, 1888-10-25
SUBURBAN NEWS.
The New Town OF Nelson, koo-
tenai District.
spangisr's Improvsmsnts' frospse" IN"
tae outlook with Her
Neighbors.


Neishbors.
Tho REVIEW special correspondent at
Nelson, Kootenai district, b. o., writes
und or date Of October 20th, as follows:
This town of Nelson Is situated Just be-
low considerable waterfall ON Cotton
wood Smiths creek, northwest Of koote-
mai lake, The channel runs through
deep and well. defined cut in the granite
rock. The total length Of the cascade Is
one.eiQhth of mile, with considerable
variation In its width. At its lower point
the cut Is from three to sixteen feet In
width, being narrower at the top than the
bottom. At the point next above near Its
center, IL is twenty-five feet in depth q, and
from six to twelve feet In width: Fifty
feet farther It Is from four to fifteen feet
wide and forty feet in depth. AT it's be-
Ginning IL is thirty feet in depth and from
four TO ten feet In width, being. narrowest
at the top. At this point 1t has 2 sheer
decent of twenty feet in its waterfall. The
total fall is estimated at l25 feet, and the
water flows throughout the entire season..
This water power il one mile above
Nelson, and from three to six miles FROM
the adjacent mines. The top OF the cata..
ract Is $50 feet higher than the center OF
the town, and in time 1t may become uti'
lized for mills and smelters.
According to circular sent out by
George M. Sproat, the gold commissioner
for West Kootenai District. this town
which has been called Salisbury and
Stanley, will hereafter be known as Nell
son. Mr.. Sproat will be at Nelson Octo-
Der 25th for the purpose of receiving rec
ords OF annual assessment, and auctioneer-
ing of the town lots.
MINING OPERATIONS.
Twelve of the twenty-five tons OF Silver
King ore to be shipped this fall Is on the
way to Kootenai station. This last ship
ment contains some of the richest mlnera
this mine has il looked better than at
present with the face Of the upper tunnel
presenting to view an unbroken. body OF
gray copper, reaching from one side to the
other, over four feet In width. The
present force at work includes six miners
and two ore sorters. A great many I'M
proyements have been made by the COM
pany, not the least of which Is neat log
boarding house, 18x24 feet.
Mr.. Osmer Hall, the general manager,
and Mr.. Mcdonald are In Victoria on
business connected with the nina ,
The Dandy" adjoining the Silver
derfully during the past few days. The
boys say at is a daisy." A. Fl. Kelley,
o. Fox and John r. Cook, the owners, are
at work sinking and tunneling with the
of continuing work all winter.
The vein is from six to eight feet wide,
with two good walks nearly perpendicular.
-Four feet of ore lies between them, which
will concentrate about four to one. One
hundred tons Of ore is now on the dump
and by rough estimate, from the rev
tests the owners have made OF this rock,
the concentrates should run about @l4O
4 ton. A continuous vein is proven by
numerous places having been exposed q
distance of 800 feet along the vein, cop
per pyrites, galena and gray copper COM
ing 10 light In every instance. Drainage
can be had at depth of 800 feet: Contin.
uing with O tunnel the Silver King could
be drained at twice the depth, and the koot.
enai, Bonanza, American Flag, Grlzziy
etc !, at 1900 feet.
The lroauois is parallel vein to the one
mentioned above, about 1000 feet. south
1t is the best claim in the camp for tun,
neling, running as it does through hill
with pitch of forty-five degrees or more.
A tunnel of sixty FIVE feet furnished nifty
tons Of concentrating ore of very good
appearance. The vein is twelve feet wide.
carrying more gray copper and less galena
th an the Handy, on the same vein. -,
The Union Jack, higher up the hill,
answers the description of the lriquois.
Fry's Grizzly mine furnished 125 sacks
during the seasons output OF silver and
copper. The assays put the silver at fIom
one hundred to four hundred ounces per
ton. This ore will be shipped to Butte
next month.
Nick Velnorth and Jack Duncan gave
bond on the Number One mine for SIXTY
days to g. b. Wright, the consideration
being $40. O.0OO-$2, 900 down. The Num-
Der One claim had been located but a few
days when the sale was made. but at that
time the vein lay partly exposed four
hundred feet in length, it being six feet
wide. of a carbonate nature, carrying ma
tive silver, and assaying from 3OO to AUO
ounces in silver to the ton. The deepest
prospecting was only two feet. Powder is
not required for mining at present.
The steamer Galena only runs 20 the
lake camps during the remainder OF this
season. The steamer Idaho runs to Warm
Springs, thence to Nelson, on the outlet.
The steamer Galena brought in 400
sacks or twenty tons OF ore from the Let
Her Go, Gallagher. John Dayenport's
claim, and the Blue Bell mine. There are
twenty-six tons of Blue Bell ore now EN-
rorta IN thu smpltpr.