Show The Cwur dAleiic ItliiiCN I Mr Harnett a San Francisco gente man who has been inspecting the Cwur dAlene county for ° ix weeks past gives the Portland JYIewv the following result The central position of the mines so far as at present known and probably for all times is richard Creek on which are the towns of Littlefield Murray Os borne and other SIr 1 settlements Murray I I Mur-ray being the chief place A goldbear ing territory thirtyfive or forty miles long and probably twenty miles wide or I perhaps more that is including the old mountain gravel wash of the Pacific Coast is at present untouched Really however Cojur dAlene mines are but I I the center of an auuierous and nrgen I tiferous system which extends from Col I ville on one sidq to Pend dOreille on the other AB gold placer I diggings for extent reliability permanency I I per-manency and richness I hold they stand 1 I today without a peer on the Pacific 1 I Coast j and equal so far as known to tin most favored districts California could i I ever boast This is a distinct and positive posi-tive statement to make I admit but I I am not afraid of making it for I have known Californias best mining points I since 1840 i |