The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-06


difion Of md and carrying some free gold.
a tunnel has beer run thirty feet on the
ledge near the summit and another is IN
l1G feet al point 1e4 feet below, striking
a tHenty-six-inch feeder Assays have
run from $40 TO SIS, gold and silver, the
highest being slos gold and S.. SILVER. am
one sack shipped TO Tacoma returned SIS
10 the ton.
Half way up the mountain. running
along lis face ard dipping into i. J. II
Topping. OF Seattle, has located the Top
ping on a six-foot ledge Of ore partly free
milling and partly concentrating. Two
assays showed $50 ard ST gold, s23 and 50
silver. An inclined shaft Is down thirty
three feet on the ledge and Will be con-
tinued til winter sets IN and tunnel has
been started 10 cross-cGt the ledge 1slos.
On the same ledge Mr.. Topping, J. A
Johnson and Mrs. J. F. Cummings, al OF
Seattle. have the Auboy. On another
ledge running from gap IN the mountains
west of I-i-ass lake across the head Of
Gle Elum river 20 Granite mountain on
the east the same parties have traced a
ledge OF sulphures ore between granite
and slate walls, OF which they have 10
Gated the Prince, Millionaire. Johnson.
Murray, Ola Virginia and I-i-as5. They
are now starting TO tunnel on the ledge on
the Prince.
Raid Eagle Lode.
One OF the greatest surface shovinss 3
on the Fish Eagle ledge on the south side
OF Mammoth mountain, overlooking Scat
ter creek. This was discovered in 1876 by
James Grieve. who located the Mammoth
and thus gave the mountain its name. II
is a great outcrop OF copper ore stained
red with oxidized iron. blue with bromide
OF copper and black with oxide OF copper.
The original location was not he'd ana in
fsa2 il was relocated al the Fish Eag e
by Mr. Grleve, who sold one-halt inter-
est 10 the late Mr.. Churchill and Keith W.
Dunlap. OF Yakima cross-cut tunnel
has been driven c62 feet 20 tap the ledge
al a depth OF 100 feet and is expected 10
strike ii in twenty-five or thirty feet
more.
The King Solomon. after many vicIssi-
tudes Is row in a fair way 20 become
producer # the experimental snelter
erected on the ground proves success
When Mr. Hawkins had located Il as the
Centennial James Grisve bought one
eighth interest from William Wilson and
did the assessment work unaided for sew
eral years. The claim was then forfeited
and lay open for three years until 1885,
when Mr. GrIeve told ?. A. Stanton and
Wallace Atherton OF II and advised them
10 take It. They went up Scatter creek.
where there was no trail. but missed their
course. and instead of continuing up the
the sawteeth 10 the south. Mr. Stanton 8
mare lost her footing IN crossing rock
slide. rolled down the mountain and broke
her neck, her rider having a narrow es
cape. They located the ledge as the Black
Diamond but abandoned Il and 1t was
finally located in 1889 by Mr.. Grieve. with
whom August Sasse. of Cle-Elum, and
Keith ". Dunlap, of Yakima. have be-
come interested. iney have been push
ing development pretty steadily and now
have force OF seventeen men on tho
ground. The ledge is white quartz be-
tween granite walls. running north and
south and is fully eight feet wide. 1t car
ries galena. antimonial silver and gold
with a trace of copper, and will average
$685. mostly In gold. Assays of the rich
streaks give $50 gold. 60 ounces silver. -
per cent. lead. A tunnel was first driven
300 feet from the summit and is now in
1870 feet on the ledge and an upraise has
been made for % feet. from which the
ore will be stopped out for smelling, there
being sixty tons on the dump.
AntimonIal silver.
On the north side of King Solomon peak
Mr. Grieve three yearse ago discovered a
ledge carrying galena and antimoniai sil-
Yer eight feet wide and traced it leo feet
down the mountain and over the summit
towards The King Solomon. 1t crops out
at an angle Of 30 degrees. forming the bed
OF gulch from which its granite walls
stand up perpendicularly 100 feet on each
side: the decomposed quartz having been
worn down by the snow and water. which
could make little impression on the gran
tie Here Mr. Grieve took your corre-
spondent ard, tying rope to snarled
tree al the head of the gulch. led the way
down along the outcrop, hanging 10 the
rope with one hand and to any foothold
he could find with both heels. the writer
following. Mr.. Grieve cut few steps in
the surface dirt and then went TO chipping
off pieces of gaiena and antimonial silver
ore with his pick He would have liked
the writer to trace 1t all the way down the
gulch chipping off chunks he went, but
being assured that further demonstration
of thc presence of ore was unnecessary,
he ended his researches. A tunnel has
been run in fifteen feet on the ledge, but
II is intended 70 start again lower down
IN order 10 avoid slides down the gulch
and TO drive cross-cut tunnel 900 feet
from the west side 10 meet the King Solo,
mon. as this Is believed TO be the main
ledge IN the group On an eight-foot ledge
parallel with the Silver F'iend. and carry
ing similar ore. Messrs. Grieve. Gassman
ana Dunlap have the Humbug on which
fhcy arc turnelng. On the next gulch
east or the Silver Fiend Messrs. GrIeve
and Sasse and Mrs Churchill have the
Last Chance on a six-foot ledge, carrying
gold lead and plumhaRo. assays giving
81 90 IN gold. A cross-cut tunnel has been
run thirty feet and A shaft sunk twenty
FIVE feet on another ledge parallel with
the silver Flsnd John Stewart has the
White Star. discovered three years ago \
tlnne1 Is being driven on the main ledge
and IN the twenty feet Il has renetra "a
has shown six feet OF ore similar 20 the
Silver Fiend with several feeders.
\ Test smc ter.