The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-28
RAE PASSING THR0NG

- hsy repTessn1Atsss =. tsAr 6os~-Au-
ssssspscsr for number o. 1s-'S. Wss n
- Yesterday fron Wsatcon- He
= -. srserees fn the Bald mountain
49, ssscoxerseA. north of the state
Eanneezn rzss continues an
ard ina. scores Of gold hunters
- Irfo fhe new district 6ally. Mar
80 oas on Sunday met over !t6 gong
80 ssxs % she fsartesn-Fulis post CT
=. sss.s trail. At witch point the new trail
= swanp creek 6iverEes.
= s-rsss route" says &r. Culver. has al
.~.xr superseded the enc from the nine
-. 49,. r<xi OYER Root or Granite faoun-
= !. !. ssorter. ard the ascent 70 Bald
80 b. no means easy at best. IL
- ,~~s tir.cuit swamp creek heads
- <nssrh side % Bald mountain ard
- srso ne North Fork Of the Sooksack
-. she sonrfeeE-nlls pos. on the stats
- ussge silica. o. SILICA creek. as *
~z,,sx up there heads on the northeast
- ~ rect mountain anad Eows in a
ss-<hezgteriy direction ten O. twelve miles
50 ch5lg~ack lake. Swamp creek Is
szpzf seye1 miles long. and VIII Re
.ssv 70 make tra1 passable for park an
go ia entire length. From where this
.-ssI would necessarily end. IL requires
err shree 70 Ave hours OF hard climbing
- -~zrn the crest of the mountain Near
80 h<ad OF Swamp creek o townsste called
r-vaas CITY has been located. a. an ssti-
,..e6 e.svaii0n O. 100 feet. The summit
= BALD mountain Is probably az Ieasf l. 90
d. higher. Il f. on the Swamp creek
"a Of the mountain that Fagdes's big
trsgs Ia located. and there are also q num-
bef u o.hsr promising claims on the same
- Had tbs aiscoye cries there been made
fso months earlier. IL would have been
poszsDie 70 DC sufficient development work
is fall 70 practically solve the problem
u tnelr extent and richness ! don't mean
Il srnvly thai there Is any doubt upon this
ssan, r. the minds o. the owners Of the
eslus or OF the many experienced pros
D~e.ogs who have examined the Lodges. but
7 have lived II . mining country long
enough 10 kao& how easy 81 Is for men TO
bec1rs excited over rich assays and prom
ssng surface indications. From the re-
porss which have reached Whascon from
rsn xho are considered conservative and
rslzhse ard who are familiar with the
axr district. there would seem 70 be no
rper for doubt that the veins are both
r.eh ard extensive. They present every
ssrsaee Indication OF being true assures,
Ard IL Il claimed that the main ledge has
her cieariy traced for so feet Its trend
northwest ard southeast. and IL dips
srsfhsass TITO the mountain at an angle
u gDost Is degrees.
As 70 routes. ! can only resteraze what
have already said IN my Post-Intellsgen.
CT correspondence. The map which you
cuhsished Saturday II an accurate repre-
ssniziion o. whal Is generally considered
the bsss route and rs relation TO BelIlng-
h4n bay. Win the single exception tnAt
later information leads TO the conclusion
sts, the Swamp creek trail from the four.
tssz-mils pest on the state road Is better
tszn the Root mountain trail from the
asastssn-rnlie post. as ! have already safd.
PACK horses. saddle horses and all neadfnl
Supplies mas be obtained az Whateorn at
snail cost. and Of course / believe that
b tie best place TO get them. There Il a
regular daily stage 10 Hoillngsworsh, ADD
rs-Haskiy stages clear through to Loops
rsaeh. In fact the trip may easily be /
Ests on bicycle as far as Loops. /
Easshty II r. wise 10 undertake Il so late /.
he season. with a view to extended /
Sfesr<ctlng. may reasonably be cues 4
taatd The state road and trail extend I
rs 10 Within few miles OF flanagan 4
fass- was built IN September and Oeto- i
fsf but II Should be borne In msnd that 4
ne slsvstion OF Bald mountain. where 4
rs nsu strikes are located IL from 800
% aN feet higher than the pass ard 4
shsn Il rains ar tide water now II SHOWS
y n TIE high mountains. In a few week. /
Ne mountain streams now low and easily
Toksed, VII be raging torrents. whieh II /
vi ns dangerous 20 attempt 10 ford
1esrs Il great need OF ore or two bridges.
Fer he one most needed the material IL
ssssdy on The ground. ard Il is quite like
Tat Il VII be built this fail The buxl-
ssss men o. Whateom are not excited. bat
thsy are Wide awake and alive to the Inn
pO'iance Of providing every nesafui facil-
- Tor making the scene OF the strikes
as 81 access. and for securing The trade
shieh they believe ley are Justly en-
sasd ard which they are certainly abund-
saily able to handle.
tapt Charles r. Dyer. Of Oak Harbor /
70 Tor three summers has begn prospect ]
~ along TIRE Alaskan coast. has struck
ncs, u what be reports. and what old
oSsfitnced miners believe. Is true. Tfla
hl'smenis are backed Up by an exhibit
~ o white quarts, IN which the virgin
- Slows in great clotS ard flakes
ny Dysrs discoveries are on Cleveland
NhiasEia. foFty-five miles north OF Mary
kAnd He has stakes o,,t fe,irfe.1,
esns and saws that his possessions are
: mis- long and haif mile wide. directly
.eax the coast line There are moan
Asas q similar formation extending tn.
- The showing OF gole-bearlng quartz
rs Claims runs In five foot veins and
asefS run from three feet UPWARD Ia
aasss TIE veins being traceahle fer a
ssianee % 5es1 feet When asked If he
e.enasd organixing a company for he
ssopmtni CAPT DYER said that he did
- Ne can, according % his own state
Rfnf. take a slesiee hammer ana uo9sra
=, :. ifeFr So % si(a worth Of gold a aav
- sn'snts. however. 20 put IN a small
fsalns NTH r. the spring.
eeessoiy less attention has been Paid to
sPesting the coast % Alaska. south az
49, Than sny ether part q the ter
'F but the showing made ~ Capt.
ssens ie verify bis statement that
sae most Important mining aiSeav-
:, - VI reported. he has got taken the
49, e secure al assay on the samples
ssKhg down With hira. as he SAYS Il
49,. sa ealy show thaf TIE nnd will run
'a'ssanas of dollars to TIE ton.
aeN T. Collins - Great Fails treas
y y me state az Montana. Is Ia Seat-
~ saest q Inc Rainler~Grand hotel
Nessfhs = mak.ng his nrst visit 20
-. seaad and has great many kind
- 70 say OF seattle ard the lrnpves.
= sae eity's appearance ana prosps~-
-. mace gp5n him are mast favor
-. ,.'osper4ty. however. is a quantity
-. ~ Oeasns IS familiar NTH. and be
$50 IA curing the general depression
81 over Tire country the uiineS
teSa had gore ahead Ia their de-
g.. asat saa Increase % output and h}s /
:. sasat Known what hard times arg
tS1 WAfh tl# wheat Creu #u1 etEw (
-. "a scarcity has made for ere /
. -. = Washington. IS that ~ the Wool /
c.. Z, !. 9 astaHa. and thc shipments from /
"a as y Sea 50 poeads have made
l., ne harvest primary wool nsa--
- he world THE prices have alss
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