The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-10

y1ilsd Up wish Prospscsor.-souss
q ~ GsasAsse scsesry in tbs state
-l1ouseaiss, Canysns and Bruwfing
osFsams-noaGhn ssAs, tsad Weather
WIrhup. Arm 3,-rhe depression az asr,-
culture which began in fsss causes quite
revival Of interest IN placer mining siong
The Columbia river Many farmers VINO
hsd either lost their farms through fore
closure o. mortgages or had abandoned
them In despair of making living on them
took 70 this Industry a. q nskeshift. 50
we'll have some Of them done that they
have taken 70 mining rs permanent
means Of livelihood. ard there was steady
Increase In the amount Of sact Work uatl
this spring. when the coiviiie reservation
and Trail and Boundary creeks drew sitea-
ton elsewhere.
Perhaps az remarkable an instance ~
can be- found Of mining having rescued
man from poverty is that Of A. n. csark.
who n working scYae rich barr on the lett
bark Of the Columbia. opposite the mouth
Of fha Sans Pen. These bars were worked
IN crude way in former years by China
men. bat were neglected by the whites, a.
W&ttf i4T Sf0IfH& tA@ Af W b<1H 80 - fsse
the river IN the absence 81 tributary
streams Mr.. ciaxk was tie pioneer In tins
renewed working OF these digKinxs. but
others have been attracted by his success
until they now extend for about mile
along the baisk.
Mr. Clark came a. . farmer from Iowa
20 this vicinity. having borrowed 500 from
his father-in-iaw 70 start with. and after
ward m1rfGaxed his claim IN the srres
when money flowed freely % ,hf farmers
from the big companies Of the East lie
lost rs crops In the 5iszstress years Of
Jto3 and 1s3<. ard. seeing. foreclosure % be
fneyisabIe. he dle not await that event.
but In the sumner Of 1894 moved hss family
20 new farm on the dry benches Of the
river snd built rough shack there. Ono
day Poon Afterward Mrs. Clark. on going
down 70 the river for water. saw = man
washing out dirt n a shovel. Never hav-
sng seen placer mining, shr asked him
what he was doing. baf he did not answer.
Next DAY she went aesin on the same err
rand. saw the same man similarly occupied
and repeat~d her question. Then he tol1
her he vas an old California miner and was
mining for gold. showing the fine Particles
u his shovel. lie asked her II she was mar
Sied and where her husband was. saying
that. n her husband would han. the dirt
down from the biKs bars 70 the river hank
for him 70 wssh. nc would divide she re-
suits. ~ tine was drug In the market
with Mr. Clark. he was ready to grasp At
any means OF earning = dollar. and ac-
copied the offer In . few days they
washed out 30 each with rocker. but tho
Californian said that was too slow way
OF making money for him. and that n
Clark Intended 70 stay there he bad better
ne on the claim and work n.
saving Fine Gold.
About fhiy time ,. G. Mosre. ~ Sess-
tie. arrived on the ecene. having been
mining piacers At Hell Gate abop. ave
miles further up the river ~ Drought
Ms pumps down and wer< into partner
ship with Clark In about thirty days
they took OUT SIS Zach. and then branch
"a out with more machinery. Moore be-
eAnno Interested with v J. Barnard and
John ID. Atkinson. OF Seattle. in a device
for separating tho black sand from tho
ane gold BY means Of magnets placed
over the suiee box. A beif rcvclves
around the magnets. which pick up ths
black sand. composed OF almost pure
magnetic iron. and hold u against the belt
until tho latter has carried II outside
tho s'uice boxes. when n drops on ieav.
tns the light and and nne gold 70 pass
over the matchmaking plates. The dy-
nzmo which charged the magnets also
nshtcd the plant, and Il was run con-
tinucusly. nxhf and day. This plant
was put IN under a contract BY wh.eh
siA owners worked the claim and paid
Clark 20 per cent. OF the gross product.
IL remained IN operation for six months
until late last fall. aud during that tine
took out nearly ss.un IN gold. Clark then
had a quarrel vita Mocrs and bis sssa-
ciatcs. who had meanwhile Incorporates
~ the Sans Poll Fine Geld Saving Corn
pany. and discontinued the use % tho
machine substituting q steam engine
WITH Two cwntrtfugh pumps. and return
sng 70 the old methods Of placer mining
~ which ne employs sixteen men SO
saecsssfaf has be been that cut of the
pronfs OF hts claim. amounting 10 sfssso
la the year INA he has paid the reatt-
gake on his fsrffA the asht 70 MS father
in-isw. three years Aelinaue-t iAxes and
nuhsser OF other ,ieatS which he had
Incurred a. Wiibur. has pad for his ma
chtnefy ana has a comfortable bank ae-
count
There are a number Of other claims
along tho river a. Intervals but Ciark.s
- tho best, Al leas; In ms vicinity.
Charles ". I.itss, worked ere adjoining
csark's ias, year bat easehs The cod
Vile reservation fever and went prospect
.rg. The next best Is owned oy Madame
ilraEeli. dr~ssnaker al Wilbur and tae
rext hy J, 7, fircck. all sd5alnlng ene
ancthes. fiut ciafk's - tire only claim
row working Ia the Sans Pail district.
There are other placer camps on fars
further aawn, some worked BY steam
pumps ard others by Horsepower.
pinivoitses vt werk.
Another seed bar which T. being worked
~ ~kAgninsk brothers Is ere and hais
mlies above Ven Gale. A tine OF giant
rocks extending across tAe river ave rs,isss
above tho san> Pan aua foresine natural
piers Tor = bridge THE hsr has a fstr
streak 0f grave, and ra3 sand fron, wa,rA
three neu rocket cut 80 IN shree asva
fkAmta4sf brothers haVg tun-f8nt earr, n
wheel rsisi1g the watsr IN buckets at
taShed "a ,s1diee - she head - toe s,us.n
bnxes, and lnteha - eut In ene seahl.
the slxs Above Hen Gate cov-acfly ssass
ira saw NTH aiweaica ~ j 4. csnsfy,er
snA SElh 7. knisf-an whoa Ms Ws.N..a
SWAY ~ Re roea ~ iy14 It's owners sr~v
then lefi ~ pJssrtv. eat are nov arsf~ IA
The fost To wealth shr1nEn their t-tr-s..
n the peer TxsN mine.
ptaeF p@aeers arr A'.nr worked sar sh.su,
e.sha 'nsly. ssdue she river ef,f.,sts. tf,,-,-
trf creek. rear Fttii;lant. ~ she farmers
g. fFsee valley. the rrhsst bars ia that
o-StrHt arc on iae wrss hank ~ az. rs.sr
~hsh Is In the saathrrn hair ~ she 81,
WHO reHerv8tlcn no. bet sAruNn o---, :,
u'tperAi entry Whca Ju,lsg fg.rs,-t r.
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fafewa Oxen ~ the a.. q sSss the -
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el8laa also AHphra ~ ne spafep-r -
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for tine nnul TIRE Reservation, CO. -.
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