The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-01
NEWS AND GOSSIP OF THE MINING WORLD.

property yielding much gold every year.
AT Berner's bay. Sumdum and Juneau are
also established mines. At and near ketch-
kan are known to be many lodes. and
mining operations there are exceedingly
active. There is also plenty of copper in
the territory. Alaska VIII increase the
product of its mines quite as rapidly as
British Columbia has and in doing so viii
furnish employment to the shelters OF
Puget sound Justifying the predictions OF
the mining men before referred 10.
Many Advantages Here.
"smeliers in or near Seattle enjoy adj
yantages over shelters at most other points.
AS Is seen in what has already been said,
a considerable portion of the mineral world
is available to draw from. In consequence
there will be a variety of ore to handle.
and in this fact are advantages and profits
OF no small moment Sites Of the best char
acter are easily obtainable. on the water
front or few miles back. Being In a
coal country there Is an abundance or fuel.
while water timber and all kinds Of needed
supplies are cheap. Labor costs no more
here than In the country generally, while
the cost is less than in the mining reg
lens Of Montana. Idaho, British Columbia,
Washington and Alaska.
Throughout the United States the aver
age cost OF producing 500 worth Of manu-
featured goods is sS6i7. BY states the av-
erags In a few cases is as follows:
Massachusetts .,.......-......SI 3I
California -rs...s.. 30 %
Illinois .........,... ..'......... 10 ~
New fork ........ ...... ..-...ss - 81
''The economy Of manufacturing In Wash
ington. evidenced In these figures, accounts
for the growth OF that Industrial interest
In our midst. All that has prevented
Washington from taking place among the
foremost manufacturing states Of the Union
has been the lack of raw supplies and mar
ket. These. however. are coming. and are
coming together. The waters and the soil
are yielding their products to the Gamers;
the forests are being reduced by the mills
to observation-disclosures for sale in Europe.
Africa, Asia, California, the Mississippi
valley, and our own Atlantic coast: golden
grain is being grown in larger quantity,
ground In Seattle mills and sent to Siberia,
Japan, China and the Philippine Islands.
SO. with or other products, including the
mines, which with the help of the smelters
are sending out more each succeeding year.
Large Market.
There Is no longer lack of market
With three great railways stretching from
our city across the continent: with sail
ships ard steamers plying on 100 routes to
the leading ports OF the globe. with a pop
100000, and in the tributary country OF
10000 more, there Is a market now that
amply justifics any manufacturing enter
prise In establishing itself in our midst, ana
In securing the advantage of the low cost
OF production mentioned in the statement
foregoing. This will apply to smelters, as
well as to -four mills shoe factories sal
mon canneries and like enterprises 80 com
mon and evidently so profitable already in
tho field.
The smelling business here Is vet In It's
beginning II will develop and grow RAPIDLY
from this time ON. The pioneering has been
done. The way has been made clear II
Is for the capitalist now to occupy the
ground. to seize upon the opportunities
here presented. and to benefit at once the
country, himself and his fellow men,