The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-04

tEw rs mouth "a. % --lch <ew@-@s KY
e.ez-f1x cAa-nes through The -ts-e -
low the long. deep assu-e IN the oe.-ocx-
IN za1 attention wa. afve-as from
7-aeS- mining 81 discoveries a. gold. cop
r-@- zr1 silver c-e On ne mountains farm
4rE tie basins a. the hea5waee~s - he
river II TIE ns5ssle <c~x basin TIE fc--na-
ton Is To-payritlc sye-1.te which forms a
contact WIN tAe granite ard 15ortfe ct Sill
ver creek All The le1gss are IN true rs
sures IN the former rock. carrying copper
pyr1fes and geld In the north fork basin
ire copper sezgss are soErd IN a granite
like whlSh runs rcrxh and soues across
ire head % Copper lake and sweeps
around north ot SEsverton across Deer zass
Martin creeks TIE go.s AMI sfEve--ssear-
ing .@1g~s on ts4 other side % this basin
zr7 5sl- Slzre between walls % saESaxe
schzst. Iraceaele up the mountains ard
;ar91gh the SUBMITS
Tasl this IA, the most active work on
tIe 1o--3 sork basin was done On the
Little CHIEF group 3s copper Gains. TIE
discovery was made in 1881 ay ABE Ger
c71 and - Harrington. VITO sod ire
group - JAMES ShsehAa. Of Seattle, ant
- morrison. q S.2vsrscn They sae-
css1e1 ia interesting Riessars Sykes. ~
Manchester. England. ard other English
CAPITALISTS. who have sp7ai s5oa: slsa 80
on me property and have obtained pat
e5ts % II They organized the Sssfla-
z1aa7ash sultan Mining Company.
%i1l@l a.so Owls The Eoo9oo group IA .ns
s,z13l1gs2z-nssa DISTRICT TIE cas-roo IS
ore or 'ns creates IN the Cascades. b.
t7g G4- Of copper 2yra.es about 80 fest
high and - feet wide ana showing FOR
$40 feet a.ong The length os TIE leige.
ar point 80 feet up L5tils CAsef noun
TAN n Boulder c2-yen. up which the de-
past has bean traced for 90 or SO feet
Extending Up the mountain from this out
crop are The E4tt'e Chief and Option whtls
the Phelps. Glacier. Cedar an5 Henalock
are on the extensions down the valley.
Several placer claims have been located
in the valley AMI a water power % 80
miners inches has been taken IN Copper
Lake. from which there Is a fan OF 5p
feet, capable OF developing ia. horse
power AZ reasonable cost Prospecting
has been carried OF az great expense. The
company having pz3t in two B9-iesgh
drills and a diamond drill. all run by
steam power. and CT, a traiI ~ 70 the
nina A tunnel has been run about
tha-ty-six feet on the foot OF ne outcr0p.
Nth drifts forty-ave feet TO the east and
ninety feet 70 The west. From the face
Of the tunnel diamond drii hoes were
run 10 feet further. SO tina, the ore body
has been penetrated 20 depth % i5s feet
Al this Work s. IN ore, wa~rantlng an
estimate OF 1s.Cs1 tons in sight At a
point 80 feet above This tunnel and 40
feet east OF +. another tunnel has been
run Twenty-Five feet. all y ore Another
tunnel was run 800 feet at a point So feet
below the foo; Of the outrrop % eross-eut
The ore body out w4s discontinued before
striking Il. The ore carries gold. silver.
copper. nickel and ccoaif. averaging about
81 per ton al values. though it has as
sayed as high as ID per cent. copper
alone The company. OF which J. ".
CaAse Is president and general manager.
and Norman 3. Ciegg. assistant manager.
has recently suspended work for the win
ter and moved its force over The sum
NIT 10 do the assessment work on the
Hoodoo group.
Big BIowouts.
A similar blowout OF the same kind OF
ore has been discovered towards the SUM-
nit OF Halls peak and on il r VI. Bur
net. John Erickson and others have To-
Gated the Columbus group OF four claims
and have run a short tunnel. On the
south side OF the same peak a similar
blowout. capped with copper and iron. be-
meath which the principal values are cop
per and cobalt with q little gold and SILL
Yer, was discovered last summer On this
George ". Andersen. Of Granite. has To-
Gated the Big Copper Nos l and ?: H j.
3 and 1. and ". H. Ward. of Snohomish.
the Big Copper Nos. ; and 8. 5ut no work
has yet been done 10 define the extent %
the deposit.
Ore Shipments.
The most vigorous Work this summer
and the frst shipment OF ore has been
made from the Forty mine or the
opposite side Of the north fork basin from
the Little Chief. This group originally
consisted Of about thirty claims located
in 1881 by James Degpree. ]. F. Bender.
MoliQue, George Hall, the Haachet
brothers, - Van Etter. James o. Marsh.
Z. X. lockwood. Peter Johnson. Charles
Wilierson and others In is92 Messrs.
Han. Moiiaae and Van Etter bonded half
OF some thirty Claims for development
work 20 be done by the Monte cristo De-
veIopment Company. which vas organ
lied by Schuyler Duryea. ?. II. Aukord.
y. /. Whitney. 5T.. George I. Brown. W.
r. Brown and others. Of Everett. ana c.
X JenneT. OF Seattle The panic pre-
vented the c0mpany from carving OFT
IS contract and the property reverted 70
it's original owners. The Deupree broth
ers AMI Mark swan;on. ~ Maryvvills then
gave W. z. Brown a majority interest in
the Mountain Ram. Deup-ee Brothers and
Earsi-to- Beat provided that he would or
game = company which would develop
them and gave him a power % attorney
20 manage their remaining interest. Mr..
brown organized the Ni1ety-flye Mining
Company. which ruw owns the Deupree
Brothers, Hsra-,o- Beat. an interest IN the
Na0us and = half interest IN me Noun
tain Ram. Tsfs step vas followed asst
April BY the organization OF the Forty
five Mining Company. which owns the
Forty-ffve Nos and g the John L.
controlling interest IN the Asrus. has q
bond on The remaining ha.f q the Moua-
tain Ram from Messrs. Lcrk OCT. Bender
ard Marsh Owns "A controlling interest IN
the SInety-f1v> Company besides mln
site and several ether undeyeiopesi claims.
Among the prfnetpal stockholders In the
F1Etv-hve Company ars r. G Hughes,
Maurice M,Mscken. Stewsrt = Suifa.
Helen Jenner Leg. Robert Sis3ergesaess
stockton Ramsey. C. X JeaneT TT. r.
A. ChurchiH Csr,. l.. a Dyer al ~ -
attle. J. \ f'sss man. Samuel Furbar. ".
r. Ward. F'efe~ f.are5e. samuel Eestel r.
II Mitchell an q Sa5hom' sh- Schuyler
DurYes p u naarie. Forbes M>8se r
" Met7Eer- Mayor Cox. @ =. Anderson.
" r Brown az II Everett: Charles
NesaieT arS = J An&ru= of Mscnss
TIE PRINCIPAL ledge ~ tsfS oo~npany's
~ro8o has sceafest ~ j. fsvr claims On
witch 4 has aaen traced avr- mile che
fsr5u~~e Brothers. Ha ~i-to-1eat ard
Mef5g*si1 Pan Il rurs east and vest
he' V-ssn was - tai-ase s>htst ana she
Faa1ae Is bite s1ste. qnartz and tale On
the 8temS-ae Brothers , $40 fae. ahove ira
camp &c -~oas ose esghteen feet Wife n
"a zerae wftn sails ABOUT fifty feet hlgA.
she g0-Ee having S7en formed ~ re
" arms au~a ana washing out ~ The ore
Av small stream pouring Through *.
TIE atresrs snica IS deeply stained WITH
iron leache3 Oar Of ths ore, pours from
.a.s gcr~e into . ru5cb. watch was hlsed
Hth snow tin late IN ire sarnasT to a