The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-06-20

z horse tra9 was made up the GEEK to
the basin in which they are situated. Sew
erai experts have been in from time 10
time ard an ga that the ore would have
10 be treated on the ground The low
value however, deferred them frcrn TAX
ing hold ar first but now some Spokane
mining men are 10 commence work az
once and large quantity OF supp les has
been shipped 20 Stehekfn. The stehekan
Mining Company Of Spokane was organ
tied in Spokaue last fall. ard John Black
burn one OF the members, has made ar
rangements &c drive i i5a-foot tunnel.
work on which viii begin shortly. cos-
" Z. Lsnsley. OF Spokane. has bonded
five claims from ]. II Horton and ].
ScheUyeaulle pronounced Shy-er-lsa-thls
explanation IS necessary and these are
also 10 he developed. Fun particulars of
the last named deal are not yet ID hand,
as II has only just been consuramated-
afessrs. Norman * Norman. Of the same
city, have also been investigating this
field, having sent IN Lane g. Gillian 10
examine and report on the properties
The result is stiH 70 De learned
Fourteen miles from the Stehskln Rail-
road creek enters the lake, running
through a deep valley nanked fy high.
rough mountains Its head and that OF
Company creek converge considerably,
and twelve or thirteen miles below trib-
utary called Holden creek joins the larger
stream. IL is some four miles isng and
rises under high divide, and this ridge
alone separates Holden and Company
creeks. Last summer J. II. Holden OF Sc
attic. was prospecting in this section and
be made the greatest and richest md of
ore that was ever made In these parts. or
perhaps anywhere else in the state. He
found thas the great veins on Company
creek crossed the divide, ran a ong the
nsountain side parallel with Holden creek
1,-a4t
Of the mountains on its south side. The
ore remained of much the same character
most of the distance. but in one lace. not
over $50 feet above the river, Il changed
abruptly and formed what Expert Finn,
of Rossland. pronounced the greatest
surface showing ne ever saw"
A small stream from the melt ng snow
above crosses the ledge here and has
washed it clean. and the mineral can be
seen eIittering under the water. The vein
is about seventy feet wide. The ore is OF
several different characters. ana lies in
ribbon form. and the actual width in sight
IS over forty feet. The two most yalua bic
seams are nine and eight feet respectively,
separated by large body of lower grade,
and these assay s51 gold. silver and cop
per the latter predominating. al giving
the high average of Is per cent. Every
part OF these claims will pay 10 work. as
their position Is so admirable and. in addi-
ton to these two seams. there Is a great
body Of good concentrating ore. some 3
feet in width Many samples taken from
every part of this ore deposit lave been
asSayed and the results were as follows:
81 to Slo.2o in gold. 21a to 10 per cent. cop
per and one ounce TO sl7.-e silver, reck-
oned at 63 cents per ounce.
Afr. Holden located three claims. the
Minnie. a. NJ II. and Irene. and then
opened six or seven cuts. exposing ore in
ccived. he returned TO Seattle last Deem
Der and his property was snapped up 1T
once by a company of rich Chicago CAPT
ta|ists. they securing an option on Ii and
paying good round sim of me ney down
10 bind matters. The exact a mount in
yolved is at present withheld. but 1t is
known to be very large. Repre- sentatives
of the company will be here about June %
aud then fuller particulars may be OBJ
tanable.
To some it may seem that the above de-
scription Is too great 10 he be ieved and
that 1t is overdrawn. but the contrary is
really the case. II is an extremely care
ful and conservative account. and the fig
ures. excepting the assay returns fan
away short of the mark. The showing is
of such magnitude that it must be seen 10
| be properly appreciated. and every single
| individual who has visited the new camp
| has bat one opinion TO express Two ex-
perts. representing Boston and New York
| capitalists, tried hard to come to terms
| but were told the property is not on the
| market.
| az course this discovery soon drew men.
| and some Walla Waila people have been
very active liz securing claims. The Gold
! Bug and Tenderfoot were located east of
| the Holden claims. and two other large
/ hedges cross the mountain above and par
/ allel with them. All these were staked
Ma
/ owning three claims. and A III. Murdoch
| and ". Z. Robinson located four on the
! Holden creek side. the Red White. Blue
| and Black Caps. and Seattle men well
| known among the hardware merchants
| have purchased an interest in these, and
| Will bee in TO arrange for practical devel-
| opment work shortly. The ledge here
| shows seventy feet of quartz on the sur
| face. every inch of IT carrying mineral
| whitish coiored iron suiphhle similar
| 10 Company creek. No assays have been
| made OF this particular section as yet.
DIR. Van Patten. Of Walla vralia. who
| ia interested here with DR. Barnett and
| Mr.. Grove, of the same place. mas bonded
| the Gold Bug Ia ". w Baker the we'll
| known Walla Walla banker. and the con-
/ stderation is said to be SO coo. Mr. Baker
| with Expert Finn. visited the camp in
| May. and has just gone up the creek
| again, &c arrange for the driving OF a tun-
| mel iso feet long. to be started as soon as
| possible MIR Holden is working four men
| on The Minnie and with him ARE Messrs
/ Lpslcy ard Victor Denny OF Seattle A
/ tunnel is being run TO croSscln the MIN
| nie. ard as soon as the footwau was
| reached assure Of great size was en-
| coGnterpd and on crossing this ore VAS
| struck Immediately. The intention is 10
| reach the hanging wall and rat through
! every section OF the ore body and until
| thlS Is done the exact extent OF this bo-
| DaHEa cannot he known. owing to the
| steepness Of the hill the hanging wall viii
| b. exposed about 50 feet below the sur
| face.
Robinson and Murdoch arc working four
| Tuen on one of their claims. Several omen
| cats are being run in order 20 ascertain
| the character and extent Of their great
quartz lode. which. on the surface. IS cyl
| IDENTIFY Of low grade. Messrs Grove and
| RloNou. % Walla Walls are also At work
| and much activity Is being displayed in
[ the new camp, \ number % proSpectors
I have gone IN and the first strike Of any
| importance made this spring is on he
/ mountain lying in the forks Of Holden and
/ Railroad creeks, \ teu-foot vein in 4
! dixie Of green norphyry was found and he
| Lucknow and Delhi claims located. some
| very handsome. snowy looking ore has
! been taken from the surface and h axsays
| So - ia gold silver and copper Then a
| larger ledge running parallel with IL Uss
/ discovered. ard the Little BONANZA Saroy
and f6eai claims were stskef a half in
tersss IN the first named being purchased
! immediately ny MeSST&- Alexander and