The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-28

mcne1 10 pay them. ~ soon N IN sAs
nzSSxs Of Things he oozsd carry ous s1-a
Dsana lie szinzared that S-a.50 would b
PAX into machinery FOR WORKING the mine.
a. no distant Gay. posgs5sy n~xt year.
insfe wsT~ several preliminary NE tiers
OK great importance such as HScresxrtar
business men never iose Sigh, q. 70 b
attended 70 before definite psans x~r.
ua@1e DIR. Geyard has under cscnxdera-
Ton TIE matters Of SCREAMING what = ne
Desk method az treating me gsa-tscuizr
ore that his mines viii proture TIE further
ana anal test q szmpiss. getting a ,hor-
olsnsare og@n-d ~ which machinery can
u sAken II. ard. OF ccxrse. many Otter
mxfsers That mec Of uoasy have 10 deal
with
= cluster OF discoveries known a. n.
tsrrens group No. Z are attracting con-
80 AD.e interest among the miners.
me different isaS-s OF this xroup wars
discovered BY +. *. Current after re
haa made the Crystal mountain ais
s"veFIss composing the Current group 40.
/ ms group Ia composed az the cxsrrent.
sae Terror. the Neptune and the flora
iooes- The ore Of these lo1ss resembles
sSat o. group No. l. though The surface
gre OK enc OF the loaes, the Current slves
rather q better prospect tran any OF ths
otter iouss In either group Group No.
~ ocased a, ne base % Crystal noun
TAIN. some Lea feet below group No /
afla along The bank OF Silver creek.
win ina saE.e am otfion and energy dis
psAyea on the discoveries 81 n. nnner
groups. Mr.. Current set himself about
bringing capital into Inc with his ewn
eos1fsctlons that he had good ia ag''
ana succeeded IN persgading Mr.. Fraker,
or snononlsh. 70 go In With alra and So
.asf Ine investigation OF rnen os money.
Ar. r encn, mining capitalist OF Ia
coma. nas visited this group and express
ed himself as very tavoraaly tr1Yressea
WIN the appearance az the ore @ad rs
prospects.
): A slles. a miner residing a., North
Yakima. aas opened up what is known
az the star grosp. situated on the sum-
hit or tne range. at the head OF Silver
creek RE has associated with hir1 for
the development OF the iosIss composing
the group. w. 8. yIles. T. W Rogers ana
IL. r. Rock. all % North Yakima. The
group comprises the Red Star. the North
star, the Silver Star and the Venus Ioefes.
some OF these locations were made IN lsss
These men have done their assessment
work every year and are encouraged By
prospects improving az development pro-
crosses. They are all farmers or Yakima
county. but pin their faith TO the pros
poets or the summit mining district and
believe they have struck something
that will, some day. make them independ-
enf even OF the hard work that Is the far
mer's lot
ON the question whether these mines
VIII be tributary 20 Buckley or North YAK
lnla- they express themselves as partial
TO the latter place but admit that Buck
ley Is more conveniently situated 10 be
the base OF supplies than their own town.
Alexander McEicol. Mr.. Compton and
J. b. Connerly are owners OF the Blazing
a x4sk xyar 4
Piekhandie mountain.
Nr McNtcoi has also made a discovery
on tho hsadwaters OK White river, called
the Highland lode
Emily knight has been interested In the
Gold Hill mines for number OF years
and occasionally makes trips with experts
or practical miners with a view TO getting
capital interested
Mr.. ]. T. Howsen. Of North Tacoma.
and Mr.. Armstrong. Of Tacoma, recently
visited the Gold uiil mines and have be-
come interested 4. the development OF the
iodfs known as thc Boston, the Cold
Spring, the Comstock. the Silver Reef. the
Holey and Others. Upon these develop
ments will be determined whether they
VIII advise putting IN reducers and crush
ers next spring These men are much con-
cerned about the trail from Buckley 10
tho mines. as they expect 70 Go mach
trafrckirsg between some point Of ship
sI@HE ana the i9tes they develop. They
say there should be an open wagon road
but not necessarily Just now. Il the tran
Is improved.
Others who have made discoveries In
the Summit mining district are w J.
Knapp and Prof. Fred Chamberlain The
former has recently located a lode that
carries free gold. and more silver than,
he says. goidbug cares about. Prof.
Chamberlain took his family the past
summer TO his mines for an outing. These
gentlemen are located on White river,
close TO Mount Rainier.
William A. Rainey and A W Tweedem,
Of Tacoms. are also on upper White river
and own the Gold Standard. Tacoma Chief.
Edna and Pearl lodes
Silver creek basin. In which the Current
mine Is located. and m which or near 70
which. are situated most OF the proposi-
tons that are attracting attention from
having been developed. more or less. and
been tested. Il about twenty eight miles
on straight line from Buckley. and about
sixty miles on such tine from North
Yakima. This basin "a nearly southeast
OF Buckley. and nearly northwest of North
Yakima. 50 that a straight line drawn
from the latter 10 the former place would
pass through or near the mountain snurs
drained ~ upper white river and Silver
creek near the Current group or ioies.