The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-11

nsi Us feet ca the rDur Hhkcn ss white
quartz carving arsenlcai iron and copper
pyrsfex- their purpose being 70 strike TIA
ore bo3y which CROPS cut 70 feet above and
70 eross-ca, the Oregon ledge The tunnel
shows about three feet OF ore In spots. as
says OF which rsn from = to SIS gold. xlsh
very little silver and some copper TIE
suBn<i Is almost a. the foot Of the mount
ain. ~ftain IL yards az the railroad 80
that operations will BE- very cheap On th4
same spur AZ the Memo and Seso. j. H.
James has the Lily James and has traced
the ledge from the fooswzM 70 width Of
twenty feet. TIE whole width in more or
less m!nsrzllxed and there are ssreaks Of
white iron assAying 81 gold ard silver and
upwards tunnel has been run eighty
feet on the foofxaI, but the ledge has not
yet been crnss-cut
Hall a mile from the wagon road. on the
right FORK Of Deer creek, Il the Colts 1roap
OF four claims. owned By Berr Horton and
David AcRae. on ledge ten feet between
walls. with three fee, OF rich ore. and the
remainder concentrating. On the Cats.
which - near the summit. are. two tunnels
fourteen and sixteen feet on the ledge.
and on the Colts No. A. 900 feet oesox tn4
summit a cross-cui Is In ifty-fiye feet and
VIII strike the ledge ~ depth OF 100 feet
In ten or fifteen feet mere The ore is
cfssicogyrise. assaying Is per cent copper.
1ssz ounces silver, $40 gold A trail has
bean cut from the wagon road and the
owners expect 10 make a shipment before
winter.
The wildcat Group.
On the mountains overlooking Deer lake
A. Cleveland and J. f. Klein, OF Monte
Cristo. have the Wildcat group. The Wild
cat. Orllie and Granite are on a ledge
which rams through the mountain west OF
"a kxs s}kA a. OF
The ledge Is four feet wide. carrying cha.-
eopyrlte clear across. but no assays have
been made. A tunnel Is in sixty feet on
the Wildcat and another the same length
on the other claims. On the mountain
southwest Of the lake they have the Lake
view on six-foot ledge. shown up By
4o-foot tunnel On the Cameron and Home-
stake, which run across the head OF the
lake. they have a body OF quartxite seven
~ 10 ninety feet wide, carrying white iron.
and are running a cross-cut. They are
also prosecuting ledge % black sulphur
cts eighteen tn twenty inches wide on the
Highland. which Is above the Homes take.
On Clear creek, beyond the Helena group,
- tina Grizzly group OF four claims. To-
Gated by Louis L9ndiln and ~ Montan.
with whom J. ]. Smith. or New York. ana
DIR. Lyons. OF Seattle. have Joined in or
ganixing the Clear Greek Mining Company.
They have two lodges. twenty-five and six
feet wide, carrying high grade copper ore.
including chaloopyrIte. black oxide and
bornite. Assays show from o TO ~ per
cent. copper. and the value in gold. silver
and copper IL about 500 In the smaller
ledge a 4-jncs pas streak s. being shown
up by shaft and tunnel. on which work
IL now In progress and the larger ledge
shows several good ssreaHs. This com
pany intends 10 extend the Deer creek road
over the divide TO the property and will
work through the winter.
Extending across Clear creek. just below
this group. Is the Asbestos group CT six
claims. located in a double line OF three
each by X. c. Myers and Louis Cailihan
last summer. Against granite wall run
ming northeast and southwest Is a great
dixie OF taicic asbestos varying from 80 TO
20 fee; vide. which stands up seyentyflva
feet above the rock on each side. This ma
terial Is used 10 give body to paper and
specimens examined by skilled men at the
Lowell paper mill are pronounced superior
TO that brought from New York By that
company On the surface this material is
of a sreentsh tlnge. but deeper down Is ex-
pecfed to be pure white. like the New York
product. Against this dixie Is body OF
mineral apparently carrying nickel and CO.
bait. about 500 feet wide, and throughout
Its width are large pockets OF very tough
fibrous asbestos. The wall OF this deposit
ia serpentine dixie 80 TO 400 feet wide in
contact with hard black finty slate.
The Arlington.
A series OF four or five parallel lodges OF
white quartz carrying chaicopyrite and
some gaiena has been traced from Martin
creek across the mountain TO Deer creek.
The principal ledge is the Arlington. which
shows up seventy-five TO eighty feet wide
IL. Il.
four miles across Deer creek. The Airing
ton is now owned by the Martin Creek
Gold and Copper Mining Company. organ
lied by John purgin and X. Thompson, OF
Everett. and George q. MoEher. OF Silver
ton. The ledge crops in two guIiies. in one
or which tunnel was run on * for TWEEN
~ feet. and leo feet further down the
mountain a tunnel has been run twenty
five feet on the footwai. After driving II
seventy-five feet further the owners will
eross-eut TO the hanging wall. their plans
being laid to work through the winter.
Assays show - to e per cent. OF copper.
besides some gold and silver. On the we&t
extension Of this ledge \. n. Spsrry. WIZ
lam Massdorf and George q. Moshier this
year located the Anaconda ana TWO extern
aions. On the east extension A. Iyerson
s. w Munger and William Mats1orf have
the Golden Cord. on which tunnel Is in
fifteen or twenty feet, and Mss~rs. Mosh-
Ter. rverson and Sperry have the Golden
Cord Extension No. J. on which they are
about 70 run a drift. The Climax and
Knoxville, On the east Of Deer creek.
owned by Hugh Kennedy and others. and
the Bunker Hill. further 10 the east. owned
BY Charles Sperry and John Mccartney.
are aiso believed 10 be on extensions OF
this ledge. ON a stx-foct ledge parallel
with the Arlington. Joseph Crane and
Thomas Wilson have the Baby Lode and
rs extension. on which they have run a
short tunnel On the west extension ~
this ledge Andrew Boyle and A Iverson
have the Doubtful and an extension. and
On les east extension r.. {. Myers and Jonn
Mcclellan have the Gem. Jewel and Is 20 J.
these three claims also having a parallel
ledge thsrty feet wide On another rsrai-
lei ledge six feet wide the same owners
fsavo the Know Nothing ami Surprise. All
these claims were located this YEAR and no
work has yet been done on them.
Good Copper Lodges.
On the divide between the S,Iiiaruamfsh
and the Sauk. az the head OF Perry creek.
which enters the StlilaEusmish three miles
above Siiverton. Theodore iohn has a
group OF about twenty claims on a series
Of wpil-asAnsa lodges OF copper orc ten 20
twenty feet wide. carrying a small proper
ton OF gslena- The ore carries from 20
~ per Ssat- OF copper. besides Eosd. silver
and lead. and assays ahout 81 For all val
mes. carrying less gold huf more silver
than the Helena group. M. 1sohn has
been at work steadily for about four years.
having formerly gene IN from the Sauk.
but this year has cur a horse tran from TIE
Everett s. Monte ssristo railroad He has
run tunnel about sixty feet on the Fan
ny n. and lesser tunnels on several other
A. -. -
This district combines many elements re-
,nslr9A 70 make a gocN5 caaE~sr cagrsgs