The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-24
THE NEW ELDORADO.

q de1oMrosed q3artR and shs Er5rfre has
sbree-fcos erppEsnx- 20 FAR 10 assays
have beer ossasnsa from many claims.
ard those oefalne6 are snly Of surface
roc<. hxst tfey ssox from xss 70 nsss il
Eof9 Every p-epsrasson II 5<snE r1sd< to
PUSH esstfoprnerf y this camp. Mr.. Green
81 Building leg hossze for Al assay AID
recorders ole Nszzrs- Green and Hsr-
ss1xson have ifoass balif and are xcsns
ost after a rsirtnx ouffs. and Mr. Etchen-
assr y Dsttfng - hsszs.
The First I.oc.faops-
Among tire arst locations made we're q
number al the headwaters of Lambert
creek which fo~s snfo cnrfsw creek
from thu east al TIE feet 81 the lake Al
that poiat A ledge Of iron pyrites with
iron Gaping xas discovered and J. NJ
Bohonsy Of cDlysiie J. II. Gilbert. Pep
~" Gilbert. a gaub. Jack Lindsey. j.
w. Prcster ard Billy HaFtchou. ali OF
Spokane. went - on snowshoes and To-
catsG seven cairns when they named
the Gen. Miles group. Noe. 10 !. They
have two parallel leads from ten 70 thirty
feet vide and varying from nfsy 70 30
feet apart. but have had no assays made
and have not yet been able 20 DO any
work on secount Of STOW. Near this group
J. NJ Cortetf and Mr.. Aohoney locat@.
the BFookyfIls on ten-foot ledge. xalel
shows soSns chirnnsys Fifty feet wide and
has been located for ave or six miles TO
the south These claims are all Ga a
mountain. where the east fork Of the sans
Peel aowinx south. Lambert creek, How
Ing northwest and Desdnan's creek. Cow
ing northeast. have their source, ana al
prospecting was done there on snowsho-z-
On the extreme peak Of this mountain
the Gslbsrfs and others sank through
stx or seven feet OF snow 10 a ledge eish,
feet vide, OF which surface ore assayed
nh 4rss m M
gold Two miias further west young
haif-brsed named koegan. who had just
previously reDounced his tribal relations
and taken out naturalization papers. ic-
Gated similar hedge ON the west side
OF the ssme mountain John Cody and L.
Slower. OF Spragus. took up ledge OF un-
determined width. which assayed on the
surface g per cent copper and 40 TO lie
gold
The dsorise belt extending from Trali
creek through boundary creek, which ear
sfes copper ores associated with pyrrbo-
lite. has been traced through Anarchist
mountain In British Columbia and KRUGER
mountain ON the boundary line 20 the
slmiikameen valley ard extends possibly
four or 1--WE miles north and SOUTH fyr-
fheute. though very rare IN such large
bodies, occurs not only In diorite but Ia
formations associated with diorite. 50 that
II In not easy to say how wide the de-
posit may be, and further discoveries may
trace IL southwark through the resersa-
ton west OF Noun. Bonaparte. No work
has been done north of the boundary west
CT the Boundary creek district. but as FAR
as developed. the lodges have the same
general characteristics as In that district.
From Whites camp on Boundary noun
tain an extension of the diorite formations
has bcon traced across the boundary and
some good claims have been staked IN
which the lodges carry gray copper ore.
The famous la Fieur ledge on Goose
moose creek. entering Kettle river from
The north. which WAS the prize for a race
from Marcus and Is the subject OF three
oofnered contest which has figured In the
courts. II peacock copper ore running
high In both copper and gold, technically
known as bornite, In lime formation,
but some mining men say the ore only
occurs In punches. AT the head of Myers
creek, "a few miles above this town. are
"A number OF quartz locations carrying
high grade copper glance and some lodges
carrying considerable gaiena. At the head
OF Tcnaskct creek. which flows into the
river opposite Curiew creek. are also
number of good free milling quartz loca-
tions on lodges four to six feet wide. On
high peak which ovcriooks Marcus
from the west are a number OF claims On
lodges Of arsenical pyrites precisely lii.e
that OF Tran creek.
ON Mount isonapartc.
on Mount Bonaparte and the headwaters
OF the creeks rising from Il are a number
OF ciaims on lodges of copper glance and
gray COPPER. but only those previously
known have been s;aked and snow has so
FAR prevented prospecting. one claim In
this district. for which great things are
claimed, is the Teroda King. above the
head OF Teroda creek. IL was originally
located under the law Of 1892 by State Sem
stor Richard Hutchinson. who had been
government farmer on the reservation, but
was relocated under the new law by an
eccentric and over-enthussstic character
named Proctor. who giories in the name OF
Death on the Trasl." and who travels
through the mountains with only his gun,
ammunition and sack of salt. living by
tho spells OF the chase. He claims that 1t
Is chimney OF ore. 30 feet wide, con-
sssting OF copper-stained blue quartz with
an iron Gaping, and that he pounded up a
sample and got . good button OF gold from
II. An assayer who has examined a sam
pie Says. however. that the ore = simply
chalced2ny. with little or no value. Proc
ter stiii holds the claim. but IL Is a subject
OF contest
Some enormous lodges OF frce-milling ore
running 80 and upwards IN gold. have been
discovered near the Columbia river oppo-
az seventy feet wide and having been trac-
ed on the surface for three miles
Nearly every creek has been located for
placerS sor miles OF its length. and some
good showings have been made IN some
localities Fourth OF July creek. which
flows from the Canadian side into Kettle
river several miles south OF the boundary.
and Wa formerly worked for placers
north OF that line. has been located thence
8 ~
been going on. although some persons
Claim that the object of the iocatefs IS
really 10 use tho ground for toWnsite
Granite creek has been located for four
miles. hut none OF the miners have reach
81 bed rock. The best showing made on
that stream has teen twenty-four coicrs
90 tho pan IVY j. NJ. MoAeney and ]. NJ
Corhett. OF Spokane who hauled lumber
for sluico boxes forty miles from Grand
Forks. r. c. A good showing has been
made with the pan at the mouth OF Eureka
creek. The Sans Peel east fork near its
{ head and Csifiaw creek arc au located
fov piaceTs. although Il Is claimed by some
{ that not \ color has been found IN either
stream In ono place a fcw miles below
CurleN lake hole was sunk tor bed rock.
( bot al twenty feet depth Il WAS stopped
Z uy water. on Single creek. which rises H.,
Mhiic's camp ncrth ~ the line, and rows
+ into Kettle river sour miles above Carson,
[ scod p,acerS have been located FOR about
Z mile,
fncrpaching On the Indians.
Bet the iovatidp 81 placer clans has
! been the cause y friction with the Indian.
Hna brings out 20 strong rclief the peculiar
/ coalitions under which she ccsief portion
Z - the resaTyatcn has been thr7Sn open
/ q ~ neral entry The isW having made no
! exception 81 Ire lands now corrupted ani
I USter rDitivatfaa by the Indians. placer
! claisss have beer heated on the rfch "a rms