The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-06-15
UITLANDERS OF B. C
Americans Taking Advantage
of Liberal Mining Laws.
SEATTLE MEN AND INVESTMENTS
News and Notes From the Mines
Promising Claims and Recent De-
veIopmenfs I'm Many Districts.

British Columbia has its Uitisnde-s,
large and constantly Increasing BODY Oh
god hunters who for the past two years
have been fhnonglng into TIE heart OF the
Eootsnal district from the United States
IRE nroxfncts3 government has not made
the mistake committed by the volksrad
az tire Tranzyaze however IL has not
loaded down the newcomers with neaNy
taxeg The Dominion Mall and Express
points out that Il has enacted new NIT
inz law. not an.ake thai in force In ga
tarso. and though received with some mar-
murs OF dissatisfaction b. the mining H.
tereSts. IL seems to be easy enough on
those interests.
Prom the time the first prospectors and
dlgEers struck the trails OF the Kootenai
the work Of development has gone stead
is on Perhaps not many Of them have
turned up fortune with their picks. but
BY their united labor they have added
greatly to the wealth OF British Columbia,
and materially 70 that OF the whole coun-
try They have made grea; changes in
the solitude they found there. In a little
over six months RossIand. starting from
nothing sprang into town OF 1900 peo-
pie. on August : II became a port of en-
try, and In the following four months its
Imports amounted 10 sEts.osI and its ex-
ports 20 $3.50 These figures as 10 popu-
lation and trade are a considerable ad-
vance for a few short months. starting
from nothing. Most OF the exports con-
sisted OF the ore Of the War Eagle and lie
Roi mines.
But though This town OF the Trail Creek
region has made great progress it is not
the only part OF the Koofenat that has
moved. From SLOGAN, by way of Kaslo.
and by way OF Nakusp. great quantities
OF silver lead ores have been shipped.
while the smelters OF Nelson Pilot Bay
and Trail Greek are producing large guam
titles Of matte and bullion. These smell
ters add enormously 10 the benefit the
province derives from It's mining industry.
IL is only few months since they were
erected
The Mail ana Express explains how the
action of the Dominion government in
granting bounty on all ore smelted In
the country has prevented the export Of
ores to the reduction works on this side
Of the line. Had il not been for this the
Everett reduction works would have re-
ceived enormous business from this source
alone.
Since the beginning Of the year there
have been 2s.0oo tons OF silver lead ore
treated in kootenai and 1000 tons ex-
ported for treatment To this IS TO be
added 1900 tons Of gold ore shipped from
Irail creek. Camps are scattered all over
tAo kooteflai country. some OF them al
ready promising 10 be the nuclei of con-
siderable towns. Capital has freely as
sisted labor and, like it, comes for the
most part. from the United States But
British investors are now taking a keen
interest In the mnes. Since last mid
summer several have visited the country
Ia person, syndlcates have sent over min
ing experts TO report on the prospects.
and London financial houses are handling
some OF the best propeE.ics. If Old Coun-
try investors put their hand TO this mining
enterprise there will be a rapid transfor-
nation I'm that corner of British Columbia
There are already above 100 mining COM
panies registered IN the province. many
or them American, few Canadian. and
some British. Their stocks are listed on
the exchanges OF the chief cities OF the
province. The making of British Column
bia Is undoubtedly going on at a very
rapid rate. Its new and industrious pop
ulation contributes very greatly to the
demand for food stuffs produced by farm
ers. and for the manufactured goods pro-
duced by skilled workmen. A hundred
times as many men could easily find en-
ployment upon the ore OF that rich re-
gion. and doubtless immigrants will con-
tinue 10 swarm into it The Mail and Fx-
press asks, with evident alarm Is the
trade of these developers of our mineral
wealth In British Columbia 10 be switched
or from our own agricultural and manu-
featuring industries. and connected with
those OF the United States?