The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-07

The r.nss about Eovtaport. Tass-. On
hasa SECS 81 fra Hne. premise 70 s1oE
great activity the coElEg s1EEsT- n
fact ra@v are exceedingly active ALREADY
Several Seattle ard Tacoma Eze7 are =
terestea l1 ire district. ard ne oeFe4o9-
zsas q thar properties makes thszn 1es4
certain mat tarzls1s = within Their grasp
Jeaxe william H Reid. % Tacoma. VIC
Is heavily interested IN re district, S4s
IL the city yesterday. He - president 81
ne Red Top Mining Company To Pest
EnGell3geueer reporter. sfr. Reid sad:
Yes. ! have just returned froEn TIE
T zines. having spent tnFse weeks Y
NoEghp0EL Wash, aid me Tran Grssa
Ttrzng districts Ire 6eNeior g1sesEtS 81
fhlx year promise 20 give ire state o.
Washington q prominence among th-
mining states Of the Iaion secoFs1 % raoa4e
Of them N Inducements 70 outside cA2itAA.
Heretofore Gns chief attractions % ITnsn4-
grafton and inVSsgrnen q capital nave
been found n s2T lumber and agricultural
resources For the next NO sears TIE
development Of the F2st aepossis q se-a.
silver. copper ard lead EGw positively
Enown 70 exist IL our nIG0n tain ranges
VIII attract U0Fs outside capital Tor M
Nestment and Increase eur poFH4afton
more rapidly Than All other Inducements
combined. ard every lire Of business II
the state Wit respond 20 the impulse OF
the rev life and activity thus Created.
and the rev wealth extracted Iro1a oar
With Us who live upon the Sound u
has been the custom 70 look 10 farther
thaD 10 our wheat fields ard forests or
the east and or ocean trade and coE3-
merce on the Sest for future encourage
ment and prosperity, and those $40 stay
a. home arc sscw 10 appreciate TIE posi-
11aitlss CT fortune EtShin the reacG O.
even the humblest urospsetos. Leaving
tns Sound and travelling east. however,
after reaching Spokane. and from there
on north. mines ard mining are the en-
crossing subjects q common conversa-
ton. Spokane has already experienced
some OF the benefits ID be expected. and
Is now the mining headquarters % TIE
state Fully One-half Of is population Is
"a some manner directly or indirectly IN
teTesfNG IN Mining. the result being ap-
parent ira the marked revival IN al lines
OF business ard the sharp advance IN
rentals Of improved property. The rich
discoveries al Rossiand and vicinity are
immediately responsible Tor the present
awakening. directing exploration 10 that
portion o. our state lying contiguous 10
the Trail creek district. resulting Ia its
being found that the copper belt Of the
Trail creek district extends southwark
20 the ColEtlle reservation. where proper
ties Of enormous value are nov being
opened. and showing that the silyer-lead
belt. running north and south. and east
Of the Columbia river. extends from the
SLOGAN region Ia British Column ia. south
ward through Stevens county. % a point
near Colyil!e, the county seat. This sii-
width and appears 70 be identical with
that Of the Occur d'Alenes.
NorthpOrt. situated on the Columbia
rives. eleven miles south OF the British
Columbia line. a. the Junction OF the Red
Mountain railroad with the Spokane Falls
& Northern. Is the center Of this rich
district on the American side. and viii
De a busy Town this summer. The rail-
road bridge across the Columbia river is
IN process OF construction and a large
smelling establishment viii also be erect
ed there during the summer. giving en-
psoyment to several hundred men. Be-
inE a distributing point for numerous
mining camps, Norfhport will be the
boom town OF the stale during this and
next year. Numerous prospects and
mining camps are being opened in that
vicinity by Seattle Tacoma and Spokane
companies. among them being the Com
stock formerly the La Fleur and the
propositions. c. :. Bridges Of Tacoma.
and others have recently bonded a claim
in the same vicinity Fred Zeber OF Ia
coma, Is also working a copper PROPOSE
ton near Northport. All these claims lie
on the Coiville reservation, on the west
side OF the Columbia river on the east
side. and about eight miles northeast of
Northport and 1--WE miles south OF the
British Columbia line. the Red TOP Noun
tain Mining Company is rapidly develop
ing It's rich gaiena mines. producing gold
silver and lead. This company IS COM
posed o. Tacoma and Seattle investors
and Will be ready for concentrating and
shipping ore as soon as concentrating
plant can be erected. The vein is seven
feet wide. double shifts being worked
night and day The shaft and drifts are
now dswn 10 a depth OF ninety feet and
are being extended at the rate OF Eve TO
SIX feet a day The concentrates from
this mine would pay SIS per ton profit and
the rough ore. as mined. would paw
profit of SS.T per ton. Other properties
OF known value will be opened as soon as
the season permits.
Already the north bound trains are
crowded. and prospectors and intending
investors VIII flock 20 that section this
spring from every direction 4 spec{aI
excursion Of forty capitalists from the
southern states VIII start from New or
leans. Atlanta and Intermediate points
early IN the spring. with tire object %
visiting. examining and probably invest
tng IN desirable properties in fhiS district
while a stream Of British and Canadian
investors Is already pouring into .he dis
trict from the north and east Alforethtr
THIS section cf our state ard the aaioiu-
ing British provinces will - a scene %
activity during TIE year not presented in
mining camps since tire days Of 90"