The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-07-02
MINES AND MINING.
Hon. c. L. Webb's Views of the
Trail Creek District.
he MAKES SOME PURCHASES.
The Kasfo-slocan Country and Coivflie
Reservation the Places for Men
to Operate.

c Z. webb. OF this city. has t,st re-
turned from British Columbia. where he
has been examining some mining proper
ties
Yes" said Mr.. Web, II have just re-
turned from Rossland. What do think
OF ST. Well, I thsnk for the amount OF
development work done I have never seen
Bat one camp that equals II, and that was
T.ea6vilie IL SIS early days. The showing
Is something immense. visited and ex-
piO!ed the famous lie Roi mine. War
Eagle. Iron Mask. Nickel Plate, Center
Star. Silverine. etc, and talked with
people VINO were conysrsant with the
Jumbo, JOSIE and others, and do not
hesitate 10 say / firmly believe az the
beginning Of the winter months there win
be- an output OF mineral that Will pat In
the shade any mining camp known to-day
on this continent The eourtesies OF the
Ii Rod we're extended 10 Maurice Me-
Misksn and myself, and we were shown
through its workings The vast amount
OF ore about ZOO tons on the dump. worth
over st0o go. was not a marker 20 what
was below. The entire depth below the
ia-foot level Is one vast storehouse OF
gold. Some portions OF the ore down to
the 5So-foot level. have been stopped out,
stil there were thousands OF tons left. AT
the 25o-foot level the vein began widen
Ing. and at the i5e-foot level had become
alfnost perpendicular. widening as Ii went
down. An ore chute. said 10 be $50 feet
long-whieh / paced of over lis feet
showed an average width OF thirty-sIx feet
OF solid mineral between walls. To an old
miner IL was a vision next only 10 stories
you read about
What do estimate IN sight on the lie
Rot? Including the ore on the dump and
blocked out, should say 81 5000. II the
ore body 1 saw should continue 200 feet
below its present workings. | should say
S.eoc,oe1. The stories told about this mine
arc ianghable II Is said that Mr.. Harris.
the superintendent. who / am now told.
owns 1860 shares quoted and worth s. Sc
each, furnished the owners drinks and
took the stock for pay, amounting to
SlfJ for the stock he now owns. He now
receives princely salary as sapsrintend-
ent. and his stock Is worth quarter OF a
million dollars
The War Eagle and Iron Mask, the
former now bonded for 81. 10000 and the
latter for S00.0oo by an English syndicate
make equally as good showings as far as
they have gone down as the lie Roi They
are both dividend payers. The manager
Patsy Clark, was very kind IN giving us
all the Information we asked for The
Silverine. a mine which is now being de-
'NttFAAs - SifeffABE u NEES AtiSH OF
mineral and bids fair 10 be one OF the big
properties OF the camp. IL Is owned large
~ by Charlie Sweeney. an old time miner
and one Of the owners OF the famous Last
Chance mine in the Occur d'Alene. We
are under obligations 70 Mr.. Sweeney for
his kindness IN showing us over the camp
and chaperoning rs generally. There are
many prospects now being opened that are
showing not only indications, but In many
and all of them viii undoubtedly prove 10
be good mines. However. there are many
wildcat schemes without any value TO
them whatever that are being foisted on
the people by way OF selling stocks In
them, which can only result in loss to the
innocent purchaser of the stock.
Il would most earnestly urge on the
people OF Our city 10 be very wary OF thu
stocks they are buying. and not TO pur-
chase unless they are satisfied they were
good paying stocks or were in prospects
that were being honestly worked and de-
veioped | think II Is safe 10 say that
there are 30. and possibly DO. schemes
on the market to-day that have absolutely
no value and never Will have.
did l report favorably on the property
I went TO examiner Well. this is rather
a leading question, but as there are but
two parties here interested. will say yes
tf4t ArAi WIS EAflSAtflN4kSN. 1 cannot see
In the ground any further than any one
else. bgt shall be disappointed II the
Red Mountain mine Is not heard from as
a dividend payer. II is located only 100
feet from the boundary line Of the War
Eagle. has four ledges-one a large de-
fined one. which Mr.. McMicken and ex-
plored on the surface for 10 feet The
ledge varies from six 10 twelve feet. II
IS opened in a number OF places on the
surface by open cuts. al showing mineral
giving fair assays The face of the tunnel
just started mas a fifteen-inch streak of
Gre. There Is none 81 this stock for sale
The parties who purchased Il are New
York, Spokane, Portland and Seattle peo-
pie
There are experts and investors from
all over the world there. The English
moneyed people are baytng largely II ia
not poor mans camp. ! think the
Kaslo-Slocau mines are better FOR limited
capital. The mines are silver-iead and
generally pay from the grass roots They
have paid this year over $40 eoo in divi-
den&s. and new strikes are being made
nearly every dag. I intend going there
next week 90 examine some property for
OLD Eastern clients Of mine. I met several
old Colorado friends who have been In
the boundary district. and they al report
A wonderful mineral country. At present,
Efk NftHE close 20 trans kpfkattcn. rrAN-
critics are not greatly developed How
ever. they have the same formation and
sorae iron cap, as Eossland The veins are
largo and well defined. and I believe IL
VIII be = big camp
Yes ! saw Two OLD Colorado miners
and several others from the CoIvills rezer-
walton. and they report the same forrua-
tton as IN Rossland ana BOUNDARY. and
large ie3res. I have no doubt some verv
large ard productive mines VIII re opened
u there. Also understand the Mellow
country r. improving I should say the
Boundary. Kaslo~S Sloan and the reSe~va-
ton VII be the places 10 operate with
limited means. However. II iran ex-
poets % take tire palace car and discover
a mine nsNt day after arriving sna make
a fortune IN a few davs. he would better
stay az horne Mining. liEe any other bust
ness requires capital. knoEleage and
NorE. ana unless a man has same or all
of these requisites hs is not much account
a. anything believe = SEATTLE nsanle are
ju8i-ioas IN their Investments and ger some
Interests See properties that sre rightly
located. pre- rr,v oneCed and economically
managed thar &c wtl be % Ereat ana LAST.
fren "a snafi 50 re br4sh Gown VII bout any
noopy. grow srto a large financial usanev
rsa.e-. ara ( believe seattle can 40 ths
Same H8z. geo3-bTe Immigration and
Eracc-y business need some attention"
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