The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-06-07

the Mexico. owned hv s-,.. w-p
Austin Hammer 4. no. -, ....-. -
epSa 20 snow the width az N. le-s-a -. !.
rs gwen good surface aseavs. IN. ~sxs.-
-assas@s owned ~ c. Chrizsr. has a ,-o~,
Peg % magnetic iron O. feet wgse wnsrh
has assaye1 s geld. per cent. COPPER srd
ssAssss out only surface prnxCec.srw
- - -. aone- The Msysower. also own
" 1r. Snrissy. In an extension Of the
same ledge The TrsIhy. owrns Nv 70 -
,S1 and Randolph Stuart ara boussea
aast Sscsrnber for ssx srsbutnx - x >zet
s'n 2. boundary Falls. has a zs-focs ss.afr-
= 1~.Leot cross-cgt and q tunnel exts~d-
49,. 80 y zen feet on ledge supposed 20 he
north extension Of TIE Y.ass ssh@-r.
70 c. c. Sands
6siena Ore &C Long Lake.
Ine rowing eye OF the prospecfor had
- aor some time turned n0rrnwers 70
As Lake twelve miles north OF the
sse eaa out Of which Granite creek
lows INTO boundary creek. Ii April. Isss.
1913 sossrarf and Fred Ditcrner packed
49,. op tSers on their lacks. there
eN--s 40 norae fra<l. an6 were erss or, TIE
scehe. sDsacer Benernan arriving next
- VIE pack horse Messrs BAsshart
ana Difrmsr started prospecting on the
easI aAds OF the lake. and had NOT bees. az
Work Two hosirB when they saw a quartz
oasc1op showing through the snow, waish
Nas Just melting. They located the Gold
Drop on u On April ~. and the Jewel on a
parallel lead one-thir- mile south and
pacNsa specimens down 10 Midway The
.s0Ae o1y T. Thonet went I'D with pack
horses and camped- Nr. Thomet located
= l1action on tie Gold Drop Lead. under
,ne Fame OF the North Star and Mr.
{3EEEFFr&fz - q. MS.
sai. ilofnst went around the north end Of
lhe LAKE and located the Lakeview on 9
10y snall o1tcrop OF barren quartz
Nhicn MS partner. William Dlckrau. ctd
hol think worth the recording fees. but he
iisao samples assayed. which gave 80 gold
- ~ iocated The I>akev.ew on IL The
specimen had few back specks on Il
when vera probably heEzite, containing
me value he went to work on 81 and
tise lead widene9 TO y1 feet IN the first
~ feet OF tunnel. but In 100 feet II pgrched
ao"n. though It Is cow coming In again
LAST october he sold q half-interest IN
the Laksvlew ard North Star TO Robert
and j. ". II. Wood, OF Greenwood who
intend 10 carry on work and 20 down on
ths pay chute near the mouth OF the
tunnel. Native Ieafy and wire copper,
which Is uncommon In quartz veins. oc-
ours IN the ore.
Extensions were a. once staked en- the
ehor. Ethiopia, Robert Emmett and En-
tsrpr4se fraction. and on the Gold Drop
ssad the north extension was the Golden
Eagle located By Mesgrs Benerrnan and
Peterson. with the North Star fraction be-
t~eer- Messrs- EcArthur and Shonouest
continued prospecting FOR two months
Tor the extension OF tho Jewel lead away
from the lake. the best ore being near
the end Post. They followed IL into
swamp. where they sank for bedrock and
then made q erosscut. IN this they struck
the ledge fully ave feet wide. well MINER
allied. and located the Dinero Crande on
10. Some time after the discovery OF the
Gold Drop and Jewel. Aessrs. Patterson
and Stewart went over 10 the west side OF
the lake. where the snow had lust gone.
and In their first days prospecting struck
two veins feet and u inches wide. which
they named the Rhoierick Dhu. The Il
inch ledge assayed SO gold and about 50
ources silver. the lorger one somewhat
less. though IL carries free gold and anti
monal silver. They sank shaft 80 feet
on tho small ven. which shows galena
and Is free ulliinx. and ran two cross
cuts on the <-foof lciE-. They sold tne
claim last winter 80 a ~ Jones. OF Spo-
kane; Iehn Fower a. Mrs Robert Wood.
OF Grern~oos 1Aa sanu-oA1 owned by
west side ard hss frosA : % feet OF ore
assaying 81 goit frDm ne surface. On
the west aite. also. J. A French and
Spencer Ben~rmaa located a ls-inch Lead
las1 August from q piece OF float. a sur
fscs assay giving siis gold and ~ ounces
silver. and propose 20 tunnel on a.
The camp r. tho young for much cevei-
opment which will be necessary TO make
an accurate estimate OF It's value posi-
Bile. The quartz veins are In series OF
schists, Quartxstcs and dikes of dior.te.
and strike about northeast. dipping slight
ly to the east. The veins carry iron and
copper pyrftes and galena. and In the
Lake View tellurides OF lead and silver
occur. The ore Is adapted for milling and
concentration. and II IS probable that mod
Grade depth will show many OF the veins 70
be straight concentrating ore. several
good iron cap surface shcwings have been
found on the west side. on which the Riley
bruxhers and others are working.
In the way OF development the Gold
Drop has a shaft down twenty feet. show
ing a vein <hree TO four feet vide. which
gives very high assays. The Jewel has
four small shafts. which averaged on as
say SIS gold ana silver, but the
lower outcrop siil average muea hishsr'
one assay giving SfS. on the North
Star tho outcrop Is three 20 Eve feet. and a
thIrty-ave-root shaft has shown the per
rnauencs OF tho ledge. which runs 40 at
least A contract has been let for sevsnty-
Eve feet more SHAFT. and For loo feet OF
tunnel Tas silver friend mas a smart tea
feet on about thirty inches Of ore. which
assays about 80 gold and silver.
Long Lake IL about two niles long, north
ard south. By haif a mile vide. and Is
dYatnssi AT the south end BY Granite creek.
which fows over beaver dam and rock
cat Az feet hsgh. and = mile further down
has fail OF twenty-five feet On The east
Tin. mountains rass abruptly fEona the va
tar bat on the west IS a gently sioptns
valley for 40 or 80 feet. heavily umesred.
with steep mountains rising Behind. while
at each end is level stretch or bottom
land.
Evans Among the Latest
Among the last Of the ne~ camps Great
ed bv TIE aood OF proSpSctors ~ Evans,
towards the head OF the north fork OF he;-
Tie river. located on supposed extensions
az the ledxes branching out from volcanic
,rc.rs.afn. The lodges are psrItes % great
WIDTH. wlsh the familiar iron cap. which
here has quartz mixed with the iron. This
Is considered q coed point. as the coArEz
r,srs high in gold The nrst discovery
was male in July, ISS. By Evan Evans.
AFTER u aena il is Famed. and Who called
"a etassu the standard. In the nrst week
sfx ar seven locations were made. ara0a<
~hem being the Pathnadsr. rger. Ontario
pay ard wellington. ana there are ac~
about eighty locations.
THE Standard has ledge % iron pyTites
neventy-fys tees vide. which has been
traced fer 90 feet There is ten-toot
shsft. and the ere assays IS high as Sd
ssosn the surface. On the Pathfinder