The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-09

On the Island Of rexada. y;xsv-nve miles
frcm Vancouver, B. c., . wonderful cave
mas Deem discovered. Il has only been par
aiaay explored. bat rhe revelations so far
mace have drawn thousands OF people TO
see II It's Bottom is made up OF very 6ne
sana which carries still aner gold. it,
walls are At Waite quartz. ard on the ven
which has 81 one time run directly back
into the mountain valuable gold deposits
nave oeen discovered. The cave Is NOT
ensy valuable Tor Its minerals, but also for
me Opportunity il affords for geological
study
II - located on the property Of James
AicFee. weis-known mining man, who Is
living al present IN Vancouver bur who
II well known In this city. Mr.. McFee was
a. Texada island several weeks ago look
ing altar the Volunteer mine. a property
which he mas owned for some tine and
which II located next 20 the Van Anda
mine. OF which E. Blswest Is a large
owner. In summer difficulty is expert
eaced in getting water. Mr. MeFee and .
mining expert named Robertson were in
specting the ground back OF AcFee's
CABIN when Robertson discovered a small
hole in the ground. He asked McFee II he
had ever pad any attention to II. and Me-
Fee said that he had never discovered IL
before They got a candle ard crept in
f-tsFaS ~ Ik1E Qptusu&s WHICH " a. aDQU[ rW0
feet high and three feet wide. After 60
ing about three or four feet they suddenly
FOUND themselves IN . low cave, which
was about twenty-five feet square. At the
farther end of the cavern they found a
wall OF white quartz, through which .
small hole led into a stil larger cave.
They examined rhe wall and found IL was
about two feet thick. and IT carried traces
OF gold. Samples were knocked OF and
Kept for further reference.
The second cave was then investigated.
and proved 10 be about thirty feet square.
and from the right SIDE long passage
way. quite narrow. extended out. At the
farther end of this cave wall of white
Quartz was again encountered. and
through II was a passage that led to a
third cave. While craving along into the
tsasrd cave McFee and Robertson noticed
that the walls on either side of them car
Red traces Of gold. just as the walls OF the
Pillar that separated the first and second
caves Samples were taken. The distance
from the second cave to the third cave
was about twenty-five feet. and the third
cave was found 10 be trife smaller than
the nrst. At the farther end of the third
cave white quartz wall was encountered.
and the traces of gold were more pro-
nounced than IN either of the two in
stances previously mentioned. Apparently
there had been an opening through this
wall, but large rocks had fallen down and
ohstructed the entrance.
Mr.. McFee came to Seattle few days
ago and had the samples OF ore taken
from the three different walls aSsayed.
The frst specimen showed Is cents to the
ton, the second $, and the third $S.es. In
speaking OF the cave. or perhaps more
properly. caves, Mr.. McFee said that he
had never seen anything like 1t before,
and that THE same opinion had been ex-
pressed by many visitors. He Is satisfied
that the Volunteer mine VIII prove a good
property. 1t was opened up about three
weeks ago. The groupings showed a vein
OF about six inches. and ten feet down
widens out TO five feet three inches Mr..
McTes says that the assay shows SO to $50
. ton. and that 1t will cost 81 q ton 10
place ii on board boat He viii visit the
Everett and Tacoma smelters TO see what
terms he can get for treating.