The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-04
MINES Or SULTAN BASIN.


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stearrs q ssn.fgsr I@aE shrayagh 4 T-zfs
leads 70 re f5lneT pass. q GAP II TIE soct-
bis WIRE ire tran nas been eug out OF
.1.a Bark - ioag. narrow swamp. ara
kng been s,ssneh@gxss1 over the ys@ssssaw
ezr.a To re rigar = the SWAMP. IN
z1sssea every ~zssr pant gye~s rank
wsere logs - half IDEA n the oezy
SavEas aras Over @hleh t-ees hang heglszt-
snz Sesors tzelr anaz fall tnto tne stag
ranr z-rery gave Above 70 right ana
1T are ne his from Tntca str@an rs
trsgxze Into This natarai reservoir. whence
Or creek draws - water 70 ha purified
~ she plIags among the 5os.i5erE n is
ssorr bas .gfsy course II IS With re.Ess
Thzs yoa sezTe .hl& pace o. st4gnatloa aa4
cee4T and 2sSsen ever z80yS broken pun
ehsoss ard among mere roots ard mud
halas % TIE forss q ire SOUTH FORK OF ire
sultan. Crossing the river TIE trail leafs
through O SIDE alder bottom IN whEra
stands TIRE caosn O. J. D Wilson In a
email clearing, and Is so dry and graveiiy
tkat tae LATEST cayuse living has 10 ex-
e-sa f0r refusing 10 trot Then you pass
s8rgugh Eare heavy timber and over an
eshe~ alder bottom 20 frunneres crossing
% ths mG36le fork. a bridge % punchsons
lsla across two q the largest 1ogs IN a
JAM formed xhsn the river xas on a
rampage. Passing OF among the tall
-
ira falling leaves aBfser down n con-
tinu0us shower. the rrail reaches the left
bank % the north FORK ard then you
realize ;haf yoa aEe out OF the foothills
and fairly into the mountains
Mountain Gorxes.
Looking down stream you can see TIRE
mouth Of a great gorge, assure In TIE
mountains through which the river crowds
tuna0lsUously. leaving no foo:hold On
L. -Fsf4~ s.
explore IS wonders. Across the stream ~
a EoBg ridge gith ragged roeky crest and
iiEnoSFea sizes. Among the younger
Forest % nsFeF-.nsnging. som5er green
fG*er many taller. sto4ter trunks stripped
q amgas and bark ans oleacheS white BY
weather standing like white monuments
q he dead amid ,he living forest. A
ridge q equal height rises On the hitler
Ss1e directly above the trail. but The tall.
dense timber. which sends an endless
shower e flr needles upon ones head
h41es = from YseH. The valley broalsns
ans th= forest fhsas. giving a glimpse CT
the piles q rock broken from the noun
taln summit ersI enc8nloerfng SIS base
The trail - r0ggh and often Tnsry 50 that
progress IS ssow and & IS dusk when ne
norm FORK Is again forded near the CON-
hueace o. Williamson and Copper creeks.
&feFe t5s@ Forty-ATe and Little Chief
ffeFAs Iors- Turning TO the left across The
bottoms goa ford the former creek and
iA@H, iTaang out he trail with difficulty
IN the growing darkness zigzag ~
mountaln for 1000 feet 10 where the vel
come light 81 The F>orty-f1ve camp shines
through the windows 1t stands on a
level space sc0ope9 out Of the mountain
side. overlooking the creek on one side
ana with STRIP or newly graded ground
on the other. the stable for the pack
horses being al the extreme end
A Mountain Climb
IN the morning a climb OF 200 feet 20
the mine. where is another camp. brings
enc 10 point Of vantage from which the
giofaes OF the basin can be viewed without
obstruction except for the hazy smoke.
IL l. climb which strains every muscle
and joint and makes the perspirafion pour
down the skin in riy1t.ets. for you have
I no sooner crossed a bridge over the gulch
beside the boarding house than you begin
70 go upward 81 a terrific angle. You dig
your toes into the earth and pull yourself
up by the brush and roots for few hun
cred fee'. then sit on a log 10 draw breath
80 on until you reach the terminus OF the
rope fram~ay. which swings air!ly across
the gnsch 70 the intermediate house and
then ~ the gu,ch 10 the head hous. il
Tecsly below the entrance to tha mine. \
few hundred feet higher ana yoi scramble
down the rock wall of the gulch. hanging
winters snow Walking across this hard
packed drift. which has been worn into
caves by steady melting. you leap to the
rock az the upper end and toll onward ana
upward 10 the upper camp and then %
the mine, IN the side Of the gllch 80 feet
oelo* the summit. Another glich. even
more precsrBtcus. scores the mountain -
the left from among The black Gifts whl>h
form rs summit. ard down this a party -
surveyors swings by 4 rope. having little
or no foothold.
Halls Peak.
Here the eye can view TIA rurwe.
grandeur - tAe lan3scsn ~ from one of ma
tuFe's observation t8weYs To ne left *
HaiFs peak. pyrami5 81 rock shooting
5000 fact above the sea with crown ~
COPPER ore. but Nth sides 20 urecfpltous
faat ~ ~ aigaes, Inaccessible Directly Y@,-
h!esi & Is Zig Fear mountain. 50 named
frou1 ths Inc II fsur craes which form ia
summit av8 which are ~ @r.tal height
@th HATS peak. Directly IN from. 81 y0Q
across che hasfa IS Late C'htef mountain
tower ~ slack rock rising + go feet al
snast vertically from tie valley. win
~eaufy STARTED timber cliuggn- 10 fha
}essxes % IS sides - summit ra<res.
roun&td kre1. Nhcr seen frora che valley
THIS 9eak seems th@ ta,IeSt on fhe othar
s53e haf f~cns the Earsy-ave mine. saaa
500 a'rh~r. II IS na~e p.wnsy compared
"t'h 'Athefral - which looks down
uea8 Il from hahfrF - fnazt On eaNs
hghe~ Us nawe Hss sswvessea hv tts
saFngYlt ~ a@t-te3 sv}~s~ ana SQUARE
towers. Tirriia~ tn those ~ fhe medieval
ttfa tra, HeTt fa4s pcak sn5 r.slnE
ever higher Is foure- ~.tze wfth h~oss-i
e'Ts ~ tts sarr-a 2 terminating 0n ere fef,
~ Fes 81 te1& sn.-A rs>ts - a -efat as
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tae 'eE' Here fs e~sa. xa.n sfv-s,-u
tIts3 wf-h snoa eea el..eiel In tha rrss s,e
hv t.ke ~ als eoek lfs e3ter sat Ter
rn'nat'0g In hsee s-a~S 0nzer ~3valz<
Nessa, peaK 81 height
among the Glaciers
oH fse hTeasf 20 .he Ts 1xe to the -fxA-
90 Nes.ai pax ss glacier. 3ser caves .r
SEA &.t~teoiuS pa~faes s0near.ag ike BIS ~
5iatehes in ere 65@iar~e TA.s GLACIER
sieras tew~ 80 CeH1~r sake fatsaynfs ez
~ r9 green water shea. eo~e.
arfes iu area which Fl3s e Aasf7 Al ssa
flFtae~ s-fr ~ E@tcla Cnsce s.ak ana l~ee
aAiea siso SOFAS ,h~ melted Soos from sa-
erz0Naal sftst IN tee double eg.h PEE
. tFeeu t4tf3~ Neh.et aHa Cathe.t~at ---szs
Copper creeS rans f~asa :he lsxe sown
Eoefter EH.h. on @hteh e ths cutc-os ~
IRE lSffse C'H3rf co0per lodge. T<2o&sa- On
GeNn th~ valley. rf39s shoots ap behsas
rs2xe #@tl th~ r7e~e distant are auaFrtr-
srtar~3 n tha .5ne haee
Returning down sne narsh fork sh.
Nr#ter ff~uei u1 tae sr5sf-e FORK over
nsw 81 cst ,~asf te v.k.s fAn Eraurha a-s
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rafaaEA gsessT Forest AMI 8svlf-satsa bot
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streams cese Ger -sa naGss Tnen x
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