The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-27
Seattle Capital Working on Ec-
centric Mineral Mountain.
CAMP CREEK DEVELOPMENTS.
Qglet Operations of the Ida Gilmore
Company In the East Cascades-
Immease Exposure by Mature of
Free MiilSnx Oxtatxed Ore-Put-
ting In q stamp MiiI-Two BIind
Leads struck I'm Cr0sscut.

For many years party OF IS-fasision-
ed miners on Camp creek, tributary of
the Cie-Eium river. have been accustomed.
when they got down 10 hard pan III Their
living. to sack ochre from the mountain
s.de u mile away and wash enough gold out
OF IL 10 provide for nsscessarieR. This
mountain Is an exceptional work Of ma
tyre. according tn the graphic description
of Charles a. Mariner. the weii-known min
ing engineer. who has just returned freua
professional visit 10 the scene, On two
SIDES OF II the IncIosing wall or country
rock has been scored away from two gold
quartz veins for quite distance from their
apex. and the disintegrsted contents Of the
ledge otherwise known as sxidlzef iron.
has fallen down upon Itself In thousands
upon thousands Of tons. This material.
which carries free gold bearing lodges gsu-
ally. old miners in their simple language
describe as ''ochrc" In the deposits OF
the Camp creek hedges are tunnels from
which the owners for years have obtained
the ochre they washed To procure the gold
necessary for their subsistence.
Captured by n Seattle Syndicate.
In spite of its exposed richness and rs
atfractiyeness as n field for mining ex-
pioration. this curious mountain OF the
East Cascades has only OF recent months
engaged the attention OF scientific men.
After Mr. Mariner. with the aid of the cru
eibe and generation OF experience as
mining engineer had determined the gold
producing possibilities Of the ground q Sc
attic syndicate quietly began operations un-
der his directions. Having purchased two
claims and obtained from them prospecting
results that Justified development on n
large scale. they organized as the Ida
Elmore Company and Immediately round
ed out their plans TO nine the mountain
thoroughly. Their property now consists
OF eight fun claims. representing as many
cropping lodges and no doubt Including
many blind mineral bearing iodes, az two
have been struck already They also own
two mill sites, one on Camp creek and an
other al the mouth Of the stream on the
Gle Elum river. The latter site. occupied
AT present hy the companys sawmlii is
mile from the mines. The pant te be
placed there VIII be served with ore by
tramway. A good road has been built
10 the site. excavations are now making;
io-stamp mill has been purchased and
II now on the way The headquarters
building ana storehouse al we'll az The
workmens cabins, are completed. winter
supplies are stored and fourteen men are
now opening tha property.
Two Eccentric Gold Veins.
The crest % this geological freak II 5000
feet above sea level and s,75o feet abqve the
Cie-Elum river mill site The mountain
veiopment by tunnels
lit il very steep on It's south exposure"
said Mr.. Mariner standing at an angie
of IL degrees from the horizon. It - about
80 feet VIDE az tho crest, and
In composed. as exposed on tn.
surface and In the workings ~
porphyry~ serrentine and sycnite rocks. in
which the vein or mineral zone Il found
Two veins are exposed on the surface. ono
on the south side and one Just below the
crest on the north side. Both are badly
decomposed on the surface, The veins as
exposed run with the mountain-that H.
their strike or general direction through
the country rock is east and wesi The
one ar the south dips south at an angie Of
~ degrees from the horizon. IN. one at
the north DIPS "a the north al the same
angle Both are from Ia feet wide and
lie between purphyry and scrpentlne wnlls.
The VALUES are I'm quartz. and the oxides
and sulph.des ~ IRON The oxides are a
red, yellow AMI black color, commonly cali
e5 ochre by the miner
Tho upper transverse tunnel On the prop
crty tie feet below the crest OF the NOUN
tain, has been driven ~ feet In II two
blind leads have been tapped. the first in
distance Of las feet. the second AZ lea feet
One has 10 inches Of gold quartz and arsen-
zeal iron. thu other contains q inches of
like pay material y ss-foot drift on the
latter strike developed ! fee; and inches
Of this ore
Estimate OF the Orc In sight
The ores OF the two veins thas autcrop
are free milling, ana show a range 81 sur.
face values from 81 - ti2 a ton. Where
the seuth vein is crossed beneath It's out
crop by the transverse tunnel. which is in
tended % pierce the mountain throuxA, the
yaines rise - Sa6 The blind veins cap
,aiE ore Of an essentially different nature.
bat can IL eAeapty treated. either ~ roast
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