The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-01
SWAMP CREEK DISTRICT
Flakes Of Gold Pound Ia Pieces OK
Quartz.
ASSAYS FIFTEEN HUNDRED A TON.
lnvestigat ton OF the Bald MountatH
HI Dorado by - Port Townsend
Newspaper Man.

Port Townsend, WASH. September 3o.--.
A representative Of tho acknowledgements,
VINO was sent to tho Swamp Creek dis
trict to investigate the reported discoveries
Of gold quartz. which reports state assayed
MS high as $4,000 To- the ton. has returned
and sums up his Investigations as foliows:
On August 20 last James Post discovered
. ledge OF white quartz on Bald mountain.
In the debris at tho foot Of the cllst was
q large amount of quartz which unrnis-
takably came from the ledge. When pieces
of this quartz were broken up with ham,
mer, in considerable percentage OF them.
flakes of gold were seen with an average
Of about one color In the place where the
fracture was made.
Post and his associates. Lambert and
Van Valkcnbcrg. located for themselves
three claims ON tho ledge. Four cross
hedges were also discovered, which were
covered by two claims. Selected speci-
mems assaycd as high as 1890 a ton. LAM
bert and his associates about two weeks
ago made known their discovery and the
result OF their assays, and the rush to tho
new fields commenced. Sin0e that time
there have been discovered two other
snail Lodges OF the tamc character OF
quartz. All Of these lodges are OF white
quartz. From Nil of them specimens can
be selected which show specks Of gold
where fractured. and from all OF them
assays can be had Of any desired magni-
tude. depending solely upon tho relative
size OF the pieces OF quartz to be assayed
as compared with the spcck Of gold wlrich
appears on each piece. Claims have been
located since. covering nearly every foot
of the mountains In the Immediate vicinity
OF these discoveries. and In the great
majority OF instances without tho slightest
surface indications Of the existence OF any
ledge or OF any mineialized ore In them.
Not one dollars worth Of DEVELOPMENT
work has been done ON q claim On the dis
tricts. and not single drill has been
struck In II and not a shot fred.
Aside from these groups OF claims re.
ferred to above, which cover every inch
OF free milling quartz discovered. there "a
not claim located In the creek which II
known to contain IMMORAL Of any value
and the actual value OF these quartz
lodges can only be determined by actual
development work and by thorough mill
test OF rock from all the exposed portions
Of tho lodges.
Port Townsend Wash. September 30.-s
The tug Holyoke arrived last night from
st. Michaels, having left on September II
with the schooner J. Bryant In tow. On
the 21st OF the month. while on Kadiak
island. heavy storm prevailed and the
tug was forced TO heayo to for twenty
eight hours. During the storm the hawser
which connected the schooner TO the tug
parted and the Bryant went adrift. While
1t is not thought that the Bryant has been
lost. grave fears for her safety are en-
tertaircd. She carried crew OF seven
| men and two passengers.
| Captain Thomas Powers OF the ELIZA
Anderson. returned from Dutch harbor on
| the Holyoke. He Indignantly denies tho
report that the Eliza Anderson will leave
| her bones where she now lies. but says
| the old craft will be on the sound and
/ Alaska run next season and chat q search.
| Nv of fuel Is all that prevented him bring
| ing her back to tho sound now.