, 1889-09-12

infused In this anciciA burg. and the
energetic citizens are determined that
no new town shall spring up and wrest
| from them the prestige that Is righttully
| theirs. The town has been incorpo
rated and has n board of trustees under
tho village incorporation act. IL IL OK
pcCtcd that II fewof the principal streets
viii be graded this fail A two-gtury
brick bank and brick schoolhousc Is in
course of construction, Tho Old Do
minion mine, that has been the standby
OF the camp for several years, h.
located sig miles northeast OF
Colvillc. This treasure vault has
| contributed near u quarter OF
u million dollars to the worlds wealth
since its discovery four or five years ago.
This vein is situated in the limo that
abuunds In tha, section and II surround
cd By u number of claims, many of
which are very promising. Several
miles To the west of Domnian mountain
are the Clug,tono Creek mines tho Ten
deriuot, silver Lead and Dandy, all with
pay ore in sight, are on this creek Three
miles further west, on Bruce creek, are
the Uncle Sam and Dead Medicine. Next
comes the Bonanza, which presents one
peculiar feature as it lies in slate iorna-
ton instead OF lime, as the Others do.
West of the Bonanza about five miles,
and close to the Columbia, is the
YOUNG AMERICA
mine from whose workings hundreds of
tons of ore have been extracted and
shipped over 100 miles to the railroad.
There are q number of claims in the
vicinity of those named that cvi-
IDENTIFY will become mines when
worked, and no doubt that the time
viii soon arrive when the owners Will
have what they have held bOck for
cheap transportation. 1t is 81 miles from
Colyillc to the Little Dalles on the Co
lumbia river. Here this beautiful wind
| ing stream that Is LAO feet wide at Mar
GUS thirty miles below, crowds its way
| through Il narrow passage between hard
| lime walls not much more than 100
feet apart but of unknown depth. Six
miles up the Columbia and on u mount
ain 1000 feet in elevation above the
stream is the Silver Crown mine owned
| by Gray, Palmgrsun \ Kelly, all Spokane
| Falls people In the several tunnels run
in on the three veins that parallel each
| other along the course of the ledge, they
| have vast reserves of silyer-lCad ore
in sight, while each dump contains
many tons ready for the smcltcr when
| the railroad reaches the Little Dalles.
| There are quite II number of claims in
this vicinity which are the same US the
| silver Crown, many of which will roll
| into line as producers, on the arrival Of
| the spokane Falls a. Northern.
The vicinity OF Colvillc furnishes an
other important product that doubtles =
will create quite an industry before
many years and furnish AN immense
tonnage to the railroad in addition to
| the resources of the country already
cited, that is the large
DEPOSITS or MARBLE
that exist there there being no less than
thrae; different kinds, yaricgated, snowy
white and gray,
! Many persons visiting what is known
as the Coiyille country travel only
through the uecy and imagine that it IS
| the only part of that section worth
examining. In this they are mistaken
as the valley g. but ~ very small part of
| the country and does not show up its
| varied resources. The Indian and half
| breed element who these many years
| have held possession OF much of the
country, have lost their sway and with
/ the squuw man are crossing the Column
I bia river and settling on the reservation,
I leaving the ColVillc country to the
| whites and modern improvements.
I For ut least three decades has this
| wonderful and productive portion of the
/ Northwest laid practically dormant on
account OF the lack OF transportation.
/ Now the Spokane Falls % Northern
railway Is penetrating the country at the
I rate Of one mile per day and in u very
short time viii be bringing its riches by
the train louds to the doors of Spokane
Falls, aiding wonderfully in building up
the city grdnder than ever,
r. II. KEMP,