The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-07
FORTUNES TO BE MADE,
But Men Going to the Kootenai Need
Some Capital.

1T is no place for clerks or stenogra
piers to go and it is also overrun with
laboring men. But any man who has
$1,000 or $4,000 can go out there and by
careful and judicious investment make
no telling how much money"
That is the hint which w. T. McDon-
aid gives to those who have their eyes
on Rossland and the rich Kootenai. min
ing country. Mr.. Mcdonald came in
from British Columbia yesterday. He
Is a member of the Abe Lincoln Gold
Mining company and is ON his way East
i'll it's interests. The company which
he represents has placed some Of its
stock in st. Paul and for that reason
Mr.. Mcdonald brings good news when
he says their properties give promise
of proving as rich as some Of the more
developed property.
Mr.. Mcdonald, like every man who
has spent any time at Trail or ROSS
land, or any other point in that i'm
mense mining country thinks 1t is
certainly a wonderful place. Rossland
two years ago had a population Of a
few score, $50 people perhaps, while at
the present time there are between 1000
and 1000 people in the place. 1t has
thirty-six hotels, but there are no
gambling houses nor any dance halls,
which is something remarkable for a
mining town. The cause for this is the
wholesome regard people have there for
the Canadian laws. Two policemen
are all that is required to preserve the
peace. 1t is expected the influx of peo-
pie to that place will swell the popu-
lation to 900 in the Kootenai country
this summer
There is a good deal Of mining now
going on, and it has practically only
just begun Twenty properties are
now being worked with machinery
Id,
for other properties There is one
smelter there with a capacity of 600
tons day, but a great deal of the
ore Is being shipped across into the
United States. The cost of freight and
shipment is great now, so that little
Of the low grade ore is being moved.
1t is expected that a process will soon
be applied for the condensat ton of sew
en- tons of ore into one ton, and when
that becomes operative all Of the low
grade ore can, If desired, be shipped
to some smelter. The ore In many Of
the mines is close to the surface, and
mines are soon developed. The Sunset
on Deer Park mountain developed into
shipping mine after it had been
worked four months. The formation
Of ore in that country is somthing
new. 1t has been found in nearly every
instance that the veins increase in
width, and consequently value the far
Their they are traced. The Leroy has
spread out from vein Of 2 feet to one
Of 35 feet wide. Crown Point mine
sold for 100000 simply after undergo
ing the stripping off process.
Mr.. Mcdonald was asked where the
capital is coming from that is being
invested there, and he says that Tor
onto. Montreal and Eastern Canada
generally have got in on the ground
floor The wealth of the country was
generally known and widely adver-
tised there before much was known
about 1t in this country. Rochester and
Buffalo, from their proximity to the
Canadians, learned of the wealth Of
the new mining country, and consider
able capital from that section has also
gone into the country. It is only more
recently that the attention of the West
and Northwest has been directed there.
According to Mr.. Mcdonald. there are
fortunes to be made out I'm that coun-
try. but a man wants $4,000 or $4,000
to take with him If he expects to go
there and succeed.