New-York tribune., 1900-12-07
THE PASSING THRONG.

A. B. Campbell. Of Spokane Wash. has been
mining in the Northwest for twenty years.
In that time he has the de-
LEAD MINES veIopment OF that section Of the
IN THE country. great territorial wilder
WEST ness erected into free and
ereign States. PopulOUs towns and
cities occupy the sites formerly given 20 the
wild beasts and the redskins. Mr.. Campbell is one
OF the largest lead mine owners IN the CGur
d'Alene. and when seen a. the Waldorf-AstOria he
spoke OF that important industry follows:
the history Of the lead Production OF the Ccaur
ducti9n o. this metal, and during the year we
made ur OF what is known as gaIena lead and sill
yer mixed; but the country rock breaks into the
taking out the ore eliminate the impurities in It
%ats % grinding vs the ore to powder and then 5gnnng
kn9Tn Et as eSneentr9tes nj Is put in furnace and
ore mined last year in the COeur d'Alene when sub
lected 10 these various processes yielded about one
ably more than one-third OF the entire lead pro-
duced IN the United States. The gross money value
dicatoEs the s coming year viii be equally or more
centrstes; which will net about ten thousand tons
tory Of the Coeur d'Aiene The mines in the
Coeur Alene which supply this lead are but eight
Empire State. at Waldner: the Poor Man and
Tiger. Heela. Standard. Mammoth and Frisco.
last four named am interested in The Morning
star at Mullen. is the only other one"
II am also interested in gold mining in Idaho in
the vicinity Of the Buffalo Hump" continued Mr..
Campbell 'and have also mining
GROWTH interests in British Columbia. The
OF TRANS outlook in both places is Of the
PACIFIC best McKinley's reelection has
SHIPPING had the same effect in the West
that it had in the East. There we
confidently look forward to a continuation for at
least four years more of the wise and benehcent
policy that has contributed largely to the splen
Western Democrats and Republicans alike are
& aolced az tne outcome Of the elections The conf
unuance of the President in office has given
ness: '.'7D-''DS impetus TO al N''sS Oi 0u'i-
Nothing better illustrates the phenomenal in
than ina the shipping industry. When first went to
the Pacific Coast no transpaeiic lines Of steam
cay cay two lines run from San Francisco to Australia
with the Union Pacific Railway. there is an ori-
ental line ANOTHER Oriental line connects with
Seattle stiIl another line OF six steamers connects
the Great Northern Railway with the Orient; They
rying steamers in the world for this line. At Van
Australia and the other 10 China and Japan. the
latter being known as the Empress Line They are
road All these lines have been brought into ex-
upon them BY the trade thTouE5 and Of VancomSer
Seattle. Tacoma. Portland and San Francisco that
ade''
Il have a small nephew aged four years" said
n. A Tawney. Of Chicago. at the Hotel Victoria
yesterday, who has precocious
BOY WITH vocabulary and the mature OBJ
OBSERVING servation of a man. The other day
POWERS his mother took him to drive in her
victoria All going smoothly
when he agonizedly grasped his maternal ances-
tress's arm and cried. oh! MUMMY mummy! I've
really got 10 laugh All right. jack was the
encouraging reply; go ahead and laugh. Why
shouldn't you?' cause I've noticed his
acute explanation. that ladies and gentlemen who
ride in this sort Of carriage never laugh smile,
and thought it wasn't right to do So