^p NHMBBK 4. AINSWOETH, BRITISH COLUMBIA, OOTOBEB 3, 1891. TEU CBHT& PAVOK& THE PRKR ADMISSION OP OUR ORES. Blue Bell and Kootenay Chief on the east side WILD OVER A K12W DISCOVERY. of the lake and a score or two on the west side— The free admission into the United States of are practically-dry ore propositions, and produce The reports circulated and stories told by Jack the lead ores of British Columbia is a question just the ores \hat are needed on this side, of the Sea ton, the Henuessy boys, Prank Flint, and that is receiving considerable attention, both in line to making smelting a success. Nearly all John McGuygan on their return from the this section and in the neighboring sections to the lead claims in Hot Springs district are owned Kaslo-Slocan divide, on Thursday, set the town by Americans, and the wages paid miners and of Ainsworth wild with excitement. Even G. the* south of the boundary line. The people of other employes ai-e the same as paid in Montana B. Wright felt as if he was young enough to Spokane generally favor the admission, while and Idaho. pack his blankets over the range to the new find. those of iho Occur d'Alenes are in opposition. "Were the lead ores of British Columbia Bill Hennessy, who has bar) considerable-ex­ allowed to flow into the United States as freely perience both as a miner and a prospector in The following are the opinions of a well-known as the waters^pf the Columbia river, it would not Spokane, business man, and are copied from the detract one particle from the income of a single Colorado, says the croppings are fully as large Chronicle of Sept cm her 30th: Cceur d'Alene mine owner. On the other hand, as those of the Hall mines on Toad mountain, it would be an advantage to him. It would and that hundreds of tons of ore are in sight. , **1 have noticed lately a number of articles in make Spokane a great smelting point, and save The returned party is the one that left Ains­ the, Cceur d'Alene papers regarding the admis­ the Cceur d'Alene ores being sent 1500 miles dis­ worth 2 weeks ago to head off; Eli Carpenter and sion of British Columbia lead ores iuto the tant for reduction. It would enable him to get E. A. Bielenberg, who started via Nelson arid*" United States free of duty. These papers assert quicker returns for his ore and keep all the the Slocan river to reach a, reputed rich ledge in > that the reason Spokane citizens are so anxious v n money required for their, manufacture nearer the neighborhood of Slocan lake. That they^ to'have this obnoxious tariff removed is because 1 home. The concentrates of the Cceur d Alenes were successful in heading off .Carpenter and^; it would enhance real estate values in this city. average50 per cent lead. In shipping, the miner.'„ Spokane citizens have in the past years.aequired Bielenberg is proved by the fact that they weret must pay for transporting 40 per cent of waste oh the ground 8 days and during that time sawf more mining interests in the Kootenay country material. Is it not reasonable that he would than in all the other districts combined. It rather have that product hauled 100 miles than nothing of the others. They found the Carpen?1-•> ^ should be remembered that Spokane was hut an J500 miles? ^ ter camp, and they also found his ledge. Jn ~t^^|^ infant when the opportunity for securing Cceur "That Spokane at some day will be a great many respects nis statements were confirmed^ d'Alene mining property was at hand, and as smelting center but few deny, but to make it although the ledge was not as wide as here-, she thrived and grew, her citizens branched out such the dry ores of British Columbia must be ported. After making several locations they „ in mines where the best opportunities were drawn upon, and to get them, it will more than started back, and when about a mile and a half if* offered. As far as lead-silver bearing ores were from parpen ter's camp discovered a ledge^ that concerned, the Kootenay presented the most likely be necessary to also secure the lead ores favorable advantages. But, unfortunately, of the same section." made every one of the party imagine himself / 1 just at the time when handsome profits at<, once a millionaire—and they, are still pretty w .~ should be 'realized on their investments, HINTS TO PROSPECTORS. strong in that belief. The ledge is said to be|; l^ll*1 the McKinley bill became a law and tlie lead J$he following sensible advice to prospectors is from 12 to 20 feet wide, and, 5 full-sized 'clahris^fe&I tariff clause was, adopted. No wonder the peo-^ were located on it. The ore""frrought'ba^cka^^^'^^ iiom a Colorado paper, and is as applicable to u pie of Spokane.desire to see this ta l£f removed, coarse galena that assays ,trom $i7UTD-^z^rtd^fgg||M and in. this they are joined by thou>ands all over %§t Springs district as to the galena* and* car­ the ton in silver and averageSrOverv,50.^e^Vcept?^^^^ a f the United States who are far-sighted enough to bonate sections of Colorado:' " , ' lead.- Twenty-one locations in all were inade.T "1 .«'™"M"3K see what it is leading to. Perhaps the Cceur It is not definitely known whether fhe?"nejw^ "The great object of prospectors in Hinsdale d'Alene editors should be informed that the ma­ find is on theoSlocan slope or the Kaslo slope of t jority of the miners in the Kootenay country county in the past has been to find and locate the divide. One"report is that the ground is not, are the same identical persons who prospected pre bodies in fissure veins; and tJhe result is that more that 18 miles from Kootenay lake and, and opened up theOceu r d Alenes, and made i t the study of formations favorable to ore deposits another that the distance is between 25 and 28 possible for them, as well as many others,\to and tlie occurrence of slips and faults has been miles. All agree that the route is a practicable make a living in that, prolific mineral section. neglected to such an extent that it may safely one for a wagon road. The party were only a' The Kootenay miner receives the same wages as t>e said very few of our mine owners have the day in making the distance between the And- the CoBur d'Alene inrnei-, so the t hteadbai e argu­ least idea what such breaks and. features of a and the month of Kaslo creek, having sent their ment of competition with Mexican peon labor formation really are. The consequence is, with packs ahead with Indians, who were 2 days in cuts no figure. man.yn•'• sections" of our -mountains exhibiting funking the trip. This would indicate that the <k almost, exactly similar characteristics to the distance is about 20 miles. The fact that snow I will only speak of British Columbia, as that famous deposits, "blanket" veins, arid contacts to the depth of a foot and a half is now on thev is the section "considered- a point at issue. For of Leadville, Aspen, and Red Cliff not one can ground proves that tne new locations are pretty several months after the passage of the tariff: tell in what way this likeness occurs. It is a high up, as there is littleor ho show at the. hill placing the duty on lead, the American fault that ought to be remedied in the interest^ mines in either Hot Springs or Tciad Mountain; miners and mining companies operating in the of the most effective development of our districts. Parties who are familiar with the lay province of British Columbia felt-very sore over •'mineral resources. It is time the San Juan, of the countiy say that Slocan lake is about 40 the law, but finally" they'begun figuring a way prospector was disabusing himself of that miles long and Slocan "river, about the same out of the dilemma. It was ascertained that erroneous theory that gold, silver, lead, etc., length. The valley of the river is an easy one the consumption of lead and the many and is chiefly found in veins of quartz, for with to get through, and its outlet is on the Columbia various products made therefrom used in Can­ the 'miners of most great districts that belief has & Kootenay railway, 15 miles west of Nelson. ada and the provinces exceeded the production.' long been admitted to be an exploded fallacy. The owners of the townsite at the mouth of of that useful metal in the country. Accord­ There ought to be a change in this line among Kaslo creek are con Aden ttha^t the only Short ingly they went to work to devise ways and local prospectors. When investigating the mys­ and practicable route to the new c$.ihp will be means to lnanufacttire lead and its products on terious mineral bearing .'slopes and gulches of by way of the trail now building up Kaslo creek. ( that side of the horder. The first question to Red inou u tain, t he contiuenta 1 d i vide, GoldHill, The country should be carefully examined, and consider, was the shutting out of American lead and other local sections that are curious, and if the new'find is half as good as reported, a« competition.