Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-15
CtEUR D'ALENE.
snow Rapidly Melting aud Preparations
Being Made for Work.
hich Results from Claims-A Stone
Flaked with Gold.

Kane Falls, w. r., April Il.-An The
,rails into the camp are rapidly hreaS- |
ing, and communication with the mil. |
road Is becoming more difficult every
day. The camp il well supplied with
provisions, and all fears Of n famine
are now at an end. The snow Is rapid- |
~ disappearing along the creek. but In
the side gulches is still deep enough 10
prevent anything like thorough pros
pecting.
Much good work IL being done about
Murrayville, but owing to the scarcity
OF good drills and picks not many men
can be employed. Many claims are
being opened from Eagle TO the very
head of Pritchard creek. Drain bitches
cross the trail every few rods, and
few weeks will tell the story OF the
camp Murrayville Just now has the
boom, and much building Is being
done, as nearly all the developed
claims are In that vicinity.
On the Last Chance claim the owner.
named Holmes, claims TO have washed
rs high MS SIS per day with a rocker.
On the Ives claim the clean-up afler
two days was SIS SIS per day 10 the
man, and yet IL was only partial
cleanup. One piece OF gold weighed
out LBS, and several other pieces were
nearly as large. Over fourand q quar-.
ter ounces were taken from the claim
ON cleanup TO my certain knowl-
edge. On the Mother lode have seen
table-rock about six or eight feet
square literally ilaked with gold, but
whether IL Is merely n slide or true
ledge cannot be determined for some
time yet. So many apply every day
to see the gold that the own ers have
covered 1t over with loose slate, and
only exhibit il as special favor. On
tho Widow ten men are washing out
a tin cnpful OF gold every day
The foolish statement that no gold
dust has ever been taken from the
ground in this district can be exploded
by any one who washes a pan out OF n
shovel OF dirt. In any claim parties
will lend person shovel OF pan, and
with either gold can be shown. II Is
generally coarse, short gold, with FREE
| quent nuggets, and exists not only on
the bed rock, but in the gravel for n
foot or two above bed rock, Only n
few of the claims are opened up, but
these few are prospecting well. That
there is pay dirt here Is m indisputable
fact. How much Of the district il
covers isaquestiop for the future. Gold
is being brought in and sold every day
In small quantities.
1t will be month before the work
of mining will have fairly commenced
though work Is now being prosecuted
on u large number Of claims, and other,
are being prospectcd. April will see
the ground clear Of snow; May will Sc,
, lines of sfuices laid aud miles of ditche.
p,tt In 81 fal
the story. 1t Is nonsense to write tn,
camp down, "a some are doing. IL II
criminal to write it up 10 boom it, AS /;
few papers are doing. The man doe
not live who can say he knows of hi
own knowledge that the district is no
the richest ever discovered. On til,
other hand, no one can pretend to 50,
that the amount of gold to be taken on
D will bear any proportion to the excite
ment.
The latest strike was reported to-da.
on Eagle creek, where miner j saw
I claimed TO have panned out $3 from
Z, one pan of the bedrock, which wa
. only four feet down from the surface
I Work was suspended until pumps ca
I, be made.
i Eagle City just now is suffering fror
e temporary relapse, owing chiefly
Z, the bad condition OF the trail, viii
q Murrayville, Raven, and the 9th,
e towns up the creek are booming u
IS rapidly. The camp is quiet, thong
y some excitement was caused to-nigl
by some shots up Eagle street, which
however, proved TO be only a jok
The sporting men have complete col
troll of the camp, but are using the
power with moderation, and then
m selves endeavor TO prevent disturb
ances. Many of the gamblers hay
been losing money lately, one far,
Is dealer dropping" $1,000 in thre
u nights. Business here Is slack, an
% there is but little money in the CAM
y THE SITUATION DESCRIBED.
!e Ceur d. Alene City, Idaho, Mare
Is 27.-There is an old proverb in vogue
''Distance lends enchantment to th
u view,n and In no single instance is III
u adjective more applicable than in I'll
q case of your humble correspondents.
II have few facts to note pertaining
J. what now excites the public min
lie from the northwestern slope of I'll
q Rocky mountains to the Oldest city
10 the Union, caused by the reporte
81 rich discoveries Of gold in the C9u
ie dlAlene mountains Of Idaho, near I'll
II 47th parallel Of latitude and distan
n 495 miles from Portland by the tra'
e, ersed route. How much reliance Ca
e be placed upon these reports while
"a are daily being circulated and pul
re lished time only (say four month
le hence) can determine. Enough
as say. however, that the rush
b. Eagle City by way Of Trout Creek Q
y, the line OF tile Northern Pacific raj
by road and over the Mullen road Is col
IL stantly increasing in volume, and
a venture TO saw by the middle OF Jul
'n 30 600 people inhabit that portion
OF lie mining country within radius
d. fifteen miles of Eagle City. / have
ne choice here TO suggest as 10 which
ed tile routes to take--whether to tai
ie fine STAGE In the morning for CGI
m d,Alene CITY, or resume the journey
III the rail TO Trout Creek. where II
1 trail for twenty-five miles to Eag
~ CITY IL encountered over dangero
u and precioitous mountain. Hundre'
en- of adventures have made the trip ov
'st II this winter on foot successful
r. while scores of others sustained ago
er izing hardships, carrying heavy loa
al ON their backs and drawing hea'
at toboppans behind them. The Mullt
on road vest TO The Mission and Eyol
Oh ton. and thence to Eagle City diret
ut has not been as popular with the goi
OF seekers this winter as that OF 1ro
e. Creek and for reasons not well undo
Is, stood by the stranger in these qua
ters. otherwise II would have been u
er chosen highway to the mint
ut Freiohting with hleigh-teams to Ey
ts. No. laa, tsninp nm all wiQtf