The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-10-03
lsiTTHEL LOST CABIN MlNE9
Che Famous Deposit of Gold Said to Have
Been Rediscoyered BY Woman.
(From the spokane Chronicle. J

mine ia known to svery prospector in the
Northwest. 1t is now destined to beoon Q
more famous than all the others for the
simple reason that the "Lost CABIN"
mine has at last besn found. 1t was
redisoovered less than six weeks ago, al d
is located within days drive of
Spokane. 1t is now in the possession of
Spokane parties who have visited the
famous mine, and who. after thorough
inspection of 1t, together with assays
received from the ore taken from the
abs naoned tunnel. are convinced that
they have found 81, 900, 900 mine.
Fer the present, or until the water
rights have been secured, the new owners
refuse to aivulgs the exact location of
the Lost Cabin" mine, nor will they
allow their names to BIO mentioned. One
Of them, who is a well-known official in
this county, after much persuasion, was
induced to tell the story Of the discovery
upon the above conditions. He at first in
sisted upon the Chronicle representative
accompanying him to the spot and inyas-
tigating the truth of the story for him
self. and it was only upon giving prom
ise to do so that the story " as told.
To man named Abrams and bis
wife, or rather the latter, Is due the cred
it Of making the rediscovery of the mine.
For over three months they searched the
wild and almost inaccessible region
whore the "Lost Cabin mine was re-
puted to be located. Que day, about six
weeks ago Mrs. Abrams left her hus-
band, who was exploring the mountain
upon one side of deep canon, and went
across to the opposite side. After task
that would have deferred many hardy
pFospeotor, leu alone woman, she suo-
eeeded In climbing about two-thirds the
distance to the top of high mountain
On that side, when through the tinbers
and dense brush she saw fifty feet ahead
of her, up the mountain side, . log
cabin. IL was deserted, but within
we're the evidences of Its once having been
occupied by white men. She made
hasty survey Of the SURF oundings, and
not twenty feet from the front of the
sabin she saw the opening of tunnel in
to the mountain side.
Without waiting to examine further,
she FASTENED back to where Abrams was
and informed him Of hsr discovery.
Completely exhausted with her exer
tiens, 1t was determined to wait until
the next day before she should lead her
husband to the spot. Early the next
morning. after another hard elm the
Two reached the cabin. After an inspev
ION of the place Mr.. Abrams was con-
rinced that the object of their search had
ut last been found.
A few days later Mr.. Abrams came to
Spokane and impaired his secret to a
friend here-the Chronicle informant.
The latter is an old time miner and one
Of the earlier pioneers of this section
and is familiar with the story of the
Lost Cabin" mine. he has since visit
cd the scene, accompanied by Mr..
Abrams and two other responsible citi
zens of Spokane. In telling the story OF
the mine and his visit to it, he said:
''The story of the Lost Cabin mine
had its origin before the great Occur d.
AIene excitement, and Ia familiar topic
to almost all the miners of Idaho and
Washington. For years it has been
vaguely reported that q gold mine of
fabulous richness had been discovered in
an almost inaccessible part of the coun-
try back some distance from Occur
i'Alene Lake, and in the Murray gold
belt; that 1t had been worked for a. time,
md then the disooverers had mysteriously
disappeared. That mine has now been
redisceverad and a company incorporated
In this city will proceed to develop it.
"It is within days drive of this city,
and Is within ten miles of a we'll known
and navigable bay in Occur d'Alene
Lake. This is az near as will describe
hs location for the present until We,
have secured the water right.
"We visited the scene several week ago
and found the cabin intact. In front of
70 wa. found the discovery shaft. The
mine is situated In the midst of dense
lorsst, where the trees from actual
measurement, reach to a height of 1870
leet. The mountain is deeply covered
With soil formation, it being impossi-
bic to SEQ any indication of rock on the
BQE1dCe save WucC6 bE66S udVo U06u up
rooted. At the time of the rediscovery
a few weeks ago the only signs, aside
from the cabin and shaft, that the spot
had bsen visited by white men were
where the trees had been blazsd by the
original disooverers, by which means
they found their way from and to the
mine. These evidences have now been
almost obliterated through years of
growth Of the trees.
mot tool of any description was
found In OF about the ca bin, only few
rusty cooking utensils. Many tons of
rouk had bee exoavated from tunnel
started short distance below the crop
pings of the vein and about fifty feet in
front of the cabin. Evidently work had
been stopped before the vein had quite
been reached. The tunnel had ohved
in and the growth above 1t
Old People.
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