, 1890-10-16
IN THE KOOTENAI
A Number of Rich Strikes Made
at Warm Springs Within
the Last Week.
Tho Great Northern Will Come to
Spokane if the People Act
Liberally.

j. NJ. Buckley, Of Spokane, and
George Herb, of Medical Lake, re-
turned Monday from a weeks trip
to the Kootenai mines, where both
have extensive interests. They re-
port that the famous Hot Springs
camp Is getting better every day and
that when transportation is estab-
lished, which will be next spring,
the output, both as to quantity and
quality, will astonish the mining
world.
Mr.. Herb was seen by n REVIEW
reporter and the latest news was
summed up as follows:
On the Little Donald, John
Davenport's mine, II steam pump
and hoisting works have been placed
in position and the shaft was
pumped dry last Friday, and the
men who have the contract to sink
an additional so feetare now engaged
in that operation. In the bottom of
the shaft the property looks better
than at any point upwards.
One day last week while the work.
men of the Skyline were leading
ground for an additional building
on the course of the vein, they un-
covered IL deposit of very rich soft
ore, and in one day two men sacked
s., 1000 worth of the stuff.
In the lire of new discoveries the
south extension of the Eden is the
most important The ledge was
struck near Coffee creek, and estab-
fishes the fact that the vein extends
southwark to that stream, which
places it in the rank of one of the
longest-traced ledges in the camp,
and probably the strongest. The
main locations on this lead are the
Krao and Crow Fledgling, owned
| by A. ID. Wheeler and some Salt
| Lake parties; the Now Then,
owned by Captain Hayward, of the
steamer Galena, aud the Crescent
and Eden, owned by the Columbia
Mining Company, of Spokane Falls.
| Recent development work on the
Crescent has placed that claim with
| the six best properties In the camp.
On the United and Number One
work goes merrily on, with the
most gratifying results. On the
| former claim the double cOmpart-
ment shaft is down now fifty feet,
and in going that distance l,OjO
tons of ore have been taken out,
whose average value does not fall
below $50 per ton.
DIR. liendryX keeps up his lick at
| the Blue Bell, aud up TO date the
tunnels. shafts and drifts combined
| ly measure ! 800 feet, placing in
| sight an incredible tonnage of ore.
| The doctor states that in addition to
other improvements he will put u
| fast passenger steamer on the lake
and river for next Summer, and as
soon as u railroad touches navigable
water u mammoth slnclter Will be
erected near his property.
Professor Parks, n graduate of Co.
lumb college, and now in the EN-
ployment of the Northern Pacific ms
mining engineer at II salary of 81 900
per month, il now in the camp thor
oughly examining the capabilities
of the country us II producer of tom
mage, and upon his report will de-
pend the construction in the spring
of the Northern Pacific line from
| Kootenai station to some point on
| the kootenai river. He appears
highly pleased and will, beyond Il
doubt, make u favorable report. He
Is the first bona tide engineer sent
in there by the company for that
purpose, and this fact is mentioned
because of the large herd of North
ern Pacific "eXpcrts" who have SO
represented themselves in the past
six months in the camp, a majority
of whom, no doubt, We're grub
stakcd by some brakeman of the
road.
| In railroad circles there Is II nothing
new except the assurance by the
chief engineer of the Great North
ern that his line would be completed
to point near Bonner's Ferry by
the first of next August. The final
location of that line has been made
from n point n short distance north
of Sand Point to within IL few miles
of the Kootenai river, and the locat-
ing party Is working eastward to
connect with one coming eastward
from Marias pass. The Northern
Pacific Company has still large
force of surveyors in the field and
they are ut present locating the line
to the mouth of Deep creek. Incl
dentally, said Mr.. Herb, it is not out
of place in this connection to men
ton that u brother of DR.. HendryX's
living at New Haven, Conn, All
especial friend of jim Hill, and who,
after n several weeks visit out here,
left for home yesterday, states that
In recent conversation with the
great railroader touching the course
OF the line westward from Saud
Point, Mr. Hill remarked that Spo.
kane Falls would get the main line,
provided the town wanted 1t, and
the impression was conveyed, that
II right of way and yard aud depot
ground could not be procured eX-
cept at unreasonable prices, the town
did not want it. so the fact is very
plain that If Spokane Falls wants
the main line OF the Great North
ern, something has to be done and
that very soon, 10 make II possible
to extend n most liberal offer to Mr..
Hill.