, 1889-07-18
IN MINING REALMS.
The North Side Coeur d'Alenes
the Richest Gold Region
in the World.
Interesting Facts About the Koot.
enai Country from a Relia-
bic oGicial Source.

''t'' '''h W. UlIuWEl llt property
showing every nook and corner therein
IL is tinc-looking showing for big
mine. The group comprises some six
claims and are called first, the Mother
Lode, occidcnt, Mothers boy, Chicago,
Treasure Box and Fourth Ofsuly,
Tho yoin Is q strong one with a main
average of twcnty.siX inches between
walls Of slate. The whole hiIl Is worked
by system OF tunnels. The ore is Of a
freo-milllng character and carries some
sulphurets that are very rich. Here and
there along the ledge you can plainly see
the TREE uoLp IN THE QUARTZ,
while now and then We saw place, where
the quartz was held together hy the
strings otwirc gold. Tho tunnel on tho
Mother lodo Is now IN 2iO feet and
Slopes arc cut out at different intervals
On this claim they only work few
men, bat they only want to keep their
araStrn running, and OF course with
no much ore in sight It isn very easy
matter to do 50, Tho capacity of the
nfhstU T. one and q half tons ppr
twcnty-four hours. Hero Won can SEQ
plenty of free gold in the rock, and one
of The party picked up a piece that had
- I'm gold In IL, which the owner told
him he might have fora spcc men. They
were cleaning up the duy we were there.
and our party was surprised lt the result
ui fourteen days run, II lcinr SlgTB
Their previous runs wCrr gtput deal
larger, some OF them running as high u-
Siph in few days. At the Bank of Muir.
ray We saw specimens from thi- proportv
That really had more gold than rock iI
the piece. Above tho Mother Lode lies
the OcCident. the main tuunCl of which
j. ~ 80 lcct. llctc we measured the vein
~ We went along, the same ~ In the
Mother Lode, and the result gave us an
average of two aud one. huir feet Thcrr
l. u larger vein nt the end Of tho tunnel
where We stretched the tape and found
II to be twcnty-tour feet wide. The
small vein being the richest IL OF course
hltriCt''l our attention, thc VuHrZ i'm
TINS one being the same ns In the Mother
Lode and about the samc value. The
owners OF this property have n double
hrnsiru, which they Keep In action night
and day during the summer, Their FAST
'clcan up nettcd them some $50 ON u
run OF ihroe weeks and four days.
THE TREASURE ROY.
IL the next and Joining claim. with tho
same vein, vcriiablc treasure trnvc, for
the owners have taken ont at different
times largo sums of money, Like the
Others, nu arastrH was in ull workinn
order, and the constant grind, grind Of
the heavy rucks added dollar after dol
lar TO- the owners capital. The Fourth
OF July and Chicago arr owned by tur
pendent group and arc worked hy them.
We did not 90 to see them, the whole
party being satisfied that they had seen
the biggest and richest gold mine In the
whole west. The owners nf this proprrty
hrv workers; they. do not sit around and
wait for a railroad or capital to dcyclop.
but they have gone In aud done their
own work, placed their own property ON
q paying basis, and are Of course indc-
pendent. THE property can he bought.
providing you pay their price, and none
of the party thought 1t very oNorhitant
Dnc: There Is plenty Of good umhorand
sufficient water to run cu.-tump mill
and all the material for Working the
same. Let me give you the result of our
samples AS they como in order!
MOTHER LODE.
No. I, ribbon quartz. SIP %
No. ?, white quartz rtz...........,, IL Op
No. ., average sample hanD..,. ~ ~
ocCipENr.
No. I, ribbon quartz. %
No. 2, yellow quartz. G3 %
No, y, hand sample. .,..,....,,... Sg so
From the large vein IN the Occidcnt
N'e took q sample of the ore ucros. and
Ne returns showed ~ 80 in gold and
r. 10 In silver.
From the r.casurc Box the samples
were ~ follows;
20 !, nhhon Si27 m
DO. Z, common ., ,........,..,.... ~ a.
No. 3, hand samples .......,.... - 90
This speaks for itself and need, no
boost ar bow from any pcn: that this l.
The richest gold hill in the northwest
hayeno doubt. There arc Thousands in
sight and have no hcsitauCy in saving
that in two ycars IL will be the greatest
gold campin the United States shnuld II
Improve In the next two ycars AS IL has
In the past.
THE GREAT IDAHO
Across the gulCh about n quarter of n
mile we were shown the property of the
Idaho company. II is L large vein of
free-milling ore, from N To 20 feet thick.
pnd two tunnels have been driven (dou.
BILE ,compartmcnD well timbcrcd and
tracked from end to end. The amount
Of development would aggregate nbout
no feet, There is uhout 2DOtons ofthis
ore broken and lying in the tunnels
and ON tho dumps, u bO.pounds
hand sample .assaying 81 ~. There is n
smaller vein lying alongside Of this that
y very rich, samples of which gave us
sllO % and $50. There is everything
here for good company To start in on,
plenty Of all kinds of material, water
Hume, ore broken, wood, and In fact'
nothing i lacking to make n splendid
success OF gold quartz mining. We did
not go up To the Golden Chost mill, hack
of the Idaho. IL Is an extension of the
Idaho, and has been paying ever since 1t
started.
PLENTY or DUST.
As We came back we had n splendid
chance 10 look mt the placcr. There Is
little OF no water this year, and of course
little can he accomplished, but if you
call IN at the bank they will show you
plenty of dust, bar and rctor;, that will
surprise the most skeptical. All around
are great piles of debris, whlC the waters
nrc picturesque, muddy color. Return.
Ing to Murray, we passed below town and
up to the Frank Reed propcri y, now undor
bond to Major Hopkins. II is a fine
looking showing and is improving every
foot The major is an old Leadvillc
operator, and \ "A man of great resources
and energy. There are several other fine
looking properties that We passed on the
road, but did not have time TO look up
fully but will when we return from the
South Fork mines.
A GREAT GOLD BELL.
One thing satisfied our party, and that
Is this; Murray Is situated in the heart
of one or the greatest gold belts on the
the American continent, and the day is
not far distant when its praises will be
sung to the clinking bars of gold bullion
and the rattle of the yellow dust that is
80 plentihilly scattered along its rivers,
and Is 10 found for digging in
every gulch, bar and run, with.
IN radius of thirty miles of
Murray, Bidding adleu 10 Murray, we
took the stage TO Pony Guleh to look at
the Fay Templeton. Jim Blaine, Baby
aud other gold mines that are now az. |
tracing the attention of outside capital
lists. The road runs almost TO the mines
and the canyons in which the mines arc