The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-07-09
MINES AND INNING.
The Development Work In Col
Vile Reservation.
! ys1ueAae Propsrssss IN Bssh 1hss VIII
Naks - 0sod showing - Any
A - NsrfhwssG

- aoo<x. sas q x1se ieaAinR MINING
nr~n ~ mis- country. returned ysstsfo<y
rom : fourteen weeks progec ans hesr
4nressxb the CosvfI.s reservation 1h IS
40 BE- Travelled over A.. the nor 80 S& =.
~ ehs reservation. from Tran Creek -
Tarttssh Columbia 70 the Boanfars sSfee~
rsn,Ds- The best showing hs fonHs any
~here vas At the Nascot camp, sssca 1ses
q, Z berA OF tbs Katie river upon soesH
Moose Creek In this camp. which -
on ms divide between Kettle river 80
Boundary creek. some o. sne cn.ms sslAs
On IRE Boundary ereek slope. w. 49,.
located 9 xrcsp 81 thfrtssen essins' I'D
swo u,aifs Ieexes. taking IN that way sfoas
swo miles in length ns the mineral zens
Hhss xona n About 80 feet IN width ana
rrsoa out extensively for four % ave
miles An expert who bad ae~n IN IFsH
and Boundary Creek districts ssste7 sha1
4he formation vas the same ans 'ne s1F-
So sho~sur she sarns a. Ia those tro
caerpx. and he further declared thst fnss
~xs ore Of the lzrxert propositions he nsd
seen ON the reservation. and ns mao seen
nearly AL Of them.
The Two main iesiges ~ the rzssnersa zone
ore each from seventy ~fve 20 laa Test IN
With. The claims located are me capita
BACK warrior Mxstodon. Red c1oHa. Bos-
ean. mascos. Hercules. Bald Eagle. Mann
moth. Grand Republic. Congress. kfsafsaa.
They al have q heavy iron cappsng with
large veins Of quartz running through
them. and n Is generally conceded tfsaK
flse large lodges With Iron caps make the
best mines IN the Trail Creek section A
mite northeast from the MsscUt II Whites
camp. where q slzts-foot shaft shows
Scurfeen foot said body OF copper sui
xhnrxts ard half mile east the Russell
property has fhsrfy-fuof tunnel fuu %
copper pyrsfes. Ftfteeen milss south the
ErrAks district has been largely developed
hy Spokane parties, who have made
Tort una frem their operations The Mascot
carp IL easy Of access. a stage ranning
fsam Marcus to SeisoE. wash. ~ the
mouth OF Feufth Of July creek. from
sf1trh point shs mines zrs only six miles
distant
Mr. Scott r. largely Interested ir snoho-
milan county properties. and when asked
- 10 shs comparative showsnxk Of the
Raokamish district with those in Eastern
Washington. ne said.
Eastern Washington Il rot q poor
MAS Country. The lodges are large and
Abe ore on the surface n io~ Krase. Depth
a. required there In order 10 get ore rieh
enough 70 pay Tor handling. While I am
very much pleased usth the country In
fhe Colylss reservation. ! behave there
- far better opportunity for people oe
comparatively small means In snohomIsh
and King county than there In east OF the
range There 10 no country on earth which
has the natural shoxings which these
sEo counties have. The same grade ore
eraearE on The surface In Snohnmlsh and
king counties. which L. disclosed BY naon-
- and development over there. I
an kuyprssed ana pleased al the
turn things have taken during
my sbxsncs 7 had hardly r.surned home
when parties came 20 me desiring inter-
essr In ny Snohomssh county properties.
and ! md that valuable properties have
been placed during my absence with
prominent snyessofxss