The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-06-02
GREAT IS THE KASL0-SLOCAN.
A Region Of Fabulous Richness
That Ast0nishes Old-Tlme
Miners.
Treasures Uncovered by Slides O
Earth and SnOw-Vast Silver
Lead Region.

From T.. P. Suydam, an old-time
miner, THE TRIBUNE has received the
following letter descriptive Of the new
mining district of British Columbia. 1t
is certain that Mr.. Suydan has not in
t%entionally overdrawn the picture, but
his statements are certainly startling
He writes:
"KAsLo, B. c., May 21.-During my
residence here, since early in March, ]
have been very observant Of everything
pertaining to the mines, their minerals,
development, output, shipment, ETC.,
gathering information when and where
/ could 30 that now l arr fully convinced
the Kaslo- SLOGAN district is h very
richest district ever discovered. In my
seventeen years experience in mines and
mining l never saw such quantities of
rich, clean, and high. grade ores taken
from near the surface Of the mines and
assaying from 500 upward in silver and
50 to rs per cent in lead per ton, as lay
in the warehouses and on the wharves
here awaiting shipment.
Since the opening of navigation some
1000 tons or more has been shipped,
which speaks volumes, but the smelter
returns from these ores will speak louder
than tongue or pen of the f~abulously
rich Kaslo-Slocan mines. From I'M
derground miners now working in these
veritable treasure vaults, and who have
worked in all the principal mines and
camps from old Mexico to British Co.
lumbia, / Obtain much information, and
all say, ut beats anything | ever saw"
to my query, what do you think of the
mines?"
bave every reason to believe them,
having known them for years, and they
have no interests of their own to fur
ther. Through the kindness Of one
of these | was shown some samples and
assays of ores taken from different claims
ia the vicinity of Kaslo, which can now
be reached without getting into deep
snow, which still lies in the higher
ranges These samples were from the
MonteZuma, eight miles from town. and
run from $50 to 500 in silver from a
sixteen-inch vein and from a three inch
streak Of steel galena it runs 81 100 per
ton; u. S.. on Spring creek runs $500
in silver, 40 per cent lead; Sunset, ad-
joining Blue Bird, one to two feet of ore,
runs 500 in silver; Yosemite and Eure-
ka, both on Spring creek adjoining the
Brennan group, run $50 silver and 20
per cent lead; Fourth of July runs SlGO
in silver; Washington runs from $50 to
$500 silver and GO to 20 per cent lead;
SLOGAN Boy, IN extension OF the Wash
ington, l,JOO feet away, runs the same as
the Washington; Mountain Chief. beau
tiful peacock ore, runs $50 silver and so
per cent lead; Vancouver, gray copper
and ruby silver, runs into the thousands;
the Idaho runs $500 to 5000 silver and
60 per cent lead.
From tho other side of the range on
Four-Mile creek, the alpha" about
two miles form SLOGAN lake, has a ledge
exposed in five or six places showing a
twelve foot body OF ore; and has a tunnel
in 100 feet. From the bottom of a 20
foot incline shaft, ore assaying two tc
four hundred ounces in silver, has beer
taken from a 20-inch solid body. "Pres
colt" on the same ledge, nearer the
creek, shows ore from two to twelve
inches, all high-grade ore. Reed q
ROhlnGOn'G prOUp Df fourteen claims jr
the nnxt gu1rb ali look wall
.Chief : IN Carnonter crack met ove,
the mountain fram The r. e. l. groun
have e;ghteen inches ri solid nrc err
nosed for 100 foot grav conner and ruL,
a|aiIycr assaving SIoO onnree in siIyer
mention these to show the run o.
the ores, and all are still in the category
lion of thn "Washinoton,F which has :.
tnnnoi croeocrt :. 70.foot chart and ba,
hoen a steady simmer of nre until th'
waoon road became imnassahle M,
"dSOu IOdu DtCdulo iuipdsedbIc. LIN