, 1888-03-08
MINES AND MINING.
Orc Buyers Raliylna In Force at
Spokane Falls.

n WI w Nll' IiNI'Iii ~
writing from Spokane
Falls, says. That very necessary and
useful individual, or several Of them
he ore buyer---is in the field, Parties
are here and in the mines from all
-ections OF the Union, representing
different smelling works. for he pur-
pose OF purchA.ing ores. The lead
or-s st the South Fork section, the
kootensi snd hetH'ins districts sre
said to be the hnest ever Uncovered
for smelling purposes outside Of the
cArbonatss Of LeAdyille. James +.
Wardner 10 representing several large
concerns and will pr badly handle
several Thousand tons the coming rea
son. A. N, Esler Of Helena is in he
city and leaves for the South Fork I"
night in the inte est OF the Wickes
works. Parties are also Ii re from
Pueblo, Col, and other distant points.
1t is estimated that the product Of the
South Fork alone this srn,mer viii, be-
800 tons daily of smelling ore.
ThehGrante miue ON Nine Mile,
near Wallace, has roll, d into line as
IA dividend producer, having after the
exper diture Of $SOOO on improve.
over and above all ex lenses, with sew
eral carloads ct ore in transit yet to be-
heard from. Portland WAS the city
that secured this plum when it was
but "A mere prospect. AT the present
prices for silver and lead it is esu-
mated that there is net profit of not
less than $21 per tou ON ores produc,d d
in the South FurH section. Multiply
those figures by 800, the number of
tons per day produced, and it leaves Al
sum sufficient to support quite a pop
ulation.
Mr.. Esler in an interview stated
that he did not think the location uf
large smelters At Helena, Great Falls,
ar Portland would interfere with Spo.
kane2 ilter, sLs in that industry. he
Is of til. opinion that the surrounding
districts will produce sn hicient ore to
supply AL the points named. II
thinks the smelter will come to this
place ia time, but first railroads VIII
BE- necessary to the bkonogau (SAlmon
mines0 aud the Culvlle districts.
James A. Peck, we'll known ar
sayist Of Butte, and late superinten-
dean Of the Beach Pine, near Phil
lipsburx, left Spokane this morning
for the Okanosan country, where he
Intends staying with the country"
Advice from SydenhAm Mills, who
is energetically prospecting his placer
mining enterprise IN East Eagle
creek shows that he is too much infat-
uated with his work to make his east
ern trip.
A few days since, met an old
Montana acquaintance, j. Harvey
Harrip, who is interested in the strike
made last September, on Pine creek.
neaI Nissoluu river, in Montana. 1t
was the discovery of these claims
that caused the regular old-time
stampede from the Cue:r dAlene
country last September. MIR. Harris
informs us that the lodes are I'M
proving wonderfully under develop
nent; and the ores are mostly lead
carbonatrs carrying consider
able silver. He states that the leads
are from six to twenty feet in width :
MASSES Of native sil Ier are found in
places. Mr.. hArIisis authority for the
statement that he saw IL hatful VI ma
tive silver taken out Of one pocket.
He also states that the district eau
produce ore worth 81 900 per ton. Mr..
Harris report of the district is rather
rose colored, but others confirm the
statement that very Itch ore is found
there and that it IL likely to add an
other rich mining district to the al
ready large number which are situated
within the boundaries ot that territory.
The name of the present townsite
stsked cut in the vicinity Of these
mines is called Soloma,, but will prob
ably be changed in time. 1t may b.
OF interest to many old Moutanisns to
state that this is near Cedar creek,
where there was quite gold excite
ment in the early days of Montana.
There arc many grizzled old-timers
now in Helena who to this day will
shrug their shoulders and say d--n
Cedar creek"