The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-13

ends It's course II EeEiss Of fails, az tne
foot OF which Stands the poweraouse for
the Consy basin group The tran then
climbs ttge mountain 20 the right OF Cou@y
creek by SWITCH back. crossing szAsnpF
spots on stretches or corduroy. ard Thsts
&C mes to the Corey basin camp on q nAF-
row. eonig ratgsezy level spot On the hank
Of the creek. The trout have been unable
10 climb the fails below here, but tne
miners have transferred some OF them 10
ira deep pools near the cabin and expect
thus 20 propagate them close a. hand.
Where the Riches Lie.
From the camp the trail sxtends for an
other mile through TIE timber and over
a granite roeksi9e 70 the mine. The ias1
half mile Is climb among great rec
angular rocks 10 the steep ssope o. ths
basin. which would command the ADM
ration or The most blsse mountain climb
-. II II serns-r1reIs Of mountain s3fzi3ias
III form 10 the half OF basin The upper
waIlsare perpendicular cliffs 81 granite and
are a, Ieaxs go fee. hixh. The curve Of
the basin IL broken by gorges h!lec win
piles OF rock broken from the heights
above and from the walls TO right ana
left. the dividing spurs running 10 point
with clf-s az each side smooth as an
artificial wall. cracks IN the granite rur-
ming beth horizontally and vertically.
The small level spots above these cliffs
Alaska cedar, and brush grows In every
Granny and patch OF soil. AS the eye
traces the curve around at each side the
walks show fewer assures and are almost
solid from the bed Of the canyon, wneFe
the broken and smaller brush ends up
the gradually sleeping slope 20 the Vef-
teal. ree-crownea cliffs az the sammit-
Far up the basin. near the base OF the
cliffs and near the center .: its curve, -
the tunnel driven into the Coney Ledge
To the right. looking upward. Is deep
canyon spittin through the wall. In
wzlieh the Brooklyn ledge runs w and
over the summit.
Returning to the mouth OF COMFY
creek and climbing over the tail Of the
mountain dividing Il from Miller river.
you come TO an embryo camp OK tents
and log houses. A newly cut trail leads
up the mountain through the TIM
Der and turns to the right up
The bank of King Solomon creek.
Then It turns over a pile OF great
granite blocks which have tumbled from
the cliffs above and among which brush,
dwarf Alaska cedar and fr and bracxen
maintain a struggling existence. Here
the trail disappears and the guide. r. p.
McNaughton. strikes Up the rock side
and Chambers up the gorge through
which the creek flows to the cllfr on the
opposite side That cliff IS one of the walls
OF the King Solomon ledge and across
the gorge the other wall stands UP per-
pendicu.arly for 10 to 200 feet. The gorge
was formed by the wearing away OF the
decomposed quartz between those walls
and. by looking upward along its course
you can trace the ledge 10 where II cuts
the summit. The walls have been broken
into high steps near their base and the
mineral In the gorge Is In many places
covered by blocks Of syenite broken from
them. The summit OF the basin Is broken
Into Jagged peaks by steep gulches and
among them the ledge cuts Through and
runs on to the headwaters OF the Sno-
qualmie's north fork which has its source
In two small lakes everything the ledge.
This summit. 500 feet above the sea,
II almos, level. and from II the Sound IN
visible IN clear weather. Above the rim of
tina basin Il bed OF snow. sweeping
crescent-shaped above Il and from this a
water fall slides over the face Of the
cliffs. ZOO feet, into the valley. As you
descend. other fails appear at intervals
along the great xemi-circie. Looking down
from the gorge. Ii appears Ak though a
huge gouge had scooped a hollow in the
mountains and the regularity OF the curve
had been broken by the sliding OF rock
from RICH. and left. In The distance are
high timbered ridges terminating in
two peaks. one evenly rounded the other
split IN twain at IFS summit. The nearer
view Is "a succession OF spurs with tim
bered sides interIaclnE in the center OF
the canyon The west fork Of Miller river
rises in the snowsheis above the rim OF
similar basin. and here too are mineral
Lodges which have been forced uD from
below, only 10 he worn down from above.
leaving depressions in the mountains
whirh make their course easily traceable.
Money Greeks Towering Freieh's.
Though Money creek enters the Skv-
komish river only half mile from the
mouth ~ Miller river. L rises eight miles
distant and the easiest way 10 70 there
from the Miller river basin il 20 come
back tn Skyknmish and make a fresh
start This trip Was made on horseback
and X VAS slow one. for the trail Is
AL M and down bill and the horse was
Reluctant 10 80. Charles r Reitxe. who
came DOWN the day before the writer
started. grew sarcastic At the expense OF
that trail and said that the men who
made - Vent ~ one side OF "a mountain
so THAT they might have an easy trim
down tie other hat his Is SANDER
eFnanatiug from man who had lub~i-
eatTd the trail With sweat 4 man o-
horseback can form a more f-rlrarffal
judgment. As every body knows. The trail
strikes info the forest near the Old Miller
homes earl sfd. after travprslnE lesel
ground among burnt logs for a short dis
ttns'e, starts ~ a steep mountain ana
courses along Its face. then down the
Other side. across a xaslch. up another
mountain on he other side ans 90 on
like a continuing fraction While there IS
Nffie but RI and down h3fl about this
traN TIA, = no fault ~ TIRE men who
inata =. 49, e. au~ 20 nc w7av the ~orr
trv was Suit. Sapposlnr the whole conn
'ry :" have been originally on a level
"lth ihe mountain sBmmlts II = as
though some giant with a hu~a >leav~r
hal ms,ie ore E~raf cash along which
Money orvel flows snd had then cut thA
smaller Tash a. right angles which are
o~Hfinied Hv - tributaries 10 and down
fhe$a lateral eaxheS. picking is WV
among rootS rocks s7a lors .,0iaShtnv
through mirT SPOTS ana slipping among
57'a'3rrS - for3s the horse goes 10 only
T'fef icing whore ere canyon hef Wf4ers
'N"AEh - allow room For fhe trail on -
gravel Nars Tsaea ~e+ues a climb Hf,rsa
tnaa any ye', 20 ths rtght CO the main
'TFrF- ending on = timhrr--1a4 bench
arre go apex oss-shrf stands Vow
ron'f~ go NVvst elmo - az R~vNnyi -
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fe'r.a' erats % .rtr7oreas SN3t,h-tsa,k,
ff~ i"7 f@"t vertically. 20 tn- great dts
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- nrT-+-t'a -t+e -4er than attempt -
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