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

ping works
The Ben Loz1ond Gold Mining and Mil
s-g Company has been incorporated 70 de-
veloy It's SIX claims On the Twtsp and three
en- the Methow. ifs capital stock being
s, go 90. and the oFzzcers being. President,
l. NJ Boar1man. vice president. j. :.
Parker: secretary and treasurer, w. r
Marvin. On Goat Park mountain Il owns
the Ben LouoH6. Columbia. Exchange.
Florence. Grace. North Star and Little
Giant ara on the Mefhow. two and c1e-
half miles from the Monitor on a parallel
lead about four feet wide. Ben Lomore.
No. . On the opposite side OF the Ne
saor. three miles from the mouth. II owns
Ben Lomord. No 5. ami No 4. on twin
leads each six feet wide, with a five and
ane-hals foot wall Of black slate between
them ard with outside walls OF po-ornyry.
The ore Is Of the same class as the Gray
Eagle and assays SIS 20 SIS gold on the
surface.
On the Gold Drop. in contest with the
Cascade ard White Rose. tran has been
built and the surface rock taken OF. I'M
covering a ree-and-one-hzff-foo- lead
On the Rather a ten-.cot shaft has not
defined the walls. but the ledge. which Is
thirty inches At tke surface. assays SO
gold Work has begun or the TriIby,
which has a thrse-foot ledge OF rose quartz
carrying gold, and shows flakes Of native
naoiy bdenum. The ledge runs north and
south across the Mountain Goat ana par
aliel lodges. Mr.. Aohney Is beginning
work On the Little shoe. which he located
az the north end OF Gilbert mountain.
two miles from the head Of North creek
on blowout Of quartz through twelve
foot iron cap with q number of small
stringers running in. The ore carries
pyrites and peacock copper. On the Mar
shall Ney an open cut has been made four
teen feet on the ledge and a shaft has
been sunk eight feet. showing the ledge
to widen to six feet
Transportation Facilities.
The present season Will dispose Of The
objection 70 investment in the Twisp dis
trict that IL Is too difficult TO reach. for il
viii be as well OF in that respect as most
other districts in this county without a
railroad. IL one excerpts the Great North
ern. which cuts one corner OF it, The mine
owners and farmers along the Methow
have taken up the construction OF a road
from Ives up the Methow's right bank to
the mouth Of the Twisp. a distance Of
thirty-fiye miles. The farmers and pros
pectors gave between 10e and 800 days
work Of themselves and their teams. Nor
gan. Nichols s. Co. gave one-third OF the
powder, tools and horse feed. the other
mine owners and Capt Alex Griggs. OF
the steamer EIlensburg. gave another
third and the Seattle merchants the re-
mainder. The road is completed from Ives
to Squaw creek. a distance Of ten miles.
and from the crossing of Gold creek TO
the mouth Of the Twisp. seventeen miles.
leaving gap OF eight miles between Gold
creek and Squaw creek TO be cut through.
A bridge has been built near the mouth
of the Twisp TO connect with the old trail.
which connects higher UP with road
made by the farmers and running seven
miles up from the mouth. At present
there is only trail TO Ill the gap between
SQuaw creek and Gold creek, and here
some OF the heaviest grading viii have to
be done.
AT the mouth OF the Twisp the road con-
meets with the state trail. which has been
built a mile up the right bank to the
bridge site below the Spokane mine and
thirteen miles up the right bank The
construction of the bridge has been post
poned until low water makes II easier 10
erect and then the connection Will be COM
plete. It will be built OF tinbers from the
ground with a natural stone abutment on
the south side and will cost about 500.
The state trail naturally divides itself
into four sections, as follows: Mouth or
Twisp to Twisp summit, thirty miles.
Twisp summit TO Cascade summit. twenty
four miles; Cascade summit TO Marble
Mount twenty-seyen miles, Whatcom
county line to Blanchard. six miles; total
eighty-six miles. The work from the
mouth OF the Twisp westward is In charge
or J. Howard Watson. Of Chelan; that
from Marble Mount TO Cascade summit
of r. o. welts. OF Skagit. and that from
the whatcom county line 10 Bian-
chard. of T. NJ. Wilson. OF Fair
haven, these three gentlemen COM
posing the state road commission.
The gap between Blanchard and Marble
Mount Is filed By the Skagit county road.
eefa n
between the existing road systems east
and west OF the mountains. The appropri-
alton was SO 600 for wagon road. but this
was found insufficient and the commission
had TO decide whether IL would build
wagon road as far as the money would
carry IL or build a tran all the way
through II. II was taken TO be the intent
OF the legislature to make way through
from east TO west. and therefore
the commission decided to build four
foot trail on such lines and grades that IL
could be widened to a wagon road al
moderate additional expense.
Opening the Way.
This Is what is being done. and any man
who rides over the completed section along
the Twisp and compares the state trail
with the old miners trail will see the adj
vantage OF having a way through from
east 10 west constructed on such lines.
Mr. Watson has a force Of twenty-four
men under the direction OF ". r. kahlow.
OF Alma, whose experience on the con-
strucsion Of the Oregon & California and
Northern Pacific railroads well hts him
for the work. Mr.. kahiow goes forward
seven or eight miles once a week ana with
an Ak man blazes the route on the trees
and notes where grading and rock work
will be required. He sends men ahead Of
the rest OF the force TO blast out the rock
..tS- 49, F.-ss l.~ar hal n
rest Then come the choppers and brush
cutters. who clear the trail twelve feet
wide. ready TO be made wagon road
whenever the state has the money to
spend After them follow the graders with
picks and shoyels who make the side-hill
cuts AZ the end OF the week Mr.. kahlow
rces back over the line. steps X on and
piaces stakes every 500 feet. the ultimate
pIan being TO set mile posts, giving the
distance each way The force works from
a single camping place for three or four
miles each way. so that when the camp Is
moved forward II goes that distance be-
yond the end Of the trail, then the men
work up 10 Il and three or four miles be-
yond before moving camp again. There
are a large cooking tent. a sleeping tent
for the men. and a smaller tent occupied
hy Mr.. Watson and Mr.. kahiow. the for
rnsr remaining In charge when the busl-
ness OF the commission does not call him
away. IN the present hot weather ths
men generally prefer 20 sleep In the open
air and get the fun benefit OF the cool
nlxhf hreezes.
over TIE Twisp SUNNI. ths maximum,
grade will be about II per cent on each
xi8e From the pass westward the trail
VII 60 down the east fork Of Bridge
creek an2 az i,s confluence with the wsSt
fork cross 20 the right bank. which Il FOL-
lows. crossing Maple creek and tina fsorth
fork 81 Bridge erc~k. After crossing TIE
main Bridge creek AT IS mouth the trai,
viii 20 up the Stehekln with a water