The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-24

rs@ree~~ c1aar that * car Dc tracA. fr ore
sswe--sSon sa4-1uga ire Sultan basin. where
Tr0xras Iseskw0osz.s claims are located on
X over 20 SEsver creek. ard e Ire osner
tar~rsson 90 me Sank valley The edge >
sixty fest wide. and the susca where +
was discovered was framed by me water
wearing Down tie Gre between hIgd
Sye-.:a wafss- Il ear 54 seen cutting
across . lateral g1s2A TRIO the TES1n tain
sgwa-Sss TIE nor-h fork 81 the S441iA@ca-
nash. Is Course b@Sag clearly xr2eeahse
wherever tire rock - exposed On the Lne
between the BONANZA Que@n and Silver
Cor A 1unneS has been run sorsy-two f@er.
and A c-o.s--uI from Il eleven feet to-
sva-xls tie Hsl - AL IL ore. winch carries
chafeo5vr.se as=aysng - per cens- copper
ard upwards, 5esas.sS gold and silver az
serEea. sro- running 50 gold and Is ounces
silver ard black cx41e OF copper waic1a as
saws as nigh as ~ per cent. copper An
other tgnEez has been run ffty-s1Ts feet 81
n rso.nv 80 feet hyEer. and showed ore Until
il vas run 20 che side into softer material
~ath xsse Intention OF prosecuting into
fne ore again. On the Silver King. 5.0s
fest rsgrg*s wsss Of the upper Tunnel. Is an
Other tunnel wasch ssaS been driven sixty
feee in ore In tne ledge IS a streak Of
about SIX feet OF cryssaIiize5 Erae carrying
mineral. ard sith che richest streaks on
each SIDE. whlca would De taken by s-neat-
parallel VITA the Bonanza Queen on the
east are the Oregon. Sutherland. Portland
and Astorsz OF The same group. The ledge
= nearly SKY feet wi4e, With several
good pay ssreaks OF similar ore 10 tire Be-
ranza Queen and has been wei exposed
BY a side which occurred last spring above
the camp. A tunnel ssas been run twenty
fees. showing veins OF chaIcopyF.te, black
oxide ard gzleEsa- Tne gaIeaa assays ss9
ya-a ard surface ore IA ken : hove ffsa 19s-
nei assayel &c god. is ounces silver and
Is per cent copper. On a cross ledge 81
wfa.ts quartz fourteen feet wide the same
owners nave she salen. on which S9-foot
tunnel slows Two feet Of solid white iron
ore. with some copper. assaying II ounces
gold. There ara several other good streaks
beside that n the tunnel On another
cross ledge p&rai.el with the Salem Ghe
same parties have the Dixie. The hedge
Is twelve feet between walls and a so-fooE
tunnel shows vide streak OF white iron
rather less IA value than the Salem.
Il an not IN AIR. Ryaa's confidence. but
IL has been intimate ed that ne and his
party viii develop the properly AMI bu-id.
as quickly as possible. d e5ncentrator and
other mills IN this connection. permit me
20 say taat the efforts OF The Post-IntelH-
gencer 10 make Seattle a mining center
wsll he strongly supported by our mining
Interests. especially from the country
along the Monte cristo road.
As TO the Bonanza group and the dis
tr.ct. / simply wish 10 add 10 what have
already said. thai Helena ard Butte viii
not be IN Il IN the future. Without des.r-
ing 70 boom the Monte Cr.sfo and Silver
ton O striess. desire to predict that in
very few years Rutte and Helena mining
cams viii not compete wfth the districts
/ aave mentioned. which are really fr.b-
utary TO Seattle"