The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-30

Oar desire sor .ae pressn; is only 20 get
sEAkas EcFtatsonr THIS mine La situated a.
the aaac waters Of Foss river and the
niS1ie fork Of the sz9o@a lszzrnie river. aho..
ssSm ni.ze 70 s@slsf Ell.s$ from The trace
OF TIE Great Northern. with good grade
70 Tsta4E TWO ard on@-aA4t Or three niles
9, the Euina. However. a TOAD Up from
salial @ousG tap mining district second
70 rGEe IN the state Al present owing
ors.g 70 tbs wan. 81 tran and roads So thai
Part o. King county. tas@ district - most
accessible fFo1s fss.s point. EiE~te%n miles
wagon ROAD and fourteen OF fifteen miles
aogss sFzH.
Average assay Of ore: Copper. rs per
cent. ss-Ter. 1913 ounces: go.6, ! OUNCE.
width q ore xoiia. Is fset 8 inches
ne character and route &c the Dutch
M-aiaT claims wGs described several wseEs
ago IN the Foss-l atasl!g@gleer From ke=sFn
& good wagon ROAD runs Up TIE Cle- Ge.drD
river and during The past summer = a.
county has csea building a oTaEea u i1z
road up the salTnon-se-sac river with the
intention g continuing !. Up faat stream
and up Wa5,ox creek Work vas stopped
when the funds appropriate foF the our-
Bose became exhausted The road from the
sest now extends up the n dssie fork of he
ss2ot} llss l.l1se 70 point sever miles beyond
ssl-ai prairie. tEe terminus % the Seattle
a. International railroad and from that
posnt trail continues for. several miles
The -o1ts Is aos difficult or unusually ex-
penSye for "A road and a rcad gou.a reB-
der accessible Mining properties On Granite
creek. tributary Of the middle FORK and
az well a. the mineral springs which have
Hted some remarkable cures o rae4aiA-
tism.
4Ae character OF the sosstaa 10 she dis
tr.cE WAS explained to a Post-Iatellgercer
representative hy r. r. Norton the state
Inspector Of coal mines. who has lately
made Trip 60 she property re said
The Eitfitas county peog.e have made
I've or Fix .a.ies Of road from the Gie-
EIum river towards THESE claims, bat the
proper route Is from tais side. either Vi
4 ra,- rFsr
Foss river The distance rrorl the eE.d q
the present road Up the middle fork vii
be from fifteen Ia twenty miles. pAi I ~i94
DC an easy read s. 9uld. y F5aa aas aIso
been butts fron. Skvgon.gh 10 within si-1f
niles or the MINE. and an extension 8ho1ia
be bui,g IL Fo7s river. About i've MI a.
VI this distance rams through IA. "asrs
the road Woud oGiy cost q few kundreT
dollars TIE state ought to bsi4 the other
tEiee miles - the sa2lmit fron this side
and also three miles from me 05nec side.
Then ~ should have = rne wagon soad
81 tbs way through. A. present mere =
3 ffau with q steep climb a. the head 81
Foss rigeT. bug tisege j. q pract.ca roGte
Tor road around 4 lo@ pass ABOUT TWO
miles from The mine The state should ala
King and kitUlas counties n completing
.tae road through.
THE Dutch Miller ledge is bigger than
Ehe Anaconda ~ Butte, ana CarFea ~ ne:
cent. more copper. II WAS discovered by
an Indian NAMED Marcus. Who !ook Miller
8p there and he located Il two years &so-
Nothing WAS done with 8 uutN II l.. Fo@a.
u Roslyn, secured arr interest IN i. A
s00n a. he saw X re realized that Il was
a fine prop0s tiou and has devoted al. bis
tine ara energies 10 rs de ve.opnlent To-
She .aSt two seasons. The ledge is eighteea
feet wide and has been traced eight miles
northwest and southeast. II Is evidently
the mother lode Of that country. The or,
sarries II 10 ~ Der cent. copper. 81 gold
ard % silver. The pltch Is SO steep ana
the exposure OF sold ore so large that it
could be quarried from the surface and
taken bv cable tram way 10 me head OF
oss river, from which point IL could be
hauled by wagons 10 the Great Northern
ralyoai'
Tho photograph which Mr.. Fogh sent TO
me Chamber Of Commerce with mis- letter
-st good Idea % the property. l.
sf.a.~ tae lsaEe cutting through : hollow
IT. tss curtains. rs course being clearly
'ss py fhg difference in the calor OF
.fe soeA An open cut shows Its width aud
70 sie foreground IL a grea: pile ~ ore,
probably several hundred tons. on which
sslrI the indian Marcus and Mr. Fogh.
J.. Warner. the mining engineer. stands
fect,y on the ore where Il has been ex-
usei IA place, and his Hifa stands az ore
T.. Il makes an altogether striking pic
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