The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-06-07
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. shor is width

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q nov is width
Wellington Camps wealth
-. wellington camp. which lies on the
-.s~e between Fourth of July ard Lind
~~~ks. about nine miles eaxt OF Green
~oo1 ard twelve niles west of Grand
1~rts has hedges of pyrrhofite and cop
- pyritea. which. though smaller than
- Of Greenwood run higher H. gold
- 0rry snestsng ore. The discovery
ss~sm was the Wellington. located BY
Ioseph Taylor II. fss2. who abandoned IL
- relocated IL az the Gro two years lat
= He found silver-bearfng quartz on the
~rrnce and then discovered O ledge three
- vide on which he ran tunnel ard
- 4 shaft On July g. ises. w. ]. por-
- ard Thomas Russell located the Gold
$ Crown on 3 big iron cap. showing free
~fEiing quartz on the surface and q Ledge
thrse to four feet wide beneath. They
AVE sunk a eD-foot shaft and made nu-
1erous crosscuts on the surface. which
shor the ledge TO be widening no assays
ere made ill the shaft was down 10
feef. when It averaged so gold. Tho r~xt
foufson was the Calumet. by r. McCaH-
renL IN May. ISIS. He found a ledge Of
eyYrhotite ore carrying gold and silver.
Il lesst Il feet wide. though n has not yet
beeu crosscut and has put q shaft down
feet. Assays give from - to 81 gold
and to 3 per cent. copper.
Then came quite an influx OF prospect
ers. and locations followed ore another
,apldIy. Among these the most noted
VS. the Winnipeg. between the Calumet
aud Golden Crown. located by duncan &
Mcintosh on June IL 1876. The ledge.
which IL supposed 20 be the same IA tho
Calumet. In covered by an iron cap, and il
fest on the surface. but a crosscus q
~ below showed II TO be II feet There
ore ehafts e and 90 feet deep. with a drift
run for 90 feet at the g9-foos level As
ays have been obtained all the way from
q 10 8, 30 gold. the average OF the ledge
belng about so. The claim was bonded
a November ]. 1886. for sixty days at
1900. 10 J. r. Toole. OF Anaconda. vino
cu, road, put up buildings and sank the
G-foof shaft. then let the bond run out
NJ. Mcintosh resumed work himself and
has made a shipment OF eight tons. from
which he has not yet received returns
The Keystone was located by Joseph
TsyloY on ledge OF pyrites covered by
"a iron cap. on which two shafts Il and
q feet and several crosscuts show a
With Of At least IS feet. with no hang
~ wall In sight. The ore assays 81 to s.
eoi6, per cent. copper and a little silver
h the Ophir. owned by Taylor s. Co. on
which there are two Iedges. with shafts
eunk Is and II feet on them. The same
urt.ss own the Columbia. which has q
fyr.ies ledge OF great width. the hanging
Nal not having been found. The ore as
ssys 81 gold. but was not tested for cop
pr. The Keno. north OF the Keystone.
~ located In 1894 by Daniel Mclean and
John Nysr. and hrs n four-foot ledge OF
loiomste and Guartzite. They have sunk
. x-foot shaft. and have assays of 2 to 3
eunces Of gold and Is 10 s. ounces silver.
he Colorado. owned by John Myer and
Ben Burguner of colfax. has two hedges,
enc OF pyrftes OF great width and the
efher Of galena, Is inches wide. They
nre running a crosscut On tho pyrites
Isdgs and are 20 feet In ore without find-
III either wall. No assays have been
made OF this ledge. bu. the gaiena ledge
runs - gold and silver. The Davenport.
heated By James Anderson In June. 1886,
q N extension OF the Calumet. is now
ewned by Il G. Kingsbury. OF Spokane:
J. C. Brown. OF Traii. and Thomas Skif-
dneton. Of Boundary. Only few surface
erosscuts have been made. The Butter
cup. adjoining the Davenport on tho
oouth. was located by John Farrell in
June. 1876. and after sinking a shaft IS
fses and making several crosscuts. no
found an s-foot ledge OF pyr.tes on May
l hu; has had no assays. The Jim. mile
further south. was located in August,
~, by George Cook. and has n ledge OF
hon ard copper pyvites 10 feet wide. as
saying ~ 70 - per cent. copper and $40
goai. He IN sinking a shift. which IL
down u feet. The Outbursf owned by
w. A. Glover. has true assure vein OF
white quartz about l. inches wide. which
assays one-half ounce gold. per cent.
copper and Is ounces silver. On extern
dons OF this vein ara the 81. Charles.
owned by George NJ. Miller and the 81.
James. by w. A Glover and James r.
walker the latter showing galena string
trs running into thu ledge and carrying
copper.
SkyiariS's Various Ores.
The Skylark camp. on the ridge between
Twin AMI Lind creeks. also has the pecti-
ilArity Of showing great lodges OF pyritic
ore In close association with small ones
OF rich galena. which sometimes appears
on The walls of the pyritlc lodges. The
nrst locations were the SlSyiark and Last
tnance. by Samuel Bloyer and James At
wood. and the Denver. by Thomas Wake,
N lsc3 They discovered a three-inch ledge
OF gsiena BY a contact between quartzits
AND silicious slate. They went down on
~ and II wldened with depth. asxayinx
~ TO i.ao ounces silver and 81 ounces 20
ounces gold. The SiSylark was bonded
e ~ c. Walters for 900 three days after
W. discovery and he leased II IN leo-foot
sections 10 r. T. MrCauren. Andrew
symons and Joseph Wallace. They sank
H-foot shaft on IL and shipped some OF
sne ore. which returned sfss gold and all.
YER, After the expiration of the lease the
SPOKANE q Great Northern Mining Com
pahy worked the claim under Walters
sahu ana shipped sIxty-two tons via
hs1en al the rate OF one and half tons
Gay. the freight being $50 a ton. The
SHIPMENT Yielded i.sas ounces silver. Is
.anees geld per ton. the total value being
slss Tas mine had paid for sts Develop
49, out the company found the ledge
.svseh ana threw Il up. The owners then
-.rssuaed work and found the ledge again.
hey sank on II 20 depth OF IS feet. when
! vas lost again FOR e feet, when IL turn
"a I'D sgain 50 inches Wide. Az this point
s.ey SOLD OUT 20 c. F. Kruger. OF Lexington.
asn.' walters bond having meantime ex-
r..eu. much or the ore Is solid gray cop
- aAo steel galens with liberal sprink-
..as .. faer silver, the gold and silver val
aas increasing with depth. II Is a dry
: so~s'ias and milling ore. carrying not over
! rer cent. lead. w
beaVer. a north exten.scn OF the
ss@{hrS. was owned nv NeSsrS. Blower
:. soee ana Wake. who sank shast about
ma made crosscut. showing A -.
80 ss., aeeSs o. iron pyrites parallel with TIRE
skslark ledge or raiena and Believed "a
.ss.na through that claim They sold n
lark. ao sis''e as 'ao SKY
- ~ =, SILVER King a. located in May. iS9l
- aSoHias Wake ana James Atwood on
aameeF Of parallel hedges OF pyrrho,sta
-. 80 ssringers or waiena enc 20 four inches
a., en- on ne walls and between them. The
.sH width Of the lodges IA. not been trae-
~ ~ eat one OF them has been crpxsras for
= es' ana no hanging wau has heen
fS1fd, the fo.,s~.lR - -.