The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-21
snecial f-arrs.pon.tsnce.


@HEI4As. Mares Is-Tne msAsrsF~in-
feresss os fills section ars looking up
with the canning 81 sarsrz, ar< he
resass viii be large activity In al
portions II shs .iEslx. Ne nave been, 50 Ear
as ire shipment Of Gre t. concerned. cen
parasisssy isolated: bsss The nsw s.ase road
will give ssz an Quite. 4sspsrssasy sne HfaSxe
creek. Horseshoe basin and UoEasfsf iak4
sections ard others can get 20 she fnkA
without exorbsssut expense. This state rad
VIII run from tie head Of Lake CaesAp
fifteen miles 10 tie mouth 81 BTifx< creek
Nsnera II connects with RE road runnfnk
20 she ustbOw river This gives an added
incentive TO the mining a. 10 al husi-
xeAss. and q permanent prosperity Will re-
silt. This IL I'm Esa.faess srafir Units sshY
rszziss. and ssse now gets TIE hulk ~ NUt
business. though hsr only competitor -8po-
ksness trying to sapersese Der. Mary So
attic men are interested here. however. ard
II the business men try. they can hold this
business
II ss In ffis secsion that the mother lode
OF tbs Cascades copper DEPOSITS .s heAted.
being on what was named by the first pe01s
pecsnrp-J. H. Holden. W. II. Robinson ard
n H. Murdock-copper mountain. 1t IL an
immense minersaxed lead. s0n1e might call
* dixie. OF copper ore. carrying Iszn val
ues, four miles ia length. ard enc can trace
y
standing upon ar smsnenee. Those who
have prn@pecsea the mountain are, 10th 10
give Use extent OF this lead, because Of It's
uncommon sfze, being at Us smallest point
over .evenfy-sive feet. The ore shoot Is be-
yord oTjecture. for so far D drift twenty
feet In length II the largest development
done. and IL In iii ore all the way, ore that
averages s. gold. ~ cents silver and 81 per
cent copper. There are four groups OF
claims on the lead. two Copper Mountains,
National and Iron Mountain. a big deal In
en- for the sale Of the original copper
Mountain group. and A. III. Murdoch.
one OF the principal owners. II now N tae
sound country TO eompiefe negotiations.
Just above the groups comes an iron
Gaping proposition, which IL In some
ways peculiar The iron IL not metallic.
ioaks something like. and yet Is not. OF
the hensatite variety. In a very close
grain. soii1 IRON. carrying an average
gold value of 81 "a. The probability Is that
this iron casspsng covers an Immense body
OF hixh grade ore, according TO numerous
experts who have examined II. This big
lead Of hrst copper ard then iron Gaping
breaks on AZ the headwaters Of the Entiat
river.
Work was started on the Blue Jay. on
Meadow creek. fifty miles az. the lake.
on March 8. with force of six men
working night and day. This is mann
moth copper proposition. iron capped, OF
which Capt. Johnson. Of Lakeside. and a
number Of Seattle men, are owners. Over
an feet Of ,ainnei.ng has been dane on this
property. with excellent trails 10 it.
Work has been going ahead all winter
on the Buster. on Fish creek. This was
supposed 10 be "A silver property. but the
copper values are constantly increasing.
and II In fire property.
The Lucknow, about two miles above
Copper mountain. a very promising pfopo-
sitson WAS recently sold By Charles
Greenwood to Walfa Walia parties for
3i.ap ard a large block of the company
stock. IL IL q very high grade 4oid-eop-
per property. the lead being from 1--WE
TO eight feet wide Work Will begin as
soon IA they can get In supplies.
One of the most promising properties
discovered In the Meadow creek district
was located last year by Willard and Gray
ana named tEs Grace. IT shows very rich
copper ore. A fifteen-focf shaft has prov
en- the perrnanence Of the lead. and con-
ddering work done, l. Is one of the best
prospects IN the country. There are other
good claims here. owned nv A. Crumniine.
". L. Boyd, f.. II Lord. Frank Lightner.
Mr. Olson, To- Wilson, w T.. Robinson
and Seattle ana Spokane people
The Ferguson grnti9 In Horseshoe basin.
Il one Of the big thanss OF this section.
This grosap was sold by III. n. kingman
and A. NJ Pershali III the fall OF 1921
60 a syndicate represented by Donald