The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-09-03

Deputy CLERK John Wallace. Of the su-
pertor court, returned on Friday frcxa
vacation trip 70 the Index mining dis
trict. where he was accompanied by his
friend. Rev. 3 Dell Johnston. Of McKeeS-
port, Pa. Mr.. wallace has bsea making
more or less regular trips to the Index
country for the last nine years and -
familiar with The situation there In
1851. he says. there was quite furry In
the district. owing 10 what ct that time
was supposed to Be large discoveries OF
silver. It - only In later days that the
gold and copper Developments have At
tracted large attention.
Asked yesterday for q statement OF the
work being done as he observed 1t on his
recent trip. Mr.. Wallace said: There Is
great activity going on there now ana
work Is being carried on In every sec
ton. An interesting happening during
my visit was the shipment by the Sunset
Mining Company. located seven miles
above index. OF the first consignment OF
ore ever sent out from the Index or Sill
yer Creek districts. The ore Was sent by
rail to the smelter at Everett. The COM
pany has built q tramway from the mines
to Index, Q distance OF over seven niles
They are doing . great deal OF work on
the property. With very nattering results
q
men Is working for the Bonanza Mining
and Smelling Company. under the man
agement Of peter Chioro, Of Seattle. This
group Of mines contains twelve claims.
ON which about LOO feet Of tunnel has
been dug. They are At present WORKING
on the Monarch claim. They have tun-
neled u = feet and cross-cut the ledge.
which II solid ore two and . half feet
vide. and heavy in gold and copper. On
the White Rose clam tney nave sunne e,ea
heavy In gold and copper: On their great-
est surface showing vein. the Edison.
there Is one vein fully ffty feet wide al
n %Gss s ran vScn .n When a se fses ~i
tap four distinct veins at depth OF SO
70 500 feet This consider one OF the
largest copper properties In the district
W. i CABIN. but now in the hands Of
Seattle parties. q tunnel has been run
eighty-five feet. showing twenty.six-
inch vein rich IN copper and gold
owning the orphan Boy mine. near the
dv1ae bstW>en silver ereek and Monte
Cr3Bfo, q running tunnel 70 eeces-cut
their vein. n greet deal OF Work y being
scns; Win ra,, sns sIh, a. crew 81 mem q,
work on Imperial. located near the town
site Of Mineral City. Fffty feet of tun-
neling has been done along an eighteen
Carignan has also q crew in the Mary
M MIN Ter city, f as Ia. sum- tunnel is
feet and struck sclid txensy t. s,Insn
and II per cent. copper.
'sThe North Star group. recently sold
to c. A. Riddle. the seattle attorney. on
Hancock guich. near Mineral CITY. has
vein u two feet ana runs - per cent.
copper. besides . good showing OF gold
ana silver.
ION the west fork Of Silver creek. near
se ay 1ssh tunnel rans i, r copper ana rs
ANDY Michard has q crew at work on
where he has run q sunnei 100 feet On
copper. and Christ SnidS has besn work
Ing OK m Nc, Sasa ne nas
''soms company, Whose name ! do not
remember half way between GalenA and
Mineral City, has sunk 30 feet OF tunnel
$50 J. N Scott II working the Westland
group. two miles above 0alenA. and has
. l66-foot tunnel along q three-foot vein
"br. J. II. Prathsr, OF Seattle. has q
crew at work on the Jim HIN group. and
Jud c. Hubhart OF Seattle. r. doing de-
vslopDsn, work on :exsr claims a. a. !.
above Mineral City.
ION the Troublesome. emptyfnE into
the Skykomiah. two miles above 0slenA
c. Haber. representing q German syndi-
cate has a crew Of thirty men on the
Daisy group. combating OF twelve claims.
He has a tunnel 80 feet showing large
vein, moetiy OF gold.
THE Corona Mining Company, IN the
same dhsrict. has three men doing devei-
opment work. and J. n. Scott has iet a
contract fog work on the Great Scott
group. The Cooperative Mining Com
pany. owned by Seattle people. has a
crew OF seven or eight men under the
sup~rintendence OF r. w. Stevens at
work on their Howard creek property"
Mr.. Wallace says there IL greater ac-
tivf.y IN the district now than ever be-
fore and that the mining industry there
has just begun. Many locations which
wero made several yNars ago have iApse2
through the assessment work not having
been kept up. and these claims are being
relocated The greatest need OF the Dis
triet he says, 10 good trail o. wagon
road. The one leading ont from Index. he
oay4 n oimolx funpnoeafln