The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-04

c. .. RAID. OF sanaon. q. c., a prprni-
rant real estate and mining broker. 10 n
mo rRirser-GFand. axsd goes 20 Vancou-
YER. b g, thts morning. Ssxrden, his pres
ecr home. Is the center Of the Sfccan min
tns district. and has increased in popula-
ton from 80 as. August 20 l.5eo, and Mr..
Rand predicts q much further Increase
mis- year. He says the outlook for the
Summer IS more than promising. and TIA,
there will b a rush of investors
spes king OF the greatly Increased pro6uc-
ton OF the SLOGAN district, ne said:
's--se value OF ore shipped from the Wext
Koo;enay district In January, lss, accord
ing % customs returns. was sis6.0S, wa1ls
in January. 1887, exclusive OF the last
weeks returns from Reve2s1ose, the total
vas s7Ez 0e0. OF Tins. nearly all was from
forSy-S@ven mines in SLOGAN. only a com
parativsly small proportion being from
Rossland. The number OF shipping mines
"a Sloan - torty-seyen. ana viii be in
creased this year 70 seventy-fiye.
Around Sendon the Payne has come TO
the front and is claimed 10 be the heavi-
est shipper in ths district. The shipments
from December 10 February I were 1886
eous, from which the estimated profit VIII
be net less than s155.9ao. and IL is estimated
That the shipments from this mine alone
IN February viii be not less than lao tons.
The Noble Five concentrator started on
January y. and IL ROW treating 10 tons
Gay. The management claims TO have
enough ore IN sight 10 keep this UP for
two years without any further develop
ment The SLOGAN Star stln continues 10
ship Ice tons a month on account OF its
contract wiki the Pueblo smelter Il WAS
reported that theReeo would declare divi-
dend Of 100000 on February ?. The Good
enough sold foFty-tHo Tors Of ore last
week 70 the kO0tenay Ore Company. Which
raoeasly established q sampling works al
Kaslo. for sls 90 cash, being at the rate of
sSss a ton All the properties al the foot
OF SLOGAN lake are looking Wei. and nu-
msroUs transactions are taking place
weekly.
The district is being rapidly extended
and the Whitewater camp. between Kaslo
and Sandon. IS coming TO the front. The
Whitewater and Wellington ara both be-
coming heavy shippers, and the business
men at Whitewater claim that they will
have sixteen shippers by July /. The ore
runs from $50 10 $40 per ton, and some
OF the lodges are very large. The Index
also bids fair TO be a very large shipper
in the coming summer. The north fork
OF Carpenter creek has also taken a new
lease of life. ana also bids fair 10 be one OF
the principal camps next summer. Rich
strikes have been made recently In the
Phoenix, Cordelia, Dolly Warden and
Alps. 4 recent shipment from the Corde-
la carried 80 ounces OF silver and s. 80
gold 10 the ton.
Since the Canadian Pacific has taken
over the Columbia and Kootenay boats,
the International Steam Navigation Com
pany is running It's boats 10 connect with
the Spokane Falls & Northern railway.
The Canadian Pacific IL clearing the right
of-way for an extension OF the railroad
from SLOGAN crossing, on the Columbia &
Kootenaf railway. TO SLOGAN City. 1t Is
also building fast and commodious boat
for SLOGAN lake. and another for the Arrow
lakes
You can form an idea OF the growth of
the district from the fact that the Nelson
Tribune estimates the population OF West
Kootenay az 1920 At the last census in
1881 IL was only few hundreds