The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-02

tleman who, although he objected to
being called mining expert, had no
dislike to the appellation of IAN ex-
rert miner"
This gentleman, Mr.. d. Bauman, who
halls from Joplin, Mo-, has in the past
been a reporter of mines for a number
of prominent Colorado papers. OF late,
however, he has been making a tour
of observation through the Rocky
Mountains and the Canadas.
while in the east short time ago"
said Mr.. Bauman, Il found that the
dullness there of which business men
complained was much more severe than
the condition of affairs existing in the
mining camps of the west, and that in
comparison the people of the inter
mountain regions are well off, and my
observation has been that there is no
money to be made at the present time
excepting in mining"
In my opinion" continued Mr.. Bau
man, the mining camps of Utah,
Montana, Nevada, Idaho and British
Columbia. the lead districts of Missouri
and the gold and copper districts OF
Arizona, are the only fields which offer
profitable investments at the present
time outside of Colorado where the es-
Establishment of smelling plants makes a
ready market for the sale of the lowest
grades oe ore"
L lie west Oll6TS great Inducements
for the investment of capital Mr..
Bauman went on to say, "and 1 pre-
dict that within the next year no less
than 100000 people will find their way
into the mining camps and centers of
the intermountair region and the Pa
cific slope, as well as into the great
mining districts of the Kootenai coun-
try in British Column bia.'
Mr. Bauman has just returned from
a iCi n no Of Dit cI
lumbia, and he states that the importa-
ton of Canadian lead ores into this
country under bond for treatment will
doubtless be stopped but this will not
check the development of the mines of
that region, as quite a number of lead
shelters will be erected in that region
IN the near future in addition to the
copper plants now in existence there.
Upon being asked his opinion regard
ing the mines of Trail Creek and Ross
land in the Kootenais. British Column
bia, Mr.. Bauman said:
These mines show immense bodies of
ore which carry from $40 to $50 in gold
and from to 10 per cent copper to
the ton, while the treatment charges,
together with the freight, amount to
5000 to $14 a ton, which leaves a fair
profit for the mine owner.
THE SLOGAN lead mines are now ship
ping ores which will average $40 to
the ton gross value in lead and silver,
the treatment and freight charges on
which will run from $21 to S2S to the
ton. The copper ores of the Kootenais
go to Trail for treatment as we'll as TO
Tacoma. Nelson and Everett. while all
of the leadsilver ore comes into the
United States, about one-third going
to Tacoma, while the balance is di-
verted to Pueblo, Denver, Omaha. Kan
SaS City and other points,
The output of the Kootenai mines
for last year." continued Mr.. Bauman,
reached the magnificent total of 90
900 metallic tons, while it is estimated
this year, if there is no change IN
that it will not fall short
OF 81, 600 tons
The weather in British Columbia this
winter, according to Mr.. Bauman, has
been mild and pleasant, with from
three to four feet of snow on the
ground.