The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-08
P. G.. LARINDRE REPEATS THE
STORIES OF THE KOOTENArs
WEALTH.
THERE ARE OTHER MINES.
e. NJ. FERRIS. OF BOHEMIAN, SAYS
MONTANA sTT1L LONGS FOR
FREE SILVER.
e. c. DAVIS SMILE OF CONTENT
A Little InventiOn Has Placed Him
on the Sunny Side of Easy
Street.

P. G. Larimore, of Rossland, b. c.,
was in the city yesteday en- route to
the West. Mr. Larimore has been East
inspecting some new mining machin-
cry being manufactured for the Ross
land mines. He stopped at the Clar-
endon Mr.. Larimore tells the same
story about the wonderful mines of the
Kootenai that has been told by dozens
OF other miners who have returned
from that country. 1t is a story Of Won
derful prospects. But Mr.. Larimore is
somewhat more liberal than his fell
low miners, as he is willing to acknowl-
edge that the state Of Washington has
some wonderful deposits of it's own,
which when thoroughly developed will
be second to those of Kootenai. He re-
fers to the SLOGAN and the Monte Cristo
mines OF Washington. Mr.. Larimore
says that the deepest mine west of
Butte and north of California is in the
Monte Cristo district. The workings of
the Monte Cristo group are sixty miles
east of Everett, the Pacific terminus of
the Great Northern. The Pride, of the
Monte Cristo group, is turning out 500
tons of ore day and is shipping 1000
tons of concentrates month
to the smelters at Everett. At
, the shelters one can always
, see not less than 10 900 tons of
| concentrates awaiting treatment. Mr..
Larimore says that at a depth of $500
feet the Pride ore bodies are we'll form
ed and greater in value than at any
point nearer the surface. 1t is the in
tention of the Monte Cristo owners to
double the force and increase the yield
to 1000 tons day, making 5000 tons
of concentrates month, which, at
value of $50 per ton, would make $780,
600 month. Mr.. Larimore however,
believes that the real value of the con-
centrates is nearer SIS ton.
How do you estimate the probable
output from the Kootenai mines this
year?" was asked.
LAS far as the Rossland mines are
concerned, 1 do not believe the output
will show the phenomenal increase
which was predicted, for two reasons.
In the first place, better and cheaper
| methods of transportation are being
awaited. The shipping mines are now
| in a position where they can afford to
!
| smelter at Trail is not ready yet to
| treat as much ore as it is proposed to
| bring down. But the smelterS and
| tramways will be increased in their ca
! pacitly Immediately.
| II wish / had been in on the ground
| floor myself in Kootenai," commented
| Mr.. Larimore dry1y. For instance, J.
! mine at Rossiand.sl Three years ago It
could not be sold for $50, 600, and now
| it is called a $4,000 600 property. The
! War Eagle was sold foEl SIS, 000 and
| since then it has made g$l,000;000 for its
| owners. The Deer Park was bought
| for $500 about a year ago, and $780,
600 since then has been refused for It,
But every one knows the story 1t is as
we'll known in Paris and London as it
is in Rossland. The mines are being
| advertised all over the country"
E. M Ferris, of Bozeman, Mont, ar
rived in the city yesterday via the
| Northern Pacific, and registered at the
| Ryan. Mr.. Ferris summer residence
is in Sioux City, 10, land he has spent his
winters in Montana for the past six
| teen years. He is interested in num-
| Der of enterprises in Bozeman, among
which is the cattle industry. Mr. Fer
ris fully confirms the oft repeated state
ment that cattle in Montana are in ex-
| cellent form.
'Bozeman. said Mr.. Ferris to re
porter for the Clio b e yesterday, lis
| situated in the center of the Gallatin
| valley. one of the most fertile spots
| in the entire West. There is no soil
| anywhere else which can equal it. We
| are finding out that barley can be
| grown there to great profit, and last
year the acreag e was very large We
| ship our barley to Milwaukee and ST.
! 70 no n
| titles of it is exported to Germany and
| other countries. Our total yield of all
| grains in the valley is over 1S,000,00D
| bushels annually.
| "Out in Montana the people cannot
give up the longing for a silver basis
| remarked Mr.. Ferris. Il do not sup
| pose that any of the business men in
| Montana will feel settled during the
next four years, no matter how pros
| porous the country may become. They
have the silver theory so firmly planted
| that nothing will ever eradicate it,"
E. C. Davis, of Croohston, registered
| at the Merchants yesterday, and as he
registered he smiled lofty, condo
| scending smile of content. He has
| reason to smile A few months ago Mr.
| Davis was struggling along "tolerably
| comfortable" as the saying goes. He
| had been known among his people as
| a successful railroad contractor. But
one day the god of invention came and
sat by the side of Mr.. Davis and
| cajoled him into thinking about doing
something for humanity which would
leave his name engraved fer years to
come in the patent office at Washing
ton. Being a practical man Mr.. Davis
| cast about for something to invent,
| and commenced to make a study of
horse shoes. He observed that, on a
hard road, an icy road or a modern
city street, the calks on horses
shoes wore off very quickly. He also
noticed that the jar upon horse
shoulders in passing over granite or
asphalt street was very injurious. So
| he invented a rubber horse shoe. 1t
may sound impossible, but it is true
and Mr. Davis has foupd his invention
| to be a success. The rubber shoe was
| not intended ITO keen the hoofs dry