The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-30
1HB SVAUk GOLD MINES,

- - GOO SaS 9TH IHs drainage frura
tsss JsoSntsgn az rms INTO the swaax.
zf15 al tie valleys al rrzszsea carry
rraor~ o. less rlacer geld. Ho~e~e-. ~
Tact tnat ittEIs wosd hsa S@~a touns IA
sas sSzak ADORE Baker cvsex ard rat
al TIE coarse goss il foar1 or the Bod
rex 81 ctd caann~Es between tails strrarn
sr1 Fsrws er-~x teeds 70 fhe soreF.zss or.
tsat the xosc deposits n ne swzsk its14f
were not wa@asd &ewn hy thai STREAM.
bSt ~ 80 fr9ssztartss. Baker. Williams
ard Bosidsr ereexs. The ugseT 1trz car
rses cEsy IRE god ~ rncst tla nnees
art The ms7ers 10 not take tae tsns .
- sstsnnDs 10 save IL. bat ia The old cnaa-
re- biz s9xxefs sre f8an4 Ts.s eAar-
a5fsr % the rroena above Baker creek
~ also ciffeyest. for Il IL al bill wash.
wife below thai xsreMu. L = evidently
channel wash. with 6aua~vs * a differ
en- character. Tire nuggets range u
size from . psshaad ~ the szrgsr oars
being gsneally rough. Gas psezses about
three-qszrfsrs or an incn faiek. OF In me
shape o. a neswerk of wires, mashed to-
K@sher BY tne action o. water. They are
found n ths three or fouY feet % art
next 70 the bedrock. the apper dirt onsy
carrying fine gold. The product Of
n iissfns creek - ~crtb 81 q 10 e an
ounce more than that OF ssAuk ard
BAKER creeks. as the latter carries con-
siderable silver The SwMak gold Is
worth si3 20 sl3.sa an ounce. and that Of
Williams creek $40 to AS
The Fraser river miners who passed
through this section about ISIS or 1850
Travelled over rtaa Swauk district without
discovering It's r4che-. rhaslrh Trey fosnd
sold IN the neiwheoTing Peshassin
creek. The FIRST discovery was made
about isss by Burt Good win. deaf and
dumb man. sho was hunting with several
other men. On going to the creek for =
drink al a point little below John Black >
present claim he foEnd a piece or Eosi
worth 80 or fiz lying on me exposed bed
rock. He ard hls companions went 10
work with shovel and slsalce boxes. and
their success soon caused a rusg OF min
srs. WHO located the creek throughout It's
length. but confined their attention 10 the
fats along the creek bostosn. not touch
ing the high bars. Among the arst corners
acre II Cooper. with ais three boys. ---
Lyons. Frank GIBBS and John A. Shoudy
Ar. Shoudy making business Of buying
the gold aud shipping IL 10 the mint. At
first II went TO San Francisco. but latter
iy Helena has been preferred, as Il gives
quicker and better returns. The Oldest
pioneer now In the valley Is John Black.
who IN fourteen years has taken about
$500 out OF his claim on the Swauk north
OF Williams creek. He came here about
twenty years ago, and after prospecting
FOR short time went on 10 the Peshasiin.
as tho fats were nearly worked out. he
returned four years later and after a
years work discovered gold In the gravel
on the higf bars. lie at FIRST worked only
with a pick and sh3yel. but three Gears
ago he pat in a hydraulic plant consisting
OF ii-lAch pipe and giant with three-ifch
nozzle. Since that tine ne has washed out
The bar which Ia about = feet high. Tor
about 100 feet back from the rim OF the
bed rock and for go feet up and dos n
stream. lie used six Hungarian rifles In
- feet OF sluice box With no quicksilver
and saves nearly all the gold In the hrst
two rifles. there being not enough me god
10 pay for quicksilver. His biggest mug
get. taken out Ave years ago. was worth
gsss. Two years ago he got ono or -
ounces and this year one OF - ounces. lie
showed the writer one picked up two days
ago which was worth sih
Big Nuggets.
tn. plaoer claim fnrthast up the valley
now being worked - on the high bar north
Of the mouth OF Bahsr creek. which was
first worked Is years ago b. the ffencn
brothers and has the honor OF havins pro-
6ucet the champion n9kSei, weighing
81 ooa, the Trenches also having gotten one
OF $40. Thls claim Is now owned by Gus
Niison. who has been drifting on bed rock.
on the other side OF Baker creek is
rage OF six so0-foot claims which were
fortnariy owned hy Mr.. Black and were
h.id FOR many years by the late J. G. rue,
who took out a sTt5 nugget II years ago.
These claims. which aggregate 81 acres.
al high bar. with 10 10 is feet OF dirt aeoFe
bedrock, were bought 81 the SAFE OK the
estate by W. A. Ford. They were at one
time leased by tNe late William DonAhge.
~ riewstt. and Walter Frisbee. who ran
q tunnel l9s feet due west from ne rim
~ bedrock until they reached poiht
xhere IL dropped OF nine feet a. an arg
Of a degrees and the water Grove L'e4u
out This a. supposed 10 be the Old cati-
mel from which the geld mas essh 49, 49,
un 20 the high rim. Mr.. Ford has pern
hx.araul1rklne since March last. Washing
n.,t = large strip, IN which he found mug
.,sts 81 ss an 10 500 on bedrock. lie round
800. ~ blua gravel which seened 70 run
haek under the mountain 70 Inc west anu
thts fact. together with the discovery ~
fhe tunnel. leads 10 The BELIEF taat l.ls 80
S,s.tts,,siv across the present one Th's
snanrv vxtu explain the failure % nnd pay
slrs ou the swauk above Baker creek az
Though the prospecting IN that part q A-is
<sllev has not bean thorough.
sr-es ,nxt four claims on the east bank
h.in,v Mr.. BACKS are owned ny the Green
Trea Mining Company, OF tacoma =,
which Stuart Rice, l. W Ahaefs0h So
,ruftsm Mckay are the prineipal stock
s,,'ss,s Tasf year enc OF these claims was
reed 20 Charles Daley. who worried VIZ
! s,v,tra,,fl, for two months ana eetataEa
s...s.S res,lts This year the company hes
ss ,ssnnsux tunnel On bedrock A.
- cocks OF Swark and Williams creek
-. Nnson has cistn waaeh mas f"'I
MIN over sso.eoa. some % X N naksetS
,a-ga assN lie has run tunnel on 'ie
~ t.,s- ,av streak ser SO feet and has
So. some slss drifting. having ~ al ever
: 80 sces az tunnel y. =. Kelly - con-
sts..,.s ss,ss work on shares, tie and the
- - ,sAar ctaifrs below are worklNs
a. tsts manner because MI hiacA @sla ~
s.reea Tree company own al me 49, /"
fee creek above and they saw =" .. e .s.
- .,,,t,ra L. II. Jansen. ~ A@oNt''i :,
- - ~laere claims at mis- point on
S-, - hzs run a drift on oc1rotN
s.....,t,,s, t,e material into TIE sis3ce %
-, - haracRrS, as Nc has 70 $3.50
ssess FOR hysraulfcking Hei0N IMAM
--s.s, an the east bank n Z sonss =
s,tst9nr- ~, bedrock and has f0nta l''s i. !
saanuea. Below h.ns, on - - 49,,
Is = r,enest IL drifting on ors'ro>N ~, y,
49, n feat high. SIS he hnds nc ps3 tn
-. r,V,Nar slrt. the gold gong eles-f %
$3.50 a. n roes down stream AiiA~
.S. T,.,,ss T-Noruas and George lAN}1as'
go. ev,a r w CLAYTON. ~ >eAts4et ~
have three claims eNtenetns .-N.'
-, a. bedrock. which = hefe e.ssue - -
TN 81 -. - sea-nri they have =
49, -. - "a tunnels run ~ former own'
49,. - s,yp r-an another TO feet 80 ths
"a .s,a,.r,.s ers cue claim ard 80 fa's'.s :
-. ....,,.s =, ,r>,f, aneshrr claim aheF hno
= So quantity os coarse SEQ 600 -, !,
- she hixwest nugget. ts~ea o1'
stre. Years aro. havsng w"ssaea 9 49,
aws ne present average sac ps.'~
a..
- -. -. - egV,s al ere cleanup. q as-s
49, 5.rs~.t weighed SEQ snd he ssa.lse'
- go Tenn Mayer. on tas next IA e
SFeE .,sf &c oasns both tho creek Bot