, 1888-03-08
FROM SALMON RIVER.
ltemo From the Great Northwest
ern MIN raj Belt
SALMON CITY, w. r., Feb. IS, 'sS.

EDITOR REVIEW :--Isaw an article
IN an issue Of the .1th stating that n
| correspondent Of the Localizer, writing
! from Ruby. states that there has only
Been one stage from Spokane this
winter. lie simply m, dc n grand
mistake. He meant to say the Ell.
lcnsburgh stage did not come in. I
have written moro than one hundred
aud forty letters to the press from this
c'ty, and l only know OF two stages ar.
riving from Ellensburg. One brought
lady passenger, and the second time
II came it took out small mail. ow-
ing to tho fact it passed the Spokane
stage going out, as it came in town.
have had TO depend on the Spokane
stage to take my mail. have always
had a good chance to send bv them.
The statement is misleading, and il
written by Ruby correspondent. was
a gross injustice to the Spokane Falls
Stage Company. A correspondent
rom Ruby must know that the stage
broke through the ice vt the risk OF
horses and driver, and I made
the fact known through the
medium of the press at the time.
| do not wish the impression TO go out
thaf l wro'e the article us | am writ
ing from Salmon City, and | would
like to know how the stage could ar.
rive at Salmon City without passing
through Ruby. / hardly think tho
regular correspondent for the Loculizer
wrote the article in question, but some
would be ink singer. This 10 some.
thing similar to the false statements
made by former writer in g Seattle
paper to tho effect that we had smelt-
ers and mills in full blast, when il ia
rsll-known the Pioneer smelter, con-
contractor and crusher is now en- route
By way OF Spokane Falls destined for
sslmon City. l would not wish TO
sntngonize newspapers 40 am Just 10
willing to write for ono as the other,
nor do i think the different routes
have anything to do with influencing
travel. Those coming here from the
east will come via Spokane Falls no
doubt, and if the road over the noun
tains is blocked they surely will not
wait for summer to thaw out the
roads, and / cannot perceive how mis-
representations will increase the
travel at any point to our
rich silver mining country.
i made the statement in a Tacoma
paper how Miserner came in, and now
inform those ready to come here that
we have the assurance of his coming
in weekly.
dismiss the case and turn to new
strike in the Little Giant mine on
Mineral Hill, close to Salmon City, of
a vein of rich block solid silver Holy-
basite), found in vein of decomrosed
quartz, rich in chlorides. The Molly
-. Spence is looking better. The
Mary Dickinson has struck it rich.
The Lime belt is showing good ore.
The Okanogan Belle is going on ore
steadily in the very high grade ore
struck last week. The Keystone, a
low grade galena ledge, the wonder OF
this part of the world, has now cross
cut " feet, and no hanging wall found
They are now sinking still in galena.
All the mines being worked are show
ing good ore on the dump, aud the
Cowboy goes down an additional hun
dred feet on the old S2.foot shaft al |
ready sunk in good galena. All the |
mines near the site of the now incom-
ing concentrator are looking well
Mineral Hill is q veritable bonanza
and our boys are all ready for fine
time whom their high grade ore rushes
to the concentratOr, and o Jingle in
the miners buckskin purse will be the
consequence.
The citizens of Salmon held road |
meeting last night, which resulted in
viewers being appointed to examine
the route along the lake shore for the
new road, and the work will be pushed
ahead by the citizens of Salmon City.
The Loop Locp road leading west will :,
soon be surveyed, and general and sub.
stantial city improvements made. {
There is report circulating that the |
men apprehended for cattle and horse
stealing, and AL Iago, who shot Som
ers on the Okanogan river, have made
their escape from the guard while en-
route to Colvlle for trial. These re-
ports, however, need verifying. AS
yet we have no authentic account.
BROMIDE.