, 1885-08-22


Col. Parker, Of the Waila Walla iytatss-
sndn, has managed TO pick mp few items
IN roeard 10 the stevens county mines and
IN The iaIloNiag article on the subject he
gives some good advice to prospeetsrH,
and tells what be knows about mineral
bearing rucks
samples Of ore from the Old Domln-
hin mipe, near colville, have been sent 70
II. L. Holmes by A. Reeves Ayres, and
arc equal IN richness, for silver, to any In
the Statesmen mineral cabinet, oven from
the iabulously rich silver mines Of Nevada
or Ariznna, with the additional quality Of
being the easiest orc TO work We ever
handled. some Of It ls pure chloride, 80
sofi as 70 bo almost melted IN a common
candle There h quite = romance at
tachod 70 the discovery. A party Of Can
adluns had crossed from British colum-
hia on a prospecting venture, and one day
one Of the party was coming home 70
camp, disheaIioned at his want Of success,
he went oG the trail about one hundred
yards and saw the lodge looming up, aud
1t bolng altogether different from the sur
pounding formation he examined II and
sponod II with bis pick. Taking samples
10 camp, II was tested bys common meth
Odwell known 10 prospoctors and found to
be very rich In silver. Further work do
monstraied Il 10 be Of fabulous value, and
from all accounts there are millions In
sight which Is 50 easily worked that it
H. ~ n -
Wirs . PROFIT Of thousands Of dol
lara per week. That there was q
deposit OF silver In the vicinity of
colviilo has boon known for years past,
as II different times Goat has been picked
up that asaayed 10 largely that parties
even in walla walla, Mr.. II. P. Isaacs
boing one, paid tho EXPENSE Of prospOc-
ton togo In search Of Il, but without suc-
cess, and there il lay, within siK miles OF
one Of the oldest settlements in the terri
tory, and only 100 yards from a well used
uraiL without anyone dropping on to it.
A. Brian OHM said, ''luck Is every
Thing" There arU men we meet every
day who have spent the best part Of their
lives hunting for just such a strike, but
Dame Fortune, no matter bow they have
ticklod her, always coquoited 18th them,
mover shOwenng her nisnifold favors on
them IN return for all their perseverance.
no mountains Of this tsrsitory Of ours
hold mineral wealth In hbundanes rcady
fbrthe hrut lucky scamp to stumble oyor
H. Before peospecting . miner should
make himself acquainted with the nature
u minerals, the formation, and learn
what rocks are most likely 10 carry
silver and gold. Some do not know
enough TO tell the difference botweon
pophyry, limestone or talcosO slate
from common basalt, and We have known,
10 many insiancoa, men 70 prospect for
weeks in a basaltio country where there
san not, by any possibility, b mInorals.
And We have seen men come In laden with
syouiia, porphyFy and even dolomits and
blue limestone, thinking thoY had struck
something rich. Young prospoctora
should 6rsi, on Starting out, when in the
niouniains, look for such formatio1a hs
graniio, especially micacious granite or
alatoi there they will perhaps ind gold,
but they should iook around for quartz on
tnosuriaoe, and 4 they strike a ledge they
should not prospect II all In one spot, but
IN several places, "a gold Is more likely 10
he In chimneys in the quartz. II they
strike a country Wboro the slate, limestone
aud pornhyry are the formations Il is
worth while staying with, a. In thsso the
richest minos on ne ooaat havo boon
struck although they DO net Always bold
cot With depih."