, 1890-02-13
A MICA MOUNTAIN.
The Noble Peak That Overlooks
Large Part of THIS
County.
a Future Source OF Wealth and
Health-A Glorious View
From Its Top.

ROckfprd's prospective Resources,
independent of her agricultural
lands aud her Immense numbering
Interests, are beginning to loom up.
For instance, in n short distance
from this place We have found crop
ping out Of the hills several kinds Of
fine granite stone, brown, guy and
yaricgatcd; also marble and slaio,
and We believe the same will he we'll
uruSpcCtcd the coming suumer;uud,
last hut not least, we have very near
Us extensive mica mines. \ few
year, agoH party from Denver, Colo,
placed u number Of men AT these
mines and secured u number Of val
uablc claims, doing large amount
of work ON them, such Us sinking
shafts, building cabins, ctc., and
they took out some Ncty fac mica,
some pieces measuring lNA-I
inches. Last summer the COM
pany Thought they would
resume work ~ soon us the rail-
road was completed tu spokane
Falls, and now the road runs quite
close To- the foot of the mountain ON
the Rockford side. Othcr minerals.
have been found there, such a., tin,
silver aud gulvnu. but the noun
tains have been pruspcctcd but ii,;ic
for anything UNCcp; mica, that D.
there in abundance, and some day
not far distant will give the railroads
lots OF extra husincS, sh. p ug 1t TO
the large markets Of New York aud
Philadelphia, where 1t II worth nom
80 cents toSib per pound, frnhJblN
few people living In Eastern WASH
ingtOn know much about THIS
mountain of mica, or Mica pvIk,
as II got it, name from the hiIh
peak and apparently being u peak
ui mica, hut IL l. uu small peak, tor
the railroad surveyors, ont of
curiosity, while wording uu
the railroad survey, spent
several Sundays getting the
correct elevation Of this mountain,
and the last time the writer SAW the
engineer lac wa- Informed that they
had then reached the elevation Of
q, d. feet above the level OF the sea,
and estimated that IL was ut least
LOCO feet to the top OF the peak, and
II his estimate was correct that
would make Mica peak ,,9J2 feet
above the level ui the sea. The foot
hills of Mica commence about six
miles northeast OF Rockford, and
foothills on the northwest side cN-
tend to the Spokane prairie, and ON
the southeast side To the Cnur
d'Alcnc lake. There Is u fair wagon
road from Rockford to within three
miles Of the peak, and pronuhly the
coming summer Il good wagon road
will bc made 10 the top, where one
of the finest Views IN this whole
northeast country can bc had, over
looking the northeast portion of the
city of spokane Falls, Cheney. Span
glct ctSteptoobuttc tmur d' Altnc lake
and a large portion of this
upper country. The top of this
peak affords much ncrsccncry and
and greater extent Of views than
you can yet rom the famous Cats
Kill Mountain house, New York, us
the elevation of the Cutskllls ut thnt
point Il les, than 5000 feet above
the sea, aud yet thousands aud
hundreds of thousands of people 20
there every summer to see thc b'au-
tiiul scenery aud get the fresh air,
from the crowded city OF New
York and adjacent cities. Mica
peak Is the coming summer resort.
The climate In summer II superb.
There II us cola and tine u spring of
water Within l21 feet of the top of
the peak Us we ever saw IN thc state
ot New York, where they brap Of
their cold springs Of watcr There
are zine places ior good drivewHys
along the ridge of mountains, cX-
tending toward the Cnur d'Alcne
lake, then making on to the south
toward It. Joseph river,