The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-10
GOOD rtnr. o1 LAKE CHELAx.
Many Mining Men Looking for In
Ne~fmeuts-Rnr~ of Railroads.

TIE mining Industry on Lake Chean =
aroa>.rg renewed i;srsras' his year, ac-
rs2r ing rJDT. J. +. creator WHO las r.
'1rnsd from "a months so)o1-n n mat
t..strtcF IL aoEea ~ed n me aa46 he.
'-f1at 90. people there have been ia lsr
OBSCURE q during the last YEAR ~ fvo.
bIt s}3at hey ha.e taken & more hopeful
viaw Of ID ng~ during Tae last summer
particularly t1e Ias{ sixty days. Expert
mining D.1 aaYa Eone n ana s1own an
!rteges, ia the camp and convinced the
lss.9pse -hlt taev IGxe sonnet 2. NJ "a home
- develop. II he last n r1y 1avs there
tss 5een e. CON ar4t.r sly large number of
capitalists on IN lake from Spokane and
IA. East
Miners or Lake Chelan are watching
devt .oprDerts oSer herr and are 0articE-
I4fls encouraged by Nj. Wards statement
n = the Cleopa IA l. n i system o. edges
%alcn extends &!ear acfoss Tie Cascade
Sznge. The s4pp5s.tton IS mat the ore in
tGn sunday Morning ana the Meadow
cre~E tfict generally y aent:ca. with
Sunday Morning \ rich silver claim
W-3.rn ba- paid FIR iJssif n the ore taken
oil for over %ear. 90. Moore. is owner,
- now driving large working clnne. aXS
feft and Eas driven & quite "a NaS. EF-
esyoodE seems % have confidence that tie
Blue Jay has lots OF orr. They are doing
s--r-SIlsnt work on 81 the properties on
eado~ creek. Thy are Going consider
aDi- work IN the New klontike district.
ami l. IS sad that they arr meeting with
good success. H9Idens property on Rail
n3ad creek ~ w hott doubt one OF the
best n The N0rthwes- He has Al I'M
neuse ore body, q man told me there was
- feet 81 ore n the cr0sscut. NJ. Robin
son has mad 4 fine STRIKE near th:- Holden
claims on what IS believed 10 De an extern
SION Of the Holden ledge. 4 " ala y ala
company il also doing some development
Oh Railroad creek. The Bridge creek
camp = prosperous and Spokane capital
ss.s are opening it up. Mr.. Lucas, MN
iEg engineer Of Spokane. said ms trif
-4s-Frz Il Il H- n
We're good. Mr.. ClaSst1ae S doing great
amount Of work and il going AZ 1t III
thoroughly lusiaess-i he manner. He has
j good cabin equipped with hot and c1i
water is spending plenty OF money ana
So rs 10 have good backing. Work is also
being done on the HOrSes1ce BASIN grout
and on the Boston.
The grea. difficulty In those camps is
the scattering of work and the failure TO
open uP some one property and make IL a
div,iend-payer. / tried 10 impress upon
The men The wisdom of concentrating their
Work 50 as 10 get one shipping property.
The capital sts from the East are looking
Tor something which Is developed beyonc
the ptoEptct stage. Thty are willing TO
pay more for :. and X VIII enhance the
value II the surrounding property.
That viii be d wonderfully cheap camp
TO work IN, for there is splendid water
power and everything grows In semi
TROPICAL luxuT.anCe. l saw green iigs
picked and they can glow aimon Is. water
melons. peaches and all Kinds Of fruit.
There seems likely to be- u race to get
a railroad into shat country. / saw eight
men gong up the Columbia past orondo
who were sad to ne a Great Northern
party. Another party had been over and
passed the mouth Of the Chelan river.
which is u mics above WeuatChee. ana
circied in 10 the fo1t of the lake at Lake
side. - as 10 catch that great water basin,
and had gone - the MetnoW. | gOt out
Of the buggy 70 sire whether they were
making 4 railroad survey or We're mercy
y. auG Giatlng the country, ANA found that
they had cut 3 route through the bushes
and had followed the shore around on
dead vel From the best Information !
could obi sin, three railroad surveys have
been made zap there this season. One is
generally believed to be for the Great
Northern. another for the Northern Pa
ctic ana the third for the Rockefeller in
ttrest, all paying for the Columbia valley,
the CAc.au region ana the II -tn0w valley.
The amount OF money Mr.. Hi Is spend
.ng in aud around Wenajchce in furnish
ING money for the !rrigating ditch and
other enterprises, Is generally spoken Of
favOrs by. TIE amount Of business he ia
,ak-ng out Of Wenatchse * phenomenal.
including graz shipments II wheat fruit
cattle and sheep