The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-25

further down the mountain q cross-cur
tunnel has been run 80 feet and VIII str.ks
tie issige in 80 feet. Crossing this ie0se
Is q spur. On which are the Pride OF MI
dare. Pride Of West Seattle and SarasogA
In tunnel run Il feet on the ledge the ore
pinched cut and cross-eut was ,aea
started which Is In "a feet and has not yet
tappesi the ore An assay from the Midas
showed IS ounces silver and % per cent.
lead and ore from the Pride OF West Sc
attic gave 20 ounces silver. So per cent.
lead 81 TO SO gold
The Soldier Boy Is one or the nisiossc
claims OF the district. for on this ground.
extending M the basin near che pass was
found the cabin where the soldier or capt
Pserce's PARTY lived with his wife for Two
months when he returned In searcn or tue
ledge whence came the piece OF noas Nc
had picked up on his first trip through ne
mountains II Is now the property o. tns
Silver Queen company and has a l--Ioos
ledge containing several streaks or ga.ena
anS native copper sgSregating = inches IA
wsath A cross-cut has been run $ feet 10
strike the ledge in 400 feet more. ASSAYS
OF this ore show from Is to s. ounces ss.-
YER 50 per cent lead. 60 cents 10 - goso.
The Gold Run and Golden Eagle, owned py
the same company. are supposed 20 De On
the extension Of this ledge, and the Noun
tain Chief and North Star. running 10 the
summit. are on a parallel fecge Inc iouE
remaining claims ofsthe silver queen conn
pany are the Johnsburs. It's south extern
sion on the Lookout and it's north extern
sion on the Prospecior's Friend ana
TarcoSo Union, which, with claim owned
by Reese Jones, trace the ledge over the
mountain from the north 10 the south tofN
of the river. The ledge crops TO an aver
age width Of about four feet on the slcc
of the gulch already described and carries
solid ralsna and carconates which assay
I'VE a ~
lead. A tunnel has been run - feet at
point 100 feet above the foot or the
mountain, to be used as q working tun-
mel, but is not yet through the slide rock.
Another tunnel 80 feet long was driven on
the ledge 500 feet higher and shows two
feet of solid ore. A s2-foot tunnel. s's ieet
above this. shows three and one-half feet
of ore. while another 400 feet higher shows
two feet. and one zoo feet above 1t shows
three feet Of ore
Around the Basin Rim.
A number OF lodges cut through the
curve OF the basin. Among them Is one SIX
feet wide with four feet OF galena ore as
saying 1s3 ounces OF silver. on the ST. rat
rick. owned by - Coneily, OF Fairhaven.
Another, 400 feet further north. on which
r. A. Osterly, Greening and others. OF
Everett have the Moreland. Michigan and
Grand Republic. cuts the summit between
the pass and the St Patrick. On the More
land the ledge Is II feet wide with -
inches of galena, sulphides and carbon
ates showing in an open cut % feet long.
On the Michigan is three and one-haif feet
of tale in which a nine-inch streak OF ga
lena and sulphides Is shown In l5-fooc
tunnel. On the Grand Republic the crop
pings OF an eight-foot ledge have been
traced for 1000 feet and 25-foot tunnel
shows some four feet OF salena running
about $40 for all values. On ledge about
four feet wide. which crops four or five
feet above the adjoining ground for 800
feet, George Q. Sanger has the Nip and
Tuck. on which a 15-foot tunnel shows pay
ore for the whole width, assaying about
$40 for ali values.
On the Johnsburg mountain Is a dixie OF
porphyry and lime l40 feet wide. veined
with a number of streaRs OF black sui
phurets and sulphides aggregating 10 feet
In width. but more or less msneraiized all
the way across. On this Gilbert Landrs
has the Washington. Yellow Jacket and
Kentuck and has driven short tunnels on
the two former claims. Assays of one OF
the paystreaks about four inches wide
show III ounces silver. Sis gold and Is
per cent lead.
The Middle and South Forks.
On the middle fork OF the Cascade the
granite formation IS cut by bikes OF
quartzite, gneiss and schist and by lodges
OF galena and sulphide ore following the
same EtBefdl course as fffOSc on 2 nOrtn
fork. On the mountain between the north
fork and the main middle fork are the
Fourth OF July and Gladstone, owned by
Joseph R.gby, formerly OF Seattle, hut
now of Omaha, ledge four and one
half feet of porphyry. in which 2f-inch
paystreak of gaiena. sulphurets and car
donates Is shown by a H-foot shaft and an
open cut Is feet long. The ore carries
mostly silver with s. TO s12 gold, assays
ranging from $50 TO 800 for both values
Mr.. R.gby also owns the Lucky Boy on a
ledge extending down towards the river
shown by two open cuts to be about the
same size and character. on the same
ledge. which Is here about four feet wide
with IL inches Of pay ore assaying about
$50, Mr.. Rlgby has the Father a Son, on
which he has run cross-cut tunnel 40
feet. The same owner has the Idaho run
ming TO the summit between the forks, on
a ledge OF the same character five to six
feet wide. On another ledge to the south
east he has the Contention. where s5-foot