The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-07-05

each have not yet reached il. though IT Is
pitching towards them. This ore assays
Size gold The Blaine, south extension
Of the Wehe. has \ shaft - feet on a
ledge six feet wide Of the same kind OF
ore. OF which the fOotwaI has been found.
but no hanging wall The Pasco has
cut ~ feet and a shaft - feet on a ledge
Of gzlena five feet between walls. and a
l cut fifteen feet on quartz ledge eight
/ feet wide which carries so gold. This
claim also has ledge of pyrites two 10
/ three feet wide. On the Donna Is a cut
across gzlena ledge three TO four feet
wide carrying silver. nickel zinc and lead.
| On the Adzlia Is a iao-foos tunnel on 3
| ie-inch ledge similar 10 the wehs.
One Of the big lodges on the sonth slope
Is the Combination. owned by George
Paskel ard the estate of John NJ. Hoe.
who died recently and whose admits
traitor Is expected to shortly authorize
/ work 10 continue. On the surface is q To-
foot ledge Of suIphides carrying az gold.
/ FIVE ounces silver and some copper. which
runs north and south with a pitch almost
| perpendicular. cross-cut tunnel has
/ been run 20 feet and Is expected 10 strike
the ledge in 50 feet more, giving a depth
OF 1-5 feet. A A~inch strinker WAS struck
at face of the tunnel.
On the east slope towards the south
/ end Is the Uncle Sam. owned by A. O.
MaIiey, who has run an S-foot tunnel TO
| cross-cut ledge of galena. running north
and south and pitching Is degrees west
and has sunk shaft % feet on the ledge.
/ Assays average 81 gold, sn silver and Is
/ per cent lead.
on the north end of the mountain, half
| a mile east of Palmer lake, is the Empire
group. owned by the Empire Mining Com
| pany. organized by Ben Bringhon and
| the late J. D. Caughran, OF Tacoma. and
| p. kurtz. OF Loomiston. A shaft 80 feet
| shows ledge three feet and a tunnel u
| feet shows il six feet wide. The ore car
/ ries iron and copper pyrites and galena
and is free milling and concentrating. av-
| eraging 81 gold. A smaller vein runs Size
| gold and 800 ounces silver and shows ma
tive silver and free gold on the groupings
/ Palmer mountain makes such remark
| able showings of iron caps that some men
| so SO far as to say that IL viii develop
equal wealth in pyritic ores with
| the famous districts in British Columbia
| The location which has attracted most
attention by this characteristic Is the
| Copper World. which was first located in
| 1857 and has been relocated and abandoned
repeatedly by men who either could not
keep up their assessments or did not
think the showing worth IL. 1t was re-
located In 1895 by William Riley. who sold
a half interest to John Wentworth and
they are now at work in earnest The
ledge runs east and west and pitches 40
degrees south and has been traced for 500
feet A surface cross-cut shows 1t TO be
Is feet wide and shaft has been sunk 80
feet on the hanging wall. The ore is iron
and copper pyrites with q strong family
resemblance to Trail creek ore and assays
from the surface give s. gold, S2.5e silver.
| So per cent. copper, thus showing a higher
percentage of copper than Trail. The
same parties own the Iron Mask on the
| east extension. the Copper King on the
west extension. the Red Jacket on the
- yrn an a naffh
On the east extension of the Copper
| World Thomas Brown. formerly long
| shoreman in Seattle, last summer located
| the Ben Butler and the Gold Belt, William
| Riley being half owner IN the latter.
| These claims are higher on the mountain
| than the Copper World and have ledge
| OF white quartz carrying gold and copper.
| which is Is inches on the surface. but
| widens with depth. On the Ben Butler
| Is a a0-foot inclined shaft. from which
| surface ore gave s.. 50 gold while an assay
| from the bottom showed an increase To
| $3.50. On the Gold Belt is ten-foot shaft
/ showing ore which looks better, though
| no assays have been made. On June II
| last Mr.. Brown located the Birthday on
| an old claim which he formerly held un-
der the name of the Roxbury. and which
| has iron stains across thu whole width OF
| a gulch south of the Copper World.
On the south end OF the mountain are a
series of parallel lodges OF Iron and copper
| pyrites with iron cap groupings. running
/ north and south, on which John Boyd and
| Lawrence Craddock last year located tbs
| Johnny Bull Emma, Star and Uncle Sam.
| The lodges are ten TO fifteen feet wide
| far as they have been cross-cut, but tbs
| walls have not been found. Surface as
says run s. to 81 gold and per cent. COP
| per.
| The innnermost secrets OF Palmer
| mountain will be brought to light within
a year by the great tunnel which is TO
| penetrate Its center and cut ar great
| depth the lodges at its southern end. This
| is scheme on which Postmaster John
| Boyd, of this town has been quietly work
| Ing for four years. and with view to its
| realization he has acquired twenty-seven
| claims In a solid block. covering the whole
! southern slope, with twelve more IN re-
| serve for further extensions of the tunnel
northwest Having acquired the neces-
| sary property. he has raised $4,000 Ia thu
/ East through Spokane associates. and has
| organized the Palmer Mountain Tunnel
| Company, to which the mining property
| has been transferred on condition that il
| bores the tunnel Work will begin
| within q month. and is expected 70 be
completed within a year by the use OF
| compressed air drills.
Great Tunnel Projected.
The mountain rises 900 feet above
1 Loomiston. where the tunnel will start
| and from its base al that point is ribbed
/ with series OF parallel leads running
| northwest and southeast. OF which the
| groupings are traeeable right across the
| face and into the valleys at each side
1 Half way UP II the Black Bear. with three
/ leads. It's east extensions being the Helena
| Bell. Wedge. Butte and Wren. The tun-
/ mel is intended TO cut three leads In the
/ Helena Belle. s.s50 feet from the mouth
| Following each lead from west 10 east.
1 the claims 20 be thus developed are the
/ Expert. Golden L!nnet and Comstoek No.
/ 2 on two leads: the oxidized and Sandwich
| fractions on one lead: the Gold Bug
| Blizzard, Je.ta and Why Not on two
| leads Jumbo, Final Fraction, City View
/ and Deep Gulch. on three leads: Creek
View Tunnel Knotter, Foxtaii and Miss
/ ing Link. on two leads; all these claims
4 have been secured except the Black Bear
/ ard War Eagle. The mouth OF the tun-
+ mel will be on the Greek View 10 feet
/ above the town and ,.fs5 feet below the
I summit Of the mountain in the Helena
I Belle. and in its course II will cut fifteen
I leads The leads range IN width from
/ three to six feet between walls. with
/ dip TO the north on the surface. though
/ the Bear lead IS perpendicular al a depth
Of 90 feet Tire majority Of the leads
carry free milling quartz assaying from
( 8 NJ into thousands % dollars in gold,
ard all have fine orr on the dump. An
/ iron cap ledge runs dia gonaily across the
/ group. carrying iron and c-ypper pyrites,
/ which will be cut al a depth OF about
/ 100 feet. and Is expected to develop a
/ great deposit OF good ore.
TIE tunnel witt be feet high and feet
wide double mine track Of f4-tnch gauge
1 viii be laid through il. and n viii BE- light
II - t1szg A zpA sd t.