//Ux^/A1 X^Ayx^ -£L xu.y ad Financier ■ /'IK-' J r ^Vs..A,...vi.'.Vl ■ V.wv.Vv^* Volume XL, Number 29. NKW DE.WH.R, H. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1904, Prtce *2 v Year, in .Un'.^CE from the Lake town: A group of claims below the E,E. Lee will be developed this summer. Bert Wilhelm has sold his boarding house in Erie. The Comstock shipped a car of ore from Silverton on Tuesday. The Standard slide near Silverton came down on Monday and piled 30 feet of snow on the wagon road. The Rambler is driving a 4,0000 foot tunnel to tap the lead at a depth of 1,G00 feet. Bob Allen has sold his livery business in Slocan City to R. D. Kennedy. In a short time we will publish in black type a list of the deadbeats who owe this paper money. The Selkirk Hotel in Silverton gave a pleasant dance last Thursday evening. Some of the richest prospects in the world are on ** Four Mile creek, but the world is dead to the fact. A smelter expert from Seattle was in Kaslo this week looking at tlie situation. Mann & Mackenzie aro reported to have made an investment in Pop- Jar gold properties. It seems strange that capital does not become interested in the valuable gold claims back of Silverton. On Tuesday a slide came over the C.P.R. track, about a mile below Alamo, that will take two or three days to clean up. A Hlido near Revelstoke on Tuesday killed Tom Downie, and seriously injured Tom Kilpatriek. Both men are C.P.R. oflicials. New Denver is out of fresh beef. The cattle train loaded with steers for this city has been delayed by elides along the Crow. If all the available land in nnd around New Denver was properly cultivated we would have plenty of fruit and vegetables to report. The telephone line to Sandon was trailed in the mud for a short time yesterday by the rude action of a slide. Since .Tne Gnrmerloy deserted tin* night shift in Nelson, and became steward of the Slocan he is up in the air, and ha« gained 2"> pounds. During the winter the Comstock (dripped 100 tons of ore. Owing to the »ad condition of the wagon road, and the water in the lower tunnel tlie crew ha* been reduced to a trio. Harry Hoskins and Charley Nicholson mn a long tunnel in Sil- veiton last Friday, but suspended operation* when they struck a large chute of water. Tho oil process of concentration can treat at a profit, silver ore run- ningas low nn 10 ounces ta tho ton. Thin makes a vast amount of low gtaue Mtx-rtU ort; vaiuaim*. When the hen that has her layout in the card room at the Newmarket has her chickens hatched out she can train them to hop up to the bar and call for egg-nog. While riding to the Wakefield this week R. L. Gales had a narrow escape from a rock slide. Kis horse was injured by a rock striking him on the head. Pal ma Angrignon has the initial building of the season under construction. It will be used to keep tiie sun and rain from spoiling Pete's wagons. F. C. Sherwin went to the Queen Bess on Tuesday to act as foreman. Charley is one of the best fellows in the camp and popular with the miues. Charley Waterman must have been raising the deuce in Nelson IEhe_Ti:ibunfi_caUs him»&-two-spot worked his claims on Cody creek. At the present time with the exception of Mr. McAllister, and his family, he is the sole, resident of Cody. During the past winter John has been ill with the rheumatism and he is loud in his praises of the kindnesses bestowed upon him by the other citizens of Cody, although he seems afraid that McAllister will start a Home Mission for parsons. Mac enjoyed the sunshine of New Denver to the fullest extent during his short stay. On Tuesday morning H.- M. Walker lit a fire in the stove at his residence and went into the lake to take his usual morning bath. The house caught fire from the stovepipe in some way and burned so rapidly that it was with difficulty that Henry and his father saved one trunk and a few articles of clothing. Henry lost all his books, manuscripts, "and personal effects. Many of the articles destroyed were of particular interest to himself only. although Charley is 'a king when it comes to making an oration over a stock of household goods. The Kaslo Kootenaine is getting desperate. It speaks out strongly against parsons bucking gambling games in that city of poker chips. It is up to the gamblers to boycott the churches. Jim Ward has turned farmer. He planted his crops down on the flats near the mouth of Carpenter creek. Jim only tilled half the farm, as the creek may take a notion before June to harvest tho crop in its infancy. Slocan lako is the most beautiful of all tho lakes upon the American continent, and yet it is only occasionally that a tourist comes to look at it. Proper advertising would bring thousands every year to gaze upon its beauties. Tom Fitzgerald writes us that The Ledge is so popular in El Oro that he seldom receives a copy of it. The Mexicans must steal it for the purpose of getting a picture of our bull-dog lo adorn the walls of their adobe parlors. For the first season in eleven years the Slocan has had no fatalities from snows) ides. The first fatality oceured at the Freddy l.ee in January IhM and caused two men to give their souls a vacation. Their' bodies were not recovered for eight months. There is plenty of arsenic in some of the ores in Kootenay, but no attention is paid ta the fact. There is a market in Knglaud for thousands of tons annually, and the price ranges from 855 to g!M) a ton. At preM-ut it it* iu.'i a ton. It, might pay to exploit tlii*-' branch of mining. McNicholl & Smyth have recently purchased the Queen cigar store in Xelson from Jasper Phair. Thev are well-known yonnp, men and They"caunot"be rcpicrceflT~imu~n'ir who have had asimiliai-.experience, can thoroughly sympathize with him. There was but little insui- the building and con- George Hughes and J. M. Harris have gone to Spokane for a few days. In the Slocan tin is found in some of the zinc ores. The cabins at the Texas were destroyed bv a slide last Sunday. »' •' *v Work commenced last Monday upon the flume. None too soon is the verdict of the citizens. Two slides came down on Sunday near the Star mine, but did not reach the wagon road. A Spokane company will operate the Five Metals group on Gray's creek. K. & S. railway pays its men 30 cents an hour to shovel slides off its track. The force at the Fisher Maiden has been reduced to four men owing to the condition of tlie wagon road. ™_This_weelc_the Pay-iiB—will-ship- 100 tons of zinc ore and 50 tons of galena. ance upon tents. The Hewett, near Silverton has twelve men at work. Since the 1st of the year this mine litis shipped II carloads of ore. The poorest ore in the entire shipment assayed III ounces in silver. The ore was dry, carrying only fi per cent. lead. Seven cars of Hewitt ore gave returns of nearly 80,000. In this mine there is blocked out 100,000 tons of zinc ore. This will be mined just as soon as a mill iscon-tructetl. This will be done just ns soon as the new company obtains control ofthe mine. Monte Davys has a deal under way for a transfer of the property. The present company liave expended 6120,000 upon the Hewett. T. G. Blackstock, on his arrival in Toronto from his recent visit to the Kootenay, stated that the western mining districts were on the verge of a new era of prosperity. He said the prospects were that within a very short time Montreal and Toronto capitalists would be linked to compete for the establishment of a plant for the manufacture of by-products of lea J mines. Tin; plan was being backed by the Canadian Pacific, whieli was interested through its smelter at Trail, and wherever the new industry was located it would be assure! cheap delivery of lead by the railway company. He added that the output to liegln with would be lietween 7,000 nml 8.000 tons per year. StM'KUt.KUl tJt'OTATMlVH. April 8Silver, ."i|| Lend, C!2 7*rtd April '.* Silver, tiAj Ia>iu\, April 11 Silver, .*»:ij| Lead, U2 H>* of business, and the railway will be up against running powers into Sandon for a day or two. Sandon at this moment is without railway communication as the C.P.R. is wrestling with the slide problem a short distance below Alamo. Thus is life made strenuous in the mountains. ONLF ONK OBSTACLE. The latest indications appear very favorable for the location of the zinc smelter at Fernie. As has been known for some time the choice of the location lay between Frank and Fernie. Fernie possesses every advantage, Mr. Fernow admits, excepting in the price demanded here for fuel. To understand the matter correctly it must be remembered that irzineimTClteiHi!^ The slack is used in the by-product ovens where it is converted into coke and the coke is afterwards used in the furnaces. The zinc smelter would use 100 tons of slack coal per day during the first year and that amount would be increased to probably .'500 tons in the third year. At Frank the slack is not valued as highly as it is here for the reason that the coke plant is not built at Frank, while here" the plant is in operation and the slack is estimated at coke valuation, less the cost of labor. Therefore a considerable difference exists between the two rales quoted to Mr. Fernow. Every other detail has been arranged between Mr. Fernow and the C. X. P. Coal Co and the latter is now considering au offer from the former iu which a compromise in the price of slack is suggested. Mr. Fernow does not ask as low a price as quoted by Frank for the reason that Fernie possesses a material advantage iu transportation rates. It is believed that the C. N. P. Coal Company will agree lo tin* conipioini-e suggested even if they do not realize so much from the .-lack ib they would otherwise by converting it into coke The(\im- pany is anxious for the location of this industry at Fernie for the indirect advantages that will spring from it and from the impetus it svill have in hrinuing kindred industries to Fernie.'-- Fernie Free IVe.-s. During P.Hb'l Canada produced sixty-three and a half million dollars' worth of mineral product-. Of this total. *ls,.s:u..|!»o was i.- presented \v tfohl, twelve and a quarter million routing from the Dr. Gomm and J. R. Cameron have been gazetted as police and licence commissioners for Sandon. Shipman's Comedians will play in Sandon on April 19. They could not get through in time for April 12. Bruce White who has just returned from the east states that large numbers of investors will come into Kootenay this summer. It is reported that a deal is on for a large number of claims, near New Denver to Montana men. The amount involved is 8200.000. Dr. Milloy has been extracting attention. With the forceps Doc plays the best game of draw in the country. From stringers in the Charleston, near Whitewater, ore has been obtained that assayed 1100 ounces in silver, and 57 per cent, in zinc. George Ilorton is on his way west selling a cigar called the Trail Mazer, He will hit the Slocan next month. George Huston has sont 2i','A samples of Slocan zinc ores to seven of the leading zine firms of Europe, and expects in a short time to have a report from them. He has also sent live samples for assay to Xew Jersey of'strange looking ores that he found back of Silverton. This winter a shall 170 leet deep was sunk on the Hluebird. Without stoping 50 tons of ore was shipped this winter. At present the i.luebild is closed down owing to snowslides and the prevalence of water in the workings. Work will probably not he resumed hi fmv j Yukon ,»|OIM., n. it put of coat August. Sunday was a lively day for slide?., lu a line opposite from the Ivan- line noli a «1ido enrned »iwmv t»«rt I'vf'Tj fM-1 5ti 1bv- CMH-tr,' ,mh? Carpenter* are busy thing weak j should easily do a large business, j A yMti itl h}tm.t Tjle jj0y.j) shm spot* on Ihe steamer Slocan. The! An ad in another column state* > j^we., on Hiker ytNWt steamer may lie tied up for a few j how anyone can obtain a chance of | ctkn furnish any kind weeks at Rosebery in order to have'getting to St. Louis this summer! »»,„» ^ ronnirfil its bottom werapeil. | without any delay. Mike a note j I'eekMcSwain spilled his brainspf this if you de*irc to simulate at | i-VKent.-- Large two-story home,! At ♦• p.m. on Tuesday a slid* into the Nelson Tribune lastSatur- no particular risk to your finances. I on r,iion street: inodernlyjknot -k.-d out the trestle ..» tbe day and caused an earthquake! John McKaskill was in town thisiequipped; grounds planted in fruit* K. & S. near the Payne. A log amongst a certain portion of the week for the first time in seven j trees, berry ttushc*. strawberries, went through A. C. Garde's house. community. (year*. For many yeat* he has etc. Apply li. Byrne*. New lienvcr. ihe watt•»• plant of the ht}11'* i- out was valued at $I»1,H«f»r ivitb tin* wont oil tevnwiiei* <«•»»« ulmnld be one of ?om« lm«n'»w>«u n\\ fur tb" b«M>M!l of the men \\A\e,i V.o'AonA do«»« not pny oMr«»vjy»t>«oa, hold tii It* lo the gold mines on ihe'and Canadian politician!' have no Ktind. MI th*«» live«, all the blood.' right to wavfe iiiUHftits on all ihe tears, all the money gone toj the keeping of huge bodies of non- ♦•nrieh tho-e who look no risks.: workers in bright uniforms, and must have laughed when they j -aw how eagerly Koglanri and the Tin: Tinted States government colonies blew in their wealth and must be getting ready to buv more! Do you plan your work and try blood for their ljcnetit and the yellow silver. The brokers always hear, to **ve yourself time and step*, or j slaves of China. Oreat warf How the market a short time before such • <*« J™ ,ul* *»»»« *»>•** «»e thing »nd j it wiUHse in history ii»»niiu«ih an»-vwii. . then another blindly ? \ tm *tw nppllioiw; furnace lit!«n» THE AUDITORIUM Of the Miner's Union Block 1* t!u* only linll In llie city Mittatita for Theatrical lYrformaiicca, Concerts. 1 nitm nml otlwt jiuliHc t'titcrtalhtntntH. Kor lnx)k!iip*. write or wire— ANTHONY SHILLAND S. aul»D S.in.li.o Mllii. I It' I'|,|,,n SANDON. tt. C. 'ttlluterlorvkw, Kt-ntitiK cuiMM-lly »W>; i»<*1 tlir.itinhnui: imputation to draw from, iJaai, these guilty ? Do you wear any article of cloth- i ing ftiinvi 'tiffiiMie Mill H'l'l UVicmri- i fortable? Job Printing Th* assays high in artistic merit, quickly done it New Denver's printing emporium— i cr •*i,f J m fl 11 Address THE LEDGE Eleventh Year THE LEDGE, NEW DENVER, B.C., APHIL 14, 1904. ZING RESOURCES OF THE SLOGAN. By A. C. GARDE. For the past ton years zinc we deposits have been known to exist in British Columbia, especially in the districts where silver-lead mining1 has been carried on, but only within the past year has attention been paid to its economic feature. In. many cases where the zinc and lead were intimately associated the zinc proved a hardship for the lead producer inasmuch as when it reached a limit of 10 per cent the ores were penalized at a rate of 50 cents per unit. "With increasing1 depth in the Slocan and Ainsworth mines it has been demonstrated that the lead sulphides are often superseded by zinc. It has also been proven that the lead is so intimately disseminated with the zinc that processes for iudepenient recovery of the two metals are now receiving the greatest attention in all sections where zinc ores havo been discovered This naturally has lead up to opening markets for the zinc as a by-product, and wiill.' some of tho mines havo been successful in disposing'of their zinc pro duct at a profit in Europe and tlie United States, there are a great many properties with a complex nature of ores, with lower values in silver, that are not in a position at the present time and with present methods of concentration, to make a product that will stand the high cost of transportation abroad With smelting and reduction works in British Columbia this would be entirely different, but until the character as well as the extent of deposits have been thoroughly explored it is hardly to be expected that capitalists will invest in local reduction plants. They must be ., given assurance of finding a'profitable investment by the report of a hiyh authority on zinc. Iii addition to the direct benefit to the zinc miner the lead 111 ini nj^r industry would receive additional attention inasmuch as exploration work for zinc o.o bo lies woald lead to discoveries of lead ore bodies as well. This can bo explained by the fact that Iliad and zinc ores are so closely related that there is no distinct line between eludes the commercial features as well, and will be useful in furthering the zinc mining and metallurgical industry of British Columbia. It is possible that objections will be raised by our patri otic citizens to engaging a foreign specialist for the investigation of Canadian resources, and indeed it would be must fortunate if any of our engineers in Canada could fill the want, but the zinc question is a specialty where an intimate knowledge and study is required, and we do not believe that such a specialist can be found in Canada, and it will therefore be to the benefit of Canada to employ the very best authority obtainable in preference to anyone who would be only fairly well familiar with the subject, hut not a specialist on the same. Specialists on this subject are confined to Europe anil the United States, but no European can be readily reached or is likely to be able to grasp the economic conditions of the west at short acquaintance. It may be claimed tliat the cost of investigation should be borne by individuals or corporations, aud it is probable that expenditures in this direction will be made by those able to afford tliis advantage,, but the .-number of mine or claim owners in this enviable financial condition is insignificant compared to the number of these (especially of the prospector class), who hold properties carrying zinc values and who are not only uninformed as to the value of the zinc deposits they control but are financially unable to secure expert advice. This condition has for some years past been recognized by the United States government, who have had a corps of experts in the various zinc fields of that country with the most beneficial results as regards enlightening the general public as to the nature and capabilities of the resources which nature has placed at their command. That the resources of the country as to zinc bearing ores are extensive, I have no hesitancy in stating That the ores as to their physical features in the the two minerals. Development ot zinc j different districts vary considerably is fields would therefore at the same time also beyond question. One feature that lead to new discoveries of siKer-lead ores The z'nc question is not a matter of local interest alone, but of national importance. We admit that the selection of the specialist to examine! our zihe resources in British Columbia is one of the essential features, and we have therefore suggested professor Walter Ronton In- gabs, of Boston, whom everybody con- ,,, .-Initj n.^* .a?.!,*.t a%\ It ii2 **..r......... r,., t \«. ,,. ~ni\l*CI n™*cillliJ*CJiJ*u—in—int*~pn»n^cr**iv7iiT vr»ll~ idea is that he should inane a general study of the zinc resources of British Columbia as to the grade, of ores for .spelter production, etc., and to give his opinion as to the best methods of de velopinent of the industry in general. In short, we desire a report that in- has puzzled the miner and metallurgist considerably is the silver bearing nature of the zinc ores. There are mines capable of producing a very large tonnage of first-class zinc ore, which would only carry up to six ounces in silver, while on the other hand wn have mines that have large bodies of zinc ores carrying- high silver values Zinc ores containing extremely high silver values are not unusual iu this province. Iain familiar ^Wivii Ovr-ivan! sin a n—oou!en~oi zinc ores" in the Sloean and Ainsworth camp thai will carry from 1.200 to 1,500 ounces of silver per tou. Such ores are indeed exceptional iu any part of the world and processes for a close recovery of both the silver and the zinc values haye therefore not kept pace with tho rest of H the metallurgical achievements obtained on the more commonplace types of ores. Consequently the miner who produces a zinc ore with very high silver values is at a disadvantage ana will be at the best not able to get smelter returns for more than two-thirds or three- fourths of the silver values. Undoubt edly this feature deserves particular attention aud expert advice In iny estimation, however, the average silver contained in the zinc ores found in the Slocan within a circumference of ter. miles (taking Sandon as a centre) would be approximately 25 ounces per ton of 50 per cent ore. I beg to emphasise this feature for the reason that it is generally understood by mining men in the Slocan, as well as the public, that the British Columbia zinc ores oilman average would run far above this in silver. It has beeu pointed out by many that if the smelters could only afford "to pay for three-fourth of the silver values the losses would be very high and that It would be better to leave theso ores in tho ground until some day when a higher recovery could be obtained. What I wish to bring out in connection herewith is that the zinc ores of British Columbia oven without silver values are worth mining for their zinc values alone, and if they contain some silver values besides, so much the better The zinc industry should not be hampered or be prejudiced by the fact that a low properties, might have an exceptional argentiferous zinc ore that would prove difficult to get the full value for Such ores cease to be zinc ores and should be classed as -silver* ores. It is mv opinion that there is an unlimited amount of desirable zine ores in British Columbia fit both for spelter and zinc oxide productions Tho highly argentiferous zinc ores as a whole should be regarded as exceptions from the rule and not allowed to interfere with the large ore deposits of strictly ziii'c bearing ore worth consideration for their zinc values only Our main object is therefore as it will be understood from the foregoing, to give the Canadian investing public an opportunity to find out all the particulars of the zinc oro deposits in British Columbia. In the United States and Europe tho zinc smelters have not been slow in realizing the future we have before us. Our zinc ores are now being exported every day to the markets of tho world where they are made into spelter and zinc oxides and later on returned and sold in the Canadian market. Ut fortunately we havo no zinc smelters in Canada, and the consumers wiil therefore have to bear the additional cost of transporting duties, etc., not to speak of the profits that would add to the wealth of Canada if a new zinc industry was established here. As to transportation, wo are at present shipping our _iy.I_*l..» Ai.jlo Is. I rtl t* l»_.i ttii.ta „ t* .» ?»..--».!.-■>« i..= rate of $10 per ton and to Europe at a freight rate of SIS per ton. It requires approximately two ton's of our ore (or any other ore) to make one ton of spelter. On theso two tons the freight amounts to cue cent per pound, and in addition thereto we, have to pay freight on spelter returned from Iola to Canada, which is $20 per ton, or one cent pi r pound. From this it will be seen that more than two cents per pound is added to each pound of spelter used in Canada for home consumption. From June, 1001, to June, 1902, the following zinc products were imported into Canada for home consumption, according to official reports issued by the dominion government, under a duty of only 5 per cent ad valorem: Quantity. Value. Zinc white (or oxide) lbs. and red lead ... .12,324,881 8189,281 Zinc, in blocks, pigs sheets and plates 3,905,552 141,560 Spelter, in blocks and pigs 2,035,872 S0.757 ST^ICTLiY FIRST-CliASS BI H 8THE NEWMARKET HOTEL^ w-~ --jb* __c—_m —a?—"at* tat—ma tar—imt tar—wat'^at—""^ 9^^^^mmmm0^^^^ *^^^_. ■ —•*^^ ^^^^r„ ^mml^—W, -^^^fc^.™^****^^ ■•■••■■**• "*• ~^^*m_ Mtt^^m, i^^^**™.^ KA pleasant» situated on t _ lako in all A Gale's Approx 9000 tons $711,548 It is an injustice to Canada, who, we will assume, has the zine ores, fuel, etc , to look for a market for home consumption in a country' where high tariff exists (viz., the United States) besides paying high freight rates on-long hauls going out as raw material and coming back as a finished product, with an additional tarifl charge of 5 per cent. As to the extent of ore deposits, I have mentioned in the above that in the Slocan there are several important veins of desirable zinc ores. On soincof these veins considerable work has been done but entirely for the purpose of obtaining- the high silver-lead ores associated with the zinc Any development work must therefore be credited to the silver- lead industry. Whatever zinc ore was lake'n out with the lead ores lias for a number of yens been wasted inthe concentrators or left on the dumps, and treated as equaling so much waste. Hundreds of thousands of tons of zinc have in this manner been wasted through tlie tailraces and into the creeks. Furthermore a large amount of zinc has been wasted in the lead smelting furnaces and run out with the slag. When hereto is added penalties that have been charged the miner for excess of zinc in the lead ore it will readily be seen that zinc to the value of several million dollars has been k^t It is impossible, to give accurate figures in reference hereto, but 1 may state that out of a dozen concentrators, each of about 100 tons capacity, the average, tailings would assay 20 per cent, zine, and iu individual cases would exceed 30 per cent. Whatever silver was contained in the zinc would of course follow same through the tail-races. In the Slocan mines loaned at elevations of from 3,000 to 8,000 leet, the veins run parallel usually with a slight inclination from the vertical. The approximate strike is northeast and southwest All of the important veins are true fissure, showing considerable signs of faulting and fractures iu the slate formation of the country. In no particular instance has mining been carried on beyond a l,000foot depth, aud here the evidences of-i»erease-«{~ZineHe-uppareot-i—Auhih- biased observer must come to the con elusion that the lead or at least a portion of it is gradually being replaced by zinc-blend If for no other reason this feature alone would be of sufficient importance to the silver-lead miner to solve the zinc question. IJnfor.unately while he knows all about lead he is not any too well posted on the zinc. In depth lie is confronted with ures of more or less complex nature and c neeutr.t tion propositions, and unit's., he can make a profitable by-product of the zinc ores he will find it difficult to make his lead ores pay oven with high silver values. If it was not for the liberal bounty of $15 per ton granted by the dominion government he certainly could not see, his way clear. At any rate he has found out "that he cannot afford to pay penalties to the smelters on excess of zinc when this amounts to $8 and §10 per ton as they in many instances have proved to do " If on the other hand he is able to separate the zinc from the iron and the lead by means of concentration and magnetic" separation and dispose of the lead and the zinc to advantage independent of each other there will be no cause for him to dread the future of deep mining, and instead of looking at the, zinc as an intruder on the peerless silver-lead ores, he will in time learn to regard it as a more valuable byproduct than lead. London and New York prices of spelter which govern the markets of the world to-day have for a number of years showed considerable strength. At this time of writing the London price of spelter is £22 per long ton, while the London price of lead, plus the lead bounty of 75 cents per hundredweight, is only £15, 7s. (id. ft will therefore readily be seen that spelter is commanding a far higher price than lead, a feature that has been overlooked by a great many, ordinary conditions bia have caused the miner to overlook the prospects and advantages of zinc, also the losses to which he has exposed himself so long. Even at the present time it is with a great deal of tardiness that he realizes the bright future of zinc and the addition of a new and distinct industry to the present silver-lead industry. ' WHEN TOMMY COMES A-VISITIN". 'eculiar aud extra- in British Colum- (For the Boise Capital News ) O, Tommy come a visitor, And he'broughtadinky boat, He thought that he could try and beat, The fastest boat afloat. 0, Tommy come a visitin , An' thought to win a prize; That golden vase looked mighty good, To Tommy's iougin'eyes. O, Tommy come a visitin', With Shamrock number one; He. raced, and thought to have, tbe cup, But only had the fun. O, Tommy come a visitin', With Shamrock number two; He tried to carry off the cup, But found it wouldn't do. O, Tommy comes a visitor, With Shamrock number three; And if he doesn't get the cup, lie gets our sympathy. When Tonnnv conies a visitin', Barber Shop substitute for home to those who travel. It is the shore of Lake Slocan. the most beautiful nieriea. From its baleonies and windows can be seen the grandest scenery on this continent. The internal arrangements of the hotel are the reverse to telephone, all the rooms l»eing plastered, and electric bells at the head of every bed make it easy for the dry moments in the morning. The best and cheapest meals in the country are to be found in the dining room. The house is run on cosmopolitan principles, and the prospector with his pack on his back is just as welcome as the millionaire with his roll in AND BATH ROOMS The best Tonsorial Establishment in the Slocan. Balmokai. Bldg, Main St., Sandon. HOTEL SLOCAN We're gfiul to see hisTaee; He never goes home mad because, He hasn't won the race. When Tommy comes a-visitin', We're glad to see. him come; An' if he races any more, I hope he wins, bv gum "TIIK KLEVATOU BOY I). 1 Rom: son are alive need in the Write* them. itsox &■ Co.. of Xel- to what the people wav of Furniture. hexsxfsk: ta A name that is familiar timers as the name of Forks—familiar because there in days of boom ami id de 1 The Strathcona j(J IN NELSON, B. C. *.* t 4 a. -* m * ■ .1 a* *.***** * • H Every guevt receive: thc bo'-jit care u;al pn.tix- hotci hu* the bank, tion The liquors are the best in the Slocan, and tin long been noted for its fish and game dinners. This is the only first-class house in tlm Lucerne of North America. One look at the landlord will convince any stranger that the viands are of first-class quality. Rooms reserved by telegraph. tu mu- j Three. it was I iU ililVH I •pivpsiim thai ihey enjoyed { the linspifn-Jitv of r|ic« I'l-ribil pro.' jiiietor, tuiA partook of the hosttW bountiful tablf Tin- same condition* prevail unlay lhat have won (or the house its envi able reputation and the iimnc of As proprietor i«, } j HUGH NIVEN A r I Henry Stege, Proprietor New Denver. B.C. V w^^^^^^~*.^x^^^^*^^*t ^^--^^^^ ^^^^^^w^^y*1^w^-^^^wt~w^^. a*. M-k^^^^J^*^'^^^^^^^^^*^ ^^^**9^J ^^^B.^.^^aw.^j^^^aw.^j^^^awT,^. ^^9 ^^" l^^^BpaiWMM*.^^^^ *^^^a*99-m9*i9m*t^9^^^ »99^^9mWHK*99*r-t*9^^^a\ ^^^^B™»~ ^99.^*^^*% m\m^^Wh, n .tt^^m *W^^*9t»,^ . ,..,,^^^mM m^^W9**.„ ,„HJ«^^^^ J*^n-m.j**^^^^ P. BURNS & CO. Sandon and Elsewhere It has lately been renovated throughout, and islii>t*< in everything. asM 1,4 .„*. 4. .*,. , ■ 1,. * f r* ,.,■■,.■,. ? .. 1w .... t .... „ . t 1 4 , , >*.... r , . ..,,,. ^ *- *»„,,, * *• * . * ,,,.... .... , , 1... U".}vrr J.<3/: c.-I/jUv.-LmJ :i wj.wf 1!j/j1 ujJJ*!3i.-. •+&, • <* 1 ,, iV,. ,,,,,. ,. , f .1 , ......it ,*M k,»**i, ..(«!».w Mh iiii*:. .Slocan. In Saudou, Manager (Jufciy is ever on the alert to supply the, Iwist meats dbtabtibk. You will akt&y* find the U-st Fre*h ami Salt! Meats; Salt, Fresh and Smoked Fish; Ham, Haeon, Saumgenand Lard. 1 A Tift whi»n frm rrnttf t*r\i*ltf*- it, c«ic»n t:*** tni-A IH-,, 1,.*,,.*>,.,. ., Ai..* t Fresh Eastern Oysters Drop s word over the 'phone to **!, Sandon.'* ti B* II ti VB. TOMPKINS, ManagerV ti Is the leading hotel in Southern Urilish Columbia. It ba> ample accommodation for a larp* number of gue-its, and the ideal position it occupies appeals equally to any traveler as well a* the tourist. Prmmn-ei'" will tin*1 l:irg«* sample p»oiie and all tin- iiuitit ,7,1 iu i.i lit Uit.diAit liU'n !. ~am**< ■*"^.M"*^ l-Cr3 IT* "a~~jat t*f.—ja* laK"'" 1 ■ ^^_ *aa \ - m**^^^ ^ ~ ^ ^^-.^^ •* H ROOmS RESERVED BY TELEGRAPH ':mmmmm**m- Ai '^mXUs:^fii,ir Order your Spring Suit now. Natty Suiting* now arriving. F. F* Liebsdwr, fHlttrton'a Ban* T*(1or Filbert Hotel MWFTT V MMMMIV Vrn»1ii«t„r* The Filbert is now the lie«t hotel in the Slocan. The Dining Room ie eondueted on *trietly first-Ha** principle*. The room* fir«" large, comfortable ami properly taken care of. F.i.h van fii«.ii¥. Hot Ant. Moii^us Pm mi-.iv.. Eu-tsvimv. re-to-Dun. We Set the Best Meal in Sandon M'-al* ."rfV. Ticket**;. Main St.. Sandon. THE LEDGE, NEW DENVER, B.C., APRIL 14, 1904. Eleventh Year n MY VALET SQUIRE THE TAILOR Over Wallace-Miller block, Baker St., Nelson. Special yearly contracts for Pressing, Repairing and Cleaning. Goods called for and delivered weekly. Tents and awnings made to order. 1^% back ** numbers Of LOWEHY'S CLAIM (each one different) are sent to any address for R. T. Lower) $i HOTELS. 'piIK KING'S HOTKL in Ferguson is a oheer- 1 ful homo for all travelers ■ to tlie Lurdeau. F AXK RAHBEtt. Proprietor. TRKMONT HOUSK, XELSON European unci American plan. Meals, 25cents. Rooms from it. up to .i-l. Only white help employed. Nothlnsr yellow abuut the place except the nold in the safe. MA LONE & TREGILLUS. THE UOYAT*. HOTI'X, Nelson, is noted for the'excellence of itscuisine. SOL JOHNS, proprietor. BARTLETT HOUSE, formerly the Clark is the best >.*1 a dav hotel in Nelnon. Only white help employed." G W. BARTLETT proprietor. 'PHE MAZE, L. for Slocan ..In KASLO. is just the place people to find when dry or in search of a downy couch. REUTER & LATHAM. -THE SILVER KING I near V\ ard St., Xelson LAR A DAY HOTEL, Baker St., BO. THE DOL- HOUSK. T HE HOTEL FERGUSON is the home, of Slocan people when they riv in Ferguson. MCDOXNEL & BLACK, Proprietors. THE BHITTANNl.V HOTEL is tho oldest and ihe bust in the Lardo. Gold seekers alwavs welcome. ULVIX BROS. WATCHES* r G. MELVIN, *) i Expert Watch Manufacturing Jeweller. Ri'pairer. Diamond Setter, and Entrraver. ..Manufactures Chains'. Lockets .indRinirs. Workmanship jriiarHiitocd equal to any in Canada. Orders by mail solicited. Box .'40, Sandon. Wholesale Merchants, =i"iju..t,.u'.|rsji»\* jfc. 0« ~%^~17v,vi\r*r .—**4" *J* r r^ *J er-s in Butter. Efj'jjs. Cheese. Produce and Fruit.Nelson. B.C. IiEICS-AXi. \f L. GRIMMETT. r,. L. It., Barrister, M. Solicitor, Nntarv Public Sandon, B.C Rran"h fifliee at New Denvr evrv Saturday. Tn.sura.riae & Real Estate ■nilOUPSON, MITCHELL & CO. Fire I Insurance. As,'ent-». Dealers in Real Estate \flnlntr Properties Houses to rent and Town Lots for Sale. ■NOTARY FXT"BIjIQ. C. S. K Y4IIH4M,, N.w l-H-tvtr. B.C.. NOTARY PUBLIC. GENKRAL A(! Real F.-inan and dealer In coal, wood nnd water. DTflNTIiSTlrg/y. DR. MrYLOY>Wm Hiw had I" vear* i-xiwriftipe in dental work, one •nikiH ii , te. Sojourning tir-ftlireii are .'.%XI»O.S' I.OIlia; Ml '44, K. OE I*. • ^ Miit« everv \Vi-.|ii,*i|ny evi-idiij," at ** n'cluck in tlw I'vtbl mi i'lHtie Hall, S*ui.|on Hl*on, li. C. \H HKVIiAMl, Kluniwor awl Provincial , f.itiid Siirviivoi, KAS|,ii A correspondent with the Tibet mission tells a mule story : " Mules apparently do not die from any cause, and this mission has again proved the extreme hardihood of these animals. When the mission lirst crossed the Jelap Va a mule slipped in the dusk and fell into the lake at the bottom of the pass. It was thought to be drowned Next morning a convoy found it with its nose just above the ice, and the rest of the body literallv frozen in Pickaxes were brought, and the animal was dug out It is now working as usual.'' Always havo a bottle of Sandon beer in yonr pocket when you go fishing. Write to tho New York Brewery and get a ease. Tbe Tennessee Copper Co., which has just paid a dividend of nearly a quarter of a million, although owning and making a profit out of its smelting an I converting plants, reports a total profit of $1.45 i>er ton. The big Anaconda copper Co., at Butte, that h*s paid S23,'250,- 000 in profits, makes out of its mining, smelting, converting and letininy; its own ores less than $2 per ton The great Treadwell gold mine, which has paid its owners over $5,000,000 in dividends, made a net profit last year of but $1 09 per ton. In fact, with few exceptions, She big dividend paying copper, gold, iron and coal companies make a profit of but H to $2 per ton on their output. The Granby C»). also contracted to treat the output of thu two quarries at its Grand Forks smelter upon terms which, applied to all the ore that had been shipped, would give a clear profit above all costs of over SI.f>0 per ton. This is a substantial profit for a large "M"uTICE is hereby fri, en that GO days after date ■^ I intend io apply to the Hon rub.e Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission te purchase for agricultural purposes the following described tract of land: Comnienc ing at a post marked 'M. G., N. W. corner," and situated about SOt) feet northerly from the shipyard at Rosebery and adjoining R. N.Cook', pre-emption, thence east 40 cnains, thence south 40 chains, thence west 40 chains, thence north 10 chains to point of commencement; containing !Go acres. M.GINTZUERGER. April 8th, 1004. NOTICE. TO DELINQUENT CO-OWNERS. ToG. F. COPELAND, deceased, or to whom his lnteest has been transferred in the Morning Star mineral claim, situated on Goat, nioui - tain.Slocan Mining Division,West Kootenay. VOU are hereby notified that 1 have expended 1 §710.00 in labor and improvements on the above mentioned mineral claim under the provisions of the Mineral Act, and if. withbi iwdnys troni the date of this notice you fail or refuse to contribute your proportion of the above mentioned sum, which is now duo, together with all costs of advertising, your interest in the said claim will become the ju-opertv of the underslgliod under Section 4 of the "Mineial Act Amendment Act 11)00." JOHN CAROLAN. New Denver, B. C., April 7, 1904, NOTICE. NOTICE. *l*^-[7 PENNSYLVANIA ZINC MINES. Eastern capitalists have recently purchased zine {producing properly' near Frientlensvilie, Pa., .adjoining the old Fnendeiisville Zinc Company's mine. Itis proposed to open up gi eat pits, as iron is nitned in the Lake Superior country, instead of developing the property bvbhaftd and levels, as zinc mines of the Misfeissippi \ alley are worked. The ore bodies are reported to vary from 10 to 25 feet in thickness. Machinery is to be installed immediately and active operations on the property are to be inaugurated during the coming month. \TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That. 30d..ys 11 ' alter dato 1'intend to apply to the Hon The thief Commissioner oi Lan-dVand Works for a special licence to cut aud carry away timber from the following described land, commencing at a post planted at the North East corner ol W. 11. . u'tlhope Timber Limit on tbe south side of Bonanza en ek and about (ij miles from Slocan lake in West Kootenay District, Thence west So chains, thence north 80 chains, thence east 80 chains, thence south 80 chains to place of com-, lneiieement. 02LZO,OXlJ£X.»Locater^_ FRANK FLETCHER THE BIG TRIP TO ST. LOUIS THE QUEEN CIGAR STORE NELSON, B.C. is offering with everv purchase of 25 cts, one chance ou a ticket to the World's Fair. Tho tickets have n coupon attached, which is placed in a sealed box until the 15th of July. K«»t. when the drawiti'' take« place. The man* nor of (irawinjf shall be decided by n committee. Tlie chance of a lifetime for n cheap trip. P—plt at a dUtanet can ■•md order* by mall Th»y count )uit «h« Mm*. A44r*t* all l*U*m ta- neNICMOI.L A SMVTM. Nil AON. TO DRY PEOPLE Provincial Land Surveyor Lands and Mineral ClainiflSurveyed and Crown Granted. . O. Hox Ml, Ollice: Kootenay St., Nelson COLIN J. CAMPBELL ASSAYER p.o.boxaeNEW DENVER. Terms on application II At.OYO* MOT *t*¥tl*«l«« *,%*TTAH. II!M. Thfm««t*f*»*mt*i|«» ll r a | "f U fi nkn fi--"- •l|.!t*#M nt V,*' wt,h im-urt;- II CAL I U .»,%. sitnstH mW« »«•«-eery "n D C 0 fl D T riv.illwl f<.r'innd'nr H *Mmt ll Lu U tl I VUli'.ni! S'i'1 Klfllfii'ii* li> Uw l:.-tt:i'l*ih,l* nf :.'.,'',{..■?.'■.. . ii4.:l.ti.. I ' 'i ■ ■„■■*.,. *,1 I,". ,., ',*.*.*. In* prm, u1 itm w*,tl-* ewrt nil mrvmif .ttid no-x'-u-Ur vuinl trip ikki*f ImIuiihi K*w IVnvar arnl llalcvoii. obt-ah,*!'!" ?3,tiud ]). I). MacDonnhl. FM. C. B Wiii. intend, sixty days from (he dale hereof, to apply to the Mining Recorder for Certiticates of Improvements, for the purpose of obtaining u Crown Grant of euch of the above claims. Andfiiriliertakenotleethatactlon under sroifl* niUKt be commenced bofore the Issuance of *uch t>rtlllentes of Improvements. Dated this lfttli day of Fohrunry; A. D. l'.HH. XHT A "MTI?r\ Special nepre>ciitativo TT Tl ll 1 VJ I.l i» this country and adjoining territories, to represent mid advertise nn old established msiucss home of solid tiiiiuicl/il standliig. Salary til weekly, with Exiwnses advanced each Monday by check'dlroct from head (innrters. Hone and buggy Jurnlsbed when nect'ssiiry; position permanent. Atldrcus Blew Bros. & Co., R.KJH1010 Mouon Bldg., Chicago. Ill, AM t^l* 19, OPERATINM INTERNATIONAL NAVIGATION & TRADING COMPANY LIMITED, KASLO & SLOCAN RAILWAY. Herewith notice clmtigu in tiuii' on thiH Company's lin*p«, inking effect 12.01 a. in., Monday, March 7th, 1H04: K. & ». Ry. 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