The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-01
INNINGS LUCKY PHASE.
ODD TURNS OF FORTUNE THEY TELL
ABOUT At ROSBLAND.

Fortunes Suddenly Discovered In shares
Supposed toBe of Little Valuo-The Young
EnKlisinen with Remittanocs. Introduce
tious or Merely Ambition-Tho Paruon'
RossLAsp, Sept 2o-"Whats THAR asks ths
stranger 70 Rossland tho first time ho hoars the ore
laundering down tho chute from tho War Eagle
mine: and the Rosslandor answers with the pride
Of an inhabitant Of solid camp:
THAT That's dividends"
The mining camp that has dividend payers
and the Damp that has only properties which will
mako q mine are vastly different thiDgs And a
camp like Rossland, which has passed through its
---iod OF depression and showed that II has bot
tom s very likely to prove surprise to tho stran-
rer from the East who usually expects TO find q
few shacks stuck on hill. along with one general
store, a log cabin hotel and twenty-five saloons
As for the saloons no Is right but he finds also. as
an addondum to these and tho mines. a city OF
5000 people, regularly laid streets several excel
lent buildings electric lights water works, shops
Of all kinds, Ave banks plenty OF hotels, and
club with $4,000 home Six years ago tho
place was hillside OF rocks and trees one OF o
dozen such roundabout
Tho history OF Rossland Is the history ofmost
camps. In 1s90.91 two French Canadians pros
pecting among the mountains CHANGED on this
hill and staked out claims In ono day they To-
Gated the present rich mines lie Roi, War Easle
and Centre Star Having no money for recording
purposes, they offered man in an adjacent settlc-
mont nus cno''e Vi .no c.oins III VIC 'eooiune
fees He chose tho 10 RoL Thus q mino now
computed at so, 600, 900 first sold for S1260. Tho
Frenchmen. being men of no money. considered
tho $40 900 which thoy finally got out Of the claims
10 be fair clean up yet to day their hillside is cal
ouiatou 70 na'o piouu''ns po"oi y. 9 ,,.
yearly unaei improved "oiAi's .onu,u ,t
yoai VI wv a''e' .no .os y. '.,o ,a "a,
American senoia' 'auio ~ oi'"s e aio"e 40
eook' ihs oooA - 'ne ,asnoi VI i'0 1I r
'no man 'oi "ho"i 'no 'o"h AZ h"nou' iie ''oAeu
ou' ene ''"h si'o' Gnu nos iouiu INC
an oAooheh. INV ooNheh" 80 iai ho'ine i'auo eo'no
e"oV'ooo ou' o' 'uo sac y, 'he isai es'o'e'
oueh ih''AieoS oio no'ii's, n'"e'e' IL o'
wy "noIo poupoi' oo0ona' nii'iionn.Ioo "i'nn VIZ
year i"o years oso ipiici IN no'sianu ~o'
borrowing 40" oonss W so' ioou' "nio VIC o.no,
day no was entertaining opokane inc MECCA oi
miners VINO nave neus 'neif s'axe' o' iaiso oe,'
l"on'yioul mon'ns' anu mo huhsLy hino. -
worm ez'ooo'ooo some curious STORIES arc 'oia
Oh 'no 10 No' mine hof instance one man
'onoi' ooine business IN spokane haa nossiauu
custohof WIN "antou SUI Vi o'o'nos ou' hou
mourning 70 pay VIM eo'o shn1es vi 'no 10 N'''
'hen unneolo o. Ai'ei pofsuaSion VIC t"aiol gave
sno f.osH'ou'i 'ui' enu ie'oi'eu WV sn"ieS y,
10 hoi no pun 'neh away anu iorso' aoout
them un'h moh'hs iatef "nen d mining lieno
asked MIN 70 invest Hine In oeVeioping eoiu
claim.
No' mocn, saio tne 'anoL was only IN ono
mining aeal IN my NC ana gov huhe up iof
ioHy oohar SUN oo' paio win q LOU Oh shaIes Oh
some planned mlne tna' ain worm ootn'i guess.
Wnoio ole 'noso shares anyway no rou'eo
them out OF an old desk and held them up con-
worth anythins' anyhow
As the shares were bringing 20 each az the time.
INC taiior maoo soo's YOU on MS SUIT OF clo'hea IL
10 feiateo tna' announcer man. VINO onghaiiy put
III oapnai Oh e<'oVo iof On interest," IN Inc mihe'
soiu MS Shares aver tne properly hao oeen "ofRed
'ol sio4o'oVV' oeeiues having received some soo'
Uoo In oiViaenus ms reaoS moro IKE romance
!hhn mummy ye'" Is qui'o oVefshado"od oy "hat
Is told OF inc earnings OF certain other man
holare rms man' with his partner used TO
own oal IN hossiana' customer OWING them
Dill OF Sioo' came 70 thom one Day said ne mad
no mohey. anu oneaoa eo'ooo shafes Oh 10 hoi
s'ook ior inc DEBT IL oeing the only thing 70 do'
the saloon men accepted what they thought a
a se,m. that besides owning =, b,r in common
~ 'o',' ' no, o''e, o""s Da' III 'oni'io''
they also had racehorse and when the shares
hin, all IN. hors. the toinr all ~. oh.
as equivalent To do this the first had to mako
out that tho animal was ailing and unfit to race
anv mo,e Rut armmer coming on II ,u,rsd on,
Ii. - a.. - .,in. on' - ~ so ~, oe'
ne mad lied ana the morse That season won ~ BOO
The second mariner got furious wished his sha rcs
Al the devil and sta,ted 10 sue bis n.rtr., No,
, - -, ~ 20 90 =, 80
iong aitef this second man SOLD MS 4o'ooo shaTes
for So a share thus realizing S36S 900 from an
originsI amount NJ s1Oo
"' VI
Nls prooaoiy inc chances like these given by
mining country that have brought such droves of
vopng EnpIisbmcp 10 British Columbian Gamma
" ~ 'uhto''', 'a'iit'''
fosSland, LOT instance, though Amerlcanl IN many
ways is filled with Englishmen Most of them
live nm monev from home and ara .v.rvvbe,.
49,, V" y 80 NO"'o 81" ', "'o ''''| "H.'o
known as remittance men, while their passion foi
golfing caps give them their other designation OF
tho small hat crowd Some NJ than Iac,.ipo reuit
~ ~ 80 " ~ ~ ~
tanceS come out armed win letters OF introduction
carrying the signatures of any thing from Mar
,u;sto.K r. re Tbes, lot,.,s .,o ,,sro,,v =,
Iu'' W. ~ ~ w. '" in.So ic''oi' arc us"any u
the manager oil the British Amerca Corporation
the big London company operating In British
co,urhi. and no tho he,,.r a,w.yo irooir.s h.
m. ""- % '' 'e' a'"o'' 'N's i'e' ~
Ia To iaii INTO high place and largo income his
talk with the manager is a decided surprise
"Ab VOC " save the p,.parer ,ftar p,eli,,ino =,