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

scens OF prospecting ~ a number cf rasa
from Spokane and The Big end A few
locations Rad been made years ago. crs
rot ~ two years ago we're eas most ina
pc-sar< discoveries MADE
TIE country rock - asue rcrpNvrv ara
granite. and - cut BY sc-crx lodges Of
rnsrersi-oea-t-x quarts running east ana
wesf sra trAreehae wfnhcsse SsfScufry nv
ire oxsdised iron OF IRE croprsnxs. The ore
carries free god On the su-fac~ the pros
pececrs determining Wheeler 70 make a
focazon by pounding I'D pieces ard pan
ming & for free rod TIE ere Is ccncen-
sragtng sulpha6es carrying copper and ircn
pyr4sss and gray copper wes<ea contains .
COED proportion Of gold and settle silver
Few essays have been made ard they
were criy Of surface rock. returns ranntn<
from SO upward. n some Instances a. aixa
as sSSa
One OF ne eess sncwznSs nss been zs.ts
On TIRE Spokane. on the north nank Of vns
river. a mile above tts F1oush. this hs4ns
sAs scene Of tire snost development II 70
owned by Mcrgez. Nichols & Co.. Of Mia
nearosss. ard 10 in charge CT J. p N.cAols
A ledge four or avs fee, wide vas shown
al tie way down = 4a-fcot shafs and In Q
tunnel eighty feet long seovs rhe shaft
A srift - being run les seer iower. 60 ss
used as q working tunnel There % fwsa-
<y-reur 70 thirty tncnes Of scra Ensaerai On
the fooswsIa. sometimes crossing 10 90
hanging wax. the value esSnx az lssss 80.
Preparations have beer made 20 erect
compressor fer erslis ere mating plant
sss machinery to ce run ny watsr eoxsr.
OF which there 20 sSundsncs.
Gilbert and Clark. Mountain.
The more recent discoveries were MADE
along ths mountains On each SIDE Of TIE
river from the Twssp FOR some ten miles
cewa tfs course and hsve caused ms sstao-
3Shment OF quite a considerable camp IN
tne valley from the forks OF the RIVER %
North creek. john G.iishan had In 1873 be-
oated the orrronian group OF six claims
on four parallel Lodges. which assayed wen
in free gold and one of which Is Shown up
by a-soos Shaft: another by q a-f5ot
tunnel showing eight feet OF ninsrsi.Est
rock a third Shove TIVE and a half feet OF
ere IN q lo-f0ot shsfl r. p. polsen sna
p. p. Shonafelt have lie Derby adjoining,
with l2-foot ledge in which . ss-foog shaft
showed three and = half feet OF ore. aver
aging aDoGt $3.50 gold.
II was not unIl 1858 that further ciscow-
erses we're made. bot since then they have
extended along Giiesrt and Csark's mount
ans. north OF the river. and Goat Para
mounaazns. south ofst. p. Gilbert OF spa-
kane. discovered the Mountain Goat ledge
On the mountain named after him ard SUB
ssqusnt discoveries have traced eight par
aEel lodges three and q half TO five feet
VIDE along the south slope OF that ridge
for distance OF ahous 10 coo feet Gilbert
mountain - cut OF from Clark's mountain
on the east by North creek ard a number
OF ieasea ranging from three 70 sight feet
wide have been traced aiong the latter
ridge. being probably an extension 90 the
Gilbert mountain belt. On the eight
claims owned by the BIG Eight Cod Mn
ing Company are several wesi-tefaed
lodges Of good ore. A tunnel II in nfty
-. a
sulphsdes end running high N black sui
phurets. The Washington and Ben Frank
lin. owned by Nelson Clark and n. ]. DAN
son. have a 90-foot tunnel on an s-foos
ledge. This Portland, owned by L Mo-
ktee. y. r.. Mortimer and n. M.lroy, has
a tunnel IN fifty feet. showing good ere.
The Beatrice, discovered by Pence broth
er@ last summer, has a rood-stzed ledge
carrying $50 20 $50 free gold on the surface.
Tunnels on the Mobile. owned by Messrs.
Dolsen and Shonsfelt, and on the Pioneer.
both being on the Mountain Goat ledge.
Show ave feet o. ore. A good location has
been made during the Gall by Robert Aoer-
netay, or SpoGene. on a ledge OF free mill
ing ore. which seems likely to turn 60 sui
phiGes with depth.
Goat Park Mountain.
The two great lodges on Goat Park
mountain crop cut between walls OF gran
its gnefss and have been located along
the summit for shout 1000 feet. Tray
show in a gulch on the South creek end
of the mountain 80 feet apart ard are
thirty-three and twenty feet wide. re-
spectlvey. Here the Bula and Garfield
were located by the Gilbert brothers, who
have organized the Orient Gold Mining
Company 30 work these and several other
claims. These lodges have been located as
far as they have been traced and IN an
other ledge O. ID. Johnson. T. W. Lock-
wood and F. NJ. Seheble have the Cum
berland. showing sixteen feet OF ora, and
c. r. Wllke on the Bear has a three-fcot
ledge. There are several parallel ard
cross-ledges from three feet upward. all
showing the same general characteristics.
At the head Of the North fork are three
claims on two parallel lodges FIVE and
twelve feet wide, which have been moor
pcrated by the Three Links Gold Mining
Company. Work has been in progress all
summer and Will DO resumed In the
spring At the head OF Copper creek Is
the Gold Bar group Of six claims on
lodges Ave TO twenty feet wide. which
have made a good showing and on which
work is being continued through the win
ter A number OF other lodges have been
traced for quite o distance near the head