The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-11-23

M1nesa1 wealth Seems 10 Ne Cop
per-pssspe~ss Are Exceptionally
Gee4--RstIrsad needed 80 csp-
pev Deposits ReaIsse Present Ex-
peetastous-Praee Geld Dsggta9r
--GoeA Grade ~ Coal B~sss Nised
r. e. Schrxder, leader Of the United
ntafes geological survey party sent 20 the
Copper river country from Seattle last
spring. returned from the north yester.
Aay. accompanied by three members 81
the scientific corps of HIS party. Nj.
Gcbradxr returns with fun notes ~ he
details Of his researches. also maps srf
photoxraph~ He and his ASST. snss viii
N = few days 90 on to Washington. u q,
where they win begin work on th@'F '.ffi-
rial report The other members or ne
party here are. Thomas q. Gerdinn,
fopnrrapher: Or. Arthur g. Spencer. geoi-
ogfet. .. g.. weafhefspoon. topoGrsphrr.
An ara registered Of the Raintsr -Gsan<h
aff. Schrader's mission in the Copper
river was 70 report the copper deposits
OF that district. notably IN the east side OF
The Copper river basin. IN what y known
a. the chiftcna country. This name. Mr..
achrader SAYS has been misspeiied on al
Insst all Fnaps
The parry Dsff washington last May and
sailed from Seattle on the Excelsior early
M June. with twelve men and twenty pac
horses. destined FOR vaides. from which
point they fook mp their spectf'ed line 81
work. Speaking of this Mr. Schrader said:
''The Typographical ineF- as wen - me
geological were carried from vaides. and
the work proeecdrd through the Copper
river country suJ the wranE~i mountains
On to the headwsters ~ the chiuenas
Whence down Tho Copper river 10 the coast
and along the coast tip Prince Whnam
soupd. eiosina III. circuit Of work al VAL
des The starting point.
start~A wtsh Pack usrses.
ssrshc expedffion from the vaiecs end
vas made with our twenty pack horses.
Where n was irnoessibls e. utilize horses
n crossing the streams We weuid swim
them over and terry over o,tnts and IN
strumeuts IN cur two foiains canvas
bosts
,FWh~u We finally got through with the
work IN the Copper belt he horses were
asus back "a valdes with the packers.
nfsd The remafnfser Of the party continued
work dawn tho Copper giver % the coast
~ hont ana ,iaef ntetak tire esa a through
Prince wiIlsam e1und 30 Nsitcs
.Wfhrn ~e eoHrletrd ons WORK. npsa,
the nfs.idIe % October. va hsd vcred
souethsna ike 7Da m lea ~; m - ms
Ne startsa srsm vslaes about the mid
ale vr 1nne. we wr~a extremely frrtu-
mate W meeting with M accidents tn
was the more remarkable from the very
rne9fd and dangerous character ~ much
~ that mountainous country. ! attribute
mnrh ~ arr aeod luck to the twenty
stauncb netIr waskhorsc~. The~s we had
selected from the s~w 20 pt nsa 80
~ Inn n~lxhbprhood OF kiirnrbIrx. w this
state, sturdy. hardy and sure-footed
Mtme sal Wealth n copper.
speaksMs Of inc results Of his work Mr.
orhta5cf said;
"The principal mineral wealth .gf the
souutry sNens 70 b. W ropprr MO-. o'
al their development The prospects.
huw~vsr. SIRE exceptionally food ME-
merotn copper prospects rave recently
besn discovered on the kotsena aud the
TRIBUTARIES of the ehitfena. but as We,
there has been but stie mining done and
81, great efnouri ~ Development w"rk
The copper rr0rerty TIE most adj
vznced Ia paint of drv~i spsnent - Known
- the 0laLhaush mine. rear the native
taiisge u Mhtlak. u Il on the coast
About midway between orsa and Vaiues.
About 80 tons Of this orc has hssn ship-
For uiIiinw t~sfs Oh which the ssnays wers
very high. I kavr not Ssen thr nNures -
these assays but I was told, although
am not quite SIRE OF the ngurss- that
ths ore went about " per cent IN copper
ara ~ IN gold par 90"
summary f-connclsnnee work WAS also
sione na the islands Of Prince William
sound, most of which we're found 20 sons
extent mtneraiiasd and 10 carry good COP
psr pfu~i~ets The chief OF these II ihe
la Tvuehr Island In the southwest por-
sfsn 81 the Sound, whore development
~ofk sis considerably advanced
49, 80. .- mt .F hs
for copper mining Mr., aehradsr said;
what the Copper rtscr country wsil
need IL the copper deposits turn ous to b.
sh.s The pssssa, ssssRss,s ssa.s ,. ,, ~,l
the minss te The coast
Placer s.esA usgassas.
~, ls tr,se that ane placer gold occurs
IN rrNfiv al tributaries Of tho ehlttsna
river bt Il le not beinx mined: anil 81
yet thp Selia~ metal has not been Found
tn quantities Aunhcleni Tor placer mining
ns4sto<k h exceedingly deep Ia that eauh-
ny ard Ia The s'opr~F river basin u Il IN
sonse places several hundred feet beiow
'he surface 80 yuu ses Y = nof piaee
where pfp~peetsnx can be dpne in a Say
Ard 4 ~sii take sime end nsoasy 10 prop.
efiy rsespsSt and develop
Whtls Mu Mere up there We hsard that
placer snid had hsem discovered in pas
inf sasnsiftes en the fatSseehe-s4 on The
ess~~ ever there. bat heart thai alsaas
twenty~nvv men had been employed er.
Ina the rart s0mfsseF and fhas tn 4 4
nusrNhf taken 0sft wae something shs
GAwp Also th1t wssssf "a tho ssswmp~eiass
~he have been Identified ~t4h the Ssatsp~s
river werk sistce tse sr~ uaakinx .nfha-
ssastir preparations foF asxt ss@san
ss"ea 0ssa~ 1T teal
On the EAST Sale ~ the ssauta ~ co.
res ttvT*. ~ shat I. kaoon 81 tA4 EasaA
rUunssss seed sva3e az RNAi - h,.lns
mined IN ths 4t.~ks fsaksa-,s..s.a..s fs..-
rsnf snf the same ssrapary ta isvsaff.
sAtinx fhe p~ssatessal "a AssAussts in ths
same district Thsg Arw assN 4nveiatsisse
ceel nsEpsttsss n tbs t,afsr YaAgAxs ~
eastward =
pwfsns fAets ssirxes wsek tlss sarves
psffr asa nat aAest uary mgasss. All a.