The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-22

RAILROAD CREEK MINES.
Mo1ybdenits Property 10 Proving 20
Ne Very Valuable

Special Dispatch to the Post-inteiiigencer
RAILROAD CREEK. Lake Chelan. Aug.
y.-While but little has lately transpirel
regarding the work going on In this camp.
the men engaged In developing the claims
here have been steadily Saving wood and
saying nothing" and the past two weeks
have shown remarkable Improvement In
every case. Prominent among the mines
IN this section IL the valuable molybdeni,e
property near the head OF Railroad creek.
This was purchased over eighteen months
ago by Seattle parties and George Hart
now mas men employed opening the vein
In order 10 get out some ore for shipment
10 Seattle. The Post intelgencer CORE.
spondent visited the mine recently and vas
very favorably impressed with the show
ing. The ledge Hes horizontally and crops
out plainly In the side OF % vertical clin.
ana there are two bodies OF quartz. the
lower OF which In being opened by tunnel
run directly underneath Il. Lower down
the cliff every hollow and cavity In nlled
with quartz In large crystals and the rock
In this vicinity In everywhere covered with
green carbonate stain. thus indicating the
presence OF copper with which this curious
metal Ii usually found associated. Indeed.
although the work has hardly commenced,
some fine copper sulphide ore has already
been uncovered and galena IL also appear
ing.
a conversation with Supt. Hart ELECTED
the fact that J. II. Moore and o. H. Dahl.
prominent Seattle mining men. are the
principal owners. 1t took nearly two years
20 find market. but now every pound can
be- sold for high figure. Refined molyb-
denItc In worth $3.50 per ton. and this r.
10 per cent. pure. No great amount OF
work In to be done this summer. that GO
INK on now being simply Of IA preliminary
nature. AZ usual. the brst reports. cman-
ating from irresponsible parties. greatly
exaggerated the size Of the ore body.
There are not Immense quantities IN
sight" nor Ia IL found IN masses the size
OF water bucket. but Il occurs In layers
and small bodies freely distributed IN
quartz. which itself assays 16.23 In gold
and silver. In the loose slide rock under
the ledge some hne specimens were found,
ana great quantity OF quartz. broken
from tho ledge where II crops out. has
tumblsd over the cliff In large boulders.
II Is now divulged that this property In
very much more valuable than was hth-
crto supposed AZ the demand for this min
cral In increasing In greater ratio than the
supply thereof.
Another encouraging event IA the recent
strike OF good ore In the shaft being SUNK
on the sepoy group. owned In Walla Wal
la. An depth was gained the ledge grew
gradually harder but t.mbcring was nee
cssary tho hrst fifteen feet. The ganguc
died. dccomposed matter. much crystal
zcd. 10 clean. hard quarts. At a depth OF
thirty feet the FIRST really soiid quartz
was encountered In n compact body eleven
inches wide and heavily mineraiized Some
fine pieces weighing M TO 200 pounds were
hoistcd out, and this was improving every
foot No assays have yet been made, for
the strike was made just before your cor
respondent left the camp. but II ~ expect
list. Tho exact nature OF the ore has not
yet been determined. but IL In likely =
prove an cxceilcn; concentrating PROPOSE
ton. Copper IL beginning 70 show freely
while the iron runs we'll In silver. as
shown by previous assays
a twcnty.foot open cut and shaft has
been sunk on the Jumbo, owned by A.
T. Crumrine. This In a clcan.cut vein
parallcling the one covered by the Sepoy
group. and nothing could he more evenly
regular than the four.fooi body OF quartz
exposed. While still somewhat loose
and dccomposcd. mineral Is coming IN
rapidly. II resembles It's near neighbor
40 closely that one description serves for
both and. while none OF the lodges here
can be considered ms carrying rich ore
near the surface. enough has been done
To clearly demonstrate that no very deep
or costly work IL needed to make some
really nne showings. The squeeze In
the Lucknow is now nearly passed. and
the ledge IL opening out again. and there
are indications that more ore will soon
bc encountered Work has been sus-
pended for few days. but will be re-
sumed shortly.
Paul Ciagstone has two shifts steadily
AZ work on tho Minnesota group ~
Bridge creek. They are driving 6 by
tunnel eleven feet per week, and the i'm.
prsvcment In the ore ~ already notice.
able. although such . large amount OF
development viii be needed before any
DEFINITE knowledge can be gained that
any positive assertions made now could
only be considered hazardous.
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