The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-10
Discovery Of What Are Supposed
to Be the Mother" Lodes.
IMMENSE STORES OF QUARTZ,
PROT. Lualoa, = German Geologist,
whose Home II I'm the state OF
Warrington, Makes \ Remarka-
bly, Rich Find Near Fort George,
on the Upper Fraser River, While
Gathering Conifers of Douglas Fir

The search for the sources Of the rich
placers OF the Fraser river like that Tor
the lost rocker of more northern mining
fields, has long been a popular pursuit OK
the prospectors Of the province. Hitherto
Al these efforts have been in vain. but
this fan explorations have been conduct
ed by q German geologist In the Cariboo
district which lead to the belief that the
.mother lode' has at last been found.
The discoveries upon which this belief
Is founded are the result Of explorations
made by X. Ludloff, who. after lifetime
spent in prospecting and In mining, Is now
engaged in the employ Of an association
Of Baltic (Russian) noblemen who are
anxious to replant their forests from the
seeds Of trees indigenous to British CO.
lumbia. In accordance with these iRstruc-
lions he has collected large number OF
conifers. principally OF the Douglas mr.
and while thus engaged came upon min
eral deposits which, to use his own words.
''belong to the most important in the
worlds records"
Character OF the Deposits.
The discoveries mentioned lie in the up
per Fraser valley, about twenty to thirty
miles south OF Fort George. They COM
prise deposits Of collaborating dikcs OF
quartz rich in gold and iron pyrites. and
similar to the occurrence Of gold In the
Transvaal. From all Indications this de-
ser river placers
There are also huge deposits Of red hem
attic, partly soft, the Bessemer steel OF
the Lake Superior region. also bearing
free gold. Ore Of the strata is about 500
feet The e oas. hen tssy
lnic states. The majority Of the discover
les are workable from the surface like .
river T There e IS also an abundance Of TIM
Fer and water power. The climate Of the
district is similar to that Of Eastern On
OF sna sfaon Is At
Quesnelle.
Gets Mail Only Once . Month.
Prof. Ludloff, to whom is due the credit
Of the find, will remain in his present
camp on Woodpecker island on the Fra
tends going to Europe to interest capital
lists In his discoveries. At present he is
cut on from the outside World, as mail
the Hudson bay post at Quesnelle. He is
q German, but his home Is In Toledo.
Wash: He was one Of the first explor,,
Wisconsin, being at that time in the serv-
ice Of the late Hon. Charles L. Colby. pres
ident Of the wisconsin Central railway.
he made great discoveries Of gold-bearing
copper ores in the st. Helens mining re-
gion. He is therefore not to be, deceived
by the flnds which he has made In the
northern part Of this province.
II II a Field for Capital.
In writing Of his discoveries to q gentle
man in Victoria, Mr.. Ludlof says that al
though he has staked extensively on the
territory which embraces the deposits mem
toned, he does not wish to sell any Of his
properties, as he regards them as too valu-
able for that. His desire Is to cooperate
with capital. The discoveries are Of such
magnitude that individual capitalists. he
thinks, will stand poor chances of making
any Roadway. The field properly belongs
to the money corporations.
The region lies fifty-five miles north
from Quesnelle. and a poor horse trail
leads from there to Woodpecker island.
The red hematite deposits are eighteen
miles further up the river. He thinks these
deposits will extend over many square
miles, but as the whole country is covered
by gravel beds 1t will be expensive work
locating them.