The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-31
K00TENAY MINES
MAKE MILLIONAIRES.
ypokane's Main source of wealth.
Production of sIocan-Heayy
EngIiah Investments

EngIish Investments.
The prosperity which tae mines OF the
kootenay country have brought 10 Spo
kane II illustrated by the remark which
Frank Watson. one OF the leading mining
OF that city. made to "a POst~Inteln-
Eencer representative that he could name
three men VINO have been made million.
aires By kootenay mines III the last fi;-
teen months, and from fifteen 10 twenty
men who have made from $l0g.1v TO 500 90
Ii the same space OF time.
81 don't think things ever looked so well
IN Eastern Washington and Kootenay as
they look now" said MI Watson II, is
a compa ratively new mining country. less
than four years old which has produced
this wealth. Under its influence Spokane
Is building up rapidly. The people who
are making money are coming there and
building homes. IL IS centrally located,
.or on the east We have the Occur d 'Alenes
on the north the vast kootenay and Col,
VILE country and on the south and west
a rich agricultural country"
AIR. Watson is the manager OF the Airing
ton and Fisher Maiden mines in the SLOGAN
district. in which he Is the largest in
eividuai holder, and OF that district he
said
we have forty-hve shipping mines In
SLOGAN. the shipping being done principally
In the winter. when fhe snow is deep
enough to rawhide. That does not include
the outlying districts, where there are also
many shippers. Ten or fifteen OF these
forty-tive came into the shipping class last
winter and ] should not be surprised IL
We should add ten more next winter. The
summer work is principally confined TO
development. great many prospects
have been bonded this spring. and opera
tions have already begun 10 open them up.
! have very iattertng reports OF the
Montezuma. which is owned by Seattle
people. They are not running the mill,
but they are working hard and showing I'D
the ore. and believe they have great
big property
THE Lardeau-Duncan district will come
Into prominence. for II has some of the
biggest showings OF mineral / ever saw
At present ii Is very difficult 10 get into.
but the government has some sixty-five
men now opening roads and trails. being
very liberal in such matters. The season
Is short. but II does not take long TO get
to work when you once &c. in. The mines
are at as great an elevation as in the
SLOGAN and are nearly as hard 10 get into
as tho SLOGAN mines were in early days.
AT present they cannot afford TO smelt
sllver-iead ores In British Columbia, for
IL pays better 10 ship East ores carrying
IA "a 20 per cent. lead. The Crows Nest
Pass railroad vii. make a gre AZ difference
hy enabling the smelters 10 get IN coke
and supplies cheap.y.
The Canadian Pacific Is also building
a road from Brooklyn on Lower Arrow
lake into the Boundary creek country
1t has 200 men al work and is doing one
or the heaviest pieces Of railroad work
ever seen. The Boundary creek country
has some Of the biggest show.ngs OF ore
on the surface ever saw. though you can
not tell about them until you so down.
1T is by no means true thai the English
dEu.zu tra I'll
out Of the kooteuay country. for i great
deal OF American capital Is going In now.
The English buy mines when they have
been developed. but the Americans put in
the money 10 develop them The English
ara buying many silver properties. in fact
they take anything Of value that shows
profit on the Investment. They are not
scared by a big Investment II they are
satiSned that Il is worth the money.
Al Rossland the lie Roi mine started
ten days ago with 40 men. under the Old
management Tho british American Cor
poraton. which Is negotiating fer the pU--
chass OF that mine. has bought the Great
Western. Nickel Plate, Columbia s. West
ern, Josie No. J. West II Ro and Josie.
II has spent between Sc 0oo.po and 81 01.1.
90 and IS working All these properties with
a fun force Another English company
has purchased the Fourteen Consolidated
and Lily May and was - begin work
about July /. a third English company IS
negotiating for the Robert F.. Lee. Mad
OF Erin, Homestake and Gopher. The
Eastern Canadians who bought The sun
set No have made 4 success. WAS
told by the manager a few days ago that
they will he in shape 10 snip thirty cars
a month shortly,
Tho Colyills reservation IS showing up
good properties. especially tAa north half,
where Development has been done. / have
been ;oid that the cyanide plan, a ne
Republic Is working very successfully II
: snail. but they are going 10 enlarge =.
Al the Re7uhli1 properties 50 FAR increase
IN value as they attain depth. \ great
amount OF development = gong On az
Pierre AXE On the south half OF ne res
erva.on the surface saowings are very
strarg and contain some value. but they
have ro; had :.Ene for development.
Many people are going n AMI SOME Mn
Ing GlcH are investing
II * 10; generally kaow1 THAI We have
one regular shipping mine N Washington
the lfre7 Trail Ne. :. on Cedar canyon.
II ia shipping thirty carloads II h'ga-
grade s.lver-!ead ore week at.t - max
icE more money with less tax than any
otner uaae N ;he state The bonanza AZ
EossosrE e $3.50 ship2.1g swo 10 three
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