, 1889-05-16
HAS NO EQUAL.
BEAUTIFUL VOYAGE FROM CGUR
D'aLENE To OLD MISSION.
A Review Mans visit to the Mines and
Impressions of ,hs Country
In General.

, BURKE, Idaho. NAV 9, Correspondence
II know OF 10 Equal length OF lake and
river VOYAGE In America quite as bpautiful
as the sixty miles from t9ur d Alpne City
to the old jesuit Mission, Idaho. on the
paiatial tbrtr-deck steamer Ceur e. 'Alpne,
Captain Sanboru, master. The ffst TWEEN.
ty mites IL on the deep waters OF the lake
with forest'clad mountains on either side,
iislDK almost perpendicular from the ptt,-
oily beach and the snow capped mountain
crests looming up in the distauca. Enter
iDe the Occur Al-ne river the STEAMER
follows the circuitous winlinvs of this
stream for forty mills through groves Of
pine and cedar trees with here and there
little patches of blossomioR prairie. Tbis
stream IL very regular IN liza width; from
bank to bank 1t IL about $50 fept, and
about thirty feet in depth. Ducks 20 sour.
ryinR the stream ahe d of the boat.
and the deep tones OF the steamers whis.
tie starile the tall prav cranes and wild
geese from the neigbbOrinv ponds.
OLD MISSION
is the head Of navi CATION and derives it's
name from the Old Mission church erected
in la47 by the late Father Rsvalli. and
the first Jesuit mission west of the Rocky
mountains Is still staudinx in an excellent
state of preservation. This ia the trans
fer point for freight and passengers from
th' boats to the Cara OF the CBur d'Alene
Railway and Navigation Company which
runs up through deep gOrxed canyons
twenty. eight miles to Wailacr, where the
road branches off-one branch running to
Burke ana he other just comt leted to
Mullan. the first train passing over the
latter road on the 24th ult On the road
to Burke up Canyon Creek the scenery is
one awe.inspirinH mountain after noun
fui hat 10 AZ, ,.,k
depth of snow, making it u grand view of
mountain scenery.
Along this canyon O number Of good
mines have been opened up. The Gem,
owned by the Milwaukee Mining Com pa.
ny, is showing up remarkably well. The
oupdation IL huilt for concentration; the
machinery Ia already on the ground and
tue owners expect to have the mill in full
operation by July |. About twenty. Ave
men are employed here turning out
SEVERAL CAR LOADS
of ore per week. Just above and within
half u u.ile of the Gem ia the San Fran
cisco, owned by Helena capitalists, who
have built large concenetrator which 10
ready for the machinery. About forty
men are here employed, and in u short
time wi be shipping ore lively. The
Granite is another very good mine This
fail. hut at present 1t 10 shut down. The
town of Geni, deriving its name from the
famous mine OF that name, Ia quite pros
porous place, having built eighteen houses
In the last three weeks, and IL good many
more to follow. The principal ner.
chandise store is owned bv j. J. Ull-
mann, who is also postmaster and tele.
phone manipulation aud the oldest resi-
dent in the town.
Three and half miles farther and the
city of
IL reached, where the celebrated Tiger
and Poorman mines are located. At each
OF these Il large concpntrstor has been
built, costing about S25 900 each. The
Poorman mine is owned by the Cpur
d'Alene Silver Mining COMPANY, and the
Tiger Is owned principally bv s. s. Gid
den, a resident of Burke and owner of the
| principal merchandise store in the town.
| About l75 men are employed In these two
| mines.
The Tiger house. fine large three
story hotel built by MIR. Glidden was
originally intended for boarding house
| for the M iners, but being the only hotel in
town its doors were thrown 0p, to the
pubic generally, and under the manage.
mrnt of MIR. T. Il. Perkins visitors al ways
lind excellent accommodations The
building and furnishings cost 1926. 900;
| the plumbing alone cost over
| $1,000. Burke /. situated in a
DEEP AND NARROW CANTON,
one street running the length Of the town.
which is also used by the railway. A mum
Der of stores and saloon are built partially
| over Canyon creek. A number of Rulches
here terminate, up each Of which are mum.
| erOus prospects.
| Just above town and adjoining the Poor
man IL the U Neil ciaiui, owned by Mr..
O'Neil, Tom Hanly and otneYs. Below
town is the Oronoka, fine lot Of ore be.
lug on the dump. Opposite this 10 the
Diamoud Hedge, and little further down
the CANYON is the Black Bear, all of which
show up wei; and will be mines of not.
shortly. Time and money are necessary
IN tine development Of all these mines, bul
the mineral is there. and Canyon creek IL
going to be one of the great producing
mining districts OF the country.