, 1884-03-15
Eagle city Nugget Items.

- Bear Gulch is prospecting ten cents
to the pan in the gravel
- About $50 Black Hills miners are in
the diggings, and 1000 more are said to be
coming.
- Shelton 4 Co. bought and sold $1,000
worth Of gold dust last fall which was
from the mines on Pricherd creek.
- Good prospects are reported from
Eagle and Beaver creeks, and those who
own claims in those sections are iubilant.
Frank Reed, Of the Pioneer store, has
purchased sixty ounces Of gold dust, from
which the returns were SlS.l2a perounce.
W. J. Shelton last week purchased 5000
worth OF gold which had just been wash
out with rocker 10y two Freuchmon on
5the head Of Missoula Gulch
- r. J. Breed, Of the firm OF Breed 4
Crosby, wood and coal dealers Of Nir-
ginia city, Nevada, is in the camp, and
has purchased interests in Bear gulch
claims.
- Ice eight inches thick is reported on
the North Fork near the junction Of Eagle
creek. An ice house is to be erected at
once, and a supply Of ice will be secured
for next summers business.
1t is nothing unusual for two or three
hundred men to come into camp in day,
over the different trails. No attention
whatever is paid to the new arrivals as
they file through the Streets
- The boys who have charge Of the
Mother Lode have unique prop to keep
their door open. It is a mammoth piece
Of quartz, one side Of which is full Of
glistening gold. The specimen is called
the snowflake"
- The Hatch steamer is reported fin
ished, and there is the regular Govern
ment steamer at the Fort. Tickets are
advertised for sale March 10th, from Port
land to Eagle City via lake CRur 'Alene.i
- Wells, Fargo & Co. have just estab-
lished an Office at Fort COeur d'Alene.
Letters sent by express to Eagle City via
the Occur d'Alene office will promptly
reach their destination. G. B. EiRg is the
express agent.
- The trees suitable for building pur-
poses in the immediate vicinity Of Eagle
have been cut down, and contractors
complain that logs have to be hauled
from a considerable distance, or chuted
down the mountain sides from great
height.
A COW was driven over the Evolution
trail, Feb. 18th, and sold to Math 4 Brown
for . cents per pound. March 4th, sixty
two head Of sheep were driven over the
Trout Creek trail and the mutton sold at
30 cents per pound. On the same day four
beef cattle came in from Evolution.
- As high is fifteen per cent. premium
is paid for silver, and a cart load would
find sale at ten per cent. Mr.. Denny has
sent outsa man with $500 to bring back
silver, and other business men will soon
be compelled to follow his example. Sa-
looms and business houses lose on an av-
erage from $40 to $50 per day by not
having change.
Two babies have been brought into
camp on the Trout creek trail. One was
drawn on sort Of cradle sleigh, and the
other was carried in the arms Of its father.
II seems like an inhospitable' place Is
bring family to, but many devoted
wife and mother will share the perls and
privations Of this rough life before the
spring opens.
- The reports concerning the cold
weather in the mines have been ridiCu-
lously exaggerated. Mr.. w. J. Porter has
kept accurate thermometrical records dur
ing the winter, and the lowest temperature
ever reached was DO below zero, and this
only on one morning. Generally the eli
mate is not at all severe. Snow has been
six feet deep, butat present is less than
three feet.
VIM. NJ. Sutherland, owner 6f the
''SuTrsctn ledge on the headwaters pf Bc;f-
veti has a ledge from 81 to feet wide in
sight, and II can be traced on the surface
for distance Of 1900 feet. A number Of
assays have been made, with results vary
ing from SIS TO $1,000. The rock yields
about * per cent. lead, and is the first
authentic discovery Of galona in the new
mines.
As an example Of the prices at which
buildings are rented in Eagle City, II may
be mentioned that Frank Reed has a house
20x35 feet in the clear, stories high,
which costs $500 and is leased for six
months at $500 permonth. Another 2jX3j
stories high, with double glass doors,
rents for 500. The money was paid IN
advance, before the foundations wAre hid.
Mr.. Reed contemp!a!es building a three
story hotol at the corner Of BRlliOn and
Prichard streets, as soon as the material
can be obtained.
~ the cost living interests every one
whose eyes are turned toward the Cpur
d'Alcne, we herewith give the prices oi
many of the leading articles required by
parties who como here. We arC indebted
Tor the quotations 10 Saml.H. Hayes, and
hh name is a sufficient guarantee Of their
cdffectness. Mr.. Hayes wishes n undcr-
stood that wills these figures represent the
prices at present charged at his store, Tor
goods, the condition of the ira l. may Al
any time cause fluctuations. These are
the rates, however, at which he now oilers