, 1889-09-26
KOOTENAl MINES.
A Gratifying Report from Soiae
OF the Best Claims in That
Country.
The Little Donald. Spokane and
Trinket. Halls Group and
the Gallagher.

John Davenport and several other
gentlemen operating In the Kootenai
country arrived yesterday and they are
unanimous In the testimony that the
outlook was never so bright as now.
a good many of the claims are being de-
veloped to a considerable depth and In
US depth is attained. Warm Spring
camp, 1t Will be remembered, Is q car.
Donate camp and az soon as suitable
transportation facilities are established
this camp will rival Leadville In the out
put of high-gradc ores. The lodges are
wide, well defined and run for miles
10y the crystal waters OF the lake. The
agreeable feature about these lodcs is
that the majority of them contain min
eral In exhaustless quantities worth 500
per ton. Many of these properties can
at present be bought Comparatively
cheap, but there are many whose owners
greet you with mot for sale" There
can be no question that as soon as rail.
road communication is established all
kinds of mining property in the
, kootenai country win command ten
times he present prices, and rs every
indication points In the direction that
Il railroad will reach navigablc water
next season the time is near at hand
when the country will he opened up.
w iNli lulllbu'l llOl less tDllll lUD
tons OF ore per day could be shipped
from Warm Springs alone, and this out
put could be kept up for years without
seriously diminishing the supply. Tho
leads are so close together, running par.
allel, that on many locations are two
and on some three mineral lodcs equally
valuable. Most people have an idea
that the Kootcnai country Is too far
away to undergo speedy development.
I This IL "a ulistuEn A rntlrAnI thirt ~
miles northward from Kootenai station
OH the Northern Pacific through level
country would touch Kootenai river near
Bonner's ferry and from that
point the largest steamers can
be hoated within gunshot OF many OF
the Warm Spring mines. Were the
Northern Pacific Company aware OF the
opened up by this line, the road would
be in operation within six months.
| This line would tap 200 miles of naviga-
bic water, and become one of the best, II
not the best, paying feeders to the
Northern Paciiics system. The ores
from the kootenai country will go either
to Helena for treatment, or will come to
the smelter which will soon bc running
at Spokane Falls. A smelter Is also be-
ing pIected at Revelstoke, B. c., on the
! Canadian Pacific, and transportation to
I that point could be established by build
ing twenty-cight miles of road from Mel
son to Sprouts landing, thus connecting
navigablc water. In view of the tact
I that the trade and the mineral from that
section are susceptible of being directed
/ in other directions, the capitalists inter
ested in the welfare of Spokane Falls
should improve every opportunity To
take such steps as would turn the cur
/ rent of trade toward this city, and the
most effective way to bring this about is
for some OF them to secure some of the
properties, which may now be secured
lor but little money.
IL il nO' improper to mention, in this
connection, that the iAttlo Donald, OF
which Mr.. Davenport proprietor never
looked SO promising as now and he says
| the Spokane and Trinket, owned by Mr..
/ Dillman aud Others of Spokane Falls,
are showing up fine. They have struck
/ five feet Of ore in the Spokane, that
proves beyond doubt that this Is no
/ longer prospect, but really mine.
/ The No. 1 and tho Gallagher, owned by
Mr.. Wheeler, are making a splendid
| showing, The Gallagher is shipping
ore that runs up into hundreds. IL is
the intention of Mr.. Davenport TO com
monce shipping ore Immediately from
the Little Donald. Halls mines, on
Mineral mountain, are looking fine.
| They will in II few days commence ship
ping ore that will surprise some of the
mining men of Montana.