The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-06-14

tier nv Dutton. and the
Columbia by Evan Morris. North
west from the Siemwinder were the Ninn
NJ, BY Henry simpson, and the Comet.
by John Stevens. each 600 feet wide. paral-
lei with one another. under the old Law,
the orc Bastante gold In plenty by Col.
George A. Bemis, the Hatneld, by George
Sprouf a fraction by Duncan Carmichati,
the Gold Hl by William Dalrympie.
The Joe Dandy and Atlas. by J. >. Pool
and Evan Norris on the southeast. are
also believed to be on the same lode. On
a parallel ledge south OF the ORC Bas-
tante are the Western Hill and the Com
stock, by William Dalrymple. Northeast
OF the mother lode is an0ther ledge. on
which starting from the southeast. are
the Wide West. by John stevens and
Matt Hotter. the Buckhorn ard the oc-
ciiental by Thomas Elliott and 49, Me-
pougan. the SUSIE by George A. Guess
and J. ]. White. the Clinton by Col Be-
mis-, the Sunffowcr by George sheehan
and Fred G. Watkins. the Victoria by
Duncan Carmichael. the Boothlack and
Newsboy BY Fred Gwatkins and David
Leggett the Winchester by Theodore Pow
ers On the opposite side OF the gulch is
the smuggier ledge. discovered by Fred
Campbell four years ago. He located the
Snuggier. while TO the southwest X.
Roering and Albert Dalryrnple have the
Mountain Eagle. and Louis and George
Prater have the Unborn. and 10 the
northeast George Shurson and the Peter
son brothers have the Mountain Side.
Other locations have been made further
in the same direction on what are sup
posed 70 be parallel lodges In this belt.
Stephen Mangitt and Daniel McEachern
also located the Black Diamond on an In
dependent ledge between the mother lode
and the SmugEier ledge
For several years after the discovery Of
their claims ufaided hy outside capital.
Among the FIRST 10 push development
were Msssrs. Stevens and Hotter on fhe
Va ide West. They sank shaft - feet and
then ran tunnel 100 feet TO tap the ledge
al the bottom OF IL. On the stemwlnaer
Messrs. Sheehan and Gwasklns have run
a tunnel 50 feet az depth or - feet 10
croSs-cut their lodges and have another
on the ledge 80 feet besides EA-foat
shaft. Their lodges are AT wssi-dssned
and assays show the ore 10 carry SO 20 SIS
geld and 81 or s. silver.
But early in Iss2 outside capital began
10 come In and the camp became one 90
the most active tn British Columbia. TIE
Silver Crown WAS sold 20 Edward Blewett
and L. II. Ammidosn. OF Seattle. who
ran tunnel about so feet from near the
surface. prosecuting all the lodges. and
running about 100 feet beyond into the
granite in S~arrr OF another ledge. Then
a party OF M,sntreal capitalists. headed
by william T., Mcintyre, and composed
or Canasiian Pacific railway officials. or
Eanszed the StIafhyre Mining Company
and bought the Brown Bear. Ontario frae-
ton, Rather. VIM NJ and wide West
A ten-stamp mill ard concentration were
erected. esmmo1Ioas residence for the
officers wss pat up and other structures
were built or purchased until an invest
nenf Of go had been made. The shaft
on yfe Wide West was sunk 81 OF 10 feet
deeper and on the Brown Bear a shaft
was sunk 50 feet on the east ledge shox-
Ing n to De eight feet wide. a number OF
surface cuts were made on the other
lodges and a tunnel was run 30 feet on
the two east hedges The ore from these
workings was run through the mill AT
the same time the Morning Star was
bought by Stephen Manzftt and Daniel
McEachern and they started develop
aent They sank perpendicular shaft
- feet striking the west ledge az depth
OF 1sS feet ard showing X 20 be e feet
wide, while they made an open cut 20
feet long where this vein crops put along
the gulch. the hanging wall having been
washed OF. They also sank a ise-foot
shaft or the east vein and ran a fsa-foof
drift az the bottom Thomas Davis and
Edward Biaxetr bought the Joe Dandy
and Atlas ia July iss4 and sank shaft
10 feet on the Atlas ard g. feet on the Joe
Dandy showing q thrse-foot vein. besides
about . feet of tunnel ART cross-cuts
They Rad three-atsnsp miis through
which ahey ran some go tons. averaging
81 in free gold. making no attempt 10
save the concentrates for lack OF ma
! ehinsry. Then the mili was removed 10
Loornlston and they stopped producing