The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-11

Ct IRE C-vStai Palace has shown iron
py-ritss 49, brown hemarIte. and Il 3
heliewsi that by running a tunnel Or
sinking OF sne main cropping OF tbs Bad
Hornet body Il soI,d ore Will be opened.
A horse trail. the best n this section.
has Just been cur up the mountain from
,ne middle fork. and development is now
beginning Two claims are q 4 four
foo, ledge OF the same character. On the
Green Mountain group the ledge crops
thirty feet high and twenty-five v3de in
a formation Of poTphyrttic g-a1dfT and
shows red hemstife and magnetic. Il
has bean stripped, but no depth has been
attained 20 prove whether the ore changes
character. Both these groups have h=en
patented and the GIyes will this summer
ascertain by persistent work what they
have.
The Cleveland Group.
On the same slope OF thus range * the
Cleveland group Of seven claims. owned
By the Washington city Gold & Silver
Mining Company. 81 an elevation of 80
feet above the river, and Two and one
half miles from Salial station. The main
ledge il shown by cFoss-cEt 10 D.
twenty-five feet wide, with four and a
half feet % sulphide ore on the hanging
and TWO and A half feet on the foorw3N
with several other veins two % six inches
yer and copper from the pay ore.
The scene II the latest new discoveries
ard the most active present work Is
Granite creek, which flows northward in
10 the middle fork along the foot Of Pine
Tree mountain nine miles from North
Bend ard two and 4 half miles from the
end of the wagon road up the middle fork.
a good horse trail completes the distance
70 the head Of the creek. which rises In
two small lakes. The first discovery here
was made in 1892 by John Fischer a farm
or. near the mouth OF the creek. but he
did not ma Ike any locations until January,
1856 and shortly afterwards bonded his
two groups Of six claims each 10 the
oiympicAndes Mining Company. OF Sc
attic This company Immediately cut q
good horse trail from the mouth of the
creek 10 the property. distances of one
and a quarter miles erected a camp, and
has since been at work continuously.
LeOna and ROsalie Groups.
-Four OF the six claims comprising the
Leona group are on one ledge, running up
the mountain from the right bank OF the
creek. and TWO are parallel with 1t. To-
wards the base of the mountain, a slide
has carried away the hanging wall, leav-
ing the ledge covered only with earth.
which has since accumulated However.
1t is clearly traceable and crops strongly
in the solid formation above the slide. This
slide has given II pitch of r. degrees, but
where il is solid, il is almost perpendicu-
lar and measures fourteen feet between
granite walls and divided by q granite
horse In this cropping IL shows several
streaks carrying arsenical iron. sulphides
OF iro nand copper and zinc blende in
quartz gan1ue.
When development began. every indica-
ton warranted the belief that the ledge
had turned over in the slide and would tie
found in the unbroken formation further in
the mountain. and with an opposite pitch.
ON this assumption a Crosscut was run
from the slide ninety feet through decom-
posed granite 10 strike ii. This d.sproved
the theory mentioned and the miners went
back TO a point thirty feet from the mouth
OF the tunnel and ran forty-two feet TO the
left TO strike the footwan. They then ran
back fifty-foUr feet towards the surface
parallel with the Crosscut. and struck the
ledge. ten feet wide. with about three feet
of ore Of the character described \ drift
was then started to follow the ore into
the mountain until il enters the solid for
nation 80 feet further. and is now in
twenty feet. The surface ore assayed from
s. 10 81 for all values. having been subject
to surface influences long enough for
large trees 10 grow up on the slide but as
the tunnel penetrates, it is steadily i'm
proving in value. the last assay having
been SIS, including 5 per cent copper.
This company's other group. the Resale
adJoinS the Leona and consists OF Xix
claims, five OF which are on three lsd-es
and one is a placer On the creek. one l-dge
cropped on the bank of the creek between
granite walls and runs straight into the
mountain. 4 tunnel has been driven -
feet al this point showing q inches Of
ore in the face. OF this. So inches sssayed
s. 10 81 for all values near the surface.
carrying fine iron sulphides ana COPPER py-
rites in quartz and hornbleade a tn
tunnel penetrated, the proportion OF horn
hiende decreased and The mineral became
more solid. showing antimonial silver
some brittle silver and zinc blende and as
saved :. ounces silver. The two parallel
hedges. / and Is feet wide respectively.
have been traced 5000 feet TO The summit
o. the mountain, and one OF thtm has been
opened. showing a pay streak as good as.
Il not better than, that described.
Granite Lake Group.
y mile and q half further up the creek
and around Granite lake. Is thu Granite
Lake group. OF about ~ claims, owned by
II. r. Petersen, Swan Hansen ana Louis
Anderson, Of Ballard. who have this var
cut horse trait built camp ana are
now developing with three men. IN Y
have a series OF hedges q good size and
strength running east and west from the
wcsI bank OF the creek. one ledge Is about
IS feet wide. traced the U,u lenSth OF one
claim. ana fas feet OF ore on the hanging
vail. carrying copper sulphides and pea
cock copper. Another carries salcna and
copper sulphidts and 1ssays Sl6.I3 -cl2 and
silver. besides lead and copper silver and