The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-25
MINERAL ON LAKE cHELAx.


G.. +. Uaher, vino In developing the Daisy
group Oh Troublesome creek, nas recently
made a tour Of the Lake Cheian district,
whore rs examined the recent dascOg cries
oil Railroad creek ard on Safety Harbor
creek, He ia evidently favdrabsY IMPRESSED
with tEe prospect, but NOT with the failure
Of lsae pfosgectors 10 open up and define
their ore bodies by persistent work. In
speaking Of his observations 10 a Post
Jnteiiigencer representative he said:
II spent ave days on Railroad creek and
found The Robinson and Holden claims 10
be on c9fltact formation % great width.
but they have Only made small holes In IL.
nobody having expio. Cd how far /; goes
by running in on II or making surface
cut. and they have not found the rocks
Between which the contact Is formed. The
contact formation shows Itself by isnticu-
lar bodies OF cFystaE1zed quartz carrying
any amount OF lime aiuminar garneis the
ore being pyrrhotite and copper pyrites.
Mf. Holden has three clhl,fis, NJ. Robin
con eight ana Waila Walla company
several followed this contact near The
divide from Company creek. where 1t has
quite a different appearance. There Il Is
white tatcy quartz with pyriteS finely
disseminated through it. The value being
unknown.
Il looked NJ Cherries GYeenwood'z claims
very b.gh up ne steer mountain side Of
the Railroad greek basin. The formation
Is a diahsse. diortte and serpenlne. lie has
q afDa.i Showing. hDt with very nice streaks
OF galena. Cope ard iron pyr!fes and
psrrhotsfs. he had 30 assays hus had
sen, down scsnn samples for assay, which
are reported 10 ran very figI.
cn EtiGSe creek | saw Il btg formation
which seefps 10 be IA eoEtac. oue ana a ha!f
sniea vide. with granite on both s.sies /;
has bern very Halle explored the only man
who has dome any exploration beng Pau
Giagstote. lie Is exploring w5efs the
formation shows impFegnGftoa with nyr-
tholife arsenic and anthony either fine v
disseminated or in mare scattered lunches
OF solid mineral. She extent OF which - ur-
known 80 far. lie mas huiif scYy pretty
cabin and assay ofllcn under il sunSysl IL
ard intends - open up The formation an
his thr sr claims by tuaneiiuE pruxN-nt.,
ting. etc, during THE winter lie Il an
energetic. able man, 8ed I houa he vii
open up something fos IL will asVt'op that
far-away country and improve she uossibii-
iiles of tTauSpoftat .uu
.'fn the New k.ondike district on Safety
Usrhor creek found gFea. series @.
purpnttittS 3iktS. which cross she r~ats4ft.
country rock between The lake and fhs
Mstho@ country. In some place ~, prsss
faeetors have ieand snAN sErssks - da
csir7i used ifaa~Etainef quartz fsiurfns
across these dkss from which they can par
gold So far nothing has been found n,
Ia the extent ~ these dileS. whether shnr,
are len,IcHias cQfeF.t-ons nr ss to ~.
quantity II ere h0t the iuAica Ions ar tha
salphise ere miEhf be expected NJ ~v
rarRtiun has been done hrvo.9A ArsYtns
IItie holes ard nanoirg ealG fresn thrsn
II dst not "a mp Meadow creek but Cant
t'h8rlfS Johnson rpfsafssi thar she a3At4eS
Erfat vask on the Nlus iav f,af opened a,
promising show inss. ana tfas v-arst=.f=.
ksFiscs had been male or 10 Emma fne