, 1890-03-20
THE PRECIOUS ORES.
Cnur d'Alene Products In Dem ane
and tho Smelling Trust
Dehed.
Four Rich Mines With Daily
Output OF Over Sew
enty Tons.
Roads Open 10 tho Salmon River
Country-Proparations In
Okanogan.

Wallace Free Press: 'Trust or no
trust among the smeltcrs. They
can not do any harm to the Ceur
dAlcne. Our ores nre In demand.
me mlne owners Of this camp have
the smelling men Just where they
want them. They must have wet
ores" so said u prominent mining
man to tho Press reporter during
the week. Right upon the heels Of
tins defamation we picked up late
Montana paper, from which we
CLEANED the Information that tho
dreat Falls smelter was compelled
to close down because IL could not
get any wet lead ores. Montana
has scarcely any silvcr-lcad mines
developed and Gnat Falls .is
not within easy rail communica-
uon OF the Cooeur d'Alone, except
by way Of the Northern Pacific,
which line would not favor rival
line like the Great Northern TO haul
ore to Great Falls. The Montana
newspapers are Justly alarmed
over the wet ore situation. They
are Just beginning to see the yal,ie
OF the cmur d'Alone mines, the ores
from which they must have to sineit
their own. The arrival of the Union
Pacific railroad In this camp hns
made them very uneasy, but they
VIII bc considerably more so when
they learn that the smeIter at
Omaha has already contracted for
the entire product Of the present
year Of twoof our principal mines,
amounting to 10000 tons, reduced
to concentrates. In addition TO
this, three other mines near WAL
lace, the GnMite, California and
Custer are shipping all their ores to
Omaha and Den.er. IL looks very
much To man upa true as II the
Montana sinelters were going 10 get
LETT. During the week the Omaha
smelling men visited this camp, and
no doubt they were surprised nt the
situation, for they promised to re-
turn Immediately after the snow
lett the ground. They visited Wal
lace, Mullan, Burke aud Wardner,
and although they could not got to
some Of the mines, they saw enough
to satisfy them that they Gid not
have 10 20 to Mexico for their wet
ores. The fact that they
make contracts for an en-
tire year for enormous quantities
shows that our ores are In demand
and must he had. The smeiters can
not do without them, and the larxe
supplies needed makes II imperative
for the reduction companies to come
to the C@ur diAlenes, which may
bo considered the load-silvcr supply
camp of the world. Pretty soon,
too, we expect to see these gprat
smelling companies, or the trust,
come In here and purchase mines,
though Il may not be NECESSARY
when they can make contracts foe
5000 and IL 900 tons nt Il whac,S.
There Is u bright iutun for the Omur
dAlenes, II tie cilinl-0wners can
be moved to develop their properties
adjoining the producing mines, iu-
stead Of sitting down and waiting
for purchasers to come along tO buy
Il hole in the ground.
FOUR PAYING MINES.
Wallace Free Press: The orc ship
ments from the Wallace depot Of
the Union Pacific for the Granite
and California mines have been 500
tons. This was hctween the 18th
day OF January and the 9th day OF
March, but, as Is well known, trains
have been run regularly until re
Gently. Since the 9th heavy ship
ments have been made, and the
trains are running regularly. The
syndicate which owns the Gmnite
and controls the California, also
owns the Stomwinder and Sierra
Nevada. and from these four mines,
of which George B. McAulay is the
manager, seventy tons of concen-
tratcs or first-class orc are shipped
daily. Mr.. McAulay has always
pushed the work In these
mines, and has increased the
output whenever the transportation
facilities justified 1t. This has given
employment 10 small army OF men,
who have scarcely been laid off y
day since the mines have began to
produce. The material interests OF
the camp have been largely bene-
flied by this display OF energy, and
these four mines can be depended
upon for continuous flow Of wealth
to enrich the people Of the Cnur
d'Alenc. Seventy tons Of corcen-
trates and first-clnss ore with i'm
perfect transportation facilities Is .
very fair production for four mines,
and furnishes "A nice little revenue
every month for all concerned. All
this output Is sent to Omaha, over
the Union Pacific line. The freight
OH the concentrates Il sl6 per ton
and on crude ore sl2 per ton.
These rates allow no margin for
grumbling, aud for once there IL
peace and harmony between the
railroad companies and the mining
men.
THE ROADS OPEN.
Wilbur Register: Knowing that
there are large number Of parties
at present In Tacoma, Spokane aud
Seattle who are waiting to hear that
the communication between Wilbur
and the salmon River mining colin-
try Il open, We hasten to appgise
them ot Tho fact. Air. John Haish
came through on the It'll from Con-
conully and reports the roads in
good condition, the river clear of
Ice aud Condon's ferry In constant
use.
AWAITING SUPPLIES.
Ellensburgh Localixcr: People
here who are Interested In the
Okanognn mines are laying their
plans TO commence work again on
their properties ~ soon rs ,hc dig
gings eau be reached. Sonie of
those who wlntercd In the camp1
have run short OF supplies of al
kinds and will welcome the arrival
OF the first train with provisions
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