The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-06-16
FROM THETRANSVA AL
Mining Men From Africa Com
ing TO Trail Creek.
ENGINEERS ON THE GROUND
English syndicates Sending Out Repre-
scntatives-News From Other
Districts.

TfFrxehef Cohen. for tao decades a citi-
gen Of the Transvazl, South Africa, hay-
ing been since the founding OF that IA
rnous town a resident OF johannesburg,
RAISED two days sightseeing in Seattle
ne left yesterday for Vancouver, from
which city ne departs for his home via
the Canadian Pacific railway He Is an
English Jew. Is wealthy and Is In this
country as the representative OF 3 great
Mining syndicate composed OF some OF
the richest men In johannesburg, city
which boasts OF having over 100 inhabi-
tants worth from GI.o co 10 G5.esl.s0
sterling each. Mr.. Cohen is seeking in
vestnents in mines. and he came 20 Seat
tie from Rossland, Trail creeks metropo-
lis. where he spent a fortnight inrestigat-
Ing properties located In that district
This gentleman. who has for fifteen
years been mining spsculstor. next 10
johannesburg regards Trail creek as the
most promising mining district in the
world, has no hesitancy in saying so and
Is so firmly convinced Of IL that he pro-
poses 70 return to Rossland within two
months Further than this be would not
disclose his plans or purposes. But that
no believes Tran a district in which NIL
lions will be realized from her mines he
made 10 attempt TO conceal. He also inri-
mated that IL would soon develop other
as good paying properties as the lie Roi.
War Eagle and Iron Mask. the trio OF
mines said 20 have been sold recently
through the Corbins OF New York, TO an
English syndicate for sS,Oooc.
Mr.. Cohen observed during discussion
of the district that many OF the best min
Ing experts and engineers in the world
are either at Rossland or en- route there
with instructions to report on the various
properties being developed. Hamilton
Smith, the personal representative Of the
RothschIlds he said. had recently been
10 Butte examining the Anaconda mine.
He regards Hamilton Smith as one OF the
greatest mining engineers living.
North America, Mr.. Cohen thinks. has
not been half prospected. and he said that
ha would not be surprised at the discov-
cry OF greater gold deposits than have yet
been found. But for the present he de-
ciares that South Africa leads, and that
while nearly as much gold was taken out
of the Transvaal last year as was pro-
duced by the whole United States, that
the product OF the yellow metal from the
UitIander-ridden republic would within
two years be thrice as much Annually as
II IS now, when an average of $4,000 in
gold per month Is being mined from the
johannesburg lodges. which are now
thirty miles in extent. This increase, Mr..
Cohen said was based upon reports made
by Hamilton Smith and others.
Mr.. Cohen expressed himself as much
impressed with Seattle. hkening the city
TO q "veritable paradise" In all his trav-
els he had never been so taken with
place. and he gave II as his opinion that
the Trail creek boom. which he declared
would come with the force of a Kansas
cyclone. would be of insstimabie value and
benefit TO Seattle. Spokane and other
towns OF this state