V Devoted to the Wining Interests and Development of the DisMet of EAST KOOTEflAY. Vol. 1, No. 21. Golden, B. C, Thursday December 16th, 1897. $2.00 Per Year A. P. PATRICK, P.L.S. "%-���������-*%. Address :-BOX 49 GOLDEN, It.C. G. S. McCARTER, NOTARY, ETC. Ai.KAN0i-.it Bloc*, Golden, 'B-Ci ELLIS & GROGAN, -%*������*��-%- Fire, Life, Jteal Emaie, House Agents,. Aut.tioneern aud I'uttloriirf Brokers Fire AKtncics: Queen, Lancashire, Union, Hartford. Cnropesn Hteanuthtp Ticket Ofllee. The rtim Life tm-turanee Company. The Ontario Accident lumiraiK-e Co'y. The Birheck Inventment and Loan Co. CALGARY, ALTA. E. L. Cummins, P.L.S., ' And Civil Engineer. Foht StefIb, B.C. Thos. McNaught, Minlig Broker, Financial Agent, Cotv.yanccr aud Notary Public Pest ofllee addroi*.: GOLDEN ��r FORT STEELE. W. PELLEW HARVEY, (F.C.S.) Assay Offlees and (.'lic.miciil ����l)hr��tory, VANCOUVER, B.C. . tEstabll.hed MM.'). F��r imnl rear, with V'iyiaa * Sons, Bwan- .... tori I..-.1 representative for thorn. Ear �� years -Manager (or tbe tsstycrs to tlio Kl. Tluto l!,-��� London. " '��� Canadian representative o( tlie Ca*sel Hold Extracting Co. L'td, Ulasgow (Cyanide process.) H.B.-AU wort personally superintended. 0��ly competent men ' employe:. No pupils /o Mill,, . Jas. Henderson, CONTRACTOR end BUILDER,' Flea. Prepared. ��� ���'���>'���'! Prompt mention given to orders. A >iipplj.(eiiildinn Um. lor isle. QpLDEN, B.Ci The Golden MEAT MARKET * ���^.���j*****^-- Fresh .ad Salt Meats. Fish and (lain, in season. Healers In Cattle, Sheep and Horses, Mall orders receive prompt attention. HULL BROS. & CO. Livery and Feed Stables Wood Saddle Horses and Rigs ol All Kinds Ior Hire at Reasonable Rates. Teaming ol All Kinds a Specialty. Hamilton and Hkelton, Golden, B.C. @Golden(5) TOjisoHiflii PMptis Newly: Uefttted *i Refurnished. Tlio liest ol the kind west of Winnipeg. Everything Complete All Modern Conveniences. J. Lamontagne, Prop. Undertaking! & Embalming * TelegraphordemoceivtiproraptftUent.ion J. SMART, CALQARY, AtTA. ��� The ppovidenee pur Go Providence, R.I. Good Time Wanted By STory roan will) hits a watch. ��� V. RliEXAJlBEH, �� I'.lMt. Watch Inspector will he at THE MINER OFFICE from. Wednemlnv to Frldnv each week. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Work can lie left at McDKP.MOT'S STORK. Ii. ft ML WATCHMAKER ���*��.ancl<s�� -TKWEIXEK. Wedding pgs . . ft^Sjieeialty. Calgary, - Alberta. wants all kinds of raw furs, skins, j;in- sene, senecu, etc. Prices (or next sixty davs are as follows': Silver Fox ..���15.00 to $150.00. Bear . $ 5.00 to �� S5.00. ..M-00 to % 9.00. Martin ......... ..�� 2.00 to �� 9.00. Heaver(per pound) . .*, 3.00 to $ 3.00. Wolf ,.,' 1.66 to �� 2.00. RedFox ..fl.00 to r 2.00. Mink ..$'.75 to $ 2.00. Skunk ...�� ,125 to * 1.00. Gray Fox ... .** .00 to % .75. lint.:, .. * .20 to f .25. .Price list on all othor fnrs and skins Inrnifhed. upon application. ' Full prices guaranteed, careful selection, courteous treatment, end immediate remittance on all consignment*.. GEO; GfcARY,^ liivepy, peed ��$ . Sale Stables, FOHT STEELE, S.Ii. J^OGTEN^iT. Pack Trains for minsmmpplied.. Freighting ol all kinds undertaken. Our___-oS^ GHHISTJWRS HAMPER LISTS aro very intcrpstint:. Send un a post card and we will mail one to von. ���*���%������������*. Hudson's Bay Stores, CALQARY, ALTA. Wong See, Watchmaker, Jeweller, Optician und Mecitaiilc'. Watches cleaned, J.wcllccv mounted, Masses mended anil (inns repaired. First class work In every depurttn.-jt. A trial sollliltcd, so conn) to Wong See, Golden. Tom Lee, "lias the best restaurant in Gold- ��� .on., It i�� open, tit nil hourB. Kvefy delicacy and fruit in its ' Season. A iood selection of * (Iliiheso LllTtlowr roots apply *.���',. at once lor tne Choicest oro they ... go to Tom Lee, Bakery, <��> Meule t>.iy and Xight. MINING NEWS. It is getting too cold for the wildcat Klondike investment and mining companies. They are beginning to fall. It ie rumored that the dominion gov ernment is to appoint a minister of mines and that tho appointment is to be offered to that amiable weaknoss���Mr. Hewitt Bostock, M.P. We trust the rumor is only a rumor. By a recent judicial decision in British Columbia it has been decided that no matter where a mining company may lie incorporated, or under what terms it holds its charter, the transfer of its property in British Columbia is subject to the laws of British Columbia. The New lloldflelds of British Columbia Co. proposes to actively take up the development of its several properties in tbe Kootenay district, ami is, at present, opening the Velvet mine, iu which thore are several promising showings. It has a new hoisting engine plant installed. The Vukon -mining regulations are being revised by a committee composed of the Ministers of the Interior, Marine and Justice. They have decided to amend the royalty regulations by exempting a sum necessary for developing the claim for a year. They will also, probably, abandon the alternate claim reservation scheme, and instead make the government reserve in blocks of ten claims. Mining operators should not' think that a placer will be productive and profitable as soon as water is put oil the ground. A p'acer must bn opened an 1 put in shape ...before it can produce profits, equally as well as a lode mine, and putting water on it iB only the first step in development. Usually it requires one Season after water is on the ground, In open a pla.-er so it will rny .profilsi.; .- The second annual -inter-provincial .conference of pining engineers will be held during the first week, in February,, in Montreal.' Twenty papers have already bseri promised, and of theso, two coniejroui our own province. Professor Carlyle, provincial mineralogist, on "The Progress of Mining iu British Colombia," and Superintendent It. A. Hedlev of the Hill Mines smelter, on " Western Smelting Practice." The conference is under the auspices of the Federated Canadian Mining Institute. The outlook for cheaper coal and coke in the Kast and West Kootenay districts is very promising; the reports from the west are that work has lieen proceeded with, so'actively on tho Crow's Nest Pass railway, that it has beon graded to within 20 miles of Movie lake. Simultaneously, the Crow's Nest Pass Syndicate is engaged in prospecting work with the diamond drill outfit, which was ordered through the James Cooper* Mfg. Co., Limited, and it is expected before the completion of the railway to have opened tho property to such an extent as to supply the local demand at least. The attention of prospectors and miners engaged in placer mining is called to au important advertisement issued by the provincial minister ol mines, as tu the necessity of sending black or gray sand found at the separation of gold from the gravel, to the Provincial Mineralogist, Bureau of Mines, Victoria, to bo ass.iyed. This sand has been considered worthless as only containing iron but it appears two valuable metals- platinum nnd iridium are frequently passed over in the sand having much the same appearance as iron. Should any samples of sand be lent the name of the creek and locality should accompany them, ' Till! C.I'.K. AND EAST KUOTBNAY's UtADINU MINKS. At a meeting of the trustees of the Sullivan Group Mining Company last week, held at the olllee of the Lo Roi, in Spokane, it was reported upon reliable information, that surveyors of the Canadian Pacific are running linos up Mark Creok and the St. Mary's river, from the main line of the Crow's Nest Pass road to the North Star and Sullivan group mines. Ollicials of the Canadian Pacific have stated that this branch will be built next year. Another discovery of galena and carbonate ore was reported on the Sullivan group, and the company is figuring on lotting a contract lor fifty foet more of shaft work. The company ownf.three claims���the Hope, Hamlet end Shylock, in the Fort Steele country. The shareholders, who are largely composed of well-known l.o Roi men, including Senator Turner, Col. W. \V. I). Turner, 'Colonel Kidratb, Major Arm strong and Colonel 1. N. Peyton.���B.C. Mining Critic. PORT BTIIlll.lt MININO division. Tho tunnel of the Dodoon Wild HorBe is in 45 feet and the showing of ore is fine. Preparations are now being made to sink a shaft ou the Klondike, an adjoining claim. Messrs. Starbird and Collett appear to have a rich property in this group of claims. Messrs. Amine and VanArsdalen havo now driven In the tunnel on the Cornucopia 40 feet. The ore is rich looking and abundant. It is iron sulphurettes carrying getd, silver, copper and lead. This will be valuable as an ingredient in smelting the galena ores of the district. Hon. Geo. E. Foster, on behalf of hie company, has purchased two additional claims iu the Dibble group, and now owns nearly all the claims that surround Dibble's original location. Next spring a large force of men will be put on to do development work. A bond his been signed to Henry Croft of Victoria for (20,000, cash at the end of 110 days, whereby tho Wasa group of claims on Wasa creek, owned by Wm. Thompson, William Haupt, Peto Kosen- dale and Kric Sundran, has been sold tu that gentleman. Mora About Klondike. The London Daily Free Press has in its columns, a letter from an expert mining enpineer who was sent to the Klondike last year to investigate and report. The letter is addressed to a friend. He.writes about Dawson City as follows: . "A wore O'od*f**r.akon place you never .aw. The town lies pn o tlat oil the east side ol the river, immcdlau*!*. back ol which arc- hills about five h.ndnd let-l hicii. The river is abont threc-olpUths ol a mile wide, and Is, I should 'iidse,**ul.ti* deep. The elevation above soa level Is appro-dinalet*.' one thousand ten. Where the town Is located must have been an old moose swamp. Durili-,* tho summer-time it Is undoubtedly a regular quagmire. f ��� "There ere fully five hundred loalers In town, who won't work and expect to be led, und there Is no Iood 10 ter-1 them with. Tho police won't arrest theiu, because the)' haven't any Iood with which 10 feed them. Everything Is Irozen except tile whiskey, and there seems to be an unlimited supply ol thut article at .jO cents allrink.'or S10 per bottle, (.'h-iuipague is I3(*> per bottle, and I suppose other beverages are at corresponding figure;.; " What In the world these people are going to do belore the - season Is over I cannot say Every butldldg on the oisiu street Is either a .aluc-n with a Rsntbli go itltor adaneo house. Th.re are only two st*...... which belong to the companies, respectively the Alaska Commercial eompanj and the North American Transportation and Trading company. They close at live o'clock, because they have no candles or oil to burn. There if absolutely no place to go to. There will be no mure steamers here until uext July. ��� ,..(Tb�� people ar. still coming In over the trail without provision*. Th. police hero art driving everyone down the river ns he aralves, und tho companies will assist In pushing out ol town all person, who are not supplied with food. "Th. conlltlon ol affairs Is very'nreearkmi here. Thero i.i a possibility- of thero being bloo.lshud on account of the stirvii*,* popula. Hon. Tie stores sell nothing, and arc only pnrtlally filling orders to tho Irtst of their attlity. I do nut dure to move until 1 sin first settled. Caches,.where individual supplies arc kept, are being nl-ihtly robbed* and |Moplit are on the qui vivo. In. several Instances thieve* have been detected and shot, and 1 do not daril to leave this plae. without someone lu ll. for to Ion our supplies at Hits stage ��t affairs in Dawson would simply moan���Death. Money won't buy food, au.l lh* asluil staple of life- flour��� Is unobtainable." "The New Unionism In Canada," ���' Extraordinary Davalopmants." Tlie following letter���headlines and all���appeared in the London Daily Graphic last month: ��� '".\ correspondent writ..: 'Th. apprehensions aroused by latter, recently received Irom settler* who went out a few month, ago 10 the ���NorthweK Tarrliory ol Canada under special concession, grattttd by the Dominion govern* aunt have been. Intensified by au announce* neat now officially made that these concessions have Just been withdrawn. The concessions, which applied exclusively to emigrants Irom Scotland and Wales, consisted of free grants of land, a guarantee ol remunerative employment ou th. (Irow's Nest puss branch ol the Canadian Pacific railway (Intended to etioLle poor emi. grant* not only to maintain themselves ut first, but to provide, mean. Ior stocklug their new farm, next year), aud an arrangement which otivtated tlio tiecesllty for the present payment of the railway lare lor the long Journey Irom Montreal to their destination. Under this offer, utedo In July Uttt, some hundreds ol Scotch and Welsh emigrants went out to Canada, and a.till larger number were preparing 10 go out next spring under further concessions tniide less than a mouth ago. The sudden volte-face ol the Dominion government tills week is supposed to lie due to tho Influence of the labor section in En-tern Canada- who, having made an ineffectual protest in July against tbe importation of " foreign" labor, have now proved too strong for the minister of the Interior. This.necessarily puts a stop tothe attempt 10 tstabllsh a Scotch and 0 Welsh colony at tho Icotol the l'.oety mountains.'" EAST KOOTENAY. ITS MINERAL WELLS AND MEDICINAL SPRINGS. Description of Toby Craak Soda Springs. ARTICLE III, Toby Creek soda springs arc in Windermere Mining Division, and arc situated up tho creek of that same. They aro ou the north fork of the creek abont a mile up. ThiB north fork runs from the north and empties into the north side of the creok, about twenty-three miles from the Columbia river. These springs come froni an immense ledge which runs north and south and crosses the north fork from the west sido to the east side. ThiB ledge is spar or white quartx. There is a trillo of silicious rock in it. It comes out from the base of the mountains which are close to tho west aide of the north fork. The springs are pretty numerous and extend for fully half a milo along thiB ledge on tbe west side of the tributary. Thoy also exist on the cast side on the same ledge but are neither so numerous nor active About twenty springs have been located and many of them are quile close to the stream. Others are right at the baso of the mountain. The springs are cold water. Sndiutn or potassium appeaiB to be ono of the chief ingredients. No analysis has yet been obtained of the water or of Uie rock forming the ledge whioh is fully forty feet wide. Tbe taste of the w ater of all the Bprings appears uniform, but some of the springs are more powerful than the others in their action. When the water is taken from tbe springs it bubbles and sparkles like carbonated or aerated waters, and.', tastes as if it were the moat magnificent soda water that could be manufactured. When bottled and kept for some time, it looses its activity and is a still water, but neither weter nor taste nppears to deteriorate. Tho action of tho water must b�� pretty strong as prospectors and miners utsc it for making their bread and omplov neither yeast nor soda, the bread rising freely. Near the south end of the ledge there 16 a peculiar formation made by a scries of small spring)!, which rise up in the form of a fountain, and the action of this water upon the ledge has formed a natural basiu of about thirty-three feet in diameter and about three ioet deep. This fountain has the reputation of being poisonous as birds who drink of it are reported to die, the remains of several having been found near it. All tbu other springs are drinkable aud are us.-d by miners and hunters when catnped there botli for cooking and drinking purposes. Tlie action of the springs upon the ledge at its extreme south end has formed a bench or plateau of about 40 or 60 acres in extent, Ihe soil preBentins; the appearance of red, oxidised decomposed matter, but it is very favorable to the growth of vegetation. Along the lino of the ledge are vast bodies of red oxidised cement, and decomposed cement formed by the action of Ihe water upon the rock. It is impossible to say how long this process of formation has been going on. possibly for ages. This cement hss no effect upon the vegetation :ib largo trees are growing out of It. The springs am a favorite resort of animals who come long distances to drink the waters. Goats, caribou, deer, and brown, black, silver-tip, einainoo and grir.zley bears. Their trails arc like cattle trails. The neighborhood of the upper waters of Toby creek is a tlnu hunting ground. A good trail lends from the Columbia river right up Toby creek and then another trail passes alongside to several mineral claim's which are situated at the upper end of the north fork. The country on the other sido 01 the creek oppo- site tlie mountain is line, bench land and well wooded. Tlie springs have been recently acquired hy 11 syndicate of four of whom Tims. McNaught ol the Halcyon Hot Springs, Arrow Lake; G. S. McCarter, barrister, Goldon; F.dgar Stoddart and O. A* llrown, Windermere, are the members. Analysis is being obtained of the water*, nnd assays of tbe rock, so that the syndicate may have accurate knowledge of tho bature uf the pvopotitiw that csu ��� in I ihe water and the rock. The springs ! have already acquired a reputation for I the healing of certain ailments, particularly rheumatic alllictions. It is thu intention of tho syndicate to develope their property and make it attractive for those who principally resort to it, and aleo as a convenience for minors an.I prospectors. A stop place of a temporary nature will be erected next year suitable [or this purpose. A balh shelter wilt also bo made, so thai those who dcsjre to wash in the waters may havo a suitable place (or this cleansing operation, It is the proposes of the syndicate to put in a small bottling plant, so that the waters can be placed on the market either art an aerated water or us a still water. It is anticipated that there will be a great demand for these natural waters, and Thk Minks wishes the syndicate every success iu its enterprise. Crow's Nest Pass Railway. The steamer Nelson is now making regulus trips to the Landing, Goat river, carrying large quantities of supplies for the road. Ou her last ttip (Monday) she bad on board a car load of powder. Work 611 the road lias hardly started iu earneat yet, but several small contractors are busy building camps preparatory to commencing work. Welch is the odK- one who has a good winter camp, and ia five miles from the Landing by wagon rood. This road ia nearly finished to Moyie Lake���distant 7(1 miles���there being .about 12 to 15 miles to construct. Dave McBeath has charge oh the works and is camped about tiO miles from the Lauding. He is at present laid up with gout and confined to his cabin. There are about :*!00 men at Ids camp, and they expect to have tlio road completed lo Moyie Lake in about a week. Brewster has eight milea clearing right of way. His camp is about two miles beyond Welch's, and eoneists oi two tents. He has a crew of seven men. Mcl*ary litti live milea beyond Brewster and Murphy I has five further on. No one can gel mor.i j titan five miles at a time. The laborer! i received .1.50 per day. out of which in i deducted $4.60 per week for board. 50 cents a month hospital fees and 50 ccuU a month mail. There is considerable rock work to do ond unless the various sub-contractors get a move on thetu.it will be a matter of surprise if (lie rails reach the Landing 111 12 weeks irom now. O'Neill and Cowan havo been awarded the contract for driving a 800 foot tunnel at Moyie Lake. They am now ou the road with their outfit and will commence operations in a few days. ��� Nelson Economist. Kootenay vs. Klondike. To the man who wishes ti invest his capital where it will be >afe and sure 10 yield good returns, Kootenay comes in for first consideration, and ns ngltinst the country to tho north Kootenay offers 'every inducement to the conservative ; investor. The north is attractive and it i is hard to resist tbe blandishments of , yellow gold, but tbere is so much of uncertainty about it all, s;i ninny risks not j atone of failure but of life and health I thas even tlio shimmer wilt not tempt j tlie careful man. Notwithstanding the booming of Klondike we anticipate a j considerable movement of capital to i Kootenav with Ihe opening of spring. j Next year's investing operations will bo ���011 a far more healthy and iegltlmatn basis than ever before, largely from the diet that the tin-horn capitalist, money- i less speculator and " wild caller" have ��� gone or are going to Klondike and iu \ their places will com.' the solid men who wish to plant thti, ."oney in healthy soil where it may ltow end produce tlie applesof interest, free from the primings and clubbings of sharks and stock- jobbers. I Kootenay is safe, no one can dispute '��� that, though she is not quite so swift ss her yellow neighbor up north, but she is ; more than likely to prove tlie tortoise* ! and tin* Klondike tbe hare of the fable. !'��� Kootenay was Kootenay when Yukon WSS'a Anil Kootonay will be Kouteuay still, [pn*> When Yukon's busted up." ��� - The Kootenaniau. 1 Captain Armstrong arrived this week \ in Gulden from tbe coast, The Stickine j river is nut yet fully frown up to permit I of Inland travelling over to Teslin lake. I 'the captain, however, perfected many 11 ' bis arrangements. Tlie capacity of the ; boat which will traverse the lake and j river will bo 120 tons. Must of thu : machinery will be Clyde-built (in 'Scot- i land) and will be taken in in pieces and ; fitted together at the lake. The .traffic, j human aud otherwise, will be ���nnrmuim ! when the spring >}>.�� i:'. and tlie l>..at��' 1 ore ayiin*}. , . . Maiaea V Vhe 9%n mer. ���%.t����-**k* A Weekly Jouraal, publish When tlwir pages wero crowded with milling advertisements and a lot el jawbone miners were picking the pockets of the eastern public with delusive write-] beyond up ups and peddlers were haw king round | the next The line into West Port will be very ] LICENCE easy of construction, no rock or heavy earth work being encountered. The line the St. Mary's river will lie iirk of location to he under* AUTHORISING AN EXTRA-PRO. VINCIAI. COMPANY TO CARRY on nratNias. id the 1-jlcrcsl of the making closest uonneelloa luail routes. ed ererv Thursday Kootenay District with 1.11 iraiu*. and By mail or carrier. no protest to raise againet this mode of cluing business, whicli they must have ! known could only have one dire result. On the contrary, these journals talked about their great service to the mining industry. Their services to the mining industry are soon told. Thoy wero reaping a harvest and swelling their own dividends in tho big and numerous advertisements they got of companies I which they must have known were ' worthless, and of schemes which on | their faee bore the imprint of tho wild- ! cut. They made no effort to protect the I public or expose those worthless com* .,^^;;?"!oj"o;inur^^nh^S j panics and sham schemes. They allowed, ^t%oh.'ifn"ti.��e m.x':r '.;;r *:;*""SSfSfi ����"*dUI ,,o< ��8si"t' iw-��'����-����v Iju!u ti.if uuinu oi vrriu-r n.iwt aucomnauy thu-j mvitv in fiiket*- u gruat deal OI money that K':;':^r,.r:;icouS'iai,b'rr VulHrt,l0�� If properly used would have served to ���, ,. ��� .develop the mining industry, return Correspondence with reference to any matter, r n ���' that hat appeared In another paper must n.-st; dividends to its sorrowing losers and b. oKorOit to that pitpur ior publication belore | tl can appear 111 " Tux MINSK" Sl*BSi:ltlITION RATES f-'.uu per yeur lu advance. ADVBHI'ISISU RATEB : Display ads. B.50 per ooiuiuii inch1, K.00 per column inch when m- aerted on the Mile page ; l**K*il ads. 10 cents per ( nonpareil! Hue (or first insurtlotl, 0 cents per line lor each additional insertion ; readmit ttcti.-cs 15dents per tine each Insertion. C'lmii-fcs ol ads. must ue in office not later than Wednesday. llirth, miir;-iu-;e and death notices inserted ' Ice. | JOB DEPARTMENT: Our Job Department I. the best equipped printing olm*e in East Kootonay iiii'l is proparud to <1<> neat, artistic. printing ata reasonable prion, one i>.*.ee to all. Wail orders receive prompt attention. stock of dubious mines among a contid- taken. Not unlikely the crossing will ing public, they were silent; tluiy had i be made at the high bluff about a mile and a half from the city. The route up tbe St. Mary's river, after the flat is crossed, will afford very easy gradients and comparatively light work of construction.���Prospector. Address all communications THE EAST KOOTENAY PUB. CO. ti(.](!< 0, 1(. C THUKSIMY, DEC. 10, lkW. advance the general prosperity uf the country. The Valuation ot Mining Property. The value of u mining property cuu- eielsuf two elements: First, Its apparent value, ui' that whicli.resulls Irom ore "iu tight,', less tlie cost of extraotion.jSecoml Its prospective value, whicli represents that whicli may exist beyond what is in sight. The former is capable of.-Jmore or less accurate determination; tlie hitter is obviously uncertain, but upon it the Hxim: uf the prico ot a milling property for tale chiefly depends since it is clear that a mine is always worth the nut value of the ure which is really iu eight, It is necessary to use tliis qualification -���really iu sight," because the expression Isoftuu employed improperly. Ore is nut really "ill Bight," unless it is blocked out in tlie piano uf the vein into patches of moderate eite. Ii tint valuta thick, eithor cuts ur crosscuts are also necessary in order to show its third dimension. Tlie size of the blocks which it muy be reasonably safe to estimate as in sight is guverned.by various conditions ] We have offered and the championship THE DAWSON D1CCER. Some Breezy Paragraphs. r The following news items und ediloria; notes are culled from our contemporary the Dawson Digger: Tlie blood-sucking vampire that edits the Klondike News has placed himself oil record as flu enemy of tbe sacred cause of charity and is: endeavoring to breed dissension among the poker players who have entered iu out* freeze-out tournament iu the hope Unit he will thereby avert the success whicli must inevitably crown our untiring efforts. What if our four players did enter the first contest with if 100 each and the kitty get $365 of it before the last man was frozen out? Does the fact thut the contest was a protracted one render our Intentions less charitable'.' Does that asinine mudslinger not know that alt of the proceeds of tlie tournament (after the payment of expenses, which are merely nominal) go to charity? If not, it is high time thut lie found out. Our poker players are not mercenary speculators or avaricious confidence operators. Whet do they care for gain? Thoy are playing for the handsome prize which chief uf which are tlie regularity of the vein and the grade of its ore. If we imagine ti vein uf such thickness that the entire breast of ore is exposed in tlie shaft, drift ur other opening, at least three sides uf a rectangle must be shown ho permit its entire area to be calculated as really in sight. Two adjoining sides will give only a triangular patch, and ou an exposure of only one side no ore wluilever may be calculated as in sight. Tlie presumption may be strong that the ore extends beyond the vision, und in of the Northwest, Does our contemporaneous imbecile think for a minute that they are to be influenced against tliis great cause for it few paltry dollars? We have already rendered the financial statement of the first contest, which demonstrates that our tournament is going to be a great success and wilt net a large Bum for charity. It is as follows: Cash receipts from kitty, (3(15. Disbursements-To Bill Davidson for rent, use of cards, tables and pokei chips, $50; advertising and printing done by us. this case the prospective value of tlie $150; to Bill for services as member of the tournament committee, $30; tons, ditto, $30; balance to charity, $5. Is that not u showing to he proud of? Last week Job Spanner and Charlie Trot got into an argument at Jack Gill's saloon, dance house and fumily resort (Jack is one of our best advertisers) over the division of a pot for which they urine will be inllueuced by the showing but. on the other hand, it may not. 'J here have been instances where adrift witli no openings above or below it, has shown a strong face of ore in rouf and floor fui* a considerable distance, while subsequent stuping has demonstrated that it was a thin, elongated ore body, lying horizontally, through which the I had niggered down to a deuce. In the drift had passed like tlie lead in a pencil. I heat of the discussion Job ripped Charlie lucxpe ienced prospectors and mine i up the hack with a bowie knife. Dr. Jo. owners sometimes make serious mistakes Butts sowed up the wound with a horse concerning the nctual market value of hair, because he hud no wax ends, and their ore, and these mistakes occasion- yesterday when he ripped the stitches ally lead lo the development of property i Charlie looked as if lie had just had his from which they are never able to ux- j mane reached. He wants it understood tract a pound of shipping ore. There is I that he is no hog if lie has got bristles it vast difference between the assay on his back value and the product value of ore, as j There was a delightful little reception every producer well knows, but whicli j given at Toot Ogle's cabin, in Skookum occasionally owners of prospects do not gulch, last Tuesday evening iu honor of A certain per cent allowed for loss in sceiu to realize, mutt always be treatment. Tlie prospective value of a developed mine may be said to depend solely upon the gCologicu! conditions shown in thut particular mine. The fact that certain results were obtained in a similar mine a thousand miles or a Hum.and feet away should have vcrv little weight, although often it is given a good deal. .Nevertheless ihe general geological features of the district are not to be overlooked. Iu any case, however, the determination of the prospective value of a mine islarguly a mutter of opinion��� und opinions are apt to be beyond the truth. In the valuation of an undeveloped mine, a " prospect," its worth is entirely prospective as is indicated by the colloquial term descriptive of it. How the Eastern Newspapers Have Helped Out the Mining Industry. A year ago the Toronto and other eastern morning papers were ablaze with ���Dining activity in northwest Ontario and llritisli Columbia. '��� ������ To-days tlie news columns of these papers evince only thu most casual interest in the mining activity of Canada outside of the Yukon. Tiiere is ten, aye twenty, times more actual mining lieing done in Canada than there Wus twelve months ago, hut the reader would never think so if he contrasted the apathy of these morning papers to-day with their conspicuous interest in tlie industry a year ago. Theso morning papers would not have criticized, and criticized favorably, if f bey had not insisted upon being regarded as true patriots. Their patriotism -A*im of the Johnetonian type, Toot's 35th birthday: The Circle City string band and orchestra consisting oi Newt Cleveland, violinist, and Lee Taylor, accordion accompanist, tilled the air witli sweet melodies, while Ihe guests enjoyed themselves at poker and crops. " COXl-ANIBS ACT, 1897," Reported " Reports." It is reported that the Crows Nest Railway station at Wardner has been located on railway land about one-hull mile nbove the present location of that town.���Fort Steele Prospector. It is also reported that the Crows Nest railway will bo built into Fort Steel. Both of these reports originated in the Prospector ullice, and both are without foundation. As the C.l'.It. owns liulf tlie townsite of Wardner, and has no interest whatever in Fort Steele, Hie cause for these "reports" is easily found. Suffice it to say when you get off the train at Wardner, you will be right in town, lint when you get off the train for Fort Steele it will be necessary to secure a team to complete your journey. Hence tlie tears in the oiliee of our esteemed contemporary at the mouth of the St. Mary's river.- Tho International. Hudson's Bay Co.'s Preparations tor The Klondike Rush. Mr. C. (.'. Cbipman, the Hudson Buy Company's commissioner, who is in Toronto stated to the representative of the Mail and Empire that tbe rush to the Klondike gold fields had resulted in an increase of business all along the line. If a party went by Calgary and Edmonton or by Vancouver and Fort Wrangel, Skagwny, or Chilcoot, the Hudson's Bay Company's long experience in the supplying and packing of inland outfits made it an easy matter to the company to deal with the question. The expected rush to Dawson in the spring via the Fort Wrangel, Stickeen, and Teslin lake route, would probably lead tothe establishment of new Hudson Bay posts at Glenoia and Lake Teslin. Already the company had a steamer plying on the Stickeen river, which had been utilized in carrying up supplies to the posts in that part of the country, and more steamers of the most approved and suitable kind will bo built by the company to meet tlie demands of tile service. It is altogether likely thut the company will extend their posts into the heart of the new mining region. This done in connection with the establishment of the Glenora and Lake Tesltn posts, would give the company a "belt line" of establishments around the new gold region. The best stopping place for freighters in Columbia Valley is at Tom Martin's Hotel Windermere. Good accomnioilatioh 4 Moderate Tories First class Feed-Stables. NOTICE. (iVY.VKRSof Plarer Claims are invited to-send *-' a few utilities of tilt; black oi' grey Hand, obtained in wishing thu* gravel (or goltJ, to " Tbe Provincial Mineralogist, Bureau ul Milieu, Victor iti," mating tlm name of the creek from whit:11 tht) sand \# liiki>n, mul its locality. It Is believed that PLATINUM, and perhaps IRIDICM, nre frci|iiently passed over and lost hy the prospector, as they have much the appearance ot iron In the sand. These minerals are ah valuable as gold, the latter mure no. und If the placer claim owners will send the black or grav sand aa aforesaid it will be assayed and the result.* given to the owner. JAMES BAKER, dlfi-4t Minister of Mines. CANADA! f Province ok British Columbia, i Ko.ll/B7. THIS IS TO CERTIFY that the "Golden Brl- * Ull Columbia, Limited," is authorised and licensed to carry on bustuewi within the Province of British Columbia, and to earry out ��r effect all or anv of the objects hereinafter net forth to which tha legislative authority oi the Legislature of ���rltf.sb Columbia extends. The head office of the Company la situate nt No. ii, Queen Street Place, city of London, hng- l"--***'-'- , . ��� The amount of the capital ot the Company is ��6.000; divided into ��lx thousand shares ot ��1 each. , , , ��� The head office of the Company in this Province is situate at Golden, una William Gilbert Mhchell-Innc.-i, whose address Is (iolden, British Columbia, is the Attorney tor the Company. The objects ior whicli the Company lias beeu established and so licensed HN>t��� , [a.] To purchase, take on lease, or otherwise acquire, mines, mining rights, mid motalllfer-- ous laud and uny Interest therein, und to explore, work, exercise, develop and turn lo account the same: , , [b] To crush, win, get, quarry, smelt, calcine, rellne, dress, amalgamate, iiiaiiipulale.purehase mul prepare for market, ore. metal, and mineral substauces ot nil kinds, and to curry on, either upon or in connection with the premises or elsewhere, the business of miners, millers, smelters, and workers of any processes in the production, reduction and making merchant- able, of mincraU.metals and metallic products, supplies of water, merchants, And manufacturers, aud workers ol unv minerals, nu'tuls, aril- elf,** and things usud in or in connection with mining, milling, smelting, und other processes aforesaid, or any of them: [0] To search tot mines ami minerals nit her on lund known to contain such minus ami minerals or olherwlsc, and to buy nnd sell, lease or take up the rights of search or other miner*' lights or Matin* under miy milling statutes or regulations of any place where the Company curries on operations, and uny other lights respecting the same: [ill To acquire options, or enter into contracts (or the purchase of any grunts, concession*, leases or setts, euscments or Interests In lands, waters, mtllsites, tu Wind toil, mines, minerals, and other hereditaments, and uny plant, machinery, Implements, conveniences, provisions aud things, and nny other property, real or personal, movable or Immovable, for purposes Incidental thereto or to any other objects of the Cumpanv, or capable of being used iu connection with metallurgical operations or required by workmen or others employed by the Company, aud to work, transfer, lot or sublet the same: [ei To acquire any Inventions, letters patent or licenses, capable oi being used tor tlie purposes of tlie Company, or auy of them, aud to work, transfer, let, or sublet the hiuiic: f. To acquire and undertake the whole or any part of tiie business, property and liabilities, 01 uny person or company carrying ou any business which this Company is authorised to carry on; and to acquire and hold uny shares, stocks, bonds, obligations, debentures, securities, negotiable or otherwise, of or other interests In uny English, coloniul or other companies, associations or undertakings capable ot being managed or conducted so as directly or Indirectly to benefit thu business 01 tlie Company; Also to advance money on any such shares, stocks, bonds, obligations! debentures, securities of or other interest ln such companies, associations or undertakings, and to accept such shares or stocks, bonds, obligations, debentures or secur- tlcs as partial or full security iur payments due to the Company: g. To acquire, construct or hire, or loin with otners In acquiring, constructing ur hiring any mills, canals, waterworks, machinery, roads, bridges, tramways, railways, engines, plant, stocks, buildings, wonts, matters or things which may be necessary or convenient for the purposes of the Company, or uny of them, and to tue working of the same or any part thereof: h. To improve, mauiigc, develop, lot underlet or sell, or otherwise dispose uf, ciiurge or deal with, in any manner whatsoever, the undertaking or any part or parts ot the property oi the Company, ur any rights, way-leaves or easements iu or over thu sumo, and to accept ui payment therefor either cash or shares, or partly cash aud partly shares, tn any other company purchasing the same: I. To establish aim maintain agencies of the Company in any colony, dominiou, foreign country or state, and to procure the Company to be registered or incorporated in uny sucn colonv, dominion, foreign country or state: j. To amalgamate with any other lompany having objects ultogether or in part similar to the objects of this Company, uiul to enter into partnership,' joint adventure, reciprocal concession or otherwise, with any company ur person or tlrm engaged or about to engage In auy business ur transaction which this Company ia authorized to engage iu, or capable of ueing conducted so as directly or iuuliecily to be netlt this Company: k. To hold, In the namesbt others, any property which the Company is authorised to acquire, aud to carry on or do any oi the businesses and actsami things aforesaid, either as principal or agent, uud eitner by the Agency. oi or as agents or trustees for others: 1. To make, purchase, sell, accept or indorse bills of exchange and other Instruments, negotiable ur otlierv,iM.vt.nl lo borrow money either with or without security, and either upon in- *uliable Instruments or otherwise, including hie issue uf debentures charged upon all or any of the Company's property (both present and tut ore), including ns u nail led capital: m. To promote and form other companies for any ul the objects mentioned in una Mentoi- uiiuitm: n. To invest and deal with the moneys of the Company not Immediately required upon such securities and In such manner us irom time to time be determined: u. To distribute auy of the property of the Company among (he members Iu specie: p. To carry on business lu any part of the world ami to do all sueh things as are Incidental or conducive tu the attainment of the above objects. / Given under my hand and seal of office at Victoria, Province ot British Columbia, this 13th day oi October, one thousand eight hundred and uineiy-seven. Golden Mer Co., Manufacturers of and rnnlrtrnln ��� Douglas Fir, Spruce and (Velar Lumber, Siding and Flooring, Dimension Timber, Cedar Shingles, Fence Posts, Telegraph, Telephone aud Ele;'*ric Light Pole*, Lath, Eto. Contractors to the C.P.R. Ry. The Golden Lumber Co., (Limited Liability) S. BARBER, 8ECRETARY. Kootenay # Hease, [L.I.] COURT OP REVISION. NORTHERN DIVISION OF EAST KOOTENAY.' A COURT of Revision and Appeal under the "Assessment Act, 1888," and amendments will be held at the Court House, at Golden, on 1 Y. WOOTTON. Registrar of Joint Stock Companies. S. ADLER, Proprietor. GOLDEN, - - . B. C. First-Class In every particular. Convenient to Railway Depot and Steamboat Landing. Rates Reasonable. Free Sample Rooms. The Tram Cur leaves Kootenay House, connecting with Steamer for ForfSteele every Monday and Friday after arrival of train frum the wm. Headquarters for Commercial and Mining Men. TRAVELLERS- For Home Comforts e ��� Modern Conveniences ��� ��� Best Cuisine in the West 0 Commodious Sample Rooms e First-Class Brands of Liquors and Cigars Go to the Columbia jfeouse, WM. McNEISH, Prop. Headquarters for Mining Men. RUSSELL HOUSE, **- Golden, B.C. GEORGE MEADE, Prop. -**fc.IIcadquurtern For***, Miners, Prospectors and Lumbermen. trfVWV>< 1898, both At eleven o'clock In tlie forenoon. J. B. GRIFFITH, Judge of the Court ol Itcrtlinn and Appeal, (iolden, 7th Uec. 1M7. dlH-llt NOTICE. Mm!,lni<rht u hm-nte-mit rAiiflut nf Imlri.fl Monday, the thlnl day oi January, 1S9K, and ftt nildniitnt h rounieuiM repum 01 ihikui | _,,,���_���,,'Jn Tuc��day, the fourth day ol January, Iil-uhh. dried mooae incut mid cnidkera true heartily partaken of. Afterward the games of the evening were resumed and copious libations of five-year-old whisky were drunk. Only one trifling incident marred the pleasure of the evening's festivities, .luck Orcornn and Peter I.undtierg went outside to settle some little dilliculticH that had arisen between them, and during the discussion Jack fell into Toot's prospect hole and broke both legs. Fortunately Doc. Curtis was in the gathering, nnd after theguests windlassed Jake out of the bole he took the kinks out of the sufferer's legs and braced them up with clapboards. Jake will lie all right in a few weeks. NOTICE. Railway Communication for Port Steele through West Port. During the lust couple of weeks Kn- glneor Burns amt Htnff, of the Crow's Netrt Railway) have been at work .orating a line of railway into West Port to connect with Fort Steele. Two lines have been run, each of them bringing the truck up to the west bank of tbe Kootenay river near where the bridge crosHen. The line will be nearly seven miles long, umt the gradient only a trifle over one per cent. It is not improbable that the depot, when decided upon, will be placed within a hundred yards or bo of the western end of the bridge. This location will afford a good site for wharves on the river front. VTOTICE IB HEREBY OIVBX that application ���!���" will be made to tlie Parliament 01 Canada and to the Letffilaltre Amtemiily ol tlie Province of Brit in!) Columbia at their retpeetlveieniiloiii to incorporate a Company to construct a railway to be operated by steam or electricity from a point at or near cranbrook, In Earn Kootenay, British Columbia���the most northerly point on tbe crow's Neat Railway,���thence running In a northerly direction up the Kootenay Kiver to Canal Flat; thence to the Columbia Lake and in a northerly direction down the Columbia River to the Canoe River; thence up the Canoe River aud acroei the Portage to the headwater* of the Eraser Kiver; thence down the Kroner River to (iiiromi Portage; thence across the Portage to Parsnip Kiver; thence down tho ParanTp River to Tlndlay River, and up the Findlay Kiver and across the divide to Frances Lake, and thence to the Yukon, with power to divert the route of the line no.thof Glncora* Portage either by way of Dease Luke or an may be found most suitable on further exploration, with power to build and operate branch linen not'exceeding sixty miles in length and all necessary bridges and roads. Also, to construct and operate telegraph and telephone lines for the transroisbfon of message* for the public; to build, acquire and operate steam and other vessels and all necessary ferries, wharvea and docks; to take and use water for generating electricity, and to transmit and dispose of the power therefrom for lighting, heating and motive purposes; with power also to carry on the business of a general trading company, of an express company; also to own, manage and leaae hotels, to acquire, to acquire timber limits and operate saw mills, for the production and aale of lumber, and to mine, explore and develop mineral lands and to carry on a general mining and ore smelting business, Including the erection and operation ot smelters ami concentrators. OjlMMILL k MAY, Solicitors for Applicant!. patod at Ottawa (th November, IfftT. Un-9t itven mat application will vz Islatlve Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, at its next session, for a Private Bill to incorporate a Company to build, equip, maintain and operate a line or lines of railway from a point at or near Cranbrook, In Kast Kootenay, thence by the most feasible route to the Bt. .Mary's Kiver; thence tn a westerly direction to the headwaters ot St.Mnry's River: and also in an easterly and northerly direction from some point on die said tinea branch line up the East Kootenay Valley to the neighbourhood of Horse Thief and No. 2 creeks and the mincsln that vicinity; with power to the said Company to construct a line from the Bull River Group of Mines, ln East Kootonay, to the most convenient point on the main line ot the Crow's Nest Pass Hallway; and also to authorize and empower the Company, build, from time to time, branch lines lo groups of mines and concentrators from any of the three above-mentioned Hues of railways, such branch lines not to exceed twenty (20) miles lu l"iigth; with power to build telegraph and telephone lines, and to equip and operate the said railway and Its branches, and to erect and maintain all neoensary works for the generation and trans miss inn of electricity or power within the area of the operations of the said Company; and power to ouild, maintain and operate wharves, docks and steamboats, saw-mills, und acquire water privileges to construct dams, flumes, etc., for improving and increasing the water privileges, and to. make trattle or other arrangements with railways, steamboat or other companies, and for all other usual and necessary powers, rights, or privileges. HOWELL, IKVINU A PUFF, Solicitors for the Applicants. Victoria, B.C., 2&th October, !St7. 4n ftt ISates $1.00 ^er Da3r��� Board & Lodging $5 Pek Week. First Class Bar. A. Allan & Co. Dry Goods, Carpets, Gents' Furnishings, Hats and Caps. Mail Orders Eeceive Prompt Attention. CALGARY, Alta. East Kootenay Supply Store, WINDERMERE, B.C.���sss��\ Groceries, Dry Goods & General Merchandise. Mioen' Supplies a Specialty. Windermere Hotel, '-m James A. Stoddart, Prop. Choice Wines, Liquor* and Cigars. Firit daft'accommodation. WINDERMERE, B.C. APP1ICAT10N TO PARLIAMENT. PUBLIC NOTICE Is hereby given that appll- L cation will be made to the Parliament oi Canada, at the next suhslou thereof, for an Act changing the name of The Dominion Building mid Loan Association to that of The Dominion Permanent Loan Company. Dated at Toron:o, this 17th day of Novomber, A.D., 1807. MACDONALD, BOLAND A THOMPSON, 2 Toronto Strcot, Toronto. n25-0t Solicitors for Applicants. East Kootenays Mining Stock List. Nam�� op CoMrANv. CAPITAL. TAK VALUI. MM,, l-KICl. The Gold Hilli C. 4 D. Co (2,000,000 (1.00 lh. Kootenay, Cariboo M. 41. Co (2,600,000 - . (1.00 (1.00 (iolden 4 Fort Steele D. Co $ 750,000 ��� ��� (1.00 ��� (Oe. , 500,000 (1.00 East Kootenny and Elk Kiver Development 4 Exploration Co t 75,000 (1.00 ��c. THOMAS McNAUGHT, MIK1NO BROKER, GOLDEN; B.C. ^Tire ZFzesla. IDanag�� at Du 3-X. OA.UDE.R A Co'��., O-old-en, SOUTH EAST KOOTENAY. Moyle City District���Its Great Mineral Wealth. The Minim has much pleasure in publishing the following letter from Mr. 1". A. O'Farrell, written from Moyie City, which will be of vast interest to many of our outside readers: This city takes its name from a lovely lake that stretches for about ten miles iilong tfhe base of a ridge of mountains. It is, <if course, only n city in embryo, for its birth took place in the present year of grace. The situation is a charming one on the shores of the lake, and it looks ns if there were a prosperous future in store for the infant city. At present it is far beyond the confines of civilization, for it is fully u hundred miles from railroad transportation, but next year the Canadian l'aiitic road will wake the echoes of these mountains and give Moyie City connection with the commercial world. The Crow's Nest Pass railroad will have almost revolutionary effects on northwestern trade. It will open up almost an umpire in extent and nn empire ol almost boundless resources. The coal deposits of the Crow's Nest pass are probably unrivalled on the globe in extent and value, uiul the lead, diver and copper mines of East Kootenay bid fair to be phenomenal. West Kootenay has now the richest, lead and silver mines iu the world. The Broken Hill lead and silver mines are the biggest producers of lend and silver now baing worked, but the Broken Hill mines would be considered "wildcats" in Kootenay, for the ore is so low grade that it would bo worthless here. The Payne mine pays (80,000 a month in dividends aud the Reco (50,000. And there are half-a-dozen other silver-lead properties in Kootenay paying big dividends on small investments. But when this new railroad rumbles and rushvs through Kast Kootenay, the mines of West Kootenay will be cast into the ehade by two or throe now bcing^devel- oped here. Ono of these is the North Star. This is a galena mine, und by many considered the biggest mine in Canada. It is owned by Montreal parties, and when railroad connection is made it will ship more ore than all the silver-lead mines in West Kootenay do at present. Fifty miles to the south of the North .Star and close to this new city is the St. Eugene. 1 have grave doubts whether the North star will hold its supremacy long, after the St. Eugene has begun operations. Ill fact, I urn assured by able mining men that the St. Eugene is the richest mine in Canada. It ie developed Ity a series of shafts and tunnels, and developed, too, in a manner that delights n miner's heart, and above the lowest tunnel, which can obtain but a depth of 500 feet at the extreme end, there are <(0,000 tons of lead and silver ore. This ore carries Irom 68 per cent, of load nnd from 50 to 60 oz. of silver to the tori. Were the mine in the United States, each ton of this ore would be worth (100, and alter paying freight und treatment charges it would net (80 to the ton; tlfet is, there is ore enough above No. 3 tunnel to net (4,800,000. But situated in Canada, where there is practically no lead market and where all galena ore has to go to the United States, which exacts si duty of (45 a ton on lead, the St. Eugene can be safely depended on to net (30 a ton on every ton of ore in sight. This shows tlie St. Eugene has a prorlt in sight of (1,800,000; and, of course, the chances are all in favor of the mine being far bigger and richer and more concentrated below the level of No. 3 tunnel than it is above. There is * strange story linked with the discovery ot the St. Eugeno. James Cronin, a keen, bright, intelligent Irishman, hid been mining in the far west for twenty years. He easily held a place among the very best as superintendent or manager of mines. Whenever difficulties arose in minos or now mining plants had to be put iu operation, Cronin's services were always at a premium, but during his twenty years in the west he never could chance upon a mine lor himself. Sometimes he would spend a whole year in the mountains prospecting, but his money would give out and he would havo to go back to work. In 1893 he was sent to examine the North Star mine. Early in Juno he started out from Fort Steelo mounted on one of those undersized horses which go by the name of a cayuse. The cayuse is at home in the mountains and is an animal of great endurance and strength, but at times it ia meaner and more treacherous than a Sicilian bandit. Once in tho Oksnagan, while riding along a mountain trail on the back 61 a cayuse, the animal suddenly began to buck with all the energy of one of Buffalo Bill's bronchos, and he was soon rolling down the mountain side as senseless as a log. It so happened that he had secured nn animal ol the bucking order, and he had hardly left Fort Steele when the cayuse became ugly. To add to its ill humor a rain and hail storm came on, and Cranio could not endure the hull storm and the bucking cayuse at the same time, so he returned to Fort Steele. Thst evening he chanced ou a priest who had lived among the Indians for a dozen years or more, and that meeting wus the turn of the tide ol Cronin's fortunes. Tho priest told him that one ol the Catholic Indians knew of a mine near the shores of Moyie lake, and asked Cronin to examine aud locate. Old miners are very skeptical of prospepts and Indians, but Cronin, to oblige tho priest, journeyed to Moyie lake with the priest and the Indian. Cronin's surprise and joy were unbounded when he exauied the vein and the croppings; so he located two claims, the Kl. Eugoue and the Petei. Cronin kept a half-interest and the priest and the Indian the other half. Later the priest Bold his interest for money enough to build a very handsome church, and tho Indian also sold out. But Cronin is still the principal owner in the St. Eugene, and talks in the most kindly and forgiving way about the cayuse whose bucking ways drovo him into one of fortune's by-pntliB. j Tho Dibble group, to the east of Fort Steele, is another mining property that is likely to become famous. The ore found in the lowest workings runs over (400 to the ton in gold and silver, and I am satisfied that the North Star, St. Eugene and the Dibble will rival the Lo | Koi as big dividend payers. I do not doubt but other mines equally rich will he discovered and worked up iu East Kootonay. Up Perry creek nre gold quartz ledges of big promise, and in Wild Horse creek are undoubtedly rich lodes. Forty years ago the Wild Horse creek placers were famous, aud its quartz ledges will make it famous again. The Crow's Nest Pass railroad will furnish cheap coke and will enable smelters to secure at a central point lead, coppor, gold and silver ores. Tho best smelting is done by mixing the different kinds ol ore together. And the day must soon come when the entire product of Kootenay and Yale will be treated on the banks of the Kootenay or the Columbia. This new railroad will force such a consummation. It cannot be long postponed, for British Columbia must tako its place among the great mining conn tries of the world. There are Canadians nnd Americans who doubt this, but then they have not wandered as I have through its various districts. I have seen much of the great mining districts of the globe, but the more 1 see of this wondrous country, the closer I examine its mines nnd the more I investigate its resources, the more I believe that Britisli Columbia is the greatest and richest country ever given by God to the sons of men. EAST KOOTENAY IS O.K. So says T.'H. White, M.E., of Fort Steele. T. II. White, mining engineer, who lins spent the last summer in South East Kootenay, was in WardneJ on Tuesday, the guest of Engineer ('. II. Garden Mr. White is very favorably impressed with the prospects of this territory and looks forward to a busy Beason next year. " Tliis is a now country," said Mr. White, " and np to the present time there has lieen virtually no development work, The North Stftr nnd the St. Eugene are already mines, but aside from these two properties there have been no important development. But there has lieen enough work done throughout this territory to give every encouragement to proipectors. The indications point strongly to a richly mineralized country, and there is every reason to believe that future development will show up many good mines. South East Kootenay stands in need of legitimate develop ment. Prospects are not mines and will not be until money ia expended in the way of development; and that is where the owner of a promising prospoct makes a and mistake. He asks a price as a rule that would fit a mine far better than a prospect, and shows no inclination to take any portion of the risk with the purchaser. When the owner of a pros* pect ceases to ask tho man who puts up the money for the development to take all the risk and shows that he has some confideuce in hia property by assuming his share of the risk, mining will advance much more rapidly in this aection to the advantage of everyone concerned. " Another unfortunate condition is the mining regulations of this province that permits a man to stake untold numbers of claims and hold them for a year with out work. Take, for instance, the Perry creek district. Everything is staked out there, and it will bo a year before the claims are invalidated by failure to do assessment work. This will prevent men going in there next season who would be ready to stake a claim that gave promise and investigate its merits by legitimate work. The laws should be changed in this respect. It would be far bettor if a prospector were compelled to do a certain amount of work before he could record a claim. This would make each claim a legitimate one. The mining laws of the province need revision, but it remains to be seen what will bo done."**- Wardner International. Tracklaylng on the Crow's Neat Railway. A special train is formed of open ears loaded with sleepers or ties and rails. An engine at the rear pushes the cars in front of it. At the front end ol the train is the track-layer. This is on ordinary tint car. Running along its right hand Bide ia a trough, in which are rollers. This trough connects with a long trolley arm, extending out some 20 feet or more in front of the car, and built with an Incline toward the ground. This trough extends tlie entire length of the right hand side of the train, and the ties, starting witli tho nenreast cars are carried through this trough to the trolley nrm, at tho ond of which they aro deliver ed to men who place them on the grade. On the left hand aide of the track-laying cur, extending its whole length, is another trolley or roller attachment, tho one nearest to the front on au incline, and along this the rails are carried,when each rail is taken hold of by six men and placed in position on the ties. It is at once bolted on to the rail already in place, the gauge bars set the rails nt a proper gunge, and the rails are then spiked to the ties. Tlie engineer then gets the signal, when the train moves up one rail length, and the same thing is ropeated. It is all done in au incredibly short apace of time, and when one re-, members that something like seven miles of track wero laid in one day on the mail line of the Canadian Pacific Railway, one can imagine how expert these trackmen become. Gangs of men follow up the train, levelling up the track and putting in the remaining holts and spikes. Ij. F. PUGITS Kootenay House, WARDNER, B.C. The most comfortable hotel in South Enst Kootenay. Good Table. Good Wines. Good Attendance. Terms Moderate. Wm. Eschwig, Prop. J. F. PUGH, TAILOR, GOLDEN, B.C. KAST KOOTENAY OFFICIALS Wardner______��__2_x Transfer Co'y. Wardner, S.E. Kootenuy. -*%*���������%. LIVERY 4 FEED STABLES. PACK TRAINS SUPPLIED. Canadian Pacific Ry. ���-*%.��� "The Klondike" Whether the route to Klondike be via St. Michaels and the Yukon, or via Dyea or Wkaguay and the Ghilcat, Chilcoot or White Passes or via the Stickeen Hiver route, which is the most likely, or via the Edmonton, Ashcroft and the different routes, the Canadian Pacific Railway will be the the best if not the only route to travel by. Full information will soon be in the hands of all agents of the Canadian Pacific Railway company, the company are now making enquiries to ascertain before advising the public which will be the best route to go in by. From information in its possession a too early start does not necessarily mean first arrival at the Klondike. Ample time will bo allowed for all necessary arrangements. If you are going East or to the Old country this Fall, write for a list of the rates to bo in effect. If you are looking for a SI ace to spend the winter, apan & The Hawaiian Islands are reached as easy as other points and the expense is less than at other resorts. For full information and particulars, apply to your nearest agent or address* Robert Kerr, Traffic Manager, Winnipeg, Man. Milliliter ot Mlnun and Provincial HdlTOtttry��� lion, lol, Jr.lueit linker. Provincial MinemloRUt���W. A. Curlylc. Public Asmiyer���II. Carmichao). ,UOLD OOXMIHHIONKKH. For the Province���W. fl. Gore Victoria Mouth lJi'Lrict comprittltii: Fort Steele ami TV bacco Plains Mining blvi.sluu.-t-j. F. Arm- HtroiiK L'ranbrools North IXsirU-t comprintntf Donald, iioliii-u ami Win.lt-rm.-ri- Mining DIviHlOllS-J, K. Grifiiiha Donald MINIMI RKCORDKKH .1, KUrret Donald Ki c. tang (iolden U. (loldlt) Windermere i'. M. Kdwards Fort Steele M. Phillip, To.lmeco Plaint Deputy clerk ot the I'oaee for North Kant Kootenay JoKlali Stfrrctt Donald Deputy I'lt-rk t\f thu lViir�� tor South Kast Kont- cuay���Charles Maiwoy Edward*,.,.FortSteele FREE MINERS. Extract*! From British Columbia Statute* Explaining Fully th Value and Necessity of a ** Fre Miners" Certiflcate���N'o Per* son Should Attempt Mining Without One. Any person over 18 years of ajt, may be romeatree miner by paying (6 to any gold comtiiUaloner or mineral recorder and obtaining u eminent* good for ono year. A free miner may obtain a new certificate for ��n�� lout on paying |l. A tree miner'* certificate I* not transferable. Any person or company working a mineral claim, held as real estate without license, may tic tined $'45. Mine- become real estate after crown grant has been itmued. s'huiiht co-owner fail to pay up hi* free miner's certilieate his interest goes to bin co-owner* pro rata according to their former interest*. A shareliobier In a joint mock company need ���ot be a free miner. A free miner may claim 1500x1500 feet. But all.atif.lfH must be right angles and all measur- uit'iit must be horizontally. A free miner may cut timber on crown lands. A free miner may kill game for hi* own use at al) seasons. A free miner may obtain five acre mllUlteupon crown lands iu the form id a square. A claim may be held from year to year by work being done to the value of one hundred dollars. Lodes discovered in tunnel may be held if recorded in 15 day*. A free miner muy on payment of (-.TOO- In lieu ol expenditure on claim, obtain it*crown grant. Any miner may, at the discretion of the gold commissioner, obtain necessary water right*. Nofrausferol anv mineral claim or interest shall be enforceable unless In writing, aigned and recorded. No miner shall auffer from any act of omission or commission, or delays on the part of the government ofllclal*. No claim shall be open to location during last illness* of holder, nor within 12 months alter his death, utile** by permission of gold commissioner. A mineral claim mu*t be recorded within 15 ���lav* after location, if withiu 10 miles uf office ot milling recorder. One additional day is allowed for every additional 10 miles or traction thereof. AVVVkL LA11UR. Work ou each mining claim to the value of $100 must be done each yeitr from dale of record ot miueral claim. Affidavit made by the holder, or hi* agent, setting out a detailed staiemeutof the work done must be tiled with the gold coramlsslonsr or mining recorder, and i a certificate of work obtained, and recorded be- I fore the expiration ol each year from the date I of record of *ald claim. A free miner holding I adjoining claims, may subject to tiling notice j of liU Intention with the gold commissioner or I mining recorder perform on any one or more of such claims, all the work required to entitle htm to a certificate of work for each claim. The name provision applies to two or more tree miners holding adjoining claim* In partnership. In lieu of above work the mln*��rmu*t pay $100 and get receipt and record thu same. Printing I Wo wish to inform the public that wo are prepared to do Neat, Artistic, Up To Date Printing in all its branches. PERRY Situated on Perry Creek? 25 Miles From Fort Steele, East Kootenay* mnntmtmt LOTS FOR SffliE $75 to $150 Each according to location. aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa ttttXtlttttttilt ^FlgS-yyy*^ eg - Onc-thlrd down, balance iii three nnd six ���"��� >5'J.-t'i"*5a - months, Without intercut. Tempest & Co., Agents, CALGARY. Upper Columbia- Tfavigation dc Ijramway Co., Limited, and International Transportation Company. Connecting with the C. P. R. at (iolden, B. C. and Great Northern Railway at Jennings, Montana. The Only Quick and Comfortable Route. Address all express care of U. C. Co'y, Golden. F. P. ARMSTRONG, managzp:. CARLIN & DURICK General Merchants FORT STEELE, B. O. Miners Supplies a Specialty. Agent for tho California Giant Powder Compay. LEADING HOUSE Our Specialties : Statements Memorandums Circulars Knvelopes Note Heads Letter Heads Hill Heads Hand Hills Calling Card* % Husinos Cards Law ttrlefa Lumhcr Books Bank Work Prmntnory Notes Receipt forms Share Certificate* Assay Form* Druggists Labels No Job too LARGE No Job too Small FOR US East Kootenay Pub. Co. Golden, B. C. Balgardrte * Hotel IFort Steel��, 23. C. Cuoick Wines, I-iqvorr and Cicaks. R. D. MATHER, Proprietor Baleyoo Hot Springs ^���^Sanitariums^ The Firnwt Henltli Iicn-irt nn Hie Continent. Private Hwpltnl under meillral mipwlnten- llence with a Trained Stuff nf Nurse;*. Cnm-ilpto System nf ltalliw, nf every kind and riMcrlntlon, Medic*) Director���DR. K, G, BRETT, Kasff. llt-fiidcnt I'liyaiclan A Surgeon���UK. SI'ANKIK. UPPER ARROW LAKE, WEST KOOTENAY. Subscribe for �� THE MINER, ���� -&.d.Trextis�� Isi "THE BJLST ZECOOTEN-A/ST Iv����TBK-." tm, LOCAL AND GENERAL iu..th��Presbyterian Church on-Sun-> day evening Mr. Harcourt'" subject will be ukeu (rora lleh. Ll ItO- qold Commissioner'Griffith and tbe Hon. Mr. Aylmer left Golden on Tucs- liy morning for Windermere on official BuaiueBB. They will return at tlie begin ning of next week. The New Denver Ledge says: "The owners of the Halcyon hot springs Arrow lake, will build a vast hotel next summer and make the spring, a pleasure as well aBa health reBort." Tho cnrlers are having a run of hard luck. For the third time this season everything was in readiness for a start -���-on Thursday���when the water again broke loose and inundated the rink. The workmen at tho Halcyon hot .pringi have begun the erection of boiler-house, whicli is to be 36x115, of solid stone. It is to contain an electric dyuamo and engines ior heating purposes. SOME OF OUR PROMINENT MINING MEN. The Properties Held by Them. Mr. Loitch, -Mr. Hewitt Boatnclc's former Liberal agent at Fort Steele. passed through Golden on Sunday night by No. 2 train in a private car, bound from Sew Westminster to Stony Mountain, Manitoba. There iB now good sleighing between (iolden and Fort Steele and the mail stage between the two places lias made �� record trip, arriving in Fort Steele on Thursday afternoon at 4.30 and in Golden on Monday afternoon ut 5 o'clock. Teams leave Golden this week for Movie City with the machinery for Captain Sunburn's steamboat, which is to navigate Moyie lake and whicli will be propelled by a four-bladed screw. Joo Lavaek and Ben Huckle aro in charge of the teams. Fort Steele has now got a social club��� " The East Kootenay club." It was oponod last Monday by an afternoon tea, ot which ladies were present, in the evening a smoking concort was held The club premiaea occupy the upper etory of the opera home. Thu meanest man in any community is the stingy, penurious pirate who gets the benefit of the advertising and hard work of others who assist in developing ��� district that directly makes him money And who never helps in the work. Happily, East Kootenay is comparatively free from euch piracy. Amomg the many railway charters to be applied for at the nert session of the provincial parliament ie another for con Mructing a railway from Fort Steele to the international boundary line. If all the charters are granted and the work ol construction proceeds under all of them East Kootenay will be the best equipped district in British Columbia with railway.. Tub Miser has received a special despatch from Hawson city, Klondike, that Santa Clans is reported to have left hie Northern Castle with an immense load of beautiful goods for the young folks in Golden. The load is drawn by three splendid teams of reindeers. With fair .peed and no accident lie should reach the neighborhood of Golden about tho ..���veiling of January 6th. The constable lias been directed to be on the outlook iur him. Arrangements for the Golden Hospital Ball have been perfected. The ball will bo held in the Alexander hall on Wednesday evening, January 5th. Ladies as usual will be admitted free, while gen tlemen will be taxed $2.,*i0. The music (or the occasion will be furnished by the Calgary orchestra, which is a sufficient guarantee of the success of the bail. A large contingent of visitors is expected from Donald, Beaver, Banff and Field, as well aa from the Columbia Valley. Flour can now be conipreBsed and formed into bricks which are impervious to climate and time. They aro not affected by damp or mould and remain sweet and wholesome. Four hundred pounds of bulk can be compressed into a hundred pounda, and the compression destroys all larval life and tlie bricks aro thereby rendered safe from tbe attacks of insects. These bricks should be of great benefit to mining and lumbering men, because freight will be saved and more food will be readier and easier packed. More addition, to the devil's own. East Kootenay gots its share. The following lawyers have passed the examinations and been called to tbe bar of British Columbia: George Smith McCarter, Golden; James A. Harvey, Wm. K. Roaa and II. W. Herchiner, Fort Steelo. There will be brisk timeB in Eaet Kootenay by-and-byo and there will tie more mining activity, aa these profcaaionals are not going to exist on bacon and beans. The Dominion government at a recent cabinet meeting decided to appoint a commission to invcatigate the charges of improper treatment of men on theCrow'a Neat Paae railway. Mr. Hbaughnesey, vice-president nf the 0. I'. H., emphatically denies the reports that men employed on the Crow's Nest Pais railway had been ill-treated. The commission will do no harm. The truth must be somewhere. Either the C. P. R. has btsa vilely slandered or else' it hae acted TO-y inhutoanly in tbe treatment ol the inipjflyiwi. ! Ml:. WILLIAM CIl.ltEllT M1TI lll'LI.-INM'S. ! The subject of this article with the double-barrelled nanio ia Mr.' Willi*im Gilbert Mitchell-Innes, manager of the Golden British Columbia Development company in Eust Kootenay. Mr. Mitchell- IiuieB belongs to a good old Seollish family, whicli has itB home in Berwickshire, lie was born iu Edinburgh and received part of bin education at its academy. He was aiturwards a pupil at that celebrated English school at Harrow. On leaving there he went to Bonn, on the Rhine, in Germany, where he studied (or a year. He then joined the Royal Military college at .Sandhurst, haying selected the army lor a profession. He Berved in tlie British army from 1874 to 188!!. His lirst commission was iu that famed Cavalry regiment, tho 1st Royal dragoons, from which ho transferred In 18SU to the 1st batallion of the' Iioyul Lancaster regiment. He was witli Unit regiment for one year in the West Indian island ol Barl-adoi*.*.. These were (he piping times of peace, and, tired of soldiering, Mr. Mitchell-Innes longed for a life of greater activity and energy. He severed his connection with the army and went in for cow-punching iu the Western Stales. This was a life of great fascination, and many members of some of the best Scottish families were ranchers out west. In 1884 bo went out to the state ot Wyoming along with two brothers and joined the Swan Land Co us cowboys to learn the business of cattle raising. Having obtained an insight into the cattle business and acquired some knowledge of ranching, he and his brothers commenced ranching in the state of Nebraska, which they followed successfully for seven yeara, supplying the big marts at Chicago and elsewhere with fatted cattle. The Northwest territories were coming to the front and Alberta promised to bu a good field for ranching; besidea, these territories' Were under the old flag, and in 1892 a migration took place to the vicinity of Olds, about sixty iniles north of Calgary,'where ranching was again tlio occupation of Mr. Mitcliell-Iunes. But times were changed, and so were prices. Oher iields were offering bolter inducements for capital and enterprise. The milling industry in British Columbia hud coin menced. In 1895 Mr. Mitchell-Innes made another migration and entered upon another occupation. In the Bummer of that year he came to Golden, iii Eaat Kootenay, which has since been his headquarters*. Here he entered into the mining industry, where he was joined by his two brothers, nnd haa bceit succesalul in acquiring many valuable proportiei, both placer and quart*!.' He has also been successful iu forming in the Old Country a good devolbpinciit company to develope these quart/, properties. Thia is the Golden British Columbia Development company, of which Lord Rihbersdale is chairman and Mr. Mitchell-Innes is tho manager here. It is a safe company aud dnea jiot suffer from over-capitalization; ItB capital is (30,(100. There aro good men connected with thia company, and the properties which it holda are some of the best prospects in East Kootenuy The development oi these properties is being conducted on profitable but economical lines. In the Golden mining division, in the Prairie mountain diatriet, aliout sixteen miles from Bear creek station on the line of tlie C. P. H., the company hold a promising group of fourteen mineral claims called the Mitcher group. These are (1) the Silver Tip, (2) the Cinnamon Hear, (3) the Black Bear, (4) the Polar Bear, (6) tbe Amy, (li) tho Normad, (7) the Rachel, (8) the Barbara,!!!) the Ethel (10) the Elbe, (Ul the Acme, (12) the Omega, (13) the Lakeview and (14) the Mitcher. All these claims are located on the same ledge, which shows up finely for live miles or more. The widtli of the ledge varies from ten to fifty feet. The properties are gold, silver and copper, principally copper. Twenty feet from the surface assays produce seventeen iier cent, coppor, with considerable traces of gold and silver. A good camp has beon formed, fully equipped witli cabins, stabling, stores and blacksmith's forge. A gang of twelve men has been engaged nil summer developing these claims. The chief work haa been done on the Amy claim. Two hundred feet of tunnelling and shafting have been done. Next season aa soon aa the weather permits the development will be resumed under the direction of Thos. Hcbson, a thorough experienced minor, the foreman who is conducting the operations. A good trail haa been constructed to these properties, which lie in a loop formed by the Canadian Pacific railway, and aro east from the Glacier House station nnd weat from (iolden etation, which are practically the ends of tho loop. In the Windermere mining division the company hold propertica on Toby creek and Horse Thief creek. On Toby creek, abut three miles from the Columbia river, arc the Vulcan and St. George clasms, situated on opposite eides of the creck.These ace copper propositions with good surface showings, a large body of mineralized matter being fn sight. Only assessment work haa been done on these claims. Eleven miles further, up the creek and fourteen miles irom the Col. umbio. river ia tbe Prsgon mineral claim, Ml.. '.***"**-��� *.'*. ii.M���i *.ll*.*...,**.Ml. ii ��� ll.l *-**Mg, also a copper proposition. Considerable development work has been done in tunnelling and sinking an inclined'-shaft. The veiu in this claim average!* thirty inches. The assays yield twenty per cent, of copper, willi strong traces of gold. A gang of four men has been working here all Summer. It Is the intention to lecommence work in the early spring. On Horse Thief creek, between the north and Houth forks, and about twenty miles from the Columbia river, the company possess llio Pretty Girl, the New Chum and the Venus mineral claims, while it has bonded or acquired a u option to purchase the Old'Chum mineral claim ior ���15,000. All these claims are copper, silver aud gold properties. The assays go very high in copper and silver, one piece of float going as high as thirty-six per cent, in copper. The Pret.y Girl is on tlie summit of the divide, and on either side ol her are the Old Chum and the New Ciiiira. Tlie surface showing consists of a ledge, which, cropping up at intervals, can be clearly traced on the north and Bouth sides of the divide right into the valleys of the forks of the creek. ,A camp of twelve men under the superintendence of Tom Jones, ono of Ihe,best experienced mining men in East.Kootenay, has been engaged all summer in developing these mineral claims. An open cut, forty feet long by lour feet wido and four leet deep, has lieen made across the ledge on the summit disclosing a mineralized mass about eighteen feet wide r.nd lour foet deep. At the cast end of ..this cut and in it an oblong ulinft eighteen feet long by four feet wide lias been sunk to tho depth of eleven feet. At this depth, which is fifteen feet from (he surface, a lead of solid ore is found about two and a half feet in widtl\ (ind broadening ns depth is obtained. Tliisopen-cut also discloses another lode of .shipping ore similar to that ionnd on the surface. This lode is eight feet wido, but intersected at intervals by thin layers of shale. A tunnel. six feet. by four feet baa been driven in on tha,. .New- Climn for a distanco of aliout twelve feet. The mouth of the tunnel ia ��� about 1Q0 foet from tbe apex of the summit on .which tho Pretty Girl is situated. Here tlie same quality of ore is found as exists in the Pretty Girl, which show* -the immense continuity of ore. Tbe ep> also extends the whole width of the tunnel. Mr. Mitchell-Innoa baa taken home with him about a ton of this ore, sp that a thorough mill test cau be made lo ascertain its richness. . This group is. considered one of the most. promising properties in the district of East Kootenay, and.mining men who have-.viewed the property declare that further, development w:ork is only necessary \o prove the excellence of the property, Mr.. Mitchell-Innes haa abundant fai^i iu it, as the trails have been put in thorough state of repair for some fifteen miles... A first-class pack trail hae been constructed up the mountains to the. timber line and within aliout half a mile from the workings of the claims. There a permanent camp has been formed consisting of cabins, storehouses, cookhouse, blacksmith's force and other buildings. As soon as the snow disappears development work will be resumed. Mr. Mitchell-lnnea has several placer interests on Canyon creek, and tj>cse he ia arranging to work if they sliouUj prove to be ns valuable aa the prospects indicate. But they will be thoroughly proved and tested and the value, of the " pay dirt" ascertained before hydraulic operations on any extensive scale ure. commenced. East Kootenay is famed for tho past richness of it. placers, and possibly Canyon creek may give some rich yields. Since Mr. Mitchell-Innes came bore lie has made many friendships, as be is courteous by nature and in disposition amiable; but, you bet, he can be rohgb sometimes when becaaion demands it and has got a temper that can be lost but it is never difficult lo find. He is inexpensive in tastes but thorough well pleased when he gets a double supply of pie. He is beloved by the ladies,, and regarded by all members of the mining community an a "square" man, which is the highest compliment that they can pay to integrity. he is -a magistrate (or the Northwest Territories and vice-president for Golden mining division iu North East Kootenay Mining association. Tni Mi-.su wishes him and his company every success which thev deserve lor their enterprise and faith in Kast Kootonay. the acts of those who were or are,connected with the coal fields nr the construction of the Crow's Nest Pass railway What wo dn intend to do is to state �� ' few facts connected with the early history of these coal fields and the, negotiations for tho construction of the. railway, i We are quite prepared to join tiie Even* ! ing Telegram or any other combination jin most heartily denouncing the present ! government for its action in regard to thp construction pf the railway, and allowing the C.P.R. to gobble the charter and all tho .emoluments connected therewith. The railway should have lieen a government constructed railway and Dominion property. The history of these coal fields can be shortly told thus: Tlieir existence was first known when Mr. William Fernie was Gold Commissioner at Wild Horse Creek in 1881-83, und they were discovered during the construction of a trail from East Kootenay through the Crow's Neat Pass into Alberta. These fields remained uuprospocted nnd ��� unclaimed until 1887. Iii that year Mr. Fernie along with associate^ commenced to prospect (or coal and located those immense deposits in the baBin ol the Elk river near the western entrance of the Crow's Nest Puss. They acquired all the coal laud: that could be acquired. At the time of acquisition not one of them either belonged to the Provincial government or even had a seal iu the provincial legislative usscmblv. Mr. Fernie nnd his associates having located these coal fields the great problem to be solved was the opening up and developing of their coal fields and the obtaining the means of transportation to the markets of" the'world. This only could be doiii* by m'ealis of' a railway. Application waa made to the provincial government for an act td* construct a railway '��� 'to open up these conl lands. The act was grained, not a single individual connected cither with the railway Charter or the coal lands was a member of the provincial government,' far leas a member of the legislative assembly. This was a subsequent event. The history of this act and of the subsequent acts are duly chronicled in the statute book's of the province of British Columbia. In none of 'those acta was there ever any grant of coal lands. There wero none' to grant."' All the coal land so far as then known or ascertained existed in the basin of tho Elk river and it had' all been' acquired bj> prospecting and location prior to any application for a railway charter!' *��� " .'.. For nine -years Mr." Fernie and bis associate.' straggled on' tS' obtain the capital' to btllld' the railway to Open up tbeii* coal deposits ��� arid develope the resources of Eas( Kooteiiay. "- They at last succeeded: Buffer their exertions theBe coal deposita nfi'ght 'have been dormant to-day and the Crow's Nest Pals railway aa farfrom being an accomplished'fact us it was ten year's agB wlfiln !rio a'<'*t existed fur its 'corieiructi'on.'3 'Wiiiif few! these men 'obtained :for tlici*f*-t{xcrtioiiB: They have obtaintd railway Cbiiifuuhlca*. tioh to open up tlieir cosl properties which they acquired some ten years ago. They do hot htttd any othA'COal lands. The* correspondent of the Toronto Evening Telegram should post* himself a little better itf- his (acts* before'rushing into print; We entirely coincide with him as to the iniquitous course 'pursued by tho present government* in :ita railway policy. We rememliei' the slapdash speeches that some of tho members of the govemrtient delivered when prospecting British Columbia, and the high hopes entertained that tTie government was going to inaugurate 'a righteous railway policy, bnt these speeches did not pan out well when die speakers got back to Toronto. Words.Word*. Mere idle words. Keeping th. word oi pfcimise to our cars and breaking it toourliope. On that government should fall all the condemnation, as it most* justly deserves it, for the omissions and -commissions in connection with' the construction of tlie Crow's Neat Pass Railway. _A beautiful -display of Japanese THE CROW'S NEST DEAL. Tha Toronto Ev.nlng T.l.gram'. Mar. N.st. Last week to the considerable detriment of our other general reading matter we published a long narrative of " The Crow's Nest Deal," as told by theToron- to Evening Telegram, where there wna a most beautiful blending of fact and flc- tivn producing the miareprcsentation that the province of British Columbia had been plundered out of ftirce hundred thousand acrca ol the best coal laud tho world, which lnul been granted to assist in building the railway, and whicli were now tho property of private indi- idnala. A lie that I. nil n lie Can he met anil fought outright, But a lie that I. hull > truth, Is ever the hardest to fight.. We do not propose to enter upon such a contest, nor do. we intend to enter into a controversy to attempt lo justify all We can. Salt Yea? �� �� �� Our motto is : Best Material Perfect Fit Latest Stylo Reasonable Price. ��� �� �� f.CUo yom. Merchant Tai oi. CALGARY, ALTA. BEER I ��***wv\g The KM Beer Is Canada I. mute l>j the Calgary Brewing & Malting Co., Lt'd. Mainlinetiitern nf Beer, Ale and Hoda Water Innlflt on geUinn Calgary Beer every time. They all have it. Tho Company's agent for Eaat Krotenay U H. G. PAR90S, Golden, &<V Lacquered cabinets, Brackets, Trays, Gloves and Handkerchief boxes, Vases, Jardinieres, Flower Pots, Tea Pots, Tea Sets, Cups and Saucers, Mantle Drapes, Table covers, Jute Rugs. TOYS Steam Engines, Magic Lanterns, Noahs Arks and Flying Birds, Rag Dolls, Kid Dolls, Rubber Dolls, and Dolls with Rheumatic Joints, Trains, Trumpets. Rattles, Chimes, Drums, Tops, &c, &c. H. G. PARSON, Seneral nferchan 1 m .ALEXANDER BLOCK. CHRISTMAS ..PRESENTS ' _', Suitable for young and old. Ladies and Gen tlemen'.*) articles of toilet, beautiful Albums, handsome Bijou Cases, magnificent Silver Plate, choicest Perfumery. Dolls, Toys and Picture Book3 in every form and variety. Do you wish toObtain'Silverware Free then try Warren's Coupon System. Every cash purchaser obtains a coupon, value 10 per cent. of the cash purchase, and these coupons will be exchanged for Silverware of the full value of the coupons. Come, See and Buy at Charles A. Warren's G-ol&ezi, 33.C ISIMI8NERY ' ^iluiiiiulUiiiiuiiiuiuaUuauamiiiiaiUiUiiiiiilUf We have just'received ft large, consignment of superior stationery and are prepared to do all kinds of first class job printing at living prices. Call and get our prices before ordering your supplies for 1898. Wo guarantee satisfaction. ... Mail orders receive prompt attention. East Kootenay Publishing Co., Qrol&exx, B-O. ��� <
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Title | East Kootenay Miner |
Publisher | Golden, B.C. : East Kootenay Publishing Co. |
Date Issued | 1897-12-16 |
Description | Devoted to the mining interests and development of the district of East Kootenay |
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