New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-29

| wealth OF coal iron. gold silver and lead under
lie, hi, northern region. Some of the richest silver
discoveries have been made in the last year. TIL,
| fo'n, Is ka{o. the west shore OF Lake Kootcnay
kaslo Is To be the northern Lcadvc. It is said
SPOKANE capital and enterprise have almost complete
possession here and there 10 he no let up ih,
| mining. although today the snow is five feet deep
From the eighteen mines now in operation is being
shipped On scdgcs. which are compelled TO travel
thirty miles before reaching KOotenay Lake at kaslo
\ firm which has one hundred and fifty horses and
ares engaged In the contract for transporting this
ore IL f. said. will make a clean 3lO0O coo this winter
The road to the mines from Kaslo will be completed and
opened In The spring. Tie ore Is Of high grade, run
ming from 800 10 5000 per ton present cost from
miae 10 smcltcr. $50 per ton. II Is expected that
some OF The mines will be qotcd ut high figures next
season, when they are more fully developed Arrange
men,s have been completed Tor the erection OF large
smelling works III spokane. in time for the April ores
Besides the nbovcnamcd locally there not less
than loo we'll developed mines and prospects which
are now unable 10 ship 10 distant smengS. which will
get iacc transportation TO this point These mines at
present employ II total of 1000 men, who purchase
their supplies here. Til, demand Itself is "A stlmi-
lnnt TO The growth OF farm products fruits and vcgc
tables. Farmers, gardeners and fruit growers pros
per- and agricultural land has greatly increased in value
during the past two years.
II Is an audacOus city, reaching out everywhere for
everything. THIS great kO0icnay country and SLOGAN
miG'o, iOr Instance, British property. They be-
long Ia British COLUMBIA IL to any one ana yet WIS
PRESENT az the November Beard of Trblc meeting in
Vancouver. when the entire evening was picl In
consideration OF plans to rescue those colonies from the
American grasp.
can but reflect that hitler ten years ago came,
reporting TO the Eastern press this Kootenay country,
then new and strange. that the second white
man IN IT,. Up and down hootcnay river and lake /
jomrncyed In canoes With party Of Indians and sir
william Frrnr. gold commissioner OF the Wild Horse
district aud saw troops OF carbon where Is kelso
Wcil do ! remember now we pulled mp our boats Just
beyond the rugged outlet of the lake into the Orbidding
-chlrk>, where found the one grassy beach among
the l2O miles OF rocky shores Now those ow-scni
opcd and Enthusiastically painted banks. upon which
found the miniature bnthtubs filled with warm de-
cion' water from the springs which lad Produced the
iloniishng town, which has taken the name we gave
ia" locality for lis own. Warm Springs. Two banks
arc there and railroad. and line OF steamer, churns
the sluggish waters which our solitary boatplOw
stirred An object lesson, this, OF the changes here.
spokane seem, TO have AL good things to herself
There Is no rival city within 40 miles. Tacoma on
land Is 800 miles away. and Helena 400 miles TO the
eastward. on the north there Is no rival city what.
Pasln belongs TO spokane. whose growth has been
stupcndOus during the last decade but this is only
preliminary to sil greater growth during the next
| remember we'll the original schoohouse of spokane
II little fran" building 21N44. 1t obStructed
the right OF way Of the Northern Pacific railroad. and
7. J. Browne (who has been called the father OF
spokane) and myself surveyed another location for 1t
This but ten years ago. and the schoolhouse had
been built three years. Tie county seat was then.
miles. and the entire taxable property within these
limits amounted to just Sl0.51s Now the corporate
limits OF the city cover the school district and Mr..
schoohouse bias disappeared In agglomeratlon OF
blocks and factories
Even the gentle name OF the town has gone With
Spokane Falls" but brief and busting spokane Ali
the same" It Is the pretty falls that have turned the
big city TO astonish all corners With the water OF her
diamonds.