The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-23

ana ccr,~r 7vrstes. whlcs assays s. gets.
4 shaft IS being sunk. walsh Is 5cwa 81
teen feet. and shows improvement. "a ths
iesxeA
Merit Up TIE creek comes ne Tassy Dear.
heated t- 1sae ~ William pcnssae. en- =
sw4a lstxe between walls o. se-p>nstne
AID .tors<s. one ledge three 70 gear fess
wide assays sSs NJ geld. the ctaer three
and ose-hak feet wide. of dark grHS
quartz. carrsAs 81 silver and &c per cent.
fsst. Two tunnels have hcea run about
swenty feet each AZ olTsrcnt levels. A
nsle interest in this claim Aas oesa pur-
chased ~ =. II. pxxooa. % SEATTLE
Ssos1g On up xha creek. there next GENES
The Rasnier group eg thirteen claims. with
two n.AisiteS. snast % whiah wegs secatsd
by ". j. Riley, ef fseAvenwe-th, but which
are owned w the Negro Creek Nicksl AMI
Copper Mlning Cennahy. The trustees az
this company are. = @. Lane. Of lowest.
president. ]. w. Arthur. OF 1sezvanwerta.
vice president; G e BacSiey. OF Lowell.
secretary and treasurer: w. j. Rtl@y, ns
IosveH worth. manager Alexander Rcr-
iaaG Of Everett. OF this group Rainier
No l and No = stuart and Wisconsin are
On one dixie ranusng northwest and south
east across Negro creek. three Ana one
half miles above It's mouth. In the sum-
fner OF tSS a cross~cat was run 20 feet
On this dixie and struck series OF ave
nickel bearing lodges from len 20 tairtv
feet wide. The ore IN The tunnel ASSAYS
~ 70 81 Ter cens. nickel ard sAea geld,
on the other claims enly prospect he2sS
have been made. and the ASSAYS rem
them are therefurw from the sarfase or
near X The Tacoma has n Qusrsx ledge
seur and oae~haif feet wide rssn=iaw sate
the Rainier series. and carrying copper
aud iron pyri,es with ssee geld ard
few Dances 81 silver. Red Butte Nc.
and No. : are on a deposit % white tass
thirty feet wide, Of which a red butte
forms one side. This tale ASSAYS about s.
geld. tus Is difficult 20 treat. and the COM
pany is seeking snitahse process. Tfa
Montana - on a spur southwest or the
Gordon ledge. 10 be described below. car
rying nickel. free sold and SILVER. twelve
feet wide. Fractions A and II are extern
sions of spurs OF the Ontario and Meridian.
which VIII also be described later. The
South Ontario, New World and South Pole
cover a large dixie OF low-grade nickel ore
about thirty fee, wide. on which there y
not enough work 10 determine the value.
This company constructed an extension OF
the wagon road up the Feshastin from the
mouth OF Ingalls, creek two years arc. and
partly constructed a. 70 the Rainier group.
II also surveyed line for sn electric roS*t
up the peshastin and Negro creek, thir-
teen miles. 20 the Rainier group. and three
miles further to the park on which the
P-rsinger group ahuts.
On the opposite slde ~ the red butte
forming the wall of tho red butte against
which the tale ledge of Red Butte NO.
and No. lies are the Union ana DOMINION.
which are three-auarters or a nile up
Bear creek. on the north OF Negro creek,
and owned by w. T. Ransy. q. >. Merriam.
George Beam. James F'aliweiler. G. Striker
and H. Louders. They have ledge 81
free milling and concentrating orc sasi
and west and cut by Hear creek. Twelve
samples were taken OF different grades az
ore across the ledge and the assays rang
ed from ti07. - gold and silp silver up 10
Ss7s6a gold and $50 silver. yet eight tons
shipped to the Tacoma smalter only re-
turned Sii % ton. A tunnel has been run
100 feet on tho ledge. showing X 70 range
from eighteen inches To feur feet. with
good ore all through. Across Bear creek
from these claims Is the Amigo. owned by
Gus tslaoin. g. w. Elliott and Charles
Harvey. on five-foot ledge OF copper
saipharets running northeast and south
west. which ASSAYS on the surface s-.ss ~
s.. 40 gold and silver.
Adjoining the Union and Dominion on
Bear creek are the Gordon and Gordon
extension. owned by Supreme judge Cor
don. w. 4. Agnew and Ar. htAey. ttie
druggist. all OF Olympia, II has a ledge
forty feet wide. running north and south
and assaying 10 per cent. nickel, vita Tree
gold ard silver. A tunnel iifty-ise feet
long has cross-eut the ledge, defining It's
width.
Following UP Negro creek. above the
Rear creek brook. cfna the i. II. Nickel,
located by w. J. Riley and now owned BY
Tony Preston. of ois mpaa- IL has ledge
OF three or four feet o. white quartz on
the hanging wall. carrying s4.o9 geld and
good percentage Ct nickel. A SHAFT - De-
ing sunk on the hanging wall.
Nickel Ure.
A lit,is further Up. on the north side. IL
the Ontario. owned by Martin Lewis and
Mr.. Morrell. who have Two bodies OF ore,
one forty feet wide. and ssrsnger tour
feet wide running into Il. between walls
OF serpantine. Tho ore carries " 10 "
gold la per cent. Of nickel ana sas psf
eent. copper IN sulphldeg. A shaft is down
about twelve feet ON the hanging wall.
tunnel has been run ninety feet on the
stringnr. cutting towards the main ledge
and a tunnel Is In seventy feet 20 croSs-cut
the main ledge, which Il Il expected to
strike ir another hundred feet. On the
south side OF the creek. next above the On
tario. comes the Meridian, located IN iS's
by George Porsinger. OF T,eayenworth.
ledge OF dark blue quartz forty feet wide
between serpentine wallis. the ore carry
Ing gold silver. copper sulphidss ana
nickel The outcrop Is In iron-aEained red
and blue cliffs on the wall OF the canyon,
A tunnel has been run sixty feet on the
ledge ard a mill test Of the ore. made ~
81. Louis. gave slosc gold. = silver, g %
copper and per cent native nickel. 81
being impossible 20 treat the suinhide u
nickel wl.ch exceeded the native IA
sraa North Pole group IS next in order.
and Is one OF the best on the creek. IL -
composed Of the North Poe No. and
No. z. the Anrns. Champion. Everett. Ida
no. Gray Eagle, persnger Copper Lode
No. l and Ivanhoe No. 5. The frst loca-
ton was the Persineer Copper Lode IN
1891. which was relocated III the following
year by George Persingsr and A. 81 BUR-
dett, the other locations being made Ia 1891
and 1888. The group II now owned by
George Per9snger. Michael Cailsghaa,
John Mckenzie. Andrew S.oagAton aud
William Lee. Of Leavenworth: George
Kline. OF wenafehee. ard $500 JuTey, tae
attorney, Of Seattle. In October. 1884, 81
bond was given by john r. Wescott, of
Seattle, fer the purchase OF the group for
sioe.0 90 on condition that by January ISIS.
he should build a road from the mouth -
ingalls, creek TO the mines ard he@in SHIP
ping ore. He failed 20 do anything, SHt
sought 10 entoin the surrender % tue deed
from escrow On trial Ia Seattle, Haiea
was fully reported at the time. tne iniu7e.
ton was refused and the owners again baI
fun possession.
North Pole No. I. Acme snd Everett are
all on one ledge a. fees vide running Gus
north ard south. which crops out ia BIS
rssa butfss on me Cfrnabar King claim.
The orc Ia red and blue quartz between
walls u serpsat.ne. ana assays from
the North Pole No. / gave II ger eens.
ntekei. la per cent. quicksilver, $40 golg
another assay giving us per cent quick