The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-03
SLATE AND RUBY CREEK.


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SLATE AND RUBY CREEK.
The streams flowing into the upper Ska
cit from the main divide near the ooun-
dairy q Wb&tcom and Shaglt counties.
which were the scene OF some OF the ear
Hest placer mining operations IN the LAS
cades. have now been found 20 drain
mountains veineG with lodges carrying
q larger proportion OF free gold than Is
usually found in this land OF base ores.
Mining began on Buby creek oy the work
ing OF the placers, but proSpecsors. as n
other districts, went up the mountains IN
search OF the source Of the placer So-o'
They found them 20 be formed o. granite
and aiorlte, cut by Lodges OF white quartz
and back slate, which carried free god
on the surface. often IN very Fsch pockets.
In some lodges the free gold continues 20
Some depth. but il usually changes 10
black sulphurets and iron sulphides. This
forma lion extends across the mountains
from Ruby 10 Slate and Thunder creeks,
and the rich finds IN the hrst locations LED
Col v. Thomas Hart. or Montana, 10
bond the Eureka group and begin the
building OF q wagon road aud trail up the
Methow TO reach them from the eastern
side OF The divide in the winter or lSal-so.
AS everybody knows. his scheme ended IN
a fiasco, but the owners went TO Work
again. and some claims have shipped out
ore. despite their remoteness from rail-
road.
The Eureka Group.
The Eureka group. which Is owned by
the Eureka Gold Mining Company, COM
posed OF Melville Curtis and others. or
Anacortes, Is on a ledge about forty feet
wsde. said 70 carry free -<old throughout.
with rich ore on the footwaA assaying
from $50 TO $500 en- the surface. \ piece
OF ore no larger than a mans fist yielded
! $40 in free gold
shaft was sunk eighty feet on this
ledge IN 1895, and in 1885 and 1896 tunnel
800 feet I'D length was run. IL Is expected
that during the season OF 1877 this tunnel
viii be continued untN the main ore body
IS struck ct depth OF SO feet.
Another famous property is he Whistler
on Crater mountain. almost a the head OF
Slate creek. owned by J. ". Romaine r.
A. Maxwell and John I.eedy. Of What
com. This ledge IS at least twenty feet
| wide and has a sixteeu-inch pay streak
carrying free gold. black sulpnurets and
iron suphides. An open cut has been
made On * and on ton Of surface ore
taken out in 1885 carried over 500. while
af:een tons shipped last fall ran even
higher The Mammoth on Benson noun
tain, owned by Ness-s. Risley and Wood
In Is one Of the claims which Col. Hart
bonded II has a six-foot ledge. tbs pay
| streak IN which carries over 500 gold and
is opened by a tunnel fifteen to twenty
feet long.
The Tip Top Group.
The Tip Top group OF claims. on Can
yon creek IS owned byJohu Young. Doug
/ las Almond. y. ~ Woodbury.. 81. s
Smith. Peter Nelson. Dr. T. y. Chiids. of
Anacortes, and JOAN Russner. OF Marois
Mount. The group has two parallel
lodges, one from twelve "a eighteen Inches
chick. from y hheh ten pounds 81 ore were
( taken In 1855 ami yielded sc 81 IN gold. a
number OF small tunnels have been run
and the surface has been stripped for
about nInesy feet The other ledge is
/ thrce feet wide and carries free gold An
I a~rastre has bean built and considerable
| gold was taken out. but = less crude meth
/ od 81 milling wsll have % be adopted In
I ordeT 20 save the fun value.
The Alameda No. I and No. ?. located
BY J. G. Phelps ard 2. F.. Nelson. IS on
I "A ledge three feet wide which makes a
fine surface showing OF free gold. TIE
Crown Point, owned by G. Carpenter. r.
( c. Sylvester. ". J. FRrrei and G. Ashley.
I OF AuacOrtes. has ledge four feet be-
tween walls. the ganEue oeing Qusrtz
mixed with black slate carrying gold ana
[ a nttfe silver. A tunnel has been run 50
feet On this ledge. showing the ore 20
improve wish depth. The Rockefeller.
8 owned NT 8CHN A1t-t. A4l}l4N4 anu James
Redal e on a a-foot iedgs wtth n &inch
nav streak some Gre taken from an open
cut in the fan OF 1895 asSayef $50, and a
shfpua1t og 3 ton made recently was
erually good TIE Bismarck group OF
four claims or siase mountain, ownat 0y
f G r. NegFuire. Paul W. Il. y and Henry
I fF4vslzasi as e. hracortes. ie on = 4~foo-
Z ledge az white quarts. carrying black sul-
( rheEe,s ard a sral proportion OF silver
AND COPPER. which essays about ~ Tor
al values zad S. shown 70 oy a ss~f79s
tunnel Gae God Coin. owned hy J. O.
PHELPS. Or Anze7rfss- re- or The West Can
( von creek side - ere mountain. Cu waioh
& are tts TIP Tep aad Auaccrtes. and has
( 81 fEcHss 81 pay urss ~ wat-H no assays
{ Save been uaase. 3Er Phelps $50 has tha
+ skgos-aua naaEer c.aln on STATS creek. tso
{ niles ahlve tse uo8-1. t1s dr. IN wgf1a
I carries coarse gold maj = worn 81 al
o2ncs.
The Huby Greek PIacers.
e-he placer mines o. Bupy creek have
+ s5een srorke1 GA a larger sca5s last gear
s seas aver before and s-fgt more extensive
one~asGoas a-e ske5y this year. The god
IA coarse. cf n3wn grade. and . founa in
less euautIelas ard IN finer particles in
s4e bars FAR lowa 1hs S&aE1t % Hamilton.
Z Z sa9uEass has been N0rktug "a ErDaD
- foelrseen claims ca a long gar FSagiur
ia height 9boye t1a water from ~ - %
asxerAl suLre2 feet 8.sh = srZaH hF-
Avzuae he last summer tc5k Gut $50 r.
ak xeexs tire uwEse-s ranEtag from Cd
erncs upwards. TIE Ol8 Discovery plaesr-
a. ths mouth gF' GarTca creek. wh}cA
Hewa snto Ra5g cseeE n&ar re head sra
On a nugnasr q igg bars &aG &rs 20 y
owned rs Erlnk Ledger 9 ss.
prank g-ssssrgeF ard S5sn Eowsey. T-ey
4 vzalEsz 8 - la1ss tsef os saE1lpsT 1r1 sssls.
about = Ens5s O. nuGle "a tEs eTs<& ss1-