The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-08
TRAIL CREEKS RECORD.
Its Production In 1897 Was $50 Per
Cent. Over the Preceding Year.

Nent. OSer the preceding 1eAr.
Special DISPATCH to the Post-Intelligencer.
ROSSLAND. n. c.. Jan. THE year
starts in most auspiciousIy both for the
kootenay district and the Trail creek min
Ing division. The output for the district
and the division for 1897 was simply phe-
nomenal. aggregating the sum of S. 1885,
SIC. This is an enormous yield when Ii is
considered that the entire output of the
lode mines of British Columbia for the ten
years previous to 1897 was only S. o67. 322
The Trail creek division played a most i'm
portant part in bringing about this re-
suit, this division alone producing So. 025.-
5ls. This is only little short of half of
the entire product of the lode mines OF
British Columbia for the year 1896 which
aggregated A.257179. The total product
Of ore in Trail creek division was 1852
tons. OF this 72.S42 tons was smelted and
the balance 200 tons. was milled The
shipments for the first six months of the
year 1880. ending June CO. of ore that was
smelted was 30oOs tons and for the last
half of the year f. So tons. The grand
total production of the mines in the Trail
creek division for the three years is s5171.-
S29. This is phenomenal showing for
district which began to produce ore only
three years ago.
Nor is this all Besides the ore that was
smelsed and mllled. there are some 60. ooo
tons OF low grade ore lying on the dumps
or the several mines This was mined
during the year. This low grade ore will
average az least 81 per ron. This ore Will
he utilized Just Is soon as cheaper meth
DDS or reduction are brought into vogue
With the building into Rossiand OF the
Crows Nest pass railway. which will be
completed some time this year. there will
follow reduction In the cost OF coke ard
other srnelter supplies. This will res,llt
in the cutting down OF the cost of srnelt-
ing and then these ores can be marketed
at a profit
To show what great strides the division
has made in the production Of the pre-
Ctous metals L may lie said that the Weld
~ 1876 over 1926 vas 72 per cent The in
crease Of l>97 over 1855 was l5o per cent.
Tt" increase ~ lS@s over is95 was go re,
cent. With the foregoing figures as
basis. II Il more than certain that the ONT
put of 1887 large IS It was will be more
than doubled during the present year
This assertion can be demonstrated "a
true by several facts. II Is known that
two Of the largest mines I'm the carnu the
War Eagle and the Ceuter Star nave
several thousand tons Of ore in -hsf~
Slopes ready for shipment as soon as
cheaper methods q reduction are avail
able For the past three months several
English syrdica:es have been busIiy On
gagged acquiring ownership Of mines IN tha
are ne two headed by SIR Charles Tanner
ex~ca hinet minister. and Hon NJ Mack
intoSh. NJ tHe Northwest Territories ora
- these the Tu9psr syndicate has al
ready begun operations on the Velvet ard
Portland TIE other. the Macintosh
syndicate. has acquired ne Josie The
Niekle Plate and other properties trf v-.n
soon oeEin exploiting them 4 dozen Other
properties have been purchased t,- +Ae
EnEiish operators and they ali promise =,
begin tfa work 80 daVafnpyr.sY+ fse . ,-s.~.-
short time As these $ynsscstee hav. arm.
p}a means AZ command u e certain TIA.
nancy Will rot 30 spared tn tte eTart .,
~ Ike n}UsS - khe rrcpertlez which -h.v
have acquired. II each instance haravA
properties gere purchased fnc fr4oSt care
fgt examination was made of them av4
Il IS reaSona HE 10 infer that the purchases
vera made ~ o1ly such properties tnst o.
h.}s< developed viii prove 20 be mines
There are nearly a dozen r-avars sas IN
tha camp outside OF tho<- which as a.
ready shippers that hAve rea ched s,,oa =
high s:&te OF development: that IL wlu M.
be long before they VIII become large mr..
dprs~s ~ ore
From the above. Il will Re seen tia. ira
o,tlcog FER the Trail creek eivIsior, rex.-
was better and from now on its progress
w3ll be steadily forward until IL takes f.s
az precious metal What Is true 81 TRAIT
creek division IS also true Of thu Kc0te~g>y
district hat y "a evident that Trail creek
VIII forever maintain It's supremacy ns thA
eezi mining section CO British Columbia