k s2 7 Devoted to the Wining Interests and Development of the District of EAST KQOTEfiflY. Vol. 1, No. 3. Golden, B. 0., Thursday August 5th, 1897. $3.00 Per Year H. G. PARSON, Sonera/ TIferchant -ALEXANDER BLOCK. Carries a complete stock of: : Dry Goods Groceries Boots & Shoes Hardware \ Furniture Stoves, Paints, Oils and Window Glass. Flour and Feed, Hay and Oats. Miners Supplies including Ore Sacks. jfyent for <> -> ~ Phvsnixpf London & gtherlrB insurance C's ConfBdEration Life Rssociation, Toronto, Canadian RaVivzy Rccident Insurance, Co. ReliancE Loan 4> Savings Company, rob mm Pastry, Cakes, Bread- Jams, Jellies, Ice Cream ���Call on��� H. J. STARFORTH. -s>��-*v tw* All Kirrds id fruit In Reason Dry Goods �� 8 �� Value In ��m< Oilug Hill iisl'iK.'l ion In iiimiliii* You get Intli.b)* buying your DltV noons at THE HUDSON'S BAY 3TORE3. Prire Lists and 8siri|iliis forwarded on niipllca- Una. �� ��. �� _ (Bail Orders Receive Prompt Attention �� <avAT THE-*-*- , Hudson's Bay Stores, OALGARY, ��� ALTA. NOTICE Prospertor* (Trio Mlnera having claims or Inter- i'si�� lu clnliiiH for khU>, fdiilil not dolu'tU'r tliuu I'linniinnii'tiU' with THOMAS McXAUOHT, Mining Broker ami Finaniial Agent. (iouiKN anil Hoiit Htkki.k. KT FREIGHTERS Mr. John Hiillman, Wlnlleld park, Thunilerhlll Mill liHlldlu fri'iKln between Atli'ln, Mllil l.-iki* and Fori Steele ami return. Omuls warelious- ml hi Imth ends. For rates apply lo JOHN nUI.LM.VN, Tit vx m: mi ix. Jas. Henderson, CONTRACTOR mid BUILDER, Plaint Prepared. Proin)it attention Kivt'ii to orders. A supply of Jiuililinv I.iiin- fur rirtlo. GOLDEN, B. C. ������**���������������������������������������������������������<>������ -undertaking! & Embalming ' Telegraph orders receive prompt altcnttnit' J. SMART, ��� CALGARY, Alia. . {������������������������������������������������������������������������J Watch, Clock, <-Sk,llM<V-BV Jewellery Repairing In all its lines promptly (Inno. call at IIIy IlL'W XllO)l OppOHltO tllO 1'lMt ODll'l' Golden, B.C. John McMillan, -i Wntchiimltcr W. PELLEW HARVEY, (F.C.K.) Assay Offices imU Chemical Tjiibofatory, VANCOrVKIl, B.C. (K*tablidled lHim.) For several yearn with Vlvlnn A Sons, Kwnn- rtoa, and local rcprcHcniatlvo (or ilietn. For .i years iiiauatfor for thu iu��MyorH in tInitio Timo Co., London. Canadian nmrctieutrttlvo of the cnwel Hold Bxtraetlnit Co, l.'ui, (Hhhrow (Cyanide proeciv.) S'.H.���All work personally mtiu-rtutended. Only rompetnit nun employed. No poplin iv- eeive.l. -i ft $5,000 DEAL THE "MAUD S" AND "STAND BY" SOLD The McMurdo District Coming to the Front. -Description of the Properties. Within the pant fow dups tharc haa been consummated at Golden another impoi Lint mining transaction uiTdCting propi riies tn the MoMurdo distriot whioh is fast coming to the front ai one of the richest pJUiou-i ol Kurt Koote-ay. Aa stated in our columns last week Mr. H. E. Foster of Ivamloop-i lutt sold to Mcsara. Stracoy and Joliif-j theUuudS, and Stand By mineral claims, si tut-, ted in the International Basin on the middle fork of the Spill imuoheen River, The terms aro understood to be $-5,000 cash. Those two claims are crown granted and Immediately unjoin the International mine which w;u purchased last fill from the administrator of the Archilwld McMurdo oatntu $10,000 cash, ing developed under the superintendence ol Mr. B. J. Towiwemi of Toronto, Messrs. Siracty and Joliifo aro now making prep-tr- alious to do extensive developiu tut work ou the claims purchased by them. MAl'it s, On the Maud S. alaim at the amliiarn end there are six cjuaru reef* standing out INTERESTING INTERVIEW. Dr. Otallftrdi a prominent Physician of San Franciscc-His Opinion of Eaat Kootenay* Dr. and Mrs. J. II. Stallard of Stn Francisco, while panning through Kust Kootenay ou their way to attend tho meeting of the liiitiah Astmi:!ution for '-ho advancement of Science, to Im held in Toronto from th 18th to the DtJth of August, staid ovur some daya in our D'tititct, l)r, Stallard, who is a prominent physician in Sau Francisco,is the rep I't.HftiluUw nf the Lolntid Stanford University, of the University of California, and of thy Academy of Science of NanFianeisce, Both the Id .und hia wife had already passed initio weeks in thu Selkirk*, whera they had oliir.l-ed Alt. Albeit aod tha Aaulkan glacier | which nntil ia��t year was a virgin pat>s as far i*s white ladii a were concerned. I !ny rrtnaiiir-d off at UoUlen to aacend the Uti;j'.T Columbia iiv��r and were more than repaid by i'n tnagotlieiint aceuery, Wfnder- mere valley is not only full of exquisite boauty, bub afford* uu unsurpassed Held furcpoit. Both l>r. aud Mrs HalUrd were ��reatly (inpri'SKul with the beauties of the Dolumbian Vallica, bttweon Donald and Ooldcu, A,od (..ohli-.n und Wiu-rVrnwro. and llio grunjfur of hlieiuouutuinaof tho Hocky, S'llark aud Wiuderiitbre range-), some oi 't'iioao peulti wore still tupped with mow. They intend to spend Home dtiya ivt ilUiT��itor*oiaimU"now be I L'lko L'),li88 rear Ltggan, where t.hry rumained for ton day-f last ytat xnn undo aacems to the Saddle and (joai Mi.iitiuiiiii, which in the judgment of ihe Duo tor, who ii an <���! 1 Sw ��1 traveller and Iiob usjenuVd both Mount lllanc aud .Mon��e II .-s i,tiro < <|ti \\ in grandeur to the celebrated (Jorncr Grab which is ncknnwledged to be one of Ihe finest vicwa in all Europe, Uu tier the suggpation if Dr. Stallard miny of the trails at Glacier, Field and Like Loutsi havo beon g-uttly improved and tents ai* being i ri-cted iu convenient places which will make i h ; mout inlcrestiog points of view bcoeinsiblu *o ti'.veMeiB unaccustomed to mountein climbing. D . S.alUrd expects tint the HcienUHte of Kiropo and the world will bo invited to ioaptot the vast mineral rctjourcua of our mouutauiBtand we siueere'y S. %. Wc'Dermot distinctly in a clifl about 100 feet high. 'these reift are from *2 to 12 feet iu*wi(iih, standing in a vertical position aud Inpfi'lttg towaida the top of the cliff, but do not appear at lite surface. Where tin so longitudinal leads interacot thu croa3 lead.) it i�� highly prohable that very rich oro will be struck, O.i tho International claim wl ich ad joins on the west there are two crosa leads. ofremarkabln richness running in a north hope tgfc the lUMiation will be given ami easterly direction, directly iu the line of tut Maud S. aud only 50 or 00 yurdB di-Uant, The asimys from one lead gave 6IIM iu gold per ton without any allver tin I thu o'he; lead Ins given resilts rung ng from $10 to S7*H) iu gold from Various p rts d the mine. Those lends aro IS inohm and 'J feet in width respectively. The Maud S. occupies higher ground titan the Internationa: ihr oap rook nut having l> th worn oil' while the In-ornationul has hud the jap ruck washed off and is now on a lower level. Tnose lead ��� aro oAsdy traceable and can be worked front the International side. The country rock ts talcoso tUte and the reefs cut tho country in strike aud dip. This cluim contains a group of six long'- tudiual quart'/, reofs near its western bouuu* a-y from 2 to (! feet wide lunning northwesterly and st��ut(ing in a vertie-il position. It ��lao coutains u group of thoio lougitudiu al leads from 3 to 7 foot wide on tho cmleiu boundary running nouh-wotitrrJy and standing nearly verii lal, Th>'ru is aluo a group ot 4 crocs loads from U Inohea to 2 feet tn width assay ing as high i\h $:i(i i ��� gold aud 118 ouoccs iu silvt-r, bevd'.-s ��;r��y uoppor not detormiuul. A pit 10 feet, in depth lnh been sunk on one lead and an open cot on ano-hor. These crosa leads have u oorth-easterly trend and a norih-vuMterly dip. An open cut about'10ft. in l(-ng'hh-tab..��:. madeann a tuiinelafoitlierdO f.tt wt-a&om^ time ago run diagonally on tho tir-d- group of quartz rcjfi tor thu pttrpOLe of cutting both systems of leads, but tho work was no; finished. Tho walla are well defined. Thu country rook ia talcose slate and the r-'eft out the formation both in s-rilte and dip. There is a good oabiu and (urnUliings on the claim. Thu ilisi-.li wiahes Mcasrf. Stracey and Jolule the full measure of auucc-ia with 1 hote olaims that haa attended tho operations on ihe adjoining claim���the lntvr- natioual. OURj MINING CAMPS THK |jpII3BICANS' tklBUTK * or PRAISE. accepted by many and w ben tht disiingnlahed visitota arrive in tho largest ���I'M governing aud wealthiest province in tho Empire, we i i K ut K 'oteuny will ex ter.d to j.li. ma luiirty weiCooieaDd endoavor io Liiorottfla thiir knowledv-i of the vast reBourcoy i.f out- dintriut. Suilt knowledge when Rrquired ejiirrtbutea hi'gely to tht upxdy devul'tpmuut of our great wealth. BANFF BREEZES. A Budget of Nowsy Itomn From the Popular Summer Resort. (Froii) our nwn correspondent.) There aro over 00 Calgariaua at preient spending the holiday* at the Park. Dr. Brett returned on Monday from the Ililcyou lf)t Spriuga at Armw Like. Meear*. C. U*. McCrcady and Geo. S. Me- Carter < i Golden spent Sauday and Monday a t tho I'jttk. Tho Sanitarium is doin? a iimhing buai- ncas at preset t over twenty live persona registering there luBt Sti'iday. Dr. and Mrs. Lindsay of Calgary, have returned with tlnir fttid y to their Banff cottage fir the summer m-.-iiLha. The Vandorbilt party ti availing in their private cars spent, a part of last week hen ifoing west on Mouv'ay accomp.uied by Supt. N block. Mrs. /. T. Wood of CHlgarv. iathe gneat of Mm. Utarper, and M m H tchemer of lUgiij'i, i.nd Mins V I'klintn ol Calgary, are tho gucutj of Miu B.utt. Mr. 1) D.Gallotty ofCanmore tho n��wly appoi Hud ovretakcr of tho Cave aud 11-unn has tnken chugo of his work and removed his family from Caiuuore to BunfT. Oio (f tho Vaudeibilt party attending the Church ol K.igland on Sunday last dtopped a 950 not*< on tho collection plate, bring up up tho pllaring to the snug sum of 505. [lev. \V. F. Wtbb id the tntuuibent. Inspejtor Harper of tho N W.M.P., who ho a hud charge of this pout ;6t m vny years past, Iqbve��.nox*-. week for the Yukon in charge nf dotabhnwnt of polfea, Sir. llar- |ier will \>?. muoh li lined at Banff where he 1ms mado hoBia of friends among the rcsi- denta an I lruri*t��. Mrs. Hirper aud child- ten rehtala at Bj-uff for ihe prosen^, Sure rjeh Btril.us in oopparand goM have reoonMy bponthadpahouti QOutilea north of] Bin ll aVycral olaims Iniva iieeu looated , aod a trail it beiug uouaUuoted to tho pio- pcrtit'a. Assayti from the nick ��lio# ex- coedingly high valuta in gold mid cooper. A large party leaven here iu a f-iw days to thoroughly proBpoot U.e country. GENERAL MERCHANT^ �� �� * # �� Don't Forget These Facts: MeDERMOT is sliowig tho finest Mining I5uot on eartli. UlcDEHfllOT SS&J&K BICYCLES r^ From $40 to $65 Spot Cash. ����.������ mrtftrtjmrjT lias just received a largo consignment of tha UIWJEIJUIUI Kickapoo Remedies. " If yon"feel down in the mouth purchase a bottle of Sagwa. Jt will make you a new man or woman (right up to date). ltodpath's (jranulatod Sugar is the best for preserving Preserve Jars-all ste at EASTE0 PRICES. CHRISTIE'S BISCUITS, ah kinds. New Junis and Marmalades just received. OUR FANCY DRY GOODS Commencing to arrive. ''Direct Tniport." it will Kyou "o 5SoS House faraishings stock. We can quote prices that will astonish even the closest buyer. cDERMOT General Dealer. A. P. PATRICK, P.L.S. ELLIS & GROGAN, -%-eoe-*. Addbbis :-110X -111 G0LPES, B,C. G. S. McCARTER, SOTAKY, KTC. Ai.EXAMiKit Block, - GOLnntr, B.C. Comftarlron of Canadian Mining Campa'WIth Those of the States Our Respect for Law and Order Compare! wich Vankoo Bloodshed. The following, taken from a prominent Brooklyn paper, ia a welcome tri-.ire to our respect for law aud order: "Due gcettl gain, though we own it to ohrsorrow, flflean from the fiut that thu minoa aui iu Utt\- adi-iti leriiutry. This means that men will not be shot every duy or two, tlmt they will notbe perititttud to juiiip eauti other i olainiB, that theie will ha a check on liquor saloons end dance houeHS Bill gnmhlinji hells. For it must be admittod in thu eon- duct of their mines th-i Cinadian-j h-iv�� exercised a coolness and jus' ice and temper- anco that in our own Und he a been tho exception. Iu the mining towns of British Columbia, for instance, though liny wnie diaoovered and developed under nearly the 8ium. renditions as our own Ih-Mft is no more rutlianism than there is ou Pulton street, I and usually not as much. Courts nre ca- tabtished early and the poPoe nre fullows <-f | good aome and courage. Lynching* are tin- known, and it ia said that not a Muglft owe j ef extra-legal punibhmm. thai ocotured tn (--to-morrow for Cranbrook, the seat of gov- Hritiah Columbia. Tide la remarkable wheifUroment for that district. In the course of wo lead the record of blood and theft audi his remaika Mr. Armatrong expressed his extravagenne in Colorado, where cvoa tirl deep regret afc a ivoring his eoaneotUm with this day the gmibling house, the d-nue j the piriah oi' G ddeo havlig boon 0' niucted horse antilho prisonous grogg'ry ore the | With it since the building of the church. Repairing_-*atv limits. Shoes and llaincss lCi-piiii-i-tl irnimiitly, C. P. HUD0N, (Xext Door to tho Kootenay Ileum-) The Columbia House OANAL FLAT. The Central Hotel nf Kant Kootenay, midway between Uflldutl ami (fori Hteelc. Oood nilsliu'. Choice l.l<iuiirs ,v Good stiilditif,'. ACCOMMODATION AMPLE. TERMS MODERATE. E. H. Small, Proprietor. GOODBYE. Mr. J. F. Armstrong: says Farowoll to tho Congregation of St. Paul's Church. On Sunday evening lust Mr. .T. F. Arm- tlrong, lay iciderof He. Paul's Uhuroh, Colden, turn gnodbye to his coogregatiou. Asia already well-knoun Mr. Armstrong Iiuh been apnoln'ml Cold Commissioner for the Mouth KiSt Kootenay duiirht und leaver it meant a g'mddurtlof self saciilioe ou tht part of the ll.embers. The prosperity cf St. Paul's Church in the pi'si. is a gootl doul duo to tho ftithfu' .ml willing manner iu which Mr. Armstrong cuuducted aervieea every Suud*) evening, He will bo great'y missed in tn. Church and aim in the Sunday echo-1 In which he took an active internnt. Iu Mr A i mill ling's denature Gollen will lose oiu who took an aOtivc p.vtt in all matieis < f public intcreit and it is with feelings of regret tint Tun lVl.M-.u iu conjunutieii with the teatdoutffof the town and district bills UtevM'il to one < f Colden's most n-spt'cted citizens. Our lo ft will beCranhrouk's gittt, and we wieli Mr. Armstrong every tuccess in his new field of Ubor. Mr, .1. Y. Armst-rdlig intimated on Sunday ev.-iiit-y tlut a clergymen in M-ntic* had ��� iVere.t his services, fnr the 1) iiild ami (.oldtin tHflttict but lutbiiig defiii.t j haa yoi been deeded. principal features of now camps, The dla aiming of tho newcomer i in a wjao measure, ami all q'nrrelB hftVOto be Hcitled in mmrt, which iaiheo.dy f\fr vny, or with Alls, which ia pi tha pa the only e;cvii:c:ng oiif,' I nhmil aix voira ago. Ho regretted leaving < tr.ote parliouhirtybeoause the Church would i ho without* aorvlot s fore time und he urged on the congregation the ad\lability of pif. curing it clergjim* for Utiip^i It although As Otliorr. Sed Us. The la'M*! to hand in the newspaper linr is the East [CootkkaY Mini:^ a four pugp, six coluuiu paptr well lillAl with local, mining and fcdtifrul ioab, lubHihed a Cdden, B.C. Tho new pv.blisation atarii with a good advertislrg pUroAage and the Ruiieral nuke up ij tif-15 chuW, C Igvj H raid. MINI NO BHOKEK8. 1 Fire A Life IiiMiraiire Agents.���I.QANH. McX.vniiTON Ib.ot'K, Cauukv, Ait*. W. Hamilton Merritt, K.G.S. ABKhelntc iiovoi Kfhool of Mint'*, Mfiiiber iniu si Sim Institute. Kng. Member Aiuerlcuu Inst. Miu. I'.uglneew. Mining Engineer and Metallurgist, ���15 Toronto Street, TOKONTO. J. LAMONTAGNE, Tonsorial Artist. KvcrythhiK Strictly First Clami. ��-B^O|,|iuslii- the Kunti'iray lluusi*. Muir &i Dean, Si?n Writers ��* House rulntt-.ra <4V88-��s> Kutlnmloa -,'ivi-ii n( all work. GOLDEN, B. C. The Golden MEAT MARKET l'r<-.!i aii'lHtilt Meats. !i-ii iin.i Ha me in season. h 'rtl'Tn in Cattle, Sheep ��u<l Horses, Mall urdera rucelve prumpl attenthm, HULL BROS. & CO. k H. Be WATOHMAKKV ���^vanii'-^r .IF.WKM.ini. Wedding Rings ��� fl Speeialty. Calgary, - Aiberta. men iMiURLt IVIEETIflG. MINING COMPANIES ll II 11 A Went llll'llll titling > nil ruin v J.ilini ���l'.->l III IIWHl I'D il, mibll In- K��.<l klu-l-UiHl -1. -.1 every Tl routi'iiiiy i llli i.ll lr.i urs list lnj- let, ma r sntsi-i ,ui *ier > IPTIOX RATE8 tvnnco Sy inuil or i-ur ler, AUVKH risixo ItATKII: 1. splay ail*. 1.31 ���ior ( 1 rl,-.l ,,n ioii|>iiru .Ik-UK 1.' llio title iinxe i 1) Him ror ilrw i null tul.lltliliiul l-l'lltS |KT lilll- ft i-l nl mis. I.li- ���riinii. 11 .- .-.���rlli.ii ; Ills p.-r GOLDEN HOSPITAL SOCIETY. Reports Presentsc!-~A Satisfactory Showing--Dlroctoru Appointed for tho Current Year. ntllee not later than lllrth, marriage umi death JMJ DBPAUTMKXTj W tlie best ctptlppcd pr .lob Depart) IIUIKHI'ONDKNTX re on any mihjeet ��� m.pt �� : \Vo e eorreKpon- i thu funeral r -|>UU-le1ll ut ill eases the fompany Die publication ��� The an-'U il general meeting of the 11 olden - Hospital S K.'icy was held in tht school '������ huu-o on Muuduy evening laar. Tho at- \ ti.-uil.ui-j.. Uiii very h until and it is nutprhdog that eo Utile Interest la shown by thd rent [ denti ol the town in Llio work of this in- bitutlon. Mr. C. A Warren waB appoint* erl chairman and C. II. Parson secretary of the meeting. Th* ���������eretttry's report for the year ending Jtue .'...i-h was pr-.Bjneed aa fallows i COMPARATIVE STATBMKSTOF REVENUE k KXI\ but usit KUitraiileo uf good f Correspondence with reference*tn any matter tlutt lias appeared lunimther paper must ftwl be offered to thai paper lor pitbllcatlou before it ran ajipear in "Tut: Mixiiit." Address all com in unfratloni THE EAST KOOTENAY PU3. CO. Golden, li. 1!. TUUnSDAY, AUGUST ."., 1807. To Our Advertisers. With a view to increasing Ihe usefulness of our advertising culnmns both to our advertisers aud ouraelves, we would cull attention to the necessity of changing advertisements so as if bring those goods which are rj quired at the different aoaBons of the yokr into prominence at the proper time. A-i some of our merchants may not have tin.e tn attend to this, our representative w ill ins 11 at all stores advertising with iia on Wednesd *y iu cuo!i week, when any change that is desired to may be brought to his notice, and will tukn care that the public U iuftinned of its merits. We want' to show our advertisers that wo have their interests t��t heart, and all we ask of them is that they ahow tboy have their own interest at heart by taking advantage of our proposition. No man can be considered a business man who do.s not advertise, and no advertisement can he considered a uioful advertIsnmont unlets it is chaugfd occasionally. Change, uoifliuual ohangd U the order of u-iturc, it is ii'ito the order ef business, he who would be iiticuffibltd in business must abide by its laws. Fort Steele -Wator Works. Fort Steclo after all is soon to have a supply of fiesh and wholesome water A i-mnpany has been incorporated called The Folt Steele Water Works Company. It* olipital Block is SJj,0!)0, divided into "ilKK) hlnnn of .?"> each. U is anticipated tb-it th*- -:i"t of the Witter supply may be about �� 12,000, and of this amount we understand i.li'iiit C'1,000 have already bf>en subscribed. Tho provi'sioni'l directors of the company Hie C. M. Keep of the Deposit and Ex- tihango Cimpanv; Thomas McX-iuuht, Fi- Mitieitl Agent; II. L. T. Oalbraith and A W. Hieastlell, Ctiemisi." Mr, Harvey, Notary 1'ubiic, is stcrotary of the company. The company has not yet decided upon its auurofl of supply, but thero is a predilection tn wards obtaining a supply et'lior f om li ewory Creek or Shingle Creek both tributaries of the Wiltl Morse Creek. Ureweiy CrecU is ou the north and Swingle Cicok ih on the south, and both are about equidis- !���'nt, throe miles or so from Fort Steele, Too water from Shingle Creek would be brought over llio Wild Horse Creek by means of a siphon with a head box, T.ie Expenditure. 118MI, 11M-7. | luerease. I Deer HalarleH*\Vgs*l74��17lKltHi5] mm hrgs, MedsAe UiiNW MM IK. -JO i HoiuekeeuPg 84-HW 787M -. W Kind M8M 77:M ! 7fi lee HlKS) lUlTrfJ W liulhllnu Hep fiuou Vi'm 87"i :ci ' I'nrnlKliitigs ' MiHi-i inn wi : Sundry Kxp, ffifcU (iwil ���'���">iw Ulri nil | l until Net increase on cxpondlturo ickki ,'2 I'.evemie. 1.Mill, | I8EI7. |'lnereiise. | Deer subsidy inronaaiouo-i 12 Minitltlv rei'.-l^l.S'j.'.i'i:Wi7 717 Hi Annual Tick'* uui-u ijhkk) v Pnv I'liiicni.- a:nwi :i:i:i!i."i W M Bale ut Muil'CH 10.MI8 12:130 18 27 ; 'J.VJI Sot increase in revenue > 1(1 | :; iu Mining companies may bo divided in'o lh roe dUtinct. classes, aud so definod ac- cordlng to their objects, possibility of bo- coining dividei.d p��yeis, aud their fu'ure. Tim name " wildcat" has been frequently applied 'o compariea whore i-i iias been mauifestly U'*juat, for it i-i not true that all now oompsnios are wtldoats, A " wildcat company " Is one where the claim is a poor one���perhaps not at all likely to ever become a paying mino-and the promoters if the compmy, knowirg . this, have their shares beautifully engraved i ipsue alluring prospectuses, furnish attrac- ! live ofliecB ana Bell their shares nt almost any price uhovo the cost vt j'urchasiiu them. The money reoeived of oourso goeB into expeusen (they furnhh the vouchers), save a amall putc-itti\g') which may bo ap- j plied to some " irophuiing" about on the surface to make a showing, and gather in some hpeoimenB of rock to show the far away huyer. Such companies stop thort at nothing to place their shares and gut ,their money for them. The name " speculative " may be applied to thoie compar.ies v> ho, having secured an opiinn, or written contract to buy a mining claim within a cort.��in lime, have pml a small inn down to hold the claim, buthave no real title to thoir property, and are truiting to the stle of their treasury shares to raise sitlliciout fu ids to complete theii payments. In this case but little, if any, of the mouey coming from the s.ile of treasury shares can be, or is, applied to tho development of the mino until alt thtso payments ���re met. These companies f equently become cxcallentproperties when th��ir effairs A'O conservativoly and honestly udministor- ed. Some of the strongest companies now iu existence hive been started us speculative comtaides, hut their succeps has been de- pendtnt upon the union cf two things, a good claim and tb-soluto honesty in thu administration. Spillimacheen �� Hotel Bpilumaciirbx, iSast Kootbnay, ll.C. t'holce Wines, l.i'iiiots tV Cigars. I'aek Horses for Sale or Hire. livorv ffttunuon paid to Oucsts. KUU-DEB OK PAT1KSTS 1SI10 AND 1807. IlKVl'.NCK AND KXl'KSDITniK. Salaries and ivucc* i\ Housekeeping cxp Drugs* Mcil's sup j Kxtni help IliilhUiie repairs,. Kurnlahliic accnun Kuel Telephone rent.... Insurance Sundry expenses.. Ittffl 00 Surplus 18fKI 117 7H 7S7 nil Sui.'shiv iie'tAHUl IU in:, lit) canii sales,, uu 70 122 I"'. Ilrtigs suhl . iHifO (riTi a�� Annual tick 1HI Wi It'll H!l Mmittiiv rlullKill 117 77 ft! l'tiv Patient USA 03 2o uu Ik) net pro. 22 in :^t:,�� (12 -10 no !���! The above figures show that while their was 11 large iucrease iu the numbir if patients there was a considerable reduoti-.it tn the Housekeeping expenses which speak*- widl for Nurje Holt's mauagement. Tbere bus been a large sum expanded on improve- ment-j to the Hospital, conaibtiog principally of the extension of the general ward and the addition of a new operating room with all modern conveniences which teems to be justified in the largo increase of parici.ti. Tne statement also shows that there w.�� an increase of 81002,.'12 in the expenditure over last year, and at t^e sime time an In- jrease in revenue of $82-1.011 over lhat oi iho preceding year. Tho Medical Superintendent's report wat next presented us follows: MEDICAL Sl'rttUlNTENDUST'x DKl'Or.T, To the Board of Directors, Coition Hospital Society : Gentlemen :���I have the honor to present to you a report of p&tients for the year cn-'ing Jure .'('); h last. During the yoar there were treated at tht hospital '151 i it1..door patieuts, und 74 indoor patients of whom G!) were males and ,0 female". Tno total numnt-rof hospital day< were 533, making an average stay in the hospital ot 11.25 duyi. Tncro wcro two dtatbc during the year, both cases of pueomonia Oae of these was an old alcoholic who died two days after n^missinu, Tho percentage of deaths was 2 7. Of the cases ml nitted there were: Abscc33 2, adonitis 1, alcoholism 1, ancnoysm (traumatic) I, app"ndic* is 1, axe wounds 8, bronchitis '.i, birth l.catbunulo 1. rushed foot I, crus-had h-iud 1, d-jbiliiy 1, reservoir in both cases would be on a plat- durrhoca 1, dysentery .'i. endometrftis 1 uuu near to the lidiao reservation build.ngo occupied by Mr. Galbraith, and would be about 1300 yards from tho center of the town. Tho height of the reservoir above the town would be about ICO feet whioh would give ample p-essuro to raise the water above the highest building that in ly be erected in Fort Steele. A committee lias been appointed to report upon the best means for obtaining a proper supply of water, aod recommend to the compony a scheme for giving the town an adequate tupply. Toe committee has not yot given in ns report. The scheme for a water supply has been long talked about, and committees have been in existence for mouth", while in the interval the people have liud to be content with the muddy supply obtained from the Kootenay and carted up to the town in water barrels, maning every risk to health Mid property. Fortunately the weather has been such as minimizad these inks. Thero has been no chance of an epidemic breaking out, as the wcither his beon far f<tin hot or sultry and acy decaying matter has been swept down the river by the heavy rainfalls. The great danger of property will ariae in the winter limo when all ihe stoves will be set agoing and the lumber of the house will become as dry as tinder, and I'uit Steele nuy share the futo c f many of iho early pioneer towns in being swept away in a big the, unless a sullicimit water supply is put in to cope wilh tliis great uiHiny to property. There is a proposal also that when tho supply of water is put in.im olectricul plant aftould be constructed sufficient for motion Illuminating and telephonic purposes. The cipital stock of tho company if fully sub- hciibed will bo ample to accomplish all these objects. Cheap Power. Ono of the essential elements in tho tie \elnpmont and working of mining proper- lies is Power, This power problem has pliuded many of the progressive men of the Kootenay, and other mining districts, and until recently it remained unsolved. At last, however, cheapness, simplicity and 1 ffectivouess have boon combined in tho Hercules gasoline engine, ono of tho most 1 owcrful agents for facilitating all kinds of labor ri quit jog other than muscular power yet invented. This machine has just been put on the market in 11.itish Columbia by 1 he Toronto Type FOUNWtX Co , Lt'd , at its Hritish Columbia branch, o20 Cordova Street, Vancouver. Correspondence from thoio in need of power is invited. The innsr. minute details will be furniahed on application, ���ryuiptd-is 3, fahr'.ouU 1, fracture of metatarsus 2. fracture of ribs 2, frost bite 1, fnruncnius 1, haemoptysis I, hysteria 1, in- lluer/t 1, injury to spine 2, iojury to cheal I, jauidici 1, laceration of bruin 1, laceration of hand2, laoeratiou of le^ I, laceration of perinaeum and abdominal wall I, laoer* atiou of scalp and shoulder 1- lumb.Ro :J measles 2, morbus eoxarius 1, orchitis 2. pleurisy 5, pneumonia 4, pregnancy 1, rheumatism 2, sprain 2, tonsillitis 2, typhoid fever 3, The improvements in the kitchen and 1 a' h-room have proved great conveniences. Ihe extension of the general ward will provide * muih needed increase of accommodation when completed. The new operating room with Ha new aod modern accessories will also be a great improvement on the old one. Since the old op ^rating room has been fitted up aa a diipensary tho facilities fot dispensing have been greatly increased. The fencing of tha grounds lias, besides adding to the beauty 1 f the premises, very effectually kept wandering Bwiue, cons, etc., at u more convenient distance than formerly. I hope in the near futtce to see some improvement ou the present laborious method of distributing water in the building. I am, gentlemen, Faithfully yours, J. N. Taylor, M.D..C.M. In his concluding remarks the Doctor expresses the hope that Borne improvement will soon be mado in the method of distributing water through the hospital. Mr. Houston has becu atked to look into this matter and report as to the best moans which could be devised to remedy it. Tho election of dircotors for tha present year was then proceeded with, tho former directors [dipt. F. P. Armstrong and C. A. Warren being re elected. It was resolved to ask lbs Gold Commissioner; Mr, J. K. Griffiths, to represent Warn on the lbard of Directors, Mr, Hanson the former representative having resigned. Mr. C. H. Parson who has been secretary of the society for the past IS months, having declined to act for another year was requested to uot for one month until a meeting of tha Hoard of Directors coutd be held and a new secretary appointed. Great credit is due to the retiring secretary tor tho efficient way in which ho has performed his arduous task. It is understood that the Directors will in fu'ure grant the socret+ry a free medical pass or some mull remuneration for bis services. This wo think is only just as the duties of secretary of such an institution are by no means light. The Directors wish it to be more generally understood that any resident of tho town or district may become a member of the Hospital Society on payment of 7-3 cents per month. PliANK DEACON, Proprietor, Golden Restaurant, Mack Joe, Prop. Meals at All Hours. FRESH FRUIT DAILY. BEER! Tho Rest liver lu Canada Is made by the Calgary Brewing & Malting Co., L'd. Maniifiii-liiriTs ill Ili'iT. All! anil S...I.. Wiili-r Insist ..11 in-tllniti'Hiltiiry M.-.-r i-v.-ry tlllio, rim); nil liin-ii It, Tin- i' iniuy's sgont tor l-nsi Km.U'll.iy is 11. O. rAKSON, Goldon, IJ.C. We can������. M\ 1ml �� �� ��- Our motto is: Best Material Perfect Fit Latest Style Reasonable Price. cnuf acturors of And r>"nl"-"ln -asr Duiifrlas Fir, K-inico anil (Yilur I-iiiiiIk-i-, Hiding; anil I'ln.illn*; DiiiK-nsion Timber, Cedar Shingles, Fence Posts, Telegraph, Telephone and Klcctrte Light Poles, Lath, Etc. Contractors to the C. P. R. Ry. , GOLDEN LUMBER Cd.,LL THE T'D Y. S. BARBER, SECHETARY. Kootenay S. ADLER, Proprietor. GOLDEN, - .' . B. C. First-Class In every particular. Convenient to Hallway Depot and Steamboat Landing, lis ten Reasonable. Free Sample (tooths, The Tram dir leaves Kootenay House, connecting with Btearner for Port Uteris every .Monday and l-'rhluy after arrival of train from the west. Headquarters for Commercial and Mining Men. �� �� * f.C&C omt �� GOOD �� Tailoring. QQLSE.N>^��- Suits to measuro JVlerchant Tailor, CALGARY, ALTA. Canadian Pacific By Direct rail route to Montreal & Toronto and all Eastern l'oints. Lakq Route to the Kast-^-^allingH from Fort William, Alberta Every Tuesday to Windsor, Athabasca....Every Thursday toOwon Hound. Manitoba Every Hiinday to .Owen Bound. Connecting tains from tloldcnat n;;J0 every Monday, Thursday and Saturday. Daily und direct service to Easlo, Nelson, Sandon, mict all points in the far famed Kootenay ��� and Silvery sloeun. To China and Japan From Vtillfimvi-r Empress India 2n<l August. Honolulu, Australia, New Zealand, From Vancouver , ,8th August' A GOOD WATCHMAKER- Gives perfect satisfaction to his customers A BOTCH-Wqll'he does not. W. ALEXANDER Watch Inspector for the C.P.R. guarantees the work done by him TRAVELLERS- For Home Comforts e Modern Conveniences e Pest Cuisine in the West Commodious Sample Rooms e e e e. First-Class Brands of Liquors and Cigars Go to the Columbia jfcouse, WM. McNEISH, Prop. Headquarters for Mining Men. The Golden Sash and Door Factory and Machine Shop.^* dst From $15.00 Up. Cut This Out And Forward to. East Kootenay Pub. Go -^s-gg-^v Guillen, B.C. Finrl enolosod %100, for which sond mo -THE EAST KOOTENAY MISER" for one year. Nunc. Mlmv.-rii A|.|.ly [or r-irtL-tlltirs lo C. K. WELLS, Agont, llol.lra, or ItiiliKltT KKItlt, Trsfrli' Mtum-r.-r, Wliiiii|ici:. Printing! ---s>ee-*&- We wish to inform tlie . puhlie that we are prepared to tio Neat, Artistic, Up To Date Printing in all its brandies. Our Specialties: Manufacturers of: Suh, Doors, Mouldings, Tuned IUlustus, Ne�� el Posts, Hand I! tils & Brackets. The Machine and lllaoksrnith shop are prepared to do all kind, of repairing. All sizes of plpe*fittiug and brass goods on band. Al! sizes of glass in stack. | Wagon repairs, poles, shafts, Axles, spokes and felloes. Hickory and Maple plank. HOUSTON & OO. Stiilt-iiieiit- .MeniuruiulHUlri Circulars Knvoloiim Note Heads butter Heads hill HcaitR ���tntui mils Ciilllnit Curds sCnnls ItllDlllCK Uw Hrii I.uiulier Hunks Hunk Work I'rumlsiirv Notes lleeeii't Porins Share rerll Ilea tea As-sav I'urms |)rilgt[lstfl Ijihels- No Job too LARGE No Job too Small FOR US. East Kootenay Pub. Co. Golden, B. C. RUSSELL HOUSE, ^z^^Golden, B.C GEORGE MEADE, Prop. T <-^.II(-;i<Iqtiiii-t<-i*s Kiii-t-k. Miners, Prospectors and Lumbermen. Kates $1.00 Pei Ea37\ lioAisi) & Loixiixi! $3 1'r.it Week. I-'iust (Ji.ass Bak. A. Allan & Co. ���!���- Dry Goods, Carpets, Gents' Furnishings, Hats and Caps. Hail Orders Receive Prompt Attention. CALGARY, Alta. ��� EL 3v��- CALDEE & Co., C3n.ercList�� and. XDr-ag'grist��, 0-old.en, B.C. ztjmoxtmms MINING DIVISION From Our Own Correspondent. THE TOOfll OF FUTURE CAPITAL OF S. E. KOOTENAY And the Contre of the Provincial Government Administration for That District. The survey of this townsite is now nearly i-ompl.'ul. It hab the finest situation in South Kist Kootenay for beirg a town of me first, importance and the future oapital of that distriot. It will be the chief divisional centre of the British ColumM. railway or as it is more familiarly called the Crow a Neat P.aa railway, and is admirably situ* ���ted for that purpose. It has a high undulating plalrau although ritjht in the valley of the ICootetray. It ia right in the middle of the great miring localities. The North Star and Sullivan group of mines lie y.i mile, to the north; the famous Moyie mines including the celebrated St. Eugene 11. 22 miles to the south; on its west si 'e ���re the noted P-.rry Creek mines, which are ���bout 20 miles distant; on i s east aide are the famed Dibble group of mines about the same distance away. Iu and near its vicinity there have quite recently been located some very valuable mining properties, the most fame! of whioh ate on Palmer's liar, a few mile, distant. The townsite is on the Cra-ibrook estate whioh comprehends ��li ut 13,000 acres and contains some of tits finest land in E .st Kootenay including St. Joseph's Prairie. The townsite has been specially selected out. ..fthisestateandembractsHUOacr.il which have now been laid cut in atree'a and ave- nuet Special care has brou taken to pro vide ample breathing spacy for the multitude that will soon till up those streets and ���venues with "the busy haunts of men" in th. shape i f stores, residences, warehouses and hotels. Tin streets will be properly graded anil the sidewalks will lie construe ted with the same uniformity as to breadth and height. A proper system of sanitation will bajimngurater!. Tho two main features, ��� good drailisge tcrienie und apr' per water supply having been spi tally kept ia view in laying out the town. There is ample water (available. In add.tion to this townsite 1,0)0 acres of land have been laid out in .100 blocks of ii ���ere. each. These blocks will be suitable (or several purposes, while many of them may be utilised for mining aod busineis requirements, others will he devoted and reserved for suitable residences stand tag in their own grounds. Th. Canadian Pacific railway company whs .re constructing the railway have not only kid off their station, yar-'s, sidings and roundhouse, but have actually cm*- tnenoed the work of construction, Ths line ha. been located for HI miles south and on this portion grading will be at once commenced. The survey from Wardoer, whiih U.bout20miles southeast is completed and construction work on this part will soon be under way. Ere winter has fully set in it il anticipated that there will be railway communication between Wardner .Cranbrook ���nd|the tipper end of Moyea Luke. This will be ef great advantage to the m ining industry in But Kootenay, particularly to the mine, on the south, west und north as a cheeper and readier means of transport will be opened up, which will enable them to get to the trial-keis quicker and more economically than at the present time. Around the town are eituu'ed some of the finest farming lands in Iviat Kootcuay, particularly adapted either for paslor-tl or ���griculi ural purposes. Since the impulse given to the mining industries in recent yean, farmers are now crnin,< into Esst Kootenay in increasing r umbers, as there is now . demand for farm prod.ee, particularly dairying and agricultural. Some of the pre-smp'-lons have been taken np in tho immediate neighboi hood of Grant-rook, where farmers anticipate they will find a ready market for their produce. . The large stw-mill now in course of erco- tlon will speedily be in operation supplying abundance of lumber for building | urposes, Th. timber is of the finest quality in tho province. Several sites have already been selected and ere many days mss the sounds of hammer and saw will us heard, and buildings will ba seen rising and the com* mencement of a large towu will be made. Not otily is Craubrook central for South- East Kootenay, central for the *;i-inoipel mining localities, chief divisions! station on th. railway, but it ia right in tlie canter of the other mining towns. These all he round ���bout it, so a better and more convenient place could not have been select-id for the h..d cilices of the Provincial Government of th >t district. South-Eist Kootenay is to have a Gold Commissioner to herself aud it la to be formed into a new district. Already there is some talk of constructing smelters there but it will be probably next year before these proposals take any definite form. The first buildings that will arise i Iter iho store and the hotel will be the g-ivtrumrnt buildings. Cranbrook will be u place of activity this autumn and next yest will see it go rapidly ahead. East Kootenay Mining Stock List. Inefficient Postal Arrangements BETWEEN FT. STEELE AND GOLDEN. Name op Coy. I Cavit.u. I'Att Valvr | Bei.l v tf.'-n.-JW I fl.00 1 H^' (iiiMim-ftPort Steele l�� Co. AlbwiaA K'y" | ^,K,|W��� | p(po Thos. McNaugHtf Milling Broker. Port Steele The Post Master General's "Dirty Trick."���Fort Steele Supplies her Own Postal and Telegraph Ic Service. i*iior to tho advent of the Liberal Government there waa a weekly postal service between Golden and Fort Steele, and Fort Steele and Golden. Thii service waa in* adtquate and agitations were got up to ebtain a biweekly service. Since the time the weekly Mrvioe wm inaugurated by the Couae.vatlve government, there have been great changes In the Columbia and Kootenay valliof. It ancheia have come in, additional pre-empt us have been taken up, population has inuieased, the mining industry hat taken a great bound ao much io that the prt duction of Goat Kootenay in )tt!)5 of its mineral wealth of $l\ii"i bounded up in IS'.lli to ��154,427, aud this year will ahew this great telative increase maintained. Membeis of the Liberal party in parliament when in opposition were over now and again intertcgitiug tlie Conservative Government as to what it was doing to develops the resources of our great 1'iovince. Hopes beat high that with the change of Government, ami also with the change of member for the district, our distiiot would receive adequate recognition. We applied for a bi-weekly postal aervice. We applied for telegraphic and telephonio communication between Golden and Fort Steele. We applied for u LTdnt to improve the navigation of the Kootenay. It is now well known how our applications were treated. Thiy were treated with studied iudiffereoco and cold neglect. Our iwjueats were not unreason able. They were absolutely necttsury. So much so that the private navigation company operating on the Kootenay apeut a considerable aum out of its own pocket in improving the navigation, a duty whioh should have been uudtntaken by the Dominion Government. We made every reasonable i (quest to the Government fur cur telegraphic service, and sought to enlist our member ou its behalf. We were politely bowod out by the Government, and our member's nature ia of such a nature that it ia ui.fult, and appear* to be an unknown quantity. We were inure scurvily treated i��y the Government aa to postal aervioe. It abolished the weekly service and substituted a aervicn once a fortnight, that being its idea of Liberal pn gross and reform in this district. Naturally the people clamoured againBt this backward innovation, which while it lasted did not improve business relations with the outside world. When new tenders were called for, as the old ceu tract was expiring, for a weekly postal service, although this wae disappointing still if not advancing there was no futthor retrograde movements. There was a radical change in the mode of conveyance. It was to be carried entirely by stage along the wegon load. Tenders having been invited for this speohtl advertised contract, many applicants were at considerable expeiso io preparing their tenders in the expectation of obtaining tho ot.ntraot and that the advertised contract was a 110NA mdk one. But alas they reckoned without considering the deviuus ways of the Post Master General. M-u-y tenders were lodged but instead of accepting any of them the Post Master General threw them all aside and entered into a diffiuent contract with a private individual for a term of four years, whereby there was to be a weekly service \ in the aummtr and a fortnightly service iu ��� the winter. The public was kept entirely 1 in the dark aa to the makiug of this strange' contract until it was completed. Nop��r-. son was given an opportunity of competing. Those most couctrnrd in the matter were' never consulted, l'ublic cr nveniei.ee ii a matter of the utmost indifference to this servant of the public���the I'obt Master General. If such conduct had been indulged in by a Conservative poblio servant there would have been a fine howl of indignation from Liberal throats. This contract is conceived in tht highest principal of *' how not to do it." Tlie mails are landed In Fort Steele on Thursday evening and ���arty on the fallowing mornlug the mails go oat again. There ia so opportunity of answering letter* by return of mail, to that the service is practically a fortnightly one, and far from conferring any benefits. Tho people of Fort Steele have again risen to tht occasion. Tbey have supplied their own telegiuphio service and they have also supplied their own postal aervice. Withiu .'IO dayt thero will be a telegraphic service in operation between Fort Steele and Kilispel in Montana. The cost of this service haa been subicrilied for by the pro- pie, and consttuctiou has already proceeded as far aa Wardner, whioh will share in the benefits thus obtained. Arrangements have now been concluded with the two transportation companies operating on the Kootenay and Columbia rivers so as to enable the peoplo in the district to send out and receive their mail with tome regularity and punctuality. From the north there ato two stages departing aod arriving every week connecting with the boats on the Columbia river for Golden, while between Jennings Landing ou the Kootenay and West l'ort boats aro running three or four -imes every week. Letters to people in Fort Sttole district if nddrosfted to the care of the International iveamlmat Company via Jennii ^ t Landing are brought up by the company ii.e and diu'iihuicd by them from their agent1* office, L itlois c-��u go cut this wny but both Canadian and United Slates postage niuvt be put upon them, and in addition a feo of five uentn for each letter in charged. Mote than oO per cou*, of tho mail, ia now received and Bent out by this route. Mail under similar arrangements can be sent north by the stage which runs twice a week to Golden, and also letters brought in and distributed if addressed to the care of the company at Golden. In a short time the Post Muster's postal Borvica will become a farce. Next year with the advent of the railway and the uprising of new towns there inuat! be a change in the abauad postal a rrai.ge-j menta, and the ofh'oials appear to be no at reoognizing that fact, as the assistant . Inspector General his recently been in Fort Steele making eoqtilrias and obtaining in- j foimation as to tho strides the district has made in increaso of population, and in in- oreiseof business. Wardner, Moyie ��nd Cranbiook are now demanding post ofliues and postal services and their wants must be attended to in some way und they cannot be through the present crazy ohaunel devl sed by Post Muster (!enerul M uloek. Thu natural course for our service is southward and i ail way communication next yeur will provide the mcins for uu ullictive service. FORT STEELE. Fort Steele canio into existence in 1877 In that year there was .some trouble with Kootenay Indians. The cause of tho trouble was that two white men were found murdered and rohbed, their bodies hii'ig discovered in a gulch, some .SO miles north ot Windenuere in the Columbia valley, aud whioh bus ever since borne tho name of tho Deadmen's (.'reek. Tho white men, who were miners, hud evidently been followed and murdered while sleeping by tho camp tire. Suspicion fell upon an Indian in whose possession a watch was found and he was arrested on suspicion of knowing something about the crime. The Indians grew exched, broke open the look-up and teleus'id their comrade. Tha C'verument offices were thou on Wild Hois-: C ��ck and the official-, of which Mr. Ay liner, Golden, was then ooe, were ordered by the Indians to clear cut of the country. They cleared. This disturbance led to a detachment of the North West Mouuted Police coining in to quell the disturbances and re-appiehend the prisoners, Tnis detachment came iu from Alberta through the Ctow's Nest Pass and was under the command of Major Steele The Indiana were re-apprehended and were subsequently liberated as thete was no evidence sufficient for a conviction. A watch supposed to belong to one of the murdered men had been found on one of tht Iudians. A notorious white man known by the name of "Peg Leg" disappeared fiom the country about this time and it was supposed he knew more about the murder than the IndUna implicated. The murder and robbery savoured more of the deed of a white man than the art of an Indian. I was generally supposed that the watch might have been given to the Indian for bhewing the actual perpetrator the way out of the country by one of tlie trails through a pass. The mounted police remained f��r Botno time in the district until all the excitement had cooled down aa the times were perilous and the settlers who were then few iu number were bad y scared and thero were fears of an Indian riding. The police fixed thiir hcudqiu.rt.ers on a piece of grcuud ou a bluff at the conjunction of the Wild Hoise Creek with the Kootenay River, sod built barracks and cilices there which are at the present timoutil zed as the Provincial Government odious. The land on which the barracks and offices were built belonged to a Mr. GalbraiLh, who kept a ferry and store there and the place wax kuown as GalbraUb's Ferry, and had been so known since tho days of the wild rush io the eurly sixties to tho placer diggings on Wild Horse Creek. The rush to these dig- ginsa waa from the south. Prospectors coming in by Walla-Walla and Bonner's Ferry, oiouing tho St. Mary's river and afterwards the Kootenay to get into the Wild Horse Creek, There was no practical route then from tho north. In order to shorten the route and give a ready creasing over the Kootenay Mr, Galbraiih constructed the ferry and afterwards est ah" i died a store. The result of the great rush to the Wild Horse Cieek was the speedy uprisal of a great mining town ou Wild Horse Creek where tho first government eflic<a for the district were tstahliaed, but which were subsequently removed to Donald when the rush had died away and the mining town of Wild Horse Creek had dwindled down. The ferry and store remained on the banks of the Kootcnny and these have formed the nucleus of the present mining town of Fort Steele. The advent of the mounted police rendered it necessary to have postal facilities, which lead to the establishment of a post office which was named after the commandant of the police force and the namo of Galbraith'a ferry diaappeuaed in that of Fort Steele. From that time onward until the diicovrriea in quartz some few years ego its progres: was slow, but after the discoveries of mineral wealth in its surrounding mountains its progress was more rapid. But within the last three years sine) tlie district became better known to the outside world its progress has been most rapid. It is now a busy, bustling town and the center of great activity. It- population will now he close upon 1000 ana ii rapidly increasing. Three mouths ago it only boasted of two hotels and two sloios, now it has eight lutela and aboui the same number of stores. All trades aod all professions aio represented. It has two doctors, a chemist shop, aud six members of the legal profession. Its school la in a llouruhing condition. Divine servic.a are held both by Presbyterian aud Kpisconaliau churches. It has one of the best conducted newspapers iu British Columbia���"Trie Prospec or '-whose editor Mr. A. B, Grufie.moro than any other man lu the Koole- nays, has through its columns built up the present prosperity of Fort Steele. Whether it ever shall be any larger than what it is at thii present time remains to be seen as formidable rivals uu- ris it-; up in tho shape of other mining towns. It is pleasantly situated oo u small elevated table land at the conjunction of the Wild Horse' Creek with the Kootenay River, bucked in by tho Hooky Mountains, while iu front is one of the lovliest forest lauds that ever the eye rested upou. It stretches away for mile*, comparatively level, with Utile mountains rising here and there until closed in by theSelkirks. Through this runs the St. Mary's river which empties into the Kootenay a little to the north of the town. Ooe great drawback to the present prosperity oi the town is the want of a water supply. A good wholesome supply of water could be easily got for an outlay of considerably under ��9,000, which would be sufficient for the wants of the inhabitants tor many years to come, but its people have other o'jcupntious to engage their attention and what is every person's business speedily becomes no person's business, A spasmodic effort was made soma time ago to ohtaiu a supply but the tliurt apparently has only been a epiioru as nothing nan yut been done. Meantime iho people are content with the supply from the Kootooay, Whloh in its present condition, from tho heavy falls of rain has thu appearance that it is fur from inviting. Too water ,�� caned up ftum the river aud distributed to the inhabitants, who have barrels in which their Bupply is kept for daily use. Il is to be hoped this stale of maltare will be speedily remedied, und that, shortly it will not only have a good wm rr Bupply but an effective drainage schema. Its postal service is most defective, and is not only detrimental to its prosj eritybut to the prosperity of the neighboring towns and surrounding distiict. It has only a weekly service, Its importance and the importance of the other towns aro sufficient to entitle the government to supply a bi-weekly service, but remonstrances have hitherto been in vain. The government his turned a deaf ear to the appuulm. The result is that the people have to resort to other means to get their mail out and in by more expeditious manner than the half centuury behind means that the government has provided, A coatd urable amount of mail ihmcfore not s out aud comes in by the south. The in- li i hi tutus also made a vain appeal for the telegraphic or telephone communication with thu outside world, but this defect hns oow been supplied by the energy of the towu's people and within thirty days Fort Meele and its rival Wardner will be in communication with the outside world by means of the telegraph. This will be a gic-.it boon to the luuiness portion of the community. The construction of the Crow'* Ni st Pass railway may be of gn liter benefit to the mining towns on the line of its construction thau lo Fort Steele, but if its prosperity and in parlance warrant* it, it can bo esbily connected with a spur line. The next two yours will determine the future prosperity of ths district; as by that time claims will be developed, and the present developed claims will be mines, and the other towns will be filled up. But notwithstanding all these formidable rivals, Fort Steele, if properly governod, will always be a charmirg town to live iu, aa its rosidcntal charms are great. H. L. Cummins, P.L.S., Mill Civil lin-iliii-i'r. Poire Stkklk, B.C. Thos. McNaught, Mining Broker, Financial Agent, Conveyancer ami Nullify 'Public. Post ofllec address: GOLDEN ��r FORT STEELE. FREti M1NKKS. Extracts From British Colmnhla Statutes ICxplainiiiK- Fully the Value and KuuCHHtty of a "Free Miners" Certiticftto-No Person Should Attempt Mining Without One. Any person over IK yearn of tige, or any Joint stock company, or foreign comptiuy, may tie- einue a free miner by payluu |5 to niiy gold eiMiiiiilHsIitiier or mineral recorder find obtaining a eertifinite good for otic year. A free miner may obtain a new certificate for one hist on paying II- A tree uiiner'n eerlilleate is unl transferable. Any liersmi or eiuniniiiy working u mineral eluim. held as real estate without license, limy be lined fJo, Mines become real estate after erown grant llflri been isstteil. siiniiid co-owner fail to pay up his free miner's certificate his Interest gncn to his cn-nwucrti pro rata uccordlltg !���> their former interests. a shareholder in a joint stock compuuy need not he a free holder. A free miner may claim lfiOOxliiOO feet. Hut all nuglca must be right angles and nil uicosur- mem must he horizontally. A free miner may cut timber on erown hinds. A free miner may kill game for his own use at nil seasons. A free miner may ohtaiu five uere uilllsite upon erown hinds in the form of aKt|iiarc. A claim may he held from year to yenr by work being done to the value of one hundred dollars. Two claims hi each mlnlnj division, not on the game vein or lode, may be held, and more than one ou the same vein if held by plircllUHcr. Lodes discovered lu tunnel may be held if recorded in Iff day*. A free miner may oil payment of f'i, in lieu of expenditure on fhiim, obtain a urowii grant. Ally miner nitty, at the discretion of the gold commissioner, obtain a water right for a term of at years, N'6 transfer of any mineral claim or Interest shall he enforceable unless In writing, signed and recorded. No miner shall suffer from any act of omission or commission, or delays on the part of the government officials. No claim shall he open t<> locution during la-t llluesss of holder, nor within VI mouths after hi* death, inilcsi by purmUdou of gold commissioner. A mineral claffh must be recorded withiu 1"�� days after location, if within 111 miles of office of mining recorder. One additional day Is allowed for every additional IU miles or Fraction thereof. Assr.u. i..\��oi:. Work on each mining claim to the value of flUOmUKl be done eaeli vear from'date of record of mineral claim, Affidavit made by the Inddcr, or his agent, setting out a detailed Mntcmciit of the work done must be lllcd with lliegold comuiissioiisror mining recorder, and a certificate of work obtained, mid recorded he- fore the expiration of ciieh year from the date oi record of said claim. A free miner holding adjoining claims, may subject tn tiling notice of bis intention with ihe gold commissioner or mining recorder perform on any one or more of such claims, all the work required to entitle hi in lo a certiorate nf work for each claim; The Mime provision applies to two or more Ircc nun* ��� cts holding adjoining claims in partnership. hi Hen of above work the miliar must pay i\w ami gel receipt and record the same. PERU 1 Situated on Perry Creek, 25 Miles From Fort Steele, East Kootenay. $75 to $150 Each according to location. ��������������*��� ���>��������������������� �����������������������������**������ mpw-i-Y. <��������. - Onc-ttilwl down, imtunco in tin-ec nntl six _L (���'a.-iJ.J.to - HiontliH, wltlioui iiilt-iTNl. Agents, CALGARY. Upper Columbia- yfaviffation dc uramway Co., Limited, and International Transportation Company. ���� -.�� Commencing with the C. P. 11. at Golden, B. ('., ami Grout Northern Railway at JenningH, .Montana. jj��jf" 48 Hours to Fort Steele. *1��|J Steamers leave Golden .Monday and Friday evening on arrival of East hound train. Connections at Canal Flat with stage for Fort Steele and Wardner. The Only Quick and Comfortable Route. Address all express care of U. C. Co'y, Golden. F. P. ARMSTRONG, MANAGER MINING FFOICIAUS. Complete Directory of llio Ito cordct-H. Minister ol Mines���lion. t'nl. Jstncs li.ik.-r. I'ri.vllli'lnl MIiiitsI.ii.-M ��'. A. .arlyl.-. I'ul.llt- Asssyur- 11.1'.irinU-liiu-l. Ill-.lrt.-l. ' Oltlco, minimi irKii.lir.Kir-* is 11. <". M.N.lIM't-it. BRAY N.ilinil.11. >KW '.���K--T.-IIM.TKIl ��� li. u,,Ih-uii N.-.v Westminster i:ist K.t'iTKS.iY-.1. Slirr.-I Irnnslll K.f. Isinit tl'ililetl 11. Ii���I,|||. I. Will.I,Till,Ti- r. M. K.lu.ir.1*. Piirl Steele M. I'lilllli- Tiilmeen I'lslns iu:*T hm.TrSAV .1. li. ilrslmiii Itevelntnlic i..r, M.nlii-iii.-k Ijtrilesn ���\,H*rrmi( New lieiivel -l.il.ii K.-.-ii Mslll .1. II. iiu.ii.iiiU Seism* ,1. Klrkiii. H..-.I..I..I J.C.KykOTl Ilyk.iis Tliomns Ttivior Ti-.nn Use Walter Heotl Illeclllewiiel I-', ii. Khu.|iiIit Nnknsii \V.rttonlionson Qncsnollo lurks .1. Iliiwmri Ilskervllli- YAM -W, llllllll Y..1.- I.. Norrls Vernon ('. A, It. Lnnililv n��m.>..* W, M.Mvilli Mlllwiiy s. II. Aliiii.ml ilrtiii.l I'.irk- II Itutlter lirtinit.' t'r.'t-k II. c. Tim--ii.il Kkmlm-ia ui.i.iv-ikt V, A. Plmlr [.Illnoel K. soiu-s I Union Kirn kvtin. Mnii.tiii l'r.-.-k Oiiiltu-rii ,1ns. Porter Uk.-i.ni u.iikiim-t. Fletcher Ulierul viitiiiiia-w. s. Unto \ li'i.irln ti.il.l. .'i.MMlssli.MlllS is n. o, For llu- I'rnviiii'c-W. s. ll.irc Victnrln Albornl Th.... Klotchor Albornj rrirlboo Jolm llowrtill Itli-lni.-l.l .n-slnr District -.Lis. l'itrt.-r...l.Hk.-tuii, Cnssltir l.lllooel lii-iri, i Fratlcrleli s,.m-s Clinton Niiimlini.- M. lirsy... S.liiilinii i;..si K...tt.'iiiiy District���J. f. Annslrong. rorl ���i.K. tlrllltli nonntil Wosl K.I..I.-HHV nisirU-i -N, Clmiilibs...Nelson ���l.li. iJinliilin llOYClslokc Yslo Distriot���Clisj. Utnlily u...;,.... II. C. Tiiiulsll iKsmlooirs CARLIN & DURICK General Merchants ^ FORT STEELE, B. O. e��/\/v\/--\^'*.o Miners Supplies a Specialty. Agent for the California Giant Powder Com pay. LEADING HOUSE ���=. Balgardne * Mel Fort Steele, 33. C. CllOtCK WlN'I'.S, LlQUOllS ANI> ClU.MIS. R. D. MATHER, Proprietor [KT TRAVELLERS HEADaUARTERS The Steele House. First Class Brands of Liquors and Cigars o Headquarters for Mining Men o o Commodious Sample Rooms o o Hest Cuisine ill the West. OOO Modern Conveniences o o o Homo Comforts. D. McNEISK, Proprietor. POET STZEBSLIE, S. C. ^.dvertls�� In. "T23:S E^i.ST ^OOTn^Tj^."ir 2AJHTE&. \. : ������Wtm * 1'W" iTTrn^ii^-^W.-'>WP(^~!**^'"*'''**^'**l*-w**lf'i^",''''i''."rl**'rm '���f^*'lf*Ti��*T*T'nrrtii"*i m iiTrY.���iwiif ��� -,���-������ r- ^^m-..i/,.mm-m-��^-mm^si��i.ii ..,.^i . ��m~y*.^y- ���aw Real Estate in Golden now presents one of the best opportunities tbr investment, Golden is sure to be the leading railway and mining town in East Kootenay. n-|.����-^.---^.^a��?-rT-ffL^XflCT^^ Tir ��� The owners of the Townsite are prepared to. dispose of the remaining lots at reasonable prices and on reasonable terms. ���vr*mz���**rr-!?rir7rrr:.rrr.?Tz^r^^rr.L'-7r'~,>r.w,llumil MISfll SPECIAL be oifered to purchasers erecting buildings* Prices Ranee 75 to $200 according to location. gjgf For Maps, Prices, Terms and full particulars apply to &ee. S. Marter, OS ft & Parseii, m G-03LE)E^T, S. C. Local and General News, (I. S. McCarter returned from Banff on Uw-iueiday. The 0. P. R. are conitraoting a new aide- track along the Kicking Horie bank, Mr. Ueorge Meade, proprietor of the -Russell House, ia ou a viiit to Vancouver. We regret to learn that Mr. Harry Woodley ia lying very ill at tha hospital. Attention ia directed to the Hospital report published in full iu another column. Mr. 0. A. Brooke, M.E., hoa severed hii (jauueotion with the Horuo-Payne Company. T. W. Jackion of Fort Steele, oirived on Munday'a boat aud want eaat to Calgary on Monday. A British Columbia Motion wai opened jn tho London, Kugland, atouk exchange Ust week. Mr. Do Wolff who ii connected with the Monarch mine at Field is expected to return about September lit, Mr. Thomas Mc Naught arrived from Fort Steele, on Wednesday and wlil spend a inooih in Golden. A. Carroll, an employee of the Golden IfUfftber Co., received a bad aqueezj on Monday by a log rolling on him, It Is reported that 12,000 men will be engiqed shortly in tha work of constructing the Crow's \��st Pass Railway. Divine serviae will be conducted in the I'l-KMhyterinu Chureh on Sunday morning at 11 o'clock, and in the evening at 7:.'t0. J. A* Btngs, solicitor, Calgary, was a paHStinw ou Saturday's boat from Fort tituele. Ho wentaast on Monday. Mr. Dan McNeiih, the popular proprietor (pf i lis Steele Houm, Fort Steele, ha* been spending a few days here this week. It. 11. H-intone on his road to the Crow's ��\t.Nt Pais as assistant store keeper (or the I'. I'. I���*,., paid u.i a visit on Thursday. Cornelius Venderbilt'i two sisters aod party passed through Golden oo a special early Tuesday morning en route for the pcatt, ���I. C, Cromo, manager of the British Columbia branch of tha Toronto Type foundry Company, paid lioldeu a visit on Monday. Vuel Carryer of Field has located a olaim about two miles from the railway at Field whioh promises high values in gold and uopptr, Clare Turnbull had tha misfortune to severely cut his foot while iu the performance of his duties on the new bridge on Tuesday. The public school reopens on Monday next. The school timleo-t for this year are Mints, R, Love, W. I.. Houston aud Jas, Henderson. Hon. G. K, Foster, ex-Minister of Fin- alien, ar, ivod from the west on Moivlay aud left for Fort Steele, per h. a. Duchess, the same evening. A special freight train of some 25 oars < f implements, lies and horses, with abaut 100 lm-o, left Calgary on Tuesday fur tha O.ow's tfest Pass railway, Aa American company are desirous of I udding a wagon road from the Peace Kiver to (lis Klondike on condition that they be hIIowmI to collect tolls on it. They pro j.ose to spend millions on the road if 4wwjri Frank MariUggi and a party of four from Edmonton passed through on Wednesday on their way to the Yukon. Miss JCrlokson of Field has returned from Banff where she has been for some time in the hospital suffering from a severe ankle sprain. Dr. and Miss lhrrett of Winnipeg, and Mr. and Mrs. Goanell and daughter of Calgary were guests at the Columbia House on Tuesday. At the rsflle which took place at the Columbia House on Saturday evening last Hilly Skelton won the stock saddle aud Tom Alton the watch. Mayor Orr of Calgary has off ired to give free of oharate to eaoti of the ten suffer*��� by the recent Hood, one lot of land 3.'��xl.r>0 feet situated east ol Kibow Bridge. Mr. Wm. Baillie nf Kamloopi, formerly connected with the Inland .Sentinel, paid ui a visit on Monday. Mr. Uiillie will spend the next few mouths baking into the re* sources of the Fort Steele division. Manager Whyte of the 0. P. R. has assured a correspondent that no contracts ou the Crow's Nest P.us railway were let to American contractors nor to Foley Bros, as reported by the press. Mujor S. B. Steele of Fort Macleod and John Karroo of 1'iocher Creek returned east on Wednesday from a month's trip thro' the mining regions of B C. Major Siuele is the Preiident of the Ibex of Slocan. A party of North West Mounted Police, seven in number, accompanied by Asst. Commiaiionor McIIree went west ou Wednesday on their wuy to Lake Bennett in the Yukon where a police post and customs office will bo established. Mr. Griffith, the newly appointed Gold Commissioner for Northern Eist Kooteuay, paid his firat official visit to Golden yjsLer day, and received aougratulatious from his many friends here upon his appointment to the office. The new bridge over the Unking Horse river is so nearly completed as to allow the trains to pass over and the weary refrain "when, on when, shall that bridge be lin- ished !" will now he heard no more on the streets of Golden. Mr. 0. II. Bott, chemist, and another Catgiiry gentleman have opened an away office at Calgary. They will doubtless find it a profitable venture in view of the foot that thero is no other assay office between there and Revelstoke. The statement that th�� Canadian Pacific railway will extend theCdgaryaod Klmon- ton branch to Athabasca Lauding was made on the authority of President Van Home. It is understood that the expected road will be completed by the end of next summer. Messrs. T. E, Wilton of fttrffand othirs have locsted claims in the Ice River district south of Lianohoil from which somo marvellously rich gold silver and copper ore has been obtained as shewn by thu assays received. Tho lead is large and Is traceable for 3000 feet. Tho meet of the Canadian Wheelman's Association takes place at Calgaiy on Sept. fllh and 7th, on the Athletic Association founds. A new club house has been erected and a new truok has been constructed aud everything points to this being one of tho most Auccpnsful events held iu the west. The C.P.R. officials have granted special rains from Golden and Portage La Praii'ie and intermediate points. In all 75 prices will bs offered for competition. On the evening of the Oth Nipt, a grind display of fire works will he given on the grounds and on the oveoing of the 7th a oqucert will he gh en in the Ofiora II; u.1-9, lb has been arranged for steamers to leave Victoria for Dyea, taking pia-iengers to Klondyko on August S, 10, and 15, Already a Urge number have secured passage in anticipation of difficulty iu obtaining them later on. Robt. Cumming of Barrie, Out., who has been looking over Eist Ko.-tenry with a view to establishing himself in the general merchandise business, was a c*ller on Monday, Mr. Cummiug's informs us that he is going to become one of us in the near future It is said that A. JM. Nanton of Winnipeg has been awarded the contract for 1 he bet f supply on the Crow's Nest Pass railway at $0 60 per hundred pounds. Alberta cattle men do not credit the report, as they say lower tenders were sent iu. Dr. Mewburn's appointment as surgeon on the Crow's Nest const ruction his heeti confirmed. Tne head office will be in L.'th- brldge and all orders will b*i i-jsu-jd from there. It is no'- yet knowu who will be hie assistants, but it is expected that Jo.:��! pi acti turners will be employed. Tha Royal Victoria Lifo Insurance Co,, of Montreal, will cotnmouuo to ls-iuepolioiuH about the 1st of August and the manager is now ready to receive applications for local, distriot and general agencies in Canada, Further information miy bo had on application to David Burke, General Manager, Montreal. Mr. Charles McCready, Divisional Tie Inspector for C. P. K., went to Bii-ff on Saturday to meet hiti fitter Mr*. H. X Coatf-s of Now Brunswick, who has been i��t Banff Sanitarium for the beuetit of her health. Mr. MuCready returned on Monday and reports Mrs. Coats much improved by her visit to the Springs. There is still considerable activity in the Windermere mining division aud prospector j aro still hut>y up tho creeks and streams. A prospecting party with Mr. Robert Mic- Pherson, M.P.P., has ju.?t gone up Toby Creek. Thopirty has beeu over u considerable part of Fort Sum lo mining division aud is now trying its lush in Windermere Division. It has already covered som-i ground and has beeu up Finilhy und Dutch Greeks and expects to make soma good dUcovoriel in Toby Crock before the Benson expires. The following parngraph from tho Moll ft Empire, Toronto, must re for to tie St. Eugene mine on the Moyea rivor : " Mr. Antoine Robert, of this city, hai rec Ivod a letter from a friend, a prim in Mint Koole* nay, whioh speukti in flowing terms of the mining outlook iu that district;. The letter says:���'This is a good mining country, Mineral is being found in oil directions, though in the majority of ciwes it will ur.t be known what the claims are worth until they are developed. One mine whicli was discovered by Pierre, the Indian, a few months ago, cenld not now be bought for $-100,000'." We know tho mine and we should say neither $400,000 nor twice that amount could purchase that mine NOTE AND COMMENT. Messrs, J. I), Lang & Co, wholesalegrocor and liquor dealers of Toronto, eppear to be in financial trouble. At a meeting of their creditors it was decided to proceed with the action taken by one of the Co'ys creditors, This firmdid au extensive business in portions of British Columbia. The troublo arising out of the fire in the John Eiton Co's establishment in Toronto sonic time ago 1ms culminated in tho arrest of three Thompson llrof. oi* ohargM ��f do ing away with the company's property for tha purpose oi defrauding their creditors. The bank as usual held all the security, in- Buranco policies and nearly everything else ar.d some lively litigation will likely result if the difficulty is not polirhed up. Local merchants will feel no pangs ot sorrow at the sudden demise of this departmental institution and it would be as well for Toronto and many other places if some more of the very large departmental stores wore to wind up business, as they are properly regarded as a menace to the general prosperity of the cities where they exist and the country at large. Assay Office Needed. One of Golden'a most pressing needi at the present moment is the establishment here of an assay office by somo compotent and trustworthy person. Notwithstanding the fact that there is an immense amount ef work being done on the mineral claims in tho Windermere, Donald and Golden mining divisions not an assayer has ventured to tsUblish himself within their borders although there exists at the smelter at Golden a thoroughly (quipped office and furnace suttdble to tho wants of such ft business, wl.i-.'Ii we have no doubt could bo rented for t'le present at least. Much unnecessary delay is now caused to mining men by having to send their ore samples to Rev-eletoke and other points for ass��y. Thore are many advantages in having an assayer within easy reach. Deals respecting prospects may bo more readily negotiated,the intending purchaser being ublo to find out for him self without any del ly the value of the Mini plea submitted to him. Again, many oi iIioho engaged in development work on their ulaims are naturally auxious to satisfy them- hoIvcb from timo to lime as to the increasing or decreasing value of the ore in which they arc working, and the sending of samples away long ditUnoos causes endlesi detention of mining men in town ponding thu arrival of returns from the atsayer. Tiiat the business would bo a profitable one at lo&Bt during the mi miner months admits of uo question, Tho postmasters and express agents at this point and at Donald con, we have uo doubt, establish the fact that hundrods of ore samples are despatched from ttiese points cvory month to ss layers at a distance. KLONDYKE. Inspector Strickland of the N.W.M. Police Interviewed. In the course of a short interview Inspeo tor Strickland, who returned rcceutly from the Yukon, said it the country fills in as rapidly aa it is doing the two trading com* panics will not be sufficient to supply the food and thero is plenty of room for other companies iu this lino. Pnniftioiu are not so dear as one might expect. Flour is $12a hundted, bacon 40 cams per pound, oanued meals 73 c?nts and a dollar, and cariboo and moore H.;t��h are sold by the Indians ttSOcts. per pound Inspector Strickland strongly recointtieud? that no po'Wii mwuld go out to the Yukon district without taking with him a year's food, as well as some dollars, because paying claims are not always found immediately and there is the long and hard work of building a home. He says that mining ia not a pionio. There are no enjoyments. It is all hard work. Wood is scarce and requires a good deal of labour in cutting, etc. The climate is healthy and there is very little sickness. The chief complaints are scurvy, kidney troubles aod rheumatism. Though the winter ii eight monthi long it is only three weeks that the sun is not seen. Miner's wages are $15 a day, but this rate will fall soon if the present rush contlrues from the Pacific Coast. When Inspect a* Strickland left Inspector Constantino and all the rest were well, Inspector Soarth, with the N. W. M. P. detachment, had arrived safe and sound. Windermere Mining . . Division . . Canal Flat Mineral CIuim-Large Development Work���More Than $��,000 Expended. In some districts tbe valuable anil well devulopod mineral olaim���which is a copper proposition containing silver and gold���snd belonging to a Winnipeg syndicate, would be styled, mine. It is situ .ted on the southern end tf that portion of tbe range of tbe Roobiss where the Kootenay divides it, and where there is tlie great change iu the geological formation of the rock���from limestone t<! slate. The geological formation of the Rookies southward from Golden up the valley of the Oalumbla until the Kootenay river is reached, i, limestone, when the Kootenay is crossed the formation has changed iuto slate, this continues until the Wild Horse creek is reached. This mine is situated on tbe mountain side some L',000 feet up from th. level of the Columbia take aud Kootenay river. Tho lake washes the side of this mountain aod tli.i river flow, by the end cf it, so there is abundance of watery element for mining und transportation purposes. The augle i f the lull is sbout 40 , and although so steep it will permit great facilty in handling the ore after it is mined either by means of a sl'ila or an aerial tramway line. Develop- rneut work whioh has been going ru for some time at this mine by a gang of workmen has been suspended in the mesntime. During the time the work has been in pro- gross a tnnnel six foet by f-.nr feet hae been driven in 110 feet. A drift of 2S foet has been made into a body i fore. Ibis drift commences about 20 feel from the mouth of the tunnel, whore the tunnel runs through ten feet of ore. A shaft has also been sui.k f ir U feet on the ont-oroppings above the tunnel. This shaft is .'10 feet to the right of the lino of the tunnel and is sunk about 50 feet higher up on the inolino of the hill. The object is for the put pone of prospecting those croppiogs whioh are very abundant, and on which cuts and crosscuts have been made fir a similar purpose. A ledge of two feet of salid ore has been exposed at tho bottom of the shsfc whioh has a tendency to widen out as the shaft decends. The drift exhibits a geod shewing of ere. In any further work thst will be done by tun* nelliui*, drifiing or shafting, extensive ti u- l.-i in1* will be ii.'qiti.-o.i, mil ,) tli-iro is i'.o; much on this mountain side operationi bar* been suspended for a abort period. Th. development work eh��ws ��lsrg��bodyof ore in the limestone formation, wbioh will be very easily wrought after fnrthsr development work has been performed. Th. mine it just at the gnat ooatwt of th* limestone and slate formation. Th. or* may not be of tbe highest grade but the assays show very satisfactory rnulu. These give on an average IS per oent copper, 7oa. of silver, but only 2 dwts. ef gold. If the body of ore turns out what it Is indurating- to be���of immense size���this is quite satis* factory for the most sanguine miner. The development work lias bra nndrr the charge of Mr. E, Cow, contractor, Winnipeg. Be and his gang of mm cam. down on tbe s-eamer Duchess last Wednaa- day. Mr. Cass is one of the sub-contractors on the Crow's Nest Foes railway aid I* now on his way oat to work that contract, whioh may also explain why work baa sot bsen further continued. It is to be hope-t > he ownera of the Cansl flat mlnaaal elaim who have already spent 10000 on II will speedily renew work so that this mine in the near future will beooua both a prodoosr and shipper. A few mites across tho Ob- lumliia Lake ia a concentrator erected for the Thunder Hill mine whloh cotsld bo utilized in the early stage, ol the mine Inr concentrating purpose., as it ha. a oonsjilerabla capacity, A Liar From Klondyko. F. Moss, an old time Montana miner hao described KlondyVe, from whioh ho baa just returned to Great Falls, aa a plaoar mine in a (ink, 7 mllss long and 13 wide, walled in by cliffs 300O feet high. Bdd abounds, but in three years h. saw over 2000 graves made in tho Klondyko bwin, tho majority of whose occupente died Iron sheer starvation. The steamship t-omfauieo bring in all the food and allow no prints importation. A largo proportion ai the gold brought out belonged to th. dead minors. Moss says the richest Motion of Alaska, 100 miles from Klondyko, ia a* yet undeveloped. It is inhabitant,) by .soaped eonvict, from Siberia, who ran thsar own community, and quarrels anil mordent an frequ-int. The Herald lslaollasd to think this old timo Moutana miner to to a good deal of a liar. Ills last assertion sattls. It. Hi sijs that a law months ago Klondyko organized a justice committee, and Uo law prevails there now. To, Herald I, very distinctly of the opinion that aa Isag aa Iusjx Coustantln. and the tnoanted p-.lio. aro around in Klondyke, there is not likely to be muoh show for "justice committees'' or any other law than plain, old fashioned Uritish Justice.���R.velstoko Herald. Mlsa Jessie Turnbull and Mr. C- H. Uuderhlll Married. A pretty wedding ceremony waa solemn- iziil at .1 o'clock last Monday abssaoon which united the destines of two ol Fort S eela's most prominent young people, Mr. C, H. Underhlll and Miss Jsut. Loslie McLtren Turnbull were ths contracting parties. The happy event win attended by a number of intimate friend, ol tho youny people, and was tha first marriage ceremony performed ia Steele for some time. Ths bride is a daughter of Mr. Mo Win Turnbnll, .hipping ni.rch.nt ef Glasgow, Scotland, andls a handsome and accom. pushed youog la ly. Mr. Underbill is a son of Sir Jos. ph Underbill, (J. O., and ia a nativs of Glasgow. Mr. Underbill hae lately located iu Steel, where h. ia last be, coming known aa rm of Its moat oeuM-va- ���ivr. and corripctcut l.ii'naii, men.���-foil S-cbIo Vfv.ii.'.c'.tir.
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Title | East Kootenay Miner |
Publisher | Golden, B.C. : East Kootenay Publishing Co. |
Date Issued | 1897-08-05 |
Description | Devoted to the mining interests and development of the district of East Kootenay |
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Golden (B.C.)--Newspapers. Golden |
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Language | English |
Identifier | East_Kootenay_Miner_1897-08-05 |
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Date Available | 2015-11-30 |
Provider | Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library |
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DOI | 10.14288/1.0081420 |
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Longitude | -116.964722 |
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