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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (May 1, 1886)
THE WEST SHORE. 145 COFFIN MOUNTAIN. One of the ninny familiar objects which groet the eye of the excursionist ou the Columbia is Collin moun tain, a bold mass of rook, risin from the water to the height of three hundred feet Ou one Bide it hIojhjs no ward at an angle of forty-five degrees, but ou the other three it is almost perpendicular. Its rooky surface is oovereil with scant vegetation and a few stunted firs, which relieve the bnrreuness so strongly oontriutting with the luxuriance of vegetation and forest growth on the mountains through which the river runs. In former years Coffin mountain was used by tho Indiana of that region as a place of sepulture, and the rudu structures on which lay the bodies of departed braves wero a fa miliar sight to the early settlers along the Columbia. The engraving on pago ono hundred and forty-four, gives a view of the rock as seen from a steiuner ap proaching it from the oast in its passive down tho stream. The rock lies near the Washington Territory side, about midway between Portland and Astoria, mid is seen by thousands of travelers nnnuully, as every steamor from San Francisco and every vessel on its way between Portland and the ocean passes almost within a stone's throw. m m EVENING. On page one hundred and forty-throo are giveu the three prize compositions of tho Portland Art Club on the subject of " Evening." The organization and ob jects of the club were explained in the February num. ber, at which time were given engravings ou the subject of " Roposo." Other subjects treated have boon Light and Shadow, Adversity, Morning, Springtimo, Christmas, Home, Action and Solitude. The walls of tho olub room are docoratod witli the prize sketches ou these various themes, and the collection oiubrncei a variety of idoas and methods of treatmont ot which one who has not inspected it can have no idea. Of tho skotchiw pre sented for " Evoning," tho throe roproduood hero wera golooted by the inomWs as best in conception and treat ment The nppor one, by C. L Smith, is not only a carefully executed evening scene in a country villago, but embraces a still deeper idea iu the figures of the aged couple, quietly enjoying the evening of life. The center one, by llonry Epting, is a rural scone, just such a one as every country lad hat witnessed hundred of times. The cattle after wandering altout or lying in shady oornors during the long summer day, are now re turning leisurely home in the cool of the evening. The sketch is well executed, ami appeals directly to the heart of every one who has wandered away from the old home, stead. The lower skotch is by O. T. Urowu, and is a bit of river scenery such as is to be found in many places in the largo basin lying between the Uocky and Cascade mountains. Over it is cast the'warm glow of the evening, immediately following one ot those brilliant unaoU only known in the West, and which, when faith fully reproduced on canvas, appear absurd exaggera tions to those who have never witnessed such scenes. The original was iu oils and strongly colored, making the effect far moro striking than in the engraving, though, Uo be Kitiu, not so pltMMiug. The ullieis wuio also executed iu oils, but iu black and white, a method of treatment well adapted to the subject and the ideas of the artiste. SMELTER FOR OCEUR D A.LENB. No more significant exponent ot the enterprise and go ahead spirit of Helena capitalist can lie found than in the recent organization ot the Helena Concentrating Company. Article of incorporation have been filed in the olllce of the territorial secretary for a company, Ismryig that name, with a capital stock of 1100,000. Some of the wealthiest and most enterprising of Helena's capitalists are numbered among the incorporators, whose standing as successful milling operaUns and judicious business men hits long bcou established in this territory. The officers elected for the first throe mouths are : H. T. Hauser, President; A. M. Esler, Vice-President and General Manager; A. M. Hotter, Treasurer; V. E. Cox, Secretary. The object of this new company, as an nounced in tho articles of incorporation, is the H mining, concentrating, milling and smelting of gold and silver ores in Shoshone ooiuity, Idaho," Tho erection of works will be at once oommonood at Kentucky, a small town iilxmt twenty-eight miles from Murray, the center of the Cumr d'Aleue mining region, and ten mile from the head of navigation ou Cumr d' Alone river. The first of June next will see the works iu ooratiou, with a dully capacity of fifty tons. The site for the works is well chosen, as the country ou all sides is rich in quarts mines, whose product can bo brought to Kentucky by easy and practicable routes. The place is also easy ot access from the outside world by a route from Rath drum, on the Northern Pacific railroad, involving twen ty miles of staging and sixty miles of stoaiuhoatiug up the Cumr d'Aleno lake and river. Thus the works will be so situated that tliey will lay tributary the wealthy mines of the Cumr d'Aleno oouutry, and oommand an easy and always practicable outlet for tho bullion and concentrates they produce. The new company has al ready secured a oontract from J. F. Wardner k Co. tor concentrating 50,000 ton ot ore from tho Cumr d'Aloua mine -a work that will keep their plant busy for two years after iU completion. Messr. Hauser ami Hotter, two prominent memlsirs of the oompauy, are among the wealthiest of Meutaua's bonanza kings, and the enlist m'Mit of their capital and enterprise to aid in developing the great resources of the Cumr d'Aleua country will no doubt be hailed with acclamation by resident and luiua owner in that section. This new mining district prom ises to IsHxime au impmiiant mrt of the ore producing region of the Northwest, and the building of mills ami smelters, a contemplated by the Helena oompany, will operate to hasten it development llttlttna JIurM