The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-10

lena have been made at many points.
and the North Star mine will almost
immediately be shipping to the srnefter
at Jennings, Mont, large quantities of
slver-lead ore.
So rich, however, are the mines of
more fully developed districts of the
province. notably West and South
Kcotenay. that the great mineral pos
sibilities OF East Kootenay are still
very largely unascertained. while many
rich and promising deposits already
located remain unworked from lack OF
introduced capital. Among other min
erals yet untouched in East Kootenay
are known TO be large deposits OF as
beStos.
In West and South Ko.1tenay. how
ever. there has long been far more
than mere promise and the total out
put of the precious metal bearing ore
from these districts should, ere the
close OF the year, amount TO about
ss.6OO0O0. although the present year
only witnesses the output Of. at most.
about a score OF large mining proper
ties, while active Developments are in
progress on probably five times that
number Of good mine claims In the
neighborhood OF those already working
and in several notable instances at
Trail Creek and in the SLOGAN valley
paying large dividends at intervals OF
q few weeks.
1t may consequently with certainty
be predicted that whatever be the final
output OF precious metal ores in South
and West kootenay as the result OF the
operations of 1895. the next IL months
will see such output trebled in dimen-
sions and profit earnings at a most
conservative estimate. Already the
ore and base bullion output OF South
Kootenay alone amount in value TO
over 81. 200 OO0 and the coming weeks
81 xvtp uyfI1 x-Nfp bxa ha4t1a ura
over the hard-bound mine roads and
trails of quantities OF ore now lying on
the mine dumps, which VIII enormously
increase the present weekly output of
the mines. Deals by English and AM
erican investors are now approaching
completion in all parts OF South Kodte-
ney, involving an aggregate that must
at least approach 81 .0O0. 900. while the
owners of the famous silver King mine
at Nelson. West Kootenay. have al
most completed their smelling and con-
centrating appliances, which viii en-
able a large immediate output of base
bullion as the outcome OF immensely
rich silver-lcad ore running we'll over
800 10 the ton on the average. Recent
railway developments have, moreover,
now for the first time tapped some OF
the richest mine districts OF West and
South Kootenay and rendered avail
able shipments from what are un-
mines In the world.
But Il Is, after all. probably In the
gold and copper districts OF the Koots-
nay country. and notably such csnters
as Trail Greek. Car1boo Creek and
Boundary Creek that the greatest
profits OF all should accrue IN the inn
mediate future, since tnre com binatton
OF gold and copper Is for profit-esrnzng
purposes far stronger than that OF s1i-
| yer and lead.
British copper kings are ineercStang
themselves in several large intended
ventures at Trail Creek and elsewhere.
and confidently rely on The richness of
/ a means that should surely enable them
II necessary. to counteract any CORNER
4 ing operations attempted oise where On
this continent, but Win the exception
OF this special and notable effort. the
details OF which are very largely con-
cealed from observation az the presenf.
| almost all the great mineral develop
ments OF West and South Kootenay
are IN the hands Of American capital
lists and American miners. whose greaf
present center Is. Spokane. They arc
apparently as determined to acquire
and hold for themselves by perfectly
legal and legitimate means the vase
| precious mineral wealth. OF British Co
| lumbia as are British and French tp-
vestors to reap the large profit obtain
able from the similar and probably
larger precious metal hoards OF The
Transvaal and British South Africa
| The Americans know a good thing
when they see a. quicker than any ma
tion IN the world. and having seen
l their opportunity seize upon Il unIbssd-
tating1y. backing 81 with sufficient hard
cash. while the British investor huns
/ and haws and allows the promoting
mtddleman TO carry off the cream OF
| the profits obtainable.