The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1901-04-13
BIG RUSH 10 THE GOLD rIELDs.
vERY RIoH RLAcEa nIHEa Y0UnD.
New Gold Discoveries Are IN the eoufh Part
Of Keotenki County.

New Gold Discoveries Are a the fourh Pars
Of Xeotenki County.
There is Intense excitement in the ST..
Maries AID santa sections VI this county
over the discovery Of rich placer ground
Ia guleii tributary To tile 81. Mares
river near its source. Tie discovery
WIS made by the Tyson brothers last
fall and they Kept the matter secret
until this spring.
Tie hew camp Is located on a dry
gnleli, which has never been graeed will
tame. about three mikes west Of where
u -Inpti+s IiIiO the 81. Maries river. Az
there is $50 running water Ia the giicll
IL can be worked only during the vet
season. The camp Is well toward the
summit Of the divide and ID ia the belt
directly ia lil,e between The HoOdoo dis
fTiet, Oh the palOnse river, aud the ceur
d'AieIs district.
fbr lioOdoO MAS once famous placer
camp and several millions vi gold WAS
taken out Of the camp during the early
days. The ground Is still being worked
aud fair wages are made by the placer
mi8ers. who have worked for the past
TEN years.
The Bacyrus Dredging company OF
Bucyrus, Ohio is putting ia q complete
dredging plant IA the IiOodoO district,
and viii work over the old dirt that Was
worked Ia the bonn days. This com
Dany viii begin work in May with =
plant costing e5O.OOO. and expects 10
work the ground from bank 10 bank u
the river for many miles.
The gold found 10 the new discovery
is of the same quality AS that found in
the HOodo0 district, which is separated
from this district by u low range Of
mountains. aud Oeing 10 direct liI'e
between the HoodOo and the famous
Ceur d'Aleile districts, great impOr-
taHee is attached 10 il.
The Tyson brothers had but two
lengths OF sluice boxes. less than half
the length all placer miners say Is neces
sary TO save the gold, aud are confident
more than half the gold Iu the dirt was
lost. while large per cent. WAS left ON
tile bedrock. The lumber WAS packed
in On hursrs, and in tlstir haste 10 get 10
work after the gold WAS discovered the
erudest methods were used. A pracii-
cal miner who visited the camp aud saw
what had been done aud the appliances
used. said:
81 am confident can take the proper
tOols. sluice boxes and other Appliances
ne+-ded and. with crew uf five men can
take cut eI 100 ia gold ia thirty days.
Il is one OF the richest strikes ever made
in this country and I think big camp
will soon be established. There is gold
there in plenty and IL is easy TO reach
The bedrock being but from three to
i've feet below the surface, the ground
is easy to work. The ouly question is
TO get water at certain seasons OF tie
year, but il the gold is there ia quantity
Tie water can be p'ped from long dis
;ADc- at a protit.
THE serne OF the end is in one Of the
best b-lts of white pine ia Idaho The
section WAS recently thrown oprn 10 To-
cation and large areas Of valuable Tim
Der land have beeu taken up. The liud-
ing OF the gold VIII nullify these Local
lions
.rhr new placer gold fields in Idaho
can be reached 10y stage" said J. c.
White. of Ciarkia, whose home is near
the new diggings ''The best and easiest
way in is TO go TO Lake CGur d Alpne,
take the steamer up the 81. Joe to ST
Maries. There the stages make regular
trips from st. Maries to Santa, within
four miles OF the discovery. II is likely
the stages are now running right 10 the
camp.
There is some confusion in the pub.
liSlled accounts Of the location. The
lirst rrpnrt WAS correct. The Gnd is in
gnich which cutters the ST. Mares
river. not Santa creek, though the latter
stream Is also a tributary Of the ST.
Maries. The tnd is less than four miles
frum the Santa postoliice, aud is in
township - north, range ! west BOISE
meridian.
Il knew about il last fall. 1t WAS
discovered then by the Tysous aud Ren
IrUes They panied out little gold be-
fore the cold weather stopped operations.
They tried to keep the tind quiet when
they came bark this Spnng, but the
news leaked out When left home
about week ago the prospectors were
coming In at the rate of fifteen or
twenty day.
Il saw some of the gold before leav-
ing. IL is the rich placer gold for which
Idaho is famous. What WIS sold went
at $50 per ounce,
There are location stakes all otter
the gulch. The lind by the Tysons was
up the gulch. The gulch is about two
miles long aud widens out into n valley.
1t is likely that gold can be found
Throughout, AS where prospect holrs have
been sunk the wash is invariably found.
The Tyson boys went down but u few
fert before striking bedrock"