The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-26
Strike Reported on Pcs Lambert
Vein at $50 Feet.
TRACING 4 LODE FOR NILES.
Work to he Continued During the
Winter ON Two of the Principal
Properties of the District-Four
Hundred Feet of Free Gold
Quarts and Tellurium Ore Ex-
posed ON Red Mountain Group.

Manager C. III. Stanford. of the Hud-
son Bay Company at Chilliwack, Is All
thority for the statement that an impor-
tnnt strike has been made IN the Post
Lambert ledge, Miners coming down to
ChIlliwack from the district say that at a
depth of go feet the vein has been cut.
showing II to be white quartz. rich in
free gold and tellurium, far greater In
extent and richness than at the surface.
Notwithstanding the winters SHOWS
have stopped all progress In the develop
ment Of Mount Baker properties with
few notable exceptions, still interest ir
that rich section has never tagged for
an instant. 1t Is definitely known. says
the Blaine Republican. that the rich lode
on which Is located the principal mine OF
the Post-Lambert group continues for
miles In northerly direction. and can
be plainly traced on adjacent mountains.
Down at the mouth Of these canyons
N are thousands of tons OF quartz in huge
boulders and fine particles Of the same
character of material as the ledge. Two
men for a small sum obtained a two
year lay" on this loose quartz. and are
today at work with large hand mortars.
pounding 1t up and extracting the free
gold. They are succeeding beyond ex-
pectations, and II accounts are reliable,
will wrest independent fortunes from
their contract before its expiration.
Three miles to the north from Bear
mountain Is Red mountain. on which are
located many splendid properties, un.
doubtediy on the identical lode that gives
the Post-Lambert group their great value
The Red mountain group comprises the
Klondike Climax, Black Hawk Hunker
quartz and Hunker placer claims. These
claims are about one mile south of the
boundary line between this country and
British Columbia The properties are on
the Fraser river slope and to the presence
OF the rich free milling quartz is no doubt
due the placers that have for years been
worked with varying success on the lower
Fraser.
Quarts Glfstening with Gold.
Tho claims named belong toy the Red
Mountain Gold Mining company of7icered
almost exclusively by whatcom and Fair
/ haven men. Hon. Emon Scott, ex-su-
preme Judge Of this state. is president of
the company. while Ed q. Hardin is vice
president, e. w. Purdy is treasurer and
Charles 8. Wallace secretary. The three
former are residents Of New Whatcom
and the latter of Fairhaven. The trustees
are among the best known men of What
com and King counties.
Assays from the Red Mountain group
are about the same as those made from
Post-Lambert quartz, running from few
dollars up into the thousands. There is
an almost unbroken surface exposure of
quartz vein matter for distance of over
four hundred feet, rich in free gold and
tellurium. 1t Is almost impossible TO put
IN shot anywhere along the trend Of this
four hundred foot quartz exposure with
out shattering quartz that fairly glistens
with free gold and tellurides. Mining en-
gtneers unite in saying that with modern
machinery and modern methods the out
put can be mined and miIled on a large
scale at u per ton.
The vast bodies of quartz In sight must
carry values running into the millions;
and 1t will not have to be shipped to a
smelter. for 1t will be milled on the
ground.
Two properties are being worked this
winter in the Mt. Baker district, the POST
Lambert group, recently purchased by J.
g. English and son. of Oregon. for $500, 900,
and the Gold Basin group. owned by Car
Isle, Lane & Hayward and Sol @. Simp-
son ]. O. Carlisle is California man.
Lane d Hayward are the California firm
that now have bond on and are working
the Eureka mine on Slate creek
A tunnel to crosscut vein at a depth
OF over 500 feet is being driven on the
Post-Lambert. In the spring they will
begin the erection of a large stamp mill
and Will put In tram. Mining experts
report over 100000 tons of ore in sight.
which nature has developed, rich In free
gold and gold tellurides
Nature Has Exposed the Vein,
Several grooves. or canyons, have been
worn into the side of Bear mountain. on
which the Post-Lambert group are locat-
ed. undoubtedly by glacial action These
canyons cut the rich quartz leads at right
angles, exposing the veins along the cuts
Tor LOO feet on either side. in the various
canyons. In this manner the vein can be