The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-09

extension o. the Ezws side. ne NOTING
star. Dexter and Tiger, the lzss-aaroed
cain having a ledge u great waaS1- DsEa-
ssi r,eva-e heated tbs Defender On iessxe
<xa 81 az raa. use AZ high grade. carry
ing aussrzezsas silver s-1 u Bssarn21
srd " L I've sesk the jefferson AID
-e~rAxa=e on rgra7zeE lsdgeS about eight
sees w5ze Prospecting then extended
sr-es< The rss1uataEz % The basin ar the
had % Maple creek and On % the man
source o. Bridge creek. into Wntch Map4e
creek sgxs several miles below IN Ire
Marie r-aek basin john Ferguson located
ne Prince of yyaies On q ledge four or I've
feet vide. N which r an etgnteer-sDca
pay streak carrying a1fiTnnnlsl and ruby
SILVER Gzlssy & Co. az Edison, have the
Lulu or the same ledge. from when they
obtasns5 an ASSAY 81 sfse gold and silver.
ara tea ether claims were located on sx-
tensions 70 Brsdze creek Az the head %
TIE main creek r The Cray Eagle. located
by Oscar johnson ard Peter Dalherg, n
which Rogers & Howe, OF Watervtlls.
have since become Interested. and which
has a faar-f0ot ledge esszylng 10 ounces
silver and 81 gold. Glksy q &c. nave me
f.g-rstcek On a sfx-fo0t ledge and own two
other Gains On a parallel ledge four feet
side with an stghreen-inch pay streak. an
average sample OF which assayed 100
ounces silver On the same ledge Henry
Bullion and G. p Curtis located the Mn
ME. which they have sold % Oscar john
son and Peter Dagberg. Gilkey & Co. also
have the sailor Boy or a thirty-ineh ledge.
running ses gold and IS ounces silver.
Great Mineral Deposits
The great deposits at the head % Com
pany creek and extending across a mount
ain ridge 81 an altitude Of 400 feet 20 the
head OF agnes creek are low grade sui
phlds ore which wil average about S. gold
ard are shown on the surface by huge
1 bl0x-0uts Of red iron. The district has
been the scene or two ''lost mine'' stories.
the first being that OF Sergt. Afford.
About eight years ago German named
sfElerze, now living az Conconully unless
he has gone prospecting else where. went
prospecting up Company creek and on his
return left this section without telling
what he had found. He returned two
years later with two men from San Fran
CISCO whose names are not known here.
and started into the mountains 20 show
them his discovery. He lost his bearings
and went up Agnes creek by mistake and
thus was unable 70 find the mineral. The
San Franciseans put him down as crank
and left him In DISCUS. at the head Of Lake
Eheian. He returned into the mountains
determined 70 locate mis- find, and three
weeks later hailed the lake steamer Belle
at the mouth OF Railroad creek. travel
worn, without supplies and half starved.
last till his return and on his next trip
brought him good supply GuerkA re-
turned into the mountains and 6i1 not
turn up again IN this district. His find
must have been on Company creek. for
some old campfires were found there and
on the largest ledge was a tree from the
trunk OF which a square piece had been
cut.
Guerke's adventures caused the pros
pectors 20 search for his lost mine and
the la5ors OF Dennis Mcdonald and VII
liam Stillweu in this direction were at
last rewarded by success in the summer
of 1894 They found ledge Of iron pyritss
sixty feet vide extending across the creek
near its head. the red Gaping having be-
trayed its existence. They made several
locations, bat kept quiet about them with
the hope or extending their discoveries
and even now Mr.. Mcdonald refuses 20
tel anything about his claims. although
his secrecy has no further motive appar-
emily. His principal locations are the Well
| known and the Unknown. owned jointly
by himself, William StillweN and -
Brigham. Of Spokane. number Of othsr
settlers IA the valley were up last season
and found that the mineral belt extended
across ths mountains from the head OF
Railroad creek, over Company creek 10 the
head OF Agnes creek, distance Of about
four miles and was probably as wide. j.
i. = -
and James Scheuyeaalle found an iron cap
90 feet vide on which they located Ave
claims, the Guerke, Stockholm. Horton,
GoldbGS and Sunset. on another ledge
eighty feet wide so far as traced. although
/; has not been defined they have the
Summit, and on another. OF which the
surface showing Is a blowout half an
acre in extent. they have the Mystic On
another ledge eight feet wide they took
up the Agnes and the Ny steTy. W. ", ana
Monte Rosa make up their group Of
eleven claims. Mr.. Anderson also owns
individually the Deer Park and Monarch
on the Summit ledge. The late snow has
So far prevented men from reaching tbs
deposits 10 DO any development. but they
are now preparing 10 do assessment work
AS the same formation extends through
the mountains on ali sides from this belt.
IL IS pr Jbable that further discoveries viii
be made before the end OF the season.
Work of Development.
The most development has been done on
| the Rouse group. in Doubtful basin, on the
| main group IN Horse Shoe basin and on
| the Isoletia group On the Quisn Sabe a
| large interest In which with QlIen Sabe
| No. .. has been sold 10 c. c. May. Of Day-
| export. AdoIph BehVeus and Harry Frank
= drift has been run 10 feet on the lead.
| showing * 10 be well mineralized with
pay streak two Feet wide 4 cross-cut
| would probably show Up other pay streaks
/ TIE ore shows well IN galsna and black
| suiohurets IN The tunnel and the water
| dripping from the roof is heavily charged
| with copper. When Mr. Rouse Went 10
| work this summer. he had 70 tunnel
twenty feet through a snow3rift 10 reach
| his working and through this Snow tunnel
| your correspondent crawled with him.
| Usually az this period Of the year the
| Doubtful basin Is free from Snow but II
| is now 50 deep that next winter snow viii
! De falling before Il is all melted. On the
| Doubtful the Rousss have run a tunnel
| TO feet and drift thirty feet. showing an
| elEhteen-irch pay streak with the prob
/ ability OF others when the ledge IS cross
| cut The whole ledge would pay 20 con-
| centrate. bat the pay streak, which aver
! ages S1s - gold. s.. - ounces OF silver AMI
| "a per cent lead woald pay 20 ship with
| p good road over the summit or 10 Ste
| hekir. on the Lake, on which an interest
| has bean acquired by {. c. May Adoipn
| Rehrens and J. r Moody. % Seattle
| tunnei has been run twenty feet on The
| .a,sge. The Flora, which was recently
| located has given an assay OF S2S gold
| ana % ounces silver. besides considerable
/ lead.
In 1881 Donald Ferguson bonded the Blue
| Drvu ard Black Warrior for s9aaoa bought
| the Mountain Queea an3 the claims on
! .na parallel lodges n Horse shoe ard
/ feok II puan and L. ". Get,hsIl into
/ partnership on the deal As they could
| p.e carry il through. Ferguson Interested
f@so-ra y Marble ana others OF Portland
/ sss thev started active DEVELOPMENT under
| Ferryssor-s direction. Taty cut tran %
| connect vita the steaakln tran. erected