The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1904-12-23
One of the Greatest Mineral
Finds Ever Made In
the State
OVER $4,000 TO THE TON
Power and Transportation a Few
Hundred Feet from the Ore Body
The Only Remaining Question;
Is the Mineral In Quantity

The following dispatch which APP
peared in the P.-I. was read with not q
little interest last Sunday. 1t was a
mistake, though, to, say that it had
caused excitement, for it was generally
known to very few. The dispatch,
while dated Leavenworth was in re-
ality sent from Wenatchee
Mr.. r. 7. King had shown the writer
the assayer's certificate previousto the
last issue OF the Echo and made the re-
quest that the facts be not given 10 tie
public for the present as the parties
wanted to make sure of their location
first
Leavenworth, Dec. I7.-tSpecial).-
The announcement of the discovery two
miles from town of a lead of mineral
which assays over 500, 900 to the ton in
gold has caused much excitement in
this vicinity. The mine is located in
the Tumwater canyon. From time to
time for several years past rich pieces
of ore have been picked up in the vi
cinity of this mine. The lead was
found last summer by John Sadoske, a
prOspectOr from the Couer d'Alene
country, who discovered tive.foot vein
of gold-bearing quartz. He showed
some of the mineral to II T. King, who
is present connected with the Leaven-
worth Mercantile company, and w. l..
Wester, the principal OF the Wenat-
chez high school, who was at that time
in LeaYenworth. They both became
interested in the prospect and the latter
two gentlemen have continued to fl
nance the prospecting.
Last Tuesday rich vein was struck,
and some of the mineral was sent to
Everett to be assayed. The assay
shows the ore to be worth $20,3 tothe
ton.
The ,assayer, in reporting the result,
said: II was simply astounded at the
outcome. To make sure that l was
fright, Iiassayed it over again"
There are a number of very rich
pockets in the lead, and some pieces
of almost pure gold have been taken
out.
This discovery was made last summer
by Mr.. Sadoske, and being in such an
improbable location for II gold mine,
and only alittle more than mile from
town, was pooh-poohed by almost every
body as of no value. Mr.. Sadoske,
however, pursued the work of develop
ment, and succeeded in interesting Mr..
King and Mr. Wester, who was spend
ing his vacation here, to help him keep
up the work. In August last the Echo
made some mention of the find and the
fact of its being developed. Several
assays have been previously made, all
OF which were encouraging for surface
rock, but not until recently had the
high grade ore been struck.
Just at this time it is not considered
settled about the quantity of the ore,
but it is believed that there is large
body of it. <o
The matter of power and trausporta-
tion, which enters so largely into the
value of mine for practical purposes,
is in this case most satisfactorily set
tied to begin with, The mine is not
more than a thousand feet from the
Great Northern track. The Wenatchee
river, beside which the track runs, will
furnish all the power needed for a
dozen mines.
The only question, then, that remains
is the body of the ore, to settle the fu-
turc of the mine.
1t is located in the Tumwater canyon
little more than mile from Leaven-
worth, at point near where the new
Aume was constructed last fall, few
hundred feet above the railroad track.
1t is so situated that development work
can be pushed all winter, which we are
informed will be done.