The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-11-20

regulations 70 limit the locator 10 a reason
able number Of claims. or by some require
msnt as TO assessment work make il out
OF the question for him TO locate an un-
reasonable number % claims An effart
was made. a. q meeting held at SunaS
20 restrict a locator TO one claim on lead.
except he be the s;scoverer OF the lead
when he should be entitled 10 a discovery
claim and one extension. but this met
with severe opposition and was dropped.
AS Yet there are no local regulations for
the government OF this district
No Doubt Of Richness.
In conclusion. may say that have
been very much impressed with the rich
ness OF the portions % the district ~h1cA
/ have visited and % the claims / save
examined. and shall watch the develop
ment OF this part CT the Mount Baker dis
trict in particular with a great deal Of Ia
terest.
With the completion OF the trail from
Chiloweyack City. believe that The hard
ships incident 10 a journey 10 the mines
will be almos; entirely obviated. and .ook
for rapid advance ment il the near future.
East OF Hannegan pass lies large and
practically unexIlored tract OF country.
whoa may. when prospecte3. prove % be
good ground also
Many have gore out condemning the
country. saying that there are no defined
hedges 70 be found in the district. etc. bat
to my own personal knowledge. several OF
these self-styied experts have never been
within half mile OF any one Of the pyonl-
nent claims. Many have turned hack q,
the foot Of Swamp Creek pass. ard some
have gone no farther up the trail than
Shuksan, and all such seem TO ne unani-
nlously of the opinion that there is moth
ing in the district worth having" They
style the Lone Jack ANA others blanket
tion.' etc. without having examined them
or gone near them. One man iii particular,
claiming 10 be a miner OF eighteen years
experience. made the trip with me 10 Twin
lakes. where We camped ten days. On the
next day after making camp at the lakes
we went over 10 Sian:slawsky's camp
across the gulch from the Post-Lambert
claims and half mile from the point where
the Lone Jack is visible froIn this side OF
the mountain. AT this point there mas oc-
Cured a slide. and the apex of the ledge il
exposed horizontally. / wanted this gentle
man to go with me around a cliff and up
the mountain side 10 where workings had
been commenced on the VEIN but he was
not inclined to exert himself sufficiently 10
DO 50, saying, We can see from here that
1t is nothing but a blanket" This man
did not 80 loo yards from camp again in
all the time he camped at the lakes, and
about the middle of July left Shuksan
dafnning the country. and when ! ted him
Of my observations on the Lone Jack and
other hedges OF the same group which |
had in the meantime visited and examined.
said he knew a id sight better" and
used other arguments Of equal weight aud
effect. This is but one instance Of many.
and. not from any seif-interes,. but simply
in the interest Of fairness. ! Will say let
any one who doubts the existence of rich,
well defined free milling lodges In this dis
trict, climb with ms 10 the Post-Iamber:
claims. the Lone Jack in particular and |
VIII engage to convince him that there are
In this group not only one. but three, with
others in the immediate vicinity.
At present the weather in the district is
superb, the snow having vanished except in
a very few places and We look for from
six weeks 10 two months OF fine weather
during which prospecting can he safely and
satisfactorily done in all parts Of the sec
ton Of the district which | have de-
srribcd