, 1888-05-17
about ten miles TO the mouth Of the

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Lon the east side are the Galena Bay
mines, containing four locations, three
OF which are patented. The remain
ing one has been located and worked
several times, but owing to the pecu-
liar law OF he district, which require
you to record each year and TO per-
form 800 worth Of work within six
months afterward, and to make afiida-
VT to that effect and record that also,
it has been dropped just rs regu-
larly.
The United States import duty on
lead ($40 per tony, being practically
prohibitory, has kept these low.grade
properties from being Of value, there
being no connection with the Canad-
ian Pacific. Now scheme is on foot
to build u railroad from the Columbia
Connecting with steamboat that
will run to Farwell), to the new camp,
when lead ores can he handled as
chsaply as from Cnur d'Alene. So
yours truly has made his first location
on Canadian soil and considers it a
regular picnic. The Blue Bell mine,
in this group, belonging to the Koote-
mai Mining and Smelling company,
which has been quite we'll developed,
shows u width of about 100 feet of
ore, galena and carbonate, which will
run 40 per cent lead with from ten to
thirty ounces of silver per ton. 1t is
fine huxing ore, as its gauge is lime
and iron entirely.
Across the lake, about three miles
l,nr 10 Df mn
springs. The temperature Of the
water is just right for bathing; but
the amount that issues is small, and,
by all appearances, is gradually cool
ing. Earlier in their history they
have deposited quite high banks OF a
chalky substance, or geyserite, but the
water in cooling has lost the power of
di,integrating the lime and iron, and
though it holds these minerals in solu-
ton to IL certain extent, it has nearly
ceased depositing. On the benches
back of the springs are veins OF galena,
carbonate and chloride ores that run
much higher in silver than those
across the lake. Many locations have
been made this spring, and the new
stakes mostly bear the namesof Cnur
d'Aleners.
There are certainly some very1pretty
veins in this belt that range in value
from 25 to 400 ounces, but the surface
being covered with snow / cannot
give fuller description till later.
AT the new camp down the river,
the one that has caused the present
excitement; there are about seventy
five men, who, owing to the great
depth of the snow at the mines, which
are six miles from the river, are lying
in camp. They go fishing OCCASION
ally, but spend most of their time
lying and lie-ing. The ore belt is
known to extend about four miles in
length, and there appears to be four
veins, all carrying the same
kind of ore, but varying greatly in
value. The base OF the ore is copper,
which varies from s per cent. to as
high as 40 per cent. and it carries both
silver and gold. Some most wonder
full assays have been made in both
these metals from picked specimens,
one piece going 5000 in gold and
Il 400 ounces in silver, and the aver
age OF the ore is sufficiently high to
pay we'll for shipment to either Mon
tana or California.
The surface is covered with snow to
a depth of eight feet and nothing can
be seen of The ledges except what is
exposed by few short shafts and
tunnels that have swept away the
snow. There are about sixty-tive loca-
tions on this belt, of which about thirty
are legitimate, the remainder being
snow claims; that is, stakes claiming
150Ox6OO feet on top of the snow.
These are supposed to hold the ground
for prospecting purposes for six
months. 1t will be known positively
when Mr.. Spront, the gold commits
sioner, comes, for in mining matters
the commissioners word is law. He
is monarch of all he surveys; an auto
crat, in fact the doctor; and his direc-
tions must be followed. This belt is
supposed to be the source from which
the placer gold found in I'49 creek
came, for it crosses that gulch about
four miles from its mouth and above
all pay"