46  CONTRIBUTIONS    TO    ECONOMIC    GEOLOGY,  1905. 
The  Highland  Chief,  half  a  mile  up  the  creek  from  the  Nevada  Stuart,  has  been  the 
scene  of  considerable  development  work..  It  was  reported  that  its  past  period  of  idleness 
had  recently  been  broken  by  a  shipment  of  two  carloads  of  ore. 
The  Nabob,  on  Stone  Creek,  a  tributary  of  Pine  Creek,  expected  to  ship  four  carloads 
of  ore  short  I  v. 
Outlook  for  the  district.— -The  mining  future  of  Pine  Creek  depends  on  the  discovery  of 
some  satisfactory  treatment  for  saving  and  separating  the  silver,  lead,  and  zinc  values  of 
the  ores.  Such  treatment  should  enable  the  district  to  become  an  important  producer, 
but  under  present  conditions  development  on  a  large  scale  can  hardly  be  expected  from 
it  as  a  whole.  It  is  possible,  however,  that  ore  bodies  may  be  uncovered  which  contain 
a  minimum  of  zinc  and  sufficient  silver  and  lead  to  become  dividend  payers  even  with 
present  methods. 
LAKE  PEND  OREILLE  DISTRICT. 
LAKEVIEW. 
General  features . — At  the  southeast  cud  of  Lake  Pend  Oreille,  on  a  bench  just  in  front 
of  a  high  mountain,  stands  the  little  town  of  Lakeview.  Although  extremely  quiet  now 
it  once  gave  promise  of  being  a  most  active  mining  center. 
In  October,  1888,  Messrs.  Frederic  A.  Webber  and  S.  P.  Donnely  came  across  from 
Eagle  Creek,  in  the  Coeur  d'Alenes,  on  a  prospecting  trip.  They  made  a  discovery,  located 
on  it,  and  went  back  for  supplies.  They  kept  their  secret  well,  but  a  suspicion  of  their 
find  got  abroad.  On  their  return  an  eager  throng  followed  them  back  over  the  mountains. 
That  fall  and  winter  over  2,000  people  went  into  the  new  district  and  founded  the  town 
of  Chloride.  This  town,  of  which  there  are  now  but  a  few  tumhled-down  shanties  remaining, 
stood  at  a  forks  of  the  creek  about  5  miles  above  the  present  town  of  Lakeview.  The 
boom  lasted  about  a  year,  and  then  the  stampede  element  drifted  away  and  only  those 
who  had  faith  in  the  district  remained  and  continued  a  systematic  development  of  their 
holdings. 
Mines  and  properties. — The  Webber  group  of  claims  lies  about  6  miles  south  of  Lakeview, 
from  which  place  it  is  reached  by  a  wagon  road.  The  vein  is  a  fault  fissure  in  which  the 
walls  have  been  somewhat  replaced  by  vein  material.  The  fissure  runs  about  east  and 
west,  and  gives  evidence  of  a  considerable  displacement.  It  is  associated  with  a  diabasic 
dike  and  cuts  a  country  rock  of  Wallace  shale. 
On  the  surface,  in  the  weathered  zone,  the  ore  carried  free  silver  to  a  reported  value  of 
about  400  ounces  per  ton.  This  led  to  its  acquisition  by  a  company  and  the  installation 
of  a  complete  free-milling  plant.  Soon,  however,  the  lead  and  silver  appeared  in  the 
sulphide  form,  and  the  values  could  not  be  saved  by  such  a  process.  Some  shipments 
were  then  made.to  a  smelter,  but  the  ores  were  not  of  high  enough  grade  to  return  a  profit, 
and  accordingly  operations  at  the  mine  and  mill  were  suspended. 
The  Keep  Cool  group  adjoins  the  Webber  property  on  the  west  and  appears  to  be  on  the 
same  vein.  A  section  of  the  vein  here  shows  a  large  zone  of  breccia,  gouge,  and  quartz 
carrying  considerable  galena  and  striking  about  N.  75°  W.,  with  a  dip  of  75°  S. 
The  Conjecture  property  lies  a  mile  below  the  Webber,  on  the  same  creek.  The  country 
rock,  vein,  and  ore  are  practically  the  same  as  those  of  the  other  mines.  A  free-milling 
plant  was  used  for  the  treatment  of  the  rich  surface  ores. 
The  Hidden  Treasure  claim  is  located  on  a  fissure  in  limestone  which  is  characterized  by 
a  fault  of  considerable  'displacement.  It  is  being  worked  by  an  open  cut  which  reveals 
galena  of  good  quality.  The  Venezuela  and  Silver  Chord  had  not,  at  the  time  of  visit,  pro- 
duced any  ore. 
