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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-02
SUMMIT CITY 4 TYPICAL CAMP.
Promising District in which Many
Prospectors Are at Work.

Whatever merits other camps may pos-
sess. summit camp is the richest and
most lively In the large region commonly
described as the Boundary district, is the
conclusion reached by a correspondent of
the Rossland Miner during a recent visit
The prospector seems TO be everywhere.
From guch or slanting hillside comes
ever and anon the boom of shots reverber-
ating with thousand echoes. The camp
embraces sea OF mountains drained by
creeks The largest area. However. con-
verges toward the last-named. a noisy
stream, which, after n six-mile descent,
river about seven miles above Grand
Forks. At its headwaters is a slight I'M
dulating valley, or basin, probably mile
long. that gently trends easterly before
shelving and narrowing into a precipitous
canyon. Down this yawring chasm, after
gaining their first momentum. rush with
an angry roar the waters of Fisherman
creek.
In the center of this mountainous val
ley, or plateau. is located summit City,
typical mining camp that within n radius
OF one mile is surrounded by at least
twenty mines and prospects. more
ideal situation could not be imagined. II
Is 2 500 feet above the Kettle River val
ley. The city" for such II Is ambitious
~ called. already boasts OF many of the
adiuncts of civilization. true its popula-
tiun scarcely exceeds 100. but what IL
lacks In numbers is compensated for in
concentrated energy.
quite building boom Is on. small
to supply lumber. 1t is the story of Ross
land over again. There are three hotels
one saloon, four stores. laundry. a col
ored barber and other Industries
characteristic of Western camps. The
Arlington conducted BY ]. Mcneil con-
tains forty rooms. and IL Is prcteutiuusly
Nainseoted throughout with dry cedar
The proprietor takes pride IN relating
how he packed the lumber over the
mountains Hts hotel represents an in
vestment ~ $1,000. and IL proving
bonanza. Tents and wooden buildings
fringe the main street other prospective
thornughfares Hrc more or less cleared.
thetr Nistas finally disappearing IN the
dense timber
Tho city becomes decidedly lively at
dusk, when the miners Ell shit tramp into
this common meeting place. Mirih and
Jlllty fttSu supreme The SNyues that
were enacted the evening the correspond
cut arrived, IL sevns are repeated night
~. The hotels and saloons tid thriving
trade They wore crowded 60 overflow
ing Refreshments could not he served
fast enough Grt4Sled miners timers
with experiences NJ every camp from the
Mexican line 10 kipuAike prnsprcfors
fr,lEhtcrs. gamblers ~tln horns Young
and old-Clinke1 glasses iu good fellow
ship as kvg after ktE was cmptied 9th
crs with qutetcr habits. sat around Ia
blas hazRrdtag perChauCe q months earn
tuIs uu the turn ~ "A card The chips
ratified Ull dawn. FROM half "a dozen
tests foAted the disc0rdaut sounds Of a
caucertinA. mouth-organ or the dulcei
tones ~ a seasoned siren. Law and order
prevail wlthai
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-02

The hoatins sHprly q such securities is eea,iser-
shly smaller than IN revert wears. TIE isysl,.>-
farors6le character Londaa has rcopened TO N.
successful outcome II the war IN south Africa ard
sTs safe With an advance in NV whiSs American
s,ocss aavO participated 10 certain extent The
not. however. been On sulncisnuy large scale to
have much practical influence up0n the tone ~ the
lstise shares Anasher development is The de.
cline q exchange rates "a Level which puts an
end . any Apprehension as to shipments II sold
Esrv this week it became sET~rvnt that no further
Nlts5rSvsls e srcc,e either from Londoa s Paris
has shSpSd itself 50 that the sod ousfow -
ever iof the season Money is becoming deeiiedly
ceaiers egsa discount at tbs British capital bsins
aasn 10 y Per eeut drop q u psF cent In
M news t1gm south Africa seems hkcly to result
IN 'he Development II srculAtive mcvausn, in
thoush 4, must be admitted that thus fsr the Lon-
Don stock market has taken the situation easstlr
and does not seem disposed to indulge IN any over
drawn eSciismtut Another eirCumstanee which
has bad considerable influence uron the tsrsl~r
= wan sirrct Is the accommodating evidence that
the socAllcd sugar trade war il practically ended.
even Il there has becn no formal settlement anong
ne re,nins Interests, Il has eesn peanted out tx
syine .ar mat the coarse u The CAPITALISTS In
tefetcd Ia tho business was ege which necssxi-
iaisd oompDmiss when all parties we're thor
markahle that the American sugar Rcru,ns Con-
iany and the opp,~itieu refnesirs should within
level which seems 10 ascra a fair prsat and ,As
speculative public not nlnAtWaily drawn the in
frrcnce that this Is the result q an agreement or
Arrangement smong the parties IA interest While
ncthins can be learned to the fact. there has
becn heavy covering - shorts ia sugar stleks and
an advance IN its price 10 ls making u the tng~t
ket
The steel stocks have been Irregular and heavy
on the news that further reductsons In prices
sca'red IN Western rnArkcts
Al the same tins. the liquidation a. these s,ocks
seems 10 he over and in sofne covering ~
short interest resulted in improvement u their
market fNsittn, Il may also I'VE sid that the to.
haocc stocks contributed eward tho strength ~
The seneFnl market, heSaase while they showed 10
deTfdSi Improvement, the selling % them hss
ceased 50 the fear q competitive npTositcn has
diminished The railroad Its, has .heen struSg IL
STEADY, particular attention hsing raid to Bur
hngton' NcsiheIn Pacific common and Atchssm
preferred ON the two latter prosrectivo in-
in dividend rates are the main reasons fer
the support extended to them
Bank ClcartuHs.
The following table compiled hy nfadstrees shcw-
the hank ceariner ~ all principal cities for the
week ended MAJ 81, with The percentage az in-
crease or decrease ~ compared With the
spending week last year;
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-02

No. 2 tunnel in the orc Denoro. sum
init camp. 0euetrates the hill distance
az lso feet. sixty-six feet OF which II ia
ore. From the end NJ the tunnel "A DRIFT
extends @s5 feet. connecting with the bot
tom OF the lib foot shaft. This cnunTc-
lion. apart from other considerations.
provides excellent ventilation. 40 tuu-
rel tapping tho outer edge az tho hrH
ciEAty-ors feet below the preceding level
tNcuty feet ~ that distance siriuKers Il
chMcnpyTite were encountered and tho
remainder - the tunnel trnVerses vein
matter No 7 tunnel about rs feet FUR
thor West IS eighty fouT fret long TWcn-
ty feet from the mouth ore was struck
and y continued solid for eighteen feet.
This 0"t Sne ie thirY-niue feet below
fhv o5o body uncovered hv the RAILWAY
The work ~ Gross cutting and blocking
these lnmeu-r ore bodies IS 70 simple mat
t'r Nre VS. ateu cucouutTed 10 consider
bic ulAntlu.s n De sh.ft
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To Rebuild the washoe smeItcr.

The new Washoe smelter az Anaconda.
Mont. is 10 be rebuilt by the Amal=R-
mated Copper Company. which now con-
trolls the Washoe properties, aE well as
all of those Of the Anaconda and Parrot
companies. X is understood that the
new works will have capacity OF at least
$500 tons Of ore per day. Two years
probably viii be required 10 complete the
work The site Of the new snelter Is
east of Anaconda and around tho hin
below the big foundry. They Will he
about two miles south ~ the old Carroll
works. getting part ~ their water supply
from NH creek. better known As the old
McCune property The company paid
about sen m FOR tho site. and within re-
cent years has purchased about all Of the
adjacent land, II - also in contemplation
TO bring water to the WRshoc works
from the silver lake supply work. work
upon which has been carried on in a de-
sultory way during the last year.
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NEWS AND GOSSIP Of THE MINING WORLD

which perhaps is from location in Dun
can canal 1t assayed ST in gold and cop
per. This claim is owned by VI. Z. Collins.
OF Juneau, who. in conjunction with c. II.
Jacobs and c. E Jury, is sinking a shaft
in the en-foOt lead.
prospector came in about three weeks
ago with quartz showing free gold that
ran as high as S65 TO the ton. This loca-
ton Is somewhere on the mainland, about
twenty miles from Wrangel
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owing to the good road over which they
GENE they are enabled To haul four tons
10 the team. The road was surveyed by
\ Coryell, and is the only mining road
m mat section which Is passable az dis
ufne OF the year for such heavy loads
Y V
Work on the Big Chief mine. Eas.
kC"'tuay. viii be started up in Jew
uays with full force, and the property
y III 5e developed night and day FOR three
mouths under the present charge OF r
4. Nahon, OF Montreal, who has lust rc-
termed from England. At the expiration
~ hat time the property will be exam
med w an English expert. and II his re-
port Is favorable large amount Of money
VIII be expended in the development of
tn property. The newest and latest i'm
proved machinery will be installed.
V V V
Since the machinery was installed at
the Chico mine considerable work hps
been done in getting ready for the re-
sumption OF operations underground
Owing to the nature Of the hanging wall
forma ton, during the cessation OF work
while the machinery was in course OF in
stallatlon. the ground being verv wet. the
roof Of the crossCut caNed in Wafer
came In from the vein so fast that some
thing had to be done 70 catch II up before
sinking could be resumed r. :. Hewitt,
who with e J. Lowery, sunk the shaft
TO the 209-foot level. has now taken a
contract to sink II down 10 the hanging
wall Of the vein Judging from the posi-
ton OF the vein in the crusscut the shaft
should drop on the hanging wall at less
than one hundred feet below the crosscul
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MANN MINES NEAR WRt>GEL-
several PromtsinE Locations Made
quartz showing Free cold

SUtIIA. lOrTtsVuHIt NO
WRANG FL Alaska. MAy a modest
estimate ~ the number az pruS.tCt0rs tn
she vicinity q WranEel today IS 50, and
from present Indications this number ~.
b.. doubled before July 4
some remarkably ane quartz has been
located about here laIely, the lest OF
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Metals.

EXCEPT for another advance Ia tin. there Was
nothing ia the Nay Of new features 10 the kccsl
market fer metals The advance was due chiefy go
A corresponding rise in London. ewing % an uneS-
pcted demand from exporters and the slight falling
Of IN feecipts The close. however quiet. a.
the hest, with SO being the nominal basis
Pig iron warrants were weak and unsettled,
Lake copper continues duh aud unchanged. On the
basis u Sle.TS
Lead ruled dull. a. s. g-t7l.oe4
Sleltcr easy, 81 81 tS4is 80
The brokers price Tor lead s. %, and for cop.
per SIC se8l6 Is.
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coadi,,o. Of ,ns Treasury,

WAAHtNGTuN. 5uns b., fssiaHfa ssessnssss a
he treasury hsisnfss ia tis gssrsi fana ssntaslgs
q ihs Flsos0fH sad sessFrs "a tas sifsssen x ~
frfarffae. tifeas
Asaiiat4e cssh lsz0fs ....,...,..t..- iit5 - 81
Gdii ....s... ....-. ...t.. ...... - "a 9N rs
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SAN FRANCISCO.


SAN FRANCISCO June l.-s,erns on London
Sixty days, 81 81 sight, 81 Sst
Financial.
Silver ear. desc; Mexican dollars. sstGisc. Drafts
sight lssc. Telegraph. lSc.
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LONDON. June i--Atchison ess Canadian Pa.
cihc ~ Union Pacific preferred, 76.; Northern Ia.
eiic preferred. Isi Grand Trunk. u; Anaconda, 80
Rat silver Firm: = 9lsd
Maneyit per cent
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FOREIGN.


NEW YORK, June The Commercial Advcr~
tiscr's london financial cahlcgram SAYS
The markets here were very quiet today before
Nhitsuntde, They were. however. firm. though
fsaturrless The public - stiu apparently waiting
for official o. the fan u Pretoria London
inclined TO realize in Americans but New York
elnRiiycd this tendency
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-02
BIG CLAIM ON 1H|BET CREEK.
Hydraulic Proposition on a Tribu-
tary of the Stickeen.
DEVELOPMENT wORkTO BEGIN.

In Consequence. There VIII Re an
Increase in Traffic Up the River
From WrangeI-surveyin Party
In the Field for Railway to
Dease Lake-TeIegraph Line to he
Built to Teslin-Many PROJECTORS.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-02

The following table, compiled hy nradstrees shcws
the hank clesrsues At al principal cities for the
crease decrease a. cuuipsrea With the corre-
Spending week last year;
The sun., 1900-10-22
Tony Lewis, of Hartford. Conn.
Admission, so, rs, S1.OO.
News of the Churches.

Bishop Nicholson OF philadelphia,
will preach in St. Lnke'a Reformed Epis-
copal Church on next Sunday morning.
A recital and musical will be given in
the Second Baptist Church, Ninth and
Franklin streets, On Tuesday evening,
October 30 q 5 O'clock, under the man
agement Of the Mlzpah Circle Of Kings
Daughters.
Father James McKenna who vas or
dained to the hG,y priesthood at st.
Peters Church two weaks ago said his
first mass at Sc. PauPs Church, Four.h
and Jackson streets, Yesterday.
The Junior Christian Endearor Society
OF First Presbyterian Church will give a
musical and literary entertainment in
the lecture room of the church on Tues
day evening October %. A silver offr r
ing will be taken.
At Central Church yesterday the fol-
lowing anthems tere rendered. At the
1890 a. IN. service the choir sang Bsum
bach's Te Denm in L fiat, and as an Of
fertory, "Christian the Morn Breaks
Sweetly Ger Thee" by Henry Rowe
Shelling. In the evening the opening
anthem was Babylon" by Watson.
Miss Lulu v. Elliott sang for cffertory
"Nearer NY God to Thee" by A. j. Hol-
den. The other anthem was "Come
Unto Me- bv III. A. Morrison.
At tbe 1890 o'clock mass at St, Paul's
R. @. Church yesterday, Councils St
Cecilia mass was sung by the choir and
at the close of the mass MIR. Fitzpatrick,
of the "Robin Hood" opera company,
sang Tine Hcly City"
The sun., 1900-10-22
THE DIE HAS BEEN CAST.

From Milford News and Chronicle.
The die has been east and the Re
gular' Republicans Of Kent and Sussex
counties have openly announced their
deals with Democrats, TO defeat Repub-
lican control Of the Legislature of Della
ware by placing an insurgent ticket in
the field against the Union Republican,
the party that casts thirty-nine fortieths
Of the Republican vote VI lower Della
ware. We cannot believe that the rank
and file Of those who have honestly
supported the Regular" faction Of Re
publicans are willing TO send two Demo-
Gratis to the United State Senate in
stead of two Repnblicans-jnst to please
the spite Of few leaders Of their fac
tion.
The Union Republicans have done
everything possible to bring success for
the full ticket il November; even enter
ins common primaries III New Castle
Countys ana gis.ing np more than fair
share II fhe State ticEct-to do more, no
fair niau would a~k, Int these insnr-
gent Republicans af lower Delaware are
willing i sacrifice Tin United States
Scnator-hib to satisfr their personal
spleen. and have dealt with the Demo
crats that il inay become possible, This
Is treacErry. aud offensive partizanshin
that must ca!l for the falling of official
heads as q penalty.
The sun., 1900-10-22
How,s This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars reward
for any case OF Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY 4 CO., Toledo, O.
We, tile undersigned, have known F.
]. Cheney for the last Is years, and be
lieve him perfectly honorable in all busi
ness transactions and financially able tc
carry out any obligations made by theiI
firm
WEST & TRuAx, Wholesale Druggists
Toledo, o.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN, Whole
sale Druggists, Toledo, 0.
HalPs Catarrh Cure is taken internally
acting directly upon the blood and muc
GUS surfaces of the system. Testimonials
sent free. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold BY
all Druggists.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The sun., 1900-10-22
Snnlilern HnII Lenune

Birmingham. .llt., oct ~ The South
cfn Association II Baseball Clubs was
nr9anizrd Hoin Saturday with every indi-
cation y success. Franchises were grant
ed % siX ciiies. with applications from
others, from which two will IL selected
to complete I'LL eight cldh league. The
salary limit was fxed II 81 900 pr
month. exclusive of the manager. 4 for
felt of Sl,eeG will bc required. Tho or-
ganization win ask the protection Of The
National league under Glass Il and will
create sinking fund BY requiring 10
per cent Of the gate receipts of all league
games. Franchises were granted to
Chattanooga, Nashville, Memphis, New
Orleans. Shreveport and Birmingham.
while the applications Of Atlanta, Little
Rock. Mobile and Montgomery were re-
fclled q the officers 10 report with rec
concentrations 1t the next meeting, which
will be held about Dec. /, when board
Of directors will be elected.
The sun., 1900-10-22
ABSURD TALK.

From the Denver Republican.
"The talk about their carrying New
York Is absurd. They hope for some
thing from tho German vote. But the
fact that the New York Staats Zeitung,
the leading German paper in the United
States, has swung arounp in support Of
the Republican ticket shows very clear
IL which way the German vote Of New
York il going. The talk about Demo-
cratic success in that State may be set
down as Of no value. Neither will they
carry Indiana They have claimed Indi-
ana over ana over again, and it usually
fails thcn III Presidential year. The
Republican minority there ought 10 be
larger than it was iii 1886, for on the is
sues Of thar year Mr.. Bryan was much
stronger in Indiana than h. is now on
his humbng issue Of anti-imperialism."
The sun., 1900-10-22

long labors of the summer, and before
il becomes necessary to retreat to winter
quarters. All the conditions favor Il
triumphant progress. with every appear
ance of popular favor, 50 that the last
great movement of the Bryanite cam
paign gives every promise Of filling the
hearts Of the faithful with fond hopes
of success. There is one drawback, how
ever, which the candidate must begin
to understand is seemingly onerous and
embarrassing. His own State is in dam
ger While the people are cheering him
III New York. the political friends and
intimates in Nebraska are calling for
him with eyer-imcreasing anxiety. Wher-
ever lie goes facing enthusiastic multi
tudes. lie is followed by 4 train If mes
senger boys, pestering him with tele-
grams demanding his return home His
tour III New York has been intended
not - much for effect II that State
as III the Northwestern States. His pur-
pose has been 10 create an impression
that New York might bc brought into
tire daublr column, and thus encourage
his following iii the Northwest 70 use
their most desperate efforts in pushing
ihe cpnrass in tleif several localities.
iiis plan Is now threatened with failure.
| II Ii becoming evident that it i not New
York hHt Nebraska that is going over
into the doubtful column, and the Bry-
ante leaders at Lincoln and elsewhere
arc crying ont in alarm that Nebraska
will not be doubtful but will be in the
| Republican column if the candidate ne
elects his friends AMI neighbors 10 70
\ rainbow chasing iii the gold-pledged
Eastern States.
The sun., 1900-10-22
HE IIAS No REMEDY.
Nv rhi!adeIphil Pros.

From tie Philadelphia Press,
III. with nil the feeling. sound and
uusound. against trust, MI. Bryan had 4
real remedf ii. would sweep The coun-
try. Ills sham rniuedie@ voters under
stand. They that III" tml-t il Q
past smaller corporations ~hat ho trunk
line " lWpnt t-.jseS Sea'- a4a waS I'll pre-
yious nal raiAaWa Hae, These Great
traliug oMuaaia, fllre CONG. Ihey ar"
here. 'fha Republican pagty proposes
for them Pnbiiatr ad r-aiatiuh noW
MA federal @,ir3l 5E constitutional
amNndmant il 4 proves necessary.
The sun., 1900-10-22
Both Sides Firm

Wilkesbarre, Pa, Oct. 21.-The close
Of the fifth week Of the mine workers
strike in the Wyoming region finds both
sides as determined as ever. The opera
tors insist that the price Of powder shall
bc considered III the 10 pcr cent advance
offered rs them, while the strikers say
they will nor - back 10 work until the
demands Of tile Scranton convention are
conceded. which, they assert, mean fiat
l0 per cent advance, the price of powder
e he asiitrated later. In the meantime
The lardor- nf thc minors are becoming
empty. and / cannot " very long ii Tie
erlikc is prolonged until there i much
sntse.ing.
The sun., 1900-10-22
columbin's New Government.

Washington, Oct. 21.-Thc department
Of state has formally recognized the gov
eminent Of Marroquin as the de facto
government Of the United States Of Co
lomhia. This action was taken through
Mr.. Hart, our minister 10 Bogota, and
upon his recommendation and his state.
ment that the government Of San Gle
mente no longer existed in fact Mario
quin was the vice president Of Colombia
ana it was alleged that he had usurpcd
the Office Of president, deposing san
Clemente With that phase the state dc.
partmcnt had nothing to do, its action
being determined by the fact that Mario
quin had the only actual working govern
mcnt III Colombia.
The sun., 1900-10-22
MAY CONVENE AGAIN.
Goal Strikers Likely 10 Hold Another
Meeting Soon.
POWDER is THE ONLY BAR.
But For That, IL IN Thought, Every.
thing would BE settled-Pres-
ident Mitchell Makes
Statement.

Wilkesbarre. Pa. Oct. 21.-The powder
question still bars final settlement of the
great coal strike. The operators continue
= declare fhey will not recetlc from theii
position that the reduction IN the price %
powder shall be figured in the 10 per cent
advance IN wages 50 FAR as the contract
miners ate concerned.
The strike leaders still point ID the fact
that powder is not mentioned in the
Scranton convention demands and init
mate that none hut a net advance wonld
he acceptable 10 the miners. but the indi.
cations are that convention Of strikers
will b. held in Scranton the latter part d
this week and that the offer made by thu
operators will be considered.
The sun., 1900-10-22
Mar. Mcetire of strikern.

Shamoliu pa., Oct. IA mass meet
ing " strikers was held here Saturday
risht anil was addressed by McssrS. a.
y. Mahon If Detroit, president of the
Amalgamatcd Association " Street Rail-
way Men nf the United States: George
Iartlein. secretary Of District No. Of
the United Mine Workers. and Miles
Dougherty. an organizer of the United
Mine Workers Of America. The miners
were urged u remain firm in support of
The men Of the upper region until the
powder difficulty has been adjusted. As
it was widely circulated here that an cf-
fort will be made by the Philadelphia
and Reading Coal and Iron company to
start its collicries the speakers told those
Of the employees of that company in the
audience to refrain from work until Pres
idcnt Mitchell declared the strike off.
The men said they would not go to the
mines.