The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-21
TALKED ABOUT TRAIL CREEK.
John NJ. Burke and Ross Thompson En-
Iightened the seattle People.

John Nj. Burke and Ross Thompson En-
Iightened the seattle People.
When in Seattle last week Ross
Thompson and John NJ. Burke were in
terviewed by Seattle Times reporter.
OF Rossland Mr.. Thompson said:
THE town is better than ever. Last
spring there was no camp there at all
worth mentioning, while now there are
over 1000 people, including those who
do their trading at Rossland. We have
10 hotels, all crowded to their greatest
capacity over 30 merchandise houses
are doing a thriving business, and
three newspapers are doing we'll The
electric light plant began operating
the night before we left, and city water
has been turned on during our absence.
Rossland is a quiet, orderly, prosper
Gus place, and, as / said before, we de-
sire no fictitious values because we are
in the mining business as a Legitimate
proposition"
John NJ. Burke, the veteran mine
owner for whom the town of Burke,
Idaho, was named, said:
THE mines of Trail creek have been
located for years, but the top ore
would not pay. In Occur d'Alenes we
worked four years before we began to
ship any ore. Just see the contrast
III lcSS lIldIl a year d CITY has sprung
up, and millions of dollars worth of
ore have been shipped out Contrac-
tors Nelson Bennett and King are
building the narrow gauge railroad
from Trail landing to Rossland. They
have 200 men at work; iron and ties
are on the ground. and they expect to
complete the road in 80 days The
smelter at Trail landing blew in the
other day. with one stack in operation
a of Of do
The other stacks will start alternately
as they are gotten ready until the
plant is enabled TO work 500 tons a
day. The machinery, dust chambers
and main stack are all built for that
capacity. The smelter and railroad are
built by Butte company, of which f.
Aug. Heinze is the representative and
general manager.
THE ores i'm the camp average more
I'm gold than any in the United States,
not excepting Cripple Creek. There are
individual mines in Cripple Creek
which go much higher, but the general
average is SIS a ton below ours. Ross
land is only seven miles from the boun-
dairy line. and eastern Washington gets
the benefit. American citizens have
built the town; everything there is
American"
Mr.. Thompson and Mr. Burke joint
ly furnished the following information
concerning the individual mines:
The lie Roi and War Eagle are the
oldest and greatest mines I'm the camp.
The former is reckoned as the biggest
mine in the West, as 1T has the great
est value in sight. and the value is on
the increase. IL will run from $50 to
$500 in gold to the ton at the 400 foot
level We do not know how wide il is
as there have never been any cross
cuts. The ore turned out depends on
transportation. but 1t runs from $50 to
200 tons a day. The War Eagle can
produce the same. but the output at
present is only about 100 tons. The
Josie will run 20 tons a day The West
lie Itoi is one OF the best undeveloped
prospects in the camp. The Cliff. on
the east slope Of the same hill. has
been developed by 400 feet OF tunnel
and shafting, showing n continuous
body of ore. 1t has shippe6 some. and
Is now in condition to ship continuous
ly. This is one of the largest proper-
ties in the camp. and Is stu in the
hands of the original owners-S. NJ
Wharton d Co. The Homestake mine
is owned and controlled by a Vancou-
Yer company. II runs day and night
and has 200 tons of ore on the dunn
The only reason fl is not shipping now
Is that 1t is waiting for the railroad
The Crown Point has 600 tons of ore on
the dump which will average $40 a
ton in gold. 1t has a shaft down 100
feet. and is waiting for the road as II
would be expensive to build a road
from the mine to the nearest shipping
point
Among the mines that have been
worked this winter for spring shipment
are the Center Star. Kootenai. Column
bus. Iron Horse. Maid of Erin. r.. Il.
Lee, Gopher, Great Western. Golden
Chariot, Jumbo, Gold Hill. Timber
Claim, Tiger, Monte Cristo. Eureka.
consolidated Ottawa, Nest Egg, Deer
fark ana Iron Mask. all within two
miles of Rossland. They encircle the
town completely. In greater or less
distance there are $500 locations in
ALL" a.