, 1885-03-07
YELLOW METAL,
Samples Of the Product OF
the C9ur d'Alenes.
A MALIGNED COUNTRY OF RICH
PROMISE.
Work Commenced and a Flood Of
Travel Setting EagleWard.

over a year ago, We felt conndeni
that wO were not over estimaflpf
the country. We had seen speci-
mems OF gold from that region and
had the experience Of old and com
petent miners to justify us In all we
wrote. Unfortunately for the cOun-
try, and eqesdly unfortunate for
those who had not the patience TO
await a propItlous season Of the year,
crowds rushed into the heralded new
FL Dorado at a time when only one
result could be expected, and that
disaster. Much quicker to see and
note the failure Of new mining re-
gion than to deal justly the papers Of
the country took the word Of disap-
pointed adventures and persistently
cried down the Occur d'Alene, de-
nouncing it as a fraud, and charging
all who believed in them as accessors
to that fraud. Nothing good could
be said Of the mines, and every idle
rumor was distorted into long and
loud outbreak against those who had
had the temerity to write line In
their favor or defense. In conse-
quence of this outcry the camp has
been Stunned like pestilential lazar
house, and the miner, for months,
gave the place wide berth. Luck
lily, however, all the people did not
desert the diggings last spring.
There were men on the ground who
had been there before the snow COW
cred the soil from sight. They had
prosPected the gulches, they under
stood their business, and keeping
quiet they bided their time, and not
one Of them now regrets staying with
the district. It was a long time be-
fore any newcomers showed their
faces in Eagle, Murray, Beaver, or
the other collections Of houses that
had sprung up and then lost their
vigor in the flush days Along last
fall. hOWsver. men with means COM
meneed dropping In. The products
Of the claims became noised about,
backed by irrefragible evidence in
the shape Of solid nuggets and gilt
tering dust Those who bad re-
manned were at last harvesting a re-
turn for their laLors, and thousands
Of dollars worth of the valuable emetal
commenced flowing ott of the des-
pissed Coeur d'Alene, proving to the
world that the ground yields richly
In that yellow formation, after which
man has been chasing since the days
Of Adam. 1t is doubly a pleasure to
US to hear every new report so much
more promising than the last. We
feel glad TO know that those who had
the hardihood to stand firm by the
country are now receiving a Just
compensation for their pluck, and
exceedingly well pleased that we are
borne out in all that we ever wrote
In praise Of the mines months ago.
Almost every day men arrive in this
city directly from Murray, or some
Of the claims In the immediate vicin-
ity, who give the most rosy reports
Of the outlook, and the prospects for
the season. One Of the latest arri-
walls from the mines is our towns
man, Geo. T. Crane, who has been to
the diggings a number Of times, but
who is now better satisfied than ever
before. He has seen the miners at
work, has examined the claims and
has witnessed the process Of cleaning
up. Mr.. Crane, in conjunction with
MIR. Cove and others, has interests 10
the camp, and has just purchased a
new claim for S75OO, located in PO-
tosl gulch. The two miners from
whom the claim was purchased are
with him. One Of them has spent
eighteen months on the ground.
Ibis piece Of property in which Mr..
Crane invested Is exceedingly rich,
and nothing but the improvidence Of
the original owners caused them To
make the sale. One Innis discov-
cred the placer. Being broke one
day he secured a grub stake OF SIC
from the man who subsequently, be-
came his partner, and who shares
with. him the money paid for the
ground. This claim was only dlscov-
cred last October, and while it could
be worked, large quantity Of coarse
gold was taken out. Mr.. Crane has
a handful Of nuggets with him, the
product Of his new acquisition, the
appearance Of which makes a mans
eyes hang out during this season
when a quarter Of a dollar looks
larger than a dinner plate. Mr..
Crane returns to the mines next
week and will put in the entire sum-
mer with as large a force as he can
work to an advantage. He informs
us that confidence In the CoeuT
d'Alenes seems to have been re-
established, as crowds Of people are
now arriving every day, and It il
confidently expected that a month
hence the rush will far exceed that
Of a year ago. The chief, best and
cheapest route into the camp will be
by way Of steamer from CoeuI
d'Alene city. The great majority Of
miners favor that route, and not only
favor the route, but much prefer to
come and 60 by way Of Spokane Falls,
and furthermore. he d satlslled that