The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-03

hsttou. OF the shaft and I'D not wait to
dfsPate possession.
The ledge on rhss property has hroxen
OF like that on the Deer Tran and shows
= large boey Of decoupo<ed quartz carry
s-g from 1=E- TO ~ ounces OF silver. There
IS a shaft descending thsrzy-esght feet
on the ledge proper. = stoye Of seventeen
feet. also shaft descending al an angle
CT g degrees for sixty feet on the broken
ledge where IL dips into the ground
The Work OF Development.
Development has been pushed steadily
OF the Cleveland from the time OF rs
discovery. A main tunnel was first driven
for about SO feet TO crcsscgt the ledge
and the fcotwau was struck after swing
ing > degrees 20 the southeast Then 4
tunnel was driven about 80 feet On he
ledge and showed ore matter all the way
and the sinking of q Wine sixty feet
showed the same result. An upraise OF
fifteen 10 twenty feet was made and the
ore STOPPED out for the whole length of The
ledge This work opened up a ledge aver
aging eight feet In width which some
times pincnes to two feet, and assayng
81 TO So ton in silver ami lead. About
80 tons OF this ore has been shipped be-
sides 20 tons Of lower grade ore which
yielded $50 TO S In smelrer returns.
after paying freight and treatment. but
not mining and hauling Prospecting IS
now being carried on about forty feet uD
the mountain and the main ledge has been
struck. carrying ore which assays = ounces
Of silver and IS per cent. lead, but the
hanging wall has no; yet been discovered
The mine was bonded soon after its dis
coSery by Monahan. King and McAuley,
of Spokane. for sl5ogp and they have
sublet the work on royalty TO 3 party
of miners.
Another location believed to be on the
F{.1aF. lar "A i.a..
Or. j. z. Turner. A W. Turner. c. G.
Snyder, H H Mcmillan and c. E Rich-
ard, all Of Davenport. lying between Cedar
canyon and the Cleveland II has ore in
quartz six TO eight feet thick between walls
of lime. which assays 5a ounces Of silver,
trace OF gold and per cent lead, and
shows antimonisi silver carbonatss Of
copper and azurite. A crosscut has been
run through the ledge to strike a second
ledge beyond il and this work is now in
progress.
The change IN the fortunes Of the Daven-
port and Fruitland farmers who invested
their labor in the mines has been Ike
magic. and they now feel inclined TO turn
the table on the mortgage companies
winch were driving them to the wall.
One OF the first things Oscar Vanhorn
aid after he got the first returns from
Deer iran NO was TO pay of the debt
10 the mortgage company and thus siaye
OF foreclosure on his farm. This relieved
him from anxiety and when he struck ore
N the Silver Queen he began to see visions
or mIilonS, which were indeed largely
justified by the persistence of the Iedga
with high values through a long series OF
locations In this frame OF mind he dis
cusssd mortgages very freely in the hotel
at davenport and no man listened with
more attention to his views that the
president or the company which held
a mo To- .fa.aX
CRAWFORD. farm, whose Identity WAS I'M
known to the future millionaire Vanhorn
declared that he had 500 900 of ore In sight
ana would buy the - mortgage com
pany with the products of his mine and
the mortgage man had an opportunity
OF meditating on the strange turns of ior-
tune which could bring about such a re-
suit.
That there is some basis of fact for the
predictions of Vanhorn is shown bv the
experience of W. A. Crawford When he
took an interest in the Deer Trail mine
ne had lost his farm by foreclosure for
si,S" and was almost penniless. Now he
owns one-sixth of Deer Trail No. . which
would easily sell at par. or 5000, and
mas an interest In other claims which
would bring his property up to $4,000 in
value. This sum would suffice to ,a, ~
every mortgage in Lincoln county held
by the company which foreciosed on him.
lie asked the mortgage company how
much II would take to give him back his
farm and was told s2,6ao He told the
company with great emphasis TO keen IT.
lie is now considering the purchase OF
another farm for anywhere from 81 900 TO
$500 and will probably be able to pay
cash for it, This is oply one of a number
of cases of the same kind.
The Journey From spokane
yon is replete with scenes of interest.
The first stage is over the Central Wash
ington railroad. which has been rapidly
gaining hursness under the management of
c. 7. Chamberlain. the receiver and is
now earning an excess over operating
expenses for the first time in its history
The trains run over the Northern Pacific
tracks as far as Cheney through a country
where rich farms are dotted among buttes
of volcanic rock. Thence to Medical lake
the road runs through a level farming
and stock raising country. where patches
of broken volcanic rock are strewn beside
the track and pine trees are becoming
rarer Medical lake stands on a plain
among a grove of bull pines with the in
sane asylum. surrounded by timber, on
a slight elevation TO the west. on the
south the landscape is shut in by bare.
rounded mountains covered with half
starved grass. while on the north the fore
ground is filled with rolling prairie where
cultivated fields alternate with rich pas
lures and farm houses break the mono
tony here and there From Medical lake
westward tho plain gradually widens out
and the patches Of pine wood grow fewer
alternating with grain fields In which the
tender shoots are just appearing. the dis
lance being marked by gently sloping
ridges Further west the plain is more
wave-lke in its fluctuations and the
monotony Of the landscape IL only broken
hy the strip OF alder and cottonwood along
Deep creek and the small groups OF buili-
ings At that station. Reardan and Mon
dow, each Of which boasts OF an elevator.
Thus the traveller comes 10 Davenport.
a thriving town Of 500 people which has
been the trading center Of the eastern
part OF the Big Bend Of the Egypt coun-
try and lower Spokane valley and has in
the last year or two become the shipping
point Of the ore from the Cedar CANYON
mines. II has a -four mill OF go barrels
daily capacity. grain elevator and ware
house and the Big Bend National bank,
which never even frernhied during he
panic. being ably managed by c. c May.
the cRshie- a pioneer Of this section Not
only are large quantities 81 grain shipped
from here. hnt about $40 go worth OF stock
Is shipped annually 10 Montana, there to
break their journey TO the packing houses
Tor year OF two.
From Davenport the Journey has To be
made by team or horseback for a distance
~ over forty miles. bur the roads are SO
good and the horses so speedy that in good
weather the trip can De made easily in
six hosirs- ard there IL enough variety OF
SCENES along the sag - satisfy the rnos-
fastt1lous appetite for the beauties Of ma
ture- Your correspondent started tn com
pany with Mr. Crawford through a triv-
ing rain storm Nhich lasted all morning.
The nrst mart ~ the Wav lea over sba