The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-11-20
MINES OF MOUNT BAKER @:,~s..
"4'. %zss KLONDIKE OF WASHINGTON
Quartz Broken in a Mortar
and Planned Out by Hand

The Granite. located by Barber ana VIII
son just east Of the tgenty-srssis pos., is
HVe-Ioot ledge. said TO assay about 500
per ton
The Mamie. located near the nineteen
mile pest by Messrs Barber and Thomas.
IS inres-foos ledge. said 10 assay abou,
$3.50 per ton. ] have not visited these
claims
Promising Location of Plncers.
In the sueh .esdiag Down from the Post
Lambert group OF claims 20 SILICA creek,
and also along down SILICA creek and on
Rea Mountain creek. are q number Of
placer locations. foremost among watch are
the cia.ms located by JACK PCS. and MS
brother. Asher Pcs. These claims cover
the ground along the creek bed az the bot
tom OF the slide. in which are many nun
dreds and possibly thousands Of tons q
rieh float from the lodges above | have
VISITED these CLAIMS and have seen many
large aoulders 9. quartz. from some OF
which secured some fine specimens. Many
of THESE are large blocks of Quartz dropped
bodily out OF the hedges and weighing sew
erai tons One IN particular measures some
twelve or fourteen feet in length by eight
or nine in width and three and one-haif 10
four feet thick. and. from us appearance.
/ should say that it would yield $1,000 and
csntrates. These Claims have recently been
purchased by Mr.. J. II. Swail. VINO is now
upon the ground collecting aud sorting the
noat, preparatory 20 the erection OF an
arrastre
On Quartz mountain a large number of
locations have been made. chief among
which is the Pgmy. This is a monster
ledge i95 feet wide. Of base ore. with sew
erai rich ore shutes, from which assays
last fan were had of from s5a TO s6s in
gold silver and copper. This claim is
owned by Messrs. W. c. Chaplin, j. &.
compton, j. Pebley. j. Hatton, c. Ha;ton
and S. Birdwel. and considerable work has
been done on it this season.
A quarter of a mile east Of this is the
group owned by Stenger. Van Ripen & Co..
the most promising claim being the Jumbo,
slx-foot ledge of white quartz, assaying
near the surface 81 total values. Consider
able work had been done on this claim.
with encouraging results, when | left the
hills their shaft being about ten feet deep.
To the south of Tomyhoy mountain is
group of eight very promising claims
located by Messrs. S. Birdwei. f. Baxter,
NJ. l.. Dedman, J. l.. Parherry. A. Eng
land and l.. Marshall. the Washington
and the Golden Gate are located on four
foot ledge of white quartz. carrying aarif-
erous IRON and copper pyrites and some
silver. Work has recently begun on these
lft the same group are the blazing
Star, the Comstock and the Julia, the two
former being on three and one-haif foot
ledge OF white quartz. and the latter on
similar ledge Of eighteen inches.
Across on the west slope of Red noun
tain is another group OF claims owned by
these same gentlemen. the Daisy the Lily
and the May. all white quartz leads of
about two feet | have no data as TO the
values of the ores in either of these groups.
but am informed that they are considered
very good by those Interested.
About the time that news was received
at Shuksan of Admiral Dewey's great vic
tory al Manila. J. j. Chambers located a
claim on the Church mountain about six
miles west of Shuksan which he named
Rear Admiral Dewey. in anticipation of
that gallant commanders promotion.
About this time also Messrs ]. n Duel
and D. A. Culman located the ID. * L.
on The then unnamed mountain south of
Shuksan, across the North Fork. and they
named this mountain Dewey mountain in
commenoration OF Dewey's signal victory.
Near he eight-mile post is a claim To-
Gated by a Mr.. Murphy on twenty-foot
ledge 9: ,ss- ore through which run sew
era rsNs st:'"g'rs Mr.. Murphy has driven
a ifty-f.o' tunhei into his ledge, and
claims 20 lavs had assays as high as SIS
per ton.
Coal on Glacier Creek.
Considerable attention has been attracted
OF late to recent coal discoveries on and
near Glacier creek. about two miles south
Of the initial post of the Cascade trail.
An extensive deposit has been discovered
by Messrs. Henry Virgins. Cornell and
others which is from ten 20 twelve feet in
thickness and outcrops for more than a
mile. An amusing account of the discovery
is given by the locators, which illustrates
the fact that many important discoveries
are made by the merest chance. II seems
that Mr. Virgins ian eccentric rancher).
Mr.. Cornell and others were passing the
locality, when Mr. Virgins Slipped and fell
headlong through the underhrush down
into a guIch. and when the others of the
party reached the top and called 10 him 10
know If he was hurt he was sitting con-
tentedIy at the bottom OF the guch with
a chunk of something black in his hard,
and, looking up with grin. said. Here's
COAL by CAD Subsequent investigation
proved the correctness Of his statement.
A number of capitalists and coal experts
have already visited the locality. and I'M
portant developments are looked for. as the
coal 5 said 20 be OF exceptionally good
quality | have not visited this locelity az
yet. bat may when return 10 the hills.
In the fore going description I have en-
deavored 10 give az correct an idea as
possible of the principal finds in the por-
;ions OF the district which have visited.
but there are many wild caf' locations
ali over the mountains that / have made
no mention Of neither have I attempted
TO designate them on the map. Indeed,
there are a few men who have gore gallop-
ing over the country. setting up stakes
from mountain top 20 the bottoms Of the
guches regardless Of the requirements rs
20 mineral in place and legal methods
OF stalking claims. One man located last
fall e. SO fact in one direction. 5000 feet
I'm the other with aoo feet on each side
from one discovery post, and never erected
another monument on any Of the ground
covered The same man is said tn have
located an old heml0ek log tina. had
dropped into a rent in the slate rock. erect
81 his discovery post and gone on looking
for more worlds TO conquer one man is
said 10 have made over seventy locations.
another II. This method OF locating claims
wholesale has disguised many OF those
who came into the district for legitimate
Prospecting and several finding the ground
stuck full - stakes III AL directions In cer-
tain localities Jeff n disgust
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