New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-12-20
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE. THURSDAY DECEMBER 90 1900
THE PASSING THRONG.

James Turner Of idaho. speaking yesterday at the
Hoffman House Of the mining outlook in his State
SAID
SAYS WEST "Ah the signs at present point to
ETeN MINES a great boon in mining IN the
NEED West. oartic' larry IN Idaho n
MONEY. the near future; but Il will OF ne
cessitv cone more or less grad
ally. 1t takes not only deal OF money 20
develop mine. but much time as wei We have
the mines and time in TIE West but the capital for
new development work must come from the East
or elsewhere, as all that have is being used TO
the last cent There abundant fields for good
investment In our country. AS yet the surface OF
the great Northwest has only been scratched. and
below that surface we know that untold wealth
lies. No one knows realizes Just what the coun-
try is capable Of. but no experiment with 1t has
ever discovered It 70 be wanting Personally am
mining in what Is known the Buffalo Hump
country. territory lying some two or three hun
dred miles south Of the famous CGur dAlene
THE Tia B smaller H tRB D Dg E9gS T an area
been found in strip Of land ten miles long
a small amount Of cooper in our ore. and regard
the outlook FOR the Hump country as OF the very
from II as nss been taken from the famous Ceur
Illustrates the necessary slowness Of mining. we
have been at work for some rrns ne-ry two years.
been very large both in time and money"
Eat the same time we are very well content with
the progress we have made and that the future OF
our properties is assured We viii
LACK OF still. however. have long time to
TRANSPOR- wait before will see the money
TATION A invested come back. as lack Of
DRAWBACK transportation hampers seriously
our development. Last year we were
more than hundred miles from the railroads. and,
while they are reaching in direction, IT IS still
stxty-hve miles from the Hump 20 the nearest point
any railroad You will appreciate how difficult IL
is 70 ship our concentrates by animal power as well
as how slow. The railroad viii ultimately get 70
but until 1t does must wait the greater returns
The developments Of our camp in the last year.
however. have been such that confidently ex-
pect the railroad come to US In the near future
Our concentrates run hgh-H.200 20 $500 TO the
ton-and my tests show that lose Is per cent at
that have been looking into new process to-
day. The inventor claims he can save the larger
part OF this e per cent waStage. and his process
makes il feasible. The development and
economy OF mining process IL simply wonderful ore
can be taken out at a profit to-day that could not
be mined at all few years ago. Take the great
lie Roi mine, for instance. in British Colurn oia
which was sold by its American owners 20 the
Gooderham m Ria ckstock Canadian syndicate for
about IS. 900 When the mine was n The hands Of
running Sc a ton. AT that time il would have cost
more TO treat it than they would have obtained and
they simply threw the the dump. I'M
provements in mining have enabled the Canadians
to treat this ore and they to-day getting 81 20
a ton profit from the same ore that only few
the dump useless thoroughly believe that
there is a great and renunerattve era in mining
setting in but il will come gradually and call for
the investment Of large amount OF capital