New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-11

its owners S350000 dividends. and It's stock
which Is 30 cents per share at par. Is quoted at
81 So, with none obtanable at that figure. the
Idaho has paid $4,000 dividends, the Reco
100000. the CaribOO $4,000. the Rambler
$4,000, and several others have paid good divi-
dends. The Payne Is shipping sixty tons day.
One great advantage the SLOGAN has over the
Rossland country Is in the comparatively small
cost Of mining its ores. In the SLOGAN the ore Is
almost entirely mined through tunnels. costing
from s. to IS foot, while in Rossland 1t Is all
shaft work. costing from $50 TO $50 a foot, be-
sides the expense OF hosting. Freight rates are
a little higher in the SLOGAN a. present but with
the further development Of railroad connections
that item will be practically equaliZed. The net
returns from the SLOGAN ores is about an aver
age of three times as much as frora the Rossland
ores.
The rush this year Is going to be into the
SLOGAN. The word rush" is used advisedly. for
it is no longer rumor that thousands OF people
from all through the eastern portion Of Canada
and the United States are going TO visit the
Kootenay country TO inspect and invest In the
mines. OF course there will be "wild-cat'
schemes; but there have been so many warnings
that It would seem that people would learn to be
careful. II is a remarkable feature of this
SLOGAN, and in fact Of the whole Kootenay coun-
try, that in almost every instance IN when work
has been started on a showing or ore II has
fully justified further development; and 1t Is
stated established fact that there has
never been a tunnel put In one hundred feet or
q shaft sunk one hundred feet which started in
that has not developed good paying ore in
bodies sufficient to warrant the expenditure.
That Is certainly good record.
SNOW AND 6NOWsLIDES.
While the winters are not severe. as the coun-
try is west Of the Rockies and so within the in
huence Of the mild chinook wind" the snow
falls deep. and lies on the ground until late in
the spring Prospecting cannot be begun until
late In May. and in some sections until July.
But the snow does not interfere with work in
mines after they are started. In fact, where the
mines are UP the sides Of the mountains any
considerable distance. the ore is got down
much easier on the snow than on bore ground.
Rawhiding is an inexpensive way to haul ore
down steep trails. cowhde will easily
hold ton Of ore in sacks. The edges Of the hide
are then laced together and a mule is hitched on,
and the outfit practically slides down hill. the
mule doing the steering. Care must be exercised
to avoid snowslldeS Some portions Of the
mountain sides are particularly dangerous, as
there is not enough timber to hold the snow, and
IL gets started and carries everything before II.
There have been many mishaps this winter,
and several men have been killed. Harry"
Hughes was carried a mile and a half In the
Bluebird slide. and, strange to say, came out
alive although in such a dazed condition that he
could not tell his story for weeks afterward. A
miner was caught In the London Hill slide and
carried down the mountain-side with all the
violence and speed Of an avalanche, and was
found almost suffocated. but still alive. by his
comrades. who fortunately happened 70 see what