The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-02
MINING or SLATE CREEK
Seasons Development Has 6fven
Good ResuIts-ssamg Mil Ready

Seasons Development Has Given
Good Re.uiss-ssamg Mil Ready
soecsal Dispatch 70 TIRE Post-Tntsll&gencs-.
A<ACORTE Oct 1-E~nEss Tempe.
Z prospector who has spert several sea-
sens II tie Cascade range ard was one q
the psozsers % the slate creek region. .
GA. for the winter Re says thai. While OF
lake very little has been sad about safe
creek n-nsS they never Iooksd better and
never Before this season has tasre been -
much permanent work done.
The mammoth Is under bond 20 Charles
Ballard. A tEi-1y-f0os tunael has been
driven. the ledge has been uncovered n
several places. and winter quarters we're
bssng erected AT It's shlckess plsee the
ledge Is seven feet through. and Il Is oesieE-
ed that an average OF the Gre vii prove the
nine q great value Mr. Ballard first
bonded only q half interest, but develop
uaert work showed up 40 well that later
he bonded the other half
Barrett & Mclean, who OWE q group Of
fwe-sy-thrse claims a. the head OF TIA
st11Ikzrsen. which heads On the opposite
side Of tire I'll from Slate creek have made
a deal with Indiana capitalists ard VII
prosecute work throughout the winter.
They have six men az work building cab
fms. burning charcoal and arranging other
prziiufnzries. ard have placed orders for
their winter supplies. While their proper
ties are mostly gold. they have che body
or galena Of excellent grade
Ex-Mayor Curtis. OF Anzcorres. Is n
charge OF work az the Eureka mine. IA
nous both OF account OF It's richness ard
because Il was once under bond for GO
quite sun having been paid In cash AT
TIE tire Mr.. Temple left there. Mr.. Curtis
was driving a tunnel TO tap The ledge.
Later. however. a ruuor became current
that the ledge had been struck az consider
able depth and that the ore body was as
rich as the surface showing
The Evs-stanp niH az the Mountain
Goat mine. On Slate noun tain. Is about
ready for operation. Four feet OF good
ors "a shown up o. this claim The Excel
skor IS a Big ledge. showing free gold. and
this seasons work gives further evidence
OF its value. The Beck group Is near the
Mammoth and is showing ap vel, con-
siderable substantial tunneilng having been
done. The AnaCortes group. or Canyon
creek. viii probably send out a few sacks
OF rich ore. II Is small poeksty ledge.
but the ownsrs have great faith i7 &.
Mr.. Temple knows nothing % the re-
ported bonding OF shs Whistler mine for
slaaeoo He considers the property vaIa-
able and would not be surprised T. such
deal were made
During his travels in WaShfngtoa's
mountains Mr.. Temple has prospected
more or less around Mount Baker When
asked his opinion. as 4 prospector and
miner. about that section ard the reported
rich strikes back Of SuHzs. he said he be-
kevee first reports were misleading Doubt
less they had obtained high assays, but
ASSAYS from picked Specimens BY 70
means represented the true value OF
ledge. The early reports from Mount Baker
were calculated to lead oue 70 believe that
big bodies % 30 o0o ore had been struck.
Up In Stats creek" he said we can
easily pick samples thar would run as
high a. s509ae or 500. aoo. Or possibly double
that amount. but Il shogls be remembered
that these are specimens only and 80 not
IN any sense represent the true value q.
ere bodies. We have good thing n the
Slate and Canyon creek country and one
that does rot need &C be raisrepressnted
II vii in tine es winner But X requires
hard work. as wen "a CAPITAL
The country around Mount Baker Is In
ore sense q good eeIG FOR prospecting. but
Il Is one q the toughest coEu tries on earth:
there are glaciers. rugged precfrieez ana
impossible canyons without nunb@r. ard
On account 81 the heavy snowfall 4 -
closed 70 prospectors for from seven 20
nins months q the year. However. this -
rsot sayirg that good Mites may not Be
found thers- ! think they VIII be"