The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-08
MINES AND MINING.
IN THE cIE-Er.ru DISTRICT.
Sfiver-Iead Ore Diseo~ery-tfnnah
on the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Picnic.

Special Dispatch 10 the Post-lnteltiSencer
RGSLYN Aug. -~-PrcSfssGtorS return
ing from che country around ths head
waters OF Little SslrseI In sac report Ire
discovery ard location Of rich mineral
lodges carrying II oursccs Of silver, So n
gold and s. per cent. Iesd. TIE Lodges
are. at the head 81 Cooper lake and trend
- degrees east % north and dip 10 the
vest. being wide and we'll defined. Silver
lead ore for smelling purposes has been
lacking in this district. aTd this tttscev-
cry will prove Of great benefit. Already
rush Of p-cspectors has taken place for
the new find
Fred Parker. for the laa Elnfore Mining
and Milling Company. has let "A contract
for the driving Of a 7S-foot tunnel from
the face 0. the Sao-foot tunnel on the Ida
Eiriore claim
The Cloudyke gold excitement has lee
the wind CUT Of some OF the high prices
put on undeveloped mining claims, and
the good effect Of lower prices is seen in
several sales.
The trail 10 the New Find. or Burns
mining district. in Kirg county, up Big
Salmon Ia Sac. IS in frst-elass shape and
prospectors can now take their horses on
10 the Dutch Miller fiat
Mayor l. l.. Porter. VI. n. who owns
valuable mining claims on the New Find
adjoining the Dutch Miller claim. will 70
this week 70 inspect them. with view OF
extensive development, should the pros
poets warrant IL.
George Hopper p Y Hickman and
Charles Connor returned from their cop
per claims on the head OF the Tesnaway
river. where they have been prosecuting
the ledge. They located both hanging and
footwalls, which were found 10 be black
slate, and the ledge is nearly twenty feet
wide. They brought OUT some very good
t,1L syx~
was found TO carry quite a heavy par
centSge OF cinnahar, which will prove
quite valuable.
Jonn Dunning, one of the owners of the
Yellow Rose. west of the Grand View.
states that they have two men at work
driving drift on the ledge at "A depth OF
twenty-five feet. The ore ia in place with
both walls. The ledge trends north north
east and south southwest. dips " degrees
TO the west ard so far is the first ledge
carrying native and black oxide OF cop
per found In the district that has
both walls in place.
Frank Hutchinson. of Thorp has been
appointed deputy district recorder for the
Burns mining district. or the New Find
country.
The miners picnic. July 30 and 81. at
Meaghersvile. on Williams creek. was a
great success. Judge Carroll =. Graves.
who is also an experienced miner, deliv-
cred an address that was voted by all 10
he the most learned and eloquent in the
history of the camp. The exhibit of mug
gets was unsurpassed. and among the
large ones was one taken out by Hinton
& McCauley on July - that weighed S254.
The quartz display was very creditahle.
Among the bird s-eye quartz samples
were: The Cougar suich NJ NJ. c. Flo
din. ore assay value. SS5; Morning, DIR.
Graves. assay, s2s. Seattle. Carse. Lam
dendale & Hickman. slsa: Billy Brosan,
l.. Il. ker. assay sl00: Gold Leaf and Five
Brothers. assay $50. and a great many
others, all free-nilline ore A great
many visitors from outside points were
present.