, 1888-02-09
SILVER CENTER.
New Contracts Let aud work
Progressing Upon Sey.
eral New Claims.

Items from the Cold B-it-Frink Comes
IN win His Advance Guard "t Freight
Trains Fine Weather ~ the Dis''i"t
"A New Road R-p"rtrd Upon for me
Bene at ofSpokaU" FAILS.
EDITOR REVIEW :--Contracts are let
on the following new claims, owned
by men well known in Spokane Falls.
A contract for Il shaft ON the Mollie
Z. Spence, one hundred feet deep, the
property of Andy Spence, our ener-
.s.getic store keeper, and y
|haft andan incline on the Buck
View, the property OF Ms
Mollie Il. Spence. who is as much in
terested in the development Of her
mine as her husband is in his mapy
mining interests close to our beautiful
mining city Mr., Spence has also let
a contract on the Maggie Hager and
the Hurdscrubbe mine on Mineral
Hill, and the owners OF the Clinton
mine intend following suit as soon MS
the new superintendent Is named by
the owners. Mr.. Spence has black
sulpherets and chlordes in his claim
near the city, and rich gnlena and
black sulpherets in most OF his other
property. He also has several claims
in the Lime Belt showing good pr -
poets, and the Lake mins and several
other interests in the Gold Belt.
The claims now being worked are
IN. Al
~ contract, the Yellowstone, 100 OF II
u shaft, 10y spence McGregor and Cole.
man, gold quartz and going very high
in ASSAYS. Mr. McGresor has r"-
ceived news OF u contract To be let ON
the Fanny More mine for an incline
and saaft, the incline so feet long and
100 foot shaft, and tap the main vein;
work To beg II immediately. AS plenty
Of stores are now in, all our boys are
highly elated over their prospects and
intend to help the citizens ol Salmon
City push the new road To Pine Greek
district to completion aud have II first
cla.s road to their mines from Salmon
City.
Friuk, all honor TO him, has just
broken through the cold outside world
and come in On bobs with his heavy
loads OF freight for our merchants. He
was offered cash for his entire bill ol
lading and much higher price Tor
his freight, but he is not built that
way, and came in To Salmon CITY with
- his cargo. We regret several OF III, tine
= draft horses were injured 10y kicking
: themselves with sharp shud shoes ut
Wesht, hutldled To sether IN the cold.
Nothing daunted, he proc ied new
IL Ii. tp.ss, 4 ~
delivered all o. X. and in the future
those who will ship here should re-
member Frlnk, who always fills his
contracts to the letter.
Fine weather in this section, and n
warm chinook is blowing, melting tine
snow ON the hills, and is gentle re-
minder OF spring.
A new road for the benefit of teams
and stages has been discussed and re-
ported upon. The read committee
says Al good grad is established and II
shorter route direc to Salmon City is
found making it easy to transporta'
ton from spokane Falls. All are IN
favor Of it and it shall be done. In
conclusion will state that we are all
well, and, while writing, news has
come in Of IL grand strike IN the Golden
CfOWfi nhlnc Ol II llNc IOit VEIN 'l ore,
carrying gold and silver, ~, Dab per
ton. This mine is situated up the
canyon near the site OF our pioneer
concentrator, aud is II bonanza. Mr.
Lawrence has Al day shift, running uf
a shaft and tunnel on the large veinni
the Keystone mine, the great galenn
ledge OF salmon City, which is now
eighty-iour feet wide in $40 galena
ore.
J. ID. McNulty underground super
intendrnt Of the famous Arlington
mine, paid us n friendly visit last week.
He reports hat he, came here to pros
pect for powder, as we may run short
of that article. The Arlngtonmine Is
looking W., II, il down eighty feet in
one shaft and ll2 in the other, work.
ing in very high grade ore, Mr.. Nc
Nulty is Il gentleman of great expe-
rience in mining, and is considered
authority on minerals. He is conf
dent we have on of the richest high.
grade mineral belts in the territory.
We are pleased to hear of the God
finds from the Kootenai country, as it
serves to draw the attention of min
ing men to the newly discovered min
eral wealth of Washington Territory.
BROMIDE.