The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-18

-. etf1l higher. With patches q b<igAt
meodo0 land q IL narrow rounded crest
These - on In strong relief the lofty
hetene a. Glacier peak, high - Mount
Baker. ana looking down On the lesser
poakD - . giant anaon9 ptgmieA IL
mere bu1g1ng shan Rainier. ana gtAcisrs
eie<he Il IN Garb Of ssernai white. among
which Z huge. broad m o. rock. decksd
With newly fallen snOu. projects boldly
fro0 tbe slope. other maases Of rock iift-
3ng their bIack head1 against the gltgten-
ing background On the summit h
long. TAN ciia. frsahiy powdered white.
and between Il and black knob Of rock.
eQnaI Ia height. ID . deep bed Of snow,
these being probably the sole remnants Of
tho crater. To the right Tor several niles
from the base Of Glacier peak stretches
. long ridge, tofttsr than any nearer one.
ana IA hollow along fss summit between
two lines Of sawtseth hes great bed Of
ice and snow. Cutting through this ridge.
~ . point almost due east from the Goat
lake basin. II Indian PASS. and further
the 1kykomish. ID cady pass The former
can b traced 10 the gap IN the ridge.
bat The latter - hidden behind nearer
mountAiua-
ne Nlaersl Bsis.
TIE discovery Of the great mineral belt
~ Monte Crisso In 1853 seems 70 have been
The cause Of ~ extension OF explorations
eoroaD the summit from Glacier basin
TO the ridge Of which Cadet peak - the
center. with the 0auI's north fork dow-
ing from one side and Goat Lake basin
on the other side. II was found that the
syenits ana granite formation extended
In this direction ana was cut by dIkes Of
gneiss and porphyry shout the center OF
the bastn, the course o6 the country rock
being east and vest. In the contact De-
tween the sysnite and p0rphyry NY the
Foxy ledge, on which mining operations
are at present centersd. and the other
lodges cut the mountains In the same east
ana west course to right and LEFT q Goat
lake.
The lsdges are In some cases OF pure
white quarts and In others OF porphyrffsc
quarts. and carry . fne-grained arsenieai
iron. very rich In gold. Iron supplies. car
Donates Of copper. gray copper and gaiena.
sometimes one OF these minerals predomi-
mating. sometimes another. While the
ores carry some zinc. they are pronounced
by miners less refractory than those OF
adjoining districts. Here and there lit
tie free gold = found. but the ore. In the
main. 10 concentrating. though most OF IL
win pay . handsome profit over the cost
Of packing 70 the railroad and hauling to
the sme.ter.
The Invading Prospectors.
The 1rst prospccsors to climb from Monte
Cristo through Pride OF the Mountains
gulch. cross the summit at It's head ana
cross the glaciers aEoove the Sauk's north
fork. we're Henry Cochran and Del Bishop
On August .. 1881. they located the FoGgy.
AugMta, Little Joe. Alamo, Wild Goat.
Mayfiowcr ard Ida, partly on the Sank.
partly on the Goat lake side or the ridge,
but I'll on hedges cutting through IT. On
September ~ following. w. NJ. Mackin-
tosh and J. W. Coffin. Of Seattle. went
over the same route, packing blankets and
provisions on their backs. After one night
Mr. Macintosh went out. but was unable
70 get In again for ten days. when he was
accompanied by James Bedal. bringing
fresh supplies to Mr.. Conn, who had to
exc out his slender stock by killing
bear and q goat for food. Mr.. Becal re-
NAMED and prospecsed with Mr.. Comm.
and they located eleven claims. Return
ing In the following April. they went In By
way Of Elliott creek over six feet Of snow,
buflt log cabin on the lake and made
It headquarters from which they went out
ard made twenty-esght more locations.
In August, 1880. Miss Annie A. Comm and
Miss Goodspeed. sister o. DIR. T. V. Good
speed, went In, having walked hfty-two
miles over the trail from Hartford. and
enjoyed the distinction OF being the first
white women on Goat lake They located
the Gift claim on ledge OF solid quartz
six feet wide, carrying white iron and iron
pyri,es. In the spring OF 1888 Mr.. Coffin
and his two sons, Clement b. and Henry
w, went up Elliott creek on snowshoes
ever ten feet Of snow and spent the sum-
mer there. In the summer OF 1889 Mr..
Macintosh had returned. accompa MED by
DIR. G. b. McCalioch. OF Seattle. and
bought the seven pioneer locations OF
Nessrs. Cochran and Bishop, to which
they added . number OF locations on dis
coveries of their own A part interest In
this group was sold In the following year
to . company OF wealthy people from
Greensburg and neighboring points In
Western Pennsylvania. chief among whom
are. w. w. Jamison. Bert Jamison and A.
NJ. Sloan. Last spring these gentlemen.
together with w. NJ. Macintosh. c. NJ.
Macintosh and DR.. McCuiloch. organized
the Penn Mining Company and vigorously
set about the development OF the property.
Everything IL conducted on strictly busi-
ness principles. and no Information can be
gathered from the management as TO the
workings or the plans. No stock u for
sale and no publicity Is sought
The Great Foggy Group.
The main ledge OF this company's group
Il the Foggy which cuts the mountain
from the direction Of Monte Cristo. and is
traeeable by the groupings for $500 feet.
On the extension westward are the New
York ard Nsnety-nve, and on that to The
east Is the Little Joe. I, Is Ave feet wide.
OF solid ore and outs across the gulch al
ready described. down which runs fesTter
fully four feet wide. with another three
feet wide cutting across the guich at an
acute angie These are the principal feed
ers that have been traced Into IL. for thu
whole nacantaia side seems to be veinci
with them In the main ledge Ii a 3o-inch
streak Of high-gra1e ore-how high tho
owners decline to say-and on one wall -
rich streak OF galena carrying gold.
This ore carries white irr-s OF very ane
grain. which IL found to run higher IN
gold than that OF eoarser grain. with sui
phides OF iron and gray copper, Parallel
with this ledge. LIE feet sosth, under the
great glacier. onward above Its head and
under the snow beside Cadet peak. runs
the Augusta. whseA has been traced a
quarter Of a mile. with feeders running
In from every gslch on each side. Above
the glacier IL crops six feet wide. with a
three-soos pay streak OF ore similar 70 the
rogyy. the whole width OF II giving good
assays On the extension OF this ledge
over tire summit Is the Lizzie. On a par
aiies ledge 10 the south, about seven feet
wide L. the Nfaety-sIx. located last sum-
mer. and on another ledge whtch runs up
q gtsich heading under enc % the glaciers
20 the right Of Goat lake basin are the Ida
ana Nfnesy-two. Running across the head
OF Goat lake ha sin ts another ledge three
and q half or four feet wide. on walsh are
the Alamo and VIII Goat Down Tire
Sank basin below the Fcggy IL the May
ncssr TIE company also owns eight or
ten other claims near the head o. the lake
IN the mountains al es-h side As 20 me