Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-04-25
IN THE CGUR D'ALENr
A Region Where Spice and VARIETY -.
is not Lacking. "

is not Lacking. u
~ tell you there are ropgb .
now up in the cnur II Alene ,,s ma
district said John Thiare. one - =.
pioneers of the camp and own,
mines there, to San Franc.
E1antner reporter yesterday a, 4
American Exchange. " "a
you asked if it didn't use ;,
rough and wild. Well, it did: ana
is rougher now than it ever was
There are five towns in tho ~
dAlene Observation-Disclosures Burke w.
lace, Mullen and Murray. OF "a Ia
Burke, which is on Canyon craa i-'s
the biggest and liyeliest, but an
chock full of gambling-houses. saIoo ~
dance-houses, and about eyerv,b;-a
else that can be thought of IN 'r a-:
nection with a mining camp Z
many as five or six large gambg.a
tables may be seen in one ordins1
sized gambling-house.
These are always surrounded l.
scores of long-haired rough MINI.
who are trying another way to wjo ;
fortune besides digging in the Nm,
Day or night you will always See tbs,.
houses agOing. Shootings are toIa.,
bly, frequent, too.
in short, there is all the spira ,,l
variety to life in Ceur d'AleDe tS.
any of the old mining towns corg
boast of.
Stages and freight wagons took "A,
place of toboggans, which at ~
brought all the freight into the disra
but now the former have given IVA,
largely to the railroad, which br,5,
things in, from Spokane Falls. Go5,
up the streets of these five town. (
Cpm d'Alene you see long string, a
teams hauling ore. 1t is most Al
galena, whose principle combination
as all of the initiated know, is silys,
and lead. 1t is pretty sight Tbs
Tiger mine at Burke is shipping from
100 to 200 tons every week Of yeT
rich ore. The Elk Crock Mipms
company is working the only gold ledgs
in that region. From $1,000 to $5.0D
every day is the amount realized from
the twenty stamps which are worked
by this company.
''ln 1883 Mr.. Clark, the banker Of,
Butte, bought the Sunset Galena nina
for 50, 600. Since then he has bean
offered 100000 and wouldn't take h
1t is one of the most promising mines
there. Portland parties bought the
Silver Tip for $4,000, and three adj.
joining claims for $4,000, They are
working heavy forces of men on these
and getting out considerable ore
Then 5. c. Reed and others of Port.
land, who bought the Bunker Hill and
Sullivan mines, are doing well and get
ting rich. These mines were bought
very low somewherea about 500 900 for
the two, think-and now they couldn't
be bought for a good deal over 81 ,OyJ,.
600.
There IS one thing, though, that /,
bad for CGur d'Alene ore outputs Just
now. The railroad freight tariff is too
high. Unless the Northern Pacific
makes a reduction, a good many Of
the mines are liable to cease working
for the winter.
There is a division of sentiment 10
northern Idaho in regard to the taking
on Of the bottIc-necked region to Wash
ington territory and admitting tht
whole as one state. If you cut Of
Kootenai and Shoshone counties
which Washington wants, there anil
much left of Idaho. Everything con
sidered, however, think it would b,
better for northern Idaho to b
annexed All the trade could then
be thrown toward Spokane Falls, and
probably, a Bigger city than other
wise would result although SPOKANE
is a city Of destiny, and nothing can
tHwart it.