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

&f3aceA ous fh1t Is because they have not
learned tie virtue O. patience. After climb
emerge on the side az q g,lch wAica heads
on the summit and terminates In the val
ley. Its lower half Is fi.ed with snow
which oy alternate ;hawing and freezing
has been almost Transformed into ice. 10
would make an IDEAL toboggan slide were
IL not for huge cave In the ice 30 or 80
feet below. into which the soeoEgansstA
would almost Inevitably shoot and oump
their heads on the bouIiers beneath. with
such force that . doctors services would
be unnecessary The sce would do tho
work OF ez,5alming fluid and indefinitely
check the natural process OF decay. After
crossing this crift. You climb through
brush again 20 another gulch, which only
needs 20 be Tilted ID little more to attain
the perpendicular. Its bed Is smooth gram
ite. with only slight occasional projections
and is thfnly covered with decaying fr
needles which have dropped from the over
hanging trees On each bank and have mat
ted down into a smooth. hard bed. II -
no easy task 10 make such An impression
on this ground as viii furnish fooshold
and a. each step one must stamp ones
foot down with some force TO make IL stay.
Mr.. I>andre, missing tie tran. started TO
CLIMB this gulch Ike mountain goat ana
the writer started 10 follow, but soon
ficaily stepping On the smooth rock At an
angie OF 70 degrees. He dug the fingers Of
one hand snto crack IN the rock, hung TO
q small knob with the other and shouted
Tor the old pioneer to collie and pull him
out Dir. Landre himRif found Il impos-
siole to climb further and elambered opt
on the bank. He reached cut his stick ana
the writer. grasping II with ore hand.
was hauled up 70 safety from that internal
hal oA ya3 n hosA
he would have rolled down . little matter
OF 900 feet and the only means OF gather
Ing up his remains would have been .
sponge and soup ladle. On the side OF the
gulch the JohnsburR ledge crops and Il has
been traced along II over the summit Of
the mountain.
Extent Of the District.
These mountains are formed Of granite.
OF which the direction Is northeast and
southwest. and are cut in the same course
by True assure lodges OF quartz carrying
galena. iron and copper sulphiies and some
gray copper. AS in oth( districts. the
groupings occur in the rocky beds and
walls OF the guiches and on the cliffs above
tinoer line. 80 that they are traceable
with small difficulty. though a. times COW
cred BY soil or rock slides. Feeders run
into the main lodges from al directions,
the principal ones running north and
south. The granite formation carrying
this ga,ena belt has been traced northeast
across Doubtful and Horse Shoe basins.
east OF the main divide, to the divide Be-
tween the north forks OF Thunder and
Bridge creeks. eight miles from Cascade
pass and southwest through the whole
watershed OF the Cascades several forks
to Mineral Park. Beyond the granite on
the northeast are strata OF slate, blue lime
and iron rock In which occur the gold
bearing quartz lodges Of Ruby. Thunder
and Slate creeks.
The First Prospecters.
Tho discovery Of the Cascade district
was made by George L. Rouse. John c.
Rouse and Gilbert Iandre In September,
1855, while tracing across the summit the
great lodges exposed by the glaciers OF
Horse Shoe basin and on the rim OF
Doubtful basin. They discovered the Bos-
ton ledge cleaving the summit and crop
ping far down the eastern slope and the
Rouses located the Boston claim and Mr..
I-andre the Chicago on It's west extension.
In November OF that year Gilbert Landre
and John Russner also located the Buffalo
on that ledge.
At that time the district was almost In
accessible from the west. although that
was the natural route. The wagon road up
the Skagit river was only completed 10
birdsview. IS miles from the summit, and
settlement was only beginning TO stray
gle beyond that point. There were few
people at Sank City. but a man named
Ccttontaii, George Griffin and Alexander
Conway were the only ones between there
and Marble Mount. while George EngeI
was the sole inhahitant OF the latter place.
The trail from Birdsview 20 Marble Mount
was libel on the name and beyond the
latter place there was only an Indian trail
that Is. series OF dim marks on the
ground and the trees which fr "
vanished In the timber and dense brush.
person trying to follow II up would wan
der into jam OF windfa.ls. the jungle or
the river and suddenly find the trail again
when least expecting ii.
But over this route a rush Of prospect
ors went into the mountains In the spring
OF 1ss0 and they procured the extension OF
the road from Birdsyiew to Sank and cut
trail thence TO Marble Mount. John Nc
Intosh and A. ". Doty located some placer
claims at the confluence OF the north and
south forks and there established the town
OF Mineral Park. They cut trail from
Marble Mount, about 20 miles distant, and
secured the erection OF those first reQuis-
ties OF mining camp, a hotel, saloon and
store. Thus the town grew TIL II had an
ever-changing population OF about 20 per-
sons. Prospecting went ahead and In that
year c. Fl. Laniers, John Russner and
Gilbert Landre located the New York and
Joseph Bacon the Cincinnati on the Bos-
ton ledge and discoveries were extended
around Gilbert basin. Charles L Pollard.
the Taber brothers and John Connick
went up the middle fork through the tim
Der and prospected on the opposite side OF
the mountain from the Johnsourg, making
number of locations. Others traced the
mineral belt from there over the ridge be-
tween the middle and south forks. where
the lodges have the same general charac-
teristics- In 1881. the Silver Queen Mining
& Sms.ting Company. composed OF the
Logan syndicate OF New York, which
financed the Seattle. Lake Shore 4 East
ern railroad, bought "a OF the principal
claims through F. ". Dunn and l.. w.
Getehel and began development on all It's
lodges under the management Of Mr.. Get
chez. The previous fall the Boston had
been bonded for 100 TO a Montana syn
dtcate through J. F. Wzrdner and work
began there also. This made the district
lively and rs rapid development seemed
10 be assured. But thu facts, favorable as
they were. had been overdrawn by the en-
thussastic imaglnations OF the spectators.
prospects were held at impossible figures
and investment stopped. The Montana
men threw M The Boston. the Silver Queen
company, having done enough work for
the purpose. ratented sts claims an shut
down In 1879 the Boston was bonded by
the late William Hams orth. who brought
party OF Pittsburgsrs out 20 see 1t. bu.
their expert laid such stress on the lack Of
Transportation facilities that the deal fell
through. In 1889 activity died and the
town OF Mineral Para. which had grown 10
IS houses, besides many tents. died down
also. The store, which had been opened
by George Theraud was sold In 1851 TO
Max Olsen and John Conseiso. who gave
up the struggle In Is9s and since then the