The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-07
RICH ORES NEAR SEATTLE.
Platinum and Gold in Same Ledge
Near LenxemWOrth.

0kanogau county has a newly dis
covered district on Entiott mountain.
just east of Monte Cristo. and on
the east side az the Cascades. which.
1t Is said. viii be one Of the best mining
localities in the northwest. THIS country
Ii already known 20 have large quantities
of platinum and goid with a good per-
centage OF nickel. 10 lies clearly and eas-
lily within the reach of Seattle trade. and
Seattle people are already largely interest
ed there. a. l.. Iurwefl. Il. j. barnard,
A. V. Beil and J. l.. Atkinson. officers OF
the Northland Mining Company are among
the chief property holders OF the district.
owning twelve claims on the recently dis
covered rich platinum, and gold,hear!ng
hedges. u. i. Morgan. George w Walker.
II. a. Snyder W. X. Steele. b. s. Fox,
II. l.. H<rbert. T. ID. Shugart. Louis
Houck Charles Blnzlcr and Carl AndeT-
son. of Seattle. are owners OF good claims
in the same locality. and also Maurice Me
Mieken. Ed Siehert ma others Of the Gable
Mining Company. have some valuable
claims there.
The Northland company did considerable
development work there last Summer and
MIR. Atkinson. the manager OF the com
pany. Is preparing 70 do large amour; Of
development; work on the properties this
winter and next spring In speaking of the
matter he said:
Il located these claims for the company
over . year ago, being very much i'm
l-reSsd with the makeup OF the country
and Indications Of valuable hedges | have
seen many mines and mining regions of
the west, and know OF no region vel un-
developed in which I have 80 much conf
dence as In the Entfat mountain or Mad
river district. The ore Is a taicose quartz
mostly Although the platinum ore il
twisted gray !Ton-ilke rock, and is every
where along side Of and a associated with
the talcose ore In our claims. this ore runs
ever &osi IL The ton platinum and there
are evidently large quantities 81 II. The
faicose rock assays as high as several hun
dred dollars gold per ton, and il fre.-r mill
shE and concentrating. YOU can figure out
that even at half this rate these mines
promise wonderful things. They are in ter
ritory cnntinsuosis to Seattle. aud my tulls.-
m.nt Il that they viii come up 10 nj! ex-
rec;atsons, Platinum is worth per ounce
several Times as much "A guild. and sii
h used much mere extensively II more
Is produced from mines Most Of ;h, nrss-
eut supply Is produced from IA small min.
in the TRIAL mountains II siberia
railroad has been recently surveyed
through our propertes, I understand M
The Entht and Mad rivers Ms far as Red
mountain where J T Ronald j. T. Bur
rell and other Seattle parties have aieeady
opened Valuable mlnrS, ana there sotn..
lseaVcnworth people have lately Sold =
German syndicate SEINE property a. a
high figure
''our mines vii bring g, ns.w rra in
platinum mining industry wHhou, doubt
Tor they seem Ia be very rlch ia Chat metal
bur IN sold alone they Nll come Il, fht
front rank of mines. because they carr,,
hkh vaii'c~, are fV,-inaiing. large hedges.
ana the facilities ~ timher water power
and proximity io railroad transportation.
are the very best
There Ia nfsich excitement afr,a.x exist.
itis over these dlscoN cries and ffsxr .zer{4se
VIII see a rush 81 gr0spe-sors 70 ma,
SHOW theTe row. aud no prospecting ,,,f
b. done X qTs thu LEI Of Na,-