The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-15

GREAT RACE FOR WEALTH.
Two Men Rode Over Mountain Trails
for a $2,OOO,OOO Mine.
From the New York Times.

From the New YORK Times.
Tacoma, Wash, March ia fifty-mils
race over mountain trails for a $2,OOO,OOO
mine, participated in by federal employe
and a miner, was an exciting adventure
last week in connection with the opening
of the great Colville Indian reservation,
in Eastern Washington.
A score of prominent men are primarily
interested in the outcome of that race,
and present appearances indicate that
they have won. They expect to make for
tunes out of the mine. This race for
wealth illustrates the excitement attend
ant upon the opening of the western res
ervationS.
The Coleman syndicate, whose man won
last weeks race, was organized by Judge
A. R. Coleman of Port Townsend. Inter-
ested with him are Judge w. H. Brinker,
United States district attorney F. c. Rob
ertson, and his assistant, Judge c. >.
Fogg.
Judge Coleman became interested some
time ago in the lie Fleur copper and sii-
yer claim, on the Colville reserve, My
miles from Marcus, on the Spokane ana
northern railroad. LIE Fleur is a French
man who discovered the claim years ago
and has been watching it ever since. Cole
man filed eight claims on. the property
but the Russell syndicate, headed by Col:
j. N. Russell of Spokane, promptly filed
claims over his. The Russell people claim
ed that the reservation was already open
Presidents formal proclamation had new
er been issued. They took the matter IN
TO the federal court, and Judge HantoIu
now has the question under adVisement'
The Coleman syndicate requested con-
gress to open the reservation, and prom
inent men went to Washington city 70
be conserved, as it has been, by its open
ing. The necessary bill was passed Fep.
%. Judge Coleman went immediately
from Port Townsend to the mine. The
rights of "sooners' being questioned, it
was decided that a man must be sta.
toned at Marcus to receive the news ,.C OF
to ride as fast as he could for the clam,
To perform this feat, John McCool OF the
Coleman syndicate, and also collector Of
customs at Marcus, was selected. NC
discoverers of the mine.
McCool was at Marcus the following
from Washington, stating that President
Cleveland had signed the bill. The Rus
sell syndicate, equally clever, had MAN
Gilmain at Marcus to perform a S siml541
came early in the afternoon. McCool ai ii
Gilman started on their lonely hIty-IIIab9
race over a rough, tortuous trail ba aSa
covered the distance in less than nF nv.
hours but Gilman, having the DeIte44
morse, reached the destination hrSt Det
ne did not post any notices, Judge ~ I'm
an Irishman and an Indian, ana 5HSs
were prepared TO use artillery II neeu ~
to keep unwelcome visitors away. 4ad
When McCool arrived, he was grew
cordially by Judge Coleman, the az 49,
quietly remarking that no claim hlcis
had yet put in an appearance; GllIns ai
is quoted as stating that he did not pO51
any notices because he did not WISH .iy
be shot. McCool's notices were proin9us
posted. -
The lie Fleur claim is situated on li,s
Fourth of July creek, and is sald 70 -
the richest claim in that region. It Is e.
timated to be worth s., 0o0 IS II sl5tn':-
Assays here have run S65 10 $S5 PEI t oll ..
copper and silver. 1t will soon pc IT,.
ferred to the Tenasket Mining Colnpaitt
organized here by the Coleman syanl4S' ~
several months ago. with a eaplI at, III
81, 100000. It is possible that the husSsN
syndicate win make contest s