The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-02
HINES AND MINING.
Vancouver. n. G.. 10 Have a
New $4,000 Shelter.
Fastsrn Capital ard tfse Canadian Pa
esiio Interested News Prom the
Mining Districts

TIE va--ouger Wogta e taofisnt Over
tna fact thar rex sraestsE s 20 Dc ersele4
thfre- 81 SAYS
TIE W8gs4 Il abe today 70 give me clti-
gems o1s ~ the most cheering pleces q
n@ssH ktaf has ccfns this Ray "a maffT
raassas- Il ass bsen patent 20 every ene
ssnes the unperasssie4 r1e2zess % rs
mine@ - sac interior has oeen demon
HfEAse3 beyond eansEaG5cttoa thAt ms
e3ty*s fasura nrasoerglg aepeadS on SIS BE-
INK fn sos4cB msfh the usn}ag i1ilIzLrF-
Nature nss been lavish. bas mere IL 4
liugfj ever 20 iss powers Advantage must
- saken % ciFeuulsfances- = nat = r.
Qa5gs4 - 10 baas il soFnethlnE that wi
uass Vancouver a centsr 20 watch tae
treasures - mother earth viii h9~.
Cre4st mus, be given 70 peesle wno years
asa recognizes that Il shoals e. q ssneit-
tng cenfer. thagEh the manner in whira
fiss matter Has hanaled vas faulty. The
mines must have a place where tnegr ores
can he bariics 10 Advantage. That Is ts'a
whole thInE e. i nutshell We have every
thing that IL requires Tor a snssltnE cen-
teF. Ns boast unrlsaliesi land and VA
ter connections We are within easy
reach % fasl ard other neeessaTtes. IN Tact
thls II an ideal SPOT Tor the location Of
E-hat. when once started. r. bound 20 BE-
come one % the greatest smelling works
have bean recognized by a syndicate w3aica
has just closed It's conference n Montreal
with the general managers and traffic de-
pa~1meut o. the Canadian fsaelnc ra4lEAy.
q fun and conclse report az whose meeting
was Forwarded on Friday b the World
Taoessna correspondent, after his having
had an interview With Mr.. ~. T.. Rust.
wao is non operating the Tacoma smell
ter The correspondent writes as follows.
Y have tast had an interview with Sir.
" r. Rust. who returned 10 Tire city 20
daY from Aontreai. WHAT I learned from
him d o. such vital importance 70 your
city jhat have gone into II somewhat ex-
tenslvely. Ar Russ Informed me that the
object OF his visit TO Montreal vas 10 meet
the syndicate OF which he - 4 member
and s!th them 70 confer with the officiais
OF The Canadian Pacific Railway Company
IN regard 10 rates on hauiage Of ores from
ths interior 70 Vancouver I promptly
inquired Of AIr. Rust what was the object
81 such conference. pointing out that IL
was evident thar the Journey % inquiry
was not taken merely 10 CRAFTY curiosity
AMI that therefore the syndicate must have
been organized and ready TO DO business.
The fact or the matter IS" said Mr..
Rust. that the money for a large smelter
and refinery Is in hand and the matter has
resolved itself into a question OF location.
We have considered the matter carefully
and I am free 10 confess that We are TIM
pressed with the natural advantages OF
Vancouver. British Columbia. Not only
IS Vancouve- in proximity to the mines IN
tho rich mineral belts OF the kOoteuays,
bat It has facilities for water transport
that wiz practically put a smelte- there ia
touah with the mines 81 Australasia. he
cause. YOU see. our iaea Il 20 20 tn for
smelling ane refining on a wholesale scale
Ia tho hroadest sense OF that tern.'
Your correspondent next mentioned 10
Mr.. Rust that such an undertaking. 20 b
successful. must have connected with Il
men Of experience and men Of capital. ami
asked II he had any objections - naming
one or more OF the principals in the syndi-
cate.
For ose. I may say replied Mr. Rust.
Il am DEE ply interested myself T. as Il
were. represent the experience. As you
know. have been for years operating The
smelter IN this city. We have here a SIC
e09 plant. which ha- paid neat dividends
ever since is Inception Then. as 10 tho
capital. have only TO mention such we'll
known names as c. d. Simpson. the MIL
lionaire Anthracite coal uiner Of Scranton.
Pa, and II. G. Davis. who represents a
block OF Eastern capital. 70 show that
there need be no doubt about the ready
money"
ITO what extent IS your syndicate pre-
pared 20 so, inauclany7"
we have SO go guaranteed for thu
original plant. We propose % start the
works with 20 experienced men TIE ca
paeity ~ the plant VIII nc 90 tons per dav.
h1t that does not mark oar limit The
plant viii be increased % meet any de-
mands that can be made on it We have
made up oar mind that The Koosenay pro
daction is only In itE infancy Now with
our Sjmep plant 81 this city. employing 81
men we turned OF, last month SIS 30
worth OF product. ANY one Interested can
easily figure oct What can be sfone with a
$4,000 nm de steele equipment. fitted -
take from the ores everything OF value
down 20 the Lass ounce OF lead ana COP
per-
I suppose your interview with the c.
!. r. officials vas satisfactory go
''It was indeed Tho gentlemen whom
we mot seemed to he alive 10 the advant-
ages % he derived from the undertaking.
The interests 81 British Columbia are the
comaauy'r interests. and they seemed
ready 20 meet rs hqif wsv. understand
shat che cts ~ Vancouver has "a srn~It~r
committee composed OF members Of the
board az trade ana tho c}ty ro3nei and
propose % 60 up thfre 20 iook into local
features within a week or so.'