The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-04-27

was all done last fall, and these men
have. spent mucn time since then,
whenever conditions were favorable,
making surface openings to prove, if
possible, to their own satisfaction
that they lad found the ore in place.
So carefully did they keep their own
counsel that not the least whisper of
what was going or reached the pub
lie ear until they felt secure in their
own locations.
Mess-s. NJ. NJ. Kingrnan and L. n.
Pershall were among the first on the
ground after it became known that q
strike had been made, and they made
two locations, one Immediately east
and the other south of the claims
located by Mr.. Moore and his asso-
ciates. These gentlemen are exper-
fenced prospectors. They belong to
that very small minority who have
made financial success of that pur-
suit. They are about as thoroughly
familiar with all the conditions of
geological formation existing in this
section of the Cascades as it is pos
sible for anyone to be, and they are
very we'll satisfied with the surface
indications found in this new gold
field and believe the find will prove
a valuable one.
On Monday Fred Wright and sew
eral associates staked claim four
or five hundred feet above the first
location on what they believe is an
other ledge very similar in formation
to the. one farther down. Within a
foot under the surface groupings the
rock which is believed to be ledge
matter produced innumerabla samples
in which free gold was present in
large quantities.
While few pieces of white quartz
that carry gold have been picked up
among the other float on the hill
side, the more numerous and rich
est specimens are of gray colored
periphery rock and it is believed that
this is the ledge matter The indi-
cations are that. the lodges have
width of so feet and upwards and
are placed between well defined walls
OF granite. At places there is a close
association of white quartz which
seems to be in ledge formation ana
which is very similar to the float
quartz in which gold is found, but no
traces of the metal are found in the
surface groupings of this ledge
The characteristics Of the gsologi-
cal formation, while they are similar
in some respects to those found in
other gold producing sections, differ
from the general rule in many es-
sentials. For that reason experienced
prospt\ tors have been fooled in the
past and may be wrong again. For
years it has been known that there
was gold bearing rock on the Butte,
but prospectors never succeeded in
locating the ledge. 1t now appears
that they have failed because they
were looking for the wrong kind of
rock, being deceived by the OCCASION
al colors in white quartz. The dis
covery of the periphery was made on
ly about two weeks ago ago and was
purely accidental.
Samples OF this ore were sent ont
Saturday by Mr.. Moore and his as
sociates to assayers in Spokane and
returns were expected yesterday
when the Leader went to press.
Those who are acquainted with ores
are confident that the assays will
show large values. If these surface
groupings prove as rich as they ap-
pear, there can be but little question
as to the value of the discovery, for
the locators feel sure that the lodges
are wide and so well defined that
they will certainly carry depth.
News of the gold discovery soon
reached the outside world and all
day Monday and Tuesday the local
telephone Office was kept busy re-
ceiving and answering messages of
inquiry.