, 1884-02-23

EDnoR SIarEsGAy.-Amidt the conxradic-
tori report. coming from different parties
ansat the Ceur fA,enss. it il n dif6rnlt
matter b pick out the true from the falsa.
There has been the grossess exsggerasion
concerning the richness of the ulines, as well
a. lying reports that the camp is the biggest
blk Of the age The one extreme bessts tAe
other, and both are irresponsible a,d decep-
tve. The exsggerators are interested in
exciting the Imagination to swell the stxm-
pede the Others WHO deciy the camp have
tie misfortune to Be disappointed In then
expectation Of picking up gold nuggets with
. scoop-shovel, and run down the camp oat
of revenge. OF these latter iAcluae the
Sntherlsnd oatit; whose ba5blinSs ia the
Portland Standard have been eagerly quoted
by the cov cnun,ry eiito-s- Next and las.
comes Que Woodruff. alleged 70 he Of Nil
ton, who publishes in the Eas, Oregonida
that the mines are frand.
These are the only damaging report. that
have coms out from the mines, and yet
thousands of disinterestei visitors have gone
in and re.uraed with entirely different con-
ceptions OF the value OF the camp. The man
Woodruff got into the camp few days sitter
Christmas, when the on ~ss six feet deep,
stayed few days a. Engle Gity AMI quit.
And yet the ruis-bsgs editcrs set up the
opinion of these s.ove-harders as that OF men
who know more s50ut the camp than those
who have spent months in there aad have
prospected every gulch in the camp. e1-
pect Woodruff and the Sutherland gang
went in with the expectation OF finding the
camp flied with suckers Ike themselves
whom they ~oald play for 4 stake. We are
not bad mel in Celr d'Alens. Dat those
who think they have a soft thios in playing
US On that layout are apt to Rave hard feel
iuss sgains, us by the time ae get through
with them
Great stress is 'sid on The fact that two
different kinds Of gold are found iii the
creeks, and in the next breath 1t IL claimed
that all tie gold in the camp is packed in
from the outside. The fools who deery this
camp have not even common sense enough
to be consistent, II is 4 tact that tSo quail
tiles of gold are found in the creek bottoms.
The cosis., heavy gold IS the more recent
deposits w,sbei from the existing quartz
ledses. The fire. bright. SIS geld came
fr III the s1cicn. erosion lying OF the rim
rock where this GOLD IS :ound exclusively.
braid as common liar any nan or set Of
men who asserts that gold Gust or Iuggets
has been packed IN from the outside and
palmsi of as sae pr1iuct Of Pritchsrd creek.
Tbs five clsims spcnel are worked by men
who src too VIII known TO DC engaged in any
such fooihsr,ly schem,s Old Doc Campbell,
OF P.lou.e. is In. VA al through Northern
Idaho ami WGiymla county. The PIercs
city boys vino a-o working I'll. Widow claim
are not iSely Owl TO remain IN d,a1
or sa!ted camp. Ths Rockford and other
companies who own claims are from Bate,
and their estimate Of the camp is quite as
likely TO be correct as tina. Of the GROWERS
If spy nan wants TO form "a opinion Of tn.
creek in the dead Of wint,r the best Wy Il
to make the town OF Pritchard creek and 10
call a. all the cabins along the bottom snd
to see ths piles OF grub packed in last fall
at cost OF D cents per pound. and the evi-
dences in the shape of fallen trees that are
being made to clear the ground ot timber so
that the claims can be opened in quick time
in the spring The men Who are doing ali
thi, are not tenderfeet. they are miners who
know their businets, and knnw that the
road to fortune in C9ur d'Alene must be
blszsd by hard work. For a distance OF Is
miles up Pr,tchsrd creek these cleanings are
being made. Are all these men fools that
they go to the great expense sni discomfort
of living through the winter In lonely
mountain camp, or Is Il because they have
sufficiently prospected TIE camp to know
tina. gold exists in paying quantities.
know that many a wholesale lie has come
on: from CGur Aleue and that i. he's lost
nc: hing an roats, but the biggest lies Of all
are thoss written by the Sutherland gang in
the Standard and Woodruff in the E. o.
Everybody sdmires good lie. hut when
professional lying is thrust upon US as an ex.
ercise in morality il is time t. rebel
a +. PARKER.