Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1884-03-13

Circular No. s.

Sr. PAUL, MIMI,
Feb. ], 1884.
IMPORTANT FACTS CONCERNING THE
CELEBRATED cGUR pALENE MINES,
OF NORTH IDAHO.
The wonderful rich mineral wealth Of
the CDur dAlcne mountains and the
tributaries Of the river Of that name, has
been hcralded to the world, and old pros
pectols aud miners who are conversant
with the history Of the banner districts
of Nevada, Colorado, Utah, Arizona and
New Mexico, stand amazed at these new
fields which arc
UNEQuALED IN RICHNESS AND EXTENT,
The yield being practically incxhaustible,
rendering impossible any over-crowding
Of the district by reason Of too great an
influx Of prospectors and miners. There
is more than enough for all who come.
The minerals consist Of silver, tcllurium
and free milling gold.
| 500 PER MAN PER DAY,
Arc being taken out of the rim rock Of
The gulehes, while in the gulches, $25 to
$40 per man per day are being panned
out. The claims are all very rich, and
are located in the gulches Of the north
fork of the Cuur dAlenc river, Eagle,
Pritchard aud Beaver creeks, streams
running into the Ceur d'Alene river.
The Pritchard is the chief stream, Aows
two thousand inches Of water, and it il
said does not freeze up, the altitude being
only 2,40O feet.
$500 NUGGETS OF GOLD.
i Rich placer deposits have already been
discovered for considerable distance on
Pritchard creek, and tho same distance
on Eagle creek, the creeks being known
by the latter name from the point where
they come together. Even where few
developments have been made, the pros
poets obtained show. beyond doubt ,ha,
nature has been very lavish with her IA
yors, as from l24 to SO cents per pan il
regularly obtained, and in some instances
as high as $l.75 per pan. Wherever
the bedrock has been uncovered, beauti.
full rich "dust' has been scoopcd up by
the lucky owners. On pritchnrd creek
cah '"be seen valuable placer claims tha,
have been opened, and not in single
instance has the work of development
been advanced without correspondingly
rich return in bright golden nuggets
some of which have been sold for $50
ISl00, Sl66 and $500.
| FREE GOLD QUARTZ.
An intense excitement has sprung uf
in regard to the quartz deposits Of this
district, the immediate occasion Of this
being Find of valuable gold quartz
load at the head of Pritchard creek. The
vein has been traced on the surface for a
distance of 500 feet, and the out-crop.
pings are very prominent. The ore taken
from the vein shows great amount Of
free gold; in fact it fairly glisteps with
it, plainly discernihle to the naked eye
Very little attention has been paid t.
quartz heretofore, but this strike has done
much toward stimulating prospecting il
this line. A gold vein near Miners Cabin
on which great deal of development
work has been done, is from Is to q
inches wide, and hardly chunk can b,
picked up On the dump and broken whiel
does not show free gold. A shaft ha
been driven down on the ore body to tn
depth of so feet, and in the bottom th
vein is strong 20 inches wide. A tunne
advanced $50 feet would tap the ore bod,
at nearly 500 feet. This ore assays fron
$2S to 1896 per ton gold; the forme
being the smallest assay ever obtained, al
high as 5000 in gold per ton being no
inirequent, while certain specimens have
assayed $4,000 per ton gold.
et A MAMMOTH GaLENA BELT,
The most extensive known at the presen
day, is being developed on Beaver creek
The vein can be readily traced on tn
, surface for FIVE or six miles, the ore car
!, rying from so to 80 ounces of silver, an,
30 to 40 per cent. lead per ton. At man,
points the veins have been stripped 70