The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-07-05

gold. The country formatson n erznfse
Ike tnat Of Gold hfl1- and the lesxex are
IN poFphyry dixie running norsheas. and
southwest. carrying mora copper than
these OF Gold HILL The FIRST location was
tne Itiea- by d. q. Chtss0n. John Boyd.
Daniel Auicary and n. ~ Perysae. who
nave shaft - feet Oh the hanging wall.
showing ore the full With OK ave feet
and not showing the foofwsn. An o,en
cut from the fooiwsll Is feet from the
saafs runs - fest toward fne latter and
- al Ia vein matter heavily irnprexnafed
with hematfte. Assays average 81. TO szs
IN gold. silver and ccpper. On the Orc
Fino. the northeast extension Of the
Utica. D. O. chsison ard John Woodruff
have q cross-csIt 70 feet aud q shaft Is
feeS showing vein four feet vide which
assays a. high as 80 gold. On the Red
Jac<sfs mile north OF the Utica, r. II.
Redmond has shaft - fecf on q three
foot vein OF nne ore. from which he
sorted and shipped tro tors OF the high
est grade and obtained returns Of SO.
There ars several other claims adjoining
these. with nrti. or no work on them 10
SNOW up IN. iesiges
etsh further up Dougias mountain and
showing MP al over It's side are series
or parallel iron-capped which have been
located Tor ~ miles. there being from -
20 - locations. The surface rock of tho
isdses all carries some gold
Across the SinIehekin from Mount
Douglas and Gold hin Is Aeneas noun
tain. ridge shutting In Looniston on the
south and rising 10 a height OF 1850 feet
so0ve the town. on which are q series OF
parsiiea ledges OF iron and copper pyrftes.
carryiE gold and wearing red iron caps
Ins discovery was made IN ls3l on the
west slope. and the lodges run east and
west across the country formation. which
u granite. number OF focat lions have
been made, but few OF them have much
Development work. The most has been
made on the Windsor and Detroit group.
owned By John Pember. c. T.. Andrews
ana n @. Barney. The TWO claims of
these names are on = i3-foos ledge be-
tween walls. and on the Windsor a shaft
- down IS feet on the hanging wall show
ING the ore 10 Improve. while the Detroit
has an open cut II feet across the ledge
The Windsor No. and Detroit No. are
on small parallel ledge. and the licking
ton. which compietes tho group. Il on a
four-foot ledge. on which shaft IL down
10 feet
Horse Spring coules Is . long, broad.
oval hollow between thu two ridges sof
Aeneas mountain. and n seemingly the
dry bed OF river or lake. II furnishes
me grazing for cattle and horses, ard a
thriving ranch and orchard marks the
mouth OF every stream and every spring.
IL was only IN lso2 that mineral was dis
covered In the ridge TO the east OF the
cohlee. but since then exploration has
SHOWN ouicroppings OF quartz aicng a
bold reef on the summit. and locations
nave been made for distance OF six
mics The principal group Of claims on
which. too, the most work has Neen
done Is owned by Mr.. +. Mccoakey. thu
discoverer- Extending from the south
end OF the reef northwars he has the
Treasury, with the Sub-treassry adjo.n-
Ing on the east. then the Deaver aai Wall
Street. All on a lead OF rose quartz "a
feet wide. The Strictly Business. an
other OF the group. Is on one OF number
or strinsers running into the main lead
from the northeast. distance OF so feet.
On tho Snb-trsasury. which Is atthc foot
Of the Hill. a cross-cut tunnel Is IN 300
feet. and VIII cut the main lead at
depth or 700 feet. In 500 feet more. II n
now In quartz A number OF open cuts
have been made In the main lead. and a
shaft IL down 20 feet in the Treasury.
The last claim on the north Is the Harris
burg. at the mouth OF the coulee. where
II intersects Spectacle lake couIee and
disappears under the iron caps toward
Palmer mountain. Assays OF this ore
run from y upward In gold.
Further over TO the east. on the same
ridge. series OF iron caps was discovered
last July by Ed Manuel. who made the
pioneer location OF the Iron Monitor on
July 90 A rush followed. and the belt
has now been traced for three miles north
and south and for q width OF two miles
east and west. The lodges are 20 TO 30
feet wide and between diorite walls, and
surface assays shows s. to 81 and per
cent. copper. while some have run as high
as SO. The work OF development began
n Orfohsr and Lasted ftrnffph tA vet
until the stampede 10 the Colviile reser-
walton began. when all the prospectors
went of In that direction. so that little In
the way OF development has been accom-
piished. The principal iocs lions are the
Cactus and Little Knob. by George
Stokeshury and William Kells: the Okla
hou,a. by John Waters and Patrick Welsh:
the Pickwick. by J. ". Shelton and Pat
Iarroway. the Iron Monitor. Napoleon.
Virginia. Iron King and Iron Queen. by
f. p. Wheeler and Ed Manuel: the Mount
aineer. cornucopia and Lakeview, by
George Stokeshury and William Kells;
the e. K 4 +. and The New Year. by r.
A. Pierce: the Oxide. Surprise. Contact.
Dry Lake, Lucky Find and Iron Duke.
by ]. NJ. Judd aud John Boyd.
This district Is almost well supplied
with the requisites for mining a. are those
across the boundary. except that wood
ana water are not so plentiful The
benches and are cut by draws often run
Ming to tia summit making travelling
easy for horses. while bunch grass
abounis clear 20 the summit. Palmer
mountain e covered with a wild prors-
sion Of flowers. such as the iupin. sun
flower, iarkspur. marigold. harebeIl. can
teroury bell, sy-srga, SNOWFALL. iaeies'
slipper ss many a. sixty Different vari-
cites having been counted
As one rides over the summit from
Golden and reaches the western brow.
the view 20 TIE westward IL such as 70
tx Itself inteiibiy IN the memory by TIA
beauty. Locking down the steep. grassy
slopes. one sees Palmer lake at the base.
the rvanhce Mill and ar. Cowherd's
house half hidden in willow copses AZ the
mouth OF q guich. where a small Plat has
been turned into fruitful garden. d.
rectiy opposite the Chapaca range rises
like a wall. the clear air bringing out It's
mary-coiored rocks IN strong relief and
creating such an sliusson as 20 the dis
lance that u seems as though q leap
would spAn the gulf. A httle 20 the
northwest rise the triple peaks % Cha
paca their snowy heads glits~ring In the
favxignx sunlight. Between the two great
ridges a fertile valley stretches north
ward 20 sosn the signsiksnsen valley.
while another extends southwark 20
LOOMS Tae absolute purity OF the afr
shows N strong outline rot merely the
mountains but every hough OF the trees
en- their SUBMITS every granny - the
rocks 90 their sstes ans every building IA