Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-04-23
c SORTUEHN PN1FN's GdC4
D.,LENE FOLDER.

,.ed .wiudles Of the Northern Paci-
sc Company. no one Is more gross than
A., connected with the Ceur Alene
IA ,,;nes. The folder issued by tie
Connsny is a little the most haming'
;,;,o booming document ever lssned,
and ia one tha, the Company Will PR
hans bs glad within year TO retire at
.sa rate Of q dollar a coDy-that ~, II 1t
,nr ror srience whatever refnaihlng, /
= donbs fnl Il consists If twenty I
nages the first and tse last beng
i.a,,I'noiy -st off IN gold on black back T.
,,Js The first page has on It's face I
= aiming pan, the bottom OF "hicu -
.,yered with what II Intended to repre-
mi cold. ana which reads indirectly IN .
- efFect. "One dollar per pan IN the I
"'5 f,lds of the C0ur q 'Al-ne. he /
iss, mage has Oh 1t one word on y
G0J BIN yellow letters an inch ana
,bree ouarters III length. lveiVe pages
.ont,in maps. the prIncIual one being
~ the mining region, tue heart ol "hirh
ia poInted out bY a blR yeilo" sp!otc'. III
tended 10 represent Eoid.
Cans;deri!ig that almost nothing -
Lnovn a. to tIe extent and rIchne-s Of
h.
..a,sments Of the Company are most
,smarkable: specimens OF these state
,o.nta being the following, which com
nr,ss eight pages Of the folder;
"gicb Plecers have been discovered
to,a considerable distance on fritchaTd
Cr...k and the same distance Oh l. tgie
Crs.k: the creeks being known by the
Ia,,ernau. from their confluence. Even
wbsre few Developments have been made
,b. pynso.cts .buW beyond n dpubt IN ~
,b.ae ara the richest and most e1tenslve
,I.oays ev.r dl covered on tho cont reut,
as from l2i. t. - cents per pan - rtUu
larIy oht.lued, aud III some Instances ~
birh IA Sl.75 per pan has been taken
out"
"The wonderful rich mineral wealth
of the C,rnr d'Alene Mountains, and
the tributaries Of the river OF that
name. has teeu heIalded 30 the world,
and old prospectors and miners who
conysrssnt with the banner districts "t
California. Montana und Colorado stand
amazed al these new fields, which are
nn.onaIed in richness and extent; the
weld being practically lnexhfustble.
rendering impossible any over croWdInR
of ,he district 10y reason of too great
an influx Of prospect"rs ana miners
There is more than enough for all who
come"
"Che gold produced by the Cuur
d'Alene plncers IL what II known among
miners az heavy shot gold, and large
smooth nuggets Of from $50 to 500
each have been found, showing the
nuggets to have been wa-hcd long
distance and indicating very extensive
deposit
mo machinery or capital required.
These placers will Yield their riches To
anyone who as IA pick. pan and shovel
and the muscle to use them. In tins
CAMP area " 20 mIl's of pulohes have
been prospocted, giving pruuI e Of rIoh
returns There Is Abundance of timber
for all mining purposes, and plenty OF
water in the camps of the tnur
dAlene."
300 per man per day are being Ia
ken ost of the rim rock Of the gulches,
while Ia the Eulches 10 to $40 per
man per day are being panued out.
These plaeers are unequAled Ia rlch
ness. They are located In the gulohos
of the North Fork Of the Crur 'Alcne
river. and Eagle, prltchard and Beaver
Creeks, streams flowing INTO tho tueur
d'Aene. The PrItchard IL the chef
stream, and 1t is said does not freeze up,
the altitude being only 2i00 feet.
a mammoth palena belt. the most
extensive known AT the present day, L.
being developed on Beaver Creek The
vein can be readily traced on the sur
face for five or SIX miles, the ore car
ryinp from 30 to 30 ounces If silver
and 30 Ia 40 per cent. lead per ton. At
many points the VEINS have been stripped
for hundreds of feet, aud everywhere
show u remarkably high percentage. not
only IN silver and lead. bat mp IN the huu
dreds III gold. The nutorup frequently
measures 60 feet III width
"A gold vein is located neal Miners
Cabin on which comparatively little de
velopmeEt has been made. aud yet
hardly chunk can lie picked up ON
the dump and broken whIch does not
show free gold. This ore assays from
~ to $1,000 per ton III gold"
Free gold Quartz. Al intense ex-
cittment has sprung up III regard the
quartz deposits of thus district, the in.-
mediate OCCASION of thls beng "A find
d OF valuable gold quartz lode AT the head
OF Pritchard Creek The vein has been
traced on the surface for ii distr NC. ui
aVo Feet, and the outcruppings are very
prominent. The ore taken from the
VEN sho"sR great amount of free gold,
ih TACT. II fhiriy gllstens with II Very
n'us attention has been pad 10 quartz
heretofore. but this strike has doue
muen toward stimulating prospecting III
& this line
ihe object of the Company. of course,
Is 10 induce AS great "a travel over its line
as possible, that Its earnings may there
Wy oe INCREASED. and that without regard
W the prlVhtlons, los ses and direct Iuju-
.ies VI TIE thousands of poor men Ger
@'h 10 be lts victims. The object of
sS ,ne company 'S shown on ont of the
@ nss pages, wherein tie reader Is told To-
u pNo' not forget that the Northern Pacitc
H. H. Is the only line running to the
S'euf AI.ne district; B,!hnap. Rath-
u'um ana Spokare Falls being local sta
"phe on MS road and reached by no
4 her line"
e Inc folder concludes with "OneWord."
n reading as follows.
N Tue nAnagtmrnt Of the Northern
NJ racine Railroad have intentional de-
mfea The publication of C,eur d'Aleue |
'ei''sihg matter. that they might not |
e. ~ accused of eEdeavoring TO create n |
81 oased on premature reports of |
.'s A soio discoveries; but now feel JUS |
NJ on 10 pub!ishIaR the facts on the un- |
caI."eu EVIDENCE of huudreds OF |
~ aioth'a and Muntsna placer miners. |
E Ga lave ave personally examined the new
n NU'o discoveries in the Cour a'Alste
E mountains - '''A'
NJ ,,Inese can be TO question that the !
,o'uer fefcTrvd 10 Is tle worst mining
ao ever ATTEMPTED ly a trnusporta-
uon company.