The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-07-20
HINES AND MINING.
Report of Further Progress on
King County Claims.
WORK AT HEAD or CEDAR RIVER
steady D~vefsp9ess I'm the bear
Lake Groaps-operstfens Pro-
eees Ind<r DiMc s1sfes.

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e tzs Cedar river zE1 Pear AXE are
ssErw xs1Esy tzt surefv sewefoSagz Dw rser
wko hrs themselves eszz 70 SIMMER tine
- obsssn money nth raseh "a zsvesoo
tnAs~ claims 81 ~intSr. sad Herbert :.
T-2s@r. % tbs city. yesterday. Mr. Upper
has s1xs rr-arz~a from sas-- trip 20
- regson q which ~ S2oxe. rs ~.
her@ las Wednesday a-5 arrives a. Ire
cedar lakes sha sane night From tae~.
rs tr2verssz me surrounding eoGzf-y %
3 po1y. Soszx s-s- - the Szn Iese group
On Briz< creek II the caryc1 Al taz.
yofnt he s01-1 SIX feet % xasw-
Il was c8TSo8s 70 see VIA Was hang
Soas n mining IN King e5a1fy.r ssI1 5f-
I-soe-. sszzd f0gad that considerable has
been ACCOMPLISHED En5<r 6issezlfses- I
vas SURPRISED az tAe number o. rusa on.
prospecting. nost Of faesn being poor.
They are ret able 70 % msch. as there
ara no transportation facilities. ard they
are obliged 10 PACK their st1E tZsrty-
three niles IN szd on TIE ore rms
from p 20 g Or 81 pr ton. the ssst assay
being rare. Consissrinz ne size q ia=
district. really very hftl@ has 5esz pros
r@stea. An example u tke careless man
nsr IN ahIch the zTs2na has 0%s1 cav
sred Is f0gad Is the leczt0rs Of the Orssl
weeks where the AayearnsrE rnlne vas
sftsrx2rd ioezte-s-
In the Sar Jose group there are three
t8zze.s. the largest. Do fs@< long. being IN
the Los Angeles nains. This claim Is CIV
ing better results fhan any other. a1d
taere Is plenty % ore IN sight. besides 4
quantity on the dump. I: IS not q an
extra high grade. bat shsre Is so mach or
i 20 be easily nninei that II Is paying
proposition.
- lEst1e below that on sfe upper waters
Of Cedar river and tweafy-three miles
southeast Of North Bend IL shs Naysar-
T7-t mine. II has a tznnei running II for
seventy feet. and Tie ore IS showing %
vel They are now sinking a shaft d0wn
t~sfve feet. ard have a vein four feet
wsae. which iaersases gradually. o7 The
6rsnp there are forty soHs of ore. The
chief obstacle TO the present success %
this nine lies in is Enclosed situation.
There Is no way Of getting the ore out save
by packing over a trail
A little above TIE mine last mentioned
- the Ogies- II IS Owned By tao young
fellows who have ran Ia tune, for 10
fest. and have ser5 good prospects. Near
there en- Girniet creek Is the Alice e.
nine Il has a tunnel run forty feat in
through the solid rock and a cool vein
which can be traesd on the surface OF
has been struck. TIE Victoria claim has
onsy a tunnel OF seven eeet. There is
pzy streak OF ab0ar fifteen or twenty
Inches. Across frols that Is the Elizabeth.
Which Is also showing n good vein.
At Bear lake Is l0catei the Christina
-zsae. having a ledge three feet vide.
They have tEznelei in for about fifteen
Fee, and * makes a good showing Be
ieE the Christina 80 Bridal Vel falls is
mine named after the faax. ani the
vein seems 70 run in ua1sr the watex.
The ledge a three feet Hids and has been
tannele1 in for twenty-thrse feet.
"A, the summit of the Cascades. 1850
feet above th- pass are the Emma. an
extension 70 the Emrza and the Great Re-
pabilc mines. They look well but are
undeyeioped- The Commonwealth, in this
same locality. has a gunnei afteen feet in
and \ great quantity OF ore Is In slga;
This side OF the summit, az about the
tweaty-snile post. Is the r. mine. THE To-
Gators have tanneied IN for twenty-ive
fset and have a vein five feet wide with
pay streak ten inches wide Another
mine showing I'D well Is the r. r a
a little above North Bend. on Mount
p. number OF claims have been recently
fled. some being hsld by Seattle parties"