The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-07-12


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rar = sxzsr An1ze 1<rses1 tors % E1En-
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vzfus va. sox< The cane result cans
frcsa re zzzssn-x q -we-ey tons q 4tsn-
eez Treasure ere IA re rro srras-rAs
F-~o-a the Pzynzzsser fo-ty-aTs TOTS TeSs
"a. xnruuxh AuztszbE-gs srrssr-s ard
a. ru< uzv Txrense-. vf1Eze txsive tons
.-aa.~z az tire sezr7 EaEll only -paSa q
u~ss rnore shzn sxpez@@s. alEho1xn t5s
sa-ngse= sassyes 81 20 80 fer the several
lyss ard n. tsf1tngs sssayea 50 ~ rns
a~rastrA
Tnes@ failures pat AT end 20 attempts
20 treat rhe ore CT re- ground anc 80
srzrsz the stnaSd investor thai foy
tire cevelo2nsnt iaxx~1 BUT
n revived win rhe discovery snat
ne Cray Eagle ledge eEsnossd
sr-~o~- the river and was o. ev-r greater
-rsA.s .r,s vrssse s. tha. direction than On
he rlasrrr~ arst located II was mainly
20 Jake Dar-'s energy ard puck taas TIE
a.z-rsc. owe<s It's rec1ve--- He owned tns
Frseay - partnership with Joe A-DousAc.
VINO located 4 en- February g. 1ss5, and
re Saturday IL partnership with Jerry
pa66ensrte. ard SCI 20 work 90 develco
them He arranged with four rn@r %
wo-k ca The Ensne fo< an interest In &,
ard when they grew tired % their coz
tract bought them cut Then be srrang-
80 x't<h Col. Thomas Hunt. who started
and killed shs Slate creek boom. 20 put
ID certain szr monthly fer develop
nnsnt II consideration OF 4 one-ffth IN
te-est tn. when that geutie-aa1s prtn-
cspais pufle. ont Of State creek they
abandoned this aad al their other inter
ests n TIRE Cascades Then n July. 1895.
be bonded tire property 20 r. g. Tander-
foos. 60 Whafcom, who was acting fer
Patsy Clark ard others % Spokane At
81 working twanty-esgflt days and sink
rig the shaft sktrty-three feet 20 depth
cs fifty feet from the surface. these peo-
pie abandoned the deal on an adverse re-
port OF ar expert that the Gre only ran
SIS 20 $50 gold Mr. Durr snsvped five and
pc had taken out and on which this re-
port was based. ard obtained SIS ton
sznetse~ returns Then Capt. Alex G-iggs.
% the steamer City OF EElersburE. bought
the Mcdonald interest IN the Friday and
the PadEenande interest in rh@ Saturday
ard development went ahead. In all
Efty-swo ard one-haif tons we're shipped
by the carload 20 the Tacoma srne.ter,
ard tire FIRST lot returned SIS. the second
-, TIE third 80. some finely sorted
ore running SIS gold ard four or FIVE
ounces silver, ard one small lot giving
sls2 The fsrs- shipment Of thir;y>three
tons paid $50 above freight and treat
rlent. ard the returns OF the third ship
ment enabled Mr.. DUR TO pay of al
debts
After all, srneiter returns talk among
mining reu ard this showing enabled
Mr.. DUR 20 bond the Friday and Satur-
day for fourteen months from June I TO
A. r. Burieigh and others. az Seattle. who
Immediately took the work OF develop
Tnent vigorously IN hand. At the same
time the same parties bonded the Mon
FOR adjoining fer one year and began 70
prosecute work tn that direction.
This deal was either the signal for. or
colnctcent with. the resumption OF work
by other Seattle parties who were already
interested and large investments BY 9TH
ers who are preparing for work Fischer
Bros. who had acquired the Grey Eagle
group by foreclosure, sent in s. @. Dews-
nap 20 Saperfrterd work with twelve
men. The Diamond Straight Flash ard
Savage Queen have been bought by C..
X. Tanner, OF Spokane. and James r.
Hayden. tr.. of Seattle. who are ineor-
porattng them. The okanogan. Washing
x.
Jefferson and Ophlr. which are extensions
Of the main Lodges into Grubxtake gnlch.
running into squaw greek above Methow.
have been incorporated by J. w. Draa.
OF this town. and n NJ. sparkrnan, Of
Seattle. together with the Rob Roy and
BIZ Nye. two miles distant. and Develop
msrt "a 70 begin this month. The Schulz
group on Blue Rose mountain has also
been Incorporated bv r. A. cnesrev. OF
80 -
Mclean and J. n. Tenke1, OF Spokane
as the Scuaw Greek Mining and Milling
Company. and e 20 be developed Tire
Hidden Tree sure has been sacorpora ted
by James West. who also owns the Co
fsmbia ard who has put seventeen men
20 work ur5er direction OF william Yunk-
Ter. formerly o. Seattle The Highland
light has been bought by NJ n. Ballard,
r. n. Black. ]. A. James ard L NJ
Palmer. who havs Incorporated and are
expected here IN few days 20 arrange
the beginning 81 development. II Is un-
asrstood 20 be Ir. James intention 20
overhaul the stamp NIL. put in more
warmers aai rur Il under the direction
Of 4 competent nslliman. There are now
ever nfty men working IN the mines at
wages. ard ffe prospect Is that iris num-
hrT vii se dossh'e5 within a month. The
failures n treating ths ore have turned
attention 70 ire application cf IRE cyanide
o. some ether rercolatfon process 70 the
ore. ana theve Is good reason 20 hope
that some method % economically treat
inr re ore on the ground viii soon be
evolved.
The Friday ara Saturday.
The property which shows --c~t s~vel-
cruenf 81 far 80 the Friday ard s.trr-
Cav rrouo where tvgen-y-xfr men are now
employed n three eirht-Aour shifts.
The nfr~z are fa< ~ the .ise OF a steer
mountain facing the Meshow from the
north. ard curvinE inward enough - isav.
roo-a for small Fat or ths river bank,
where ne camp IS heated. wr DI,r-
brgsn work b. sinking = shsft from ire
outcrop asatns; ;he hanging wall. newt -
which = three hn3 aue-haif feet ~ sha'e.
ana q, = feoth - aftv feet frfffsA agsv
feet west and ninety fess east IN SEN
tsFuhsr. tssA he started a tunnel and ran
z 10 feet . : poiat below the west driff.
then uats ~ unralse connecting Il with
ths shaft which was thus r-ade seventy
sight feet eeep. Hs = now sfnkfrw =
double compartment shaft 81 TIRE foot
val whfss 3 row down 1s.v-rv~ ZEE.
= shows tSfst thr issre STEER nltchf--
Ss's degrees rorth ~ the w-7rsaes e
strsixaten'ng ~ ard = now almost re--
0eHzicaisr- AZ he work e IN 90 a--s4
SHOWS the ledge - ~ f~~rra s-,r~fss-, =,
t~eFysy-tva fnet wffs we'f rline~s 'fvss
- sslrAtfsS sn8 HACK ss1nhu~ess pve~v.
wh~Te saewgur When ne sNast reaches
q tepth - - fsss Hrsfss wffl - rsr~ f.,+p,
WrRvs. ewf efnSt~w VII - -srft~tsrs f0r
$50 Sate~iav there a~s a fu~res SCI faa,
c~0ss~cwtsine 80 'ea5 " Airf - - the Sans
$50 sn6 wrAs@ ss IN ere r-faav. hns a
s'rift Nf'v feet which - hAsr1E cor slYis.s4
There ars saseat - tors 90 serans-sr-s 20
ore on tAe fawr 81 tNe tao Fn5me~ ~vs~.
rsnw aoes7t 80 snf a quartitv ~ first.
~-sf'e CO = Sacke6 rwsftv r1~ srinr~e1t
" ne ere naa 20 - sake. Across the
river IT a Tnrhaat ard shr water Ngs
Nssr 90 AiwA z~s6 IRE eHr~ens eos w-~s-a
- tNe lAss seeN. sssnFrnwt has t.ee- s+,r..
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