The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-31

Gre on the dump Mr. soierberg SAYS
thai while * wuGA pay them 20 seip now.
they VIII wast unth they strike the main
Gre body
silver Creek and Other CIaias-
On Silver creek there are q number OF
good properties. among them bsirg the
Gold King and Tngerna tioBai- They have
a surface showing OF f9Fteen feet OF ore
assaysng abost sis But little Development
has been dese, su, they ars good proper
ties ard Eli be opened Up INKS summer
On Silver creek. above 6aleuA snart
distance is the J. ~ Scott property.
aieh Ae beng developed az fast as roSsl-
De. The surface showing IL excellent a1G
the ore body should BE- soon reached.
The large ant!monlal isufa deposits above
Gzisna. or Troublesome creek. bonded 5y
German syndicate. represented oy =.
r. Haber In being developed in most
thorough p8!nstaksag manner, with over
Hsty men working continuously. Much
depended lapon -. reSzits Of exploration OK
this property, and the men Sho have
worked them say it has an excellent show
Ing.
Near the head of Trout creek is what
Il known as the Tog -Marchaaf
group now being operated by Mr. NJ 4.
Downs They are working large force
drills are used. run by air, the coEn-
pcex@or plant being operated by water
power. The tunnel Is In a quartzte for
nation very hard ground 10 break. but
good progress Is being made. They have
son,e most excellent surface showtngs,
much % the Groupings being almost pure
cha}Sopyritic ore. Al the present rate 81
progress the tunnel should reach the ore
early Ia June.
The Sunsets Great showing.
About a mile and half up Trout creek
and some six ard half from Index. is
what Will make this section. as we'll as
the state Samous-tne Sunset mine. This
property is the only copper deposlt in
the state having sufficient development
To prove lies worth. but here Is real
mine. IL is being explored thoroughly
with a force of eighteen men now en-
eloyed and more TO be put on as soon
new buildings. nov In course Of construc-
tion, finished The principal work on
this group OF ten claims Is on the Sunset.
and comprises a z3l foot cEusSeut tunnel,
drifting along the ledge. both east and
west OF some 40 feet. an upraise of lA5
feet. two drifts through the ore body, one
% seventeen feet and the other some
thirty feet the first not yet being hnlsh-
ed and neither being through the ore
body. The main drifts. east and west. are
along the hanging wall, ani the raise Is
In the surface through the vein some
ffsy feet up on the raise a drift eighteen
feet south was run, showing good ore all
the way. Also In the raise the bornite
WAS almost solid for forty feet.
The Groupings on these properties show
strong flows Of chalcopyrite matter, but In
the west drift, some seventy feet from the
main cros~cut. they encountered a body
Of very high grade bornite ore IL was
weigesnaped, the small portion being on
the hanging wall. but il spread quickly
being twelve feet In width on TIE south
side Of the tunnel Tbs ore wiil easily run
~ per cent. copper and OF course, much
Of II viii run az high as 80 or s. per
cent. There IL now on the dump over $40
tons OF good ore. The ores OF the Sunset
carry very fair gold values, as well as
high percentages Of copper. There have
been a number Of experts TO examine this
property OF late. and all have gone away
enthusiastic II IL. In fact. mine today.
and very rich one. IL would undouhted-
Is pay them to ship ore now. taking Il
out with pack horses. hut as all the work
being done not only g~ts out good ore
but explores the mine more thoroughly.
the management Is in no haste 10 ship the
product. A tour through this property il
very interesting, and IL has a tendency 10
do away the feeling Of insecurity
so many investors have felt toward mines
In Western Washington.
The Sunset shows beyond doubt that
the ore reaches depth is richer the deeper
II gets. and - In continuous bodies The
east and west drifts. the two short drifts.
or crosscuis. the raise. In fact ali the
workings excepting the main crosscut. are
In all the way. On the surface the
lead has been practically stripped Tor $500
feet showing a with Of from eighteen
To forty-eighi feet highly mineralized The
quartz ia Of the variety found IN mines
whose veins attain great depth and hold
values. The people OF Index have always
depended upon tho SUNSET TO prov. The
country aud now they know IL with DO So
There are many other good properties
bat until the SHOWS go of they cannot he
investigated. The explorations on the
Gopher Belle the Tronh e-surne creek mlne
the Downs property and few others will
result IN mines before next falls snow
fses The railroad pushing work So rapid
~ viii tend IN help this result. There Is
talk of II srncl,er here. but with Everett
and Tacoma - near a hand there IL lit
tle probability OF his for some years AT
least.