The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-13

returned GsTa over srsatmen. charxsa
i TIE tunnel is now n q. feet and SO se--
/ further VIII cut TIE first vein AZ depth %
so feet. the second vein isa 5sss further
! al depth Of 100 feet and the third vein
/ 80 feet further a. depth CO 30 feet As
] SscA vein Is struck drifts VIII Dc run On
| Il and the extensions o. the main tunnel
VII give depth Of 200 feet below the
/ highest point
/ Las. July Baltimore parties were inter
es-ed in the Consy group of niae claims
| ard they Joined with the Seattle parties
/ named n rae organization OF the BaIsI-
| more Seattle Mining and Reduction
/ Company with s.. 600 30 capital stock IN
| return for a hals Interest they are fur
| rishing capital 10 erect an air compressor
! with three nssrsoll~Ssrgent drills and 10
| drive the main tunnel I.-So fee. further 10
| point under The main summit A power
| hol 80 has been erected al the foot o.
| Coney creek falie, which have q total fall
| OF liz feet, snc q pipe has been laid 20
| carry the water TO Peiton wheel. which
| VIII drive 2o-horse power dynamo. From
| here the current will Re conducted. over
| wires already stretched, 10 the tunnel n
| which an electric motor viii run the air
| compressor. this part Of t1s machinery BE-
ing inside me tunnel 10 feet from the
/ mouth A telephone wire will connect the
! mine and powerhouse. The machinery was
/ packed In on horses and SCI Up under the
| direction OF T. f. Townsley. OF Seattle
who was appointed superintendent las.
/ July and Is now almost ready for opera
/ ton. A contract for the main tunnel aas
] been let. providing that IL Is 10 "a COM
pleted within eight months after the ma
! chinery starts. and a tramUay win De
! built to the wagon road when this Is COM
1 pleted. All preparations are being made
for vigorous prosecution OF work
| through the winter and this Will oe greatly
aided by the construction OF the wagon
road The latter will reduce the cost OF
| transporta ton 10 the railroad 10 - a ton
| and IS an Incentive 20 the development OF
| other properties in the district. While the
| machinery in the Coney group Is being Sc.
| up, stopping above the tunnel continues
/ the Coney stringer, which IS TWO feet
1 wide with two 6-incA streaks OF high grade
| ore.
The Brooklyn group OF l3 claims on the
right side OF the Coney basin rs owned by
| Messrs- Heinrich, Baxter, Sapp and Pratt
and is on Two parallel lodges IS ana 10 feet
/ wide. In which are streaks OF high grade
/ ore two and four feet wide with smaller
| stresks all through the gangue matter.
| The ore is iron and copper suIphides and
assays 20 u per cent copper SO to SO
gold and silver. These locations extend
! along the lodges over the summit AMI
| down the Snoqualmie side. where develop
ment IS in progress on other claims.
Many 9th r Good Lodges.
| On eastward extensions OF the Coney
| basin lodges are the Tornado, Cyclone and
| Monarch. owned by Frank Campbell. with
| whom George NJ Bonney holds an interes.
| In the Cyclone. They have six to twelve
| pay-streakS similar TO that on the main
| group. The owners are building trail
| and will employ four men the remainder
| OF the season in sinking q shaft on the
| Cyclone and tunneling on the ledge on the
other two claims.
| Last July s j. Margins OF Skykonlish
I of,I thrn "a Hraar II nT SRa -
| the Unicorn and Unicorn Extension on
| ledge OF suphides and gray copper six 20
| eight feet wide north OF the King Solo
| mon on the same basin. Il has been traced
/ half mile with clearly defined walls
I South OF the King Solomon. Mr Marquis
| early In August located the Sphinx on
lead which has been traced to a width OF
| - feet with only one wall in sight. and
| the Ironsides on l2-foot ledge. On the
| extension OF the King Solomon ledge up
/ the summit DR.. L. NJ. Lessey, of Seattle,
| and A s. Nickerson have taken the Romeo
| and are preparing for work An assay
| gave about $50 in gold and silver, mostly
| the latter On 2o-foot ledge on the sum-
| nit further south they have the Juliet and
! Black Bear and on another, eight feet
/ wide. extending over the summit, they
/ have the Queen OF Sheba, Connecting
| Link and Temple. This ledge has a 14-inch
| pay-streak of galena and sulphides. To-
/ wards the end OF August T. f. Townsley
| and j. w Perkins located. the Eta a
i0-foot ledge OF porphyritic quartz and
| spur between walls OF granite and diorife
| on the left side OF King solomon basin. II
| shows six feet of copper sulphides and
! white iron. T. A. Woodwork and Al
Zurich located the King David on Septep1-
| Der on a ledge of sulphide ore 1000 feet
| above the King Solomon. which is eight
| feet so far as traced On a ledge crossing
| King Solomon creek w. l.. Sanders. with
| z. B. Palmer and II. S Phinney. Of Seat
| tie has the Sunday and MinnacadHca.
| There are several streaks OF pay ore as-
| gregating a foot in width on the surface.
divided by granite horses and which carry
| aEtimonial silver and gray copper. Two
| assays have shown respectively 20 and q
| ounces silver. $40 and SIC. 40 gold Mr..
| Sanders is preparing 10 move camp 20
| these claims with a view TO tunneiing on
| them and shipping ore this season.
4 Great BODY Of topper ore.
| One Of the greatest shovings in the dis
| trict is a ledge varying from 90 10 20 feet
| wide running along the summit above Mil
| Ter creek basin. ii little below the summit.
| on this ]. =. McLain. OF Snoqualrn!e. who
discovered IL four years ago. has located
| the General Grant General sheridan and
| General Mcclellan. The ore is principally
| valuable for copper which II carries II
! CFalco-pyrite and sulphides with a little
gray copper, assays having never gone be-
| low s per cent and run as high 81 per
! cent copper. with about s. gold ard 70
/ cents silver. Mr. McLai1 has cut a trail
down the Ia sin. has run a drift on one
! claim, made an open cut on another aod
started tunnel on the third. having al
| ready quite a quantity OF ore on the damp.
/ The ledge viii probably b. cross-cut from
| the lower basin, as this Will give great
| Gepth on the east side OF the sal me basin
/ go feet further down the mountain, Henry
! Mute has the Bodie and Bcdie Consolidated
| on a parallel ledge and on another ledge
| on the other side of the basin the Belcher
and old Belcher. both being recen, loca-
| tons.
ON Miller River Basin.
| On three lodges. four. twelve ana four
| feet IN width. all within % feet OF one an
| other. on the west side OF the basin l.esD
! feet below the head. n A Mckenzie D.
/ + Durie and ". w Easter. OF Seattle.
/ located the Easter and Captain abou. Au-
/ gust ]. ono OF the smaller lodges runs
/ into the large one and me ore IS copper
| a1i iron pyrltes and white iron sam
/ Pies have been taken 20 Seattle FOR assay
| nv Mr.. " kcnz!e and Nj Easter has be-
| gun work with another man. He has
driStet - fcet o. ths Easter main lead
/ showing four small p2y-sTreaks in which
| the ore "a iT approving Adjoining these
| claims on The south. TIE same parties
( have rhc Highlander and Mountain Goat
} OF fCUr Lodges running east AMI west one
beng four feet. another three fe~e ana
/ TIE others about IS inches Ride TIE ore
/ = gray copper. copper sul7hides ara anti
/ mon.al silver. and al the lodges have
/ strong walls standing seven feet abovA
/ here also
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