The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-21
THE METHODS OF MlNlNG


stream from Sams palo, 49, 1de 9As
or from one ~ tee t-.hutarsss - s'sFvs
lievss that, II he finds IN. Mo '1 as >.
sa. 20 "aSA aown' he WI find MAJ. !.
! "''U ''''a x coa1ser. aad ;assafer, 80, Y
:" save Il IS an almost ,avasi,s,. ~
;''3t ! seer Sod Is in fine aa,s,c.es :, =
iiV"' q The stream and geows ~. y
toward the source tbs u nat,rsl :
soia. oeihs he@E-er than any e,s., -. -
eral. sinks 10 the bottom ara H. NJ
me pieces, the sooner they s.nl -
bed ot she stream and rest. n.
particles remain longer in susnsns.,s -
the no"irg water and travel f.r,ss.
fore they settle 10 the bed ara 49,. v
them are IN such thin .mpalnshls -,
that they float until they ara :. asas
water and then sink very Sraap.as sss
THESE conditions prevailed ON IN.
Bearing tributaries of the Yuron
other goid-eear'ng streams. exeer. =.
unusual circumstances moi.eSs 1
they caused The miners "a ear,,,-ss
push faFtler UP stream and. As ,hsv ~ 7
coarser god. 20 speculate on III -.
ence OF quartz lodges IN the ma,s..s
above. from which the placer rala 49, -
been leeched out by the ac,,on - =. -
water, or which had been wy, A. -
glacial action, The latter ,hso.~
confirmed ny the finding IN snra =,
CT pieces OF quartz attached IA y. s. go
gets. biologists do not enrmr,s. ~
nope that these quartz Lodges VIII .s..
be found. Tor they say tnat the "a.
country mas been so OVERLAP -
glacial deposit 10 great depth. ass =
face so entirely changed tina, i, 49, =
he impossible 10 trace any Placer ssrs.
10 its source. ~s
Lodges ON Forty-Mile.
But practical miners have . ,rs,
contempt for theorists. for ,Asy ssrs
SO otten found ;hinga to exist vses
the theorists have told them ea.,s
DE ana thereby compelled The ,es~,
lists 10 revise their theories Tia, ,sv
40 ahead with their exploration. :,
find out the facts for themselves q -.
have done on the Yukon and. tia r.ss
gists 10 the contrary notwi,hst.sa..
have found quartz lodges In N. r.
dixie official guide. William oslv;. -.
or large exposures Of white ana rrsy 80
stone containing many thin scans !,
pockets OF galena, which he oAx.rrak /,
1885, two miles up Forty-Mile cr,.k /.
two specimens one was shown M .s,
10 contain Ss.si ounces OF SILVER M
trace Of gold per ton. while tae otsr =.
tanned neither a specimen from ,hsya
bank OF the Yukon opposite the KsAs,
assayed 3.6t ounces of silver ana ~.
of gold. Another from a point m -
twelve miles below Fort Reliance 81.
tanned only trace Of gold and Iii euass,
OF silver. Mr.. Ogilvie also .sls cf ,aecs.
mems OF gold and si.ver-bearsz ousrr
found on S.xtyMile river and AZ rss.
OF gold-bear.ng quartz which vas picked
up on the bank Of the Yukon o7pcste ,as
mouth OF White river and which ssssyed
nj San Franc sro S2no00 ton He savs:
This specimen was picked up shose hga
water mark. so that il maQ have bs4a
found at or near its origin. or have bees
transported there by glacier. the Msf
beng about 100 feet high"
On the Lakes and AeadwatM
Mr.. Ogilvie further says: "An exisass
ledge of go.d-bearing quartz Is Fsvss
on the westerly side OF the river. ss9
two miles above Stewart river, BIZ, =
garding IL | could learn nothing dfas.s
While on Lake Bennett huih.as o.
boat. I found an extensive ledge Of casfi
and sent specimens Of 1t out by Dr. Ias
son. The assay showed that they 90
tanned only traces Of gold The Ledge
sixty TO eighty fee, wide and can be easI
traced on the surface for three or ~
miles. A small creek cuts through u
about q mile from the lake. and IA 70
creek are found colors OF gold
Mr.. Ogivie then tells how he found o
The south shore OF Tagish lake era
exposure OF what appeared 10 20 saS
hearing rock. similar 20 specimen sss'
him the previous summer by an Oh ~
who had discovered and again 1913 lss
such a deposit. In Il later caapiN =
says:
Low grade specimens Of asbestos D.
been found In the vicinity OF cuiaas
an exposure or serpent.ne rock thsp
Commercially It Is worth rothing. =
shows that mineral exists In the ensaa'
and may yet be found Of comnssas
value iron has not yet been fouha
place, but one may infer from the apsas
ance Of black sand. as the miners 's.n i
that .s magnetic iron ore srouH'
powder-in the gold bearing streams ~
II Will yet be found in place n some r !.
~ the country. In Hunker creek 4
exceedingly abundant ard very cosfss Il
most as coarse as fire gravel
High Assays from stewaft.
Mr.. OgilvIe's oplnion has received wv
firmation from several quarters rsfs-
w. q King, Of Portland. wSo mas
prospecting on Stewart river, ms s.sf
from there sample OF 80 Pou'es
quartz. which at a test at the
smelter. wes shown 10 carry per 'oA -
= gold pa ounces 81 silver, ~ .s' 80
lead. III. per cent. copper. Law" s.|
has brought from point IN ne &c.
which he NJ present keeps secret saa',
- congl1lnerate peppered with sS.a.
saws that. the quartz In thai spe'iss
generally low grade. ~,
The IL ,-vertes IF quartz haVe AZ" - =
carried INTO the very heart OF lns
dixie district. for edge 81 avg
quartz sevfral inches wide asa 's'ss
ably rjcr n gold has been found "
across FlaoraGo creek Just aoose -
No. - Another quartz Ledge hs -
struck hy James T. o'BrIen on 'as {
mt ~ The ridge between the AsA~'
Trldorado and quartz creeks ~
I. ~ nov positively ssstea
Norm American Transportation @'' - -
ing rarnfauy mas secIrtd some -.
promising qunrtz claims tn 'ss 80
country ard has spent cnnsldefap'e -. =.
IN develonine them \ small siamr
IS - D.. erected Gu one OF tasse
ties this saae0n. "a Al
~ ev,-srcalv short summer ana 4
Ag wafer y I.