CI w\ ^^^V: o ^ V * K $ :s THE NUGGET. VOL. I. No. 39. Poplar, b. (p., August 26,1904. $2.00 A Year. News of the Mines. The tunnel on the Morning, Rapid creeU, is in a little more than 40 feet. 1. C. Hanson and John Dlwin com* inence work this week on their Hamil creek properties. Judge Miller of Trout Lake will shortly make a shipment from his Duncan river properties. Crosscutting is being done in the tunnel of the Mother Lode, Poplar creek. The tunnel is in 50 feet. Euclid Lewis and Gust Peterson are working on the Gold Hill, Gold Zone No. 2 and Homestake Fraction, lying south of and having the same leads as the Morning group, Cascade creek. The work so far consists of an open cut 12 feet long and 10 feet deep on the Gold Zone. The lead they are working on gives values in free gold. THE PUBLIC HALL. Four men are working on the French group, east of Lake creek and about mx miles from Lardo. There is a large lead of high-grade copper ore. ' We are glad to see that the new public hall is now complete, and hope to see the accounts all cleared up. The list of subscribers should be published, with the names and amounts paid by each, and the amounts in arrears, if The tunnel on the Swede group is in 150 feet. Bush fires this week interfered somewhat wilh development, as the force at the mine were busy fighting tire. Fred J. Hazen commenced assessment work this ueek on a group of v wiiim, lywg a^u:£*Ul 1'oplar and Cascade creeks, and owned by the Cranbrook syndi?ate. Local Happenings. T H. and Mrs. Armstrong came.in from Rossland Wednesday. E. Baillie left Wednesday on a business trip to Nelson and Rossland. Miss Dickenson arrived from the coast Monday last and opened the public school Tuesday. S. A. Jackson, representing Moore & iMowat, merchant tailors, Brockville, Ont., was in Poplar this week. The debenture holders have put *h bailiff in charge of the new mill at Trout Lake. The affairs of the company are in rather a bad shape, no wages having been paid their employees for nearly three months. Spyglass Bond jS Cody and Sheran are running a tunnel o\\ the Young Dominion group, and expect to make regular shipments this winter. The lead is a high-grade galena about two feet wide. A. B. Gookin and W. J. Ford of Charleton Iowa, are the guests of C. T. Porter of ihe Broken Hill, Cascade creek, in which property they are interested. The tunnel on the Broken Hill is in 100 feet. • Taken Up by the Company at a Discount—Stoping to J&s Commw«o4 ** Once &tl4 Regular Shipments Hade Parson Smith and Ken Morrison nave completed the year's assessment <>n the Denver group near Bosworth. A 30-foot tunnel was run. Another jo feet will have to be run before the lead is encountered. Development work for the season was completed this week on the Golden Eagle group, about two miles east of Poplar. A 50-foot incline was sunk and a 30-foot drift run. The lead is about three feel wide and carries good Kol-J values. Lric Strand, Henry Magnussen and Ben Lawson have recorded the year's assessment on the Klondike, Tender- loot creek. Development work is be- M1R continued on the group. The lead « about eighteen inches wide of galena and gray copper, Excellent returns are being obtained from development on the Hecla and Hecla Fraction, Cascade creek, recently bonded from Chism and Hendrix hv Spokane parties. The lead is about thirty feet wide and runs nearly $100 in Sold to the ton. Yesterday the final arrangements were made by which the Spyglass company entered into ownership of the mine. After examining the property, an agreement was entered into between J. A. McGee, manager of the company, and John Winquist, the original owner, for the final payment to be made on the property at a slight discount. Although the bond does not expire until February, Mr. McGee was so well satisfied with the results from development that he advised the company to make final payment, providing a reasonable discount was allowed. The transfer will be made in Nelson tomorrow. The lower tunnel on the Spyglass is in 160 feet with two feet of ore in the face. Buildings will at once be erected for the accommedation of the men. Ore sacks have been ordered, and regular shipments will be made from the mine as soon as'the government makes the promised repairs to the trail. Sandon lodges, B. C., and Brockville, Ont., and Calama, Washington, were present. After the ceremonies an excellent banquet was served. Dancing classes are held every Friday evening in Poplar. This is an excellent opportunity for those not familiar with modern steps and rag-time music, to become proficient in the hitch-and-kick, the spread, skin-the- cat, clearing the five-barred- gate, and other contortions in which it is necessary for the youth of the present day to practice in order to get their money's worth out of the poor, inoffending ballroom floor. Everybody is welcome. A web-foot can learn to skim over a waxed floor as gracefully as a Palouser can step over gopher holes. J. O. Moore, road superintendent,^ mt. left Monday, after spending three days inspecting the trails up Lake, Cascade and Poplar creeks. When he left no definite plan had been decided on as to the work to be undertaken. There are so many improvents needed in this much neglected district, that it is diffi- for the road superintendent to decide were the best results could be obtained by the expenditure of the appropriation at his disposal. However, a little will be done to make the trails now in use passable. At the next session of the legislature it is hoped that at least $100,000 will be appropriated for the building of roads and trails in the Poplar district. any, with a statement of disbursements and to whom paid, so that the people may have the matter settled to their satisfaction and have the building out of debt. Those in arrears can pay up at once to the secretary, E. L. Master- son. The Nugget will be pleased to print this statement if the committee will be good enough to give us the figures, and we are sure that a clear balance sheet will do much to further work of a like character in the future. Ken Morrison \efi Wednesday for East Kootenay. D. R. McLennan of the Windsor hotel, Trout Lake, is building an addition to his house, to be used as a billiard and sample rooms. E. L. Morand came in from Trout Lake Wednesday, having gone there from Nelson to attend a special meeting of the license commissioners which did not materialize, On Thursday evening E. E. Chip- man, M. W. P. G. M. of British Columbia, constituted, and installed the officers of Tuscan lodge No. 39, A. F. and A. M., of Trout Lake. Visitors from Revelstoke, Kaslo, Greenwood and MINING ASSOCIATION. The Provincial Mining association has sent three representatives to the mining congress now meeting at Portland, Oregon, lo take part in the deliberations there, for the interests of the two countries are identical in respect to mining. The codification of the laws relating to mining is to be brought up and discussed and it cannot help but be of benefit to the provincial association in its work towards amending the mining laws here. The great importance of this was referred to in the last issue of The Nugget. The special representative of the Provincial association is W. J. Sutton, geologist to the Esquimalt and Na- naimo railway, and a member of both the Canadian and American Mining Institutes. A special request for a copy of the provincial proceedings was sent for by the •committee in charge of the arrangements, which was immediately sent. Subscribe for ^The Nugget. Spring fever is often followed by midsummer lunacy. Some people use the truth as sparingly as if it were made of gold. 1/ The hand that rocks the cradle is I the hand that spanks the world. X M': ■fi* >■ i ■ ftf 1 LV ifc I ^<*l Poplar >plar, B. C, August 26, W THE NUGGKT. / 1 THE NUGGET l» published every Friday at Poplar, B. C. and is sent to any address for #2.00 a year. Commercial advejtisinsr is $1.50 an inch for four insertions. Beading notices 15 cents a line each insertion. Legal advertising 10, cents a line first insertion, and 5 cents a line each subsequent insertion. Certificate of Improvement notices, *7; Delinquent co- owner notices, #10. Address all letters to This Nuooet. Poplar, B. C: 6 B. T. LOWEBT, Propkiktok. FBIDAY, AUGUST JfG, 1904. The Dundonald incident still furnishes material for political editorials in some of the coast papers, jj Strange to say the four Nelson papers all come out regularly and on time. Nelson must be a health resort. ■\ Gold, Copper, Silver, Nickel, Lead and Antimony are among the min erals so far found in paying quanti ties in Poplar district. If Joe Martin had gone into the show business when a youth, what an excellent advertising agent he would have made. lators. The fisherman was proceed ing to state that these speculators exact troDi the fishermen a toll of two cents for each fish caught, when he was checked by the chairman, who said the fisherman was out of order aiH an opportunity would be given him later on to put the question. Tiie chairman was Aulay Morrison M. P. If the statement of this toll-taking was news to Mr. Morrison one would have expected him to assist in ex posing the fact, and in putting a stop to the imposition on the fishermen. But Mr. Prefontaine was permitted to depart without answering the ver> awkward question.—Columbian. ^ y _; ■__ TN / Doctor—I found the patieut to be suffering from abrasion of the cuticle, tumefaction, ecchymosis, and extravasation in the integument aid cel'alar tissue about the left orbit. Judge—You mean he had a black eye ? Doctor—Yes. A scientist says that a man's body is fully 90 per cent, water. Of course this percentage doesn't apply to a Ken tuck ian. The Romans had a god of boundaries—Terminus. His statue was a post set in the ground to mark the limits of fields. HOTEL BOSWORTH GOLD HILL, B. C. The hotel is furnished and fitted upin « most modern style. Best of »ocw„moda„ ' f«r mining men and tourists. OnlvAii " of liquors and cigars kept In stock Casey A Mobbs, Pro^ % A THE The first mayor of Fernie is named tork If there is anything in a name, there are great possibilities in the way of population for the tiew city. >, > i-i There is no doubt as tp the richness and extent of the ore bodies in the Poplar district, but capital appears to be chary of taking hold and developing the properties. SS/ci cultural and Industrial Construction on the Grand Trunk Pacific will not be commenced until next year, rhe Dominion elections will probably not be held until after construction has been commenced. A late dispatch states that Hans, a German horse, thinks. The- dispatches fails, to say whether Hans drinks lager beer or not. Unless he dees so, it would be unfair' to class him among the great German thinkers The secretary of Nelson Typo, union writes us that the smoke in that city is so dense that the opposite shore of the lake cannot be seen. It is probably not smoke, bat gas emanating from the four newspaper offices. Sir Thomas Lipton is to build another cup challenger, to be known as Shamrock IV. Sir Thomas should chancre from the Roman to the Arabic svstem of numerals, for in the course of time the present system of numbering his yachts will become too cumbersome. Suppose we start her at Shamrock 4, and continue the numbering to Shamrock 10,000 000 or thereabouts. This would be a great economy of space to the newspapers and wouldn't materially interfere with the chances of the long line of |\ cup challengers. ^*\ At Steveston the other day a discerning fisherman inquired of Minister Prefontaine, as the foun tain head of information, why a vast extent of fishing territory along the Northern British Columbia coast Hd been allotted to Vancouver specu- )or Vaccination is now compulsory in France during the first year of life and revaccination during the eleventh and twenty-first years. There once was a man who never had a word with his wife. He was a mute. So was she. Fair Second Annual Exhibition of the Nelson Agri- f I ¥ 1 Dominion Hotel POPLAR Has ample accommodation for a large ntimber of people. The table is supplied witjh the best in the market. The bar contains the popular f brands of liquid tonics and cigars. 1 Hambly & Nelson. i I --w—.>-r- ■»■'——.' - >ciation. September 28-29 New Buildings Pine Grounds Big ^i-emium List H.) ■! I I Novel Open Alp Attractions (Write for Prize List J. E. ANN ABLE, SEC. NELSON, B. 0. THE f >v;;i'< Exchange Hotel IN KASLO Keeps a line of Nerve Bracers that are not surpassed in the Golden West, and" there is not a Cigar in the house that needs a windy day to smoke it. Furnished Rooms always ready for the needy. Poplar prospectors always welcome and given the best. ALLEN & PALMER Poplar Townsite COMMERCIAL HOTEL ' UU |l kilos of steam per 1 kilo of fuel or a relative capaeity of two to three compared with ordinary steam coal I lie workl'l best tMnek^epcr is said to be the electric clock in the I ase- nient ^\ A gretn wrher states that the moral tone of Canada is higher than any other Christian nation because the divorce statistics are lower. It is the law that makes it so, as it is so expensive to obtain a divorce, and tor that reason there is more married misery in Canada than in any other country. What is needed is a liberal divorce law and a more restrictive marriage Jaw.—Bobcaygeon Inde pendent. Copper mining is an industry that is rapidly decreasing in importance in Great Britain. Forty years ago the production of copper ore and copper precipitate amounted to upwards of 21Q0O) tons, whereas in 1902 the production, was only 6,112 tons. Corn wall is tin main source in the United Kingdom of the upply of this ore. Tin mining, which is also mainly confined to Cornwall, has likewise greatly decreased. One of the biggest engineering feats in the West, the first of the United States government irrigation canals, is nearing completion in Nevada. The canal will be 32 miles long and will include the boring of thsee tunnels—1,400, 900 and 400 feet respectively. This canal will irrigate 300,000 acres of land, upon which it is calculated from ELLOQQ 40,000 families can find homes. The cost of construction was $1,000,000. Toe next great irrigation canal will be the one for the irrigation of the land around Yuma in California. For this purpose the waters of the Grand river in Colorado, one ot the principal tributaries ot the Colorado river, are to be stored. The dam site is at Kremmling, hich is 1,200 miles from Yuma — M. and E. Ueview. Dogs of high and low degree will compete for premiums in Spokane from October 5 to 8 in the bench show which is to be given in con nee tion with the Spokane Interstate Fair. It is hoped to have 400 ot the finest blooded dogs on the Pacific coast at this dog show The sight ot the "four hundred" in dogdum gathered together in one assemblage for four days ought to be inspiring. At any rate, it will furnish an interesting study for those who appreciate a good dog and know the difference between one and a common cur. Those who wish to obtain a dog for any particular purpose, or for general purposes, will be able to pick out good animals for the right places. Interest between the fanciers of Spokane and other cities for the prizes will be keen this year. Last year at the dog show Spokane lost most at the premiums to competitors in coast towns. Many of the deg men of Spokane since then have secured better animats and have them in better condition, all with a view to beating thoir coast competitors. It remains to be seen whether chey will succeed. San bin 11 Humor. Next to the Americans, said Max Nordau, recently, I think that the Saubians are the most humorous people in the world. A Saubian if he has nothing funny to say, keeps silent. Stupidity is unknown among this race. One nignt in Saubia in my early youth I called on a Saubian maiden. She was very pretty. Perhaps I stayed longer than I should. Suddenly, at any rate, the young girl's mother called in a loud voice from upstairs: "Gretchen, Gretchen! It is very cold up here. Will you j 5 ask that young man to shut the front! J .about your crop this season ?'' • "No," whined the pessimist, "but a crop like that is terribly wearing on the soil." +*0******0****0**********£ §*? door from the outside ?" § \ , t 5 — " ■ \ h Bank records show some surprising * things about good men. 5 A Persian Pessimist. Mr. Richard T. Gothell of Colum- ? * bus university has a broad know- ; * ledge of Oriental tales and proverbs. 1 * Dr. Gothell was condemning peasi-'J mism one day at Columbia. § Pessimism, he said, is as old as the J hills. Mankind has always recog-ig * ft nized and always derided it. There is a Persian story about a | ft pessimist. Ihe story is so old n< date can be assigned to it. It con I The Grand Hotel POPLAR 1 Best Menu in the City Bed Rooms Large and Comfortable We Sell Liquors Just as They Come from the Wholesalers. Jacobson & Anderson, I s ! ft 8 ft 3 3 3 ! i ! ft ft ft ft ft ft ft Ji McKinnon A Sutherland Carry the largest stock in the Lardeau, including Miners' and Prospectors' Suoplies, hardware, Groceries, Furnishings. FERGUSON, B. C. II »> cerns a pessimistic tanner. * +00************0*******00% "Go.d friend," a visitor said to a farmer, "you are fortunate this year. He pointed to the heavy *nd rich grainfiehls spreading as for as the eye could sec-. "You can't grumble Everything That the Prospector or or jiousehoder needs and :at prices that are E. L. MASTERSON GENERAL MERCHANT POPLAR, B. C. SADDLE and PACK : ANIMALS : • Supplies delivered to any S part of the district at • reasonable rates. Pros- ! pp.Ctors outfits mcrtd rtnU * Saddle Horses furnished. • ' • OEORGE CHATAWAY • The Kaslo Hotel Kaslo, B. C. Is a pleasant halting place for pilgrims on their way to Poplar. Co kle A Pap worth POPLAR, B. C. Kootenay Railway and Naoigation Co. Ltd. OPERATING International Navigation and Trading Company, Limited, Kaslo and Slocan Railway THE Grand Central HOTEL Is convenient to the C. P. R. depot, and provides all there is in the market. Cosy rooms, Tasty meals and Pure liquors can always be had at this hotel. John Carey, Prop. Front St., Poplar. K & S. HV. Lv. Ar. 8:!fo a 10:45 a . in m • Sandon Ku.-,i<> Ar SLv 1:2:, p 2;00p. m in STKAMKR KASLO Lv Ar. l:3o p. •l:.'Ui p. ni. rn. Kaslo Nelson Ar. l.v. 11:00 a, 8:00 a. in in E.HARKOP Lumber and Builders' Materia], Hardware Granite ware, Stoves, Lamps. Tents, Paints, Oils, Etc, Etc. FRONT STREET, POPLAK B. C F. H. HAWKINS § SANDON, B. C. * Tickets sold to all parts of the United States and Canada via Great Northern and O. R. & N. Company's lines. For further particulars call on or address ROBERT IRVING, Manager, Kaslo. Certificate of Improvements NOTICE Almne.IXL.audi XL (fractional) Mineral Claims situate in the Trout Lake Mining Wvfolon of West Koofenav LStrlct MileeCreekast6 A* h°ttd ofEip!'ht ttnd Nilu' TAKE NOTICE that I, O. B. N. Wilkle, Free -■- Miner's Certificate No. B8S572, actingas No W.W2, and Kof.ert Munro, Free M ner's Certificate No, B88181, Intend, sixty days frmn the date hereof to apply to the Mining Recorder lor a Certificate of Improvements, for the purpose o obtaining a down Grant tor the ahove claims. And further take notice that action under section,87, must bejeommenced before Jl £ ai)»r?J Hih,?iei1i,kHhof In'Provements Dated tin.-> 4th dav of August, A D. 19M, 30 O. B. N. WiLKIE, P L. S., Trout Lake. SLOCAN BOTTLING WORKS Beer and Aerated Waters Frank A. Tamblyn, Agt, Poplar Notice of Forfeiture. TO WILLIAM SCHNELL. GEORGE HACKK- MAN, or to any person or persona to «1|<" they may have transferred their limi'^ in the Cornell mineral claim, situate 011 tho noith-west side of Rapid creek, inw>« Trout Lake Mining Division of W«« Kootenay District. You are hereby notified that I have expeni ■ ed th-i sum of *umm in assessment worit <» the ahove claim, together with tf.«0 ,or.'„| cording the same, such work heing requn* ' and necessary to the said claims fortlic.vei ' 1008-4, ending August 11th. 1*04, under the pro visions of the Mineral Act and Amen. 11 W Acts; and if at the expiration of ninety at\, Irom tiie date of the first publication oi '» notice in The Nugget, vou fail or «•«•> ; Contribute your portionof such cupe»,llU'' .' namely %61M, together with all costs ol - vertising, your interest in said mineral cia ' shall become vested in me, (your co-o* . upon hi ing in the proper ollico in that Den«" the affidavit rovuired by section 4 01 Mineral Act Assessment Act, 1000. Dated this lath day of August, A. D. V.M- HENRY MAGNCSSON. Kaiser House, Poplar. B. C;, Attorney in fact for Minnie Mui"