The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-22

A L Walters. head foreman ef the
street department. is a practical mining
man 90 many years experiences. lie =
interested IN = property on Troublesome
creek which aGtoIas the Monte Grisro and
Silverfon districts. In recent interview
he sized up ths district as follows.
This name Troublesome woule intt-
cate q hard place for the prospecsor and
miner with almost impAsSa BILE trails
through p&rrendicaisr xorges or count
less acres OF devil clubs. but sach Is rot
the case. There are no perpendicular
gorges. and only enough deya clubs to
keep the travellers ewes open to the beau
ties around him- The name was given
this creek. from which the district Was
named. by Northern Pacific engineering
party. On account Of the trouble they had
10 establish 8 grade from the creek east
on the north fork OF the SKY kornisn river.
This district Hes IN the center Of the
mineral belt. adjoining Monte Cristo On
the south ana Silver creek On the east
The heart Of the mining claims Is about
four mics from the wagon road at Ca
lena The grade IL slight from Galena 10
this district. and wagon road could be
built with little cost.
prospecting Was most active in 1897,
when MessrS. LilIis. Braneeli and wald-
roff made important discoveries Ten To-
cations were made by Bruncen and waid-
ros. which were bought by II. G. Strive.
John B. Alien. II. c. Hughes and Maurice
AcMicken. Of Seattle.
''On enc ledge the South Daisy. North
Daisy. Eagle Perch. Panpers' Home and
Hidden Treasure are located. The ledge
has been stripped BY snowslides for s.sso
feet and exposes vein from four 10
twelve feet wide and shows q pay streak
OF from one 10 four feet wide. At the
widest place Brurcen and Waloroff sank
shaft fifteen feet and the new owners
have run tunnel Fifty feet. which shows
eighteen inches OF ore. carrying gaiena
and srSenical iron. assaying from ~ 20
so In gold and as high as sixty ounces in
silver. The Houestake and American
Boy are In the same group. running into
the Daisy from the west. at the north
end. The Homestake Is about eight feet
wide, with an eighteen inch pay streak
carrying from - 10 fss ounces Of silver
and s. IN gold The Gem is a spur OF tho
Daisy and has similar ore. The claims
are located about one or two miles up the
Troublesome, on the west side OF the
creek The country formation If gray
granite and ouartxite on the west side of
the creek. and gray granite on the east
aide, with porphyritic dikes cutting the
formation.
About one-half mile further up the
creek and on the east side. Is the Corona
Gold and Silver Mining company's prop
erty. The promoters are ~ c. Lincoln
A. L. Walters, L. n. Parsons and Charles
II. Mongali. OF Seattle. The property was
bought OF Messrs. Ryan. Brummett. Lee
Eault and Mccarthy In 1Sz Ths vein Is
IN porphyritie dixie about 100 feet wide-
Work has been done on two ore chutes.
In one place Il showed a fourteen-inch
vein on the surface and widened gradu-
ally to elk feet at depth OF slxty-fve
feet, showing two feet OF gray quartz. car
rying copper. silver glance and poly bas-
tie. also four feet Of oxidized iron The
other shaft, at . depth OF seventeen feet,
shows twenty-five inches Of the same
quartz. II Is considered by mining men
to be a nrst-class property and It's devsi-
opnent will be watched with great inter-
est The company win push the develop
Ing work ms soon as the season opens."