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

the main tributaries OF the Iclcss. and
have been traced through ten or twelve
locations The ore * suipAgoe>. carrying
gosd. silver and copper ard some o. u has
run Qaise high in assays Toefe are De
tween nfty and sixty locations. extending
several miles down jack creek. made oy
A Van E,pps. c. y. Hooper. Thomas Med
hursg, Alfred MedhurSt. Riley fliSenhour.
", E. Garrett. John Lynch I'D tfoasGr. \.
". Dunlap. nearly all made n the spring
81 lSs~s On one claim y. r. ana i. ID.
E.Stes have run a tunnel thirty feet on \
twelve-foot ledge, which assays So sold
and copper from Wal 30 wan. Ten miles
NJ the right fork of Jacks creek Z. A.
Parker and II. e.. CaS.iebury nave the
Bald Eagle and Gray Eagle on a le1iEa of
gray copper ere between walls OF por-
phyry and granite, which Is zen feet wide
in d siNteen-foo; cross-cut. An assay from
the surface shows s. gold s. SILVER. An
outcrop OF irons tanned quartz on The
mountain north Of the left fork Of Jack
creek led 20 the discovery OF = lve-foot
ledge, carrying gold and silver in srSeaical
iron. which 2ss4yed $3.50 gold. On tRis
ledge John Rlork. \. Van Epps. tx. l..
Farley and Camille Massey aave located
the Bind Lead Nos. J. and :. ana Id
Gonsur. Camille Massey aid X. l.. Farley
took up four extensions. On The left bank
Of the right fork Of Jack : creek Messys.
Bjork ana Van Epps discovered an out
crop OF dol0nlte aud quartz ninety feet
Wide between a diorite hanging and ser
penilne footwall. which carries gold. sill
Yer and nickel in pockets Of waite IRON
and sulphurets. The quartz and. dolomttc
run IN alternate veins and are ali slightly
mineralized. An assay OF A specimen ran
s. gold. So nickel. 81 silver. while another
gave 81 gold. On this they located the
Nevada and Excelsior and ran cross
cut tunnel twenty-siN feet on the Nevada.
A half interest IN both claims has been
bonded 10 the Seattle Cod Mining and
Development Company for Sa.5ea worth OF
work 70 he done this season.
seattle Men Interested.
Seattle men became interested in this
district at least FIVE years ago, for the
Queen City Mining Company. of vhieh the
late Amund -Amunds was manager. took
UP a placer claim seventeen miles above
the mouth of the Iciele and employed SIN
men in prospecting the ground for one
season, but could not ind enough pay in
the ground TO warrant the purchase Of
hydraulic and abandoned H. George W.
Hall and q. T.. Ward. a mining engineer
of Seattle. were met by your correspond
ent camped at the mouth or Jacks creek
on their way up that stream 10 look at
some claims about which they kept ST.
lent.
The trail from Leavenworth up the
Icicle. which was followed by your cor
respondent for twenty-five miles. is too
new TO be very good and in many places
Is not easy TO find, but the prospectors
were preparing 10 make some improve
ments on il and the King solomon Com
pany is considering the advisability OF cut
ting a road down that route TO reach the
Great Northern. and thus get the benefit
of railroad competition. This would he
quite practicable. for the worst difficulties
are fords and windfalls and comparatively
little grading would be required.
From Leavenworth the road Is followed
to the Wenatchee river. which is forded
in water so deep that It reaches far up
the horses TANKS. Then a trail is fol-
lowed across an open park and down a
rocky bluff TO the IcicIe. which IS forded
where IL spreads over a gravel bottom on
the two sides of an Island. The trail then
climbs for miles over rcckslides and
bluffs, through timber where cedar and
underbrush grow thicker and pine more
rare. across the miry beds Of several
streams. except one which Is spanned by
a bridge of logs laid close together. The