int ADVANCE. Vol. XVI, Ho. 9. MIDWAY, BRITISH COLUMBIA, MONDAY, JANUARY 6, 1902. $2.00 per Year. J. P, MoLBOU, Etc. BARBtniB, Solicitor, OlIKKNWOOIl. D, 0. ■j NICHOLSON, I*' _: NOTABY PUBUO, REAL ESTATE, FINANCIAL AGENT and MINING BROKER. CAMP MOKINNEV.B.C. ,_, II.C.BHAW, i^sitturr. Hallett & Shaw BARRISTERS, SOLICITORS, Notarial Public. C-bloAiM.°*'!''HAI.I.l*TT." rnnim- Bodfonl MoNolll's, Moreing & u Neat's, UlUort. OREKN WOOD. B.C. DR. SIMMONS, DENTIST, Rehdeu. Block, Greenwood. PIioiib l»0, V. * N. p M, KERBY, A. H. Can. Soo. C. E. - Provincial Land Surveyor AND CIVIL ENGINEER. Midwav anu Qkbskwood. yy B. RICKARDS & CO., I-Jeal Estate and Insurance. KIKTII STIIKKT. MIDWAY.B.C Sacrifice Sale . . THE HORSEFLY COUNTRY. ■l5*_-!4i!4J!ii!4i!li!ii!lj!ti!4i!4i!'_ !„*!__: «•■_;_,-.»/ **_A\' iii **»> tf tf tf t,, tf, t„,,, ^.icvirsiwiw'jviwir^riiwiwiw;;*;?<;? -*:>- Me Wm ye 'f ii. 'P 9 9 9 f f iv. 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We have opened the above hotel at Greenwood and are prepared to welcome guests and provide good accommodation. Good catering. First-class Livery Stable. .•A^f*&8'S'4'&^ " J. W. NELSON, PROPRIETOR. ORDER YOUR • D.LSLfi Practical Watch Maker, EHOLT, B. C. Oood Tools, Plenty Material, ■nil 30 y.an experience to do work correctly. . . , {^*********4******'****(k Sold by All Newsdealers t™» Vocal, halt Inmrumi'iilol—«, Complete ?...*• !?' r,*,n,,-0n''u * Month Inr as wm .*' J1'*'1? Subscription, »a.oo. Ilynu wVL*0??/?' Rename and ..irtrew ot fxvs -«_nK,?5i.0^l"n "ayern, wo wiil «cnd you a n.-..*..."' nrnn, pubii.h. «ihtli a looM.lSt.., Phll.dtlp Iphl., Pa HAVE fl Li TO CHOOSE FROM AND OUR PRICES RIGS IT Official Report of the Department of Mines. Such general ivnd widespread interest liu. Iwen shown In tlie reports of the recent discovery of new plue.el- fields in tills portion uf tlie famous old Cnriliiio District, anil the demand foi- reliable information hns hunn sn great, that the Provincial Mineralogist set on foot enquiries, nml. ns the result of communications fi-oni the Gold Commissioners and Mining Recorders of the districl, together with Interviews with mining men and nlhcisfrom lhat section, he hugs to submit ihe fallowing us a dig.'st of such iiil'.ii-nuitioii as has heen received liy tin; department lip lo date :— The news of these discoveries become public proporty only during November last, after the open season was over. Ii. is as yel, therefore, rather lacking In detail, ami is obtained from reluming prospectors, who seeiu to have, con* S.tlcuce 111 ihe discoveries, and who, having lived in a placer district and seen practical operations, ought, to be able to view the ground from a thoroughly practically standpoint The gfniiml in question may be roughly described as- lying round the head waters of the Horsefly river, and along the western slope of the rung.' dlvldiug the watershed of this river from thr* watershed of the Clearwater. The following description of the prop . rty is believed in i e luliable.nud is given by om- of tlie parlies of prospectors whicli luis just, returned to Ashiirufts— Ashcroft, B. 0., 25ili .Nov., 11X11. 'Tbe Honorable "The Acting Minister of Mines, •'Victoria, U.V, "SlK,—The discovery was nude by U-n prospector-*, Al x mil-r Sun and JWntildoi-k.Who 1-11, for lhe Horsefly river oil apt oupriilitrg nur about tlte 1st June, 11101, Ki-iiii, Ward's can p, on 'ho ilm-H' liy riv'-r(Jim1 above Harper's camp), they pi-iispe. ie.1 very carefully, Bplng tt|i all the cteeks, etc . i inptyipg ■inin the main river, 0;i i one iif tbe streams emptying- into the iiy**n on i in. uoi l-!i side il.d they lind any gold i.ut on lhe Mi R.iiley ln-.mcli and on Crooked river, on the south Side, the) got good prospects, though not such is to WHi-i'iiiit ihem in stopping there, They therefore, coin limed up stream i,ll they reached the mnin forth fork, which they followed up, l.ul found ii.ithit.7j. Rilurnii-.g, ti.cv then went up the South fnrkj with v, ry en outraging results, so niiicli so as to in- iluce theni lo apply for a lease of one- half mile each, from the mouth of Campbell creek, up-slrenm. They ihen wenton upstream (getting good prospects all the way from the Korks) until they leached Eunka creek, where ihey each located a claim, in companv witli four others (Campbell and partners)! As their pfnvisions were running short they had vety little lime to prospect the ground, but hurriedly improvised a sluice box by felling a ttee, splitting it ill Iwo, and h..|lowing,itout with an axe to about three inches deep by eight, inches wide. Tliey Ihen sturled shovelling in lhe dirt, and as a result, for the actual time shovelling III. tbey cleaned np at Ihe rate of $25 per day t.i the man in rough, course gold i f about the size ol flaxseed, lii addition tu this, a lot of lhe gold must have escaped, owing to the crude manner of working, as on panning out the tailings allot wards they got several colois in each pan, aud a lot of gold was visible iu Uie in- d> nt urcs made by the axe iu hollowing mil Iheir rough sluice box, iu which they had only placed six i-illl s. After prospecting their claims, with the sain- result apparently all over them, they feel cuiilldent, lhat Ihere Is a heavy run of gold all through the property, and believe the claims above aud helOW Ihem are just a* rich, ".Some of the gold n covered contains quartz, and Frits, r cnek, where some piospeolillg Ims been done, is full of float quail-/. | indeed, from the indications in it uud other (.seeks iu the vicinity, ihere may be an immense hody of qnat-.z lii the mountains iu wbich nil llte.se creeks take their rise, and some good paying veins may be discovered tliere next year, as such ai-e evidently the source of supply td the neighboring creeks and ihe whole Hmselly river. The country round Fraser cieek Ims, app.irrnily. never lieen prospec:ed lief as no sign of a white man can he found there. "The diggings are very shallow on Eureka, Empire and Fraser creeks, not heing much mor.. than two or three feet deep, nml In ing whal. are termed •poor men's digglllgsi' Furlher down the river the propor, linna are mostly of a liydl'iilllni cli.iracier, and require capital lo develop them. Fiom seven miles above ilv- Folks to within half a mile of Eureka creek, there is a bottom of froni ll quarter 10 a liirlf mile wide, in which lln-i-e is hardly any fti'l to lhe river, and Irom here down to the forks there is a fall ol about three feel to I lie hundred. Eureka creek is aliout, eight to ten miles long. Empire creek, which is a tributary of Eureka creek, and einptieB into it about 750 yards from its junction with the South folk of Horsefly, is about one md a half miles long, nnd at the upper end descends very rapidly from the mountains, Fraser creek is about the same length ns Eureka, and, although not prospected as much as the latter, Is considered just as rich. All these creeks take their rise from a high range of mountains, about 6,000 feel, high, which appears to be the dividing line lietween the Horsefly and Clear* wnto" rivers, There Is a large tract nf country lying to the north, south and east of the new discovery that hns never been prospected yel, and lias probably never evpn been traversed by either Indians or whites. Ahoul 1,000 feet above the Forks, ns well as on the South fork, Messrs. Barrett & Druker have been working last summer with very good results nn a number of leases (7) purchased by them. The ienses run up river three and a half miles, and Lucas has a lease of one- half mile adjoining them at the upper end, while above this ngnin Sim & Ci-ntldock hnve two lenses (1 mile), while next l o these aro four leases of one-half mile each, llll of which are considered to lie good property. Immediately helow the Forks B. T.Ward & Co., of Horsefly, have made application for two gO-acre bench leases. There are several good roads leading into Harper's cninp on the Horsefly river, whicli are accessible at. any lime of the year. Parties travelling up tlte Cariboo Road, wiih pack hoises or on fool, Will find the best and short,st route by the l()S-Mile Road. Another road branches off at tho 111-Mile Post and connects with the Hrst mentioned one a few miles out, Another route,, and the hest for a team to travel, is by way of the 115-Mile Post. From tbe 150 Mile Post then* is also a vety good waggon road to Harper's camp, lllld from there on lo Quesnol Forks, near which are situated the celebrated Cati too Hydraulic Co.'s mines. From Harpers uailip there are Iwo ways ol gelling to t lie new discovery : one is liy a trail which runs parallel with the Horsefly river to the Folks; thence ..cross the North fork near tlie junction, where there is a good ford, and oil up the South fork lo Eureka. The alternative route is from'Harper's .•amp to the landing on the lower end nf Horsefly lake ; thence up the lake in the upper landing, nnd front here across the pass to the forks of Horsefly river. The following table of distances is very nearly correct, as far as can be ascertained, viz.:— "Ashcroft to Harper's camp: Ashcroft to 108-Mile House l).'l miles ; 108- Mile House to Harper's camp 48 miles; total Ul miles. Via 111-Mile House and 115-Mile House practically same as via 108 Mile House. "From Harper's camp lo Eureka creek : Hy trail up Horsefly river. Harper's camp to forks of Horsefly 50 miles ; Forks to Eureka creek 18 miles, lotal f« miles. By Horsefly lake. Harper's camp to Horsefly lake six miles ; on Horjefly lake (boat or ice) SO miles ; upper end Horsefly lake lo forks 12 miles ; Forks to Eureka creek IH miles; total 81 miles. "The trad hy way of Hors-fly river to Black creek is very fair aud with n lit tin work, cutting out brush, could be made a good trail. From there on il runs through timber (spruce nnd pine) and quite a lot of small brush, with plenty of fallen timber, which makes it very hard to got Ihrough with horses, It was originally cut I hrough to a point, four miles above the Forks. The last four miles of it are very bad, running nl!ornately over litlle hills and through low, swampy plnces in which horses mire down, nllhough tbey hnve been taken through on this trail to within eight miles of Euteki creek, A good trail, and not expensive to build and with easy grade, could be made by crossing over the South fork of the. Horsefly, at the ForkB, and following it up on the south Bide to Eureka creek. Then who hits been exploring on the east side of the divide, between Horsefly and Clearwater, has made a veiy rich Hnd over there, "I have etc., "Joskph Wm. Burr,' Mining Recorder, etc., From other sources it is learned lhat Mr, Driimmotid has taken up some leases on the Niagara river, which flows Into Ihe east end of Qnesnel lake, and it is reported that the prospects obtained on these atv very satisfactory, Mr. John Bowron, Gold Cuiiiinisflon* er, forwnids the following letter from Kohl, Campbell (late Boat! Superintendent), with ihu endorsement that he believes It lo contain reliable information, as Mr. Campbell, being it practical placer miner, knows whereof ho speaks :— "DEAR Sm,—I give you herein a brief sketch of whal. we found on the Upper Horsefly, You know that I, with I., S, M. Barrett and Mr. Druker, spenlfrom Julio 1st nnlil the middle of August in prospecting the leases held by myself and associates. The results were very sntisl'acloiy to Ihe parties investing, as on eveiy lease we obtained course, heavy gold in | aying quantities, and 1 am assured this mail hy Mr. Bain ll thai he will put on a $110,000 plant Piliiy in the spring. About October 1st I, in company vtilh J. Slirky, B. Slim, J. Ciaddnek *nd Fred Tasse, made It I rip up to the head of the South fork and. afler live days' search, found gold in paying quantities on lbe cnek now known as Eureka. This crct k is ahout 70 miles from llarpers's and ten miles from where Bttirett wns working. The formation on the south fork nnd its tributaries resembles Ihe forma- lion ahout Barkerville very much, consisting of slate and quatlz, wiih moro float qut-rtz than up your way, then the blue dirt is also identical and is highly impregnated with iron. On the main south fork 1 sunk a shaft through this blue dirt, which was 2) feel in depth, ti -Id was panned out of lhe gravel underneath, hut. we did uot get lo bed ni.k, aid water finally drove us out. Inin sony io see such exciteiiii-nt aboui ihis at present, because we hid not lime lo thoroughly prospect li ; but one thing is certain, good diggings, m-y to work, arc going to he slunk during the coining summer. Our giouttd on Eureka oreek will p.y at least one ounce a Jay per man, and 1 cannot see but that there should le more and better creeks. The gold is heavy, though not very course, .$1.25 being the largest piece obtained. I enclose a rough sketch of the country, showing the two roules litkiii lo the upper river. Some money is hadly needed to open ttpatiail In*the early spring, as it is extremely luod country to get about in. We shall lake our supplies up in February, over the ice and up the lake, The altitude is soniewhcte about 4,500 feet, snow remaining on the peaks all the summer, and we wero on twenty feel of old snow lbe day we gol gold ou Eureka creek,- The limber is Hr, spruce mid balsam, and will make excellent Ium* hei. I think there will he a good camp there in the course of a year, although many (and all who go in now) will be disnppoinled." m-» « The Snowshoe. The management of llm Sn-iwslioe Oold&Copper Mitiei-.llnht d.operalii g the Snowshoe group in I'hoenix camp, has decided lo sink il mnin two coin, pnrtniont working shaft, which will at once be put down lo a depth of IHU) feet. The property has hhremfore heenwotkeil through the origin il incline prospecting shall, and through the Hallway tunnel, so called because the ore on that part of the property was exposed by the tailway gtad rs, when the Phoenix brain h of the Columbia k Western line was bill \ Engineer Btti'ianlyne of tie ucne staff is in w mnkbig '-rvey* to decide the exact locution of the new shaft. >-s the old incline shaft will he used as a good feed land water) on the trail from the 108 Milo House to Black creek, but from there until the slide is reached (about live miles beh-v lho Forks) it is scarce, although lllcienl can be got to tako pack horses in with their loads and send Ihem out again. Tho country abounds with game, cariboo and doer being very plentiful, while lhe Horsefly lake is le ing wilh lieniit if nl trout, some being caught of over twonty pounds Weight. At Harper's catnp are iwo hotels, post olllce, etc. About eight miles above, on the river, is Mr, I'att'iiaude's farm, There are a few settlers furlher up Ihe river, who do a little farniirg during the Slimmer ftlld find it prolllahle to do ii little trapping during the w'mler season. "There is n reporl that a mining engineer, named Thomas Diunfhiond, inanway for tbe pumps and for ail- to run the drills, ll. is expected thnt the new 15 drill compressor being muni.Inclined by lhe Jenckes Machine company will be completed and delivered in lite course of Iwo months, which vill give the management.all ihe power needed for n long time to cine, ll has been decided logive up wooil as fuel, and hereafter coal will be used for this purpose. For some time past this mine has lieen making occasional Shipments' of ore, latterly lo the (Ireot.wood smeller, bul since tlte drop in copper lhe Iwo iiiJiclnues used in sloping have In en laid off, and no more me will I e shipped for lhe present iXeept that en* countered In the cHtu-se if develop* nu'iit. Half a dozen cars were sent out last weea. ,;, ,1, UIM/UQI, IH.IJN UII.K Published wcolcly at Midway, li. 0. Subscription Prlco, $2,00 por annum, payable In advance, cither yearly or lialf-yeai-iy at tho option of the subscriber. Ail vcrtisln-c Rates sent on application. J. ■■ Z.X1 .. '. .. -.. — ^^!_g MONDAY. JANUARY 0, 1IHJ2, Several complaints have heen made recently regarding the us* of obscene and profane language upon Ihe streets of Midway. If a man wants to go and llll himself up with "booze.' it is his own husiness, providing be keeps off the streets, but when he goes around tbe town ii in' all kinds of language it is ihe public's business, and unless itint'e discretion is exercised by certain individuals, in future, It will be necessary to ask the provincial police tn take the matter in baud nnd see that, the public are not submitted to listening tn such vile language as is indulged in by cerlain men,' regardless tt Ihitir surroundings. The scene at the V. P, R. depot one day last week was certainly a disgrace to the town, nnd if repeated will certainly not be allowed tn piiss without a complaint being made to the proper authorities ami the actors justly dealt with. We lire speaking ou behalf nf a largo mini* tier of residents, who strongly disprove of such conduct as we here refer tn, and win), with ourselves, trust that this warning will be sufficient to suppress this evil and thus save the displeasure of notifying the police. mum, in I lie old st-i-vit e, it slinulil Dave been improved rather lhan made worse. Now that ihe attention of the Postal department has been drawn to the grave error it committed in discontinuing this mail route, It is hoped that tbe resolutions passed hy the cltlwns of Oamp McKinney will le acted upon und that a through set-' vice by triweekly stage from here to Princeton via Oamp McKinney, Fair view and Keremeos, connecting at Kairview with Penticton ond other points, he granted. At a public meeting held at Oamp McKinney a short time ngo for the purpose of considering the best means pf improving the present postal arrangements, the following resolutions were passed :— "Whereas serious inconvenience and loss his been caused to the residents ofC.imp McKinney and surrounding Settlements hy the discontinuance of diiect mail set-vice from this iinint to Eairvlew and Penticton, which entails a delay of two weeks in receiving a reply from Fairview, only 28 miles distent, because uf the circuitous route via ll.-vi'lstoke now employed. "And whereas there are Government offices at. Hossland, Grand Forks, Greenwood, McKinney, Fairview, Keremeos and Princeton, necessitating a, certain amount of travel and a con siderable volume of correspondence bet ween these points : And whereas the people of Prince ton and Ihe upper Similkameen valley are at present, agitating for a tri-weekly mail service, which we understand the Post Office Department has contemplated giving them via Sicamous and Penticton : "And whereas the upper Siinilkauieen valley is lieing developed largely by the enterprise of capitalists, resident at'Nelson, Rossland and various points in the Boundary country, who would be greatly benefitted liy a di reel mail route from liossland to Piinci-toii and whose correspondence and truffle wouldcnuslitiileiiconsiderable portion of tlie volume of business for a tri-weekly service to Princeton. '•Therefore it is resolved that, this meeting usk the Post Office Depart* me.nt to establish a through service liy ti-i*weekly service liy tri-weekly stsge from Midway to Princeton via Oamp McKinney, Fairview aud Keremeos connecting at Fairview with Penticton and other points in the upper okanagan and that a copy of tint resolution he forwarded to Ihe Post Office In- peclor for this district and to VV. A. spi Gall■igher Esi|„ the representative for this dlstriot in the House of Commons." The Postal department. Is coming in font large share of justified criticism over its action in discontinuing the mail service lietween Fairview and Oamp McKinney. Fora long time a thrice a-week mail service was in force between these two places, but some tittie ago tho route was discontinued and to get a letter frtm* Camp McKinney, and points east, to Fairview, it takes weeks, where it formerly took days. If Fairview were simply a little place of no importance, it would he absurd in the extreme to Isolate it, as Ihe government practically has by its action, but the Mining Recorder's office being situate al Fairview there is ninth correspondence between it ind outside points, and should, there- Will substitute Oil for Coal. Several Eastern smelters are making arrangements to substitute oil foi coa!. in the smelting and refining of ores In California tbe Pacific Coast Smelting nnd Refining Works at Seal Bluff Landing has led in the use of oil as fuel, and the Mountain Oopper Company's smelters at Keswick are using oil to a great extent* The Lead und Zinc News says, referring to this subject: The substitution of oil ns fuel in the smelters is the next step in cheapening the cost of reducing ores. Three tons of coal to one of ore has always been a heavy item of expense, su great lhat the smelters instead of being located in the mining fields proper have generally sought, sites in the coal camps, as it was cheaper to haul the concentrated ore to the smelter tban the coal to the ore beds. "The question of fuel for mill ond smelter purposes has lieen the greatest drawback to the development of Ihe lead and zinc fields of Arkansas and Missouri, especially where there wus a sore lack of transportation. Oil being 5(1 per cent cheaper than coal and much easier of transportation in quant it.ies, owners of mines with small means can now see their way clear to undertake development work that heretofore they dared not because the cost and lhe haulage was a superlative obstacle." » «< Over the Hill. "Traveler, what lies over the hill ? Traveler, toll to mej I am only a child—from lhe window- sill Over I cannot see." "Child, there's a valley over there, Pretty and wooded and shy. And a little brook thatsays, 'Takecare Or I'll drown you hy and hy," "And what comes next?" "A little town. And a towering hill Again; More hills and valleys up and. down, And a river now and then." "And what comes next? "A lonely moor Without a beaten wnyj And gray clouds sailing sloW liefore And wind that will not stay." "And then ?" „Dark rocks odd yellow sand, And a moaning sea beside," ''And then ?" "More sea, more sen, more land, And rivers deep and wide." "Andthen?" "0, rock and mountain and vale. Rivers and fields and men, Over and over—a weary tale— And round to your home again." "And is that all ? Have you told the best?" "No neither the best nor the end. On summer eves, away in the West, Ynu will see a stair ascend. "Built of all colors of lovely stones, A stair up into the sky, Where no one is weary and no one moans Or wants to be laid by." "I will go." "But the steps are very steep: If you would climb up there, You must lie at thn|door as still as sleep A very step of tbe stair." —Okobor Macdonald. It is only a question ofa short time until that portion of the* Coast-Kootenay Railway from Curlew to Midway wiil be constructed. This line would be now being built, but for the scarcity of laborers. When this road is built, most of the spur lines to the different mining camps will start from here, making this the railway centre of this district. With the advent of more railways into Midway the prices of real estate will advance, and the choice lots purchased and taken off the market. Show your good judgment by buying now. Midway property will make you rich. It is not a speculation, itis an investment. For prices and terms apply to THE MIDWAY COMPANY, Ltd. R. MEYERHOFF'S 08TAGE«& ' Carrying His Hajesty's flails Wiil leave MIDWAY on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, at 8.30 a. m., arriving at CAMP McKINNEY at 5 p. m. Returning will leave CAMP McKINNEY on Sundays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 9 a. m., reaching MIDWAY at 1.30 p. m., and making connection with the train going east at 2 o'clock. The beat of accommodation for the convenience of the travelling public. R. MEYERHOFF, PROPRIETOR. 1 jj^^^_^^_j__i__jMiiiB5i8 A Full Line of CALENDARS Willi Photographs Midway and Kettle River Valley. MINERAL ACT 1896. Oertiflc:ite of Improvements. zaro_*xoxi. HLACK PlXK, HtMIt 1UT, Hl.UB RKU»,lll,y3K J,voK, ltt'it, Faii Whist, And 1.1TTE DKSsie Minkhal claims. Situate In Yuneman group cf Sumintt^camj, Similkameen rivet* Osoyoos Mining Division of Yale District TAKK NOTICE that I. Chan. I)o!llol« Oroon, as agunt lor Kdward Rullnqk-WttMor, (roo minor's cerllHcaMi number r #30937, intond. sixty days from the data hereof, to , anp.y to thu illniti<„' Itraordiir for a-lXttltluiilc ■>f Improvement*, for the purpose r' -' a Urou-n Orant of tlio above claims. Dr. R. Mathison, NADEN.-FLO0I) BLOCK DENTIST. GREENWOOD. And further tnko notice that aclion under .leetioii 37 must Iw commenced before tho Immii- jmico of sueh Certificate of Improvementa. Hated this 17th day of July, 1901. 120 CHAS. dkH. GRKKN. C. F. COSTERTON VKRNON B. C GREENWOOD, Wholesale and retail dealers in Groceries Dry Goods Boots and Shoes Miners' Supplies §•"" We buy all goods in car lots and can make you Bed Rock Prices. !.dlJ!ll. NOTARY PUBLIC. A_fmaa.A fox■—«— . . The Koyal Insuranck Coy. The London and Lancashire Fire Insurance Coy. The Insurance Coy. of North America. The London and Canadian Fire Insurance Coy. The Sun Life Assurancr Coy or Canada. The Dominion Building and Loan Association. Appraiser for the Canada Permanent Loan ahd Savings Coy MINERAL ACT, 1896, Certificate of Improvements. aro_*ic_i. Tkiukk MixEit.a Claim. Situate In Yunoman group, Summit oamp, Similkameen liver, Osoyoos Mining Division ot Yale District. TAKK NOTICK lhat I, Ohas. deltlols Orccn, na agunt for Kiiward Bullock-Webster free minors eertilleale N11.11KIM7 and foi John Ynu ng free miner'scoilltleiilo So. HlilltM inteiul, sixty days from tlio date hereof, Ui applv to ; thu Mining Itceorder for a Certiiicate ot'lni- i provcnicnt for the purpose of obt-iliiing a | Crown Orant of the above claim. . And further take notice that action, under I section 37, must bc communccd before the issu ' ance of such Cerlillcate of Improvements. Datod this 17th day of July, 1901. 120 CIIAS. dellLOIS OltKKN. H9TIGE OF FOHFEITUBE. To II. McKay, En)., of Keremeos, Ilritish'Coliiniliia. Take notice that I havo done on tho "Valloy View" mineral claim situate on Uio West, side of Keremeos Creek in the Osoyoos Division of Ynlo District, the work required by section 24 of the Mineral Act for the two years which expired on Oct. 24,1000 and 1901 respectively, and have duly recorded the cortiflcato ofwork: And further lake notice that If, at tha* oxplr- ul ion of Hi days from the ditto of lho first publication of this notice in Ihu Midway Advanck. yuu, a co-owner, fall lo contrlbnte your proportion of the expenditure required hy said section 21 In respect uf such work, namolv iltri.M together with all the costs of adverllstn-*, your Interest In sniil mineral claim shall become vested in mu upon tiling with tho mining re* uordorof said mining divitdnii the notioo and allldnvlt required by tho ".Mineral Act Amendment Act WOO." Dated tills Ist day of January. 1001. Oro MAI.COI.M O. MoAULAY. Mineral Act, 1896. Certificate of Improvements. Vottos, wahh0k8k, klxobtiix. grand vlkw, mw- kopoutak ami) klngstum fraction Minkhal Claims. Sltuat* In th* Osoyooi mining Division of Yal* District, Where Located :-Cainp Medley. TAKK NOTICK tlmt I. Charles de lllol. Oreen. as agent for' Petor Scott, free miner's certitlcato No. II40IXL Intend, sixty days from tho date hereof, to apply to the Mining Recorder for a oorllflcntc of Improvements, for the purpose of obtaining a Crown grantof the alioveclaim. And furlher lake nolleo that, action, under seel ion :i7. tnusi liu communccd beforo 'ho issuance of such ciirtiflcate of improvements. Dated this 30th day cf August, I'M. 1*) C. DKH. ORKKN NOTICE TO_CREDITORS. In tha Goods of Ronald T. Hodgson, lato of Greenwood, B. C„ deeeased Intestate. NOTICE Is hereby (riven pursuant to tho He- vised Statutes of llrilisli Coliiniliia, Chapter 187, that all persons having claims molest the esinle of tlio lule Itoonlrl T. Hislgson, ore ru- quired ou or before Ihu 20th day of J unitary. Mm;, to send in the undersigned tliolr names, addresses and descriptions, togcthir with full pai-ili'iiliii.* of their respective claims verified liy stntiit'iry dcelnralloii-And all uor«'iiiH In. dehlcd lu lho said estate ai-oroqiilroil to pay Ihe amount of theii- indebtedness to the Mindcr- • jned forthwith. And further lako notico that nftor llio said Mb day of January, lln*!, the administratrix will proceed In distribute tho assets of iho deceased among the partlesentlllctlthorol-), having riigaiil only In lho e'nlins ef which she shall I lion have nui lee mid that llm said administratrix will not hu liable for the said assets or any part thereof In any person or persons of whose claims notico shall not havo beun received by Ilium at, the dale uf siiclidlstrloullou. Ilntul tills 1st dav nf .human-, inn. MoLKOD&'llROYVN (—Helium for Administratrix, MINERAL ACT, 1896. Oortlfleato of Improrements. M*0_'XOJU. Princeton Minkhal Claim. Sltuat* In tha Osoyoos Mining Division of 1 Yal* District. Whore located i-Camp Hedley, TAKK NOTICK that I, Charles dclllols , Oroen. as agent for Peter Scott, free , miners ccillllcMo No. iillilSI. and for Richard I). Hurliig, froo miners' nertifleatu No. | HKIIUil, Intend, sixty days from tho dato hereof. I tu apply tn tho Mining Recorder fnr a Cerlillcate of Improvements, tor the purpose- of obtaining a Crown Orant of tho nbovo claim. And further tnko notloo that aclion, undor soctlon 37. must bo commenced hoforo the Issuanou of such Certlllcateof Improvement*. Datod this Mi day of August, 1001. 18c . O. DKll. ORKKN. A. WENRICK TOWN SCAVENGER Teaming of all kinds done at * # CHRISTMAS BOOKS, CHRISTMAS CARDS, etc. -: AT The Midway Pharmacy BILL CREEK HOTEL 111 mi mn ■■! ■ Travellers up the West Fork of Kctdc River will find this popular hotel the most convenient sloppinir place. '-Dining- room well supplied and managed. Ilest liquors and cigars at the bar. Stable in connection, W. E McBOYLE Proprietor. The Riverside Hotel Is situated at Rock Cre.k, B. C, on the main route of travel between Penticton and all Boundary Creek points. STOPPING PLACE FOR STAGES. **************** Good Hunting. Good Fishing. Best of Accommodation. __d_t_b^__k______k_bdbdh--_b-_-t-b S. T. LARSEN, Proprietor. Spokane Falls Morton Railway Co. Nelson & Ft. Sheppard Railway Co. in MIDWAY tu B.C. Railway Co. Tbo only ull rail route between nil points Hunt, Went und South to UohxIiiikI, Nelson und nil intermediate points ; connecting ut Spokane with the Grout Northern, Northern Pacific und O. R. &.N. Co. Connoots at Rossland wltn the Canadlnn Pacific Railway for Boundary Crook points. Conneots nt Meyer's Falls with stage dally for Republic Bullet Service on Passenger Trains- between Spokane and Northport. EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 10,1901 : IMV TIIAIN. # Ixiavo, Arrive SPOKANK n.nn-i.iti, 7.IA p.nt. UOSHI.AND 12.ian.iii. ',_•>_. NKLSON lUOn.ni, IM5p.ni. XX. A. JA0K8OM, Uoncrul l'ainciiKcr Annul, CANADIAN v Pacific RAILWAY. HOLIDAY EXCURSION RATES Fare and One Third POR ROUND TRIP Fop Gjujirsp/is Tickets on anlo Dec. 23, 24, 25 Deo. 30, 31, Jan. 1, All Tlokot* Good to Return till Jan. 8. 1W» Tourist Sleeping Gars CROWS' NEST SElTiON Tuesday*) Km-at. Paul and nil \ Soo } 1 v>" Friday I United Slate points ) IJno Pi-lday only, Toronto, Muiilreal Huston. Km- time tallies, nuns and full Informal Ion ■•nil un or address A. \V. 1IAII.I 1, Agent, .Mlilwny. or .1. S. CAIt'l Hit, v.. t. COTIiDi I). P. A., A. (J. P. A.. Nelson, II. C. Vancouver, II. 0 0uy Helphrey, of Curlew, was a visitor in Midway Uit week. A. J. Whentley' of Beaverdell, was in Midway on Wednesday. Miss M. Muhi, of Spokane, is paying a visit U> her staler, Mrs. A. C. Mesker. J. P, Flood, of Camp McKinney, paid Midway a visit one day laat week. B. Perkins, of Westbridge. was among the numerous visitors lo Midway on New Yean day. Inspector Dorinan of the post oflice department was here lost week on his rdgular tour of Inspection, A. E. McAuley left last Wednesday for Carson, where he has heen appointed to the position of Customs olllcer. Randolph Stuarl, of Oreenwood, and Geo. Rose, customs olllcer, Cascade City, were the guests of W. H. Norris last week. Bert Smith, capillary apppndage ro- mover, has taken up his quarters in the room formerly used as a dining room in the Oakland hotel. Twelve head of cattle were stolen from Thomas Bills of Penticton on the 19th uit. A reward of $100 for the arrest of the guilty parties has been offered ; also $100 for the return of the cattle. It is reported that the cattle were driven across the line, A meeting Of the shareholders nf the Boundary Mining k Milling Company will he held at Oreenwood on the Sffilh instant to consider the proposal to transfei their group of claims to an English conipany forthe consideration of 60,000 paid up shares, par value 10 shillings each, conditionally that the purchasing company provide $100,01X1 to pay tbe local company's existing liabilities, which will leave a balance for the development of the property. - m*-m Big Logging Contract. Lequime k Powers, who are going to build a new sawmill on Smelter lake, have awarded R. A. Brown a contract to get out 1,500,000 feet of logs. Mr. Brown will cut the -Umber on his townsite of Volcanic City, on the North Fork, eleven miles north of Ihis city. Mr. Brown has sublet the contract and operations were com- inen-.-ed last, Monday.— Grand Forks Mi' er-ljazelte. The Bodle. William Hennessy, superintendent o' the Bodie initie, on Ttiwda creek. »t lies thai the Bodie pioperty is looking well and that all the indications are t hut It will make one of the leading mines of that section. Development work I... been carried on steadily at the niili" and the iiiaiu-g.'iuehl lias proved that there are laige quantities iiffiei'iuillinggoldoremi the properly. In No. 2 tunnel a strike of considerable importance wai made last month and the nre taken from that pis h averages from $17 9) to $11 |«r Um. The ledge is wide and a large ore body is at hand. Work is also being carried nn in N'o. 8 tunnel, 75 feet lower th.in No. 2. The tunnel is nnw about 16 feet trom the pnint where the vein is lo be encountered. While development is going on at the Bodie several other claims in the camp Are also lieing worked and they are showing up well for the surface work done. The principal claims nre the Elk, Express, Myrtle and Rochester. On the Myrtle lhe men are now working to catch Ilie Bodie vein. On tbe Elk a crew of men is also developing and a good showing has been made. The ore found in the camp is of a high grade. The first class grade goes between $20 and $27. »«< A Plucky Sheriff. A despatch from Republic of las- Monday's date says:— Font of th- live prisoner. w lio sawed their wav I, liberty Christinas morning have been recaptured, Two of them wore taken hy Sheriff lowr-, while they wei,- in the act of holding ii ii « saloon at Cur lew. One pritot wu shot iu the neck while resin g the sheriff. The escape t .o maJi at nn early hour Christmas morning. The jail is an old wooden structure, Tbe men Jiawcd through the ceiling of tho hig Icell, having obtained a saw from some |confederates on tbe outside. Then n nole was cut in Ihe roof and the men |were at liberty. Sheriff Lowry nnd his force knew found al Wauconda and brought hack Thursday. Tbesheiiir heard that threo of the prisoners wero at Curlew i traced them to a saloon and walked in, As he entered he saw half a dozen men lined up against the rear wall of the saloon, while two of lhe jailbirds were going tlirough their pockets. The men were covered hy a double barrelled shotgun in the. hands of ihe third desperado, who stood on1 Bide the saloon and had poked the muzzle of the gun through a hole in tbe wall, In searching the victims the prisoners had found a revolver, and one was holding it on the men while the other rifled their pockets. The Bhbriff struck the robbei- a blow, knocking lhe revolver from his hand. As ne slopped to pick it, up tho officer fired at him, the ball taking effect iu his neck. The wound is pot dangerous, The robber on lhe outside I hen dropped his gun and fled as soon as the sheriff entered the saloon. Securing his two prisoners without furlher resistance the sheriff brought them buck here. The fifth man is supposed to have gone to British Columbia. r*. Will not be Imposed upon. Toronto, Jan, I—The E\u if Tel •■gram'sspecial cable says: "The Express today says that letters from Canadians at the front whn have joined Baden-Powell's constabulary show that there is great dissatisfaction among the men on account of Canwli an TroopB heing split up, making them half English and half Canadian. lt was understood when Colonel Steele left Canada that he would command all of lhe 1.200 Canadians who went with him, but Instead he was given command of "B" division only, one which hnd no Canadians in it. He was refused the Canadian troops that were in "A" division and soon after, the Colonel heing ordered north, tendered his resignation ratlin- than go a .vay with unreliable recruits instead of his own reliable Canadians. One let I or declares a storm is brewing and will come before long and either Colonel Steele and a gx sl f, xx of the Canadians will go hack to Canada inside of six months or Colonel Steele will have his own way and get control over his men from Canada. A Conscientious Mnn. When the irrepressible J. T. Wilkin son, formerly nf the Vatic .over World was through lure last week, he told The Leader that he bas nlwayS miide It a point when canvassing fnr lhe lag city (Inilies tlii-onghout the counlrj district*! lo advise -those lo whom.lic talked to support the local paper (li-st. and then attend to the outside pre-s. Mr. Wilkinson said that noliody can i -ilciilate the good a local newspaper does to a place, ll lets lhe outside world know that ihere is inch a town ! lt cerlninly gives the community thai possesses It a standingthM the news- paperless lown cuiinot have, lndi rectly it helps evet y man in the place Ij) make known the fact that he wants to be known, namely, that such it place exi-ts. No one man could hope lo make Ihis known so widely as a news paper. Kven a nlimbet of poeple writing ever so many loiters could not accomplish half as much in a year ns one issue of a newspaper could in a week. "Of course," Btiid Mr. Wilkinson, "then* are people in every community who will not support a newspaper : ihev will neither advertise In it, read ilur have their printing done at ils office. Fortunately, however, smh people arc nnt only few, but they are also anything but the leading cit izens of lhe town. Yon couldn't get them ■o admit thut Ihe regular publication f the newspaper ihey refuse to snp- .ort is actually doing (hem good in a 'unities.way In spile of themselves: ait that is a fact very easily demonstrated. The more support that is given to the local newspaper the more it is able lo do for Ihe town wliere it is published. There is no worse I hing for any town lhan the suspension uf ita local paper; it sounds so much like the bankruptcy of the community itself, In this age a town without a newspaper is dead to ils opportunities. I always tell the people In the small towns lo support their own local paper* for every person iu the place is inter ested in it, whether he thinks so or hot."—Ladysmith Leader. fa fa fa 9 fa fa fa fa fa fa fa t m !'|[ This is a new three-storey he tel, comfortably )K !l furnished throughout. The Central Hotel llth St., Midway, B. C. sa*»m99999900m ▼ ty ty ty ty The nearest house to the Railway Station, most convenient hotel for railway travellers. J The best of accommodation in every respect. **»»<k999X$ti99ti«*t The %. S. DAHL, Proprietor. I £. ,to WJC-!--! ____:■&&. £a___-a_W; £i£a<. €±&.4L.____:4L <£L£L&.£.'4i v 5p*C5t« *c*cc <sNp* **?'*3r;C ««««^ *5?C%« M? EC'S MIDWAY SAWMILL Lequime & Powers, Proprietors. BOUNDARY ORE SHIPMENTS. The tonnage of ore shipped by the mines of the Boundary | District during 1901, is as under : TONS Old Ironsides and Knob Hill group 2334-M Mother Lode 89.034 B. C 47.405 Sunset 802 Winnipeg ■.()4° King Solomon 875 Snowshoe ''73' No. 7 850 Jewel 35° Total 3755" Shipments during 1900 totalled 97,741 tons, and during .Mie year 1901, to December 31st, 375,511 tons, making ai aggregate of 473,252 tons. Manufacturers of all kinds of AND DRESSED LUMBER LATH and SHINSLES, SASHES and DOORS Band Sawing and job work done to order Telephone No. 12, Telephone orders receive prompt attention. ****%9999999999999~i99999999999*i999999999999999S***** * * * * I The Travellers Insuranee Co,.. <ii 1 l rnrnrnrnxiTTnT .... Of Hartford. Conn. | rrnrrnnri % x. V ill i $ I . » , - * ISSUES the hem life ilium,im-i- * l eiiiilrutts In tin- wnrld. Nn ij) , Vi> disappoint im'iil US lu All idi'itd*t. <K Everything piiiii'nnteed in ml- jjj vatii-e. Prpmlnw rati-*. I.i In 'ii w lm>* Chart t*rfd 18«:S. i*tock I iTe nnd Accident ftutuiiince. iaii leas ttut 11 those of nld [Ine Mutual rmiipanii'*. ASSRTS, ... a January ist, 1857, Hi $20,884.53 » LIABILITIES, .. 17,920,260.29 jjj SURPLUS 3,976,424.36 * $ The Travelleis ConihiliHtinfi Ar.cidenl .Pnlicy t'linnintees fnniiTideiitiil $ !» under ordinary rotidition.i. {Jj % Dcalli Item-fit . . . . $5UO0 I Loss of Itlght. Hnild . . 12,500 % xli Low uf .Sight of lloth Kyoa , 0 I 1/K.j nf I.c2 ax nr nliove Knru , 2,5(10 tb f too of Both Foot or Bolli Hmidii s.009 1-oss of Loft Hand . . . i.tm _ j! 1/*.* of Ono llnnil and One Koot S.0H0 l.oiw of Klther Foot 1,000 9 X I'orminoiit Tolal likdill ty 25-10 Lu_ of Hlght-of Or.u I yo . . • 6:50 J^ jjj Limits of Weekly Indensity $1,300. | il> AND, If such injuries tire sustained while riding ns ft passenger in * 5 tiny pilssanger conveyance using steam cable, or electricity as a $ $ motive power the amount tn lie paid shall be DOUBLE the sum J Jy specified in the clause under which the claim is innde. S I Cost $52 a vear to Professional and Business | I Men, and Commercial Travelers. | I Other sums at proportionate rates jjj I "W. DEE. Ifovrls, i 9 2 I AGENT POR SOUTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA, MIDWAY B,0, * ♦$▼ •▼▼▼▼▼$* -•▼▼▼▼▼♦▼ 3n9$99^vc^tv^*61ERvvv€C€%v▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼♦♦♦ W. H. WEBB, T.M.Qulley&Co. Furniture, Carpets, Linoleums. ************ FUNEBAL DIRECTORS anil EBRALMERS. Large Stock. Low Prices. X T. BE. GULLED Ss CO., COPPER STREET. GREENWOOD. X Lancashire House, : : MIDWAY, B.C. : : -®- The undersigned having re-opened thh well- known and comfortable hotel invites the patronage of all old customers and the public generally. BEST BRANDS OF LIQUORS & CIGARS. Furnnco-lieatod nnd comfortably furnished rooms. FIRST CLASS MEALS WELL SERVED. Mrs. Dowding, Proprietress. motmm msmMBsstssi. mm m THE MIDWAY HARNESS and SHOE SHOP. Those in need of first-class HARNESS, SADDLES, WHIPS, etc., can procure them here. Special attention given to Ordered Work and Repairing. ABEL HALLBERG, Prop. Fifth Street, Midway. «n_««N-«»iswirigisir_aii THE MIDWAY LIVERY EEEDI SALE STABLE Seventh Street, Midway, Opposite Crowell's Hotel JOHN J. FL000, PROPRIETOR. This stable is equipped with a lirst class outfit of Single and Double Drivers Saddle and Pack Horses ty Hay and -oats for sale. Bus meets all trains. A't Freight and express delivered to anv part of the tovvn. fy S£_&4_ <t€i& <itXm& &£■<&. &&&&&&&A4t&&tt> ,-~^mz- ^^^? ^^*c 'c^^ •**•'•<_ '*-v>s>-v^--*vs_ *<Fv_-s i ty ty. ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty Practical Wagon and Carriage Builder, Repairing of all kinds promptly and neatly executed. Carriage Painting a specialty. rrrrrmnrnrOT^ THE MIDWAY NEWS < ••• The Pioneer Newspaper of the Boundary District-only $2.00 per year. Is prepared to fill all orders for Job Printing at lowest rates consistent with good work. THOMAS WALKER, Proprietor. All the best brands of Cigars and Tobaccos kept constantly on hand. Latest shades and patterns of Wall Paper now in stock. Canned Goods © © Seventh Street, Midway. XSJLSLSLJLXisjLXSLsO nutisct'ipuon rrioo, $z.uu por annum, puynuiu 111 ailvivnuo, either yearly or half-yearly At tlio option of the nubflcnbor. Advertising Hates eent on application. MONDAY. JANUARY 0. 1(902. Sr'vi'i-Jil complaints have heen made recently regarding the use of obscene And profane languageiip-w the streets of Midway. If a man wants to go and llll himself up with "booze.' it is his own husiness, providing he keeps off the streets. Imt when he goes around lbe town xx in,* all kinds of language it is the pulilic's business, and unless more discretion ia exercised hy certain individuals, in future, it will he necessary to ask the provincial police to take the matter in hand and see that, the public are not submitted to listening to such vile language as is indulged in hy certain men,' regardless (it thitir surroundings. The scene at the ('. IJ. R. depot one day last week was certainly a disgrace to the town, and if repeated will certainly not he allowed to pass without a complaint. being made to the proper authorities and the actors justly dealt with. We are speaking on behalf iif a largo nuin* der ,>f residents, who strongly disprove of such conduct as we here refer tn, and who, with ourselves, trust that this warning will be sufficient to suppress this evil and thus save the displeasure of notifying the police. worse. Now that the attention of Ihe Postal department has been drawn to the grave error it committed in discontinuing this mall route, it is hoped that the resolutions passed hy tbe cilizins of Oamp McKinney will le acted upon and that a through service by triweekly stage from here to Princeton via Oamp McKinney, Fair view and Keremeos, connecting at Kairview with Penticton and other points, be granted. At a public meeting held at Catnp McKinney a short time ngo for the purpose of considering lhe best means of improving the present postal arrangements, the following resolutions were p.issed :— "Whereas serious inconvenience and loss has been caused to the residents of Oamp McKinney and surrounding settlements by the discontinuance of diiect mail service from this point to Fairview and Penticton, which entails a delay of twn weeks in receiving a reply from Fairview, only 28 miles distant, because of the circuitous route via Revelstoke now employed. "And whereas there ere Government offices at Rossland, Grand Forks, Greenwood, McKinney, Fairview, Keremeos and Princeton, necessitating a certain amount of travel and a considerable volume of correspondence between these points : Ami whereas the people of Prince ton and tbe upper Siinilkauieen valley are at present agit-itiiig for a tri-weekly mail service, which we understand tiie Post Office Department has contemplated giving them via Sicamous and Penticton : "And whereas the upper Similka- iwen valley is being developed largely liy the enterprise of capitalists, resident at'Nelson, Rossland and various points in the Boundary country, who would lie greatly benefitted liy a. di rent mail route from Rossland to Princeton and whose correspondence and traffic would constitute a considerable portion of the volume of business for a tri-weekly service to Princeton. "Therefore it is resolved that, this meeting ask the Post Office Department to establish a through service by tri-weekly service by tri-weekly stage from Midway to Princeton via Camp McKinney, Kairview and Keremeos connecting at. Fairview with Penticton and other points in the upper okanagan and that a copy of tlm resolution he forwarded to the Post Office Inspector for this district, and to VV. A. (iall'igher Esq., Ihe representative for this district in the House of Commons." The Postal department is coming in fnr a large share of just iHed criticism over its action in discontinuing the mail service lietween Fairvlew and Camp McKinney. For a long time a thi-icea-we.ek mail service was in force between tlcse two places, but some time ago the route was discontinued and to get a letter frouj Camp McKinney, and points east, to Fairview, it takes weeks, where it formerly took days. If Fairview were Bimply a little place of no importance, it would he absurd in the extreme to isolate it, as Hie government practically has by its action, hut the Mining Recorder's office heing situate at Fail-view there is much correspondence hetween it ■ind outside points, and should, there- Will substitute Oil lor Cosl. Several Eastern smelters are making arrangements lo substitute oil for coal, in the smelting and refining of ores In California Ihe Pacific Coast Smelting and Refining Works at Seal Bluff Landing has led in the use of oil as fuel, and the Mountain Copper Company's smelters at Keswick are using oil to a great extent* The Lead and Zinc News says, referring to this subject: "The substitution of oil as fuel in the smelters is the next step in cheapening the cost, of reducing ores, Three tons of coal to one of ore has always been a heavy item of expense, so great lhat the smelters instead of being located in the mining fields proper bave generally sought, sites in the cnal camps, as it was cheaper to haul tbe concentrated ore to the smelter than the coal to the ore beds. "The question of fuel for mill and smelter purposes has lieen the greatest drawback to the development of the lead and zinc fields of Arkansas ami Missouri, especially where there was a sore lack of transportation. Oil being 50 per cent cheaper than coal and much easier of transportation in quantities, owners of mines with small means can now see their way clear to undertake development work that heretofore they dared not because tbe cost and Ihe haulage was a superlative obstacle." hi - Over the Hill. "Traveler, what lies over the hill t Traveler, tell to ine; I am only a child—from lhe window- sill Over I cannot see." "Child, there's a valley over there, Pretty and wooded and shy. And a little brook that says, 'Take care Or I'll drown you by and hy," "And what comes next?" "A little town. And a towering hill again; More hills and valleys up and down, And a river now and then." "And what comes next? "A lonely moor Without a beaten way; And gray clouds sailing slow" before And wind that will not stay." "And then ?" „Dark rocks add yellow sand, And a moaning sea beside." '•And then ?" "More sea, more sea, more land, And rivers deep and wide." "And Ihen ?" "0, rock and mountain and vale. Rivers and fields and men, Over and over—a weary tale— And round to yonr home again." "And is I hat all ? Have you told the best?" "No neither tbe best nor the end. On summer eves, away In the West, Ynu will see a stair ascend. "Built of all colors of lovely stones, A stair up into the sky, Where no one is weary snd no one moans Or wants to be laid by." "I will go." "But the steps are very steep; If you would climb up there, You must lie st I hn|door as still as sleep A very step of tbe stair." —Gboror Macdonald. It is only a question ofa short time until that portion of the* Coast-Kootenay Railway from Curlew to Midway wiil be constructed. This line would be now being built, but for the scarcity of laborers, When this road is built, most of the spur lines to the different mining camps will start from here, making this the railway centre of this district. With the advent of more railways into Midway the prices of real estate will advance, and the choice lots purchased and taken off the market. Show your good judgment by buying now. Midway property will make you rich. It is not a speculation, iti s an investment. For prices arid terms apply to THE MIDWAY COMPANY, Ltd. t\. iviLiLiinurr o ' Carrying His Hajesty's flails Will leave M IDWAY on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, at 8.30 a. m., arriving at CAMP McKINNEY at s p. m. Returning will leave CAMP McKINNEY on Sundays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 9 a. m., reaching MIDWAY at 1.30 p. m.,and making connection with the train going east at 2 o'clock. The best of accommodation for tho convenience of the travelling public. R. MEYERHOFF, PROPRIETOR. A Full Line of CALENDARS MINERAL ACT 1898. Certificate of Improvements. wo_*xo». Black I'inb, llit-ui Hat, Itix-u DifU,)Ri,t|CK j.\ck. Hub, Fab \\'k»t, aim! I.trrti ilEBsin Minkiiai. Claims. Situate in Yuneman group cf Summlt^cirnp, Simtlimmeen river Osoyoos Mining Division of Yale District TAKK NOTICE tlmt I, Clinn. Dolllols Oroen, n« agent for Edward llullook-Wubrtur, froe minor's c-irlllicate ntlhitior tiitfxn, ntomt, sixty ilnvs from tlio flux, horoof, 10 r-ii-irj- to tho Minim: Itocordor for a-Uocttliciilo f ItnproroinontK. for tho purposo of ohtniuiiiK Crown Urnnt ol tlio abovo claims. And further take notioo that action under seotlon 37 must be commenced Imforo tlio'Issu* Alice at Mich I'ortillenlc of Improvement*. Hated this 17th day of July, 1901. 12c CHAS. null. UHKKK. Bussell -Law- Caulfield Company, Limited GREENWOOD, Wholesale and retail dealers in Groceries Dry Goods Boots and Shoes §•"" We buy all goods in car lots and can make you Bed Rock Prices. Dr. R. Mathison, NAUEN--PI.000 BLOCK DENTIST. OREENWOOD. C. F. COSTERTON vkttN'ON ao NOTARY PUBLIC. L*rant rtaaiam. ■ , The Royal Inhokanck Ooy. The London and Lancashire Fire Inhuhanck Coy. The Insurance Coy. of North America. The London and Canadian Fire Insurance Coy. The Sun Life Assurance Coy uu Canada. The Dominion Building and Loan Association. Appraiser for tut Canada Permanent Loan and 8avinos Coy MINERAL ACT, 189ft, Certificate of Improvements. NOTICH. T.KIUNU MlSKllAL CLAIM, Situate In Yuneman group, Summit camp, Similkameen river, Osoyoos lining Division of Yale District. TAKK NOTICK lhat I, Ohas, doniols Or™, as agont for Kiiward Hullock-Webster froo miners eertilleale No.itCOT and foi John Young frncmhtcr'sooMltlcalo No. ulllltM Intend, sixty days from tho dato hereof, to apply tn tho Mining Heoorder for a CerUllcalc nf Improvement for tho purpose of obl-ilhing 11 Crown Urant of Iho abovo claim. . I And furthor tako notice that aotion, under soclion 37, iniiHt bo conimonced bofore the issuance of such f.'erlltlcatcof Improvement!,. Dated this 17th day nf July, 1901. 12o CHAS. dollLOIH URKKN. Wilh Photographs of... Midway and Kettle River Valley, Hi. ff m CHRISTMAS BOOKS, CHRISTMAS CARDS, etc. -: AT The Midway Pharmacy _nss_a Travellers up the West Fork of Kettle River will find this popular hotel thc most convenient stopping p'acfi. -"Dining- room well supplied and managed. Hest liquors and -cigars at the I bar. Stable in connection. W. E. McBOYLE Proprietor. NOTICE OF FOHFEITUBE. Toll. McKay, Esq., of Keremeos, HritlHh'Columbia. Take notice that I have done on the "Valloy View" mineral clnim sltualo on Uio Went, Hide of Korcmcos Creek In the Osoyooi, Division of Vale District, llio work required by nection 24 of the Mineral Aet for llio two years which ox- plrcd on Oot, 21,1000 and 1001 respectively, and have duly recorded the certificate of work: And furilior lake noliee that tf, at thii' expiration nf IMI days from tho dale nf lho first publication of thlsuotiee in tho Miilway Advance, you, n co-owner, fall to contribute your proportion of the expenditure required by said section 21 In respect ot such work, naninlr tltri.nn to* fjcibcr with nil the costs of nilverlMiiK, your ntcrcst In saw mlnoral claim shall become vested In mo upon tiling with tlio mining- recorder of snid mining division tho notice and allliluvlt required hy the "Mlnoral Act Amendment Act 10(10." Datod this Ist day of January. 10(11. Oro MA1.C0I.M C. MoAULAY. Mineral Aot, 1896. Certificate of Improvements, Votloe, Wahhokb*-, Kingston, Grand Vikw, Mct- HOroLITAN AND KINGSTON KHACTION Minkhal Claims. Sltuat* In the Osoyooi Mining Dlvlilon of Yal* District, When Located i-Camp Hedley. TAKK NOTICK Ihal I. Charles de Illols Oreen, ns ugent for Polcr Scotl, froo miners eerlitleato No. IWUXL Intond, sixty days from the date hereof, lo apply lo Ihe Minion Itecordor for a certlflcate of Improvements, for the purpose of obtaining a Crown grant of tho above claim. And further Inke notloe that notion, under soctlon 117. must be commenced bofore 'he issuance of such eiirtlllcate of improvements. Hated thin Mb day cf Augusl, 1001. Ho C. null. ORKKN. MINERAL ACT, 1898. Cortiflcato of Improvements NOTICE TO_CREDITORS. In the Goods of Ronald T. Hodgson, Into of Greenwood, B. C„ deeeased Intestate. NOTICK is hereby relvon pursiinntto tho Revised Statutes nf Ilritish Cnlunibln, Chapter 187, that nil persons having claims nioiusl' lho oslaloof the late Himalil T. Hodgson, m-o required on or hoforo lho 20lh dny of .Innuary, IM, lo send lo tlio itnilcrslguod tlielr mime's addresses aud descriptions, togcthjr with full piirticului .* of iheir respective clninis vorlllod by statutory ileelariillnn-Anil all nor«oiiB In- dolilcd lo llio snid estate are required lo p:iy the amount of their liidnbtodness to tho uuidcr- ■ jned forthwith. And furilior tako nolleo that after llio said 2lll.li day of January 1002, the administratrix will proceed to distribute lhc nsseis nf lho do- un-aed among the partlesontillcd Ihorolo, having regard only to Ibo einltns of which she sluillllion have noliee and that the said administratrix will not bo lln Mo for tho said nsseis or nny purl, thereof to any person or persons of whom claims nolleo shall not have lieen received by thorn at Ibe dale of such dlslrlcullon. lintel this lot(ln» nf .Iniiuin-. iim-i. MoLROD tt BROWN Hulicilui-t fur Administratrix. HOTIUJ1, I'hinckton Minkkai. Claim. Situate In tha Osoyoos Mining Division of Yal* District. Whore located i-Camp | Hedley. TAKK NOTICK that I, Charles dclllols Oroen. ns agont for I'cter Scott, frno , miners ccrllllci'.lo No. n40l_. and for llleli- i'.rd II. llnrlng, freo miners' norllflontn No. I limit. Intend, sixty days from tho dato heroof. i lo apply lo tho Mining Recorder for a Oorllll- onto of Improvement*1, tor tho purpose of obtaining a Crown (Irani, of lho abovo claim. A nd furthor tnko nolleo that notion, under suction 37. must, be eonimoneod bofnro Iho Issuance of such CertMoatoof Improvement*, Dated this with day of August. IDOL ISO , 0. iikII. ORKKN. A. WENRICK TOWN SCAVENGER Teaming of all kinds done at MIDWAY 8tf B.C. The Riverside Hotel Is situated at Rock Cre.k, B. C, on the main route of travel between Penticton and all Boundary Creek points. STOPPING PLACE FOR STAGES. **************** Good Hunting. Good Fishing. Best of Accommodation. ▲AIAAAaaaaaaaaaa TfTrffffffffffff S. T. LARSEN, Proprietor. Spokane Falls Morton Railwav Co. Nelson & Ft. Sheppard Railway Co. in Railway Co. The only ull rail route between ull points Knst, VVest und South to Rosslund, Nelson und ull Intermediate points ; connect- lnjr nt Spokane with the Great Northern, Northern Pacific und O. R. &.N. Oo. Connocti at Rossland with tho Canadian Pacific Railway for Boundary Creek points, Conneots at Meyer's Falls with stage dally for Republic. Buflbt Sorvlee on Passenger Trains- be- tween Spokane and Northport, EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 10, 1901: DAY TIIAIN. Leave, Arrive. SPOKANK.. 0.20-i.ni J.lri p.m. UOHSI.AND. 12.25 n.in 1.80 p in, NKI.SON.... Ii.liia.in ii. ti p.m, XX. A. JAOKBOM, Coneral l'nsiiciiKor AkoiiI. CANADIAN 'Pacific RAILWAY. HOLIDAY EXCURSION RATES Fare and One Third FOll HOUND TRIP rUD|; Tickets on .-Mile Dec. 23, !24, 25 Dec. 30, .11, .Inu. 1, All Ticket* Good to Iteliirn till Jan. 9. IOCS Tourist Sleeping Gars CROWS' NEST SECTION Tuesday 1 Fin- Sl. Pnul and nil 1 Soo } 1 I'll' Friday / United SlntOH points / Une Friday unl)-, Toronto, Montreal Boston. Kor tlmo tallies, rnttiH and full Information cull mi or nililrcmi A. \V. IIAII.I'V, Af-ent, Al Id wny, ur ,1. 8. CAU'l'P.n, K. J. COTLE, D. P. A., A. O. P. A.. Nelson, II. C. Vancouver. II. " 0yy Helplirej*, of Curlew, was a visitor in Midway last week. A. J. Wheatley' of Beaverdell, was in Midway on Wednesday. MImi M. Miihs, of 8pnltane. is paylnu a vtoit W bet dm*** Mrs. A. C. Uesker. J. P. Flood, of Oamp McKinney, paid Midway a visit one day last week. p, Perkins, of Westhridue. was aiiionK the numerous visitors lo Midway on New Years day. Inspector Dorinan of the post oflice department was here last week on his regular tour uf inspection. A. B. McAuley left last Wednesday for Carson, where he has been appointed to the position of Customs officer. Randolph Stuarl, of Oreenwood, and Oeo. Itosc, customs officer, Cab- cade City, were the guests of W. H. Norris last week. Bert 8mllh, capillary appendage remover, has taken up his quarters lithe room formerly used as a dining room in the Oakland hotel. Twelve head of cattle were stolen fi-oiii Thonins Bills of Penticton on tho Will uit. A reward of $110 for the arrest of the guilty parties has het'il ottered j also $100 for the return of the cattle. It Is reported thnt the cattle were driven across the line. A meeting of the shareholders nf the Boundary Mining A Milling Company will Iw held at Greenwood un the _5( h instant to consider tbe proposal to trnnsfei their group of claims to an Knglish company forthe consideration ol 60,000 paid up shares, par value 10 shillinKS each, conditionally that the purchasing company provide $100,000 to pay tbe local company's existing liabilities, which will leave a balance for the development of the properly. - m-*m Big Logging Contract. Lequime k Powers, who are going to huild a new sawmill on Smelter lake, have awarded It. A. Brown a contract lo get nut 1,500,000 feet of lugs. Mr. Brown will cnl the -timber on his townsile of Volcanic City, on the Norih Fork, eleven miles north of Ihis city. Mr. Brown has sublet tbe contract and operations were com- men veil lasl. Monday.— Grand Forks Minet-Uatette. in The Bodle. William llnunessy, superintendent of the Bodie mine, on Turod* creek, states that Ihe Bodie pioperty is looking well and that all the indications ure that il will make one of tbe lending mines nf that Section. Development work has l-een carried on steadily ut. the mine and lhe iiianagemeDl has lii'iived that there are Wipe quantities nf free tiiillinKgolil ore mi thn property. In Nn. 2 tunnel a strike of consideralile importance wae made last month and the nre taken from thut place averages from 817 80 to (11 |ier ton. Tbe ledge is wide and a large ore hody is at hand. Wnrk is also being carried nn in No. 3 tunnel, 75 feet lower than No.2. The tunnel is nnw ahout. IB feet liin.i the point where the vein is lo be encountered. While development Is going on at the Bodie several other claims in the camp Are also lieing worked and they are showing up well for the surface wurk dune. Tbe principal claims are the Elk, Express, Myrtle and Rochester. On Ihe Myrtle the men are now working to calch Ihe Bodie vein. On the Elk a crew of men is also developing and a good allowing has l*en made. The ore found in thn camp is of a high grade. Tbe flrst class grade gnes hetween $20 and $27. ' •*"•"* _^ A Plucky Sheriff. A despatch from Republic of Ins Monday's data says:- Four of th- Ave prisoners who sawed their way I liberty Christmas morning have lieen recaptured. Two of them were taken by Sheriff lowry, while they were iu the art of holding up a saloon al Curlew, One prisoner waa shot in tho ieck while resisting the sheriff. The escape was made at an early hour Christ mas morning. The jail is an old wooden structure. Tbo men ■•awed through lhe ceiling nf tbe big ■cell, having obtained a saw from some |«onfederal_s on the oulside. Then a hole was rutin the roof and tbe men |were at. liberty. Sheriff Lowry and his force knew — - ,-• * ">* ui ,xxo nit'ii were found ul Wauconda und brought buck Thursday. The shot IIF heard lhat three of the prisoners wero at Curlew j traced them to a saloon and walked in. As he entered lie saw half a dozen men lined up iiguinst the rear wall of the saloon, while two of the jailbirds were going tlirough their pockets. The men were covered hy a double barrelled shotgun in thc hands of the third desperado, who stood outside the saloon and had poked the muzzle of the gun tlirough a hole in the wall. In searolilng the victims the prisoners had found a revolver, and one wus holding it on the men while the other rifled their pockets. The Bheiitf struck the robin*'- a blow, knocking the revolver from his bund. Ab he slopped to pick it up thi! officer fired at bim, the ball taking effect in his neck. The wound is not dangerous. The robber on the outside then drop ped his gun and fled us soon as the sheriff entered tbe saloon. .Securing his two prisoners without furlher resistance the sheriff brought them buck here. The fifth man is supposed to have gone to British Columbia. m-*a Will not be Imposed upon. Toronto, Jan. 2.—The But uf Tel gram's special cable says: "The Express today says that letters from Canadians al the front who have joined Baden-Powell's constabulary show that there is great dissatisfaction ainr.ng the men on account of Canrdi an Troops being split up, making them half English and half Canadian. It was understood when Colonel Steele left Canada that he would command all of lbe 1.200 Canadians who went with him, hut insre.-id he was given command of -B" division only, une which lind no Oatiudbihs in it. He wus refused the Canadian troops I hut were in "A" division ami soon after, the Colonel being ordered north, tendered his resignation rather than go away wiih unreliable recruils instead of his own reliable Canadians. One letter declares a storm is brewing and will come before long nnd either Colonel Steele and a good few of the Canadians will go back to Canada inside of six months or Colonel Steele will have bis own way and get control over his men from Canada. r*a—__ A Conscientious Man. When the Irrepressible J. T. Wilkin son, formerly of the Vane -uiver World was through here last week, he tolil The Leader thai he has always made il a point when canvassing for lbe lii-i city dailies tlmm-Minut the country districts lo udvififl those to whouiJu- talked In support lhe local paper (list. anil I hen all end to lhe outside pass. Jir. Wi'kius.m said that nohody can calculate the good a In.al newspaper does to a place, lt lels tbe outside world know that there is such a town ! It certainly gives the community that possesses it a standing that lhe news- paperless town cannot have. Indi rectly it helps evei y man in lbe place tn make known the fact lhat he wants to be known, namely, that such a place exi-ts. No one man could hope to make this known so widely us a news paper. Kven a ntuubei of pueple writing ever so many letters could not accomplish half us much tn a year as one issue of a newspaper could in a week. ••Of course," said Mr. Wilkinson, "there are people in every community who will not, support a newspaper : thev will neither advertise in it, read it or have their printing done at its office. Fortunately, however, smh people arc not only few, but tbey are also anything but the leading ell tops 'of the town. You couldn't get thorn ■ii admit that the regular publication f the newspaper tbey refuse tn sup* mrt is actually doing Ihem good in a .usiness way In spile of themselves s mt that is a fact very easily demonstrated. The more -upport that is given to the local newspaper the more it is able lo do for the town where it is publishcJ. There is no worse I hitig for any town than the suspension of ite local paper | it sounds so much like the bankruptcy of the community Itself. In this age a town without a newspaper is dead to ils opportunities, I always tell the people in the small lowns lo support their own local paper- fur every person in the place is interested In It,-whether he thinks so or nnl."— Ladysmith Lender. The Central Hotel llth St., Midway, B. C. This is a new three-storey he tel, comfortably furnished throughout. maj_____kmti__b__bm__________________)___tdl__u The nearest house to the Railway Station. The most convenient hotel for railway travellers. 4___-iib_m__a_*tli__k_%_____tl_U9il_U_tt____m ~W9 99 mWmWmV 9eW~ The best of accommodation in every respect. «&9S9iJ»_KKeSe*<* S. DAHL, Proprietor. ^U /to ' \?&<i4i& £i£i4i <i_titSi **-« 4&4S j_4&£ £A£i4i?4i y ^x-^t&tz *©•*?•*? Tt^t *C*S?*C**v^-5?^?^? ^?^_ **■*.■ -L1 _S_ 33 MIDWAY SAWMILL Lequime & Powers, Proprietors- Manufacturers of all kinds of ROUGH AND DRESSED LUMBER LATH and SHINGLES, SASHES and BOORS Band Sawing and job work done to Order Telephone No. 12. Telephone orders receive prompt attention. »»♦-)% :*:»Jrm!***a3:**:»-:i.*d3,*j^ The Travellers Insuranee Co.., TYrnrrninsTOTTir Of Hartford. Conn. $ i Chartered lSfW. btoek life nnd Aecldent fhsurunce. TSSU12S the besl life liisumn.ee t c.iiiiriieis In the world, ilu liisjippnintineiit an in dividends, Everything pliaraiileed in ml* viiiiie. Premium Cutes In tu US per cent less tbun those, of nld line Mul unl companies. ASSETS, . . January 1st, 1897 LIABILITIES, .SURPLUS . . $20,884.53 17,92.1,260.29 . i,git),4Mi3« BOUNDARY ORE SHIPMENTS. The tonnage of ore shipped by the mines of the Boundary I District during 1901, is as under : TONS Old Ironsides and Knob Hill group *>33-424 Mother Lode 89.°34 B. C 47405 Sunset 802 Winnipeg ■•°4° King Solomon ^75 Snowshoe l'7i{ No. 7 ;. 850 Jewel 35° The Tmvelleis Conihiimtluii Accident Pulley guarantees furaecidental illider ordinary renditions. J50OJ Death Itcncflt LtMf, uf Sltfl)t of Hoih Kyea leew et Both rout or llotli Hands WW) Urns of One llaml nnd Ono Koot S.IM l'nrminoiit Total Dlnabll tjr 2JHI Loss of UlH'lit Hand . . liOiw of leg nl nr above Knco l.u-s of Celt Hand . . Loan of KIMier Foot Loss of slghtof Ono 1 ye . . *t,m vm l.nu 1.000 ,630 Liniits of Weekly Indernnity $ 1,300. AND, If such injuries tivo sustained while riding as a passenger in auy passenger conveyance using steam cable, ur electricity as a motive power the amount to lie paid shall be 110UI1I.K the sum spi-.-ilieil in the clause under which the claim is made. Cost $52 a year to Professional and Business Men.and Commercial Travelers. Other sums at proportionate rates *W. XX. TwTomlm, AGENT FOK SOUTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA, MIDWAY B, O. *******************t»'iii*-rli9999*9m999999999********i *W. H..WEBB, T.M.Qulley&Co. Furniture, Carpets, Linoleums. FUNERAL DIRECTORS anil EMBALMEBS. T. Large Stock. Low Prices. ************ sac. GTTX-i-JErsr ss co., COPPER STREET. GREENWOOD. Lancashire House, : : MIDWAY, B.C. : : -—® The undersigned having re-opened this well- known and comfortable hotel invites the patronage of all old customers and the public generally. BEST BRANDS OF LIQUORS & CIGARS. Furnace-heated and comfortably furnished rooms. FIRST CLASS MEALS WELL SERVED. Mrs. Dowding, Proprietress. at^m{i^ttK$am^itjtmt^^^mi THE MIDWAY HARNESS and SHOE SHOP. Those in need of first-class HARNESS, SADDLES, WHIPS, etc., can procure them here. Special attention given to Ordered Work and Repairing. ABEL HALLBERG, Prop. Fifth Street, Midway. ■MHHffiMttiaSSSW. &7£*y£_*^*> _*_*_•** •>•?_** •**99 •^!^5f 9r99& THE MIDWAY FEED i SALE STABLE Seventh Street, Midway, Opposite Crowell's Hotel JOHH J. FLOOD, PROPRIETOR. This stable is equipped with a first class outfit of Single aod Hie Drivers Saddle and Pack Horses Hay and oats for sale. Bus meets all trains. Freight and express delivered to any part of the town. :•€€€ €€€ €€€ €€€ $€€€€€£€$€#' w ty ty ty ty ty ty ! I ty t ty ty w Practical Wagon and Carriage Builder, Repairing of all kinds promptly and neatly executed. Carriage Painting a specialty. Totpl 375.511 Shipments during 1900 totalled 97,741 tons, and during frhe year 1901, to December 31st, 375,511 tons, making aggregate of 473,252 tons, an The Pioneer Newspaper of the Boundary District-only $_.oo per year. Is prepared to fill all orders for Job Printing at lowest rates consistent with good work. rrrnnrnnnrr^^ THE MIDWAY NEWS DEPOT THOMAS WALKER, Proprietor. All the best brands of Cigars and Tobaccos kept constantly on hand. Latest shades and patterns of Wall Paper now In stock. Seventh Street, Midway. XSLjLXm&SJJJJJJmXX: mm oj **» '*>-' *•* *■**■>-' "•' ■»■*■■' "•* Mi W Ma m fyS m j-ffi1 m *?_ m MIDWAY, :=: B. C. Beautifully situated at the confluence of Boundary Creek and Kettle River. W ^^m*7ryy—S"^^^ ||_|_ |J£ The most important railway town in the Kettle River Mining Division. The Wholesale -Supply and Manufacturing centre of the Kettle River and Boundary Creek Districts. The distributing point for Upper Kettle River, West Fork and Camp McKinney mining camps. The nearest Railway town to Republic, Meyers Creek, Palmer Mountain and other Northern Washington mining camps. The leading residence town in the country, with an excellent climate, pure water supply and favorable sanitary conditions. Business, residence and garden lots at low prices and on easy terms. A. M. WOVENDEN, Sec., 30 St John Street, Montreal, P. Q. Send for Maps, Prices, and full particulars to The MIDWAY COMPANY, Ltd. C. M. CHOUSE, Agent for British Ooliiiubla, Midway, B. C. 71m** if. P n _m_ WL M mmk ■ill -m II tm '•'■iM IS ii S*s. ii 1 M •WS tii 1 I _'* 3 '»* i_ li li is X *F*j # I *__ il *!/ *->>< 'I*** || M .1, tt m- A _5&__ .•■•tf'SZtf" • Mr ij. Mi,,: M, )'i'f:,Jj~'f\Zj''0 ' fit ' M -"'i*-_ I ij:' - 'i .*!'. - <|V 1 "i Will BUIID REFINERY The Canadian Smelting Works will Construct one at 1 rail. Trail, B. 0., Doc. 80-Mr. W. U. Aldridge has returned from an extended eastern trip, and states that the Canadian Smelling works will proceed at once with the construction of ii refinery at Trail of sufficient capacity to handle the present bullion output of the country, The plant will be to a certain extent, experimental, hut as it is shown thut sufficient bullion can be obtained to insure its becoming a commercial success, it will be enlarged and extended, or possibly another plant will he built al Nelson or on the coast. Mr. Aldridge says that all of the metal markets have heen most unsatisfactory to mines, smelters and refineries. The fall in lead and silver has affected Ihe receipts of some of the Kootenay lead-silver mines to the extent of $000,000 annually, comparing the quotations for these metals in January with those at the present time. The iiuelteii have also lost heavily, in buying and selling on a falling market, it requiring on an average of from four to Hve months for the smelters to realize upon metals purchased, from the time the on- has hern nought from the mines. The decline in metal prices since the beginning of the year has been approximately as follows: Copper, from 17) cents to 12) cents per pound. London lead from £18 to £10, and sll* ver from 02 cents to 51 cents per ounce. The railways and smelters ate thoroughly alive to the sit tint inn, and while London lend is nt present prices will join in making a reduction for the coming year in freight and treatment charges, on clean lend ores, of $1 per ton. The smellers are willing to rtdllce their charges, provided Ihey can be relieved from the danger of in- cutring further losses due In decline in metals, and us.it is generally conceded that the present prices of metals have lieiu-ly reached bottom, it would seem irely fair to tho mines to make the iingent the mine. To accomplish this, s proposed that preliminary settle* nls involving the payment of IW per cut. of the proceeds will lie made Winn as results are obtained nt the smelter, the final settlement to be made on quotations for metals ninety nays after tlie preliminary settlement, It Is promised lo raise Ihe zinc limit Irom ten to eight pet cent., whicli would mean thai on oloan lend ores carrying forty per cent, lead untl over, lhe Vilakrediicl.ioti in freight: nnd in treatment charges will lie ,$1 per ton, while on ores containg over eight' per cent, zinc the net reduction will he $.100 per ton. The above reductions in rates will not compensate the mines for their losses in the decline of metals from the first of the year to the present time, but as the quotations for London lend during the latter part of 1900 and lhe Iieginning of 1001 were abnormally high, it is hoped that tbe mines will find it in Iheir interest to continue operations at. these figures. The aver- ago price of London, lead for a number ot years has been between £12 aid £13 sterling, aid as a reduction of $4 nor ton of ore is equivalent to $11 per ton of lead, assuming the ore lo contain forty per cent, lead, and that the smelter pays for ninety per cent., this reduction of $t would correspond to an increased price for lend in ore of £2 6s, making the present lead quota tions on the basis of last year's rates, £12, 8s 2d. Mr Aldridge says his conipany is spending large, amounts of money in enlargements and improvements, and will continue to do so in spite of the present temporary depression in tlie metal markets, believing that there will shortly bean improvement in t hese prices, and that tbe production of the silver-lead properties of the country will get bock tu former figures. THE CITY CM Al MS STAND FUFtJx Street, UffiidL-onray. r Indispensable in .Every Home A Reliable Thermometer and Barometer Worth $1.00, specially made to meet the climatic conditions of Western Canada, will be sent freo to every yearly subscriber of the WEEKLY FREE PRESS WIININIPUO Season 1901-1002 Cut out this advertisement nnd fi.-.-word lo Free Press with one dollar nnd receive Weekly Flee Vnu tor <rn<! yenr together nail a handsome thermom- ettrr nr:l titirnnit-ter, Handles the best Imported and Domestic Cigars, Cigarettes and Tobaccos of all kinds that can be procured. All Papers and Periodicals of the day at publishers' prices. 3 H. P. LARGE, PROPRIETOR. 1 y,PARK!NSOil Provincial Lund Surveyor. S\jjt Architect and SB Civil Engineer... Financial, KJeal Estate, Insurance and Mining Agent. -MXOTAKY FV HlelCOtm I uit vtow Town*! to Agont. ... AllllllKSS . . . R. H. PARKINSON, KAIKVIKW, 11. C. Oorrwpou'lomie Solloitod* MINERAL ACT, I8S6. Cer ificato of Improvement! xjovxaxi. kaiiv Cash Khaitwsai. Mix tin i Cun Sltuato In lho Osoyuos Minin-t Division I Yale District. Where located: Cit Hedley. TAKK NOTICE that wo. James .Mrt.r nun" rs c. l'titi(-nn) No. D1U1I1I-. "lu. Borttigt freo minerk oprlltlratu ^-' '■',' Intend, e-ixty days fnun the dale l.iro to apply lo the Minion lluciirilerforn I rrliK" of Improvements, fnr the purpose ol out a CroWb (Irani nf the above claim. Anil furthor lake nolleo Hint eotioii. suction SI. 11111*1 he eoninieni-iil helm IsMlam-e nf -lli-ll (rrlltleilte of lmpnivl liutod llii- '.'lr.1 day jif Aiikii-i. WW. J AM 1> Mr i.U. lie K. li. U0H1NU. FOR8ALE. RANCH of 391 aires, sllunlo one mill Midway, 20p acres under clllUvnl acred of wlilrh in good timothy in' I'lenl) of waler ts provided liy lliri-i' Iprlngs, Them Ik also 11 beautiful orchard on the plOM be-ilimiiiK lo Iimi House, linriiNiiiidiiulhuiulltiKK. Kor leiu purl Ionian iipply lu A. HOPPKlt. WUI«b>. DJ - MI DWAY- Riverside Addition, «___ Just a Word! To those contemplating an invest ment in Midway real estate, the information is offered that on the Riverside Addition may U found 300 very choice residence sites. LOTS 50 x 125 FEET. PRICES For terms and all other information apply to W. H. NORRIS, or A. MEGRAW, Midway, B. C. Camp McKinney, B. C. BiliWIIIIIllMII"*1'1'1'1" " "nmrri "i|-~i
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Title | The Advance |
Publisher | Midway : [publisher not identified] |
Date Issued | 1902-01-06 |
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Midway (B.C.) Midway |
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FileFormat | application/pdf |
Language | English |
Notes | Title changes in chronological order: The Advance (1898-1902) ; The Midway Dispatch (1902-1904) |
Identifier | Advance_1902_01_06 |
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BC Historical Newspapers |
Source | Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives. |
Date Available | 2016-02-02 |
Provider | Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library |
Rights | Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from the Digitization Centre: http://digitize.library.ubc.ca/ |
AIPUUID | d34f58c3-a402-487d-86ca-52bc87fe1435 |
DOI | 10.14288/1.0347815 |
Latitude | 49.008333 |
Longitude | -118.778333 |
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