The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-02-26
SIGNS OF GREAT WEALTH
Mines Tributary 10 Spokane That Give
Rich Promise.
TALK OF SOME BIG DEALS
The City by the Falls Is Hoping for
Prosperous Season. But the
Times Are Pretty Dull
There at Present.

Special Correspondence OF the Standard.
SPOKANE, Wash, Feb. 2i.-The army of
the idle and unemployed gains new re-
cruits here daily from the upper strata.
Numerous. but unmcntioned, business
.'wind-ups" contribute their quota OF new
Micawbers. who apply themselves assidu-
ously TO the occupation of waiting Tor
something to turn up. Many JOIN the old
prospectors in watching the SHOWS disap-
pear from the hills which loom up in the
distance. The spirit of unrest is visible
In the faces OF all, and If as many take to
the hills as talk of going, the number Will
run into the thousands.
The Trail Creek, b. c., section is al
ready overrun. The town of Roslyn was
lately started and has all the necessary
appointments-electr big hotels,
theaters, barrel houses and newspaper.
Boom lots are offered by the square foot.
p. A. O'Farrell, the gentleman who so
recently distinguished himself as the pro-
moter of the great Poorman and Tiger
deal of tho Occur dAlenes with n London
syndicate, will arrive here the coming
week and explain how the thing was
done.
Judge j. r. Mcbride has left for WASH
ington, ID. c., to be in attendance on the
nous mining case of the Last Chance VS..
the Tyler, recently appealed from tho
United States circuit court of appeals for
tho ninth judicial circuit by the Last
Chance, which comes up for hearing OH
March 4. Much interest is manifested
here in this case, for the ability of tho
FIRST National bank to pay its creditors is
based upon the winning of the Last
Chance, as the bulk of its assets are in
this mine. OF course the affirming of the
Judgment would be just as great n benefit
to Spokane, as. this being the decision,
the Tyler will Immediately begin opera
tons with n full force. However, tho
creditors of the bank here, in their eager
ness for its liabilities to be paid, don't
seem to take into consideration that a re-
versal of the judgment would only send
the case back for a new trial, and the lit-
CATION. which has been pending for the
past three years, would have 10 be all
gone over again. The decision will proba-
bly, be known by not later than April 1.
The Wallace, Idaho, correspondent of
the Spok,smdH-Rericiv says: j. l.. Dunn
and X. y. Dunn left for Pierce City Tues
day to take charge of their gold mine, tho
bond, which has been developed under
lease the past few months with very salts.
factory results. They were accompanied
by II. T.. Howes and j. Il. Dean, the former
representing the American Placer Mining
company, operating about eight miles
below Pierce City. Ihis company spent
last season getting in a saw mill, building
fiume and cabins and generally preparing
for an active campaign this summer.
{. J.. Hun, one of the owners of tho You
Like mine. near Mullau, was in the city
Inn InNr glRa sNFal.r o
present in operation near Mullan aud
employs but thrco mcu. 1t shipped n car
load of ore TO Tacoma few days ago.
The breast from which this was taken
carries p. fee; OF solid galena ore of good
quality.
The contract for an extension tunnel of
1900 feet in tho lower drift Of the Old
Dominion mine at Colyille. Wash. has
been let TO James Clark d Co. of spokane.
The formation consists of gnciss and
granite, and 1t will require six months to
complete tho tunnel.
A new silver claim on one of the foot
hills of Huckleberry mountain, on tho
Columbia, has been quietly developed into
a mine. 4 tunnel of lS5 feet has yielded
enough pay orc to defray the expense OF
development work. The smelter returns
give is ounces in silver and 60 per cent
lead. Tho name of the claim is Deer
Trail No. ..
4 party OF Saginaw, Mich, capitalists
have just completed the purchase outright
of the Eureka group of mines in the Sio
can country. The group consists of the
Eureka, the Yosemite, the Homestake
the Scottish Chief, the Echo and fourth
interes; in the Parrot. The group is situ
ated on Lyle creek. l. miles from kaslo.
{. II. Greene Of saginaw is the principa