The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-11-13

her products will be pr0por.ionate 10 The
number OF her inhabitants-say fifty tines
as great for expectation as they are now.
me problem - 10 make her rich by de
Nelopng her resources ard then she viii
have means and Willingness TO buy fifty
times ~ muea- On, 1t Is Il wonderful
prospect.
a century hence the Chinese Enp.re win
he gridironed with American RAILWAYS
traFerScd ny Yankee locomotives drawing
trains Of cars built in United States facto-
RES. These trains vii carry not only pig
tailed passengers. grown Indifferent to the
SacFtege OF running over the graves Of
tneir ancestors, bat coal and iron from
Chinese mines The mines viii h,. con
tfoiled mostly by American capital and
IEelF machinery viii be of American make
1nete VIII be otner mines. too. OF gold,
SILVER. lead and various ether valuable
metals and minerals derivable from the
bowels OF the earth. For, IL the Testimony
OF mary American experts and explorers
~ - Mofth anything China embraces some
producing regions of The world
hitherto tho development OF Chiua's
minega. resources has been stuai0usly dis
Outraged and opposed by the authorities
The first thing required is permission 10
the people 10 avail themselves freely Of
their Untouched wealth Underground. The
&oSufdIty OF the present situation in this
regard ia fairly illustrated By the fact thar
steamboats, 1T Ichaug. go mites Inland
on the sangtse river. are compelled to
buTn costly imported japanese coal al
borders
az one q the richest Noai fields IN the
world. The coal deposits or that region
are - remarkable a. 10 arrest the stfeu-
tion Of casual travellers. hut the govern
nlent NIL rot allow them TO be worked II
These mines, with the incidental iron ores
ana petroleum springs, were permitted 10
DC eAploited, there would be such a trade
that the available steamers and iunks
wouIG hardly be able TO carry 1t all \
gold mining company was organized In
~ u THIS PROVINCE (Szechuanl by Chi
hallAn named Iong. who studied mining
IN tina United States lie got the sanction
If ne viCet0y - buy machinery. but the
people pe,ii.0ned tie latter officer to stgp
Tie WORK, Samples Of gold from the mines
petition was Eot granted. Szechuan has
a populatnoh nearly eQGa, - that ot
France. and an AREA abo1t as great,
ShaMtGug Is described as ar. xast min,
*fAl E.ll Gold. silver. copper iron lead
coal and even diamonds are found The
gold mines nave been worked by California
ran RS, e1t taev had 10 abandon the task
"NtHE 20 lhe cnstr1lr'4 V"0css az be rafIve
hti44+ teU taaIs aEa> IL Is txpactr4 that
WIN iae ative@t x the locomotive. In th@
ne@r t4.4ff-. great activity VIII he shown
~ Il, rNt i,lnE 800 coal srd other minerals
- ~" s.'+s province ln4er aoy Cthsc r-5}>
L woslI be ORG x the Ert2teSf qr,5rtr.. g..
ions 'n TIE weird. I; has a. Populate, -
- ts}, i+s}-a bolGt the same as that a. ~,.sI~
tais ~ oge Ct the northeastern provinces
y tltfa proper. and .HFouEn Z runs fha
iap us HaaaE he. 81 Ne;iaW river. k:eseu
- 3-ia SorTo" by reason ~ ths o.
Nttf-tte1 ~ ns!i}-fs ~ people ~ i;e ,~s-
au"tt VttrNaNS. ln thts y.-,-g ~. -...t=
S@TG born
case 80 Can4" w4t ers.t ~ s9..,.--t.
wth PeAn ty raN. 80 raat being ra,..
A-'-sF e@siStF1.rt-aD i.F l}sl~faa sstsl.--sts-
letS ealy las 1.,t"tts3 lra.E.ttr-s aH3 "a
tec r@utra4 n1af Nt. fa~ Ataat -e8sts 5ast no.
F-- ff9} Ai4 tlf1 equal e.. tAat ~ -na en-
1.e 0t'"@ StAt+s. \ point liae t1is ns-e.v