The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-01-13
ONLY A TRACE OF GOLD.


Olympia. Jan i2-Special.-A hearing
was had Friday In the local land office re-
garding the report made by GeoIogist
1.indgren on his second examination OF
section l6 In Tacoma. which J. @. Mcbride
has attempted TO secure by locating the
same as a mineral claim, and since that
time has been vainly endaavoring 10 give
the ground a mineral character. but Mr..
Iindgren's examinations utterly fail 10
suhstantiate this assumption and II would
seem that now Mr.. McBride's last faint
hope has failed. The report was accom-
panied with exhibits in the form OF three
phials. each containing as the attorney
general said. "a very good quality OF wa
ter. but hardly enough gold 10 make up
Cleveland's deficiency in the gold reserve"
In fact. IL would take the great Lick teles-
cope to discern anything 20 mar the crys-
tal-like appearance OF the water.
The examination was made by means OF
three tunnels. drifting from 10 TO Is feet
hack into the solid bank and then branch
ing TO the right and left. Tunnel A was %
feet In length, including its branches; to-
tai amount Of gravel removed. about aiib
cubic yards. OF which la were panned. a
proportion or about 20 I. The samples
from this tunnel contained more gold than
those from the upper tunnels. ana the av-
erage number OF col0rs 90 the pan was est!-
mated 20 be between one and two. The
gold was mostly I'm form OF minute, OK
tremely light flakes OF bright color In
the concentrates from this tunnel s s milf
grammes or gold We're found. equivalent
10 e.SI OF cent. or OH OF cent per cubic
yard.
Tunnel II was started seven feet two
inches higher than the FIRST: total length.
I" feet. total amount material removed. -
cubic yards: OF this IS were banned. a pra-
portion OF S 10 /. In the concentrates from
this tunnel Is miiliErammes 81 gold were
found. equivalent 70 o1 OF cent. or n nas
OF cent per cubic yard. The average.
amount OF colors WAS estimated 10 be one
per two pans.
Tunnel = was started six feet nine
inches above tunnel Il, total length. %
feet Only six color. all very -zrtii. were
obtained from ia pans In the concen-
tratcs FROM this tunnel OIL -nalirrarufua
OF sold was found. equivalent to Ooa56 OF
"A cent ger cubic yard.
summary.
Tunnel As cubic yards washed. ON
cents per cubic ward. Tunnel r. cut
yards washed; oUa6 cent per cue3r NARA.
Tunnel Gle cubic wards washed. "a a1aT
cent per cubic yard Totals. "a c.arc
yards washed, averaging eo65 of Il gent
per cubic yard
Mr.. Ilndrreu further saws that refer~s~s <
20 his former report the values per cubic
yard from practically the same locality
viii be found 90 be respectively dut q 40
ere-f close agreement. Concluding. the
Ecologist says: eft follows from fNe.dara
given above that tho eravel and sars from
the so-Chlled Mcbride cut 81 absolutely
worthless Tor m.u.ng purposes Il may ae
added that not one 90 the co}orS ,Nrai-a4
would weigh ON4 q cent. the etro OF ere
largest one found during the trveSfivati,a
% last summer. Cola or thts character
may De saved IN a pan. hrt only sraaN
portion of - could te caught ~ sfuf-r
boxes. 50 that = the eravci asa contain -
cents per cuhic yars' ~ rUe. Nakv rolF NOT
onc-tcnth % e cou,1 - obtained nv tAe
ordinary methods az washing on a larEe
scaie'
Mcbride was not represented in she ex-
animation. ard hut rNree witnesses yxe-r
examined. Mr.. I1ndgYen himself sns two
assistants. DTactsca( miners. wha were
unanimous Sc n ere utter w,r.ts .-sss...ss
O. the claim So tsr rs the EoIa therein was
concerned.