Show STORY OF THE LE ROI Ill Discovery and lisFioll Sale for a Few I Dollars I The story of tho dlcoor add ae dorment of thIo Iol min whih sold thee other lay for Il groatoruln I than any other VIrill h Columbia property prop-erty ever Fold for has leon 1 told but III Is Interesting enough to bear repeatIng repeat-Ing vie sajs tho tlkane l Siwkcsmnnlte vieJoo Joo Ilurgcols and Joe Harris two TrenchCanadian prospectors were the dlscoveicrs ot the property Joe llurgcols who had mined in placers but never In quartz was sent to do assessment as-sessment work on the Lily llaj I flIrt fl-Irt claim located In llosiland Till work icrfonned Ilurools loafed and smoked all waited for supplier that were coming from Nelson looking dlv Cameo t le1 Iounlaln he seen It wa bare In places and could be enMlv pros roclcd In tho meantime he had become associated with Joe Morris a j roswc toe Oddel the Iwo weil arcane the e and discovered tho bold Iron von dlovHc cap II gntnanrr 0 Irong veIn Un thcso they located the Le Hoi the Wai noel the Center Bur the Idaho and lIce Virginia Hut with iroprctlve millions In their grasp Hurgtols and Morris were poor mel 1 so poor I that they could hnidlv with his claim 1 grubstake Iliirgclos 0 scant omilt trampeil over to Nelson Thelo ho slimed his snmpli with little encouragement Iron pvrltes sail the local expert What docs It assay Ten dollars In gold lve pen celt ooplecn noel a troco 01 sllr cPr a lad honlnr llurgcols bet too drop II Burgeols was dccldely blue and discouraged dis-couraged until bo I run across ColonelS 11 Colonel-S Tot Ping TOPI Ing bad teOoll min IHI relordr no1 WI running 1 mall slor at Xeloo Ho stloned Bur geola and found that the only aay > > Wa I eden tho Virginia The 01 her may 10 IUer he redo MI I clcan ore ald Ibe In are hlg The outcome was that lliirgcolu nnd Topping lad n dicker Topping was lo poy the tees lo locating the five claim an1 Ions tn kayo hi choic of one of the properties lluigeols care book to Troll morel fill Ippost oil the Iron capping put In n few shots and found clear ore ibovo the fir roots I Topping followed nnd lade 000011osc lelol gave more encouragIng rc turn In1 tho thro Topping Uurgeols and Morris gathered gather-ed nnmnd thell lomly I emil fire and resolved to Blay with the strike and glee a fair trial That Is I hl eelnednm narrated ly Colonel Topping nf the discovers of the mInes of Trail creek Iturgeols sold his holdings for Jlr 000 or 20000 nnd went up Into the Tort I II i 03rOI n Me lo district I and located n silverlead claim sold I for 20000 and then went to the Northwest Territory bought 0 rena000er000h noel sent bark end 10 rlnnjida for hlo relatives The dream of his life has been realized He has struck It rich and settled down Morris carried J10000 or 112000 out of tho camp cale town to Spoka larrl1 1 0h1 leehr alli houllht n hume on Idle north side and Icos slnea hlom a rarr had faith In Prom the stool ToppIng tho camp Io alculated that thera Would bo n movement of proplo Rn went down to tho mouth of Trail > reek sbsrn mlo from tho I ° Bol nnd llnr Kagle groupe homesleoded 700 acre nnd built a hotel on the plctur eoql hal1 of Ihe Columbia 10 10 there ict In the tail ol 190 Cure 111 rootr 50Oe at Colvlle trinl a lawul 1 and be CI Inlee1 II too Le llol He entcred Into n bond nlth Topping whereby ho agreed I drone ld000IIecc of fcc 110110 nslstrcothe 01 tIe mine 10 ex pond S2000 In c love Inlcmeol work For I crrrhnrO 01 to Apokan and tonIc In upon the dell Colonel I N Peslon of I10n Spokane Oeorge Turner Oliver Du raft W M nidpath end Alexander Tarbet Colonel P ston afterwards lcookt l Toppings remaining interest dl hln It am 00008110 01 hle friend chlellv in Danville Ill About two searsland a half ago the rtock In the Le Itefl was being pealed about he city for CO cents a hare and almost any price It woull bring I has since been quoted ta high ns II Thre hove hn no IrRt eicongre In the holdings of stock In bbs property since the company gathered In about eventhing In sight nt about 40 or CO real bout Iwo all n hall eara aro The stork of tho Irlnolple holdooevoq 1100 pooled all slnr Iht lime lcno hen In tbo hanl of two Iroohoet T dlvIClaS luo Iho olock llRe hen p011 to the trIo acd IlccV In leon Iud theIr ehl to the Indlvldlal holde The footIng shoe hooter omounte to ovr 10 per cnt of Iha whole coplRI Isotbonelooe ti pool dOnC farmed |