The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-01

exf the surface 1htg fact TOO. had mis-
led The owners - q he strike Of tho
sedee- The psoxinity o. the natn ore body
was evfdenced by the fact that the tunnel
cut seven - eight strfngers. from four 10
eighteen inches wide. the lowest assay
from which was ~ fsr ali values. while
m stghfeeu-inch ssrfngsr showed an arer-
age OF - Tor al values. Including g per
cent copper. n shaft Vas then sunk On
the mountain above. where this stringer
Was supposed TO run into the ledge. and
the junction was found IN . broken for
nation tunnel vas started immediate
~ below this. and at tl7s end Of thifty-foar
fret entered . broken Seaes Of sasc ard
crushed quarts. highly mineesfi3ed with
ryrsfesof ron and copper. ch9zccpyrszs and
pockets OF bcrnfte. The tunnel wns con-
tinusd this year. and when work vas sus-
pended for the season. had penetrated -
feet OF this distance the last sixty or
seventy feet are In the ore described with
similar ore on both walls and tn the face.
at times interrupted for . fe-~ feet by
broken vail rock. Apparently the tunnel
10 In that part Of the ledge carried down
by the slide, and Ill charlottesville guam
ffty Of broken ledge matter and the num-
Der Of strfngers cut by the other tunnel
lead 70 the conclusion that II continued
through the slide, which IN the surface
extends thirty to forty feet beyond the
face. and into the solid formation Of the
mountain beyond. II viii enter ledge Of
which the size and richness viii well re-
pay the labor and money expended The
general run Of the ore In this property will
well pay for concentration. and much Of IL
IL Of high enough grade 10 pay for smelt-
ing. whenever the road Is extended 10 the
mine.
Free MtllAng Quarts LeAGes.
The free milling quartz claims located
by 4. Lewis this year are also owned by
Mr.. Townsley ana Ahis assoc.asee. and.
though no work has yet been done, the
surface showing II 20 large and strong
that development may prove them to
eclipse the San jose group In value, with
tho further advantage that they are evil
IDENTIFY In the solid formation. The Ophir
and two extensions are on q ledge or
rather dixie, cropping In . great blum UP
tho mountain side, half mile from and
parallel with the San Jose ledge. The
rock v quartz carrying feidspar and In
many places highly crystalltzed, and the
dixie u fully sixty feet wide. Several
pieces knocked on the SURFACE ~ var<ous
points across the ledge gave an assay OF
eighteen ounces gold and seven ounces sill
YER The Stemwinder and an extension
are on similar ledge. cropping to q width
OF az least 100 feet in two gulches which
II crosses. only . few hundred feet from
the Ophir ledge. Further up the same
mountain . solad mass OF the same kind
or ore II exposed. 400x39e feet. on which
the Seattle In located. Next seasons pros
pecting on these deposits viii show the
amount and value OF pay ore they carry.
but they are certainly promising pros
poets.
The Christina ledge. further up Bear
creek. below Bear lake, 10 Of good width,
as yet undetermined and 10 in = broken
htfs al Ar.,xf
feet on X SHOWS ore al the way with
one wall Of slate. from which great cubes
OF quarts are taken. The ore carries cop
per pyrites and gold. but unlike the other
lodges. contains no hornblend. Assays
show = to $50 gold. Is to % per cent. cop
per. one giving as much as IS per cent.
copper.
The Bridal Veil. owned by Sherry Nc
Eiroy and William Irving, has a ledge
cropping out under Bridal Veil falls, two
miles above the May Earhart. The crop
pings show oxtd!xed iron To q width OF 60
feet. and 2;-foot tunnel on rfe ledge is
in white Quartx-carryipg iron and copper
sulphsdes. assaying from s. to 81 gold
ana silver. besides copper. Below this
ledge II parallel one on which the Same
parties have located the Oriole. They have
driven tunnel 30 feet on q syenite wall,
With ore the whole width. assaying 81 to
MS gold. and have not crosscut to the foot
wall
A number Of other locations have been
made further UP the river. on which there
are good surface showings, but little or no
work has been done on most Of them and
during the recent period OF depression
many OF them have been abandoned
Tra0c for . Railroad.
Careful. but persistent development may
De rewarded by the creation OF several
producing mines In the Cedar river dis
trict and this would furnish enough traffic
10 warrant railroad extension eh.ther. The
ridge between the Snoqualmie south fork
and Cedar river IS so low. with such a
broad. level summit as TO offer no ohsta-
cles TO the construction OF a branch of
the Seattle 4 International from North
Bend as very low cost The mineral
trafsc II would develop would well repay
the cost OF construction and a revival OF
the lumber industry. which must occur
ere .onE, would cause the cutting of the
splendid bodies OF timber IN that region
whenever means OF Transportation were af-
forded- The same Inducements exist for
the extension Of the Columbia A. p,,ret
sound branch from Maple Valley I'D c.
dar river. Whichever Of these road.
should be built. Cedar river would remain
distinctively Seattle mining district
Meanwhile, the extension OF The wagon
road, which the county commissioned
propose no construct before winter win
materially stimulate progress.
L. X. HODGES.