The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-17
A NEW ELDORADo.
Wonderful Stories About Trail
Creek.


From the Seattle Post Intelligencer.
The fame OF the Tran Creek mines is
spreading over the world. and already
at Rossland are the representatives, OF
big English syndicates. examining the
mines and picking up properties that
meet their approval. II is now claimed
for the district that il Is bigger than any
mining proposition on the continent. It
is not far from Seattle. and a great many
Seattle people are becoming interested in
the camp.
\. 3. SOlner returned recently from
hossland, where he had gone 10 see
for himself what there is IN it," To
Post-lntelligencer reporter he said;
I felt very much at home in Ross
land. The rain poured down IN torrents
almost constantly while 1 was there and
as 1 was wet 10 the skin most of the time
my enthusiasm was not. perhaps. as
great as II would otherwise have been at
seeing mines which a great many we'll
posted people predict VIII prove among the
richest in the world.
'Rosslaud IS situated in what Is prob
ably one or the best mineralized districts
on the North American continent. There
are in what is known as the Trail creek
district two large lOdes, which are now
known as the north and south belts. on
the north are the lie ROi. Josie. War
Eagle, Iron Mask, Center Star. Virginia
Jumbo. st. Elmo and a great MANY other
good claims. on the south are the Deer
PARK Lilly May, May Flower formerly
called the Ola POdrida), and the Crown
Point, the last named being the only mine
in the south belt on which any great
amount of development has been done
There are about 1900 tons of shipping ore
on the dump, and the superintendent
wrote to the Spokane directors not to
push the sale of treasury stock The
crown Point embraces three locations
and is considered one of the best claims
prospectively, in the district.
"A great many miners believe that the
south belt VIII furnish some rich sur
prises. The ore differs slightly from that
IN the north lode, carrying more silver
and copper of course thus far the rich
est mines have been found to the north,
and naturally mining men look more IA
vorably upon claims located in that sec
ton, along the extension Of the lie Roi
vein.
Il talked with several old miners who
have been in all parts of the mining
world and especially the camps of the
United States. These old fellows had
no interests in the district, principally be-
cause they had not sufficient money to ac-
quire any, but they seemed 10 think that
the Trail Creek district would become
one of the richest gold producing camps
IN the world, because the gold bearing ore
seems to be scattered over so large a ter
ritory. The east and west limits have
not yet been determined. When IL Is con-
sidered that In a young camp there are
six mines which, If the ore could be trans
ported to the smelter, would net from $50
to $50 In gold, the favorable reports of the
district seem well founded.
The lie ROi mine is, of course the most
quoted mine IN the district: and the story
of the stenOgrapher who, about three
years ago, when the lie Roi people were in
sore financial straits, bought partly for
cash, ! believe, and partly in work, 25,
81 nf Il of 90
share, an equivalent of $500. This young
man now has an income from the invest
ment Of S2,5Osper month. 1t is quite like
ly that other claims Will turn out just as
rich, and others viii have the good for
tune to own some of the stock purchased
at comparatively low prices.
Mining men from all over the world
are pouring into Rossland. I met tho
representative Of a London syndicate who
has recently been In South Africa. This
gentleman, i am informed, represents 4
great deal Of English. capital, and will
spend the sumner "a theldistrict. He has
country in all directions, and thinks that
Cripple Creek is far overshadowed by
this northern camp. The great difficulty
for the present is the lack of transporta-
ton facilities The narrow gauge railroad
from Trail, where is located a smelter
has not now enough rolling stock to carry
the output of more than one of the ship
ping mines, the lie ROi alone having 1000
ment.
ID. c. Corbin has just ret the contract
for an extension of his road from North
port to Rossland, and the completion of
standard guage railroad into the district
will enable all of the shipping mines to
commence realizing on the output. Mr..
Corbin thinks his road will be COM
pleted about Oct. Is.
A San Francisco dispatch says: The
great South African mine kings, Cecn
Rhodes and Barney Barnato, have turned
their attention to the discovered
gold field in the region lying west and
southwest of Lake Kootenal, in British
Columbia, just north of the international
boundary line They have sent their own
expert out to investigate the prospects
and report
He declares that the riches of the Ross
land and Trail Greek mining regions far
surpass anything that South Africa
could ever have dreamed of. Thise repor:
will doubtless be followed by the invest
ment of a large amount of capital in that
section by those mining magnates and
other wealthy Englishmen who follow
their lead in such enterprises.
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