ROSSLAND EVENING RECORD, OCTOBER 16, 1899. ROSSLAND GROWS Governor Mackintosh Talks Atout Our Progress. INTERESTING INTERVIEW ‘Ho Says Desp Mining May Disclose Pay Ore Jn the South Belt—His Views on the Eight-Hour Law, aud Other Subjects Con- eerning the Camp. From the Toronto Globe, Ex-Lieutenant Governor Mackin- tosh of Rossland was at the Queen’s hotel yesterday. To a representa- tive of the Toronto Globe he ex- plained that he was en route to the west, and had visited Toronto more particularly to call on his old parlia- mentary friend, Sir George Kirk- patrick, whose prolonged illness was deplored by all. Asked whether he was taking any active part in politics, he replied in the negative, “But,” suggested the Globe rep- resentative, “surely they indulge in lively p 1 rf in British ada richer in varied resources than this very province. consequence of which there was no meeting last night. The, usual will be held next Sunday Wuture “Rossland’s future is d, evening, however, at 8:30 o'clock. and one has only to mention the fact that there are now five banks in the city—the Bank of Montreal, Bank of British North America, Bank of British Columbia, Bank of Toronto and the Merchants’ Bank of Halifax—all doing a safe and in- creasing business. There are no small money-loaning firms, and no private banks. At Silica, near Rossland, a company managed by Mr. Lionel Webber, has been for the past two years experimenting upon the cheaper treatment of re- fractory ores, the results being, so far as experiments are concerned, extremely gratifying. This Silica institution has done a great deal of pioneer work, while at the [rail and Northport smelters, Mr. ‘Al dridge in the first named and Messrs. Breen and Bellinger in the second, are gradually succeeding, by careful tests, in proving that the BUSINESS LOCALS. The Hotel Russell sets the best table in Rossland. The best saddle horses at the Montana; phone 6. Experienced waitress wanted im- mediately at Hotel Allan. The Grand Union dining room has been reopened under new man- agement and furnishes the best 25- cent meal in town. Subscribe for the REcorrR, 50 cents per month, delivered. GRAND HOTEL. SPOKANE STREET. The Best Wines, Liquors and Cigars. ores can be Ited for half of what was paid last year. I antici- pate seeing these ores smelted at less than $3 per ton, and at a profit North of Red mountain, past the Le Roi, War Eagle and other pping mines are to be found Columbia?” “Oh, certainly,” replied Mr. Mackintosh, ‘but politics is one thing, statesmanship another, There mever was a province requiring more carefully matured legislation than British Columbia. I fear some of it has been of an experimental nature, and is likely to hamper the progress of various industries, The people themselves are not wedded to any violent partisanship. To be sure, there is some sectional feeling but as the province expands no doubt the common sense and intc:- ligent independence of the people will experience similar expansion, The Eight-Hour Law. “T really have not had time to go into details regarding the issues. However, I may, say this, and common sense suggests it, that no government should countenance mischievous legislation. The eight- ‘hour law was never really asked for, that is, a law making eight hours a limit for mine-workers. It was has- tily conceived and passed without ‘the consideration a measure of the akind deserved, You know that tridny of the mine-owners cannot afford to pay exorbitant prices for labor while developing a property. The consequence is, scores of mines thave been virtually closed, and only ‘those yielding substantial profits can continue the work of explora- tion, This I look upon as very detrimental, not only to the Slocan district, Rossland and the Boundary ‘country, but as likely to prevent davestment. My impression is that the situation has been rendered more irritating in consequence of hund- weds of aiiens coming from Idaho and endeavoring to introduce Cceur Alene methods on Canadian terri- tory. Ifthe miners had been left to themselves, without the inter- ference of this factor, both mine- owners and miners would have found some amicable solution of the problem. It would be very hard now to annul the legislation spoken of, but my hope is that friendly ar- bitration may result in an agree- ment on the basis of contract labor, when the best men will make con- tracts with mining companies and thus be enabled to secure morethan the ordinary profit for eight hours work. The coast cities of British Columbia depend a great deal on the mining industry, as through- wut a greater portion of the west- ern part of the province mining sup- plies are purchased there. When the mining market is congested the in- terior should have been so developed as to counteract the result of min- ing depression. British Columbia requires an interior railway policy, such as did so much for Ontario from 1868 to 1884. These short subsidized lines were doubtless in- strumental in developing various industries, including stock-raising, manufacturing of cheese, raising poultry, as well as the utilization of water power for various manufac- tures. To some extent this might be accomplished in British Colum- a zone of good pay ores ex- ist in immense quantities. “Cheap smelting will bring this into requisition, and it would not surprise me in three years to find at least twenty shipping properties in that district. The south belt, which is opposite Red Mountain,has produced some very good ore, but has yielded no dividends, It is just possible that deep mining may prove the existence of valuable min- eral in that section.” ‘Are any large investments being made now in the Rossland camp?” ‘Not to any noticeable extent, except those made by the Le Roi, the British America corporation and the War Eagle and Centre Star companies. The aggregate payroll from these mines reaches $140,000 per month. I may say that the five and to cent share epoch has gone by. Investors lost their money, but they have this consolation, if it is a con- solation, that it benefited the camp by attracting the attention of capi- tal and thus advanced the interests of the province. Of course there are some who still visit Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Halifax and other eastern cities for the purpose of placing what are commonly known as wild cats,” ABOUT PEOPLE. W. 4H. Falding bas been ap- pointed a notary public. C. W. Venner returned Saturday from a two week's trophe aittocst§] Jack Hackleman, proprietor of the Clifton, returned last night from Halcyon Hot Springs. G. C. Tunstall cf Nelson, repre- senting the Hamilton Powder com- (