, 1889-12-19
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SHELTER ADVANTAGES.

sMELTER ADVANTAGES.
Some of the members of the board
of trade thought 1t advisable to in
corporate I'm their annual report II
statement that 1t would be better to
postpone for year the building of n
smelter in this city, when better
railroad transportation would he
assured to the dry ore mining dis
trlcts.
This recommendation was evil
IDENTIFY made without considering
the present opportunities to obtain
this class of ore.
A representative of the REVIEW,
with view to ascertalning the
actual amount Of dry ore to be OBJ
tanned, asked Mr.. j. NJ. Buckley,
superintendent Of the Spokane 4
Northern Railway Company, as to
the amount Of dry ore his road could
furnish from that district. He re-
piled, "I can not soy exactly, but I
am certain that If all tho prospects
In that section were opened up the
output would be enormous, and
would supply large smelling
plant"
1t Is understood that the mines in
this district are only partially de-
veloped. Heretofore there has been
no means of transportation from
this district, and as dry ores were
not In great demand for smelling
purposes there was nothing to en-
courage additional expense i'm de-
veloping these known lodges. The
owners of these mines, now that
railroad transportation has been OBJ
tanned, active development work
will be commenced with view of
shipping the product to outside
smelters. II a home market could
be assured this work would be
doubled, If not trebled.
The Okanogan district, which
has more promising prospects,
yielding high grade ore, than any
other district In the United States,
will be connected with this city by
rail within another year. This ore
will pay to ship long distance and
leave q handsome profit. AS soon
as railroad connections arc made an
immense quantity of this dry ore
will be contracted for by the leading
smelters in this country.
There are also large deposits of
wet and dry ores in the kootenai
district which will be transported to
this city by the Spokane n North
ern during the coming season. In
this district there Is also q large
amount of dry gold ore, iron
sulphides, which when roasted will
furnish just such u product as is
needed in smelling galena ores car
rying silver. The Northern Pacific
Railroad Company will build n
branch during the coming season
from It's main line across to Bonner's
Ferry, on the Kootcnai river, which
will make n second line Of trans
portati6n to this district.
There are also important mines
yielding dry ores in the vicinity of
Baker City and Huntington I'm
EASTERN Oregon, which are naturally
tributary, now that the Union Pa
cific has completed n direct line to
this city. In fact, there is any
amount of dry ores tributary to this
city which can be obtained In guam
titles to supply q large smelter at
the present time. Before o plant
can be constructed railroad connec-
tions will have been completed to
every mining district in the vicinity.
In the light of these known facts,
will the board of trade take the re-
sponslbility of recommending de-
lay in this important matter for an
other year? Experts who are famll-
lar with the science of ore reduction
say that Spokane Falls Is destined
to become one of the most import
ant smelling centers In the United
States. This prediction is made
with the natural advantages taken
into consideration which the city
OuSDb W COIiiIihtius II Oul lctiuiuk
citizens hesitate or delay In taking
those measures which will control
this natural resource of this city,
other commercial centers, through
the energy and enterprise of their
business men, will acquire our min
eral wealth, and our railroads which
lead to the base of ore supplies will
be converted into avenues to in
crease their wealth and greatness.
The importance Of holding the trib-
utary mineral wealth of this city is
too great to chance the hazards of
delay. Let 1t at once be known
that large reduction works are to be
built at Spokane Falls and every
prospect producing mineral valua-
BILE for smelling purposes will be de-
veloped, and the output, together
with the ores from the large mines
In the various mining districts in
this vicinity, will find Its way to
this city.
TIMBER CULTURE ENTRIES,