The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-03
British America Corporation
Wants Northwest Mines.
NEGOTIATING FOR THE lie ROl.
Has Already Secured the Coiumbis
Properties In the North and south
Beits-Le Rot simply Pushing De-
Northport smeiter shut Down.

The British America Corporation, which
Is negotiating for control OF the lie hoi
rnlne a. Rossland, Is also buying up al the
desirable mining property IN that district
which can be obtained Cor a rc2So1aole
price, according TO the statements o. J. l.
Boyden. who has come to the city 10 spend
the Fourth Mr. Boy1en, who is wen
known in tie c.ty. Is row superintendent
Of the nght ard power plant AID mechaa-
icaI engineer Of the srnelter >: Trail :or TIE
Canadian Pacific Railroad Company.
In addition % securing control OF the
lie Rol," said afr. Boydea, the British
America Corporation has bought ne Co
lambda & kootsnay and severa. other prop
ert!es In both the north and south belts,
and is buying anything Of value watch is
offered al a fair price Il mas pat !arge
force at work on tie Columbia and hoCle-
nay, and L. getting ready 20 ship ore.
have heard that II mas representative IN
the Boundary creek district 10 buy c-.siI.ls
The lie Roi Is not shipping al present,
but IS simply pushing development, anu
meanwhile The smeiter at Northcort u s9ut
down. The shaft is down 30 feet, &. It's
have been run % the limits of the claim,
being developed The War Eagle IS ~cn
developed and is SAID 10 have from $500
600 20 5000 go worth Of ore N +iS II. II IS
shipping 80 tons a day TO the TraI shelter,
and IS putting in a hoisting plant With
capacity Of 1890 tons day. The o!ner
large shipping mines are the Center Star,
Iron Mask and Monte Cristo.
THE Canadian Pacific has reduced the
cost OF freight from Ross!And - Trail. and
of treatment at the Trail snlel;er from ST
10 $50 d ton. and viii make lots "l mines
pay which would not pay al he OIL Rates.
Some OF these have begun Development ana
viii eventually ship ore.
Since the Canadian Pacific houghc The
smelter it has been oyern luliag ana en-
Iarging It. It is being changed from a two
10 a fveturnace plant. 50 that 1t VIII ham
die from 40 10 go tons every iwcuty-four
hours. and all treat not only suiihGe, hut
silyer-leaI ores from the SI)c III. The en-
tire sart VIII be- run by electricity, for We
are new equipping IL with motors. We
have a plant OF 4o0-horse power IN the
town. and are bringing in wires from the
kootenay Powe: Company's plant a Bon
nington Falls. on the kootenay river. which
VIII develop lo,o0-hoFse power and will sup
ply the whols district. The War Eagle is
putting IL an electric plant and vii! be the
first TO use this power.
We have begun the work of standard
Trail 10 RosslaEd. and shall finish IL In
few weeks. The railroad is com pleted from
Trail 10 Robson, thirty miles north on the
Columbia river. and the contract has been
let for the extension from Robson To Pen
ticton. This line VIII run up the Columbia
10 r point opposite Deer Park, on Lower
Arrow lake, and VIII! then strike almost due
west down Christina lake through the
Boundary creek country and up the Okla
hogan river TO Penticton. following the sur
vey made by Mr. He.uze. The contract
price Is about s3.pa.ua. and the work Is 10
be finished this season. This work has
caused great activity In the Boundary creek
district, whore the people are jubuant
work is also being pushed on the Crow ;
Nest pass road, and the contractor tod
me tie other day that he wouM complete
It TO Nelson next winter. Water transpor-
tatiOn viii be used next winter 10 bring
coke from the mines In the Crows Nest
pass 70 Tran. hut next season a bridge VIII
he built across the Columbia X Robson
By means Ut the steamers on Okau0-an
lake ard the branch from Sicamous 10 Yer
non. this Will make a through line 10 the
coast. The survey has been made Tor 4
line from pentlct0n Ia Yale, on the main
line. ara this VIII complete che al-rau line
by the crows Nest pass route to tho coast
This " II not only ~ much shorter than the
old llne, tpi It win have easier grades and
VIII run through the heart Of the mining
country
The most fraternai feeling exists at
TTat. between the Canadians and Amer
!7aus, who are about equally divided in
numbers. The Canadians are even more
enthusiastic than the Americans over the
war ard " hen the news OF Dewey. vic
tory arrived. the whole town celebrated
until there was not ii bottle Of champagne
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