The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-06-19
MINES NEAR SEATTLE
Good Prospects on Money Creek
and Miller River.
WHAT THE ASSAYS SHOW.
Noney-MsE<1ng Propositions Direc'iy
Tributary 20 This cffy-En the
Kasgo District

while attention - being drawn 20 Tran
Greek and Eastern Washington pfgyRt-
ties. II should not - forgotten that AAf's
county has some mines IN fi2 p0EIisfAsss
corner witch are as promising as ans ~
tie aow famous British Columbia camp
These rnines are located along Money
creek and MaIsr river. brsnfhes o. tae
eouth fork Of the skykoFnizil. WHEN IN e
with thar river q little west ~ the toeh
OF Skykomish, on the Great Northern rs1s-
read.
On Miller river one group only has been
Developed 20 any extent fDat = ~
Soney group. owned by George a, 80,
OF skykofnish. and y. y. Baxter. Aa1L.. =
Heinrich and u. T. Sapp. Of Seattse. ne
property was located in 1850, and wSrk ~
earnest waa begun last year. Tunnel
work WAS dene pony trial built. ana
ssxfy tons OF ore shipped. which averaged
egs.sg per ton. Work has been eontihp~a
during the Last winter. and from he taf'-
rel forty tons ~ ore has been taken ana
g. now or the dump. ready for shipping
o. s0on a. the trail t. IN condition
The county commissioners, recognizing
Pie importance Of the mining interests o.
the county. have agreed 70 assist ~ pt1t-
flng In a road ard as tie owners have
recently secured .2s.sE9 for development
work from Eastern parties TIE road ~tii
III once b built n the county purchases
. portable aawmIii. such a. snohomiaf
county has, and saws the timber talsf
from the roadway into p1anks. the road
viii he cheap and AZ the same time 81
such character that an ordinary team VII
b. able 70 haul all the wagon vii carry.
Is & IL an easy down grade all the Way
Shipping by wagon viii mean saving Of
eboul 81 Fer ton. as compared with pack
jnz the ore with ponies.
The coney lies IN granite and has
r.. "a a. a.~k.
wide and has a pay streak from six 10
eighteen inches In width. This. "a has
boen said. runs from go 10 so. mainly ia
gold. The other ore averages So This
latter ore. OF course. cannot be shipped,
but viii be vallahle when a process OF
concentration or other treatment has been
put on the mine. Four tunnels have been
rln on the property, q, -, ~ and 10 feet
IN length, respectively. The longer tun-
mel new has - amount Of ore above
II, and below the f9-foot tunnel The
company expects 70 Slope this out ard
chip not less than 300 tens Of ore this sum-
m4r. The company is iucoE pora led aa the
Western Slope Mining Company.
About mile and half down Miller
river lies group OF claims which bid
far 70 be a bonanza. They are known
~ the Little Una group. and were located
and are owned BY ". L. Sanders. A. ".
Hawks and c. L. Ciemans, OF Snobomish.
recently secured an option upon the
property for the purpose OF interesting
capital The Ina group consists Of seven
claims. all OF which show the BEST indica-
tons for large bodies % ore. The hedges
ali have heavy iron Gaping. similar Ia
character To the iron Gaping Of the Tral.
Creek properties. The groupings gener-
ally Indicate very large body OF ore.
being from twelve 20 forty feet ia width.
Assays upon this iron Gaping show some
gold and silver, about 50 In value upon
ths Little Tina proper
An open cut OF twenty-five feet has been
made showing clean walls ledge twelve
Seet vide, with eight feet OF mineral
which vii average above go. and large
pay streak which assays about $50 per ton
In gold. silver and copper
mining expert was recently taken 20
The property and after examination sid
that II The Tina group aid not contain a
lhrke body OF ore all recognized inalea-
lions must be abandoned
In addition 10 these two properties thsrn
are any number Of claims which show
well and have some work done. with the
road assured and capital Interested. the
outlook Tor Miller river IL certainly
bright and with sts development thou
sands OF dollars VII he added 20 the
wealth Of King county. The men who
have worked for tn development Of Miller
river and ether Cascade properties bavs
Done the public a service tos the fnonsy
snasie there viii circulate IN Seattle
Seattle viii benefit itself by driving tun-
ness III the mountains az IS back.