Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-07-03
TO THE NORTHWEST.
Salt Lake Hans Opinion Of British
Columbia Camps.
MINERS RUSHING INTO KOOTESAI'
The flax Company Lays ON LIS a'n-
lie, umptloulat the nomes'aks-meii
Mineralizsd-Qthtr it'ms'

MIR. j. E. BAmberger has re'urheu
49,, p,,tish Columbia where he spent
inc past week in looking over the ais'
,icts Of RossIand, Trail Creek, fmir
and Nelson, all of which he reports In
,plendid shape. The gentleman was
0rc.mpan,od by Mr.. Guggenheims o!
,hs philadelphia Smelling company
aos Mr.. Otto Meears, both OF Colorado.
NJ a.mberker lett these gentle
wan in British Columbia, they
.trv nm to the Kootenai country
where they will strike the Canadian
p.c,so Mt Revelsiock and 60 to VIC
IA. and Vancouver. The object Of
,bs,r visit was to take a preliminary
ANYWAY OF the country to see what the
futuse has to offer In the smelung' ore
buying and mining line.
ssAGy observations" said MI. bam-
berasrtoday, shave given nae the I'M
presston that the British Columbia
cuud,ry has Q splendid future before
n Ench mines as 1 saw and went
iEruurh, show large bodies Of ore o.
iii average grade values, consisting OF
rdd Ind copper. One OF the
6itRest properties In Fossiand 10
THE CENTER STAR
which Ia owned principally by Salt
Las parties, among whom are MI
kiSx. Tarbot, now a resident ere,
az we,l as Mr.. Oliver Durrsnt. . form
or resident Of this city. This mine
shows large bodies of sulphide ores
carving from $40 to $40 to the ton In
sold. With q small percentage Of cop.
1sr. The mine lie we'll opened and
has 900 feet OF drifts and levels. 1t
ia estimated that there are about 3OO,-
400 tons Of ore In sight The Center
star company 10 contemplating the
erection OF q smelter to treat Its pro-
uuct.
LIE RoI AND WAR EAGLE.
"rbe LIE Roi mine adjoining this
prouetty.D continued the gentleman,
Is having from $50 to 200 tons OF simi-
lar ore extracted from its chambers
daily. The product is smeltsd at Trail
Greek. while some lie being shipped to
Everett and Tacoma. At the War
Eagle good quantities OF ore are being
extracted and shipped to the smelters.
There are numerous other properties
in this Wei nifty making goou Develop
meuts and have no doubt that the
tonnage output tor this camp will be
largely increased In the course OF
twelve months.
PRETTY LITTLE RossLAND.
uTbere are between i've and six
thousand people now at Rossland.
IIisa very pretty little town and can
toast OF one OF the best hotels In that
Countrywide Allan House-oonducted
by Mrs. Allan. While the excitement
or boom Is on the wsnt-ihe numbor OF
uuople leaving there being greater
ihan ,thore coming in just now-I
believe that the camp will grow
steadily ms the mines are op.
eaed. The great rush now Ia
toto the Kootepsi and the Boundary
Creek districts, and as soon as the rail.
way ceuters are advanced to those
districts the country will experience
very extensive growth. The ores oil
The Boundary Creek district are heav.
Ter in copper and are better adapted to
the smelter process than those OF Ross.
land, although they do not carry
values Of gold ns do the former. AT
Nelson 10 situated the smelling
pant OF the Hall mines for
the treatment OF the Silver
King GREE, which ia being done very
successfully. There are no mines In
THIS vicinity. Further up the Kootenai
are situated the rich silvef.leRd mines
10 which a number OF Salt Lakers are
largely interested."
Mr.. Bsmberger highly enjoyed his
trip. He tays his compa MONS will re-
pert to their superlors on their return,
although he does not know what their
r,port will be.