, 1890-03-27

Large Veins Of High Grade Carbon-
atcs and Plenty OF Wire SILVER.


Boulder Creek district Is about
eighteen miles east of Eatol', new
town on the Kootenal river, and u
half mile east from Bonner's Ferry.
During the past season considerable
development work has been done
and the showing il highly satisiac-
tory. Up to this time fifty claims
have been located, and In all of them
that any work has been done at all
there IL pay ore In sight, many of
them showing Immense bodies of
very high grade galena and carbon
ate ore.
During the past winter the tunnel
on the Homesiakc mine has been
advanced from 40 to 80 feet, making
a total length of 40 feet. The vein
IL at least 7 feet wide, and will aver
age across from so to 30 ounces in
silver per ton. Much wire silver Is
seen in the Homestukc.
The development work Of the Star
and Eureka shows up IA well defined
vein of fine ore.
William Eaton and Jerry Watson
have an opcu cut on their claim
which shows up ledge four feet
wide of solid ore, 50 far us gone, but
the width of the lc,igc can not vet bc
determined, as only one wall IL I'm
sight. This ore l. principally de-
composed quartz, and H. therefore
fine concentrating ore.
The Toughnui, owned by William
Eaton, Jerry Watson, William
Bnlnt, and w. w. Eaton, shows
eight inches of solid galena in the
groupings, without any development
work whatever.
Three miles up the river from
Eaton Is the town of Madison,
formerly known as Keelcr's camp.
The Keeler claim, owned by Will
lam Keeler. The vein has been
stripped distance of 25O feet on the
surface, and IL "a uniform width of
feet. The open cut on the face
shows "A vein big four. feet wide.
This vein goes into the hundreds In
silver.
An extension of tho Keelor Is
owned by =. A. Mcdonald and
William Eaton. II was discovered
late last fall, and the width OF the
vein has not been determined.
In the same vein Is the Cart
wright x Co. property. 4 drift was
run 30 feet, and then n cross-cut ~
feet cut y foot vein of carbonate
ore, and only one wall as yet in
sight. Several samples have been
sent to Butte, Mont, to he tested.
six hundred feet north of this
claim IL II parallel lead, located by
William Doyle, Ben Morrow and
William Eaton. a tunnel was adj
vanced 80 feet the past winter. The
vein Is between and g feet wide,
and only one wall IL In sight.
w. w. Eaton and William Brant
have IA claim northwest of the
Keeler, which shows 20 inches of
solid Galena ore, which assays ~
ounces in silver and 62 per cent.
lead.
The White Horse Is faced up for
tunnel. The vein is two feet wide
of 20-ounce ore.
Clark ~ Eaton have n claim one
fourth of IA mile northwest of
Keelcr. The tunnel Is in 10 feet,
and the vein In the face from . 10
q feet wide.
james Kingston aud William
Eaton have another claim, In which
the vein il about two feet wide of
falrgrade ore.
Clark, Watson and William Eaton
have u location two miles west of
Boulder creek which shows some
excellent ore.
The Kcntpck is "a prospect owned
by Watson and William Eaton.
Groupings on this claim assay from
II To 20 ounces in silver.
ON the Yak river quite n number
of claims have been located. Will
lam Doyle, William Eaton and
Ben Morrow have IA claim which
shows Il vein eighteen inches wide
of galena ore on the surface.
Near Libby creek, sixty miles
above Eaton, Il. j. Brlckell, of Spo-
kane Falls, and others have several
rich properties. Assays have been
obtained which show 100 ounces In
silver and immense bodies of ore in
sight. Fifteen claims have already
been located, and the prospect for a
big stampede To this wonderfully
rich region, II is believed, Will set In
early this spring.