The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-25

CurleW running in full force and
turning out excellent lumber. The
boom is fairly we'll filled with logs;
new buildings in CurleW are being
started at the rate of about one
DAY. Most of these are dwellings,
but a good. number of business
places are being built The de-
mand for lots is brisk and people
are coming in from all sides, either
to engage In business at Curlew
or to begin work on their home
steads In the vicinity. Business at
Curlew Is in very healthy condi-
ton. The price of Curlew lots has
been raised, and are selling rapid
ly. Persons wishing to buy lots in
CurleW must address the Manager
of the A. M. l. Co.. Curiew, Wash.
began my work in Grand
Forks, B. c., Saturday night, April
70, where a delegation met me on
arrival, urging that we build our
Smelter on the Canadian side and
rendering a magnificent smelter
site free. / told them that. in no
case would we change our plans of
putting up a smelter at once in
Smelter City, near Curlew, but
that we would build within six
months a large custom smelter
near Grand Forks. under the au-
spices of the Union Consolidated
Company, ii the site offered was
found practicable, and / detailed
one OF the engineers engaged to
look the Smelter Site over and
make a report. I was accompanied
from Spokane by Mr.. Maloney, of
the Drummer's Development Co.,
and on Sunday morning i started
with him and an engineer for Cur
lew, reaching there at IL o'clock.
The work before me was to
have all the claims in the neigh
borhood on which we have done
development work put to a thor
ough examination by mining ex-
perts, for the purpose of throwing
up those that were found to be
improbable and going forward
more rapidly with those found to
contain pay ore in sufficient guam
titles to warrant further expendi-
lures on them. l had secured an
option through Mr.. Maloney from
the Drumner's Development Com
pany to finish paying for the
Drummer's Mines in stock and
cash, SO as to get the deed for the
property at once, in case l found
1t valuable, as originally antici-
pated, and at the same time l de-
termined to throw up even that
property and substitute the Min
neapol1s" group, across the river
from Drummer'S Mountain, in its
place, if 1 found it not to contain
an abundance of pay ore. / had
preceded, Mr.. Kemp, of Duluth, by
two days, and am making an ef-
fort to be ready to take up the
Smelter matter upon his arrival
Tuesday, and to let the contracts
for the foundations and woodwork
and water improvements.
II found Western Manager Cal
lagher and Cashier Dunn at their
posts in our new offices at Curlew,
and, it being Sunday. the people
turned out en- maSSe to welcome
me. I found Curlew a busy place,
even on Sunday. The population
is not as large as l expected, but
there are about five hundred in the
town or In the immediate vicinity.
all engaged either in business or
putting up buildings, and there are
about three thousand more In the
surrounding neighborhood, making
improvements on their homeSteads.
The miners here will number about
three hundred. They are located
within three miles of Curlew. AL
most everybody has come to stay,
and is building house of more or
mand for lumber is far beyond the
supply, and brings high cash
prices. The lumber is nearly all
bought and used before it reaches
the planning machine. The people
cannot wait for dressed lumber
just yet, and it is impossible to
get more than 2,G50 or 5000 feet
ahead of purchasers, who cart 1t
away from the mill
81 notice that the Great North
ern people are keeping talth with
us as to the railway as they nave
force of men at work upon it, and
and there is a certainty that it Will
be completed f. ON Grand Forks to
Curlew early in July. 1t will be
seen that I had blocked out for my
self and those with me a VaSt-deal
Of work, all to be done in the
present week, for, in addition to
the overhauling of the claims and
letting Of contracts here in Curlew,
had arranged to meet a number
of miEe owners and others N
Grand Forks again on Wednesday,
to complete the arrangements for
the custom smelter and to take
over some important mining prop
critics there Our first point was
Drurnmer's Mountain. TO the Ket-
tle-Curlew mines l had secretly
received a very important tip as to
the conditions there, which, If 1
completing the purchase of those
mines, paying in full for them and
getting a deed at once, but which,
If found to be untrue would war;
rant me in abandoning those prop
critics altogether. Some days ago
the force on the Kettle-Curlew
mines had been reduced, and, for
tunately, there were five or six
idle miners in the camp. We took
0In
making a force with those already
employed underground on the Ter
nado" shaft of some fifteen men,
Nothing was said as to what our
intentions were, except acting upon
information which / had received
we put two shifts of men 1T wol k
on top of the ground, nearly 40
feet northeast Of the Tornado
shaft, and began sinking winZe
about 100 feet in the 75-foot level Of
the Tornado shaft, following the
ore and making a short turn in the
125-foot level of the same shaft,
corresponding with the winze,
which we began to sink from
above.
''These forces were put quietly at
work. One of them had already
been set to work by means of
telegram sent to Mr.. Gallagher
WlilAO CAt IOOIS, ana IltdL 1OICS WdS
rewarded on Sunday afternoon by
striking ore within three feet Of
the old drift. A sack of this ore
was sent by q trusty man on
horseback to an assayer at Mel
son, Wash, at o'clock Sunday
evening, with instructions TO bring
back the result early in the morn
ing. Meanwhile the miners were
pegging away at the three points
named all night Sunday night, no
one in the CurleW camp having the
slightest knowledge of these move
ments. 1 found time on SUNDAY to
visit the Minneapolis" group, on
the west side of Kettle river from
Drummer's Mountain, where
found three buildings had been
erected at these mines, and SUBJ
startial progress had been made on
the new tunnel on ore which prom
Uses to make MINNEAPOLIS group
famous as a great mine
Work is being pushed on this
tunnel day and night, and is to be
completed into the mountain 230
feet in 100. days. which will give us
depth of nearly 200 feet. This tun-
mel will furnish sufficient patent
work for patenting half of the site
of Shelter City; which we will be
mel is completed. On the east of
Drummer'S Mountain, we have
three homestead locations. which.
when the patent work is completed
ter City site. Substantial buildings
al \ .