The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-30


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river. lie r9s3z az epti0n On a. ia
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cssasss=1 n Tnornas r. @ss s1srs clam. ~s.a
TIRE workings soN exlsns SEQ rzil~s aENVs
fne as0uta Tia ntst rEBspsetkfas vas
6one - ire ess-s bottom, lest tass yes
f0nnd 70 Eiss go5r tssy sna n3z unul tss
hes8 rock o. tas rsi Saanusl wRs &.fGc2
were good results ebgat1sd II ru1s = /
the south os west and aorSh q east and .
ear ai4gonaHy ~ ire present en2%rel
about q nile Eson the ssas.tn. The goa -
a.. coarse. IN pres from II ceat& &c -sss
ounces. and - in fat smooth a3ggets. IL
10 nearly &A found In TIE Sx Or slsat
lackes Of dirt n~xt 10 beslroes ard the
miners rarely WORK me spo@. airt-
The Producing asinss-
The FIRST claim above the mouth u own
ea ny Andrew Fsoain. who has rim about
go feet 81 tann@l on Dearo1k toward The
pay sEraak Taasdeas Sen5aar has been
prospecting IN The creek bottom and start
- e drift last fail Mr. SANFORD. or
E.llsrzaarx. who bought the Neaaman
claim adjoining q year ago. has 50 Tar
done only assessment work r. Z.
Jones claim. Eext above. IS being worked
on snares BY John Doyle. each taking
half Last winter he ran dratn-race
a.. feet across bedrock and struck The
pay-strsa1. on which he has since been
tunneling, having run about = feet he
nnts that the bar pays only on SeafecA.
bat thinks II would pas all tnroasn
worked In conjunction wifh the GAINS
below. so As 20 have plenty OF Gdtnpshs
ground. Il n0w pays s. day 70 me
man after dedaeting the owners ha4f,
lhongh the nuggets 49, comparatively
small the largest weigainE .. Thomas
= Aeagher has three Ga Is next above,
Al shs mouth OF Ly0ns' galch. taking IN
al the Old channel. from when ne took
out over sis.0ao last year de began Dy
ground slaie4ng, but soon put IA
tuanes, and is nov driftiRg on bedrock
from an open drain. Ills gold Is sener-
ally coarse his largest nugget being S---.
bot there Is fine GOD al through the Bar.
C. E. H. Bigney. has some extensive
workings on the = acres next above MI.
Meagher's on the left bank he came
here IN lss5 and worked FOR several years
IN the creek bottom, bat In 1880 took 10
the high bars He has sunk an Inclined
shaft 10 bedrock Is feet on the upper
edge OF the claim. and put down az ar
shaft 20 feet He has done $50 feel OF
tinneIsng on bedrock, and struck ne ola
channel $50 feet from the face Of the BAR
AZ depth of L feet below the pf.seh1
channel so that he has TO pump 10 keep
clear OF water The dirt is raised by
water-power hoist from the incline and
by A within from the other shaft. lie got
the mine in shape 20 produce IN iSs-, ana
last season took out about sls.eo, aud the
product last week was SIS. william II
Elliott, on the next claim. has drisked ~
feet on bedrock from one side OF the eFesk
TO the other. bat has not yet reached the
old channel. and, although he has struck
some gold, he does not expset pay art
IN he does 50. Ms Jensen. whose claim
asiotns Mr. ElltoEts. has driven tan-
mel on bedrock 80 feet from the OLD enan-
nal and another lg1 feet, whl2h proved 10
he "a feet above bedrock. and has also
reached the pay-stresk. lie nads that
the whole bar carries gold. as large as
ntnheaas near the surface, and IN mug
sess running up 20 s7& near bedrock
Louis Quietsch. next above hr. Jensen,
has run q tunnel lbs feet and erifted
either way on bedrock, but. "nae ne
found fine gold. there was not enoash 10
nav. and he has lately turned his at
tsntion 20 quartz mining. George ID.
Veraln. who owns the last placer claim
M Williams creek. has driven bed
rock tunnel and sunk two shafts, but
ike his neighoors has transferred MS
energies TO quarts clairnS
Bouider Greek.
Pro<pertinS for placer gold on Boulder
creek. which runs into Williams creek
from the south. has been carried on Tor
n,,rv years. bat not III Isd vas u
struck ty w. r. Hart On a claim which
49, arst located bv n. NJ. Ramon. who
I aoss n 10 e r Barden. he latter selling
4. "a Afr Hart \ shaft was SUNK Tor
/ hearn.1k ana struck the rim. from which
A crcxs--it was started, bat water forced
! a stanosge OF work. The god was In
small nuwgets. the largest weighing one
hair pennywelght The Livingstonss
arasp~cts-s these claims eight years ago
ard found moderately coarse gold, from
49, fss.t below tho surface downward.
/ This claim. with another a5toi7lng ara
tvrx ~ a gssleh leading down % them
s~,ra the right bank. IS nnw owned BY
/ Thomas r Meagher. c. c. Whitaker ara
A +. York. last May they started
hvaranllcklng the sulch cairns and save
- a. taken oct nearly $500. the dirt
.s-y,-fne ga.s fryrvY, the grass roots dewh
:. - IN the form OF both smooth
,,e,s-e,ss and wire gold ana RANGES gown
/ 20 nour xold The largest piece was
worth Sls5. others weighed SOS. 20 and Us,
ana there was quite nnnber' OF -
| ,<,rs-.fs TIE product brings about SIS
=, a,Fn,. AZ the mint. ore per cent ST.
,e~ bringing down the value AoSoin-
- ths pct1Aasr creek claims OF tfas hTfn
/ M Hart has two Others, one on when
/ - has three usn employed n sif.klhs
shaff to Ns~aroc<. while On The other
-, -,sn are runsYgng y bedrock drain.
~, ~ tsaf-sss next below the gulch
re. sathcrisrsi and August Xsexel have
sr-E a shsft - feet % bedrock and sre
1 ,.,,nssswx From a.. They found one mug
I -. - ga ard got 50 OF 81 n the BOT
s,rn ~ tns shaft but have not 50 Tar
{ s,,os enourh 20 ray. Their worS u
/ Nsr,1oeres ~ wsfeT a. Bedrock $ - Eeef
/ se,,-v ne level q the present creek.
.-es,e ~. OIL channel ss~rns - parallel.
+ Trozpectfaw Is slso sesas on af",Fe a., ~
/ ffsr..s r'airrs ara n ire sdroininS Eu@cses.
/ -. -euear~ has the cd -htnns. been
/ ~.,,h-.s AZ rav cgrt ben stru>S- ard X
4. N.aisyps that re 90 channel 5fset
= N. only pIace where Il VIII De found
Rich Free Gold.
~. ~Ar. ,i.cer mining st1il holds its
! 80 a a Source q much wealth. the de-
,.so-~.nrtx ~ the last few years have
/ sser rarlafy causing quarts tntning 70
] r,.arshA saue = n Importance Some az me
ysa~s~ miners x Is true, hsft shy 81