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


been carried or .n q cesaitory nszner ~
primitive methods untIl iazs vear vsasr :
Seattle company began hvs-zssisrk.lrsx On
large scale The placer god - found a
Old bars winch have eg!4errsY beer esss bs
the RIVER E1er some nzfurzI eorvufsson
burst assure i. ths grau.te bedrock ard
gave taS stream q re@ channel. far o@s0w
SsaeTe y formerly fcxed From sheSe CO
bars ne gola-nsarsng sravsl had been
washed down ~ degrees Go the river bark
and bere tie First placer mining was sons
y foehef and cradle. ofts1 ~ se1op.ng
Eae dirt from fogaows IN fae bedrock wlth
al -ron spoon Or . psextng ire gold oGt
o. assures Win a knsfe. Thomas Lack
Nooe Is sad % aave taken as much as 80
a cay oss Of one bar. tao sa-ioTs took
Se-kkN rom another "a A SINCE season. ard
Lawrence Hariscn. % Everett. roox OFT
Sl.z9 - season AZ another p0.nt.
The New Hydraulic Mine.
The largest bar q taS oi8 channel IS AZ
Horse Shoe bend. SIX mites ao0ge sultan
C.fy. and here l57 acres wsEe patented
e4gbt years ago and a tunnel was cut
across the bend 80 divert TIE stream ard
make tkAe deep fssare through which =
Tow flows accessible 20 mining. A food
cneked the tunnel and the company was
sold our. The property has now been
bought BY tire Horse shoe Berd Mining
Company. composed OF r w Browne
George 81. Stewart aud Z. NJ Bonney. OF
sssatile. VINO have pui "a a nydraul.e pant
WITH mile and half OF 6ltnh ard fiuuls
20 supply water and a derrick 70 move
large boaiders- The bar - % 20 $50 feet
deep and pays from Is 20 A. cents a yard
throughout. the best art being Two feet of
blue clay near the surface and several
str@aks Of cement gravel. The gold -
rough. in pieces worth e cents 20 s.. and
brings about 81 an ounce a. the mint.
While the present company row turns Is
attention 10 the dirt or the high bar. 81 r.
tends 10 dam the river. force II through
the tunnel and work the deep channel In
the fssure
The Little Chief Mine.
Il was Eve years ago thai prospecting
for quartz leagsa began and placer mining
took second place. The flrsf great d.sc0v-
cry was The Latte CHEZ. in Boulder can
ygn. on che side Of a peak 400 feet n .gl az
the head Of rae north fork The oufcrop
L. cliff Of copper pyrtes about 90 feet
nigh and 10 feet wide, and the ledge Is ex-
posed for 30 feet. IN this ledge are 81
claims owned and patented by ths sg.lia-
guam.ah and Sultan Min.ng Company.
which cut a trail twenty-five miles from
Sultan and put IN two Burielgh drills and
diamond drill run By steam power. A
tunnel was run f1irty-syx feet a. the foot
OF the elf, with drifts forty-five feet 70
diamond drill holes were run 10 feet fur
ther. and a second Tunnel i IN twenty
FIVE feet at a point 800 feet higher. All this
work K in ore and the body IN s. ght Is ezt1-
mated al 10000 tons. A crOss-cut has been
run go feet a. point 300 feet below tho
cliff. but was discontinued before tapping
the ore. The ore carries gold, silver. COZ
per, nickel and COBALT. averaging si2 for
al values, and has assayed as high as 10
per cent. copper.
The Rich a45v Mine.
on the opposite side Of the river are the
az and ~ groups, owned by companies
composed principally 81 Seattle and Ever
Ell people. and on which active develop
ment began last season and - being vigor-
ogsly pushed al. w.nger, under the dlrec-
ton ~ ". r. Brown. Of Everett. The first
work was done on the Dupree Brothers
! ledge. which has been traced over mile
and Is covered By four clans Ta.s ledge
crops eighteen feet wide IN a gorge wh-ca
has walls fifty feet high. and is incum-
bercd with masses OF hoat broken from
above. A tunnel has been run nifty feet
on the hanging wall. al "a ere. Another
tunnel - n lk3 feet on the adjoining claim
and shows eighteen inches OF sold ore,
carrying white iron. copper sulphurets and
ga.cna. worth about $50 gold and silver.
on the foot~au j. thirty 20 forty inches
OF decomposed quartz and taic. SO soft as
20 be mined without blasting and worth s.
a ton. Last spring operations were trans
ferred 20 the -" on which the ledge
crops ten Inches vide 400 fee; below the
summit In which direction 10 has been
traced 2 30 feet. A tunnel was driven 40
feet on the ledge. with a crOss-cut OF TWEEN
ty-lve feet and shows two pay streaks.
aggregatsng fourteen inches 10 SIX feet.
The gangue IS dark blue slate veined with
white quartz and tale. and the mineral IL
fr4q7 A
shaft was sunk twenty feet from the face
OF the cross-cUt and from The bottom an
other cross-eut was run 20 the ledge.
| Mining was then continued on the ledge.
which has widened and improved IN quail
lty. showing ruby silver The ledge car
res three grades or ore. running about
800 SO and S. respectively, n gold silver
aYa lead. The first car load ~ high grade
ore comprised fourteen tons. and returned
1865 ounces OF silver. 80 Of an ounce OF
gold aud ~ per cent OF lead. paying
81 .2zas5 over freight and treatment. One
car load has since been shipped and re-
turned about sio9 ton.
The ore = carried down the mountain BY
a temporary tramway OF hempen rope 1000
feet long, but surveys have been made for
neruanent tramways from both the 'f5''
and Deupree Brothers TO the camp. and
also across the range 20 the Everett q
Monte Cr.sto railroad near Stlyerton. \
cross-cut IS fseinE run 70 strike the -
I ledge go feet below the present tunnel and
VII tap Il I'm 90 feet.
On the Middle Fork.
Al the hessof che middle fork. on sheep
/ Can mountain. is ledge eighteen feet
/ wide carrying copper pyr.tes and gray
j conner. on whsch are the sultan Nos. and
q owned rs r. r Kruger. Robert Big
sers and A ". Hawks. \ tunnel forty
feet long shows ere al the way ard on
both SIDES. and assays show = per cent
! coppsr. So gold and s. silver. The Hard
Pass. owned BY Robert and " Ham r,
Bixgers. e on the extension of ms ledge.