Show MULE FINDS RICH LEAD ORE pack an mal for D ery in couer d alene reg on halt the lead that has been mined in the united states has come from the famous coeur d abenes the most productive lead mines in the world like many of the richest mines they were discovered by pure luck A man lent his mule to two prospectors in the course of their wanderings the mule was tied to a tree and he be coming impatient pawed the ground and uncovered a lead vein which Is now the site of the famous bunker hill sullivan mine the owner of the mule sued for a third interest in the claim and the courts granted it to him stating that as the mule had made the discovery and that as he was its owner he waa entitled to the mule s share the three owners sold their discovery for and nothing was too good for that mule for the rest of his days he was exhibited in a private car and lived on the fat of the land and now a tombstone marks his grave his har ness hangs in a noted saloon where it is gazed upon with deepest reverence rev prence by the old time prospectors the mine is the richest silver lead mine in the world yielding a net rev denue of 1 BOO since their dincov cry in 1884 the coeur d alene mines have produced nearly in gold silver and lead |