The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1913-12-11
INTERESTING NEWS ABOUT SH0SHONE'S
NEW COPPER CAMP UNION DISTRICT
HEADWATERs OF NORTH FORK NEAR BONNER COUNTY LINE
ROUTES OF REACHING NORTH AND sourA-Is
TIMBER RESOURCES
Written by Adam A ulbach of Murray

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There are two ways to reach the So
called copper camp at the headwater!
Of the North Fork of the Occur d'Alent
river, in Shoshone county One is uI
the river from Prichard, on the Muir
ray-Wallace railroad. This route car
be travelled by trail or in pole boats al
certain seasons Of the year, and trans.
portation can be had by pack animals
over the trail some 40 miles or by boat
on the river Either method entails an
expense Of from to IL cents a
pound for supplies in the summer sea :
son. From about November to June
l 1t is not advisable to freight over
either route, as the river is exceeding
ly dangerous during the winter and
breaking up seasons and the TRAIL
built by the forest service, is just lit
tie worse than no pathway at all. 1t
was poorly laid out and as poorly con-
structed
Trail Little Good-cost $4,000.
The location was made by very
green employees Of the forestry service,
and the trail can never be converted
into a wagon road. 1t cost the gov
ernment over $4,000. A good trail,
which could have been made into a
wagon road as occasion required,
might have been built for the same
outlay and for perhaps less. Natur-
ally the water level line is generally
selected by prospectors to reach the
upper camp, but it is laborious exer-
tion to get there at the best, hence the
writer two weeks ago prospected the
railroad and steamboat route to the
new diggings. This is by rail to Wal
lace; thence to Spokane; thence by the
Spokane and International railway to
Bayview, on Lake Pend dOreille;
thence by steamer across the lake 70
Lakeview, where a wagon road crosses
a mountain divide and leads to Inde-
pendence creek, which connects with
the west fork of the North Fork of
the Coeur d'Alene river a stream that
drains the territory which promises to
reenact some of the mining excite
ments heretofore experienced in the
Occur d'Alenes
Heavy Snow Interferes With Travelling
Unfortunately for the writer, he ar
rived at Lakeview after a heavy snow
fall which covered the mountain over
which the wagon road crossed to
depth Of from 3k to feet, and the
weather was favorable for more snow
This discouraged him from venturing
on the trip into the camp on foot
there being no other means of travel,
but he contracted for the freighting of
nearly ton of supplies into camp,
distance Of "a miles, at ga cents
pound. During the summer the freight
rates were / cent a pound. A large
number Of lumberjacks were daily
coming out Of the region about Inde-
pendence creek, and they declared the
road almost impossible, the snow be-
ing soft on the mountain and the road
on the Shoshone county side of the di-
vide being virtually sea of water and
mud.
Rose Lake company's Big Timber
Business.
There also came out to Lakeview
while the writer was there the per-
sonal effects of two timber cutting
outfits belonging to the Coxes, which
had been attached by the Coeur
d'Alene Bank and Trust company. The
outfits consisted Of some 30 horses,
wagons, TOOLS etc. They had been en-
ployed in cutting timber for the Rose
Lake Lumber company, which is said
to have about 125,000,0O0 feet Of saw
logs on Independence creek and other
streams draining the new mining re-
gion. The forces Of the Rose Lake
Lumber company, however remain in
camp. and will not pull out before the
LIST Of January, when, it Is said |
they will have cleaned up their forest
purchase Of burnt over timber.
Mineral Evidence Over Large Area.
Although umberjacks give very lit
tie thought, If any, to prospecting for
mineral, several of the more intell-
gent were interviewed on the subject
They had run over much Of the terri
tory during the year. They claim to
have seen much quartz and quite a
number of large ledges. They were
found on all the streams, covering an
extensive area. Much Of the country
had been burnt over, and on some of
1t the fires were so fierce that the tim
Der was entirely burned off, leaving
the prospector clear vision and an
open field for his pioneer labors. Away
from the streams the mountains were
rugged. rising to height of 1000 feet
or more, with precipitous sides, MAX
ing 1t difficult to prospect, except
few months Of the year. BY the with ,
drawal of the Rose Lake Lumber COM
pany on the first Of the year there will
be no one left in the camp but the
few settlers, several foresters and the
prospectors. Some 10 or 12 Of the lat
ter will remain In camp all winter.
Wsbbsr. .Donnelly Mine.
At Lakeview the writer met Charles
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