The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-19

conner on Canadian territory, he went
~ as far as Boston to interest capital
b their development. In this he was I'M
successful, owing to the timidity Of capt.
nisss regarding investments In Canadian
mining properties under the present sys-
nm 81 government, and the fact that much
d the copper claims Id that country had
hsen bonded By the Standard OIL Company.
Returning to Dawson In September. he
found nat his men had In the meantime
nade yet better discoveries on American
oil n1ides Of three weeks he was again
mhis war East, on this. trip visiting Butte,
~ Lake City. Leadville. Denver. New
Iuk, Boston, Fredericton, New Bruns-
Sik and Montreal. He is now on his way
vt to Dawson, where he expects to ar
fbs By January Is.
with all the mineral developments"
nd Co.. Miles, and all the mineral on
hs Csaadian side OF the hoNndary line,
unnot sunder the present orders in cSun-
d. interest capital In work on that side.
What with the royalties and the fact that
ssery detail OF profit from mining Is con-
rolled BY the actions Of the council at
Ottawa, American capital will not go
INTO H.,
Fortunately for us, the original leads,
be deposits OK copper that have been so
much talked of, are in American territory.
when Hdiscovered these properties on the
American side, It took me but q very few
minutes to interest all the capital neces-
ny ior their development. / made this
gal IN New York. am not organizing
my company, and ami not going to.
ont have TO- We haven't qOt any hard
mining % DO. The sttfYfTis already mined
Y nature BY glacial action. I am now
y my gay back to outfit for development
q he mineral in Alaska. Thank God. 1t
avs ars defined, where the humblest citi-
len can have his rights as we'll as those
kno ne In the ring
Vol lilies here showed some Jumps of
pafe copper as large as ones thumb, and
guel anger pieces partially Embedded in
ussments d quartz. These last contain
ssM ana SILVER as well as copper. He
s s'.nd z certificate of assay by Louis
Scses Of Dawson, giving percentage
ww W q pure copper; also others by DR..
Sans u Eyerette, consulting mining ge-
Msnt ana chemist, the most remarkable
which 4 as follows.
~ VOID va LIS per cent; value, $16 per ounce:
$500 10y per ton. Silver, II per cent; value,
\ eeuts per ounce; $26.SS per ton. Conner,
~ ~ cent; value, Is cents per mound:
~ ~ ~ ION: Iron, per cent. Total value,
..v suen extremely rich native copper"
ss ~ ~ Everette, in a footnote on the
'sas,u ~. is very rare"
sra. y. y now, resumed Col Miles. "only a
s Ssss.9 q railroad construction and trans
S ons VI Inc mining, as I said, Is all
s sust ~, ,St US am not ready to tell yet
dsnosssss location of these rich copper
Il l Il an out 100 miles of railroad will put
IN y connection with existing lines OF trans
asxt year. - '-e'' AZ "ofh al TINS
comn nase Kept clear of the Standard OIL
a., pay. There are none of them In this
b at NIL = the Standard Oil Company peo-
III ~ they can control the copper out
Fan sn, !. y, c world, tell them to come to me.
can c,s anaoian born. but am an Ameri-
cap,, len .s now, and thank God for II.
nssis sl st want to mix In with Ca
ecm mn ~, sae production from our tract will
the ,raa so me states through Seattle, and
nfy to H." se''ioi' VIII be tribu-