The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-05-27
THE PASSING THRONG.

Taoraas Ed ward Gambler, the LONDON mining
engineer stopping At the Rainier. speaking OF
the SLOGAN mines last night. said: None OF
the properties up there are being properly de<e-
ofed- Mos. OF thsm rrs being poorly worked.
the main IDEA seeming to be to take out sors''
rich ore, instead Of opening up . mine ano
blocking out ore bodies. st the present M
the siocan country is a region OF very good ni.a
ing prospects and townsts schemes. In the
oxanogans there ars a number Of good pros
pec's. but only saw two genuine attempts at
mining. One a. L9omiston and the other at Fsir-
VIEW am Investigating properties all through
This region Tor the syndicate which first bought
The celebrated Drum Lurnmon mine near Hell
ena and which now owns the famous Delasnar
mine near Boise. Idaho, and the Eikhorn mine
midway between Helena and Butte. These peo-
Ile arc in the market all the time for good min
inS properties in all parts OF the world. Besides
the mines have mentioned they own other
rniaes In different parts OF the United States,
some IN South Africa and Others in Mexico
and Australia There are not looking FOR
mines to bay. Those who have mines
for sale which will bear the most rigid
scrutiny generally know where 20 ind them
They don't buy mine on talk or samples or
on one engineers report. First one engineer
Will report On the proposition, then another
totally unknown to the frst will report, and
perhaps two or three others will take lock at
It. Then t,usty man will be sent TO take
bond on the property. and il the practical oper-
alton Of the Eine results as indicated by the
engineers reports, the mine is bought. Now.
exaggerated statements about mining property
and mining distrlcts do them moro harm than
good with such men IS l am talking about, who
have money 10 put into mines. II their atten-
ton 10 directed 10 a district by the hue and cry
and by big talk, and the critical examination
develops more gas than ore. the mine and the
whole district gets black eye on the market"
7. Watalct OF Victoria, who is stopping at the
Rainier. il IN the city for tho purpose OF buying
machinery Tor his coal mine on Iumbo island.
The little island OF 900 acres. which II owned
by Mr. Wate!et's company, 10 about equally dis
tant from Victoria, faucouyef and Whatcom,
aud unfortunately 10 just across the boundary
line Il think am not cxaggerating when l
sag have the best coal mining proposition on
the Pacific COAST" said Mr.. Wateiec last night.
al have one foot vein OF coal superior to the
Wellington product, and two other veins still
lower of eight and three seet respectively.
have been working On tho island for the last
eighteen months, and am now getting ready to
put my product on the market. We have shalt
800 feet deep. ID feet from deep water. SO that
vessels can load a. the mouth of the shaft The
vein dips away from the strait where the shaft il
located ut angle Of IS degrees. so that We work
inland on going down. i expect TO b. selling
coal on this market within two months, and a.
soon a. We are ready VIC will open an Office here.
Our main Office will be in Victoria, although
our company is an American corporation.
Three New York brokers are associated with me
in this enterprise, one Of them being q son-:n-
law oil Millionaire Smell, OF Chicago. the victim
OF the notorious Tascott / intend to buy oil
our machinery here. such ~ pumps, engines.
cages. cars and hosting apparatus, and l shall
sc. the plant in operation ~ soon Is possible"
young man dressed in Highland uniform at
tractcd considerable attention on Front street
yesterday. He was a young scotehman living
in Anacortes. who was just returning to his
home from the celebration OF the queens birth
day at Victoria Observing him. J. J. Hackney,
Of Chicago. who Is making his home at the Ar
lington, said: There are . couple OF Scotehmen
in Chicago named Hanan and Hoag no arc the
biggest saloonkeepers there. They run over
score OF saloons. aad one of them, on Madison
street opposite McVicker's theater 10 orc of the
finest In the country. 1t is seii that the fu.-
nishings and fixtures cost $4,000 At one time
they had in front Of evary saloon statues Of
Burns. Scott, Bruce. Wallace and other cee-
brated Scots. Some high minded men OF that
land living in the city became indignant tina,
these heroes should serve the purpose of saloon
signs and drew up resolutions protesting against
II and asking Hanan 4 Hoay 20 remove them.
The saloon men ignored the matter, and finally
the protestcrs undertook 10 remedy the matter.
Oae cold morning when the stone would crack
easily the saloon men found several Of their
costly statues liz the gutter oil broken to pieces
They male iruitiess cf.ar. 10 ind out who the
perpetrators were and replaced the Sta.ueG
Again they were tumh.ed on the stone pave
menis and demolished. when they stopped re-
placing them and only few now remain
sheriff Delansy, of Jefferson county, was Mt
the Grand yesterday on his way home from Nc
Selrs island whittier he went TO take q China
man ordered departed. To Posi- lNrELLioEN-
GER reporter 70 said; Concerning the SNUG
CLING along the Straits and islands, think
Collector " assoa IL doing all no can with the
force al his command 10 prevent it, but the
smugg,crs are more numerous than the officers
and there are so many places where the outlaws
can Land con,raband goods that i, IL hopeless
task 20 prevent smuggling altogether unicss the
entire coast line IL patroiied night aud dav.
which would require Il small army of men and
entail an enormous expense upon the govern
meat Even though tho number 81 surtcpti-
iiou> !aniines he large. the amount OF goods
run ia IS comparatively small
John :. Mcmillan. president OF the Roche liar
TOR Lime Company, Is at the Northern. "Bus!.
ness IL dull with us. of course a. IL /. every.
where. SAID he. "our business may be
considered an industrial barometer In ,bfs
region. Fer when working usea are eraploycd
and money - circulating oull1iag Is going on
This year. however, tie season = three months
behind. aad We are only running two kl.ns AZ
frs, we started up viii the usual nurtcr bat
soon 20. a large stock Oh hand aud had TO 70
iGee our force.
~ allie was down q. Fer: townsend today"
laid uIibsr: r iI;tie last night, ~ saw three
waslos headed ios seattle They arc un3ouht.
e,ty coming up - take part in she Glea: North
erB celebration"
H. X. owens, who is now chief chg tee, OF
The klttitas Valley IRRIGATION canal toFnnany
vita headquarters a. Fiieasbgrg. has been in
the eify for several days. NJ. Owens family
stiu lives here
II. 2 BlaudIord. Of Wslla walla, and Tg
Tsaualt, OF Pennington. regents of the state
agriculture! college. are guests Of the Northern
PERSONAL
George A. Hoy', OF Blaine IS guss. Of ,hs
q gaud
} l. u,lis,,. O. Portland. 4, . ru.., Of n.
ks&nler,
+ Il fnsltsh. o; aoaas Vernon /. q xues, o,
TIE pi!leg.