The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1898-03-12

The machinery Tot the dredging plant
is all on the ground, and the contract for
the necessary lumber has been let to the
Raven saw mill, to be- delivered as soon
as the condition OF the roads will permit.
While the placer days are past except
for the miner working in small way
for grub stake or the big company who
can handle gravel by the thousands OF
yards, as quartz camp its history is
vet to be written. There are as good
lodges around Eagle as around Murray,
the gold ribbed bands running through
the country in all directions, either UNI
touched or simply located and held by
men who run 10 feet per annum upon
them as assessment work. Nothing is de
yeloped yet, but the gold shows at the
surface, and the placer gold is here to
show that it was here in considerable
quantities. Beside the gold, it is only
some half dozen miles To where fine ga
lena has been discovered, and beyond that
nobody knows what may be in store for
the prospector, as the country is almost Il
terra ineognita.
\ stir In Pierce Dlstvict.
/ There is already evidence Of stir in
( the Pierce district for the season OF lS9S,
Placer miners are preparing for work,
which will soon commence, rs the snow is
melting rapidly, Most of those going in
now are men who have been working
claims for years past, succeeding in clean.
ing up enough in the fall to make them
good wages
/ The western portion Of the camp APP
pears to be the most active part Of the
district, while most encouraging reports
come from the Musselshell district, 20
miles east of Pierce The work in the
latter district is mostly confined To
quartz, since the discovery Of rich ledge
last summer by some miners who we're
pracer mining. The rock assayed 5000 to
the ton, and occa sioned much excitement
ut the time. Work has been kept up on
the Pioneer mine and with the aid OF an
arasta some ore has been crushed, which
even with this crude method paid the
men well. \ shaft is being sunk and ar.
engagements are being made to put a five
stamp mill ON the property this spring.
Palmer Mountain District.
/ The past season has been u record.
breaker for the Palmer Mountain mining
district in advancement and development.
In fact all the Okancgan county with it,
diversified resources has enjoyed pros,
perity in high degree. The ranchers
have received good prices for their abund.
ant crops; the stockmen have disposed
OF large number Of horses that were driy-
en- to points across the line in British Co
lumbla; the price Of beef cattle has been
higher than since lSSS, and more money
has been spent in mining development
than IN any one year since the first min
eral discoveries We're made in the district.
Daddy Win VIII start Again.
Murray, Idaho, reports that the Daddy
miA Is expected to start up again soon.
For some weeks it has been idle or only
running part time, owing to Il scarcity
OF ore, the development work not hay
ing kept pace with the miners. The lower
tunnel Is now almost into the ore chute,
and when it j. cut il will not be long IN
til stamps will be dropping regularly
again. The Daddy run, more steadily
than any other mill in the gold belt. and
1t probably paws the most diyidepds