VI II ���������I ii f 0 /f '/ The Klines in Kootenay are Among the Richest in America. The Ores are Bffigh-jGrade in Gold, Silver, Copper, and Lead. NUMBEE 126. NELSON, BEITISH COLUMBIA, SATUEDAY, DECEMBEE 3, 1892. $4 A YEAE LOGIC GONE CRAZY. I- ,v v The Kamloops Sentinel says: "If the assertions (of The Miner) that ore will go south are true, it is quite evident to the Sentinel that Toad Mountain ore will not come north on the cars to Nelson and return again over the same track to the southern destination, but that it will be put on cars at the mine and go direct to Spokane, and that Nelson will not see a pound of it except as a sample, for exhibition. It is also equally true that the Nelson & Fort Sheppard Railway, owned and controlled by Spokane money and men, will see to it that freight schedules will enable it to furnish every station and camp on its line south of Nelson with supplies and mining material. We do not see how this view of the matter can be fairly controverted." Out of pity for the Sentinel we inform it of a few facts which every man in West Kootenay knows, but of which it is ignorant. We do not wish to see the Sentinel make.such an egregious fool of itself again as it has in this article. In the first place, a mountain three thousand feet high S3parates Toad Mountain camp from the line of the Nelson & Fort Sheppard. Second, the Nelson & Fort Sheppard's nearest approach to Toad Mountain earnp is Nelson. Third, the Nelson & Fort Sheppard is looking for stations and camps north of Nelson. Stations and camps south of Nelson and on this side of the line there are none. The idea of putting ore on cars at the Silver King mine is very funny. We will have to wait for an serial railroad before we can do that. The country in which the Kamloops Sentinel is published is a flat. Its editor resembles his country. RAILWAY. DEVELOPMENT " OF WEST KOOTENAY. The advantages of a railway up Slocan River -.'-are. easily enumerated. In the first place it would connect with an already established railway. In the second, it would be the natural outlet for the mines tributary to Slocan Lake. This is a statement which we are well aware has been and will be vehemently disputed. But, after all, what does the dispute amount to. The distance between the head of Slocan Lake arid Nakusp is 18 miles, and the distance between the foot of the lake and Slocan Crossing is 32. But compare the two even so far as a trail or wagon road is concerned. On the Nakusp route, there is bound to be more or less of an uphill grade both ways, and the practical mining man knows what hauling ore up hill means, be the grade never so light. On the Slocan River route there is an imperceptible down grade all the way to Slocan Crossing. When we come to speak of railways the contrast is even more sharp. A grade of two percent, is the lowest possible on the Nakusp route. We do not exaggerate when we state that a railway could be laid up Slocan River as easily, barring timber, as it could on the plains of Alberta. It could be laid down practically in a straight, line. But on the Nakusp road how many curves, angles and t wis tings, lengthening out the road, would be necessary is a question for engineers, not for us. But this we do know, that in bringing the Nelson & Fort Sheppard into Nelson from the head of Cottonwood Pass, it has been necessary to more than double the length of the line. But the Slocan River is not only the natural outlet, because it can be made use of most easily, but also because it connects more advantageously than the Nakusp route with the ore markets. In maintaining that there was no market for ore via Revelstoke, we everlooked one point. Ore which it will pay be.-it to ship direct to Swansea, can unquestionably be shipped that way. This np doubt will be the case with the coper matte from the Silver King, and it may be the case with some of the high grade Slocan ores, although that we greatly doubt. But suppose it were so. To have the ore at Robson is equivalent to having it at Nakusp. What difference does it make to the steamboat company whether they ship ore from Nakusp or Robson ? It is not the distance but the cost of transfer from steamboat to car and vice versa that counts. And given the Slocan ore at Slocan Crossing, it can either be shipped to Pilot Bay or to Tacoma by the Nelson & Fort Sheppard or by the Lower Columbia, or to Swansea by Revelstoke. It is at once placed in a position to find its natural market. It will find that anyway in spite of everything, and the function of a railway is only to assist it in so doing. There are other considerations in favor of the Slocan River route. It can be built very cheaply. Its rolling stock can be procured very easily and it can be operated in conjunction with the C. & K. Railway at a minimum cost. The advantages of the road are so obvious, the means of securing them so easy that we have every confidence that one of the first moves of the C. P. R. in this country will be to build it. OPEN WINTER COMMUNICATION. CLOSING DOWN. While the people of Bonner's Ferry are trying to raise money to keep an open sleigh road from their town to the southern end of Kootenay Lake, and the Dominion post office authorities are expecting to send in our winter mails via Spokane, Little Dalles and the pack train route up the river trail to Robson. it seems strange that the C. P: R. authorities do not solve the question by the expenditure of a suaall sum of money, and keep an open* all rail arid steamer route to the outside world. It is well known thattheColumbia River is never closed bv ice between the towns of Robson and North- port, and the experience of last winter proved that either the Columbia or Lytton can make tri-weekly trips from the latter town to the mouth of the Kootenay River uninteruptedly, except possibly some few days of unusually cold weathor, when the wheels might become clogged with ice. But neither steamer can stem the Kootenay rapids or make the passage safely without the aid of lines. A short spur, however, not much over amilein length,running from Sproat's Landing to the mouth of the Kootenay, would enable the CC. & K. Railway to transfer freight and passengers to the steamers below the rapids, and keep the route open all the winter. It is probable that there would be sufficient traffic to make the small expenditure that would be needed to construct this spur, a profitable one for the railway company itself. The different mining companies of the Slocan���������the Freddie Lee, Blue Bird and Idaho��������� have contracted for the shipment of aboutl,500 tons to Kaslo city with Mr. George Hughes, who will be compelled to ship from the south about 500 tons of fodder for his horses. Several other mines are intending to ship ore with their own teams. Thus with 2,000 tons of ore shipped outwardly, and probably one-half that amount of inward bound freight, the steamers on the lower run and the Columbia & Kootenay Railway would be doing a better business during the winter months than they have ever yet done. We believe that a bond can be obtained from responsible parties that at least 1,000 tons of ore will be furnished and 400 tons of hay, grain and general merchandise for return freight. We know that Captain Troup and Mr. Corbin have pronounced the scheme practicable, and are willing to assist in carrying it out. Let the governing officials of the O. P. R. be fully informed of the facts. We are sure that Mr. Abbott and Mr. Marpole would gladly see life and activity encouraged in the Slocan mines. The mine owners would be able to forward their ores to Tacoma by this means without a delay of three or four months in Kaslo, and would consequently save interest on any advances which the smelter people may make upon ores which are stored in that city. And, better than all, the fact would be proved that the Kootenay country is no longer to be considered a sealed bool������ for four months in each year, the entrance into it being encompassed by the same privations and dangers as were experienced by our early prospectors. The steam scow left Revelstoke at the same time as the Lytton, on her last trip, Thursday week. For some reason or other it had to tie up at Hall's Landing, and there it remained for three days. On Sunday drift ice began to run in the river, and progress became impossible. Eventually, however, the scow drifted down to the mouth of:the Upper Arrow Lake, where it was met by the Lytton and towed to Robson. Meanwhile the lake country was without connection with Revelstoke, where mail matter and winter supplies are massing "more rapidly than they can be handled. On Wednesday Captain Troup made the attempt once more to- reach Revelstoke. His intention was to tow the scow as far as possible, and if the Lytton could not make the whole journey, finish it with the scow. The state of affairs in,the Lake country is very serious. A sudden frost may. at any moment cut off the Bonner's Ferry route, as the C. & K. S. N. Company cannot be relied on to keep the river between Robson and Little Dalles open for more than a few weeks. This winter, instead of having to furnish supplies for Nelson and Ainsworth and Balfour alone, not only those places, but Pilot Bay,, Kaslo, Bear Lake City, Watson, New Denver, and Nakusp, have to be provided for. There is a very serious risk of supplies' running short. There must be five times the resident population in West Kootenay this year that there was last. And there is no evidence of five times the provision being made for their support. And not a tap has been done this summer by the C. P. R. to provide increased facilities for winter communication. Here we have an inland country with seven or eight towns in it, varying in population from 50 to 700 people; mines, such have never yet been seen in the world; millions of capi- tar invested in their development; a large smelter nearing completion, and' the only connection we have with the outside world for four solid months is a trail 60 miles long. In no other country, except Canada, could such a state of things exist, and here only because all the power of building railways is vested in one monopolist corporation. If this had been a free country, the Nelson & Fort Sheppard railway would have been completed long ere now. But there is no encouragement given to foreign capital, no guarantee to private enterprise. The only foreign capital allowed to operate is that which controls the C. P. Ri., and that is all- powerful, because it has taken the wise precaution of stifling the conscience and purchasing the vote of Canada's body politic. RUMOR, MERE RUMOR. The Spokane Review is responsible for an article declaring that the Silver King mine is sold. The report is circumstantial but without foundation, unless it be that Durkin has completed the transfer of his interest. But it must be remembered that the buyer of Durkin's interest is the present Kootenay Bonanza Company. Of course, if his interest has been purchased and the money paid, it points almost conclusively to the fact that the big deal is on the point of being completed. This may be true or it may not, it does not justify the Review's positive article. And nothing can justify the romantic nonsense with which the article is padded. Two millions sterling, cash on delivery! Why does not the Review get out and say that freshly in in ted sovereigns are being shipped out to Spokane to pay the purchase money with. Twice this year has the Review spread itself, once about the Crow's Nest Pass Railway, and now about the Silver King mine. The same imaginative hand is visible in both reports. Too much of that sort of thing injures a paper, especially when it is read by the people who know better. IA THE MINEE: ITELSO-T, B. 0., SATUEDAY, DEOEMBEE 3, 1892. _E?_E3I_EI! 3_T.^__,TT__?,-A.X TJ-EP-EPXj".^ T The above townsite has two never failing streams of pure mountain water running through it, affording sufficient water power FOR GONGESMTRATIMG WORKS and city purposes. IS NEARBY COMPLETED, And will be Ready to receive guests by the 20th, of this month. Is beautifully located near the centre of;the -Principal Mines. a ' a -Joining the _E ___ Only 350 feet from the Famous And only 1200'feet from the 3bx?_ ARE NOW ON THE MARKET AT PRICES . , - RAP^GIMG FRQiV. g.QQ TO S2DO. - Terms���������One-third cash, one-third 6 mouths, and the balance 1 year, after which prices will be greatly advanced. For further -particulars enquire of /^. H OTEL, FREDERICTON. ILLY, General Agent, found at the office of F. M. McLEOD, NELSON, or GRAND VIEW MERCHANT MILLERS, M00S0MIF, Assa. 3________B__3_2_I ___D-EQ_2e_BC_SS " Hungarian Patent," a trong Jtfakers, ������ ii Straight Bakers." Dealers in all kinds of Chopped Feed, Oats, ran, Shorts, Chicken Teed, Etc. y* j-ii^---jj.i������i-iL-iL__ii--i������tLJ'>'JJJJ������j'j."-JLfy.--!i..-..i ������....isijjai.....-n . ���������.rillM__|l.���������������i.n.������ju.mi,..rj| Prices given Sacked or in Bulk. The finest quality of OATMEAL and CORNMEAL carl be obtained in any sized sacks. Quotations cheerfully furnished on application. SPECIAL ..ATTENTION GIVEN TO THE BRITISH .COLUMBIA,'TRADED OFFICSS = Moosomin, N.Y^.T., and 25 Park Street, Ottawa, Ont. M. MACDONALD, Agent for N. W.T. and Kootenay District, B.C. CORlSItf Iff VICTORIA. Mr, D. C. Cprbin, of the Spokane & Northern, is in Victoria on business in connection with his present and projected lines. To a reporter Mr. Corbin gave a number of interesting points concerning the Kootenay country in general:��������� Ci The only trouble," said he, "is the difficulty in getting outside capital interested in the first steps for developing the resources of a new place. From the fact that local capital often prefers to make safe and remunerative loan investments, it is necessary to go abroad for capital to develop, and this, after all, is a good thing, because once having put money into mines, railroads and real estate, the only thing that can be taken away from the country is the net profits, which are generally much less than those on loans. When the mining regions of British Columbia are opened by properly constructed railroads, the result will be a most astonishing progress in all lines of business during the next two or three years. "The Kaslo-Slocan country is growing very rapidly. During the past year a number of practical mining men have entered the country and their work has been intelligent and of a lasting nature. Six or seven of the Slocan mines will be run during the entire winter. The only thing now wanting is such transportation facilities as will enable the miners to get their products to market at all times of the year. Permanent work will thus be encouraged, and much greater development done in a given time. ' _ . "At present, the transportation outlook is good. With the completion of the Nelson & Fort Sheppard Railway���������which will be during the coming year���������direct communication will be opened between Nelson, and Tacoma, and the frequent handling of goods, now so expensive, will be done away with to the reduction of prices and the great benefit of the country. " The Hot Springs, Blue Bell and Toad Mountain mines are all in good condition, and generally there has been more work done in the Kootenay during the past year than ever before. "With the completion of direct communication, Victoria will be in a position to compete successfully with any other places for the supplying of the mining regions. From present arrangements it is safe to say that the bulk of supplies will be drawn from this city." Mr. Murray was in town this week, full of a scheme to build a sleigh road from Slocan Crossing to Slocan Lake. He. undertakes to put it through for $500. If Nelson business men are not blind to their own advantage, they will take this opportunity of demonstrating- the value of the Slocan River route. By all accounts the Nakusp road will be, comparatively valueless when completed, and supplies must be got into Slocan Lake this winter. There are scores of rich mines tributary to Slocan Lake and to Slocan Lake alone. If the Slocan River route can be established, Nelson is bound to be the distributing point for all the camps on Slocan Lake. Is a sleigh road worth while trying or not? Certainly it is. -DEALERS INt Highest Cash Prices Paidjfor Furs. MARA' BLO'l BAKER .STREET, NELSON, B. C. 'fflunf- & Dover, fEWELERS AND WATCHMAKERS. NELSON, ^.C.: Plasterer, Bricklayer and Stone-Mason Contracts taken for work. at all points in West Kootenay. X.X. Plasterer and Bricklayer' Will contract for all kinds of work. Materials furnished and estimates given for work in any town,in Kootenay Lake Country. . B.MSE F������R SALE At Nelson and Pilot Bay or delivered at any point on the lake in any quantity. Address P.O. box 47, Nelson. I C\ Oj ano Jas, McDc Kelson aii'I S-cvelstol-G, carry full lines of all kin/ls of furniture for residences, hotels, and offices. Mattresses made to order, and at prices.lower (than eastern and coast. They are also agents for Evans Pianos _ind Boherty Organs. NEI SON STOKE : No. 4 S5o.us.io_i a& I115-- B5._il������_i_*g, Joseplime Street. rfji^ w. _0jfe^ THE MINEB, i NELSON, B. 0., SATUEDAY, DEOEMBEE 3, 1892. /hp\ TZEEEIE TO TSTSITIE oif t: E h Terminus of Townsite the Kaslo-Slocan Wagon Road. Post Office Centre, ich can give Agreements of Sale. JOHN L RETALLACK, Agent. . BEAR _LAK.E CITY NOTES. The first of the silver-laden sleighs arrived at Bear Lake Citv on December 1st. Fifteen head of cattle have been drawn up to Bear Lake City, by Wilson & Perdue, to be slaughtered. Mine owners and others should see to it that supplies are hauled in to Bear Lake over the snow transportation, as over snow is more economical than over a muddy road. The Kaslo Transportation Company has moved its headquarters to Bear. Lake City. Two acres of land, free, was the inducement which led G. W. Hughes to desei t Kaslo. COME BAC3_. Mr. E. E. Coy paid Nelson a visit yesterday. The result of his shipment of 10^ tons of Dardanelles ore gave $5,000 gross, and over $4,000 net profit. Good enough for anyone. Notice is hereby given that James Fox, as agent for H. Kelly, E. S. Topping and A. M. Esler, has filed the necessary papers and made application for a crown grant in favor of the mineral claim known as the "Dandy," situated on Toad Mountain, West Kootenay District. Adverse claimants, if any, will forward their objections within 60 days from date of this notice. > :.������ . ���������' N. FITZSTUBBS, Nelson, B. C, Dec. 3rd, 1892. Gold Commissioner. NELSON. Hot and cold water; electric bells; billiard and club rooms; baths. All appointments first-class. E. E. PHAIR, proprietor. Vernon Street, near Josephine, opposite wharf, NELSON, B. C. PROPRIETOR. THE HOTEL OVERLOOKS THE KOOTENAY its guests thus obtaining splendid views of both mountain and river. THE ROOMS are comfortable in size and newly furnished. .. I li e. i . LE is acknowledged the best in the mountains. NEW BED-ROOMS. BAR JUST ADDED, is stocked with all brands of liquors and cigars. East BSal-er Street, Nelson, Is one of the best hotels in Toad Mountain district, and is the headquarters for prospectors and working miners. The Table is not Surpassed by that of any Hotel in the Kootenay Lake country. At the Bar is Dispensed Pine Liquors and Cigars, and the bed-rooms are newly furnished. MALONE ������& TI-.EGILLUS. ...PROPRIETORS (Notary Public.) ining and Real Estate BEOKER, Auctioneer and Commission Agent, ������������������ REPRESENTING The Confederation Life Association, the Phoenix Fire Insurance Company, and the Provident Fund Accident Society ; also the Sandy Croft Foundry Company, near Chester, England, makers of all kinds of mining machinery, air compressors, rock breakers, stamps, etc. So."' 1, JOSEPHINE STREET, NELSON, B. 0. Lots for Sale in 3? Adjoining the government townsite of Nelson AT $125 AND UPWARDS With a rebate for buildings erected. The best residential property in Nelson, values sure to increase. Apply W. A. Jowett, agent for Nelson and district, or Innes & Richards, Vancouver, B.C. W. A. JOWETT, Mining & Real Estate Brokers, Auctioneers & Commission Agents. , ... vA/rt JOSEPHINE STREETS, NELSON, B.C. Prospectors'location notices for sale at The Miner office EEVINER & WATSO AINSWORTH, B. C. PACK AND SADDLE HORSES FOR HIRE. on tracts taken for hauling supplies, machinery, ore, etc., to and from mines in Hot Springs district. ALL TEAMING WORK UNDERTAKEN. Telephone 96. R C. Campbell-Johnston A (of Swansea, India, and the United States.) ETALLURGSST, ASSAYER, INING. ENGINEER. Properties reported on. All assays undertaken. Furnaces and concentrating plants planned and erected. Treatment for ores given. Ores bought and sold. Box 731, Vancouver, B. C. Terms cash. j. A. KIRK J. F. RITCHIE KIRK & RITCHIE, Dominion and Provincial Land Surveyors. Office over Bank.; of British Columbia, Nelson, B.C. Corner West Vernon and Stanley Streets, NELSON, B. C. Telephone 43. PIRST-CLASS IN EVERY RESPECT. The International has a comfortably furnished parlor fo ladies, and the rooms are large and furnished newly throughout. THE TABLE IS MOT SURPASSED by any hotel in the Kootenay Lake country. A share of transient trade solicited. THE SAMPLE-ROOM IS STOCKED WITH CHOICE CIGARS AND THE FINEST BRANDS OF LIQUORS. PROPRIETORS THE MINER: NELSON, E. C, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1892. ������ The Miner is printed on Saturdays, and will be mailed to subscribers at the following cash-in-advance rates;; Three months ������1.50, six months ������2.50, one year $>_:.' Contract Advertisements will be inserted at the rate of $3 an inch (down the column) per month. A special rate for advertisements of over 2 inches. Transient Advertisements will be inserted for 15 cents a line for the first insertion and 7 cents a line for each additional insertion. Twelve lines of 9 words each make an inch. All advertisements printed for a less period than 3 months considered transient and must be paid for in adyance. Advertisements of less than 12 lines will be counted as 12 lines. Birth Notices'free if weight of child is given; if weight is not given ������1 will be charged. Marriage announcements will be charged from $1 to $10���������according to the social standing of the bri^ etters to the Editor will only appear over the writer's name. Communications with such signatures as "Old Subscriber," "Veritas," "Citizen," etc., etc., will not be printed on any consideration. Job Printing in good style at fair rates. Cards, envelopes, and letter, note, and account papers kept in stock. Subscribers in arrears will be notified "by mail this month, and are requested to forward their subscriptions before the close of the year. , A ������_>ITOREA-L REMARKS. For some month's past there have been rumors that Sir John Abbott was on the point of resigning the Premiership of the Dominion. It is now stated, on the authority of a Conservative Senator, who says that 'his information comes direct from the Government, that Sir John has positively resigned. A cablegram Has been received, it seems, by some one of his intimate friends, which announces the Premier's intention of spending the winter in Egypt, and states that he will not be able to take his place in the Senate next session. Sir John has been in power but a short time, and his ill-health has prevented him frem doing much either good or ill for Canada. - The Tacoma. News states that E. E. Coy has been in consultation with the officials of the N. P. B,., with a view to inducing them to extend their line from Bonner's Ferry to Kaslo.. Whether he succeeds in his efforts or not, one thing is certain, that West Kootenay is on the eve of an era of railway development which, in a year or two, will cause her to be the home of the capitalist and the bond-holder, and which will help her to be the best known, as she is even now the richest mining country in the world. . Professor Gr. W. Adrian has returned to Minneapolis from his third visit, during the past year to this district. He says of the Slocan country: "I have examined the principal veins and they are true fissures, their course being northeast and southwest. The surface showing of 25 claims can not be surpassed in any country. There are three or four blanket veins near Bear Lake carrying Bismuth in large paying quantities. On this same range gray copper, brittle, bromide and black sulphite of silver are found, assays running from $600 to $1,200 per ton. These ores are found in veins from ten inches to two feet. Beautiful specimens of native copper have been taken from these veins." The account of his last trip is hardly of the nature of a "report;" it is so entirely free from everything of a technically abstruse nature and is so plain and unvarnished a description of what he did and saw and what he thinks of it all, that one might easily read it through and never have the faintest idea that it was anything half so dignified as a "report." The professor is at one with ourselves with regard to the route which will eventually be the one by which the vast majority of our ore will be shipped. He is strongly of opinion that as many of the Slocan mines are tributary to Slocan Lake, and as water always finds its way from a high level to a lower one by the shortest road practicable, so it will be found that ore, in this respect, at least, resembles water. The professor winds up by remarking, very truly, that "what we want is capital" and recommends every one who has the interests of the country at heart, to go out and rustle a capitalist, and, having found him, to hang on to him and, if necessary, terrify him into investing, acting on the belief that if the man of money ddes'nt know what's good for him, we do. First catch yoiiFcapitalist. . '������������������������������������..������������������. '���������>��������� " The Inland Sentinel has been talking to the Vernon News6in. a fatherly manner, as to what the editor of the latter paper doe? rid does not know on the subject of a land registry office for the Interior. The News has been urging the establishment of such an office in Vernon, and argues that that place would be a much better site than Kamloops for that purpose. An appropriation has been made and a large amount of work has been done with the intention of es" tablishing a registry office in Kamloops, and, according to the Sentinel, it will be in working order before long. Kamloops is certainly an improvement on Victoria, but we could do with a land office even nearer home; and, as ���������Kamloops seems to base its claim chiefly on the fact that four lawyers live there, we see no reason why we should not have an equal right to this convenience, as Nelson can assert with truth that four members of the legal profession live, have their being, and collect their fees within her walls. - We want a land registry office here, badly. We also want a court house. It is hardly decent that, in a district of such importrnce as is West Kootenay, it should be necessary for the court to go running round town to find some place in which it may sit, as if it were a seventh-rate theatrical show. The cases at the last session were numerous and important, and at the next court held here the cases will be still more numerous and still more important than at the last. C. E. Perry, M. S. Davys, Mem. Inst. C.E., P.L.S. M.E. J. H. Gray, C.E., P.L.S. PERKY, G-RAY& DAVYS ENGINEERS. provincial land surveyors, NOTARY PUBLIC, CONVEYANCING. OFFICES: Room _, Spencer's Arcade, Government street, Victoria. Opposite Hotel Phair, Nelson. NOTICE. WASHINGTON MINERAL CLAIM, IN SLOCAN MINING SUBDIVISION. Take notice that we, the undersigned, Tom Edgar JefFer- son, free miner's certificate No. 41,870, Samuel Kinsley Green, free miner's certificate No, 40,277, and William Lynch, free miner's certificate No. 39,754, intend, 60 days from the date hereof, to apply to the gold commissioner for a certificate of improvements, for the purpose of obtaining a crown grant of the above claim. And, further, take notice, that adverse claims must be sent to the gold commissioner and action commenced before the issuance of such certificate of improvements. Dated, 18th of October, 1892. T. E. JEFFERSON, S. K. GREEN, Wm. LYNCH. NELSON PROPRIETOR. HAY AN"B &EAIN FOR SALE. Omnibus and carriages to and from all trains and steamboat wharves. Saddle and pack animals for hire. Freight hauled and all kinds of job teaming attended, to. Stable on Backer Street. Office with Wilson & Perdue. J. Hoover, President. E. J. Dyer, Cashier. THE EXCHANGE NATIONAL BMK OF jPOKANEr STATE OF WASHINGTON. Capital.. Surplus. ... ,$250,000 .... ..$��������� 30,000 FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC EXCHANGES BOUGHT AND SOLD. ACCOUNTS OF MINERS AND MERCHANTS v .SOLICITED.. ' . " ,''.' Cable Transfers Made. H0TE������ VICTOS-IA STREET, NEILSOtf, B.C. Pleasant Rooms. Well Appointed Bar. Terms Moderate. MILLS & REVSBECH, Proprietors. T��������� LAKE-VIEW hotel, MULVEY & CLEMENT, PROPRIETORS. WINES, LIQU0KS and CIGAES. Best Accommodation for Travellers. Regular Connection by Boat with New Denver. Finest Accommodations in the Lake Country. Elegant table. Best of Liquors and Cigars at the Bar. ARCHIE FJLETCIIIEi., Proprietor and Manager. The Balfour Trading Co. BA-LFOBJB., _Ji?.C. Merchants, Mining and Eeal Estate Agents. A complete Stock of Merchandise and Miners' Supplies Constantly on Hand. We make a Specialty of English Goods of direct importation. We have several very desirable lots in Balfour for sale FOR SALE. An assayer's outfit and laboratory, complete in all its details with office fittings. Price, $400. Apply Miner office. m$. ffli AS* ^pe 1 ���������v. i;g -,s? js-eM KJ^___a"' i_i____L_^i_������"*rJ_J1' -<>':'Jh:LK>ri'-A*- <���������=*��������� v.-s fitful ,:"������ Si". ?-"?-��������� '" 1 1 THE- MINEK: NELSON, B. 0., SATUEDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1892. Xi_A---Nr-D 3D-EI]-P.A--EF-T-l_-C-E]--Sr T- ^ZEllSOJsr. This Company now Offers for Sale a Number of Choice Business or Residential Lots on Easy Terms. Rebate Given for Good Buildings on BUSINESS PROPERTY. POR PARTICULARS APPLY - - F. FLETCHER, LAND COMMISSIONER, NELSON, B. 0. KAS-LO NOTES. *' Ye did na ken there was a chiel amang ye takin' notes." We are still without water works, and the primitive method of bringing water from the fake is consequntly in vogue. To. those fond of alterations and surprises, the changes in the steamboat service is a subject for congratulation, and further developments are anxiously awaited. The atmosphere is thick with new buildings, real estate deals, mining deals and new town- sites, and a good deal of money is changing hands in consequence. It is rumored that provisions may be scarce before the winter is over, and some of the care- . ful ones are in consequence laying in a stock. I_et us hope that our fears in this respect may be unfounded. Among the well informed on such matters it is rumored that Paddy, theobliging head steward of the Ainsworth, is about to change his condition, in fact that he will soon promote himself from knickerbockers to trousers. Kaslo boasts a large and increasing number of real estate agents. The fraternity must now number ten or twelve, but it would be invidious to mention names, besides you wouldyprob- ably charge me advertisement rates for so doing. A short time ago Messrs. S. (jrreen, H. W. Buche and A. Fletcher were elected to the onerous position of fire wardens, and on Wednesday evening a firemen's ball was held; at which your correspondent was unable to be present, but which was reported to be a great success. We are still content to drag on with the old wharf, on which the incoming passenger steps gaily into the slush and debris, while the freight is punctually delivered occasionally into a few inches of water when the amount is too large, which often happens, for the capacity of the wharf. Front Street still maintains its proud position as our main street, and new buildings arise continually. The severity of the straight side lines of this street is agreeably diversified by the greater height of one side, and what the grade will finally be, "no feller" can tell. In the meantime people build on trust arid on the solid earth. Next spring there will probably be a great rush to the|Lardeaux country, and preparations are already being made. Messrs. Davies and Nagle have already sent lumber up to construct a building on their townsite and intend putting up another building. I hear, too, that considerable improvement work will be done on it, and a trail cut from it. Mr. E. E. Coy has returned from his trip to the States, and appears to be as full of life and energy as ever. I understand he has published a long and eloquent letter in the Spokane Review, setting forth the advantages of Canada in general and British Columbia in particular over the United States, all which tends to make those among whom he is making his home purr with satisfaction. Notice is hereby given that W. J. Goepel has filed the necessary papers and made application for a crown grant in favor of the mineral claim Whitewater, situate in the Toad Mountain mining division, West Kootenay district. Adverse claimants, if any, will forward their objections within 60 days of publication. N. FITZSTUBBS, Nelson, B.C., October 3d, 1892. Gold Commissioner. aiLKER & WELLS -Postoflice Store, Nelson, B. C. AND GENTS' PUBLISHING- GOODS. ALSO, FULL LINES OP PATENT MEDICI Toilet Articles and Stationery. CIGARS AT WHOLESALE ONLY The boy stood on the burning deck, When all but he had fell; He sold his peanuts by the peck And hurrahed for the Dardanell. *- * And it all happened a long time ago, In the beautiful bay at the City of Kaslo. If you wish to sleep well, and be free from all noise, Go to the Dardanell, kept by the Coys At Kaslo. RITISH COLUMBIA (Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1862.) CAPITAL (paid up), ������000,000 . $3,000,000 (With power to increase.) KESEKVE FfiJft_>, ������220,000 1,100,000 B^t^-isroiaiEis = Victoria, B. C, San Francisco, California, Vancouver, B. C, Portland, Oregon, NewWestminster,B.C, Seattle, Washington, Nanaimo, B. C, Tacoma, Washington. Kamloops, B. C. HEAD OFFICE: 60 Lombard street, LONDON, England. AaENTS AND CORRESPONDENTS: CANADA���������Bank of Montreal and branches; Canadian Bank of Commerce and branches Imperial Bank of Canada and branches; Commercial Bank of Manitoba; and Bank of Nova Scotia. UNITED STATES���������Agents Bank of Montreal, New YorK; Bank of Montreal, Chicago. SAVINGS DEPAETMENT. Interest at the rate of 4 per cent per annum will be allowed on all time deposits at present. H__" r Baker street, Nelson, B. C. HAS ON DISPLAY A FULL RANGE OP Plain and Pancy Worsted Suitings and Scotch and Irish Tweeds and Serges. Spring goods now on hand. PEICBS TO ST-TIT TZEECIE TIMES BANK OF MONTREAL CA1������ITA������ (all paid up), $12,000,000 REST, .... 6,000,000 Sir DONALD A. SMITH, President Hon. GEO. A. DRUMMOND, ���������. .Vice-President E. S. CLOUSTON, General Manager Nelson Branch: N, W. Oor. Baker and Stanley Sts. Branches in London (England), New York and Chicago and in the principal cities in Canada; Buy and sell sterling exchange and cable tranfers; Grant commercial and travelers' credits, available in any part of the world; Drafts issued; Collections made; Etc. SAVINGS BANK BRANCH Rate of interest at present four per cent. HOLDIC (Of Swansea and Wigan.) Analytical Chemists and Assayers, Mr. P. C. STOESS, Nelson, will receive samples from. Kootenay Lake District. 9 Physician, Surgeon, and Accoucheur, Telephone 45. Office: Stanley and Victoria Streets P. O. box 69. Telephone 24. Edward Applewhaite & Co. S. E. corner Baker and Josephine streets, NELSON, B. C. FINANCIAL AND INSURANCE AGENTS, Loans negotiated on Nelson property. Collections made. Conveyancing documents drawn up. Town Lots Lands and Mining Claims Handled on Commission. WEST KOOTENAY DISTRICT. All Placer Mining Claims in this District, legally held, may be laid over from the loth day of October, 1892, until the 1st day of June, 1893. N. FITZSTUBBS, Gold Commissioner. Nelson B. C, November 15th, 1892. I'?! \n- IS THE MINEE: NELSON, B. C, SATUEDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1892. BONING NEWS OF THE WORLD. I I; ���������ft; San Pablo mining district is located on the north side of the Gila River, twenty miles from Yuma and a few rniles from Gila City, Arizona. The country has been prospected and worked a little ever since 1858, but like many other promising sections, has lain practically neglected for want of capital. The district had|passed almost out of mind until within a year or t-vyo. In that time prospecting work has been carried on by L. O.Moreland and bids fair to develop a second Harqua Etala. The deepest shaft is down . about fifty feetin a well-defined ledge full of pay material. The rock is something seldom seen, being so soft as to hardly require milling at all, and is the freest of free milling ore. We had the pleasure of holding a Handful of the stuff a few days ago, and gold, decomposed rock and black sand seemed to be in about equal proportions. A few bushels of it would be all a person would heed for inoderate wealth. Of course the pay streak is not all like this sample, but there is enough to work tlie ground. From every mining camp in Arizona the news is encouraging, and in nearly every one great improvement will be made during the coming season. There seems to be no great rush in any one district, but each and every one is attracting the attention of the investor. The East is slowly waking up to the fact that, Arizona has mines as rich as the .covintry has ever known, and those who appreciate the fact are taking hold in a way that means the development of our mines in a manner most flattering. J. C. Hill, a well known mining man of Weiser, Oregon, accompanied by a party of several gentlemen, Colorado capitalists, is now engag-ed in prospecting the bars on the Snake River, below Huntington, Oregon, for tine gold placers. Mr. Hill has already located his party on 320 acres of gold-bearing lands, and it is the intention of the company to employ in the working of its rnines a new machine, particularly constructed for the saving of fine gold. Mr. Hill says the new device will handle and save the gold from 98 cubic yards of dirt and gravel per hour. There is great activity in mining circles in Eastern Nevada this, season. A great many good sales have been, made there during the year, and more prospecting has been done than for ten years past. Ely is livening up, and at the Black Metal mine at Cherry "Creek, 600 tons of ore have been shipped and are on the dump, that run over $100 a ton. There is a great future in store for Eastern Nevada and the Deep Creek countrv. Judge Malihot recently rendered a decision declaring the Quebec tax of. one and a half per cent, on sales of mining properties, illegal. The new tin mill of the Harney Peak Consolidated Tin company, (limited,) of Dead wood, S.D. was placed in operation on Monday, November 14th. The machinery in the new mill, which in every detail is of the latest improved pattern, has sufficient capacity for reducing 250 tons of ore daily. A carload of ore from the O K mine at Trail Creek has been shipped to Helena for treatment Some fabulously rich samples have been taken ;rom the O K, and the returns from the carload of ore are awaited with interest. The Wallace Miner reports that quite a number of people of that town are going into the Kaslo-Slocan country. The good reports and the good luck of several Coeur D'Aleners who went in there last spring, and who are at present in "Wallace, tends to excite those who had an^idea to go eight months ago, but didn't. SUSV8.VIO.NS. In the supreme court of British Columbia, between John A-. Mara, plaintifF, and Yee Tong\ defendant. Whereas, John A. Mara of Kamloops, B.C., has commenced an action against Yee Tong of Nelson, B.C., in the supreme court of British .Qolumbia, by writ of that court dated the 11th day of January, 1892, which writ is indorsed with a claim for $94.87 for debt and interest. And whereas, an ord,er. was. made in this court on the 31st day of August, lS92,~for substituted service on the said Yee Tong by advertisement in/������___; JVIiner newspaper for 3 successive weeks. ������������������-.. Notice is hereby given that -the, said defendant, Yee Tong, is required to appear in this action Within 8 days, otherwise the action will proceed against him, and judgment may be given in his absence. The said defendant, Yee Tong, may appear to the said writ by entering an appearance personally, or by his solicitor, at the office of the district registrar of the supreme court at Kamloops, B. C. FRED'K J. FULTON, of Kamloops, B. C., Solicitor for the plaintiff, John A. Mara. Kamloops, B.C., 3rd September, 1892. Nelson Music Emporium. TURfMER BROS., Dealers in Pianos, Organs j Sewing Machines (Improved Singer) Staple and Fancy Stationery, Books, School������ Supplies, all kinds of Musical Merchandise. ��������� ''.'Call and sec ������������������us,"������ in our new .stand IffOUSTO-S ������������������.������������������;���������,-, .!-,RL^CM, Baker/..Street. .���������/.��������� "Prevention is better than cure." Everjr business man should have a copy of "The Customs Tariff." , m\-/*l COR. BAKER AND WARD STREETS. _������ MEALS AT ALL HOURS. DAY OR MIGHT gg jaw.: Phillips, proprietor,; a?x_r__u ootexiay Lake '__. _������ERSONA__. S. P. Tuck has returned to Nelson. H. Twigg has returned from the head of Arrow Lake. The O. P. R. survey party, of which he was a member, haying been dispersed on Tuesday last. Harry Mahon came down from New Denver on Sunday, and went out on his way to the coast by Wednesday's train. ,T. R. Robertson, who made so memorable a trip into Nelson early last spring, is back again. He is at present taking in Kaslo. Gr. N. Perkins hasn't been round to this office yet to claim his pocket book. Come along George, you might just as well have it as not. G. W. Richardson and R. J. Bealey have entered into partnership as Financial agents, carrying on their business in Nelson and Kaslo. The telegraph line between Nelson and the boundary was down again on Thursday. Wouldn't it pay the telegraph company to clear away the timber along the line of wire. Ten shots were fired on Wednesday morning at 2 a. m., or thereabouts, which seem to have resulted in the killing of one of the editorial dogs. Poor Robin ! Hard luck ! J. A. Kirk, of Kirk & Ritchie, has finished his work in the Slocan. On Wednesday he started for the Coast, intending to spend part of the winter there and part back East. The C. P. R., we understand, has expressed its willingness to provide a Pullman at Revelstoke, and if 28 men can be found who want to take in the World's Fair, to take them down to Chicago, feed them and lodge them in the car, for a week, and return them to the starting point for $60 each. This seems cheap enongh, and there should be no difficulty in finding the required number of men. A big crowd of Nelson men went down to Kaslo by way of Ainsworth on Thursday. Charles Good, who has been mining and prospecting all over the American continent for the past 20 years, has made a stake, and is on his way to visit his old home in Cornwall, England. N. Frederickson, a Swede, was working for some time during the past summer on a placer claim on Hall Creek. Finding that his health was giving way. he sold out, and started on a prospecting trip on the west bank of the lower Arrow Lake, where he was joined by another old prospector with whom he entered into partnership. Whilst camped on Cherry Creek trail, Frederickson went out for a day's hunting, and never showed up again. His companion searched for him for 14, days and then came into Nelson to report his loss and to return his pass book to the Bank of British Columbia, where he had a balance of some two or three hundred dollars. Very little is known of Frederickson, where he came from, who he was, whether he had any relatives or family is all a matter of guess work. There can be but little doubt that whilst hunting some accident has happened, and that another prospector has dropped out of the world, leaving no trace, and having no monument, excepting a skeleton, to be found, perhaps, years hence, which may form material for a paragraph in the newspapers. LOa&IJia CONTRACTS TO LET. Two or three small logging contracts will be let by the subscriber. Logs to be delivered dur ing the -winter. Kaslo, Dec. 1st, 1892. G. W. I-BCIIAEtttSOtf JVelsosi, 11. ���������. R. J. BJEAM-EY Kaslo, IS. ������������������ RICHARDSON & BEALEY Real Estate and Financial Agents, ON REAL ESTATE SECURITY. Until the opening- of navigation in the spring, the Hotel Phair dining-room will be closed. Guests can procure meals at the Poodle Dog Restaurant at 50 cents per meal. Rooms in the hotel can be had at the rate of $1 for transients, special rates for rooms rented by the week or month. , E. E. PHAIR, Proprietor. Nelson, B. C, December 1st, 1892. Notice is hereby given that Harold Selous, as agent for G. H. Colwell, B. Thomas, J. A.-Turner and F. M. McLeod, has filed the necessary papers and made application for a crown grant in favor of the mineral claim known as the "Hidden Treasure,', situated on Toad Mountain, West Kootenay District. Adverse claimants, if any, will forward their objections within 60 days from the date of this notice. N. FITZSTUBBS, Nelson, B. C, Dec. 3, 1892. Gold Commissioner, l _ Dealers in Dry Goods, Groceries, Provisions, Canned Goods, Hardware, Etc. Miners' Supplies a Specialty, The stock is full and complete in every Department, and the miblic will find it to their advantage to call and inspect G-oods and compare Prices. EE i Telephone 27, 7, 9, and 11 East Yernon Street, NELSON, B. 0 _������������_ i " _ uiLiiiii-L in >mi ii --0-1��������� ��������� . IU -_"" -v---������������������^���������^������T^,7^3^^V'^^'^^r";^"��������� _'_i*���������"'.'.'->5- _ * IT' !.' ���������'' -'��������������� *^"."5nr.~,i��������� u * IT"" TV-"' '*������������������. ~'-"^ i," "* ;**- ��������� "* ��������� i-*"-"���������"' ,- 1 ' .��������������� ��������� >J. 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