The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-06-21
UPPER OkANOGAN MINES


2. fsss. Gus Hewitt. and Alexis 6. Broth
found a cropoing of free-rntlliaE quartz
three or four feet vide. ir waieh free goid
szz plainly visible. and located the Danny
and King Solomon on p4raIiel ieosss
ABOUT four feet apart. This country FocA
II granite and the ledge runs southwest
and noTthszss in a porphyry dixie ne
surface rock vas much dscomposeo ans
aFsssrs Hewitt and Broth spent rn1cn or
the summer IN tanning gold out OF it
and got good returns Last winter tn~S
raa cross-cuf tunnel 1i5 feet on the
Dandy. bat have 50 far been unaOie 20
iocate The ledge, ard VIII nov drift from
the tunnel for 81 On the King Solomon tas
surface rock - IN a side. BAT The Ledge "a
place has been traced for 800 feet through
four claims and a eross-cuf tunnel ls being
run and IL nov forty feet In the Nil. Ihs
Winiffed- a supposed extension or tne
Dandy, located BY c. Booth and II. r.
yennsr. has a shaft twenty feet deep on
q ledge three feet wide. On parailei
ledge Is the North Star. located by Messrs.
Hewitt and Broth and sold By them 10
George Bell and Donald Mcintyre There
was q cropping three and one-hsf feet
vide carr ing free gold, but tsn-root
shaft has shown ga.ena carrying not only
about so gold. bur copper also. With the
Stag. an extension Of the North star.
Henry Hardy and C. z. costertoD have
had a similar experience. for. while they
had q three-f0ot-cropping Of free-milAng
ore between granite walls, they ran mo
gaIena carrying gold and silver with cop
per and iron sulphurets, from which tney
got assays Of 81 10 80 gold. The most
recent discovery in this camp is the Noun
tain View two miles nearer the lake,
made by Messrs. Hewitt and Broth on
April 10. iSs'- II has a ledge OF salena
ore FIVE or elk feet vide In a lime forma-
ton running east and west with dip 10
the south. An incline shaft has been
sunk thirty feet, but no assays have been
made.
Another place where old placer workings
have led 20 discoveries OF quartz Lodges
Is the ridge between Slwash and six-MLe
creeks on the west side OF 0kznogan lake.
for the bars OF slwash creek have been
worked for over twenty ysars. Last fall
Joseph HitchEer located the Jumbo and
William Clark the +. S. on a ledge Of iron
pyrifes covered with the pFoveTbial iron
cap. IN a lime formation, the strike OF
the ledge being almost due north and
south From the decon,posed quartz at
the outcrop and from the fact that a cross
cut tunnel on the e. s. has been run thirty
feet without nnding the walls. 1, Is be-
lieved that the ledge r. at least thirty feet
wide. The ore carries gold and copper
like other pyrites lodges. This spring
Messrs. Richardson and Cameron located
the Copper Queen, and Leo simmons and
"a y. yenner the Bronze Chief. and sur
face assays from the Copper Queen gave
81 to ST. gold and 7 per cent. copper.
still nearer the town, on the point whish
divides the east arm from the main body
OF okanoRan lake, cropping OF galena
ore was found this spring by j. ". Nor
den and his two sons which was six feet
Wide on the surface and was traced for
loo feet. IL runs a little west OF north
and south line In a badly shaken forma-
ton resembling syenite. The first shot
showed up good ore. which assayed $3.50
gold. 81 silver and little copper The
Mordens located the Morning Glory with
the Jumbo on the north and adjoining the
Jumbo r.. Harris located the Hardup. The
south extensions following the ledge TO the
water's edge. are the Morning Star by the
Nordens and the Chieftain by r III. Isati-
mer on another ledge, which runs at
right angles 10 the Morning Glory ledge.
arc the Close Call. located by A. -. Pelly.
"A cousin OF the Seattle Pellys, and the Old
Iron. bought BY Mr.. Peliy from w. j.
Armstrong This ledge Is nine feet wide
on the surface and ten feet on the face of
the eliff overlooking the lake and has
assayea s. 20 xi7 silver. good percentage
OF copper and trace Of gold. Mr.. Pelly
Is driving a tunnel on the ledge In the
face OF the clin and win sink a shaft
from the bench above. He has already re
fused two offers for these claims.
Prospecting then came closer to the town
and IN December camp Lefroy was estab-
Iiahea on the hills TO the northeast with
locations reaching within one mile OF Yer
non-so near that man could live In town
and 80 20 and frem his claim every day
The mineral Is In a belt OF four parallel
lodges three-quArters OF a mile IN width
and well-denned for a distance OF three
miles The ore Is quartz carrying gold.
copper and magnetic iron. with a little
gaiena, and Is between well-defined walls
o. slate and schIst The nrst location was
the Mabel May. by Richard Shook and c.
Mliligan. who found fioat showing free
geld. but have not yet found the ledge
though they have made "A surface cut
ana are running cFos=-cut tunnel 4
piece taken from the surface on this claim
weighing 90 pounds assayed slG gold
with no copper or silver. and this leads the
I owners 90 hone for good ore when they
strike the ledge On the extension OF this
ledge 10 the south are the Carbon and the
Falcon. and on the north IS The Busby.
On the west and further Gp the hill are
the Babel and Bon Ton. which. with the
Carbon an3 Rushy. are owned by r. ".
fAamer. #. NJ Kirby. James Martin AMI
q 4 Henderson. on another parallel
ledge are the Warrior ard Maverick. owned
Is H. = parke. r. n. fatiyner and = NJ
Kirby. ana the Big =. ~ ] @ Webster
and II r. Dennison. Further west - the
? Latte Ore. by Messrs Kirby ard f.atlrner.
8 on which IS q four foot ledge the Chario-.
nv Afr nenuison. being an extension on
e. while on the southeast ss The Biua
jaw owned by Messrs Kirby and Latirne-.
with az siFhfeen-inch ledge All these
lodges arc FROM ono 20 Ave feet wide sud
are quarts CARRYING iron ryrites and gold.
3 With iittta aFeonicai iron IN scrae 81 them
while the Falcon also shows ra'ena ard
( copper. Surface ore has aszavcd as high
as SO IN Eola. though picked specimens
5 have given better returns
~ the hfls between 0kanoran lake AID
Long lake oa the east. a number Of loea-
ttena have basn made during the rsSi
Nlater ART spring on edges OF iron
ara COPPER rvrttes carrying go1a
AuseeF these are the silver Queen and
faarnay Dsr0eto. bv Simen r Or. ,hs
Aberdeen ans Countess. by Jahn Howard
ana william Appleton. The Alexander. ~
CeorEr ~ N-akins- the Sunset. ~ -aA
he@ aot , q. Williams. the Go}a King. nv
J X johnson. tAe War Worse BY y u
Barnes and WEHsn Hanet: ihe XXI. nv
= X Johnson, ana ere lark. by william
Johnson.
Atsar h,fh banks ~ nesp -~rsk. s,s,
-tges west ef oka1orBn lske ara $50 an
gae-hsif miles saughwsat ~ WeNlttsi
Causn. e nurahe~ - parallel ie89es - i~o-
ana canner nErttes ana gaiena carry ms
gels between weli~3sanrG wRils. were ass
rave-es tas@ fsa sr3 have stnre been ~.
=exHe - auurA Ss~k. on the nerth sfss
- fne errHk IS thc FRuoFs0a. ounef hs
Z. Webster. showtre a tittte free gold
Nexf cu the West t1 the f1ttje Duncan
aa-aa4 ~ AS Webster ans waEe- r.
which an eara est rye feet ssen saa7ves
ss~e aaeRNfTe fHf ounces SILVER ae4 -