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Show C(EUR D'ALENE'S GOLDEN WEALTH The nig Bed-nock Flume Nothing Like It Since the Early Days of the Comstock. During my short absence, says a correspondent corres-pondent of the Portland News, I find Coeur d'Alene has taken several steps forward which, at once, established her future: First of these steps is the commencement com-mencement of the great bed-rock flume enterprise, which, when in full operation, will work a revolution here. When completed, com-pleted, it will be eight miles long, and thus facilitate the working of the bar and hill claims to better advantage, and also open up a rich deposit of gravel on the bottom of Pritchard and Eagle creeks, which hitherto has defied all efforts to wash on account of water and depth. On Monday, after my arrival, Mr. Guthrie, sheriff of the county, a most hospitable and liberal gentleman, politely asked me to lunch with him and accompany him to Eagle and see what was going on, a politeness I readily acknowledge for the pleasure and information in-formation the trip afforded me. The company have some 350 men at work along the route and have done immense werk. The project is worthy of our best united efforts, for in its conception and completion, it is beyond all question the most gigantic mining scheme on the Pacific Pa-cific Coast. At present the outlay of the company in wages is about $1,500 a day, and they commence paying on early next month. Then the first beneficial effects of the enterprise will be realized by the community. In its completion it involves millions of profit to the company and people, peo-ple, and places Coeur d'Alene high up as the prominent, central figure of the great Northwest. - The first section of the flume will be laid this week. The next step towards future prominency promin-ency and wealth are the new discoveries of rich quartz ledges. Outside the intrinsic intrin-sic value of these discoveries they have additional significance by being made in different parts of the country many miles apart. All these interests will command my particular attention on account of their vast importance. It may surprise the sluggard millionaires of Portland to know Senator J. P. Jones, of Nevada, and Alvinza Hayward, of San Francisco, have Mr. Harris out here examining the quartz ledges of the south fork of the Cceur d'Alene river, and that he reports re-ports to them : . "I have seen nothing like it since the early days of the Corn-stock." Corn-stock." Mr. Harris has represented the gentlemen mentioned for twenty-five years, and from his competency and honesty hon-esty of character his utterances have great weight. I personally know he stands very high in California as an expert. ex-pert. Mr. George Hearst, another San Francisco millionaire, is also coming here. : I have only one point more to mention. Although nearly all the miners are employed em-ployed on the flume work, and little or no water exists to work with. vt 95(1 of gold were sold last week in Murray, and 150 in Delta, at $16 an ounce, That j would represent $6,400 in coin. Under j the circumstances that is a wonderful yield, considering the ground worked and the few men working. |