The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-01
CEDAR RIVER DISTRICT

ne main trail. The other route. howsver.
= fjktie used. and the sraii - not ensy Tor
stsanoer 70 ind The slide 10 not Iou9
Dast whsa high bun. known - Black
CystAi poans. = encountered. and around
the face 81 this wAy has been made By
cutting out narrow ledge ana buikheai-
ine IN extension vfsn ssmbers covered
with Gravea and dirt Then the valley
spreads wide. clothed wsth timber ara
thin undeeorusn and 50 continues for
three nfiee 70 the mouth of Bear creek.
total Distance Of six miles from the end
o. sns road and twenty-three miles from
North Bend. Al thfs point ihe trail forks.
ia2t 20 the right leading 20 the May Ear
hart mine and TO the claims further an
Cedar river. that 70 the left leading 70 the
Brown Bear and to the Gan Jose group.
The hardest travelling 10 over the two
msiss from the Brown Bear 10 the latter
group. Tor the trail 20 sooner crosses Bear
creek thnn It Begins the ascent OF noun
tain and continues 1t for over LOO feet.
among tall timber. over ground almost
6Are 81 brush and 70 thsckiy covered with
M needles that II II not 4psy to pick out
the way. A. last the trau comes to q
level again and with short but rapid de-
SCENT again strikes the creek where the
camp stands on its bank. 370o feet above
sea level This climb il made necessary
b. the rapid descent Of bear creek around
the mountain and by tina almost perpen-
dicular biun turned towards Il. leaving
no room for IN easier grade. Bun a wagon
road somsvhas longer but with more
practicable grades could be cut along the
opposite banks Of the creek and wind
around TO the camp. provided there were
funds enough for ssdehsIl grading At few
points.
The Mineral Belt.
In this district mineral best was found
20 extend IN = northeast and southwest
direction for several miles Up Cedar river
ara Bear creek from the confluence OF
Those etreams. In lSbl 4. B. Robinson, p.
=. Mslis and Harry Earharr, found broad
setSe eroDpkng on the right hank of Cedar
river, hslf . mite above the mouth Of Bear
creek. on which they located the May Ear
hart. and IN extension In each direction
SHERRY AlcEroy. W1itsm and James Irv-
ms eno T. b. Robinson went three miles
TURNER up che rsver and ON another ridge
located The ChriOf;na and three extensions.
bstween khese two lsdgss Sherry McElroy
and William Irving also took up the oriois
and Brsdal Vel. In lisa Il. C. Ives. Fred
Turner and J. NJ Hamilton traced tho
strike OF the May EaFhar, ledge across the
low hin from Cedar river and found II
cropped again on the ief. bank Of Bear
creek They located the Brown Bear and
the Cub. now s1ae Eureka, and then contIn-
ued prospecting up The creek and around
the mountain towards Bear lake. which Is
It's source On the bank OF the creek one
and one half miles below the lake they 10.
GATED the San Francisco on . ledge crop
ping OF pcrphyry m-nerakzei with pyrites
ana took the San Jose and other claims on
extensions up rhe creek. This year pros
pectinx was renewed BY L. Lewis. who
found three great lodges OF free milling
quarts cropping up and down the motuR-
an on the right bank Of Bear creek. half
a mile from the San FrNnclseo group.
The May Earhart Grouy.
The Nay Earhart group Is ready TO ship
ore as soon as the road II extended to the
mouth OF Bear creek. whence the owners
VIII extend II half = mile to the mine. Mr.
Robinson bought out his partners soon af-
ter the locations were made. and last July
organized the Robinson Mining Company
with himself as president. II. c. Boilons
as vice president. z. l.. Drew as secre-
tary and treasurer. and J. VI. Dawley as
consulting engineer and superintendent,
the capital stock being $500 900 In 81 shares
Tho ledge has been broken over on the
surface. 50 that IL lies almost nat. crop
ping out on the river bank to great width
under an Iron Gaping, and il in a con-
tact between granite. and syenite. The
FIRST work done was to sink shaft In
which the width OF the ore was seven
feet. AS thu accumulation of water caus-
Ell trouble In this shaft. tunnel was run
eighty-nins feet into the hin, on a level
with the top Of the shaft. and diagonally
with the course of the ledge. but over the
top of the ore body. This shows the ore
body TO be fully forty feet wide, with no
hanging waH In sight BY advice OF Mr..
DawIey. work WAS resumed on the shaft
which Is now down forty feet and shows
the ledge 10 have Strengthened up. The
ore Is copper and iron suinhides, with a
large proportion OF silver and conner
NO. y nj kAt< ~f a
contains a large quantity OF hornblend
carrying gold, the gangpe being porphyry.
easy 10 mine. An average OF four assays
made from samples taken from the dump
gave NLN gold. ~ ounces OF silver AT
that time the shaft was only down six
teen feet and there were rs tons on tho
dump. from which Mr.. Dawiey says thirty
tons could be sorted averaging slOo a tom
since that time the shaft has been sunk
deeper on the footwali and Is all the way
In high grade ore. which continually i'm
proves In quality with depth Assays
made at various times during operation
have shown much higher values than
those made by Mr.. Dawiey. but the COM
rany Is content TO rely upon the moder-
ate results he gives. There are about 800
TONS OF ore on the dump. OF which about
one-foursh Is or high enough grade TO
ship whenever the road is extended TO the
mine.
The Brown Bear and Eureka. on the
north extension OF the May Earhart ledge
across Bear creek. are now owned by B.
e. Ives and others. The ledge cropped out
en the sEsieh.A with only four suches of ore
on the surface and a two-snch s{r-nger
twenty feet distant. which IS making for
the ledge A twenty-foot shaft showed
the main pay streak 20 widen 10 sixteen
inches, and a ten-foo< sslar, sunk sh.s wear
GA the feeder showed IL 10 widen to eight
inches. the ore neing az the same c1arac-
ter in every respect al that taken from
the May Earhart shaft
The San Jose Group.
The most development work IN the dis
tire. has heen done on the San Jose group.
now owned by T. r. Townsley and Others,
and perseverance, IN fhe face Of many ais
ccura gcments has been rewarded this year
by the discovery OF a large body OF ore IN
tire last tunnel. The man ledge crops out
on the righs hank Of the creek. ON the San
Francisco. and running across shows rsY
again on the other side and runs au che
mountain dsagonsliy from tire i~es bank.
the extension IN this direction being COW
cred by the san Jose. Eta. Frederick.
BROOKLYN and brooklyn extension, wse!la
ssse Los Angeles II on a blowout on the
rfvht hank ado. ming the San jose. Tv,e
ledge MASTER Is pornhyry and IS forty feee
VIDE v-siere Il shows up IN tie solid gran
s,s fcSsnasson on fsae san Francisco. ami
th1 orc carries iron and copper sulphass.
black oxide or copper carrying gold ard
silver The course Of the ledge IL ahos,t
northwest and southeast. With a pitch OF
g. degrees cast.
The first work done was on the Ice
Angeles. where a cruss-cu, Was run a.a
feet through the granite. showing one ore
body eight feet wide and number az
<sriHger< ranging from, cnS q, .s-Ns