The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-17
One of the Garden Spots Of the
Evergreen State.
ALSO a CENTER FOR MINES.
A District Embracing some Mammoth
Mineral Tesfxrs-pusrryfng Gold
and silver Pre3oninase.


Aksilt1i management. & ~sa}1 Pas hand
ApTre cssss@nsz The DEPOSIT s. great
eske o gray porrayry n whsrh ars Eufser-
Gus yesnE q quartz. Aa1 extends over tnrss
niles u an almost ds@ north aa1 south
csarse fraan Seullrhuek creek 70 canyon
No Z. directly back OF fhe town. among
the fooshllls. Another parallel csxs Of al
rsess es7szI size has been located for dis
tAnn~ 81 Eve miles
The principal ro-k r. this district has
been done on the Golden Ksng group OF
three claims. the Gosa2n KinE MeRsth
ard Stanley. Owned by Hon. Thomas
burke, d. j. carkeek and Angus Maeksn-
tesn. ns Seattle. These claims were first
located ssoat tee years aFe. ard were re-
peafediy relocated ard abaa1 oas1 aHSa
in January, isAs. they were taken by
Aessrr. NcEsth and McLso1. % Seattle.
owners.
A Quarry of Ore.
The dixie Is a yerssable landmark IA the
sasilehsek canyon. staaaIag out or the
NORTH side. one mile from the Columbia,
from 30 70 10 feet wEae between wallis OF
bastard grAnsfe and parphyry. rising a a
great cluster % pinactss and spires OF
nFlght red. yellow and brown TO a height
OF 80 feet above he road ard rrowlng
taller toward the crest az tho nsn nntg il
reaches an elevation ~ 20 feet. The whole
alhe h more or iess miner aIlx@a the por-
phyry carrying about s. gold besides sill
Yer, but the best value is in The quartz
stFingers. which range In width from six
lneses to seven feet and have given as
SAYS ranging from "a 10 sss TIE AXE
u 80 thoroughly Halueraiixed from the very
surface that Il could be mined very cheap
Is. I'm far; n could be qgarrle8 our. and
NTH large stamp mill could be reduced
probably.
Milling Ore.
After buying the Golden King group. the
owners put IN a min with FIVE 5oa-pound
stamps. Operated by steam power and be-
gan 10 naili the surface ore which they
Simply quarriesi The intention was 10 mill
only the quartz, bat II WAS not carefully
sorted sothata large proportion % the less
valuable porphyTy went through the bat
tsfy and the milling at times was not over
ssthfal During sixty days run Of four
tons every twenty-foar hours 81 $50 in bull
Hon were taken out. under the supern-
ienaenee Of D. =. Rigelow. Of Seattle.
The mill was then shut down on October
?. 1896. and tunnel was started at the
foot OF the hill on the roadside 10 aevelsp
the deposit at depth. II runs for the
hrst 100 feet through surface wash and
slide rock. Which requires heavy timber
Ing TO prevent caves. and then runs for
eighty-six feet through the dixie at an
acute angle. cutting thirty fees across az
right angles 10 the course OF the deposit
In this eighty-=ix feet about forty seams
Of quartz from six 20 thirty inches wide
we're eat. their width on the surface run
ming as high "a seven feet This quartz
Is the pay ore and there Is plenty OF u
90 keep q mill busy without the lower
grade porphvry. Since the mill shut down
only assessment work has been done on
the tunnel and several offers 10 lease the
property have been declined
Adjoining the Golden King on the south
II the Charlotte. owned by n Z. Bigeiow.
49, -
BILE. OF Wenatchee. on which prospecting
shows seventeen feet OF porphyry yeineA
with quartz. assaying ~ 10 = gold and sal
yer on the surface. Parallel with the
Golden King on the west ls the Las;
Chance, owned BY J. NJ Rae, on which
"A tunnel has been ran a short distance.
ON the main dixie. extending northwsrd.
are the Gilman. owned by - II Gilman.
OF Seattle the Eureka, running down TO
Dry guich. owned By Angus Macintosh;
the Sunrise. ca the opposite side Of Dry
gulch. owned by ~. J. Carkeek. the Tib-
bic. owned BY p. +. Shelby. the BaEiey,
first located by pr. II u. Bagley. OF Seattle,
and relocated this summer by c =. Con-
verse. or that city. The only work worth
mentioning on these claims Is a surface
cut forty feet across the dixie on the TYb-
bic On a parallel dixie Of the same char
acter and carrying ore OF the same value.
800 feet In width. extending from SQuii-
chuck creek. across Dry guich and Can
yon No 20 the WenStchee river, dis
lance Of FIVE miles claims have been To-
Gated b. William Parry. n A. Curry. ".
r. Ready. ---- Lunu. W. II Merriam,
Arthur Gum. George Evans and Il, Ross
but the only work has been done BY Mr..
Imnn. who holds two claims and has sunk
a shart forty 20 forty-tive feet from the
highest outcrop.
Picturesque scenery.
From Chs,an Fails the steamer E1iens-
burg takes one down the Columbia river
through come % the most picturesua.
scenery OF that wonderful stream. To
rlSht ara lsft the gray ssnaAlus. tuftea
with bunchErass which has cured IN the
ground. have been given every fantastic
form ~ the action Of Wind and water
Their regular tines have been broken fire.
auently BY protrsfinT rocks. and A. inter
vafa the banks are walls OF rock 1000 feet
hixh an whlca the successive strata are
clearly marked, sometimes lying horizon
cal a. others fnfed on edge, as the last
natural ~1nvufs1oa left them. One OF
these great walls on the rig.t bank -
wekshete mountain. = go feet ahcve the
river. or whieh tire gray Is sireskea with
broad red hands. making e landmark al
. fonr distance The steamer Eiides over
re saanling fires Of Cneiaa ard Entiat
raosAr nast patches * deep green. where
s~rlwafsor has fostsrea orchards. cora ani
.ss.9s. among which the big farm 81
-r}se~sssutat1ve Mis- ts noteworthy. II
w~oans =. 4 cuts through great e8dies
ara whirlpools which woa'a engaH a
snail Scat A fierce. warm wind blows.
v,~v an. new down the river, its direction
x.are-t~'w wffn she bends of the course and
-. directions % the lateral canyons down
.-As~n e s~xeaps Or the left bark with
. ro~s-s frewa sandy sa< heiow ana b.
Ntrs a. ~tanss rusgca hiil apart from
-. -,asa hlugTs from whose SUN nit
s.-~s,N.. re p1x Bend p1atssa. Ia SUM
-,ft oasnesl WITH huge. loose eoulaers,
. i,h IL as thosra EoEis giant had toss
"A .ho~s here in id3e Sport. AFFORDS A view
=, Iaux stretch sp ara doEu the river.
- RS fact caused CsH;. symors the
f-~f,ss states army engineer, 20 give Il
tns rausa OF Pctni Lockout.
orcndo.
Further down an ths ia comes the
.ovn q oronao, win SIS grain ware
As.sxes % which tta wheat % tee BIx
ssmrs ia Aasi1ss FER SHIPMENT. ana wh{the~
- stare runs fgsn WatsgE1iie. Eeiow
ts,s~ - Badger mountain. rising nrst IN
rrauv-sAansd hnis - a broad Ear. thsa
more professionally - son< }tHe 81 eaSait
ss5rs ~.,rnfv hewu ~ uafuve frto -
-. - srhksh TIE sagslnes can ~ dis
.s~nas II ne etesE air. to re right -
vx~s~s.-Nes river rews fhraggh eroa4 NRsz
fv~s, .rssrw the fNcthsls. taa rac8osonv
- Nr~oxa h&reaess = relieved ~ a. ocea-
sssnsl stray asnc On tae rats stand "a
go wer,.esrsww h5akes % cd Wezasehee.
sbesr gardens llnea wi-h nopisrs aad thssF
e-,A-rsz ans cc~uae1ds berg density
t.,n.xfur - tn~ eve. from fhA contrast
wtth -. .reArv vegetation waicn uaasa~a
nature s2stasn2
wenztehce-