The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-30

road 10 the nina and " b hopeA |, win
Dc completed within fhe next ten days
when supplies and machsn<ry VII b taken
n 20 complete TIE dese.opmsns Of the
property.
a number sf expert copper msnlng men
have visited tais property fssesy and have
peonoumced Il 70 he valnahie piece Of
property for the amount 81 work that has
been done 90 t. The owners. q ecurse.
expect to rake II equal the wsshay ana
6unset properties.
There are q great NUMBER ~ other
ciasme In hits district thai are making
splendid shoSinss The moss curious fact
Of ali b thar Tor the past nine years the
country In which rhese properties are found
has been passed by the pyospecsnr and
taken up . timber claims. that h all ea--
SIDE Of the Sunset mine. TIE timber on
thss mountain extends clear TO the summit
and xoad No I nr hundreds os
pfsp<csofs have rAssd On the the Of the
Great Northern ard xroppes nj intex with
10 Two or three ml<s Of these properties
! and have then made their way up The north
fork OF the Skykoussh river INTO Silver
creek ard Troublesome basin and other
mining dtstrseis above without ever stop
pifx 10 Investigate tina mountain lying on
! Their right
sCs-eSesattve Mising Company.
The Cooperative Mining Company, OPP
Grating on Trout creek. q mile this tide
OF Galsra- has eonarucse! a wooden
bridge acroxs the riser at that point and
u taking In q large amount of stun f5r
fts mine. where Il l. running day and
| night sntfts
In fact on both aide. Of the mountains
ap the north fork to Galsna and from
there or up Silver creek TO MoDse Cris.o
are TO De found hundreds Of men A. work:
no donhs ten times the number thar has
ever been found there before Al this time
OF the year. New life has set In and claims
/ which nave had no work done on taysv. ss,r
several years. except the assessment work.
are no" being developed into paying prop
critics.
Troshiesome Basin.
The German syndicate operating In the
troublesome basin has upwards Of sixty
| nen employed In driving eross-cuts and
| great activity h shown In camp Mr.
Haber. the general manager Of the Trou-
blesone property, passed up Silver creek
couple OF weeks age on his way TO
/ Monte crisro and had With him his as
saver. For what purpose he went to
Monte Crfsto no one can say, bur the
/ snpposition Ii that he went there TO
/ make an examination OF the Monte Cristo
mires.
work On silver Creek.
/ The most active camp. outside OF that
| Immediately around Index Is on Silver
creek ~ the present time The Trident
Mining Company. about two miles above
| Gaiena, has finished driving 40 feet OF
| cross-cut tunnel and come In contact
with the lead and q very fne body of ore
/ Your correspondent. white up the creek a
! short time ago. examined the ore upon
| the dump and the indications are that II
/ IL very rich
The Silver Creek Mining Company Is
hard at work and greatly encouraged
/ over It's property. yet /, IL several
hundred feet from the main ore shoot
| Work IL being pushed on the Monte
| Carlo and Copper Chief properties on Sill
| yer creek. They both have fine bodies
| OF ore In their tunnels which is being
| taken out and piled up on the dump.
| AZ the head OF Silver creek the property
known as the kedo property has large
force OF men al work. This property has
had some ds.o00 expended on II already.
/ and several large bodies of ore have been
/ eross-eus- The owners say they intend
| TO exrend slo.oo0 more I'm the develop
| fnent OF this property within the next
| twelve months,
/ New Roate 70 Monte Cristo.
| A great number of people are going
over to Monte cris,o by this route. ieav-
/ ing the train ut Index. going from there
/ 10 Gaiena and then on TO Monte cristo
! which shortens the distance greatly. One
i can take horse a. Index and ride 10
/ within four miles OF Monte Cristo and
| the trip can be easily made inside OF six
| hours. while I'm going by the old Monte
| crisfo road one has 10 walk some TWEEN
fy-fve miles. and IL II long and tire
some trip.
| Prospecters ny the Handreds.
| II Is a hard matter 10 estimate the num-
| Der of men now In whstsis known as the
! silver Greek Index mining district. They
! are scattered over an area Of ten miles
i square, but there mus, be In the neigh
| horhood of $50 men. Prosrectors ga
/ fnres You can find them on every trail
and every mountain side with pick and
/ blankets. While the country up around
| GaieHa and Silver creek has been pros
I pected for number OF years. vet the
whole country has not been travelled over
and the chances are that some good ioca-
/ tsens viii be made this season In that
| district, and In ground that has no doubt
| been travelled over hy the prospector
many time,
The road that is being built hy the sun
| set people viii greatly facilitate trans
/ rorta,ion for Galena and Silver creek
points, freight can hs taken over the
| road 20 within four miles OF Gaiena and
much cheaper than IL Ia now taken by
horse from Index. Furthermore the same
[ kind OF tram road couid be built from
| Gaiena and connected with the Sunset
road AT a cost of about Aoa. or course
this IL starter for cheap transportation
/ in and out % the district. and no doubt II
will be utilized before snow flies in re-
moving ore from Silver creek as the
mines ts that district have received a
higher development than airy other por-
ton % the county outside Of SiIserfoa
and Monte crsssa, and Some of the mines
could ship ore every day IL they had
transportation At q reasonable rate.
Transportation Mach Needed.
The city ~ Seattle VIII wake up some
moaning ard find the greatest m nsng Dis
erie, IN the Northwest AZ It's sgry door
and IL will not DC through arg efforts of
tire business nsen - Seattle. IL sx very sei.