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LOCAL.I’rmii f5ii- tiJni**,A. J. PrMuird, tv Ito win in the eily Thursday, gave us the following information regarding tin- mine*:i Vi 'I'le are going in ;it)lt;1 coining out dailv. njul tlu1 t r:;51 i-lt; really in a Lei-ter rendition now than charing miy | time 11 l■ full. A great ninny people3 re I'urigri'guled at the PcM, preparing to go in in the spring, A -leanu-r lunsfrom the l’n*t to tlu* Mi**hm. The distil lire up the Co or d'Alene rivi-r hi tin- Al i-i-iira from the l ike is j :a» mill's :inil there is \\ feet of waterIii the river up within a mile of the Mission. Men are carrying supplies i;[ to the mines by row boats from tlie Mission. Hie only impediment In navigation nn the river is a heavy drift aihniit nine miles hilnu the* month nf 1‘rhbanl ( reek, where!! portage uf India mile lias to he made. A mimU rof Indian* art? pie king inoil horses, mid a while 111a 11P living liesir llii.s idly, Is down to si eure his animals to take lip for parking* freighting i-ten cents per pmtnd. The mines that ram I** worked are paying w* II, and the gold is not routined to one single gill' ll. A partyii irued f.iinphcJI Washed out sJ'HI in two days from n claim nn 1'agle c reek early this week. As an indication of the extent of the de|M»sit Mr. Tin-hard informs us that in dig* ging a drain for the opening of anew el lim n loin w.e-hed oil I $p*f in three p.ill* of dirt. lie K|;ile^tl»it the eoiilllry has hot Inm M half-prosper ted, mid priMlhts rielivf thids lliati have yet liero made, l apital-ists have heroine interested in the niiiirs aiinl an-there to invest, iirmy4 films having lwen pti reli Kt-d, Men representing several hundred thousand dollars are stopping at the INe-t ready to sri/,e Upon the lird oppor-t UN icy to get hold of some of the nui’l proiiiMng leads, lie thinksthat next summer the mountains Will I'm- flooded Willi 1ms.p|e4 Tliwe is a great future instore for tbetVeiird’Alene mines,ityunrt x.Through the kind new of CharleyLiwscm we were penni!ted Friday to examine u rieli -peedmen of silver ! -piartz Hint he rereived this week from tin-Co-ur d’Alene mines, that had been fonv *fded Ly a prospector in till- niiit|iu The nn k looks In be j full id virgin silver, and exfwri-eneed miners v ho have examimst the pelt;dtnen estimate that It willrun from b» *41*1 tu Hie ton.Tlit pieee lt;nines from an exreediugly valuable lodge, and if the lt;|ii3irtz bearing ha k ImhJsnut it will prove another honan/a. ft would seem from the various s)Hi'iiiiens reei-ived here that the fmur d'Alyiu* mountains are wonderfully rieh and pro-litb- In all ! 11 ida i f va’ua'le miner-
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Spokane Falls Review
Spokane, Washington, US
Sat, Dec 15, 1883
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