& i " >~Ji. i;-'- i The Mines in Kootenay are Anion the Richest in America. g The Ores are High-Grade in Gold, Silver, Copper, and Lead. 3TOMBEB 136. NELSON, BRITISH COLUMBIA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1893. $4 A YEAR DISORDER IN KASLO. One Man Imprisoned for Two Months ��������� Another Heavily Fined���������Rowdyism Must Town. Cease in That Justices of the Peace Green and Bigelow have made a praiseworthy attempt to quell the un- ruliness and disorder which have, been making too much headway in Kaslo. They have used their powers to imprison one street rowdy for 60 days and imposed a heavy fine on another. The question is simply whether Kaslo is to form a disgraceful exception to the good order prevalent in British Columbia, or whether the law and order of which we are so justly proud is to be preserved there. An element in Kaslo seem to think that the unrestrained license of IT. S. mining camps will be permitted On this side of the line; and hitherto they have had somes reason for their belief. Some time ago there was a scrap in Kaslo and one man was cut up pretty badly. The offender escaped scot free through want of evidence. It is time these rowdy citizens were disabused of their notions on this subject, or we will soon have ordinary scrapping giving way to shooting and then the nuisance will require stern treatment indeed to stop it. Disorder must not be allowed to make headway. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. The institutions of this country provide that if one-man takes the life of another- he shall certainly hang for it,and hitherto he always has; but they also provide that disorder in (he str-eets shall be followed by two or three months' reflection in the gaol, and if exceptions are 'made to this, rule, we shall find people who think there will be exceptions allowed to thaether. The central authorities are bv no means blameless: there are too few J. P.s in West Kootenay, three in all between Nelson and Kaslo, we ������������������'believe, and no stipendiary magistrates. In Kaslo, with a population of over 1000 people, a large number of them transients from the States, there is one policeman and no resident authority. If any serious defiance of law and order occurs it wiil reflect grave discredit upon the Government at Victoria. * , ' . GRILLED HIS'CALF.' '���������A.; story-reaches us, for the truth of which we cannot vouch, but which, at the same time, is fairly well authenticated; it reads, however, so much like a miner's yarn that nine people out of ten will put the thing down as being an out and out fabrication. Be that as it may, we give the story for what it is worth. It would be -unfair to the relatives and friends of the subject of the following adventure to raise hopes which may never be fulfilled; so that until we are more certain than we are at present that the details of the case as told to us m&y be considered authentic, we -prefer to suppress ..all names. It may be remembered that some two or three months ago, two men started on a prospecting trip along the trail that runs from Arrow Lake to Cherry Greek. One of these men left camp one morning for a day's hunting, and was never seen again by his companion, who,-after searching for him for 10 or 12 days, returned to Nelson to report his loss. The story that now7 reaches us is to the effect that the lost man is alive and well at Cherry Creek, but that he has only one leg. The loss of the other member he is said to account for as follows: "After leaving camp," he said, "I travelled for some four or Ave miles"without seeing anything to shoot at. However, after having been out for some two hours and a half, whilst passing through thick brush, I put up a deer, and taking a snap shot, wounded him pretty severely. He was not too much hurt to make good going, and I had followed him as fast as I could for perhaps half an hour, when suddenly, without the slightest warning, I slipped on the wet moss, and went crashing, feet foremost, through a narrow belt of thick brush, and then fell through the air for a clear hundred and fifty feet onto the ground below. I must have remained insensible for some three or four hours, but at length came to, and, on trying to move, felt an agonizing pain in my left leg. On examining it I found that the shin bone was sticking through the flesh just below the knee and that the lower part'of the leg was badly torn, so much so, in fact that'o.nly a few muscles and sinews connected' the foot and calf with the knee. It is a marvellous thing that I had not bled to death whilst insensible., The only thing that saved me was that I had fallen' amongst some dead timber, and that a broken stick, had been pressed by the weight of my body and the right leg against the broken limb, just on the artery. I bound my leg tightly above the knee, and began shouting. I hadn't much voice left and couldn't have made much noise, anyway nobody heard me. I was fearfully thirsty, and, suffering1 dreadful pain, managed to drag myself for, perhaps 200 yards, to a place where I found a very small-pool of stagnant"'water in a dried up creek. I then fainted again, and when I awoke it was getting cold and dark. I managed to light a small fire and got through the night somehow. Next day I could find no more water, and the flies began to bother me; towards evening I must have become delirious and continued so, off and on, for* two days longer. When I came to my senses it was to find myself lying on my chest, in front of a small fire, with a bone in my hand, from off which I was ravenously tearing chunks of meat, and enjoying the first good meal that I had had for four days. When the bone was picked clean, I began to wonder where' the meat had come from. I was feeling much stronger and better, and turned over on my back to thinkjthe matter out, when I found to my horror that.my left lef; had been cut off just,below the knee, and on examining the remains, of the meal I had just, made, I knew that in rny frenzy I had myself cut it off and eaten it. I was found that afternoon by a party of Indians who were out hunting and '-brought' by them to Cherry Creek, where I intend to remain for the winter. Though my leg undoubtedly saved my life, I don't intend to diet myself on that class of food. Beans and bacon are good enough for me as a general thing." <FREE SILVER IN IXDIA. The silver question is more acute In India than even.in the United States at the present time. India, from time immemorial, has had its currency based on the free currency of silver; and for marry years the gold value of the rupee has been steadily falling. This movement has variously affected different classes in India and opinions are widely divergent as to what, or whether any remedy is required. On Anglo-Indians serving the Government on fixed salaries, calculated in rupees, the depreciation has unquestionably worked great hardship, through their having to make so many payments on the gold basis in England, for the maintenance and education of their families there. And there is a strong feeling among them that the Government should interfere to rehabilitate the value of the rupee, by restricting the coinage of. silver arrd thus practically adopting a gold standard. Among the ..merchants and- traders it is not depreciation so much as the instability of* the rate of exchange which is found fault with. Before there was telegraphic communication between India and Europe trading in the East was indeed a speculative business, and a large margin had to be allowed for possible fluctuations in exchange during the transit of news. This has, to a large extent, been obviated; but the instability which exists has a bad effect upon both export and import trade. At the same time the merchants are by no means agreed that the best remedy will be the adoption of a gold standard. There is yet another class whose relation to the currency is most important, in fact, it may be said, all important���������the producing class, the peasant and the mechanics. The last 20 years has witnessed a great advance in the position of this class. The population of India has increased 35.000,000 during that period. The,obligations of the peasantry have decreased, famines have become less frequent and are more easily handled when they do occur. This is partly due to the magnificent organization of "the Indian Civil Service and the equal administration of justice, and freedom from unjust exaction which are secured under British rule. The building of roads and railways, which render* the produce of the country more easy to distribute, and lessen the effect of local scarcity in particular districts, has ' also 'had its effect. But this favorable condition of affairs is attributed by the inhabitants of India themselves to an "unrestricted supply of cheap silver." A memorial was lately presented to Lord Her- cheli's Indian currency committee, which is now dealing with the Indian currency" question, from the inhabitants of Poona, which is the centre of native public opinion in Western India, and it is worth quoting: "During the last 20 years the burden of obligations of the peasantry appears to have pressed more lightly on them, a favorable result which your memorialists consider has been due to the operation of an expanding export trade, in which India has had the advantage of an unrestricted supply of cheap silver." Surely the spectacle of a nation of 288,000,000 people, living and prospering under a policy of the unrestricted coinage of silver, is an' object lesson which should not be altogether* lost upon the producing classes of the North American continent. What free silver has done foi* India, joined to an expanding export trade, may not- free silver be also able to do for them under similar conditions. NELSO..V SOCI-1L CLUR. The mock trial held on Tuesday e.venjng was the most ambitious effort the club has yet made and -"must be admitted to have been an unqualified success^- The house was full, all available sitting and standing room being taken up by an audience-which was nothing if not appreciative. The case-taken'up was an action for damages where two men had been joint owners of a sheep. The plaintiff wanted to have the sheep sheared and the defendant did not. The plaintiff accordingly sheared his half of the sheep, and thereafter it wandered into a thicket, was caught in a briar bush and worried to death by a dog. The plaintiff sued for damages on the ground that, if the defendant's half of the sheep had been shorn it would not have been caught in the briar. The defendant, replied that if the sheep had not been shorn at all it would never have wandered. The leading counsel for the plaintiff made a brilliant touch when he.showed that the sheep was the pet of Mary, the plaintiff's daughter, and the id enseal animal regarding which the pathetic lines 'had been written: Mary had a little lamb, Its fleece was black rs ink;* At evervone that Mary wunk, The lamb was sure to wink. The exhibits in the case, designed by Mr, O'Farrell, were also very funny, consisting of the dog before and after worrying the sheep, and of a very highly colored picture of Mary and the little lamb. Mr. Elliot as the skilled witness for the de- fense^Mr. Theophilus Snively Gladstone Roar- back, was a great success; while Mr. O'Farrell as junior counsel for the defence was fairly convulsing. All the others who took part also did their share towards the general effect. At the next meeting of the club six members will read short papers giving their opinion of the character of Mr. Gladstone. This is a novel, and should form an interesting, contribution to the proceedings of the club. Messrs. McLeod, Elliot, G. O. Buchanan, Reid and Turner have been appointed to read papers. tt> pit Ml V. ? If j ������ I I il '. H fcfe "��������������� ���������H II if m is.- vs *; Ill si ft is V !? 1 I ���������M'V ���������$'������������������'��������� 'If ������?��������� ���������?!= :II; t THE MBTEE NELSON, B. 0., SATUEDAY, FEBBUAEY 11, 1893. WARDNER Iff SPOKANE. Jim Wardner is one of the most scientific boomers that has ever operated in this country, or else the Spokane Review is inaccurate in parts of its report of an interview, published in its issue of January 28th, in-which, amongst other things, Mr. Wardner says: " I anticipate that Kaslo willhave a population of 6,000 to 10,000 this year* and eventually 20,000. , It drains a larger and more productive region than is tributary to either* Dead wood, Helena, Butte, Denver or Leadville." When asked as to the transportation prospects, he answered that "President Hill of the the Great Northern spoke the other day of a passenger boat. Let me say that the boat for the Kootenay Lake next year must be some- General Founders, Engineers, Boiler Makers, and Manufacturers of All Classes of Machinery. Sawmill and Marine Work a Specialty. SOLE MANUFACTURERS OF THE and Mill 0. Shingle Machines, Steam Log Hauling Machines, tiling like the Flyer on Puget Sound. It must be supplied -with reclining chairs and glass windows, affording travelers an opportunity to obtain full benefit of the magnificent scenery. Machinery will beat Bonner's.Ferry to-morrow We keep in stock a full supply of Engineer and Mill Supplies, such as Pipe and Fittings, Brass Goods, Sheet and ot Packing Rubber Valves, Rubber and Leather, Belting, Oils, and Lubricants, etc. for a new boat. This has been taken from a said to ���������. -������������: S. N. CO. Captain J. W. Troup has recently been in Seattle for a few days, and during his stay there has been interviewed. He reports that prospects are very bright for a good season's business in the Kootenay country, as miners are crowding in there very rapidly, and it promises to be a very active year in the development of the mining resources of the country. Good for Troup. But how miners can he crowding in rapidly is a puzzle .that the residents of West Kootenay are at present unable to solve. Owing to the catch-as-catch-can-and-when-you-can system on which the C. & K. S. N. Company are conducting their business, it is extremely difri- for anybody to get anywhere, leaving rapidity of movement out of the question altogether. TBIE GOYKR.VOIt GENERAL. The Montreal Star's cable from London says: 44 To set at rest all conjectures about the successor of Lord Stanley of Preston as Governor- General of the Dominion of Canada, I have authority to state that the Right Honorable John Campbell Hamilton Gordon, seventh Earl of Aberdeen, will succeed His Excellency. Willamette steamer at Portland, and is be very good., "Captain Tibbetts is endeavoring to organize a company to put in such a. boat as I spoke of | for passenger business. If he is successful, that boat will be fully up to the standard indicated by Mr. Hill. The water of that lake requires not only a speedy but also a seagoing craft, as the surface is at times exceedingly rough." The above statements may beaccurate enough. ���������We have no kick coming with regard to them, anyway, but the following sentence is decidedly inaccurate in several particulars: "It "may not be generally known that the Slocan miner's have, a ready market at Kaslo for their ores. Transactions are made in this way: George Hughes has a bonded warehouse and issues warehouse receipts on all ores consigned to him. These warehouse receipts, with twro assay certificates, are recognized as good collateral at John M. 'Burke's bank, the Bank of British Columbia or the Bank of Montreal of Kaslo. It certainly is not generally known that "the Slocan miners have a ready market'at Kaslo for their ores." It is of course .perfectly true that money can be raised on ore in Kaslo, but it. is only done because the Tacoma smelter has expressed its willingness to advance money to the extent -of 75 per cent, of the assay value of the ore in the bonded warehouse, and to .endorse notes for the-'."owners of ore to that extent, ���������Neither the Bank of Montreal nor the Bank of B. C. have branches in Kaslo, and.it is only by special arrangements that they will -make.-advances-on warehouse receipts. At present there is only one instance where such arrangement has been made. Kaslo is a good live town, and has a future before it, hut it is a mistake to claim more for the town than is justified by facts. It is in the interest.of Kaslo that exaggeration of this description should be corrected HOISTING ENGINES-AND SINKING PUMPS Th X OB MINES. Corner Alexander Street and Westminster Ave., VArTCOUVEB, B. 0.' :L, . J. W. CAMPIQxT, Ja E. Secretary-Treasurer. Agent West Kootenay. Manager ��������� ijiwi-inc-n- w^r,-^^ ompany Baker street, Nelson, B. C. Oil DEALERS IN- 3 ������3sa HAS ON DISPLAY A FULL RANGE OP Plain and Fancy Worsted Suitings and Scotch and Irish Tweeds and Serges. PRICES TO SUIT TUB-TIMES' 0. Campbell- Johnston. (of Swansea, India, and the United States.) Agents for Fort Garry Flour Mills NELSON, B. C. BAKER STREET, ' NELSON, B.C. - Plasterer, -Bricklayer and Stone-Mason ..Contracts taken .for work at all points West Kootenay. in :iN!NG; "ENGINEER. Properties reported on. All assays undertaken. Furnaces and concentrating plants planned and erected. Treatment for ores given. Ores, bought and sold. Box 731, "Vancouver, B. C. Terms cash. A-LXj-A-'IDsr n.: Plasterer and Bricklayer Will con tract'for all kinds of work. Materials furnished and estimates given for work in any town in Kootenay Lake Country. ,;IIM FOK SALE" At Nelson and Pilot Bay or delivered at any point on the lake in any quantity. Address P.O. box 47, Nelson. (A. M. Can. Soc. C. E.) CIVIL ���������ENGMEEB ArTD AE0HITE0T, Victoria- St., ffcxt Door to fiffotel Phaiiv Nelson, B. ���������. ���������= BLUE EIDQE HOUSE Ten miles from Kaslo. on the trail to Slocan mines. First Class Accommodations for Travelers. Best Brands of Liquors and Cigars. Jas. McDonald & Co... Nelson and Kevelstoikc, carry full lines of all kinds of furniture for residences hotels, and offices. Mattresses made to order, and at prices lower than eastern and coast. They are also agents for Evans Pianos and Boherty Organs. PRICES MODERATE. NELSON" STOKE : No. 4 Houston <& Inlc Building, Josephine Street. McDonald Bros. Proprietors. NOT8CE. Notice is hereby given that 60 days from the date hereof, I intend to apply for a crown grant to the "Try Me" mineral claim,situated on Toad Mountain. This application will be made under clause 35, "Mineral Act 1891." Copies of the field notes and plat can be seen at the oflice of the Government Agent, Nelson Nelson, B. C, Nov. 26th, 1892. HAROLD SELOUS. Prospectors'location notices for sale at The Miner office FOR SALE. An assayer's outfit and laboratory, complete in all its details with office fittings. Price, $100. Apply Miner office. iW.r- V������r������:i'f.1ii������"H ������~sv !>-������i-,s.'; v\ THE -MINEE-: "NELSON, B. C., SATUEDAY, FEBEUAEY 11, : 1893. BgoasautLMaiygKro $=m E ESSSSSI bpmts������b������ for the Duncan G-old Fields and G-reat Silver Ledges of the A Trail from this' iius savin site will bring the centre of the Lardo arriage over miles of Lake and Trail. Level Lana e umy romi on er Kootenay e. X X X X X X [S333 X X X,. X X X XX X X X X X 'X 8 IP3 12 i i .i^ftor %*J ass (a !��������� Srsal E? a!c������i3 Early in tiEi-e-SDri rrm 4.4 oint- to. tlie foot of the -HSZ ~6=- For further information as to prices for lots, term Ea&ffi&siaE&sgE wsaagaai Esss^^^a j1^1' U ii^jyiuiftj^^p !il,ii..������, ...u...- ���������"-���������; i.i- ���������5 I * . 'ft Mir.*-! "i V,A ���������t/ ..���������*. ������',iH , J*. ��������� 4 .. ��������� v.--- -i ������������������- ���������".��������� ���������.������������������-<i��������� ���������.'{*���������.-*;.i. ���������.-. .- ���������. -���������*' . - *~ ..��������� ���������������.* ��������������� ... 'I..1!. "..' " ���������iVTT" ������T*75r.T i, .;��������� ��������� '.v"-":"j'>r n-'7Wi" '1 ivnn-iT-iK SBSt & fcBPsS KWfiT La. if...: S&fy. BTTr-rr&t+iliY. fin* _^i!.t_j.-jLr:-.V_������.j. Jit*': IF tf 18 IH i ;1 ������ ri; ���������.f: :|f? v������s: m- THE MINEE: NELSON. B. 0, SATUEDAY, FEBEUAEY 11, 1893. The Miner is printed on Saturdays, and will be mailed to subscribers at the following" cash-in-advance rates: Three months $1.50, six months $2.50, one year $1. Contract Advertisements will be inserted at the rate of $3 an inch (down the column) per month. A special rate for advertisements of over 2 inches. Transient Advertisements will be inserted for 15 cents a line for the first insertion and 7 cents a line for each additional insertion. Twelve lines of V words each make an inch. All advertisements printed for a less period than 3 months considered transient and must be paid for in advance. Advertisements of less than 12 lines will be counted as 12 lines. Birth Notices free if weight of child is given; if weight is not given $1 will be charged.... Marriage announcements will be charged from $1 to $10���������according to the social standing of the bridegroom. Letters to the Editor will only appear over the writer's name. Communications with such signatures as "Old Subscriber," ."Veritas," "Citizen," etc., etc.-, will not be printed on any consideration. Job Printing in good style at fair rates. Cards, envelopes, and letter, note, and account papers kept in stock. Subscribers in arrears will be notified by mail and are requested to forward their subscriptions at once. EDITORIAL KJBUI ABfig. Good wine needs no bush, and a good mining country needs no booming. The exact meaning of the word boom seems to be by no means clear; we take it, however, that it generally signifies not only to advertise a place for all it is worth, but for more than it is worth. Of course when one says in conversation that a place is booming:, one does not necessarily or even usually mean that efforts are being made to advance the price of real estate in that place by unfair, means, but still the application of the wprd as an adjective to the name of a townsite is not as a rule regarded as a compliment by the owners of that townsite. A boom-town is not ��������� ��������������������������������������������� -.������������������ ������������������ <i a nice thing to have anything to do with, and anyone who booms a place without having very good reasons for doing so, ought to be punishable in some way other than by the expressed contempt of his fellows. There seem to have been quite a number of excitements of late in America which have been started by interested parties, without there having been the smallest justification,for a rush. The San Juan stampede is an example of this. Thousands of men from all parts of the States spent every cent they owned in going to the immensely rich placer fields which were reported to exist in that district; many of the thousands have returned home absolute paupers, and as many more remain there simply because no other course is open to them. This doesn't do a country much good, yet some one must make money on the process, as the thing is always happening. In West Kootenay there are no booms. A rush of business affects now one place and now another, but there is something to more than justify the excitement, and every man in the country realizes that it is not by creating a false and selfish interest in the place, but by doing his best to advance the interests of the district, that he is going to make his pile. This is as it should be, and it is by means of plain truthfulness that our district will shortly become known as the richest on the earth. We have always been in favor of having a land registry office located in Nelson, and we believe that every inhabitant of the place agrees with us in so thinking; yet it strikes us as being somewhat inconsistent of land owners to howl about the inconvenience they are made to suffer through having to register in Victoria, when on examination it is found that some two or three only of the owners of lots in Nelson have their crown grants registered. Such carelessness seems almost criminal���������it is certainly unwise. Of this we are very sure that the first Nelson lot owned by ourselves will be registered just as quick as the circumstances of the case will allow, whether the office be atthat time located in Victoria, Nelson 'or Timbuctoo. We have been unfortunate in having no skating this year, and the glad free spirit of the Western young man has had to find sources of amusement other than that of falling on the back of his head. The consequence has been that everyone at times, and for most of the time, seeks, seclusion and thinks deeply as to jokes that he may play off on his fellowman. As the outcome of this, one of our parsons was seen this week wandering round town with a card pinned to his coat tail on which was written "This style $8.50. He is worth more than that, however. The ���������������������������): & E: Navigat ion Company has come in for a large amount of chaff, most of the cartoons being extremely clever. It is just as well that we should be able to work on the surplus of our high spirits, for the summer cometh when no man will have time to cartoon. a ENGINEERS. PROVINCIAL LAND SURVEYORS, , NOTARY PUBLIC, CONVEYANCING. OFFICES; Room 4, Spencer's Arcade, Government street, Victoria. Opposite Hotel Phair, Nelson. Nunt & Doverr JEWELERS AND WATCHMAKERS. OODLE-DOG COR. BAKER AND WARD STREETS. MOW OPE MEALS AT ALL HOURS, DAY OR MIGHT MBS. W. 0. PHILLIPS, Proprietress. APPLICATION FOR SPECIAL TIMBER LICENSE. Notice is hereby given that I have made application to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works, Victoria, for a special license to cut timber on 640 acres of land, situate on the outlet of Kootenay Lake, directly opposite G. O. Buchanan's old millsite, commencing at a stake marked W. W. W., N��������� E. No. 1, thence west along the water front l^miles to stake marked W. W. W., No. 2, thence north ������ mile to a stake marked No. 3, thence east 1������ miles to stake marked No. 4, thence ������ mile south to place of commencement. W. W. WEST. Dated at Nelson, November 30th, 1892. NELSON Livery & Feed Stable, Bum Lu PROPRIETOR. HAY AND GffiAIN FOE SALE. Omnibus and carriages to and from all trains and steamboat wharves. Saddle>nd pack animals for hire. Freight hauled and all kinds of job teaming attended to. Stable on Baker Street. Office with Wilson & Perdne. J. Hoover, President. E. J. Dyer, Cashier. THE EXCHANGE NATIONAL BANK OF SPOKANE, STATE OF WASHINGTON. Capital. Surplus. ..$250,000 ..$ 30,000 FOREIGN'AND DOMESTIC EXCHANGES BOUGHT AND SOLD. ACCOUNTS OE MINERS AND MERCHANTS SOLICITED. Cable Transfers Made. ���������->>. THE HOTEL, SLOGAN OSTY, MULVEY & CLEMENT, PROPRIETORS. WINES, LIQU0ES and CIGAKS. Best Accommodation for Travellers. Regular Connection by Boat with New Denver. TORONTO SAFE WORKS KELIABLE, PEBFECT, TH0E0IJGHLY TESTED Every business man in a mining camp, where banks are scarce and irioney and valuable papers are plenty, should have one of J. & J. Taylor's safes. ������^*Don,t wait till after a fire to purchase one. J. A. KIRK J. F. RITCHIE KIRK & RITCHIE, Dominion and Provincial Land Surveyors. Office over Bank of British Columbia, Nelson, B.C (Deputy SherifF.) LICENSED AUCTI0NEEB NELSON, B.C. Auction sales made at any point in West Kootenay District. Town lots and mining claims bought and sold on commission. A ..general real estate business transacted. Office for the present at residence, corner of Carbonate and Kootenay streets. 134. M������M MMMlSBJllitM^^ .J THE MDTEE: NELSON. B. 0, SATURDAY, FEBEUAEY 11, 1893. TOWN OF -<������> THE ~6*- 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. The (xateway of the Lardo-Duncan Mining Camps. The Only Flat Land, not Subject to Overflow, and the Only Harbor at the North End of Kootenay Lake. A Railway Point; vide 0. P������ R. Reports The Head of Navigation at the North End of Kootenay Lake The Terminus of the Government Trail to the Mines O: .O Examine the Map of West Kootenay! Examine the Head of Kootenay Lake.!, Examine the Townsite of Lardo 1 and ���������4 m O: :������ previously announced by notices already published, the first 200 lots having been sold, prices are now advanced to -=������>: TEEMS: One-third cash, one-third in 3 months, and one-third in 6 months. crozEOsr. l. eetallace:, Stone Block. Kaslo City, B,, 0. MANAGING AGENT. ti, Iriil ��������� ^ 1 "in ��������� ��������� ��������� ��������� |i ��������� * . \ " m ������������������ ��������� ��������� S ������������������������ ��������� ������������������������������������������ ��������� ,..1 "MiMiggiBm���������^ j Lit 1> fcAG^aMW^Urj ������������������fcH���������- ������. -- I "ft* I p 1& Pi IBS IS"1'. mm I I si' JS.1 m It'll'; m 1'rjCfi' i fete I III 11*1 tee- \w m 1 "*J 6 THE MINER.: NELSON. B. 0, SATUEDAY, PEBEUARY 11, 1893. THE C. P. R. TALKS. Tagne as a Delphic Oracle���������Going to Tap the Country toy Means of Schemes Hopes and Opinions���������No Definite Promise of Construction. The following letter has been received in Nelson in answer to the memorial sent to headquarters by the citizens: Montreal, 29th January, 1803. My Dear Sirs.���������The communication signed by yourself arid a number of others, upon the subject of railway facilities in the Kootenay District reached mein due course, and was read with interest. There is no question to which more serious consideration has been given during the past year than the best means of providing facilities for the mineral,,territory between our main line and the international boun dairy. The co'urit ry, as yo'u know, is an expensive one iu which to build railways,;-and- a mistake in location would therefore be a serious one. We think, howeyeri; that we have Wry nearly matured a eohipiehensive plan for the whole district, and I hope that during the current year we shall be able to commence work on a portion of the system. Yours truly, J. J. Shaughnessy, Vice-President. Possibly no more was to be expected. The C. P. R. is trembling and quivering before a great plunge and dreads a mistake in location. We understand the following to be an outline of their great and comprehensive scheme: They project a line from Revelstoke to the Arrow lakes, the terminus to be at the head of the Upper Arrow Lake. Having arrived there, they will wait for developments, and eventually will build down to Kootenay Lake by way of the Lardo. They also will build from Slocan Crossing to Nakusp," leaving the Arrow Lake and Kootenay Lake waterways as the connecting links of their system, and putting on steamers which will double discount all Jack Frost's endeavors. -'The'.probability- is that the only patt of this sche.ne which 1893 will see carried out will be the branch line from Revelstoke to the Arrow Lake. But there is an off chance that the line from Slocan Grossing, to Nakusp will be^ begun^from^theSJ.c>canjprpssing end. It is a vpry..o.if--'"c������.anceJ"'al.tii���������iug'h.'. toj any one who knows the coimtry, the whole salvation of the C. P. R. liesv in connecting Sloca-.n Lake with 1 he Columbia 'and Kootenay Rail way. THIE MAIL SYSTEM." That West i . .>tenav is not the only district around that has*.a kick coming as to the present system of mail distribution is evidenced by the following from the Northport News: "The mail from British Columbia passes through Northport without being distributed. It goes 130 miles to Spokane, is then distributed and the mail for Northport returned, arriving here four days after it passed through. This enables Spokane peopie to receive their mail four days before we. do. This is not right, and it will, no doubt, soon.be changed." SMA&L NUGGETS OF NEWS. George Hughes of Kaslo is hauling 20 tons a day from the Washington and Freddie Lee. He has in his warehouse perhaps 500 tons, and has made a fender to carry 150 tons from the Jackson group in response to their advertisement. The success of Cripple Creek as a great gold mining district is now assured beyond question. The dead work has been done on alarge number of claims and many mines are on pay ore. Travel into the camp continues unabated, on an average fifty people going in daily. The Colorado Midland has 300 men employed in completing the extension into the camp and as soon as the branch line is in operation a new impetus will be given to the camp. Mr. J. C. Anderson has returned to Victoria from a two years' exploration of the West Coast of Vancouver Island, in the interests of the Washington Prospecting Company of Seattle. He is highly pleased with the results of his labors, and reports ^having discovered a piece of ground near Barclay Sound, some six miles in width, which he declares to be the richest bed of marble on the continent. From the samples which Mr. Anderson has brought down with him, and which he forwarded to Seattle yesterday evening, it is clear that he has struck something very rich. In addition to the marble beds, Mr. Anderson has located three good bodies of iron .���������pre/, as well as some fine quartz and placer gold. His company means business, and intend to work their claims for all they are worth. < Notice is hereby given that at the next Session of, the Legislature of British Columbia, application will be made for an act to incorporate a company for the purpose of constructing, operating a.nd maintaining a line of railway from a point at or hear the town of Nelson, in Kootenay District; thence westerly along the Kootenay River to the Slocan ..River, thence northerly along the Slocan River and Slocan Lake to a point at or near the town of New Denver and on through the Nakusp Pass to a point on the Upper Arrow Lake; with power to construct, maintain and operate branch lines from any point on the main line to the headwaters of Carpenter Creek and Four Mile Creek and, with power to build wharves, find docks and erect and maintain telegraph and telephone^.lines and all necessary works. :' '. ���������'.���������'������������������ ./' <\-i* * ���������',.. .��������� :���������- CORBOULD, McCOLL, WILSON & CAMPBELL, ...; ' ../. ���������.'..,.. Solicitors for Applicants. ���������Dated at Nelson-this 7th day of January, 1893. 131-6 Notice is hereby given that at the next Session of the Legislature of British Columbia,, application will be made for an act to incorporate a; company for the purpose of constructing, operating and maintaining a line of railway, commencing at a point near the town of Nelson, in Kootenay District, thence following the West Arm of Kootenay Lake to Balfour, thence along the west shore of Kootenay Lake to Ainsworth, thence to a point at or near Kaslo, thence running up the main fork of Kaslo Creek to Bear Lake, thence to a point at or near the Forks of Carpenter Creek, with power to build branch lines to. any mine or mines adjacent to the line of railway, and with power to build wharves and docks and erect and maintain telegraph and telephone lines, and all necessary work. BOD WELL & IRVING, - Solicitors for the Applicants. Dated the 14th day of December, 1892. . Notice is hereby given that application will be made to the Legislature of British Columbia at its next Session for an act to incorporate a company with power to construct, equip, maintain and operate a railway from a point near the international boundary-line, at or near Bediingtou, in the Province of British Columbia, thence following up the Kootenay River to Kootenay Lake, thence along the west shore of Kootenay Lake to its northerly extremity, with power to construct brahchos to the headwaters of the Lardeaux and Duncan rivers, in said Province, and to " construct telegraph.and..telephone lines and to equip and operate the same in connection with the said line of railway, together with the usual powers to acquire lands, . privileges, bonuses, or other :.aids, from the Dominion or :. Provincial Governments, arid'to make traffic or other ar-!5 rangements with railway, steamboat or other companies, and for all other usual and necessary powers rights and privileges. JOSEPH HETHERINGTON BOWES, ...'���������������������������,.'.. Solicitor for Applicants. Dated at Nelson, the 16th day of December' 1892. FER GOLD AND SILVER GQMPAMY. (Foreign.) MINING Eegistered the 18th Day of December, 1892. CERTIFICATE OFrREGISTRATION. This is to certify that I have this day registered the "Shafer Gold and Silver Mining Coinpany," (foreign) under the Companies Act, Part IY, Regisfration of Foreign V>/OLlJ p���������lVl.JlX\-'Oy" C\zIaV������ Companies Act Amendment Act, 1889. The objects for which the company is established are: To carry On the business of mining for gold, silver, copper, lead, znc and other minerals, in the State of Washington, in the 3'rovince of Britisn Columbia, and at other places in the United States and in British North America, and of operating quartz mills and smelters for the purpose of working the quartz and ores from mines owned or worked by said company, and ores and quartz brought to such mills and smelters by other persons or corporations. The amount of the capital stock of the said company is Four Hundred Thousand Dollars, divided into four hundred thousand shares of one dollar eaclr. The term of existence of the said company is Fifty years. The place of business of the said coinpany is located at Ainsworth, Pnovince of British Columbia. In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed rav seal of office this 16th day of December, 1892, at the City of Victoria, in the Province of British Columbia. Seal of the Registrar ofV ..- C. J. LEGGATT. Joint Stock Companies >- Registrar Joint Stock Co'ys. British Columbia. J {' NOTICE. Thirty days from date I intend to apply to the Gold Commissioner for a liquor license for my hotel situated on Carpenter Creek at the mouth of Sanders Creek. 133-4 A. G. KIRLIE. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. Take Notice that I, Joseph Edward Boss, of the City of Spokane, United Sta.tes of America, (free miner's certificate No. 41642) being the lawful holder of the mineral claim Young Dominion, recorded by H. Howson, on the 10th day of June, 1892, in the recorder's office, New Denver, intend applying at the end of sixty days for a certificate of improvements on the said claim for the purpose of obtaining a Crown Grant therefor. And further take notice that adverse claims, if any, must be sent to the Gold Commissioner at Nelson, and action commenced before the issuance of such certificate of improvements. J. E. BOSS. Dated this 28th day of October, 1892. NOTICE. Slocan Boy Mineral Claim, Slocan District, West Kootenay, B. C. Take notice that we, E. J. M. Hale, free miner No. 40257; Jno. W. Goss, free miner, No. 42784; S. K. Green, free mirier No. 40277; S.J. Silverman, free miner No. 42490; intend, sixty days from the date hereof, to apply to the Gold Commissioner for a certificate of improvements for the purpose of obtaining a crown grant of the above claim. And further take notice that adverse claims miist be sent to the Gold Commissioner and action commenced before ���������the issuance of such certificate of improvements. N. E. LINSLEY, Agent for the Above. Dated this 30th day of October, A. D. 1892. : ���������/���������:������������������- 'NOTICE. The Columbia & Kootenay Railway and Navigation Company will apply to the Parliament of Canada at its next session for an Act authorizing it to construct and operate a railway between a point on its present line and Revelstoke, togetherWith such branch or branches, not exceeding in any case thirty miles in length, as may be hereafter authorized' by His Excellenc3^ the Governor in Council, and for other purposes. J. D. TOWNLEY, "Vancouver, November 24th, 1892. Secretary. Notice is hereby given that-Harold Selcusj as agent for G. H. Col well, B. Thomas, J. A. Turner and F. M. McLeod, has filed the necessary papers and made application for a crown grant in favor of the mineral claim known as the "Hidden Treasure,', ..situated on Toad Mountain, West Kootenay District. Adverse claimants, if any, will for-, ward their objections within 60 days from the date of this notice.- ' N. FITZSTUBBS, Nelson, B. C, Dec,. 3, 1892. . ; Gold Commissioner. Notice is horebj' given that James Fox, as agent for A. H. Kelly, E. S. Topping and A. M. Esler, has filed the necessary papers and made application for a crown grant in favor of the mineral claim known as the "OUie," situated on Toad. Mountain, West- Kootenay District. Adverse' claimants, if any, wi.il forward their objections within 60 days from date of this notice. N. FITZSTUBBS, Nelson, B.C, Dec. 3rd, 1892. Gold Commissioner. Notice is hereby given that Harold Selous, as agent for W. R/ Will and, R. G. Tatlow, has filed the. necessary papers arid made application for a crown grant in favor of the mineral-claim known as the" Ivanhoe," situated on Toad Mountain. West Koorenay District. Adverse claimants will forward their objections within 60 days from the date of this publication. ���������'���������������������������������������������- N. FITZSTUBBS, Nelson, B.C.. Nov. 26th, 1892. / Gold Commissioner. Notice is hereby given that Harold Selous has filed the necessary papers and/made application for crown grants in favor of die mineral claims known as " Yankee Girl; and " Annie," situated on Toad Mountain ''on the divide between the east and west fbrkS'Qf Give Out Creek, West Kootenay District. ���������'-���������"���������' '^/', "���������:>.-. '-:^-;::'-; :-y ���������' ^���������'^^������������������i:^i. Adverse CJaimauts will forward'their: objections within 60 dajrs from date of this publication. ;.:. N. FITZSTUBBS, -,; > Nelson, B. C, Nov.,26th, iS92.: Gold Commissioner. Notice is hereby given���������' that, E. D. Ainsworth, for him self and as agent for E. E. Brockhausen and D: C. Joslyn, has filed the necessary papers and made application for a crown grant in favor of the mineral claim known1 as the "Copper King," situated oh Toad Mountain, West Kootenay District. Adverse claimants will forward their objections within 60 days from the date of this notice. N. FITZSTUBBS, Nelson, B,���������C.,. Dec. 5th, 1892, ,T.,. Gold Commissioner. Notice is hereby given that at the next Session of trie Legislature of British Columbia application will be made for an act to incorporate a company for the purpose of constructing, operating and maintaining a line of railway, comiuencing at a point on the international boundary, on the right fork of Sheep Creek, thence running north along said, creek to the Trail Creek Mines or, more particularly, to Red Mountain, with power to build, maintain and operate branch lines from any point or points on the main Tines or branch lines to any adjacent mine or mines, and with power to build wharves and docks, and erect and maintain telegraph and telephone lines and all necessary works. BODWELL& IRVIiNG,: Solicitors for the Applicants. Dated this 14th day of December, 1892. ' ~~. NOTICE. Springfield Mineral Claim, Situated on Miller Creek, Slocan District.- / Take Notice that we, Nathari E. Lay, free miner's certificate No. 42556; William T. Jones, free miner's certificate No. 42631; and E. Smith Miller, free miner's certificate No. 42632, intend, sixty days after date hereof, to apply to the Gold Commissioner for a certificate of improvements, for the purpose of obtaining a crown grant of the above claim. And further 4ake notice that adverse claims must be sent to the Gold Commissioner and action commenced before the issuance of such certificate of improvements. JOHN ELLIOT, Agent for Applicants, Nelson. Daten this 18th day of January, 1893. 134-8. CERTIFICATE OF IfVIRNOVEMENTS. Mountain Chief Mineral Ciaim, Slocan Mining Division. Take Notice that I. William H. Smith, free miner's certificate No. 40200, intend, sixty days from the date hereof, to apply to the Gold Commissioner for a certificate of improvements, for the purpose of obtaining a crown grant of the above claim, said claim being recorded by me at the Town of Nelson, District of West Kootenay. And further take notice that adverse claims must be sent to the Gold Commissioner and action commenced before the issuance of such cartificate of improvements. WILLIAM H. SMITH. Dated this 24th day of January, A. D. 189a. 134-8 7 hi ''2 m m j * r \ #r THE MIKEE: NELSON. B. 0, SATUEDAY, FEBETJAET 11, 1893, 1L,^.1<TJD JDttJB-A.ttTJMEttJSrT^ IsTBLSOIT. This Company now Offers Lots on Easy - /, FOE PARTICULARS APPLY for Sale a Number of Choice Business or Eesidential Rebate Given for Good Buildings oil BUSINESS PROPERTY. F. FLETCHER, LAND COMMISSIONER, NELSON, B. 0. THE C. ������& R. STAGNATION COMPANY. The Cartoonist Gets His WorSt iie. on the C ������& K. S. N. Company ��������� The Window of Their Oilice Gaily Iftecorated. A most elaborate cartoon has been placed in the office window of the C &. K. S. N. Coinpany, for the amusement and edification: of passers-by. One of Messrs. Wm. Edmunds Jr, & Oo.'s advertisements has been used as a groundwork. The large bottle which crosses the card diagonally has been covered over with white paper, and the scroll which usually bears the legend "Dublin XXX Stout, Messrs. Wm. Edmonds & Co.," has been similarly treated and now reads "Columbia & Kootenay Stagnation Co.," while oh the bottle there is an elaborate- picture of the Nelson in a cobweb for a trade mark, and the production is described as v,Our Nelson Brand: Not to be opened till the 1st of June," and at the bottom is the warning: "To be carefully kept from ice." Mr. Christie is cleverly depicted on the neck of the bottle, driving one of the pigs which belong to .The original advertisement, to the World's Fair by the tail. The effect of llie 'whole is most artistic and Mr. .Christy will, rio doubt, have an opportunity of admiring its merit when,: lie re- turns^hornei, ^We understand that he will bring back wi^h him a large Collection of six-shooters, bo vvie-kn i ves and horse-whips when he re turns. wnw==^������*a Notice} is hereby given that one month from date we, the undersigned, intend to apply to the Lieutenant-Governor in: council for-the.incorporation into a city munieir pality, /under the name of the City. Qf^Nelsori, of that certainlocality in the Province of British Columbia described as foliows:! Being:'a subdivision of -lot 95, group 1,'��������� West Kootenay District, -as shovvn on the official, plan of -the Town of Nelson, comprising three hundred and severity- two acr^s, mare or less. ��������� '.;���������'"'��������� , ������������������, Dated/at Nelson the 7th day'ofFebruary; 1893."' "���������'��������� ���������������������������;.,,-���������!>��������� . . .,.:���������"��������� F. M. McLEODi: ;.v;:/v ..���������..;.���������, E. APPLEWHAITE. =��������� .������������������.136-4 ~::j ::���������-. ^Y- '��������� "':A-' J- MAT^KM: X���������:'���������,'"'". - /������������������-. ���������.'������������������ '���������;��������� , ��������� -NOTICE' - ;: ��������� -ycy Wonderful Mineral Claim, Situated on Miller -i. ������������������' Creek Slocan District. < '=��������� Take Notice that we, Nathan E. Lay, free miner's ceir- tificate No. 4255(3, -William .T. Jones, free . miner's:..certifir cate'No. 42331, and E. Smith Miller, free miner's certificate No. 42632, intend, sixty flays from the date hereof, to apply to the Gold Commissioner for a certificate of- improvements, for the purpose of obtaining a crown grant of the above claim. And further take notice that adverse claims must be sent, to the Gold Commissioner and action commenced before the issuance of such certificate of'improvements.. JOHN ELLIOT, Agent for Applicants, Nelson. Dated this 18th day of January, 1803. 134-8 NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned have deposited with the Minister of Public Works at Ottawa a Dlan and description of the site of the wharf proposed to De constructed by them upon the front or foreshore at mean high : water, of lots 20, 22, 23, 24, block B, Third, Fourth, and Fifth streets, block A and I, and along Kaslo Bay 800 feet west of the west side of Fifth street, Kaslo City, District of West Kootenay,. Province of British Columbia, being a distance of 2,400 feet, and that a duplicate of such plan, and description has also been filed in the office of the Registrar General of Titles at Victoria, and that the same persons have appliod to the Governor-in- Council for approval thereof, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 92, Sections 5 and 6, Revised Statutes of Canada. R. J. BE ALE Y. JOHN HIRSCH. HORACE W. BUCKE. Dated at Kaslo", this 12th day of January, 1893. ; NOTICE. Mail to New Denver will leave Nelson weekly on Mondays: W. S.MURRAY, Contractor. GILKER & WELLS'S B*<>sloMcc Store, Nelson, 15. ���������. ArTD GErTTS' FUEHISHING GOODS. ALSO, FULL LINES OF T IVIED SCI Toilet Articles and Stationery. BANK OF .(Incorporated by Royal Charter; .18624^ -.- capsta l {paid iup),: ::������ooo,ooo .'(With power to increase.) $3iboo,������0O ; ��������� RESERVE FUND;;.i'ie820iil������Op..i,;-.,;. ���������������������������.::; 1,100,000 ;";;;;BR^^GBTES:'" :":;;", Victoria^,B..C.;-: .;a-; ...San Francisco, California, ; Vancouver, B. C,..;,.; .... Portland;Oregon, . NewWi stminster, B.C.,.''Seattle, Washington, ; Nanaimo, B. C, Tacoma; Washington. I. :������������������ . Karaloops, B. C V , "; ...'���������.:/ SEAD OFFiCE'i:#p; Loinbard street, LONpO]S[,:England. ���������- - ' AGEHTS AND ��������� CORKESPONDENTS:; .: ��������� . CANADA���������Banko������rMontrealand branches; , . Canadian Bank ofCommerce arid branches Imperial Bank of Canada arid branches; Commercial Bank of Manitoba; and . ' - " .- ,-���������'. Bank of Nova Scotia. UNITED STATES���������Agents Bank of Montreal,; New YorK ; Bank of Montreal, Chicago. SAVINGS DEBlRTMENT. On "End after 1st January' n ext the' rate" of interest on deposits'will be 3? per cent, until further notice. nelsonTexchaii ~ Address, Nelson or Kaslo. B. G. 250 BALED HAY FOE SALE. TONS Baled Hay for Sale on Road or River Bank, Address M. H. BACON* Bonner's Ferry. 133-tf ��������� A PITAS, (all paid up), $12,000,000 REST, . . . <������,������00,000 Sir DONALD A. SMITH, President Hon. GEO. A. DRUMMOND; Vice-Presuignt E. S. CLOUSTON, : General Maha:gir Nelson Branch: ~N. W. Oor. Baker and Stanley Sts. Branches in London (England), New York and Chicago and in the principal cities in Cariada; ��������� Buy and sell sterling exchange and cable trarifers; Grant commercial and travelers' credits, available in any part of the world; Drafts issued; Collections made; Etc. SS BANK BRANCH Rate of interest at present four per cent. Telephone A5Xi ;.... Office : Stanley and yictoria^Streets P. O; box 69. r eleplione 21. XeosCo. S. E; corner Baker and Josephine streets, NELSON, B. C. FINANCIAL AND INSURANCE AC-ENS, Loans negotiated on Nelson property. Collections made. Conveyancing documents drawn up. Town Lots Lands and Mining Claims Handled on Commission. WEST KOOTENAY DISTRICT. All Placer Mining Claims in this District, legally held, may be laid over from the loth day of October, 1802, until the 1st day of June, 1893. N. FITZSTUBBS, Gold Commissioner. Nolson B. C, November loth, 1892. W. M. MACKINNON, 0. E. (Ass. Mem. Inst. C. E.) Water Supply, Irrigation, Water Power, Bridges Structural Work, Etc. Office over Bank of British Columbia. 133-tf m 3������������a*������]^**������i*l!d^ Buini *'".*"'g'f-^*f������;.T**;'*,'r;YfiJiJ'*t"rffrfiiafriii<ir'ai I; i i if '���������i "1 IP- ! ���������t fit: P' I' if a Mr-': IwJ'" fe I ,1 to felt feV- ������S 8 TEE MINEK: JTELSOIT.' B. C, SATUEDAY, PEBKUAEY 11, 1893. Situated at the Head of rer Lgation- on the Northeast Arm of the Lake, West Koot^ To the Eichest Mines in West Kootenay District, situated on Fish Creek, North of Lardeau City, and in the Lardeau Pass, Southeast of Lardeau. The Mines are reached by Trail from Lardeau, which is naturally the distributing point for supplies, and the shipping point for ore from these Eich Mining Fields.: ���������ii- Now on sale at the office of the undersigned. The terms are reasonable, and there is every reason for stating that a handsome profit will be realized on all lots purchased at present prices. Arrangements have been made for the clearing of a portion of, the Townsite, for the erection of hotel and stores, and for various other improvements, so that Lardeau City will build up rapidly in the early spring. Lardeau City is the entrance point for the Lardeau Pass, which reaches through to the head of Kootenay lake, and application has already been made for a charter to build a railway from ; Lardeau City to lake Kootenay and Nelson. Lardeau City is not a town competing with several other points in the same district. It is naturally the best point for supplying the surrounding mining country, and there is a brighter prospect for it to-day than there was for Kaslo a year ago. Lots purchased in the latter, last year, have been sold this summer at an advance of from two hundred to a thousand per cent. For further particulars apply to < ELSON AND KASLO. .MINING NEWS OF THE WORLD. Marcus Daly and other owners of the Anaconda Smelting works and residents of Butte and Anaconda have been in Great Falls, Mont., for the purpose of meeting J. J. Hill, President of the Great Northern Railway and of the town- site company. The object of the meeting is to arrange terms on which the smelter and refinery at Anaconda can be moved to Great Falls. As located at present, it is greatly hampered by lack of water power. The greater part of the business centre of Gem, Idaho, including ten buildings, and involving a loss of over $20,000, was destroyed by fire January 27th. The flames attacked that section of the town lying south of the Northern Pacific track and is believed to have been incendiary. It originated in Miners' Union hall, and several persons assert that a man was seen coming from the rear of the building perhaps half an hour before the flames were discovered. Samples of gold ore taken from Marmora mines, Hastings county, Ontario, will be exhibited at the World's Fair, and the owners of the mines expect great results to follow when the richness of the ore from Canada becomes known in this way. A Cripple Creek 12-foot hole has answered the oft-repeated question, " Is there any tellu- riu ii in this district?" The reply is positively in the affirmative. A sack of ore from this find contained tellurium in great abundance. The entire sack was tested and gave the enormous return of $15,750 to the ton. Not far from Hahn's Peak,in northern central Colorado, where there was a big gold excitement some years ago, are new fields that were discovered in the winter of 1891-92. The district is known as Four Mile, the best diggings being on a stream of that name. Water is scarce during certain months of the year, but when the snow is melting in the lofty mountains, where there is a heavy fall, numerous gulches and little watercourses furnish an abundant supply of water to work ground with rockers. It has not yet been demonstrated whether Four-Mile is "poor man's diggings," but it is known that quite a, number of washers took out a lot of gold during 1892 by panning and rocking. Recent reports from there indicate that men are constantly going in. A favorable report was published in a Colorado paper within the past few days aud based on a private letter from a man who went there to investigate for himself. In conclusion, article states: "There is no mistake about in paying quantities in the Four-Mile District. There has been no great this gold rush in the latter place, but the number going in that direction is on the increase; and you may look out for a boom in the near future." Old Mexico is enjoying a mining boom. Excitement prevails over the discovery of gold fields near Ures, in the State of Sonora. It is estimated that the new camp has a population of 15,00 people, mostly Mexicans, with a few American prospectors from Southern Arizona. Traces of old workings have been recently discovered, and this fact gives color to the belief that the long-lost mines of fabulous richness of the Aztecs are about to be rediscovered. There has been no trouble so far between the prospectors and the Yaqui Indians, although the latter view with sullen silence the encroachments upon their domain. Governor Torres has for some time been trying to attract the attention of American miners to his domain. There is a suspicion that this latest excitement was deliberately planned. In confirmation of this it is noted that within the past few weeks certain newspaper correspondents have been making special pleas on benalf of Sonora. TKE II������AIIO SHIPMENT. 19 sacks sent test vyent as follows: Eight sacks, 110.5 ounces silver and 66*50 per cent, lead; one sack, 125.50 ounces silver and 35 per cent, lead carbonate; five sacks, 139.8 bunces silver and 33.3 per cent, lead; five sacks, 90.50 ounces silver and 66.8 per cent. lead. -Of the shipping ore 195 sacks went 170.5 ounces silver and 66 per cent, lead; 187 sacks went 205 ounces silver and 66.8 per cent. lead. The company deducted, oh the 187 sacks, 2|per cent, for moisture, and on the 195 sacks, 3| per cent, for moisture. They deducted 5 per- cent for loss in smelting and $2!2 per ton for treatment. We paid Hughes, con- ractor, for hauling, $936; freight, $317.40; duty, $393.48. It strikes me that is as good a showing as one could possibly look for." It is proDer to explain in this connection that the ore in the 19 sacks sent for test Was ledge matter, gathered from various parts of the claini and entirely the surface showings. Mining men consider this one of the most satisfactory returns yet received from a test shipment of Slocan ore-.- TIKE Mr. Albert Behne, the original locator of the Idaho group of mines in the Slocan country, who is in Spokane on business, is in receipt of a letter from Mr. J. F. McNaught, now largely interested in the claim, giving the returns from the first shipment of ore from that splendid property. Mr. McNaught writes substantially thus: ������������������The carload of Idaho ore netted $1,712.66. The ore went far beyond our expectations! The Kootenay Lake Sawmill KASLO, B. C. LUMBER, ROUGH AND DRESSED, SHINGLES, LATHS, MOULDINGS, SASH, DOORS, GIG-SAW WORK, TURNING-LATHE WORK, - ON HAND OR MADE TO ORDER - The Best of Shipping Facilities. 300,000 feet of Lumber in the Nelson Lumber Yard. ������. ������. BUCHANAN. P.O. address. Nelson or Ka^io.. til k ii II % 'd vj 3 i r'it BMiH������3fflil������BiM^ THE MINES: NELSON, B. 0., SATUEDAY, FEBEUAEY 11, 1893. TIBIIEI TOWIsTSITB OJF TZHIE The Terminus of the Kaslo-Slocan Wagon Road. Post Office Centre Agent. KASLO NOTES. Things "Frozen out" is very nearly true of our condition. I suppose, like ourselves, you have been enjoying seasonable weather. The thermometer has registered some degrees beJow zero, from 2������ to 7������ according to the different instruments and degrees of credulity., The reports of frozen beer bottles, etc., are loud and Jong. The blizzard of the north howls through our unseasoned timber, and the slight warmth emitted from a red hot stove is but a small oasis in a desert of chili and dreary aspect. However we are all pretty cheerful. mi ' look well and most people are'satisfied. As I mentioned in my last letter, Jim Wardner has bought 85 acres adjoining the present cleared portion of the town. The price is $40,000, of which $2,000 was paid .down, the remainder to be paid in instalments. %.?������������������ " We are forming a fire brigade here. J. M. Burke, was elected- president O. T. Stone, vice- president; and R. J. Bealey-j������secretary-treasurer. At present the idea is to have ladders.- buckets and tanks, the tatter to be excavated in the principal portions of the town and to be kept filled with water. My own1 idea is that some hand fire extinguishers in bottles in every room would be the best thing, as it is the beginning of a fire we want to check. When it once gets a hold, nothing we can do with buckets and tanks would be of any use. "*���������'..' There was quite a large excursion. to Lardo townsite last Saturday and, in ��������� spite ol the: wintry"weather, the place was thoroughly inspect e'd. The road from the townsite. to the Government trail is ������������������practically- completed, and the work of clearing the; townsite is. going on. apace, and will continue till finished. The Nelson did the trip under two hours and came back flying. There was a merry party on board and singing and dancing were both resorted to and: kept up with great go. ^. A. W. Bucke and Ford are storing ice in their ice house, the first supply having been brought in by the Nelson to-day. Whether you will get this or not is wrapped in the dim bosom of a shadowy futurity (this expression would do for a -prize puzzle, but it sounds very well, 1 think), for I [hear- that you are frozen in and only traffic along the bank of the river is possible. The stage did not meet the Nelson at the head of the lake, and, after waiting a day, the passengers were brought back, so, I suppose, till the cold snap goes, communication may be shut oft*. O- ~w\ "R" Assoc. M. Inst. C. E., M. Can. Soc. C. B. PROVINCIAL -s- LAND -;- SURVEYOR, ZB-A.IH.IF'OTXIR., Telephone Connection. :b_ o. (Notary Public.) ining and Real Estate G. W. RICHARDSON | Nelson, IS. ���������. It. J. BE.4XEY Kaslo, K. ���������. RICHAEDSON & BEALEY Real Estate and Financial Agents, Auctioneer and Commission Agent, REPRESENTING The Confederation Life Association, the Phoenix Fire Insurance Company, and the Provident Fund Accident Society ; also the Sandy Croft Foundry Company, near Chester, England, makers of all kinds of mining machinery, air compressors, rock breakers, stamps, etc. No. 1, JOSEPHINE STREET, 1TELS0N, B. 0. Lots for Sale in 59 Adjoining the government townsite of Nelson AT $125 AND UPWARDS With a rebate for buildings erected. The best residential. property in Nelson, values sure to increase. Apply W. A. Jowett, agent for Nelson and district, or Innes & Richards, Vancouver, B.C. W. A. JOWETT, Mining & Eeal Estate Brokers, Auctioneers & Commission Ag e JOSEPHINE STREETS, NELSON, B.C. JUST AEEIVED-CHQIGE 0IGAES ON EEAL ESTATE SEOUEITY. Vernon Street, near Josephine, opposite wharf, PBOPRIETOR. THE HOTEL OVERLOOKS THE KOOTENAY its.guests thus obtaining splendid^views of both mountain and river. , THE ROOmS THE TABLE are:comfortable, in size and is acknowledged the best newly furnished. in the mountains. NEW BED-ROOMS. THE BAR JUST ADDED. IB^LIR, Is stocked wit all brands of liquors and cigars. LA VINCEDORA, HENRY CLATYY EXCEPTION ALES, SENSITERAS, HIGH LIFE, &c. Hudson's Bay Company. '!��������� Co-'' . ��������� idtdelsoin". l o_ SHEEIFF'S SALE APJOUENED. The sale of the " Dunderbird" mineral claim has been postponed until Monday, February 20th, at 2 o'clock p. m., at the court-house Nelson. W. P. ROBINSON, Nelson, B. C, January 31st, 1893. Deputy Sheriff. East Baiter Street, Nelson, Is one of the best hotels in Toad Mountain district, and is the headquarters for prospectors and working miners. The Table is not Surpassed by that of any Hotel in the Kootenay Lake country. At the Bar is Dispensed Fine Liquors and Cigars, and the bed-rooms are newly furnished. MA1.0NE ������& TRECJIMLIJS PROPRIETOR m I������ .. V" J? ���������������&*: ^^^^^^^^a^m^Bm^msMsmmsm^mm^mmi^'ii^ms^mwmm ^^ll^tWi^^JU^UiU^iBSS ������Bsaa!gss^r;������jiMajai^^^ m mi������ m rJ���������K M m m -IP "$ W II m 1 My P p m k> ��������� -ilX���������C^.-tS.W~r������ 10 THE MOT5B : NELSON, JB. 0., SATUEDAY, FEBEUAEY 11, 1893. aw i'pK - W w M H I p ������ m m m m I Ipi M m WfoV' m- p$ - m m jjs.r m 1 &b f! % Is������'. 's^i Dealers in Dry Goods, Groceries, Provisions, Canned Goods, Hardware, Etc. Miners' Supplies a Specialty. The stock is full and complete in every Department, and the uublic will find it to their advantage to call and insnect .Goods and compare Prices. CTOIHIIET ^_ TUB lLi Telephone 27. 7, 9, and 11 East Yernon Street, NELSON, B. C. LOCAL AND PERSONAL. H. H. Moody, who has been working all summer for Bremner & Watson, is lying very ill at Kaslo. J. F. Ritchie left on Thursday morning for the Kettle River country, where he will be surveying for the next week or two. Died: On Sunday last, under the influence of frost and gin, M. S. Davy's black Spanish rooster. Deeply lamented. No cards. Dan Dunn nearly had his head kicked off on Thursday by the wild cay use that had been hitched to the mail toboggan. ; ^ On Thursday the Lake mail got as far as seven-mile where the mule that was carrying it fell through the ice, and then returned to Nelson. The contractor left again yesterday writh the mail on his own back. W. W. West has almost completed the hull of a steam launch which he means to put on the water in the spring. The machinery has been ordered from Victoria and will be on hand whenever communication is re-established in the spring. H. W. Bucke, B. Ii. Lee, D. Bremner and F. W. .Tarvis came down from Kaslo early this week, and did not enjoy the trip much. Once they were here it was all right, though. On the way down Dave Bremner struck his toe against some protuberance and sprained it severely. Over 600 tons of ice have been put up in Nelson, most of it this w:eek. This is a large increase on last year's stock. It is expected that the Lake country will make great demands on Nelson for ice. The finest ice that has ever been known in West Kootenay is being stored this winter, some of it measuring 13 inches in depth. The contractor had an enjoyable time in getting the Lake mail off on Thursday morn- ins-. He had a horse attached to a toboggan, and everything arranged in the most beautiful and scientific manner. The only trouble was that as soon as the horse began to move he also began to kick, and in two minutes had knocked the carefully devised toboggan to matchwood. The mail, which left Robson on Saturday, arrived here on Wednesday last. The trail is very bad, but the chief cause of delay was the ice on the Kootenay at Ward's Ferry. It was fotmd necessary, in order to get the mules across, first to shovel the snow off the ice, then to smash and cut a passage across the river so as to allow of the passage of the scow, the ice not being strong enongh to permit them to walk over. Allan McPhee, who manages the train, seems to be no worse for the jab in the ribs which he got from the siwash's knife last summer. yesterday dark. It and will . The Nelson Social Club gave one of their* pleasant little social dances last evening. F. M. Chadbourne is on his way down to Nelson. He has been having a bad time of it lately with rheumatism. G. O. Buchanan and Sam Green leave for the Coast on Monday on wagon road business, and it is probable that J. H. Bowes will travel with them. Kenneth McLeod and John San don left Ainsworth for Sandon's ranch. The boat has been found on the lake bottom up, but nothing has been seen or heard of the two men. The telephone is now open to Kaslo. Yesterday at about 2 p. mo Ken o Jack rang up the central and told Jack Gibson that he was a darned fine chemist; An engine started at about noon for Robson and made the trip before will, it is expected, return to-morrow, probably bring the mail with it. W. Hunter came down from New Denver yesterday, and reports that though things are quiet there just now, yet nobody is at all discouraged as to the ultimate outcome of the place. Hugh Man is taking out quite a lot of ore through from New Denver to the head of the lake. The steamer Kaslo is lying ice-bound in the outlet and nothing can be done to mend her propeller by breaking another flange off or to plate her with iron until the weather moderates. -As soon as she can be got at below the water line and put in shape, she will be headed for Nelson, under full head of steam by her intrepid chief in command. The Rev. T. H. Rogers, who last week started for New West minster, got as far as Buchanan's old mill and found that he had an indefinite time to wait for the Nelson. On arriving at the end of the sleigh road he got left again, as the stage line and the steamer do not seem to connect. Finding that he could not reach the Coast in time to attend the Grand Lodge meeting of Odd Fellows, he returned home, arriving on Wednesday evening, after a hard day's walk from the open water. We are glad to hear that a subscription has been started for Sam Sturch. Up to last evening the following amounts had been received: R. E. Lemon, $25; G. G. Buchanan, $10; W. Hansen,-$10; Tom Ward. $5; Axel Johnson, $5; J. Lawrence, $5, E. E. Phair, $5; The Miner, $5; A. Stewart, $2.50; A. Dolan, $2; C. S. F. Hamber, $2; Miss Sadie Brown, $1; Miss Mollie Smith, $1; a total of $78.50. R. E. Lemon will be glad to receive any subscription that may come along. Any one sending money along may be sure that they are helping a good honest fellow out of a hole. Sam Sturch, known in Nelson annals as the Pinto man, drowned his team yesterday while attempting to bring down, on the ice, nine deer which were killed somewhere in the neighborhood of West's ranch. Sam is a steady, hardworking fellow% and has played in terribly hard luck. Last summer he lost a mare only a day or two after he had bought her for $200. However it's a long lane that, has no turning. . GREAT-LIKEL SBJST AT KASLO. Kaslo has been stirred to its deepest depths by an action affect ing the character and' purse of two of its most prominent citizens. It seems that in the Kaslo Examiner of Saturday there appeared an article which was understood by Mr. Kemp of the Tribune to contain a libel on his character. When Mr. Kemp had sufficiently recovered from the stupefaction which this discovery caused him, he is said to have turned to the minions about him and exclaimed: "Hail the black cat iff to the mineral spring that is by the wayside and there let him drink forever while I talk to him of its properties." At length he was persuaded to withdraw this fearful threat of punishment and proceed by the ordinary method of a summons. Promptness and secresy were necessary. If any inkling-of his awful doom reached Mr. Musgrove's ears it was well known he would flee the country and place many a league of arid waste between himself and his enemy. All unsuspicious he was, as the vulgar phrase hath it, nabbed by the officers of the law and hailed before the seat of justice. The portentious drama had now advanced one act. But why need we detail the formalities of justice where guilt was so apparent and retribution so swift and so ^severe. The weighty judgment of that modern Lycurgus, Mr. G. O. Buchanan, is. we understand,' to be inscribed in letters of gold on a piller of granite and set up for a memorial and warning to all journalists who have not enough of delicacy in handling the tender reputations of their' fellow citizens. Suffice it that the defendant was found guilty; damages nil, with costs. Since the days of Messrs. Pott and Shirk, of the Eatonswill Gazette and Independent respectively, and the fearful libel contained in the " Lines to a Brass Pott," Oh Pott if you'd known How false she'd have growm When you heard the marriage bell tinkle, You'd have done then, I vow, What you cannot help now, And handed her over to W * * *' no such journalistic feud has been known to history. And our only regret is that we have not the pen of a Dickens to chronicle it. ������*j iitwai������ii������mmBitHi������^^ :
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Title | The Miner |
Publisher | Nelson, B.C. : John Houston |
Date Issued | 1893-02-11 |
Description | The Miner was published in Nelson, in the Central Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia. The Miner was established by John Houston, an outspoken journalist who would later embark on a successful political career, which included four terms as the mayor of Nelson and two terms in the provincial legislature. After leaving the Miner in the summer of 1892, Houston established the Tribune to compete with his former paper. The Miner was published by The Miner Printing and Publishing Company, and the paper's longest-serving editor was D. J. Beaton. The Miner was published under two variant titles, the Nelson Weekly Miner and the Weekly Miner. In 1902, the paper was sold to F. J. Deane, who changed the title to the Weekly News. |
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Notes | Print Run: 1890-1898 ; Frequency: Weekly |
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Date Available | 2016-07-29 |
Provider | Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library |
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DOI | 10.14288/1.0182498 |
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