The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-07-12
IN THU METHOV COUNTRY.


/ mountain ~ AZ angie Ct C Or - cezre~s-
When work had Progressed tnEs fas. NJ.
EErns, 81 August. 1kse bonded r1e prop
srty, together ~ffh the Seattle. an eastern
extersloa Of the sazne 5sfxs located y
hfzrs-l< and Frank Bsason- 20 L . =
48ut ard r. A. S.xUGa 81 Eeaftle- Tney
allowed IKE bca6 or tie seattte % lA7se,
Det have beer pzsasng 6esei2Trnent &C
ne Be1 Shirt every Eszce. Esseay oT5EsE.zs
Intention b@aHx 20 rrs a rssA o. t1s EroSstl-
They s4rk \ rev shaft or the kekEs %
fest. showing feet - inshes q ore A. re
tsA-soof level They continued Mr.. Burns
tz1nn~l and strszck the Ledge feet wif@ AZ
80 feet ard TIER continued 70 feet % ar
ether lestga u inches vide. Then they
6rsfte6 90 s@et eAcs way Oh TIE u-E1n
ledge and found II 70 widen in one place
TO D. feet although is general size = :
10 feet They have peteatea the Ha.ne'
and tbs Feprezen s2tivs CT an English eozr-
y2ny - ncw OF tae scene with = view 20
pGrcbaziEg f. The ore Is concentrating.
and fcrgy-Eve torz % IL can Be made frito
sne so1 OF concentrates II carries gozc
ard a trace Of silver 81 iron ard copper
writes. asszTs having run al TIE way
from g 20 $50 gold. and an average OF TIE
ere wossEG be about sza There are lsso
tous Of ore on the dump
There are q number OF ofh>< cfstras On
the same ard SarsIiel ls2Eez The soGTh
extension OF re Bed Shirt ts The Brock
iys. boeassd BY Mr.. Burns. vno has sunk
a small shaft and run cross-r7s. wlasch
IS not yet 81 the ledge. On . parallel iessge
20 xhs east are the Pride Of the Hi,
~ Frank Benson. who has nfSy-foot
shaft on four feat CT ore aSsaytag 70
gold: the Boss OF the Eil5, on Hesch sir-
Tenson has traced the Groupings for some
distance: the Capital. on wntca Love
Hedge has sunk . shaft twenty feet on
Eve feef % quartz.
THE Ped Shirt discovery caused 20 much
inseTest IA nstnes Ia .he y1snify that ne
late Mn NJ Leicer. the wife OF farmer.
enc day IL iso wezzt oa prospecting and
found an c1;orop OF oxiclzea quartz car
rying gold and silver. She located the
MinHis Nay % Il and gave hall 20 o. 5.
Booth 70 do the assessment work. ufti-
msEely giving the other hall 10 Or. Mc-
Csure, OF Virginia Cay. n payment OF
hiss biz. There IN a tunnel forty feet on
ths hanging wall. which = slate. show
snw six feet OF ledge matter running north
and south and dipping east, with cap
Of eTystalizaG lime.
This discovery started pr0spectors
shroaga TIE surrounding hiHs and iu 1ss2
q. 9 Booth and Louis Mcclure iocSrei
The Eiack Warrior on d cropping near
Texas creek, rwo miles from its mouth.
On the surface Is an iron cap. which
ssn-f0ot shaft against a dsorfte hanging
shows iron and copper pyrites The ie6ge
has not been cross-cat, o0s appears 10 be
az least eight feet Near this Is tbs
Mike Ialonsy. which has recently been
relocated ~ ". II. Littey and o. s.
Booth. on a twe-fo0t ledge. from which
an assay has been Obtained showing as
high as GO oarces Of silver. but hardly
any work has been done. On the same
ledge on the soa.h Is the Silver Bow. by
James Mccain and Sims Connolly. Par
aliei with this Is the Brother Jack. iocat-
~ n 1ss9 by J. J. Snyder. OF silver, ard
Charles Klensns. OF Tacoma, on strong
iron cap from which an assay or 20 gold
has been obtained. On the same claim
Is q parallel ledge four feet wide which
has assaysd IL ounces silver and SO
gold. and on which the same parties have
located the Panic.
About the time ffsas these scattering
discoveries were made Sels Johnsoa and
J. w. DraA were prospecting along the
mountains overlooking a creek which
eowS trrto the Methow lower down on
the opposite side and which they named
Sqaaw creek. because the abundance OF
berries mats II a <ayorste resort for the
sQuawx. Near rhe summit OF the noun
tain which rises from tire left bank OF
r11e creek 70 a height Of a3oo fees above
sea level Dir. Johnson found groupings OF
quartz. on which he located the Hunter
on July r. ssae this being the FIRST mining
location On the main bels OF the district.
Mr.. Draa located the Okanogan on the
east extension and ne Spring on the
west extension Tor himself ard ]. n.
snarkman. OF Seattle: Mr. Johnson ths
Sailor Boy. Jack Summers ard Tom Nc
Iaughlln xhs Lookout: Dick Malone. Andy
oAAiley and Blily o'NeHi. all Of Con-
conuiiy, sAs California: Arthur Z John
son 3 Z. Richardson ana william Cog
gins the aniis: a. McKinnon the Grown
Point: Charles worlsy. Iloy6 Pershai
Howard Graham. J. DaElee ard FL Chris
~ the Badger and Twilight Then Messrs
Johnson ard Eoraa fracsd the ledge
s-ross the Meshow ana located ;he jose
sshiue. me Sunny South and Azoert Lea.
iesag prooat;y en- the east extension.
Abssst she same time Theo5ore and Earl
Mills, ~ FaAeT John r Gnpatrick. Jack
Efutben ard Ggs Brown heated ire High
l&n4 IAght ard the Rgekncrn. south OF
n. Lookout On anoSfer strong leaa FORM
tnx an angie ~fta che Hunter lead. jack
R@ynasas located TIRE tisiden Treasure.
John and Frank wel-h. o. Chelan. Mr..
He'll ani A. MoKtnnon ths Big Fraction.
Jsrsex ws@s q Seattle TIE Columbia
worxifrg fsfrsher so1shward across Sauaw
cresk anf into the mountains toward
I Tsfask canyon. Fred Simmons n iSa9 dis
covered ERE Cray EsEia ne.r TIE summit
paw Lard ard ue'en~hurx on The eastern
/ extension towards TIE Meshow ard year
ago last SPYING this 8as proved % - re
seashern main srst~s o. ne belt ~ he
lccation % she SAv&se Queer ~ James
ShffeF OF Cfscfsns she Diamond Straight
+ Flush. BY George c Reuse: fhs Nonitor.
hy r 8 Els the bismarck fraction. ~
Jake pssr-. fhe Saturday. ~ Jake S1Irr.
the FS4tay. BY Joe MrDonalf: ths Cali
+ fagniA BOY ard Dissertation. bY c l.
Ms-egu: she Yfuruheldg, ~ naniel Mar
raw. re ia May. ~ Daniel Muir
ray ard Harry Hayward Rue ths Cripple
i Creek To ne west the sane Ledge wa
extenses by re focsfiou a ths Mountain
T4lv ans Ben Her ~ T. ". Rch'nson ard
L Esusona This eauPistet fhs three
main tr-sges fcrrfstrsx ;hs letter y - faF
a. snsy hsve been traced. ssst namsrous
ether locations were made ca smaller
Z feaSes two o. fhrse fest wfss iyinE -
T tween sNeFu ard eevei cprs~ut hss Tnats
I good zhewlnEs On scrne % thsgA
Early Failures.
Trns fame % the 6lssssct no sooner 49,
ear % SPREAD ahrcaG than eScrss were
rsaas 10 extrars tae sod Frosa ire era
I essTs as they we're based on the assssuagsEsoSe
sh.s ire free uiiTlsaE ore fos10f CT the
/ surface continued Wffh aeeth. TREY ali
snaea "a failure ard gave SQuaw creek a
srt. ssark frons whtrh Il - only cow b.
vsemts,s 60 recover The Nesax were grus
ss%snr~s ana The usatn Gees we're t~s=a I've
- nsssea feet wide. carrying hish rola
wasae~ - tNat she district see-ned q
s,~xs-s,ssgs,x Srs 70 protGcs pay sr~ frcEa
sne grass ~eets. Ts1sse atfraslions infsuo-
81 e A Ssrost snA J. r. tngr. - Seas2le.
~ sNe sn~ire - t%s - Or
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