The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-06


TAree years ago another copper belt was
discovered about half = mile southeast o.
AoGn. Stuart near the head Of Twonley
creek. bv Ed C0nneli anu y r. Beverley.
OF Cle-Elu2T. and according % outN2TI AZ
i1earances may prove - D. mammoth
deposit. They located the GranGNisw J.
ard 3. and me Butte on 3 big blowout Of
copper. both native and IN various COM
binatso1s. They have ran q sunuel over
Iel feet, which has cut through the ore
ingo d5orste on the same mountain 4
quarter of a mile further east Patrick
Twor1ey and Judge Gamble q CLe-f- am.
have located 4 claim on a I2-lncn contact
vein. running rarpendicula~ly into The
mountain and carrying large percentase
Of copper. with some silver and gold They
have driven q tunnel s. feet on L.
IN a gUlch on tne mountain below Camp
creek. which has been named after them,
Josiah Sylvester and Chester Howson
have in the last six years fonN a series
az lodges OF iron and copper qyrites ana
white iron, carrying considerable sod and
silver. on the War Eagle. owned by these
three and their father. Thomas HowSon.
they have a tAree-foot ledge with six
inch pay streak. running east and west
between granite walls. and have run
tunnel about 30 feet 70 cross-cut Il. On
.ha Cascade they have a cross ledge six
feet wide running north and south into the
War Eagle. on which they have driven
short tunnel and on a parallel ieGse is the
Occidental, on which - a 3e~foot tunnel.
They have four other claims IN the same
group. and adjoining is the Morning Star.
owned by Josiah Howson ana J. r. Cain.
Of Seattle. who are sinking shaft on the
ledge.
Nickel and Cobalt.
AT the head or Boulder creek. on the
summit OF the ridge between the Team
away and the Cie-Elum is a great por-
phyry dixie running southeast and north
west. which is fully 100 feet wide and
spreads at one point 30 a greater width.
II is veined with quartz lodges 10 % feet
wide. carrying gold. silver and nickel. On
the keystone. owned by Adolph Elsner
and John Somers. OF Roslyn. Is ledge %
feet wide. in which is ai-inch pay streak
assaying 10 IS per cent. quicksilver. $40
TO SIS gold. on the Nickel. ZOO feet 10 the
east. the same parties have an elght-foot
ledge with six inches or tale on each wall.
which assays Pa to S per cent. quicksilver,
s. TO 81 gold besides nickel. for which II
was not assayed. \ tunnel is in Is feet
on the ledge and cross-cut has been
driven s. feet. On the same ledge the
same parties have the Badger. Olympic.
Grizzly and Mary. John Crosse owning
4 fourth OF the Mary. On the Keystone
ledge they also have four other claims. on
one OF which a shaft IS down % feet. Last
June the Chesapeake. Hudson, Fleetwood,
Telegraph and Tirailleur were located on
the northeast end OF the dixie by John
Mull!gan. Adolph Elsner. Charles Eaden.
John Somers and John Greaser. The sur
face ore has been assayed for sod alone
and gives SlS.
On Goat mountain a good showing OF
galena ore has been made by Curtis
Homer, OF Roslyn, and Michael. McHugh.
OF Buckley. on the Silver Dump. nearly
opposite the mouth of Camp creek. A tun-
Faas an, he va
bank in a narrow rocky gorge, which is
spanned by a rustic bridge OF poles, and IL
shows an lS-inch paystreak OF Solld galena,
assaying S6S silver and some sold Near
this claim David Payne. Robert Babcock
and Charles Roberts. of Roslyn. lately
struck ledge OF great width which as
says SO gold, So silver and per cent. cop
per. James Bell. of Gle E1um lake. DR.. \.
NJ. Critz and i. G. Weise, of Ballard,
have the Ruby and Brilliant group in the
same vicinity. on which 5. kedzie Smith
is about TO begin work. The ledge Is five
to seven feet wide. traced through SIX
claims, carrying sulphuret ore which as
says SIG to so gold and trace of copper
A tunnel has been run 80 feet on ii. on 4
parallel ledge is the Big Bug. from which
an assay of N.17 was obtained. On the
southeast end of Goat mountain William
McKasson has the Hardscrabbls on a six
foot ledge, carrying sulphurets and iron
phyry On ten-foot cross ledge Of SIM
liar ore John H. Corbins has the Matte,
the walls in both cases being of slate.
One OF the famous claims of this district
IS that located by the late Elvin Thorp
ten years ago on Red mountain and now
owned by Edward Pruyn and ]. 3. David
son, OF Ellensburg. The ledge is iron
pyrites i feet wide under red iron cap.
and assays have ranged from SIS TO sIss
in gold, silver and copper. 4 tunnel was
run 240 feet on the ledge by the original
owners, several changes having occurred
before the present owners acquired il. on
the northeast extension J. S. McConihe
and Jacob Welsh have recently located
tho John &. ON one OF the peaks of this
mountain William McKasson and John RI.
Corbins this summer located the ST. John
and 81. Luke on a ledge il feet wide. be-
tween walls OF gray slate and assaying $50
gold.
Placer Mining.