The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-04-29


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Stanley JsiIum spent = couple 81 dayn
this week - Beauty bay aeros1 TIE lake
ffOIn Cfgurd' Alene. examinlng fhe Lake
visw and other mining properties there
and expresses himself as being very
maeh pleassd Witlpwhat be $40. ME.
Jelium isa competent asssyer, having
had two o. three years exeerienee a.
that nIOne. and hes . general knowlNds
Of aiming e Sc hes spent several ssa.
soss 10 The moot Important eanhps of
British ccIumbla, Washington and
Idaho. and therefore We belieye HE
Judgment may b relied upon 20 lar Is
he was hbie 70 investigate the surface
showings.
Tie Lake View properly q owned b
Nessm, james burke and ReEer White,
and 4 situated 1t shc head u Beauty
bay. The lead h well defined through.
out The length Of two claims running
IN ~ east-west direction across Tire for.
nation. and b about twelve feet Wide.
Il has > heavy iron eapping somewhat
similar 70 The Rossiand Iron eaps The
property b being developed b. > dFift
on the ledgs which was started nc
The waters edge and is now 10 about
twenty-6ve feet. The full face Of the
the drift b nov IN good concentrating
ore. and after driving Ten feet further q
cTosScut win b made 70 dstermins The
full width Of the ore body. The ore
consists Of galens and copper pyTites.
also little high grade silver ore, max.
Ing . good concentrating. proposition.
IL is In the last iive OF sin feet that the
ore has changed from heavy arseuical
iron, and II the Improvement continues,
hundred feet more WORK viii prove
that they have = mine there The prop
ersy Il 20 situated that the ore can be
loaded directly on q barge from the
mouth Of the tunnel, and can be worked
economically In every way.
Several other leads examined By
MIR. Jellum show good, well defined
lodges carrying the same character Of
ore 40 the Lake View. There are many
others in there which would undoubied.
" Show up equally No well II work
were done on them.
The mineral belt can be traced on
through the Wolf Lodge and Fourth Of
Juiy Canyon districts continuing east
ward. and Is undoubtedly tire same belt
that lies 70 the north Of and Il parallel
70 the immense galena bodies Of The
C~ur d'Alenes. During the last two
years . number Of very promising prop
critics have been opened up In this belt,
among which ere the st. Lawrence and
Richmond properties. in which q mar
veiously Fich and large body Of copper
and gold have been fonud during the
last winter. Another Ane property il
one north Of Wardner, In which Messn.
HOskins and Williams, formerly Of
C@ur d'Alene. are interested.
The surface ShoWings Of the proper
ties here on the lake are better than
those ground wArdner and Wallace or
10 the s.. Regis countxy, and are Ger
tatnly entitled 70 much more attention
than they have received In the past
Il should be the duty Of ell who have
the interest Of ceur d'Alens &C heart
20 encoarAgs the development Of the
claims on the lake. as the opening mp Of
a few mines around here would mean
more TO CGur d'Alene than an army
POSt and summer resort together.
The development OF these hedges can
Be done at cost far below that Of the
great majority Of campo, N there ARE no
e'sstly rOads 10 be built for the trans.
poTtation Of supplies and machlnery,
and the rock b Of such . character that
the WORK can be done cheaply.
Mr.. BarSe. one Of owners In tie Lake
View claims. has had twenty yeanf ex.
PeEtence In mining and prospecting. and
has proEpocted from Mexico 10 Alaska.
He has been IN almost every mining
camp In the west and has seen the BE-
ginning Of several OF them. none Of
which, he says. have shown mp better
from The 6rst than these lodges do. The
FIRST shafts sunk In the RossIand camp
were far from encouraging.
Mr.. Jellum brought back with him
. couple Of hundred pounds Of nice rock,
some % which can be seen at the PREss
once.
The Pass force during the last tao