U ' < ->-V #/ Devoted to the fining Interests and Development of the District of EAST KOOTENAY. Vol. 1, No. 18. Golden, B. C, Thursday November 25th, 1897. $2.00 Per Year A. P. PATRICK, P.L.S. Idpimii-BOX 4�� (KH.DF.N, B.C. G. S. McCARTER, MITABT. KTl'. Al.tlAUDBIl Bl.OCK, (lOLDEX, B.C. ELLIS & GROGAN, rife, l.lfc, Real Ei-iute, House Agents, Auetloneer-H and (.'uittoiuH Brokern Fir* Agendca: Queen, Lahcauhlrot Union, Karl ford. ���vropeaa Httftiuitiil]) Ticket Oflke. The Hun Life Imiuranco Compvny.-- The Ontttlo Accident Inmirance Co'y. Thu Ulrbcclt I nvwl mont and Loan Co. CALGARY, ALTA. E. L. Cummins, P.L.S., And Civil BD|*lue>*r, Fort Steele, B.C. Thos. McNaught, Mtulnc Broker, FlnaBcUl Agent, Conveyancer aud Notary Public. f net oftc�� addreai: QOLDCN �� FORT 8TEELE. W. PELLEW HARVEY, (r.c.u.) JUmmj Offices and Chemical Laboratory, YAHCOUVKR, B.C. (bUbl la tied law.) T��r l��Teral years witli Vivlas .tHorni, Swan- ���Hft, tvd local representative lor them. Far * feara manager for the Mttyeri to the BI* Tilto Co., London. Canadian representative of the Caaaol Cold Extracting Co. Vtd, Ulangow (Cyanide proeesx.) H.B.���All work pcraonally superintended. Only competent men otn^loyeii. Nu pupilH.re wItn. _| __. _t _________>_____________________. __________________________________________________ _____________ i undertaking! & Embalming l T*li(riph orJ��rir*c��Wi.**wimi>i-mention * L J. SMART, CALGARY, Alta. ����������������>�������������������>���>����������������< Jas. Henderson, CONTRACTOR and BUILDEB, HUm ITeparml. Prompt alienlluu -*lv*?n to orders. A supply ol Blllliliii*,' Lime for si*.!*.'. GOLDEN, B.C. |The Golden MEAT MARKET Krwih and Halt Meats. Fli-.li and iiiimu In Kuason. liealei'K In Cattle, Sheep and Horse*, Mall orilcrH receive prompt attention. HULL BROS. & CO. Livery and Feed Stables EAST KOOTENAY. DESCRIPTION OF ITS MINERAL WELLS AND MEDICINAL SPRINGS. t H. Ml, WATCHMAKER -^nnd'-V JEWELLER. lings ft Speeialty. Good Haddlu Horses and Klgn of All Kinds for Hire at-KuHtioliable Kates. Teaming of All Kinds a Specialty. Hamilton and SUeltou, Golden, K. 0. Belderi'B Fruit Bakery Confectionery and Restaurant. OPEN NIGHT & DAY. Meals si r11 hours in firat cUsb style. A choice lot of .Tamp, Jellies, Cigarettes nnd Cigars ItlWHJB ill Mock. STARFORTH & BLIGH, Proprietors. Good Time Wanted By ever? ii-.hu who has a watch. ��� W. flliEXflpDEH, �� C.P.R. Watch Inspector will ho at THE MINER OFFICE Irom Wednenrtav to Friday ___^v ���������MS***** Calgary, - Alberta. each week. Hatisf.iction Guaranteed. Work can be left at McDEKMOT'S STORE. The Providenee pur Go Providence, R.I. wants all kinds of raw furs, skins, g'm- ���eng, aeneru, etc. l'riess for next sixty days are aa follows: Bihrer Foi tlB.OO to *lo0.00. Bear .�� S.OO to * 25.00. Ottar M*00 to * il.OO. Martin $2.00 to % 11.00. Beaver (per pound),..�� 3.00 to % 3.60. Woll % 1.00 to % 2.00. Red Fox * 1.00 to t 2.00. Miuk $ .76 to % 2.00. Skunk $ .25 to I 1.00. Gray Fox % .60 to ��� .75. Hal % .20to�� .25. Price list on all other furs and skins furnished upon application. Foil prices guaranteed, careful selection, courteous treatment, and immediate remittance on -all consignments. International Gold . . . Mines . . Development Oo. New York, Chicago, Spokane, Wash. CAPITAL STOCK ��IO,00O,O0O.00. Bay and Soil Mining Properties. Furnish Money for Development Pony For Sale For iale-5Ir. (too. Woodley1" little aorel pony " Barney," also new Raddle and bridle. For particulars apply to H. WOODLEY. Columbia House, Goldon, B.C. GEO. GEARY, Livery, feed & Sale Stables, Fort Steele, S.E. Kootenay. Pack Trains for mines supplied. Freighting o( all kinds undertaken l'ART II.���FAIRMONT SPRINGS, Thero are wells and springs situated iu tho region of the Upper Columbia valley and of tho Upper Kootenay Valley, nnd for the reasons mentioned in our previous article on "The Mineral Wells und Medicinal Springs of South East Kootenuy," the information regarding several of theao iB very meagre and scanty, while as regards others some valuable information has been obtained. The first set of springs is ou the east side of the Upper Columbia Lake, a short distance from its southern end near the property of the Hon. Mr. Lus- collCB. They are close to the side ol tho lake. The flow of water is not very- large. Neither arc the springs very numerous, but they appear to possess strong mineral properties, whatever .these may be, as the surface of the ground in the proximity of tlio springs is discolored bp the action of the waters. Very little is known about these springs except thoir mere existence, and that they are mineral. The best known springs in the Upper ] Columbia Valley are the Fairmont j Springs. Tlieir existence was known ns | far back as 1841, when thoy were visited by Sir George Simpson. Ho describes Ihem in his narrative of "An Overland Jnurnes Round the World," as follows: Sear our encampment, we observed that the stones in the bed of a littlo stream were covered with a yellow crust. Before starting for tlio day, Borland conducted us to three hot springs, about S iniles distant,, which doubtless caused the phenomenon iu question. The waters tasted slightlv of alum, and appeared to contain a little magnesia; and. theugh we neglected to take our thermometer with us, yet, on returning to camp, we estimated the throo temperatures respectively at about ninety, it hundred and a hundred and twenty degrees. Two winters back, llcrland, while suffering from a sovoro illness, made a bathing-placo of these springs; and he cither actual ly was or believed that he was, benefitted by them," There !h not the slightest doubt these springs have benefitted many, who were suffering from rheumatic pains, through their bathing in them, and they have now acquired more than a local reputation. They are close to the well kept stopping place of Mr. Sam Brewer, but they are not on his ranch, which is more the pity, as they would be kept in better condition, and some conveniences would bo erected for thoso who used them, instead of having to strip and dress in the open air, taking all chances. The springs aro close to Fairmont Creek, about a mile up it from tho waggon road ami distant from Mr. Brewer's house fully three-quarters of a mile. The springs are three in number, although I)r.. George M. Dawson of the Geological and Natural History Survey of Canada, who visitod these springs in 1885, speaks of them as one spring, calling it a hot spring. In his description he Bays: " Near the first stream from the eiiBt, beyond the lower end of the Upper Columbia lake, and about two miles distant from it, is a copious hot spring. It is about half a mile east of the trail, on the slope of a hill, and issues in several places from the summit and sides of a rounded, calcareous knoll formed by its deposit. The main elliux, at the summit of the knoll, has produced a raised basin, which withiu measures about eight by four feet, and is two feet deep, forming an admirable natural bath. The discharge at this place is probably not less than twenty gallon per minute, and the temperature of the water at this (the hottest) point, was found to bo 112" F. There ia no discharge of gas, but the water haB a slight styptic saline taste. The brook immediately south of, and opposite tbe spring, has formed a miniature canon by cutting for a considerable distance, through calcareous tufa, which in Bupcrpoecd flaggy layers, forms ft thick deposit, overlying the gravelly material of the higher terraces." The principal characteristic of these springs, apart from the hot temperature of the water, is thoir decidedly strong magnesia flavor. A foot path or trail from Mr. Brewer's ranch whicli is known as Fairmont Springs, leads to them. Crossing a small level, two plateaus aro ascended and on approaching the upper plateau in the direction of the Springs, a Bmall circular hill in appearance presents itself. It is nothing more than h rounded protuberance, bulging from the front of the plateau and which has boon formed by the action of the mineral water. It appears to be composed entirely of calcareous matter, the magnesia sediment ejected by the water, and is thickly covered with flakes of this matter. On the top of this rounded protuberance which is on a comparative level with the surrounding plateau, are the springs. A natural basin in the form of a horseshoe, about nine feet long and from three to four and it half foet wide at the broadest part, receives the waters oi the lirst spring. The basin is about fifteen inches deep and bus the appearance of being constructed of limestone, while the walls are of some height. A more perfect open-air bath could scarcely have been constructed by hands of man than what has been formed through tho natural action of thu water. The spring which supplies this basin is about twenty yards distant. The water runs down over the flat top of the circular hill and falls into the bath, and its overflow does not carry far, as it soon disappears. The area which the spring occupies is several feet in extent and its action is not Been, ns a heavy white scum covers the whole area. Apparently, however, the spring has many sources through which the water wells up. The waters are very warm, bul there were no means of obtaining information as to tho exact temperature; it might be anywhere between sixty and ninety degrees. Number two spring is to the right and distant thirty yards from number one. It is situated on a small rising declivity and ifl apparently of the same nature, although a few degreed warmer. The water is also received in a natural basin six feet long, three feet wide and about seventeen inches deep. There are two spriuglet close by, whose waters mingle with the waters of this spring. One is about thirty feet away and tho other ten feet further. Their action can bo seen, and the former appears to give the stronger supply. The same scum covers up tho springs. Number three spring���" The Bubbler" ���is the most interesting, as its action can he Been, welling and bubbling up out of a crevice in the rock. It is on another slightly rising eminence, and is about forty yards from number two. The orifice out of which the water bubles up is circular, aliout one inch iu diameter and is about eighteen inches deep. The waters flow over tho elope, after coming out of its basin, apparently nowhere and thou disappear, sinking down through the ground about lorty yards away. The same white scum is here, but the action of the water is too powerful to permit ol it being covered up. Whether owing to the strong flow oi water, the basin which receives it is not ao perfectly formed and is about fifteen inches in depth. The temperature of tho water is a little higher than number two. Heath is growing around the spring and covers a flat surface about six yards in extent. Theso throe springB are in tho position and form of an irregular isosceles triangle. It is a mutter of choice how tho triangle ia to bo mathematically constructed. Our knowledge of geometrical precision and definition would placo the base tietwecn number one and number three springs and the apex at number two. But these aro not the only Bprings that cxiBt in this neighborhood. About two furlongs away (southwards) is Fairmont .���reck, in the hottom of a ravine, having its headwaters from the eolorof Its stroam snowlield in the heart of the Rockies. In the bottom oi this ravine, whicli is about fifty feet deep and close to the odge of the creek are three wells of water which must sometimes be covered by the stream when thu wutcrB are high with the melting of summer snows.The waters of two of theselwclls are cold, while that of the third is warm. The waters arc similar in character to tho springB, but a little dissimilar in taste. They are cither stronger or weaker in the properties and we do not prosseSB sufficient chemical knowledge to say which. Tho wells are little pools of water, not quite knee deep, several leet in circumference and are nice bathing placeB. All of them have small dams oi breastworks formed of pieces of wood, stones and earth at their natural outflows, so us to idoptct! TI the water which supplies this woll comes report bo received audi from a small Bprlnglet about twenty resolution was carried, yards away. Unlike the other Bprings Mr. McNaught uftet'warda moved see- or wolls, the bottom of this well is dark onded by Mr. McNeish, that thc-mem- in color aud inky in appearance, but the - bors of tlie meeting form themaelves taste of ils waters does not differ materl- into the Mining Association of North ally. None of the waters taste ns ifl East Kootenay aud adopt trie constltil* heated by the sun's rays, Tlio tempera-1 lion and laws as thu constitution aud ture taste of the water in the lirst well! laws ui tha Mining Association of North tastes as if the water had been boiled) East Kootonay. This resolution was and it just cooled. The second well is still cooler. The taste of the third well ��� .��� of water which has just been warmed but has not come to the boil. Whatever other ingredients may be in the waters of tho springs aud wells, magnesia forms one of the principal compounds. We tasted all the. waters and they are all strongly saturated with magnesia. Other saline matters exist, but our knowledge could not determine what they arc. The springs are not properly eared for or attended to. We do not know who are the owners; but it is a great pity j iv they were not the property of some I person who would be publicly spirited to- Government be asked to construct put them in Borne order and erect trunk wagon road from the Colnmbl some buildings suitable for bathing, so river to the north fork of the 8pill!i���� that tliOBO who frequent them might j cheon river, a distance of eight miles outwardly observe the rules of decency ' - ' ��' -- when using them. They have now acquired a fame and reputation, and are undoubtedly good for many muscular and nervous afflictions and are vory health restorative in their effects. Had Mr. and Mrs. Brewer control of thorn wi would soon seo a speedy and welcome also carried. The meeting then procredel to**i'* election of officers, when the following were elected: President���Hon. F. \V. Aylmer. Vice-Presidents���W. G. Neilson of Beaver, Donald i W. G. Mitchell-lnnes, Golden; IC. Johnston, Windermere. Secretary-Treasurer���K. A. Haggen. The standing committee consisting of Messrs. Thomas McNaught,William Mu- Neish, II. G. J.ow, and Manuel Dainaril were confirmed. The Committors report on tlio roads was next submitted au.l was as follows: The committee recommend that tho a such a ro:nl would meet an urgent want of the milling community in supplying proper nccosB to a common distributing point for the north, middle and BOUtli iorks of that river, for Coppor and Vermont creeks and for the McMurdo district, and that the cost of such road be ������ ��������� , .. . included in the ordinary yearly grant change in tho construction and erection from parliament; also that nspeci.it of what is needed to make them proper grant be inado for the road required up bathing places for both sexes. Theii j Hear river, to enable the owners of thu residence, which is famed throughout Bennison group to get In machinery and the whole of East Kootenay for its home ship ore. provided the Government is comforts, as they are for their hospital- satisfied that ii sueh grant is made th" i-oad will bo used for the purposes for ���liidi its construction is requested ity, is close up. The walk from there ti the Bprings is a most inviting ono, and when there, one oi the loveliest viewi that iB to bs got anywhere iu Euol Kootenay iB obtained. A perfect panorama is presented of lake, river streams, hills, forests and mountains Standing with your back t*> the Rocklei ! .1 and facing the Selkirks, you ga;*e up aiu down the Columbia valley, the cxpunsi covering eighty miles. Away to the north the view iB shut hi by Jubilee mountain, blocking tho valley at Spilli* Mr. iittggeu moved the adoption of tho report. The. Hon. Mr. Aylmer in seconding, accentuated the factthat thieneetiu-.* .vas a mast important one. in developing .he principal industry of the district and I iln.s? who were most interested in t industry- the slorekeepers���wero only represented by ono member (Mr, Warren). .''.lore was expected than mere ���uunteiiun-'e If they were to prosperwith the prosperity of tha country. In niak- mneheen; while to the south the view i [���g the trunk road to the Middle Fork a extends to where the mountains appeal wide district was being opened up ami to meet at the junction of the Fimllu. whicli was the duty of the government and the Kootenay. Beneath you beholn ] ������ do so, but thai iu asking a grant for u the waters of the Upper Columbia lake j road to n shipping mine it was only nat- ���the river leaving it���winding north- , Urul that the grant should be special and wardB, receiving tributaries, expanding j in aid'of whatever minethtit was s ship- into Mud lake; then (lowing onwards, I iptig mine nnd undoiibtedlytlieBennison receiving more tributaries and again group waB ft shipping mine. It would spreading outwards into a more niaglilB* I -ie helping out the whole district if this cent sheet of water, well named Winder- shipping uiluo shipped ore over the road mere lake. What a wealth of scenery for which it was proposed to ask for aid. all around! Nature operatoa hero on a A discussion then ensued as to the huge scale in her mountains Itud forests, special grant to thu llenniso Thero is no tamenoss and it will be i, long timo ere the eyes are tired of gazing again and again upon sueh surrounding** or the mind becoinosatiated with such a feast from Nature's storehouse. which solo* situated in NORTH EAST KOOTENAY MINING ASSOCIATION. The adjourned meeting of mining men and those interested in the mining industry was held iu the Columbia House on Tuesday evening last at S o'clock to receive and dispose of the Committee's report. There was a good attendance of members. Mr. W. G. Mltcholl-Innoi occuplod the chair. Mr. E. A. Haggen. mvenor of the committee submitted the reprot whicli was: The following is the constitution drawn up and now submitted for approval:��� 1. That the name ot the association in me name oi uu- unt",ri-*-.iuii. Mining Association of North 11'1""0 to-morron n * I II..11 I 1 ���- bo The ^^ KaBt Kootenay 2. That tho district which the A*-ao- elation shall represent shall he thai known ua North East Kootenay, svikI shall include tho Mining Divisions of Golden, Donald and Windorutore, 3. That the object ol* tho Association shall be the general promotion ol tlio mining industryoi North East Kootenuy. 4. That anv pernou resident iu tht1 j district of North East Kootenay, or di rectly connected with the mining intor in mini*, ��� speakers Paid was mostly WcBt Koolenay nnd urged that a grant should he asked for a mad up the ljugitboo creek in the shipping mine there���the Mercier group, ami ul- thnately an amendment was moved by i Mr. McNaught, seconded by Mr. Mercier : thut a Hpeeinl grunt l.e uiso asked fur a I road up the Bugaboo creek on tho.��arms | conditions as the grant for a roud up tho : Hear river. i Tho meeting then agreed to accept the j Commlttuo's report with tht, (intendment which became ihe Sliding ui thoiutrct.- ing. Members were afterwards enrolled and tho meeting was brought to a cloie with jk vote of thanks to tho chaiuman (or ' nresidlpti nnd to M- McN��*8h for the ; use of tho room Newly liO mcmbJi'fl ��� n.vvu airuauy uiuolleu. I The date of the unnnal hospital ball for (iolden has been fixed ior \^c. 28th. ! The World-La Dell concert takes |ht in the Alexander Hall. A bumper liOU'86 in expected.. Divine services in tho IVwbyterfiwV churoh next Sunday as unuai���morning and evening. Subject tor the evening " Unbelief.11 The nuuaorotin frie:;dn of Mr. II. K. Forater in East Kootenay and elsewhere will bo glad to receive tho news that htt is alive, well and hearty, t'reatanxisly was manifested (or his safety. Itfthe i end of October he left his ranch" The retain sufficiency of water for bathing j ^''th^i'hali'to eligible for mem- i S--**<*rk-near Kwiloops, to go oa a fisl purposes. Ono of tho cold wella: the most active and tho most powerful in its taste is on the north side of the creek and quits close to it, and the water can be seen oozing up at tho bottom. The other two wells aro on tho south side. The cold well is about three feet from the creek and the action of the water is perfectly still. It cannot be seen rising up or coming out of the ground like the waters in the hot well which are twelve ���,,��, foot away from the creel:, A portion of cd by Mr, William'.MeNeish. that bership. | "���".or hu��Ung enpodltlon up the north 5. That the fee tor membership of lort "f the Thompson river, lie had the Association shall, be *i per annum, ��"1*' ��n0 <=���l����'"�� J""'**���">��� They payable in advance. I we,rc ,0 be 11tack '" ".Iew **>* '""',,:"[ ti. That the officers ot the Association 1 ?�����* �� 91������ *"'P�� 7 �� vZf��1\ V , ,, . . , ��� ���.���_,, ���. ,, ,*, ��� had not returned bv the -Dili of Novon.- shall consist of a President, three vice- , , . , ��� .. . Presidents, (of whom one shall be elect-' !,l,r. boinS ���"��")' " month. No inteih- ed to represent each mining division of gonco could be got concerning them. North East Kooteimy,) ll Secretary ami | Sean h expeditions with provisions wero Treasurer, and a committee of live <u .,-,., ,*,��� .-*..*���,. ma][ *������,. members. . , . , ,. Mr. TlwiiiasMcNaught moved, second* | ft.Kdegrusii was received v.- morning *,*.*- Mr. I'- Mj#wteiir nj.��ti ������illni in; iw K-r-ojr^ inimmm*ry,\r.*,nmmv,m?mKu} e rner* Wy Journal ,1'l-A-it-Ji l! pubtlsltcj' ctlons wii ery Thursd*: ctmj l>i-irii iii trains ui" SUBHCKIFTION Itvri'".:>: ;.'.Wf per year In advuttee, TZSLIN LAKE ROUTS TO YUKON l-UCUNOE To be Opened Up by P.aat J��onl:anay Kntornrise. Tiie minister of the interior has "cxpreflsed an ojnnion that tho shortest , and most adrtinta-jeiius route to the . Klondike gold fields in the Yukon i* by going up theStiekine river, crossing over to Tehlin lake, descending Teslin hike i^UTIIORISlXtl AN EXTIU-l'RO- :'IAl, COMPANY TO CAKKV ON UrSJN'KSS. NOTICE. sua Ac iw; Pnovtxc. No. ll/.��7. 'PUIS 18 TO CEP.TtPY that tlio "Holiien Brl- 1 lull ColtimblK, Limited," U.tiuthoriHed and \;.VKitTi.-:i\*: [tATUS: Display aits. n.fiOn< Chiuuresoiiuts, must ueinoillt .\>JntMdny, JOQ ii:::'aktmk:;t : nar .' Is tho beat c-quippbU prlittlllii Kdoionuy ttnu U prx-pai-i-it u> it t>rf tiling nt h retibOiiubte prici*. Mail uruers receive prompt nue CORRSBPCKt'tiENTBi We lu deuce on iinv .--iit.j-i i ui ii.i.'a.-: licensed to carry uu htmtiiwis win.in tin1 Pro\* UrttiBb Columbia, unit to tiirrj* out or ertuet all '''.' any o( Hit* objects hereinafter set iver and then forth to which tbu luKlalatlvc atUhorftyofthu Liwishituro ol Britldi Colutr.Uti extend*. Th-.' head ofllee of the Company id Kttuctont Xo.ti, Queen Street I'laco, Pity of London, Entj- lund. The amonni of Mm capital of the Company li *0,U0O; divided Into si.\ thousand sharesofil .'.; from it into the Vu i" j oiiv.urd to Duwson City. Tliis is the ': mute tho C. I*, ll. ia to open up. Ptoiun- ,! iionta will anil front Victoria und Vun- eoitvi :��� to Fori Wrung ell, whleli is nt the j , mouth q( the Ktiekiuo river. Bout* * V&S^^^^ ili-'ht draft ei'.ti itscend this river to Miieheli-lnuun, wiuw tiddnw* isUoldcn, Uri , ,,, ,. ..���'. ��� ., Isli Columblii, u the Attorney for the Comnau i tilenora, u distnnco ol 160 milen. prom I The object* tor wbieii thucwunauy huabci J j Glonom ��light rnilwuy, possibly with v.\ ''^'('^"S^^ ��� I nnrrow gauge, will bo constructed to the ' he;id of Teslin hike, it dlKtmiCG of i-1*1 ! j miles. From the bend of this hike there I, Thomas SleSfanglit. Financial Agent. Port Bieele. herebv (jtvu noticu thafabttj dayn after ���late It is inv iiii.-nii.iji lo apply tu the Chief Commissioner of Lauds A Works for par- inlfcfllon to purehnso si:*, hundred and forty auras hi unsnrveyed, unoccupied ami unreserved Crown lauds in this neigh" bbruoad whore this nutitiu in pi.ntid, ln'hiR t.u iho west Hide of Mtivitt I.nkc-iiinliitunu four miles irom its upper end. Tho boundaries are us marked out irom mv north-west comer which i.-- in eloso proximity to this notice namelv, rumtlntf bouthffi) elitiins, tuitl to tlie east no clinhis, iheiieo north fiO chains, thence west to the stnrtfna point 89 chains, containing 940 acres unoccupied land. Thu starting point running due west from Hoy to Lake taking inn little ol both tho Mlrle Lamb nnd the Btg Lamlitveetm Ideated 1st day uf (September, ig'j;. McS'AVGHT. Pot THOMAS ,-Mill September, li Manufacturers of and Dealers In mmm Douglas Fir, Spruce and Cedar Lumber, Sltling ami Flouring, Dimension Timber, Cedar Shlugrtas, Fenec Posto, Telegraph, Telephone and Electrlo Ltfflit Poles, Lath, Etc. Contractors to the C.P.R. Ry. The Golden Lumber Co., (Limited Liabillti-'.) llOl.l I I'orres- 41 llll*l ulonco Willi *,r.*,l In nn l,oiidwoil iutiial i.*i|��*i* lor imUlk-dlluli bvlo: 1. c-.il n-pi'sr iu -'Tlii: MI.VCK." Atl-ircttS rvll VOIUlUUllU'RlIOllS THE EAST KOOTLIMAY PUO. CO. Guillen, IS. ( TIIUUSDAY, Xf.IV. 26, 1807. t*iiilti*i>t||liti 'ri Mtil"lei'1'uIJic'l uavigiitioii all vho way 1,1-iuy tin*, in Unwson (iiy, tin* dlslnncu bolug nbuut "' Uso iiiiii-s. nynutkr 1'lils route oaunot bo o]ji!i:oil up until iifn-u Hriii j early iu the summer, \yheu there will be I an ennrmoits mull to got into the noi'tb- I em gold Holds; mid lite tnillle will be tremendous, Ciipt. !���'. 1'. Armiitrong, mniui :t-r oi" tbe U ppcr I 'olumblii Nttvlgit- tlon Co., Golden, who bus done so imicb plori*. ivoi-l,*, i,i*,-,,u*.! limn |i.l T.M-rin! ntlu'rv. i.-- itiiitalnfcr. mul hi i -v- i lui-n lu N( ITICE. * .. t��i get, lunrry, amcH, calcine, retitie,drew,nmalgumuto, inautpulatulptit,tUinso and preparefor market, 'ire, metal, ami miner- f.l Buhstatiees of ail kinds, and to carry on, cither uj.-jii or hi eannoellon with the pruinises oreisewijere.tlio bustnciM of Miners, millers, Kinolters, and workerHttf any processes In Ihe production, reduction ami inhklns morchnnt. ublo, of iitinerals,nieirti�� nut] i ictaific proiJuvis, stipplles '���: watur, mcrchanl��, mid luamtffcctur- ers, mi t workers of any minerals, moials, avll- ii.' mi'l Ihingn used in or In coiiueeijidn witli mlulng, milling, smeUlng, ami oilier iirooessi'S aforeaald, or any of tlidm: [i'] ')'.. �����������.-;n !i fur nilii-j and mlnorals either on lund known (<��� cnntnln simh mines and minerals or otherwiHO, and t" buy and soil, lease , i- . i- . . ;��� i Ul' ttilto up tho Hghls ni search or other mine-' tOWttl'ds opening u-. Kwt Kootenuy, 18 rlghtMorclnlmH tuiUor any itilnlugstatutes alive to this fact, uiul iti:: hia iua-ntion | "^J-Vtw oirr.i^ra uS iI'-V" naw l1-1"""" ������',' (!,"'!'" S. BARBER, SECRETARY. vrOTICE is hereby gi> " ho made to thu Ltf COLD PLACERS AND LOD Their Relationship. Rpeuthif, [ill Toaciiuiro fur tlie pur.-ii-i-s lonncs or rfQiff, '.'i Waters, mlllsitft nod other hero1 liiiii.-ry, Illlploi to placu ii Bteam boat on Tonlln l.tko to secure u bIuipb of thin trullie. The boat will he tt Bfcrn wheeler of irbottt 150 tons burden aiid will ply between the upper end of tho lake nnd Dnwron City, nnik- tliero are plneerH there are ing ft trip evtJry dght duya in tho course ol the -��eaaon. There are two routes by which TesfHn lithe can be rciiclied���the Stickine route and theTaku route. ("'apt. Armstrong Imn now left for the coast on his way to the Stickine river, which he will ascend to Telegraph creek w,f"'V.,lJ'l.1"n luncfa," is a atatoment often made with the aasuraneo of " where thero is sciolw there is fire." We hear it frequently witli rcforenco to the deposits of the Vukon, In this easo it is almost entirely tt matter of surmise, because there has nnd then cross over to TohIIu lake, muk- niid und Hi personal, movable or inci.jcniiil thereto or Company, or capable lion with luctafturglr by ivorkinon or it lie iptloiw, or enlorhUo conirants 1 oi nny grams, concc-ssions, iumontsor Intoroittsiii laiuts, , townstloHi mln'os, mfuorals, ttrtliivtlMi tin.) ftiiy r-iunt, ma* a-nie'iity, provisii orhor properfyi real nr Inimovublo, for purposes 3 liiiydtherobjoetfl of tho >i being u.-ed in ronnec- ,1 opuratloiw or reynlred iinployod by thu (.Din- not been any general ox]iloi'atlon for hides there, attention bavin*,' been con- pontrated upon the easily worked placer?, \ nnd prospecting in the bills being dllll- I'ult, for various reasons, Tlioro may be ���workable veins of gold quartz above the \ ing a thorough examination to find out a feasible route to take in a saw mill, boiler and machtnory for tho Bteamor. All these have already been procured. j If the Stickine river is Bitfilciontly frozen that sleighs can be used and there is open country to tho north snitnblo for placors, and there muy not. There nre vaguereiwrtsnB to the existence of some, ith,, ri)ilt(1 wiIi ,!0 .���.,,,,.,.,, lany.and to work, transfer, Ut or'sitbletlli sumo! [oi Toacqulro any Inventions,letterapntcnt or licenses, impablu of Uelngnscdior thopur- posusof Iho Company, or any of them, audio r,lot,oi sabht ihoaftiuo: 'uitmi limlcrtake thuwholo ur nnv pari of the business, propurty and llftblllttos, uf tiey persoti or tompauy carrying tin uny bii��f- u-.'ss whirl) this (.'ompuny is authorised to cam* on; ami loat'ipiire and bold any shari s, Mucks, iiinitlu, ol.-lifihtiuiis. deiit'tiliirt.s sicuriliea, in- gotlableor otherwise, of or other Interests in any Kngllsli, colonttil or other eompanicx, bsjo- cJdtioiwor uii,leru;klnj;.*.i-Hpabli,iii botng tuati-1 aged or cnildiictod so hs directly or timlrectly m benefit the business of tho Company,- Also to advance money oil uny such sharca. slocks, bniMft-, (ilili::ations, (Ulioiitun-s, soenritfofl pi nr other Interest In suoh companies, aHaocIatlous hereby given t!uu appliofllloii wil j to tin' LoslslatlvoAsflomblyol tins J Province of llritisli Columbia, at iii next session, for u Private Hill to Incorporate at'ont* pany tn build, equip, maintain andoperatoa line or tines of rallwaj irom a point at ur near Cranbrook, In Kast Kootonay, thouqe by tho molt ioustblo route lo tho st. Mary's liiver; tlmnco iu an oastui'ly dfroction to tho head- wateraof si. Mary's Hiver: nnd also in a wester- iv and northorh fltroctfun Irom somo point ou ihoBftld lino a Imihidt lino up tbe l-M>t Koote- iihv Valley to the ucl_(iibourhood of Horse TmefundKo. 2 crooks and tho luiucsiu thai vlclnltyi with power tu iho said Company to I construct a lino from tho (lull Kiver Group ol ! Mine-'i, In Ktst Kootonay, to tho most eon- ! vonlont point oil the main line of the ��� Crow's neat L'tW3 Kallway! and aUu i to ahtlioriKo and oinpowar the Company, i" I build, irom tltno to (line, branch lin.'s tn groups ol mines mul i oticcntraturs Irom any oi the three above-men Honed lines of railways, bucIi branch linos not to oseeoil twenty (IW) miles in I'Miiiiii; with power to build telegraph und telephone linos, and to equip and operate the said railway and !!:��� branches, und to erect and maintain all neBe-idsry works for tho generation anil IransinlssUin of electricity or powor within the area of thu operations of the said Company; nnd power to build, maintain and operate wharveH, doolis unit steamboats, sHw-mtHs, and acquire water privileges to const ritvt Uams, tliimes, etc., fur Improving and Increasing tho water prtvllogos, und to make iriilln- or other arrangcmeutH with railways, steamboat or other companies, and for ull other usual aud nci.-essai'y power.*, rights oi' privileges, BODtVKIJ,, IltVlKU & DCI'F, Solicitors for die Applicants. Victoria, B.C., 23th October, 1S07. -in nt ioighhifl BO thut winter travel ie feasaldo, j ",r ijudcrtalihijis, uiul to acoopl such m. . . . �� " ... i ,/ ��� �� stocks, boii'is, i..jlipitlim>-. dcbenttir ������LSI NOTICE. but it doea not follow nocf in the Yukon or els-.'wli .mrily, either | M0, (j,;(i ^ routu [PaBllt)io, then lu . that w! If ho doefi ! tics iih partial or full�� will ij in pa n squire, const em ll ct nr hire, or Join wiiii in tho \ ukOtl or elsewhere. tuUt urher? | comc ^.j. ty tjl0 C0(lfit fln(j ���0 to Junctlll, "thfw iu ��CfliiIrltu*( eonsfruoting or luring au jhiM-i-t ni*n nl inoi'H then- iifr> vm-l ildn . , ,,. _. ,,'. .mills, cii.i.iis, waterworks, maelilnery, roadi inoie .no ptaeois hum art worMUie ���t t|]0 motith of tho Tnkuinlot, proceed bridgos, tramways, railways, tfnglii/sl plan .1"* i up it and cross over to Toslin lak< win- oi Taku river lucks, btilldhigs, works, inattors or llilim uliicu muy be iiecrwiiu-y ur convenh-iit for tin; lliniliing for ajP^fpos.-si'i the Company, or. any ol them, , . .i t ��v ""-' worklngol nn-.-.u feasible route to haul in tho saw mill, h. To improve, monsg j boiler and machlnory. If he iimls either | ��^ff jf^ VJivmSfi.'i'u lodes. A placer deposit of gold or tin inn natural concentration of mineral that ���existed iiv solid rock. The erosion of wind, water and frost acting through immeasurable time lias worn down the earth's Burfaeo in many places to *�� i mngemouts. marvellous extent. Iu this hind of Belectiou oi the lil(.1: disintegration Blabie mlnorals llkogoldj and ciwsitorite, which aro jrivaterspeeific gravity Uian their original I nav llnd vM\ kuown l0 tw.h utiier aUl\ I lolom-, nominton, fond, matrix, wero concontratod in watei��� ' - .���- -.i m. .,.:.. i.t...i ... i. i- I. J- ToRmalgamato will ur any part thereof: develop, La underlet so of, oqargo or den! ever, l ne under- \-OTK'K is HKItZDV GIVEN that application ^ will bo iimdo to tie' Parliament ol Canada and tu the Legislative Arfombly of the Province uf British Colunibla al their rospootlvosositloua to Incorporate a Company to construct u railway ti> be operated by steam orolcctrlelty fraiv. a jioint at or near Cranbrook, In Bnsl Kootonay*, British CoInmBla���tho most northerly point on thu Crow's Nest Hallvyiy,--thonco running in t northerly direction up the Koolcnay Kiver to Canal Klat; ihcncototho Columbia Uik*i ami in i: northerly dlreollon down the Columbia Kiver to tho Canoe Kiver; thence up the Canoe liiver ant across tho I'ortago tothe headwater! route editable, then the captain will at taking o? uny part or part**uf tho property ot i n( the Frmtor Itlvorj thence t'uwn the l-raser . , ; the Company, nr any rights, way-loavos or Kiver tu Ohjcomo Portugoj (hence across thu onco return, complete ana perfect RV- oisemoutsjnorovcrihosainc, and toaccuptt,�� I'ovtago to Parsnip Klvorj thence down the wnmimniita Ttionn u-tll r>nmiu>nh*flM*f1 tin* j payntClllOlierofor Olthcr POSh >-r sdiiiriH, or "' "'' ' '"" " "! ' "" *'" rangemouts. iiieso win compienonutno |(artly ,..,,;, n���(1 [in.([v B|mreg(ln Unyothor Bidectiou of the men who will carry company purcliaslng the same: ftwiiiaiii i li ��� in -ut '��� '" estaldlsh and maintain agonotos of (he "fe"1" through the ontorpim1, and they will bo company tu any colony, dominion, foreign "���."������J I all piukeil ...en, mostly irom Kast Root,- j 'XVJ^i Tti^J^Sl 'In SSSBS ; men familiar with this kind of work, in ��� haviua obji I'ursntn Parsnip Hiver to Findlay Hiver, and up th Pludlay Klvorand across the divide to Frances l..ikc. and thonco tp tho Vukon, with power to dlvort tlio runte of tho line north of Giscomc Portage either by wav of Ucosu Lake or m may be found most suitable on further exploration, with power to build and operato branch Unci* country or state: nut cxi'teding sixty miles in length and nil ihcr coiupniiv neee.'ijjiry bridges and roads. Also, to construct is attogi ih��r or in pun similar ii�� and oporalo telegraph and telephone Hues i<n I this Company, und t.i enwr Ijuo tho transmission <>f messages for ihe puhli 10 object ���ln.r.-h stou O 'sun or firm engaged or about UllH III 1 1 ti ' ���.*..������. -<i ������. ". ��� i.*.ii(-i'i i'l uiniiii ;n iu*,;.;-.* :.. <jjir> um voyageurstomanagonnahantimcanocri; ,my imalnoaaor transaction which this Com*, en: rate I i,,,,.!.,,,.,,-.,,,, rmni ,mr Golumbian paoidb '"'"���' '' H!lti'f"'i;'-',t to engage In, or capable of : luiinii t.mu iiuiii uur v umiiiumii i.tnij).* omngt'Oiiduotcdso ns directly or llidhocltv to nil ar.d j-re;��ure the lumber; lioat* buildera from tho port of Golden to construct the steam boat, which will be readvassoon as ever the waior opons ��� I in miii.iageiii for navigation. | I. To make, Should it be impo^stblo owing to tlio I llnblo or o^bu dillicnlcit s of the mute during tiie winter, then It is the captain's intention | nVcissuooVdobemt to coiiEtritdl aud have a lino of boat ready to ply on the Vukon river betwc benefit IhlHCninpau, k. To hobi, in thu names of others, n pe.iy which tho Company is ant bo .icquire, ami to curry on ur do air b udnosi'js and acta and thfngsaforcsatii i�� principal or agent, and either by tho for others: M, a -r Instruiiit'ius, ntgo rwlse.and to borrow money cither wiiii ur without security, and either upon ue- gitthtblo Instruments or otherwise, Itielnding charged upon all <���<��� any Company's iiroperti (bolii iirehonf ami lu tore), iiiciudr.i.; ns UAttailed capital: l or imlorsfi tho creation nccntratun docks: to tako and use water fur gonorat electricity, and to transmit and dlspdsO of the power therofroui for lighting, lioatlUS and motive burjiOKOji; with power also to carry on tho business of a general trading company, ol sn exprooscompany; also t*> own, manage anil h-ii-e hotels, to acquire, to acquire timber limits Mid oparatosaw mills, forthoprpduiaioti uiul sale of lumbar, and to mine, explore and develop mineral lands and to curry on a general lining and un* smelting business, lumtidlns and operation of smelters and COUt'SCfl, iUfit US th.'V uie HOW eotu-eil-i,,���������;,,,. .... .,,,,1 ,l.,w.l,.,,!,.,�� llm ti'imfiim--. ....... . . ,,. . ,, ' ��� ,. . , oi)entngui)anaae\elopingiiiet],uiMior-,pfll.tno>ilh,P( oju| luU.,:liU;.v r,,n]ll.,K..u tbii- build, ncquim and operate steam und other trulou by men in Bltuclng. iiutnuttiro| tntion of n now country. There will bo I cssiou or ofbynvisc.wlin^ny lompanyoi | vcawiniiudnii nci'i��wrjr fenies wharyes and has concentrated millions of tuns of ' ' ' " minerals wIumc man has to conce eomparallveJy few The discovery of sucl*) a natural con- eoutratlon, an alluvial deposit, does not, however, imply that its source will bo found, or if found, workable, because the original lode may have been eroded entirely, aud thereXore tin longer in existence; the placer p*\y\ or tin may have como from a disAominatiun in a treat mass of rock which it would novel' pay-to mine, or from innumerable vein- bts whicli wero never exploitable; or the auriferous debris may have been carried far from its original source by glacier action, so that no connection between placer and gold cat) beentab- Imhcd. It is not to bo inforrod from these suggestions, however, that there Dal CKMMIU*. -.t MAY. Solicitors fo? Applicants, ���ti at Ottawa 5th Sovombor, WW. im-ot NOTICE. ii. luprnmot-i un . lurm mner Lomnin]l*!3 i.-r ... ,. , ,, , .,., ,,.-.' oil,.,* objutl, inontinnud in tin* Mvwi i- Kt. Mlelmel'ij mill IMvson City. Hie aii'mmi ..ri-ir-.-ij*. i^ *i v..!-.--)., n nnd Tup ii*'l'oInvestniuldoftlivdlitliomonorneMhy onnrpnse m .1 l*.i..i.i one .uu. nn., ,*.������,,.���_ notlimnoilimi.l** panilrcl iiihuisuuli Mi.*.'i:ii ftnd til.' mtlliv fl'ieuus oi" Cuptuin sveurliie*, ftud In &uen mainii I'as Iniiu time iu . ,. ;. . . , ,, mu.- i-eili'lurnitni'ii: Armstrong in I'.ilst lvootouuy wish lmn i ... Tu illstilbiito -uiv m thd property ot the food luck nn,! sticcoss in tho under- C7.K,'ttTnV&S^"ln^����oI Ihe LT18 HOXOCIt tho Moute. hiking, Tlio captain's absence in tho wurlit nnd w -in all Mieh tulUKit aa ara iuvlduii. ] -rr: '"-'"".l*""'1 "> ""���" .,*.,,,,. ,, . , I tftl ureoiiuuelvu loiiiuau-tin-tioiitof theftlievu north Hill only In* temporary. It m not oi,j,*-i-.*. . his intention to ubaiulou his enterprises vS!i��1 'V-r,'?,*l."y,!!"iV,.!,,"i!l1rf,1,,''l,Vm ;,'," ,,.,, ,.,,�����.: u-uM-rt ,*Im nn l,���vn I , ' . . VIllorlH, lr,ii:i���->: ,.; urftlllll COlUlnbU, ll.is not cases ��neie piacors tia\o leii ln pMt i;00tcnav, tho opening lip and lOtl.ilsy o( onoimr,one tli-nunim oijht liui*. irectly to inoilier lodes, Nuinorous!,,.,. ,.���..,.i������������,..,' ���i ,,.i,i���i, i���,i,���. ,._������I<in''l�����"iilueif-nevi'ii. rieveiopine.,1 oi wtiieii ueiiits oeeu ,,,.,��� u .��� wnn'mi-; ly ideirtliled witli. I irj.,.11 Boglsirsr of Joint Hiooit Compsnlcs. w S. ADLER, Proprietor." GOLDEN, - - - B. C. Plrst-Class in every particular, Convenient to Hallway Depot and H'.oamboat Leu-ltu*. Hates Koasonable, Free Sample Kooins. , The Tram fur loaves Kootonay House, connecting with Steamer for Port StaaS* ovary lloudav aud Friday utter urrival of train from the waati Headquarters for Commercial and Mining Men. TRAVELLERS. For Homo Comforts ��� 0 Modern Gbnvonienees a Best Cuisine in tho West Commodious Sample Rooms First-Class Brands of Liquors and Cigars Go to the Jtc ouse. WM. McNElSH, Prop. Headquarters for Mining Men. RUSSELL HOUSE, ^za^-Golden, B.C. GEORGE MEADE, Prop. ���^b-IInatlqunrtoi-H Fur--****, Miners, Prospectors and- Lurcilsermen. BoAun & Lodoiso $"> Pee Week. First Class Bah. the 4-e-M* Instances can ho cited jvlioro they have .lone bo, und vice versa. The conchiBioii i*. yiiu]*ly that 110 general rule can bo laid down, and the existence! of rich placer*. I Ea3t Kootonay Will Boom, does not ln Itself imply tho oxlsteneo of I Mr'f. D. Potty, an English mining rich, or ovon workable veins. This fuel | exi-eft, says llritisli Columbia will bo has been demonstrated in Kast Koote- 'ho '"tiiro copper-producing country in|N nay. Tha rloh placer mines of tho Wild tho world. Countries like Spain and J���'^��� Horso and Perry creeks have not yet led Portugal have pnmod their zenith ami to tho discovery of the lodes 'or the i �������������� "��'v ��" ""' dechno, while there ia sources from which the gold came; they: only ono out of tlio four copper mines In aro yet to bo found If they do exist, mid j *'��� "'M,m '���'������' promises lo hold out; so ii existing and found thoy may not bo the road seems perfectly clear lor the workable in paying quantilv, j p*>--***l! province. Mr. 1'elty soys the Quarta claims containing gold or the I '---PPe*' ��"�� ui ���������--- boundary country aro traces of gold havo beon located along of a low grade, hut thoso oi th*.. Mast these cree-ks, but as fur as development' Kootenny are full of iiromlso. lie also work has gone 110 lode has beon found j taHww the Ashovofl Bystom for ruduc- that can yield any relurncouiiiU'iiiiiiral,) I'":-! I"W grade ores has been ll success, with the expectation formed from the 1 ��"J consequently means hundreds oi remits obtained from the plueer deposits | miiliouu to tho Rossland camp, found iu the crooks' und still those Thoio Is not tho ellglltoat duubt aliout quarts roefj may bo the matrix from''1* Klondike or no Klondike. Then'is whence the gold came. The experience KOOTKX.iv i)i*-Ti:iiT-xc.i!'riii-;:* 1I1VISION. OTIOE li hereby given that all placer inln. mm*. vlil:-li un- li-fiiiliy nolq lu lliu PIVlHlutl i,| But, KlKIU-IIMV lil,- luui ,..'.*.lutein l.i,.. ll .- i:nli; !-l Jllliu PltOVIKCIAIi BKOBETAItVa OFFI0E, nt'Onvcrnnr l..as III* lolluwlllg III'* ilohiiiitents'i* ���*9'.li Oatober, ikii*.-. T.�� I,,: Htlticri liory Mnglstrutea wftlitn nmi lot tin* Count "i K.intoniiv: *- .Ii.iik.nt Kii-.,*.*.iui )Io.*i crrunu'iT, Ainiirii MVKIlAV lAltVI*, Hll.l Ull.llllKr I'.ilWAIU. SlMIHII*.. KsnuirtM, lit*.i,ivtrjM, N<*i'.li-WVsl Miniiui'ii I'oflt'l', NOTICE. ' IX Till-: MATTER Ur T1IK '��� PLACEIi MIXIXC ACT (1801) AMENDMENT ACT, 180S" (SUCTION 13), AXIMir THE "MINEIIAI. ACT, 18l�� " (SECTINX161). .!. E. (IIIIHI'ITII, u.ilil Coniinlsslonor. Donald, Plii November, 1W7. i.c, jaOTIC'E Is hereby eiven Hist Ills llonnui the -*. Itieutenaat-tiovOrnor in Counell tuts been ,; |.li-:i,--.1 in repeal the regulininn ttt Um Htii lis)' * j ui December, 1800, u 111, i*..aar.i in rellel .aaliuil 'i.rk'uure owing to tbu lapffool a Free hu AI'I'lIl'ATIiiX TO I'AIIUAME.NT. pnn.11' NOTICE Ii hereby elvon lhatnpiill ������* tuition will Ih* iii-t.u, 11, nn* I'.riiiimi :u 01 I Canads, el the n-xt iviulon thereof, lor an. eUHiijdng ni.* it-nil** Him roan AiHotilalli I'i'iiiiiiiu-nt I.U-UI Coiennny, IMt.*'i im Tnlonto, tins 17th day of November A.11., ibu;. .MArwiXAI.Ii, nni.AXIi & TDOMrSQN, 2 Toronto Blreet, Toronto. iic*,-'ji Boltolteri for Apiillcanta. has lieen somewhat similar in the Colorado placer mines, some of whicli have been worked over since their discovery about forty years ago producing 11 good many millions of gold. Their origin from lodes near by can bo traced with.reasonable certainty, and some of these lodes have been worked profitably, but the production of the lodes has not vet been u tithe of that of the placers. The result will in all probability bo the *.;une should the quartz claims ou l'erry and Wljd Horse creeks be sufficiently developed as lo make them operating ill i ties. What wo know ot tho Yukon and its placer depositB, and experience has been gained from placer finds elsewhere, it is ttiifo to conclude that in all these in-1 htnniTB nature in long eras offected ��� probably 11 rloh concentration of gold I from an immense amount of very low j more substantial wealth In East Kootenay, Then it is so varied. Tliuro are coppor belts, silver bolls, conl belts, iron belts, as well as gold belt*1. Then thai is nnigiiilleotit plenty and 110 cl starvation. A beautiful cottntr fine climate. East Kootenay is the country for tho industrial and progressive man. Klondike is'the gambler's paradise, where the chanoea are great, but where failure awaits the big majority. Wardner n rude material. WANTED A LOAN OF S500.00 Over a First Class Ranch in * Eut*t Kootonny For ti Torm of Five Years. Firat _ Mortgage. Undoubted Security. Apply to ���O. H. McCARl'EIt, Noturv Public, Goldon, iitricitnre owing to tin* Upvool ftpreu Miner' Curlittcnte licrMotore tn toveitt unci to malm the (oliowing regulation in r>,.i'ct tlu'ruoi, snub ropvnl mul non rotfulattou tu tnkv vttwi mi tiiv ibth day oV Novernbur, 18M7: Any itt'iMUi or Joint Mock CUMpftnj*. bfllng lllfl iiui-.it.-r of any mlntutf (jroparty, tltulnug rallel .against thu forfcttttru ul nlaor ltilnleruALlu in 'i'ij�� HiutituiDii iinitiihu; huiii |ini''i-rtv Ijv reason of an otnlulon tuuii- 11 in thut ul Thu Dominion i t.tiu n now frwj minor's certificate on nr before the da) following llio fotnlratlon of tlteoertlll* ittin, sliatl obsorvo tlio loilowlntrconiutionsi 1. forthwith nyon asccrtutmng thu tucplrjr m JiiM irtiiM-nit- ut-iitiii 11 now nui1: i!. At the lime uf obtaining mult new ccrttfi. cato llio with tin- Bucordur iniLiiug tho same, diil |ni��i in tin' Iteiord nitif. tmotltoof tils iliti'luiuil lu ;t|.;ily lor tvllt'i: witiiiiiUi iin>-N (rum such filing transmit to tlu- Mlulstor ui Minus tlm followingUouutuonti mul ii'i:- lu) a siatuforjr declaration ^ettinirfnrtli the elreumstaucos of such oiuliilon. wn-i ni'l |mr- tioulars of tho uiiutng proiHirtfva Iil>iu Ij>- tlio spplieHht wlitrli would bfl liiii-i-ieit with for- foituret (ti) a certlflCftte under tho hand of tho Gold Commissioner or Mining Ituuordurof eacliui. Vision wherein nny ol tlie aald properties h situate, that notluo !u.:i beou posted) and (hat no records [otivit than I hose montlbued in tbu .sLii't certlllcati.it, i: uny] adverse to the applicant's Interest In the s.n *. properties have been made by lilm ilitriiiK the tltdO in whicli tht BUld h|']'!i. i'ul v.t,'. unt in pOShCHSlon oi il vi'til, existing free miner's oertliteatot [e] A ileelhiutlnn l>>- the iippllnaiit or hirt fluent duly tiogulaant of the location on the ground 01 tin- applicant's properties, and the other facts ftffeullng the easui that uu linn learohed the records of claims recorded during ttie Interval the applicant wus hi default, nun thut such claims no nut [except m muy lie therein stated] conflict with or overlap any ol the propertied ot tlie applieauti Id] Tlu* sum of rive ilullitrrt. The Mlltfstot nt Mine:* ni;i\ thereupon give Iniitmotions for tlie altenttlonuf thu oppllcant's tree hilnei's corflflcato so as to eohiorm with ' thu date of Llio expifAtlon of thoUpscd certifl. 1 ente, mul may also give lusiritetiont for snub I'nrvi TVr^riin'-a TTnfol amendment to ho made totherctorusafleelad ,OHa JW.u-1 rylll S HOT/tJl asmaybe considered requisite, nud auy suoh \tTli+A*i*w*-. ��/- ^t,ii,'I "'���>' ',0 partial as to proparlliwin ruspuet WlllClQriTlGrQ. wlioroofrellwUsglvon.orspostd savoMlversc rights ntijuiiet! aurtug dt fault oi iho applicant Gonri acconimmlfltlon A Modernte Torma jamkm raker, First pIuhh Iced Pfablea in connection.' Provincial Secretary and Minister of Mines. 1*711 Llll'lt' j %_m\Transfer Co'y. Wardner, S.E. Kootonay. LIVERY A FEED STABLES. PACK TRAIKS SUPPLIED. The best Ftopjiiiia place for freighters in Columbia Valley is nt Dry Goods, Carpets, Gents' Furnishings, Hats and Caps Mail Orders Eeceive Prompt Attention. CALGARY, Alta. East Kootenay Supply Store, WINDERMEEB, B.C.. -*ms?^\ Groceriofl, Dry Goods & Generr.1 Merchandise. Miners' Supplies a Specialty. Windermere Hotel, x���* James A. Stoddart, Prop. Choice Wlnos, Liquors nnd Cigars. First c.lasa accommodation. WINDERMERE, B.C. East Kootenay Mining Stock List. NA.MEOI-CoMl'ANV. f ho GdlU Hills 0. * D. Co Kootenay, Carihoo M. A I. Co Golden i l'ort Steele I). Co Alberta & Konlonny ft. Co East Kootenay anil Kit Hiver Dovolopment A Exploration Co ...,. CAPITA!.. $2,000,01)1) $2,600,000 (l "iiO.lXW If 600,000 If 78,000 C-1.II0 $1.00 61.00 tl.00 ���1.00 SBI.I.. PRICK. 16e. $1.00 50e. '26e. THOMAS McNAUGHT, MIXING I'.I'.OKF.K, GOLDEN, B.C. ^���u-xe Fresla. X5r"a.grs at 3D. !v���� CAL-DEE d5 Go's., G-old-en., t*c7w��oJU]��..��u?��t.;/ia��1K.��;.V)*i.*.��--ii��v"^t:> ���aiuw**!1 .-.-.v.'oar/a.-iw.'WSTKit*.-' HKL& MINING DIVISION. LAND BEYOND THE ROCKIES. A New Field to bo Opened for Settlement, Mr. I.. A. Hamilton, land commissioner of tin. C. I'. H., has just returned from a sis weeks trip to the Kootenay country. The C. 1'. H. land department hr.s recently taken over the land interests of the Columbia and Kouteuay railway- some 200,000 acres���and also of the British Columbia Southern and Crow's Xest I'ass railway,' the provincial land grant to the latter road being 20,000 acres a mile. All these lands are iu East and West Kootenay and ns Mr. Hamilton described them to a Free l'rcss representative : 'i "Thelands we have taken over may he divided into three classes: 1st, the agricultural lands capable of being cultivated , and the hay meadows; 2nd, the bench lands capable ol being irrigated; 3rd, the pasture lands for grazing purposes. None of those lands have been placed on the market ami they also include lino coal and timber property. The bench grass lands aro quite numerous and raise the finest beef in the world. All these lands will be inspected, looked over, and if possible, placed on the market next summer. " I daresay you ave aware,'1 continued Mr. Hamilton, " that people are continually inquiring lor lands iu a milder climate, where fruit can bo raised, and we can in the near future direct their attention to these new locations. Oats nnd hay can be raised there; and there is now a big local demand, hay being worth $20 to If2b a ton, and oats 85 cents to (1 a,bushel. 1 saw on one farm u crop of 0,000 bushels; this was near Cranbrook." " What direction did your tour take'.'" " I went from Nelson and Kootenay lake to the point whore the Crow's Nest line strikes the lake. There was A party of us, including thu manager of construction, Mr. Haney, and we went over the line of railway by pack and saddle horse. It occupied eight days." '* Did any particular district impress you more tli-.ni another'.'" " Well, for timber and agricultural lands, I think the vnlley of the Elk river, on the other side of the Rockies, cannot be beaten." " Did you locate any townuitcB along tho new line of railway'.'" "No; 1 was morel)- looking over the ground. Th*"ro will, however, bo two or three important towns in East Kootenay ���at .Movie lake, where thero are valuable mines; at Cranbrook, twelve iniles west of the Kootenay river, and in the vicinity of the coal mines of tho llritisli Columbia Southern, in Crow's Xest pnas; also at the crossing of the Kootenay river. Purveyors are now out, and ns soon as the manager of construction decides, these sites will bo surveyed and placed on the market." " How are the centres of the mining districts progressing? " '"'Nelson is nourishing, and the big smelter is working night and day all the week; many fine buildings are going np. I'nssland seems to httvo picked up considerably, and a hotter feeling prevails than during my visit of a few mouths lltjo."���Winnipeg Free Press. WILD HORSE CREEK Almost Equal to Klondyke.--Tho Crow'o Most Commissioner Talks Mine... Mr. 1,. A. Hamilton, land commissioner nf the C.I'.U., thu Crow's Xest railway and tho llritisli Columbia Southern ruilwny, arrived in Winnipeg, yesterday, alter an extended tour over the lines of his different companies iu the west. Alter travelling through Ihe Slocan mid Kouteuay districts, Mr. Hamilton struck the lino ol tho Crow's Xest Hallway at Xelson from which point lie mndo for tho foot of the Kootonay Lake which will be tho western terminus of the Crow's Xest for tho time being, lie tbon came through hy pack horso to Macleod with a view of looking over the lands that were taken over by the British Columbia nnd Southern railway. In describing this property Mr. Hamilton said:��� " The lands we have taken over muy be divided into throe classes: 1st, the I agricultural lands capable of lieing eulti- vnted, ftlfil the liny meadows; 2nd, the' bench lands capable of being irrigated ; j 3rd, the pasture lands for griming pur-! poses. Xone of these lauds have been ! iihiced'on the market. They also include line coal and timber property. The [ bench grass lands are quite numerous I and raise the finest beef in tlie world, All these lands will 1)8 inspected, looked over and if possible placed on tin* market next summer." When asked as to the progress of the construction on tlio Crow'sXcstHoad, Mr. Hamilton said that there is a big crowd of men working eastward from Kootenay Lake under Mr. Armstrong of Vancouver, aud aim tlii-i end of the lino to the summit is crowded with men; and contractors nre Btriing all along tho line. In answer to an interrogation as to the reported dissatisfaction among the men, the commissioner replied that he did not hear of any more grumbling than is usually manifested in Bucli works of similar dimensions. l!o said that he stopped at Cranbrook whicli is to be tho divisional point in the East Kootonay on the Crow's Nest road and will bo a very important town in the near future, being the centre of a good agricultural country and also within reasonable distance of the mines. Mr. Hamilton said iu answer to a question ns to tho relative values of the mines in East Kootenay and the Yukon, that at Wild Horse Creek there were placer mines almost ns rich as the Klondike and tho new railway runs within six miles of these locations. The celebrated North Star calena mines whicli nre chiefly controlled by Mr. D. D.Mann, the gold mines on l'erry Creek, and the St. Eugene mines mi Moyie lake have large quantities uf valuable ore on the dump, und are simply waiting tlio completion of the railway to commence heavy shipments of ore, and he expected the road will be well into tliis particular district by next summer, anyway before tliis time next year. Th. coal mines in the Crow's Xest, which arc said to be the finest cokeing coal deposits in the west, arc also waiting to commence shipments east. This coal now is extensively used in mining operations in the Kopfonay.*���Winnipeg Xor'tt'ester. Tho Crow'o Neot Pass Railroad. Tlio rapid progress that is being made iu the building of the Crow's Xest Pass Railway is due in a great measure to the energy and executive ability of Mr. M. I.. Haney, manager of construction for tiie CP.lt. Some weeks ago, however, work was somewhat checked owing to the fact that necessary road materials such ns rails and heavy timbers and other supplies wero not being forwarded from the east with adequate dispatch. Mr. Haney lit first contented himself with writing indignant letters'to the different superintendents of divisions protesting against the delays, but this not proving sufficiently effective he went straight to headquarters und laid the mattei before Sir William Van Home himself, threatening nt once to resign his position unless immediate measures were taken to insure tho delivery of supplies ns thoy'were required. It is hardly necessary to say that since, Mr. Haney has had little canso to complain on that score nt nny rate. But Mr. Honey's name will over be associated with the building of this road, for the fact that he is responsible for having tho change mude in the location line which resulted in decreasing the grado to one per cent. When the engineers came to him with tlieir plans and reported thai the grade would lie 2.1!o per cent., he waved his bund. " It won't do, gentlemen," he said, " it won't do. I must have u one per cent, giadti,,' and new surveys nnd new plans were made until tho grade was reduced to one per cent.��� that, is from Ecthbridgc to Kootonay Lake, and from Kootenuy Lake to Xelson the increase will bo very immaterial, Mennwhilj fifty mites of griding has been completed, twenty miles of track laid, nnd the locution of tho line decided on for a distance of a hundred nnd twenty miles. In (not, but fur the difficulties of construction in the vicinity of St. Mary's Hiver. necessitating deep cuttings and bridgework, the road would ere now have been completed to Summit Lake, as it is by the 15th of tho present month freight will be handled to this point end by July of next year the rond will be completed to Kootenny Lake. On tho work some three thousand men arc employed in different capacities, and from Lethbridge to the Koekies camps of from one to two hundred men nre established, under contractors, at intervals apart of u few miles. Construction work is to commence immediately west of Summit Lake to Morriscy Creek nnd the vullcy of Elk liiver. Hero the engineering difficulties are, with the exception of rock-cutting along the west shore of tlie lake, inconsiderable and the lino proceeds upon nn easy nnd natural grndo passing through a country wooded with valuable timber. At Coal Creek, u connection will he established with the coal mines. At 121k River bridge tho ruilwny makes a sharp curve to the west���the scenery here, by the way, is magnificent, tho Elk River Falls being particularly beautiful arc worthy of note, und through a 1,000 foot tunnel the rond proceeds northward until il reaches tlie Kboronay liiver twelve miles away. Skirting the west bank of tlie river the route is westward from Cranbrook, the divisional point, and then south it follows this course past the Movie River until approaching Bcdling- ton, wlic-n the direction is again westward und thence northward to Nelson. ���B.C. Mining Record. What Is Advertising;? Advertising is anything which conveys a message about a business or product. If a man opens a store and tells hi., friend about it, ho is advertising the store.' If he prints his unnoncetuent on cards and bauds thorn to passers by, he is advertising the store. li" he puts a sign above his dour, or goods into Ids window, he is advertising tho store! It he makes a hundred duplicates of this Bign and nails them on fences, or dead walls, where people can see them, he is advertising. If he joins a church, or a club or a sec- re? society, his name and his business will still be advertising. If he causes his sign or his card to be reproduced and printed in a newspaper, he is doing the snnie tiling that lie did when he tacked the sign on tiie fences or handed the card to the passer-by. He is putting his sign into the house of every reader of that paper. This hypothetical man is a retail dealer. He is in direct, contact with the people to whom be seeks to convey the news of his enterprise. The principle is exactly the same with the maker or handler of goods that are to have n more than local sale. Of all the ways of advertising, Ihe best, most certain and cheapest is that of using the columns of a good newspaper. Intelligent pen] le with money to spend always read the newspapers. ij. F. PUGH'S House, t **"��*��'Wj WARDNER, B.C. The most comfortable hotel in South East Kootenny. Good Table, flood Wines. flood Attendance. Terms Moderate. Wm. Eschwig, Prop. Canadian Pacific Ry Direct rail inula to Montreal & Toronto nnd all Eastern Poiniw. Lnkc Route tn the Kust���Sailings from Port William. AlhcrlB Every T'.iemiay In Wlndnor. Alhubanea... Every Thnrs.IoV to Owen Sound. Manitoba Ercry Burnley to Owen Kound. Connecting talna from Golden at lfitfo every Monday, Thursday and H&turday. Daily and direct service lo Kaslo, Nelson, Sandon, and all point* in the far famed Kootonay and Silvery Blocau. To China and Japan Honolulu, Australia, Now Zealand, Apply lor Partloulara io C. K. WKI.I.S. Agont, Golden, or ROIIERT KERR, Truffle Mtinagor, Wlnnlpog. �� 9 �� Value In one thing Satisfaction Is another You gcttioth by buying your DRY (IOOD8 ��i THE HUDSON'S BAY STORES. l'rloe Hutu and Samples lonvariic-l on Application. �� ��, �� Mail Orders Receive Prompt Attention. ���������VAT THE-a- Hudson's Bay Stores, CALGARY, ��� ALTA. J. F. PUGH, TAILOR, GOLDISH, B.C. KAST KOOTENAY OFFICIALS Minister of Mlnen nnd Provincial Kocr<uir_r-- Mon. <'ol. -lamea Bakor. Provincial Mineralogist���\V. A. Carlylo, PuUlle Assayer -II. Uarinlehaei. nam commissi on hi in. For the Province���AV. s. Gore VietortA South IM.itrit't enmi>ri.sing l'ort .Steel**' nnd To- imtvii Plains Mining utvlsionn-J, F.Ann- Htror^i! Cra nbrool; North J-i-tni't oomprisiiiu l-onuld, Gohh'ii und Windermere Mining MvlhloUH-.l. k. (iridium Doiihld MISIXCi KKCOhDl-'HS .f.Fiirret i\ 0. Lang ii. tlnldle CM. Kdwarda... M. Phillips Donnld (joloeu Windermere Fort Stoelu .Tobacco Plains Deputy Ceric of th>: Pence for North Fust Kootenay Jnsi-ih rillrrctt Donald Deputy,Ork of thu J'unre forfc-outli Fust Kootenuy- Charles Mrtttii'v tMv. tiniu.... Furl Steele FREE MINERS. Extracts From British Columbia Kfcattitoit Explaining1 Fully the Value and NecoHtjity of a "Free Miners M Oertiiicatc���Xp Person Should Attempt Mining Without One. Any person over 18 ye-irs of nee, may be eon;e a tree miner by paying ?5 to any gold eoininlflsloncr or miueral recorder und obtain ing acertitirat'. good ior one yeur. A irve miner may obtain a now eerttfieait) for on��' lost im paying ft- A iree miner's certificate la not transferable. Any person or company working a mineral claim, ncld un real .*!M<u*.' without fieenao, mn* lie lined *i\ Mltuw become real estate after erown gram hud be"en Usucd. Should co-owner suit lopay up his free miner's certilieate Ms interest goes to his no-owners pro rain according to their former interests. a Hhareholiftr in u joint stock company ueoil not be u free minor. A fr-ie miner may claim JfiOtadoOO feet. Kut all ungluH must lie right angles fltitl nil inoaaur- luciit mind lie horizontally. A free miner may cut timber on crown lands. A tree miner may kill game for his own use at nil seasons. A free minor may obtain five acre millsUotip- on erown lands In the farm ot a square. A ('latin may he held from year to year hy work being done to the Value of one hundred dollars, LodtM discovered in tunnel may bo held if recorded in Ifi days. A frco miner muy oil payment of IfiOO, In Fen oi' expenditure on claim, obtain a crown smut. Any miner muy, tit tiie discretion of the gold commissioner, obtain necessary water rights. No transfer of any mineral claim nr Interest nhulihi' enforceable mucus iu writing, signed ami recorded. No minor shall suffer from nny net ofmnission or coiuntUnion, or delays un tlio part oi tho government orflulala. No claim shall be open to location during last illnesss ol holder, nor within ill months after his death, unless by permission of gold commissioner. A mineral olaim must be recorded within 15 days after location, ll within 10 miles of offlje oi mining recorder. One additional day Is allowed Ft every additional Hi miles or fraction thereof. ANNUAL LABOR. Work on each mining claim lo the value ol liooinii.Ht bo done each year irom d��tc of reeord ol mineral claim. Alitttavil DibiIu by tho holder, or his agent, sotting nut a detailed statement al tin* work done must bo filed with the gold eommisslottsr or mining recorder, and h certilieate of work obtained, and recorded beforo the expiration nf each year from llio date of record of said claim. A free miner holding adjoining claims, may suUcci to tiling notice ol bis intention with tin* gold commissioner or mining recorder perform mi unv one or more of suehelalina,all tlie work required to entitle him to a certificate of work for each claim. The same provision applies to two or morefrccmin- era holding adjoining claims In partnership. In lieu of .above work (ho miliar must pay fico1 and get receipt ami rocord tlie same, _ . ...I ... . Situated on Perry Greek, 25 Miles From Fort Steele,' East Kootenay* 6����*'-H'*V.V��--ft<****Mi**-> <;-!>*i**i*l-*4-��*V**4"��*S-4'W I "^ {fti if\ Iff W �� v W jEJIl $75 to $150 Each according to location. f*-***-��4<>�� ����������*��*���<���.-'���,���{���<-> nnA*.��iV<<Y��. r?< >- One-tliii-.il down, balance in tliron nnil hIx ���la wJ.aJ.J.0 ��� month*,, without Intcrt'Bt. Tempest & C<a5 Agents, CALGARY. Upper Columbia avigaiion cf O. ���py-.-o Co., Limited, and International Transportation Company. @-C:'--0*C="(3) Connecting witli tho C. P. R. at (Iolden, B. 0. and Great Northern Railway at Jennings, Montana. The Only Quick and Comfortable Route. Address all express care of U.'-'. Co'y, Golden. F. P. ARMSTRONG, MANAGER CARLIN & DURICK Genera! Merchants *-. FORT STEELE, B. O. Minors Supplies n Specialty. Agent for tho California Giant Powder Compay, LEADING HOUSE -a-SO"**!**- Wo wisli to inform the public that we are prepared to do Neat, Artistic, Up To Date Printing in all its branches, ***Vi-fi**C> Our Specialties: ram ***>J* L. [.*���*? i.. -.tj��*vXi.JuW.*, aa*-*--*'.. -**v-.'-*�� C-HOICK WlXES, LiQCOliS AM' CtGAIiS. R. D. MATHER, Proprietor giaicments Memorandums Ciroutars Knveloiies I Note ll'iuds Letter Heads BUI Heads Hnntl Kills Calling cards llt*'dnew Cards Law Briefs dumber Boo Itinli Work f A mini HWfl v ui'in \��y Law Briefs /lS number Hooks i_\\ I'romtiinry Notes \mf Iteeetpt Forms Share Cerltllcates Assay Korms Drugglhts fAhuls O oamtanum ���-^���- TI"1 Fin-s-l Honltli jti*w*rl on tin* Continprf. Pi'jvfltf KoRpllnl miiH't infiiii'ii! pup*nnnt��n* rtt'tirp yith n Tralnpil Staff ��>t Nurww. f'omplptn SvM"in of IVi'Iim. i>f nvorv Vitvl f i'i'i ilrarrlptinn. Mfitlioiil Hiret?tor-nit. It. (J. tiRKTT, Ham-f. Ueoidetit Ph.vsiclan & Purguon���IUI. SPAXKXK. No Job too Small FOR US !UPPER ARROW LAKE, WEST KOOTENAY. East Kootenay Pub Co.|Subribe for u TR^ MINERS .(���olden, B. (,. ' ^.d-^-ertis Iel "TKE ,EAST TZOQTID'STJ^T 2^ZX2^"nXt. &udnat of Interuatuiff Local Ganoral News. irr- kW��cWH��iM.-ii CHANT-OOVAN OUTrlT AND TANGIER PROMOTION. A Good Prioo for a Prospect. Like Uie rent of tlio wtniJ we hit hitherto entertained tlio belief thut tlie��� in nothing new under Uie sun. We wore always under tho impression thut there! A poet sent an'edltorn contribution were but two way a of floating limited | fmitled: " Why do I Live?" The editor liability companies���eithor by iuvlt-lng '"the subscriptions ot tho public through the press, or by circulating it prospectus Offerfl have boon received by the Hal- pyou Springs Syndicate toputupbot* liing workB ut the springs for the purpose ���*>( exporting the Lithla witter to the United Stateo and England. .PARSON j |.*ontritii'tiim>* by post instead oi bringing UiL'in in person." Mr. Michael Carlin Unhappy man. (jut mill happier father! His household |i-is been increased,-**"a daughter and fourteen pound*, in weight. OU! ye lathers nnd husbands oi Golden! don't you envy him'.' Mr. A. J. Hopkins Ipft yesterday Ior pie const on a wel| earned holiday. Mr. And raw Tayh-r ivill have charge of the business at Fqrt Steele during the absence of Mr. Hopkins. Mr. Harry Parsons expects to .to a big buriiiess in the southern part ni East Kootenay during Uie next lev, months. What has become ot the Curling Club oi Gulden'.' 'lhere has been abundance ut frost, at least we have experienced the grip oi Jack EruHt and he now appears to havo bound the waters uf tho Kicking Horse in his icy bonds and arrested its overllow���but there is no curling. What Is the reason'.' it cannot he for the same reason that His Satanic Majesty does not skate. Mr. All. lloylt, the stage driver between Kort Steele and Gulden returned lucre lust week with quite a load of passengers including Mr. J. if. Armstrong, Vi-jld Commissioner, Cranbrook, and Mrs. Armstrong! Mr. and .Mrs. Han Me- Keiah, Steele House, l'ort Steele; and :.lr. li. il. Small lair of the Columbia House, Canal Flat. The mail stage from Fort Steele arrived ln Golden on Monday night about iii-.li past tea o'clock with mails and a load ef passengers. 11 had great difficulty in getting through. Tiiere was no sleighing between Fort Steele aod Bpllli- maclioeu, Wheels had to be used till the latter placed wan reached. The luads were very bad Ior locomotion. The longest drive was between MacKay's ranche and Golden, a distance of nearly seventy niilc.i wmeii was covered by Monday's stage. There have lieen ' quite a number of visitors from the Uppor Columbia Valley and South Eeast Kootenay in Golden during the past week. Mr. Joseph Lake, manager of The East Kootenay Supply Store, Windermere, was ill town on business. Mr. James .McKay, Salmon lieds, Windermere, has just returned from a visit to the east and is on his way hu.ne now. Mr. George McMillan, the [lust master at Galena, has been in town on private enterprises. Mr. Dawson, CM., has arrived from Fort Steele on his way to Vancouver, and Mr. Tom Lee uie pioneer saddler has also come down tu go to ihe Fast. Mr. A. .1. Hopkins also arrived Irom Fort Steele, 'there seems to be a general exodus from Fort Steele. Whon Fort Steele is going to have its water works is now an unanswerable conundrum. Some of the member, oi the syndicate in the month of July of last year���tliis year wc i-ieaii, talked tall and spoke about the water llowing within four weeks. It Hows but it is in the Wild Horse and Kootenay, but when the people of Fort Steele will be supplied with water by tlie water works synuieato is unknown���perhaps never. A hole has been dug, some piping procured and trenching done. A I steam engine���second hand���weighing a lew thousand pounds, with some smoke I .* .< stalks left Golden lor Fort Steele a few ' days ago. a,id probably will remain for tlie rost oi too winter. It is about as much use there as it will be at Fort Steele. The season is now past ami the Irost has set privately and getting tho money in that way. Though very loth to confess it, we liud wc are mistaken. There is another wav in which a public company can be (liiated, but His distinctly a new way. We will endeavor to describe the process, and iu order that there may be no ambiguity���there is always a danger of this when technicalities have to lie employed���the modus operandi shall bo explained. At a recent meeting there assembled together certain shareholders in two companies, tlio Gold Fields of llritisli j Columbia and the Wnverley Mine. The real pin-pus.! of this meeting was, that the shareholders iu those two companies should listen to a certain gentleman who had just returned from a fur-off land and who had in his peregrinations actually seen the property of which all those present possessed a certain portion. The name of the gentleman was Mr. Grant Govan, a distinguished pioneer ol llritisli Columbian gold milling. There was perfect silence within the four walls the whole time Mr. Govan was recounting the richness of the possessions of those beforo him. To' judge by the words of Mr. Govan, one might readily been excused if he had arrived at the conclusion that some day or other those present at the meeting would each and all become as rich as Croesus, so valuable and so lull of gold was the property. At this meeting quite a novel idea in company promotion was introduced. A wonderfully rich mine, whicli had cither just been discovered or lnul been forgotten for generations, had by some means or other come into possession of tlie company calling itsell the Gold Fields of llritisli Columbia, Ltd., and the directors lieing men of benevolence, the shareholders in tlie Wnverley Mines, Limited, and in the parent company wer.> afforded another opportunity of acquiring considerable riches, by purchasing or taking shares in this company, As a rule companies are iioated either by an advertisement in the daily journals or by being privately subscribed, and it would indeed be a hard tusk wore anyone to attempt to discover a precedent to such an action. There can be little or no doubt that though the meeting was held ostensibly to hear a report from Mr. E. G. Govan, the flotation of a company culled the Tangier Mill.', Limited, was in reality the principal business. We heard on very good authority that the capital of Ihe company was already subscribed, and that it would not under any consideration be offered to the public. The latter statement may and doubtless is correct, for on the top of the prospectus before ns the word " Private" is printed, bat we are not quite su sure as to the amount which had been subscribed. If the capital�����12,000���had been procured by private treaty, why should the shareholders in these two companies have been asked to put their money into the concern'.' This is certainly a new and exceedingly novel way of floating companies. The directors of the parent company���the Gold Fields of British Columbia���may have been actuated by motives akin to benevolence, but tlie inference is left that the efforts to get the capital subscribed privately had Seneral 7/ferohant ALEXANDER BLOCK. Mas received tliis week a choice stock of New California T^cl"u.d.i:rigv-**-^- Peaches, Apricots and Loose Muscatels Also a shipment of Lily Evaporated Cream SECOND TO NONE. Expected to arrive any day a carload of Famous Chatham Sleighs. the two companies. ���The City Leader, London, England. The Tangier is not a mini*; it is nothing more than a mere prospect���not even Lillooet, Fruser River stocks no one can possibly deny. If the provincial members of the company are to blame for inducing investment in tlie company a fully developed prospect. The age of j stock at par, how is Home-Payne miracles is not yet past; and if the prospect is properly developed, and it is a good prospect���there is no doubt as to that fact���it may ultimately liccome a shipping mine, l'.ut the undertaking is a misnomer; the company is only a development company. It will be some time���if ever���before tlie Tangier company can be classed as a mining coin- operation on a been far from successful. Mr. Govan I I)an>'> conducting minin informed those present that the pros-! proper scale. peotuses were in the room, and that any ���*���.**�����. shareholders in the Gold Fields or The Kicking Horse river has been most eccentric during the lust few days. A couple ol weeks ago two car loads ol liquors got mixed in the stream. The occasion was a railway smash in the canyon. Some effect is now lieing produced, which we charitably attribute to other and more just causes. Tlio result however is the sudden uprising of the stream, whicli threatens to wash the streets of the town of Golden. There was a heavy fall of snow, a frost and then a sudden thaw with heavy rains. Tne Kicking Horse got its full share and brought it down to the Columbia, but it would not receive it. Tho river was frozen and the floating ice was jammed beneath and so formed a dam, which pent back the waters and caused the Kicking Horse to rise Beveral ieet���a littlo more and it would have been over us banks and Golden would once more have experienced the effects of its Bud- den rampuge. Tlie danger is not now over. The ice on the Columbia cannot bo relieved, and the (lam jam work has now spread over the banks of the Columbia and continues to stem back the waters. It is not however expected that , the Wavorlev mines might be allotted it is now* ut spillimacheen, | ,..mt(m,r nllmbe,. Ilulllberof ���,,������, they applied for, and that a bonus of 25 per cent, in fully paid shares would bo given upon all allotments. The diicctors evidently anticipated some little ilitli- culty iu getting rid of the shares. Perhaps they were taking a leaf out of the book ol their own experience, and would not risk tlio undertaking going to the public. Although the Wnverley mine is now supposed to be a very valuable property, the public responded so badly to the issue that something like HI) per cent, of the capital was called up from the underwriters, and it is very possible that had the Tangier Mine, Limited, been floated in the ordinary way a like result would havo had to be recorded. Indeed, we very much doubt, after reading through the prospectus, whether enough money could have beon extracted from the pockets of British investors���and their name is lesion���to have enabled the company to proceed to allotment. The document is made up entirely of reports from, we presume, mining experts, and the directors have not even thought it worth whilo to indulge in anticipations with respect to profits. Offering the shares in Tangier Mines, Limited, to the shareholders who attented a meeting to hear a report with regard to their own property, we can only regard as an ingenious device on part of tlio directors of the two companies to snve money in advertising. We, however, heard of very large induee- Ibu waters of the Kicking Horse will rise menili bein!, of.*ore(1 ������ tho wftv 0f uat\���. any higher so long as the frost which has writing commission-larger indeed than uo'i-tneadily nil in continues to hold. |,*,,. t,0,,u!, givfill t��� tl,0 gtljareUoldofs in Home-Payne Syndicate Sized Up. The affairs of the Lillooet, Eraser River & Cariboo Gold Eiolds Co. have got into a laid mess, and a matter of course the province of llritisli Columbia is being saddled with the blame. While tiiere may have been room for complaint in the management of the company's affairs in this province, it is well to remember that it ia very easy to be wise after the event. The provincial manager of the company may have purchased prospects at a higher figure than their development warranted, and properties in which he was interested may have been put into the assets of the company at good prices, but it should be remembered that payment for the same was accepted in L. F. K. & C. G. F. Co. stock, when, hod their been uny attempt at fraud, payment might easily have been made in cash. There was at least an evidence of faith in tlie company's future on the part of F. S. Barnard, which is more than can be said for the English stockholders associated with R. M. Home- Payne. It is cunently reported that the first move made by this group of stockholders was the unloading of sulllcient stock upon confiding French investors, nt double its par value, to indemnify themselves for any possible loss which might come upon them by reason of their own holding. If there has been bad faith in the matter it was shown by the English stockholders themselves, and not by the llritisli Columbians who organized the company. It is well in these mattors to place the blame whore it rightly belongs. ThatR. M. Hot-no- Puyno carefully nursed the booui in the absolved from blame for inducing invest* ment at 100 per cent, premium?���The Xelson Tribune. Tin: Miner will have something to say about tliis outfit and the Grant-Govan outfit, which are operating in British Columbia. Elsewhere in our columns is published an article from a financial paper ill the Old Country on ono of the Grant-Govans propositions. It is outfits like these whicli ure conducted with mixture of lunacy and idiocy that gives any country a black eye, however bright the prospects may be. (Q)GoIden(5) TOflSORlIlIt PARLORS Newly Refitted & Refurnished. The best of the kind west of Winnipeg, Krcrything Complete. AH Modern Conveniences. CHRISTMAS PRESENTS Suitable tlemeii's for young and old. Ladies and Gen- afticlos of toilet, beautiful Albums, lntndsonio Bijou Cases, magiiifl.cent Silver Plate, choicest I'erl'umei'v. Dot and s. Toys variety. and Picture in every form Do you wish to Obtain 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 the coupons. Silverware of Ihe full value of Come, See and Buy at Charles A. Warren's G-olcLenn., B.C. The Grold.en. <~z> 3Tort Steel�� ent J. Lamontagne, Prop. Wong See, Watchmaker, Jeweller, Optician and Mechanic, Watches cleaned, Jewelleey mounted, Glasses mended and Guns repaired. First class work In every department. A trial solicited, so come to Wong See, Golden. Tom Lee, (��> has the best restaurant in Golden. It is open at all hours. Every delicacy and fruit in its Season. A good selection of Chinese Lily flower roots apply at once for the Choicest ere they go to �� Tom Lee, Bakery, �� Meuls Day ;u:d Night. Limited Liability. -.-..* Authorized Capital Stock 750,000 SHARES at the PAR VALUE OF $1.00 EACH Treasury Stock-^**^ 5oo,ooo_SHARES. This is a purely local Mining Company, formed for the purpose of acquiring and developing properties in East Kootenay, tlie richest part in British Columbia. The management of the Company is in tho hands of capable men who are right on the spot and are therefore able to secure on behalf of the Company the best properties available. OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS: Pres.iTnos. McNaught, Esq., Financial Agent, Fort Steele. Vice-Pres,: M. Carlin, Mgr. Columbia River Lumber co. Treasurer: Alex. McQueen, Esq., Manager Bell Telephone Company, Calgary. Secretary: Geo. S. McCarter, Golden. Directors: Alex. Lawson, Berrymead Priory, Acton,London. Alex. Allan, of A. Allan & co., merchants, calgary. S. Barker, Secy. Golden Lumber co., Golden. H. G. Parson, general merchant, Golden. There areno salaried officials in this Company. The promoters shares are pooled until the Company earnii dividends. The Company poscsses interests in two of the most promising mining properties in East Kootenay: The " Tinbasket Claims " on Kinbasket Lake, in the Donald Mining Division, and the Mercier Group- at the head of Bugaboo Creek in the Golden Mining Division. Tho Company has these properties under development and on the latter property have several tons ��� of high grade ore ready for shipment. The company will also acquire and develop and sell properties and liandlo others on behalf of prospectors and investors. The first block of 50,000 Treasury Shares has been Bold. A second block of 50,000 will shortly be issued at SOcentS per share. For forms of prospectus, application for stock, and loll information apply to.any of the directors or to MESSRS. ELLIS & GROGAN, or to GEO. S. McCARTER, Brokers Calgary. Secretary, Golden. Bankers: Bank of Montreal, Calgary. BEER! tyv/w**�� The Beit Boer In Ctnadi Is made by t'.,o Calgary Brewing & Malting Co., Lt'd. Manufacturers o! Beor, Ale and Soda Water " ilgiury B��or every time. They Company'H agent Ior East Insist on gettliip Calgary Beer is very time. They The Comp ' nit have it. Kootenay Is We can- Soft 1ml �� �� �� Our motto is : Best Material Perfect Fit Latest Style Reasonable Price. * �� �� Jf. C Vofn, Merchant Tailor, H. O. I'ARSOS, Golden, VS. O, CALGARY, ALTA.
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Title | East Kootenay Miner |
Publisher | Golden, B.C. : East Kootenay Publishing Co. |
Date Issued | 1897-11-25 |
Description | Devoted to the mining interests and development of the district of East Kootenay |
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