The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-06

great deal is shipped to the mills at
Everett. Tacoma, Butte and Helena.
Great Falls. some to Denver and Pueblo
and some even as far east as Omaha. 1t
VIII thus be seen to what great extent
American railroads and American mills
prott by the opening up of so rich a
mining region.
An adjacent district to the SLOGAN is
the Ainsworth, over against Kootenai
lake. The ores there are of q somewhat
different grade. Still. there are 80 mines
producing on Il paying LASTS. On Toad
mountain. near Nelson. the government
town for the district. is located what its
owners call the richest silver mine in the
world, the Silver King. 1t is owned by an
English company the stock having been
fioated in London a year ago. Originally
there were 100000 shares at Fl sterling.
Later they We're advanced to $40. The
company owns its own Smelter, which
has a capacity of $50 tons i day.
The value of the product in these three
silver districts-the SLOGAN, Ainsworth
and Nelson-nearly doubled in 1896 over
1895. In the former year the aggregate
value was $i.509.22 and in the latter
amounted to S2.145,166. There is silver to
be found also in the Salmon river and
wild Horse creek districts. which are
expected to be the scenes of great ac-
tivity when the SHOWS clear in the early
spring.
a BUSTING CITY.
Rossland when you take everything
into consideration. is not bad sort of
Internationally speaking-for a
town only few years old. It's main
street. Columbia avenue. has recently
been graded up. and is now equal to the
heavy traffic il has to support daily. Two
and three-storied frame houses are going
w on all sides. and the other day the
corner stone of the first brick structure
in RoSSland was laid with imposing cere-
monies by Lieutenant Gov ernor Dewdney
The town today has a floating popula-
ton of perhaps 800 and d permanent
one of nearly 500o. There are at least
= u or rGir
and lust as many saloons as licenses can
be secured. The laws in British Columbia
in regard TO saloon-keeper's license are
very stringent, and no doubt have been
the most prominent factor in keeping
order in this busy little mining camp.
Before u license can be secured the APP
plicant must be vouched for by at least
three good citizens, and must give bond
of s. 800 to protect patrons. And if at
any time a person is robbed or beaten
III. other than in self-defense. the license
is promptly revoked md hoI,1 forfeited.
IL is impossible for the proprietor to Sc
cure another license All saloons are
compelled to close promptly at II o'clock
on Saturday night and remain closed I'M
til Monday morning. However, il is said
that a drink can be obtained in most of
the places on Sunday if one is fortunate
enough to know the pass word.
The hotels are well conducted. and are
rua in most instances on the European
plan. a good room costs from 81 to $1.59
per night, and good meals can be pur-
chased for 30 cents.
The inhabitants of Rossland are re-
markaDly orderly. Old-tiIers who have
been through the best days of Virginia
C;ty. Cripple Creek. Occur 'Alene and
other camps. where excitement was Just
as great say that they have never seen
ANYTHING to compare with it It is
something out of the ordinary to see
man under the influence of whisky on the
streets. There is little or no fighting
ard a lady is just as safe from insult in
walking the streets at night alone as she
would be in daylight. In fact, the town
is so very quiet after dark that one might
imagine himself in a country village
instead of a thriving little city. How
eve-, it is not so strange, either. that
roughs and hoodlums steer clear of Ross
land when you take into consideration
the strong combination of fearlesSness,
determination. honesty and muscle they
would encounter in the person of John
KirlsuD. mining recorder and chief of
police. AS soon as a suspicious character
enters the camp he Is promptly informed
b. Mr.. KirSup that his presence is not
necessary to keep up the good name and
demeanor of RosSland. and in most cases
the crooks, ard scrappers are not slow TO
comprehend his meaning.
No small objection which young folks
had 70 the old-time spring medicines
was their nauseousness. In our day.
this objection is removed and Ayers
Sarsaparilla, the most powerful and
popular of headquarters, is as pleas
ant to the palate as a cordial.