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How a Donkey 

 Found a Mine. *^ "^ 



THE history of mine discoveries in the West is full of strange and 

 amusing incidents. Many of the most celebrated mines or 

 ledges have been found by accident. Some of these accidental dis- 

 coveries are laughable in the extreme. One of them occurred in 

 connection with the discovery of one of the richest mines in the 

 Coeur d'Alene country in Idaho, hi this case a common donkey, or 

 jackass, or "burro," as one chooses to term it, was credited with the 

 finding of the mine. 



The Northern Pacific Railway's finely illustrated tourist book, 

 Wonderland '97, has a chapter on mining in the West, in which the 

 incident alluded to is given. It shows how, from slight or trivial 

 things, great results may flow. There are also articles on Yellowstone 

 Park, Alaska, Cattle Raising, etc. By sending Six Cents in postage 

 stamps to Chas. S. Fee, Gen. Pass. Agent, St. Paul, Minn., any one 

 can obtain a copy of this book. It is full of historical fact and descrip- 

 tive narrative, and valuable as a school text-book. 



