The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-06

The nost attractive story 90 ralne ever
re.ats4 yrasrn rivals IN romantic attract
sven@ss anything 81 fiction. thai puts tae
h.uSn 70 TIE dream OF the opium eater
and sstknlnes "a rs suggestions o.
wealth the stories OF Granada snd the
Inases. was one tod last night 70 repre-
sentative OF the Post-inte.lgsncer d a
man who mas no reason for ex&zser4tioa.
a. bis interests in The property tiiAi forms
basis for tnis tale, that sounds IKE
page from the Arabian Nights are not
for trade or barter.
George Mel Brown, general Western
passenger agent o. the Canadian PACING
railroad, came down from Vancouver last
evening 70 meet an Eastern railroad man
IL this city, and together they vii visit
the Kootenay mining district The state
rnent is commonplace enough. as Il relates
20 possibly adventurous trip into a
country that many visit every month,
bot the fact that Mr.. Brown was IN town
last night made Il possible for him 10 tel
s. wonderful story Of another mine IN
British Columbia that he has visited and
which l. no more nor less than mine OF
water. II such a thing can be considered.
The story surrounding the discovery Of
this mine is good enough TO furnish a TO-
nance with incidents such as would ere
a. a popular demand Tor Il as a noFes.
pure and simple. without having the sub
stanttai bottom that IL has, copper bot
tom. r. fact.
Less than two years ago an Indian while
crossing a stream about twenty miles 10
the west a. Ashcroft. on the main line OK
the Canadian Pacific. discovered that his
pony had cast shoe and that the iron
Sign Of good luck had fallen into the
stream. The story goes on 70 state tha:
the Indian did not stop 70 gather up the
shoe bat pressed on bis way, and MS
movements subsequent TO the horseshoe
episode are lost fer year. when he turns
~ again az the guide 20 a party OF hunt.
ers. In their rankings around through
the mountains west OF Ashcroft they
came % the place where the ponys shoe
had fallen into the creek. and tao OF the
gentlemen Of the party alighied 10 drink.
They had scarcely partaken OF the water
Of the creek before both were taken with
violent cramps, the result Of drinking the
water. and each showed unm!stakable
signs or poisoning. While another OF the
party locked into the stream ne discover
- az the edge what appeared 20 be a
horseshoe OF pure copper. u was fshed
up and the Indian identified II as that
cast by his pony a year before. As soon
as the truth Gawned on the party that
the two sick men were poisoned BY drink
Ing wafer in which copper vas IN solution.
they set about curing them. with the re-
SUIT that they soon recovered, and the In
vestigation OF the marvellous stream was
continued.
It's source was discovered TO be IN the
side OF a mountain that rose from the low
or levels in a succession OF steps for a
certain distance. and which then rose In
sheer preciplce far above them. The
water poured out OF a hole In TIE rock
IN steady stream. flowing down the
steps Of rocks. along the course BY which
u vas traced, finally disappearing In the
rocks
That is the story Of tho discovery of the
spring a. e was related to AR Brown. AMI
no related lts telling 10 the Post-Tn-
telllgencer man last night. The subse-
qaent narrative or the mine OF COPPER va
ter dr. Brown vcuches for. and Il IS 1T
ting ending to that OF its discovery As
coon rs ohe party OF hunters found out
what they had they proceeded 20 stake
out the spring and along its Tow
The principal holder OF the claims r. Mr..
s. +. Grifiiths OF Vancouver Above the
spring in the rock there is a mass OF de-
COMPOSED ore and other mineral matter.
which runs high Ia gold. Before reaching
the ledge Of copper over which the stream
OF water must run tt viii be necessary %
get below Tho decomp0sed mineral which
Is now being done BY a large number Of
men. who are employed by the company
They have already struck e ledge OF Pea
cock ore. an unfailing indication OF the
presence % copper IN large quantities.
tunnel Is also 30 be cat In along the course
% the stream through the rock. by which
means y = hoped 20 reach the ore ledge
more quickly.
As 20 The water itself II has been proved
BY ANALYSIS and electrical demonstration
thai IL bears exactly S97 pounds OF copper
70 On 20 gallons and that BY mining the
water by electricity the corner can be r,ra-
HFsff "a "a IA Hss.a@
Visionary, but Mr.. Brown vouches for Us
truth and says in connection with the pos
sihle future OF the spring that Hon. VIII
sam Prichard Morgan. member or the
British parliament. who VAS on his way
- Japan accompanied by his own mining
expert, became SO Interested ia the story
thaf he went on 70 Japan alone leaving
tae expert 10 examine into the matter. The
water had been submitted 20 Mr. Morgan.
ws3o msrgeied greatly az the story. He
jeff word that Shoai3 his expert prove the
statements true he fNr No-ran Vau1d
give $4,000 for a q per cent. interest IN
Tia scheme Since the sirst discoveries the
entire district has been staked out In
claims
In connection with Mr Morgan's inter
eFt ~ TIE wonIerful spring ard iis rossI-
biy attendant mines Of conner. q fs inter-
estsug ta review the fact thar his r,inine
operas lions iG wales have made him one
81 the wealthy men or the world. and MS
popularity there was 81 great for his e.
forts ia developing the mining districts u
that bouutry that ne was returned 20 p.~-
latmcnt last year hy tAc largest majority
ever given a candidate 90 taat BODY. re
= aggressive AMI fearless. ana his work
as a harristcr In Australia has been re-
vle~el sraiU and again in The legal re-
views ana ths press ~ the world
The matter Of THE spring and the ~I~Aaa
IN >opper that % carries "a oae % tns ars-
sc8es aaat tae DEVELOPMENT - a new min
i0g district u.ght bring out. ana fts equal
rs story does not fms SIS parallel in fes
r3ttcr-of-fact history Or business % to7sv