The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-09


engineer 81 the P!ercs party. cz-e up TIE
lake 81 $50 with Z Nr. EcIH.osh. of Pert
land, 70 examine the pass in tire interest
cf sore rass-caS, pres 1rnshfv re Great
Northern. be kaes. o. appeared % know.
E0.Etnz ~ +. The timber IN THE valley
was then or FIRE ard in trying GO pa~n on
Mr.. Downing was badly barred about fhe
Fee ard arkles and had 20 turn hark lie
fsy disabled Tor q month - fhe house %
y v. Horton, then the caiy setter CT the
S-eaekf1
TIE FIRST actual location On The ssehskin
was made or September a ~ when
George l. Reuse and John = RosSe. Of
whom tie latter Il row neasing an exp.or-
ing expedition into TIE Andes Tor The
Ec1aGorian government lofsate1 the Quisn
%3ne on the shore Of Do91tful lake II -
On ledge q y.iver-lead and copper ore
twenty-five feet side where * - solid and
widening % 80 feet where broken By
horses. The edge Is 80 strongly defined
fnas. Standing on the o1tcrop as0Te the
aske and look4ng I'D the rlE az ne basin,
ore Fan Easily see The red streak where
. f. cuts the granite leaving walls rising
high above - and passes szroGEh me saw
teeth above Horse Shoe basin. AZ fas lat
ter point a sharp pinacye of granite STANDS
fairly IN the middle cf tET ledge zla bears
striking resemblance 20 cigar slgn- %
3 parallel edge twenty feet side wa4ea
runs eastward across Horse shoe basin
snd westward across the summit. TIE tNo
Eoases located the Doubtful On me ex-
tension Of the QUEEN S45e they took Up
the Annette ard on The further e2fensson
II both lodges they took ~ ne esulen
Sabe Nc 2 These lesges carry g9'a and
silver IN botI gsiena ans nsaes s1lTla0TeLs.
and copper selphdes. ard assay from sAs
20 SO god ard - 70 10 ounces sAFeF n
the pay streak J. G. Reuse si.sEN&r-s
went on 20 locate the Lake On the NFst
extension Of the Doubtful and The Flora
/ on : slx-foot ledge which = eur ana eA-
posed by Doubrful creek i,ass feet oa-aN
the basin. G. L Rouse took the Summit
on the rim 81 Doubtful basin, Bsltanas
Stennss located the Sunnysiae ana GENE
ard George Taxior the Gs-tie adjoining Il
| ger several years the 2Quses had the
| heaswstsrs af the Stshekin almost al 20
| th4s,se3yes. bat contents5 themselves with
working on wat they had found without
seeking 70 trace their fe1ges any faTtner
Otherwise they must certainly nave found
the great outcrops on Horse Snoe basin.
onfy two and oEe-half miles east q Doabt-
ful lake, and IN a direct line from the
main course GO the Stehekin. which flows
from northwest to southeast They cut
tran from the head Of Lake Cas!an
through the roeky. brGsh-eIad valley. ever
the slides and I'D 10 The lake. which ROW
forms the main line OF :rsysi 70 the pass
ard all be replaced BY the state tran
Glacial Mining.
Il was not until four years later that
the great lodges which the glaciers ana
waterfalls had exposed IN Horse Shoe
basin were discovered. In lss9 VI VI.
Klngman and Albert Pershail climbed the
precipitous sides OF Twin falls. went up 70
the rim % he lower basin and there found
a ledge thirty feet vide. increasing IN
places 10 fifty feet, which had split the
mountains ssunaer and had been worn
rEsz eel ~ n
along K from the east leaving high walls
Of granite al each side Of Ii. On tie west
the sharp pinnacle among the sawtseth
points out where Il crosses into Doubtful
basin and identifies * as the ouien Sabe
ledge. and on the east where the water
fan p0grs over l. the mineral has been
worn down 100 feet between the granite
walls and a snowdrift fifty feet deep now
fills the gulch thus formed. SO thoroughly
Is the mineral exposed and so rich is the
ledge that one can stand of twenty-five
feet from Il and see the dark patches in
the quartz where galena and black sui
phursts vein II. On this ledge the Blue
Devil and Black Warrior were located, ex-
tending across the basin, while IN 1870 the
White Cap and Opal were located on the
west extension by Lloyd Pershau and Ed
Christy-
Ia 1891 Robert ". another Of the Per-
shall brothers. went up the river with Mr..
the upper basin. they found another ledge,
even stronger than the first, exposed by
the glaciers which stretched across Il in
the center. Standing IN the middle Of the
basin. they could trace K running fifty
feet vide 10 the eft and right through the
sawtecth. the glaciers having done al me
surface prospecting needed 20 show X up
They located the Davenport ard Lloyd
pershan. Frank Samson and Ed Christie
took the western extension under the
names OF the washington and the Saw
tooth. On twelTe-f0ot ledge between
these two the Crescent was located, and
on The highest ledge under the glaciers
George Hail took Up the Mountain Queen.
A number Of other locations were made on
The smaller lodges. parallel with these.
making total OF thirteen lodges in The
upper and lower basins. from 80 20 80
feet apart
Meanwhile prospecting was prosecuted
along the mountains below the confluence
q Horse Shoe creek with the Stehekin.
and IN a gslch halfway up the mountain
on the left bank Robert y. PershsN and
VI " Kingnan heated the Homestake
and Star on a ledge thirty 20 fifty feet
wide. which had been exposed and cut
down between the granite walls by
stream flowing along l. IN the following
vear they traced the ledge across the val
ley and up the opposite mountain side.
where II was again exposed twelve feet
vide bv the action % the water N gulch
halfway % the summit n this gulch
Robert y and T. y. PershsB lceated The
| Tao}etta with The Flora. Fora G. ana
High SpS or the extension over the SUM
r,ft 20 q small AXE. whore network or
lodges has been located. and the Hard
| scrabble and Hardscraobso No on ak
| tensions down ihe mountain The Chris
| ~. 10 the mountain On the left bank. was
| located by Albert PershaN and NJ. VI.
| tlnrnan. and tho Viola. by T. T. Keller.
| hesow ~. The FershSlls also located the
| --vf, Fails across Twin fails believing Z
| - be on the same lead. and James Scheu-
| veanlle carried that lead over the main
| gunrnit 10 tbe head Of Fiat creek by %
| eating the Irish Maid.
a Daring Prospector.
/ There IS another ledge cropping ont on
| tAe eide ~ she mountain in n gulsh half
| nile from thar II which he fsoietta shows
| to Y is in plain vie~ from the traH. bat
! has never been located. because 10 man
| has been able to Ee; 20 Il. The rocss rise
| - a vertical SIN above X for several ban
| s-cd feet ard below It Sc q rockslide 90
| ssseo that y a nan were Simply 70 put his
! s,,f On g. the whcis mass wou3a begin %
1 -,,vs and carry him down wita e. ToNn g
| over hln ana crushing him 80 a jelly. The
| most determined effort 10 rcach t WIS
4 roafe by ". II Nekeever. ootet IA h's day
| rs the vnost intrepid Eaeunta'neer ~ re
| valley. who afterwards me- tragic iAte
| ne tagt THIS town for Bridge creek or
| sgx-weeRs' trapping expedition On NoVem-
| lsr ~ tSes ara kept n diary. 81 watch rhe
| f,text entry vas made on Novemoer e.
| yvhen the SIX weeks had expired and h
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