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LAND OF GOLD.The Cceur d'Alene Excitement*the earth either ivi f Vdifornru dr Ami*-' tralia have Ikkui found in the**#) dtg-Ingx, The quartz croppings are n/-d exceedingly rilt; ]if vicing with the U**t ruck yet produced by f*ilifoniin, Aiiwm1, Soihmi, ir Mexico. II h simply iiii|s;h.*ibletnestimate thee%- -tent of I lie in?w iiiinew. There is not.% ninlMff nr Id lhal rroswUe* lo »a drt'Slii of gulch so fur pro*»**tlt;dmkr .hi- l.r*4 *f An, I hi.« ,,nt *”T ,lt ?,h*W n,U,r lwV|n*• quantities and the Quartz Inuringr.rr • fod^o. ].* i'ml!,v Hram ti.'« catM■■ i—■ r.tr^V of tiumnlaliM fur mile* amimiles* I roiii prortent a]ipeiKntnrcK it would up|ciir that the mines urc almost incxhuu«1ibfe,iiiid so far them) !One of the greated discoveries ofI.kks lt;1111 le counted the Cieifr d’-Alcne gold mines, and w« they lay . _ . . . .. . . . iLf 3, , I- no reason to doubt tluit the brinesHiniortt at nur very door, and promise * to exert quite no Influence in the increas'd prosperity of rt|«okimo Fall* It I* fiin|hirtfiut ihut they should Ifa* noli ceil m vvu mini up the Important event* flut have transpired In this quarter during the pint twelve month, on the verge of the grave of tin-old year. Tlien* I- nothing thatso awake* i. Ii i*ii( i My of mu if no induce* liim in undergo mu Ii privations, perils mid hardships i»h the thirst for gold. TIiL is not given n 11 sudden ami startling revelatiun. It irt not a |MH*uliarity attm In*! alone to the present generation of men. History, from the earliest ages of the world, throukie* the weakness of 111:1 ii for the yellow metal th it is |Mpular for the value attached thereto. The desire 'or gain is an heritagewill continue to lmhl out The placers, a* far as worked, have pa hi wonderfully, mid m this process of mining is yet to be developed it may yet i*\» ecd the expectation* olt; vlm mhst sanguine.The * ii'ur d’Alene mine* are .situ at id in the fastnesses of the range of inouiitniuMPf I he same name situate* I about -at miles east, or it little north of east, from Hpukunc Falls. There • arc several mutes into the mines, hut very ]»rutabte next spring tli • l**stau«l easiest of travel will U- fmm this eily. The route from In fo erf the now projected fo ul I* ly fife W*y of the old Mission, ami the distance U'lueell sa Jilld S)0 mile*. The mad toU* built will eutdown tin* distancenow iMMiwnry to travel ami as It will that hm fallt-n tu all u.H.ikliiil, unlt;l I* iWrurlwl mi a* turn.™ rrwnwNliiHw of lt;Siitrv, ,n« ,ho *tr«iroMJ.i* rm.N*whvthlt;rtlwyh»m«r»r nmoU-, art, t-ru« t to watfoii travelre,Hrtc«l to l*rlrli In mineral w.*llh, 1,11 J1'0 ™r ™ere “r'' ***' •the lt;h^liv to vi-lt the «rw.t-at«lk4 |,‘ni1 thlk lt;r*»i **«tu-ar (»• flay an.l hatmb. thorn by N-hteflt;Vurd’Ak-m; night. Taike nil tin* mining exeile-meiits of the lust fifty years, ami we ( *ee tin* s;une si'enes repeated over and over. Men will desert nnv acvu-put ion they have lieinuiie crttal»lilii*l in ami make* long am! trying pilgrim-sigea oil llie streiiglh of a eliniiee to acquire sudden ri«*lu'H, laioyed upHii ! the face of all adversities by Iim|x* alone. There are Ihousands of men living to-day who braved every dangers ami encountered trial* that they never considered tlieuislt;*| vea eauedliV e aIe^ i excitement. And have they learnedI anything hy jsmt exp« riencc? Na - Why ut this very time there Is a largi r per cent, of t alifortiiiitis, In pro]H»rtion to the [Mipnkatioii, who nre preparing to vWt the Cieur Ale lie* I han from any cither State. The go hi fever that attracted hundreds to the I'mirtc Klope Is wfill frerth in the ini nmry of the present generation, and it is ]perfectly uafe to sfiiv that the exeltrment awakenedthe Mission and Kvniutlnn, the latter being « fewling M il bin. |le*idcsI ho overlain I travel I hen* will Is*’eonvevarrccs by water from the Fief to within a short distance of the junction of I Tabard »nd F.agle creek*. A company of exjx*rienr«*d st:*amU at men lum luien formed for tlie pnr|Mise of putting on a light draught Is Lit to make the run. !(' this iiieuus transportation of gixxls will Ik* chea|K*msl. There are one or two town*now laid out in the mines.of '•mluriiifr, in thi l.liiHl rush for .vw t ily, th.,t li.K.StB of the .ntmtK„|,| in (l,n hey.l«y of tlo- l allforoL. l'Ww*cl near th.* junction of tile twostreams alxive nniitiornsl. Nexf yeair there in iy he «x venil pretentious cities spring 141, one of whk h is ImiuiuI to aAsuiiie the Imporbmre of u nietm|KiliH. Thu new* oflife existence of gold wain Hprcml too late In the full to dmv?I people from u great dixtance, t»ut tlitf number going in from (KH tionn In-Juxleqiodtion to the fkatihundle of Idaho can la* calculated by it*4 hun-p h tlu-m-w ai^M.verim u UI U- many lt;lrelt;K T,l°,rivcI to awl fr ,uw - linu^ greater I fun tlmt of '4!, nnU 1 «v»t t-ea-tfl. «i».| Sringc to Hay «•«SI lit- years that cluster aUmt ih,| | h«vejr«t to raw! a slngte hullvhlua# n.VHtlfHl dale. The nrKunnotH of '*ho hrts hl,lt;1 u *thirty years ago, ul1houKh rri||4eJ p if ’nufn.** e «ofthefliwl,aii(l everywith the weighted years, wilt fclt;*| • man coming (put I.** txpresstsl }*w the bhxd leap with renewlt;s| activity lt;b*temtination t* return at an oJrly through their*luggbh vein* on rend- These men spread the excitement, that tmvels like a virulent eataglon, and the result i* that will be a stu|K*ndiiHH rush fof the’ ciiinp next rtj/fliijf. Ii fhet bwff tak* euhited that fully f»bplMMI men will go Into the imamtdns next year, and we ilo not con-ider this an exnggi r-ntion. There are several hundred In the mines now and the trails have lai n kept oix-n by the steady travel la k and forth. Jns. II. Kennedy war down from Ruthdrurn thin wwkIng of the marvelous wealth of the new And, and w ill la* disband t«i net H forth and liveove^ligidn the stirring scenes of adventure that acisimpan-Ym led their foototeprt when seeking inainmon under the sluirlows of the ,1 Sierra Nevada* in early days. It ha* - ikw Iwen some year* since the country has Ikcen anaiM-d by a new inin-,f ing craze, and tin* cfleets of the present disi'overy cannot la* calculated. Front the rwrky shores of Maine totlienicturteniwiud ridges of Mexico; ,m*l whites that people are gidng ft/ from the Fa! met to grove* of the ^nistaiitly. liy hard hilsir the worsti'll-y'Mnat-ei«ifitieds.ieIskVnPByic|H»int on the rosul has Imm-ii kept passable. Of course provisions and everything else is very high in th* mine*, though there Is little danger of any great -offering for the necessities of lilc. Freighting Is Intentsper pound, and that I* not high considering horse feed and lionrd. Th* ehargex are $7 for one man and hor*#c for llt;»dging aixl feed. Oats are *!* ceuis |wr |Hiunlt;l and hay lit cent* perjMiuniL ITo\ishmsof all kinds command fabulous prices, and mw belly and lieuin? are nntaiderc^l it sumptuous repast. It js plainly evident that SjMikane Falls is Uy figure a* the principal depot of supplies for this mining sts-iloriL Hkiwksl us It is within easy reach of the camp, coiitiilnlng as it iloea large wholemde Iioum*h that art* able to c»mq.»lete ke prkea witli thow of Fortkowl or tho mercantile Ikiu*os of the east,* it but natural to anticipates that the greater plt;irtion of the tnuie will drift in to this point. The minrar urn hourat to work the letviiHtnpi* of Spokane Falls, fe» the detriment o# other prnnt* on the Northern ITi^* cltVc rrxid, that will coitch their full share of the trade, but from the sJt-uiition of the place. Frospelt; tors and others going iirto-fcln* ndnes will tind-It to their ftnanclal udv»rrtagr* fc* *h-^ ciin tbeh* oiilffls here, from whertclt;r there ^ ill lx« u straight and easy Puad Into th# mines. £|VfciW* Fulls U l**md-to Iht tho great supply ile-^ p«»t, nil stiitcmcnts to the cMitrary notwithstanding, a rat fro** that great source we may loote for much* of our prosperity during the year tiy Pome. Alroady have our men hnntsbUfnlr,*l- v%hlt;-hfive fiepart^ 1*I to SIS k their fortune*, and the trade that has once ts*en nrtbiblUhfiL will remain with u*X+m twa Car**.A lnrgen«rnanwnt of elegsirg aral hutulMomc New VWa o dling caalt;U just ptxekvdLat the vwThosi* expect ing to make cnlk show b It'nrolimis to the semi-tropic vine-dud *lo|x* of Californirt tlu* news hits ls-cn carried ami tho rcsjw n-c will 1m* his‘ii in tho living stream of hu-niuiiity that will rush this way in the early spring, peopling tho mountain gorges that have existed for eenturies almost unknown, and tearing the auriferous soil and searching w ith the ity of the tiger and the tenacity of the .-h ath houml for the hidden wealth. Cities will spring lip jls though by I lie hand- of genii in response to the friction of an Aladdin lamp, the wilderness and desert will take on tli*1 apjiearnce of life mid n change will Ik* wrought beyond the limits of imagination.We have stated that the discovery of the mi lira date* from the present year. This may nof Ik*strictly true us relate* to the discovery oFche glt; LI, blit the knowledge of its existence wiih difTusid during Ihh.1, and the stories of the Dud were not lH*i»ev**d until inconvcrtalde priNifi in ihe sliapeof valuable Npei'infeiiH erf the product were Kent out Into the world to perform their part In creating the excitement that now exM*. We have ft letter in our poniM-ssion written by the original discoverer of the C'ceur d'Alene diggings to a jairty In CidifornlH dated curly last Jnnuary, informing him of the exiMtenceof the most extensive mineral Ik*K eter worked, thus proving lieyotid a a HlwulihW of controversy tlvit th** gold iVi Lit was known of I»efm»* fiw* presurt year. Tlila letter vTkiir writ-U*n by iV. J. I'richanl, w ho Jh nnw in tlie mines ami who has made prm-IKvtKiK OIK? of the objis-t* of life.In future years there will nrlee the quratfion of priority of discovery re-g inllug these mines, Intt we bl'Nevo that the honor rests with Mr. Prfch-* arrl. He bis ap*»nt several years amongthe moinitalnsof \Va**hingtn,Idali»anti M/ni%materritorieswari'h'Wig for gnidynnd at last Ids lalrera wen* letrsnkdby tin* uneurthiog of the 4*^ur d’Alene diggings. WhaS tfcey ^ill imoixit tommilns for time ***»• them, ami secure the ft**t cholnr toleX, hutKO far some of the ftcirat of the lot. U*ave orrlern esmsly -VK^iowns of gold ever taken ou^of po-^|t»fcv
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Spokane Falls Review
Spokane, Washington, US
Sat, Dec 29, 1883
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