The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-08

Yea Ross.and IL ssFl growing. ard
raining IN confidence with mining men All
over rse world" sad DR.. 3. C. kiloonrne
yesterday. VITO recently returned from las
Trail country.
..sosslaaa is growing as fzs. as they
can saw OF, rae lumber 81 TWO EiiiAs.
good deal OF lumber is also being aaa.ea
il by wagon The grading OK the Heo
Mountain road. the extension OF the s2o-
kane Fails & Northern from So-ta2orl'
has been completed into Rossland- win
tie exception Of few rock cutA Iasy
had Ave miles Of track laid when ] lex
Nogthpor. A: present they Will cross toe
river on q ferry boat, but this winter iney
will put In bridge. when the trip cAa %
made from Spokane TO Rosslaad between
7 o'clock IN the morning and n the Az
eracon. instead Of taking Until o'clock
IA the evening. as ~ present.
Every few weeks another shipper u add
Ell 10 the list Of shipping mines The Ev-
ensug Star IL the latest addition. while
sae Deer Park. wh.ch by some was called
a wildcat few weeks ago. has now some
Of the richest ore "a the camp. The Red
Mountain, which IL owned largely IN Spo-
kane. Portland and Seattle. has made
remarkably nne strike. having from Is
inches 10 "a feet Of very fine ore. running
about So TO So per ton average, they nave
some assays running way Up into The hum
dreis.
The Mugwump also made fine strike
before left. and kilograms received show
that the whole VEN, :roru TWO to three feet
wide. IS filed with fine ore. running ur-
usually high In copper. They have hoist.
boiler and pump on the ground ready 10
continue sinAlng the main working shaft.
As they nowiare In pay ore. IL VII not take
many months 10 make the AugSIinp
shipper.
a new district which is attracting q
great deal Of attraction Is that south OK
Nelson, known as the Salmon river dis
frict- The silver King ID the biggest mine
In British Columbia. the sme-ier Is To-
Gated al Nelson, ard the mine Is on Toad
mountain. five miles south Five miles
southeast OF Toad mountain Is the Wsld
Horse district. which has recently come
into prominence OF account OF the Won
derful assays ard fine showing made N
the Elise mine. Two or three other prop
critics on Wild Horse creek have since
shown ore ranging from 30 10 sl03 per ton.
mostly gold The north fork of me Salmon
has also had a stampede, caused oy the
finding OF q large ledge containing free
gold.
The Boundary creek district both in
the state OF Washington and on the Brit
lsh side. City 70 sixty miles west OF Ross
10 the front. The ores here are sulphiae
ores, similar to that OF Trail creek. but
with greater surface saowings and fully
as good assays. 80 far as they have gone
down. Lack Of development and trans
portation viii probably keep the district
back for year or two. but 1t promises TO
even eclipse Rossiand when these difficult
ties are removed
"Our own state and our own county.
s.-t~- lab
bound % receive the attention OF mining
rnen for tina next few years. much to the
advantage OF Seattle. The mines of the
Cascades are rapidly proving themselves
worthy OF confidence. I have seen SUI
phide ores from this side OF the Cascades
from properties showing as tne surface
Groupings as any IN Rossland. with better
surface assays I hope when the county
commissioners OF this or any other county
decide 10 build roads 10 the mining dis
tricfs. tha. the farmers, who VIII be most
benefited by the development OF the mines.
viii no. threaten injunctlons. II We had
a few more mines operating successfully
on this side OF the Cascade range, our
White river farmers would and much
bstter market for their produce.
IT hnd everywhere a growing confidence
in mining geneally. and the mines Of Brit
ish Columbia and the state OF Washing
ton N particular. AID X PROMISES 10 De
business that wi. pull the Northwest sec
ton OF the country out OF its present con-
tifion and place every industry on pay
ting basis.
IT met people from all over the world.
Africa. Australia. England France and
Germany. looking for investment in mines
The Post-Tnteliigencer Is eagerly sought
Tor everywhere. AS Il Is recognized as
publishing more mining news than any
other paper IN the Northwest, or any other
kind OF news, Tor that matter. Every
where hear good word spoken for Seat
tie; people have confidence In u, The
fact that 50 many Seattle men are invest
ing I'm mines Is 10 others an indication
thai Seattle IL alive and active 10 take aG-
vantage OF every opportunity