St. Eugene Mine

The following paragraph from the Mail & Empire, Toronto, must refer to the St. Eugene mine on the Moyea river: “Mr. Antoine Robert, of this city, has received a letter from a friend, a priest in East Kootenay, which speaks in glowing terms of the mining outlook in that district.  The letter says: - ‘This is a good mining country.  Mineral is being found in all directions, though in the majority of cases it will not be known what the claims are worth until they are developed.  One mine which was discovered by Pierre, the Indian, a few months ago, could not now be bought for $400,000.’  We know the mine and we should say neither $400,000 nor twice that amount could purchase that mine.