The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-11

ssrn e frssp~n.<nce. Or. TIE name WIS
changed 20 Ssver-oz sni La6<- that nszae
the town has Errwn 10 &zd secoSzs
kxsxE- Il recAsve5 ,eH Impetus = tae
year 1SE sr0D 1Ae 9<Scgwsry ~ Iae Ers2S
Hel~za Ervz9 q c0pper hes1xss On ts< d.
VIE between D@er and Gear creeks ~
lsSzss LusHssn. Jcan Taekscn and Tsc-ras
Jzrkscr xHd q ssh~r sedRes crossing
Deer e-sek farrA@r :ern- Theodore Lear
exte13et me discoveries 0v.~ 10 Parry
creek. further ~ Ene r5vz-- Progress -
TO fAss point had he~1 rzrsd- IL was IN
gE2y T. 49, tna- tae s-s- bark xhzes y
Camp EsSepen6@ssce was huEIt ~ he Nc
Ksrxles. George Hal. J. r Fendex Tres
gc1rscz- Charles Wilson and me ExE<ss
h-otherS The~4 vas then not er<n a tran
10 scsrecx re pace ws-h the czt=s5e
wo-t. eEt by tAe sosiowsaz Scve1A@r c-e
Rad a~ez cat threEga 70 Hartford ovsr
yfkea packnor>es csus1 travel Yes wss1-
IN year After .zzs wagon rad e25 beer
bgslt and ne rasi-oa1 xa< nearly graded
through 20 Rzrio~ pass In the years tsss
and $50 there vas q iusL 3ze 20 .Ae 2grsc,
bet n 1855 zctsySzy IN prospecting was re-
cexee ny the discovery Of al extension %
the mineral belt oTer Lc1g mountain sroza
Dear creek - Martin creek BY a ..
Scsrry, Wizssara Aarssorp. 4 rverso- ard
George O. Mosnssr and last fall t1ls was
fcsaowed By further discoveries near the
head % that creek By Jcahn Mcclellan
The last notable discovery wzs that Of the
asbestos deposit on tire divide ererr watch
D@sr. Martin ard Clear creeks al spring.
this being made ssxs July by z c Myers
and Louis Callhaa-
The edce GY-nr.
TIE Hoodoo grsup. which zas erxt ais
covered. azs cone into sns possession Of
the Sr.lizxlsnsz<a & Sultan Mining Com
nany. controlled BY an English syndicate.
xasch has already shown rs ability ard
WILLINGNESS 20 invest money where the
property warrants and Is row working
with . view - continuing operations al
winter On the HoodOo ledge this COM
pzuy owns the Eoodoo. Tenaerfoot and
Morrison and has driven tunnel 80 feet.
showing six feet Of solid ore The ledge
is one Of the best dafasa assure veins IN
the district and Is fully = feet wide be-
tween walls Of coag.ouserats and slate ana
Is trzcea5le for nearly 500 feet on the
surface TIE ore = iron and copper py-itrs
ard pyrrA1tite and there IS some ball
metal Gre. the ledge matter being quartz
and zEr,e- There are two well defined on
bodies one OF which ranges from g inches
- L feet IA width and is 10 feet long.
while the other. showing 80 feet higher
I'D the mountain. ranges from % inches TO
10 feet and shows fer length OF go feet
TD the mountain 80 feet further, on Ten
osrtcos ground. is a showing Of chAlcopy-
rite n quartz about 30 feet wide which
has been traced 30 feet On the Peacock
a body Of ore seven feet between walls IL
exposed for a length OF 20 feet. TIE
Mayysv5.ie and Iaxeriew claims CONFLICTS
the group The whole force Of miners has
iatsdy been moved over from the COM
pany.s Little Chief camp and tas nachIE-
cry was brought over also 10 avoid the ex-
Dense Of caring for II On the Sultan side
The men are now employed IN grading
and building snowsheds for Ed snirance
-. T.
work through the winter. The ore IS OF
the same general character as the Other
copper ore In the district and carries gold
And silver. but the officers do not care %
make known the assays.
The Independence is the center %
group Of three claims on another pioneer
discovery. the Cynthia Rzwe being the
east and the Brass Wire tie west extern
sson- the owners being Judge john C. Den
pey. Arthur ". Hawks, A W Frater. A
ID. Austin. James Hanset. Charles WIZ
son. Peter Johnson. L. NJ Jones ami
Thomas Moran The Ledge crops out 90
feet wide ali the way up gorge formed by
the action OF water on the ore running
down 10 Silver gulcb near IS mouth X
has been traced In one direction across
the mouth Of Silver gulch and across the
river 70 Long mountain and IN the other
direction across the head o. Anacortes
gulch and through the Hcodoo property
20 the Sultan basin. The ledge carries
arsenscsl iron all through ard contain.
10 feet OF high grade ore and some strsaks
OF gatena- Assays OF the paystreak range
from 81 10 slsa god and average between
So and $50. only to 4 per cent OF the
total value being silver. 4 tunnel has
been driven 10 feet on the ledge at the
west end % the Independence claim ana
shows IS Inches OF solid ore in the face
Another tunnel no feet higher has been
driven 100 feet on an Gre chute and cross
cut now being made from II Is so far in
sold mineral wagon road with very
slight grade has been built 20 within %
feet q the lower tunnel. distance of less
than n mile from the railroad and a wire
tranway would transport TIE ore 20 the
teams.
The Cleveland Group
Adjoining this group is the Cleveland
group OF four claims. a three-quarters in
fersst In whicn has been bonded by
Thomas Wilson and s. A Hartman TO
Van b De ISsahutt. e. E Crookhsm ard
others. Of Portland. for ssaso and IS be-
.ry developed by then. under the direction
OF w s Chapman and others as super
rfsndent The Violet IS the cas-; extern
sion Of the Independence ledge and II
crossed ~ the Cleveland ledge running
north and south. whsch crops in a gorge
e@tv cen 20 and 81 feet wide with AZ least
three feet % -halcepyrfte showing. The
American and Gsyser cross the Violet IN
s. northeast and southwest course. and.
Ike IL. carry arsenlcal iron ard galsna.
n tunnel has been run - feet. cross
cutting the ysolst ledge az SIS interscc-
ton with the Cleveland ard VIII be con-
tsnusi On the hanging wall Of the latter.
Thleh IL is intended 70 develop. II cut
NUMBER OF snail streaks Of ore AL
through the Violet and shows two vide
raystreaks or THE Cleveland Some pros
peSt holes OF the Cleveland Groupings
have shown vide bodies % :sae copper
and iron pvritss. o. which ASSAYS average
So gold. silver sri copper ard have shown
Up Two 70 three feet OF crystallige4 lime
In he ledge. which ray also assay and
would probably BE- taken az q premium az
the sueIfsr.
THE Ansco-tss No. J. and :, owned BY
George Hail. NJ I. N 3laQss and Ter Long
street. * New erik are OF q ledge narai-
lsi with the Independence on the north
Tunnels have bear driven 10 ard - feet.
slowing 20 inches of ray ore carrying A.
ssntcal iron and some steel gafeuA. on he
sxtea@i0s OF re Cleveland Joseph Crane.
William Ha1set. Charles Wilson and
Peter Johnson have tee Summer Coon.
On Silver s1llcn are also enc Granite an8
Ma 81. owned BY J y Eannetser G. Z
CssTanz. : " Munger an2 a "
EaSks. o. txo iedE~s tsrse snd four feet
side. On the Granite are two tunnels
about 50 feef zach from ore ~ vhsch a
cT9ssc9s has been run u f~at slowing
srssnicsl iroa which ASSAYS from SIS TO
So sDl6 ard si1*e~. On a toa~-fooe le.7se
@ solid 8rssabeaS iron Gre wsi~h crosses
tne Sumner Cson. = II. Ianxvr. J. =.
AannstteT. A y Hawks ana & l. Glenn
ats have tse New York on. - h{sss sAey
have ron a tHnae} ABOUT - Sect Show sn-
ore walca runs from IS 10 So n gol3
silver ant copper TIE extension of fhA
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