, 1888-12-13
HAS HOPE IN HOPE.
The Coming Mining Town Of
the KOOtenai District.
Several Rich Finds Made Re-
Gently Near Clark's Fork.
Dissertation or the Leading Mines In the
Ceur Observation-Disclosures Clean
UP from the Occident.

j. w. Proctor of Hope, who discovered
the placer mines in the Kootenai country
last fall, is in the city. Mr.. Proctor has
been prospecting of late at Clark's Fork,
He has also located some rich placer
ground on Lightning creek. near Hope.
He sold lot Of free gold from the find to
the Spokane banks yesterday. Near
Clark Fork, he says, q ledge has been
struck, the groupings Of which assay S63
neighborhood as in fiourishing condi-
tion, and, as there has been no snow to
speak of, the country is still full of pros
pectors. He reports number ct new
strikes in the Gray district which promise
| to be bonanzas on development. A car OF
ore will be shipped from there in a few
days TO be tested, and the result Is looked
forward to with great interest bo all par
| ties.
Mr.. Proctor is enthusiastic about
Hope and says it is growing with remark
able rapidity. From ten to fifteen settlers
are going there every day. He says there
is good field for shoemaker and black.
smith in Hope, and there are plenty OF
buildings suitable for business purposes
White cooks are scarce and can command
good wages. The people want to get rid
Of the Chinese.
While out hunting the other day Mr..
Proctor says he shot thirteen deer. Hunt.
ing Is good and game plentiful.
A RICH CLEAN UP.
A ten stamp mill is to be erected on the
properties of the Occident and Treasure
Box mines at Murray. and until this mill
is erected no more work will be done. The
clean up of the Occident was sold to the
bank of Murray-a huge bar OF gold,
| weighing a fraction over III ounces, with
a value of about $2907, being the largest
arastra run ever made there. and Oounces
more than the clean up on November 10th.
There are 100000 shares in the Alma
Consolidated of Elk creek. Two divi-
dends have been declared of 3 cents each,
aggregating 5000. If the company can
secure an output of $4,000 per month
from the 20stamp mill 1t will be a very
high average, but the mine is in splendid
working shape and it is quite possible
that it will do 1t and insure 3; cent diyi.
dends right along. A gentleman in
of the stock, which would give him divi.
dend of $3.50 per month. There ought
now to be at least FIVE gold companies in
this camp paying such dividends TO stock.
holders, but the mills of the gods grind
too slowly, says the Ceur d'Alene Sun.
THE CoEUR D'ALENEs.
A correspondent writes as follows from
this city to the Helena Independent about
Cpur d d'Alene mines:
Between two years ago and the present
there 10 quite q contrast Then the Sec
ton was almost inaccessible; now the Cor
bin narrow gauge railroad, under. control
Of the Northern Pacific, taps nearly every
lead-silver mine on the South Fork, and is
fast extending the line to Mullan, where
the Gold Hunter. Morning and many other
large mines are situated. There are two
ways of reaching the country oat present,
by stage from Thompson Falls, in Mon
tana, to Murray, a distance gof thirty
miles, thence by stage to Osburn station,
on the narrow gauge, distance of sixteen
miles. But the most pleasant and COM
| Portable route Of travel is to take the Spo-
kane & Idaho railroad to Spokane Falls,
diverge from the main line of the Northern
Pacific railroad at Hauser Junction.
A ride of thirty-two miles over this road
and Ceur d'Alene City, on the banks of
the beautiful lake of that name, is reached.
Here the fine steamer now run by the
Northern Pacific Company is taken. A
! ride of thirty miles on the lake and twen-
ty.five miles by river, and the change is
| Fourteen miles up this line and Wardner
is reached. Three years ago this place
| was bowling Wilderness, and the Bunker
Hill and Sullivan had been but recently
| struck. When any one went on the out
side and told the people of the immensity
Of the quantity of ore exposed by little
| development work they we're immediately
classed in the same category as Ananias
and Sapphira. But some capitalists OF
Helena did take hold, and as result the
Helena Concentrating Company was Or
gauized They built the first works for
dressing ore by machinery, and for time
virtually coined money. Helena gave to
the Ceur d'Alene its first start In the pro-
duction OF lead concentrates. Now half
dozen concentrators are running in the
country, aud as many more will be built
next year. The Helena company sold out,
however. about one and half years ago.
BONANZA MINES.
At this date there are enough producing
mines In the vicinity of Wardner to keep
one railroad busy hauling away the pro.
duct; but the development and output OF
the camp is retarded on account Of the
lack of transportation facilities. The
same obstacle is, in the way of several
other camps, on the South Fork, at pres
emit.
Montana capital L. largely interested in
many of the large mines OF this section.
The Poorman, At Burke, for instance, is
entirely owned by. Helena and Butte
parties. w. A. and ]. K Clarke and H.
and Sunset mines, which arc immense de-
posits. but awaiting better. transportation
facilities before being worried. A Helena
company has the Evening mine, near Null
Ian, bonded. Recently while In that
vicinity visited the Morning, the adjoin-
ing claim. This mine has been thorough
| ly examined by reliable experts, who claim
there u over d, ,000, 900, In sieht, with
strong chances Of lower tunnel, now be-
ing run, exposing several more millions.
Should the Evening turn out ~ we'll ~
the Morning. some Heleaaites will have to