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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (March 29, 1890)
WKST JJIIOUK. inc in important city. There ia aurrly nothing ex travagant in fuch t calculation. It would x atrangf, indeed, if the town did not experience rapid growth. Mincn of experience and aound judgment unheal tutingly declare that no place in the writ ever had bet trr procjKTti of bmiming a gn at mining center than Colville. There ia not yet a tingle well dcvtlojl mining prujwrtjr in the diitrict, yet the proect holra from which orea have been taken unmiitakahljr indi cate the character of tho mincn of the region. The only thing needed to bring out the rcnulta that luunt lluw from the rock-ribbrd hilli in capital. If the claim owneri without capital could dig their ore and Hnd it a hundred tnilci by team, thence rait by rail for pinching, and atill realize a profit from the aurface rixk (which they did), there tnuiit exint a Unit for i m mcnue mining LuaincH with projT development hn the amelter ami railroad are at their door, a at prewnt. The gratifying aucccai met by prmjrf'ctora attra ted the attention of such mining ex rti an (m. (I. Viv ian. "llonanza" Mackey and Senator Jonea, of Ne vada, and in 1 8H7 the Mutual Smelting A Hcfining Co. wan organized at Colville and the conduction of a Min llcr U-gun. The lack of capital among the prot)4-ctun and coniMqiient lack of development of the min , and the disinclination of the claim hold cm u part with their projx rty limited tin ore output very materially and the imelter waa not put in oj ra tion until recently. Hut the advent of the railroad haa brought the country into cler relation with the financial world and the rcault ii already bring felt in inen-awd activity in the minei. There arc l,.VO Um of ore now on the dump at the imcltcr awaiting treat ment, and 'J,.V tona are in cuurae of delivery from the mine. On the first of May the amelter will itart on a ban in f.r regular oration. Iti pn-nent capacity i forty ton er day, but it can eauily 1 made to han dle twir that quantity when the available supply of -re hall warrant it The product of the amelter ii bullion Urn, which are shipped to Newark, N. J.f for r fining. Ilutt, Montana, baa the next nearent amelt r. The orei of the Colville diitrict include their own flute; that i, there Ii plenty of lluxing ore in the d.itricl to projjrrly amelt them. The coke ha to be h'pped in, but that i much ! f xpeniive than ahlp ping the ore out for treatment. Major Moore, gu ff al manager of the amelter company, give "me f g ure that are lntertting In connertion with amelting '"Iville orr at different 4nU, and the resulting I f f-t to the miner. He atatea that ore aying fifty ''Kttrri 0f txrr gn,j f Jrtjr r cent Uad would yield 0 ndnrf .V Ti if ant to Omaha fur treatment, I-7J 21 in IMena, and ICi.H if treat-I in Colville. Tl 'ohiile unrjtrr buye the ore frwtu ll miner ernl at ita dump and paja the rah for It. Th com pany treat and market iu own material entirely In deiend lit v( the miner There are extensive ledgrtof granite, marble, lime atone and alate of auj-erW quality near Colville, and a company ha jut organlml to develop the quarrie. The marble ha Urn leatrd In th rail and la found not to 1 urittrd anywhere. It I rji. ally valuable for building purj. The proximity of auch building tmri will enable CoUdl to bolld Uautiful and auUtanlial itrurturra at a n.mpara lively imall coat. IuiNrtant and promiilng a I the mineral wraith of the Colville diMrlrt, th- igricttlturat rabititir of the country are of no Jr momntt Krom the fft, of course, farming rarrkd on to grrttrr or ! extent, but tho rrlnotrnr fn in g'l market lf vei'tet) cultivation of the xil on a tare t ale Vhil the military J-t mi maii.!li.rd there wa a limltrd market at the t. With the departure of the tr went the market. I'.iit the U valUy ba tng Ireti a famou bay producer, and It bid fair to Umi a famou a prdurr of vestal b and fruit The deep, molit alluvium I particularly nilrl ti grw lug gran and vegriablr The idj'-liln upland are Utter tuited to grain grafting, and tow that the?? i transportation for the product tho itientiuiiif h ranrher I Wing dirntrd in that rhni.l Tb vat ley projr of the Cohille, nth the lUMi g f1 hill on either lde, f itendifig i"n to the Columbia wh'rw it unite with a broad area of equally f rid xtl t tt the bank of that great river, prewnt fli oj Jrtutl tlei for divtrifel igri" ultur All thl dimily at Colville' d -r, (m the (VlumUa i anrieelUij fruit country, 'hrr lb bill to the rt of (VtvilU I theClarke'a r'rk, or I'm I d'OrrilX talUy, l,u h I largt-r than the Colville. and It Ui" d ft ontl't i. by way of the latter. Nearly rveryvhrr in that oulif tU bill lr a mlerate growth 'f pif. ttt tamafak. tU 1U timber make the t i f hmUf, arJ w mill ar Mng erettrl It 'ippl oVn.an l ( f bitl r n terial. TVre are diwtly trth iUry tiCdvl!U the C. IvilU Ind.an rervalloti, on the ty l l-Ut,( UC'4. U. a larg trad rh In fio!?;ral an I io.!,li.j -nUl.lira; a I'f g .Mh t,t twtAtf lip a' I ttwn tf- C.-lumUa. eiVn lifg faf Ut" VtAiU I'MttXl i-1 Mu bf a grrat d-al of n"Ut. H i farg a a grain and fn Ivl, af-l prU v tnhv trat in U th q'urti an I ! r; lU I Urlt )A ntittoj, with It fl t.bviltry, tr,J l d.itrift a tU Met! ;w; afJ. t tmt, lU wUi Colvill v!Uy atl rr ri'' 1U lf ' Cdiol i'f U fiit a.