The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-30
Producing Nuggets From SEQ
to 81, 900 in Value.
DISCOVERY or RICH QUARTZ.
Twelve Arastrss Engaged In Pulyer.
king the Free Milling Ores.
a splendid District Accessible by ssas
Northern Pacifie-~Aotive oper atoms
In Ali tho Greeks Of the Famous ola
District.


mining district the oldest or It's kind ia
tss state. IL last developing into q quarts
district. and side 10 side with the bedrock
kganais and ssaice poxee OF the piacefs
srs tws.sa ar2stras grinding Up free mill
lng ore. which gives good returns "a gold
TIE miners here dlffar from many OF
those ia other districts. In the fact that
they DO mot wait for SONS capitalist 20
CONS and buy Their prospects. out 20
rlsat TO work themselves 70 extract the
gaid from the ore by such primitive
methods as their means allow. They are
foFtunaae ia having abundant water 20
furnish power. tle country furnishes tzls
timber and stone for ths xrssirAs. 40
that both construction and operation are
a. the minimum eost There the camp
has the distinction OF being almosf en-
tlresy sesf-suppcEtsng. the mines prcGi4c-
ina iiis moasg sosnt in their daye.op-
n1snt and little. outside capital being rs-
eulred
But the ssauk district stin owes
ths greater part OF its wealth TO the
p.Aeers. which made Il famous before tho
discovery OF quartz. Here the gold ls
so coarse thai IL can be- saved simply
by the use OF rifles. and miners ridicale
the mention OF quicksilver. saying that
there IL not enough fine gold TO make IL
worth while. Nuggets worth 81 to 80
are quite common. and occasionally they
run 1p to hundreds Of dollars In value.
The largest Of which there 10 any record
weighed si.0o4
A Beautiful Country.
From Biswatt the ROAD to Liberty. tho
center of the Ewauk district. runs south
ward for eight miles up the Peshas;in
canyon. with scarcely rise in its grade.
The mountains on each side grow smaller
a. tho head OF The eanyon Is approached.
but ars stu clothed with pine and Or
timber, beneath which bunch grass
grows In thick tufts. its rich green being
preserved by the shelter OF tlas trees.
Tho CANYON itself 10 densely covered with
every kind OF unaerbrush, che Flpenlag
berries OF which betoken the approach of
autumn. A abort bu; steep climb up tho
mountain leads away from tie peshaStln.
near where lie course changes from east
eriy to Horthsriy and where IL Is Joined
by Fronson creek. On the narrow. Level
space on the summit OF This ridge. whieh
forms the divide between the feshastin
and the swank. a beautiful landscape
opens before the Traveller. Far 10 tia
east the slopes OF Table mountain have
haxy purple hue In the distance. Us
summit cutting OF the sky with long,
wsyy line. gradually rising from north
10 south, until a. eliminates IN a square.
faf-gopped butte. which reaches an eieva-
ton OF 400 feet and gives the mountain
fss name. Looking back to the north
and of to the west one sees endless dark
ridges eieavlng the sky, their sides clad
With dense forest. except where the rock
1uts out perpendicular at the summit
Then the road makes q sharp descent
b a winding course through the pine
land park. forming the sides OF q guieh
The timber Is tail and clear OF limbs for
great distance from the ground and
only scattered patches Of chapparA
break tho uniformity OF the bright green
turf 81 the foot or this mountain the
road enters wail-caltlvated stretch OF
bottom land. ln the center of which
STANDS a farmhouse Here the east and
west soriSs OF The S~auk auite. one CON-
ing from Table mountain. The other from
the Teaaaway ridge on the west The
way leads on through the oOitosn txi7a
or the Swaauk veley. between grassy
foothills. on which the fr IL growing
more rare. giving psace To slant pines
A few miles further on come TIE first
svns Of mining. the grsvely bottom
land being eut BY thu ditches and dotted
Nth lc< cabins Bat al these upper
nIaears have been abandoned long since.
and one PASSES IN succession Madison
Big Rtue and Iron creeks, al Rowing
from the west into the Swauk Nefore ne
frss active operations are seen a. mo
mouth OF Baasr creek, nine miles below
the sivsde Frcm there en- the hlgh bars
-, s.eh side ara being torn down BY
htfrauilcs OF are being mined on bed
sssk FOR their rich hursien % sosd. To
the lefl a short distance below Baker
ereel. the water frens John BLACKS Uame
IL pouring over the face OF clsE formed
aV the hyaraullcking OF the bar, which
h.s ,,sn washed oat 20 bedrock fer leo
fees back from ilA former face. mite
below. on the left. - long BAR run
ming 20 a point wish an even Slope anu
hrvuna thts Williams creek povrS acwa
fsen Table mountain 20 Join the sNaoA
"a a small pat, where the little soNh 81
~ - -
% log and frame ealsdings, eni u has
f.asrhs reaching Tor several miles Wp
as. several forss af Williams creek and
4ruanT the houses arc soTFs very HF&t
frame structures, On tia cF~cA tae
ursnelaal min4us operations are oesns
carried en-. TIE country hero - 81 The
ss4ua character as On the SwauS' the
halls rlSgnx tn a succession % gTassy,
nine land benches. whtch have s1cn
GRADUAL s}ope that = horse san trot Win
ease until he comes 10 the nnal ascent
or gha ridge. watch Is always very steer
aaa a wagon can he driven IN any diree-
.ian Tire Son Is rics. ard some o. ne
miners have made farms ard garden On
fhe suf-facs beneath which they are tax
irw cut the precious metals, couple
az miles from Is mouth the Nsssey ~
Williams cre~A spreads oat into fSaF
Nsffays. Ike the oUtsprcat enEers - he
hana ON the let IL Nrsigcr gasca.
where The arSt quarts discoveries were
nssEe. then cosnS the two main feTks o.
she creeS. and On the s,xat - Boasser
creek. al the scene - active mining
eaeranens. both placer srd quarts Al
sAs head ., Kruger Egich. cn wfsch me
hlisz are much sleeper than on tas man
creek. a poing tats oas On waich Il 8 tat
s,e'sssn 81 white rock. as square and sNea
as n ens BY human hands Al rs
fsrks ~ Williams creek and Boulder
e~eek corsse rran me siaes ef Take
mountain al points saaeh 90 tAs dead q
the SwauS's eaSs fork
The source OF Gold.
Tee xet8 81 The sW0gS's p'scers - 49,
Aeve4 70 have come from Table mount
an en- the east and the Tesnsway TSHse
r. ne west ard Is foQna ia tss e&TS
-h eoeer old creek caaRaslS along
t-e hanks 81 wtf,isns Boulder sna Sakvr
--eeks. ard % SwaaS creek. between
Baker ard FIRST creeks, distance q
thrze niles north saa sesth az& aaea1
sh~ Same east An3 west The country
rs,.x 5 ssnssfene an3 saAfe, Win uses
~ hasalG sna n.eFaA3EY. ~ oestr1eS q
the old channels Se4aL s-1te. VIA seA~
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