The Anaconda standard., 1895-05-24
SPOKANE IOTTINGS
Trail Greek and BlackfOOt Mining Dis
trictS Looking Well.
Those Who Go There Should
Supply Themselves With Water
Before Starting--Receptio
to Slbley and Warner.
Special Correspondence Of the standard.

Special Correspondence OF the Standard.
Spokane, May 22.-Ex-Senator John
c. Spooner of Wisconsin was in at
tendance before the United States
court at Moscow. Idaho, Saturday. He
appeared in behalf OF the Northern
Pacific Railroad company to secure an
injunction preventing the sale of GER
tain lands in Montana for non-pay-
ment of taxes. The attorney general
appeared for the state. The case was
transferred by stipulation from Hell
ena, where Judge Beatty has been
holding court for Judge Knowles.
This years Grand Army encamp7
ment of the state of Idaho will be held
in Coeur d'Alene City In the second
week of June. Large delegations are
expected from all parts of the state
and from Washington and Alaska.
Every effort is being put forth by the
people of Occur d'Alene to make the
affair a success.
Report comes in from all the sur
rounding towns that there is every indi-
cation of a good yield in wheat and all
farm products this year. Much depres-
sion has been caused among the farm
ers owing to the very low price of
wheat. but those who have been able
10 hold their grain over are now dis
posing of il at the present market val
ne, which price, although small, is
more than double what IL was last
the shippers are experiencing a diff,
Guilty in obtaining enough empty cars
in which TO load grain. owing to the
great amount of present lumber ship
ments. .
The fruit crop has so far sustained
no damage and promises to be the best
this section has ever had.
EX-Representative A. Hanson Carls-
rud and DR.. Thompson have returned
from the Blackfoot mining district in
Latah county. Idaho, 80 miles south
east of Spokane. Considerable placer
mining is going on there said Mr..
Carlsrud yesterday. "The water comes
out Of the gulches leading to the Pa
louise river. The gold is coarse and
easily saved. We were shown nuggets
Weighing as high as $25. Parties OPP
Grating this spring with sluice boxes
have taken out s. a day to the man.
There is just now scarcity of water,
on account of the light snowfall, and
operations will be suspended on many
claims for the season. y number of
gold quartz ledges have been located
this spring. Some of these have the
appearance of permanent, strong veins,
vet there has been no development so
far to demonstrate their value still.
I am satisfied that il will I'm the near
future be a good camp
Mr.. Carlsrud is interested in the Big
Cloud and the Baldwin. They will be
There are fine timothy meadow lands
adjacent to the mines. and the farmers
are experimenting i'm fruit raising.
with excellent prospects of success.
william McDermott, proprietor and
manager Of the McDermott house of
Butte. was at the Hotel Spokane.
Evan Jones, a prospector who was
one of the early locators in the SLOGAN
country, who sold his interest in the
Reco group last winter for money
enough 10 make him Venturesome. has
returned from the Coolgardie gold fields
i'm Western Australia.
There is no place in this world, |
believe" he said To the Spokesman
Review, where the prospcctor has
more difficulties to contend with. The
country is absolutely dry. There are
no wells, but only a few 'soaks,' which
are places built to catch little moist
ure that may fall over a great area and
retain IL in a small basin. They make
an additional charge for water at >
cents a gallon at the hotels. and i'm the
out-of- the-way places IL costs as much
as shilllngs n gallon, nearly so cents.
~ prospector must have two or
three camels and a native to find water
for him. Camels cost $3.50 apiece. that
Is. good ones. and your guide Is paid
by the day. Everything is high priced
and n stranger has a hard row of II
from the start. To begin with. n pros
pector ought TO have $4,000 or so"
\ number Of northwestern miners
left for Coolgardie about the same time
as Mr.. Jones. There was Joe SkivinC-
ton. formerly foreman on the Eureka
I'm the SLOGAN country. and Micky Mack.
A former foreman on the Washington.
Jack Vaughn, who was at one time
blacksmith FOR the old Mother lode at
Murray, went down three days ahead