St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-09-10
RICHEST ON EARTH.
The FAMOUS KoOTENar SILVER INV.
NC DISTRICT
RECENT DISCOVERIES MADE.

-.ft StFuckyIt fSich-Ore Tha& Is
URequaied in the Anounc of
Silver Which 1t Carries-Speci-
mems of the Ore-An Excursion
to the Kootenai Country. s.
For years stories of the existence of
faoul6uSly rich silver mines in thesKoo-
tenai district have been current iu1tha
far Northwest. The inaccessibilitvo OF
the country until recently madeiEiie
veritication OF these tales an impossfbik;
lty. The advent OF the Great Northern
railway into the region has, however,
changed all this. 1t has enabled vent
ureseme men to make critical exalnina4
tons OF the countrY,with a view tesdo-
eating in silver claims. 1t is moi stoo
much TO say that the richness ofYthe
district i'll silver bearing quartz has
been found to fatBesxceed expectations.
Today theokeeteGai country is the most
widely talked about mining district in
the entire world. ~
There are, i'll fact, two Kootenai dis
trictS, separated by the boundary line
between the United States and British
Columbia. The ore with which we
have, to deal lies In British Columbia.
Going from this point the first place
reached on the lake is Pilot Bay. at
this point is located the Kootenal Min
ing, Smelling and Reduction company's
works, of which Franklin Farrell, .of
Ansonla, Conn.,, is president. He is
also at the head of the Parrot mine at
Butte, Mont. The company has here a
complete and magnificent plant, with
all the appliances for reducing ores. 1t
cost 100000, and has a capacity OF
eighty ions per day..
(; The Blue; Bell mine. owned by Hen
rick Bros, of Minneapolis, is eight
miles above Pilot Bay and opposite
Alnsworth. 1t has been immensely
profitable.
{ Ainsworth is a fiourishing town of
/ 500 population on the west shore of the
/; lake, 1t is beautiful tUwnSite and has
number of hot sulphur springs whic n
have proven TO be a specific for rheuma-
tlsm and dyspepsia. Among the mines
and claims here are the Skyline, Ten
derfoot.' United, Little Donald. Dictator
+ and Libby. all good mines. The Num-
f: Der One mine,S, owned by an English
/ syndicate, with about LOCO feet of
/ shatting and tunneling, is fine mine,
SLOWING good, paying ore all through
|. itfand a solid vein of ore seven feet
thick has just been struck. The Neosha
/ mine is aifiue mine owned by Seattle
/ parties. .TheiLittle Phil, owned by L.
/ NJ; Morgan, of Minneapolis, is very
|. promising property. The Highland is
/ another good mine, as is proved by the
|, fact that four men got $4,000 worth of
orr iif.fOrty' days time this spring. The,
Iuha soH tufIel, running from the lake
ShnTss .fnnf n fn. .oaa 1nn MT OF
cost of $25,Q00,to S35, 200, and now about
800 feel III. has struck the first vein of
ore, thus praying that the AinswOrth
claius are deep-runring, and richer as
they ego down. "! -; 81
ills i'll this vicinity that some Min-t
neapoliS citizens have located and ara
developing what promise to be some1 of
the richest mines in the world. We
refer to the K0otenai Mining and De-
Velopment Company, whose advertise
ment appears in this issue, in whichGS
H. Wood, .'R. W. Noble and Willis
Baker, of Minneapolis, are interested.
They own three claims of fifty-One acres
each. 1t Will undoubtedly prove to be
KOotenai district. Recent assays of ore
from it made at The Minnesota state
university, showed AL ounces of silver
to the ton. Specimens of carbOnated
ore ran $500 to 81 200 to the ton. A
| specimen of wire or matted silver taken
FROM one Of the mines ran S23.6S0 to the
| ton. TnEee- carloads of ore from Mine
No. 1 produced $4,000 This was the
result of the work of twelve men for
seven weeks.
This company is now running a tun-
mel and expect in short time to put a
large force OF men at work. They have
in their office on the ninth floor of the
Guaranty Loan building a large assert
ment OF specimens of ores from the
mines which are well worth examining,
and which they will be pleased to show
to all who may call.
An excursion train for the Kootenai
country will leave Minneapolis some
time between Oct. and Is. Very low
rates will be made. Particulars may
be learned by calling upon Mr.. Wood
at his Office as above stated.