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Show ! A WORD FOR BRITISH COLUMBIA. ! Tho Intermountaiu Catholic probably has a larger circulation in British Columbia and points j along Puget Sound than others of-its class so far j removed from Pacific tidewater. Therefore its in- j terest in the development of that country is natural. To encourage, endeavor and applaud perseverance per-severance in gainful pursuits is the choicest task falling to the lot of the writer. Particularly is J this so when the miner comes under the writer's i observation. But for the miner a third of -this broad country would be a pathless wilderness. 'Tis he who blazed the way, 'and civilization followed ! with its multitude, of other gainful industries. In ; spile of ups and downs, 'tis the miner who is the sovereign. The mineral wealth of British Columbia is without' limit in low-grade ores'. Some of its mines are real bonanzas. The chief drawback to mine owners in the past, in this mineral zone as well as others in our own section of the Rockies, is the lack of proper methods of reduction and concentration. concen-tration. But of late years there has been a wider diffusion of knowledge in the art of getting every- J thing out of a chunk of mineral that is valuable. The miner is rapidly becoming a scientist, and the I scientist easily yields to the temptation to get the largest results in mining or milling. I Before us is a copy of the Rossland Miner, j published in British Columbia. From time to time we have read its editorials and mining news. There is no attempt at extravagant description. Its opinions, opin-ions, have been uniformly conservative. What the Miner has to say about the Lc Roi proposition and the adaptability of' its ores to concentration, will add to our-stock of knowledge. It will be found elsewhere in this ' issue, under the heading, head-ing, "A Fortune on the Surface." ' : A , |