The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-11

" Encdes aae Lc1 afyer. have us year
socxfeS TIA Bed and Crown gro-p az u
Claims aad are cs<ssag . tran 20 them.
swo z-1 e1e-n.H niles. with v1ew 20
working shroceA the xsatsx. TAe Copper
Crown Copper Bed aa1 Democrat ara On
rae main ledge. whseh Srers ~ least =
feet aad II enc point - feet vide between
wazls q 7arp&yry AID saale. he se3xs
matter orznx ezA<rx. though large part
o. Ike ore Is mingled With the saate. TIE
ore Is co2cTr pyr1eeS. carrying gosd sz3
st1yss. And the width 81 pay SIRE IS AccaS
f-et Chiefly % TIE hanging nal
tAcuga he raeie edge b well enough
n-nsrA-Exet % pay for CONSERVATISM TIE
soxest assay vas fes@ Per cesf- copper ard
- gcS9 s11 sE-vsr and ne total value las
run - 20 over ~ On a cross lesw@ =
feet wsc~- sAowfEx SIX <ees os solid Gre
are tie Copps- Pot sa5 rerc@r Wire ara
81 another s feet wSse saow -rE three Zee.
% ore 3 sse Hen-y H. rasle the War
scrse ard Clearwater each have aa,u, TWO
feet % ORE
The most work ard the r,osr vixo-ors
work by far is II progress 90 the Helena
groUp On The Divide hsvwesn Deer ard
Clear creeks ard. z ever there Vas n
xroGn % prospects which VIII make a
NINE this = tire one The mountains On
eotn sides 81 Deer creek are plentlEUlsy
studded with location stakes for the
mouth - vel a. FOR some distance down
Gear creek A sscny trail climbs ne
Dc nzs 70 tie Helena group q distance OF
SIX niles. with fork 20 the proposed
terminus u the t-zm~ay Ard 70 Deer
lake. q quarter % a mile above. but this
Is fast being transformed into a broad
wagon road Fair weather had favored
t1is work un-l he Gay after the writer
went ID sae creek. 50 that II ~as half
nnksnsc Il - made Oh excellent lines.
With maximum grade % per cent ana
Is being cuncheone3 al the way along.
the work being under the direction Of En-
glnee- Springer. % Everett The way
had 20 be Blasted through one -oekslsde
and powder was used 70 clear AWAY sew
e-al huge boulders which Knocked the path
sery little additional work will ee re-
CURED 70 adapt this road for the grade o.
an electric railway which the owners Of
The Helena intend 20 construct next
spring
Trip to Deer Lake.
Al present the trip 10 Deer lake Is MADE
partly ever the road and partly over the
tran. which 1nssrssc&s Il q. several points,
and raas tas Stranger has brought into
strong contrast the TWO kinds OF travel.
The Pu1cheo1sd road presents compare
lively regular surface. on which three
fnlis-an-hoar gait is easy. while the trail
follows ali the numerous Irregularities
% The ground ard requires continual hop
ping over roots. scrarsAling through bog
hoiss and climbing upstairs and 6aEfs-
stairs On steps formed by the spreading
roots o. a big tree TArrs Is 10 ANNA,
life except here and there q frog hopping
away 20 security. 3 squirrel scampertrg
I'd alos, OF tirnsd ccnsy pseping from
his hole among the rocks. On nearing
PARK McKenxie's boarding camp below
the lake. the trail passes over more gently
slonlng patches Of huekleberry and
~~s~> a
shade Of trees which wear a negligee
dress Of moss, tire trailing stag-horn va
glsry winding It's way among the roots
and over fallen logs The vine maple in
the creek bed IS atsirei I'm all the glory or
autumn tiats. from green. through bril-
liant yellow. 10 rud1y red, making TIE
forest as beautiful in the years decline
as in its budding time The last stretch
before reaching The lake IS over "A grassy
meadow inte-spersei with patches 81
h1ckieberry and moss and copssS % Alas
ka cedar. ar and arch. and studded with
pools OF translucent water with Jewels.
The lake Is a mountain gem. round as a
dollar. clear as . mirror. rejecting the
mountain ridges which ove-hang three
fcurths o. It's circumference Near its
outlet into Deer creek. A. Cleveland, o..
Monte Cristo has a cabin OF shakes which
he has named Gray Gables IN honor CO his
more noted namesake. TO whom. however.
he does rot claim relationship II the
angler-presidenf were 10 wight this spot N
hope OF sport he would be app 70 use some
expressions which would not look well IN
his next message. for. alth ough there are
fish in this lake. they are slow 70 bite
and lacking In that venturssogne spirit
which delights the sportsman. To right
and left are timbered ridges, which. while
nos lofty. are rot slow TO rise and test a
mans wind who climbs them Al the
head Of the lake the srail % the spur
comes down 20 the valley from each side
and behind them is the ridge beyond
which Martin creek takes its rise. 10 sow
around Long mountain. into the Stilsa-
guanisA three miles below Deer creek
The trip 10 the lake was slight diver
g@nce from the main trail 70 the Helena,
which works its way up and around the
mountain above The Mckenzie camp aud
In order 20 reach this tran a climb vas
taken over the low divide 20 the r.gh,
then up up and continually upward by
ianumerahse swttchhacks. by steps cat
in the earth and over a rockslide at the
foos OF steep. slcptng ridge ot bare
granite bedrock whGeh forms an ideal
route for saowslsdss and which Is crowned
BY cliffs broken into huge rectangular
steps, easy enough for a giant 70 climb.
but seraew hat embarrassing 10 a man or
medium height The trail keeps on up the
rccksiise and ends 81 the camp. hpfir
among fer Alaska eesars near the edge
Steve Brodie could easily break his foo.
head
Great Red Cliffs
Bur the Sigh "a to Be seen hsrs are above
and not below. The smooth be5rock only
crops our FOR about 80 feet a-onz the
mountain and beyond /. II a llna of cIirs
which rfwet the eye alike % the seeker
after nature's wonders AMI the more prac-
teal miner who seeks 10 rifle her treas
nres. The whole the % cliffs as high Up
ard as fa- along SIS tn@ eye can scan them
- stained every shaHe Of red. as fhcugh
the s9rfses who hauns these naoun aims,
bert on celebration. had taken rszry bar
-els II rel pzfns % the summit. knocked
n the heals sn3 poured the contents IN
sanure-ao3e streams down the hrge ersxs
He'd Is th@ prevailing eeAar 81 everything.
from he beetifng cliffs which wall IN the
corgss above 70 the more rounded surface
os The rocky knobs which one Fan fancy to
BE the zenErate5 haaales boiling up from
the great melting furnace IN the bowels Of
.ha earth beneath. This stain co-ess from
the oxi3atiou of the iron which has ever
sowe6 from he great leSgss % mineral
syerySFhsre scanning the mountain TIE
rccxs c~a1xsa forming whs, The miner
technically calls assarex q new ro=k was
ferrue5 IN fhe Hssnrss and vac charged
through al sts inte-stices with tts rich
.o38 q mineral this being named y trze
a@swwe ledge by the miner.
This group - composed Of SIX claims,
Helena ScS : and ? parallel With o,s an
ether ar3 tao extensions On each 81 elem
making an sres ssaa feet long ara i.3ss
fget ws&a. which extends through the sum-
Frss ~ the divide between Clear ard Deer
creeks The series ~ lodges WAS asseov-
erred IN fs@4 ~ Louis IS1nsi5H Thomas
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