,-������'' Devoted to the pining Interests and Development of tbe DisMet of EAST KOOTEJIAY. Vol. 1, No. 36. Golden, B. C, Friday March 35th, 1898. $2.00 Per Year A. P. PATPvICK, P.L.S. -%-eea-*v ADOiBSs:-B0X 49 GOLDEN', B.C. il. 8. McCadtkr. Jas. a. IIarvkv. Harvey & McCarter, BARRISTERS, ETC. GOLDEN and FORT STEELE. ELLIS & GROGAN, "%.��0(jV'%- Fir*, Life, Real Estate, Hoiihc Agents, AuL'tioiit'crB and {,'u.stoinn Broker* Fir* Agencies: Quut'U, Lancashire, Union, Hartford. Kurftpuu Htcaiaship Ticket Office. The Suji Life Iusurance Com puny. The Onturio Accident Insurance Co'y. Tho Birbeck I ii vestment aud Loan Co. CALQARY, ALTA. E. L. Cummins, P.L.S., And Civil Engineer, Fort1 Steele, B.C. Thos.' McNaught, Mining Broke., /faanclal Agent, Conveyancer and Notary Public. foal ofiea address : GOLDEN or FORT STEELE. W. PELLEVV HARVEY, (F.C.8.) ���way Offlecs fend Chemical Laboratory, , VANCOUVER, B.C. (Established 1890.) I For several years with Vivinu A Sons, Swan* IM, tod local repntitiuiutive for tlicm. Per 5 ywnr.t niauager for the iwseyers to the JMoTlllo Co., London. CanftJiini representative of the CasselOolu Extracting Co. L'td, Glasgow (Cyanide prucuKH.) K.B.���All work personally superintended. Only competent men employed. No pupils re wived. Jas, Henderson, COarrBAtJTOK* and BUILD12H, Flans rreparod.. Prompt attention given to order:). A supply of Building Lime for sale. GOLDEN, B.C. The Goldgh MEAT MARKET Freeh and Salt Meats. . Fish and name in season. JfMlers In Cattle, Sheep and Horses, 11*11 trders receive prompt attrition. HULL BEOS. & CO. Livery and Feed Stables ��M�� *��d��le Horso. and Klgs at All Kinds lor ���Ir. *l aW-Honable Rates. ffnalaf .1 All Kind, a specialty. A. HAMILTON, Golden, B.C. Good Time Wanted ���y *v*ry man who lis* a watch. ��� V. MXAflDEft,�� J,f .R. Watch Inspector will he m THK MINER OFFICE Irom Tfrfiwrnlaj to Friday ___���-> ���MhwMk... Satisfaction Guaranteed. Work can bo left at MtDEKMOT'S STORE. tl WATCHMAKER -��-and**a��- JEWELLER. Wedding flings fl Specialty. Calgary, - Alberta, (c)GoIden(5) TOjaSORIAL PflHliOHS Newly Refitted & Refurnished. Tho best of the kind went of Winnipeg. Everything Complete. All Modern Conveniences. J. Lamontagne, Prop, ��������**���>������*���'>���������������������>���>���!>�����>������>; UNDEETAKIM t | & Embalming T Telegraph ordersrcceivepromptattcntlon t J. SMART, | I CALGARY, Alta. ��� The Providence faf Co Providence, R.I. wants nil kinds of raw furs, skins, (tin- son*,', seneca, etc. Trice's for next sixty days nre us follows: Silver Fox $15.00 to $150.00. Bear * 5.00 to S) 25.00. Otter $ 4.00 to $ 'J.00. Martin If 2.00 to *, 9.00. Beavci*(per pound)...,! 3.00 to *��� 3.50. Wolf $ 1.00 to % 2.00. Red Fox * 1.01) to $ 2.00. Mink $ .75 to $ 2.00. Skunk $ .25 to $ 1.00. Gray Fox j .50 to $ .75. Rat t .20 to i .25. Price list on nil other furs and skins furnished upon application. Full prices guaranteed, careful selection, courteous treatment, and immediate remittance on all consignments. GEO. GEARY,^*- Livefy, peed & Sale Stables, Fort Steele, S. E. Kootenay. Pack Trains for mines supplied. Freighting of all kinds undertaken. Klondike Outfits *���*>���-���*- Hudson's Bay Stores, OALGARY, - ALTA. Wong See, Watchmaker, Jeweller, Optician and Mechanic. Watches cleaned, Jawollcoy mounted, Glasses mended and (inns rcpalrc.1. First class work In every department. A trial solicited, so come 10 Wong. See, Golden. Tom Lee, �� has tie best restaurant in Golden. It is open at all hours. Every delicacy and fruit in its Season. A stood selection of Chinese Lily flower roots apply at once for the Choicest ore they go to �� Tom Lee, Bakery, �� Meals Day and Night. Mining Development, The Minister of Mines of the province of British Columbia, ill his last annua! report, says that during the past year, much new work was done and much new territory prospected, but no important discoveries of oro were made in tbe new localities or ou new locations, although, in the Xelson division and along tho coast, what may yet prove properties of great importance wero being explored. On Bonio of the older claims, new and large shutes of good oru were found, and some claims, hitherto unproductive, at tho close of the year promised to join the list of shipping mines during the succeeding one. Some districts were disappointing, as the comparatively limited work disclosed nothing; but progress in tlie provinco is greatly retarded because so much presumably valuable mineral laud can be located and held from year to year without Ihe locators doing a stroke of work other than putting in the stakes. This is contrary to tho law governing the location nnd possession of mineral claims, but the fact ueverthlcss remains that a very large percentage of claims is hold from .year to year by men re-locating each other's claims and then deeding them back to the original holders, so that prospecting work, so very much needed, is not done, and men who would do work are kept out by au array of stakes. To correct this serious and growing evil, thc simplest plan is to require a certain amount of work to be done within ninety days cftei date of location. Some at once begin to cry out that this is an outrage on tlie poor prospector, who should be afforded every facility and protection iu his arduous tusk of exploring these great mountain ranges. So he should; hut he should nut be permitted, is is now poisible, not only to the great detriment of the country at large, but to his own, to lock up great ureas of country by simply putting up posts und paying u few dollars for recording fees. It will soon be more generally appreciated that if the progress is not being now made that should be, that the reason lies to a groat extent iu the fact that development is not being dono over large tracts of our country that some such regulation us suggested would compel. To the arduous wurk and privation of the prospector must be duo the opening up of any mining region, but, without the aid of capital, his efforts will be discouraging and often fruitless. At the present timo, with tho interest now taken in British Columbia, capital will send its agents to the most remote and difficult parts, while many other countries aro languishing for even a little attention; but these agent* naturally demand that some work be done to enable them to form some judgment of tho valu* and possibilities of th* "prospect." During tho past two years many seeking mining property lor strong companies or syndicates have, found that their choice must be greatly confined to " prospects," or undeveloped properties, aud as oro deposits very rurcly display their charms on the surface, they have had to turn away disappointed in that so little wus done on claims they might have been willing to buy at good prices. In Borne districts, prices for property havo risen to very high figures, even for mere locations, but this phase is gradually correcting itielf, and as many owners now wish to join the great rush northward to tho new gold fields, they will be willing to sell their claims at more reasonable rates. Thisstampedo to tho north will tako many from tho southern portion of tho provinco, but an increasing amount of work will bo here done, and investors waiting for a lull in former high priccB will return, so that whilo tlio different mining towns will he quietor, mining will continue to advance. If yon have anything to soil, advertize it in The Jlisut. Golden Football Club. A meeting of tlioso interested iu tbe formation of a football club was held 111 Columbia House on Monday evening, Although the meeting was not lurge it was enthusiastic and after some discussion it was resolved that the Golden Association Football Club be formed. The following officers wero then elected: lion. President.���\V. C. Wells. Hon. Vice-Pros.���\V. G. Neilson. President.���W. G. Mitchell-Innes. Vice-President.���I). M. Rac. Socy.-Treas.���E. Plowrlght. Committee���Dr. .1. N. Taylor, G. H Mitchell and the captain who will be elected at the next meeting of tho club. The membership fee was fixed at $2, It was decided to enter a team for tlie Martin Challenge Cup and the secretary was instructed to notify tho Kamloops club to that effect and obtain particulars regarding rules governing the competition, The securing of suitable ground was left to the committee. Tho next meeting of the club will be held on Monday evening, April 4th. The following are the rulcB and regulations governing the Martin Challenge Cup competition: 1. All clubs are eligible from any dis- rict east of the Cascades and west of the Rockies in thc counties of Yale and Kootenuy. 2. Tho districts shall be divided up as follows: (1) Ashcroft and surrounding district. (2) Kamloops, Nicola, Grand Prairie, (li) Spalluincheeii and Okanagan. (4) Revclstoke aud Donald. 3. Matches shall be played in groups as follows: (1) ABhcroft, Kamloops, Nicola and Grand Prairie. (2) Spullum- cheen and Okanagan. (3) Revclstoke and Donald. 4. The group winners shall be ascertained by means of preliminary contests between the respective clubs in the several groups, rjueh preliminary contests shall be concluded not later than the 31st October iu each year. 5. The winner of each group shall play one match during tiie season with the winners of tho other groups. If any matches shall havo taken place previous to tlie conclusion of tlie preliminary contests, this mutch shall be considered as satisfying tho conditions of this clause. 6. The championship shall bo decided from wins and draw games- two points for a win and one for a draw game. The same plan shall bo followed in deciding tlie group winners. 7. Tho club scoring tiie greatest number of points in the contest between lhe group winners shall he declared the champion club. In the event of two or more clubs being equal the Kamloops Football Committee may decide tbe winner or order another match or matches to be played. 8. All matches shall be played under the International Rules, uud no man may play for more than oue club in any of the groupB. 9. Each club may appoint its own linesman and if tho competing elubs cannot agree upon a referee the committee of tho Kamloops Club shall appoint one. 10. The winning team shall hold thc cup for one year, and Bhull havo the privilego of having tho final game for the following year played iu tlieir own town. 11. The cup shall become the property of thc lirst club who shall win it three times, not necessarily iu succession. 12. All clubs intending to compete for tlie Cup shall notify the secretary of the Kamloops Club not later than the 31st day of August iu each year, $5 accompanying such notice, aud moneys so received shall be expended in providing suitable mementoes to each member of the winning team. 13. Beforo commencing a match tlie captain of each team shall hand to thc referee and captain of opposing team a list of names of the members of his team. 14. Each club shall have its distinguishing colors, and every member of a competing team shall wear tho colors of his club. Each club shall send in at once a description of its colors to the secretary of the Kamloops club to avoid confusion. 15. Any person playing must be a bona tide member of the club for which he Is playing, for a period of at least one month prior to so playing. 16. Each competing club Bh��U pay ils own exponees. The Golden Rink Co. A meeting of those Interested In the building of a curling anil skating rink was held at the Columbia House on Tuesday evening. Mr. Win. MoNeish was appointed chairman and D. M. Rao secretary of the meeting. After somo discussion it was resolved that tlie Golden Rink Co., l.t'd. I.'hy. bo formed, with a capital stock of 1)5000, in 500 shares of (10 each. Messrs. W. G. Neilson, II. O. Parson, and W. Mc.V-ish, were appointed a Finance Committee and were authorized to take the necessary steps to procure a charter, have share certificates printed and canvass for sale of shares. A Building Committee, consisting of Messrs. W, G. Neilson, F, \V. Aylmer and J. Henderson, was then appointed, with power to have plans and specifications prepared and submit same for approval at a future meeting of the company. Tliis committee was also authorized to obtain all information possible regarding a suitable building site and the best terms on which tlio **anao could be obtained. It is proposed to build a rink suitable for both skating and curling and one in which both pastimes can be indulged iu at the same time. It is estimated that a rink of this description will eust iu tiie neighborhood of $251)0. The next meeting of ths company wiil be held on thu evening uf April 5th, when the committees are expected to report progress. Paragraphs Worth Readlnsr. (I-'rom tbe New Denver l.od-te.) People rave and talk about the hardships in the Klondike, lint if they hail edited Slocan papers for several years they could tell of fros's that would cause a Dawson City thermometer to pine away into ordinary everyday insignificance. Thousands of people aro returning from Alaska disgusted with themselves and tho infatuation that drove them to that bleak country. As they are broke and mostly tenderfcet we advise them to stay out oi the Slocan. We only want capitalists with bloated bank accounts. If tho United StateB cannot knock qnt Spain the Yanks might drop ub a line, and we will have Mann *.'��� Mackenzie look into the matter. An they are about to clean up a good part of Canada without any bloodshed they might do something with Spain and save many nf America's blue-coated sons from early and neglected graves. It has been said that all those who tie not pay the printer go to Hell. Nut being orthodox we do not believe the assertion, but we do know tiiat many have gone to Klondike without making their peace with us. As that famous place, from all reports, is a winter resort for Hades we suppose there is sumo truth in the front part of this paragraph. A Chapter on Man. Man that is married to woman is of many days and full of trouble. In the morning he draweth his salary, and in the evening, behold ! it is gone. It is a tale thut is told. It vanllhotll and no one knowetb whither it goeth. Ho riseth up, clothed in the chilly garments of tlio night, and seeketh the somnamhulent paregoric with which tn soothe his infant posterity. Ho comctli forth as the horso or ox, and draweth Ihe chariot of his offspring. He spendetb bis shekels in the purchase of tine linen to cover the bosom of his family, yet himself is seen iu thc gate oi I tho city with one suspender. I Yea, he is altogether wretched.���Roht. J. Burdett*. Dream of a Klondike Speculator, My name is Aleck rfmarty. I am going to make a party of men both hale and benny for the Klondike's golden strand. Every man must be self-feeder, but I will be the leader (I need hardly tell the reader) and tlio boss of all the band. I think the first mamevre in this great treasure-trover is to strike fur old Vancouver, thence to Teslin on the plain; thero we'll board our little galley and we'll sail continually till we reach tho Yukon valley, when the robins nest. again. Then my men will go prospecting! and, a proper place selecting, they will Quifih soon erecting uur modest little shack; then iu nold before our hovel wi, will " waller" and we'll grovel,and we'll dig it with a shovel and we'll put it in a sack. Then I'll pay each man in reason fur his labor of the season, aud before it starts to freezin' on the Yukon's rocky shore. Whon the wintry blizzard hollers, I wiil pack my shirts and collars, and with fifty million dollars, I will striko fur home mice mure. Then to London aud toPareeall my "dough" I'll gaily carry, and a princess I will marry���ono most beautiful tu view; everywhere I'll have entree; I will patronize the gentry; I wiil buy the blooming kentry aud tho people in it tuu!���Ottawa Journal. Location of Mineral Claim*. Rossland Times: Tho location of mineral claims will surely come up for dUcussion this session, and when it does Tho Tinies would like to call tho attention of the members for West Kootenay to one little item that haa hitherto escaped notice, namely, make it compulsory fur the writing on the No. 1- and Nu. 2 posts to be dune on the lace looking towards the claim being staked, i.e., the innor face. At present locators aro using each and any of the four faces oil a post. When the direction of tlui local ion line is nut given���aud it very seldom is given on the No. 2 post���the prevailing style is most confusing, Let us have a rule that ull shall follow, und the finding of the ground staked will be rendered much easier than now. If the outer face of the pust bo more convenient, let it be the outer face, only let ua have uniformity, ������.���������+***>��� *���*��� Carlyle's Annual Report. Mr. W. A. Carlyle's report for the year 1897 was submitted to tho legislative assembly last w.ek. Tho report shows the output of all minerals ������ '10,455,268, as compared with (7,507,94(1, in 189U, an increase uf 40 per cent. Tho lode mines show $7,500,001), un increase ol 65 por cent, Mr. Caiiylo, provincial mlneralogl.t. predicts a bi���- increase for 1898. The principal yields were: Placet* gold $513,000; lode gold $2,122,000; ��ilver *3,272,000; coppor ��2iUi,000; lead ,1,390,- 000; coal $,2,648,00;). Tho provincial mineralogi.t adrocato* that a certain amount of work should be demanded within 00 day. of locating claims, su as to do away with tlie evasion of the law by allowing a location to run out and then getting coraw one else to relocate an 1 then deed tho claim back The report is thorough aud deals with each district iu detail, describing thu principal mines, and is copiously illustrated with photograph*. It is the uioai valuable mining report ever issued iu the provinco. A Few Curious Thins*. The wasp made tho lirst paper. There aro forty-eight kinds of housefly. A falcon can fly 150 miles and hour. The Peruvian condor's whins are sometimes forty feet froai tip to tip. Arctic naimals turn white every winter. Picciut wrot* 200 operas. Same oue of them. A Chinese flower is red in thc sunlight and whito in the moonlight. Jeffrey Hudson was only 18 inches high at 20 years of age. A llee as big a man could jump from Pittsburg to Cleveland. It never rains between tiie firit aud second cataracts of the Nile. The cocoanut tree is tha most valuable of all trees to commerce. The West India humming bird only weighs 20 grains'. The Chinese fish with birds. The Ix'st bridge-builder in the world is the common spider. A New Townsite. Mr. T. G. Proctor, manager ol tho Kootenay Valley Laud Co., will leavflt Kaslo shortly fur South East Kootenay, to superintend thu laying out of a new townsite at a point where tbe Crow'* Nist I'ass railway crosses Elk rivor. Tho new townsite is close hy the-Crow's Nest, coal mines aud has also around it aa abumland supply ui limestone for fluxing purposes. It has also unexcelled water power Ior generating electricity, and will make a first-class smelter site. A man calling at an hotel left hi* umbrella in tlio stand in tha hall with the following inscription attached to il: " This umbrella belongs to a man who can deliver a blow el 200 iH.unds weight. 1 shall bo back in 10 minute*.'" On returuin*; to seek his property ho found in its place a card thus inscribed: " This card bar. been left by a malt who can run 12 miles au hour, I shall not., come hack." mi ho //finer, ni - 111 Ilia liiaklii ibllsho'l . v. ry : .-1 bUKllSUnJ I'l* HTHW.-KIiTtOK UATK.1 t'BRTWfNd ItATO in Lull, ji-o pur i- ,.-,! never riponcd, though i thoir dead bodies along the river for jlhevdeH |i enough to make fair fodder, somo miles above the canyon. I men- Some wheat at C'u.lahy, i'i ISM, (level- t:*" this to show tbe unreliability of oped line straw and u largo bead, hut no information received from thu natives, -'.,,., | -, . [r(isl *. ���*!,.,��� ;,. ji0:1io I who fvequently noithor understand nor liinnthy grass at .ho Paine place grew '... are understood, j about half li..- >'<'��������� it does in Ontario Having satislied oursolv und Quebe.'. Tl:. I nloili; TABLE OF DISTANCES. Coition to art Steele. : Displayn.ls. ft."..';���- 'fin Iiii-. itotli l��r i .ISoenlBi/orlln I'liiin-.:.- Wulllewl liirl.'i. i ft.-,-. - JOH Dl I*. In.- lie i;.,,.i.*n... ffiSS, COltlt! d.-li.v um, p.1,,11.-.. vviiry in bona 'I I kill as a ���i ��,'* Kl 1 i:irr!:i*.-e and I'.lKTMIi-iT: llllt nepartn nmomil of timber in the dUt tha river ia nol nt nil Itn ortt la a 1 ir.r;' extent ol tores \vl yichl Drowooti and timber for .ma, Im* for the imtnufa ttlH >������ thoru ia wry Utile, To 21 ve ui its Boitrccnon 1 may si iU' t i tny part." mudu :i Ihproug the timlwrt-l land itvound t lie 1 io lieitnettmtd dujvn thu itku ten miles*", nnd in nil till i set ct that there is I i:; sulHciuilt ipiaiility to warrant, hot' pru.-pectinit, you must take the 111 I'i eiv In, I.. - nan. ���Ilil. :*.;i* hi . incite ml 81 , f sinking it " hole," as it is termed, to bedrock. The most convenient season to do this Is early in thu winter when the surface water is all frozen, otherwise it will interfere with your progress by ili.it flowing into your pit and putting out troll your tires, or at least.preventing their einl must efficient action. It' you cannot wait fv'i'i fur this season choose buiiic biith spot irch! where you will not likely bo bothered ,le for with inflow of wntur. You will have a con*; few feet mure digging to bedrock, but s tree you uro mora certain of reaching it. If t lhe y.ni want tu sink where the best, pay is Tlio likely to be found, try just below the such plan I sti'iictiou I made fotll* p, * ��� . ������������������- -,'',, I'il-vim r. ���v iii.in,ii c.i.ciiiia. , butt, 7 at t|ie top, and 81 fiet long. Tho likely to bo found, try just below the , ..��� great bulk i.i lhe timber III the district. junction of some creek, gulch or ravine *J ' ^ ^ (mnm ��������� ,,, ,,,,,, ,���, ".;.. for maiiiifiicturi! into lumber is; with the main stream or valley. ��������������� Golden to Carbonate 17 mile. Hoi! Ranche 22 ������ " Spilliniachene 42 " " Sburtv's 50 " .McKay's fill " " Windermere 84 " " Brewer's 97 " Canal Flat 120 " " Wasa (Hanson's).. 1511 " Fort Steele KiS " i.icKNct: AUTiiomsiKa an extiia mo- VINCIAI* COMPANY TO CA1UIY un ni'aiNKUS. "CUMI'AMKS Act, 1SII7," The! V lie lull i-i,l,i I hi , Unified," I.U.-llH* Is iiutliiiriso.l iin.l ���i-tlliiu ill.* i'n.v il .*,,*..|,il!|.|, it lis, a**j**' Kit.re.l I., in mil itppiutr it r-l i (,..- |.i illealii [oatl,|,,, the islands.... tlio river. On j heavier parts frum noil, streams are held j \S^]^t^ZmT^JTmnTiMSi i the-n the soil :-; waruiur and richer, the hero. Espei'louce Bhows that the heBl, elfei i all or any ol lliuoblcets lierclnattor sel i.a *i tot i-uii ... ,1.1. ...i... ...... wi, uio i ,,*,,,, ,., , ,, I lorili to whicli tlio legislative authority ol the ��� ��� I ' .1 t ..... t . .. ., ,,,J���I mi IV PICl ll, nil1 -I "hit "d i 1.1. . . . 1, ..1. I ... , ���..! I 1.. ..���. ,.n,l.. A.llliv.- . II c, THE gASl kOOVENAY PUB Gdjiloii CO. B. C FlttllAY, MARCH : RESOURCES OF THE YUKON DISTRIOT. Sim's ays t I'l .til g t u Fill .ic for a in It'll lu:,*!.-. Unit , und n.i r(- dir , ,i y than on the In its. As coal. Lewes .1 11 A '. live Inei'ii *., uu 1 i.f i:. wlll 111) mi II v. ���si men IS folllll .liuve 1 uu ive Fur.'.' ni| Ids. Th s sea n was al out tlireu feet thick . a ui ni tl at stag ul water was ei.*!i 0 en fei t above thu iiii !,.. i Will mrvo A few reiparks ou the resouri much lulled of Kl Dorado may iiith int.'lost by many. Mr. Ogilvie, life Dominion Uiul surveyed the tyhola of tliis vn leu yeuis ago uud his recent pu '��� The IClouditeOttieiuU'iiiido," su euoruu.it::- amount of information oi the subject, together with a lull nccoun claims aro generally just In.low a "forks, as it is termed. Having readied bedrock you may find pay, or you may not. Tu work the claim properly, ii the grnvol is deep, it is neei'ssiiry to do this by what Is termed burning���that is, you tin.-.-,- tho frozen ground out with tire. This is a tedious and cosily process, and requires much more labor in procuring rlvor. it could bo traced for several | tho wood and attending to tlie lires, him.lied yurtls along llio bank. l'r.! disposing of tho waste dirt as it is called, Dawson made nn examination of this that Is. thu iion-pnylng dirt, than thut scene, and I nuolB from his report coiiiiocled with the actual paying dirt. regarding It: " fills exposure includes, i Several schemes are now under way with within sixty feot of tlie basu of tho bluff, i a view to obviating these hindrance* to at lens.* tliree coal beds, uf which Iho mining In that country. Proposals to i lowest Is about throe feet thick, This thaw out by steam uie being tested, also and thu other buds contain somo goad- 1))'conl oil. In places whore tho ground egton looking eoit! of which n thickness of is shallow���that is, not more than ten ttlon, nhout'u foot sometimes occurs, but a loot deep-what 1b called ground sluicing ttitins I grcator part of the material is so sandy j is resorted to. A ditch is dug through lnul Impure us lo bo useless." This tho did i dam constructed in the exposure haa since been located mid .upper end of it, mid tho water Is diverted claimed by Mr. Harper. He hud a shaft through the ditch, The wuter soon of his jout'lieyiiigs, enriched with a copi- driven into, tho hill about twenty feet,' ous series of photographs of scenes on from whicli he took somo coal tor local I,In extend; -.ilnpi.nv I. slliinle HI city ui Liiiidoii. Kiu: Merchant Tailor. ScotcH, English, Irish and Canadian Tweed Suitings. 0-old.er: is. c CO., LTD. [ It! ml tho puv- irgu use, nnd c 030 well. At Kiiil; iTipida thin sonms ot conl wore ittn in Homti flliaie on tlio enst html: of ie river. They were unimportant, eing only nn inch or so thick, hut they how n probable eontinuution nt' tho il rat leutioned hud nml ti likelihood that �� Mtlo, was roiiiihed. In the drift sit the mouth of this creek I picked up Bpeei- monsof oonl much weuthored nnd worn. I made inquiries of the Indians in Iho vicinity, hut thoy manifested surprise nt my allowing it to them und burning some of il before thorn. Thoy professed entire ignorance of thc* existence of nny sueh stuff up the creek, uUd said they had never seen or heard of it, though thev must, however, have seed it at Belle Islo, near whicli place1 theio is some on a creek thai coinea in from the west. Mr. Ojdlvio ;:i*.'S an interesting account of tlm state of gold mining in the Yukon valley in 1837, and tho methods em- the route and In the Vukon valley. So much I ma been said already regarding t.i�� hurdshipfi ol travelling to tlie gold district that it ia needless to recount tlie storj? oi Mv. Ogllvie's experiences ten years ago, but the foljowtng extract!*: front tha Official < inkle. u;i the economic state of the Yukon makes good reading. The agricultural capabilities of the country along tlie river are not grout; nor Is the hind whicli can be wen from thu river ot good Quality* When we consUlar, further tho unsuitable climalic conjlitions which prevail in tho region it may be said that a- an agricultural district this portion of Iho country will never bo of value. My meteorological recordssliowpvereight,degrees of /"oat on the 1st of August, over ten ot the 3rd, and four times during th;,' month the minimum temperature was below freezing, Oy tiw fStli September the minimum temperature was lit dcgi'CBS, and :dl tin* minimum readings fur the remainder of the month wovo below frees,-1 i-'i;- ployed at that date, but his *U>ry ia it a (lifHculi to form an estimate of tbe j discounted by more recent accounts, totuhnreaof agricultural land aeon, but! The principal furs procured in the it certainly bears a very small proportion | district are the stlvor grey and black fo:;, to the remainder of the country. I think thu number of which bears a greater ten townships, HjiO scjuavu iniles, would : ratio to the number of red foxes than iu be a very liberal estimate for all the any oilier y.-irt of tho country. The rod l luces mentioned. This uiveti ns 280,400 ] fos is very common, and a species called neves, or/ sny-l, 000 farms1. The available tlho blue ia abuixjitnt near tho ���const, land on thc affluents of tho* rlvor would Marten ov sable are al.-so numerous, as probabl.NMlquble tlji?, oy giye2,000 farms aro lynxj but are scarco, and beaver in that |>ar.tof our territory, but on tho almost unknown, It id probable that most of tlie-Ho the returns would be tiie value of tho grey nnd black fox skins meagre. 'Without tho discovery and taken out of -the country more than iiny. 'I'm' nhji'i'is inr willcll t!��' fnmiuitiv litis l)i".-ll MtuhUslwd ono bo licetiituil aw:~ tn.] Tu luirtihusu, titkf en Iuhhl', or otherwise ucuiflri', noil's, mining rltfhu, mul ineulitfur- ouu lii.it uiul any Jnlerwt therein, uiul lo'ex* plurCj work, uxurefsu, UevuUiii huiI turn to iii-iiouiu tile dame: , , , [i>] Tu tiruslt) win, Rot, riunrry, union, caloluo, rcituo,ilrosa, iimalgamftU'iinitiiiiiuittiMiiiroluiBy ami iiroptiru ior mai'kot, oru, uiutnl, ami luiucr* nl substuiK't's ot all kliulH, ulitl to carry on, utthorupon or lu (umnuullun with tho pruiataud ur I'lsi'wlieru, tho hualnuHM ot miiiora, miliars, Mni-lti-is, uiul workers oi any id-oct^.H-s in the produotioti, rodtiotiou and inuKfnif merchant^ ulile, t>f miuernls,inetaU and mutnllio protluots, KtippliOBof water, looruhnntu, mid mauafutuiir- um, and workura ol anv minerals, mutuld, nrti- tlcs and thiiiga usotl in or in eufiiioutlon with i.iiuin-,', miiiiiii;, snu-liliij', unu olhor (irocoiwea HtoroHuWi or nny oi thum: tc] To aoaroh tor laiuos and lnlnenilHVittier ou lam! known to coutniu aauli mint's nn'v;,,,,,!���-.,<���, h ���r ..hut i.m-.^sni hodrock is reached ou this hue another i.-iv l**i:g:lsli eolmnal u- otl :r ;*i>inpaiiii-^. asso- portion of the gravel ia the muck and washed in tlio same way. It is evident that when the muck and gravel are too deep tills method is impracticable, in which ease the pay streak has to be "drifted " out by burning. thing worth going after. On the uplands, vast herds of caribou stilt wander, and when the Indians encounter a hovd thoy allow none, toescapc,oftpn.killlntf animals whicli are so poor f.fl to be useless for food, jest for the love of slaughter. Borne years ago moose were numerous along lhe river, but are now seldom scan. Tho ordinary caribou runs in herd.-*, often nnmberlng hundreds. Thoy are easily approached, and when lived at jump around as though undecided whet to do, nnd then run a short distance, When the Indiana find a herd they servo them tho same way as the others. Four spceierf of bear are found in the districtrIthe grtasdoy, brown, black, and the " silver-tip." the latter grey in color, with white throat and beard (whence ita name), ami is said to bo very fierce and will attack, on sight. Wolves arc not plentiful. The Arctic rabbit or hare ia sometimes found, but they are also comparatively scarce, and are subject to a periodical Increase and decrease. Marten are much tho snuio aa tho rabbit. Mountain sheep and mountain goat aro to bo Touud everywhere, but generally frequent the sides of tho highest mountains, Minis are scarce; a few ravens wero seen along tho river, also a few magpies and white-headed eagles were noticed. Finn aro numerous as a rule. There is ono species known as the Arctic trout. Tho flesh is soft and not very palatable. Salmon arc said by tho Indiana to come up as far as Lake Labargo and are never found above it, but JV.. Dawson report? MORTGAGE SALE. Under and by virtue of tlio power of sale contained in a certain mortgage made by John Gibson to Charles A. Warren/dated the isth .lanunry, 181)7, and duly registered, default having been made in payment oi the moneys thereby sectiredj tiiere is now offered for sale by and in tlie following described property: Lot No. KI iu Block No. o, according lo a plan of survey of tbe Town of Golden, U'-itish Columbia, approved and confirmed at Ottawa, lGtii March, 1880 and of record in the Department of the Interior. There is a log building erected on the land now occupied nn a restaurant. Tenders will lie received by tiie undersigned at Golden, B.C., up to 12 o'clock Noon, on the iSnd April, IS'*;;, for the purchase of the lands and subject to a reserve hid and the conditions of Bale, the highest tenderer shall be the purchaser. The property will bo sold subject to a prior mortgage on which there is owing the sum of 1140 or thereubouts. , , * *, ,-���- Further particulars and conditions of, wwwfc i'!.^1...."*!1.1;. !!!iV"l!V!!,l!.u.-u.i!,.l,l..:, sale may ho obtained on application to the undersigned. Dated this 10th March, 1808. GEO, S. McCAItTEH, ml8 Mortgagee's Solicitor. MORTGAGE SALE Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in. a certain mortgage made by John Gibson to Ptildol Webster Marsh,'dated the I8th day of January, 1897, and duly registered, default having lieen made in payment of the moneys thereby secured, tiiere is now offered for sale by tender, the following lands and promises, namely:���All that portion of the north hall'of tbe north half of Section 18, )n Township 27, Ihingo 1*2, west of the Fifth -Meridian in the Province of Dvitlsh Columbia, which lies to the east of the right of way of tho Canadian I'aelfle Hallway as at present constructed containing 157 acres more or less. Also all that portion of the north-oast quarter of Suction 14 in the said Township 27, which lies to tho east of the right of way of the Canadian Pacific Railway, as at present constructed. Tenders will be received by the undersigned at Golden, B.C., up to 12 o'clock Noon, on the 2nd April, 18M$, for the purchase nf Baid lands and subject to a reserve bid and tho conditions of sale, tlio highest tenderer shall be tbe puri'luiBor. Tho property is close to Golden and is well adapted to market gardening. Further particulars and conditions of sale may be obtained on application to the mortgagee's solicitor. Mated this 10th March, 1808. ' GEO. S. McCARTER, IHiulS Mortgagee's Solicitor. . 'atitotis or undertaking* capable oi being man Hued or conducted so us uireotly or Indirectly ti. bcuellt the business of the Company. Also tu advance money un any suoh shares, (touks, bonds, obligations, debentures- securities ol or ether interest in .sueh companies, assoeiatioiit or undertakings, and to aeeupt sueh shares or stotlt.-*, bonds, oliliKiitieus, debenture* or BUetir* ties its imrtttil or lull security lor [mymeuts due to the C'umjiany: if. To uetiuire, construct or hire, or Join with others in aeiuitriug. uunHtruetlnu or hiring any mills, eanals, waterworks, machinery, roads, bridges, iriuuiviiys. ihiiv.iiys, engines, plant, stot-ks, buildings, works, matters or tilings whl. h mav be neeussary or convenient for I lie purposes ut tlio Company, or anyol them, aud to tue working ol the same or any jiart thereol: li. To improve, manage, develop, let underlet or soil, of otherwise dispose oi, charge or deal with, m anv manner whatsoever, the under* tnkiugor ttiiv pari or purls of the property oi the Company, or any rights, way-leaven or easements lu or over tno sume, and io accept as puruient there-fur either rush or allures, or paftly caBh and partly slum's, in any other company purchasing the same: I, To establish ana maintain agencies of the Compauy iu nny uoluny, dominion, foreign country or stato^ and to procure the Company to be registered or incorporated hi any sue colony, uouiivtioji, foreign country or state: , To amalgamate witn any other company having objects altogether or In part slmilur lu tlie objects of ti.i** Company, and to enter into partnership, Joint adventure, reciprocal con- ucshiuii or otherwise, with any company or person or tirm uugftged or about to engage In any business or transaction which this Com paiiv is authorized io engage tu, or capable ol being conducted ho as directly or indirectly te beiietit [hlitCompanyi k. To hold, in me names ot others, any property Which the Company Is authorised to ucmilte, and to carry ou or do any ol the uisu-.esscji and uctsulid thlugsiforcitahi*, either i's principal or agent, una otthor by the agency ol ,,r as agents or inistecs lor others: I, To make, purchase, sell, uet-ept or indorse hills of exchange uml other Instruments, liego- liable or olherwisr.Hiid to borrow mouvy either with or without security, aud wither upou negotiable instruments or otherwise, including t he issueo[ Uebenturcs ch'.irged upon all or any [theCompany's properly (both present and tilllg its uncalled cupitul: .... Topronioleatid lorm other eouipanlcs for any ol the objects mentioned iu this Memorandum: it. To invest and deal with the moneys of the Company not Immediately required upou such securities and hi such mauneras from tlmu to time be determined. o. To distribute any of the property of the Company uniting the number- hi bpoufot p. To oftrry on buatucis in any pun of thc world Htnl to do all BUOb things as are liuhlen- ti'l or conducive tothe uttitlniucutui the above objects. di wu under my huiul aud seal of office al Victoria, Province of llritisli Columbia, thii* P.ith ib-v of October- oim thousand eight him* tired Hint ltluety-scvcn. ui'j-tt s. v. WOOTT0H, tteglstror oi Joint stock Cooipanics. NOTICE. All licrsoim Indebted lo me arc ro- quuHted lu w-'ttle Bimlu with Mr. 0. II l'arwin, who hua iiulliority to give receipt! Im* the sumo. S. ADI.EB. . (iolden, February isth, 1888. AIM'I (CATION TO PAKUAMHNT. PUBLIC NOTICE I. Iioiebv nlvas that application will bu muitu lo the t-ui-tiaintoitti! Canada, at tnu nuxt aenslon lln'wof, lor an Aot clmii-rlii*.* 1 In* iiaiii.. ol Thu Uoiniiilon niill.liii*! ai.,1 I.,,iui .\-.s,..-iutlmi tulhatolTha Uomlulon I'l-i-iiuim-nl l.oiui Coiiiiiiiny. "la 17th A.l)., 1897. bail!*! nt Toronto, ili'l. 17��tli day ol Novonabai, )., 1897. MACDONALD, HOI.AND A THOMPSON, ll'i"i*9t 2 Toronto Street, Toronto. Solicitor* (or A,.,.ll,*atits. THE KAST KOOTKXAY MlNEll TWO DOLLARS PER YEAR. THE BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM IS EAST KOXTENAV. / B. C. Fi Bt-Class in every particular. Convenient lo Railway T)opot aad Btcambout !*andfng. Kates Kensonable. Froo riample Hooms. The Tram ('nr leaven Kootenuy Iloiibe, coimeetiiiR with Steamer Ior Tort Steele ovory Mondav and Friday after arrival of train from the west. Headquarters for Commercial and Mining Men. TRAVELLERS- For Homo Comforts o Modern Conveniences e Best Cuisine in the West Commodious Sample Rooms First-Class Brands of Liquors and Cigars Go to the olumbia ouse. j WM. McNEISH, Prop. Headquarters for Mining Men. RUSSELL MOUSE, r-r^ Golden, B,C. SXELTON & BREWSTEE, i��rops. **-**.Hen(l(iiiui'turs For*****, Miners, Prospectors and Lumbermen. e^v/v-x/s^^e ESatCfS $1-00 ^er JD&_7. Board & Lodciixci $5 Per Week. First Class Kar. East Kootenay Supply Store, WINDERMERE, Tin ^-g-A Croceries, Dry (ioods & General Merchandise. Min-er*]' Supplies a Specialty. Windermere Hotel, ���_.���James A. Stoddart, Prop. ' Choice WIuob, Liquom and Cigars, First class accoinuiodutinii. WINDERMERE, B.C. ~*mxSm\ East Kootenayv Mining Stock List. Namk of Company. The Gold Hills 0, i I). Co Kootenuy, CnHboo M. k 1. Co (iolden & Fort Steele I). Co Alberta & Kootenuy I). Co Eust Kootenuy und Klk River Development A Exploration Co *. <2,0U0,(XK> ���2,500,000 if 750,000 �� 500,000 �� 75,000 par vai.ub. am.li PHim. ���1.00 (1.00 ���l.OO O*00 (1.00 15c. '1.00 60c. Ke. THOMAS McNAUGHT, 5I1N1XU hkokeh, ccldw;, E,C, *,"��� V\ ' '*" A tSonnectlcut Mystery. Tho mysterious subterranean nolsos that have made tho villhtgo olJIoodus, Conn., famous since the time ol the iir^t white settlers have, it is ftatcil by the daily press, begun again, after u silence of twelve yosrs. The noises are attributed by geologists to disturbances in the earth'* qriist, hut their exact.' nature is enough of a mystery to justify the use of that word in ourtitle. Of the " noises " the "Scientific American" speaks its followB:���" For twenty years, up to 1729, the villagers ot the town of East I I-uldnm heard these noises almost continuously. The Rev. Mr. Hostner, in n letter written August 13,1729, says, in speaking of the phenomenon:���' Whether it lie liro or air distressed iu the subterranean caverns of the earth cannot be known; for thero is no eruption, no explosion perceptible, but by sounds nnd tremors, which are sometimes very four-fill nnd dreadful. I have myself heard eight or ton sounds successively, and Imitating email arms, in the space of live minutes, I have, I suppose, heard several hundred* of them within twdllt* years] some more, some less terrible. Sometimes we havo heard them almost every day, and great numliers of them in the space of a year. Oftentimes 1 have observed them coming down from the north, imitating slow thunder, until the sound came near or riglit under, aud then there Sficmed to be a breaking like the noise of a cannon shot or severe thunder which shakes the houses and all Unit is In them.' . "The centre from whioh the noises proceed seems to lie Mount Tom, situated at the junction oi Moodus and .Salmon rivers. Thu severest -shocks have been felt as far north-east as Boston and as fur south-west as Now York, and have there been noticed as earthquakes. In 1816 and 1817 these noises were more than usually loud. On tlu. recent recurrence there wus a sound resembling u clap of thunder, followed for a couple of hours by a roar like the echoes of a distant cataract. A day later thero was heard u crushing sound like that of heavy muttled thunder, and a roar not unlike tbe wind in a tempest. The ground was so shaken us to cause houses*) tremble and crockery to rattle as though An earthquake were in progress. "The Indians, familiar with these noises long before the advent of the whites among them, called the region now embraced in tlie town of East I lad- dam, ond particularly that situated in tlie vicinity of Mount Tom, Mutchenia- dosct, or 'at the place of the bad noises.' This name, corrupted and contracted to Machanoodiis and finally to Moodns, gives name to n branch oi Salmon Kiver and to a manufacturing village. The region where these subterranean disturbances huvc occurred from time immemorial is one of deformed crystalline rock." Frivolous Libel Suits. Tho Nation ��ays: Lord Chief Justice Itussell of England is earning the gratitude of the American press by some extremely sensible decisions on libel cases. There are hut few newspnjicrs which have not experienced the vexation of frivolous libel cases. A series of these cases has recently coma before hi in. for adjudication. Lord Russell sharply ridiculed .tlie absurdity of the cases mid made severe remarks against thc shysters who foment these suits. In the latest case of the kind a solicitor who had been bound over to keep the peace for forcing his distasteful addresses upon a young lady, sued the London Nows for printing 4��ej)ort of tho proceeding entitled A Xoyc-Strickon Solicitor. This title wo* apparently the only grievance. The proceeding* were interrupted with frequent laughter from bar and jury. Tlie Lord Chief Justice said that he would leavo tho question of libel or no libel to the jury but wolild have totell them that they would make themselves ridiculous if they found thero was a libel. The jury sensibly took the hint. ma. w,..,i. *-l��>...***.i**liiii., ..>���..*,,in rnn.t.fn that his ingenuity could suggest, he finally turned up his nose und said���Oh! I don't care! they're sour, anyway. Now, if that fox had any really commendable wisdom in bis triangular skull be would have looked at the grapes blandly, and then have announced lo the world that thoy were sweet, but that sweets didn't agree with him; that owing to lhe condition of his stomach he considered it inadvisable to out anything containing saccharine matter; and that, besides, a properly philosophical fox believed In self-denial and in taking things that wero easily at his disposal, instead of trying to climb il trellis to secure attractive but deleterious grapes. If ho hud done that, instead of lieing the laughing-stock of succeeding generations lie would have stood a good chance of ! being appointed professor of philosophy j in a subsidised university, nnd of living I on yellow-legged chickens for thu rest of 1 his natural life. If you have anything to sell, advertise it In Tut-: Mixuit. dzmwSAK PROVINCIAL flHCRETAHY'8 OFFICE. |i!H HONOUR tho Men tenant-Co vernor linn 11 beon (iIuohoiI in inula- the following appointment:-*- lira* March; 1808. Jajies Fbrousson AnnflTROKa. of Fort Steele, l..*in_iiirc,H.M.. to be it Deputy CoronerIurthu County of ICobtemiy. 18ui2 rionmt OF ASBtJSE mi-i Xlsl Prliia. find'of V: Oyer nnd Terminerftiid Ueueral(faol Delivery, will bo liolden tu i lie places und on the utile.-' following- via.:��� City of Nelson, on Monday, tlio 20th day of June, 1808. Tnwnof Donald, on Monday, the27th day ol June, 1893, By Command. JA.MHH BAKER. Provincial Secretary. Provincial Secretary'* Ofllee, mil March, 1808. lBrntl IN" THK COt'NTY COCHT OF KOOTENAY IIOI.DKN AT FORT STEELE VOTICK Ih hereby given that on the Hih day *-i at -laundry, I89S, it whs ordered by the Honourable J. A. Forln, Judge ol thcTonnlv Court, tlmt Jainea K. ArniMtronff. Official Atf* uihilstrutiir uf the County of Kootonay, hi* Administrator of nil mul singular the goods, chattel!! and credit of Uruert Orpwood ol Oold- mi, labourer, deceased, hiteatale, Kvery (tcrsoii indebted to ihesiild docea-wd, [krequired tn mako payment forthwith :o the imderalguod. Every pen-roil having in possession effect* bolongfng lu tliedeccaged,!*required forthwith tu notify the undersigned. livery creditor or other person having any claim upon ur interest in Ihe distribution of the piTMiuu) estate of iho said deceased, Is required wllliiu thirty days of this date, tu send by rcgUtered letter addressed to the underslg'neil. his mime mid address, and the full particulars of his claim or interest, and a statement ol his account, and the nature of tlie security (tf nny) held by him. After the oicplr- atlou ol the Bald thirty days, the Administrator will proceed with the distribution of i lie estate, having regard to ihoue claims only ol which he shall have hud notice. Dated at Fort Steele, this 37th day of January. MM. J. F. ARMSTRONG, Official Administrator. .Notice to Taxpayers Where Women are Cheap. The "Sydney Bulletin," over thesig*. nature of "A Man Who Knows," contains some serious VtrTotttrcs iignlnst thoso who are responsible for sending women, and especially young Women, to China as missionaries. Thc writer,'who was born in China antl spoke Chinese from childhood, says:��� "In it country where females are held cheap nnil where female children are. actually killed among the ptotfr as being In the way, how can alien feipaleshope to be treated with eveu fwsfable'decwiey when living away from the treaty ports unci masquerading in native dress? It is necessary for them to know the language Well, so that there is no getting away from tho foulness of the epithets openly levelled against them. They have a silly idea uf influencing the mon through lhe women but they forget that the woirfen have absolutely nojfowerin this wuy. They are merely-bought chattels. It is bud enough for a man to be it missionary, fur a woman it is hideous." "The Fox and the Grapes." No, said the man with the large hend: I ean't say tb��U think wry much of the fox in the old fable Of'*'-The Fox ami the Grapes." It 1b recorded of him that after trying to get the grapes by every way ASSESSMENT AOT AND PROVINCIAL REVENUE TAX. Northern Division of East Kootenay District. MOTICK 18 IfERBDY OIVKN in accordance I *��� with the titatuttu tlmt Provincial Itevenue Tax aud all tftXCU levied utid-T the Astcssincul . Act ure now due for the year 1898, I .Ml of the above named taxes rcUeetuhlc | within the Northern Division of East Kootonay I District are payable at my OfllCC, the Court House, Golden. Assessed tiuus are collectable at the following rates, viz.: if paid uu ur before Juno 00th, lf-m Three-iiftiis of one per cent, on Real Property. Two and olio-luilf per etui, on iiiWhM-.il viilllt' of .flirt laud. One-half of one per cent, on Personal Property, tin so much of the tucomes of any personal exceeds One Thousand Dullurs the lullowitm rates, nautelv: t'ptm such excess of Income when tho sum Is not more than Ten Thousand Dollars, one per cent,: when sueh oxooss I* over Ten Thousand Dollars mid not tnor.i tlini) Tc.enty Thousand Dollars, one and otw*nuartor of one per cent.; when such excess is over Tneniy Thousand. Dollars, one and one-hall of one percent. If paid on or after the lnt Inly, ISPS. Four-fifths of one per cent, on Heal Property. Three per rent, on the asseiSOd VttlUtt ol wild land. Three-fourths of one per cent, on Personal Property. On ho much of the income* of nny person as OXCCDdfl One Thousand Dollurs tht.* following rates, namely: I'noa mioh excess when the same is not mora tlitin Ten Thousand Dollars, one and onr-uuartcr of one per cent.; when such excess Is over Ten Thousand Dollars and not more than Twenty Thousand Hollars, one and one-half of ono percent; when suoh excess (8 over Twenty Thousand Dollars, one aud three*qnorter> of one per cent. Provincial Revenue Tax, 18,00 per capita. V. C, UNU. Assessor and Collector. Qolden, January loth; Mas. jw-sui NOTICE. V"OTICK Is hereby given thai I shall apply for *���'' n special limber licence, to OUt timber on iiic following described lands :->commencing ar a post ou the North Fork of Finley Creek, a- crOBl the creek from the head of Hrmly's Ditch, I nnrih-eiiHt |iost ; thence running aotlth 1W ehi'.inH ; thence west "Cchaina ; thence nurth I iMichnins: thence east 70 chains to pouted com- 1 ineiieemeiit. R. Hi MIU.IGAN. Fort Steele, Octobitaoth.lSOT. Is tlie best advertis ing medium in East Kootenay; Contains the latest news of the district: Is only $2.00 per year; Has the best equipped Job Printing Office in the dis trict; Is prepared to do all kinds of Job Print ing at reasonable prices. ���^d-cLresiS- GOLDEN, - B.C. mwiiiiii****)! Situated on Perry Creek, 25 Miles From Fort Steele, East Kootenay. ttttmstsmm $75 to $150 Each according to location. f'Pga-y.-yy^ <*���*���*. - One-third down, Imluiicc iu three and ��U "** �����������*�������������� - montlit, without liitorcst. Tempest & Co., Agents* CALGARY. Upper Columbia- 'tjation & Uramway Co., Limited, and International Transportation Company. Connecting with the C. 1'. R. at (Iolden, P.. C. and Great Noi'theru Railway at Jennings, Montana. The Only Quick and Comfortable Route. Address all express care of U. C. Co'y, Golden. F. P. ARMSTRONG, MANAUSR mmmmm.w- _.-. CARLIN & DURICK General Merchants -*-*-.���FORT STEELE, B. O. Miners Supplies a .Specialty. Agent for the California Giant Powder Com pay. LEADING HOUSE. algardna * Hetel Fort Steele, 33. C Ciioice Winks, Liquors axd Cioars. R. D. MATHER, Pro-rietob on iiot springs Sanitarium The Finest H-nllh Ruiart on tin Continent. Private Hwpltnl under mertlfal .nperintra- ikni-i' with �� Tniinwl Stuff of Nar.e.a. Cnrojilete System of n.th-*, nl eTorr kind ami description. Mmlinil Dircrtor-DU. K. C. BKRTT, Kxwn. Kosidcut Physician k Surgemi���DK. SPAXKIB. UPPER ARROW LAKE, WEST KOOTENAY. Subscribe for �� THE MINER." ir.TJT-:."-�� -a. ������i"' M&eMnMB-A ��� til���IM LOOAL AND GENERAL; NOTICE TO CREDITORS. C. A. Warren wishes to notify the1 footballers Unit he Ira* a supply 61 shin guardson hand. Arrangement* tire being made for a. football match to take place on Good Friday afternoon. Tho local lodge of Independent Order of Oddfellows purpose giving a grand ball at no distant dato. Good Friday is a statutory holiday ���and wo presume will be observed by the business men of tlio town. Tho Upper Columbia Co.'s ollices have been moved close uj> to and ou the east sido of tho Kicking llorso bridge. Tho lirst section of Sunday's Xo. 1, which passed through Galden at midnight on Sunday, carried *lo0 passengers. It ia rumored that nn English syndicate has ottered $8,000,000 for the North fr*tar mine near Fort Steelo, of which D. D. Mann is one of the principal ownels. Ovor three hundred Klondike** left Calgary this week for the gold Iields vie the Kdnionton mute. This ruulo looms to be growing mote popular every day. ��. Mt. Wm. Ballllo, edllcr oCtlio Fort Steele ProSpoelor, waa in town this week having just returned from a visit to Kastensj Canada, lie left for the coast on Tuesday evening. Mr. ,1. H. Harcourt, Presbyterian missionary, who has been stationed here .ior tho past year, left on Monday for Winnipeg where he." will resume Iub studies in Manitoba College, Tbe British Columbia Review just to hand say.: Another Klondike fanatic lsclaimiugattenlion bccau&ohe proposes to wheel a barrow to Dawson. If he perseveres he may reach there in 1001. Arrangemonls aro being made for the holding of a tea-meeting and entertain mont iu connection with tbe Methodisl Church on the evening of April 711 Further particular* will bo given next week. Tho grocery window of the Big Store has been attracting a great deal oi attention this woek. We will not at- tempt to give a description of it, suffice it to say that Iho centre-piece is a repro Unction of Stophenson's lirst model. Forms of application for registration us voters can bo obtained at the government ollice. It is tho duty of every resident entitled to vote, whoso nanio is not now on the list lo take tbe necessary BtepB to register without further delay. A farewell socinl took place in Denial list,Saturday evening, the occasion being the departure this week of Mr. King. Presbyterian' missionary, wlio*bas beer stationed there for the past year. Mr King returns to collego to resume his Itudics. Considerable talk has been indulged ii. this week in regard to tbe organizing ol a brass band. Such _an"organization would lie a valuable acquisition to tbe town, and a band once started would no doubt receive the hearty support oTtSe citisens. The Blll_Nyo, 1.0 Tngo and Sunny South, on Trail creek, between Tracy anil Wild Ilorao creeks, have been bonded by E. B. Hart for **1">,000. The ore on these claims is galena and copper at tbe surface but afterwards gray copper predominated. All transcontinental roads have their troubles. The Grand Forks I'laindealor says*. " A terriblo storm west of Havre has put the Great Northern' roadbed in such shape that coast trains for the past two days have been greatly ."delayed. Tho N. P. is having au equally hard time of it." No lees than 2o,874,L,7" lbs. of butter, 4,019 lbs. of cheese and 5,303,703 lbs. of bam and bacon wero produced in New South Wales during the year 1890-97. Among otbor food products tho same colony produced 1*10,772 cases ol moat, r>00,710 carcases of frozen mutton, 19,520 pieces of frozen beef and 101,740 boxes of buttor. T. M. Chadbouni, Nelson, has just concluded a doal whereby the Matterhom group, situated on Toby creek, has lieen purchased by a strong iinglish syndicate. The group consists ol six claims located last July, and are all on �� ledge giving assays 15 to 45 per cent, copper, $5 to $20 gold and 80 oz. ���liver. A firat payment has been cabled to the Bank of British Columbia at Nelson. The late lamented Bill Ny�� once Baid: "Do not attempt to cheat an editor out of hi* year's subscription to his paper, or any other sum. Cheat the minister, cheat anybody and everybody, but if you havo any regard for future consequences don't tool tho editor. You will be up Ior office somo time, or want some public lavor for yourself or friends, and when your luck is a thing of beauty, a joy forever, thc editor will open on you ���nd knock your cnstloB into a cocked hat at first fire. He'll subdue you, and then you'll cuss your stupidity for a drivelling idiot; go hire some man to knock you down and kick you for /tailing-" Notice is hereby given that all persor having any claims nguinst the estate ( George Woodley, late of Gulden, li.C deeeaM.il, who died at Golden, B.C., o the 2nd February, 1898, are required to I give noliee of their claims to G. 11. Woodley and I). M. Rae, the executors appointed hy thc will of the said George Woodley, on or before the lirst day of May, A'.ll., 1808, and that after said'last mentioned date the said executors will proseetl to distribute such of said estate as shall have come tu their hands, having regard onlv to such claims as they shall then havo received notice ol as above required. Dated this 23rd March, 1808. GEO. S. McCARTKli, Solicitor for the Executors NOTICE. Application for Certificate of Improvements. TORONTO FRACTION MINERAL CLAIM. Take notice tlmt J, John McTCao, Free Miner'!* ('t'rtilicnt'j No. 86930; Intend. sixty daya from tin.1 dato hereof, to npply to the Mining- Recorder for a certificate uf Itmiroven.antf-}. for tho purposo ui obtaining a Crown grunt of the above claim located on Spillimacheen Mountain, situate in tho Golden Mining Division of Kast Koulenay Dir-trirt. And further take notice that action, iimler section 87, must lie commenced before tho inf-uauce of mum certificate of iinpruveinetilM. Dated this 13th day of January, 1808. John McRae, By his agent Geo. 8. McCarter. NOTICE. All persons indebted to me nre re quested to settle same with Mr. C. 1*1 Parson, who has authority to give receipts for the flame. 8. ADI.EB. Golden, February 15th, 1808. NOTICE. vrOTICE In hereby given that application will *-,( bu made lo tlm Let Isltttivt! Assembly ot the i'rovim-oot t'.ritbh Col u in I'i.**., at its next Hes .tun, (or h Private Bill to Incorporate a (Jour pany to build, equip, maintain nnd operate a dno or lines oi railway Irom ti point nt or near Cranbrook, lu Haul Kootetifly, thence by th*.' nost feasible routs to tho Hi. Mary's Itlver; thenco fn a westerly direction to the headwaters of St.Mary'sItlver! and also In a�� canter* iy and northerly direction from home point on tnesttld llmia branch lineup theKastrKoote* nny Valley to thu nelt-hiioorhoo-l of Horn* 1'iiivf and No. i creek), and the mines! n that i-U-iuity; with power to thc wilri Coinpanyto ���onairuut'a line from the Bull Hiver Group ol ���.linns, in Bast Kootenay, to tho most ton- r'enlent point on tlm main line of the Crow's Nest Pass Railway; and also io authorize ami empower thu Company, to iiuili!, irom time tit time, branch lines to .'roups of mines nnd cimeenlr.Htora from any of lie three aliovc-memioned linen of ruilwnvc, -vu'li branch lines not to exceed twenty (I'D) mile,-: lu l"i;_jth; with power to build telegraph ind telephone lines, and to eouip and operate hi* s:iid railway and Its branches*, and to erect ind maintain nil necessary works for the gen* ���ration and transiiiissiou of electricity or power within the are.i of the opera'.lout) of the ���mid Company; and power to build, maintain ind operate wharves, docks ami steamboats, saw-inills, and acquire water privileges to con- ���iruet dams, Humes, etc., for Improving and increasing the water privileges, and to make '.rattle or.other arraiiHemetns with railways. iteamboat or other companies,and for alloitier dsual and necessary powers, rights or privilegef-*, BODWEI.T.-. IIIVINt! A DUFF, Holieitnrs for the Applicants. Victoria, B.O.j H*Mh October, 1S07. 4n tit NOTICE. VTOTICK IS HEREBY QIVEN that application ���^ will be made tu Lhe Parliament ot Canada ind to th*1 Legislative Assembly of the Province if British Columbia m .heir respective session* .o Incorporate a Company to construct a railway to be operated bv steam oreloutrlulty from *. point at or near Cranbrook, In Kast Kooteiiav, Itritlsii Columbia*���the most northerly point on tho Crow's .Vest Hallway,���thence running in a northerly direction up the Kootenay Kiver .to Canal Flat; thence to the Columbia t. --e and In a northerly direction tfnvn tl e Co '.nubia itlver to tho Canoe Kiver; u.cnee up lu , Canoe liiver uud across the Portage to thu Headwaters oftho Fraser Itlver; theme down thu Fraser Kiver lo Olsoomo Portage] thence across thc Portage to Parsnip Kiver; thence down the ;''ii'Miip Kiver to Findlay Hiver, and np thc Findlay River and across the divide to Frances Lake, and thence to lhe Yukon, with power to divert tho route of tho Unu north of Glscdme Portage either by way of Dense Lake or ns mav be found most suitable on iiirtl er exploration, ivith power to build and operate branch lines not exceeding sixty miles in length and ull necessary bridges and roads. A so, to construct u:d opotato telegraph and teh phone linos for the traitsmlEulon of messages fot the public; to build, acquire nnd operate Attain and other ressols ami all ncessiiry ferries, wharves and .looks: to take and use water tor generating '.'lectricity, mul to transmit and dispose of the power therefrom for lighting, beating and motive purposes; with power also lo ci r-y on lhe budncss of u e/eneral trading com. any, of m express company; also to own, manage and lease hotels, to acquire, to acquire timber limits and operate saw mills, for the production And sale of lumber, and to mine, explore and develop mineral lands and locarrv on a general mining and ore smelting business, Including the erection and operation uf smelters and concentrators. GEMMII.I. A MAY, -Solicitors for Applicants, Dated at Ottawa 6thNoveinbcr, 1897. lln-flt NOTICE. VOTICE li hereby flfftn that I skill npply fer ���^ a special tltabtr lic����('�� te cut timber on the following, dtwnbfltl land* :-Commencing at a post ou Middle Pork Of IMuley Creek,OOli utnamd l..v*�� (set to tk*i nerth of Mantle's JWral, N. H.; thenoi ruinlig lf�� chains South 1 thencii 7* chains west; tk��nci> 1*1 chains north; 'iieiv �� 71 ekalns vast to the post mi commence- �����i-jni;.;oiil-iiaiag l.twl acMS ���.���ant. M. CARLIN. 4oldoi. JI. C, October 39tk, 1VH- NOTICE. MOTICE Is hereby eivci that I ihall apply 11 f��r a special limber licence to cut timber on th* following described Lands :��� Commencing at a point on Flnley Creek, at the head of the canyon, ntrtk*��aat comer post; running went ���.'.'���* rhnini; thtnce40chatni neutb ; thence 200rhriiiH cam ; th��jnce �� chains north to point of cbmuieuctueni ; cootnleiag about 1,000 acres. J. C. DURICK. Fort Ktvslr.Octobir list, I��7. APP1ICATION TO PAKUAMENT. pUBLIC NOTICE Is hereby given that appli- 1 caliouwill bd made to lhe Parliament of Canada, at lhe next session thereof, for au Aet hanging the name of The Dominion nulldlng .ml Loan Association in that of The Dominion 'ermunont I.nun Company. Dated at Toronto, ibis 17th day of November, A.D.. 1807. MACDONAbn, BOUND A THOMPSON; 'i Toronto Street, Toronto n2o-9t Solicitors for Applicants, J F. PUGH, TAILOR, GOLDEN, B.C. EAST KOOTEXAY OFFICIALS Minister of Mines aud Provincial Secretary lion. Col. James ltaker. provincial Mineralogist���W. A, Carlyle. Public Assayer���U. Carmiehacl. OOI.D COimiBStOKElUi For the Province���W. S. (lore. Victoria South District comprising Fort Bteele and To- baceo plains Mining Divisions���J. F. Armstrong Cranbrook North District comprising Donald, (iolden and Windermere Mining Divisions-.!. E. Clrlfnths , Donald MINING ItECOI.DF.RlJ J, Btlfrot Donald V. C! Lnng Golden (J. Gold to Windermere C. M. Edwards Fort Steele M. Phillips Tobacco Plains Deputy Clerk of thc Pence for North East Knot- eniiv Josiah Stirretl Donald Deputv Clerk of the Peace for South East Root cnay���Charles -Mas-jcy Edwards.,. .Fort Steele FEEB MINERS. Extracts From British Columbia Statutes Explaining Fully tlie Value and Necessity of a "Fref Miners" Certificate-No Person Should Attempt Mining Without One. Any person over 18 years of ago, may be come a iree miner by baying |5 to any gold commissioner or mineral recorder and obiaiu- Ing a certificate good for one year. A free miner may obtain a new certificate for oue lost on pnvtug Tl. A free miner's certificate is not transferable. king i nt llet claim, odd as real estate without license, may be lined U"i. Mines become real estate afic'i erown grant litis t)ecn issued. Should co-owner fall to pay up his free mlner'!- ceriiliciitc his interest goes to his co-owners pro rata according to their former Interests. A shareholder iu a joint stock cumpany need not be a free miner. A free miner may claim 1">o0x150Q feet. But all'angles must he right angles and all mca.-ur- meiit must be horizontally. A free miner may cut timber on crown lnnds. A free miner muy kill game for his own use at all seasons. A free miner may ohtnin five acre millslte upon erown lands in the form of a square. I A claim may be held from year to year hy work being done tu the value of one hundred dollars. Lodes discovered in tunnel may be held if recorded in 10 days. A free miner may on payment of |600j in Ueu of expenditure on claim, obtain n;crown grant. Any miner mav, at the discretion of the gold commissioner, obtain necessary water rights. No transfer of any mineral claim or Interest shall be enforceable unless In writing, signed and recorded. No miner shall suffer from nny net of omls��don or commission, or delays on tbe purt of tlu- government ollicials. No claim shall be open to location during lust iiluesss of holder, nor within ll! months after his death, unless by permission of gold commissioner. A mineral claim must be recorded withtn 1J days niter location, ii witnin 10 miles of ofllee of mining recorder. One additional day is al* owed for every uddltiounl 10 miles ur fr&etiou hereof. ANNUAL LABOR. Work on ench mining claim to the value of ?1U0 must be done each year from date of reeord of mineral claim. Affidavit made by the holder, or bis agent, setting out a detailed statement of the work done must be Hied witli the gold commissionsr or milling recorder, and :i certilieate of work obtained, antl recorded before the expiration of each year from the date of record of said claim. A free miner holding adjoining claims, may subject to tiling notice of his intention with thu gold commissioner or mining recorder perform on any one or moreol sueh claims, all the work required to entitle him to a certificate of work for eachclnim. The same provision applies to two or more free miners holding adjoining claims tn partnership. In lieu oi above work the inin.ir must pay jJIUO und get receipt and record thc saute. -tV����-**. We wish to inform the public that we are prepared to do Neat, Artistic, Up To Dato Printing iii all its branches.