The bot
tcm aSsaving $40 cod. other assays run
ning from 60 % $50 and avera Zlng 81 \
/ cross-cut II belng driven 10 tap he ledge
a a depth OF $50 feet ana s in 100 feet on
/ the next ledge above are the Hawk NJ I
and No 2 owned by the same parties. on
which an incline - feet deep shows 5 -
~ feet ~ ore between good walls ASSAYS
! ranging from e. - - FoId with A lille
silver The thlrd le-1ge IS near the sum-
nit and IS named after the I~i-ass claim,
owned by r ]. Flint. who has ran cross
CIT showing q feet oT ledge matter on
the surface the nay streak g between
four and fve feet ana assays - t4 $50 -
which a }iftie - SILVER 0n -a esa
ledge Moses Emerson and John O'Ner. OF
tle-Fs.uTr. nave me tnha ana Midas .