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Show SLOCAN DISTRICT MINING INCREASES Travel by trains and bouts into the 1 Slncan mlnlnu; district, usually heavy at th.y peril wi of the y:ar. Is the grt-atesi in its history, says a Nelson. B. C, re- pert. Trains and boats are crowd-d. The j intTi.af-od travel Is brought about by a j r'-s:n)t Ion In some ot tho mines and by 1 a n increased act i i'.y in mining opeieL-tii-ns p--net. Lily, It is' paid. There is prosr tct that tho effort expanded ex-panded next year will become tho great- ! est in (lie history of the province. The b,.nrnT t ar in returns was liUti. wiion the ore produced was vr.luid at J i2.lL"".1. -4ii2. a coit'-varrd with ?C7,0l0.o&2 In U'17 and f-;l,7s? in ipis. Ins Jivd by tl'.e higher pries of silver, n'.aiiy operrttors fioni oiht-r 0-tricts end countries have invaded HritiAh Columbia. The mines are b,Kinnvn to respond to th, tr i.'f f.rt!i, but the I vsponbe will be greater .'j.t year. |