The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-11

up1eS II lay uroose-vsS u,.., /. mr.
80 l-iaHpsrs appeared and started
- 1 A4ae lew vein A. the ssre we az
49, 20 sAs SceIe, they were taking CIT
$50. N1S eeecnpogsd ledge matter s,tsa 70
sAy with rocker. though they had
49, re ore Down 10 The creek OF their
Sas We could net stand that BIZ, th.v
SAID snouId not 70 "a sha yr1,srs 80
senS down 10 a coal camp called FTerar
" y Ought Up twenty coal miners with
A-c-sssters and posted a man behind ey-
80 re. 1ney ran big. ragged bluff. but
WrSoGy was killed All got o. the ground
'hen applied To the United States conr.
sos . VIII Of injunction, which was
s-ee'"Afos made perpetual and zha case
Is now coming IN or, ira Far carfs~r,s.so,,
u utie- II the meantime the rrr~e-., "A
yang idle. There is no question sbosa. ia
-s'ax the richest gold mine .n Montana
11e 70 ABOUT fifteen fee, Of rich ore and
VI. sach SIDE Is a quantity cs deconpoged
"~sna@eo ard broken vein matter
mheh tAis dispute arose. millions Of
Ihziisa and South African capital was
ready 10 go into surrounding nroaertv hg,+
1I'sse investors TO sooner beard OF {. Than
80 - ANS began 70 arrive. One read:
Is nothing pending a decision In tnis
sun another said: We dou't care IN
Ia*sst In country where irresponsible
Sat yes can re us up by matchmaking
- gong into British Columbia instead Of
sAS tinted States Is not that the invest
4'lehIs are better. but because the investors
EalAot De bothered by irresponsible claim
jumpers ~aeh biackalailing schemes Any
i.1%aA "Ao attempts II goes 10 the pesiten-
.!afy, Eheso fellows jump your claim FOR
40 otner purpose than TO be bought of In
ofcer not 10 tie up the property in litiga-
Ion Tor six months Another ,,oir. IN
which the British Columbia law is supe-
TOE 10 ours Is that Il allows no extra lateral
rights. Tor the provision IN our law allow
ing sucn rights is the source OF rs per cent.
OF me mining litigation. II is a lawyers
Jaw. am not saying this from preju-
dlciai standpoint, for ] am an American
c-t.zea and want 70 see this country de-
Veioped. SO soon as We get the law amend
ca 20 make capital secure. a food OF for
eign money Will be let loose for invest
nsnt.
There seems 10 be great amount OF
travel towards the Sound cities, for the
trains are damned. I hear quite a little
ABOUT Washington as "a mineral country
though people seem TO come out her on a
general skirmish. Il Is generally conceded
among mining men that the future Of this
Northwest country IL becoming more as
sured There is every reason 10 believe
that. as soon as the war is finally settled.
there will be- a considerable inftsx of
~NNA' ~oiAo'idi'' T-sskt4H ANlet4CaE ana
bFlt!Sh capital here. A number OF mining
engineers / know OF are examining and re-
porting on property and trying to get
things in shape for their clients"
What new Developments are being made
in the mines OF the Vancouver district?''
was asked.
The latest is that the Surprise on
Texada island, has been bonded 10 Seattle
parties. II has a shaft down 40 feet on
four OF five feet OF pay ore similar TO that
Of tho Van AE9a and has a large body Of
other ore which will pay to take out /
understand that Messrs. Blewett aad Treat
are making arrangements with the Roihs-
child syndicate to build a smelter either
at Vancouver or or Texada island for the
treatment Of the gold-copper ore Of the
Van AIda, Raven and Surprise"