The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-16

70 twenty feet wide between Walls OF SS-
enite and porphyry. the surface rock De-
Ing deeply stained with ron TIE edge
runs southeast and northwest and on the
summit Of the mountain has spur run
ming east and west On TIE surface L
assayed from 81 20 81 gold. with iAtSle
silver Mr. Alien began a crcss-cut tur-
neil and after running il Is feet located
the Champion claim on the ledSs N June,
1884. He has since continued the tannei
for the purpose OF striking the main ere
body at a depth Of 80 feet from the out
crcp. The tunnel is now In ~ feet and
is expected 10 reach the ledge IN twenty
feet more. as water is beginning 70 come
in rsroha bly, from q stream rowing over
the ledge on the surface. On the soath
extension Mr.. Alien located the Advance
ard on the north extension the Diamond
Hitch. On the north extension OF the Sig
Giant he took the Frisco. on which the
ledge shows eight 20 ten feet wide. This
claim was formerly located by Charles
f. Kane, who drove tunnel fifteen feet
alongside the ledge Instead OF on II and
afterwards abandoned it Half mile
ND the mountain from the Big Giant, the
Drummer Boy and Lookout have been To-
Gated by Philip Hatch. NJ. d. Wilcox. T..
II. McGough and e II. ZONES on a ledge
four 10 five feet wide. as shown by an
open cut, which is supposed 10 be SOUTH
east extension OF the Champion ledge
The surface ore assayed sS.ss in gold AMI
silver.
The P-I Mine.
One of the best-known claims in the
district Is the P.-I.. on the side of a
mountain half mile up Rock creek. which
was located in 1892 by John ]. Ross and
James J. Hi.lyer. who sold a quarter in
teresr TO Frank Shusnemann. OF Pasco.
The latter has kept up the assessment
work and recently advertised his partners
out. as they failed TO pay their share.
The outerop is great blowout of oxi-
died iron. but the width of the ledge has
not been defined. though il is believed TO
run northeast and southwest. A tunnel
is being run 10 crosScut the ledge and is
in sixty-seven feet. The surface ore car
ries god and silver. high assays having
been obtained from specimens, and there
is one streak OF ore which has assayei
IA ounces of silver. Mr.. Shuenemann
owns the Copper King. on an extension of
the P.-I.
over the hin on the west OF the Chewah.
one mile from Spring lake. William Red
mond two years ago struck ledge six
TO seven feet wide. from which specd-
men assayed 5000 gold. and other assays
ran as high. A shaft twelve feet deep on
the ledge shows II 10 continue.
On Fab creek. still further down the
1HSNdsi. A. W. 3uIIA mas TIE DIX fSlt-
plant group of six claims on a twenty
foot ledge of hemat.te iron ore. carrying
gold. silver and copper. which assays on
the surface IS TO 81 god and SS.g5 silver.
He has defined the ledge with a twelve
foot open cut.
On the summit OF the Entiat range.
where Mad river flows 10 the Entiat river
from Mad lake. and Deep creek flows TO
the Chewah. a series Of lodges carrying
nm ha W "a
being worked entirely by employees. or
former employees. of the Madison Street
Cable Railway Company, of Seattle. The
principa. group was located by William
Smith. of Seattle. and consists of the
George Smith and fifteen others on a Sc
ries of lodges of free milling ore running
across the summit. six claims being on
the Deep creek side. With Mr.. Smith are
associated Samuel Gibson. Ed Siebert.
Harry Mohler. Homer Otis. John Holtz
and Mr. Weiss. all of Seattle. who have
five men at work prosecuting the George
Smith ledge. This Is ta.cose ore running
into serpentlne. and has been traced for
four miles. the other lodges being parallel.
ASSAYS have run from $40 10 s.. 100 In gold
and silver. about one-third OF the value
being In the latter metal. and the ore
locks so wei. that the owners contemplate
erecting a stamp mill.
In the same camp Is the Palmer group OF
seven claims on the Palmer and Deacon
lodges, one on the south side and the other
on the north side OF Mad river, owned
by the Cable Mining Company. OF Seattle.
This company il also composed of A1adi-
son street men, namely Phil III. s. Morris.
Bert L. Rsthbun. Severt Thompson ana
o. c. Palmer. The Palmer ledge is thirty
feet wide. running northwest ard SOUTH
east, and has assayed as high as slS6 gold.
A cross-cut tunnel is in tweniv-six feet
and will strike the ledge in about twelve
feet more. The Deacon ledge is eight feet
wide and has given assays of $50 gold
from specimens. Work is being prosecuted
vigorously aud will be continued until
snow falls On the Deacon ledge are also
the Hawks Nest and Cash. owned by j.
C. Parsons and Bickfore & Son, the Seattle
grocers. Four claims have been located
on the Mad river side of the divide on a
twenty-foot ledge. which they cali ne
mother iooe. by Louis Houck, Charles
Biazier. Charles Lilygreen and Max
Spromberg. The ore is free milling, as
shown by pannng. and tunnel has been
run sixteen feet on the ledge on Mr.. Bla-
zier's claim,
Another company OF Madison street men
called the Deep Creek Mining Company.
is working group OF thirteen placer
claims al the mouth Of Deep creek. which
were located by Charles Liiygreen and
Max Sprombere. The Seattle members os
the company are w. y. Goodrich. who IS
secretary: Joseph Wilson, w. ]. Llvesley,
Ed Siebert. John Hoitz, Harry Mohler anil
Homer Otis. Four men are at work under
the direction Of Mr. Holtz with a hy-
draulic giant ard siulce boxes lined with
copper plates and quicksilver. The dirt
carries about Is cents yard. and about
~ per cent. Of the value Is saved. Most ~
the bars along the Chewah river carry
free gold. but II IL SO fine that Il can only
be saved by the exercise o; great care and
skill
Another placer mining enterprise has
been started by the Apex Mining Com
pany, composed Of Seattle people Tais
has secured 1900 acres OF plac-
e. ground three miles down the wenat-
chez from the mouth OF the Chewah
which was located b. Albert Van Epps.
and last spring employed twelve men
for nineteen days IN prospecting II thor
oughly ard surveyed ditch from Mason
creek a distance OF eleven miles. Since
then no more has been done and nothing
is known of tho further plans Of the com
pany.
This district not only has deposits % the
precious metals bat three and one-half
miles north OF The town Is a bed Of d.
luminous coal. adapted for use IN smelt-
ing the ores. On side hill. so feet above
Freund creek. a tributary OF Chumstick
creek. a man named Frsuud found in 1923
an oQtcrop Of coal. thlrty-fogr inches
wide running northwest and southeast
ana dipping northeast. The foofwaN is
sandstone. with from eight 20 twelve
riches Of good iireclay against IT, and the
hanging wall is slate Filings were made
on forty acres. which were bonded bv
Frank \. Losekarnp J. w. Arthur and
J r. ButtleE for two years. and they or
ganized the North Ieavenworth Coal and
f-rka (nrss,arS They sank a hole twenty