, 1889-09-12
A RICH REGION.
Description of the Magnificent
Country Lying North of
Spokane Falls.
Its Timber, Minerals and Agricul-
tural Resourc es- --Bonefts of
the Railroad,

descriptions of portions of the magnili-
cent country north of us, now being
rapidly made tributary to tho City by
the Fails ON account of the building of
the Spokane Falls Il Northern, railway.
AS business and pleasure trips will soon
bo in order over this finely equipped
road, this may be an opportune time to
review some facts heretofore published
and present such new features as would
be of interest to the general public.
From this city to Loon lake, dis
tance of about forty miles, the road tra-
verses country heavily timbercd. A
number of sawmills are in operation and
train loads OF lumber are being daily
shipped to this city, where
it finds ready market, Tho
land from which this timber
is cut Is similar to thousands of acres
all over this portion of the northwest,
the pine timber growing poisons the
soil 50 that IL is unit fyr agricultural
purposes until cleared and the stumps
and refuse matter burned. After this is
done, am informed by wcll-postcd per.
SONS that the land is as val aluablc us any
for farming purposes. 1 should judge,
according to my observations, that the
final clearing of such land was an easy
matter, tor the reason that wlcna stump
is once dry it can bo fired and will burn
until the last root is consumed.
LOON LAKE
is a beautiful body of water several
mi "a If. la Inn.
will be one OF the many pleasure resorts
surrounding this city.
1T is not i',r beyond this point until
the road enters the famous COlVillc
valley, which, with the Thctis,
Walker prairie and the broad valley on
thu many large cree rs cnptying into IT,
thc'rolling hills and bench lunus, ETC.,
will be made many times more valuable
for the reason that their resources,
whether agriculture, irltit raising, hay
rtnching, numbering, stock RAISING or
mining all gravltue towards the mulcru
stCCl llnou pathway OF civilization. This
article IS intended To dwell only ON the
country ANA its resources, but il would
be an injustice not 10 briefly call uttCn-
ton to the beautiful lakes that abound
on all sides, ana Il. they are all pictur-
ysyuc, while the waters are alive with
uiIttrcUt yHriVtie, OF the iiuy tribe, they
present mn unusual iaciuatiuu for the
sportsman and tourist. lu tins connection
! viii also state that game, large and
small, can be had in rudles, quantity.
although not much pgO,perting has
been done yet, et,Considcraulc lloat mas been
found, which is an evidence that min.
erI exists in tho neigh bOrhood
uf Loon lake; but it Is not uuttl Chewel-
ala is reached, about sixty miles from the
fails, that the country begins 10 show
healthy signs of future mining prom
faUf ltfa
agricultural, mining and lumueriug in
tcrost, To su,tuiu its future. About iuur
miles cast of the village is located the
Eagle mine, owned py Spokane Falls
parties. Considerable lcLd-siiver ore liis
bSCn eNtructcJ from this mine, and there
L. now several thousand tons OF pay ore
on the dump ready ior shipment. In
the immediate vicinity are quite Il mum.
Der ui
coon PROSPECTS
whose development hu, been retarded
on account oi tne lLcl, Of transportation
facilities About Que mile from the
Eugic i the Enterprise niue, owned by
Squire ana licrtluL This lode is de-
yciopCd over 100 feet in depth and car
ries the richest silver ore found in this
portion Ol Tie Northwest.
Copper mining ANA concentrating will
be quite dn industry In tic vicinity
OF ChpWelah ili time. y wide helt ilUdcs
carry ing COpucr-sItTeT ore hu, bccu traced
for twelve miles and mum uer of luca-
uons made thereon. On the cast end of
the hpit, as lar us 10 ina, been prOspcuted,
H. the Copper King which is II very
healthy lopklne claim, On tie west,
surrounding Browne Lake, are number
oil locations several OF which are owned
| by spokane Falls parties. Gcnp rally
these isaus curry copper anu silver Out
several gold Drariug veins have Vccu
opened up huA IL Is not Improbable but
what considerable OF the noJlc yellow
metal Will be taken out as time rolls on.
Eight miles northwest of thcwclHh is a
group OF ilVe milling silver lolcs, the
principal one being the Finley; adioin-
ing 1t rs the silver King, and not fur
distant Is the May Tompkins, Mary An.
dcrson, Granite State and others These
cluin- are owned by Jas. NJ Buckley oI
[ this city, Major James % Neill Of Colvillc
and W. T.. sullivan of Cheweah.
Twenty miles northwest of Chowelah,
OH the suiumit of the range dividing tho
/ Columbia river and Colvillc valleys, are
Tthc sIiNer-lead mines of Mr.. j. \. SquicI
Of this city. Here is located the
! summit, lrrcdcscent, Shcba and Trail
/ lodcs; for several years Mr.. Squier has
/ been investing IL portion of his surplus
in systematic development of these
lodes. The principal mine is
4 shaft has been sunk 1i5 feet on the
vein, exposing fine body Of high-grade
ore, principally carbonates of lead
containing quite percentage of silver.
| The dump OF this mine is sight worth
seeing, and could be wonderfully aug
m"nted BY drawing on the reserves in
| sight and III place in the ledge
| thought as examined this property Il
I short ti,uc ago that few able.bodied
/ miners with powder and steel could soon
| extract enough money from small sec
| tion OF this location to rebuild the hand
some brick blocks that Mr.. ). lost in the
| late fire. The irridosccnt has II shaft
ninety feet IN depth and drlNs on that
vein nearly 100 feet in length. Consid.
! erablc ore is on the dump, a quantity
having been shipped TO Omaha for treat
mcnt, The wagon road from the Colum.
bia river and its benchlands crosses the
summit at this point and follows down
along the creek named and surrounding
! the mines mentioned Is grand agricul-
| tural and grazing country. Thousands
| of tons of natural hay could be cut there
| Ranches are located on both sides nearly
| up to the summit.
Stranger creek, next down the Colvill,
| river from Blue creek like many others
| presents the same general features and
/ offers about the same inducements fol
the settler or prospector that the Colvillt
valley and bordering hills did many
| years ago.
The Colvillc valley proper has long
been noted for the excellent quality o
timothy hay that it produces. In fac'
ii Is said 10 be tho finest in the world
The farmers of the valley, except tol
4 tnkl Ia tutt