, 1888-11-08

90 into the hands of liberals as DOS
sible. and also see them build a
city where they can have their own laws
ana enough OF this vast mining region TO
support it, which they can do if they will
| 20 ut 1t cool and work together.
have spent four years here by myself
looking and working 1t up. first dis.
covered and located u lode on the Mulan
road, and not having much means to open
IT up spent all OF my spare time look.
Ing for pacers, never anticipating finding
extensive mines, only something to help
me open my lode, but | have found q rich.
or anC bigger section than supposed lay
undiscovered in the Rocky range, and now
II you will convey the purport Of what |
give you to as many leagues as you can on
this coast, and request them TO act 10.
gether and keep this information amongst
themselves, they can secure the
mons snare.' am Gin the
mountains fifty miles from
postooffice and can do but little in winter,
TOR the snow gets from three to four feet
get there and what is needed. MY loca-
tion call Evolution" as that is the
name OF my lode. 1t is on the old Mullen
road to Montana. am fifty miles east of
Fort C9ur d'Alene and enty.three miles
east of the old Mission. The Northern
Pacific railroad runs within twelve miles
OF the post, where there is town called
Rathdrum. Parties coming will want
pack animals as the new mines are back
from my place on the road forty miles in
the mountains, with but poor pack trails
out more than enough to get through, and
they will want supplies for month or two
as there will be no chance of getting any
thing after leaving the post at present.
Probably the best place for those that have
to buy horses would be to stop at Spokane
Falls, Washington territory, which is
thirty miles from the post and perhaps
they might do better in provisions and
groceries, tools, etc.
Now it there are many that conclude to
come they might leave the impression
along the road that they were going to
Montana, and give as many liberals as
possible chance to get in before they get |
up an excitement.
shall be down about the middle of |
April and that is as soon as they need to |
get to the post, as they can't get into the |
mountains until the water runs down and |
sometimes it keeps up until the middle of
May, so they need not be In hurry getting |
an early start. There are but three or
four that have knowledge of it (the dis.
covery of gold) here, and that is merely q
u,
! am little afraid of one Ct them or | |
would have waited little longer, but
shall try to get ready. | wanted to pros
pect a little more before n rush commenced
for 1t will surely come. Now hoping that
my friends may profit by the knowledge |
have given them | remain, yours frater-
ternally,
A. j. PRIcHARp.
Cceur d'Alene. Idaho Ter.
HIS PROPENSITY REMAINS.
A few more words before we close. The
writer of this singular epistle is still
among the living. a worthy and respected
'itizen of neighboring territory, and is
o-day as industriously engaged prospect
ng and working his old ealena lode near
evolution as he was years ago. Perhaps
ess active, with more conspicuous dis
,lay of grey in his hair and beard, and
more pronounced stoop to the shoulders,
lenoting the harsh inroads of time, but
ust as upright, honest and industrious as
when he held out q generous invitation to
lis "liberal" worthless to come and share
Nth him the buried treasures that his
had unearthed. His experi-
nee has been that of other discoverers of
ich mineral fields. He has not prospered.
\ man of steady habits, honest and in
be has seen many others grow
ich out of what would have lain hidden
rom the knowledge and sight of man even
o this day, had it not been for his. pluck,
enaCity and energy.
Let us trust that a just and wel-earned
eward will come to him, and that at an
arly day, so that he may be able to pass
he last years of his life in peace,
ase and comfort.