The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-09-26
PROPERTIES IN WHATCOM.
Visit to the Camps of the Mount
Baker District.
MANY PROMISING CLAIMS.
Good Ore Found Near the Birdweu
Toll Bridge-Extensive Develop
ment Work Under Way on Ruth
Creek-Goat Mountain staked In
Every Observation-Disclosures show
fngs Obtained Around the Lakes.

Impressions received during a visit TO
the Mount Baker mining district are thus
given by the sumas News:
Near the Birdwell toll bridge the frs,
mining camp met with is that of w. II.
Norton and associates. near the toll
bridge. where they have several mining
claims on both sides OF the river These
claims were located this spring, and un.
doubleday more work done the first sea-
son In showing up the claims than has
been done on any other claims In the
district The ore in the different claims
assay from s42 TO $40.
Up Ruth creek, near the eighteenth
mile post. on the state trail. are located
several claims, among them the claims
OF the Morning Star Company, which
are said to be among the best in the
district Some extensive development
work is being done on the claims this
fall Harry Snow and Frank Nancy, OF
Ballard, have some very fine lodges OF
sylvanite ore assaying s64 They have
driven twenty-five foot crosscut tunnel
and will keep working all fall. The IA
nous Silver Tip copper mine. owned by
l.. g. Van Valkenburg, upon which he Is
busily at work. Is situated here.
Crossing Goat mountain from Ruth
creek you enter into part of the dis
trict where claims are staked out in every
direction. chief among which are the
Mining and Milling Company. who have.
this summer driven l5o-foot tunnel
into the property. which IL showing up
well They expect to continue the work
all winter. and have just completed a
cabin for their men. Lying to either
side OF this property are the claims of
the Great Republican Mining Company.
Of Seattle. and those Of Brickley Brothers.
both OF which are remarkably fine prop
critics.
Further on towards the lakes we pass
the Terra Alta group. owned by Dunn.
Treutle and others. A seventy-seven-foot
tunnel has been driven into the property
As their property Is on the extension OF
the Lone Jack lead 1t is conceded 10 be
in value next to the Post-Iambert
claims, and the famous Lone Jack, tho
richness of which Is admitted to surpass
that OF any mine on record. While the
property Is tied up TO some extent at
present II IS fully expected that by next
spring IL win be n producing mine. one
hundred and fifty feet are tunneled along
the lead which Is steadily growing In
richness. At lower level a 400~foot
tunnel has been driven to crosscut the
! lead. Mr.. Stanislawsky. the present SUI
| perntendent, In preparing to take In a
| gasoline engine to run the blower, with
the intention Of driving the tunnel to the
ledge.
Lower down Is the Lulu mine into
! which "a crosscut tunnel has been driven
with the gratifying result OF having
/ struck the lead.
In this neighborhood and on the same
| lead is the Bald Eagle group OF claims
! owned by Garrison Brothers Forty feet
! OF the tunnel has been driven into the
1 claims which are considered very rich.
| Here also is the great rockslide, at the
| bottom OF which the Brickley Brothers
placer claims are situated In the dis
| lance can be seen the Gold Tip mine.
| owned by II. s, Lambert and others.
| This mine is rapidly coming TO the front.
| Around the lakes are numerous fine
| properties, among them are those cf
! johnson and the Ruffels Brothers, which
1 are said 20 be very rich In free gold,
I and the Doolittle claims lately bonded
I By Hodges & Price. who have Just
brought in winters supply, expecting
/ to drive n 2p0-foot tunnel into the claims
/ this winter.
AZ the foot OF Swamp creek are sit
4 uated the camps Of the Union Mining
/ Company, which have gold and copper
/ claims ~ great richness, on which sew
erai men have been al work developing
I this summer Here also are located the
/ Union or Calamity copper mine. the title
/ o. which is IN dispute.