The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-25

Assist Prfest-Father CuccOla's
Church Is Built, Pete Has "a Home
and James Cronin Is wealthy
GIencarin Campbell, Founder of
Moyie City.
MOVIE CITY. B. c.. June 12.-Until
few years ago none but the Indian or the
hunter after game or gold knew of
Moyie's lovely lakes The slumber of ages
was broken here six years ago by the
advent Of three hunters, who camped
early in June in a shady spot where
Moyie now nestles by the lake. A mys-
terious fate grouped these men beside the
lonely waters of MoYle. One was a priest,
Father Cuecola,- Corsican by birth, a
man whose early life was spent beside
the blue waves of the Mediterranean. He
has transformed the Indians of East
Kootenay into good citizens and good
men. They revere their priest as a man
of God, good shepherd, and he loves his
Indians as a mother loves her child.
One day he told his Indians of project
to build a beautiful church. that would be
worthy of the Divinity; but, being poor
In the worlds goods, his only hope of
building such a church lay in the dis
coxery of a hidden treasure or mine by
one of his Indians. This set his faithful
red men to thinking, and one of them,
named Peter, left the ST. Eugene mission
and went chasing through the mountains
hunting for game and treasure In few
weeks he returned to the mission and re-
ported that he had found the treasure
that was to build the house of God 1t
was then that James Cronin appeared up
on the scene. Cronin had been dreamer,
too. For twenty years he chased fortune
from Mexico to Alaska. In 1893 Cronin
was in East Kootenay. He set out one
morning from Fort Steele on a broncho
to visit the North Star mine. When a
nile out a ,hailstorm came I'D and his
oroncho refused to bear him any fur
theF, and he was forced to return 1t
was there he met Father Cuccoia. who
lnducd him to go to the mission, where
ne. told him the story Of Indian Pete's
discovery, and for what he wanted it.
Though very skeptical Cronin agreed to
accompany. the priest and the Indian to
the far away mountain near the lakes
where the hidden treasure was. And thus
1t came to pass that these three men were
grouped around camp fire by the lone
~ lakes of Moyie. in June. 1893. 1t was
strange group the Indian, the Irishman.
and the Corsican made.
DISCOVERY OF RICH LODE.
Next morning they climbed a lofty
mountain, and $500 feet. above the lake
the Indian pointed out his discovery.
Cronin was amazed, for he saw at a
glance all the evidences of a great galena
mine The Indian had indeed found the
treasure that was to build the church for
the good priest. So Cronin staked out two
claims and called them the st. Eugene
and the st. Peter. Cronin received a half
interest for his services and the priest
and the Indian the other half. Then John.
A Finch bought out the priest and the.
indian for $4,000, and Father Cuccola
built him beautiful church and a hand.
some residence for Indian Pete and the.
story of the st. Eugene mine is a sacred
legend among the red men of the Koo-i
-tenays. II -E.f- s.'si = e -t1
There are four working tunnels on this
mine, and there rs ore enough blocked ont.
between the tunnels to pay $75O. 600 in div.
idends, and this will not exhaust the
ore resources above the 4O0-foot level. For.
mining purposes there is not a mine on
the continent more finely situated than
TIC 81 Eugene. 1t can be mined for
twenty years by tunnels for at a level of.
the lake a tunnel $500 feet long will tan,
the ore chute at a depthof 1900 feet The
,Arst IOO tons OF ore shipped to the Trail
smelter netted $34 a ton. Duty amounting;
to $l8 ton was deducted from the gross
profit. This deduction for duty will be.
abolished before long, and then the St
Eugene VIII take Its place among the
richest dividend-paying mines A mill that
will produce forty tons of Concentrates
daily is being built on the lake shore
right under the mine BY Sept 1 the ST
Eugene will ship fifty tons of clean ora
and concentrates daily. I am easily with
IN the mark when I state that these SHIN
ments Will net the st. Eugene $25 a ton
ciear -proht after mining, freight, treat.
ment. and duty have been deducted. TAX.
ing the output at 5000 tons a wear. IT
will be seen that the ST. Eugene's earn
ing capacity is about $780, 900 a year, and
If the duty be wiped out It will be fully
100000 year.
LUCKY SHOT LOCATES A NINE.
Close to the st. Eugene and the St. Pc
ter, and evidently in the same lode are
the Queen of the Hills the Movie and
the Lake Shore mining claims. Mr.. Gro
min told me good story about the Queen
OF the Hills. Some Canadian Pacific sur
-VeyorS, nred by Indian Pete's discovery
were chasing round the mountains for
extensions of the St. Eugene. One day
they We're coming down the mountains in
despair Of finding anything, when thew
espied hawk flying with a snake In it's
mouth. One of the surveyors fired at
and killed the hawk, and on going to the
spot where 1t fell they found 1t lying on
line groupings of a mine. 1t was thus
that the Queen Of the Hills was idiscov-
ereo Cronfn believes that these will
make great mines, and that In the course
or time the st. Eugene mountain will be-
come an immense silver-lead producer.
The Queen Of the Hills and the Movie are
owned by English people, who are about
to start development extensively, The
Lake Shore mine is owned and being
worked by residents of Moyie and It is
paying for its own DEVELOPMENT from the
grass roots.
Glencarin Campbell. young English
man, is the founder Of Moyfe City. Soon
after the discovery of the ST. Eugene he
located here, and he tells me that for
mcnths at time he has been here with
out seeing a human being or hearing a
human voice. Across the lower lake at
the south side of the narrows is a lovely
spot where Col. Henderson q retired Eng
ltsh army officer, has a ranch I visited
the place and chatted with the colonel. a
hne' handsome, stalwart man of some
sixty summers, evidently a gentleman ia
the manner born and a scholar, and /
marVeled what strange impulse led this
man to live alone as a pioneer beside
these lakes, far from the haunts of his
youth and his manhood, from his achieve
ments and renown
ONE OF MOVIES DISADVANTAGES
A strange attempt was made to trans
fer the location of the mining center of
the Moyie lake region from Movie Citv to,
Moyelle, at the lower end of the lake.