The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-10-15
THE PASSING THRONG.

J. T. Grove. of Spokane. is stopping at the
Arlington. He is an ore buyer for smelters, and
has been connected with the smelter at Port
land. smelling is q good business on this
coast at tidewater cites," said he, "The
lead ores of the Ceur dAlenes and the
districts north OF Spokane, as well ~ those
in the Cascades and in Alaska should be smelted
here, because here you can draw on the dry ores
not only OF all the surrounding country but
there is vast amount of dry ores L, be OBJ
Ia ned-miflions of dollars worth--in Mexico
and Peru and Chile. which can be marEeted on
this Coast cheaper than anywhere else, Mazat-
Ian alone exports s5,000.000 worth OF oyes Be-
sides there is a lot OF It marketed ut C9hiacsn.
AT present the Omaha smeiter takes most of
these ores, and smelters here have $50 ton ad-
vantage of Omaha, because that city nj skes the
price Of Ores il being the largest smeitsr in the
world, its product last year being 5000, 900
ounces, or one-quarter of the entire prosiuct of
the United States. There are rich lead c5ces also
In Alaska. l bought cargo from SONS. miners
who go up there in tho spring in a schoc.ner ana
bring boat load of ore back in the ialE, which
runs $50 ounces silver and SO per cent lead. The
ores marketed in Mexico are usually worth
about 200 a ton, because they must b. rich to
stand the transportation charges of PACKING on
animals and the haul TO Omaha. Shelters here
have the advantage of Omaha In the Saving of
the railroad haul Smelling ores marketed must
average over $50 ton, az the smelling Charge Is
SIS Il ton, and then the transportation mast also
come out of the value. But ow ing to t.1e great
and growing demand for lead ores the Esnelters
do not charge anything for smelling them.
They usually pay the assay value for tham, less
the cost OF refining and 10 per cent. fos loss in
smelling. Smelters should be located where
they can have access to both the dry eud wet
ores. Now the srnelters at spokane wits never
be a success because there are no dsy ores
around there. They are oil lead ores, a15i other
smelters viii pay higher prices for them than
the spokane kmelter can afford. 1here is a
great advantage 10 this country in having
smeteFs also in tho fact that ships Bringing
ores here can be sent back with lumbeT. pro-
duce, provisions ana merchandise, AMI fnus 60
long ways towards building up eoTe7nerce.
The extent Of the wealth of this Coast kas not
yet been dreamed of, aud its develop saant is
bound 10 be very great"
h, Detrlck. r., of Portland, is registere at the
RAINIER HIS father and two brothers gre the
owners and managers of the Wells lines of
steamers and ships which ply between PSrtlani
anu sau Francisco, San Francisco and Seattle
ana Tacoma, and between Portland an. south
ana central American ports One OF tn mem
bers OF the firm has gone East 10 secur.z more
| steamers for their lines. When asked II this
move hdd any connection with the col-ing TO
ms Coast @! the Great Northern Mr.. F,etrich
heel'a;ed about answering, aud finally said:
-'"H' Eeai4S don't KNOW, ana Tor lear 81 at
ing anything wrong l viii say dong know
w4eiher our tolks have any connection what-
ever with the GREAT Northern. II l kncw for
certain should tell you. But / can s,s that
Inc Rev vessels will come on the ntrthern
routes, tCt whether they will run oetwee>x Port
lAAa ana san Francisco or between san3 Fran
cisco aad seattle l cannot now say. As - how
many Nesse,s nv brother Will purchase dou't
know, nor what s.za He will Try TO get cesSes
a.Eea3y built, ana hence he Will have ~ take
what Re Caa get. Vel, don't Know w.setEcr
| 'hty Viii b. .Gfgo ones or not. As q gnA@5eT OF
fset there 5 more money in running sinz5l yes-
se4s IMAM large ones. The other day tlfzs boys
had sE4al. vessel loading for san Frx4cisco
which they can run for $50 day. ne ssms
JAS the mon isciie was Loading largST oIa,
which costs So day 10 run. The buys got q
i1l load ana The Union Pacific gos sma.. one.
although they re haps got EGoEs pouad$ than
the boys, uui their cargo paid well, whi53 tha
Union Pacific Iost money | am really gerry
cSEi give you any inside information. Not
wlthsssudlnz Mr. Def,Ick's denial * any
know ledge of a Great Northern eoaneeiIOz with
the new vessels. the reporter gathered t.1 in
preston tbs; they ara 10 De used on ths s4at.e-
san francisco route
at makes lle indignant 10 see how ti54 Ifsl.
;Ans On Eais Coast are treated and reg lrl194 h.
Amesic4ns, said Mrs Z. c. Posten az the Occi-
/ dental last evening. 81 have lived several
AZ. L 4as sAy iaai taey are most aiu..<ahla