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It ia situated about hall\nway between Bilverton aud New Denver,\nbeing about two miles from either place,\nand lies on tho first bill oi any importance back from Slocan lake, It being\n1500 feet to the lake and at an altitude\nof 500 feet above It. A wagon road\nand trail connecta it with Silverton, troni\nwhich point its oree are shipped,\nThe development work so far done\n.. iiiMiMtH of three tunnels, a 60 foot winze\nand 20 loots haft, besides numerous open\ncuts and prospect holet put down to\ntrace and show up the vein which bus\nbeen traced on the surface lor some 500\nfeet and which has shown up well wherever uncovered. The first two tunnels\nwere driven but a short distance and the\nore mostly sloped out which produced\nabout 90 tons of shipping ore. Tunnel\nNo 3 has been driven 80 feet ;ind in the\nface it shows a ledge five font wide with\ntwo fcfci of clean ore, the balance being\nledge in 'tier und concentrates. Near\nthe mouth of Ibis tunnel a wiuxe has\nbeen sunk 60 teet showing the le I.e to\nbe from five to six feet wide, aud the\nnaystreak running Irom IM to '.4 inches.\nAt a depth ol 60 feet in the winze a drift\n\u25a0inn run 20 feet east 041 the vein aud\nshows the puyatreak to >x -Ola-dies. A\nshaft is being sunk some 400 feel west of\nthis tunnel on the ledge, and has now\nreached a depth of 2 1 feet arid shows tbe\nvein to be over six feet betweeu walls,\nQUEEN BESS MEETING.\nThe last ordinary general meeting ol\nthe Queen Ress Proprietory company,\nlimited, held in Loudon, England, on\nFebruary 17th, was ol interest from the\nfact that it was stated to the chairman\nthat the net profits to date upon shipments of ore was \u00a33,480, sufficient to pay a\ndividend, but also because a discussion\nof the smelting question took place. The\nchair-ran, Capt. Needham. spoke of the\nheavy freight and smelter charges.\nMr. May said that though there might\nbe a feeling towards helping our cousins\nacross the water, they die not want them\nto make too much out of their properly,\nand bo hoped the directors would\nas soon as possible get the oro treated\nin Canada and save as much as possible\nof tbe heavy charges.\nThe chairman said that with respect to\ntbe heavy cbnrges for freight and treatment in the United States, there was a\nvery difficult and complex question, and\nit was rcceving every possible attention.\nnot only from their managing director*,\nbut also from the managing directors\nfrom all Ihe mines in that district At\npresent they were absolutely in the\nhands of the United States government,\nand no doubt,if some large capitalist or\nEnglish leviathan were to come into tbe\ncountry and set up in opposition to tin\nUnited States, be might get the better\n01 her, but for a small capitalist to\nattempt it would bo very ri-ky indeed.\nSuppose a smelter was orected by a\nsmall company got up in London *, when\nthe conditions seem lavorable. and every\nthing wiiB goini on perfectly and it\nlooked like being prosperous, the United\nStates would tako tho duty off had, and\nthat would at once place the English\ncompany in 11 false position. Then the\nwould lower the freights, and if tbe worst\ncame to the \"tarsi she would aeiual;. itive\na bonus tolheiu toso'-d iho ores. The\nlact was, they must have these ores,\n] they were so useful (or fluxing\nown ores.\u2014Kootensian.\nKNOX ROBBERY\nMcDonald And Walker Sent up For\nTrial at Jane Assizes.\nOUR BUCKET BRIGADE CALLED OUT.\nWork nn\nOur Slri'flu .In\nWhim I'urlv\nRnjoyuolc\npacltj\nvein lone uv.-i \u00bb\u25a0\u00ab ._-. \u2014 \u2014 An old creek bed his been run into in\nand carrying (our feet ot concentrating I \u201e\u201e\u201e ,,art (l( the (-.,\u25a0\u201e\u201e_ Mjll(,s workings,\nore, aud everything points to the \u00ab\u00bbrik- J a\u201e(1 ^^ ?nMr Um txup9fawl opera-\nJ. A. McDonald and Duke Walker appeared before Police Magistrate Lilly on\nTuesday on the chargs of robbing Knox\nBros.' jewelry store. VYalker was culled\nto the witness stand and gave evidence\nas follows:\nOn the night of the robbery I was going up Sixtth street when I thoaght I\nnoticed a light in Knox's jewelry store.\nI started across Ihe street and when I\ngot to the store the light was not there.\nSupposing the boys had gone into the\nback room, I went iu, the door being\nopen. I got about half way through the\nfront shop when I was jumped by an unknown persmi. I wab told that if I made\nan outcry it would be at the peril of my\nlife. I then started to go out but the\nperson\u2014whom I then recognised as McDonald\u2014said uold on He, McDonald,\nreached behind tho counter and brought\nout a sack and said come on, let us go.\nHe said keep quiet and 1 will see that\nyou get what iB right. I renionstnited\nwith him, but lie said never mind, 11 lie\nhad too much he would oce tnat Knox\ngot some of it back. We wont over be-\niiind tbe Bolander block and M. Donald\nthrcwjtlie sack uhd