The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-23
THE MINES OF PDSHAS7|y.

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among the flowers.
N. Gold Mills.
FROM Negro creek the trsl. asse- ~ro~~-
ns rlcksty bridge. cgsrnbs tne we., ~ral,
o. the Psshastin canyon. and. Winding a.
ana down from hsn TO hollow. among
rocks and on narrow grave! benches. frs-
ansn1ly CUT by old placer workings. comes
oLa Two miles southward TO a wider bench,
where the Biew~st mil sfsna~ A. 49,.
mouth OF tho Culver draw From n ,ha
caols bucket trzmway streteh@s nir{lv
through swafh In the timber to the sum
mh or the fnrtnsss ridge. dividing the
feshastin from the Negro river canvoa
Below II Is the old pioneer rnlff shs az,
IN Washington. which IL now Only a relic
or early days. Along the banks % the
creek are the settling dams for the tall
lhSs OK the mil. which are being reserved
ior further Treatment, and up the canyons
west side stretches the one street OF the
camp 20 where the johnson and California
mills stand side by side under the shadow
OF the mountain Thence q string OF hog
caoins with shake roofs line the road az
continually rarer intervals for several
miles This u the Biewstt mining camp
The mineral belt through which Peshas-
tin creek flows northward. receiving In
gals and Negro creeks a. tributaries from
the west and Ruby creek from the east
has totally different geological formation
from the country north and south OF II.
To the north. from line cutting across
the Chewah river some distance above its
mouth. Is q sandstone formation which
terminates on the northwest about the
mouth OF Icicie creek. a granite formation
lying north OF Il up the Chewah river 10
Red hill About seven miles up Tho peshas-
tin this sandstone gives way to a series OF
strata of mstamorphic rocks. ineluding
serpentins. sysnits. diorite. magnetism
Quarfxste and granite. In ths dikes OF por-
phyritlc auartzite occur lodges o< nickel.
silver and cooper ore and some gold with
eouges OF tale. the dIkes having a general
trend from northwest to southeast. but
bending generally more 20 an east and
west line. On the ore slider this belt term
mates two miles southeast OF Blewett and
TO the west IL gradually widens toward the
base of Mount Stuart, which peak IL In
ciudes. IL extends into the Swauk dis
trict. where 1t forms basin and swings
10 tho northwest. The formation beyond
this line Is again sandstone and the nom
mineral bearing metsmorphic ROCKS. and
10 these occur the Rosiyn coal mines and
the CIe-Elum iron mines.
The First Discoveries.
The hrst discovery OF mineral on the
Peshastin was made about isto by miners
who scattered through thu mountains on
their way southwark after the Fraser rfv-
er excitement, and prospected as they
went. They found placer gold In the bed
OF the creek. and AZ one time there were
about 200 men at work In the diggings.
But the pay dirt was only spotted. and
they gradually drifsed away again. II was
during this period that Negro creek gained
its name from a Negro who worked the
oiacers at its mouth and IL reputed 10
have taken on: si.1oo in one season II
was not TIL 1874 that the first quartz
ledge was discovered. In that year John
shafer located the Culver on ledge OF
free milling ore near the summit of the
mountain dividing the Negro creek canyon
on one side from the Culver draw on the
other. but was short time behind Sam
uei Culver who located the Polepsck on 3
parallel ledge on the same mountain Sul-
YER then took the Huuming Bird on an
oshsr ledge, James Lockwood staked out
the Bobtal adjoining X. and John oiGen
and Pctar Wider took the Fraction. All
these locations being In gronp adjoining
one another. John olden and samuel Cul-
yer rhen moved the stakes OF the Polepiek
ana thus made room for another clam
which they called the Little Culver. All
shese claims, except the Fnleasck ana Lit
ia culver. were shortly sfterward bought
nv James Lockwood and hts son, r. w.
lakewood. now living near Wenatchee,
ana N. VI. Cooper. who erected asir-stanp
mill with one Frus vanner, which they
operated by water power. Iney e.st .
WAGON road 90 the Humming Bird and
r,ohsail and hacked the ore from the tni-
YER on mules. The mill reduced EIGHT tons
~ ore IN twenty-fcur hours and the cicah-
ar from the first nine days run MAS
r. ,ao The company also had an arssIs
,,rs,n . reDsetty ~ 100 pounds day. OF
uharn the product averaged SIC a.y.
After running the mine and maj iof
esrht wears this cogrpany 500 " 20
Thomas Johnson, who shut Gov
49,, run- The rien he paid 90 90 the
axsss~nent work failed 10 DO u ana
yvInssr, nonahue relocated the Culver,
which he sold In 1891 to j. L ana heNta
,r.fi Warner. OF Seattle, VINO crsshlAea
~. s-,iwer Gold Mining Company Win y
y pa~h and Mater clark. 81 Na~hifist on
r~,v This company erected 'en-stsi''F
,,,Il with four Woodbury. ceHeenussors
ard stretche3 bucket eAHlr NS"sN ~s
a,.s r,s,e. sorsa ere was shipped eefore
,,,,.x.,esion Of the rsiii. one TOT return
in. $500 ton.
The Riewsft Coripany
=, ,Sua the cisver Company sold cat 10
49, ys1ewest Gold Msnsnw Company, com
,,o~as OF Edward Rlewett, II G Henry,
a. ys~rmarx brothers. - Ealch. OF Min
,es,o,ls e Il A~uitown and others.
,.yfnw s,aaoo OF the purchase Price 80
T~nnrax johnson IN settlement q niS eos-
tested claim 20 ire rrorsrfF. - 49,
there had been three tTiaas We NaaS 80. 80
.ss.,,.s +, wns tAe controversy over ne
So -,,lna which began the fend between
Sss-x,- ara ponzhas. having is climax
a. 90 krIsnx az the latter ~ Johnson
few raonths ago. -, - -.
discoveries were eStetae1 oes ~
..,.,,,s,as, 20 Negro creek IN iS7S When -
sseser. one Of the pioneers o. the hlt,ssas
- a. ys,An Ernest. found wat,e
,,s,srs- earning So'd ana copper. sFoTssas
as On both sides 81 TIE eFees, easss
miles from It's rncath. Trey sFsNes Is
is.s~s ~, % tas sss--sFntt- wneLe -
ira culver gToof. searias " -. !. ss.<s,