The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-11
THB SILVIR7ON DISTRICT.

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esrssoxzs 9th hsxA rssHs proerudsnx Eere
sa& here fareszxn se~ timber - sse4ga
ths Ae5g1.s refused - afiow sasu-E 20 81
rely coxe- Their n&ke1ne~s Gresn 70 the
p~swaIIsnx color Of -a@ landscape. 5u- II
&C the E1ss which sesfooas The trees ard
-sass@ sofs r-sxhsoz g rs earth and
even % the rocks are as6ed IN relieving
TIE aoaosony by the sErurzn red and yss-
sow % The keaves failing from the de-
rsszDas ana%vbr8sa- TAe esea-sngs are
now ssw ard small and y0u realize ina.
yos hare sszsssd the n7ss advanced posta
81 agriculture ard hare catered the DO
nsasr o. ne miner when yoa arrive a. ST.
Eerso1. - mites from Hartford The Whole
permanent. population af the town wnsch
occupies a ste wsz1 adapted for It's use
or 5sza tanks os the river f. "a shered az
tas station 20 So who has come II 70
receive letters and newspapers ard gss-
ersIly 20 keep touch With that outer worid
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The sssllsgssaish District.
The sa1Iaxramssn district has the -ssrts
% being unusually compact. for there Is
scarcely group Of claims On when any
development has been done and waich
has established q right 20 much attain
tgo1- 70 which one cannot walk from SD
veyton azd after spending an hour o. tao.
retuR before dark thu same evening A
line Srz wn across the railroad four miles
En0ye salverEor. and then four miles be-
low. a taard parallel with IL feur miles 10
the right as ron look up stream and
fourth eight miles % the left VIII inclo~e
gzthin their iEmsss practically all the
mineral b%Ir of which this town IS the
censer. But within these limits the Min
eTal Lodges crop oct wherever TIE rock
for any distance has not been q dden ~
xc.l brush ard timber and they xisl s1f-
hce 10 occspY the energies OF thousands
OF rsen and -EfiN ms Ct capital for genera
fsons 20 come. Two miles b%iox the town
Martin creek comes In from the northeast
and a ral.e above Deer creek e7fzrs frorc
the sanse direction. each stream beng
oniy sboas four miles long Two miles
further up Perry creek comes In from the
same side. On the other side OF the d.
vide in whlch Deer and Martin creeks rise
is the source OF Clear creek which nows
"
ridge where these three streams rise and
on Long mountain. which turns its long
stops 10 the StilsaYuamssh. a1d is washed
=. It's Two ends By Martin and Deer
creeks. are the principal groups Of claims
on one side Of tn town Cutting through
the face ef the opposite ridge which
forms The divide between the StHlAguanl-
ish and tire Sultan. are silver guica. Ana
cortes gulca and Hoodoo gulch. the first
being directly back OF the town and the
las. four niles further Up the railroad
A glimpse OF the cluster % crags known
IS Big Four peak tan be bad as one looks
Up Silver gulca on = clear day. their black
heads towering above the lesser peaks IA
the foreground A little below the town
comes over the summit OF the
Sultan divide by way of the
Marble pass. distance OF four and half
miles. which makes a good half days
Journey. for il Is not the length. bat the
heigst that counts In these parts. As you
lock us the track. the long ridge where
the pioneer prcspector lost his life cuts OF
the view 10 the southeast No mineral
was ever found on Il to justify the Gn-
known IN scaling It's jagged crest
In . Belt OF Granite
The mineral iedges OF this district are
contained in a belt of granite about u
miles wide which runs a lit.le east. OF
north and west of south and cuts across
che south fork OF the StiiIaSuannish from
a line crossing five miles above Silverton
to another crossing seven miles below IL
has been traced from the north fork %
the river and ircsu3es the heads 90 both
forks an. White Horse mountain. great
daxhle-cotnted peak covered with per
retual snow. which stands at the upper
end % the rsage between the forks. Cut
ting across the south fork valley. II has
been found 20 extend across the Sultan
valley and across Silver creek. where X
shows two niles above the mouth 7.
runs on across both forks OF the sky
kornfss. taking In the Trogt creek basin.
10 the head % Miller river. This is as far
= has been traced with any degree OK
certainty. though further exploration may
Stow u 10 run onward IL each direction
II Is cnt OF on the northeast by = Goa,
1crrs fion which has heen traced from TIE
stfsisvusnss7h S1uts fork 70 the Skykcr1-
tsh south fork. where explorations Of good
& 81 prosr@cts short dis'aa>e afave the
town % Skys0-ntsh have been carried -,
Ter several years. SoetAwes of this gran
re n a slate belt. os which the contact Is
not trseesh,e. t5e formation bang much
covered. aisf slate Is found acove he can
yo1 % the Sultan RIVER and - h@lssw@a 70
De The source % the placer so.i 81 that
stream. In true assures following the
-~kEsf@ N%SES~ ~ us granite bell NFf- r.
course with many cross lodges and string
ers. rrns ssrie~ ~ arsrrr lssswr~ some
q ~Hf~h attain enormous width 3 ara ~
feet being rsfte common ard 80 rsa.
f~tr~ 'Ne defined width o. one Ledge On
tE~ Eef%ra ~rosfn TIE rsaert~ "a --zs-s-
al1xed wstA rhslc0Dyrlsa iron ysvr4.a@ ara
Af~enses8 tTon al extremely rich IN cor
reT sna carving god and silver while IN
ss1ff@ sffssaHc zRferA Il ssss~x -->syss
wtfa tAe other minerals. TIE Gre rs~e,v
carries less than - per cent coou@r a-ls
- - y per sent - mora ,gsryss,r vtAs,n.
rtcA Sfre@ss - black cxsR@ r,s~ M - AZ
~ @e~f s-s bovnsfe ~hs<-h carries "A
70 - PEI cent copper has bees f9urs -
pockets TIE gold ard ~ilv,sr valves arr
alone sufficient 20 make such 9srrs ga
nsstss 50 ec-vs-fsn nv to~a I'D ~s4w vra77
ard. n connection ~ttA s.srh arg -,a~-
ce1tax@s - COPPER ore. fv tNA sfa~y - .Nm
asv. dean velvet - Nsrkes ans $500.
occur n sorse lodges sss6 nes~ TIE hsasf -
Clear @resk y deposit - assses+ss -
srsat surface WIDTH. which has he~s dis
covered this season.
Mineral discoveries t- IRIS region s.,s
frozr tire sursrssr 81 1851. wrne~.s ne gre.-.s,.
lcrre - ryrsfie ore on TIE -sxsr,sarss xsas
e HoN4es Eafch was locAse5 siT Ahs Gov.
Sc7 sn& F~sd Harrington wEtafn a s~zr
eAyS NsHizrn ard James Rs~sss found
e~eaf ledge carrying a-s.nsca2 syo- ard
Sat@N& n gorge Uhssh rszus rate 5. .gsv
gyssce f~eEs ire S~<t and o. taEs tne~ ta
- 40 Ire tresnerasrr~. TIE sane fat
GNe-ge Han ans " NJ Nas@cssp ass,rw-
ered re Anaeortas ledge tn Auaoor4es
xehch. TheS sNs rrSst ra-srra ssrsa-ar,
fsssg@, tei3v q fsRs eide. wi4h ore nv.
stTsak ~ ehsivonvwsfe ans Arse-geal sr,r~
n.re feet ~tts ~as eosrsf SO 5 pNnae-
n f<~ckwoeS ard J. q Mars n a
serge Serr down tae Sole % I%ozw assun.
tain
The First fefsrew~rs@x
TIE aFsf discoveries ana an fntI~natsn~
tsaf fAN Essr~st 4 ManF@ Crfxts raisrt,s /.
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