The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-23

az - feet
On the ivsahoe Ledge Jaan ana william
Lynch Aave The Leo. with tour feet ~ ore
assaysns > per cent. COPPER. vita sozne
rel sixty feet. following = .wo-geos string
CT Into The main ledge. IL
aasck~ilver.
AZ the north end OF the Everest are tie
SaaHAesr kang. !. : and / owned by tseosxe
FsrSaageT. Harvey Sauser ard Charles
striker. on . Aike 80 feet wide. which
crops cut n line 81 tAxgea rel cliffs GA
the north wall ~ the canyan. A sarfares
cat across the dixie shows IL 10 70 all
niaeraliSed red and blue quarts. with SER
rents2e walls. An assay shows Il 30 carry
So gold, besides nickel and csHnabar. sor
vAIca e was not tested.
On tie next hiii hesoad That Gu which
the C2nnahar King dixie crors oss Is a.
similar ledge. which has slid from the
solid formation beneath ana may I've IA
extension 9f either the Ctnnaear King or
faSrSGn<er C0ag-r sosie. About Twelve YEARS
ago John Elliott. 90 Swank butt an arAs-
ira and worked this Gre fer one summer
then abandoned the claim. John Lindsay
relocated Il in 1881. and thus IL became
known as the Lindsay slide.
Oh the FIRST dixie whsca cuts across tho
Pcssssttn canyon On che north. and which
is marked by a deep red stain on tire oraxs
which nrotrade fram the Alii Al each ssae
- another string az claims. On the right
bank are the Monarch No. | and No. 2.
owned by Ralph White. Of RosSlaad. Tim
- 1~ears. iae contractor, and ar. Walk
er, The dixie Is ssventy-iise feet wide. rum
ming slightly nerth OF east and south Of
wast. and ia a ninety feet tInnel OF ror-
pAynttc aUartxlse showed ap Of n paie
gre0n tlnge. MIL test ef a tea shipped
So EAST ST. lsoa.s. gave SO returns in nsck-
Ell, cobalt and geld. and assays range from
~ 10 - gold. - 70 ger cent. nickel. lie 10
"a pr eeat. eeaait. on the opposite Ill and
on thu same ledge, George fersinger. Tony
Preston and Michael Csliaghan have the
Red Butte No. !. No. ; and Ne. :. extend
ms along me outcrap 20 the summit. with
the Reaanza on y parallel ledge ca she
southwest. A tunnel has been run into
the ieAge at the base OF The hlla. ore from
which il OF a more reddish cast and as-
saved as high as Issz per cent. nickel ~
per cens. coealt and 81 gold. In the yAl-
ley between the Monarch and Red Butte
groups j. the Rattlesnake. hair OF which
is held BY the owners Of each group.
IAts dixie has baen traced acroS& the
mountains one and a half niles casg ward
10 Ruby creek. whefo Il crcps ont ON part
Of q group Of thirteen claims hcid BY
Charles Harvey. =, ". Esiott and III. G..
CsStiehary. On this eroup are four par
alles lodges from twenty to sixty feel vide
between walls OF serpentine ard congiom-
crate. marked by red bus<es Nike those on
| the resi- or the belt. ASSAYS average 8 PER
cent nickel, gold and silver not being
shown. Al the north end OF this group are
| the Red Cloud and Tralaa. owned by w.
Kelly. of apokane: G. King. OF kAlispalls
Charles Harvey ard Charles Magfartv az
Letsenvorth. on "a alxteen.foof iedxN a.
saving SIS copper. 50 geld. as wei as nickel
aud cobalt. for which IL was NOS assayed.
Further up PesAastln creek, below the
Of "a INuss. -
John ". Miller. or I4eassnworth. have two
claims on a Fayen-goot ledge az suiphide
ore carrying S. TO s. gold on the aagxace.
besides copper.
FIvo niles above the mouth OF fngAlla
creek ~ the State group Of SIX oialrne,
NAMED after as many states Of the Union.
and owned by John ard William Lynch.
They are on-two parallel bikes sixty feet
wide. which arc cut BY the creek. and the
owners are breaking of the face at shis
point 20 get an average Of the ora. II o.
Gays 2is 10 per cent. naexsl and carries
| gold and silver.
Inc Nickel Formation.
The nlckei-bearinx formation has been
traced across the Negro creek divide 90
Falls creek. a trtbatsxy of Ingalls, creek
/ from the SOUTH w. y. Patterson and
Charles Newberry. OF Biswett. have To-
| Gated the bonanza and Deadwood. near
| the head OF the creek ON the LARGEST
nickei-bearing dixie 10 far discovered In
| the district The oreok runs between the
two locations nnd tho dt1<e rises almoxk
perpendlcusarly from Il The owners are
cutting across tbs face Of thess cllfts to
expose green ore Tho surface or~ asaays
about per cent uickci. = 30 eold and 4
tracs OF copper. Adjoining tfis group
and running to tho forks Of tbs creek.
he the Nickel Pla&e group or twelve cl&lno.
owned by John and William IGnch. The
main ledge Is sixty feet wAde ard IN cov-
erred nv Nicketi Plate Noa. 1. 2. 3. 4 and s.
on which prospect holes have been sunk.
while tho other claims are on spurs from
this and the BonanA ard Deadwood
1edges ranging In width from ten 10
thirty feet. The ore IL OF the same char
acter and value as the Bonanza and Dead
wood.
Close TO this district, but In the sand
stone helt, Is a coal vein which was dis
covered in isa5. ard on which 40 acres IL
owned by William Douglas. foreman black
smith in the Great Northern rounsihoaxo
al fseavenvorth. and by the machlni.ts
employed there. The outcrop IL between
walls OF sandstone and alatn on camas
creek. an eastern tributary OF the reBhaA-
tin. and Is eight miles from pexhasfin
station. A nfty-foot tunnel. on which
work stiIl continues, shows five feet Of
mixed semi-bituminous coal anf hone. ri
which the Great Northern Railroad Conn
pany Is having an analysis made.
Opportunities Cor Capital.
When II ia remembered that nickel n
worth about - cents pound. II appears
that there IL a greater opportunity for the
profitable investment OF capital IN tisr
Negro creek district especially when the
other values contained tn the ore are taken
Into consideration. The minlng claims sra
owned chiefly by residents of f.eayenwcrsh.
10 whom In naalnly due the credit Of tbs
discovery and what Development has been
done bat the work Of developing mines
in this district ard MARI citing the ores 10
a task bsYo1d their resources. which rs-
qolres 4 large investment and skilled
Yusuaxanrrrrf. Sfteh development would 20
lar 10 enhance the wealth Of this section.
which fas been erroneoasly regarded ax a
wilderness Of mountains II has rich.
broad bottom lands In ffA valleys, when
re@ara she Industry ~ the farmfr, and iss
mountains would furninh pasture n herds
Of eattss and sheep. Not ofiy viii she
mountains produce mineral. but The vHi@
geys viii pr0auce food for those who Mrs
H. Tia development of the mining snduS-
try Nould bring prosperity also 20 tne
farmer and siockmau.
One imreaiata need ~ the Completion
81 the wagon road through from Pe@flasfia
rs gfeweff. whence read rms fhlrfy~twp
miles over &,9g8-go0t w1nrnis @ ete- ElnnS
RE distance from here 70 PeyhAetsss, on
ths Great Sgrthern. y only thirteen EsiiisH.
t-sf tssers e A gap - four miles ncf Ns%n
na~a ara Fnsslfs creek which fhs Kffiifss
eonntv comm issianeTH peFesssentsT nFgihcf
- elese. although a good roaf could D.
r,a.ae over II for e ge. TftA this ROAD
hnflf. the trade ~ the paThaFtin valley.
So sneorss6erahie item. would - 20 SAL
sfe AMI the residents woai9 have loser
r4froaf ans nal facilities VIII
h.ar-..h ra.sa 80 Nero rveek. fhe Get %