The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-03
SPECIAL REPORT.
Read Official Facts About Drummer's
Mine, Town of Gurlew, etc.

John Crydernan state engineer of the state of Washing
ton, makes the following report on the Drummers mine at
Curlew:
1.-THE Canadian Railway Company has already completed
to Grand Forks first-cass railroad, that turned
to the traffic department Oct. IA. This will
the long haul from Bossburg and will certainly greatly
duce freight charges for all the freight hauled into that
country. From Grand Forks to Republic line of railroad
survey been run with every prospect of the road being
soon Constructed There are absolutely no engineering diff
cules the line and the cost for mountainous country
would besmal This line, when built, will pass through
the town of Curlew This little town has rstclass
general store with posoffce, very good hotel black
smith shop livery stable the ubiquitous saloon and last but
not least will have free wagon bridge over Kettle
river the located the south bank of the river
just below east of the mouth of Curlew creek
THE mines of the Drummer's Development company
located the summit of the spur of the mountains
lying the north of Deer Creek which epes into Kettle
river about one mile below Curlew and being about two
miles northeaserly direction from the town of Curew
1.-THE property is immense copper, silver lead propo-
son with strongly marked vein of from twenty to thirty
feet in width though all Of the vein is well mnerazed and
with low freight rates would pay for working even the foot
and hanging walls carrying some mineral The vein has
been uncovered at different points for distance of about
200 feet and these claims of which there four
Keystone cutsark Tornado AID Cyclone-by deep
cuts In places ten or twelve fest deep for seven or
eight hundred feet showing here continuous vein, and in
the bottom Of each cut showing about the same class of
mineral.
e Improvements on the claims consist of the crosscus
mentioned and double compartment shaft down sixty feet
and inbered 5x6 feet in the clear. The necessity for
nbsrng caused by the lime in the mineral causing dry
taking from the walls. The shaft is dry, having water
but the sweating that is found In most shafts.
Beside the shaft is built the blacksmith shop which Is
we'll equipped with TOOLS and in which Is installed the hoist
used from which hainch cable passes the derrick
the shaft while track and small used to carry
the bucket when hosed to the edge of the dump the most
of which would pay for shipment TO the smeter.
"Near the blacksmith shop, built in the hillside is tho
powder house. where there Is the minimum danger from
either explosions or freezing
almost quarter of mile north Is where the cabins
located where they convenient to both wood and water
cabins 2x2o with projecting roofs eight and the other
feet in the clear both supplied with doors and windows
that Is real doors and windows.
Half mile southwest, Deer creek waterfalls.
both of which have been located by the company under
rights These falls, with their rapids have fall of
between $50 and 200 feet, and carry volume of water
that ordinary stages will develop from sevenyve to
hundred horse power.
Sin speaking of the smelling proposition at Grand Forks
there being constructed at that point selter with
capacity of 500 tons per day. and it expected will be
operation by January 1900 and by that time will afford
ready market for all the that be shipped from the
surrounding mines NOW completely.