The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-09

below Twin fairs and had 70 tunnel forty
f4e. through STOW 70 rsa.a the opening
az the rsne. On tire Davenport AeSsrs-
KfnE-nzn and PersnzII have -1r q tunnel
at1y feet. showing Gre which ASSAYS - 10
~ ounces silver. Sc 20 g gold and - per
cen. LEAD. In -she Isosstta group j. D Per-
shall sold three-esghths 70 c G. May and
cn@-esghfh 70 Nrs. Hess, o. Wa1ia Walls.
ard r y. Persian sold oue-qaz-ter 10
Mr. Iav. a shipment OF 80 pounds was
packed out frc-n ore which had been lying
ca the dump with water running over Z
for rwo years ard L realized about So. A
tunnel has bean driven is feet on me
ledge showing Pay streak four ard q half
feet vide which assays from 60 20 Tea
ounces silver and Sc 70 s. gold. On thu
zIouaesfake CIT has been made - fee.
along the ledge 10 face I'D q tunnel even
with the fcrty-soot bluT above The four
foot pay streak carries gray copper AMI
chloride and bromide OF silver IN lightly
cryssaIized quartz and ASSAYS IL 70 900
ources silver and SIS gold with consider
able copper. though * was not assayei
FOR that mineral.
seattle In II.
The development work on Bridge creek
and Park creek is slight bat more IS be-
ing done this year than for several years
past, George Young and Daniel Devore
latter has 50 far made only twsHty-foot
cut on the Defender showing a two-Inch
pay streak whieh averages SO ounces sill
yer and SIS gold Mai. Z. : Ingrahan ani
other Seattle men have become Interested
with AeSse-s. Young and Doty on their
group and have eToSs-cut the Tiger ledge
al in ore assaying &4Sa gold. - ounces
silver and - per cent. lead, without strIS-
ing the wall On The Morning star thay
have q tunnel twenty-five feet sAoNirS
eighteen inches % ore which assays y
gold, - ounces silver. "a per cent lead. alii
, on the Dexter have a thirty-foot tunnel.
showing fifteen inches OF ore. which car
RES ulsp.ckel.
The General CRY.
The great obstacle 70 development in
this district has 80 far been the cost or
transportation. The only way ont n the
absence OF road over the summit. has
been the trail to Lake Cheaan AZ this point.
the steamer down the lake. = wagon naal
10 Chelan falls. the steamer down the
Columbia 20 Wenatchee and the Great
Northern thence 20 the smsltsrs On the
Sound. a route involving four transfers
Packing from the mines 70 the AXE cost
81 a ton, which eats up a large share OF
the value. A large proportion Of the ore Is
concentrating and could be most eeoroEl-
ically treated on the Sound. but With good
roads and cheap transportation TO the
Sound the higher grade ore could be ship
ped cut in the course Of development and
help 20 pay for that work, while the low
grade ore could De reserved for concel-
tration untu IL had been proved that the
deposits warrant investment in plants Tor
that purpose. The people OF this section
stIll no1rish hopes that the route OF the
Great Nortlsrn main line VIII De changed
TO come over Cascade pass and Nr. Adams
goes 80 far as 20 say that in tunne.ing
under that pass. enough mineral Lodges
would be cut 10 pay the cost o. the tur-
mel
The state trail. however, viii De great
hep and. when widened 10 a wagon road.
will stimulate rapid development The
commission is showing conmen6a5ie en-
eFgy by putting two gangs between the
Twisp and Cascade passes, one TO work
eastward up Bridge creek and meet the
gang which is now well up the Twlsp, the
other 10 work westward up the Stsf.ekin
and meet Commissioner Vets force N
building from Marble Mount eastward.
By thus crowding the work forward. the
commission has y good prospect OF com
pleflng the trail in the TWO months re-
naming before snow again covers the
mountains. There VIII then be an easy,
short route OF thirty miles from Horse
Shoe basin to Marble Mount and the con-
struction OF wagon road or good tran,
over the sixteen miles between StenehLn
and Bridge creek viii complete the way
by the most direct route from the Seattle
& Northern on the west. through the
heart OF the mining district, 20 the head
OF Lake Chelan on the east A man COM
ing TO the mines on the Stehekin, Twisp o.
Methow could then mount his horse az
Hamilton and be a. his destination on the
farthest Of these rivers within three days
comfortable ride Thus Seattle would A.
ualIy establish her hold on the trade OF
this whole section and the ore shipped
out for smelling would Undoubtedly 30
over the same route. The difference be-
tween this and the present route Is that,
while the horseback ride would be no
longer. the railroad and steamboat journey
would be vastly shortened and a CORES
bonding economy of both time and money
would result L. X. HODGES.
Plnafore tonight at Madison park.