The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-15

IN . storm |. he nsosnsasas and icss- He
v2s soun1 ~ . garry 81 IndsArx- stsaI
hssaiHx ire grccscus piece 81 rock IN his
hand having reec driven crxxy ~ hss sxze-
es<snes His INSANITY kn6 4essrcye1 hts
rsrosiection of fhs dezA-is 81 <ns sckiserss
sznvy ard h-< memory sssse1 hsn ~ 20 n
events r-ecedtng zis re~fus BY sne fncsane.
S.Exs ~ persisted IN his search add uas
ore Of the familiar characters us re Cas-
esess range fer many years. He claimed %
have foana enc place where some mining
had been dcne and where the ora wzs -
rscA that he coasd - the gold In Il ~ y
distance o. - feet. but he could aever And
Il ag1in o. describe the location He
prosecuted his vain searrh IN summer and
trapped In winter. wandering alone
through sse mountains for long distances
north and south Frank Ghaser. Of FL
iensburg sxnemsers seeing hzm when he
hfnsslx 49, bat BOY and knew him ~
Tacls George Hutton He was . stout
man. apparently nearly - years old. with
long. sandy hair hanging ever hi Shout
GeyB and long. ssAegy whsskers OF the
same hue- Death overlook him While he
was pursuing his quest. for he was found
dead about the year lisa. on Martin creek.
which nows into she Yakima somewhere
between Efiensburg ard tAe summit
Maktng . LEGATION.
Having discovered Q mineral ledge. the
partners each locate . claim upon II by
setting up . stake or . monument OF rocks
~ tAe point Of discovery and posting no
tkce OF location on the stake or rolling IL
up in . tin can. which they secure among
the rocks Of the monument They pace OF
% feet each way from the center Of tho
ledge and Lao feet iengthwise and set =
stake or monument at each corner and In
the center OF each SIDE Line. marking on
49, A. - -. -
way the lines run from them Pencil is
used In writing. ~ Il II less likely than
ink 70 b obsssrrared by the weather. This
work OF stalking out Q claim Is often By no
means easy, for Ii may involve . great
deal OF hard climbing and just a. hard
downhin travelling. Any man who has
been In the mountains knows that 1t re-
au.res much care to prevent ones SELF
from going down too suddenly and break
ing ones bones . few hundred or few
thousand feet below. All these little mat
ters give spice and exhiiaration TO the ex-
ercise. The proepectors. having completed
their locations. so TO the county seat and
record them with the auditor, Formally
for which the law allows them one month
from the date of discovery. They proba-
bly, take with them specimens for assay.
dug out OF prospect holes on the surface.
Prespectsss, Not Miners.
OF prospectors beg.na TO show itself. The
law requires them TO do 500 worth OF work
on each claim every year. but the year in
which the location is made does not count.
Thus no assessment work on . location
made In fsSS Is required until some time
before January /. 1885 Many prcspecsors
draw y vide distinction between their
trade and that of mining and seorn TO
burrow in the ground with tunnels and
shafts whereby they might show the size.
value and permanence OF their ore body
and make II salzbie at a higher figure. As
one OF them scornfuliy said. when asked
why he did not show up his ore with a
tunnel:
Il am no miner; | am a skilled profess
sional prospector."
Others object to working on their claims
from an instructive repugnance To the
steady, drudging labor IL involves. They
will "gouge around the surface and dig
gopher holes as they are called. bat
viii not dig down far enough TO require a
candle 40 light them. They prefer TO go
out on the mountains again and Chamber
among rocks and logs in the clear light of
day, locating more claims and putting in
more gopher holes. but will Dot 60 stead
lily to work with drill, hammer and pow
der to prove that their prospect has the
making OF q -usne In X. For there IL a
great difference between the two. A pros
pect is a surface showing OF mineral, in
which tunnel may have been run a short
distance along the ledge TO show that 1t
widsns or runs deeper into the earth or
crosScut has been made 20 show its width.
the strength OF the walls and the width of
the paystreak: or. where the nature OF the
ground precludes this sort OF work, a shaft
has been sunk on the ore. A mine Is sys-
TEN of excavations. more or less extern
sive. by which large body of ore Is de-
ar "A
he regularly mined day by day in paying
quantities. The man " hose one idea is TO
secure large number of locations no
sooner makes one discovery In a new d.
trict than he scours all over H. locating
everything IN sight The law allows him
TO make a new location on every new dis
covery. whether on the same or q different
ledge and he exercises his right to the
limit. This Is the greedy visionary. who
wants everything he can find and wants
absurd prices for II. He Is largely re-
snonsible for the slowness with which de-
vefopInent has gone forward, but h1'd
times have brought his ideas down 10
some approach to "a reasonable basis.
The Industrious Proprietor.
There are others, and many of them. 10
whom will be largely due the credit OF
keeping alive the mining industry OF
Washington When they had found what
turned TO the scene with more supplies.
paid for perhaps BY a mar who had taken
"A half interest for q gruhstAke. ana set 10
work to develop their claims Such a man
would build log cabin with shake roof
and a chimney OF bouIders plas;ered with
mud It's shape being large semi-c.rcie at
the base, taper.ng like cone. square
fue of split boards surrounding II. He
would make tables, chairs and stools for
himself and build a bunk OF boards in one
corner on which he would spread fir. ce-
Oar or s1emIock boughs for mattress. He
yn.ght so value fhe convenisnces of csviii-
xat.on as To pack a cooking stove in Sec
lions over the TRAN. Some men have done
this on zwstchoack trails up mountains
s,n1 or zoe feet high. piece Of rail-
road iron spiked to log would serve for
an anvil and a bellows. also packed on the
back. would DO duty at a rough and ready
forge In such an abode sne men usually
In pairs. bur often with no other conpan-
sons than dog or cat and the ch.yN
hunks. Will spend tho summer He cuts
traa 10 his claim. digging out steps and
leaving the sturnps OF brush for a hand
hold Ia steep places. choppSng down wind
falls to half zhesr thickness 20 make ehem
easy 10 step over. and there ne goes DAY
after day 20 bore hole into the mountain
and make the earth grudginxiy give up its
Riches. He studies inc rock closely as II
comes ogs ard knows every popularity Of
II and every foot % his tunnel az a man
graves on the tablets OF his memory rsae
Inca rents OF loved wife. He now and
then wares the uaonotory az his labor by
a days hunting ard varies MS diet with
vrasson. bear or goats rasaS. or a mess OF