The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-03

hEra a fosi for ~hsuiinx sand to market
fie certainly vaaki not create favorable
impression At FIRST glance for II the sz4-
her ana ciothseF had TO sepsDd On his
trade for a living they wouif stzrve 70
death. Hs Is one OF four bachelor broth
err who nvee together in shack On
cscar.s ranch four miles from psEsr-
port. on shich the mortgage company -as
about 20 fosegiass when Eis mine saved
him. he has sandy kszis ami staDfJ = his
ss-s. which he allows TO zroS 80 long and
no longer Unit! fortune Smiled upon him
hs wore flannel sstrT which be never
butt0ne1 In sny kind OF weather. pair
Of blue oEeraiis which hung several inches
below u9gra1f AT the Essst and Always
seemsd IT. iusnlnsnt danger OF sIFpins
down 20 hss ankles. far he wore ID sas-
r,enderx the legs thereof being two OF
three inches aufisF his heels But his
che distiug atzninx garment Was his bear
sEln coat. Ehish might have been
begnczs from hrs great-graDdfatheT- u
vas split % the back to the collar AMI
had been torn into ribbons fore aod Az
IN inuaaaerabls hunting trips. one sleeve
had broken loose a. the SHOULDER snsi fosa
no higher than the elbow. hanging over
the hand The other only remained at
taehed to the shoulder from force OK
habit Ills hat wrs a nondescript With
= brlgn hanging ilmp from axe and sheer
lately spsgue1 sp a good deal. bat ne IS
stiil FAR from being extTavagaut IL tbe
matter o. clothes. In disposition he -
a5nornlaIiy suspicious and sees an Interior
motive la aimoa. every action Ct any
other man. Al the slmc time ne Is rigldly
honest IN bis dealings and takes particular
pride IN maintaining This reputation.
In spite Of thu ridicgle Of bis neighhors
Eanhorn a. last. by hook or by crook.
rased the money TO pay the freight on his
red sand aud ne shipped Il to the sneltsr.
The returns trigmphantiy Vindicated him.
for they brought him nice little check
for about sisS a ton. lie Immediately
returned to Cedar canyon and made an
other shipment OF nine tons. which
brought him 8. 90 after paying freight
and smeiter charges This sum enabled
him to pay some debts. which had been
worrying him. and TO continue work. he
had only to 80 over 10 his dump and sack
thousands OF dollars worth Of red sand
which he had thrown away as worthless
when he began work
But taBh0rn aas staggered by his good
fortune and wanted somebody to share
IL with him. lie knew nothing about min
Ing and wanted the aid Of those who
did He could not ind a partner with
money. - he and Golden took three who
had si.5a smong them. according to the
statemen. OF one OF them. These were J.
had been running saw mill on the Col
umhis river near Frultland. ana William
A. Crawford, farmer from the same vi
cinity. who had LEI the mortgage com
panY take his farm. of these three Cam
srnn was miner or some experience and
hs took charge OF the mine in the early
months Of 1885 They bonded a half inter-
est for Si2.ha. which they have since paid.
The owners az tho same time incorporat-
Ed as the Cedar Canyon Mining Company.
with capital stock OF te1.eoo, OF which
Cameron IL president and general man
ager. Soon after.ard Hanhoru and Golden
sold their half interest to Lieut. Gov. +.
w. Luce Of Davenport. for sl2.ss and he.
with the three gentlemen named. now
owns the mine.
I he Deer Trail Mine.
About all tina. vanhorn knew about the
mineral that he had strnck was that 1t
was very rich In silver and 1t has only
been by degrees that the problem Of its
nature and how IL came there has been
solved He found a vein OF red sand.
gravel and boSlders about half way up
"a steep ridge projecting into the middle
of lateral canyon. which runs into Cedar
canyon from the west; BY digging into IL
he found that 1t pitched into The mountain
rs an angle of only Is degrees. so that
when "a tunnel had been driven DO feet
Il Was only T. feet from the surface. This
created the impression that Il was
blanket ledge. hat later developments have
led to tho conclusion that II is part OF a
true assure ledge which has either hrpk-
IN off and settled with a settling OF the
mountain. or has been heated and dccom-
posed hy the shaking Of the Time walls
as Mr. Cameron thinks For as practical
and experienced mining men came 10 study
the question. 81 was shown that the fedsc
was dcccmpnsed quartz carrying silver
Of discovery carried p ounces In the form
OF black salphurcts and gaiena. tun-
mel run 10 feet INFO the mountain from
this point showed the ore in vein one
TO six fest thick. cutting through lime and
qtartzite and pitching east about l. de-
erces. while the country formation ran
almost porpepdtculariy into the hill A.
the tunnel ran IN the ore grew richer
and began to show green carbonates Of
copper. azurite. locally called bromide OF
silver. mAlAchite. oNycsrt,ouate Of lead 20
cally oail,d chloride of silver native sill
YER IN strings and flakes and steel galena.
The fakes OF native silver are sometimes
as large as a silver dollar and thick as
tin foil. ana have al times doubled over
hammer with which rock was being
broken. The first carload from near The
mouth 81 this tunnel Melted Ssi7 IN smell
ter reiafns, the second over xfao the third
tittQ and they increased IN value until
one carload Melted over fe.Nt. This i'm
proyrmcnt IN vslacs may however be part
l. explained rs the greater care aud skin
IN sorting which came with familiarity
with the ore Az tho tunnel advanced M
hll on the pitch or che vein. the latter
grew thinner until at last Il ran oii al
together ~ what Was doubtless the crigi-
nal ouirrup.
Tn" theory as To- there hcinr ledge IN
place was confirmed when M. tunnel
was started further south. for IL MS
foand close 20 the mouth. running down
almost psrpcudscuitrly with the country
formation between walls Of lime phos-
phato and avcuite. II has been traced
for ~ feet further south and an attempt
was mad. 60 tap Sc So feet TO the north.
hsi tho tunnel was found to be zoo FAR
up tho mountain. g. the ledge quarters W
hill as u goes souihward
Whom DEVELOPMENT began on a large
scale last spring, tunnels we're ran to tap
THE ors az ave different places showing
mp tha lelgc Tor atout So feet in length
A the ledge is almost level the ore was
STOPPED cut from the side Of tho tunnels
ana the els workings were alied ia with
the waste material As work progressed
it showed tho ere VARYING in thickness
from one 20 six fect. II is richest At the
thlauest points. IS ia those points thr
lu}a has more ruiiy Stacked out The vsd
~lrd. ct which NauhoTu made she first
shipment is ths richest class 81 ore and
BE- found esther distributed through the
us-nrru or lslnE on toP - a.
Character OF the ore.
Onc ler,s'isrity u lhis ORC IS chat 20 Is
80 SOFT that uo tiaetfrg Is nestie.f Scr "
car tc easily nifre1 rfth p.-k ana -feoyJ
~ is s1 SOFT thst fnleh ~ w cruusfies In
rH- FINGERS ana the hariset p.e,eS rtr
D. nrukcr without "a hammer VS. she
rnina re,8sirvs sH r0nssrei amount ~ sae-
hg.tnE ARIA she nTr ut-sfa ~Hrh care tul