Spokane Falls Review

FROM SALMON CITY
A Budget from the Promising Northern Mining Camp.
SALMON CITY, Jan. 4, 1888.
Editor Review.—Work is still going on in the camp and mining deals continue. It is reported that the Lady of the Lake has been bonded. A rich vein has been opened on the Banner mine of pure fluxing ore—just what we need here—and a new strike has been made in the Mollie E. Spence in pure chlorides and heavy black sulphides. This mine is owned by Messrs. Lee & Spence. The latter gentleman is our energetic up-town merchant and post master. This is a new strike a half mile above the city, on the main line, coursing through the Blue Daisy and the Clinton mines. The Spence and Clinton mines will open up with shafts and a main incline and get ready for the concentrator now on the way to Salmon City.
A miners' meeting is called for the 7th for the purpose of electing a new recorder and the adoption of new by-laws for the district.
Our merchants are all ready with large stocks of goods on hand for those coming in from outside camps and the roads will be kept open all winter. Some one started the report that Misner was about to draw off his fast stage line, but the arrival of the Spokane stage on time disputes the statement. "His careful and well trained drivers know every inch of the route and drive through on time. It is a fact that the Ellensburgh stage has been here only once while the Spokane Falls stage comes in with the regularity of clock work."
The camp has been notified that there will be a spring boom and a rush to Salmon City and our enterprising citizens are ready for it. Pack trains carrying oats and all kinds of vegetables are constantly coming in. The road is in good condition for heavy loaded wagon trains. City property is fast changing hands, but property is held very reasonable. Parties from the outside are constantly investing. The sale of a block in E. P. Chase's addition has just been made. A large, commodious hotel will at once be erected as will also a large beer hall, a brewery and several comfortable dwellings. New streets are to be cleared. The town is extending upward toward the site of the Pioneer concentrator.
The Miner claim has struck it rich in block sulphurets, the vein pitching into the mountain at an angle of 37 degrees. The owners will open up this spring and expose a fine body of ore.
The Thompson mine is sinking down the main shaft and putting ore on the dump. Work will be kept up all winter on this mine. The Cow Boy begins work on the main shaft now eighty feet deep. At the depth of 100 feet a crosscut and grade will be made, by which ore can be dumped on the Lakeview road. Lemon & are in Esbury where.
The gigantic Keysworo mine has not yet struck either wall. The crosscut is now eighty-seven feet wide following the stripping. The ledge is well defined and stripped in several places along the vein. This is a low grade galena, but is a beauty. The "Gold Belt" still holds her own. Several parties here are waiting for their partners to come in from Spokane Falls. Several new mines have recently been discovered and will be noted in our next letter.
BROMIDES.