The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1898-03-19
A GLANCE At THE MINES
PROSPECTS AND DEVELOPMENT.
The old kIOndikera Have Not Vet
started for AIRzka--FrOm the RE-
Port OF the Manager OF the Alice
Nine-niE Project On the SalmOR
River In IdahO-OFe shipments
From Nelson.

from nelson.
None Of the Old Klondikers and Alaska
pioneers have started ON their return trip
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 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 woolen socks. His underwear will
consist OF close woven suit of silk or
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
garb. 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 he
purchased at from $50 to 800, 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 perspiratiOn
passes into the folds and they freeze still
and no amount Of them will keep one
warm. In the summer, or 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 eerebro spinal men
nights is due to the extreme cola weather
and careless exposure OF the body. The
body becomes heated and perspire4 while
travelling, and when camp is struck and
fire is made the tenderioot, instead of at
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 hteful disease, and in a few hours
in many cases the tolls and troubles OF the
sufferer cease forever.
The Alice Mine.
Notwithstanding the low price Of silver
Manager I. W. Buzzo has been able to
make the Alice mine in Butte, Mont, pay
dividends. The president of the company,
Mr.. J. v. Walker, in the annual report
issued few days since, says: The year,
considering everything, was fairly pro-.
porous one for the company We had to
deal with very low price on silver bul.
lion; the average price at which silver
bars sold on the market was 50 1914 per
fine ounce, being .06l437 per fine ounce
lower than the average price in 1896. The
receipts for the sale Of bullion and ore
amounted to 1850, 47447. | am pleased
to state that the company's mines anil
mills are in good condition. A great deal
Of work was done in the mines to keep the
same in good condition, and the Cornish
pump was kept running continuously in
order to keep the water down to the 1000
foot level The 60 stamp mill was run
throughout the year, except for stoppage
for necessary repairs, etc. The hosting
works OF the Alice mine, also the Magma
Charta and Blue Wing, were kept in oper
alton nearly the entire year. The Magma
Charta, Magnolia and Paymaster mines
were run only part Of the time. For the
information Of stock holders have at.
tached to this report a statement OF divi-
dends paid from the commencement,
TO 81 ,O5J, 900; also statement
showing the discount on silver, amount.
ing to s3,73O,7s7.4s, covering the same
period. In this connection would state
that the discount on silver for the year
1897 is the largest for any one year in
the history of the company. The com.
pany has balance Of cash on hand Janu.
iry J, 1898, Of $25,llGl7.
Mammoth Undertaking.
The latest news from the great horseshoe
On Salmon river, Idaho, where the Horse.
shoe Placer Mining company is working
IS that they are in leo feet with their
Itch to turn the channel of the river, and
the work is progressing to their entire
This is a mammoth under. I
taking, being no less than a proposition
10 cut 1920 feet through the neck Of the
horse shoe, turn the river through the cut
md mine not only the gravel taken from |
md along side of the cut, but also the
TWO miles Of river bed that the changing /
# the channel will lay bare. The time was
when the river took the direct route. !
afterward changing to go around the I
horse shoe, and filling the neck with gold |
bearing gravel. So rapid is the stream |
hat the cut will strike the stream 10 feet |
below its present level, thus furnishing 1
IN abundance of fall for MINING Tho