(jn<fiT ��� ^a- Wi Devoted to the flining Interests and Development of the District of EAST KOOTErW. Vol. 1, No. 26. Golden, B. 0, Thursday January 20th, 1898. $2.00 Per Year A. P. PATRICK, P.L.S ���*��.��8e*-&. Amnsssi-HOX 41) GOLDEN, B.C. G. S. McCARTER, XOTART, ETC, ALIXAMIXt HlJl'.'S, GOLDEX, B.C. ELLIS & GROGAN, Fire. Life, Heal Kalate, Howie Agents, Auetloneerd and Uuatoinn Brolceni Kire -igenclcu :. Queen, Lancashire, Union, Hartford. European Mteamship Ticket Office. The Sun Life Insurance Conipimy. The Ontario Accident Insurance Co'y. The UlrlieeU Investment uud Loan Co. CALQARY, ALTA. H. L. Cummins, P.L.S., AiiJ Civil Knsinecr. Fort Steble, B.C. Thos. McNaught, KUI>K Brokfr, Financial Afcut, COHTCyancor aad Salary 1'ul.ll,-. r<Mt .fle. ad-tre*-*.: GOLDEN ��r FORT STEELE. W. PELLEW HARVEY, (F.C.I.) Assay OffleSB and Chemical Laboratory, VANCOUVER, B.C. (KttablLhed 1890.) r.r ktkiI year, witli Vivian 4 Son., Swan- M��, aid local represeutatlve fur tnoul. For . yoar. uanngcr (or the as.snycrs to the Ki. Tluto Co., Lon.loii. uaoadian reprunontattve of the Cas.pl Cold ���ktraetTag Co. I.'U, Ulas-iow (rymiid** *irocc��ili) 5.B.-AU work pn*��onally auiwrlntended. Only Mapi'Mat U��D .uiploycd. So pulilla re oolTCd. Jas. Henderson, COXTUACTOR anil BU1LUEU, FliM'Ktptnl. Fr.iDpt attention Riven to ordrrn. A .apply .( Buil-lin*,* LLm�� for .ale. GOLDEN, B.C. The Golden MEAT MARKET (<_)Golden(5) jTOflSOHIAIi PARLORS Newly Refitted & Refurnished, Tho bent of the kind west of Winnipeg. Everything Coinnlfctc. All Jloiluru Conveniences, ���^���e*<*. Frmh and Salt Moats. Fi.h and (Jam*, in season. Dealer. In Cattle, aliecp and nor..., Mail order, roeeive prompt ttttculiou. HULL BROS. & CO, Livery and Feed Stables ���Mlaaldl. Horse, and I'.if. of All Kind, lor ���ir. at Reasonable Rate.. T.a-ainj of All Kind, a Specialty. A. HAMILTON, Golden, B. C. Good Time Wanted By rrary mm who has a watch. ��� W. ALEXflJlDEH, ��� C.P.R. Watch Inspector will he stTHE M1KEK OFFICE from ���WeflnMday to Friday each week. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Work can lie left at McDKRMOT'S STORE. k H. Be WATCHMAKER -*^and-*v JEWELLER. Wedding Rings ft Specialty. **������"<��- C*lfary, - Alberta. J. Lamontagne, Prop. 4��*��->*��***��<.*>**>A*��#��.<,����*����-,�� f UNDERTAKING! ��� t & Embalming | ���& Telegraph orders receive prompt attention J. SMART, CALQARY, Alta. ��� $����������������*�������������������������**�����������������-����������-���>��� ThePMideneefuFGo Providence, R.I. wants all kinds of raw furs, skins, ginseng, soneou, ek*. Prices for next sixty days are as follows: Silver Foi ���15.00 to $150.00. Bear $5.00 to $ 25.00. Otter $ 4.00 to $ 0.00. Martin $ 2.00 to $ ��.0O. Reaver (per pound).. .$ 3.00 to $ 3.50. Wolf * 1-00 to $ 2.00. Red Fox ��� 1-00 to ( 2.00. Mink * .75 to�� 2.00. Skunk % .25 to $ 1.00. Grav Fox *. ? .50 to $ .75. Rut'. t .20 to��, .25. Price list on all other furs and skins furnished upon application. Full prices guaranteed, careful selection, courteous treatment, and Immediate remittance on all consignments. GEO. GEARYS Livery, peed & Sale Stables, Foot St-bbce- S. E. Kootenay. Pack Trains for rainOB supplied. Freighting of all kinds undertaken. Our^^,*^^ GHRISTPS LISTS aro very interesting. Send ns a post card and wc will mail one to you. ���*%*���������%. Hudson's Bay Stores, CALGARY, ALTA, Wong See, Watchmaker, ����� Jeweller, Optician and Median ic, IVatchos cleaned, Jowelleoy mounted, CilassL'n mended ami Hum repaired. First l'Iash work in every department. A trialBoHotted,ho come io Wong See, Golden. Tom Lee, �� has the host restaurant in Hold- en. It is open at ull hours. Every delicacy and fruit in its Season. A good selection of Chinese Lily linwer roots apply at once for tho Choicest ere they go to �� Tom Loe, Bakery, �� Meals Day and Night. AMENDED REGULATIONS For Placer Mlnlns In tlie Yukon. Tho amended regulations governing placer mining along the Yukon rlvor, ami ils tributaries, including Klondike, as well ns the other parts of Yukon territory, are as follows: Every miner and employee of minor will require to t;iko out a miner's certilieate, tlio fee for which will he $10; in case of a Company it will he $50 or $100, according to the amount of the capital stock. The miners' license will confer tlie riglit to mine, fish, hunt and cut timber necessary for mining, Provision will be made for obtaining miner's certificates at a number of cities or towns such as Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Winnipeg, Calgary, Vancouver and Victoria. Tlie general size of the mineral claims will be 250 feet. Discoverers' claim 500 feet. Every alternate ten claims shall be reserved by the government of Canada. Subaqueous Ave mile sections witli a fee of $100 per mils per nnnuni and usual royalty. The fee for recording and renewing mining claims will he $15, any number of miners not less than five, more than 100 miles distant from tlie office of the mining recorder may appoint a recorder who will record tiie claims and within three months transfer the record and fees to tlie nearest mining recorder. A royalty of ten per cent on gold mined shall he levied and collected by the government officers appointed for the purpose, but a provision is made for tlie exemption on the annual product of nny mining claim up to $2,500, so that claims whicli do not produce more than $2,500 a year will not be liable for the royalty. Provisions are made to prevent speculation in claims by throwing a claim open to entry which has not been worked a certain number of days unless a reasonable cause is shown, and by providing that n record shall not he issued for more than cue claim to any miner in the same locality. There are other provisions guarding ing the public interest and tlie revenue, and at tlie same time affording most ample facilities for mining of the enormous wealth of the Yukon. By Steam Sleigh. A party of uino from Chicago, Yukon bound, arrived on last train. Tlie names of the members of the party are *. ,1. A. Darling, W. N, Sherman, II. Freeman, II. drouth, I). Burns, T. Ilnrtigan, II. Miller, F. Terrell and Dr. J. 11. Howe. An interesting feature of their outfit will be a steam sleigh whicli they intend touso to transport themselves and their supplies from here to (he Yukon, going by way of the frozen waterways wherever practicable. The machinery for tho sleigh is now on Ihe way having beon shipped from Chicago on the 8th. The motive power of the sleigh will be furnished by an cngiuo whicli revolves a heavy iron drum attached to the undcr- purt of the front bob. Tlie drum alone weighs 373 pounds and is provided with spikes to catch on the ice and snow. They state that on Ihe level ground and a good rond the machine will travel 15 iniles an hour, so even if delayed on rough places cm the rivers, they culenl- ute to make up the lost time on reaching level ice such as Great slave lake and tho Mackenzie river should offer. Tho contrivance is similar to those used in Michigan lumher camps, where they draw heavy loads and are found vory satisfactory. The projectors of the enterprise are busy milking special runners ol heavy material oil which the machinery is to he placed on its arrival, The members of the parly are praotical men and are hopeful for tlie success ol their project.���Edmonton Bulletin. it is wisely conducted, The Canadian population is much larger than that oi Argentina at Ihe time of the boom that began ten years ago. ll is larger likewise, Hum the aggregate population oi all the Australian colonies, And, furthermore, the Canadian population is prosperous and intelligent. Beyond tliis, it is now proved that Canada has immense undeveloped resources, not in gold only, but in other minerals, and she lias n large area of tortile and unsettled land.. It is to he hoped that investors will exercise greater intelligence and greater caution than they have hitherto done in most instances. There is a tine opportunity iu Canada, but, of course, there will he ull sorts of dishonest promotion, and unless judgment is exercised, money will be lost on a large scale, as it has been lost in all former periods of free investment.���Tlie London Statist. u.-li*. -" CURL1ANA. The Bryan k Lee competition was llnishcd this week amid great excitement, the final game of the series being fought out on Tuesday night between Henderson's and Warren's rink. During tlie firat few ends Warren had things pretty much his own way. Henderson's rink, however, under the able generalship of Thomas Todd, gradually pulled up and at the eighth end the score stood B to 7 in Warren's favor. Warren ngnin drew a way from his opponent and ut the twelfth end be hud 6 of a lead, the score being 14 to 8. The thirteenth end proved disastrous for Warren, Todd scoring 5. Ou the last ond Todd added the points necessary to win the game. Had the result of the game been in Warren's favor it would have necessitated n.i extra game between he and Mc- XeUh,ns it is McNeish wins the shaving mu;.'"* The following is the standing of th.e .inks iu the competition : WON LOST to PLAY McNeish 4 10 Hue 8 2 0 Warren 3 2 0 Henderson 3 2 0 Parson I 4 0 Houston 1 4 0 The following tabic shows tlie standing in tlio 13 point competition, in which several games have been played this week *. CLASS a. Robertson I M.Parson )' Warren I Hue \ Wilson 0 I ,, , Brook I3)'"nll'( Winn 13 i .... i" Houston 4 1 """" Todd ) C.Parson i' McNeis.li I llcnd'r'n J class tt. ?,mith JJ Harcourt , Harcourt 13 | 1 Neilson 1 I .,.__,_.,_.,. I Al'x'nd'rKlr���1"1""" ' 1 lines I Bacon ( I.''1",11'1' !?_Retailor Hughes 11 ) Brown I MeIVnut j lVnaril 18 i (iiitlith 1 ( Ii'nrd London's Noxt Field of Investment. It is obvious that the public is once more eagerly looking out for a new field of investment, and there is much to support the view thut tho next great investment will be towards Canada. Of course interest in South Africa has not ceased, and capital will he forthcoming as good enterprises continue to be found. Of course, likewise, there will bo a free investment in Western Australia. And whenever ovorbanking conies to un end, and good seasons follow bad, there wiil I bo once nioro a large investment in the I other Australian' colonies. Iu India, furthermore, there is u large field for investment, if it were only wisely en* j couruged by the Indian government, j But upon the whole there seems no scope for new enterprise equal to thai offered by Canada. The population of Canada is now numerous enough to permit of a large and long-continued European investment, provided always Houston defeated Parson this week in the Upper Columbia Competition, Hi to 14. Members of Hie curling eillta who intend visiting Calgary during tlie bonspiel can,..n application to the secretary, obtain a certilieate of membership which will cnnhle them to take advantage of the hall-rate offered hy the C.P. R., which is only available for members of the club iu good standing. Points competition for the Ogilvie Buttons at tho rink to-night, A meeting of the curling club will be hold ut the rink to-night. A full attendance is requested. Crow's Nost C:>al Company. The Crow's Xest Pass Coal Company hns given out orders for coal mining machinery in Montreal, Toronto and elsewhere to the valueof $100,000; while the company will erect about fifty beehive coking ovens at Coal Creek for Ihe purpose ot supplying Uie article to the proposed emeltcr at Hobson, B.C. Mr. Win Bliikcuiore, chief manager of the company, arrived in Montreal recently anil will soon leave for the scene of the company's operations at Coal Creek. Mr Blakemore lias visited tlie leading mining centres in Canada and the 0, S., and with the result that the mast improved electric coal cutting innohlnoi'j will be started in the Pass niii.es. THE LIFE OF GOLD MINES. Now that many people are beginning to look on gold mining ns ono of tlie chief industries of Canada, more interest is talfen in all details of mining processes than formerly. One of the most interesting parts of the subject is that touching upon the probable life of mines, because tliis is a factor of tlie greatest consequence to Hie operator of tlio mine, as it affects his profits directly, and is nlso a factor in the permanent development of the country. If we are to have a rush of miners to tlie Klondike, attrueted by the placer diggings, we shall reap only a temporary advantage; but if a great industry can be built up there in regular quarts mining, as Win. Ogilvie the explorer ol the country believes, and to thut can be added coal nnd copper mining ns well, the permanent character of such workings becomes of paramount interest. Extending at short intervals from Nova Scotia in the southeast to the Yukon in the far northwest, Canada has a stretch of gold- bearing lands which nre approached by thoso of no other country in tlie world. If these mines prove to he even ordinarily rich, the amount they will contribute to tlie wealth of the country is incalculable. The gold mines of the Rand in South Africa are, perhaps, tlio scene of the most scientific mining which is being done in the world to-day, and the results of the investigations made by the Bund mines are valuable aids to an estimate of possible conditions in Canadian mining, though of course the cases are, ni best, remotely parallel. The economic value of the main reel OVitwatei'sand) wus tlie subject of a paper by W. Y. Wilkinson, read before the Chemical and Metallurgical society of South Africa recently. The author discussed, among other subjects, that, ol tlie life uf the mines in tlie main reef of the Baud, 27'-, miles iu length. Tlie data whicli he assumes are very interesting, as showing, among other things. tire best scale upon which mining operations in South Africa are conducted. The assumptions arc: Depth ui milling. 5,000 feet vertical; length of reef on dip. 10,000 (eel, on a basis of tin* Uesulden- villo nnd Rand Victoria's borehole sections; one ton���12 cubic feel: average thickness of reef milled, allowing for waste, 4 feet. Approximate outcrop distance In feet is 145,750 Million tons to 5,000 feet vertical Estimated value per ton, in shil- A MISLEADING PAMPHLET. Comment is .-haul*, of Vancou United Stater pa icing made by the met- louver and Victoria ou ���lets lieing distri- lings (yield).. Gross value in million pounds sterling Profits witli working cost;, at 26b per ton in mllllonH of pounds. Profits with working costs at 20s per ton iu millions of pounds The result of this estimate shows thai for this part of the Wltwatoi'Siind alone a tonnage nf 4Sli (mills; having gold con- tents of ��8112,1100,(100, is available tor mining. From theso figures the amounts already won must be deducted. At the present time (1897) the tonnage milled from tho Witwulersand and district Is betweon four and live million Ions a year. Jinking allowance for the deep-level mines, nnd nssiuning thut this amount is removed, we get a life of. roughly, half a century. " This 1 consider." Mr. Williams concluded the very least period that the Hand milling industry will be of first-rate importance.'' ���Tho Canadian Engineer. C. N. P. Railway Enquiry. Among the arrivals in the city yesterday wure Judge llugas und Mr. Frank Pedley, who, with Mr. Appleton, of this city, have been appointed commissioners by the Dominion government to investigate the charges of Ill-treatment preferred by the laborers against the contractors building the Crow's Nest Pass railway. Judge Duges anil Mr. Pedley decided to remain n day in the city, and are guests at the Hotel Manitoba. They proceed west to-day to Macleod, where they will organize to take evidence. Naturally their course ot proeeeilure will be determined on thoir arrival at | the scene of operations, but it is probable that Judge Dugno will be chairman land Mr. Pedley secretary. . From Macleod they will proceed along the line of railway and take evidence from tlie men. the understanding being Itant the j laborers will come forward and willingly j supply whatever they doom is necessary in support of their ease. The conmiis- jsioucrs will proceed right through to j llritisli Columblft.-*-Winnipeg Pre-.' billed, detrimental to the Canadian outfitting trade, particularly to one recently issued by the Northern Pacific railway entitled " Key tothe Klondike." The press of that part of British Columbia has commented on the matter, and it is likely to ho taken up by the Vancouver and Victoria boards of trade. The Northern Pacific folder referred to strongly recommends outfitting in the United States and the following paragraphs are the ones chiefly complained of as lieing misleading: " Customs duties, etc.���A large part of ambler's outfit purchased in United Stales territory is admitted to Canada free of duty. This includes miners' blankets, personal clothing in use, broken packages of provisions being used, cooking utensils in use, and one hundred pounds of food (or the journey across the passes. All excess is charged a duty. One important fact should be homo in mind : seventy per cent, of all articles needed by a miner in Klondike and Alaska arc produced in tin. United States and must be imported by tho Canadian tradesmen. These importers necessarily pay a duty, and in selling tlie articles add that and all charges Iur handling, freight, etc.. to the cost ol the goods; these the purchasing miner must pay. The Canadian authorities in the Klondike regions seem to be disposed to ruuse tlie miner r.s little trouble us possible in this connection. " lioiius to the Klondike. ���- From Chicago and St. Louis to St. Paul via tlio Sort hern Pacific to Portland, Titconiu and Seattle, whence the Alaskan steamers sail, there ia but one change of cars at St. Paul. From Chicago: the three Pacific coast cities are from eighty to -.-iglity-.ive hours rule; trotn.M. Louisj' ninety-three tu ninety-nine hours." The inference thai, notwithstanding the Canadian duty, intending Klondikers can more ndvuntiigeottsly outfit iu llio ���United States than iu Canada ie. utterly false, us can be seen by comparing the prevailing prices in llritisli Columbia with those ou Paget Sound. Though in some few arliclos oi hardware the cost is the same in lie.* United Mates, a saving of an entire outfit if purchased in Canada In-ill tho neighborhood' of 1- per cent., and when you consider tliis and tlie fact .���nous purchased in tlii' fnlt'cd'States must pay a Cannditiii duty of 8u'spi'r cent, the saving oi those |>iircliasi��i! iu Canada amounts to over -10 per conl. The very marked absence ii anv reference to Victoria and Vancouver, ..he chief point's of departure for the Canadian goldllclds, is strongly commented upon, and il is though that in view oi the wide distribution of this misleading Northern Pacific publication that the boards of trade ui tlu. two Canadian eoasl cities will take joint. action in calling attention not only to the savin*; to lw made in purchasing iu Canada, but to the advantages in starting from Vancouver or Victoria, from whloh steamers sail regularly, and where accurate Information can be obtained from government ollicials as to the regulations under which Ihe Canadian gnldflclds are administered. Such information can only be correctly and fully obtained ill Canada, and a gohl-seekor su posted need have no four oi detention and annoyance on reselling tlie confines of the Canadian Yukon by reason ol his running counter to tome regulation. Edlson'a Latest. Edison now thinks be can photograph a thought. If this is the case, we would like to see a picture oi the thonghtH of sonic people in Bast Kootenny as they think of Wardner taking ils place as the important point in the East Kootenay volley���Wardner International. Press. Steps are being taken to form a British Columbia chamber oi mines. Tlie objects arc to promote and consider i legislation affecting mining industries, [give investors a chance of protecting themselves against wild eat quolatious u id generally foster mining indtistiies in I'.iitisli Columbia. Pieniicr Turner and Col. linker, minister of mines, haw promised to support the body. - An agent of the Canadian governmen ! named Lewis is organizing au expedition I in Denmark forth.-rclicl of the mure,a I in the Yukon valley, similar to the one ! limbo-taken bv Dr. 'Sheldon Jackson, iu behalf of the 'l'nit<*.T''Si*'lcs government. !sls Laplanders am! 11! reindeer are I nlroadv en rout". ' ' aU���.-rjJ.'i-rarK-c.avji ?:'������!��*��� ������rtas-rr Tjhe 9Ifiner. A Weeldv Journal, publifthod evor.vTliursi.luy ; In ilio interest oi the Hast Kootenay DlHtrlet iiialrtug t'H^'.'si uonnoutloiw with all trains uud | mail rouj.es. SUUgCUItTIOX RATES: By .mall or carrier, ���jf-j.uy per year hi advance. AUVEKTlsl.VG KATES : Display riIb, ��1.80 per icoluum uicli, Six*) per column Ineh when In* ���neriod on the title page; 1ck.hI ads. IG cents per , jniitipartfil) Hue fur first tiuvrtion, f. cents per jtlnu iur each additional fnauvttoui reading notices lOuontsjier Hue each Insurtlou. Chauge��iOi add. mux! ue In ofllee not later than vWeuueuday.. iiirtli, marriage and death notices Inserted ittiV. JOB DKPAltTMKMT: Our Job Department is the best euulppuil print Iur ofllue in liust Ktujicrmv niitl is prepared to do neat, artistic printing at n reasonable price. One price to all. Hall orders receive prompt attention. ���U0KRE8P0NDENTB: We Invite correspondence cm anv aubjeel o( Interest to the uuuevet public ami desiru a regular corrwsponilcut m jivery point lu the District. In ��n cases the bona il tie name of writer must aoeumpituy the iimiifiscrlpt, not necessarily far publication but km a guarantee o( good faith, Correspondence with reference lo nny matter that has appeared In another paper inns', tirsi be offered to thai paper i��>r publication uuiore It can appear Eu "Thk Minkk." Address nil cnmiuunlcationi THE EAST KOOTENAY PUB. CO. Gotten, B.C. Turns day, j ax. co, isn�� WARDNER NEWS. EAST KOOTENAY. Lying between West Kontenuy mul the (eastern boundary of the provinco, the district of Hast Kootenuy i* known ���verywhere to he w rieh mineral country. Men are now actively engaged working its inineH and prospecting for new liml,--. The* selection of the (.'row'." Nest paw route for n short line of the Canadian Pacific railway and the probable con* ���St ruction of brunch roads and other lines within u few year." will no doubt add greatly to the prosperity of this district, j It is. generally speaking, a splendid ���agricultural and pastoral up well us min-' Jng count y, ami during the past year it iiaH added a large number of actual -farmers to its population who have taken gup land and aro cultivating extensively. The East Kootenay dustriel contains a valley nearly SCO miles long, from the international boundary line to tho apex /of tbe Kootenay triangle of the big bend ui the Columbia, with an average width .of from eight to ten miles, in the centre .of which iti Inclosed the mother lakes of the Columbia, nearly three thousand fe.'t above sea level, descriptions of ���which havi_.apiH*arcd in recent Issues of Tim Mi suit. The Columbia flows north from these and the Kootenay river south ���through the valley. In tbe words of ���Judge Sprout, " It is one of tht) prettiest and most favored valleys In the province, having good grass ami soil, u fine climate, t'stuhlished minus and promising mines, excellent waterways and an easy surface for road-making. Its chief navigable waterway leads to a station of the Canadian Pacific railway." Nearly the whole of the area of the valley described is a bunch-grass country which affords the I V��ry best grazing. Tho grass country ii* 260 miles long, of an average width of five miles, besides a large number of natural valleys or more limited extent. It is safe to say that tlie whole of the valley is fertile, though except in u few places its agricultural capabilities have not been tested. The atmosphere is clear and dry and the snowfall iu winter is light) but in a district so extended climatic conditions vary considerably from local causes. (From the International.) .lames Kline, a railroad employe, was taken ill this week with fever, und on Tuesday night W, 0. Hobins conveyed him Ut the Mission hospital by order of theC. P. K. officials. Mr. McKenzie, of Smith *& McKenxie, came in from Golden last week. His wife and little boy bad started with him but owing to tho'boy's illness Mrs. McKenzie returned to thoir home lu Winnipeg, taking thch sou with her. M. McCormack is putting up a saw mill at Klk river crossing. He will employ twenty men. Mr. McCormack, by the way, mot with a painful accident a few days ago. He was cutting bacon and tho knife slipped, and, entering the arm, severed a radial artory. 1 Iu is ull right now. Several cuses of diphtheria woro recently discovered in Camp A, near | Crow's Nest lake. Dr, Gordon took charge at once, isolated several cases and placed tho sick ones in cnivrgo of a nurse and cook. This prevented nny further spread of the disease, and at List accounts all wen* doing well. A detachment of mounted police is now stationed in AVardner, since the crowds along the line of the Crow's Nest mad is constantly increasing. Corpo al McXair and Officer Stockton are stationed here for thu present. Iusp. Sanders stated that ho wanted to place more men here, but as so many of tiie force were being withdrawn from the Yukon country it became necessary to limit the number stationed at the various points along the line of construction. . ����� ��� <3��*�� ,"*���* Rush to Klondike. From every quarter of the globe the Indications are that tho rush tothe Klondike this season will bo phenomenal even In mining cx,citements. The rush lias already commenced from Victoria. Passengers have already arrived at that city from Australia en route to the new gold fields. The London Kmpire says that in spite of the exaggerated accounts of distress jn the Klondike which periodically Hud their way into the papers, thousands of people In tho British Isle* are making ready to start for the Yukon so soon as the route is open, ln the spring there will be a tremendous rush, and berths ou both tlie American and Canadian liners have beon booked for some months past. It is to be hoped, for tlieir own sakes, that many of those who contemplate starting for tlie Yukon will change their minds, and decide upon Kast Kootenay as a more pronils ing Held of operation. That the Klondike will bo overdone is a morul certainty ami it is but honest to make tliis fact known. __ -****-**���� *o ���**-***��� Twisting the Globe. Probably the boldest attempt ever made to twist tlu: round globe to suit one'H purposes is that just executed by the Spokane Spokesman-Heview iu its map of the Klondike route from Spokane to Dawson. As everyone knows, the coast line of the American continent on the Pacific stretches in a direction west aud by north until it reaebos the Copper river, where it turns sharp westward, then bends south to Unimak island, then strikes due north to liehring strait. Hut the Spokesman-He view has straigt- ened out all these inconvenient natural configurations and shows the route from Spokane to Dawson straight as a taut howstritlg. The British Columbia coast line iu as perpendicular ns tbe side of a bouse; Spokane looks like tbe scene of boiler explosion, and tbe courie of the boiler through space can be traced to Dawson, where it presumably collided witli the " mother lode.'' It is the most extraordinary map ever issued.���The Victoria Times. Notice to Taxpayers; ASSESSMENT ACT AXI) PROVINCIAL REVENUE TAX. LICENCE AUTHORISING AN' KXTRA-PHO- VINi'Hl, fOMPAXY TO CAJtKV ON BUSINESS. "COMfMNIKH ACT, lti&T," Northern Divisioa of East Kootenay District. VTOTICK IS HEREBY GIVEN In accordance W with the Htatutea that Provincial Revenue Tax and all taxes levied under the Ansensmcnl Act are now due for the year 189S. All ol the above named tuxes collectable, within the Northern Division of Hunt Kootenay DtMti-ict nre payable at my pli.ee, the Court llouse, Golden, ASiOSBUii tiix��j* an collectable ut the following rate*, viz.; If paid on or before Juno r-otli, 1S0S. Three-fifths of one per cent, on Real Property. Two nnd unu-hs.li per cent, on usscssvil value of wild land. One-half ol cue per cent, on Personal Properly. on su much of tbe Incomes of nnyperBon as exceeds One TlinunAnd Dollars tbe following rnteij, namely: Upon such excess of Income when the mun In not more tlmn Ten Thousand Dollara, one per cent.; when such excess Is over Ten Ttioua.tnd Dollars ml not mora Hum Twenty Thousand Dollars, one and one-tiufli'ter of one per cent,; when such oxcess is over Twenty I'housand Dollars, one and one-half of nnu percent. If piifd on or aftor the 1st July. lBfld. Pour-fifths of on* per cent, ou Real Property. Three pur cent, on the unsunned value of wild land, Three-fourths of one p��r cent, on Persoual Property. on so much of the incomes of any person bk exceeds one Thousand Dollars the following rites, naraelv; Upon siuih excess when the same is unt more than Ten Thousand Dollar**, one and one-quarter of one per cent.; wheu such excess Is over Ten Thousand Dollars nnd not more tlma Twenty Thousand Dollars, into uud one-half of Olio per ct ut; when such excess is over Twenty Thotisan 1 Dollars, one and three-ijuerters of one percent. Prorlnclal Revenue Tax, 93.1X1 per capita, P. C. LA NO, Assessor and Collector. -J-jhlsn, JiDu.r.c Huh, 1838. jlS-Sm JHHL NOTICE. \ SITTING of the County Court of Kootenay ���*������ will be held ki the Court llou.se, on Thursday the'J-Jth day of January 189Sat:i o'clock in the uileriiooii. Ily order. Josfah Htcrrlt. Registrar. Donold,H.C.,January Tib 1898. NOTICE. l SPECIAL MEETING of the shareholders of ** the Uoldun Lumber Compauy, Limited Liability, will be held at the ofllue uf the Company at Golden, British Columbia, OU PKIDAY, 21st JANUARY, 18(8, at 10 o'clock a.m., for the purpose oi sAhutlouuig A sale of property of tbe Company. S. I1ARRER, Secretary. Golden, B.C., Dec. Mlh. 1897. dBOM-lS-M NOTICE. yOTICE In hereby given that f shall apply for *^ a special timber licence to cut timber on ihe following ileserilied lands :���l.oiinnenHn�� ., ��� mul ��.. ��,: r ii.. i.' .*-!. ... i.-i���i..i- i'r....L- 1..1.1 at a post on Middle Pork of Flnley Creek.post situated l.MK) feet to the north of IlaruleS Corral, N. K.; thence ninnlngltiuchulnnsoutli; thence TO chains west; thence lfiu chains north; thence 70 chains euat to the post of comtuence* inent;eoiitaluiiig 1,000 acres about. M. CARLIN. (iolden. ��. C, October 20th, 1897- NOTICE. yOTU'Eln hereby given that I shall apply for ���v a special timber licence to cut Umber on the following described lands :-Commcnelu�� at a post ou the North Fork of Finlev Creek, a- yross the creek from the hcatl of llrady's Dlteli, imrili-i'iist pwst . thence running south 1(10 chains; thence west 70 chains ; thence north Kill chains: thence eust 70 chains to post of commencement. P.. H. MIl.l.UiAN. Port Steele, October 20ih-1897. NOTICE. I Novel Railroad Raco. The C. N. P. Railway. Mr. M. -I, ll.ii*,��*y, who la in .-linrcc of construction on t hi- Crow's Ni-i.t 1'us*. niilwiiy for tho Cttnadiitn Pncifio com- puny ��.iy.< work is iirogroBnliig favorably, the rail, being lui I ami bnllmtlng coin- plotud to a place citlled Plnolior creek, or a total ofai-ity-llv.. niih-M. Tho gmtllng ��� in completed ton point live miles beyond the summit, or a total stretch of 110 mile�� from Lethbrldgo. ll is, however, from the point whore tlie grading of the Crow's N��nt railway now ends to the f(��ot of Kootenay lake, a distance of 180 miles, whore the greatest efforts of the company are now lieing made. Distributed all along these 180 miles no len�� than ���I.OOll men are at work nnil tlii.*. little army will lie kept up to its full strength nil through the winter months. The .cost of feeding this army of construction will reach from HI.OOO to $50,0011 per month. They ure paid f 1.00 a day, nlthough the bridge builder and others .earn a higher figure and tho men pay at the rate of M per week for board, They expect to reach Kootonay lake hy October nest. TIur will bring tho railway withiu sixty iniles from Nelson and thu water is deep enough to float ocean .steamships between thoso points. The rails to the summit are Blllb!., whilo thoso used beyond will be 73lbs., and the whole road bed and bridges are lieing .constructed to rosist the heaviest engines and traffic The coal deposits of the pass, which begin west, of tlio summit Jind extend along the line a distance of ^irty miles arc already being operated, A railroad building race, involving the | expenditure ol ���10,000,000, has been commenced by two wealthy combinations, eaoh ol which desires lo own the first railroad into tlio Yukon country. Bach road will be about -103 miles long running from Pyramid Harbor, near the head ol the Lynn Canal, to pointa on the Lewis river, lielow Five Finger Hapids, The companies at the back of the projects are the London Exploration company, and the Vukon company, which was organized last summer by Andrew P, Burleigh, the principal stock-holders ol whicli are Philadelphia and New York men. Both corporations have enginccra and surveyors at work between Pyramid Harbor and the Lewis river. The projectors of both roads (inure on an average of cost of over SL'O.OHO per niile, requiring an outlay of over (8,000,000 for each road. The equipment for each will cost, about lf\ ,000,000 more. Both companies have secured the rights of way from the Canadian government and are now working to secure from congress the necessary right of way through eighty miles of United States territory. APPIIDATION TO PARLIAMENT. prime NOTICE l�� lierclijr Rlvon tlmt nppll* 1 -ailluii will he lUlltfO to tlie Parliament ol Canada, at tlio next nesglon thereof, Ior an Act t-ii'iiutiiiit His nameoi The Dominion nullum*; nail 1/i.ia AHOOlatlell M that of The Dominion Permanent I.o��n romi.nnv. Billot ut Toronto, thin l.lh Jay ot NoYombor, A.B.. WW, MACBOSAtD, 1I0LANB * THOMPSON, n��Dt J Toronto Strosl, Toronto. Bolidtorn for Applicant.. VOTICKI. hvrebv Riven thnl I shall apply J*, lor n *>i>i.<*liil timber llct'iu-e 10 cut Umber on Hi*' following ileni'rfl-t.fl Ittiuls !��� I'.tmiuene- Ing at a polut oil Klnley (Ireok, at the hea.1 of Ihe canyon, north-eani vomer posit running wu.121*0 .'htilii. ; t hence -lOi-hninn notllll; Ihenee 'iOOelialnn east ; llu*ti,-i- In ,-lmiii-. uorlh to point (.1 r,,i!ili-i*l-c,-i.;t-lit ; l<iintul!lillg ttbout 1,0110 acre., J. ('. DVRICX Port 8loele,Octobcr Dill. I����7. NOTICE. VOTICE 18 IT I RE IVY GIVEN that application *��� wilt be made to thu Parliament ul Canadu aud to the LegUltitlve Assembly of the Province of llritisli Columbia at their respectivesewlons to incorporate a Company to construe) a railway to bu operated by steam or electricity from a point ��t or near Cranbrook, In Knst Kootenay, llritisli Ctilnmbia���the mo.-i northerly point ou the Crow's Nest Ruilwny,--!hence running in a northerly direction up the Kootenay Rivor to Canal Flat; thence to Ihu Columbia Lake and In a northerly direction down the Columbia Kivtr to the Canoe Kiver; thence up ths Canoe liiver and across the Portage to the headwaters ofthe Kraior Kiver; thence down the Prater Kiver to (JiRCome Portage; thence, across the Portage to Parsnip .Kiver; thence down the Parsnip Kiver to rindlny River, and up ihe Findlay Kiver aud across the divide to Frances Lake, and thence to the Yukon, with power to divert the route of the line north of tfIncome Portage cither by way of Dense Ijike or as muy be found most suitable on further exploration, with power to build and operate branch linen not exceeding sixty miles in length nnd nil necessary bridges ami roads. Also, to construct and operate telegraph and telephone lines for the transmission of messages for the public; to build, acquire aud operute steam uud other vt:ssel�� and all necessary ferries, wharves and doakSl to take and use water for generating electricity, and to transmit and dispose of the power tlutrufrom for lighting, limiting and motive purposes; with power also to earrv on the business of a general trading company, of an expresseompni'v; also to own, manage and lease hotels, to acquire, to acquire timber limits und operute saw mills, for the production und sale of lumber, nnd to mine, explore and develop mineral lands and tocarryonugoneral mining and ore smelting business, Including the erection aud operation of smelters and concentrators. (iKMMILI. A MAY, .Solicitors Ior Applicants. Dated tt Ottawa 6th November, 1807. lln-Ot CANADA! ' I'ijovixck of mutism Columbia, i Xo. 11/97. rpIUH IH TO CKKTlFY thai the "(iolden Hri 1 Ish Columbia,, Limited," is authorised and licensed to carry on business within the Province of British Columbia, and to carry out or effect ull or anv of the objects hereinafter act forth to which the legislative authority of the Legislature of British Columbia extends. The head office of the Company is situate at No. tt, Queen Htruct Place, City of London, England. Toe amount of tlie capital of the Company is ��0,000; divided Into six thousand shares oi��l each. The head ofllee of the Company in this Province is situate ut Golden, ami William Ollbert Mitchell-Innes, whose address is Oolden, Rritlsh Columbia, is the Attorney (orthe Company. The objects for which tbe Company has been established and so licensed arc:��� ' [a.] To purehusu, take on lease, or otr "ise ...���quire, mines, mining rights,and mc 111 r- ous land and any Interest therein, ai to i- plore, work, exercise, develop aud i Hi u uecount the same: [h] To crush, win, get, quarry, smelt, < cine, roiiiio, dress, amalgamate, manipulate^ n ha< aud prepare for market, ore, metal, and Ine al substances of ull kinds,und io c>.. yo ither upon or In connection with tlie pi n.uo or elsewhere, the business of miners, 1.1 er , smelters, and workers of any processes!, th production, reduction and makingmerci liable, of minerals,metals uud metallic prudt. ..., supplies of wuter, merchants, and manufacturers, and workers of anv minerals, inutals, articles and things used in ur in connection with mining, milling, smelting, and other processus, aforesaid, or any of them: [o] To search for mines and minerals either on land known to contain such mines and mlr.- rats or otherwise, ami li> buy ami sell, lease or take up the rlgtils of search or other miners* rights or claims under uny mining statutes or regulations of any place where thu Company lurries on operations, ami any other righu respecting the same: [.1] To acquire options, or enter into contracts for tlie purchase of uny grants, concessions, lenses or setts, casements or interests in lands, waters, millsites, towusltes, mines, minerals, and other hercnltaments, nnd any plant, machinery, implements, conveniences, provisions and tilings, uiul any other property, reul or personal, movable or Immovable, for purposes incidental i hereto or to uny other objects ol tlu compiinv, or capable of being used lu connection with metallurgical operations or required by workmen or others employed by thu Company, and to work, transfer, let or sublet thi same: [el To acquire any inventions, letters patent or licenses, capable of being used for tbe purposes of the Company, or any of them, and to rtork, trimmer, let, or sublet the same: f. To acquire uud undertake the whole or any part of the business, property and liabilities, oi .any person or company carrylug on any business whicli this company is authorised to carrj on; audio acquire and hold any shares, stocks. bonds, obligations, debentures, securities, negotiable or otherwise, of or oilier Interests hi ratty iinglfshi colonial or other companies;, usso- elatlonsor undertakings capable oi being managed or conducted so us directly or iuuirectlj to benellt the business of the Company. AU to advance money on anv such snares, stocks, bonds, obligations, debentures, securities oi oi other interest iu such companies, association.-. or undertaking)!, ami to accept sueh shares or sioeks. bonds, obligations, debentures or secur- ties us partial or mil security lor payments due to the Company; g. To acquire, construct or hire, or Join will. others iu acquiring, constructing or luring ait) mills, canals, waterworks, machinery, roads, bridges, tramways, railways, engines, plant, Jtocks, buildings, works, matters ur thhigi- wlilch may he necessary or convenieut for the purposes of thu Company, or auy of them, auu to tue working of tue same or auy part thereof: h. To improve, manage- develop, let underlet or sell, or otherwise dtspoBB of, charge or deul will), iu any manner whatsoever, the undertaking or any part or parts of the property ol the Company, or any rights, way-leaves or tmscmciits lu or over the same, and to accept as payment tiierefor either cash or .shares, or partly eash ami partly shares, in any other compuny purchasing the same: 1. To establish uud imtiiituiu ugcncles of the Compuuv iu any colony, dominion, foreign country 'or slate, and lo procure the Company to be registered or Incorporated In any such colony, dominion, foreign country or statet J. To. amalgamate with nny otlier company having objects altogether or in part similar to (he objects uf Ibis Company, auu lu enter Inn. partnership, Joint adventure, reciprocal concession ur otherwise, with any company oi person or lino engaged or about to engage lb any business or trunsaction which this Company Is authorized lo engage in, or capable ui being conducted so as directly ur Indirectly to benellt ihlsCompauy: k. To hold, In the name.-t of others, any property which the Company is authorised tt. acquire, and to carry on or do auy of tht businesses nnd nctsund things nfnresaid, either as principal or agent, uud either by the agenci ot ur as agents or trustees for others! 1. To make, purchase, sell, accept or Indorse bills of exchange and other instruments, negotiable or othcrwhe-nnd tu borrow money eithei withur without security, and either upon negotiable instruments or otherwise, Including the issue of debentures charged upon all or any of the Company's property (both present aim future), Including its uncalled capital: m. To promote ami lorm other companies for auy of the oojects mentioned in this Memorandum : it, To Invest and deal with the moneys of the Company not immediately required upon such .-teeuritlesaud insuch manner in from time to time be determined: o. To distribute uny of the property of the Company unking the members in specie: p. To carry on business in any part ot the world und to do all such iblngs as aro incidental or conducive to the attainment uf the above objects. Ulven under my hand and seal of office at Victoria,'Province of llritisli Columbia, this 19th day of October, one thousand sight hun dred and ninety-seven. [l.b.] 8. Y. WOOTTON, u25-it Registrar of Joint Stock Companies. [L.S.] THOS. R. MCINNES. CANADA. J, II8M, i Merchant Tailor. Scotch, English, Irish and Canadian Tweed Suitings, O-old-en, - - S*. CL PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. VICTORIA, by the (irace ot God .ofthe t'nltcd Kingdom ol (ircat Britain and Ireland queen Defender of the Fnhh -Ac., Ac,, Ac To our faithful the Members elected tn serve tn tho Legislative Assembly ol Our Province ol llritisli Columbia at Our City of Victoria- Ukkbtino A PROCLAMATION A. 0. BMITH. {VirUERKAH WK Deputy Attoriiey.fJoneral. ( "" ore doslrous and resolved, as soon as may be,to meet Our people of Our Provinco of British Columbia, and to have their advice In Our Legislature: NOW KNOW YK, thut ior divers causes and considerations, and taking Into consideration the esse und convenience ol Our loving subjects, We have thought fit by and with the nd- vice of Our Executive Council of the Province of British Columbia, do hereby convoke.and by these presents enjoin you, and each of you,that on Tbursdav, the Tenth day ofthe month of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, you meet l> in Our said Legislature or Parliament of Our said Province at Our citv of Victoria, FOR THE DESPATCH OF BUSINESS, to treat, do, act and conclude upon those things which tn Our Legislature of the Province ot British Columbia, by the Common council of Our said Province may, by the lavour of God, he ordained. In Tkhtimosv WltEHKOP, We have caused these Our Letters to be mude Patent, and the Great Kcul of tho said Province to bn hereunto affixed: WWNE8I, the Honour able Thomas k. McInnes, Lieutenant-Governor of Our said Province of British Columbia, Our City of Victoria In Our said Province , thin thirtieth day of December In the year of Our Lord ono thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven and In the sixtv-iirst year of Our Reign. By Command. JAMES RAKER de30 Provincial Bccrutary THK EAST KOOTENAY MIXER TWO DOLLARS PER YEAR. THE BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM IN EAST KONTENAY. Kootenay # Hease, S. ADLER, Proprietor. GOLDEN, - - * B. C. fir t-Class in every particular. Convenient lo Railway Depot ond Steamboat landing. Rules Runuonablo. Free Sample Room*. The Tram Car loaves Kootenay House, connecting with -steamer for Fort Steele ovary Monday and Friday after arrival of train hum thu west. Headquarters for Commercial and Mining Men. TRAVELLERS -~ Fur Home Comforts �� ��� ��� Modem Conveniences o , e o Merit Cuisine in the West �� �� Commodious Sample Rooms e ��� First-Class Brands of Liquors and Cigars ��� Go to the Columbia Jfouse, WM. McNEISH, Prop. Headquarters for Mining Men. RUSSELL HOUSE, asm** Golden, B.C. EEALY AND SKELTON, Props. .--vHcadquarters For******* Miners, Prospectors and Lumbermen. ���WVv^nX*.* Spates $1-00 3?er E>a3T. Boaiid & Lodging $5 Pkk Week. First Class Bak. A. Allan & Co. Dry Goods, Carpets, Gents' Furnishings, Hats and Caps. Mail Orders Receive Prompt Attention. CALGARY, Alta. East Kootenay Supply Store, WINDERMERE, B.C.. Groceries, Dry Goods & General MercliandiM. Supplies a Specialty. Miners' Windermere Hotel, ~������James A. Stoddart, Prop. Choict ITiaei, Liquors nnd Cigars". Firat clan aceomm-xlatie*. WINDERMERE, B.C. East Kootenay. Mining Stock List. Xasir or Company. CAPITA1.. PAR VAI.DU. MIX. I'wea. Tho Gold llilli 0. A I>. Co Golden A Kort Steele D. Op Alberta & Kootenav D. Co )l>,000,000 ���2,500,000 $ 750,000 | 500,000 $ 75,000 11.00 ���1.00 11.00 (1.00 (1.00 15a. U .or Kast Kootenny and Klk Hirer Devclop- Me. THOMAS McNAUGHT, MINING BROKER, GOLDEN, B.C. "F-vjxo IPzcesZa, JDx^l^b at 3D*. 2v���� C-A*Ij1DB^ <fc Co'e., 0-old.en., l/NITED STATES AND YUKON. The following article condemning the action ol the Minister of the Interior in allowing the United States Government to send a reliel expedition liito the Yukon ii taken Irom the Toronto Mail and Empire : It ia pretondod liy tho Government organ that tht United StateR military expedition into the Yukon district is not really a military expedition after all. 'rill, is nil very well, as u defence for Mr. h-ilton's action in agreeing to facilitate t'te affair. But it ia utterly untrue. The expedition is conducted by the Washington war department. If it had not been of u military character it would have lieen under the department of the interior. It is composed of mon of the 15th United States infantry. Had it been u civil instead of a military enterprise, civilians would have been placed ut its head. But, besides beins military, the scheme has a commercial aspect. These [ soldiers are to tako in supplies, arid, as the Seattle Post-Intelllgoncer explains, and as the .United States law orders, they are to ��tll their wares at such prices as the secretary of war may tlx for them. So that the actual meaning of the project is that tho military arc to go into the country, that they arc to carry in supplies free of duty, and that thoy nre practically to open a store for the sale of their importations. Tho commercial result of the expedition is to give United States firms trading favors, via the loth U. S. infantry, within Canada ; while the military result ia the establishment of a little United States force in our territory. The scheme is utterly indefensible from a Canadian point of view. We arc glad to Heo that although ministerial apologists in the Kast tolerate and excuse it the opinion of the west ia against it. Ileforo Mr. Sifton agreed to it the members for Victoria, Messrs. Prior and Karlo, telegraphed the Minister to refuse to accede. "Hope you will not allow American Government to send relief to Klondike,'' they said, " as Canada is quite capable ol taking care of her own possessions. If expedition allowed we must urge that their supplies be purchased in Canada, or else duty charged on same." The Victoria Colonist, commenting on this telegram, points out that one purpose of the expedition is to accentuate the false impression that the Yukon gold mines are in Alaska, and to persuade miners that they should get their supplies in the United States. Senator Teinpleman the new acquisition to the Upper House, is equally emphatic. He says In the Victoria Times that the rumors of starvation at Dawson are false, nnd asks what there really is behind this expedition. "Is it the intention of the American Government to force this relief expedition into the Klondike for the purpose of planting a stake that shall never be pulled up, just as Russia acquires territory she covets under plausible pretexts of temporary occupation, but where forever Russian garrisons remain? We do not sny that the United States has this end in view; although, considering the lengths to which her Government is now going, what may we not infer? Is nny madness too great for this phenomenon among modern Governments?" Mr. Templeman adds that the whole thing is "a downright insult to Canada, a gross and unwarrantable insult, which only n Government devoid of diplomatic knowledge and utterly reckless of consequences sould dream of perpetrating." The expedition, the Senator concludes,should be stopped ift the frontier, the military disarmed, and the supplies charged duty to the lull limit of the tariff. " That might serve to teach the American Government that its insolence is not appreciated north ot the lino." This is pretty strong language. We believe, however, that the position is sound. Canada is large enough and strong enough lo attend to her own business, and certainly she ought not to permit foreign troops to enter and to occupy aiy po. tion of her territory. Tho Manitoba Kroe Press in commenting upon the foregoing article takes n moro reasonable, and wo bollpvo, more popular view of the situation. The 1'Vo l'ress says: The Canadian minister of the interior has given great offence to a number of the Conservative newspapers, notably tho Toronto Mail. In tlio first place, be went to Washington. For a long time it haa beon a crime in a Canadian Liberal even to look in the direction of Washington. Hut wc must remember the circumstances of Mr. Siftou's visit.' Tho arrangement was that Gen. Alger, the American minister of Wur, to whoso department is entrusted the management of the Klondike relief expedition, should come to Ottawa, and he would have done so but for an attack of illness ���grippe, we think it was, and the Mail will know that grippe has Ihe knack of laying one up most effectually. As Gen. Alger could not come to Ottawa to confer with Mr. Hilton, it was only courtesy that Mr. Sifton Bhould go to Washington to see Gen. Alger und listen to what ho had to say. Cotirtosy ia not an offence, and on this "charge tlie Canadian minister must be acquitted. General Alger's purposo iu visiting Ottawa was to make arrangements for the relief expedition. No doubt they would have been made if ho had come, and made to the satisfaction of all con cerned ; they can be none the worso for having been mude in Washington instead of Ottawa. They bad to be made in any cuBe. The Washington government desired to send supplies to American minors in the Klondike who wore supposed to be short of provisions. The Canadian government could not say no to this; nor could they refuse to facilitate the purpose whun requested to do so. Permission had to be obtained for Intruding on our territory, and there was a further request for n remission of duty on tho supplies. It would have been ingruciouB to refuse the one, and an honest Canadian would choke on revenue obtained through refusing the other. Something is said of a military escort to tho expedition. It is explained that this escort is to consist of one United States otlicer, and against a military demonstration of that magnitude we do not know that there is any eally to protest, The Mail is entirely wrong in saying that a foreign military force ia to invade the Klondike, unless, of course, this one ollicer is a force. Mr. Slfton's offence consists of his visit to Washington and his consent to these arrangements; tbe popular verdict will he that he would have been extremely churlish if he had not gone and if he had not consented. But while there ho succeeded in obtaining some concessions that must go to the credit side ot his account, although of these the Mail is careful to say not a word. Tiiere was some doubt as to the privilege of transfer on tlie Stickine. That has been cleared up, and Canadian goods can be transferred from ocean vessels to river vessels at Kort Wrangel. There were annoyances and expenses connected with tho transportation of goods across the disputed strip at Taiya and Skagwny. These have been removed. Although the strip is disputed territory, it is by common consent subject to American administration pending settlement. At the two points named a bonding system had been in operation, but it proved very expensive. Canadian goods for Dawson did not pay duty, but the cost of American inspection in seeing them across the strip was greater than the duty would be. If the Canadian wished to escape this greater cost bo i*ould do so by paying duty at Taiya or Skagwny, but in that caEe they became American goods and were subject to a second duty on entering Canadian territory. In either case miners were subject to great annoyance nnd expense. Mr. Sifton bad this matter straightened out, and hereafter there will be no more trouble. Instead of quarrelling with the minister because of bis visit to Washington, the Mail should be glad he went; all other Canadians are. British Mining Industry, Nearly three-quarters ol a million of persons were employed in the mining industry in Great Britain in 18110. Large, however, as the total appears, it was some thousands less than that of 1895, and 13.2-J4 less than that of 180*1. The inference naturally is that less minerals were produced las- year than in the one proceeding it. Tins iB true but only to a slight extent, as the total value of the minerals produced in 1SD5 was ��69,183-- 000, while in 180(1 it only fell to ��09,080,- 000, u very insignificant decline. Coal, in particular, showed a considerable advance, and such falling off in the total mineral production m lias occurred is attributable entirely to a diminution in the output of salt and the ores of gold and tin. It. is satisfactory to know that tho percentage of accidents in coal mining is much less than it was somo years ago, an improvement for which wo have partly lo thank the Legislature and partly the introduction of machinery, which has saved tho miner from a great deal of dangerous drudgery. Yukon Report, Major ,1. II. Ilucknor, who was sent to Uvea hy the war department of the United States, to ascertain the condition of affairs in Yukon, reports that from intervie ,s with those who have come out irom Dawson recently mil) from observations at the Chilkoot and White passes. Iu conclusion he says:���While there is a shortage of stores in Yukou Basin, a state of famine docs not at present exist, nor is it likely to exist in the near future. Large expeditions of quantities of supplies, hauled ou sledges hy horsc-B or reindeer, could not proceed down the Yukon further than the foot of Lake Labnrgc, 400 miles from Dawson Reindeer on Biich an expedition are no inure serviceable than mules or horses. If tho government assistance is conspicuously needed in Yukon, it will be when tho stores, now in the hands of the people, aro exhausted, which is not likely, from ull that I can learn, to be earlier than April or May. TABLE OF DISTANCES. Golden to Fort Steele. Golden to Carbonate 17 miles " Hog Handle 22 " " Spillimuchcno 42 " " Shorty's 50 " " McKay's 00 .*" " Windermore 84 '* " Brewer's 07 " " Canal Flat 120 " " Wasn (Hanson's),, 156 " " Fort Steele 108 " MINER Is the best advertising medium in East Kootenay; I PERRY Situated on Perry Creek, 25 Miles From Fort Steele, East Kootenay. tmtmmttxx Contains the latest news ofthe district; $75 to $150 Each according to location. Fp_a��wy�� r��< - On .--third ill 1 wis. balance in tlii'CC nnd six X ��J-liiS _ months without interest. Tempest & Co., Agents, CALGARY. Is only $2.00 per year; Has the best equipped Job Printing Office in the dis trict ; Is prepared to do all kinds of Job Printing at reasonable prices. Ji.d-ca.Tess- GOLDEN, - B.C. Upper Columbia ���*==>��� Navigation & Tjramway Co., Limited, and International Transportation Company. Connecting witli the C. I'. It. at (iolden. B. C. and Ureal Northern Railway at Jennings, Montana. The Only Quick and Comfortable Route. Address all express care of U. C. Co'y, (.iolden. F. P. ARMSTRONG,"*^ MANAGER. CARLIN & DURICK General Merchants FORT STEELE, B. C. Miners Supplies a Specialty. Agent for the California Giant Powder ('0111 pay. LEADING HOU E Dalgardne * Hetel Fort Steel��, 23. G- CnoirB Wixm. Liquors axp Cigars. R. D. MATHER, Proprietor Haleyon Hot springs -^^Sanitarium \. ^j��>- The Finsst Health Resort on the Continent. Private Hospital under medical superintendence with a Trained Staff of Nurses. Complete System uf Bsths. of eTerr kiecj and description. Medical Director��� DR. R. G. BRETT, Bunft. Resident Fhysician k Surgeon���UK. 8PANKIK. UPPER ARROW LAKE, WEST KOOTENAY. Subscribe for "THE MINER." ���A.a."vea:ti��e la "THE E-A-SW KOGTElT-&."2r I^IITBK. M-v m wM/f^Spf/xn LOOAL AND GENERAL CALQARY BONSPIEL. J. F. PUGflRS , , , . Priro List and Cenoral Rules.* .1 dogs passed thvflugli | ��� A'ttraotlo*.. en route for tlte j A par load .Ctoldeu lust 1-Vuluy Yukon. A carload ot' printing mmilunery fov the Ktjn Frnnciscjp Kv.niiuer pawed through on Tuosilav. To-morrow is Chinese New Your mul Jho alr.'.iiiiit-t-'yi'il Celestials are jilready pro pared for u " hot time." Mr. J. procured u ul \h no Capt. He Tom, merchant tailor, lms runs above tho Uig Store ���w ready for businosp. 1'. 11. Ilacon and Mr. Jamei mi roturnml \Vpdnesday oven* j.ijx fi'om a bu&hibBds trjp to Fort Steele new town la l>ejni*f Blurted at tho if the CrOw's Seat pass on Kootenay h was formerly known as Arm* g's tundinu ::w:\ has at present a laUon of -100. lak ptn |)0| A poSl "II ),ake has billot Springs. BiuttiuiM to i MltBT KVHNT; : Grand Cliallenge, WalkevvUle Trophy, vnluo |2S0t with four valuable prizes��� j value $100. i Second Prize-.���-Four silver shaving ' mngs and brushos, value $25. Thin] Prize.���Four Fe,dora hats, value [ 35-10. BRCONii i;vi:nt. Thu II. W. McNeill Trophy, value $100 I with four gold lockets, value f 10, I Second Prize.���Four brass clocks, value j *2Q. 1 Thii'il Prize.�����Four pairs Slater's slip- ! pCl'S, value $10. Tlllltl) RVRN'i*. Calgary flawing & Mailing Co. ! Trophy, value $100, with four silver gob- eurliui \6 to liu knowp as ArroM ���ii established at Halcyon A mail carrier has boon irrv the mail-' between the lets. Second Prize.���I value $30. Third Prize���Fo vases, value $10. I'OCUTH EVRNT, Bflunerman-Critchley Trophy coats, ur German porcelain pprings and llio boats. A freight locomotive hae just boon $30, with four I turned out of thu C. P. It. ��hops lit ojgars, value $12, Kingston which is n monster. It is r JMogul uiul so powo'rful that it is ablu t�� draw bistv loaded cars easily. IXI'H lue Kl Padre Needles The many friends of Mr. F. Mieheuer, fitauugerof Hull pros', establishment at Golden, will bo pleased to learn that he has been discharged from the hospital fully recovered from 11 severe attack of fjulnsy. Mr. Robert Kerr leaves \Vlpn}ppg phortly on a trip to the Pacific coast, wht.-ie he will go thoroughly Into the position of affairs iu the matter of "Yukon travel, in which the C. P. It. ia interested. The year 1898 will have six eclipses��� three of the sun and three of the moon. This is the first time in 200 years that there have been three eclipses of the moon in one year, an occurrence, the astronomer? Bay, that will not take place in 200 years more, Mr. M. Dainard|has returned from a trip to the Bennifion group of claims in the international basin, where he made an pfHcial inspection on behalf of Major Clohecy, manager 01 the Kootenay Consolidated. Mr. Daiuard reports work progressing favorably and snow four feet jleep on the level. Reports of gold having been found at Peace river have reached Edmonton. A man named Pilon took out a party of four and the claim he is working ia said to be turning out $400 a day. that country, if it turns out as rich aa is believed wilt be an attractive one, compared with the Yukon, as tho climate is mild and you can get in or out whenever you please. Archibald Campbell, a time-keeper on the Crow's Nest railway, (Hod at Crow's .Nest lake last Thursday from the effects of an overdose of'morphine; lie swallowed nine pills and never awoke from the deep Sleep that followed. It is supposed to he a ease of suicide, as he was in the habit of taking morphine pills. His body was shipped to Fort Santield for interment. If \\\a, statements of the St. Thomas, (Int., Times, as to the social conditions there are correct, that town should be dipped In Lake Erie and held under for twenty-i'our hours. We sometimes have sleek, smug, self-styled moral reformers come out here from tho Fast and tell us buw wicked we Pacific Coasters are; but these liev. Stigginses should stay at home and attend to the heaps of business for them in the Fastcrn cities;��� Victoria Times. Second Prize.���Four military hair brushes in leather cases, value $10. Third Prize.���Four pairs silver sleeve links, value $3. FIFTH KVRNT. Visitors' Trophy, value $G0, with lour gold lockets, value $20. Second Prize.���Four meerschaum pipes, value $25. Third Prize.���Four hiat her collar boxes value $5. Fourth Prize.���Four subscriptions to Calgary Weekly Herald. sixth f.vi;xt. Consolation Prize, banquet lamp, value $10, with four boxes cigars, value $6. Second PrUe.���Four briar pipes, value -fo. Third Prize.���Two smokers' sets and two inkstands, value $10. FOINTS. 1st.���Pair red hone curling stones, value $20. 2nd.���Pair ivory curling handles, value $5. Jtnl���Fancy vest, value $7. 4th.���Moerschaum cigar and cigarette holder, value $5. ��� 5th.���Travelling valise, value $5. 6th.���Bronze ornament and bronze inkstand, value $5. 7th.���Briar pipe, value $3. 8th.���Cannister Mazawatte tea, value $2. 0th.���Ton White Star coal, value $5.25. tiENBKAL BULBS. FirBt four events open to all rinks entering for the bonspiel. Fifth event open to all visiting rinks only. PointB competition open to all'curlers. Consolation event open to rinks knocked out in lirst draw of the first, second and third events. The trophies shall remain the property of the Calgary Curling Club, but winners of such who desire may retain possession of them for one year on fu1- nlslr.Qg an indemnity bond for their return iu good order p.ior to next hoi.- spie'. Among the special attractions in Cal- jrarv during tlie week1* will he the Christy Minstrels, Jan. 24th and 25th ; the Masonic Ball, Ufith ; and the Curlers' Banquet on the 28th. Tun Mm:ii is In receipt of it valuable addition to its library of information in tho shape of the '' Year Book of British Columbia" and " Official Hun*] Book of Canada." The former 'ir compiled hy Mr. R. E. (fosnell, provincial librarian, Victoria, and should be in the bands of verv '.oval subject of the province; it is There is uvery Indication of a great} well printed, well bound and profusely ���' ,, ��� , .. . b, illustrated; price $2.50. Ihe latter is ftcramhle for Ukon railway charters 1 ���uwi8hed by authority of the minister .1* i.i;u :...,._:' 1 '..:.._ ���.i .1���1 J F. PUGH, TAILOR, (iiil.DFN, B.C. BAST KOOTENAY OFFICIALS Minister of Mines nnd Provincial BDcrotary��� Lion. Cot. .lumoa Uukor. Provincial MlnoraldglBt- W. A. Carlyle. public Assayer���H. Cafmiohaol. GOLD COJUlis'SIO.S'BItS. iv.r the Province���W. 8. Goro Victoria South District coinprlsluK Kort Steele aud To- bawo Plains Mining Divisions -.1. F. Armstrong Cranbrook North District comprising Donald, Goldon and Windermere Mining Divisions-,i. K; Grtffltba Donald MtHIStl RECORDERS J. Stirret !���'.<.'. Lang (l.Goldie C. M. Edwards.. M. Phillips Donald Golden Whideriin'ro Fort St.rtii . .Tubneco Plains Deputy Clerk ot the Peace tot North Kast Koot- cii'iv Josifih .-Hirrctt , Donald Deputy ClerU of th�� Peaco for South Kast Kuot- euay���Charles Maaaey Edwards,.., Fort Btuele FREE MINERS. Extracts From British Columbia &tatuteti Explaining Fully the Value and Necessity of a." Free Miners " Certificate���No Person Should Attempt Mining: Without One. Anv person orer IS years of age, maybe come a Iree miner by paying fS to uny gold commissioner or mineral recorder and obialu- ing a certificate good for one year. A free miner may obtain a now certificate tor one lost on paying 51. A tree miner's certificate in not transferable. Any parson or company working a mineral claim, lield w> real ustute without license, may be fined $25. Mines become roal eatatu after erown grunt has been Issued. Should co-owner fuil to pay up hisfrcc miner's certificate his interest goes to IiIb co-owners pro rata according to their former iuter&iti. A shareholder in a joint stotik company need not be a free mine?. A frou miner may claim IfiOOxloOO feet, nut all angles must be right angles and all measur- iiiiiiu must be tiorlisuntally, A free miner niav cut timber on crown lands. A free miner may kill game for his owu use at all seasons, A tree miner may obtain five aeremUlsiieup- 011 crown lands in the form ol u Bqtiarfe. A claim tatty be hold from year to year hy work being done to the value of one hundred dollars. Lodes discovered in tunnel may be held if recorded in 10 days. A free miner may on payment of $500, In lieu of expenditure on claim, obtain a crown grunt. Anv miner may, at the discretion of the gold commissioner, obtain necessary water rlgbm. No transfer of nny mineral claim or Interest wlinll be enforceable unless in writing, signed and recorded. No miner shall suffer from any net of omission or commis.-.ion, ur delays uu thu part of the government ollicials. No claim shall be open to location during Inst Ulnessa of holder, nor within Vi mouths after hl�� death, unless by permission 01 gold commissioner. A mineral dfttm must be recorded .within 15 davs after location, if within 10 miles of office of mining recorder, Ono additional _m is al- owed tor every additional 10 inllea or traction hereof. ANNUAL LABOR. Work on each mining claim to tha value of (100 must be done-each year from-date of record of mineral claim. Affidavit mude by the holder, or his agent, selling out a detailed statement of the work done must be filed with th�� gold coinmisalousr or mining recorder, and a certllicttte of work obtained, and recorded before the expiration of CttOll year from the date of record ot'isaid claim. A free miner holding adjoining claims, may subject io lillng notice ot his intention wil li the gold (omuiismoner or mining recorder perform on any one or mure of such claims, ail the work required to outitla him lo a certificate of work for each claim. The smiie provision applies to two or more free miners holding adjoining claims In partnership. In lieu of above work the minor must pay fluu aud get receipt und record tho same. r fluring thocOniing session of parliament; Already twenty-one applications have lieen made for the incorporation of various railway enterprises, all of whieh have Klomlilic. as thoir origin. Ten of the projected companies ask for powers not only to buiht and operate railroads to the Yukon, hut to ilea) in milling lands, to develop mining properties and to own and operate smelters, " It is surprising how many letters we receive every day enquiring for details altout the Yukon," remarked Mr. Kerr, traffic manager of the (\ 1'. {{., the other day; and the advice we get as to how we tnay facilitate travel into tlie gold regions is really absurd. 1 am not outside the mark when 1 say that at the various pfllces of the trans-continental lines an average of 200 letters are received daily on the subject of Klondike. It takes a Staff of special clerks and a heap of postage to Hatiufy the feverish ones." Two important lines of policy have been adopted by the department of the interior. It has been decided to sell no land In the Yukon district at present, \h\\t to retain it in the public iuterest from speculators, in order that actual settlers or miners may not be handicapped by finding tracts of mineral land tied up upon which they desire to locate. It has also Dee�� decided to offer timber Iwrths in the Yukon to public competition to be sold to the highest bidder. Tenders have been called for bids for timber up to January 29th. A large number of applications for berth land timber have been received at the department, and these have caused Hon. Mr. fiiftpu to reach theso decisions. f the interior and contains a good deal f information for intending settlers. It can he obtained from any government agent. NOTICE. Thn annurtl (ronernl meeting ol tlio shareholders ol the llahl Mountain Mining A Development Cn., UM. Ly., will bo hold on Tuesday, Fohlruiiry llth, 181)8. at 1 n'rlo-'k p.m., at. the head olllee ol the Company at Golden, 11,0, A. A1.LA.N', Sfw*,'.-Treasurer. Hated .lanuiry l'.Uh, 18118.' NOTICE. The Golden Lumber Company, Lt'd., Ly,, having transferred their buslnosa to tho Columbia Kiver Lumber Co., request that all parties having accounts against them send tho same in at once, and all accounts due tho Golden Lumber Co., Lt'd. Ly., must bo settled on or belore 1st February, 1808. s. Golden, B.C., Jan. l|Sth, 1898. BARBER, Secretary. Piano For Sale. A BABY GRANDE KEWCOMBE PLANO for sale, Rosewood case, in perfect ordei. Took first prize at tlie Chicago Exposition. Price $360.00 CASH. Applyto ��� ELLIS & GROGAN, Calgary, Alts. "-IV4 ***�����*������ Wo wish tu inform tlio public that wo are prepared to do Neat, Artistic, Up To Date Printing in all its branches. ��� Our Specialties: Htatemouts Memorandums Circular. Itnvolopea Note Heads Loiter 1[,-Hils Hill limit. nun.i mils Calling Cards ��� ,i Business funis \6s I.:iw llnef.. f J,\ T.umlier ll-joks \ri Hank Work I'l'. I'n.Illlsnrv NotOS CI/ Receipt i'oniiN ���JTV share Certificates ) m } Assay forms fT^ Druggists Labels No Job too LARGE No Job too Small FOR US East Kootenay Pub. Co. Golden, B, 0. Canadian AVi-ite for pamphlet- descriptive of the mutes to the Yukon country and sailing dates, rates, etc. Cheap Rates to California and to the Hawaiian Islands. Quickest route to the East and to the Old Country, via St. John, Portland or New York. For full information and particulars, apply to your nearest agent or address Robert Kerr, Traffic Manager, Winnipeg, Man. Kootenay House, WARDNES, B.C. The moat comfortable hotel in South East Kootenay. Good Table. . Good Wines. Good Attendance. Terms Moderate. Wm. Eschwig, Prop. Wardner_���___a_ix Transfer Co'y. Wardner, S.E. Kootonay. LIVERY k FEED STABLES. PACK TRAINS SUPPLIED. The best stopping placo for freighters in Columbia Valley is at Tom Martin's Hotel Windermere. Good accommodation k Moderate Terras First class l-'ced Stables. BEER! The Best Beer in Canada Is made by the Calgary Brewing & Malting Co., Lt'd. Manufacturer* ot Beer, Ale and Soda Water Insist on geith����r Calgary Beet every time. They hII have it. Tbe Company'n agont lot East Kootenny in * ft H. Q. FAS&QS, GoMca, B.C. ?m�� *wp is tlie next tiling on my programme, ln order xo REDUCE PRESENT STOCK and to make ROOM FOR SPRING GOODS will bu given on many articles, particularly on Glassware & Crockery, Furniture & Drugs. H9 G. PARSON, Senerat TffercAant ALEXANDER BLOCK. GREAT BARGAINS IN Dry Goods, Boots & Shoes, -. ���* Fancy Goods. teles ft. Warren, G-oldLeaa*-, 3B.C. sir I lii;uiuuiiUiumaiUiuiniiiaWWUiMUiUUiiiiliMi^ We have just received a large consignment of superior stationery and are prepared to do all kinds of first class job printing at living prices. Pall and get our prices before ordering your supplies for 1898. 'We guarantee satisfaction. Mail orders receive prompt . . attention. ' ,' ' K ,,.; �� ' H-.: if ������ ������������������ Ea��| Kootenay Publishing Co., These Goods must he Cleared. ���
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Title | East Kootenay Miner |
Publisher | Golden, B.C. : East Kootenay Publishing Co. |
Date Issued | 1898-01-20 |
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