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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-13
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Following are the quotations Of the
vhoieSeis and tchtirg dealers today:
Dairy and Poultry Yard
Batter Ranch 1af715e WASHINGTON
cree meFies. Glib prints. Za@@c.
Cheese gobblngj $500 Native Washington.
fgil cream. Ia4 Izc. same. half SKINNED.
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Poultry fjohhiagl -~ Chickens SO t1c. I've
weight; dressed chickens. &c: turkeys.
dressed, &c.
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Fresh meats Gobhlngl-Steer beet. &c:
COW beef. SIC Per 10. mutton s. per %;
pork. &c per 70. veal, ef7c PER u.
Canned meats C0bbiug f-DevIled ham
s. -i0@l-.&: corned beef. lib cans 81 =:
corned beef. 2-i5 tins. &zzs; clipped beef.
lib cans. s-s5. lunch tongue. lib cans
10. roast beef 8 =. r0ast chicken s. 81;
roast mutton. g sSaz7 10: roast turkey
8. 80. pigs feet. 2~ih tins. E15.
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GTR- CITY or ABERDEEN
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end line This shaft was sunk in the
wall rock until the bottom was reached.
when a short orosScut revealed five feet
OF good milling quartz. There is also
a 100-fCOt tunnel ON tlhe Gold Haven.
IN the face OF which there is a breast
of three feet of ore chat viii pan and
assay $50 ID the ton in god.
Il may take some time to unuavel the
legal compilations which nave been
wound arou-ii the Gold Haven. but
when :E,e question of title Is decided
1t VIII doubtless. prove. with Develop
nlent, 70 be one of tine most promising
properties in the district.
Mr.. Jewell is also interested with
Cecil Newell in the Hard Times lode.
which corners on the CTeJ,e on ti1a
west, where q 200-foot tunnel has dis
closed a body of free milling ere t'.-ss
carries average values of IS in god to
the ton; besides which he is associated
With T. FRAZIER. who IS now in British
Columbia, in the American Eagle mine.
which Joins the BurTow ON the eass.
This ground has been but little dsvel-
cped. but a 12-foct shaft has disclosed a
three-foos vein, of ore that shows 100
ounces silver and Sc in g-,d to the ton.
THE TOWN OF STATE LINE.
TIE town % State Line has r,lGst
advantageous location. and in this re-
speCt J. he's the call on most every
other Mining camp in Utah. as it is az
cessibie from the valley as well as from
the nrirs=s.
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the n1fnas,

The townsfte is located Just below the
juncture of Right and Left-hand can
yon15 in a little valley upon which a
large CITY can some day find room to
expand itsalf. To the west of the camp
il is but a short distance to the mines,
nearly all of which are accessible by
wagon. while to the east good roads
lead ont into the valley below and
branch off to the north and south.
The townsite has been SURVEYED and
sltaked, and although the ground be-
longs to Uncle sam, title to the lots is
being acquired by the old method of
squatttng. and quite a number are now
holding down pieces CT real estate
which, in years to come, may prove TO
be very valuable corner lots and bust
re,zs property. There are about % or
90 houses and tents in the little town.
most Of which have been erected on
either side of Main street. so that ii
Will be seen that the camp starts out
in an orderly manner. and that the res
idents Of the embryonic city have an
eye fer the future as well as the pres
emit
The business of the camp is restricted
to a few business houses. but these fill
all requirements at the present time.
Emanuel Jacobsen runs tho only hotel
in she camp, and he is a gem of a land
lord, as he is assiduor.5 inl king after
the comfort and necesSlties Of his
guests The house is clean1y kept. and
be 1t said to the credit of his estlmable
wife. sire is an excellent cook and the
patrons of the house are always able
to make out a hearty meal Mr. Jacob
son also has a store building near his
hotel. but as business VIII not lustity
fhe carrying of heavy stock in trade.
he uses it for a store. rCcm for the pres
ent.
". ]. McBurney is one of me leading
business men of the thrifty little camp.
and he is doing q thriving business In
his store almost anything used about
mining camp is to be found. and mere,
as Mr.. McBurrev is a timer by trade,
he has a tent adjoining his store IN
which is TO be found a full eduipIlshl
of tools used in the hardware business,
and at a moments nO1ice Tine patron Of
the establishment can set almost any
trrdrq- desired in the tin or hardware
line. Mr.. McBurney is also the pesl-
master at State Line. the Office being
kerit in his store, SO that MS place IS
o,sreralf-, me scene of considerable
business and activity
II IA. Mcdonald also conducts gore
ard enjoys a good patronage Ironl t-rS
,,,ir5ner fraternity Of the camp. rum
bertng about $50 souls MCDCLald was
cne of the original 1cC1tors Of che Gre
ole. but his interests are now owr.ad oy
]. Knight and his bro her john Nc
DonaId. by inclination and practice. IS
a surgeon and nurse, ard many are tElS
Ilstqe acts of kindTess he hiss rendered
TO The sick and afflicted OF the camp
The Poodle Dog re5ozurant IS one OIL 81
Inc institutions Of the camp, ana ..
i 70 he housd that the plop1ietors OF
~ es.a ls-issment, who are rafting
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good fellows. VIII sOcn be able to realize
handsomely from d rushing business.
In Left Hand gulch, as mentioned
before, NIuldoon has a wen stocked es-
adjustment, and he is laying the foun-
dation for a good trade as soon as the
camp begins TO bOOOm. which it is sure
to 90 in the near future, according to
all Indications.
In leaving the subject OF the town OF
State Line it might be of interest to
some to learn that in the upper por-
ton Of the tOvnsite, at the iuncture Of
the two canyons. the delapidated
chimney of old Nate Hansan's cabin
still stands.
Nate Hanson was noted as a rObber
and brigand 10 or 20 years ago, and it
was at this point on the old Phoebe
stage road that the coach was held up
several times and robbed of it's treas
ure. On Creole mountain there still il
the remains of an old cOrrall where
Hanson hid his stolen horses and cat
tie, and an old cache in the rocks was
discovered d short time ago. but it was
empty.
AT that time the presence of gold
in that locality was not known, but il
is stated that the chimney Of Mates old
dugout was built of quartz float that
will assay $40 in free milling gold orc
to the ton
Old Ben Tasker's gang Of thieves and
marauders also held out at this place
and the spot was the rendezvous of
cut-throats and hOld-ups; but some
years ago Hanson was shot from of
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there is a pay streak from three. to
eight inches wide that will carry
values ranging from 400 to 200 ounces
in silver and from SIS to s25 in gold
to. the ton, 1T being q noticeable feature
of the mine that the richer the silver
the higher the gold. On the 6o-foot
level to the east the drift has exposed
a 14-foot body of ore with but cne
wall disclosed, while to the west there
is q splendid showing of mineral which
is seemingly encased in a body of white
tale and this tale carries good values
in silver as well as gold.
Like the gold leads. the Offer is free
milling, and some of the ore is so high
IN grade that shipments have been
made repeatedly to this city with profit
able returns, and it is speaking highly
of the mine when it is said that it has
paid it's development from the grass
roots
With good milling facilities on the
ground there is but little doubt but
that the Offer would soon find a place
on the list as a dividend paying mine,
and it would seem as if there was
enough ore in sight in this property to
Justify the erection of a small plant.
East of the Offer is. the Sulphides
group. which is owned bS the same
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ture has been lavish in her deposits of
the precious metals.
THE OFFER MINE.

ture has been lavish in her deposits of
the precious metals.
THE OFFER MINE.
From Muldoon's on up Left Hand
gulch the assay office and boarding
houses of the Offer mine are soon
reached. 1t was the original intention
of the lOcators of this property to call
it the Ophir, but the prospector VINO
made out the location notice was short
on Webster, even if ne was long on
mining experience, the result being
that he became a little mixed in his
spelling, and the property went on rec
ord as the Offer, which title viii cling
to 1t until people mine for gold and sill
yer no more.
Just above the assay office and
boarding house few hundred feet on
the divide between the two leading
canyons of the district, is the Offer
mine, hoist and blacksmith shop.
The Offer is q silver proposition and
there are II claims embraced in the
group. The vein is a fissure in Dor-
phyry and the ledge has an east and
west strike, cutting the gold zones of
the district at right angles.
! The group is owned by John Lynch
and sons, the Clark boys and Sullivan
The main development consists of an
incline shaft which is down to the $780,
foot level, with drifts to the east and
west from the so, 100 and 1S0-foot sta
tons. AS a general thing the Offer
vein is from to II feet wide and in
the west drift on the 6O-foot level the
average value of the ore is placed at
40 ounces silver and 81 in gold to the
ton. In the east drift the ore assays
about 20 ounces in silver and SO in gold
On the 1S0-foot level the values range
wi the same. although in the vein
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A REGION THAT IS JUST NOW
ATTRACTING MUCH ATTENTION,

ments almost everything needful for
the upbuilding of one of the greatest
producing gold camps to be found in
this intermountain region.
The gold bearing zone of State Line
IS about two and half miles wide and
ten miles long. The zone embraces a
great belt of birdseye porphyry, which
is cut in a northerly and southerly di-
rectlon by veins of free milling gold
ore, me lodges dipping to the east. In
race the formation is fissure veins in
6orphyry. the lodges paralleling each
other every 200 or 500 feet, and these
can be traced on the surface for a dis
lance of 1900 or 1000 feet, while there
bias hardly been an instance where the
surface rock will not, with panning or
horning, show a good string of colors.
That the lodges are permanent there
seems to be but little doubt. as devei-
different ore zones demonstrates the
continuity and permanency Of the de-
posts, and as depth is attained the
bodies of quartz continue to grow in
size and the gold values increase. but,
like all fissure veins, the ore bodies oc-
cur in chuteS. which, on the strike of
the vein, are from 80 to 125 feet in
length, when the vein pinches BY fol-
lowing the ever present stringer of
in again within few feet, larger and
stronger than ever, and in the develop
ment of one or two properties in the
district, by means of tunnehng, two of
these chutes have been passed through
and the faces are in the third zone of
pay mineral.
On entering State Line from the east
the first ledge of prominence encoun-
tered is the Creole, which runs straight
Ffcrll In rnfv In r. !
the east side of Left Hand gulch. This
hill is known as Creole mountain, and
the workings are located near the
juncture of the Left Hand and the
Right Hand gulches. Situated between
these two canyons is the Drake and the
Lambert hill, which rise gradually to
the west, and on which many valuable
locations are to be found. The Right
Hand gulch runs almost due west, and
on the north side of the canyon, a short
distance above the town of State Line
Rice hill rises abruptly, and on its sides
are to be found continuation Of the
lodges which traverse the country in a
northerly and southerly direction; and
on these three mountains, with their
spurs and extensions. are to be found
the leading gold and silver properties
so far discovered in the district
There are a number Of very promis-
ing silver mines in the district, which
are located on strong lodges which have
an east and west strike. and which cut
the gold lodges almost at right angles.
These lodges can be traced long way
by surface groupings. and like the gold
veins, are assures in sporphyry, and
with depth the ore bodies increase in
size and hold their values well. The
Offer is one of these, while the Utah
Spur is another, and both properties.
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its northern end line by means of a CO.
foot shaft. Which. besides disclosing a
four-foot body of quartz and proving
beyond a doubt the value of the prop
erty, has done much in proving the con-
tinuity and permanency Of the Gold
Belt ledge on Drake and Lambert hill,
as the Utica is on an extension of the
Gold Belt vein.
The Utica is principally owned by
Cecil Newell. and the incline shaft,
which has nearly touched the 60-foot
level, has been sunk on a strong four
foot body of quartz that dips slightly
to the east. The walls of the vein are
well Defined the rock pans well. and
it is stated that the entire vein will
give average assay values of $50 in
gold to the ton.
THE CROWN POINT.
The Crown Point lies west of and
adjoining the Utica on the Drake and
Lambert hill and it5is believed that it
is on an extension Of the Louise vein,
embraced in the Drake and Lambert
group.
This ground is owned by Henry En-
erson, Tom Kelly and Mr.. Tilley, and
there is certainly bright future in
store for it. as itsis surely on a strong
and permanent ledge, and the bottom
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parties. The Sulphides is a true fs-
sure in porphyry with north and
south strike, and there are five lodges
on the property which parallel each
ether. This is one of the most pronliS-
ing propositions in the district and
has been quite extensively developed
for a new camp. On one of the veins.
which is four feet wide on the surface,
a shaft has been sunk to a depth of 70
feet, all the way in free milling quartz,
and the bottom of the shaft is in a
body of mineral that viii carry aver
age values, according to paintings and
assay tests, of IS in gold to the ton,
while in the vein there are rich streaks
in which the yellow metal can be seen
in its native state, which runs way up
IN values. a 75-fOot tunnel has been
run in on another ledge following
f1ve-foct body of quartz that also runs
about So in gold to the ton, while on
one of the other veins, which is II feet
wide at the surface, an average of 81. so
in gold to the ton has been obtained.
THE BURROW NINE.
The Burrow mine is one of the
bright and particular stars of the
camp, as it runs high in its gold as
well as its silver values, and it is a
proposition that has also paid for its
development from the surface.
IAe Drops-t-r. which embraces five
claims within its environments is
owned by Messrs. Peake. s'.imson. VII
lian1s Rec. and SmiHhson.
The ledge is a true fissure in por-
Ihyry, but. unlike the other silver de-
pczd-s Of the camp. it has d north and
sou'Ih strike, with an east dip.
The shaft en- this ground is down a
de0th of IS feet, having been sunk on
a two and half vein in which tIlare are
from Is to is inches OF ore which will |
carry average values of 10 ounces sill |
yer and $12 in gold to the ton. while
some of the rock viii often run as nigh |
as 500 to 800 ounces in THE Uylfte metal
and $50 in gold. Several Shipments of
high grade ore have been made from
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upon which considerable development
Work has been done, have paid from
the grass roots, even after the long
wagon and railroad haul to this city.
The stranger in State Line is mere
than likely to be surprised at the sur
face showings. and not only BY the
lodges and veins that he will find in
place, but also because of the Immense
amount Of float that is 10 be found on
nearly every hillside. almost every
piece of which. with panning or horn
ing, viii show colors of free gold. and
sometimes in surprising quantities
These surface showings cannot help but
create 4 favorable impression, and
when one stops to consider the fact that
the gold lodges are assures in p8rphyry,
the most friendly of all formations for
permanent mineral deposits. and that
the dip of the veins are to the east,
besides which the ore bodies seemingly
increase in size as depth is attained,
the fact becomes impressed upon his
mind that here must be the making OF
a wonderful gold camp, and although
the development work so far done is
limited the indications all point to per
manency and continuity
DRAKE AND LAMBERT GROUP.
A representative of The Herald, ac-
companied by Colonel S. 3. Miner Of
the N1GNSST- AdTlOH. kildQE oldlG llAllE
district q visit last week, and although
ii would take month to make an ex-
animation of all the claims IN the camp
and to inspect every outcrop and
change in formation. enough was seen
and learned upon which to base a fair
estimate of the worth and value of the
camp.
The Drake and Lambert group of
six claims generally come in for first
inspection, because of the fact that
this was the first gold discovery to be
made in the camp. which doubtless
gives this magnificent property more
Importance than is attached to other
properties equally as good in the same
vicinity.
This group of claims is located on the
Drake ard Lambert hill, in the very
heart of the gold bearing zone. It is
bounded on the north by the Rocky
Mountain group on Rice hill, and on
the south by the Utica the Monte
yuma and the Crown Point
On the Gold Belt claim. which is en-
braced in the group and which marks
,its eastern boundary, the ledge which
is a strong one and well defined, can
be traced on the surface groupings for
q distance Of 1000 feet or more. This
claim mas been developed SO far by
two tunnels run in on the vein, one
above the other. The lower tunnel is
in but 20 feet, but il shows the ore
body well in place with the face in
fine body OF quartz that shows many
eolors by panning. The upper tunnel
has been driven in distance OF 175
feet, the ledge continuing the entire
distance with great regularity, the av-
erage width Of the pay ore zone being
about three and one-half feet, while
the average value of the quartz in free
milling gold is placed al SIS a ton. al
though there are places in the ore body
that will assay up into the hundreds.
The Gold Belt is Joined on the south,
end to end, BY. another claim composing
the srstIp. which in turn forms the
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ID CAr1Eo OF STATE LINE DISTRICT.

of the 40-foot shaft is in a fine body
of mineral which holds good values.
and the ore that is piled up on the
dump at the mouth of the incline shaft
gives nice string of gold colors in the
pan when horned. Messrs. Emerson,
Kelly and Tilley are interested in quite
number of other valuable properties
in, the district, but they have devoted
the most of their time in the develop
ment of the Crown Point.
THE JUNE BUG GROUP.
Situated in Left Hand gulch about
half or three-quarters of a mile above
its confluence with Right Hand gulch,
is the June Bug. group of six claims,
which are called the June Bug. Ten
nessee, Marion, Wide West, Compile
cation and Montezuma, a portion of the
group being on Drake and Lambert hill
and part of it on Creole mountain
This promising property is owned by
James F. Muldoon, well known in Park
City mining circles, and J. J. Kelley.
The group is without doubt on the
southern extension of the Drake and
Lambert veins, and several openings on
the property have opened up nice bodies
of ore which carry excellent gold
values.
In addition to the June Bug group
MesSrs. Muldoon and Kelly own II
other properties in the district, and Mr..
Muldoon, who is an old-time miner
states that never before in his life has
he seen such splendid surface show
ings and he proposes to stay with the
district as he is satisfied that in due
time it will startle the mining world
with its wealth of free milling gold.
Mr.. Muldoon has built and equipped
a store on the June Bug ground and he
carries a nice little stock of miners
supplies, and it is quite likely that in
time he will find that he is almost in
the mineral center of the district, as
just back of his store the cross assure
from the Offer cuts the gold formation
almost at right angles and at this union
Of two strong gold and silver veins ma
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The Rice Group Of Claims.


On Rice Mountain, which is located
to the north of Right Hand gulch, the
extensions of the lodges that crop on
Drake and Lambert hill can be plainly
traced. It is on this hill or mountain
that the Rice boys have located a group
CT eight claims which are called the
Aggie D. Jumbo, Lone Tree, Valentine.
Rocky Mountain. independence. Gold
Float. Fraction and Dummy. Five of
the Rice boys are interested in this
valuable aggregation of gold-bearing
claims. These are George, Henry, Os,
car. Orson and James, while Fred Red
mond, the assayer at the Northern
Light, on Lion Hin. and Professor Bas-
sett. of Missouri, are also mixed up in
the ownership of the group. which, on
account of its location, is without doubt
one OF the most valuable properties in
the district.
Rice mountain is a very rugged hill
and very steep in some places. As a
general thing it's surface is well COW
ered with large cedaIs and in some
places great cliffs rise abruptly from
the mountain side to height of so feet
or more Like the Drake and Lambert
hill, Rice mountain is marked by par
allel lodges which are strong and well
defined. and 1t is almost impossible to
travel far on this hill without enccun-
tering large quantities of feat, any of
which pans free gold.
The Rocky Mountain is one of THE
principal claims in the Rice group, and
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have also been made ON the Creole
ledge and the groupings can be traced
nearly the whole length of the prop
erty. so that there is but little doubt
as to the permanency and continuity of
the deposit.
1t is estimated that there are 800 tons
of ore on the Creole dunn which can
be milled at profit, and it would take
but small amount of work to place
the property on basis so that it could
keep a small mill in constant operation
A, shipment of Creole ore wcs made
to Salt Lake early in the season that
was sold on assays showing values Of
S45 in gold to the ton. and another con-
siSnment is now being sacked which
viii be sent to Bullionville for a test
RIM
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Parallel Quartz Lodges
Every Few Hun
dred Feet.
MOUNTAIN COVERED
WITH GOLD FLOAT.
Veins of Free Milling Ore
Traceable By Crop
pings.
THEY EXTEND FOR
THOUSANDS OF FEET,

Wood For Fuel and Other Purposes
to be Found in Great Abundance
Throughout the District-springs
of Living Water in Almost Every
Canyon and Good Wells at Shall
low Depths - Opportunities Of
Tered to the Mining Operator, the
Investor and the Capitalist.