The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-13
NEWS AND GOSSIP Of TIE MINING WORLD.

two and a half miles in length and drop
ping down from elevation OF 800 feet
above the Monte Cristo road.
From Monte Cristo Mr.. Ieehey followed
!, down the Sank river TO Darlington. a dis
lance Of forty-two miles. The first part
OF the Journey was made on horseback
with an Indian guide. On arriving at a
point where II was necessary TO cross the
Sank the guide proposed attempting TO
ford the river on their horses The APP
parently tremendous force OF the current
as II sprayed and splashed about the rocks
tutting from the river bed. did not at
tract Mr. I,eehey 70 the proposal: so leav-
Ing horses and guide behind he crossed 10
the other side by ferry through the air
strong cable Is stretched over the river
at this point from which IS suspended
small platform; orce on this the traveller
furnishes the motive power by pulling on
an endless rope running through pulleys
attached at either end Of the cable. The
short trip across Is described by Mr.. Lee
hey as thrilling experience.
AT Darlington said Mr.. Leehey, "is
the finest copper prospect ] have ever
Cascades had impressed me with the be-
lief that there were many good proper
ties there; conceded that they might
not be sufficient In numbers or wealth 20
occasion the founding OF another Butte
or Rossiand. but / thought it might be-
come district OF many small, good-pay-
ing mines, like Colorado. on this trip,
however, l saw such properties and pros
poets as l have never seen before; I was
In Cripple Creek in isc2, when IL contained
1000 people and not single building: /
have been in all the rich districts Of Col
orado, Montana. Idaho. and British Co.
lumbia; but from what / have recently
seen firmly believe that the Cascade dis
trict win prove greater mineral producer
than any OF these"
in the Burns group OF mines at Daring
ton. Mr.. f.eehey found that several veins
OF copper bearing ore were exposed along
the Sank river. Directly UP from these
exposures. on the summit OF Gold noun
tain, $500 feet above the river. the same
veins are shown. Nature, IL seems. has
ploughsd the channel of the Sank direct
~ through the great ore body, for the
character OF She pay rock at the mountain
waters edge.
.'The VEINS said Mr. Leehey, ARE we'll
defined In porphyry formation with a
footwall of porphyritic slate A fair
sample. taken from a four-foot pay streak.
shows sas in gold. s. in silver and IA
per cent. copper.
sample which I was told was taken from
the Biuebird. owned by Butte syndi-
cate. IL showed IA ounces In gold, 80
ounces in silver and Is per cent copper
This, however. I cannot conceive to be
the common run of the mine II must, I
imagine, have been an exhibition sam
pie"
Development Of Penn Properties.
Mr.. Leehey did not have time 10 visit
the mines and prospects on White Horse
mountain. but was told at Darlington
that much work was being done there
and the outlook was considered most
promising by all. He went around Goat
lake to where the Penn Mining Company
Is working It's properties on Troublesome
almost insurmountable difficulties which
mining men In that district have had 10
contend with
The Penn properties are fourteen miles
away from the railroad. and transporta-
ton to and from the mines Is by pack
horse over the trail
Manager Mcintosh, OF the mines.
showed me n part OF this TRAIL said MT
The trail IL mere footpath and steep
IN many places that horses have to be
unloaded and carefully led along. Sew
eral times during our walk, or rather
climb. | had to hang on to branches OF
trees and vines 10 keep my footing.
I'm spite of this great inconvenience
working on their properties constantly
since 1892 and have expended more than "A
quarter OF a million dollars. Transport
alton IL all that Is needed to make these
mines great producers as any In the
80 far only two concerns have under
taken large operations In the district.
These are the Rockefellers and the Penn
company, and both are showing their
satisfaction with the outlook by doubling
their investments this season"
The great problem to be settled, which
will insure the development OF tho re-
gion's vast resources 10. TO Mr., Leehey's
mind, the problem OF transportation-the
building of railway lines TO centers OF
known wealth and the later extension OF
these I'm the wake OF the hardy proprietor.
or the outlook he speaks encoura8ingly;
''The Northern Pacific" said he, has
begun work on It's extension OF the Sc
attle 4 International from Arlington 20
Darlington, and II is believed that trains
will be running by January !. The Great
Northern people are now building from
Hamilton up the river TO Sank city,
which Is only twenty miles below Oar
ringtou, and have surveyed on through
Darlington. around Goat lake. to the
Penn properties and thence down Trou-
hlesonle creek TO Index. This will give
Darlington two railroads, and Will open
up the district quite well. With the Monte
Crlsto road. now again In operation. and
the proposed electric line from Barring,
on the Great Northern, southeast along
Miller river, I'm King county the whole
great region Of mineral wealth directly
Tributary TO Seattle will be fairly Access
sihie'
While Nlr Leehey is quoted more at
length on properties Of recognized value
and the transportation question, he aid
not fail TO give attention TO the many
mines that are being worked on smaller
scale pending the arrival OF the rail-
roads. 10 the numerous prospects that
have been located. and TO the hundreds