The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-23

/ are sae rsfn- rnSgl was s.azlea from Wal
| laia turrtkor - ire 2r<sesf site Ok Blew
sss and thea t&keE cver sne mountain
z9sh block ard sackie- TGs Bikrn gr'ossp
WAS nontsd by E.3ward Bsrx~tr az ths
sarss the ar Tire Culver grsSps ara t,zr-
nel ~ss rua ~ feet from tAe cslve- WORK
inxs fato fhs osymrIa 20 an eTorr 20 tracs
/ I'd eh4 Czzvs- lead TAIs hor9 rsl cut two
years ago ard tAs CAxczae Mining Ccsn-
pAuy. ~ rsAca Judge T. d h>sa
% Tnu-ston ecuasy, stase ana
4 commissioner T ~ r@es sr. W. ]. Az
/ rev. os Olyrrta. ars ire Bilnn estate are
Tow the principal stockholders. has ssrcs
ran . number % opea CHS az over ne
mountain. shoSfax 10 cre II namo<f %
rsaees- On Poseptck Ne : ard the Olyna-
4 pa ledge was uncovered sHicn = ~
posed 80 - az extension o. TIE tsAsset
ledge showing Ire same Characteristics.
and xre same value IN free god Ins Cus-
yer ledge spreads oue togards <ne san
nk. ard Ia divides by horses OF syenAts.
SAlch rock fornns me hanging wal ana
then disappears On the Olympia = ssKAA
/ cropping Of rerphyry Was soun1- ana a
/ open cat showed three and sne-sA-t Zee. OF
/ ore AGAINST r. whiea vas believed % %
the Culver ia1ge cropping oct again AFR
being cut out with abe porpAyry footS2a.
/ ~ the Aorzes OF syenlts-
ahe Eariy Processes
The pioneer miners endeayored - work
AAE 01& at 3tk1A&A Al1t G4Hks &tN4 va - "%-~---
scale By building water power srasrss
assuming thai the gold was al Tree ana
could Dc saved By such q crude process
John Ernest built one On the creek below
tne Old stamp mil. one was buiss Tor fAs
PoieD.ck mine. and John Saater oaiI
thsrd. which IL new oSnet oy Johh
Shondy, tr.. and 80 being run on the Eare-
kA ore.
Another early location which IL staN
good producer is the Tzp Top. On the east
side OF the canyon short distance above
the present mill This location was risos
IN 1882 on a tnree-foos ledge BY john SUM
raers. who organized the Tip Top Mining
Company. with Moses Bowman, john
Shundy and others IN the following year.
This company sunk shaft sesenty-uVe
feat a. the point % discovery. and drove a
cross-cut tunnsi $50 feet euarterfng With
The ledge and another go feet short dis
lance below. The ore WAS stopped ont from
the nrst two Levels and run through the
arastra. It's value averaging $50. while
some run I'D to $50. The company an&n-
toned the claim In isss and in the follow
Ing year T. J. yinfon relocated Il. and DID
the assessment work until 1855 He then
leased Il 10 James Kirk. who took our
considerable ore. ana ran part OF IL
through the arastra. and part through the
Blewett m.li. the latter paying 81. This
year !, has been leased 20 George w. Por-
ter. who realized SIC ton out OF sixty
tons run through the Blewett MILL
* endinz i.s.ca ions
In more reesn, years. dating mostly
from the purchase Of the Culver group
BY the Warmers. locations have been ex-
tended through the mountains on both
sides Of the canyon from the old Lock-
wood mill up. Just below the new mill,
Peter Andersen and Thaddeus Nenbaur
have a vein OF clear white tale ore. In
which the free gold Is plainly visible, SINH
LAP n shnf 90 lad
have driven two tunnels. aggregating 400
{ feet. showing up the ledge well 10 a
width varying from six inches 10 three
feet On the Culver gaieh Is the Poiepick.
ore OF the early locations, which was
bought by Thomas Johnson from MessTs.
BeanehaIs and Savage a few years ago,
and has a quartz ledge varying from
eighteen 70 thirty-six inches, and OCCASION
ally widening 10 i've feet. Assays range
from $40 10 xts2 IN free gold. and average
about So. Development began witls
cross-cut tunnel aa7 feet. from which an
upralse was made i47 feet. In ore all the
way. A drift has been ran 100 feet west
from the upraise at the ioe-foot level, on
which stoplng Ia being done. and another
upraiss has been started. Four months
ago SIR. johnson bought the ten-stamp
mill put In by the Warmers. and has re-
Gently added canvas tables 10 save the
concentrates. He has miiied about 30
tons. with what result r. not known 10
any one but himself. Adjoining this claim
on another ledge three feet wide Is Pole
pick No. 2 owned by Dexter. Snondy &
Co. on which tunnel has been run eighty
feet. showing ore which assays SIS. On
yet another parallel ledge on Culver draw
Is the Phoenix owned by William Dona-
hues heirs and Fairfield Cross. OF Sc
attic. who have run tunnel about Do feet
on a nve-foot ledge. paying from ~ TO ~
Some Of the has been Inilled al the
Shoudy 4 Ernest arastras.
Ia the summer OF 1926 John n. bennett
I a Co. brought here \ mill with four 20
I pound stamps and a sids-Jiggcr eoncsn-
/ traitor. which they had taken as far as
/ wenatchee with a view TO using IL for
| prospecting on the Methow, hut were In
| duced 30 transfer here 10 work the Phoe-
/ nix ore They set h up beside the john
/ son mill and organized the California Mill
/ Ing and Mining Company with the aid Of
/ several local men some hfty or sixty
tons OF Phoenix ore were nsilled there, bat
/ the cost OF running the plant was too high
/ In proportion 20 IS capacity. and II was
! shut down.
Another enriy location on the Culver
/ draw is the PeshaStin on a ledge from ore
/ to three feet wide. IL was originally owned
/ by williarn Donahue, with whom Fair
field e. Cross acquired an interest. and
/ they ran a tunnel a, the east end OF the
claim near the summit ard dti some
siop!ng. In 1894 they bonded the CLAIM 10
! Geo. w Martin. az Minneapolis. who also
| leased the Blewett mill and bails chute
/ down she hill TO IL. He ran through abont
100 tons but n was SO poorly sorted that
/ n ala not pay for milling aa3 the com
eany eaneelea the lease. lie then gave IN.
ana Dexter, Shoady & CO. bought the mine.
/ They rau a tunnel through The Fraction
tunnel into the west end OF the claim and
1 took cut about eighty tons % ore. which
was reduced al the Bieweti NH and yield
/ "a about 81 a ton IN free gold and eigat
/ tors % concentrates worth $40 ton. on
I what is supposed % BE the Culver ledge
n 7. Warner and his associates have tire
| rswetuing. with IRE wsts Elephant Aad
/ psne Tree on parallel hedges. They have
ssuanlv kept NJ, assessment work. driving
1 a ap-foos sunnsi on the Pine Tree.
cold and Cinnabar.
A short distance above ,hs Cuiver draw.
a. ne west ssse o. The canyon. Dexter
Shesssgy & Co are working TIRE Black Jack
~ a tesre 81 blue quartz tao 70 FIVE feet
vvtse T>aey have run tunnel ever 30
! Sect on the Ledge a. the foot OF raa mount
air. from wrAich they have aone some
/ ssnsInx. ard are nov cross cutting toEArd
1 a ed norahyry tske which shows or the
surface. They have found some csnnahsr
/ gr ne ledge yssieinE native quicksilver.
4 About - IONS ~ ore Sss uiltea last
/ ~nrgrw ara thoarh not well sorted yielded
& tor. The sane parties own the En-
I rr,xa On sNe other side - the canyon. or
/ a enr~s-soat ledge which assays SIS - gasa
/ nns On welsh = tunnel has Asssn driven -
4 fsss The owners bought The araStra built
/ hx Tsh, Shafer sixteen years ago. and ere
4 milling TIE o-s n T.
/ gssnrses p,~ahas hss ERE Marion ara
I ne Gexr. southwest ~ Sae Rack Jack.