The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-24

mire has been rnc're extensively dvss,n-
ea tnaH any ether IA the district. having
> aoG< OF cTe about esSes. fser vxs4a. rss,es
OF which can be pseatahlv shipped. A
cable tramway has been built % Silver
ten and was ready for operation when
TIE wasAous OF the Everett and Monte
trsssc railroad occurred AGeinsrS this
mine Is the Little Chief. h.-sng a great
body of copper suiphiie <se. which is
we'll developed. A branch e the Seattle
ant International railroad from Macnias
10 these TWO mines is projected 10 haul
CIT their ore.
silver Cre.k.
Directly south of Mslte Cyisso Is the
silver creek district. where larxe bodies
Of salphide ore have lesn opened IN the
silver Lake Orphan Soy. Edison, Ever
green and ether pepert;es. while The
Nandalla. Morning sar ard Nsnuehahz
have sood sireaks of gafena. Ora Trouble
some creek. 20 the asst c. q. Haher. ress-
reSenting German syndicate ia opening
up the Daisy and Great Scotia hedges II,
q systematic ;nainey. In Elk haSfn a
rich ledge Of galsla ore is being de- als1l-
Ell by the Elk Creek Mining Comnan,
which proposes 10 buii5 a waxon y,,gd
over the Salrsn pass to the Skykonnise
north fork. The Cooperative Mining
Syndicate is Prosecuting work shrnuxnos,t
the winter IN the Howard and Conner
groups on coward creek IN which there
are wide saoets Of iron and copper sal
phtdes an. gaiena. adjoining these s-c
the Iren mountain AID Elaek Hawk. ana
further west is the Copper Queen. on
which agcod body q copper ore has been
shown mp One OF the greatest ot
copper ore hedges in The country Is the
Front creek group. On which the orc
body stands up in cliffs IN the galches
whesce slides bring down hundreds az
tons at q time. on Eagle creek and
Becker river. on the south side az The
lniex range Of mountains are similar
e,pper ore lodges. only slightly develop
a. Near Index IS the Pride af Index.
from which q carload OF copper ere is
about to Be shipped.
sultan BASIN, and others.
The Sultan basin, under which name Is
included the watershed of the several
FORKS Of the Sultan river. has large bodies
OK nsinefal on the mountains at the
souFcs of the streams. Those on the north
FORK are the IS and Little Chief. already
mentioned; on the middle fork is the SUI
tan group. on the east fork of olrSy
creek Is the Stickney group: on the main
river is the Great Northern group, all OF
these having good gold and copper values
Miller river and Money creek. wh'ca
flow into the Skykomish south FORK from
the south, have IN the mountains on
each side and at their sources some of The
greatest bodies of gold and silver ore Ia
the Cascades. This Is shown IN the Ancx.
from which nearly Geo tons OF so ore was
shipped. and the Cleopatra, which has
the most development and the LARGEST
body OF ore in the district. The lodges in
this district have been traced through
the mountains % the Snoqualmle side.
where they are being opened In the Ruena
Vista district. On the north fork Similar
bodies OF ere have been found in Mount
81. on Granite creek and en- the Lost
group and AZ several points on The Sno-
qualmie south fork. The Denny ana Gaye
mines on the latter stream have large
lodges of iron and copper sulphide ores,
copper with magnetic iron and oxi1zeGi
iron. Directly across the main divide. on
Gold creek. are the Esther and Louisa
and Granite King groups on which the
ore carries high silver values ten tons
shipped from the Louisa yielding about
500 ton gross.
In the Summit district. among the foot
hills of AIT Rainier. free gold Is more
general and extends 10 a greater depth
than in any other district in the stats ard
paying placers have been worked at in
tervais for many years.
On Cedar river there are great bodies
Of iron and copper sulpharet ore. which
have been well opened on the May Esr-
hart. Brown Bear and San Jose groups
and carry an average of $50 TO 80 In
he
hart rIns much higher. n smeller test on
several tons showing $50. The same dis
trsct has great groupings &C quartz car
rying free gold IN the Ophir ans! Seattle.
in the foothills OF nt. St Helens near
the southern boundary Of the STATE. are
q series OF wide, wei defined ledyes Of
iron and copper suIphide and some galona
ore. Of which the value iuns from so up
ward in gold. silver and copper Much
development has been done by MI
waukee syndicate and by companies or
ganIzed In Portland. Tacoma, South Bend
and Chehans with such good results that
a pyritic smelter Is 10 be erected this
year.
Passing 10 the eastern side 81 the sum-
init orc finds that the mineral Is generally
of the same character as on the oppc- tie
slope. thus proving the strong mineral
character Of the whole range. On the Gle
fsiUm flFtE are Hi&n grace Tree gold ana
suphurct ores In the Aurora group, which
arc being reduced in a stamp min, ore
shipment of twenty tons yielding s55 f. all
values. The King Solomon has a well de-
veloped ledge Of ealena and ansiIasa'al Sill
yer ore of high grade well developed.
On Camp creek and Fortune creek
every variety OF mineral carrying
gold. silver and copper occurs. and en-
which much development has been done.
The Maud \. has q hve-ztamp min and the
Mountain Chief has small smei'sr ready
for operation. A series of lodges carrying
high grade copper ore has been traced from
the -Eluua across the ridge to the Team
away.
Further north Is the Swauk, famed for
years as the most steadily producing placer
district I'm the state. shafts sunk 10 bed
rock almost invariably striking Tich dirt.
in which nuggets varying IN size from pea
To 81 coo have been found. While placer
mining still holds its place. aG3rtz .nines
have been opened beside them and twelve
arras.ras are in operation crushing gre. In
the adjoining Peshastir District IL iae
B,ewett mine. where several thousand Fest
of tunnel have been run and ore II crushed
in n fwenty-ssamp mill. while the tasliEgs
are treated by cyanide.
On Red Hin, al the head q the Chinah
river. = one Of those great bow-ou.a II
iron and copper sulphide already mentioned
t.ar > q