The San Francisco call., 1896-10-31
Idle Silver Properties Will Be
Reopened if He Is Chosen
President.
OWNERS FAVOR THE ORATOR.
Residents North of the Boundary
Greatly Interested IN the
Campaign.

VANCOUVER, B. c., Oct. 30.-A CALL
correspondent has just returned from
trip through the SLOGAN country, where
the rich silver deposits of British Column
bia are located and finds that in that To-
cality great interest IS being taken in this
Presidential campaign. There are hun
dreds OF United States citizens resident in
Southern Kootenay and the Siocan who
are owners, or largely interested In the de-
velopment, of large silver deposits, and
they are unanimously in favor of the
election of Bryan and the adoption OF a
policy of free coinage of Silver. In addi-
tion to these citizens of the United States,
the sentiment entertained by Canadians
whose interests are bound up in the en-
HANGED value of the white metal is in fa-
vor of such legislation in the country
south of the 49th parallel as will result in
q "boom" in silver properties.
The mines now shipping are but small
oportion of those which will, when an
enhanced price is obtainablee for silver,
proceed to dump their products upon the
market. Near Sandon are q number of
claims which have been recently staked
and which, from surface indications are
world. A body of ore several hundred
feet in width and which can be traced for
upward of mile back will be developed
to it's utmost capacity Immediately on re-
ceIpt of the assurance that the United
States mints will be opened for the coin
age of silver at price even much below
that spoken of by the Bryan orators, and
the output of those m ines now shipping
will be greatly increased. Viewed from
bo 10, n int nf n to6 Rr;t
ish Columbia silver properties, nothing
could benefit them more than the election
of men pledged 10 free silver coinage, and
there is little wonder that those whose
patriotism is subordinate TO their love of
gain are anxious and willing to do allin
their power to assist in the return of
Bryan and his supporters.
As contrast with the strong Bryanite
feeling in the silver mining districts of
British Columbia, where large number
of properties at present paratiyely
worthless will obtain value by the enact
ment of silver legislation in the United
States the more patriotic sentiment en-
tertained by those who are interested in
the steady growth and natural develop
ment of the mining industry of the
province was Sirikingiy evidenced in the
South kootenay district. Merchants and
capitalists of Spokane, Seattle, Tacoma
and Portland, whose investments in the
gold mines of the Rossiand and Trail
Creek districts are more of a side issue
and whose interests in the businesses with
which they are connected in their own
States are their chief concern, stated when
interviewed that in view of the CONNER
cal disturbances which the return of the
Democratic candidate would produce,
they would willingly sacrifice all their in
tereSts in foreign properties rather than
jeopardize their larger and more import
ant financial investments in their native
country.
Taken altogether, the question to be de-
cided at the approaching Presidential
election is the most potent for good or evil
for the silver miners of British Columbia
of any which has arisen within the his
tory of the country