The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-16

west OF north with a slight dip 70 the
east IL Is almost solid iron. with q little
copper ard hardly any quartz showing n
IL. On this he located the Emerald, and
sre edge has since been traced through
fnany other locations on extensions CIV
ing the ledge defined length on the sur
face Of about FIVE miles. John Recksnan.
although near-ssghted. discovered al out
crop OF arseEicei iron half a mile further
down the mountain. on the Chewah side,
CT which the three men together located
the Esmeralda. Mr.. Watson afterwarl
buying cut the ether two men. This ledge
was traced for five miles along the sum-
n1iE. cropping out from one 70 five feet
wide The first assay obtained was $3.50
gold, and assays have run as htgh as
Sis - gold with 3 little silver.
These discoveries brought in other pros
pectors and j. D. wynkoop. Capt Benton
and Henry Carpenter. OF Yakima, located
the Spokane on the north extension OF the
Emerald ledge. while OF the south extern
SION II. D Watson and Tony Preston. OF
Leavenworth. took the Emerald No ?; the
San Jose, Western World and Seventy-Ssx
were bought by the Red Mountain Mining
Company from different parties: the Single
Standard was located two weeks ago by
G. y. Watson and Albert Medhursr. the
Great Eastern about the same lime by d.
II. Watson, and Eve,een and Ohio by H.
Blinn, of Leavenworth. Then come the
White Swan. Rose. Rose extension. South
ern Belle, Erie. Southern Belle extension
and Olympia. which have been bought by
the Red Hill Mining Company from vari-
Gus parties. On the Esmeralda ledge d. II.
Watson located Esmeralda No. and on
another ledge running diagonaIly up the
mountain between the Esmeralda and he
San jose ne took the Northern Light. The
latter is ledge of great width, an open
cut extending twenty feet from the foot
wall not having reached the hanging wall,
and carries iron sulphsdes assay1ng s. gold
on the surface. One surface assay gave
SIS 40 gold and sl.5o silver
along Piielp, Creek.
The same formation was traced across
the mountain 10 Phelps creek the country
rock being porphyry. granite, syenite and
gneiss. all heavily charged with oxidized
iron and pointing distinctly to the lodges
OF mineral on the banks OF the creek the
Red Hill company has acquired The White
Bear and Back Bear, opposite one another,
and the Smuggler, 400 feet 10 the west.
The Olympia is on the southern extension
or this ledge. on which also Turner & Co.
took the Fourth OF July and Fourth of
July extension, while he took the Chicago
and Chicago extension. the III Dorado and
II Dorado extension on parallel lodges. In
addition TO the claims already named. the
the Maud, Snowstorm, Rustier, Beesxax,
Red Warrior. Red Ribbon and Belle of the
" GODS, the locators OF these and It's other
claims being John I'll. Miaaer. c.. N Wat
son, ID. H. Watson, DIR. G. w Hoxey, ].
W. Arthur, Camille Massey and Albert w
Purcy. At the head of Phelps basin Frank
Reeves, John Smith, Mike caliaghan. ".
A. Bower and j. Balch located the Alaska
No. and No. 2 on 25-foot ledge which
q Si,rf ,r,1fr a Lab t. =
fnineralized clear across with iron and cop
per suIphides carrying gold, silver and cop
per. On parallel ledge further down the
mountain Charles Harvey, 5. w Elliott
Frank and Gus Shaser have the Spider
and yellow Jacket on a five-foot ledge be-
tween walls of granite and diorite which
carries copper and iron sulphides and ga
lena A surface assay from this ledge. at
the junction of the two claims, shows
lead 10 per cent. silver 300 ounces and the
ore also runs high in copper though not
assayed for IL. On a parallel ledge higher
up the mountain in which there is twenty
I'VE feet of tale carrying sulphides the
same parties hava the Montezuma and
Aztec. On the line of red cliffs at the up
per rim of the Phelps basin they have the
Cobra on ledge of copper sulphide ore.
OF which they have only found the hang
Ing wall, which is conglomerate and have
traced its width for seven feet. On still
another ledge further down the mountain
the same parties together with ]. F. Bur-
rell, OF Seattle. and VI. l.. Keenan,, of Leay-
enworth, have the Red Cap ard Whistler.
At the surface the ledge was five feet be-
tween walls of diorite and granite and
had wedge OF dioriie in the middle which
ran out in the course of few feet of
cutting. The ore is rich in sulphldes and
black sulphurets and carries rich pockets
nd ar IN
stove polish. The Smuggler ledge has been
traced up the hill and on 1t Carl Christian
son has located the Standard, John ".
Miller, William Mack and Carl Christian
sen have the Morning Custer Liverpool
and Cariboo. On another ledge running
up from the creek are the Queen Victoria.
George Washington and King Solomon by
Tony Preston and John ". Miller. the
Great Northern and Great Northern Elk
tension by Turner & Co. on the Chewah
side of the hill. below the Emerald ledge.
are the Mountain Goat and its extension
by Frank a. Losekamp & Co, the Sacred
Faith and its extension; the Portland and
It's extension. by Emil Frank & Co. the
German, by Sig FrudensteIn: the Black
Diamond, Hummlng Bird, Venus and Rain
bow. by Losekamp & Co. the Black Man.
by John W. Miller, the Black Crystal. by
- Karbs. of Spokane; and the Eagle,
by William Mack and Carl Christensen.
In the way OF development not much
has been done, but work in this direction
Is fairly beginning this year. Mr.. Watson
has made a good beginning on the Es-
meralda by selling n half interest to DR..
l. L. Porter, Of Roslyn, and f, l.. Evans.
OF Ronald. for money 10 be spent In de-
On the surface they had an
fs-lnch ledge of arsenical iron assaying
81 gold between syenite walls. on which
they have sunk a shaft forty-two feet and
drifted twenty-six feet one way and
tw Give feet the other. Al depth of thir-
ty-two feet the ledge had widened to I've
feet and the ore assayed $l4 gold. % per
cent. copper and small amount OF sill
yer.
The Red Hin Mining Company. which
Is composed of the principal stockholders
in the lie Rot Company. OF Rossland. be-
gan development last November by rum
ring a tunnel sixteen feet on the Black
Bear from the bank OF Phelps creek. which
showed up a twelve-foot ledge OF copper
and iron sulphldes, assaying from $3.50 10
SO gold and silver. some picked specimens
running nearly S50. The White Swan
ledge was tracked clear over the hill TO
a width OF eight feet and a 4o-foot tun-
mel was ran on The White Swan claim,
showing arsenical iron ere which assays
SIC ia SIS in gold. silver and copper. l.
r Williams and J. G. Williams have jsist
TO Spokane from an exsmina
tfon Of the property and on their report
depends the decision as &c future develop
menf work
The Red Mountain Mining Company *
also composed Of Trail creek people. J.
u Farrell being president and {. +.
Adams secretary and the former. with an
expert. Is daily expected here on his way
70 Red hill 10 examine the property and
arrange plans for development.
The owners Of the Alaska and the Har-