The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-03
spE cLE-ELUM DISTRICT.


rs..rsarn river, which rises on the
=. ..ae Of the main divide from the
y'sss,,pse. and flows almost due south
=. -. Yakima. mas on esAsn sics or y
-. hearing mountains through ~nlcl
- ssavs. have been traced 10 ne Ac4c2s
- rsxgawzy rivers. laefs are ssFsrs4
s~x'et besa In which the ai6ereni min-
ss.s..saastnsts. From The head Of the
80 eastward % camp creek - ss.s
~ -.ss 81 silver lodges extending east
- ~ case OF Mount stuart. Adj
80 This il q copper Dsf or equal
80 ana Eext Is 8 great dixie OF por-
- xeine1 with ores Of gold, silver.
49, 80 eeas.t nickel and cinnabar. Sou IN
- /. Red mountain. stth a series OF
-. al pyritio ore capped with neuaa-
- al na9ustils, the alter being OF
-. - 49, quality that IL mas been located
go. avn value where the pyriees does
=. .sax and is not even known TO exist.
$50 hss been SO active lsst year that
~ sssup mills have been erected. and
-. .rslter Was put ia at one mine and
- mora extensive Developments are
'..t..,sa for this year. Seattle men have
s.ssa. interested here, as In most other
s.srscss In the state, and Ballard has
- PARTICULARLY active part in push
sx Development.
Thr First Producing Mine
"a. srst mine 70 become producer II
a. lurora. on Mammoth mountain, which
-..rsaoks Fish lake, near the headwaters.
go and Timothy Lynch being the own
!. The Aurora ledge Is five feet vide.
.,~yius fres gold and sulphurets. as
ssxa IN 4 nfty-foet shaft, which also cut
.,ss.ys-lnch str.nger. A six-inch cross
,.sxs viaens TO eighteen inches IN q sixty
81 ssaasI and a twenty-foot porphyry
81. carries red oxide Of copper and iron.
- tgo feet OF red ochre on the hang
- sal sssaylng STA gold. eight ounces
sssr. and eighteen inches OF t@Ic carry
Il ro.a and copper. A four-foot ledge
: Ia Mountain sprlts yielded tizs gold.
m diver on a smeiLer test, and assays
ace srou, $40 upward In geld. half OF
shsa IA tree. On the Blue-eysd Nellie
ID lgnehes have three feet OF similar
gs shown up by sixty-foot and llo-foof
s.ss,ss. 10 feet apart Twenty tons from
IL Biss-eysd Nellie and Mountain sprite
r,arned sg gold and a trace OF silver.
~. August a min with three S2o-pognd
ssmps was started In the valley at the
hss o. the mountain 10 practically test
as s.s and made successful run on
stsa Aurora, Biue-eyed Nellie and
ysaassin sprsls ore. the cleanup report
!. sslnx about $50 a day. This Will en-
ssafaze the owners TO carry out their
tas ef building a tsn-stamp nlil with
Aavl9 stamps.
ssashsssi Of this group are the Bronco,
xs ana !, owned by l.. A stanton and
lsnss srieye. on a four-foot ledge carry
z snphureis and arsenicai iron. as
nsxa IL ihlrsy-feot tunnel. Assays run
asu go to $50 gold and silver and mill
iss Al Tacoma yielded slss, and a streak
4 rseh ore hAa been struck In the course
( he Tall On the same mountain J. IL.
FYsing Of Seattle. ID sinking shaGt on
as Topping showing a slx-foot ledge. two
ssass from which gave 500 and ssl gold.
y tad 81 silver. respectively. On paral-
4 edge cutting Ecross the head or the
rye hr. Topping and his associates have
u slaims IN which a tunnel shows good
Glharst ere On the same mountain
.saa 0rieYe. X. w Dunlap and Mrs.
csarehsil. o. Yakima. have the Fish Eagle
~ great out-erop OF copper ore. carry
e srnmsdss and oxides. 20 which cross-
~ has been run d. feet a. a depth OF 100
NJ
The King Solomon Mine.
isssksr group which Is weil enough de-
Hspst 70 begin producing IL tho Kins
Ramon. across the divide between Scat
- week and The fclcls river. The ledge
rsps % each side OF wnat is called King
khaisa Peak AMI Ia covered by two
ttzs. On one side Il is fully eight feet
va carrying galena, aniimcniA silver.
~ Sod, a. shown in tunnel
fses and an gpratss ~ feet
zen shiloh ors l. being stopped. Assays
ne pay streak average about kS3,
sst' yole. but with q good sllver value.
sss kegs crops n q gorge on the other
@es' TIE mountain between praclpitoas
a. ~ srsnlts and saows large quaint
~ q saiinonlai silver. en- which ;
SssSei . being driven. There are sew
"a parallel lsdgss from four feet upward
sa'ch short tunnsIs have been run.
.as sroup 10 owaed ~ James Grteye.
sfas Issss. x. W. Dunlap and Mrs.
.aara.h. who allowed Charles Bishop. or
assNs. 10 eject an experimental sEpciter
"a eva Invention. At bis own cost and
~ ssss sumner. 10 rcdacs the ore. The
ssx prev~t q failure and the owners
80 70 erect wstsT-jRcket shelter
..sassvss. 10 rsdsce the large quantity
xasrate ere they have On tbs dump,
"a heek'sserry mountain Calvin King
NJ ssdnsy. 81 Tacoma. have the
A. NNAtA A= kHf&a keHEF@ FAtN N0AAA
- ret vice carrying 81 20 SIS SEA.
~ silver ana COPPER T,aev havs orean.
Sat bad contract driven forty feet
as -tge isst Tar. whics 10 IN nearly
sea
ballard People busy.
:. ss@ss creek $ The principal sesae 81
sahN mems operations, the FIRE; ats
sssrts Or Hawkins mountain A. I,s bead
q - fd 10 pFospscglnE a,cnK beth
sns se the discovery ~ many
~1Ses. Az rs had is re TT Tor.
-. eSaa % Ire Ballard Geld Mining
As.Aag Company. on rarue-foos
- 81 phurets. now being cpeusd
~ saafi I'hs Mountain Chlet Gsold
). - SSaaTsny. also o. Ba3larS. has on
Gains thTee and oae-hNif feet
A.. -. @ieese ere. saesiHs u a thirty-
=, &c snd sssaying - peg cenL COZ
~ sec an3 sesne silver. This
a.. as damned ~ 80. Esgrr al tAe
49, - n wStsTv-hes} anS has Wa
- snsitsf ca tAe wroant A.
sss Seed % NSysf5a aer washes cat
house. together vfth aoont a
"agon roae uq tae Sls-k -iGrl.
ss.s,. car y gu5 Ia opsra1gen ~ two
L<dEss cve2 u nezFsy every
salcasr rvaol7k down 80 Ser
ass, ssesa s&oh stas And sevel0P-
Ass ss9fs - - tSeu phaslee
az-rs-s = tarss 81 seuv fssg vide ana
sss,ss sslaaars.s TIE rsrwll.txer
"a. " AGL - pa s-8 uss1s ons
-, ,..oasss str{kts % tnN season On
sssa az re BEAD CT Tsrwzslt seF
lsTs ef Fcr.ucs creek see
sfsr SO ouneAs ~ silver. r.
49,. Aasy TsuSe. George f-aaKsn-
sssz. al'ssd. snd A s.. bowman. 81
ssx. %sns Nc4 - foue Gains 90
saas So sTssa tao xns ln1e which
se Ne Vs3e sna nave pun orose-