Vol IV. No. 23. NEW DENVER, P>. C, MARCH 4, 1897. Price $2.00 a Year. HANDSOME VANCOUVER The Talk Never Ends About* the Silvery Slocan. A SMELTER PROPOSITION. Vancouver, Feb.' 27 ���Legislation respecting the incorporation of the cities of Nelson, Rossland and Grand Forks has occupied the principal attention of Parliament during the week, and it,is expected the necessary authority will be vouchsafed in a lew days. Numerous petitions for water /rights and other necessary , privileges incidental to the. advancement of a'mining" country have heen presented from West Kootenay, one of the most important being that of Noble Five Mining Co. for 5C0 inches of water from Cody creek. The bill regulating the incorporation of joint stock companies is still, in its initial stage;. while, as yet, nothing has appeared in sight affecting the,, mineral laws, The estimates for the ensuing year will be sprung, upon the Legislature shortly, and New Den- has an interest in it, for, apart from the monies to be. donated to roads, trails, etc., in the Slocan, there will certainly be some set apart forthe new school in that town. Kootenay's two members continue to " do good work. ';''.' L. C. Hillyer, J. PTouston,' and J. ���Fred Hume* M. P. P., a delegation frpm the .ambitious city of Nelson (to be) to the Legislature," weie here on , {Saturday. They ' were.'shown tlje sights of a large burg after dark..by one of the local scribes, and '"they didn't do a ting"���oh, no! ' Vancouver's City Fathers are being inundated by propositions for tho building of smelting works, Portland parties being most anxious to secure .the privilege, though asking-a bonus of $150,000 from the citizens. Yesterday O. L, Spencer, a local limb of the law. representing a Toronto syndicate, submitted the following epistle tor consideration: My clients will undertake to complete a smelter capable of treating from 200 to 250 tons of ore per day, with a capacity to . increase to 500 tons per day, should business warrant. They will,complete a refinery in connection therewith, furnish an ample sum for working capital, and engage in the business ot smelting and refining Jn Vancouver; provided: (L.) The City council will pay them . a bonus of $70,000 in cash, tb be.paid on the completion of the building and plant, the blowing-in of the furnace, and the. smelting of the first ton of ore. (2.) The corporation of the city of Vancouver to furnish a suitable site reasonably near transportation facilities by rail and sea. Such site to be pf-sufficient extent to permit of its use without inconvenience in case trie plant should be increased to the capacity above mentioned. (3.) The city to^exempt the a smelter, refinery and plant from taxation for a period of ten years. In the event of your being prepared to entertain -this'prb- posaJ. my clients wil undertake to proceed with construction as soon as the necessity formalities havtv been completed, to build the plant entirely with Canadian labor, and, if possible, blow in the furnace by next Doinin ion Day. Labor circles are agitated over the. fact that the Gold Ohp, a promising claim in the Kamloops camp is being operated by Chinese. Victorians own the property. Geo. Williamson, nigr. of the New Denver telephone exchange, spent a few days in the city this week. Whilst here he was interviewed by Mgr. Sweeny, of the Bank of Montreal, as to the possibilities of a wagon road being built between New Denver and Three Forks. Mr. Sweeny promises a liberal contribution to the scheme. Capt. J. A, Wood, ex-manager of the Two Friends mine, has lately re turned here from a tour of inspection among -coast properties. He leaves for the Slocan to-morrow. ��� ; J. Condell, a local capitalist, is contemplating the erection of a row of cottages, in New Denver for renting. ;"���-., Dan McGillvrayhas returned from a fiying trip to the Slocan. He reports the ledge, exposed in the crosscut on the Lily B. group ot a de\ t!i of 50 feet; Ore was found on both walls, of a shipping character, with several feet of concentrates dividing. On the Iron Horse the ledge is close at band, 500 pounds of rich float having been found at bedrock. C. Doering will- have a gang of men working on the Alexander, a Ten Mile property, in the .-carlv. spring. , , ������ ������ On April 1 .the C P. R. expect to usher in ���' their new service to the Kootenay country,, which will' be of great advantage to, the travelling public. A'sleeping car will -be run daily from Vancouver to Arrowhead, where connection will be made by steamer for'all points south. Work' on the. new dispatch boat will- be hurried, so that, when completed, travellers may reach the coast from Rossland in a' day and -a half."-; An appropriation has been made, for a second telegraph wire from Arrowhead throughout the entire, district. The system is to be extended from New Denver to Silverton and Slocan City. Freight is now being billed through from here to Rossland" over the Columbia and Western Railway. Advices and enquiries from eastern points indicate great stagnation in Rossland stocks, but much activity in Slocan properties. Sales are TUNNEL, SHAFT, DUMP Latest Returns from the Mines and Prospects of the Silvery Slocan. PREPARED FOR MINING MEN. being daily made, and investors are showing growing confidence in silver. There have been some large demands for Bondholder, one part3r asking quotations on a 50,000 block. Two Friends, Dardanelles, and other stocks are selling well. Locally the market shows a ripple or two, being stimulated by eastern demands. Dardanelles has risen to 20, Reco to 1.35, Noble Five to 64, Rambler to 46, and Slocan Stnr to $2,62. Shares are being offered here in the Regina, a Springer creek property, and in the Ramsdall Mining Co., operating the Sapphire and Gem, near the Washington. Both are receiving attention, Decided movements are reported from Fairview, where nearly all the promising locations have been quietly secured by Americans. The Occidental group, held by Vancouver parties, is to be worked by an English company* and shares are stiffening rapidly and are hard to secure at any price. Altogether the tone of the local market is -much.-more healthy than for some time past.- A new line of Shoes, and readv-. made clothing at T. HOBEN'S. *' Forty tons potatoes for sale. Apply. A. J. Hughes, New Denver. When in Vancouver stop at the Manor Hon.se. f , A good strike was made in the Preseott, near Silverton last week.. Deals are on for the Little Daisy and Mountain View, two Eight Mile properties. The Two Friends declared a dividend of 2k per cent, on the capital stock last Saturday. Work.on the Silver Band has been suspended for a short time until more supplies can be packed in., T___The deal on the California-is off- as Marks' and Van Houten could hot agree to sell their interests. The trail to the Arlington was broken last week and 15,men will-go to work on that property next week. :. R. C. Campbell-Johnston has transferred his $31,100 option on the Exchange group to Sir James A. Grant, ,of Ottawa. ��� * . S. K. Green of Spokane, has bonded the Laughing Waters, Far Away and Cross Roads claims, situated between tne Washington and Best. . Ten men are working on the "Skylark and Ranger. A shaft is being sunk on one property while on the other tunnel work is being done. Supt. Cuthbert and Expert C, W. Wing of the Bl;C. Gold Fields Exploration Company are looking after the^company's interests on the lake. -Howland Stevenson of Rossland has got .control of the -No. 3, Animon,.N. JR.^uacLAlma,Nov3,,;Carpenter creek properties and will, proceed to stock* them. , ��� Messrs. Thomlinson and Bolander have had ihe Adela, a Galena Farm property, surveyed and will apply tor a Crown grant. They . will work the property this season." . Wm.. -Darlington, recently from Butte, was in New Denver this week looking up ft location for an assay office. He will establish a business at some point on Slocan lake. The Iowa, Olympia No. 2 and Margery, situated six miles from the confluence of Slocan river and Lemon creek have been sold to Wm. H. Maxwell and Andrew G. Larsen for $10,200. ��� T. Tobin and W. Callahan have bonded the Alma. St. Aubin and Forlorn Hope to James Gilhooley for $30,000. These properties are west of the Lilly B group between Springer and Tobin creeks. The Arlington, recently stocked in Spokane by Frank Watson and others is to be vigorously worked. The present shaft will be prospected afew feet further and then work will be commenced on a double compartment shaft. The shaft on the Carrie is down 112 feet, and a station for the first level has been cut out. The steam pump is working satisfactorily. The force will be increased to 35 men. J. J. Rafferty will have charge of the property for a month,during the absence of D. J. Macdonald in California. C. S. Sandison has completed his contract, on the Edmonton. Several specimens of ledge matter show native silver and one assay gave 602 ounces of silver to the ton. The iedge on the -Edmonton is large, and found. .From indications this proper ty will likely be^quite a gold producer as well as silver. It is under bond to Mr. Ferguson of Vancouver. The Conundrum group, three miles up the south fork of Ten Mile is being developed by Hughes Bros. The lead, in the granite, is three feet wide, ����nd in addition to a small and continuous streak of rich quartz, pockets of rich ore have been found in the* ledge matter. Assays from solid ore $53 in gold, 143 ounces silver. From decomposed pyrites $38 in gold and 397 ounces silver. The property is being opened up by a tunnel and open cut on the lead. THE 1AL.Y B. Evans, Coleman and Evans, of Vancouver, have acquired the principal interest in the bond oh the Lily B, Portland and Rainbow on Springer creek. The manager says that when he took charge-of the property he did not touch the surface showing hut started a crosscut tunnel at a depth of 90 feet, and after running in 92 feet the lead 12 feet in width was found. This tunnel is about 100 feet west of a large chute of ore showing on the surface. Drifting to the east is now being done on the lead to tap this chute of pre, and another cross cut will be commenced this week below the present one. In* the face of the drift tnere is six inches of clean and the balance concentrating ore. The ore is dry, and averages $100 to the ton. Tiie Lily B group is a mile west of the Two Friends, and about; 2,000 ieet from the Arlington shaft Mining men are of the opinion that if the Lily B does not make a mine nothing will in that district. Gold, in Nakusp. James McNeil is excavating the ~bank;riext toisis hotel in Nakusp for, the purpose of enlarging, his premises. One day last week he took- a notion to pan some of the sand* that was being thrown out by the excavators. To his surprise he found two gold nuggets, and immediately a quiver of excitement ran through the town. During the night several placer claims were staked out, the first one bearing the name of McNeil, Burton and Maxwell, and it looks as through Nakusp real estate would again be valuable. the hanging wall has not vet been UESOLUTIONR. Resolved: That we, citizens ot Spokane, in mass meeting assembled, do earnestly protest against the so- called Corliss amendment bill as being highly detrimental and destructive to the mining and all other industries in the northwest and tending to destroy the present existing friendly relations, commercial and otherwise, between the Dominion of Canada and our own country, and we respectfully demand that our congressional delegation use their best efforts in procuring the president's veto to this highly obnoxious measure. .' ' ..���'���; ^ ' /'' Resolved. That we. citizens of Spokane in mass meeting assembled, do earnestly urere that the legislature ^f the state of Washington submit to the voters of this state the amendment of the constitution that shall modify the provision preventing aliens from holding real estate by purchase, so that our neighbors in the Dominion of Canada niav. have the privilege of enjoying the right to purchase and own a home in the state of Washington. H. N. Belt, A. A. Newbury, N. S. Linsley, S. A. Wells, Geo. T. Crane, Committee ; A. P. Curry, Chairman; Sidney Norman, Secretarv. THE LEDGE. Fourth Year. THE XEW CARIBOO. Changes that Have Come. Over the Country Since the Early Sixties. , From 1858 to 18G3 British Columbia was the centre of the world's attention, as a gold Held. In the first named year the Fraser Biver excitement broke out, and the restless adventurers that had drifted to the Pacific states and territories rushed recklessly to the new El Dorado, which had then ��� been developed on the bars and benches of the lower Fraser, between Forts Hope and Yale Pushing- their way up the narrow defile known as Big Canyon, by which means the great river gains a passage through the lofty Cascades to the sea, the more venturous of this army of sold seekers entered the interior of the province in open defiance of the opposition of the native tribes which flocked to the river to challenge their right to pass. Boston bar, Lytton. Lillooet,' the lower Thnmpsom river, Big creek, Soda creek and the mouth of the Quesnelle-vrere in turn reached and explored. At this mouth of the Quesnelle the golden trail which had been followed up the Fraser left the main stream, and the greater port of the vanguard of gold hunters turned their faces towards the mountains, which the increasing 'coarseness of the gold found indicated to.the quickwitted miners as the source of supply of the precious metali of which thy were in search.* The main body of the pioneer gold seekers of ��� the die- tnct that subsequently became famous under the name of Caribpo thus left the main Valley' of the braser at Quesnelle mouth and entered the spur oi the Rockies known as the- Blue Mountainsbv way ot the Quesnelle river. "Another lot of pros pectors who had pushed higher up the Fraser valley, finding the river bars impoverishing in gold, It ft it at the. mouth of- the Cottonwood and entered the Blue range through the tributaries oi that stream���Willow creek and Lightning creek.. ��� As the common saying prevailed in the. Roma-i era t.iat all roads lead ,to Koine, so the various valleys which the pioneers of Cariboo adopted to i nter the Blue Mountains all led to. one* common point, or rather peak- growth and tho dense mo.��s nuderlying it and covering the entire lace of the country, excepting in such places as the miner has removed the the placer deposits in his search for gold. Such veins are supposed to be ribboning the famous peak and to have yielded, through the elemental, erosion of ages, the metal which enriched the gravel deposits. The new era of mining development in Cariboo is manifesting itself on all sides around the base of Old Baldy. It was started five years ago under the direction of Sir William Van-Horne,president of the Canadian Pacific railway, with the view oi developing mining properties.that would.serve as valuable feeders to the.railroad,.besides paying a fair dividend on whatever .capital .iriight be invested, opening up new territory for capital and industry and thereby lurnisbing freight and passenger traffic for the road. The services of J. B. Hobson,1 a mining engineer oi long experience in this state,- having been associated with deep gravel mining in the'vicinity of Gold Run and Dutch Flat, were enlisted..and as a result extensive purchases and locations have been made, more particularly on ihe forks of the Quesnelle river and its tributari s , The later development made in Cariboo indicates strongly the presence there of the same kind of auriferous dead rivers as maik the flanks ot the Sierra in this state and extend into southern Ore- gen, and to .which have been applied the, name of Blue lead. The properties which Hobsoh secured on the Horse Fly and the south fork of- Quesnelle. so far as the operations already conducted show. Under Hobson's management something like-jtiiK),- 000 has been spent in tne development and equipment of the Horse Fly hydraulic mine and the Cariboo hydraulic mine, the former being situated, on Horse'Fly creek;-four miles north ot the discovery of James M x>re and his associates in 185;), and the latter four miles east oi the town of Quesnelle Forks. The operations in both claims nave been on a gigantic scale, establishing, beyond doubt the theory that possessed everyone* ot the early prospectors in Cariboo that only with the use of unlimited capital was it possible to ��� to develop the wealth of the district. Two��thousand miners' inches of water was brought from Mussel-creek to the Horst. Fly hydraulic mine throug 12 miles of ditch six ieet wide at the bottom, ll feet at the" top and 2�� ieet deep, and 2i miles of 30-inch steel pipe; The pipe line is.laid.on the plan of.au inverted syphon and carries this large body of water over three deep depressions., ��� * ,��� + ��� ���* ,. ^. l "a cone-like; bald-topped ai?d!Sl?p-S*^����� Bi?e veiry heart#���the' ����ifi.e I ��� 'The giant.has been introduced into these latter ShJfwffiFJSVS81'Vnd s/*^ei\ "Hwan* ieet day hydraulic operations in the Cariboo district, 'Sow^fciSf^Q irX61'* T���111 ihl,3 baid m���ntain, and volumes of water quite as large as.any.usecf ��� be?te^ ��!?*. ^old- in California in the best days of hydraulic jiiuln, bearing stream m Cariboo ,takes. its. rise, and a dozen or more of them whose names have, been familiarly associated with .the province for thirtv- n ve years radiate as from the hub of a wheel. ioTi14ri?h*?isc^X���^e.8-of *?oId made in 18(31 and MW, m Antler, Keithley; William and Lightning creeks electrified the.world,' and tho greatrush ot 186;} and l86.i.iollowed, in whichtens of.thousands ���how many nobody knows-of adventurous spirits participated.. The gold,. found was corse, and m William creek and some.of the* tributaries it was easy of access and deposited in enormous quantities. The source of the yellow stream of precious metal which extended nearly. 500 miles to the lower reaches of the Fraser River had thus been found and fabulous fortunes were- made in he brief period of a few weeks b>-some, of the more fortunate claim holders. ��&?* *Ve golden days of Cariboo were shortlived: YV ith the exception of a few. shallow places on ���?. gravel miner oi caiiuooui the sixties iound in most cases to* be .^n^^f1^^1'^0,0^- In the early sixties it ��mJ.M��2 a.l*>����d for transportation of miners' K,i^> Pulsions and. machinery from the sea- hoaid to the mining camps easiest of access. Cap- i-al was scarce anu the natural - ~l country were inadequate. <<.,HS..'LgM?, niinin�� country for the poor man, v S'v ^lore�� S00J1 l,e��an fc<> decline. In 1863 ���while William creek was still in it* prime as a ?n!liKil!?er~the^"s, began. Tens oi thous- ), rJ ?>saH��01I"ed and disgruntled miners left it. By the close of the sixties the entire minino- W.,SL0f Cai^^' la{1���� off to SSfe ?ifhnt 1S*he,a,mual ^lcId -was only" a tithe of what it had been in previous years. been regarded as a consequently mi, . ���. r ��� 7~ ~. i>eteredTOUt" mining, camu cl dm *ir!!m 3 ^bewi digging.away*in��the ofd u.iirns lrom which immense dust were taken in early days. past three or four that is Since the new developments made i enay district-Cariboo has shared in c witn uuuorma, the attention of capital' ���WSidv"1^ dyvei^ment ��� i^gndTround Old Baldy," the scene >ot the gold, supply of the Fraser valley has been gradually flowing^01 mMiVH^hwi1' is ,beins" diverted to the development of the deep placers m the district and the washing out of the gold which has been released ���m times past;trom its native matrix in the rocks and is lodged in the beds of the living and dead 1 erhaps some day capital will branch gineer- ) ^_^ J3a,l(Iy" search ot tiie veins'of precious metal * coiicc-u.-d irom tin* iinner.*' g.-ize l.v rivers- out and attempt one of the most idgan tic engi ing teats ot the ages���the piercing of "Old Ba ���ill Search Ot flit' VP.il IS nl" nt\*i.ir\i-ia inuf,.l days of Hydraulic mining here are being handled ��� during theopen season, There is no anti-debris law in that province to interfere with mining operations nor are there any farming lands in danger of being -flooded by* ihe overflows ol the rivers. The Fraser river all. its tributaries flow in deep beds between high banks of hinder or interrupt it except the long and severe winters, "during which the.snowfall .is measured by.feet and the thermomoter drops below freezing point of mercury, and at times touches a record quite as lowas any Arctic explorer has experienced m the far North. Almost all of the pay dirt in the placer deposits of Cariboo resembles the material, eon tamed m the Blue leads ot California. - It is a sticky, compact conglomeration of highly washed gravel;sand and clay, with which every placer miner-is familiar, land from which, when found, he always ho'pes.that rich reward for which he is in search. In the .Horse. Fly hydraulic mine the dirt hitherto worked has been a.r^e washing gravel, but during last season it-changed-to a hard-, compacted, cemented gravel, .that must be crushed.before washing to win lrom it all the gold it contains. Since this change presented itself-in the* face oi the pit only a small portion of the gold contained in the gravel piped off has been.recovered,'ehunks of the cemented, grayehbeing found at the .foot ol the sluices. A ten-stamp mill with a capacity to crush from 100 to 120 tons per 24 hours will-, be "installed on the premises. Mr. Hobson estimates it will cost from M.50 to .1,1.75 per ton to mine and mill the cement, which-working tests show to contain irom ��i.82 to *5.56 per cubic yard, of gold. The mil will be operated during the summer with waterpower and during the With steam, as drifting can be carried on winter and summer alike. The vastness of the deep gravel deposits of the Cariboo district is shown in the pit of the Cariboo hydraulic mine. The company controls about three miles of the ancient river channel, which is a thousand feet wide, between .the rims, and the bank of auriferous gravel rises from 35o to 400 Ieet above the head of the sluices, while it is estimated that from 80 to 100 feet more- of pay dirt lies between the present workings aud bedrock. The latter cannot be touched until the upper stratum has been worked oft';. This is the mine that yielded during the last seaonn ^128,000 worth of gold at a total coscof.;85,000. An early setting in of winter is said to have deprived them of the means of taking out from $50,000 to .'?GO,000 additional. There were four giants m operation last summer. Two more giants will be put in operation this year. , How puny the efforts of thehy draulic miners of Cariboo of the sixties were, when they workad with canvas hose and one-inch nozzle pipes compared with the operations now 'going on in the district, is shown by the fact that the canal and reservoir capacity of this mining company amounts to. 10,000 miners' inches of water deliver- years, however��� e4 from the .-big nozzles of the largest giants manufactured, and there is nothing, superior to its system of pipes, canals and reservoirs on the Coast. \ Everything has drifted into large companies in the way of mining, in that district now. The Miocene Gravel Mining Company, of which R.H. Campbell is manager, and whose claims cover four miles of the Horse Fiyto the mouth of Beav er lake creek, has a paid up capital of *500,000,and Campbell has just left San Francisco to begin operations for opeuing up the property systematically. The Harper claim on the same creek is owned by a ban Francisco syndicate, and is to be worked by a hydraulic elevator. A bout ��o0,000 lias already been spent there in the c >nsiruction ot* a ditch and pi j io lin*\ Seven miles southeast of the town of Quesnelle Forks is carried on one of the most gigantic placer mining operations ever attempted on the coast. It is at a point where the great Quesnelle lake empties its overflow waters into tiie south fork oi the Quesnelle. There, the Golden River Quesnelle Company (limited) of London,' w em- ploying now about 400 white men and 100 Chinese in excavating ior an immense waste weir that is intended t) divert the waters irom their natural outlet. -When this waste weir, and the necessary gates are completed, the construction of the dam to hold back the waters of the great Quesnelle lake which is one hundred miles long and from one to five miles wide, will be commenced. The overflow which it is intended to divert, cover a space 300 feet wide and * are now at the lowe3t stage of the river���flowing eight to ten feet deep. As the water in the lake rises six to eight feet each season, it can easily be seen-what a'gigantic piece of Avork the company has undetaken. , It is estimated that the dam will cost !J2J8,000, and probably .���.350,000 or more will be expended before the company completes the work and gets' ready to clean up gold irom the bottom ol the South Fork river, eight miles of which it controls. It is expected that all of this will be worked out before the lake overflows the dam erected to*hold it back. ' t But, the attack on the auriferous, deposits of Horsefly and Quesnelle Forks represents1 only one side of the base of "Old Baldy," the*supposed source of Cariboo's golden wealth. On all the creeks-taking their rise in it���Keithley, Snowshoe, illow, "William, Grous-i,- _ and other water courses I equally familiar to old timers���new efforts* on a, correspondingly large scale to-those named are being instituted. The Cariboo Goldfields and Exploration Company organized in London, with a capital of ��i,0Jj.000, have purchased nearly all the old claims on the famous . William creett at Barkervillc, in the Cariboo district,.andhave expended' several hundred-thousand dollars*in bringing up a b^drocK drain' tunnel to relieve the deep gravel claims of -the.1 water that caused the. former owners to quit work. The old channel on Antler creek, for which unremittini' search has b sen made for-over thirty fiVe years is eh imed to have b-ien discovered at- .a-.-remote point from the present stream, and extensive operations,' for working the d�� a I rivei c lannel are being made. A Canadian, company with a capital of .;2,oOi),uo.j has taken up twenty miles or more of Lightning cyeek ir Jin lis juncdon with Cottonwood, intend , ing to hydraulic it. . - Seattle and New York company .has been or ganized by- Colonel Fish back, in which the Goulds are s lid to be represented1, with a capital of v5;.i001- uuo, to work twenty miles of the bed of the Quesnelle river. A French syndicate and* a Montreal syndicate, the lat er w th a capital of \SJ,5 K'.oO*). $500,. 00 of which is to go at puce into reservoir aud ditch -construction, are also operating. :'at .Qu "snelle river. These are only a few of the big companies with large capital .winch have recently entered this old-time ��� and- supposed "'petered out?', .mining district., Even the beds ot the Fraser and the Quesnelle, which cannot be reached by pick, shovel oivhydraulic monitor, are being attacked by dredgers in hopes of .winning the golden contents of their sands. The Cariboo miner oi thirty years ago looits on and marvels.- . . * i The Nakusp Sawmill Having placed some new machinery in our Mill, we are prepared to fur. nish all kinds of rough and dressed Lumber and Shingles at Reduced Prices PRICE LIST: Rough Lumber, narrow,'. " Avide; Joist and Scantling, sized up to . 18 feet long, 8'to 24' 24 'to 30 ' ' . Flooring, T&G, 6 " Vjcint Ceiling, A* 5'Rustic, Shiplap, ��� Surfaced Dressed i . $11 ��10 oO 00 to 12 .. * 11 .. . 12 .. 13 .. 20 .. 22 .. 22 .. 19 .. 14'..' 13 .. A liberal - discount on large orders for Cash, PETER GENEtLE & Co t. d. woodcock; SLOGAN CITY. Dealer in��� Hardware,- Tinware, Building Paper, Stoves, Dj'namite, Nails, . Glass, - Putty,. Wood Fibre Pails and Tubs: Mew ^ Denver" Best Fiirnislied-'Rooiiisif^liithe Dining;- in the Slocan Capital, ifro' ��� O'Room-every ^���.. attention is paid to guests, ^a, and on the tables are placed' the best viands obtainable. JAS. DELANEY; - - MANAGER resources of the al th THIS' TOWNSITE,. k situated a mile nd a half from the well-known G ALENA FARM MINES, and having* an unchallenged monopoly of the trade of CAl is now on the Market; For lots apply to in Koot- common capitalists, and NEW DENVER, B. 6. the now Icn-st Turner, Beeton & Co. Wholesale Merchants, Shippers and Importers. VICTORIA, B.C. LONDON, ENG. Kootenay Branch���NELSON, B. C. A larsre stock of all sized bao;s always on hand in Nelson Fourth Year. THE LEDGE. 3 Ocle to Ethiopia. 0 Mother Race ! to thee I bring This pledge of faifh unwaverin , This tribute to thv glory. 1 know the pangs which thou didst feel, When slavery crushed thee with its heel. With thy dear blood all gory. Sad days were those���ah, sad indeed! But through the land the frutiul seed , " Of better times were growing. The plant of freedom upward sprung And spread its leaves so fresh aud young- Its blossoms are now blowing. -On every hana in this fair land, Proud Ethiope's swarthy children stand Beside their fairer neighbor; The forests flee before their stroke, Their hammers ring, their forges smoke, They stir.in honest labor. They tread the fields where honor calls, Their voices sound through senate halls In majesty and power. To right they cling, the hyms they sing Up to the skies in beauty ring And bolder grow each hour. Be proud my race in mind and soul; Thy name is writ on Glory's scroll In characters of fire. High 'mid the clouds of Fame's bright sky Thy banner's blazoned folds now fly, And truth "shall lift them higher. Thou hast the right to noble pride. Whose spotless robes were purified By blood's severe baptism,' Upon thy brow the cross was laid, < And labor's painiul sweat-beads niade, A consecrating chrism. No other race, of while or black v When bound as thou wert to the rack, So seldom stopped to grieving; No other race', when free again Forgot'the nast and proved them men Ho noble'and forgiving. Go lip and up! Our souls and eyes Shall follow thy continuous rise; Our ears shall list thy story From bards who lrom thy root shall spring, And proudlv tune their lyres to sing Of Ethiopia's glory. TAD LINCOLN'S KIDfe. An Engineer's Story of tbe Way lie Carried the President's- Son Across the Country in His Locomotive Cab. By John Henry Martin. , 1 had enlisted in 1861 at Rochester, N. ��., and was firing on a New York Central engine when I quit to be a soldier for Uncle Sam. My enlistmer-j* papers showing what my occupation had been, i was soon detailed to run an engine on a little road reaching from Washington down into Virginia, that was being operated by the government as far down as the boys in blue commanded the situation. "At this time I made a round .trip each day, leaving Washington at 10 a. m. and arriving in Washington on my return at 4 p. m. "One morning while I sat m the cab of my engine reading a newspaper to pass the hour or more that would bring us to our starting time, I became concious, without paying any particular attention to them, that a gentleman and.youth were examining my engine, walking slowly around it. At.length my attention was attracted by a question the* Iboy put to the man: "Papa can't we get up on it ? Ask the gentleman, please."' Before he could comply with the boy's request I laid aside my paper and invited the two to step up. When they did so I noticed that the gentle- 'man was quite tall. He had to remove his high silk hat and then stand in a slightly stooping position while in the cab. I noticed from.his answers to the questions with which the boy plied him and his explanations of different parts pf the machine that he knew something of the principle upon which locomotives are built. "Oh, papa; I do wish I could take a ride on it." "Not now my son. Maybe some day we may have a chance, then I shall be glad to let you ride on one of these great machines in which you take such an interest." I said: "If you aud your son will take a seat over there on the fireman's box I will be glad to give the young man a little ride. I want to 'pump her up' anyway." He thanked me as he and the boy seated themselves. ' I set the lever, opened the throttle slightly, and we moved slowly down the yard and out the Washington end of the "Long 'Bridge" across the Potomac. The gentleman explained to the boy all of my acts in controlling the machine in a manner that showed he knew the locomotive very well. "Oh, papa, I do wish I could take a long ride on this engine, out in the country, where it goes'fast. It must be grand to be cairied away by such a big sstrong horse. As the engine slowly backed once more into the sheds the gentleman thanked me ,and as I caught the wistful look in the boy's face I was prompted to say: "My run is only three hours out and three back, sir. I leave here"'at 10 a. m. and return at 4.30 p. m. If you are willing to trust the boy to me, I will take him for the trip here in irontofmeon "my seat. The road is safe. We do not go into the enemy's country. I think I can safely promise to deliver the young man to you atthib spot at 4:30 this afternoon. "'Papa,: papa, do let me go it Avill be so nice, and I know this gentleman will see that no harm comes to me. "Do let me go, papa, and don't tell mamma until I get back. I want to surprise her. by telling her all about..the trip." The gentleman could not withstand his son's pleading. He let him go. Words fail to tell of the delight of that boy, f,s jy<: sped over the hills .u'.fl valleys oi .Virginia... From the questions he asked me I soon discovered he was a western boy from the prairie huid. As the engine puffed and groaned up a long grade on the return trip, suddenly the boy, who sat between my knees, looked up into my face, and said: "I have the very best papa that ever lived. Do you know my papa V" , ' "No, my boy,; I do not"; but there was something so familiar to me in his appearance that ever since vou came into this cab I have been ���trying to think where I have seen your father before. W nat is his name, anyway ?" "Why, he is Abraham Lincoln," replied my fellow traveler. For a moment I reeled on my seat in surprise, but soon it flashed on me that the tall man who had placed the child in my charge, could be none other than "Old Abe," whom I had only seen as pictured in the newspa]>ers. You may be sure I made a doubly careful run into Washington when I found thatTad Lincoln, son of the president, was the little guest I had in mycah. '*. Another man, I suppose a White House servant, met the train oh its arrival and took the boy away. The next and last time I saw Abraham Lincoln after he entrusted me with his boy ��� for a six hour's ride in Virginia, was. when he lay in state in Washington, before the sad funeral cortege started to the prairies of Illinois to lay the martyred president to rest at Springfield. Tbe Little Arm Chair. Nobody sits in the little arm chair; ' It stands in a corner dim ; But a white-haired mother, gazing there, And yearningly thinking of him, Sees through the dust of long ago. The bloom of the boy's sweet face, , As he rocks so meriiiy to and fro, With a laugh that cheers the place. Sometimes he holds a book in his hand, Sometimes a pencil and slate ; ��� "��� �� ' And the lesson is hard to understand, The figures to calculate : But she sees the nod of h r father's head, , - So proud oi his little son, And she hears the word so oiten said, "No fear of our little one." Thev were wonderful days, the dear, sweet days'; ��� 'When a child Avith sunny hair k Was here to scold, to kiss and to praise, At her knee in the little chair. ir She lost him back in the busy years, ' When the great world caught the man, . And he strode away past hopes and fears , To his place in the battle's van. t , - ., But now and then in a wistful dream, . Like a picture out of date, i( , She sees ahead with a golden gleam , _ ' '- Bent over a pencil and slate ; And she lives again the happy day,' ' The day of her young life's spring, When the small arm chair stood just in the way, The centre of everything. ���New York Times. * J��"Vs7"e��ler KASLO CITY. B.C The only Practical Watchmaker in the Kootenay District. Orders by mail receive prompt attention. ALL WORK GUARANTEED F. LoCASTO, Also dealer in Imported and Domestic Cigars, Tobaccoes, Cigarettes, Confectionery, etc. Newmarket BW>k, New Denver -:THE cGuigan House. McGUIGAN, B.C. Best house in ��he City. Good accomodation for the oscillating public. BONGARB ..*&PEICKART. feed j.sauiR: Nelson, B. C. Full Line of Suitings and Trouserings always on hand. I The Windsor Restaurant IN NEW DENVER, Is one of the Bust nnd Aged Cafes iii the Silvery Slocan. It was in operation when Was turned against the country, and, now that the gloom of the Argonaut days has disappeared, it looms up brighter than ever as. .. . . A place where any .... appetite can be satiated. . . o COME EARLY AND AVOID THE RUSH. Jacobson & Co .We are " still on the old stand " selling Prospectors' & Miners' Supplies, Groceries, Hardware, Clothing-, Boots & Shoes. New Denver, B C D.tameron Formerly of Winnipeg. Furnish Clothing* ���: in .the:��� - Latest Style ���: of the :��� Tailor's flirt." !52E^TH�� C. S, RASHDALL, A Notary Public. A. E. FAUQUIER. 1INES& REAL ESTATE, NEW DENVER, B.C. MINING INTERESTS BOUGHT, SOLD AND BONDED. CORRESPONDENCE -^-INVITED��� . ��� Complete lists of claims for sale. Abstracts of claims, conveyancing. THE LEDGE, Fourth Year. Published every Thursday. R. T. LOWERY, EDITOR AN�� FINANCIER. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: OXE YEAR '. $2.00 Transient Advertising, 25 cents per line first in sertion, <10 cents per line subsequent insertions nonpareil measurement. TO CONTRIBUTORS. Correspondence from every part of the Kootenay District and communications upon live topics always acceptable. Write on both sides of the paper if you wish. Always send something good no matter how crude. Get your copy in while it is hot, and we will do the rest TSUKSDAY, MARCH 4, 1897. DECEPTIVE ADVERTISING. ��� Upon more \han one occasion we have made mention of the fact that some mining* companies with claims in*an adjoining division were advertising' them as being" in the Slocan. Two weeks ago we stated that the Ibex company was boldly advertising their properties as being in the Slocan Mining Division. In reply to this we received a letter from the treasurer of that company as follows : Kaslo, B. C, Fcb'y 24th. 1897. Editor Ledge : New Denver, B. C. Sir: In your issue Feb'y 18, in an article headed "Deceptive Advertising" you make errors, and this was one of them. He might just as well have said that the Silver King on Toad Mountain, was in the Slocan. The. Nelson Mining Division, as well as the Ainsworth and many others touch the Slocan on different sides. The London Hill, Iron Hand, Gibson, Black Fox and many other properties may be called Slocan properties by the general public, but they have no more right to the name than those of Trail creek. As Mr, Steele thinks that we have been harsh upon his company; we would like to ask him a few questions, ic being understood that we do riot say a word against the property he is interested in or the "well-known integrity of character of its officers and directors." If the Ibex .stock has not been sold on the reputation of tbe Slocan, why do thev advertise it as being in the it is a most unfair attack on the Ibex Mining and De velopment Co., of Slocan, its President, 'and by ��� inference, everyone connected with its management, attributing to them base and dishonest motives in their use of the name Slocan. Now, Sir, if we are mistaken in claiming the Ibex as a Slocan mine, we have fairly good authority for it, for we find that Mr. W. A. Car- lvle in his report on the Slocan, pages 47 49, classes some of the Ainsworth mines in the Slocan division. Further, we iind that the Ledge itself frequently alludes to certain well-known mines, ' situated in the Ainsworth division, as Slocan properties. Are we to attribute this to some base and d'shonorable motive on the part of Mr. Cur- lyle and yourself ? Or is it, as in the case of the Ibex, a mistake, or a matter of easily fixing the location of the properties Let me ask you sir, if the following mines, the Wellington, Whitewater, Jackson, Iron Hand, London Hill, Black Fox, Consolation, Gibson, and Northern Belle are not usually classed as ��� Slocan proporties, by the general public, by My. Carlyle, and by the Ledge? Are they not really situated this side of the div de in the Ainsworth Division and recorded at the Alining Recorders office at Kaslo, B. C. Will you kindly point out for the good of the public/Mr." Carlyle, and the Ibex M. & D. Co.. of Slocan, the difference between the Slocan Division and that portion of the Ainsworth Division lying parallel to it? Do they not produce the same class of ore? Is it not true that this portion of the silver belt is shown on maps as the Slocan camp ? Is it not spoken of generally as the Slocan sometimes as the Kaslo Slocan but never as Ainsworth. Is not the only difference between the Slocan Division and this part of the Ainsworth Division au imaginary line following the height of land, and are they not one and the same for all practical purposes, I do not knoAv why you should single out the Ibex M. & D. Co., of Slocan, and its President for such abuse. It is quite true that the Company was capitalised for a comparatively small amount, and its shares offered and sold at par. This iact should merit your praise rather than your censure if vou really have the good of the Slocan at lu'iirl.." The Ibex of Slocan is not a group of prospects as vou scate but a mine in course oi development- very vigorous development to as you would lihd were you to visit, the property. It lias shipped ore and has ore ready for shipment and this summer we expect to find it listed among the big shippers of the Slocan, or Kaslo-Slocan or Ainsworth as you may wish.. The stock of the Ibex has not been sold on the reputation oi the Slocan, but on the engineer's reports of the present, and probable value of the '.property, and the well-known integrity of ch'arac- t r of its officers and directors and| those who have the management of its affairs.. ",' Honestv is the best Policy" you state. If you believe so Vou will give this letter the same publicity you'did your article on ''Deceptive Advertising," Faithfullv vours ."���".'��� ;F. STEELE, Treasurer Ibex ot Slocan. In reply to the above letter we would say to Mr. Steele, who probably knows more about photographs than galena, that this paper has Slocan Mining Division, when not? Who is the engineer upon whose reports the stock has been sold? Has the engineer any interest in the property, and, if so, how much ? , Why do* they say "Mines at Whitewater" in large type in their prospectus, and in smaller type 4& miles from Whitewater? Is it not for. the purpose of getting benefit from the fame of the Whitewater mine? How much of their own. money have the officers and directors piut in these properties ? How many of the officers and directors know anything about mining? Does Mr. Steele know the meaning of the word mine ? Has the .Ibex group been paid for, and a title secured ? Do the snowslides interfere with the working of the Ibex, and how much timber is there on the property. ? The Ibex is capitalised for $300,- 000 and the shares are selling at par. We would like to ask Mr. Steele' how much his company 'paid for the properties in the first place ? We would like him to tell us if he does not consider it a wonderful exhibition of nerve to^ place a value of $300,000 on the properties of his company, at the . present stage of their existence ? Why do thev call it the great Ibex of Slocan in their Toronto ads.? Has it any right to being called a great mine? It it is a developed and shipping mine, why does the company spend hundreds of dollars in advertising their stock for sale? If it is such a good thing why not keep it to themselves? We trust that some good will come out of this discussion, and we intend to keep on the same line until the stock-buy ing people of Canada become sufficiently educated in mining schemes to take care of themselves. At prese.it thev are like a lot of suck- power of gold is indeed great when God's brokers will quit fishing for souls ' to bait their hooks for the stock sucker. The fact just mentioned proves how mercenary and insincere some of the western sky pilots are. Stock companies continue to spring into life as fast as buzzards fly to a dead buffalo: Some of them are good but many of them are made up of weak men without money or brains. In many of the tinhorn companies we notice the names of men who, have tailed at everything else. How this class of jackals expeet to pack million dollar companies into the land of dividends is beyond the comprehension of ordinary mortals. Canada is*��� aflame with agitation over the unkind treatment of her citizens, by the Government of the United States. The agitation must not cease until equal rights upon every question prevail between the two countries If the Canadians do not procure this they-will allow themselves to,go on record a& a nation of fools arid cowards. ... bility,free miner's certificate No 07899. intend, sixtv days from date hereof, to apply to the Min ing .Recorder for a certificate of improvements for the purpose of obtaining a Crown Grant of the above claim. And further, take notice that action under section 37 must be commenced before the issuance of such certificate of improvements. Dated this 14th day of January, 1897. MINNEAT OLIS 31INEHAL CLAIM. Situate in the Slocan Mining Division of the District of West Kootenay. Located on Payne Mountain adjoining the R. E. Leeand- Wanacott. ''PAKE NOTICE that I, John Carne Blanfly, of 1 Kaslo. B. C, acting as agent for P.. M. Hayes and S. Wecse, Free Miner's certificates Nos. 65801 aud 66297, intend, sixty days from the date hereof, to apply to the Mining' Recorder for a certificate of improvements for the purpose of obtaining a Crown' Grant of the above claim. And further, take notice thai, action under section 37 must be commenced before the issuance of such certificate of imorovements. , Dated this 14th dav of January, 1897. JOHN CARNE BLANDY, Agent. BONDHOLDER MfNEKAL CLAIM. The Slocan does not need a boom. It is a solid district, and requires no inflation. Yet the boomster is crowding in from many directions and making efforts to secure wildcats for the purpose of bleeding the public. We do not want these kind of fellows in* the Slocan as their trail is always covered With the blighted hopes of a gullible people.' People without means will do well to keep away from the Slocan until the grass grows green... At present millionaires find it .difficult to procure beds, which leaves the man from the east and his nickel very little opportunity to practice the art of sleeping in any of the lively camps of the great Slocan. Situate in the Slocan Mining Division of West ' icootenay District. Located on the divide between Springer a^d Ten Mile creeks, and* 8 miles from Slocan Lake. Take notice'that I, "Alfred DriscoII, as agent for the Bondholder Mining Co.. limited liability, free miner's certificate No 67899. intend. sixty clays from date hereof, to apply to the Mining Recorder for a certificate .of improvements for the purpose of obtaining a Crown Grant of the .above claim. - And further, take notice that action under section 37 must be commenced before theis3uance of such certificate of imurovements. Dated this 14th day of Januarv, 1897. THE DEFENDER, COMET AND DAYBREAK MINERAL ' '. t . CLAIMS. Situate in the Slocan Mining Division of West Kootenay District. L'.eated between Sunshine arid-Twin'Lake Basins. ' IiAKE notice that I, Robert E. Palmer, P.L.S., acting as. agent for James Gillhooly, tree miner's certificate No 65858; A. J. Miirptiv, free miner's certificate No 6r;035, and Albert Behne, free miner's certificate No 68012, intend to.apply, sixtv days from, date hereof, to the Mining Recorder for a certificate of improvements for .the purpose of obtaining a Crown Grant of the above claims. And further, take notice that action under section 37 must be commenced before the issuance of such certificate of improvements.- 1 Dated this 14rh dav o< Januarv, 1897." " R. E. PALMER, P.L.S RIENZI MINERAL CLAIM. The Iron Caps of Rossland, or how the Wildcat Escaped, would be a fine title for a novel "to place before the wise people of the east. CERTIFICATE OF IMPROVEMENTS TWO FRIENDS MINERAL CLAIMS. Situated in the Slocan Mining Division of-West Kootenay District. Located in Reed and Tenderfoot Basin. TAKE NOTICE that I. C. W. Callahan, free ' - miner's certificate No. G5370. intend sixty days from the date hereof, to apply to the Mining Re corder for a certificate of improvements, for the purpose of obtaining a crown grant of the above claim. And further take notice that action, under section 37, must be commenced before the issuance of such certificate of improvements. Dated this 21st day of January, 1897. ja21-ma21 PURCELL MINERAL CLAIM. Slocan Mining Division of West Kootenay District. Located East of Arlington Basin. TAKE NOTICE that I, Herbert T. Twigg as agent for Richard Marpole, free miners certificate No. 63804, intend sixty days from the date hereof, to apply to the Alining. Recorder for a certificate of improvements to be issued iu his nand the names of Peter M. Schonberg, free miner's certificate No. (51559, Andrew Provost, Jree miner's certificate No. 05824, George T. Gormley, free miners certificate No, 74530, and Cornelius Murphy, free miner's certificate, No 74220, for the purpose of obtaining a Crown grant of the above c'aim. ' ���:'������'- - ���' '��� And further take notice that action under Section c7 must be commenced before the issuance of such Sertifieates of improvements.' Dated this 4th day of February, 1897. fb4-ap VANCOUVER NO. 2 MINERAL CLAIM. Situate in the "Slocan Mining Division of Weft Kootenay District. Located on the north sloi.e of the south fork of Carpenter creek. TAKE NOTICE that I, J, H. Gray, acting as agent for the "Purcell" .Mining Corporation, Limited, (Foreign),free miner's certificate No.88993t intend sixty days from the date hereof, to apply to the Mining Recordei for a certificate of improvements for the purpose of obtaining a Crown grant of the above claim. And further take notice that action, under section 37, must be commenced before the issuance of such certificate of improvements, Dated this 28th day of December, 1896. 12-28 RABBIT PAW MINERAL CLAIM. TAKE I age never spoken of an Ainsworth proper- Urs jumping over each other to catch ty as being in the Slocan Mining tbe bnit with fche -most ei]b on it Division. Mr. Carlyle, in his report on the Slocan describes several Ainsworth properties. His report was a good- one, but it contained several Slocan Mining Division of West Kootenay District. Located 3\ miles east of Silverton. V.KE NOTICE that I, Herbert T. Twigg as gent for Edward Mahon, lree miner's certificate*No. 54931, and Henry L. Mahon, free miners certificate No. 54310, intend, sixty days from the date hereof,'to. apply to the Mining Recorder for certificates of improvements, for the purpose of obtaining a Crown .'grant of the above claims. And further take notice that action, under Section 37, must be commenced before the issuance of'such certificates of improvements.. Dated this 21st day of January, 1897. ja24-ma24 PINELOG MINERAL CLAIM. Situate in the Slocan Mining Division of West Kootenay District. Located one mile south of Sandon, and south of the Silver Smith. 'TAKE"NOTICE that the Star Mining & Milling 1 Company; Ltd. Lia., free miner's certificate No. 74509, intend, sixty days from the date hereof, to apply to the Mining Recorder for a certificate of improvements, for the purpose of obtaining a Crown grant of the above claim. ��� And further take notice that action, under section 37, must be commenced before the issuance of such certificate of improvements. Dated this 18th day of February, 1897. fcblSaplS THE MOCKING BIRD MINERAL CLAIM. the bait with the most gilt on it. . ===========" , situate in the Slocan Mining Division of West Fonr nar^nns hflvp rpppnflv rlA> 2 In " '��� ' 0 51 .i Whitewater i. a oo " '��� io 03 .. Bear Lake ->�� ���1 48 " " 10 18 .. McGuigan <.. 1 33 " " 10 30 <. Bailey's ii 1 21 '��� " 10 38 a Junction n 1 32 '' Arr. 10 50 ti Sandon Leave 1 00 " For rates and information apply at Company's Offices. ROBT. IRVING, R. W. BRYaN, Traffic Mngr. Supt. and Ass't Trras Columbia ��.d Western R'y Ca Schedule No. 3, Jan. 4, '9T --WESTBOUND. No l No.: Passenger. ' Tues., Daily Thurs. ��� except & Sat., Sunday 6:30 pm 8:30 am 6:40 urn 8:40 am 6:45 pm 8:4.0 am 7:00 pm i):00 am 7:05 pm 0:05 am 7:10 pm 9:10 am 7:15 pm 9:15 am 7:25 pm 9:25 am 7:35 pm 9:35 am 7:40 pm 9:40 am 8:00 pm 9:50 am ���^ ^EASTHOUND.-n i '. No. 2 No. 4 Stations Passenger Tues., Daily Thurs. except . Lv. Ar.&Sat., Sunday. Trail 8:00 am 6:00 pm Smelter 7:47 am 5:47 pm McLeod's 7:42 am 5:42 pm Warfield 7:31 am 5:31 pm Tiger Switch Bk 7:26 am ��� 5:26 pm Crown Paint 7:21am .5:21pm Lake Mountain 7:16 am 5:16 pm Carpenter 7:10 am 5:10, pm Union Ave 7:03 am 5:03 pm Ropsland 7:00 am 5:00 pm Rossland Wye 6:40 am 4:40 pm J.' A. JORDAN. C. D.& T. M. THE STEAMER LEAVES NEW DENVER every morning at 8 o'clock (Sundays exeepted) FOR SILVERTON, SLOCAN CITY and ALL INTERMEDIATE POINTS. Returning will,! if possible, make connections with the west-bound train on the N. & S. Ry. Powder carried only on Fridays. Time Table subject to change without notice. G. L. ESTABROOK, Master. The Quickest Cheapest Route East ���''���:���.'; or Steamer leaves Nakusp every Sun-- day,y Wednesday and Friday morning', making close connection at Revelstoke with trains for all points East or West. Before you travel get Information from C.P.R, Agents as to time and rates. It will save you money Appl y to nearest Rail way Agen t or to ���"1 x ^District Passenger x\genf, .Vanconvei 6 THE LEDGE. Fourth Year. F S. ANDREWS, NOTARY PUBLIC, CONVEYANCER, ETC., ETC. MINING & REAL ESTATE BROKER. Slocan City, B C the Canadian Fire Insurance Sole agent for Company TOWARD WEST, Assoc*. R S M, London, Eng MINING ENGINEER, ANALYTICAL CHEMIST, & ASSAYER. Properties examined and reported on for m tending purchasers. Assay office and Chemical Laboratory, Bellevue ave, New Denver, B C. M. W. BRUNER, M. D Physician & Surgeon. Three Forks, B.C. A full line of Drugs and Perscription Remedies kept oh hand; ' . D R. A.S. MARSHALL. Dentist. - Kaslo,' B C Graduate of American College of Dental Surgery Chicago GWILLIM & JOHNSON, (McGill) Mining Engineers & Analy- Chemists. Slocan City, , B C KEEP DE FLOW IN DE GROUN'. Be worl' keeps turni-', En de stars keep bumin', En de woiT turn roun' en roun'; But 0, my honey! You can't moke money Ef you don't keep de plow in de'groun'! O, de woiT turn roun' eii roun' 'Twell you heah de trumpet soun'; But O, my honey, You can't make money Ef you don't keep de plow in de groun'! Bar's a bright day comin'. But de col' wind's huinmin'. While de worl' turn roun' en roun', But O, my honey, You can't make money Ef you don't keep de plow in de groun'! O. de worl' turn roun' en roun' 'Twell you heah de trumpet soun'; But O, my honey, You can't make money Ef you don't keep de plow hi de groun'! ���Frank L. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitution. "Beyond the Years. I. Bevonrt tl e vears the answer lies, B.jyo..d wi eel rood the gne*\ ing s'.ues, And night drops tears. Wlie e Faith, rod-ehas;ened,sm les to rise Aud doff it's fears, And carping sorrow pines and dies��� _ Beyond the years. II. Beyond the years the prayer for rest Shall beat no more within the breast; The darkness clears. And Morn pearehed on the mountain's crest Her iorm uprears��� The,day that is to come is best, Beyond the years. III. Beyond the years the soul shall find That endless peace ior which itp iud, For light appears. A ad to the eye that still were bind With blocd and tears' Their sight shall come all unc Dunned Beyond the years. His Contribution. New Denver, B.C. Is situated on the banks of the beautiful Slocan Lake, and guests can sit upon the balcony and gaze upon the grandest scenery in America without extra charge- The fire escape system is excellent. The rooms are airy and decorated with the latest results of the'wall paper art. The exterior of the hotel is painted in colors that harmonize with the idealistic scenery. The Dining Room is always provided with food that is tasty, digestible and satisfying to the inner economy Of man; The Bar is replete with the'most modern, as well as ancient brands of nerve producers. ' <��� Goldbugs, Silver Democrats, Canadian Capitalists, Prospectors, Miners, Tenderfeet, Ten Mile Millionaires and Pilgrims of every shade hi politics, religion or wealth are welcome at this house. Stranger, makeforthe Newmarket when you reach the Slocan metropolis and do not for ��� get the Landlord's namr-|; it is . . Henry Stege. rpRETHEWEY & BUCKE, 1 W. T. Trethewey, E. M. A. Bucke, Mi E Mining Engineers . Kaslo, BC M A certain teacher, whose work brings her into tha midst of'a^very crowded city region, is always anxious to keep track of contagious diseases there, and has. asked her pupils to bring her word whenever they see a placard in - a window, announcing scariet fever, smallpox, or the like. v One day, a little Italian boy, who does not yet "spilt Inglis" very well, put up his hand to iudi; cate that he had seen such a sign. , ���'What did it say V" asked the teacher encouragingly. Slowly and painfully came the answer, but it was delivered with much pride: "It���say: 'To���let:"' , : Facts and Figures. Examinations, reports, assays, analysis, underground plans. Fifteen years experience A, DRISCOLL, C. E., Dominion & Provincial Land Surveyor. Correspondence solicited. H. T. TWIGG, Provincial Land Surveyor. New Denver, B C Mineral claims, mines, timber limits, etc, surveyed Tiie ProsBsctors' Assay Office Bxanden, B.'C, Assay Price List The art of printing, according' to Dr. Halde and the . missionaries, was practised in China nearly 50 years-before the Christian era. In the time of Confucius, B. C. 500, books were made oi bamboo, and about 150 years alter Christ, paper Avas first made. ��� The phrase "to give the cold shoulder" is said to have originated in a' practice once common in France and during the.'Nprman days in England also. When a guest had outstayed his welcome, instead of a haunch of mutton "or venison usually served at dinner, a cold shoulder of mutton was placed before him as a hint that he had better go. In China, "the land of opposites," the dials of clocks are' made to turn round, while the hands stand still. Knew the Hand. Harper's Bazaar had a story of a little boy; who, if he follows his natural bent, will perhaps be heard from by aud fay as an expert witness in forgery cases. He is the son of an author who writes a very illegible and very inky hand. The other day a fly fell into his ink well. The boy discovered'the unhappy insect, rescued it, and dropped it on a sheet of paper, where presently it recovered sufficiently to d.iag itself about. The boy watched his motions for a while, and then called to his mother:, "0, mamma," he said, "come here! Here's a ejercated fly. He writes just like papa!" Generou**. Si_jOOj^3ST .HOSPITAL, 2STE3"V7" 3DES3Sr"VEiK,, B. O. This Hospital which was opened in August, 1895, for the benefit of the Miners in the Slocan District under the medical superintendence of Dr. J. E. Brouse with thoroughly competent professional attendants, is equipped with" all appliances and conveniences necessary for the treatment of Surgical and Medical cases. Situated as it is on the shore of Slocan Lake, it affords every advantage for the treatment of fever cases, the water supply and altitude being more favorable than any other point in the district. Annual tickets entitling the holder in case of sickness or accident to all the privileges^ of the Hospital, including free Medical1 and Surgical attendance, nursing and board, may be secured at TWELVE DOLLARS each, Miners in regular employ, subscribing through their pay roll at the rate of ONE DOLLAR per month, can secure the privileges above mentioned. " Rates for non-subscribers may also be obtained on application to A. E. .FAUQUIER, Secrotary Gold, Silver, or Lead.each .. Gold, Silver and Lead, combined.... ��� . Gold and Silver. .'... Silver and Lead. OopiKjr (by Electrolysis)............. Gold, Silver, Copper, and Lead��� Gold and Copper... ��� Silver and Copper..v. ... Gold, Silver and Copper Platinum ....., Mercury Iron or Manganese ��� Lime, Magnesium, Barium, Silica, Sulphur, each. ... Bismuth, Tin, Cobalt, Nickel, Antimony, Zinc, and Arsenic, each.............. Coal (Fixed Carbon, Volatile Matter, Ash, and percentage of Coke, if Coking Coal)...............:. Terms: Cash. "With. Sample. June-iOth.lW.**.. $1.50 3 00 200 ���2 (XT) 2 00 4 50 2 50 2 00 3 00 5 00 2 00 2 00 2 00 -1 00 4 0 Mary's mother one day gave her a cent to. buy some "candy. As the little girl went-down the street she discovered a beggar boy on the front steps of a neighbor's house. She was five years old, and a cent seemed to her a good deal of money. She looked first at the boy and then at her cent. '.������'.*' Finally, with a smile she stepped up to the forlorn child, she touched his shoulder gently, said: "Here, little boy, take this cent, and go and buy yourself a suit of clothes and some dinner." An Exquisite Humorist Agents for B.C. Sugar Refinery and Royal City Planing Mills. FRANK DICK, Assayer and Annly A humorist ���in Japan, who jested all his life, cold his lriends when he was dying that his body was not to be washed after his death, but was to betaken at once to the family temple to be cremated. When he died his instructions were followed, and the chief priest took the body to the cremation "ground. As soon as it was set on fire, the mourners wero astonished by several loud explosions. At first they were inclined to take to their heels, but curiosity got the better of fear, and careful'inspection showed that the humorist bad stowed away a large number of tiro, crackers about his person" be for*'. hi-* d.'ath. SftNt)0ZM -Tliis bTew tlb-u.se, With the old name, is well equipped to accomodate a large number of Guests. The building is plastered and the rooms are unsurpased for comfort in the Slocan, while in the A Dining Room can be found the best food in the market. ROBERT .CUNNINGS I3r��cDpr,iotpx�� - Fourth Year. THE LEDGE. " THE CLOTHING TRADE. New Orleans Times. Herman, said a a Poydras street merchat eloth- - ier, addressing his clerk, haf ve sold all of dose overcoats dot vas left over from last vinter. No, sir, dere vas dree of dem left yet. Veil, ve must sell them right avay, as the vinter vill not last, yo know, Herman. Pring me oudt one uf de goats und I vill show you some- dings about de pisness, I vill dell you how ve sell dem oud, and you haf to learn de pisness Herman; de vinter is gone, you know, und ve haf had dose goots in de store more es seex years. An *;8 overcoat vas handed him by his clerk, and smoothing it out; he took a buckskin money- purse from the showcase, and, stuffing it lull of paper dropped it into one of the pockets. Now Herman my poy, he continued, vatch me sell dat goat. IhafsoIdover35df dem shuste de same vay, und I vant to deech you de pisness. Ven de next gustomer gomes in de shop I vill show how Rube Hoftenstein, mine brodder in Detroit, sell his cloding and other dings. A few minutes' later a negro in quest of a suitable pair of cheap shoes, entered the store. The proprietor advanced smilingly and inquired: - Vat is it you vish ? Yor got any cheap shoes hyar ? asked the negro. . "> Blenty of de, mine front, hlcnty, at any brice you vant. The negro stated that he wanted a pair of bro gans, ana soon his pedal extremetics were encased m them and a bargain struck. As he was about . "to leave the proprietor called him back. Iain'tgwine tobuy nuffin else. I'se got all I want, said the negro sullenly Dot niav be so, my dear sir, replied the proprietor, but I shuste vant you to look at dis goat. It vas de pure Russian vool, and dis time last year you doan got that same goat for dwenty-tive dollars. Minegracious cloding vas gone down to noddings and dere vas no money in de pisness any longer. You.vant somddings dot vill geep you irom de vedder und make you feel varm as summer dimes. De gon-Himplion vas going round, und de doctor dells me it vas de vedder. More den beeples died round vere I lif. last veek. Dink uf dot. Mine'lrentdotgoat vas Russian vool, dick and hevy. Vy, Mr. Jones who owns the pank on Canal street, took dot goat home mit him yesterday und vore it all day, but it vas a leedle dight agross de shohlders. The negro buttoned up the coat, thrust his hand in the pocket and felt the purse.* 'A peaceful smile played over his face when his touch disclosed to his mind the contents of the pocket, but he choked down his joy and inquired: Who did you say wore this hyar- coat ? Vy, Misder Jones vot owns de hank on Canal street. What yer gwine ter ax fur it ? Dwenty dollars. . ��� Dat's pow'ful high price for dis coat, but I'll take it. . ' Herman, here, wrap up this goat fur de shentle- man; and drow in a cravat; it vill make eim look i.ise mit de ladies. Nebber mind I'll keep de coat on; replied the negro, and nulling out a roll of money he paid for it and left the store. While he was around the corner moaning over the stuffed purse, Hoffenstein said to his clerk: 4 Herman, fix up anudder von of dose goats the same vay, und doan lorget to dell dot Misder Jones vat runs de pank on Canal streed vore it yesterday. Funny Sayings, of Children, subterranean chambers of various sizes and shapes found. Most of thelarger chambers have formations suggestive of something and are accordingly named. One of them has a peculiar formation of rocks hanging from the ceiling and when tapped with a candle or pencil will give forth a beauthul, sweet, bell like tone, which is simply entrancing^ There is almost a lull chromatic scale of these tones.1 This chamber has been named.Kimball Music Hall,in honor of the Kimball piano, the tone of which is the nearest ap- proavih to that found in therocks in that hall. �� She' Knew the Gentlemani New Ya*k Journal. "There, my darling," said Mr. Turnover, "if New Year's eve, and I'm going to tunrovetva new leaf. So here's my pipe, my box of cigarsr-my poker chips and cards, my night 'key .'and the application I made out for the Owl club.? vi swear*< ff everything, and I am going- to. make" you the happiest woman in my power!" * '* '��� 'fd dearest, isn't it good of you!" exclaimed- his little wife, taking the., various" articles ������of dissipation as her husband haiided them over. "'And now long are you*going tcr&wear .off-for ?" - "Forever and ever!" cried-.Turnover, and this time I mean *t." *. , "All right, darling," said Mrs. ��� Turnover,- .'-TIL put all these things right up herein the sideboard,' where you can nnd them next week when you want them'!" * ,. ��� Reason For Their Unpopularity. - "No," said the conservative mam,,"I don't believe in Avomen barbers. Just look at the scrape that Sampson got into by going to a woman for a hair cut.". New York Tailor Vancouver,'1 Largest tailoring; e��tablish- ,, merit in B. C, now open a branch at : : : ' : gA-ISin-TlN - with a full line of : : Cloths, Gent's Furnishings* Clothing, Etc_aa*L Travelers will call "frequently at the various towns with samples. Mamma���Johnnie, if I give you two pennies and sister none whai would you do V Johnnie���I'd spend'em. Uncle John (after a lesson, trying to explain the'whereabouts of China)���Now, Harry, if-a man were to bore a hoie.down through the earth, where would he come out? Harry���Out. of the hole. , Momma���Well, Elsie, what did you learn at school to-day'? Eisie (aged six)���Learned to spell.. Mamma���What did you learn to spell ? Elsid���Man. Mamma���And how do you spell man ? Elsie (promply)���M���a���n, Man. Mamma���Now, how do you spell boy ? Elsie (after a moment's reflecti n)���The same way, only little letters. Deacon Goodman (to small boy crying)���What is the matter, my boy ? Small Boy���I've just lost ten cents. D. G.���Well, don't cry, here's tin other; how did you lose it ? Boy���Matching pennies. A little girl, busy in making a pair >of worsted slippers, said to a companion near her:���" You are lucky, you are. Your papa has only got one leg-" r A Practical Courtship. We le id in First-Class work. 3 fine Bath Eooms in connection. Sea Salt Baths without extra charge. Chicago Post. She was essentially a modern girl of the society variety," "aud-.'she smiled upon 'him because, Although'rather old and not much of a society man, he was well fixed in a'financial way. A'I'm a plain, practical man." he said bluntly, when he thought the time had come to propose, ���"i haven't the gift of gab, and I believe in coming to the point at once ; a yway, 1 want you for my wile." '���I'm a thoroughly practical girl," she replied, with equal blunuiess. ' 'I do not believe in meaningless speeches and roundabout methods. How much do you bid?" Understanding each other so perfectly, it was a simple matter to arrange the minor, details and decide upontlue date for the wedding. The Wonderful Wind Cave. Very few people know that the Wind Cave aiear Hot Springs, S. D , is the greatest underground wonder in the known world; but such, is the casa. Up to the present time nirety-seven xmies ofpassages have been explored and a,5jo MRS. A: KLEINSMIDT. MANT nUSIC CO., Pianos, Organs, Sheet Music, Musical Supplies,.Sewing Machines and Supplies. j^Mail orders receive prompt attention. Spokane, Wash D R. A. MILLOY, IDentist. Office : Blacks Hotel, SANDON B. 0. The new addition to the������ LELAND HOUSE Makes it one of the Largest and most Comfortable Hotels in Kootenay. MRS. D. A. McDougald. ���r^-j&.KZ'crs^, - - 3... O The G-RMD HOTEL European and American Plan. Headquarters for Mining Men *�����������������", "Free Bus. Cafe and Elevator service all night.. HOC�� The immense discoveries on Kokanee Creek led to the formation of tiie��� Canadian Mining, Milling & SmdtingCo.,Itu which has taken .over the following choice claims: Homestretch, Glacier 4, Two Snowbirds,. Liara G. Full Sized Claims capital, 12,000,000-2,000,000 shares 400,000 sharrs tor development now in treasury; 50*000shares now oh the market; and selling: at 7 _ cents This stock is hound to go up, as any prospector in the district who has been, on the property can tell you that the croppings on the Homestretch exceed- almost anything yet discovered in the. Kootenay. The original owners forni' the company and stock is selling on its own merits. Call on or write to the Secretary for Prospectuses.' Ore can be seen at office. LEIGHTON & WILLIAMS, Mining Operators & Brokers.1 Box 111, Sandon,'-B.C. The Clifton House, Sandon. Has ample accommodations for a large number of people. The rooms are large and airy, and the Dining Room is proyided with everything in*.the'market. Sample Rooms for Commercial Travelers. * John Buckley; Prop; & FRANK SPOKANE, WATSON, Proprietor. ' - ' - . WASH. THE LEDGE. Fourth Yean MINING RECORDS. Recorded at New Denver, the Assessments Transfers and Locations: LOCATIONS, Fell 23 Pleasant View, New Denver���N C Dingman. Tamarack Fraction, Springer���R (x Henderson Feb 21 South Lillie B���Springer, Ed Dunn Feb 2i> Snowshoe���Slocan City, Thomas Lake Carbonate���Slocan C-ty, James Howes Granite���Slocan City, A Coulter Feb 20 Croydon Fraction���Eight Mile, James L Forrester Gernldine���Lemon Creek, G L O'Neil March 1 Mammoth���Slocan Citv, F S Andrews Kegiua���Six Mile, T D Woodcock ASSKSSMK-NTS. Feb 17, Couchiching���Geo W Weeks Feb 2;) Duluth���Patrick M Hayes and M B W Raih- ' borne Feb 21 Orpha���Ed Dunn Feb 25 Galena���Wilbur A Hendrys, Ceo A Kirk and Cinder A Holland ' Lucetta���Noble Five Consolidated M & M Co. March 1. Black Prince���P M Schonburg Dundas No 2���Geo Gormiey ^ TRANSFERS. Feb 22 Archie Chisholm to Daniel McRae���The Black Bear, Jan 2; .-1 Feb 2a '*' * Frank R Strahn to Wm Harris���l-fi Superior. h Susan M, �� Vinces, J Ibex, Susan S Feb if>; ��1 Frank R Strohn to Frank Thompson���1-G Kilo, Superior andRother, \ Susan S, Susan G,also�� Bassett and i Susan M, Feb 20; $1 Feb 2-1 G A Simmons to II T- Ewin���The Chancerv, Feb 9; $1 ' Robt G-ibbs to Jacob A Kirkr/atrick���\ Gibbs, Feb 19; ��500 ' "* Frank Granville to John Lawson���\ Para, Feb 15; $1 John Lawson to D S Wallbridge���\ Para, Feb '18; ?1 Arthur A Newbury to Chas Swcnny���n-32 Sil ver Bell No 2, Jan 19 ; fcl R C Campbell-Johnston to James-A Grant���All interest in the Exchange, Victoria, Skocum,and Silver Plate, Feb 24; HI John Jarvis, Daniel Kellehcr and John Demp- sey to Wm H Maxwell and Andrew G Larsen��� The Iowa, Olympia No 2 ��� and Margery, Feb 8 ; ���$10,200 Charles Brand and James Smith to J Tinling��� | St Louis, Alta and Hub, Feb 8; -,5,0'K) ��� Feb 25 D R McLean to S K Green���J The Laughing Waters and Far Away, also Cross Roads, Feb 2o Sam Creston to Al Lonsdale���the Lydia, Nov 1*1; ?<"1U0 Albert Lonsdale to E Shannon���The Lyrtra. Dec-.'ii; 1*150 Tom McGuigan and John G McGuigan to Henry Callaghau, Sebastian Hans aud Eugene Denzell���3-12 American Boy and 2-12 Black Hock, Jan 12 ; $2,000 Thos McGuigan and Johii G McGuigan to Henry Callaghan, Sebastian Hans and Eugene Donzell���7-12 American Boy* and Black Hock, Jan 12;-.; 5.000 Patrick McGuire to Henry Callahan���J Black Hock, Jan9; ��250 JG McGuigan to Patrick McGuire���} Black Hock, Jan 17; $1 ' -: 'Feb 26 Thos D Tobin to W L Callahan���1! Vallecitos, Jan 25 ; ��1 Wm Sudrow to J H .Thompson and J A Whit- tier���^ Reciprocity and.Lillian, Jan 1; irl,00o l 5^W L Oallanau to Henry A Barton���" Vallecitos, Feb 2G; ��1 March 1 . Louis H Bowman to Joseph B Mc Arthur and J Howland Stevenson���No 3 Animon, N. P. and Alma No 3, Feb 13 ; 61 Ellen Bougard to C Ward and Frank Fortin ��� 1-12 Wisconsin and Nellie B, Feb 2y; *100 Frank M O'Brien to Chas Bchrum��� { Kooten- ain,Oct25; ��1 Ellon Bougard to WnvPfeifer���i1, Nellie B, Aug 21; Si Samuel Deschamps to Angus Gillis���\ Delta Fraction, Feb 20; ?100 Wm Fihdlay and J A Davis to A R Johnston��� The Quebec, Feb 11; .^1 - John Stewart to Clarence-* A Teasdale���1-6 Fremont, Nicola, and Osborn, Feb 22; .si ��� Thos .Shea to Joseph B Mc Arthur���1-5 Noonday, ���Feb 20: ii"l .'"'.' ' ,: ������ Frank Hansen to Chas S Rashdall and Arnold E Fauquier���JKrahe, Nov 20; $200 . Thos Gee to W Ward Spinks and Frank Watson���The W ilia, Feb 20; i?! dance of Dr. Emil Pohl, for the purpose of treating and furnishing medicines to the subscribers in that vicinity who are not ill enough lo require treatment in the Hospital, This office -will prove a great convenience to the miners and many case? can receive treatment and return to their "'duties without great loss of time. The Bank of Montreal opened .in New Denver , on Monday. F. J. Fiuucane, E. L. B.'ar and W. (Gibbs are the officers of this long-wishvd-for and powerful financial institution. The Unit of Value in Typewriters is the SII/VERTON. Jas. Bowes will build a new hotel immediately. The new oddition to the. Thorborn House will give this excellent"hotel 42 rooms. It is said that the K. & S. railway will extend its line to Silverton, and that the present townsite owrers will erect a $.25,000 hotel here. We are showing the finest line of samples vet offered for the trade in Tweeds, . Twills, Venetians, Cheviots, Serges,etc The Host Elegant Patterns In Trouserings yet exhibited in the country. Overcoatings, correct-tyles, tit and finish. Prices Right. R. S. WILSON, Merchant Tailor Revelstoke, New Denver and-Brandon. For Rossland MINING STOCKS and REAL ESTATE A">";"t0 J. E. Hills, Real Esrate and Mining Broker Rossland. B C Agent for the Montreal syndicate lots, of th original townsite of Rossland. Perfect titles. J. Edmond Angrignon El Dorado Ave., next BourneiBros NEW DENVER. No. 339. CERTIFICATE OF THE REGISTRATION OF A FOREIGN COMPANY. -K^niftiitiiiiiiiiriiifriiiiTifriffrfiirfffirfiffffiiiiriiiifrififtifiifTiffriunifiirfTiTtiiiTiri^n I NEWS IN PLAGE j ^IllliillillillllliililllilllllilllllllllilllliliilW Al Behne will build a residence in New Denver. A. D. Coplen and Miss,Strang wcr., married at Lafayette,-Oregon, a few days ago. Stewart, Delaney, Mc.Innis; and.-McLean will furnish New Denver with electric light. Paris & Co. have their store open at Aylwin, on Ten Mile, and Jack Beauschne is manager. Campbell, McCrae & Co., of Rossland will open an office at Slocan" City with John Ripling in e large. Ed and John Angrignon have 'eased Shannon's building for three years and will change it into an hotel. D. J. Macdonald drew the first cheque on the bank in New Denver, and made the first deposits for tae Galena Farm Company. Frank Jordan, brother of F. W. Jordan, of Nakusp. was married to Miss Long in Fremont. Wash., on the 9th of last month. A branch office of the Slocan Hospital has been opened in Sandon under i!n- medio;, i suj.eviiucn- "Companies Act," Part IV, and amending Acts "Idler Minixc'j Comi'ani. " (Foreign.) Registered the 5th day of Fehrupry; 3897. T HEREBY CERTIFY that I' have this day JL registered the ���'Idler Mining Company" (Foreign).-.- under the "Companies' Act.'5 Part IV., "Registration of Foreign -i. ompanics," and amend ing Acts The head office of the said Compauy is situated at the City of Spokane, in the State of Washington, U.S.A. ��� * The objects for which the Company is established are:��� , 1st. To locate, procure, hoid. buy, sell, work and operate mines and miueral claims, in the Province of British Columbia, and in the State of Washington and other places. 2nd. To carry on the business of milling, smelting, reducing, working, buying and selling ores, in said Province, of British' Columbia and elsewhere. 3rd. To purchase, build, construct and maintain all such mills, concentrators, smelters and other works as shall be found necessary or convenient in carrying on said works, and to purchase, locate, acquire aud hold all such water rights, ditches, flumes and other appliances as may be necessary in anil about said premises. 4th. To uorrow money for. the purpose of establishing or carrying on said business, and to execute notes bonds or other securities therefore, and to execute such mortgages, debentures or deeds of trust upon the property of the Compauy; to secure the payment oi the same and the interest thereon, as shall be necessary and proper. The .capital stock of the said company is one mil lion dollars, divided into one. million Shares of lhe par value ot one dollar ���each. Given under my hand and seal of office at Victoria, Province, of British.Cnlumbia. this 5th day oi Februarv,LS97. [I..S.J " _ S. Y. WOOTTOX, Registrar a'," .hunt Slock O.inpank'.-.. It sets a known and tested tandard of ex e en Everyone knows what it represents���the Best Work with Least Labor, Enduring Service, Unequal- ated Economy x n d Conveni- ience. The��� Ft:--; ���-���-. uR3F"..~-r liPNo. & Model bears the stamp of Unqualified Publfc Approval Many notable improvements in the 1897 MODEL: Catalogue free on Application. JOHN W. ISAM WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. BOOKS, PAPER, OFFICE SUPPLIES AND \y ALL PAPERS. SPOKANE,' WASH.' Miners, Prospectors and Freighters will find it to their advantage ��� to write for Catalogue and Price List pf��� Pack Saddles, Riding Saddles, Aparejos Harness, Etc., to���CARSON & SHORE, Calgary, N.W.T. NOTICE. r ATOT1CE i*s hereby given that the first annual IM meeting" of the stockholders of the Mount Mable Minmgand Smelting Company, Limited Liability, will beheld in the cfiice oi' the company at New Denver, B.C., on the 16th day of March, 1897, at the hour of 10 o'clock a.m., for the purpose of electing a board of directors for the ensuing year and trans- j acting an v other business. } ��� Dated at New Denver this 2nd day of March,1897. A. StCLAIR BRINDLE, Vice-President of the company. Worry Kills And that COUGH worries, Therefore, Kill that.cough For a cough that tickle* in your throat and rasps the lining *o if the bronchial tubes, to say nothing of keeping you awake nigfits��� Use BOVELL'S Cough rap You will get it at ��� Nelson's Drug Store NeAV Denver, B. C. it) WPJ Of Diamonds, atefte ���O- Jeuuelfy, Gloeks, Sih/ei? ma.p e, ';& Etc., &te. Dkxvek. "^ ��� * We>iak^a special rate on hotel and rfy y+f restaurant j silverware. Everything *^~> iS s warranted. I >Vv T. ABRIEL, NAKUSP, B.C. REAL ESTATE, " MINES and INSURANCE, Special attention paid to properties on Cariboo Creek. ���* VPSZXZ: NOTICE. T RICHARD ROBERTS, hereby give notice 1 that 1 intend, liJ days afterdate, making implication tu the Chief- Commissioner of Lands and works ior permission to purchase Wo acres'ui unreserved crown land, situate near the mouth of Six Mile creek, Slocan Lake, West Kootenay District, commencing at initial post "A," thence west 40 chains: thence south 40 chains; thence cast 4'* chains; thence north *iJ chains to point of commencement. Dated, March 4th, 18)7. C. D. Rand. D. S. Wallbridge. MlmngV Stock Brokers, and. :*���.'*���' GoiiTeyancers, \~s* Mines; bought and sold. Stocks for sale in all B. C. minjes. Official brokers for Wonderkil Group Mining Co. Kootenay agents for Bondholder Mining Co., St. Keverne Mining Co Phdsnix Consolidated Mining Co. and Two Friends Mine Co. 's stocks. Qoryi sanies Stooisiocl a,nci Promoted. In each of their establishments never Have stores at and Sandon Silverton irito the granulated saacharinc. nor do the flies make cemeteries out of the butter-tubs. Everything, except the prices are high grade in these'stores and the public. 'PVtTPP l^nylr's especially new pilgrims, 'Should not overlook. Uus.