The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-03-19
A GLANCE At THE MINES
PROSPECTS AND DEVELOPMENT
The Old klondit<err Have Not Yet
started for Alaska-From the Re
Port of the Manager of the Alice
Nine-Bfg Project ON the salmon
From Nelson.

None of the old Klondikers and Alaska
They will begin TO leave from about the
middle of this month until the middle of
April, and will then be in ample time to
get into the country and get everything
ready for the spring breakup. Many OF
them are having their outfits prepared
now and when they get their stuff" to-
gether it Is quite different equipment to
that of the average tenderfoot. The old
timer will take along a good pair of rub
Der boots and pair of leather shoes
adapted to that climate. But his main
footwear is heavy moose hide moccasins
with heavy felt insoles and medium
weight wooden socks. His underwear will
mixed cotton and silk, to be worn next
to the skin. Next TO that he will have
the best quality OF medium weight wooden
underwear and over that he will put a
heavy suit of wooden or mackinaw; over
all he will put a well made suit Of ashes
tos tanned sheep hide trousers impervious
TO water and wind. This is his cold
weather rigging. As spring approaches
his apparel will be removed, suit at a
time until he only wears his summer
sarb. Two outfits OF this kind is all he
will take.
in the place of blankets for winter use
and for use on the trail, they will take
fur robes made from the skins of the
Arctic fox or wolf. These robes can be
purchased at from $50 TO 500, and weigh
from Is to 20 pounds and contain more
warmth than a dozen heavy blankets. In
extremely cold weather. while on the
march, it is impossible to keep warm
with only blankets. The peispiration
passes into the folds and they freeze stiff
and no amount of them will keep one
warm. In the summer, on when in per
manent camp or cabin, they are useful
and almost indispensable.
The old-timers do not use sleeping bags,
as they say they can't Jack knife" in
them, and that is one of the essentials of
keeping warm in that country.
The prevalence of cerebro spinal men
nights is due to the extreme cola weather
and careless exposure OF the body. The
body becomes heated and perspires while
travelling, and when camp is struck aud
fire is made the tcnderfoot, instead of al
once changing his apparel, stands before
the fire, his face is heated while his back
freezes in the Arctic wind, and his clothes
damp and cold. chill his back and brings
on the fatehl disease, and in few hour,
in many cases the tolls and troubles of the
| sufferer cease forever
The Alice Mine.
Notwithstanding the low price of silye
Manager T. w. Buzzo has been able I,
make the Alice mine in Butte, Mont, pay
dividends. The president OF the company
Mr.. J. V. Walker. in the annual repor
issued a few days since, says: The year
considering everything, was n fairly pros
porous one for the company. We had I,
deal with very low price on silver bull
hon; the average price at which silve
bars sold on the market was 1914 pc
fine ounce, being .06l437 per fine ounc
} lower than the average price in 1896. TIL
, receipts for the sale of bullion and on
amounted to $5j9,474.47. ] am please,
TO state that the company's mines ant
mills are in good condition. A great dea
of work was done in the mines to keep tn
same in good condition, and the CoInis
pump was kept running continuously i
/ order to keep the water down to the 1000
foot level The 60stamp mill was ru
throughout the year, except Tor stOppag
for necessary repairs, etc. The hoistin
works OF the Alice mine, also the Magn
! Charta and Blue Wing, were kept in opel
alton nearly the entire year The Magn
. Charta, Magnolia and Paymaster mine
We're run only part of the time. For tn
I information of stock holders ! have al
tached TO this report a statement of div
dends paid from the commencement
. amounting to Sl,055 900; also statemer
ing to S3,73O,7s7.4s. covering the sam
period. In this connection ! would stat
that the discount on silver for the yea
1897 IS the largest for any one year i
the history of the company. The con
pany has balance of cash on hand JAM
, airy ]. 1898, of $25,l10.l7.
, 4 Mammoth Undertaking.
G The latest news from the great hor-eShc
+ on Salmon river, Idaho, where the Hors'
e shoe Placer Mining company is workin:
= is that they are in 100 feet with the
e ditch to turn the channel OF the river. an
D the work is progressing to their entiI
satisfaction. This is a mammoth unde
b taking. being no less than a propositio
e to cut 1920 feet through the neck of til
p horse shoe, turn the river through the Gu
and mine not only the gravel taken frol
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