| Show OLO L DOMINION MI m mr Or r W I T Discoverer of This Mine Visits Salt like and an I Indulges I In Ill Reminiscences AS A GLE K IN III DRY GOODS STORE STORElv W lv II 1 Kearney Worked for 11 a Small Sal Came Cale West ami Made a u Lucky Iud Strike St 51 rike There li is I a t man n n Ht sot I the lit Ih Wilton hotel whose whOM name IUle will wi go I down In II hit his history lor tory M as Hi Ih discoverer orr of or one of ot the tho famous mini III of the west tItle Thin hl sir jut la is W V H 11 1 Kearney Hern and the Ih hi name of tin the Ih mine 1111 II Is the tho Old Dominion up LIP lp LIPto to the Ih writing the most 1111 noted mine In eastern Whether It 1 wu was a luck or which 1541 11 to t the discovery of t this property hi Is I An nn open 01 The TitI late lale W R I always maintained the wonderful At t Cripple Crt Crek Creek k lay hay Ii there for or him mid and IlIc that It I which led Iel him to 10 U it I and therefore he never Ut claimed III any ny credit cri for tor finding lullus It I Ilie following ore the fuels forte connect connected ed 11 d with the tile discovery of or the Ih Old Do Dominion DominIon minion Mr lerY hail for tor several ml yearn IRrl been Icen a in II dry dr goods H in lii Hotton floston Bolon and 1111 New Nn York City CI and after the lit Ih discovery l of ot the mines hAIl had read rul In the tho Coeur In Idaho great accounts of tIm the rIches richer tn to be found in the Ih veit wel So iJo on Feb Itel 2 1181 he left If New York for Cor which wan I then I a town 1011 ot of Inhabitant Wash Sash was taM WG then thell a 1 territory Spa Apo Spokane kane just A R primitive bustling western we ter town lown pave no urn promise of 01 becoming the splendid metropolitan city el U it t has hns Inc grown n to be he heMr Mr Kearney had n It brother In III Spa Spokane katie kane In Ito the em oy of ot the Great Ireat East er evil rn store lore lie le there R a i week and Ald then thell started out on a prospecting trip on March 10 He lie Jp was wan nt nl the time timen tImea n R tenderfoot nf iii f the tell kind never nver having Heen sten lIen n Li mine not even evol n a 1 coal cOI mine In his life Before he lie left ler the east cant ho Ito hal hail nn an Intuitive feeling that he was wn going to 10 Ild something and when he lie started marled out from Irom I he spoke poke of the Iho same game 81 feeling to 10 his liU I friend He lie le took look with him Ge leo Jeo 15 H Mr Mc Ir Miler an nn old experienced Ix IA Ihle minor I I lr who died In Scotland a I year ca ngo alid Ild Al AI a A week ivock they Ihl wl ed eu out and on Oi the th hilt Ih of ot th the they y located a it I mine min which they tho lie the lust why wh they not mu cul It I the Ht St HI Is 18 not nol known knowl but bUI at itt II nil all ni vents It II was attuned after the of whoso WhOM birthday to lo 0 tail fall on 01 thin the paine nine day la ha with Ih that Ihal of Ire Irelands lands patron faint Then Elton Ic uler rind want off oI antI had n R row ro the ti II lii Young then familiarly lie 18 Hilly llly ill Ily unit 1111 tin ii I coi it pro Jr trig And on 01 April J 12 1 I 2 found the t lie old ohl Dominion Just two tWI months and U ion n day a H after lilo IH leaving New York On IDa tho tIm of at May Ilc hoy 1403 unit Imd a it I carload of ot otoro ore oro of or 16 tonn tonie nn on the tho road roud The he moot of ot hauling by h Aon to 10 Hio Spokane kane kAIt a II L or of 90 Oil I 1 WAN 11 It jr ix r tout ton tOi the th freight fr I l RII treatment in li jr ix r tout ton tOi the th freight fr I l I RII treatment in li jitO ili charges r nt at the Selby smelting rel works In Hun Kan IU more mora and ItI yet altar deducting nil all ni heavy ry tX cx lel CIUCH el tho Ihl carload of nt ore netted Its I Tho mine win tiis Wil found nix Ix trout from rol old Kort Jort Colvie 00 GO O from tro tho till British line hue lne hun oro TO rollel of ot black carrying high slues In II sliver ami lead Mr r anil blu brother and the prop property pro erty ert from 1885 to 10 18 9 which time they Iho took look out over oer and alil all al they Ih tile had on mi 01 the ground wax H it I hop thop boardIng house hOllO and Gid wind boo laH I The TIte property wn WIM oits 11 In Iu it 1 put up U anti anil air put In Iii tho mine nUll then Mild lohl to II VS W 1111 Pock of Chicago for Cor Ho lie Jo lilly pur purchased chased nil all the In lit the vicinity of 62 52 claims It J tong va oper Oller operated on 01 n a I largo hargo scale until the price of it sliver al lo load Imd d declined o f It II has hizo boon been worked only olly Intermit Intermittently The of the tho Old Dominion rca a it groat to 10 mining In InI I Wellington and Ind BrItIsh Co Columbia lumbia led to In the Ito stilt luh loathe madd In lit II the Hit th ot nl Ht at II N Nelson l on and Trait Trail TrailCreek ral Creek Crock II l many of ur jiro who found inline In tho districts not lint their having only euro enro but their at II the theOld Old uld Dominion It I also o tutu luul mull tn to I Ido todo do with the tho Ito of SPokane anil 1111 laid tho foundation for or the tito fortunes by h rosily many of ot UN Its IH Inhabitants During Durin the tue Peat pant 20 yearn ell Mr Mc Ir Kear Kearney Itar ney lP Ito Una Ial gained large laige lu e tiK rl me In lot mining iii In lug and 1111 situ b beem en u litterest oil In III a I mini lum ii u no br of ot Important Il lie Is at Al hires prA cut nl itt Home propertied In lii II Utah In lit II the of o himself smut an as Al In lit ChIcago where thero he tie now r ri sides Hide Ho lie 10 hoe tiAn never leer able aIle to t settle clearly In lit II his hil mind whether It I wui yg 19 blind luck luik or OT den tiny which CRI liin hi to 10 strike the lie pick Into 1110 ho Ih Old hl Dominion iou |
