, 1888-11-08
HOPEFUL MINING OUTLOOK
Work Being Done In the CGur d'Alen
Mining District.

Mining District.
l.. s. Shipley having just returned from
two-months' stay among the Cnpr
d'Alene mines, reports an unusually an.
thusiastic feeling prevailing among tbs
mine owners.
A great deal of work has been done N.
past summer in all the larger mines and
deeper the shaft is sunk. This is the great
popularity OF this entire mining district.
the greater the depth the richer the ore
Where work has not been carried on N
any extent the mine owners have emploveJ
the time in putting in concentrators and
making such other improvements a. viii
facilitate transportation of ore, etc. AZ
the Hunter mine, which contains q ledrs
Of ore some eighty feet in width concen.
traitor 10 now In the course of erection. II
is calculated that everything in the mine
can commence operations on the let Of
January.
The Bunker Hill mine is growing better
all the time.
The Morning, Evening, Gem, Belle erSasA
Poornian and Tiger mines are all welY d
veloped. Of these the Morning mine will
put in csncentrator In the spring, while
the Gem and some Of the larger OF the
Belle group will do the same in the near
future.
An additional cause of qualification to
the mine owners is the certainty of soon
having competing line of railway. This
will give them better outlet for their ore
and, ut the same time. cheaper transpor.
tation, which, as is we'll known, is an i'm.
portant item. The freight tariff is now
claimed to be altogether too exhorbitant,
and with an opposition line of railway, ii
is thought that the rates will be adjusted
on somewhat more equitable basis.
There are great many prospectors on
the proposed through line of the Oregon
Railway Il Navigation to the Missonla
river. IL Is thought that this main line
will be built without "a doubt. A CORDS Of
engineers are at work on the line to be
built between Mullan aud Wallace. This
is distance of only eight miles. so that il
is expected to be completed before the end
of the winter. A camp. with a complete
grading outfit, is already on the ground,
and the work of building stables and
making all other necessary preparations
for the winter is well under way. -
Since the line of the CGur d 'Alene Ra<f<
way Navigation Company is under the
new management, its business Ia constant.
ly increasing. Freight traffic Is growing
so fast that u new barge has been built at
the Old Mission to aid in transporting ore
and bringing supplies to the mines. In.
Guiding this barge, there will be three
boats plying the river this coming season.
There is considerable hope, too, that the
Cpur d'Alene reservation, or part of it,
will be opened for settlement. Should this
be done, there will be such boom in that
section of country as it never yet has had.
The interest in the coming election is in.
tense. Patrick Clark. superintendent Of
the Poorman mine, and "a man who has
been a democrat all his life, recently pre-.
sided at republican mass meeting.
There was great enthusiasm, and the indi.
cations now are that the republican dele
gate of that district will poll heavy vote
The hopes of the mining men all center on
the election of Harrison. for. through re.
publican administration, the chances are
that Indian commissioners will be ap-..
pointed who have some idea of the best in
terests Of that country. and that thre19l1
their efforts at least a part of the READ -
tion will be opened for settlement. .-Ore-
gonian.