The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-03-17

she rczoarces that gc TO make shas place
3 great ciss.
The Trail Greek District.
waiSio q. rasne, sasnaxer az the shane
Paine- Richmond properly, returned 10
I STsekane fews days awo from his mines
il the Trail creek district. and he saids
Il snail not he surprised Il che Trasl
creek mines make q doSen men in Spo-
kane worth hair million dollars each
i II beats anything ever Saw, and havs
] been In a gcpsi Fsans Fasntnx camps Tia
Gre ehaseS are rsnsarxahiy well defined.
The ore Is Sciis fresn wall 10 wall. and 10
comes ont Of the chandler Ss caean ard
srsoesG as a haxsi~hcile1 egg comes out
/ Of th1 shell. There Is - waste snatter as
all. Is-ts all ere. ami "a All goes into ono
hin. without any sorsinS ev washing.
The War Eagle could turn rut Eaa scnu
/ Of ere daily with the present facilities
| and development Two men car easily
mine fen tors OF that ere in an eight
aour saift.
There liz no question that the ssaff -
! there. and that Tran creek is 1elng TO to
one OF the great mining camps OF tina
West. | should not be surprised 10 sse
4tsa or s.go9 people I'm there Within year.
When the Montana mining men were
there the other day. Gen. Warren. ct
Butte. said II ne owned the War tsaxia
he would only work IL ore menth In sha
year. and then try for the rest OF tho
year CO spend his income 4 would rot
want any better bank than the mine IT.
self he said Mr.. Warren bought 90 lots
I'm the town OF RoSslana. Real estate there
has been booming. Last week a lot On
the main business street of the camp sold
for $50, II could have been bought Last
fall for SIS
Just now everything Is at standssin.
because the wagon road into the camp II
next 10 impossible. IL Is almost impossible
Inn Tn. I a
worse cut up than that from Narthpnyt
TO Rosxiaud. For four miles tire route
runs through a cedar swamp and II Is
almost bottomiess. The sieighing IL dis
appearing rapidly. and part Of the Jour-
ney IL now made on wheels. When We
left there was talk Of putting fifty men
at work on the road 20 corduroy n. A.
we came out we met the engineering
party OF the Spokane q Northern. under
command nf Chief Engineer Roberta. who
is one OF the owners Of the War tsagie.
The party was locating The branch line
that air. Corhin is 10 build this summer.
ana II is reliably reported that work will
be pushed with vigor.''
Mr.. Paine said that as he left news
was brought In OF rich strike I'm the
Columbia and hoosenai mine. across thu
guich from the War Eagle and lie Rot.
and distant about mile and one~half.
Persons who had sem the vein declared
that IL compared favorahiy with the War
Eagle. The Josie Is working twelve men
or iine showing. having three feet Of
solid ore.
"The lie Rel people have built hotel
that would do credit TO Spokane" said
Mr.. Paine. 1T has hot and cold water.
baths. sanitary plumbing. excellent fur
niture. and the fare is tp-top. II IL all
most impossible TO secure a roam there.
so great IL the rush. All thu hotels ara
overurowded. and fifteen or twenty men
xfxxt.e
1.-THE hills will he black with prospects
ors this summer They are gathering
there already. waiting for the snow to
leave the hills. Every foot OF ground
near the big mines hiss been stakad of.
and suppose the Wildcats will be numsr-
Gus. They always are In n good camp"
Large Quantities of Ore.
There has been considerable fiuctuation
In the amount Of ore shipped from West
Kootcnai this winter. mostly caused ny
the uncertainty OF the weather and the
frequent breaking MP OF the roads. The
ore shipped in November was valued at
$iei. SEQ. in December At si6i. SIS. I'm Janu-
airy al $500 and In February at Nzi.-
81. The January shipments even do not
represent the full productive capacity Of
the country. hut they represent more
nearly than the others .he produce
tive capacity Of the district with
the present means OF communism
ton. provided these means OF COM
municstion are kept at a maximum
of efficiency. In forming an idea OF the
present production of the country. the ore
shipped from the Blue BELL mine and from
Ainsworth for reduction at Pilot Bay
should alEo be taken into account. No
returns OF this are available. hut ths
value of the ore now accumulated Mt n
lot Bay must reach very large figure.
r. J. Matthews OF the Omaha ana
Grant smeiter has furnished the follow
ing figures, which will he found valuable
to those interested Ia the kootenai dis
trict az showing the value OF SLOGAN ores:
During the last four months s.sUs tons OF
ore have heen hauled out over the Ma
kusp e. SLOGAN railway. OF this quantity
400 tons have gone TO the smelter which
Mr. Matthews represents. Out of that
quantity he has received the actual re-
turns OF the product Of ala toni, ~ fol-
lows:
ore, tons. ALA. silver. net ounces.
eft 3ss; lead. tons net. LEA
The figures are after per cent. silver
and 10 per cent. lead have been deducted.
The average product per ton is silver ia
ounces, lead nearby 10 per cert
The mines from which this ore was
chiefly obtained are: The sitcaa Star.
Noble Five Rueccau. Alamo, Cumber-
land Idaho and Alpha.
The value OF these returns as showing
the richness of the ores OF the SLOGAN
cannot be ovcrestir1ated. and they form
the very hest advertisement that the
country could have.
Three Forks reports diflculsy In get
ting the ore from the Idaho raine down
20 the cDn1entrator, owing 10 the scarc~
isy of teams. The concentrated at Pilot
Bay IL now running night and day, and
fires have been lighted In the smeitcr
itself for the purpose OF heating IL grad
uafly prior 10 the blowing in About
eighty men arc employed there and at the
Blue He'll. 4 strike of guild ora II re-
ported on the Nakusp and SLOGAN pass
al Summit lake. n IL supposed To be on
the same belt az the cariboo creek fsnds.
The steamer Kaalo IL kept busy delivers
irg ore at she Pilot Hay sneiter from
the Blue Beii mine and the Number ons-
The wheat Producing Region.
West OF Spokane the Great Northerm
fravernea The wheat producing region Of
Eastern Washington and the Biz Bend
country, where crops are raised without
irrigation. The principal city In tbs
| OF sn. Great Northern railroad II We
natrhee, thriving little place o.
the Columbia 80 miles from Ss~
attic The psaes is the site Of sie.10
| l,ris.k school hsfsse and several brick
tnlldEnxK While the country L. very
new a good macy foresights-s individuals
have realized ffseir opportunities and tina
valley about the city ~ now dotted with
fruit farms. Tff@ town ia the iDfersshang-
| Ing fzoint between the eArs and the b1hts
going so and corning from points on the
/ Columbia. okanoFan and Methow rivers.
II Is also the distributing reins for .
| large aEsa Of yafnabie territory eossprss~
ing the TIix Eend. chaiaa. Aethow,
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