The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-17
4 MINING REVIEW.
Progress Made in This State
and the Northwest.
TRAIL CREEK AND MONTE cR.sTo


The New York Szz 8. Ap-E = contains
a concise ar1 interesting s-S1cse f-on >
s@attEe eorrs<ports-x ABORT the nslres CT
thss state. Alaska ard ne So--1-es< gsz-
orally. TIE srrscis 1ollszz-
TIE stampede q Esl1@rs z11 Frospec-
tors. which tegsn TIE latter part q jan
-A-v croyz tzss part s-zH confines reach
ing ifs zrezrcss food ten Gays ago. rser
Eve STEAMERS and three sailing Tssssls
Quilted here. carrying away lss god
seekers hcznd mainly for the Yzko- an
Cook zzssz- This early movement to The
n1-1a IS made necessary by the saorl sea-
sons. esp~cAaTy 2I1g the Yukon. xhere
the working period does 10. exceed three
months ext q the rEsiTe. Nearly Or cEz-e
i-se rsi1ers winTEred 1sar the Arctic CTR
Gle ard fGlly as many Eors are z0x On
the trails with their dogs and hand sze6s.
beading towards the rctnss. while -Ssa
more are taxing their chances al Cook
Inlet and less remote points By zns first
o< June fzlly s.ss ziH have hsen ADDED %
the gold seekers Of ALASKA. 5ot The eo1a-
try oe2zg SO vast II VIII readily absorb
them Ths9e Is 10 longer question as TO
the extent and richness o. the pszcers.
no- the magnitude and pe-usaneney cf the
quartz le6<e<- 4 large proporri0a az those
o-t1tte1 here this spring have manifested
their fa1ta II the country By laying in
provisions enough 10 supply their wants
for from one 70 three years
But there are other sections fully as
promising. IN Washington and British
Columbia Along the southern boundary
OF the queens 6oznlaio1= American Mn
e<s have invaded the country The Amer
sczn miner are almost in the majority
IN the neE districts OF Tran creek. Boun-
0Ary and The ko-oteray. where TIE great
est mineral discoveries have been made
within the past three years. and where
fortunes are being rapidly accaM Giafed.
In Tran Greek district gold pret:crni-
mates. and the lodges are large and Of good
grade The output Is steady and extern
save, and really market has been found
for the desirable ores On the American
side OF the line. The transportation IA
c.Ittes have been inadequate TO meet the
output q the mines. bit these are being
rapidly rernedied by the construction Of
new lines OF railroads and TIE building
Of a fine feet OF steamers The mines
have paid from the grass roots 20 dsspSr
developments. mining has not been = lot
terry in any sense. and times have been
comparatively good and money more
abundant than IN most new mining dis
rie;s.
Spokane has been wonderfully benefited
by its proximity 10 these mining districts
and al traces OF the panic Of lssa are rap
idly being oeiiterated- Spokane has be-
come 10 Washington what Denver is ID
Colorado. or Salt Lake IS 70 Utah. live
and progressive mining center. With a
grand fGtGrs before il II the central por-
tin Of Washington, IN the foothills. Of The
Cascade range, is one OF The oldest mining
sections OF the ssate- i embraces the
Sq1ak and Peshassia districts, near the
town OF Ellersb1rg These district. have
been steady gold producers for twenty
years. the former as placer. the latter as
a quartz country Several hydraulic COM
panies ara operating n the Sossak placers
with good results, The gold being mainly
coarse 1Eggsts IN value from 8 10 $49 In
the Pesnastln the Blewert Gold Mining
Company Is operating twenty-s1aup mil
and Is introducing the cyanide process this
spring In addition TO the mil several
arasiras are running On free milling gold
ore. These two districts are easily aces
sihle by the Northern Pacific railroad. and
are surrounded by al excellent agrieuI-
turzl section
North CT Peshastsr, along the line % the
Great Northern railroad, are the Weaa.-
chez and Negro Greek districts. whars
placer mining has been conducted for sew
e-ai years past, and several nickel mines
are al present il process OF development.
South of the SQGak oear Mount Rainier
Is Summit district. where gold Is found IN
the aorife-ous soil and in the Lodges II Is
Al extensive district but little prospec,ed.
bat the gold thus far beng free In char
aeisr makes il very desirable.
sun further south and west os SUNNI,
district. under the western shadow Of Pat
Bier. considerable prospecting has beef,
done the past three years by Wisconsin
prospeciors, who have made a number or
important discoveries OF gold, copper. 81
yer and lead Several hundred loca ti1r,s
nave been made and considerable Develop
ruert done
In the Cascade mountains northwest Of
Seattle, about sixty miles from tide wata-
and good deep sea harbors. are some of The
largest copper lodges yet discovered on th~
comment, as far as surface groupings ard
l513cAtloas show. This copper extends
along the western slope OF the range. and
Is traceable for thirty or forty miles the
le1gss beng exposed in the canyons by ero-
SION and by slides in many places. This ora
carries from TO IS per cent CONFER r.
sides considerable gold and silver asssvx
running from s. to 50 in those metals ne
.As @ frequent occurrence. Las fall a
true assure vein. 20 feet In wsatb ard
traceahle Ter 3,sa feet. was dis,oys-es -,
the head waters Of Becker creek Ten
miles rom the Great Northern rasiroad
TIE walls are granite and slate. ana rhs
yeia Is the strongest n the No-thwsst
me trout creek copper mines. embracing
sI0-p q twenty-s4x claims, are in tho
same neighborhcod. while further wss- a,s
north. In the same copper belt arr rhs
Lite Chief group. owned by q Nanches
yer tEngs7ac) company which are hslnv
developed. with thousands Of tons n ss-h,
and millions in value exposed Al Silvsr-
to'. on me same belt, a number OF ir,uo-.
taat discoveries have been made ara ron-
siSer1hle DEVELOPMENT work Is beinv so-,s
ne Inc OF the Monte Cristo railroad n1akas
this portion OF the COPPER bel, aro<s~st,,.
% t,1e water. as does the Great Northern
re b-ckier and Trout Creek COPPER mines
a COKE can De obtained on Puget sound
Tor about $ or 81 ton. and coal AZ -,,,rn
4tSs price. VITA al the faxes equally rhes,
- accessible. ihs question Of reducing
ife copper Is easy q solution.
The hydraulic mines along -ha r-,.sr
have been in operation for the n,s- -
Gays having begun early in order n avai,
themselves OF the learge amour, OF va
tsr lreoncsst y the melting SHOWS Win
ne NtN YORK CrcdserS ecrauin- the 49,
'9ln o. ne stream, 70 say nothing ~ .ha
primitive rocker and sluics Of .ha $3.50
n-ner, Fraser river this year an -.
oaee more gold than 4, any tina ga
the famous stampede
e C8rhco sn3 CaSsis~ 4z,,o-,.
=. - Na3ea have produced their tens
o. nAnons. are being ras,rvera.s-5 r.
same ulay Be SAID % TIE C-,,sra,,, ,,.,-.. -
20 me nortA and west az TIE Ca-,h-,, 49,
Ie-'efs sTd miners started into thgs ~o,,-.
Et N January on sEowshceS IN sr,f-s-
a. ne crowd tAst Vas 20 follow a-,s -
ItNlF - gold dust i finding is 49,, 80
% ne banks. The first shipment ysas "a
rFy fapsF advance meat Is looked for .,
1'..-'sS q TIE western Slope OF the Cas-
CAGE range n Western Wash,r-.r- -
Everett Sme-ter COMPANY - - tae
~ lpfA syndicate. aesdes ~ Jozr 7,
= Sete.ler Charles = C'osev a5s ,bs -:
e"'sA.e hoyi are owners. Nas sass -
at NIitF say tAe GOT strucs5or AZ a $500