Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1883-12-06
MINES.

The Ore90ntdn man has interviewed
vice president Oakes about mines and the
following is the result;
TIE DEVELOPMENT OF MINES.
SIS there anything Of interest along
the line of the road that the public would
like to know" asked the reporter.
tIr. Cakes leaned back in his chair as
if he wished be hadn't consented to be
interviewed. remained silent some time.
and then said; You may say that the
volumne Of through business has largely
exceeded expectations. The local bu-i-
ness is surprise to the management.
The completion Of the road has opened to
capital mining districts heretofore practi
cally inaccessible. We find that mines
are being opened at many points between
Billings and Spokane Falls, heretofore
unheard of. and mining districts well
known before the advent Of the road have
received marked impetus by its compile
ton. In the Clark's Fork mines, great
deal Of ore and matter await shipment
A town called Cooke City, named for Jay
Cooke, who has large interests there, has
Spun. up in that locality within few
months, and now number 800 people.
"McGinnss district, north of Billings,
has several very large mines also yielding
considerable ore and matte; notably the
Collar mine. which promises to be one
of the best mines in the Territory, This
mine is under the personal management
of {. W. Mead, formerly president of the
Omaha Smelling and Refining Works.
mining operations in the vicinity of
Helena have shown renewed activity since
the road reached that point. The rail
roads business at Helena alone has ex-
ceeded $4,000 per month. Consider
able interest is manifested in the Bitter
Root region tributary to Missoula.
The Cnur d Aene mines, of which full
accounts have been published in your
newspapers, are likely to be as extensive
in value as the mines of the famous Lead
vile district Notwithstanding winter is
upon us, the people are nocking to these
mines from all sections via. Rathdrum
In the spring this movement will be large
" augmented and will seek insress alsc
by way of Trout creek and lIerons A
well known capitalist of Butte City has
4 expressed the intention of building wag
r on road from Trout creek to the mine,
a early in the spring.
''On my way here | stopped at Koot
r cnai station and met very Intelligent
: man who had just arrived from the quartz
t mines in British Columbia on the koot
: cnai river. Very little has been said Of
j. late concerning the mines, but about on,
$ year ago, you will remember, they were
c fully described in the newspapers. There
c seems to be no doubt of the existence o
e low grade galcna ores in large quantitie
IS in that district that will seek a markc
o in good time over the Northern Pacific
h "These mines form but a small par
a of the great number already opened ant
d being opened almost every day, now at
l. fording the Northern Pacific very con
L siderable traffic and likely in the nea
# future to form one of the largest, if no
>. the largest item in its local earnings. TIL
fact that the Northern Pacific line is con
+ tinuous from the great lakes to the Paciti
ocean, exerts an important influence upo
> the development Of local traffic that fey
~ people fully appreciate. The best illus
i traiion of this is found in the expericnc
u of people living, We will say, fifty or on
II hundred miles east or west of Ogde,
y Producers thus situated are subject to
y tariff made up of the combined local rate
" Of the Union and the Central Pacific
u Under like conditions on the Norther
. Pacific, rates are based on continuou
- mileage. In other words all parts of tn
y Northern Pacific line are open on equ'
:, !, terms to all shippers