The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-07-26
THB WEALTH. OF OKANOGAN

had He located TIE Mouy<zfn Gozt. arsf
ff4cInx sne ledge ssossx xas snosntasns sss
party also fccsfed the Ffrst 6larre. Royal
Ara s-s Waite Lily They returned 20
Sroxans ard spenx ne F1nrfh u July
there, sk@plag ssaear discovery Dep So
cret. ard len again 81 July wiskoxt their
eessiaatios becornlng known. alt5onsh
Some persons " - bess~ed they vS<s On
the srsn 81 something good bad snz1ortt
them closely. Durlnx sAefr stay n s7o-
kasss fhey had fo4E essays made OF ne
Mountain Goat. wazch ran from Sc 20 ~
sn copper znd iron s9iEns5es. although TO
Samples we're taken wszsch Showed free
ross.
After The returs Of this party their 5is-
eo*syy leaked out aas rush % prospect
ors b<xan- The mountain on which ire
Mountain Gons - located. and whsrn was
rsaIs1 IoErt Gilbert II honor Of TIE dis
ecsersr os that claim. VAS found 20 be
seares with mineral. and about thirty
five locations mere made there thai sea
son Nr Gilbert vess az sE1e mountain
sofsh o. tie Tw1sp ard OF the north ssope
so4sns swo great lodges - fest apart. ens
fhfrty-shrne feet the other twenty feet
1s9e. % the sane kind OF ore IS the
Mountain Goat These we're traced
through seven claims and about thirty %
cations were made On the mountain which
WAC named Goat Park. from The number
% goat traits found on it's precipltoss
sides. Other locations we're made On
Clark,s mountain and q few far east as
Scattsr creek, FIVE miles below North
creek. Sc named from IT'S scattering all
over the canyon before entering ths river.
This spring crowd OF prospecters came
in and fney are still arriving. principally
from Spokane, 30 that the camp might be
called the Twisp addition 10 Spokane.
permanent camp was established near the
mouth Of North creek. on rs west bank.
where alSout thirty men make bAadqaar-
sers and an assay Office has been opened
BIZ Frank r.. Clark Henry Piammer and
a number OF others are eamped two miles
further up the Twisp and parties are scat
tered along 20 the head of the T~isp. as
well up North creek. So far this sea-
son abous fifty locations have been made,
the later developments showing more cop
per Ia the ore and one discovery Of what
In believed 20 be erystaiiLzed lead
Eight Parallel Lodges
On The south slope Of Gilbert mountain
there ara eight parallel leads running east
ana west and one large lead running north
and south. clear across che face Of the
mountain. Two of these which crop Out
on the Aountaln Goat. five and three and
one-hah feet wide. have been traced in.1o
feet. the nrsf location on them being the
Mountain Goat. owned by p. Gilbert, A
Rasib, Nelson Clark. Henry Piummsr,
George Witte and Frank Thompson On
the east extension. In the order named. are
tia Mobile. by Paul n. Shonafelf and r. r.
Doisen: Alabama Coon. by John Stewart
and ---- Murray. Of wenatchee. Pioneer.
by Messrs Stewart. SslonafsIs and Doisen.
Royal Ann. by Capt. Harvey Martin and
Fireman Jones. Of IRE station No. .. Of
Spokane Frat Glance. by Messrs. Plum
mers Witte. Dart aud Mason OF Epok me;
tk& n - .fnrfr-
name. u. e. J.. b. Nelson Clark and J. W.
Proctor. Portland Incorporated by I. Nc
Aztec. d. E Mortimer and r. NiIroy. On
the west extension of these ledzs-s are tha
Goat Fraction. by Chief weinbrenncr.
Capt. Martin and Frank Kizer. all az the
Spokane fire dapar sznent: Iron Horse. by
the same owners. On leads parallel with
the Mountain Goat to the north are: The
Theresa. by Chief weinbre1ner and Capt
Martin: Waiter p. by &. s. Crow. Henry
Piummer and Frank Tlompsons Jessie
Earl. By Henry PIummer. r. Gilbert and
Frank Thompson: Waite LILY, by A. RaIh.
George Witte. Henry pImmner and r. Gil
bert. Washington. by Nelson Clark ard
u. J. Danson: Franklin. by the same own
srs. ousrtette. b. Nczsrs. Stewart and
stlouafelt: Rockford. BY J. p. Gilbert and
Harry I-aughnane the last three all being
on the Washington ledge; the ST. Paul and
the Minneapolis, by I. McAfee. u. T.. Nor
timer and n. Mliroy. tbe Mckinley. BY J.
n. Gilbert and Y. X. Gilbert. In which the
decosnposei surface quartz shows noduies
OF native copper. the Bite Grouse by Jack
Tracy: IRE Tip Top. BY the Iron HorSa
syndicate: Admiral. by J. 8 Taylor and
g. III. Turner: T'rlfby. by MesSrs. Stewart,
Shoaafeit and Doisen. Little Shoe. by J.
~. Nohncy- High Flyer Mammoth. Alma.
Climber and Raymond r. by T. H. Sh~p-
ard. T. 8 Kaufman and Rober; Aberu-<hy.
on differens lodges ranging In With from
one foot on the High Flyer 20 twelve fe@.
on the Alma and Mammoth. the Rattier
BY ]. J. Snyder and Charles Kiemrne. Of
Tacpma: the oregonian group. already
mentioned.
The two rrea. lodges on Goat Park
mountain crop out between walls % gran
Sc and gness~ or tas side % a deep Euleh
on the north slope, and have been traced
down the face Of the mountain ard M
ever its summit for q total distance %
i, go feet. on tha surface they show rel
oxialxed quartz carrying free gold. hut at
two 20 ten feet below she surface the ore
runs into coTypsr and iron =ufgntdes Sur
face ore assays from s. 90 SIS gold. besides
good copper values. beginning al the sx-
IRENE east end Tho ioe0sions are: The
/ Union. by ,. II. Shepard and Nelson
| Clark: the Nellie by Harry Laughnane.
/ J. II. GifAerT ana r. Gilbert. the Cascs ts
/ aa3 White Rose. ny J. w. Proctor ana
| Nelsan Clark. a contrasting location called
the Gold Drop having been made on Tire
same ground by q. n. johnson. T. ".
/ fscckwcos and =. NJ Schefle. Columbia
/ bv T. NJ Boarsaman and J :. Parker: Ruia
ard Garfield by ffse Orient Cold MintrE
/ Company. Exchange. by sFessrs. Board
I man ana Parker Parallel With TIE Ex-
change j. the Feschasow. ~ Phsisn3er
Gilbert and u Z Stafford. Parallel with
/ the two great lodges Is another abort
! eight feet Wide. showing native copper.
/ whsch bas been trsceSs - 10 feet. a. enc
west srf. parallel with the Nellie. e the
( Crown King ~ Harry lauganAne. J. ".
4 Cflfhers ana +. Gssber~ Then follow the
! Ben Harrison, ~ = r. sshsnara. re Flor.
I ence Grace by NsSsrr noardnnaa and
/ Parker. she North star ny the Ben LON.
| ead Cold Mining and Milling Company
~. 4 G.. by Frank Marvin ard Guy G.
ssllsssrt. f1tsla Giant. BY NesSrs. Board
( naaa 4 Parker Orient. ny The Orient Cod
| Mining Company. Cemstock. ~ Me@srs
! Mcleod and MaVAefh. q Seattle: Ber
/ r.omosfd, b fhs Ben E.emont Company
/ Parallel vlih the Orient q TIE windsor
! aWnsa ny Messrs TroctsT and Clark o.
! Rxsr creek ~ she foot % the raoaut ain
/ M~zsrs 1eShrSon. Lockwood aait Ss-hsssls
/ A&x~ 'h@ CNsszfsseFsasd On q sixtesn-s aN'
| isage ~ ssilrhsse ere, WIKI strong rnrspsS
! ssalns sa az eirerstons. ara g F wiiEs
/ has 80 Bear ~ fhree-sNot feaxe. o.
/ she nesTh s1cre J. IL GiFesrS ard Rohsri
/ Ahsrnsthy have tse Bulis I've % : fetgs
which cr0rs cat ta = rounded knob aae
| has hssa traces Un the mountain sssie
/ AHteingrx che Unfaa NJ Shepard has shl
/ s~seRn EsviGye. kAmEarea, Cesut1x an5
/ fsarstnEsaa on a festEe fNuF or ftve See1
| wsse. ard afrslalnS he Ben Tsrrssar
! MsSzrS. SAeparss sua Alternately have N,
/ t.craS>rrsa. ne 3eue ~ during thefr Ars'
! NAft.asv orr. George Wftts N3NaTs
/ RAMA. Henry w8sst AMI q p. wllke -
, Gated the Marshal Ney o. fauT-fccs