The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1895-04-27
LOUIS Janing Making a Study Of
the Camp.
HE IS THERE FOR BUSINESS
Puts i'll TWO Days Inspecting the Surface
OF the lie Ro and War
Eagle Claims.

time ago Clarence King, the celebrated
geOlogist and mining expert, visited this
camp and looked over the properties.
Now another mining expert with an
international fame is here studying the
camp with a keenness and an energy
and thoroughness which indicates
business. He is Louis Janin, famous in
connection with the ComstOck. From
Gucatan to the Yukon no man is held
in higher respect among well-informed
mining men. Mr.. Janin comes here
from San Francisco, and his cOmpan-
ion is a Mr.. Oothout, a wealthy Cali
fornian who is said to have made a big
strike in the asphalt mines Of CalifOr-
MIA, who is a heavy owner in the Bun
lIer hill and Sullivan Of the Occur
d'Alenes, and who graduated with
high degree from the famous mining
college at Freiberg, Germany.
Messrs. Janin and Oothout arrived
Sunday night and went straight to the
lie ROi hotel, three-fourths of a mile
above the town Since then they have
paid strict attention to business.
Sunday morning they made study
Of several hours of the surface of the
lie Roi claim. They were shown over
the property by General Manager Pey-
ton and Superintendent Bent, and were
taken to every prospect hole. shaft and
cropping on this big property
THE old gentleman seems to know
his business" said an observer.
Il should say he does" replied Mr..
Bent, better than any man in these
United States"
Mr.. Janin is distinctively a western
man, free from affectation-full of rem
iniscence, jolly and a humorist. He
differs from Clarence King in that he
is less technical. Although as young
er man he studied in the famous univer-
stiles of this country and Europe, and
is fond of geological science for its
own sake, he leaves it behind when he
goes into mining camp. Thus he has
come to be recognized as the most prac-
teal mining expert in the United States.
There are really only three things
for miner to study in geology" he said
while passing over the lie Roi claim,
whether rock is eruptive, metamorphic
orll sedimentary, and then he added
with dry humor: "he need not know
these"
In this connection an interesting
story is told Of Mr.. Janin. Not long
ago Director Wolcott of the United
States geological survey was a visitor
at the University of California, and
Mr.. Janin met him there. They were
discussing the great value of geological
surveys TO the mining world, and Mr.
Janin promptly took a strong position
against Mr.. Wolcott and the faculty,
and delivered a lecture that was said
to be bold and interesting. He ridiculed
the idea that biologists have done any
thing for the miner. You have no
right" he said, Ito ask appropriations
from the United States government
upon that plea. Understand that l am
not criticising the appropriation for the
geological survey. I consider that it
COMFORTS with the dignity Of a great
government to make appropriations
and conduct researches into the origin
of the earth and the formation of the
earth's crust. l only object to the de-
mand for an appropriation being made
in the name of the miner"
While the party were passing over
the lie Roi ground Sunday morning
Mr.. Janin gave another indication of
the light regard in which he holds
theoretical knowledge as compared
with practical knowledge He was dis
cussing a characteristic of this and
other claims to show a multiplicity of
ore groupings, and said it might be ac-
counted for on the theory of the smaller
veins running into one common vein
deep down under the earth's surface
Mind you" ne added by way of eau
ton, this is only a theory, a very pref
ty one withal, but have half dozen
more at your service"
Yesterday Messrs. Janin and Oothout
studied the surface of the War Eagle.
and today they will go over the sur
face of other claims, perhaps the Josie.
1t is understood they will remain in the
camp several days. inspect the work
ings of the different producers, examine
the prospects surrounding these, and
prepare map Of the district.
Mr.. Janin enters into the work with
an enthusiasm that is interesting and
inspiring. He rigs himself out in
pair of overalls and a jumper, and puffs
necessarily at his cigarette. He scans
everything with the closest detail, and
when he is weary Of climbing over the
hills, is fond Of sitting down upon a
boulder, lighting a fresh cigarette, and
discoursing upon farming. fruit-grow-
ing and hundred and one things in
nature and science. But never a word
is dropped TO indicate what is his mis-
sion to the camp or what he thinks of
its prospects. He is at once one of the
frankest and most secretive Of men.
But this is not doing Mr.. Janin exact
justice. He did praise the camp very
highly Sunday morning. "This is the
first mining camp Of such recent discov-
cry" he said, in which have found
hot and cold water in the hotel rooms.
Such luxury is unexpected. and is evil
dence of superior mind"
Colonel Peyton pushed back the COM