| Show MIMMI IN MIIITII 1D11IO Coonlogo A I ImorVailann In rrllng Thn Eh llll I Set IIon J W CUnnlngliam nasajer In chorse of the United Stales assay office here had a wry Interesting Irlp through the Div t thorn portion of the state says the noise Statesman Ho went Into Idaho count making a drive till 009 It u Minding snow storm The Information gleaned by him nspectlne the mining opetatlons In Hint section were of the most tnrouraglng LIII acler At Florence he sas a the prospects for the Your oro very bright The Ilan ncr mine at that point owned by 8 B Ollden of Spokane has begun to I make a 191 old and Is I Inship to be a I regular shipper of bullion It has been I proved to bu of greut value and Jay be expected to odd materially to the production of that county Mr Cunningham found that the production pro-duction of the Coeur dAlenrs during I 1897 was larger than the estimate made on the first of the year The lend product pro-duct was so large that the total for the state will be about I 120000000 pounds Instead ot 100000000 as estimated Till PlIver prod no lion 1111 also be aomewht larger One oCthe Incidents oC Mr Cun rdnhnm a trip was u meeting with Phil Houka on the train coming down from Mallace Phil was starting for the Klondike to make another raise L |
