The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-06
THE MINES OF CLE-ELUlL.


streaks. running I'D 20 the summit. inci-
eating gapre the lodges OF iron pyrites
have been exposed. SIX mikes above the
head Of the lake IL me little Salmony Sac. a
rapid formed by Two Gikes OF rock cutting
across the channel. with a succession q
deep pools below. Two miles further
comes the big Salmony sac, gorge win
PERCEPTIONS. cfaggy walls rising q sheer
SO feet from the water. through which the
river po1rs in thunderous rapids 10 So
y.es OF deep pools. These rapids
prevent the salmon from ascending
further 8p the river, hence tAe name.
which is 4 corruption by the In&ians OF
the French words 's4umon IL sac ne
baffled flsn gather IN the pools below the
rapids and fail an easy prey 10 the IN
dams. About this point. too. are ne hrst
placer mines. watch we're washed years
ago by Cinnamon. One day q party OF
Roslyn men went up the valley yeilhs
IN drunken exhi.aration ana the CHINA
men. thinking they were 20 be criVen out,
left IN hurry and never returned han
a nile further are me forks OF the river.
joining a. the foot OF Goat mountain on
the northwest, the main fork coming
down through the mining district from
I-.-ass and Fish lakes and the north fork
from Wapatoos lake on the other SIDE OF
the ridge. Goat mountain Is long ridge
OF great height with bare, craSsy sum
nit where the venturesome goat can feed
secure from human enemies. Near Sal
mony Sac IL the placer camp OF William
Mckasson and John II. CorbinS. the only
negro prospectors and miners in the Cas-
cades, and four miles further. beside tho
road, stands the Yankee" cabin, which
was occupied by the Pacific Investment
Company's force when working on the
iron claims. As you advance up the river
the mountains become loftier and more
PERCEPTIONS and the river has Gwindied 10
a creek little larger than It's largest tr!b-
utagies. The road has been running over
ridges shooting out from the mountains to
the river bank and shutting Il In between
walls OF rock. but 1t now energies into an
open tract where a few scattered unoccu-
pied cabins stand among charred timber
below the mouth OF Camp creek. On this
spot some ambitious real estate men years
ago established Gaena City. but the boom
died a-bornin, and, though several parties
of prospec tors are camped the creek
banks their presence does little 10 relieve
the desolate appearance OF the tirs-swept
townsite. Soaring far above the lower
ridges Is Mount Hawkins. at the head OF
Camp creek. long ridge sharply defined
against the clear sky, eliminating in a
line of crags which project their sharp
edges far above the mountains main
body. This mountain takes It's name
from s. 5. Hawkins. one of the pioneer
half miles further you reach Fortune
creek at the mouth OF which Ballard capt.
tai has damned the river and built wa
ter wheel and stamp mill. and has estab-
lished Stanley camp. mile beyond is
Huckleberry mountain. a wooded ridge at
whose base forest fires are burning in
dozen places, licking up the brush and
shooting up the tall trunks with an omin-
Gus roar. These fires extend ali along the
flats 70 the mouth OF Scatter creek. There
the timber grows thinner and smaller
and In two miles more the road has enter
ed the level meadows In which Fish lake
stretches It's shallow length. For three
miles further up this meadow continues
broken only by strips or timber running 20
point from the base OF the mountains.
The lake IS simply a widening OF the river
caused by the blocking OF the channel by
slides from each side. but II has Niade
the valley swampy for some distance and
has thus fostered the growth OF marsh
grass, which the horses cat greedily.
Through the meadow the river winds It's
sInuous way from I-i-ass lake. where
number OF smaller streams gather from
the mountains toform It. \ mile above Fish
Jake Is the stamp Mill OF Lynch brothers.
lately put In operation and prospectors'
and hshermen's tents are strung at Inter
walls along the valley at the edge OF The
timber. To the right ia the great ridge OF
Mammoth mountain. crowned with Sc
rles OF tumbled piles of light red meta
phorlc rock To the left. opposite I-l-ass
lake. a great knob Of rock rises nerpen-
dicularly from the even-rounded summit
or the mau ridge, and has been named
Grtove's peak, because James Grieve is
the only man known 10 have climbed t.
He tells thrilling story or Ms ascent and
descent. which proved frlltesS so far as
the discovery or mineral WAS concerned.
A.. i
story until they made Il appear that he
jumped from tho summit. into I-i-ass lake.
lfence hey have named IL JmmyS Jump
on Behind This peak is huge hank az
giistenlng SNOW backed by a line Of dark
saw tas,h, Of equal height with Grleve's
peak aud 10 the north stretches a scrrled
line ~ snow peaks. and peaks where snow
would Ne eiernally Il II could find lodg
ment To the south Of Grisyes peak IS
a low gap In the mountains beyond which
are the headwaters OF the Skykomish.
Mammoth Mountain.
From Lynch Bros n!A IN n ,r4il leads
M Mammoth mountain by eeriss ~
swltchbacl~ - the Iyuch mines on the
summit ami as ore follows It's imerous
zigzaGs a splendid view f. oraenci oft. NOW
an nov aoNn the valley Below. fhe
river wi mis- through the meadow u Fish
lake ifke a Silvery snake in an emerald
Ns,i Heyond riSes the dark wall ~ tho
further ridge. and. as one raises ones eyes
20 the summit they are dazzleA by tina
&,.e.facie OF host OF Eli~tening wUite
peaks - every form. Sire Esro,rusling black
TN,tks ONLY throwing the pIre White NJ
the snow fnto stronger relief. As you
AS ms. fftN Firw .0 the r0rt Inward s. ~ttt
or hy the shoulder ~ Ma arnoth mountain.
b. the nearer wonders pew e.sim attcn-
ttor Leaving the thtcN timber below.