PRINCETON IN LINE A. GALLIHEE RECEIVES A GOOD MAJORITY. fery Little Interest Taken in the "'' Election—Only Half the Possible Votes Polled. ■ V flection day jws'itd off very quietly ice ton. The total absence^ of the didates or anyoTthe politicians who e been on the stump, made the con- very uninteresting to tbe voters. In : no scrutineers appeared at the poll- SiiSS booth for any of the candidates and rjeyy one agent put in an appearance, PSrS. Harry Richardson, a staunch old fcraty' w^° acted for Mr. John McKane. ^•Wi&y a 'ew out °^ town voters put in ail r/t**V» ^Jp^earance and quite a number of those j-hdtf.^f Mjft°wn did not trouble going to tbe He's. Thirty-eight votes were polled p^Mb^ l; of a possible seventy, not counting ajaTm'v^w&ffl^ w'10 were no' at l*on,e or wk° have ^B town for the winter. Mr. J. C. Mc- ■psh acted as deputy returning officer ■l Mr. V. Ryder as poll clerk. The ,' cial return is as follows: ©J^ristopher Foley ^R. Alfred Galliher 25 n McKane „ 53 .■?.. ■led ballots if/tri?.ft*..'. ?...:... I Total 38 J. C. Mcintosh, D.R.O. kursday. 9 p. m. [Special to Star.] ■result of the election as far as known ■her [Liberal] 2,658 By [Labor] 2,530 Jane [Conservative] 2,175 Total 7,363 ixwell has 575 majority over Sarden, Rrrard, as far as heard from. I Princeton-Keremeos Road. -e construction of oad on the I end has been completed as far as ■le creek, but unfortunately for some Wained reason, the foremen on the B Wm. Hine and Tim Capflhell have ■ed orders to stop worktgdaj-. It is Id that the government cannot al- Be work to go on as the present per conditions are not interfering B>e work in any way. In fact bet ■ogress has been made with tbe Muring the past week, than at any ice construction started. The got into full swing and the lold spell only kept them working Another month with the same f of men at work would have seen we road completed between Kere- |id Princeton. If the road had I %y contract all this trouble and louia have been avoided and the bid have been open for traffic be- Chas. Richter has been visiting his old home in the valley this week. Mr. E. Bullock-Webster has gone to England to sperd Christmas at home. Peter Bromley is building a new blacksmith shop on Richter's land adjoining the town. ' Jack Neil is getting out timbers and making ready to move the hotel to the new site. The weather is very mild in the valley, there being no snow on the flat bills having a southern exposure. TTrther camps in that district. Tbe wagon road froi tackle Plate mine Jfas been completed and the company ''are getting ready to haul in the first installment of tbe machinery. As soon as the plant is installed a large force will be worked. The outlook for next year in the camp is exceptionally good, as arrangements have been made for the active development of a number of properties. Mr. Smith Curtis, M. L. A., for the Rossland riding in a recent interview with the Miner, made the following statement which will interest several ncetonites: "I expect to leave for the t in a very few days—just as soon as I 1 get some ^lecessary business attended I go primarily in connection the Sunset mine on Copper mountain. The president. \Mr. Brown, of Grand Forks, has already gone, and I should have accompanied Inm. The mine is looking better than eJks, the width ofthe being now prove\ to a width of about 100 feet and the »oss-cut still in * ore. From a report recently made by a reliable and well-known engineer, an expenditure of about {8,000 will put $1 ,ooo,- 000 worth of ore in sighn, and additional expenditures will give proportional re- SIMIXKAMEEN COAL. Coal mining has had quite arhoom in the district-lately, there being now no fewer than 24 claims staked t in the vicinity of Princeton. The banks ofthe Tulameen and Similkameen rivers from the forks are all located, in fact several of the claims will overlap considerably, so anxious have several parties been to secure ground. The fact that a railroad is almost sure to be built through this country next year and the immense market for coal in the Boundary country, has been the incentive ■ to secure locations. Several of the new finds have very promising croppings,' the Albion claim especially, (owned by T. J. Swans- borough) showing a splendid seam of PURELY PERSONAL, G. Spearing came in from 20-Mile camp yesterday. Gejk^ldons is busy fencing his ranch on China creek.this'week. Chas. Richter returned from his trip to Keremeos, on Thursday. Mrs. M. A. Voight and ber son, Victor, were passengers on the last outgoing stage. Mrs. Voight intends spending the winter on the Pacific Coast while Victor attends school. J. A. Fitsimmons arrived in town early this morning. He is heavily interested in coal in the district and_had__nine new location notices to post on the government building notice board. A grand bachelor's ball will be given in Nicola on New Year's eve, Dec. 31st- The ball will be THE 'vent of the nin- teenth century in t . valley and will eclipse all previous en ertainments of the kind. Fred Howse is acting as secretary and M. Sheedy as treasurer lor "thecom-- A marriage has been arranged in high, life between Earl Armstrong, Duke of Cork and Baron of Nicola, and one ofthe prominent society belles of the district- May the Gods attend your nuptals, George, we have long hoped you would muster up courage enough to take the- final plunge into the troubled sea of matrimony. You have our deepest sym— congratulations we should say. .NOTICE. I J. Charles Mcintosh of Hte'town of Princeton B. C.j hereby give nopce^fhat thirty days after date; intend to apply Icfhe Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for license to prospect for '. *So1Jth bank ofthe Tulamen river about 3% miles j rom the town of Princeton in the Similkameen / Hining Division, Yale District, British Columbia, / ind which is more particularly described as (blows: Commencing at a post planted on the 0 chains, thence east 80 chains, hains to post of commencemen cres of land. Dated 8th day of Deember, :oo J. CHaRI.ES Mi n THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR. CIRCULAR LETTER. mining districts of .Southern British Col' limbia lias assumed such large propor lions that it has been., felt;- by many of those interested, that some concerted •effort should be made to bring,these various districts 'and their, dcvcldpme it to the notice .of tin? principal centres of Great Briton','' Continental Europe, the The by the officers of The Chamber of Mines and cabled through the press agencies to London, Berlin and Paris, and by Associated and Canadian press dispatches to the daily papers of the United'States and Canada. 4. To publish such information by al series of letters from its Secretaiy to the] leading financial and mining papers in I the various centres of Great Britain, !, Un ndCai employment of capil British"* Columbia, wl it be directed to them, and correct and able information must be put before tn, from time to time, in regard to the elopment going oh in the mints—the nage produced, shipped and treated, smelters erected or in course of erec- laid before them. To this end an Association to be known has already been formed. 6. .To present'the transportation cot panics operating in the 'district the :i formation thus obtained. 7. To promote tariff and other legi hit ion which will be of advantage to tl mining ana smelting industries of tl Province and to aid the Dominion ai Provincial governments in their effoi to promote thescinterests. DIFFERENT WAYS VTO SAVE MONEY Blanket Sale CHRISTM^j NOVELTIES Great Slaughter in Prices For Two Weeks Only. MAKE YOUR SE- _ Early Yourself from Disappointment, is ^ ^1 ^ ^ The un. app ^SnTr^t^n'^cd Blacksmithing Southern British Columbia and to put it and ITorsTS:;: l:^:^rzir Horseshoeing Shop on Harold Avenue. I PRINCETON, B. C. Q. ITurdoch Headquarters for all stage lines. Hold Jachson J. H. JACKSON, Sole Proprietor; 1 PRINCFTON, B. C. i DINING ROOM UNDER PERSONAL SUPERI3ION. B ONLY' THE FINEST BRANDS OF LIQUORS AND 1 CIGARS AT THE BAR. FIRST-CLASS STABLE IN CONNECTION. '"Patrons of the Hotel Jackson' can keep posted 0 Development of the entire Similkameen. I hardware | \ Special Line: of Ladies Winter and Spring'; STORE. NEW STOCK AT LOWEST PRICES Coats. stores Princeton a F HiM^Fl m\m NICOLA LAKE, B.C. l\% L« IIV 11 4JL j »0 r^rWvWA I Princeton Meat Market WARDLE & THOMAS Orders for Mining Camps promptly attended t and delivered. CS*C>- >AP+PrV+*+* S. A. HARTMAN, Mines and Mining ... '^BHrtS* RGSSLAND, B. C. Jan. 4, 1900. | ■■'"We have first class connections and can find the necessary capital to work and develop meritorious copper proposition in the Similkameen country. If you have a good claim with al fine showing we will find you a buyer. We cordially invite your correspondence. Respectfully, ■■■:-;.,vj Office: 43 Colombia Ave. S. A. HARTMAN. I TRlAr PATENT AUTOMATIC ORE CAR We are the Sole Manufacturers for Canada ofthe "TRUAX" which is the best Ore Car in the World. >t-be dumped withou P.O. BOX 51. TEL. 250. VANCOUVER, B. C. ARMSTRONG & MORRIS. usually termed dykes. The average of p;the ore will run, I should estimate from r -my personal experience, about 12 per ■' cent copper throughout the whole camp. One strong point which will be an important factor in the future of the Similkameen is that within a distance of 12 to 15 miles great deposits of coal 1 are found, This fuel is > claimed to be somewhat superior in quality to the Crow's Nest product and the coal beds are very tensive. A great need within the next few years will be transportation facilities. The roads are excellent now and the Indians will pack goods anywhere at a low rate, but when the properties are developed to the producing stage, a railroad will be neccessary to bring in coal and carry ore to smelters or the finished product if smelters are established in the section as will undoubtedly be the case. B The district's history is practically that of the present year and taking this fact into consideration its advances have been ■remarkable. I look forward to a busy ■season next year and expect to seethe ■ Similkameen one ofthe banner camps ofl I the province within a few years.' I Mr. Murphy is interested with Mr. W. HE. Boie, formerly superintendent IU Camp Mansfield, in the Pearl group j comprising five claims, the Vancouver of ft four claims and the Enterprise of five claims. The three properties are located at Aspen Grove about the center of the mineraTBltt- *. The Nplsnr/Trihnnp in a late issue gives the above interview with a pioneer of the Similkameen. The pioneer has evidently pioneered in a very small section of this country, but like a gry&t W&mj ojher prospectors he sflb^tfm^ued^-xvrTh the idea that tfle onljjS^ortion of the ' district that is of any account, is around his mineral claims. Mr. Murphy speaks of the Aspen Grove district as if it was the entire Similkameen and his comment on the mineral of that section • would be liable to mislead strangers to the country. The Similkameen contains about a dozen such districts as is described by Mr. Murphy and Princeton is the business centre for them all. LINDLEY & FOSTER, TAXIDERMISTS & FURRIERS Fur. and Skin. - VICTORIA. ? Canadian Pacific Navigation CO. Time Table No. 33 Taking Effect, Nov. 15th. ANCOUVBR ROUTE. VANCOUVER TO VICTORIa dally, at i, or on arrival of C. P. Railway No. 1 train. Regular Tuesday and Thursday and Vancouver at 12 p.m. on Wednesday and Friday. NEW WESTMINSTER ROUTE. LEAVE VICTORIA FOR NEW WESTMINSTER, Ladner, Lulu and Islands. Tuesday and Friday at 7 a. m. '. R. froi lesday, Friday 1 Vancouver. t for New West- id Sunday at 7 a. m., connecting with boat fd NORTHERN ROUTE. Steamships of this Company leave froir Coleman & Evans, wharf, Vancouver, fc and intermediate ports, every Monday a ALASKA ROUTE. Steamships Coleman & E and Skagway. BARCLAY SOUND ROUTE. Steamers leave Victoria for Alberni, . and way ports on ist, 7th, 14th and 20th Cape Scott. The Company reserves the changing this Time Table at any time Passenger Agent. CANADIAN PACIFIC AND SOO LiNE. DAILY TOURIST CARS To ST. PAUL TUESDAY and SATURDAY. TORONTO WEDNESDAY Montreal and Boston. Trains pass Spences Bridge as follows: West Bopnd East bound 3:05 IMPERIAL LIMITED 22:03 Pamphlet furnished free. E. J. BOYLE, W. MAXWELL, A. G. P. A. AGENT VANCOUVER, B.C. Spences Bridge 6. L AUiN Boots and .* shoes .* VANCOUVER, B. C. Try Our Own Mining Boot. It'is just right. This hotel is Situated at the Gateway to the Similkameen valley, j* Well Furnished Rooms. Bar and Dining Room Service First-Class. w We Cater Specially to Mining Men and Prospectors \ The Nearest ] woodward's \ ...hotel! 1 LOWER NICOLA. 5 The shortest route by io Miles to A Princeton from Spences Bridge is T Via Lower Nicola, h ( The table is supplied with pro- » duce from our own gardens. J COMFORTABLE ROOMS. A Headquarters for Smith's Stage J « m Granite Creekmm mmmHotel MRS. JAMES, Proprietor. The nearest point to the ' richest Silver Lead mines < in B. C, 'Summit City.* I There is more gold in Granite Creek than has i yet been taken out. i £ Stopping Point for t Princeton stages. s mm PRINTING^ WAKE UP and let the good | people of Princeton and surrounding country know that you are AUE . An add in the Star will do this. Advertise judiciously and according to your means, and you will ever find it a paying investment. Don't You Know? THAT a Neat Une of Printed Stationery is one of the Best Way., in which to Advertise your Business and to THAT we are prepared to turn out afikfoda of Commercial Printing equal to any office in the Province. TiH-JT our Prices for m j THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR. THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR tion with tbe outside world and would be of great service to the entire community. The cost of construction would be about- the same as the line now built, but the rev- HOW COLD WAS IT? I DECEMBER j So I Mo [TkI we Tl, Fr 11 Sari I ^ 12 T; T|5(Tr7 (Si j I «£&*' IF JOll 1213 J4 J5f| JJj6J7J8 1926|2l22B 19 0 0.; [ •jlf^T 25j36[27|28[29fI On 10 tha O For Fine Job Prmtl njr. ■] LOCAL CONSTABLE WANTED. Princeton has beep promised the but the government are very slow in making a selection. Now that the time has arrived for the col- nue derived from the portion rhich would have to be construct- d would be much greater in com-: orison with the business now done etween Kamloops and Nicola. Yinceton is the centre of a number f growing mining camps, which ext summer will be actively de- eloped and there is no bnsiness fhich uses and requires quick com- iunicatio'n more, than the mining ldustry. Another iraportant-prd- et for the member for Yale-Cari- Now, we protest, The Tacotna News, speaking of the late cold snap, says that the thermometer dropped to 20 degrees below Jvmr?'» British Columbia, as against j/njnumum of 25 above in the self-styled^City of Destiny. British Columbia isrquite a large • place and there are some pretty high mountains in it, and we do not know how cold it was on the tops of those mountains. ' But we do know that there was nothing like 20 below aero anywhere in the province where people live, but that in Victoria 20above was the lowest point reached. Perhaps this is what the Tacoma paper means, and if so, will it kindly make the neces- our compliments, with the expression of hope that he will never pass another such blunder.—Victoria Colonist. I This is certainly the last straw ! JOHN LOVE i\ CO. DRUGGISTS ANDj STATIONERS. F.1IRVIEW and CAMP McKlNNBY. A mil line of Drugs, Stationery, Drug- ists Sundries. Presriptions ^Carefully ^ Compounded. Your Watch raoneyR*: We that charter i from the she We can save you onSjyour REPAIRING Repairing A full line of Watches and-the Latest Styles of Jewelery always W. J. KERR, -^^Kamloops, B. C. JOHN W. PEflTca PROTECTION OF BIG-HORN. lectior the Provi • , revenue element towards the protection tax a roffir f*r at this POiti t would oft he mountain sheep in this dis- additi license insp hedi rder his It CO and on h* salat lecte sor, y by the 1. The collector, able sta- to t. The game act distinctly pro- es that it is a punishable offense r a number of them are slaugbt- 1 in the Ashnola district, pre- hisdi lectins partm stay i: ent c 1 his d at lor t offic ie pu Th d th , Wh rpos of col- e should the lice sta right to kill them on the ngth' of holding a miner's es that every non-resident shall presenting But, per- Wholesale Clothing and—! Mens' Furnishings. VANCOUVER, B. C. We up the Sin possible fo the work r used equire d the short appo houses. Itisim- man to attend to d in such a large sighted policy in ntinga local con- Id be able to at- horn." license kill gan He thus right to Mounta This law, unterjtaki nd claimir s easily evaded ng-oxuCa_nj i n er' s _g__the_jight to pursuing a not at once ie_because. saves $45 shoot eve n sheep ar leisajirospector. and claims the rything in sight. j getting scarcer en. But don't be be too hard on us, we may see the error of our ways some day and when we get old and useless and superannuated, then we will be with you and come to Victoria to live . Write and ask John McKane how cold it gets in Yale, Cariboo, Kootenay, Colonist,'! Well as keeping law and order DOMINION ELECTION. V No 1 to er and a :nt what in the world, we would ask our representative to take a note of the pressing needs of the Similkameen. First and most important is the necessity of an increased mail service between Nicola and Princeton. At the present time mail arrives here only once a week and a second service is urgently required. Secondly, the continuation of the Dominion Telephone Line, now in operation between Kamloops and Nicola. About 55 miles of line, from Quilchena to Princeton, via Aspen Grove, would give the Similkameen telegraphic communica- m tie province and stringent measures'should be adopted . towards protecting the bands on the Ashnola mountains. The idea of a prospector killing the ewe's for meat should not be tolerated, asj there are plenty of deer in the country, which are much easier to kill than mountain sheep. The last hunting party on the Ashnola report numerous carcasses of ewe's which had been shot and left to rot on the trail, evidently having been killed for the mere pleasure (?) of slaughtering them. A certain reserve should be put on the game which a prospector is allowed to kill and a heavy penalty inflicted on any one found transgressing. The game act has never been properly enforced in the province, consequently big game is becoming scarcer every year, making it high time for the government to take the necessary steps for its protection. THE CHAMBER OF MINES Southern British Columbia (Kootenay and Yale.; Correspondence Solicited from the Trade. Careful and Prompt Atention to all LETTER ORDERS. PARKINSON & FETHERSTONHAUGH Provincial Land Surveyors* CIVIL ENGINEER and NOTARY PUBLIC. Surveys on the Similkameen Promptly Attended to. PRINCETON & FAIRVIEW, B. C. J. CHARLES McINTOSH, BARRI5TER, SOLICITOR and; NOTARY PUBLIC The Chamber of Mines wants thor- oughly Teliahl every Camp in t West Kootenay br their services le districts of East and and Yale to whom ensation will be paid furnish the Char he installation mentsoforeand such news as \ tendon of capita s will be expected to aber of Mines with all ng on at the mines, of machinery, ship- value, and generally nil attract the atten- ists and cause them to Applications to be addressed to the CHAMBER OF MINES, Southern British Columbia, (Yale and Kootenay) P O. Box 578. ROSSLAND, B. C PRINCETON, B. C. W. J. WATERHAN, M. E F. G. S. Al. A, I, H. E., Etc. Examination, Development and Man- I agement of Prospects, Claims and Mines Undertaken. P. O. Address, PRINCETON, B. C. JAMES HISLOP MINING AND CIVIL ENGINEEB PROVINCIAL UND SURVEYOR. •Princeton,B. C... THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR. | Mining News $ TUl- Center Star mine in Rossland h been added to the list of dividend payei At it meeting of the company held j Toronto last week a monthly dividend of! ontf cent a share, payable in Jan was declared. The Cariboo Consolidated has closed down for the season, while, however returns of the final clean-up have yeffbeen made known, it is expected that the/result will not fall far short of $10 000, for about a thirty days' run. ,V,K. is stated that ore has been found a ledge under Columbia avenue assaying $jA in gola. and four orfive per cent, cop- per. If further results bear out this sample assay, it is likely that the owners of the) Alice claim, to which the ledge belongs, will follow it under the street and work it. The find is in any case interest- ingrto Rossland mining men. Grand Forks, Nov. 20.—[Special.] The two additional furnaces ordered for the ,M»iby smelter will be installed in Jan- uary, and they will have a joint capacity of 600 tons a day. This will give the plant a total capacity of 1,200 tons per day. A matte converter which will turn ontfmetallic copper will be installed at the same time. The product which will be less bulky than matte, will be shipped east to a refinery where the gold and silver values will be extracted. Some idea of the importance of the | mining industry at Rossland may be gathered from the sums disbursed vyages on pay day last week by the co panies operating in that camp: B. A. C, properties $95,( War Eagle and Center Star 3S,< Velvet and Portland 8,( Iron Mask 6,< 1. X. L 5,( Evening Star 4,( Grand Forks will soon have the distinction of having the highest toboggan slide in the world. The preliminary work of organizing a company to promote the enterprise has been progressing for some time, and their plans have now reached such a stage of development that there is no longer any doubt as to the out-come. Almost over-hanging the city is Observation mountain, so precipitous on one side that ascent is impossible, but sloping out to the valley on the other sides. The company proposes to have the summit of this mountain as the starting point of the toboggan slide. This will give an elevation of 875 feet. The course of the slide will be down a point which runs from the summit towards the north fork of Kettle river at an acute angle with the river. When the latter is reached a slight, turn will be made, and the slide continued down the river for an indefinite distance. It is estimated, however that the slide will be from two to three miles in length. . ——— Crow's Nest Coal. Be Crow's Nest Coal Company i ■making a daily out-put of 1.20 and the Michel creek coal seams are also being developed. The company have at present 281 bee hive coke ovens in oper- 'increased. Meanwhile, the Crow's Nest Company is to have a competitor in an American syndicate, at the head of which is.a,Mr. M. H. Cowan. This syndicate •owns coal measures at Pincher creek, which are now being developed. Mr. Gov. an goes so far as to declare that with- ixi, six months this concern will be shipping 2,000 tons of coal a daj^and thus nearly doubling the present out-put of the Crow's Nest—a large order indeed to be delivered in so short a time. '$&loi bullio Gold in the Northwest. e than $: txwest. s gold difet anc , British Col it of Alaska umbia, Northwest Territory, Washington, Idaho and Oregon between January 1 and October 24, this year. A report from the assayer in charge ofthe United States assay office shows that 6,208 deposits, ag- •gregatiiig 1,243,163 ounces of gold dust and bullion has been handled in the assay office between those two dates, the ^■ueofthe gold being $20,166,697. It also showed that $16,374,488 worth of yellow metal had come from the Klondike region, $2,710,421 from the Cape jMftme district,$462,893 from other Al- BHkan districts, $493,116 from the Atlin] district in Britist Columbia and $125,672 from Washington, Idaho and Oregon j Prospectors .„.STOPi If you want to Outfit cheaply and quickly, do so at the KEREMEOS STORE WM. HINE & Co., Jp You can save time and make money by buying your outfit at the point you start prospecting. Mining Supplies of Every Hotel Princeton JAMES WALLACE, Proprietor. PRINCETON'S PIONEER <& *& HOTEL «# *£ The Resort For Prospectors and Mining Men. First Class Dining Room and Bar. No trouble to talk to guests. Political matters laid over for the present. The Chinese Question the Important topic of the day. Mongolian Sympathisers Excluded. PRINCETON ASSAY OFFICE. C. B. HARRIS Assayer and Chemist* Accurate results Guaranteed. Re ports wil1 be returned on stage bringing samples. Correspondence Solicited. Regarding Mining Properties in the Similkameen District. arefully Sampled 1 BOOIS AND Shoes Now is the time to secure your Winters Supply of Foot Apparrel. Avoid sickness by having your Feet properly dressed with the BEST Boot and Shoes. Rubber Goods, Etc. In the Market. We have a large and well assorted stock which we are selling as Cheap as would have to pay for an Inferior Article. WM PROSPECTOR'S SUPPLY STORE. C. E. THOMAS, Prop. SIMILKAMEEN BUTCHERING QOa WHOLESALE and RETAIL Dealers in Heats. Orders Filled for any Point in the Similkameen Valley. Cm Summers. PRINCETON BRANCH. nanager^ 1 THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR. FEOM THE RECORDS. MININOL Nov. 19.—South side Similkameen Golden Zone—John Neil.' Jumbo—David Innis. Sun Rise—John Neil and D. Innis. Nov. 28.—Nicola Road near old sawmill. Mountain Bird—J. W. Dryden. Boston Hoy—John E. Coleman. Nov. 14.—Aspen Grove district. Golden Horse Shoe—E. B. Bushell. Red Spider—E. B. Bushell. Copper Idol—H. H. Price. Nov. 21.—Four miles east of Princeton. Similkanicei^Van Mills, ASSESSMENTS. NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR A PRIVATE BILL. ft&j S HEREBY GIVEN that a Private Bill to incorporate i'lway of standard guage fro; the junction ofthe Cold Wat •, thence following the Cold o\ 20 —A spent rrove. Sc —E B. Bj shell. c T jpp :rC TRAN do - do 5FBRS. oy •3.: -Co pper Mounta Company to a line or lines 1 a point at or Nicola Rivers nke, thence . Triangle Fraction—W. H. Thomas t< Cj\. E. Thomas, J$ int. Nov. 19.—Tacoma and Blue Bird- George Beaver to Mrs. Ragna Hart APPLICATION FOR PURCHASE. NOTICE. Thirty days after date I intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase the following described land. Starting from the post planted on the South bank ofthe Skagit River about .29 miles from Hope Landing, thence following the bank of the river 40 chains in a westerly direction, thenceaochains south, thence 40 chains east, thence so chains north to point of commencement and containing 80 acres more or less. JAMES .\NDKRSON. COAL LICENSE APPLICATIONS. NOTICE. Chief Commissioner of Lands a permission to purchase 320 ac-r<.s 01 u lows : Commnecing at a post 0.1 the most bank of the Similkameen rive He verve, No. 2 Post Cliuchuwayha; the said boundary li apply, t 1 Works mndar rve; thence we Is Notice was posted Novembe ormolu place of com- CERTIFICATES OF IMPROVEMENTS. and leased. Tulameen River— TAKE NOTICE tha ■r's Certificate No. B7; 5 agent for Jessie S. 1 the similkame. Notice is hereby given thot I intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Land* and Works for described land commencing at a stake placed near the left bank of the Similkameen river about VERMILION F NOTICE. NOTICE U hereby given that thirty days after late, I, Tiiomas Jchn Snansbonrough, ofthe NOTICE TO CONTRACTOR'S. Staked to my personal knowledge. The I construct, equip, mi intainand cperate "a single claim in question was staked on Sunday, ^uver in toe\aid pi^ceSem* °toyth« Yours Respecti municate with the Chief Commis- zr of Lands end Works who will fur- all information respecting coal lo- Posted a Notice. The fol Wyoming it by the 1 southwest >ns using and all freight called the Bay Horse, and we claim even "5™*-•"*? * the spurs, and we don't want nobody M^^^PZF?-".^1!????!? jumping on this Bay Horse—that's what any of them. these trees is around here for, and we've Dated at Victoria this 26th day of November, got the same piece of rope that we had " "' Robertson & Robertson, down in old Missouri." Solicitors for the Applicants. I0AL LICENSE APPLICATIONS. NOTICE. to apply i Works e follow- Dated this day of Dec. ist., 1900. NOTICE. - date, I, John Harry Jackson, of t! ion of Yale District, and which is more partic larly described as follows: Commencing at Initial post marked "Jacksc Coal Claim/; thence running west eighty chain ning east eighty chains, thence running norl eighty chains to place of beginning, exceptir the "Swansbourough Coal Claim," and contai ing 640 acres of land more or less. Dated this first day of December, A. D. 1966. JOHN H. JACKSON, Locator and applicant. A Sittin f the Board of Licensing missioners for the Nicola District be held at the Government office, December 15th, 1900, at ic a. m., to consider the application oi Alice James of the Granite Creek for a renewal of the hotel license for the Granite Hotel. Dated this 3rd day Dec, 1400. HUGH HUNTER, Chief License Inspectoi Nicola District. KAMLOOPS, ASHCROFT, YALE AND SIMILKAMEEN MINING DIVISIONS OF YALE DISTRICT. ■j^TOTICE is hereby given that all placer *^ claims legally held in Kamloops, Ashcroft, Yale and Similkameen Mining Divisions of Yale District, will be laid over from the ist day of November ensuing, to the ist day of May, 1901. G. C. TUNSTALL, Gold Commissioner. Kamloop. Oct. 28th, 1900. I THE SIMILKAMEEN STAR. :tfie Copper Statistics. e heretofore referred to the fact i in copper prodi under the 1 prable conditions. . This view is conned by the returns which have been olished monthly for the benefit of the pper producers by Mr. John Stanton, ,o acts as their stat stican. Front ese statements, which approximate the tualjiJutput very closely, we find that the ten months ending with October je production of fine copper in this iuntry was 223,487 long tons, showing a increase over the corresponding period 1 1899 of 8,286 tons, or 3 8 per cent only. iloreover, in the production ofthe older nines there was an actual decrease this pear cap, 114 tons, or o 6 percent; the 5ain in the total coming entirely from what are given in the statement as the "outside sources"; that is, from new mines and from ores trea ed by smelters for gold and'silvej: values chiefly, copper being a by-product. During the same psriodjfhe production ofthe European minei-' was nearly stationary, the total this fflfear being given at 74,096 long tons, or oniy 112 tons more than in 1899. This si owe that the new mines which have Ken started during the past two years ,flnder the influence of the high prices IWcopper have not, as a rule, entered the producing list; while the older mines yrtiich have re-opened have done little 'wtterii The majority of the old producing mines pushed work last year, and probably found themselves unable to do Wetter this year; while special causes