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A full reprint of the ollicial pro\ngrummo will be found on another column, so it ia unnecessary to detail the\nvarious events. Tlio Hose Cart race is\na fine test of physical strength and\nis moreover an attempt at perfecting\nau institution which is of the utmost\ninportaneo to the safely of both property and person in Nelson.\nTbe horse races will interest a certain class of tlio populace. If the\nday ho ftiir tbey should prove a\nsource of income to somo of tho most\nliberal subscribers to the sports.\nTbe principal object of interest in\ntho trade's procession will be Tbe Miner's float.\nThe programme states that hero will\nhen prize for tho \"best Callithump\nin Costume.\" Whether a Oalithump\nis a vegetable, or new species offish,\nor a human being in disguise it is hard\nfor a sti anger to say. The word is only\nto be found in a recent American dictionary and is thus defined : \"A noisy\nparade in which the bou;ing of tin\npans find o'bfr dipw\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd '\ufffd\ufffd-.r. ;fc&tr,i\nwent* aie iho principal feature.\"\nIt is presumed therefore that the\npremier beator of tin pans \"or ofh r\ndiscordant instruments\" will bo\nawardei tho palm of victory.\nA word should bo said about the decorations. It, perhaps might be suggested that a prize be offered next year\nfor the best decorated store window\nfor they considerably add to tho attractiveness of the scene when gaily\ndeekod.\nThe Phair Hotel is resplendent iu\nflags, bunting and Chinese lanterns lit\nwith electric light. The host has apparently spared neither trouble or expense in making the houso that bears\nhis name the most tasteful specimen\nof decoratiou in tbo town.\nThe Canada Book and Drug Co.,\nhave chosen a singularly appropriate\nform of window decoration for tbe\nday. All the goods displayed are of\nCanadian manufacture. Works by\nCanadian authors, flags (without Stars\nand Stripes) and bunting complete a\nvery effective picture.\nM. DesBrisay welcomes tho visitors\nwith cunning devices of oranges and\nUnion Jacks and Lillie Bros., veil\ntlieir stock in trade with graceful\nfolds of red, white, and blue bunting.\nMr. J. Dover's stoic window is all\nglorious with wrought gold. The\nprizes are showily set out and the\nbrilliance of their effect will be enhanced by the addition of $75,000\nworth of diamonds\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdtbo property of\nMessrs. Ellis of Toronto\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdwhich will\nth( re bo displayed positively for two\nday 1 only. A brace of gallant Nelson\nRiflemen will be on guard outside Mr.\nDover's store in case thieves should\nbreak through and steal.\nThe Bodega saloon bas added another front window in which are arranged cases of choice wines and\nrmrits reposing amid eugarluiided columns.\nw.c Madden House flaunts its venin\nlab, brave in red white and blue\nbunting, before the wavering aider\nmen. The oil'ect is exceedingly pretty\nand \"Totn\" assured Tho Miner that\ntho said verandah was quite safe, and\nwould bo have a\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\nKirkpatrick & Wilson bave a splendid display of chiuawaio in tl.eir win- i\ndow.\nThe Lawrence Hardware Co. pnsent\na novelty in tbe shape of a rockery\nand fountain. This is a relief to the\neye after the gaudy colored bunting.\nThe Nelson Hardware Co., are excessively loyal,tho national flag invar-\nions devices testifying to this fact.\nMi. Pateuande's window must not bo\nforgotten. British, Canadian. Fronch\nand American flags form a fraternal\nquartette. Sir John Macdonald's por-\ntnit looks down en a tasteful assortment of watches and jewelry.\nWATER CARNIVAL.\nThe water carnival tomorrow evon-\niug depends for its success ou the\nspirit in which the owners of boas\nenter into it. So far tho indications\nare that it will bo one of tho most mio-\nThe finish will je opposito the foot\nof Waul Street.\nFrank Pletohei has kindly conented\nto be judge at, tho boat races. Cap.\ntain Troup will act as clork of the\ncourse, and Mr. Soious will be starter.\nAll the events will bo well filledt\nTho entries will positively close at\nnoon today.\nThe Smelter band will be in attendance on a barge.\nThe judges will decide ou tho best\ndecorated boat in tbo WUter carnival at\nil :iiO on Saturday night.\nBICYCLE RACES.\nTho bicycle committee have provided an elaborate programme which differs from that issued officially.\nThe following was handed into The\nMiner last night by the bioyole committee :\nQuarter mile championship of tho\nKootenays, open to all. Prize, cup valued at $70 on view at J. Dover's,\ndonated by tbe Kootenay Cigar Mfg.\nCo., to be won two years in succession,\nalso silver flask to keep.\nQuarter mile straight away, open to\noil-1st prize, iamp, valued $30, donated by J. Dover. 2ud, shaving mug\nand crush, $12.50. 3rd., Sugar bowl,\n$7.50\n200 yds., slow race, onen to all, 1st\nprize, clook valued, $12.50. 2nd,\nflask, $4.\nObstacle Race, open to all\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd1st prize,\ngold chain, $15. 2nd, silver hair brush,\n$10. !lrd., writing desk, $3.50.\nHill Climbing race, open to all\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd1st\nprize, gold watch, filled, $25. 2nd.,\ncamera, $12.50. 3rd, tie box, $4.\nEntrees to be made with the Secretary Mr. John Houstcn not later than\n3 o'clock.\nLACROSSE GAME.\nTho following team has finally been\nselected by tbe committee of management to uphold tho honor of Nelson\nin lacrosse on the first of July against\nRossi aud :\nD. Blackwood, goal; F. Lynch,\npoint; P. W. Grant, cover; 1st do-\nrence, J. Thompson; 2nd D.McNichol;\n3rd A. Jeffs; centre, H, P. liowden ;\n3rd noire, A. Perrier; 2nd, R. Reeves;\n1st, W. Hayer; outside borne, W.\nEraser; inside home, A. Archibald ; H.\nW. Wright, manager.\nTHE RECEPTION COMMITTEE.\nTho reception oommittee announce\nthat luncbeou will bo provided for the\nCity's guests at the reception room\nin the Macdonald Block, at the corner of Josephine and Vernon streets,\nfrom 1 to 3 p. in.\nGuests oan receive badges from the\nMayor or any member of the Recep-\ntj ,- i-,,,Mi.-;ti!..-. Members of *be Reception Committee may obtain badges\nfrom the Oity Olerk. Guests wearing\nbadges will be admitted to the giauil\nstand. Information as to rooms can\nbe obtained at tlio Information Bureau, Mr. Love's office, on Baker\nBtrcet.\nNOTES.\nWell let us hope tho duy will be fine\nand not loo hot.\nTbe drilling contest will be held in\ntbe vaoant lots adjoining tbe Quoen's\nHotel.\nTho baseball game is always interesting especially when tho decisions of the\numpire are criticised.\nIt was reported yesterday that over a\nthousand visitors from Rossland will\nIjc present at tho sports today.\nThe Blair College baseball team will\nplay the Nelson team today, winners\nto play tbo Rossland team tomorrow.\nOapt. Hodgins has arranged for a\ncompany of the Kelson' rifles to be in\nattendance during the sports tomorrow\nin full dress\nThe mayor bas arranged for a number of plain clothed constables to patrol the residental portions of the towu\nduring tho next, three days.\nAll miners who wish to onter for\nthe drilling contest aro requestod to\nmeet the committee at Drs. LaBau\nand Porin's office at H p. m. this oven\ning.\nTho hose cart race, to take place at\nnoon will undoubtedly be an exciting\noue. The teams taking part have\nbeen training for some time for the\ncontest, and all have been through\nmany similar oues. The RosBland\nteam arrived yesterday, and the Kaslo\nteam is expected on the Kokanee and\nwith Nelson's stalwarts will probably\nform iho trio tbat will en ter tbe lists\ntfelson, British Columbia. Firday, June 30, 1899.\nTenth Year\nSPOKANE BASEBALL TEAM.\nTho Team\nSpokane,\nthe Blair\nmorning\nteam 12\nI DOMINION DAY SPORTS I\nOFFICIAL PROGRAMME.\nFriday, June 30r.ri.\n10 a. m.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdTrades Procession.\nFor the best Float, $50 and a mantel valued at =3\n$50, donated by the Washington Brick & Lime Company of Spokane. For the second best Float, $30.\nFor the best Callithump in Costume, $20. For a Children's Float $50.\nJudges\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdGeorge Kydd, Gilbert Stanley, E. E.\nPhair.\n12 noon\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdHose Cart Races.\n1st Prize 2d Prize\nHub-and-Hub Race\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdwith reels\nof equal weight, carrying five lengths\nof hose and running 200 yards... $125 $75\nWet Test\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdwith reels of equal\nweight, currying seven lengths of\nhose, running 100 yards, laying five\nlengths of hose and getting water\nthrough the nozzle after making proper couplings of three full threads. . $i2c\n$75\n2 p. m. Horse Races.\nI\nE two\n20 d\nPitts f\n1st Prize 2d Prize\nQuarter mile, two in three $150 $75\nQuarter mile, (for home horses),\nin three 40\nEntrance fee, 5 per cent, of purse.\nJudges\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdJ. S. C. Fraser of Rossland, H. H.\nof Sandon, and BruceWhite of Nelson,\n3:30 p. m.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdBase Ball Game.\nAmount of prizes will depend on number of clubs\nentering, and will be made known by the committee under whose direction the games wiil be played.\n5 p. m. -Bicycle Races.\n1st Prize 2d Prize\nQuarter mile race \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd Straightaway, open to all $10 $5\nObstacle race\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdhalf mile, open\nto all 10 5\nSlow race\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd200 yards, open to all 5 3\nHill Climbing race, open to all. . 8 4\n^uuuiiumiumuiuuiiiimiuiimAiiUiimiaiitiiiium>utumiim\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\"tHil\nRIOT IN BRUSSELS.\nAT THE COLLEGE RACES.\naway from Yale. Reaching for tho\nfinish flags tbe tide caught the Harvard shell and Bwerved it woefully.\nThe little coxwain had his head about\nhim, however, and with great skill\nworked his way into line and shot\ndown towards the judgo's boat. Har-\nvird crossed the line rowing beautifully, two and a half lengths to the\ngood. Yale liuisbed iu fairly good\nshape but her men were somewhat depressed. Harvard won in 20:52,'., minutes, while Yale crossed the line in\n21 :l!i. Tho Associated Press time,\ntaking from a telegraphic start and\ntimed on the finish lino by O. C. Mao-\nOonvillo, the coach of the Wisconsiu\ncrew was 20:47'.,, and is believed tu be\nthe accurate time of tbe Harvard crew.\nCOLUMBIA AND\nDEFENDER.\nThe Two American Yachts to Have\na Trial Race.\nNew York, June 39.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdThe yacht Columbia will meet the Defender ou\nThursday, July 0, on a 30 -mile course,\nsailing on the Sandy Hook course off\nthe Scotland Lightship. The New\nYork Yacht, Club offers a $250 oup for\ntbe winning vessel. Tho start will\nbe off Sandy Hook or Scotland Light\nship, as will be signalled. The preparatory signal will be made at 12:30\na. m., the starting and finishing lines,\nwhich lie between a point upon tbo\nflagship Corsair, indicated by a white\nflag, and tbe main mast of the flagship\nwill be at right angles with outward\nand home course respectively.\nDROWNED WHILE ESCAPING.\nINTERESTING TALK OH\nA Well-Known Commercial\nMan's Views.\nEFFECT ON OOAST TRADE\nAlien and Einht-Huur Bills Worst Blown\nto Trade That tbe Province\nEver Received.\nHealth Officers Believe the Bubonic\nPlague to Be on Board.\nPan Francisco, June 29.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdDr. Baba-\ntau, bacteiioligist of the health board,\nlis jnst roturned a report of his examination of the glands of two Japanese\nwho were drowned while trying to es-\nscape from stoamer Nippon Marn\nnow held in quarantine on account of\nthree suspicious deaths which occurred\non the vessel on her trip from China\nand Japan to *his port, via Honolulu.\nDr. Babata found baeilli to be those\nof bnbouio plague, and to make his\ndetermination doubly sure will propo-\ngate their giowth. Tho body of the\nJapanese were cremated aud Dr. Law-\nlor, health officer,of this city say everv\nprecaution has bean taken to prevent\nany infection.\nPassengers on board the Nippon Maru\nbave telegraphed the secretary ot the\ntn is\"ry nrotcstiiig against their dctnn-\ntion at tbe quarantine station, as\nthey assort there is no proof that Iho\nvictims who died enroute from tbe\nOrient were suffering from plague.\nLocal health oiiicials, however, state\ntbey will not bo released until they\nare absolutely certain disease does\nexist ou board tbe steamer.\nMatched to Play Against\nNelson Today.\nJuno 20.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd This\nCollege baseball\nstrong, leaves for Nelson, lo play a series of games with the strongest teams\nin British Colombia, Tbo Dominion\nDay celebration at Nelsou has ou its\nprogram a baseball championship\ngame. Rossland has a strong team,\nwith tbe Gibson boys and Con Wbalcn\nin it. Northport has a pitcher formerly with the St. Louis lraguo club\nand Kaslo has a number of speedy players in her club. Nelson has an aggregation of ball tossers which has practiced together for months and a battlo\nroyal is promised.\nTho Blair team is in splendid condition, and its capable of plnying good\nball in the fastest company. Professor\nBlair will accompany the team as\nmanager. The players to go north today are: Theodore Haas, catcher;\nMarvin Kawks, Billy Rush and Leonard Groohfll, pitchers; John Finnegiin,\n1st base ; Ralph McDonald, 2nd base;\neossful as well as picturesque events of | ijert Weeks. 3rd base; Wade Bother-\nthe celebration. Certainly tho prizes ; f01(1 right llebl;, Ken Stiuimol, crn-\ngiven for this evont ure well worth j ,er (io]fl; Herbert Yates, lett field,\ncompeting for. A charming and novel ] Jnmes R. Toole is the cxtru player.\nentertainment, is assured the visitors | .\nnnd citizens if all goes as well ns at\nRows iu the Chamber of Deputies and\nStreets.\nBrussels, June 29.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd The storm of verbosity was lenewed in chamber ot deputies today. Tbe Socialists hurled\nanathemas at M. Vaurier Poroboorn\nwho endeavored to explain tho action\ntaken by the police yesterday aud the\nsocialists persistently interrupted aud\ninsulted the Premier, reproaching\nhim with being responsible for yes-\ntorday's couflicts between the people\nand the police.' Then later it was announced tbat King Leopold had a long\nconfoicnce with Vender Pereboom,\nBeregerem and Bernaert. The latter\nhas been summoned from The Hague\nIt is reported that M. Vandor Pereboom would resign. Although a voto\ncensuring the government was rejected\nby N7 to 31 the tumult in the chamber was so gloat tbat the president suspended the sitting. Tbe socialists\nthen led a cheeimg crowd shouting\n\"Vive la Ropubliquo\" tu the paik\nwhere (be conflict with the Gendarmes\noccurred. Thence the mob proceeded\nto the public square, tho shops closing\nas the rioters appeared.\nVun do Velde, tho socialist leader\nwas making a speech to tho crowd as\nthis despatch was being sent.\nWhen tho chamber of deputies reas\nsembled tonight M. Destro, socialist,\ncalled attention to the riots which had\noccurred since the adjourn ment, in\nwhich ho was struck by a gendarmes\nswoid demanding the guard's punishment. There upon the chamber at\nonco returned to a stato of tumult, tho\nsocialists surrounding M. Vauder\nPeroboom with clenched fists, denounced bim.\nAs the tumult increased the chamber arose. Iu the meantime the streets\nwere filled by a shouting mob whioh\neventually gathered in front of the\nwar ministry where tho gendarmes\nwith drawn swords dispersed the\nrioters\nnot\nANDREE SAID TO BE ALIVE.\nA well known local commercial man,\nwho has recently been at the Ooast\nwas interviewed by The Miner yesterday. As a commercial man be considers that tha Alien and Eight-Hour\nbills were fho worst blows to trade tbat\nthis Province has ever received.\nIn Vancouver a large trade betweei\nthu wholesale houses there and Atlin\nhad commenced when the mineral\nresources of that country began to be\nknown. 11 fact Atlin began to boom\nin Vancouver in tho same way as the\nKlondyke did two years ago. Then\ncame the Alien Ace and threw everything into disorder; orders were cancelled, trade became paralyzed and\nnow Atlin as a commercial point is a\ndead letter.\nBut tbo eight hour bill will, in fact\nhss already, worked greater harm tban\nthe Alien bill. The wholesale houses\nin particular have felt the blow most\nof all, especially in regaird to tbe trade\nwith the Kootenays. Such an nnfor-\nseen and uncalled for pioce of legislation oould not be imagined. Joe\nMartin was never exactly trusted,\neven by his friends; but no one in\nVancouver oxpected such a gross abuse\nof his power of ufflce as the foisting\n011 the country of this act.\nTho truth is that the people in Vancouver are h.arljly siols of their\nworthy representative and all the rest\nof his crow.\nIt was an ill-minded day for Martin when he aimed a blow at tbe most\nsensitive pat of the Vancouver merchants person, namely his pocket.\nMartin will assuredly fall now and\nthat right early.\nAmen! Sobeit 1\npresent promised,\nTho first heat of the Iuternntional\nFours, between tho Canadian and tli3\nIrish crew will be rowed at 5:15 today.\nSHIPMENT OF GOLD.\nNew York, June 29.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdLagard Freres\n'will ship $2,000,000 gold on Saturday.\nTRIED FOR WIFE-MURDER.\nChicaRO, June 29.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdThe trial of August Backer, the south side butcher,\ncharged with murdering and then\nburning the romains of his wife in\norder to marry a young girl, oame to\nan abrupt end today when it was\nfound that the indictment ohargodMrs.\nBecker as Elizabeth, when hor name\nhad been Therese. Tho question for\ntho discharge of prisoner was refused\nand a new indictment ordered to be\ndrawn up. The incident created a\ngreat sensation in the court room.\nHarvard Wins After a Hard and Spirited Contest\nNew London, June 29.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdAbout 6:15\no'clock the Yale Varsity orew loft the\nfloat ut Broadview closely followed by\nthe oarsmen of Harvard from Redtop.\nTen minutos later the men had received their instructions from the referee's yacht, had backed into thoir positions at the start and we'-s waiting\nfor the word. With extre.ne caution\nReferee Mickleham assured himself\nthat both crews were ready with the\nlast warniug, \"Are you ready, \" and\nfired the pistol shot which sent the\ntwo crews off in tho big race of tho\nday.\nThe water was onlm and placid as\nan inland lake. The crews rowed as\nusual in flagged lanes. Tbe blue\noccupied the custom course, the orini-\nsou the western, x*nlo caught the\nwater first but Harvard was cIobo\nsecond and the two eights started out\non tbeir long journey, practically on\neven terms. The New Haven crow hit\na stroke of 37 to the minute, the men\nof Cambridge pulling beautifully at\n30, Harvard coutiuued at 30 and Yalo\ndropped her clip to the same figure.\nWith perfect rythmo the two fell into\nstroke iu unison nnd rudders exactly\neven.\nJust bofore the first half mile was\nreached Yale seemed to put more power into her stroke and gave the first\nIntimation of an advantage at the balf\nmile flag. The nose of the blue\nshell was a trifle in the van, giving\nYale a lead perhaps of an eighth of a\nlength. The first flag had hardly been\npassed when Harvard spurted and Yale\ndropped her stroke one point nnd\ntho Harvnid bont came np on even\nterms. The Yale coxwain swerved\nslightly from his true course, and directly after tbe flags had been passed\nHarvard took the lead which she was\nnot to surrender throughout the raoe.\nAt the two mile flag the Cambridge\nboat was fairly flying through the\nwater, her oarsmou apparently growing stronger.\nYale was rowing well and improved\nin the next half mile, but for every\nnotch of flue work tbat Yale cnt, Harvard gouged out two, and at the two\nand a half milo flag it was Harvard's\nadvantage by threo lengths.\nYale fought bravely but Harvard proceeded tn make u walk away of it and\nat tbe three milo flag the race partook of all the elements of a procession.\nHarvard was now five lengths in the\nlend. Down the long lane of deoorat\ned yachts gathered abont the finish,\nthe Harvard orew steadily polling\nLetter Picked up in a Sealod Bottle\nFrom Him.\nSan Francisco. June 29. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdH. J.\nBaron, formerly au eastern newspaper\nman, has written tbe following to tho\nAssociated Press from Wrungol. Alaska, undor date June 24. ''Information\nreceived here a few days ago confirms\ntbe story that Audreo arctic explorer,\nis not dead, a Norwegian who was\npassenger ou the Roslie,\nA NARROW ESCAPE.\na Seattle boat\nbound for Skagway showed loiters\nsupposed to have been written by An-\ndn e. Tho letter,in a sealed bottle, had\nbeen washed ashore off tbo Norwegian\ncoast, aud was dated, May -1. Tho\nlatitude was given as 74 and the balloon was some where to the westward\nof Iceland 'I am leaving balloon and\nprovisions. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdAndree,' were some of\nthe words written.\"\nTHE SITUATION AT WARDNER\nChicago, June 28.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdA tiny sailing\nyacht, compuss gone and all knowledge of direction lost by the orew of\ntbres, drifted all last nigbt on Lake\nMichigan, eapsmng just as help was\nat hand. Thurmaii Malone of Cinoin\nuati went to the bottom with the boat,\nwhile Seth P. Warren and Lou B.\nChapman, his companions, were rescued with difficulty by the steamer\nOity of Chicago. As tho steamer approached the sail boat turned over and\nsank, but two of the men sueoeeded\n111 swimming until help arrived. The\nmen had attempted to sail from Chicago to Warkegan, but the loss of tbe\ncompass left them helpless.\nSTEAMSHIP ARRVIALS.\nWardner, Idaho, Juue 2^.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdThe generally credited story that tho 330 prisoners in tho Wardner bull pon ure held\narbitrarily and without wurrants is\nuntrue, said Bnrtlett Sinclair today.\nAll of them have been iudiotod by the\nUnited States federal grand jury for\ncouspiring to interfoie with the mails\nand about a hundred aro under indictment by Che county grand jury for\ncrimes ranging all the way from conspiracy to double murders. Of course\nthe meu charged with murder can not\nbe admitted to bail, but all tbe other\nprisoners can readily secure their liberty by getting bondsmen, and many\nof them havo already douo so. Judge\nBeattie has Bet the bail for federal\nprisoners at $2,00 and Judge Stewart\nhas fixed $1,000 as the penal sum required for men indicted tor misdemeanors, while $2,000 is required of\nprisoners charged with felony. None\nof the men who can secure bonds need\nremain in prison.\"\nHamburg, Juue 29.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdThe Palatia\narrived from New York.\nBremen, Juno 29.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdThe Friederich\narrived from New York.\ni^ueeustown, June 29.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdArrived\nGermanic from Now York.\nyueonstown, June 29.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdTbe Bel-\ngeulaud arrived from Philadelphia.\nLiverpool. June 29.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdThe Georgian\narrived from Montreal and Sergiafrom\nNew York.\nARRIVED FROM BLUEFIELDS.\nNew York, June 29.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdThe omiser\nDetroit arrived ut this port last night\nfrom Bluelields where she bad been\nlooking aftor American interests, endangered hy tho unsettled slate of\nNicaragua!! politics. The Dotioit\nbrought from MnnaguB the body of\nQeneral Daniel McCauley of Indiana,\nwho died some timo ago.\nTO JOIN JEFFRIE!\nWheeling, W. Va., June 29.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdOscnr\nGardner has received a letter from\nBilly Delenay. Champion Jim Joffrios'\ntrainer, from California, asking if he\nwould consent to join a star fistic combination which will do u tour ol tho\ncountry after September. Mr. Tommy\nRyau, the welter weight, was to bo\nono of tbe pnrty, and moot was to divide the honors witb Gardner iu meeting all comers in tbis class along the\nroad. Jefferies and Ed. Duukborst,\nhis sparring partner, were to oomploto\ntho aggregation. Guiduer wrote\nDolonuy his willingness to go with\ntho purly.\nA LARGE TOWAGE FEE.\nLoudon, Juno 29.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdThe British\nsteamer Bnlmornl has been awarded\n\ufffd\ufffd4.000 for towing the British steamer\nLokoja into Payalin Bay with propeller gone, while bound from Galveston\nfor Havre. Tho Humoral arrived at\nLondon, June 24, herself disabled,\nhaving had bur call shaft broken.\nMADE DEATH CERTAIN.\nMuskegon, Mich., Juno 29.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdMayor James Bnlbrinie wns shot and killed at noon today by J. W, Thayer, \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ndisnppoiuted office seeker. Thayer\nthen swallowed some carbolic acid,\nlirod a shot through his breast, and\ndied within a lew minutes.\nVENEZUELAN ARBITRATION.\nNOT FOR PRESIDENT.\nAlbany, June 29.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdGovernor Roosevelt deoluri d this nfternnuu he is no\ncandidate for the presidency, but advocates tbe nomination of McKlnley.\nPnris, June 29.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdTbe Venezuelan arbitration commission was again in eee-\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd.iiiii today, and the leading couusel\nfor Great Britain Sir Richard Webster continued bis presentation of bin\nside of the case. 1\n\\\nV\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\nNELSON DAILV MINER, FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 1899,\nNelson Daily Miner\nI'ubliancd Daily except Monday.\nNKL80N MlNBB PRINTING & PUBLISHING Co\nD. J BKATON, Editor and Manager.\nSubscription Rates\nDaily per month by canter ,..\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd 100\nper halt year 6 0\"\nper year '\ufffd\ufffd 00\nperyearby mall 6\"0\nper year foroiKn 10 \ufffd\ufffd0\nNelson \\Vkh,ki.v MlNKB.\nw eekly.pe naif year \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\"\npt r year 2 00\nper yoar, foreign \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd iso\nSubscription i Invariably In advam*.\nIn order that the employees of The\nMiner office may have full enjoymeut\nof Dominion Day, in common with\notliar good citizens, there will be no\nissue of this paper on Sunday next.\nIt will appear as usual on Tuosday.\nA FAIR OPINION.\nThe Mining Gazette, of Knmloops.\ncarefully eschews politics, and is not\ntherefore to be aooused of pnrtisan\nbias in its disoussion of publio matters. Here are its views on the\nEight-Hour law: \"The Eight-Hour\nlnw is csusing no end of trouble\nto mine owners, and many ot the\nsmnller oueshave had to close down in\nconsequence. * * * Mine owners\nwho are only employing half-a-dozen\nmen, and who nre probaby getting little, if any, profit out of their outlay of\ncapital, can hardly be expeoted to increase their expenses and receive even\nless for it. Some of the people who\nlive in cities, or have never been in a\nmining oountry, hnve an idea that\nimmense fortunes are always made out\nof mines, and that all the fortunate\nowner has to do is to reoaive his dividends aud spend the money in some\nforeign clime. Of course there are\noases where mines yield very large\nprofits, but on the other hand there\nare plenty that do not at present yield\na cent.i-although they may do so some\nday. To ask these owners to still further increase their liabilities, probnbly\nalready strained to the utmost, seams\nsomewhat unfair, and will bave a tendency to drive capital ont of the country altogether. Again, the average\nminer would far rather receive 18.50\nfor 10 hours than $3 for eight. Fifty\noents a day makes a difference to him,\nwhereas a couple of hours work is\nnothing, for when his day's labor is\nfinished there is nowhere for him to\ngo, excopt to bed, or perhaps to a saloon. \"\ning. They hnd thoir innings a year\nago, and elected a majority out of\nwhioh the Government of today was\nformed. They can do nothing more\nuutil there is a dissolution, aud a dis\nsolution rests with tho Legislature. It\nis not expected that the present Ministers will lie down and invite the people to come and trample ou them.\nThey can patch up their differences,\nif so disposed, and hang together iu\nspite of tho people until nexi, session.\nAnd if they do this it will not be\ndifficult to persuado the majority who\nhave sustained them thus long in office\nto continue their support. Iudeed, if\nit is possible to survive the troubles of\nthe moment, and should Ministers\nmeet the Legislature with smiling\nfaces next, session, it is extremely\nlikely this iB what the majority will\nda Appeals to tbe people are useless\nin timo of a crisis like the present one.\nThe people nro out of it; they are powerless to act, for they bave no means\ncf notion. If good is to be reaped out,\nof the existing ovil, it must be done\nshort of the people. The Government\nare a committee of the Legislature,\nnnd it is the members of the Legislature who must decide whether the\npresent one shall give way to nncther.\nIc is only playing into the bands of\nthe men who hnve brought confusion\nand disaster on public affairs to fall\nhack on the people whose hands are\ntied, for they ate given opportunity\nand encouragement to pull themselves\ntogether and patch up a truce. If the\npresent wretched combination can be\nbroken np, tbe Minister who will\ntake the lead in doing it should be supported, for whatever happens is bound\nto be better than what we have. If not\nsupported, tbe Government will hang\ntogether and givo the people their opportunity three years hence. The people are all-powerful, bnt it is only ou\noccasions they can exercise their power. Between times they can only\nstand and look on. In connection\nwith the preseut crisis it is useless\nto oonsider the people, exoept in the\nevent of a geuoral Bmnsh and dissolution.\nBuying\nWALL\nPAPER\nRight! !\nIs buying it at the store where\nWall Paper is sold at careful margins\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdwhere the price always fits\nthe quality\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdwhere the styles are\nalways frchest.\nBuying here gives you the advantage, as well, of our May values\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdgives you a selection of most used\nDesigns and Stylish Color Tintings\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdgives you a Price Advantage\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\nvalues you cannot easily duplicate\nTHOMSON'S\nHUDSON'SBAY\nCOMPANY.\nFOB\nnDO^niiTioisr\nzdjltx-\nSPECIAL VALUES IN\nEmbossed and Ingrain\nPapers\nthis -week:.\nThomson Stationery Co. LTd, NEBL\nNELSON,\nc.\nINCORPORATED 1670i\nYUM\nYUM\nKOOTENAY SUPPLY CO.\nCANADi DRUG\n& BOOK CO.\nGroceries, Provisions, Mining Supplies, Mining Drill Steel.\nWHOLESALE\nMail\nOrders\nA Speciality.\nP. O. Box 214. Vernon street, Nelson, B. C.\nW. J. G. DICKSON\nREAL ESTATE AGENT.\nChoice residential lots and good\nbusiness lots for sale.\nOver two hundred lots in Addition A are on the market.\nT HE POLITICAL SITUATION.\nThat political affairs in this Provinoe are in a had way is a faot that is\ngenerally understood and acknowledg\ned. The Government have made a sad\nmess of almost everything they have\ntouched, and are now quarrelling\namong themselves with so much auger\nand bitterness that no one haB the least\nidea harmony oan he restored. The\nsituation is aB unsatisfactory as it well\ncould he, and is believed also to be\ncritioal. To relieve it something must\nhappen soon ; it is thought something\nwill happen, but no one seems to know\nwhat it is to be. There is an Opposition, but the members of it are dumb;\nwe get no guidance or instruction from\nthat quarter. Ministers ure not proclaiming their differences and troubles,\nnor do they give any indication of the\nmethod to be adopted to remedy them.\nWe look to the newspapers on the\nspot, and reading them the situation\nbecomes more perplexed than ever.\nMatters cannot go on as they are. That\nis admitted on all sides. But instead\nof suggesting how they may be or\nshould be improved, the newspapers\nrather deepen the confusion and increase the difficulties.\nThe most intelligent and alert in discussing the present extraordinary situation are The Victoria Oolonist and\nThe Victoria Globo. We read them\ndiligently in the hope of enlightenment\ufffd\ufffd\ufffduot as to the situation itself,\nwhioh is plain enough, but as to the\nprobable or possible outcome of it.\nThe Colonist appeals to the people \"to\nsecure in the Executive Council men\nwho will direct affairs along progressive hues.\" That is excellent; but\nwhat can the people do? The same re-\nlianoe on the people is observed in The\nGlobe, A change is imminent, it insists, becnuse an \"overwhelming majority of the people ure today desirous\nof installing in office a Government\ncomposed of men whose one aim will\nhe to administer the publio affairs of\ntbe oountry in an able manner.\"\nAroused by the necessities of tho occasion, they \"stand ready to respond to\nthe call which will lead them on to\nvictory.\" The people, it is suggested,\nwill not permit \"an arrangement to\nbe eft'ioted whereby they will be deprived of having a voidfl in saying\nwho \"hall be the men to conduct the\nGovernment and frame its policy.\"\nAnd in connection with it all tbere is\na call for a now party, whose leaders\nare expeoted to relievo the present\nMinisters of oflloe and to form n new\nGovernment. Again most exoellent.\nbat it leads one np against a blind\nwall.\nAs The Miner understands ir, tho\npeople just now are ont of the reckon -\n\"Dead bodies,\" says a dispatch of\nthe Edmonton route to tho Klondike,\n\"now that tho snow has oleared away,\nare being fonnd all aloug tbe trail.\"\nDefending tbis route against these\nterrible stories of starvation, exhaustion, and death, The Edmonton Bulletin a short timo a^o said that if the\nmen who started out were inexperienced these fatalities were to bo expected.\nThis would do if none but stout,\nhetdy fellows, accustomed to roughing it, were supposed to be subjeot\nto tho influences of a gold excitement.\nUnfortunately all classes and conditions are affected by it, and tbe route\nshould be safe for the weakest of\nthem ; it will hardly do to claim that\nin physical endurauoe thoy should be\nequal to tie hardships of any route.\nThe route shonld be made for the gold\nseeker, not the gold seeker for the\nroute.\nOpposition organs in Manitoba ao-\nuso Government agents of stuffing tho\nvoters' lists, and Government organs\naccuse Opposition agents of a similar\noffence. No one suggests that thoy aro\nboth wrong, and that there is no stuffing,\nfrom whioh fact it is fair to conclude\nthat the election law in Manitoba permits of tte stuffing of the lists. The\nGovernment who introduced it and\nhad it passed will deny this, hut the\ncirouinstances are against them. Tho\ntruth is it is the most dishonest election law in the Dominion, and wus\npassed because it was so. The presont\nAttorney-General of British Columbia\nhad a hand in the making of it.\nShoes\nONE\nPRICE\nTO\nALL\nw\nNeelands'\nShoe\nEmporium.\nT. D. Woodcock & Co.\nSLOCAN CITY\nHume Addition and city property\nor sale.\nBusiness property a specialty.\nm ARTHUR R. SHERWOOD... |\n1\nS= Real Estate and insurance Agent\nI The Birkbeck Investment, Security\nand Savings Co.\nFresh\nCandies\nJUST\nIN\nHudson's Bay Stores,\nWest Baker St., Nelsou.\nTelephone 18.\nCanadian\n\ufffd\ufffd\n\ufffd\ufffd\nFOR SALE-Oneasy\ntwo lots on Front Street\nterms, Five-Roomed House and\n3\n3\nLots for Sale.\n$125 each will Imy S choice lots on\nMill St., 25x120. \ufffd\ufffd200 will buy corner\nlot, Mill St., 25x120. $375 will buy 2\nchoice lots, Carbonate St. $210 will\nbuy choice lot, Front St., 25x120. $100\nwill buy 2 lots and shanty, Robson St.\n$150 will buy cultivated lot, 30x120,\nNelson Avenue, lk>ja*town, 83,000\nwill buy a house und four lots, Hump\nAddition, Al garden.\nBuy Fairmount shares (Tmir) for a\nrise.\nALEX. STEWART,\nMining and Keal Estate Broker\nTurner-Boecku Block, Neison.\nFishing Parties,\nExcursions, and Picnics supplied with tasty Luncheons\nat short notice. Melton\nMowbray Pies and all\nPastry a specialty. Short\nOrder Meals after 11 a. m\nJOHN SPEAR\nWard St., - Opposite llume Hotel\nC. D. J. CHRISTIE\nGENERAL BROKER.\nFire, Life, Accident and Sickness\nInsurance.\nReal Estate and Loans.\nTo LiiT.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdSeveral Houses of\nDifferent Sizes.\nFor Sale.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdReal Estate in all parts\nof the City.\nPALACE OF SWEETS.\nFor\nFINE CONFECTIONERY,\nSengfelder's Celebrated Best in\nSpokane Ice Cream. Town.\nAsk HER if she would like a glass of\nour Delicious Crushed Fruits from\nTuft's beautiful fountain, and see her\nsmile.\nLeave your orders for Strawberries,\nCherries and all Fresh Fruits. Received\ndaily at Lowest Pi-ice.\nj. a. Mcdonald.\nBUY IT.\nThe Miner is on sale at the following news stores at five cents per\ncopy:\nGilbert Stanley Nolson\nHARDWARE, GRANITE WARE,\nTINWARE\n(JANTON & JESSOP S STEEL,\nMINERS' SUPPLIES,\nGIANT POWDER, CAPS & FUSE.\nThomson Stationery Co\nCanada im-hk itl.uuk Co.\nliiMol liuini1 Nowh Stand\nHotol Phair News Stand\nHumphrey & IHttook\n]\ufffd\ufffd. Campbell\nC. K. Nelson\n.1. F Dolaney\nK. A. Hnulnhaw\nSlocan Nowh Co.\nThomson Hioh.\nHotel Spokane\nM. vv. slropson\nIjumonl & Young\nJohn Drydon\nJames Hamilton\nSaniuol Price\nH. A. King & Co.\nNolson\nNo Iho n\nNolHon\nNelson\nNelson\nYmir\nNew Denver\nKoKoborry\nSlocan City\nSandon\nVancouver\nSpokane\nHolland\nKaslo\nLardo\nCreston\nRonton\nGreenwood\naiuiiuiuiwiJuiuaiMiiuiiiiwiuiiiiiuiuuiuiiuuiuiuiiiutK\nSlocan Ore Purchasing Co.\nOF1 3STELS03ST,\nC.\nIs now prepared to buy all classes of Silver,\nGold, Silver-Lead, Lead and Copper Ores.\nThe careful attention given to large contracts will be extended to the smallest\nshipper, prompt settlement and choice\nof mode of sampling guaranteed.\nAddress Drawer S, Nelson, B. C.\nGEORGE M. McDOWELL, o. m. rosendale,\nManager.\nPurchasing Agent.\nP. BURNS & CO.\nWholesale and Retail Meat Merchants\nHEAD OFFICE NELSON, B. C.\nBranch Markets in Rowland, Trail, Nelson, Kaslo,\nSandon. Three Forks, New Denver and Slocan City.\nOrders by mall to any branch will have careful and prompt attention.\nTENDERS WANTED.\n500,000 BUILDING BRICK\n500 CORDS RUBBLE STONE\n100,000 FT. DIMENSION LUMBER\nLIME, CEMENT AND SAND\nAlso\nSUITABLE SITE\nFOR COKE AND GAS PLANT.\ndUfca I i I*\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd AND SOO LINE.\nNew Fast Daily Service.\nEAST and WEST.\nOptional Routes East from\nKOOTENAY OOUNTRY.\nFirst-Class Sleepers on nil trains from\nARROWHEAD & KOOTENAY 1.1MI,\nTOURIST OARS pass Revelstoke\ndaily tor St. Paul, Thursdays tor Mom-\nreal and Boston, Tuesdays aud Saturdays for Toronto.\nNELSON\nTo TORONTO, 85 Lours j MONT-\nREAL, 89 brs.; NEW YORK, nil brs.;\nWINNIPEG, \ufffd\ufffdhrs.i VANCOUVER,\n30 urs.: VICTORIA, 86 brs.\n2\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdDAILY TRAINS-2\nTo and from Robson, Rossland.\n7.00k Lv. NELSON Air. 10.50k\n16.46k Lv. NELSON Air. 19.25k.\nMoruing train daily for north ami\nmain Hue via Robson, and except Sunday for Sandon, Slocan poinls and\nmain line via Slocan Oity.\nKOOTENAY LAKE-KASI.O ROUTE.\nEx. Sun. Sir. Kokanee. Kx. Sun\n16.00k Lv. NELSON Air. 11.00k\nTuesday, Thursday, Saturday, to Argenta andrfllurn,leavingKnaloiit20. 0k.\nKOOTENAY KIVER ROUTE,\nDaily. Strs, Moyie and Nelson, Daily.\n22.80k Lv. NELSON Arr. 2.80k.\nConnects Kootenay Landing witb\nCrow's Nest Line trains.\n4 brs-NELSON to ROSSLAND- 1 brs\nKor rates and full Information addi-oss neur-\nest local agent.\nC. K. BEASLEY, City Passenger Agent.\nR, W. DREW, Ageta. Nolno-\nW. F. ANDERSON, E. J. 00YLE,\nTrav. Pass. AgeDt, DIbl Puss. Agor.t,\nNelson Vancouver\nAPPLY,\nL L MERRIFIELD,\nPHAIR HOTEL, NELSON, B. C.\nLUMBER.\nDelivered to an any point on\nKootenay Lake.\nI have a complete stock\non hand ot\nROUGH AND\nDRESSED LUMBER,\nSHINGLES.\nMOULDINGS, SASH DOORS,\nINSIDE FINISH.\nCOAST FLOORING\nand\nFINISHED LUMBER.\nMill at PILOT BAY.\nYards, NELSON and LARDO.\nHEAD OFFICE:\n2STELSOIT.\nJ. A. SAYWARD.\n(' Lb-iis tiunx^f ^tfutur jCrttr dt\/\nWILLIAM STITT,\nSMI Gonoral Agent. C P. R, OQloes Winnipeg-\nHere is a line you lequire\nseason of the year :\nat thi.\nAgents Imperial Oil Co\nDealers in Wood and Lime.\nOFFICE t'OE. BAKEtt & HAXL HTH\nTKL1FH0NX 88.\nLAWN MOWERS. HOSE. GARDEN\nTROWELS. SPRINKLERS.\nRAKES, do., do.,\nWhich we are offering at very low prices.\nVANCOUVER HARDWARE CO.\nLIMITED,\niMPOBTEES or\nShelf & Heavy Hardware.\nMISCELLANEOUS\nLOS l',-IJuly's Gold Hunting Cose Watch\non Tuesday, between Stanley and Latimer St*\naUd Srncllcr; ton dollars reward. Arthur\nPainter, Latimer 81., west ot Stanley,\nKOR RENT,\nthis olllco.\n-A three roomed Shack. Apply\nKOK SALK. -$759.00 cash-House and Two\nLois on Mill Street, doscrlbcd Lots 3 and 4\nBlock 40. W. F. Askew, Grand Forks, B c'\nWANTED.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdAt once\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdGeneral Servant. Apply lo Dr. Isabel Artliur.\nWANTED.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdA position as Stenographer by\na thoroughly competent young lady. Address\nD. M. W., this olllce.\nGOOD HOME, CHEAP.-Kor Bale or ront\nflvc-inomed h'.use; bath, two lots, nice garden'-\nten minutes bom Po&t Office; easy terms'\nBox 182, Post Office.\nINSTRUCTION given in Modern\nuageB, Latin or Higher MathemaUos. Apj\nSr ljiiin or mgnor Mathematics. AnnPr\nIlss K. Wlckhum, B.A., cor. Mill and Cedar\nStreets.\nKOR RENT.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdTho premises formerly ooou'\npled as Tho Miner Office. Apply at the Miner\nOlllce, Bakor Streot.\nFOR SALK\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdOld newspapers at 26 con * pa\n100. Just the thing to put under carpet\nMiner offloe,\nPAINTING AND SKETCHING CLA8B\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\n8.Tytler Is now prepared to give h ssons (either\nprivate or clas*) lnolland water coloi. Sketching from nature. Foi terms apply I. TrtUri\nKmWWSS P.0.B0XW1. \"*\"' NELSON DAILY MINER, FRIDAY, JUNE 30, i\ufffd\ufffd99-\n\\\n1*\nMINING NWS FROM\nTNE GOAT RIVER\nGood Showings on Goat\nMountain.\nTHE MINING RECORDER\nWork on the Eeynard, Alios, Vivacity\nand Other Olaims\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdGame Plentiful\nin the Foothills.\nA gentlemen who has large interests\nin claims in tho Gout River distriot\ngave The Miner yesterday some interesting news concerning mining matters there. Mr. G. Alexander has\ntaken a bond on tbe Alioe mine on\nGoat mountain.\nThe Alice is a largely developed low\ngrade property, situated close to tl'e\nrailway track. A surveyor has been\nsent there in order to make the necessary survey for obtaining the crown\ngrant. On the Vivacity clai u there\nis a gaud showing. This property is\nalso on Goat Mountain, the recorded\nowners being Mann, Breckinridge &\nLund. A 72 foot tunnel has been put\nin during the winter.\nUn the adjoining claim, the Chandler, a man was seeD prospecting with\na divining rod. This occult power\nrevealed to him a fairly good ledge on\nthe claim and also a better one on an\nadjoining claim\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdthe Reynard.\nThe Reynard belongs to Mr. W. Paterson. A ledge of hematite irou,\nnearly 275 feet wide, running due\nnorth aud south, is one of the most\ninteresting mineral showings in t'liit;\ndistriot. There are as many as 15\nclaims on the ledge some of them own\ned by prominent raining men in Nelson. A contract was about to be given\nfor development work on some of\nthis proporty but Hie eight hour bill\nintervening the owners have, for the\ntime being, changed their minds.\nThero is yet a quantity of snow on\nthe hills. The river is now np to last\nyears' high water mark aud is still\ngradually rising. Port Hill is thriving\nbut some undesirable characters make\nthings rather too lively there. A\nshooting scrap last week nearly ended\nthe life of one individual there.\nA great deal of dissatisfaction bas\nbeen caused by the removal of the recording office from Rykerts. The\nMinister of Mines, Mr. Fred Hume,\nhas thought fit to appoint his brother-\nin-law, ono Murpliy of Knstaiiook,\nmining recorder. This is pretty generally cousidored to be a piece of jobbery which will hardly find favor\nwith even Mr. Hume's supporters.\nThero is a quantity of game now on\nthe foot hills, and several large Btur-\ngeon aro reported to have been seen in\nthe river opposite to Port Hill.\n\ufffd\ufffd * *\nForty tons of gold ore valued at\n11200 have been exported from the Porto Rico to tho Le Roi smelter during\nthe past week A sack of gold dust,\nvalue $118 was also sent to Helena,\nMontana from the Oity.\n* \ufffd\ufffd *\nOn Wednesday 20 tons of lead bullion valued at $8,548 was shipped from\nKelson by the Hall Mines, Limited to\nNewark, New Jersey.\nYmir, B.O., June 29.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdMessrs. Price\nand Burgess aro doing work on their\nproperty, Ioua and White Star, which\nis situated on Porcupine Oreek about on\na mile from the railroad. They have\nsunk to a depth of 35 feet on the lead,\nthe ledge is now live feet in width and\nconstantly widening with every shot\nthat is fired. In the lead they have\ntwo feet of clean ore whioh is chiefly\nziuo blend and galena and will run\nas high as $2(1.65 on the average. The\nload iB in quartzite and porphyry formation with olean walls. Persons\ncompetent to pass their opinion on\nthe property all speak well of the\nprospects to make a mine of theso\nclaims.\nThe American Eagle Gold Mining\nOo , Ltd., of Rossland, are working\ntheir property Nevada. This is an\nother very promising claim and is also\nsituated on Porcupine oreek. Tho\nmain ledge is a true fissure which cuts\nthe formation at un angle of about 00\ndegrees. The present work that is be\ning done consists of stripping the ledge\nthe whole length of the olaim, as soon\nas this is finished drifting will be\nproceeded with. The site for a tunnel cannot be boat. There are minor\nledges but the work will be entirely\nconfined to tbe main lead which shows\nnp very prominently on the surface.\nThe lerigo matter is quartz currying\ngood galena values, and will no doubt\nprove a concentrating proposition\nbefore long.\nThe above claim was originally the\nGuttenburg and was stocked in 1896\nby a Trail brewer who sold a great\ndeal of stock among Milwaukee men.\nBut nothing was ever done with the\nproperty except to do n littlo development work, the claim lapsed and was\nrestakod.\nTbis morning 12 horses left for the\nBig Horn group this makes the second\nbatch of supplies that has gone out to\nthe proporty. The company reports n\nbig enciairy from the east for their\nstick. One of tho largest stock holdors\nfrom Boston will bo here in a few\ndavs to visit the group.\nW. E. Devereux, P. L. S., of Rossland, has boon busy surveying niuo\nclaims for Oharles Dundee, the property lios on the opposito side of tho\ngulch to the Dundee mine. It is rumored ^that thn properties, which are\nvery prowling, will be shortly be\nstocked. Th-so interested with Mr.\nDundeo aro W. A. Gallilior and Tom\nFlynn. |\nWhile business continues very quiet\nbore, still there are a great number of\nmen doing their assessment:'.. All the\nmines with the exception of the Ymir\nand Dundee are operating, the latter it\n:'s expected will recommence in a\nshort time as the directors havo agreed\nupon a plan in which to operate the\nmine.\nThe school election of last Saturday\nstill continues to bo tho talk of the\ntown. A great deal of dissatisfaction\noxists over tho way iu whioh tho\nelection was oonduoted. The methods\nwhioh were employed are decidedly\nopen to question. There is some talk\nof protesting it, but I cannot say how\ntrue the report is.\nThe Masons have taken over Mathers\n& Kelly's hall, and have furnished it\nin a very tasteful manner. It is doubtful if there is a neater lodge room in\nthe Province.\n* * *\nA mine manager who had returned\nfrom the Slooan yesterday informed the\nMiner that work had been partly resumed at the Payne mine, on the oon-\ntraot system. A force of 50 men had\nstarted there last week.\nAt the Bosun two men were working\non contract. At the yueen Bess mine\nowners are almost making arrangements for some work to be done on the\nsame system.\nA large pack train leaves Ymir this\nmorning for the Big Home group.\nSPECIAL\nDINNER\nFROM 12 TO 8\nDOMINION\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd . DAY . .\nFriday, Saturday\nand Sunday\nAT\nNelson Cafe\nOPEN ALL NIGHT\nKOOTENAY COFFEE CO\nCOFFEE ROASTERS AND\nDEALERS IN TEA 4 COFFEE.\nOur Fresh Roasted ('often of Best\nQuality, its follows :\nJava and Arabian Mocha, por pound $ 40\nJava and Mocha Blend, Ii pounds 1 00\nFine Santos, 1 pounds 1 00\nSautoa Blend, 6 pounds 1 00\nOur Special Blend, (i pounds 100\nOur Rio Roast, (i pounds 100\nA T1UAL OK\ufffd\ufffdl St BOUC11 III.\nSalesrooms:\n2 DOORS EAST OF ODDFELLOWS'\nBLOCK, W. BAKER ST.,\nNelson, - p. c.\nHouse Cleaning Time\nWe can assist you in the annual\noverhauling by Painting, Paper-\nHanging, Kulsomiuing and Interior Decorating Estimate^\ncheerfully given.\nF. J. BRADLEY & CO.\nJosephine St. Onn. Clarke Hotel\nDiamond Core Drill\nContracts mode for development of\nproperties. Shares taken in part payment.\nNelson Employment Agency\nHelp of All Kinds Furnished.\nJ. H. LOVE, Agt Baker St\nKootenay Railway and Nav.\nCompany.\nOperating\nKASLO fc SI.OCAX RAILWAY.\nINTBRNATIONAli NAV. & THAI). OO.\nSchedule of Tims. Paolflo Standard rime.\nBffeotlvo Juno 10, 1899,\nKAHI.0 & BLOOAN HY.\nPassenger train for Sandon and waystutlonj\nloaves Kaslo at K a. in., daily. Returning,\nleaves Bandon at 1.15 p.m,, arriving at Kaslo\nat 3.M p.m.\nINTKltNATlONAI, NAV. & THAI). CO,\nOpot- \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd mm Kootenay Luke and River.\nStr. .\"International' leaves Knslo for Nelson\nnt (i a. m, dally except Sunday. Returning,\nleaves Nolson at, 1,80 p.ni,, soiling at, Balfour,\nI'llolBay, Ainsworth and all way points, Connects with str. \"Albeita\" lo ana from Bonner's Kerry, Idaho, .iIho with S. K. & N. to and\nfrom Spokane at Kive Mile Point\nStr. \"Alhcrta\" Leaves Nelson for Bonner's\nKerry, Tuesdays. Tli'irsdiiys and Saturdays\nat 7 a.m., meeting .steamer \"International\"\nfrom Knslo at Pilot, Hay. Returning, leaves\nBonner's Korry at, 8 a. in. Wednesdays, Kri-\ndays and Sundays, OOtineotlng with Str. \"International\" for Kaslo, Lardo and ArKonla.\nDirect, connections made at Bonner's Kerry\nwith Orent Northern Railway for all points,\neast and west.\nLARDO DUNt AN DIVISION.\nStr. \"International\" leaves Kaslo for I.arilo\nand Argenta at SJo p.m. Wednesdays and Hri-\ndays. Sir. \"Albert* leaves Kaslo for Lardo\nund Argenta at, 8 00 p.m. Sundays.\nSteamers call at iirincinal landings in both\ndirections, and al other points when signalled.\nTickets sold to all poinl* in Canada and the\nUnited States.\nTo ascertain rales and full information, ml\ndross :\nROBERT IHVINO,\nMannger. Kuslo, L, C\nFINE\nSummer Millinery.\nWo are now showing some very\nhandsome trimmed mullnerv. The\nNew York Sailors and Children's I\nWear. Mail orders promptly attended\nto at\nE. MCLAUGHLIN'S,\nJosephine Street,\nWills' Famous English\nTobaccos.\nCapstai) (tfaVi) Cut) ai)d Traveller,\nThree Castles aijd WesWardi Ho.\nOan Be Obtained From All Dealers.\ngo to the waVERLEY\nOn Victoria Street,\nNELSON, B. C.\nWHERE? WHY? WHEN? HOW?\nWHERE to buy your OROCER1ES AND CROCKERY\nAt KIRKPATRICK & WILSON'S.\nWHY you should buy\nOf KIRKPATRICK & WILSON\t\nBecause they have the Best Goods at the Lowest Prices,\nWHEN to buy\nOf KIRKPATRICK & WILSON\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\nAlways; because then yo.i will never be dissatisfied,\nHOW to order\nOf KIRKPVTRICK & WILSON\t\nBy mall, telephone or personally. We seek to please\nnud all orders receive the careful attention ot competent\nCOMFORTABLE ROOMS\nNEW FITTINGS\nGOOD COOKING\nBEST ATTENDANCE\nMODERATE RATES\nEUROPEAN d AMERICAN PLANS.\nNELSON OPERA HOUSE.\nHARRY LINDLEY'S\nNEW COMPANY. NEW PLAYS,\nNew Specialties. New Faces.\nPOUR NIGHTS, wednH^&ne \ufffd\ufffd,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd,\nWEDNESDAY\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdFirst Time Here\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdThe funny English\nComedy in 3 Aets, entitled, Everybody's Friend,\nto be followed by the Petite Comcdiette, The\nYoung Widow.\nThursday- A TENDERFOOT D.VINE\nFirst Time Here.\nFRIDAY\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdThe Funniest of All Farce-Comedies \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\nTHE NOMINEE\nSATURDAY NIGHT\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdFarewell Performance\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\nTHE PRIDE OF THE WEST\nPRICES: 75 AND 50 CTS.\nTRAIKS AND STEAMERS ARRIVING AND DEPARTING\nFROM NELSON.\n2:30 a.m.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdS.S. Moyie or S. S. Nelson\narrives from Crow's Nest\nBch. connection, Kootenay\nL'd'g and way points daily.\n7:00 a.m.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdTrain leaves C.P. R. station\nfor Sandon, the main line\nand intermediate points\nvia Slocnn Cily except Sunday.\n7:00 a.m.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdTrain leaves O. P. R. station for Rossland,the main\nline and intermediate points\nvia Rohson daily.\n9:40 a.m.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdTrain leaves N. & F. S.\nstation for Rossland, Spokane and way points daily.\n10:05 a.m.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdS. S. International arrives\nfrom Kaslo and way points\ndaily except Sunday.\n10:50 a.m.- Train arrives from Rossland, Trail and Rohson and\nintermediate points daily.\n11:00 a.m.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdS. S. Kokanee arrives from\nKaslo and way points daily\nexcept Sunday.\n.'J. 15 j-.in.- Train leaves O.P.R, station\nfoi'RoUBOD, Trail anil R0S8-\n1,-uul and inteimediats pfcs.\ndaily.\n4:00 p.m.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd8. S. Kokanee leaves for\nKaslo and way points,\ndaily, except Sunday.\n4:80 p.m.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd8t S. International leaves\nfor Kaslo and way points,\ndaily except Sunday.\n5:30 p.m.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdTrain arrives N. & F. S.\nstation, from Spokane,\nRossland and way points,\ndaily.\n7:25 p.m.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdTrain arrives C. P. It. station, from Rossland, the\nnitiiu lino aud intermediate\npoints via Robson daily.\n7.25 p. 111.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdTrain arrives 0. P. R.\nstulion from Sandon, tho\nmain lino and intermediate\npoints via Slocan CJitv, except Sunday.\n10:30 p.m.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdSS. Moyie or S.S. Noli-on\nleaves lor Kootonay L'd'g,\nway points and ('row's Nest\nBranch and points Fast\ndaily.\nTransportation Companies nro requested U>\nKivo notico to the Minor of any alterations iu\ndie timo of irrival nnd (iol.arliiro from Nolson.\nSteam tugs Ymir. Kaslo, Angerona,\nRed Star, Hercules, Surprise, and others\nply on Kootenay Ae to and from Nelson, but have no regular times of arrival and departure.\nCRESTON.\nThe shipping Point for Goat\nMountain Mines on the Crow's Nest\nPass and Bedlington and Nelson\nRailways.\nThe Centre of one of the Finest\nAgricultural and Fruit Growing\nDistricts in West Kootenay.\nFor information and Price Lists\napply to L. A. HAMILTON,\nLand Commissioner C.P.R.,\nWinnipeg,\nOr to E. MALLANDAINE, Jr.,\nAgent, Creston, B. C.\nGEO. McFARLAND, Agt., Nelson.\nHUGH R, CAMERON\nGeneral Broker-\nNelson Cleaning and Dyeing\nEstablishment\nS. D. PIERRE Pl\nop.\nLadies' and Gents' Clothing cleaned\ndyed, altered and repaired.\nSATISFACTION GUARANTEED\nItem- of < la;-l.i- Hotel.\nM:i.so\\\nPeter Genelle & Co.\nHeadquarters for first\nclass Building Material. We make a\nspecialty of\nWell Seasoned Flooring, Rustic and\nShip Lap.\nPRICES RIGHT\nE. C. BEER Agt.\nIf you have never done so hefore, place an order with us, and\ntruth of these statements.\non- trade,\nemployees,\nprove the\nLONDON & BRITISH COLUMBIA GOLDFIELDS\nLIMITED.\nHEAD OFFICE, LONDON, ENGLAND.\nAll Communications relating to British Columbia business\nto be addressed to P. O. Drawer 505, Nelson, B.C.\n****\n>**\nHotel for side $0,000, renting lor $100\nper mouth.\nBilker street property for side nt *H,\n000, renting for 8150 pel month, lensed\nfor 5 years.\nTwelve Lots in Hume Addition, oheap.\nA 12-roonied House for rent, convenient to Baker street.\nMoney to loan nt 8 pu rent Fire nnd\nLife Assurance.\nJ. Roderick Robertson,\nGeneral Manager\nS. S. Fowler, E. M.,\nMining Engineer\nNELSON, B.C.\nm\nPREJUDICE\nIs the cause of many a Batch of Bread having to be thrown\ninto the sewer, and a woman's time and labor gone\nwith it. If you weren't so prejudiced you could have\njust as good success with your Bread as your neighbor.\nWe advise : Throw prejudice aside, and lor your next\nBaking try a sack of\n3 STAR FLOUR.\nThousands are using it with success ; why not you? It it\ndoesn't suit you, you don't have to pay for it.\nM. DESBRISAY & CO.\nMerchants' Bank of Halifax.\nIncorporated 1869.\nCapital Authoiized - - - - $2,ooo,ooo\nCapital Paid Up, $1,500,000, Pcservc, $l,25o,ooo.\nHead Office: Halifax, Nova Scotia.\nOeneral Banking Business Transacted; Sterling Bills of Exchange Bought\nand Sold, Letters of Credit, Etc., Negotiated.\nAccounts received on the ni '\ufffd\ufffdt favorable tonus. Interest allowed on special\ndeposits ind on Saving Bunk accounts.\nBRANCHES IN BRITISH COLUMBIA.\nAtlin, Bennett, Grand Forks, Nanaimo, Nelson, Rossland, Vancouver, Vancouver East End, Victoria, Yinir.\nGeo. Kydd, Manager, Nelson, B.C.\nCHAMPAGNE JUSTIN,\nA Direct Shipment from France.\nPOMERY. POMERY.\nPOMERY.\nTurner Beeton & Co.\nWHOLESALE\nONLY.\nNELSON, B. C.\nVictoria, P.C. Vancouver, p.C. London., En9\nWest Kootenay Butcher Co.\nWHOLE3ALK AND RETAIL DEAI.KIIS IN\n. . FRESH . .\nAND SALT MEATS\nCamps supplied on shortest notice and Lowes Prices\nMail Orders receive Careful attention.\nNothing but fresh and wholesome meats and supplies\nkept in stock\nMarkets at Nelson and Ymir.\nE. C. TRAVES\nManager.\nW. P. DICKSON\nE. H. H. APPLEWHAITE\nJ. McPHEE\nKootenay Electric Supply nil Construction Go.\n, ELECTRIC SUPPLIES\nComplete Electric Equipments for Electric Power Transmission and lighting for mines, towns, etc. Electric Fixtures, Lamps, Bells, Telephones, Annunciators, etc.\nJosephine St NELSON, B. C\nLETHBRIDGE\n$6.75 PER TON, DELIVERED\nAll orders must be accompanied by ca:;h and should be forwarder\neither personally or bv mail to the office of\nFRANK FLETCHER, P. L. S.,\nW. P TIERNEY, LAND & COAL ACIiNT,\nGeneral Agent Cor Kootenav & Baker its. <\n:'\ni\nTHE NELSON MINER, NELSON, BRITISH COLUMBIA.\n*-l-++*+>l'++,M-M\"M\ufffd\ufffdM\ufffd\ufffd!\"l\"M\"M-'l\"\nCITY\n01\niMi*******************^*!!\"\n|.>M'*!\"H*++*-t\"M'-l*H\"M\">M\"M\"l-,M\"!\ufffd\ufffdM-\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdI-\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdI-\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdI\"\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd!\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\n*\n*\n*\n*\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd!''H-*'\ufffd\ufffd-+4.'M\",M<-M'-H'+++*\ufffd\ufffdt\"H'\ufffd\ufffdl\ufffd\ufffdl--M-''l*\n\\l\nN\nJohn F. Ward, und was a com- others to be forgotton by all save\nmodious and airy tent, especially the unlucky ones who had invested\nin winter and windy weather. A in them. Nelson, however, has\nyear after it was put up the pro- helped all her friends. None who\niliiintiiWupilninHnittMittiitttltiMiiii^\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd!\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd 4-\nx +\nMINES OP NELSON.\nprietor branched out and built a have invested in real estate here t\nr*\nN dealing with the history ol\nity . like Nelson, which has\ngrown without boomintwel\nyears from a few shacks in a u \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd'.-\nJerness of forest and rocks to e\nI usiest and most progressive city\nlog house in place of the tent, which have ever had cause to regret it.\nwas purchased by John E.Walsh, Even when silver went down to\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdM-.M'*'l',l*-M-,M\"'l\"+,l''+''M\"-l--M-*-M\"l\"M-^\nfor their horses. They came across\nsome rich float of peacock copper\nrounding creeks. For the first two \",ni\"\"ul\"x\" ll1 J\"1\"1 '-\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd vv\ufffd\ufffdu\ufffd\ufffdu, even wnen suver went tiown to \ufffd\ufffdlj[r TJCH has been heard about\nyears of its existence Nelson was a who used it: as a general store. the lowest prices ever known, and l\\\ufffd\ufffd\\l RoSsland anj }ts mi'nerai\ncollection of rough log shacks, James A. Gilker also opened up scores of promising mining towns A- V il deposits, and much, too,\nmostly roofed with dirt, some of store in a tent, in [889, between were ruined utterly, the citizens of aD0Ut the Slocan and its rich silver-\nthe better class of cabins having Hume's store and the Government Nelson seeing the many resources lead mines, but the Nelson mining\n\"shakes\" for roofing, while quite Street, and was the first as well as possessed by it, felt safe and secure ; division has never been boomed first shipment of 20 tons is said to\nore, and a little work discovered\nthe lead. The ore was extraordinarily rich on the surface, and the\nojf the Kootenays, it is hard to point a few were happy to possess canvas the present appointed postmaster and time has, and is amply proving with the result that though much ,mve lietteci tlle lucky owners\nit the occurrences which bi e roofs. The appearance of the land in Nelson, the mail first being their wisdom\nbj-en, ns it were, the milestom of\npiogress, there being such a mti ti\npl?ilv of events which were\nail but details of larger n\n1. uts.\nrhese thousand and onr ci\ncapital has been invested here with\nover $8,000. The mine was alter\nbut very\nwhere the present city stands was brought in weekly down the Col- Outside capital has come in, in a satisfactory results, the general out- a wllile soI(1 t0 English capitalists,\n: ti- much the same as it is now outside umbia and across to Nelson. When steadily increasing stream, and a side public are usually ignorant of by whom it was floated as a com-\nid the limits, plenty of fallen timber winter came on a fortnightly service year, nay, mouth, sees the estab- its resources. This is the more pa\ufffd\ufffdy, which still operate it. Within\nittle under- was the best the Government could Hshment of larger concerns and strange, as there are dividend-pay- less tnan thc >'ast tw0 -vears tlle\ndo, although there was great dis- enterprises. It would overtest our ing mines here already, and many mine has paid dividends amounting\nspace, even to mention those of more who offer a certain prospect to '*> 1>er cent' on ordinary\nof substantial returns on the capital stockl a,ld for several >'ears has\ninvested as the result of judicious Pai<1 7 percent, dividends on the\n,-e-1 and rocks\n1 inish.\nIn many a back yard of hand- satisfaction at the time\nde|ils that after time lias si led some residences in Nelson to-day The year 1891 saw the begin- the past year.\nthl\ufffd\ufffdn into their proper relativi to- stands a little one-roomed cabin, ning of a school, which was first\n;\nportions are easy to judge of, \\ hen which the owner once was proud of taught in a room of Dr. G. C. Ar- Nelson is the only city in the investment. Not that this absence ' Preferred shares. But this is not\nas his home, and many a wife liv- thur's house, and taught by the Interior of British Columbia that of a boom has been a detriment to a11, A\" immense amount of de-\ning now in a comfortable house, Rev. Mr. Rogers. | has a bicycle path. the district, for though the develop- velopment work has been done,\nj which is Still being vigorously prosecuted, and there are now over\nthree miles of workings in the mine.\nThere are over a hundred men\nsteadily employed at the mine,\nwhich has been fully equipped with\nj the most complete and modern machinery. There are comfortable\nbunkhouses, commodious assay\nI offices, and everything necessary\nfor the up-to-date-working of a\nmine on a large scale. Most of\nthese improvements have been built\nout of the profits of the mine. But\nthis is not all. At Nelson, connected with the mine by a fine mill\nwire-rope aerial tramway, is the\nmost complete and best equipped\nsmelter in Kootenay, which has\nbeen constructed entirely out of the\nprofits of the mine. The smelter\nconsists of a blast copper furnace\n(the largest of its kind in the\nworld) which has a daily capacity\nof 280 tons, a blast silver-lead furnace with a capacity of 100 tons\ndaily, two large calcining furnaces\nand two reverberatory furnaces.\nThe crude 012 leaves the smelter in\nI anodes of copper bullion assaying\nabout 98 per cent, copper and the\nviewed at close range, are a| par-\ncntlv all of similar si\/<- am importance. The recorder of vhat\nhas happened a hundred year.- ago\ncan speak with confidence, but\nwhen Ik has to deal with what\nhappened practically yesterday, he\nhas to tread warily.\nSalisbury, the name bj wjhich\nNelson was iirst known, was named\nby the mining recorder, Mr Henry\nAnderson, in 1.S.S7. It was located\nin that year by Arthur Bunting, j\nThe mining recorder, Anderson,\nalso made a location to the east of\nUniting. Then in 1888 Mr. Gil-\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd,! M. Sproat, the Gold Commis-\nlOtier, arrived, and dee! red that\nthe land was covered by Govern-\nment reserve. Bunting md other\npre-emptors were crowded off, with\nthe exception of Andei on, who\nstill stayed with it. proat renamed the town Stall!. and he City of Nelson, 1899, as seen (rom acruss the lake.\nand Anderson see-saw\ufffd\ufffd 1 against\neach other until in the 'winning with all the myriad conveniences! The first railway, Columbian & Nelson has a charming climate. I ment 0f the COuntry may have been\nof 1889 the Gold O imissioner and comforts modern civilization Kootenay, was built in from Rob- Zero weather in the winter is a thereby temporarily somewhat re-\nleft, and was succeeded by G. C. supplies, can well remember when ; sou in 1892, giving communication rarity, and there are but a few tarded, yet \"wild-catting\" has\nTunstall. \ufffd\ufffd\" tlle site ol her present home she j with the Columbia river steamers, days when it is necessary to don a ! a]so )jeen prevented, the result be-\nWhat there was of the town bore has slept on a bed of pine boughs, Then in .893 a Spokane Falls & heavy coat. The spring and fall ing that those propositions that\ntil the inhabitants, with nothing but a canvas roof J Northern branch, under the name weather is delightful, the sky have been taken hold of have been\n1 claim for a post \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd between her and wintry skies, and of the Nelson & Fort Sheppard scarcely carrying a cloud, and the satjsfactory t0 the investors, and\nmetropolis was had to devise all kinds of make- railway, was extended from the warm sunlight making everything more are flocking in daily.\n\\'Z\\in-inieii \"Nelson \"shifts to eke out scanty outfits of State of Washington up the Salmon bright and cheerful. In the middle\ncivcn one and named nciauu, - i-> ,\n*-' _ . . .-. ,.iil 11,-I r.\" '111, ,,lli..i- ..(ran.... lc (!-.._\nI\ntwo names tint\nhaving put in\noffice, the embryi\nculinary and other utensils, fre- River valley to the head of Cottc\nin honor of the Lieutenant-Gov\nenior of the Province The first quently comprised in a water-pad, wood, and thence to Nelsou.\nrall of frying-pan, coffee-pot, and a few Steamers were running on the in tQe ]ate afternoon and evening\nKootenay Lake from 1884, the best it becomes agreeably cool. At no\nsale of lots was held in the\nSproat, and on his way tin CUPS and Plates-\nsurveyed a The first general store iu Nelson one being named the Midge, and llme 1S it too warm to make the\nNelson to\n1888 by\nback to Vancouver 1\nwaggon road from\nSproat's Landing.\nNaturally the first great step in\nNelson's prosperity was the discovery of the rich mineral deposits\non Toad Mountain tnd the sur-\nlume.\nThe\nfirst hotel was owned by\nrest silver and gold, or, in the case\nof summer the city proper is hot It is impossible to begin a sketch, of . '< ia ores, as silver-lead bul-\nduring a few hours of the day, but nowever superficial, of the mines of | Hon, \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd either case ready for the\nthe district without referring to the last refining or separating process.\nHall Mines on Toad Mountain, Nearly a hundred men are required\nabout five miles, as the crow flies, to operate the various processes at\nfrom this city. Located some ten the smelter. The ore from the Hall\nyears ago, it is one of the pioneer Mines is largely a copper-Silver ore\nmines of Kootenay ; it showed rich which is almost self-fluxing, and is\nIt was treated in the copper blast furnace,\nni recently extensive bodies of\nwhen the prospectors, alter whom silver ore, carrying no copper, have\n1 the mine is named, were looking\nwas started in a cabin on the site was brought in by W. Baillee L'ike a pleasant retreat. There is\nof the present Provincial Jail by Grohman, in connection with re- sufficient rain to make the vegeta-\nDennv & Devine who were shortly I clamation work on the Kootenay Hon luxuriant. On the hill behind\n... ,i,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd ,.;,,. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd- .!,.-,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd ;,, ,1,,, :ii,,ci.,, ore lrom the grass roots\nafterwards bought out by Lemon & River. tne city, as shown in the tllustra- *\nAs to the mines of Nelson, that tion ab6Ve, it is sufficiently cold in originally discovered by accident\nsubject will be dealt with in an- the winter to provide good ice for\nother column. The enterprises tnree or four months and an exce\nthat have been started in Nelson lent skating and curling rink has\nduring the past decade would take bee\" erected there,\na small volume to record. Tin; Nelson has one of the most pic-\nMiNER, which was the first news- turesqiie parks imaginable, it is\npaper to start here, has beeu stead- on a \"bluff1'\ufffd\ufffd\ufffda high rocky nose\nj ily improving, like the town since of a mountain, which provides an\nits inception, and can now well excellent view of the city and lake,\nclaim to be the leading as well as Large trees overhead and soft\nthe pioneer paper of the Kootenays. green grass under foot make it a\nThe growth of Nelson has been < beaut)- spot.\nunique among other towns, be-1 Before many mouths pass the\ncause of its steadiness, and of the citizens of Nelson will be enjoying\nlack of the \"boom\" element the convenience of gas ranges to do\nwhich has characterized the others, their cooking in warm months\nalmost without exception. \"Rail- when stoves are a nuisance. Gas\nway,\" \"Mining,\" \"Smelting,\" ranges for heating purposes in the\ntnd countless other varieties have spring and fall will also be made\nbeen developed, and this \"dry\nNelson in 1N02.\nsprung up, have been widely known\nfor a wllile and then dropped out\nof sight, some to again recover,\npossible by the completion of the\ngas plant that is now under construction, j\nNelson in iHoo.\n>\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd I NELSON MINER SUPPLEMENT.\nore is most advantageously mixed\nwith the \"wet,\" or silver-lead\nores from the Slocan, an inexpensive mode of treatment of both\nkinds of ore which is giving the\nmost satisfactory results. Besides\nsilver lead ores, the Hall Mines\nsmelter has treated considerable\nquantities of other custom ores,\nnotably War Eagle ore, of which a\ngreat deal was smelted here last I are reached, these two groups being The mine is tit present connected\nvIr j| j,- rroasdaile is situated on Eagle Creek, and are with the mill by an aerial tramway\n ' both owned bv the Duncan Mines, starting from near the mouth ol\ngeneral manager of the company, Wmited| fl financiallv powerfu] \\u. 3 tunnel. The mill, which\nAs will have been observed, the feet respectively. There arc two Eastern syndicate. The mine has Nelson which must not be byer-\nniiiies hitherto mentioned have distinct chutes\" of ore, each of been energetically developed ever looked is the Molly Gibson, situ-\nbeen either copper, silver-copper or which is traversed by a vertical since under the superintendence of ated about twelve miles up Kokanee\nfree gold propositions, but most of shaft as well as by the tunnels. Mr. 11. I-;. T. Haultain. Little Creek which flows into the lake six\nthe mines near Nelson are becom- The Rockland shaft, on the outer has been given to the public about miles above Nelson. A great deal\nfree milling ores, as will be ore chute, is now down nearly 500 the mine, but those best in a posi- of work has been done on this mine,\nNelson's Sampler.\nATTRACTED by its central\nposition, fresh industries aie\nconstantly being located in Nel-\nwhich due mention will\ning\nseen as this article proceeds. A feet, and when sunk to a depth of tion to know, have given ample aud a grent deal of ore has been son,\nlew miles down Kootenay River, 050 feet a long cross-cut tunnel proof of their faith in the property, shipped, and Molly Gibson oie is be found elsewhere. One of the\nwhere Eagle and Forty-Nine Creeks will be driven to meet it, whose The payments, $17,500 in all sofar, noted for its richness. The nine mosl jmportant 0f these will be\njoin the 'river, other free milling mouth will be about 500 feet from have been paid as tbey came due, is not being worked at present dealt with in this article and is the\nmines are to be found. First, the the mill, with which it will be and a force of between 20 and 30 owing to litigation, but a.l legal ' >\nGranite and Royal Canadian mines connected bv a gravity tramway, men has been at work all the win- difficulties are expected to be short- aampling Works that have just\nMr. M. S. Davys, superintendent\nof the mine, aud Mr. R. lledley,\nsuperintendent of the smelter.\nThe Hall Mines do not constitute\nthe only mine near Nelson, nor are\nthey tlie only testimony to the mineral richness nf Toad Mountain.\nWithout referring to numerous\nprospects which arc looking up well\nunder development, the Dandy\nCroup, the Last Chance, the California and the Venus may well be\nmentioned. On the Dandy a great\ndeal of work has been done in the\npast, and there is now a large\nquantity of ore on the dump. It\nhas not been worked of late by the\nowners, who were not able to lay\nout the large sums necessary folks proper development on a large\nscale, but several tempting offers\nhave been refused. This spring,\nhowever, the property has been\nbonded by a strong English syndicate, who are also largely interested in the Athabasca mine (which\nwill be mentioned later on), and it\nis intended to work it on a large\nscale throughout the summer. The\nore is a dry silver ore, carrying\nlittle or no copper, and no less an\nauthority than Professor Hardman,\nwho recently examined and reported on the Hall Mines, gave it\nas his opinion that their vein ran\nthrough the Dandy Croup. The\nLast Chance is a copper proposition, and has beeu acquired by an\nEnglish syndicate. The property\nis being thoroughly developed, several hundred feet of tunnelling\nhaving been done. Trial shipments to the smelter have given\nsatisfactory returns, and development work will be renewed this\nsummer. The California is on the\nnorth-western base of Toad Mountain, where it joins Morning Mountain. This property, which was\nacquired last autumn by Mr. Hugh\nSutherland, is a free milling proposition, and has had a considerable\namount of work done on it with\nmost encouraging results. A rich\nvein of gold-bearing quartz has\nbeen proved to exist on this property, and some rich shipments\nhave been made. This is another\ninstance of the successful results of\nthe development of a Nelson mine,\nand iu the near future it should be\na dividend payer. The Venus,\nwhich is situated not far from the\nCalifornia, was recently bonded by\nDr. Doolittle, acting on behalf of\nToronto capitalists. This property\nis also free milling, and development has proved the existence of a\nrich vein of free milling quartz 4MJ\nfeet in width, and there is no doubt\nbut that the bond will be taken up.\nOn Morning Mountain the two\nchief mines are the Athabasca and\nthe Exchequer. The Athabasca is\na mine in every sense of the word,\nand several months ago it was estimated there was $250,000 worth of\nore blocked out, and the reserves\nhave been largely increased by\nrecent development. A 10-stamp\nmill was erected on this property\nlast autumn, and is working steadily with satisfactory results.\nEnglish Company. These properties were bonded rather more than\ntwo years ago, and after a year's\nsteady development work, during\nwhich the company expended more\nthan $50,0110, the bond was taken\nup, the price amounting to $80,000,\nThe two groups are about a mile\napart and both are free milling\npropositions, though the Granite\nore is of slightly higher grade. The\nGranite is being developed by\nmeans of two shafts, aud the Royal\nCanadian by tunnelling. An excellent mill site has been acquired,\nwhich is handy to both groups, and\nthe company has called for tenders\nfor a 20-Stamp mill, which will be\nerected forthwith. Between 40 and\n50 men are now employed at the\nmines, at which the latest and best\nmachinery has been installed, and\nthis force will be largely increased\nas soon as the work of construction\nbegins. The company has the control of ample water supply, and as\nsoon as the mill is in running order\ndividends should ensue. Near\nthese groups on Forty-Nine creek\nthe well known I'oorman Mine is\nwas erected last winter, has onlv\nbeen running lull force for some\nthree months. Il is a 40-stamp\nmill, the largest iu British Colum- mill the company intends to erect\nbia, and is now turning out gold later on. The property, which is\nbricks and concentrates with re- free milling and concentrating,\nfreshing regularity, though the carries a wide body of good grade\nexact value of the shipments is not on-. The Salmo Consolidated is\nmade public. The Dundee is situated about | ''\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd Hides from the\nanother well equipped mine in this Yellowstone, and about $8,000\nter. A four-drill compossor plant ly cleared away, when work will\nhas now been installed aud tbe instantly resumed,\nforce of men has beeu increased to This sketch of the mines near\n45, A dam and flumes are being Nelson is not exhaustive and does\nconstructed lor the utilization of not pretend to be, but it may serve\nthe ample water power that exists, to convey some idea ol tlle extcii'\nwhich will be used in the stamp to which mining operations are\nicing prosecuted in this vicinity.\n%\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\n1\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\nf\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\"\n2i\n'\n\/v J\n_j2j\n. -\ufffd\ufffd1\n1\n*\n1\nM\n1\nW M\n*P5\nB' 'I\n)een erected by the Slocan Ore\nPurchasing Company. These works\nare the most extensive of their kind\nin the Province, and have a\ndaily capacity of con tons,\nThe works arc so devised lb it\nthis capacity can be readily i\nNo mere prospects have been1 men- creased so ,, wi\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd u. fa j\nHoned, though there are hundreds ,,,,,.\nof promising claims in the initial Slocan Ore Purchasing Compan\nstages of development. Without are 111 a position to make themselv<\nany boom or advertising, capital felt in the local mining world,\nhas been steadily coming into the Already large contracts for ore havi\ndistrict, and where it Iras come it k,(,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd mad :[]]d ^\nhas staved. 1 his, so lar, has not ,,,,,,\nbeen a fashionable field for invest- expects to handle a large proportion\nmeut like Rossland or the Slocan, ol Nelson aud Slocan ore this sum\nbut the results of the past and the met. The ore will be bought OUt-\nprospeCtS of the future are none the ,jK|u ()r s.,m\nless solid and reassuring. More\ncapital is coming here every day,\naud every day fresh promising\nprospects arc reaching the stage\nwhen their owners can reasonably\nexpect capital to take hold of them.\nNelson is not entirely dependent on ?\n. ,, \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd ,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd . \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd , be over-estimatec\nthe mines in the immediate vicinity,\nbut the steady growth of the mining\nindustry in this district is none the\nless reassuring. Mining development around Nelson has practically\nonly commenced, as there are scores\nof good prospects as yet untouched.\nAid. Frank Fletcher,\nJ. Roderick Robertson,\nPresident Board of Trade, Manager Loudon\nand 11. C. Cold Fields, lad.\nAid. Ch:is. Hillyer,\nRev, Robt, Freiv,\nPaul's Presbyterian Church.\nled on account of the\nshipper as the latter desire, and any\namount of ore, from 100 lbs. up will\nbe bought. The importance of such\nan industry centrally located in a\ngrowing mining district, can hardly\nespecially to the\nsmaller mine owners. These men\nlike quick returns from their ore\nand a ready market for small ship\nincuts. A sampler doing an extei\nsive business and buying all kini\not ore can usually pay a slight'.,\nbetter price than the:smelters, while\not course spot cash is paid in :jll\ninstances. Thus substantial assistance is afforded men of small capitil,\nand the mining industry is mull:\nencouraged.\nThe sampling works of the Sloe 11\nOre Purchasing Company are si'Jn\nated on the lake front just witl u\nthe northwestern confines of I e\ncity limits. The building ablts\nright on the C.P.R. track and is\npartially built on piles, it has\nfloor space of 50 x 170, and\nequipped with the most mode\nmachinery. The plant includes .\n45 horse-power engine aud hoisle .\ntwo automatic cazine samplers\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\nthese are of the most approved typa\nmade,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdtwo double belled rolls, two\nBlake crushers, a Sturtevant mill,\nelevators and all the- accessories\nneeded either for machine or hand\nsampling, As stated above, the\ndaily capacity of the works will be\n200 tons, and this can be increased\nshould the business warrant it.\nThe mill is also provided with six\nore bins of 20 tons capacity apiece\nlor the accomodation of the shippers\nwho prefer not to sell their ore outright, but wish to have it sampled.\nIt has been designed and built by\nthoroughly practical men and is\nunsurpassed by any sampler on the\ncontinent.\nAlthough in Colorado, and several other states of the Union,\nthe benefit derived from samplers\nhas long been fully appreciated,\nthis has not hitherto been the case\nAid. o. Frank Beer.\nAid, j. a. Kirkpatrick,\nMagistrate !\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd:. A. Crease.\n. J. Robson, Methodist Church.\nsituated. This is also a free milling\nproposition, and has paid its owners\nhandsomely. A great deal of work\nhas been done on the property, ou\nwhich a 10-stamp mill has been\nerected, which has beeu in operation for some time. This is another\nNelson property which will be\nheard of. The Poorman vein is\nfamed for its richness.\nAnother free milling proposition,\nsituated a few miles from Nelson,\nThe near the Nelson & Fort Sheppard\nricher reserves have not yet been railway, is the Fern mine, at Hall\ntouched, but the ore run through Siding. This property has already\nthe mill has averaged over $20 a proved itself a dividend payer, and\nton, which, of course, yields hand- is well equipped with a 10-stamp I\nsome profits, and a dividend is mill and a chlorination plant that was\nexpected shortly. The mine, under added last autumn. The company !\nthe management of Mr. I-;. Nelson has recently been re-organized with camp. It is a concentrating pro-\nPell, is being developed in the an increased working capital, work position, developed by a shaft down\nmost systematic and conservative has been recommenced on an ex- over 250 feet, and\" drifts. The\nmanner, aud there is enough ore in tended style and further dividends | mine js connected with the 50-ton\nsight to run the mill for a long will doubtless soon follow. The i concentrator erected last winter by\ntime to come The Exchequer, head offices of the company haveL gravity tram. Tbis mine is\nwhich lies between the California been removed from Vancouver to making regular shipments of con-\nand Athabasca, has had its develop- Nelson. centrales. The Tamarac, Klise,\nment retarded by dissensions among The next developed mines of im- Blackcock and numerous other\nthe principal shareholders. This, portance are to be found in the properties near here are being\nfortunately, is a thing of the past, vicinity of the small but growing steadily worked with good results,\nand the property has been system- town of Ymir, which is itself de-! those mentioned making shipments\natically developed under the man- pendent on Nelson as a base of right along. The Porto Rico, near\nagement of Mr. A. II. Kelly, the supplies. Foremost among the Porto Rico Siding, three miles\nvice-president of the company. A mines in this rich camp is the Ymir, down the Hue, is one of the iiumer-\nlong cross-cut tunnel has been run a free milling property operated pus free milling properties that has\non the vein, whence a drift has from Nelson by the London & B.C. turned out well. A 10-stamp mill\nbeen run along the vein to a point Goldfields Co., of London. This was erected on\nriT6iro~Tro~rcTrcnro'rr5Tro^^\nTHE PROSPECTOR'S HYMN.\nj\ufffd\ufffd jt j\ufffd\ufffd ji\nAid. 11. B. Thomson.\nAid. A. L. McKillop.\nw. \\v. Beer, Treasurer Kootenay Lake General\nHospital and President West Kootenay\nitrick nud 1.tine Company,\nWm. J. Thompson, Chief of the lire Dept.\nworth of work has been done on it\nwith encouraging results, and\ndevelopment is being steadily\nprosecuted. The ore is a quartz\ncarrying gold and galena, and is of\ncourse a concentrating proposition.\nThe Property carries a strong vein\nwith good values.\nA few miles further clown the\nrailroad and Erie is reached, where\nthe two chief mines are .Second\nRelief and the Arlington. A great\ndeal of solid development work has\nbeen unostentatiously done on the\nSecond Relief, and shipments of ore\nwere regular last winter and will\nbe continued this summer. But\nthis property last little has been given out regarding\nunderneath the shaft, and by the' property has beeu most systemati- autumn, and is considered to be this mine, but over 1,500 feet of\ntime this appears in print, the two cally developed for considerably the most perfect of its kind. It is development work has been done,\nwill be connected. There is four over two years. No stoping has crushing ore regularly with gratify- and there is a large amount of ore\nfeet of high grade ore in the bottom been done, but an immense quan- ing results. blocked out aud ou the dump. On\nof the shaft, and the recent devel- tity of ore has been blocked out. At Salmo, a few miles further on, the Arlington a shaft has been sunk\nopment just mentioned has proved There are also some 7,000 tons of there are many promising prospects, to a depth of 150 feet and drifts\nthat the vein retains its si\/.e and ore on the dump. The mine has and two mines, the Yellowstone and have been run both ways, blocking\nvalues with depth. Great things been extensively developed and the Salmo Consolidated. The out considerable ore of good grade,\nare expected of this property. A there are about 7,000 feet of work- Yellowstone was bonded late last This property has been shipping\ngood deal of the stock is held in ings. There are three tunnels on summer by Mr. G. R, Mickle, of regularly, and development work\nToronto, but the majority of it is the property, which have been \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd Toronto, for $50,000, who after- on it is being steadily prosecuted,\nowned locally. driven about 700, r, 100 and 1,000 \\ wards transferred the bond to an. In another mine tributary to\nTwo thousand leagues divide us from the land where we were born ;\nAnd OUT hacks are bout with travails past, our hands with toil are lorn ;\nVet it \\s blessing (in our sweat-stained picks and blessings 1111 the day\nWhen we \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd struck\" the mountain citv, by the lake nf Kootcnuv.\nHy the foam-fleakod Hebrideau rocks when- the snowy fulmars haunt,\nWhere the murmuring gob of the ocean blends with the curlew's mourn-\nfill chant,\nIn the silent sea-girt kirk-yard 'neath rose and eglantine,\nLies the hallowed dust of loved ones whom we left iu days long syne.\nWe crossed the wild Atlantic and we followed the setting sun\nThrough desert, forest, prairie, to the great Saskatchewan;\nThen wandered north to the Slave Lake, hy the broad Mackenzie's hank :\nAnd when, the long dark winter came, our sore tried spirits sank :\nVet we straggled on o'er the frozen snow and entered ihe great lone land,\nWhere the glacier gleams in the mid-night sun, and the ice Idng.a pillars\nstand\nLike sentries grim to defy the quest of the gold men seek lo gain,\nAnd we reached the ice-floo'd Vukon ; but, we sought that gold in vain !\nThen we Med from Hie eold. wan dog Star\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdfor WO yearned for the war i\nwest wind\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\nAnd ever we journeyed southward, a resting place lo liml:\nBut (itir courage almost failed us. and we all Inn dlod on Ihe Way\nWhen we \" struck \" the mountain oity by the lake of Kootenay.\nAll, then onr faint hearts gladdened with the visit f bom ice more.\nWith the ring of kinsman's voice, a grasp of his baud, as in days of yon-:\nAnd, as winter snows are softcmid hy Ihe breath of the warm Chinook,\nSo fled our fears from our failing hearts, so cure our breasts forsook.\nTheu the glorious western summer came and we BOUghl the lake-land bilk\nAud we clave their miti'od slopes with our picks and \"panned\" iu the\nmountain rills:\nTill we found the gold we sought lo will, the gold that would give us rest,\nThat we would build our home on the mountain side in the land of the\nGolden West.\nTwo thousand leagues divide ns from the land where we, were born ;\nAnd our hacks are ben! with travails post, our hands with toil aro torn ; o\nYet it's blessings on our sweat-stained picks, and blessings on the day\nWhen we \" struck \" the mountain city, by the lake of Kootcnuv \ufffd\ufffd\no\nNelson B.C.. Juuo ?tb, ISIMI. _\\\\- p jj c\n'OUJUUUUIOJUUUU^^\n.-*$v-;\n* m mm\nNELSON MINER SUPPLEMENT.\nhere. In fact, outside of the Kaslo\nsampler, there is no other in Kootenay. It is to the manager of the\ncompany, Mr G. M. McDowell,\nthat the credit for the erection of\nthese works are due. Mr. McDowell hails originally from New\nYork, and his first mining exper-\nence was gained in the Smuggler\nMine, at Aspen, Col. Since then\nhe has for a number of years\nacquired a varied and practical\nexperience in mining and milling in\nvarious parts of Colorada. Last\nautumn he made a trip up to British Columbia, and made a careful\nexamination of the field. He soon\nsaw that a thoroughly up to date\ntracts. He was successful in\nbuying up sufficient ore to run\nthe Sampler tor several months,\nand anticipates no difficulty in getting sufficient to keep the works\ngoing full blast right along. So\nthe sampler is an assured success.\nMr. McDowell has gathered round\na competent staff. Mr. 0. M.\nRosendale, the ore layer, was for\nthree years connected with the\nHall Mines smelter. The assayer,'\nMr. C. N. Johnson, was formerly'\nchief chemist for the Arkansas\nValley smelter at l.eadville, and\nbrings a first-class reputation with\nhim. Mr. Martin Anderson, foreman in charge, was formerly fore-\nuudouhtedly Ihe best $70 article on the\nmarket to-day. Other brands manufactured by the Oompany are Ihe \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd Little\nGem,\" \"Blue Bud\" and \"Bonnie Five.\"\nTl Royal Seal\" and \"Kootenay\nBelle \" are the standard brands. Then-\nare so many orders wailing to he Idled\nnow that Wr. Sims had to take his traveller of the road. If the increase is the\nsame for the next three mouths as it has\nbeen during the past six, the Oompany\nwill he slocked and put on the market,\nas it will be two large I'or Mr. Sims'\ncapital. Il should he a good investment,\nand there will be little difficulty in disposing of the stock.\nAn imitation 'Royal Seal\" is on the\nmarket, trading ou thi- name of the\nNelson cigar. 11 is an inferior article,\nand as Mr. Sims is securing the lights of\nregistration for his label, it will likely be\nwithdrawn from Ihe market shortly.\nMeanwhile you should see that il is the\nNelson \" Royal Seal\" thai you secure\nfourth frame building erected in Nelson. , , ., , - , ., -var I r, nir.!-^^\nThe store containing the post office \\a\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd numbered not by_hmidredaor thous- VV.J, (j. LMcksotl,\nin u small town, other attractions heing :\"','ls- \"i. hy tens ot thousands.\nequal, Is always the most popular si ore J\" \"\"' K'\ufffd\ufffd>tciii.ys they employ on an 'MIA I Kootenay oilers a wide and\nof the place. We are, therefore, justi- \"y'.'T' ab?ut f\ufffd\ufffd ,!-\";',' :\" \"\"\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd'', S,\"\"''T' remunerative field for the investor\nlied in saying that Gilker & Wells' store wlJ!'' ' are placed as follows : \\\\ l\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd,lesile js established fact.\nwas in pioneer days, as J. A. Gilker's -Nelson, Rosslaiid, Sandon, Green- investor who in\nstow now is, the popular store of Nelson, wood. ReteU-Nelsqn, SUverton, Trail, \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdNelson, tl reful investor, who is\nl,1,.,.... .. .,..,.,11 i\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd,.;,,,.;,,,, ..,,.1 ^f.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd.L- New Denver, Cascade, Sandon, (.rand content with a smaller though surer\nFrom a small beginning, and slock .\n.......u.i..\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd.i i... .,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd,..,i .t ii.,.? .,f fi,.,.,..;.,,,. Forks, Kaslo, t ireonwood, Preston, Mid- return for bis outlay, will find many\nmeasured ova modest line ol tlie prune ,, . ,, , . m, . . , , -. .... ',\nway, linn- and Rossland, through opportunities by placing capital in real\ntheir organization and arrangements estate\nthey are enabled to handle the meat YV. .1. (;. Dickson is one of the\nbusiness most successfully in the faco of successful real estate agents in Nelson\nthe natural difficulties iu a mountainous Born in Scotland, educated at Peltes\ncountry like West Kootenay, where pas- school, he, like so many enterprising\nturage and natural facilities for hand- Scots, went for a field to seek his fort-\nlint; cat lie in any numbers are so few as une. He spent nine years prospecting\nto he hardly worth mentioning, for gold and dealing in real estate in\nTin- linn has grown toils present pro- Western Australia.\nportions by tlie good judgment and un- In ism he went to the North-West\nMagging industry of the head of the Territories, thence he came to Nelson in\nhead, Mr. P, Burns, who is In olose the spring of 1896,\nPatenauclt Bros,\n[pATENAUDE BROS., watchmakers\n' and opticians, one of the youngest\nfirms in Nelson, hnve reason lobe proud\nof Ihe success which they have attained\nduring their slay in the metropolis of\nthe Kootenays. Since their advent iu\nNelson the public have recognized the\nfact that a long-felt want has been supplied, and show their appreciation of it\nby the vast amount of work which is\nconstantly pouring in from all sides of\nthe country.\nThe Sampler In coi\nand well equipped sampler of large\ncapacity was needed. He formulated his plans and succeeded in\ninteresting Colorado capital in his\nscheme, and also some local capital.\nThanks to his energy and business\ntact the venture was soon placed\non a practical footing, and it was\nnot long before the work of construction began. At first he contemplated building bis sampling works\nat Roseberry, on Slocan lake ; but\nthere, though in many respects an\nadvantageous site, he would not\nenjoy the advantage of two competing railways. Moreover, his\noperations would practically have\nbeen confined to Slocan ores, which\nare almost invariably galena, wllile\nthe sampler is in a better position\nif he can buy a large variety of ores.\nThese considerations till had\nweight, and Mr. McDowell retraced his steps to Nelson to look\nlor a suitable site. And, after obtaining permission to use part of\nthe C.P.R. right of way, he proceeded to build on the site above\nmentioned. Now be can receive\nores either by the C.P.R. or by the\nNf. & b'.S. Railway, or by either of\nthe competing lines of steamships,\nwllile, should he wish to export to\nsmelters on the American side, he\nis able to reap the benefit of the\nsame competition. Situated as\nthey are in the heart of a rich\nmining district, and at a railwaj\nrue ui construction,\nman of the sampling mill at the\nHall Mines smelter. Mr. L. P.\nWolff has been engaged as accountant. Mr. I,. F. I.eo superintended\nthe construction of the works, and\nthe contract was let to Mr D. J.\nMcNally, a practical mill man of\nwide experience gained throughout the mining West.\nNelson Uoid Club,\nStaples in men's wear, most necessary\nto supply the trade of a mining community, the slock has grown and developed, OS it were, until Mr. Gilker has\nthe largest and most complete stock of\nready-made clothing, gents furnishings.\nhoots and shoes, hals and caps, etc.. ill\nthe Kootenays. He is an importer from\nEngland, Germany and the United\nStates, and carries u very complete stock\nof English, Scotch, German and American goods.\nMr. Gilker is still Nelson's popular\npostmaster, the office so long occupying\nI a place in his store, now adjoins it with i\n|a communicating door, so that the hi-1\ncreased duties of Ihe office still admit of\n[ Mr. Gilker's continuing his merchandis-\n; ing and of his giving much of his attcn-\ni tion to his private business.\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd '.\n'***....\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\nCigar Hanufactiiring Co,\nHpHE Kootenay Cigar Manufacturing\n' Oompany is a sample of what opportunities there are for the right man\nto work np a large business in the Kootenays, with Nelson as his headquarters.\nIu April, 1898, Messrs. Khrlich and\n.lames Neelands opened the factory for\nIhe purpose of supplying the local trade.\nOn September 1st of the same year they\nwere succeeded by the tirm of Simpson\nPatenaude Bros,\nTheir watch department is a miniature watch factory, and equal to any\nthat can he found in large cities. It is\nequipped with tin- finest of machinery\nthat can he bought, and not only are\ntheir tools of the best quality, but they\nhave every tool necessary for the making\nof an entire watch. Each of the employees must be able to make- a complete\nwatch from the raw material in order to\nget a position in this establishment.\nThis, combined with the unquestionable\nability of Messrs. Patenaude Bros,,\nmake their business a very successful\none.\nTheir optical department is fitted up\nwith a dark room, and all the latest\napparatus for testing eyes for all defects.\nBeer Bros.\nATTRACTED by the possibilities of\nNelson, Messrs. W. W. & (t. Frank\nBeer packed their grips in Charlotte-\ntown, Prince Edward Island, less than a\nyear ago, and skipped across the continent to Nelson. They brought money\nwith them, and soon made themselves\nfelt hy investing heavily in business and\nresidential real estate. They further\nshowed their confidence in the city by\nHall Mini-!\ntouch with all branches of the business, !\nand through whose efforts a reputation\nfor carrying the best, and the best only,\nof goods has been obtained and held\nalways.\nAlexandra Del ley \/line.\n,r\\NK of the mining companies oper-\n*\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd' ating, with Nelson as its base, is\nthe Alexandrii-Delley Mining & Milling\nOompany, which is composed of Spokane\ncapitalists. Tbe Alexandra-Delley Mine\nis situated on the second north fork of\nLemon Creek, 10 miles from Six-Mile\nPoint. Offices of the Oompany ore at\nNelson and Spokane. Mr. P. E. Seeley\nis the resident manager here, and superintends the work at the mine. There is\na ten-stamp mill at the Golden Wedge,\nthree miles from the Aloxandra-Dolloy,\nand a waggon road also runs within\nthree miles of the property. There is a\ngood supply of timber and water at the\nmine. Work nt the Alexandra-Dellcv\nMr. Dickson is a keen and pushing\nbusiness man and at once came to the\nfore as a successful broker. He has been\ninfluential in nutting through some of\nthe biggest deals ill real estate ill Nelson,\nnotably that of the Victoria Block, the\npurchase price of which was$80,000. A\nconsiderable portion of that residents!\nsite known as \"Addition A\" was sold\nthrough Mr. Dickson's agency. Though\nNelson Tennis Court.\nbuilding several blocks and residences.\nTheir best known blocks are the Aberdeen, which they built, and the Victoria, which they purchased and greatly\nincreased in size. In every way they :\nproved themselves progressive and\ncapable business men, and aro now,\nrecognized as two of the most prominent\nmen of the citv.\nMr. W. W.'Beer is president of the\nWest Kootenay Brick & Lime Company,\nand treasurer of the Kootenay Lake\nGeneral Hospital, He is in close touch\nwith the business interests of the city\nand district. Mr. (1. Prank Beer was\nprevailed upon to nm for alderman\nCottonwood rails.\nit is as a real estate broker that Mr.\nDickson hns made his work, he has also\nbeen influential in putting through several large mining transactions.\nMr. Dickson's assiduous attention to\nbusiness and personal influence stand\nhim in good stead.\nJ. F. Weir,\n][ P. WEIR, gents furnishings and\n\"*-' \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd clothing, conducts a flrst-closs\nbusiness on Baker Street, next door to\nthe ofliees of the Great Northern Ry.\nHis goods are always up to date and of\nKootenay ci^ar Manufacturing Company.\nCeo. M McDowell, Manager of Sampler.\ncentre through which the ores from\nother rich mining districts must\npass, the Sampling Works of the\nSlocan Ore Purchasing Company\ncould uot have been more advantageously placed. Mr. McDowell\nshowed great acumen in securing\nthe site be did, and great tact in\nconducting the negotiations which\npreceded the grant of that site from\nthe C.P.R. When establishing this\nimportant industry Mr. McDowell\nasked no favors from the city, but\nthe importance of enterprise was\nappreciated, and he was supported\nand endorsed by the Mayor and\nCouncil, and several of tbe leading\nbusiness men of the town. Although a staunch American, he\nbelieves in supporting the industries of the country where he happens to be doing business, and\neverything connected with Sampler\nis of Canadian origin. The machinery was ordered from the\nJenckes Machine Company, of Quebec, through their Rossland agent,\n1''. R. Mendenhall. The lumber\ncame from Coat River, and the\nlaboratory was fitted up by W. F.\nTeetzel, of this city, whose assay-\ners' supplies are so extensively used\nthroughout the Province.\nThe work of construction began\ni in March, aud was rapidly rushed\nlo completion, while at the same\ntime Mr O. M. Rosendale, ore\nbuyer for tbe company, went\nout on the road to secure con-\nit Donnelly, who in turn disposed of the\nbusiness to its present proprietor, Mr.\nThos. .1. Sims, on November 1st of last\nyear. At thai time two men and a boy\n' were the hands employed to turn out the\ncigars to meet the orders. There are\nI 22 new hands employed by Mr. Sims.\nProm supplying the local trade the business has grown to supplying the whole\nKootenay. Every month since taking\ntlle business over Mr. Sims has had to\nmake additions to his staff and to enlarge\nI the size of his premises.\nThe two agencies that contributed to\nIbis surprising growth of so young\na business were the excellence of\nthe goods manufactured and Mr.\n] Sims careful attention to every\nbranch of the industry. Hailing originally from England, Mr. Sims spent Hi\nyears in Jamaica, West Indies, where,\nhe was connected with the cultivation of\ntobacco. Looking about for a good field\nfor investment he came to Nelson last\nyear, and a month after his arrival purchased the business thai he now colli nils.\nHis experience iu Jamaica stood him iu\ngood stend as he knew where to purchase tobacco to the best advantage and\nas a consequence his cigars have become\ngreat favorites on accoun'of tin-uniform\nexcellence of their leaf. Next he secured\nthe best cigarmakiTS he could, bringing\nthem from San Francisco, Chicago ami\nother centres. None but tlle best goods\nwere turned out and they quickly re\nceived a linn hold on the market.\nMr. Sims' leading brand is the \"Royal\nSeal.\" It is a clear Havana cigar, and is\nJ. A, Gilker,\n[IT is gratifying to Note that Nelson's\npioneer merchants are now among\nher most prosperous business men and\nprominent citizens. J. A. Gilker, postmaster, merchant and councilman, is\none among them.\nMr. Gilker was born, and grew up to\nmanhood, in the Province of Quebec,\nHe was employed in the mechanical department in the construction of the\nCanadian Pacific Railway, and came in\nthe employ of that company to British\nColumbia in ink.\",. He was stationed for\nsome time at Revelstoke, and came from\nthat place to Nelson in 1889. bringing\nwilh him one of Ihe first stocks of goods\nNelson Greenhouse,\nbefore he was in the city many months,\nand was returned at the head of the poll\nin the East Ward at the hist election.\nHe bus proved himself a very able\nalderman. He is ever foremost in anything that promises to benefit the city,\nis a strong supporter of the athletic\nclubs, a prominent member of the Liberal Association, and is identified with\nseveral other publio movements. There\ncannot be too munyineii like the Messrs.\nBeer ill a new citv like Nelson.\nMoutii of tunnel Alexandra Delley Mine.\nwas commenced a year ago. and the\nshaft is now sunk !K) feet, and is in ore\nall the way. There is six feet of ore at\nthe bottom of the shaft. It is steel\ngalena and iron pyrites, carrying gold\nsilver. A tunnel 280 feet long has been\ndriven ; when it was in SO feet the lodge\nwas struck at a depth of lid feet. They\ncontinued to drift in the ledge, which\naverages from five to seven feet wide\nbetween the walls. Sixty feet more of\ndrifting will strike the shaft at a depth\nof 380 feet. It is further proposed to\nrun 2.10 feet long to get a depth of\nbetween NIHIund 900 feet. The oro has\nmaintained a high value, assays ranging\nfrom $95 to $116, As soon us the snow\nleaves the ground a large staff of men\nwill he put to work, and development\nwill proceed rapidly. The Alexandra-\nDelley promises lo be one of the best\nmines in the country, and its management has been of a kind to insure confidence in ihe shareholders.\nJ, V. 0 riff in cx Co,\nI Y. GRIFFIN A: Co., wholesale\n1 > ' ' merchants, have a branch hen- of\ntheir business, us also in Winnipeg and\nVancouver. They are pork-puckers, and\nalso deal in butter, eggs and cheese.\none especially noteworthy point about\ntheir business is that tin- smoked hams,\nbacon, etc., carried by them an- cured\nhere in Nelson : so that dealers receive'\nthem fresh and clean, and imi in ihe\ndusty and frequently mouldy condition\nthat hums shipped any distance are received in. Another good featui f this\nis thai dealers need liol carry large\nslocks, but eun replenish from Ihe Nel-\nson branch of this firm (which was\nplaced here in order to handle tho\nKootenay tradci. thus always having\ngoods in the best of order us well as\nlooking attractive, This, especially in\nslimmer, is a most important thing.\nThe business here is looked after by the\nmanager, Mr. Boberl Robortson, n\nthoroughly practical and experienced\nbusiness man in all branches of the\nwholesale and retail trade.\nJ. I-'. Weil.\nthe latest styles, while the prices unreasonable, and as cheap for tile quality\nof goods handled, as can be found iii\ntown.\n\\\nEmory & Wai ley,\nS a country increases in relinemenl\nmil wealth, so the demand of th,.\ngentlemen (is well us the ladies for wealing apparel becomes greater, but at tInsulin \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd lime more fastidious, and as Nol\nson is the lending city of tin- Kootonnys,\nthe position Emory iV- Wallcy occupy in\nthe gents' furnishing trade hero i- a\nT.j. Sims, Manager Cigar Co,\nrred for sale here. He was tliesaim\nyear appointed Nelson's postmaster; hut\nfinding trade less active than he had expected, he left his goods ill charge of a\nclerk, who also acted as deputy postmaster, and returned for the winter to\nRevelslokc. Returning to Nelson the\nfollowing spring. Mr. Gilker decided to\nremain permanently here, and he, in\nassociation with Mr. P. I). Wells, of\nItevclstoke, who was until December,\n1898, his business partner, put up the\nBurns & Co.\nI) handle the meat business\nfully through a country like the\nKootenay regions, nm only a large capital, but execution ability of no menu\norder, and P. Burns & Oo., through\npossessing these qualifications, have\nworked up an immense business indeed.\nTheir herds of steers, sheep, pigs, etc..\nCabin, Vi mil Mm\nHmory & Wnlley,\nfluttering proof of file excellence of the\ngoods thoy carry.\nThey handle full lines of the latest\nstyles of ready-made clothing, and also\narc agents for one of the leading tailors\nof Toronto, so that all ordered clothing\nis turned out in the be-- -: vie,\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd* NELSON MINEB SUPPLEMENT.\nV\\\nWallatt & M\nAl.l.Al'K & MII.I.KI\nnishings and elotliil\nliller.\nextensive experience\nservice.\nK. gents fur-\nAt preseut the Huds\nig, who start-\nis erecting n large stoi\n.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd^ \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd..\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd, hovo\nIII tbo corner of B\nin the Company's\n[sou's Bay Company\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd and brick block\nukcr and Stanley\nA. Kerland\nMr. MacArtburifi n\nNova Scolian. bill\ns\" every city or\ntrade, there\nvhere the III\ntown of considerable\nio British Columbia seventeen\n1 In Nelson ill 1802. lb- is\nRobert. J. Hurry.\nalways\none i\nyears ago. am\na popular, ci\nnserviitive nnd prill\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdli<-al\nof r In- feminine wai\n'bant. Controlling an ample cam\nN\nOTHTNG els\ntributed so\nporllap:\nhas\neh to lighten tin\nlied includes everything usually found\nin u drug store : and everything known\nto the trade and in demand in this section, in the line of potent and prepared\n1 li.\nan urn\ntinned credit, drudgery I\nif tin- houses\nifi\ntl\nie per-\ndrii\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffddies, toilet\nskept.\ndn\n'V\ufffd\ufffdEltt\n\"^dE.JHfcv; NELSON MINER SUPPLEMEN'\n5LOCAN CITY,\n>5\n+H^+++++++'\ufffd\ufffd^+'M\ufffd\ufffd(\ufffd\ufffd+'W'i^^^'\ufffd\ufffd^'W*H^*+*++++++++**++ ,i\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd, ,IIVVM wag \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdevei-more encouraging D. Curtis. Cliuraeter of ore is galena, discoveries have been mad.- this spring.\nt than at present. zinc blende and silver sulpiride, Ii is also noticeable that mining experts\n* The only properties being worked un- The Oalumel and Hecln has been are puyiug much more attention to this\n+ der strong management are the Enter- steadily worked since last summer by district than heretofore. Several large\nJ prise, Evening Star No. 8 and Joker, and the owners. They have driven across- companies are now sending in their\nJ * lo this list is to In- now added the Ar- out in 220 feet, cutting the ledge ut a agents and are taking up properties\n+ , . * lingloii. which is preparing to resume depth of ITU feet, where the ledge is :tll here. Several important deals have\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd:-,, i^t^fritH*^*^**11'\"'11'11'1'11^ ' ' B felt wide, and a drift is now being run already been made. Shipments will\nCapital is now gradually being at- on the ledge. This is a dryorebody c in.-nee from a number of mines as\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd -> C1TVT is beautifully situated logs hewn with axes, and I'm-want of tracted tbis way. and great possibities carrying gold and silver. soon as Ihe trails are in condition.\nt the southern end \"ails, fastened together with wooden are opeuiug up. 'flu- '['wo Friends, of On the Rainbow (10 feet of drifting Siuce the above was written, the 1 d\njjenl pins. This was used in freighting up which so much has b i said, and which was d last summer, and u shipment on the Evening Star No. 8i group, on !\nhi\nid valley al rnesoi\n,.,. Tin- localioinsaiiKieui j||(1 |.lk(,^ ,ll|d __||(||| .lf|(i). \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd,.mi )||;|-;ii g W||s , i,,., ,vvtl , ,V(Vr ],v the \"company who made to the smelter. Work hit's now Dayton Creek, has hi taken up by\nided by picturesque scenery the steamer Win. Hunter, This boal had bo'-ded it after paying themselves been resumed. Hugh Sutherland. This property proni-\nihe advantage over most of was built in New Denver under great and stockholders a substantial dividend On the Republic work is being done ises to be one of the several large ship-\nfiiiiin\"\nThr n -\nvalley\nwhile'1\nwviiils\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd Wesl Kootenay of I difficulties. All the lumber had lobe\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdI,h ' ii ' , whipsawed at a cost of $110 por thousand\nand an extensive valley ni t-,.,.t ,lll(| ,|\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd, ,,,;,,), i \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd n-tv packed up ill\niiieh no doubt in the near pieoes froin the crossiug. Ai thai time\nimpart prosperous ranches, this boai was looked upon with great\n1,'is on either side of ibis pride, but had to give way in turn to the\n. . , , i , niagiulieeiii new Canadian Pacific Kuil-\n,jKll and thickly wooded. wfty Btoamer sioean in 1897, but nol\nIhe centre the Slocan River until sin- had earned a good dividend for\n1V f0 tho Kootonay River, herowuoir\nidles io the south, This\nhe lake and numerous creeks\n.,., poi-ndisu for lie-angler.\nflic Iirst boom in town lois was iu\n1802, when a uumber were sold in Nol-\n|,\",i other large ganio abound\n* , ,-eachfroni town.\n, |lll8 many other advant\nits pictui-esipie location.\n. ISIIT, Ihe new Canadian\nj1 y ,-u\\ hue fi-oniSlocau ('ross-\nlllt\" ,,,, ,i;iee was completed, while\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd|\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd ivhnrf on tho lake was also\nIViiu'bore with facilities for handling\n' nnniii ij \"' freight. Loaded cars\n'\".'\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd J!rniri\/ down the lake without\nWaking\"bulk from the main line nt the\nnrtli Tliis i- also the natural outlet\npel's before very long. A good deal of\ndevelopment has been done.\nII. I). Curtiss. the pioneer mining\nbroker, has a prominent office on Main\nStreet, adjoining the post office, His\nlong residence in Slocan City has enabled\nhim to become familiar witb the surrounding district, and be is always prepared to answer any inquires relating to\nthe numerous properties located here.\nHe is prepared to bond or sell mining\ninterests and to furnish abstracts of title\nto mineral claims, all commissions receiving prompt and careful attention.\nWe recommend correspondence.\nHotel Royal.\n'A\/KItY charmingly situated ia the Hotel\nRoyal ;i Slocan City, far enough\nfrom the main street to escape its dust and\nnoise, hut close enough to ii to be quite\nbandy for business men; it face8 a natural park and is surrouuded by shade trees\nthnt are very welcome during the hot\ndays of summer. The proprietor is Mr.\nLake. There are forty-one\nwell-furnished rooms in the house. Mr.\nLake eaters largely to mining men, and\nso comfortable does he make them that\nhe has ;i large uumber who remain with\ntiii11 the year round. The table receives\nthe closest attention nnd first-class meals\nare served. The bar is supplied with\nthe standard brands of liquors und cigars.\nAll in all the house is a very pleasant\none tO live or stop nt, and Ihe guests w ill\nfind Mr. Lake a most genial host.\n5. 0. M.\ni.in\nMcCallum & Co.\n- I-I I K iirlny ol\nI riches fro\nUp on the 1\nlllell \\\nIhe\nluntains\ni abstract\n k high\nmust be\n\\\nSCOTCHMAN by birth and\na Canadian by choice, Mr.\nG, McCallum, of McOallum branch of the mining Industry.\nSlo\n:oi City, Main Tlio-ouglilaie.\nout of the ore token out, is now being off aud on by the owners. The ledge is\nworked by a small force, and ore quartz with silver sulphide, gold and\ntakon out for shipment, This, with the pyrites, and some ruby and native\nBank of England and Black Prince, silver.\n'l Smith. adjoining elaiuis. an- being worked by a The Ohio group between the Euter-\nbou and outside places Iu those days small foroe, and ii strong ledge is being prise and the Arlington is being worked |\nSlocan Oity was only considered as an opened up with excellent showings, both the En-\niniportant way point for travellers The Arlinglon under its present man- terprise nud Arlington leads are thought\ngoing into the upper Country. Al- Rgeuient are preparing to put ou a full to run through this property,\nthough as early us 1889 Dr. Dawson iu force of men. and this will soon be The lately erected ten-stamp mill at\nIds first scientific report upon West placed on the regular list of shipping the junction of the Second North Fork\nKoolcmiv drew attention to the fact of mines. They have an 18 horse-power and Lemon Creek is the Iirst to he built\nthe granites furnishing a hopeful field boiler and hoist, witb commodious build- in i he Slocan, nnd is in a position to do\nfor prospectors yet until 1805 these hills '\"\"s \"\" r'\"' premises. Considerable de- custom work for the many free milling\nwere carefully avoided for tho slate belt velopment has been done on ibis mine, quartz ore bodies in the vicinity,\nfurther north! ' :\"\"' they have a very wide and strong On ihe White Sparrow on the First\nDuring the summer of 1885 some vein shown up for 800 feet by drifting | North Fork of Lemon Creek work bus\nfed and clothed, supplies must\nbe taken to them, tools must be conveyed I\" tlle mines, and sol lie niiisl do it.\nS. (>. M. Milium of Sioean City, is one\nof the men who attend to this important\nMr. M.\nMillan formerly lived in Montana, where\nbe was engaged in packing nnd cow purchasing, two healthy, out-of-door and\ninteresting vocations. Four years ago\nhe migrated northwards and settled in\nSioean Oity, where he is now engaged iu\npacking. He is very well known nil over\ntin untry. He has twenty ponies and\nhorses and packs everything from min-\nprospcetors explored Springer and\non the lower lead .\nbeen going on regularly since last July.\nR. \\. Ilia Isliaw.\nMcCallum Ni Co.\n& Co., possesses many (nullities\nthat go to build up a good business. lie\nhas been in Canada eighteen years, and:\nin British Columbia three years. The\nlinn carries everything in the way of\nhardware, having n carefully selected1\nbut extensive stock. As a side line, Mouth ol tunnel, Venus Mine, near Nelson.\nlumber, sash and doors are also handled,: lng machinery to men to the miues. So\nand in thes partmeuts the firm enjoys | giving him the order menus that the\nwork will be well done, lie owns half\nSioean\nfor tin- ore shipments from nl\nl\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdik,. points, and no hotter situation\ncould he chosen for ore sampling works\nto handle Iho rapidly increasing output\npom the mines iii the district. The\nn.itiii-itl wilier power available is more\nthan euongli for all demands from any\nof the numerous creeks within a short\ndistance from town. Springer Creek\nHows down through the town with ti\nfull of several hundred feot, und Goat\nCr ck jusl across the river would also\nsupply a large head of water. While\nhellion, Ten-Mile and i'.vnns Creeks lire\nonly a short distance from town. Il is\nhardly possible tbe many advantages\nwill liuiL' escape the attention of capital-\nl.sts The i rovi i-iiinenl have built u\nwaggon rand more fbun half way to the\nArlington Basin, which will be completed very -oon. Phis is one of several\nroads that are urgently needed to tup\nmid iiiil in opening up many valuable\nproperties. Ii has been principally for\nwant of these roads ihut these properties\nnre not better known under the head of\nshipping mines, as till ore, so far shipped, hns had to be packed over rough\ntrails, iitnl tin expense is naturally so\nhigh thai only the highest valued ore\nlias been taken ont by the owners of\n1 anus, Iral ni a number of cases these\nfew shipments have beou more than\nthan enough to pay all development expenses.\nThe townsite was slaked out in the\nnntntini of isfll by Arthur Dick und\nHurry Ward. The' trail from Slocnn\nCrossing was also built that year as far\nus Lemon Creek, principally through\nthe enterprise of Notion people, and completed the Following spring with a rush,\nriiis wns during the big boom caused by\ntlio first discovery of the Slocan silver-\nlend mines near Sandon. This route\nwus then the principal means of access\n:\n; '\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\nk\ninterest in the Wizard property on Dayton Creek, below the Evening Slur, fl\nis n silver-lead proposition and will be.\nworked this summer,\nGAME IN Till-: KOOTENAY,\nLemon Creeks, and discovered the The Enterprise just back of the Arling- Tho Ohapleau has also been worked all i a large business. The tlnsmlthing aud\ncharacteristic dry ores of the district, as ton. on Ten-Mile Oreek, has just been winter, und the ore taken out nhWh| branch\ufffd\ufffdjare ^ W'ate\nThis sold lo the London & H. C. Cold- development will be shipped as soon as rjom the otlier ^tme^a^epat ,.\nwell as the wet or galena ore;\nthe trails are in condition.\nAll the\nsuccess started others, and a great many fields, Ltd., and is too well known to re- me mors, me u, c,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdo.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd,..o. wm.]. lg ||m|(T ^ nnn] snporvis,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdn\nclaims were staked that vear, including quire much comment here. Their own Ihe following Lemon Greek properties ()f M|, MeCnlIum_\nthe Two Friends, Arlington, Enterprise, expert has reported the mine at present are also being steadily developed: iwo\nMeteor, Howard-Fraction, worth $ 1,000,000, and active work will Brothers, Alexandria, St. Lawrence,\nJ. H. Howarth.\nI l\/IIMN a man has worked at\nthe watch business for over\nhalf a century he should know\nsomething about It. For fifty-five\nyears Mr. .1. 11. Howarth has been doctoring sick watches, making new ones,\nand attending to the various branches of\nthe watch business. He has seen the\ncumbersome time-piece of our fathers\ndevelop into the neat little Hatches we\ncarry, but he has kept thoroughly up\nwith the times, as the people of Slocan\nCity will nttest. He opened a jewellery\nstore in Slocnn City two years ago, and\nhas controlled the business of the town\nhi that line ever since. He carries a full\nline of clocks, watches and general\n.i'-wellcry. He is an expert repairer and\nevery timepiece that gets nut of order\nm Slocnn City is sent to him to bo nt-\nIended to. A visit to his store is very\ninteresting on account of the multitude\n\"f canaries that are everywhere visible.\nMr. Howarth bus always been fond of\nbirds, bus made a study of them and is\nnow surronnded by them, lie bus many\nof rate varieties, and has spared no time\nnor expense in securing a very good\nstock.\nE. M. Shupe.\nA NY one who has enjoyed tlle i\nr x of a Pullman cur in going\nfro,,,, I,; i \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd 'li 1 -1.1 Chiipleuu, Meteor. 1 Ioward-1' 'ruction, wort 11 SI .1100.0(111. ami active work win monies, .A,e.\\.ooo,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd, in, \/\ufffd\ufffd\".'\"\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd' \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd \t\n*, that par. until the skv k , ,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd, Rauger, Alpine, Crusadei- no doubt be resumed immediately. This Tailhol. and Big Pour, and the follow-\nK wi ,'1 KiU,lwi,Yv,s lm,lt- lln.'l IVii.cc. Golden Wedge, Luckv mine has already snipped a large quan- ing have also been developed to a peat Hr. A. Vork,\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdN w leioc w-us then the, mly town on g Burnett, Camcroniu,.. Cold- tit v of ore, and has about 1,000 tons now extent: Burnet group Alpme Monu-\n-1- \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd ..id 11 supplies wen- packed \ufffd\ufffd . s 1(lmvu Fraction. All of ready to ship. ment group, Kilo and Howard Fraction r, T is nol y as ,, business man that\nP tus trailand then taken up the lake \"\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdj have hnd considerable develop- The Jok, r Croup, al the head of Ten- group. U Mr. A. York stands out prominently\ni, ,\",\".,;, ,, . \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd t work done and some shipments of Mile Creek, is being developed under The above list is only a partial one, of am ong the citizens of Slooan Oity. He\nliviti. , V'S -i! i ' ore made. All the ore shipped has h, bond by the Excelsior Mining Company, those properties more or less ex ensively ga fl [n mmm ,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd,,, \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd,,. an(| ,lig\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdLb. r '\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd .\"' h \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd Bl Z of high grade The galea showing of which E. Mansfield is the local man- developed*, and does not include any oi *\ufffd\ufffd \" \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd ' ., \\ ' r', ,r \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd , h\"si\"\"ss '\"'s ,!,li\"\" llin' ln :|N \"i,r,s '\"'\nI .- n n the Crossing were from \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdnXr rotnu-iis of over 2,000 ounces hi ager. Work was continued all winter those on which merely the yearly the count!}. Like Al. Teeter and lh(, ,,,ovin<,(>i which h(, niiw k\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdmvs lik\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\n '\": ' uts pei-pound, and $5for \"',,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd, whib some of the dry 12 to 15 men at work and they worked assessment work hns been done. others ol the same town, he stuck lo \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd book. He was in business in Vancou-\n>nwbni.l .\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd. .he lake. Flour ,-os. *7 ^ ' ' ' ;^ \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd** \ufffd\ufffd$ '.\/ lrN,. ,n Is im agi, when file spring During last year obll certificates of Blocan City when everything loole,, ver iu \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd06 and W. andta the latter year\n. i i.\". a ,. i 1... \" dark, and now thai their perseverance' S\\lUt a 'H?e stor? on.th.e main stFeet.of\ncomforts\nthrough\nthe mountains of British Columbia can\nhave but a faint idea of the work it must\nhave been to get ill before tbe railroad\nwas built. On this point Mr. E. M.\nShupe. of Slocan City, can give some\ninteresting information. Eighteen vears\nago he walked into British Columbia before the track had been completed.\nEver since that time he has been en-\nin gold in oarlond lot\nMost of the development has been carried on by 11 wnei-s or prospectors\nthemselves without any pecuniary help\nfrom outside, which speaks well for the\nwealth of the proper.ies. but the development has been necessarily much\nslower.\nEarly in 1807, Slocan Oity suffered\nfrom a real estate boom, which induced\na great many to embark in rival business\nenterprises and the town was soon overrun wilh Stores and hotels with Ihe\nnatural sequence that a great many had\nto regret their premnturerush and ilu-\nplace then settled down io wait until the\nsurrounding mining properties wore\nmore developed and roads built. So\nw. J. Andrews.\nI\"'!' ;,l|.|\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\n'.'and sack, and potatoes also\npor suck. The hotel menu ;\n! bacon und beans three times\nbarge of *1 per meal. Pota-\n' \"> great u luxury, so were\n'\" \"ad on rare occasions.\nIiotel in Slocan Citv was in!\nl>l by Gorman West in 1891,\nj,\" Mnlvey &Olement built the\nl|:\"1- This was lb, h-build-\nmr several years, nnd did a\nmsinoss as an hotel, it stood\nlfool thepresoul new Arlington\n'.avellors going through here\nloving arj the comforts of the\n,';\"lNVi'v 1\"\"1 unsurpassed np- i\ntiilPiits oi the new Canndiai, Pacific\n\"\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdanicr Slocan and good hotel\n' '\"\"Id hardly realize the rapid\n' made in so few years\nral pretentious boat built for\n|M*Mm*rfw*3 was known as the i\n'\"-\"l-Wiir, built In 1892 out of\n:\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd perse,,,\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd i .,, sioean i ty, nnd put iu an extensive\nseems about to be rewarded no one 1 .11 .\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd.,. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdr ,&\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd faJnl8hings, boms and\nbegrudge them then- good fortune. He shoes, etc, All the best manufacturing\nlias kept his eyes open ami soon picked houses nre represented on Mr. Sbupe's\nUp some good mineral propositions. At shelves. His stock is a carefully select-\npi-cseni be is interested in the Tw 1 one and Mr. Shupe is thoroughly ne-\nI'rieiuls ami Bank of England, two very nuuintcd with the business, so all thai\npromising properties, nnd several more, deal wilh him receive complete satisfuc-\nlle is also largely interested in Slocan Hon.\nCity real estate, and still continues to\nconduct his nourishing aud up-to-date \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\"\t\nbutchering business.\n Lake View Hotel.\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdA Mine is a hole in the ground.\"\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdMark Twain,\nbreak-Up caused a postponement until work were issued and recorded in this\nmore settled weather, division, us well as 7 certificates of im\nprovements for crown grains issued,\nThcFveningSlar. c,o. S. on lluytoii wm(Jn s))(nvs ,]\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd,,.,, ,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd.,, )n||\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdv eluiius\nVictoria Hotel.\n'i-lll-: contented expression on the face\nI of Ihe guests of tlle Victoria Hotel\nshown above testifies to their appreciation\nOf il fforlsof Mr. Thus. Sloan to please\nI loin. Mr. Sloan is a thorough hotel\nman nud his house is it credit to Slocnn\nCity. He has ii large number of well-\nU;5I, KNOWI.FS\n* * Of Silvcrloti's\nKeeper:\nView,\nment,\nIB another one\npopular hotei-\nllis bouse is the Lake\nwhich. uiiiler bis inanagc-\nbas become very popular with\nall classes. Mr. Knowles is from Idaho\nand came to Silvoi'tnn three years ago,\nwhen he creeled the Lake View Hotel,\nlie furnished it well, was careful to\nfl J\n9 iffl\nW '\n'\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdEij\nP.^i\nI J; V%\nA\n1 \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd i\nrr\"'11'..'\t\nA. York. Slocnn City.\nserve nothing hut the best meals, nnd\nstocked the bar with superior brands of\nliquors and cigars. If is a very comfortable hotel, and is very popular with\nihe minerB, who form a large part of\nMr. Knowles' guests. Mr. Knowles is\ni very popular citizen, and is sufficiently\npublic spirited to be always iu the front\nrjoining property, wuiou is -^ 7 n - \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd; \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd v : (.,,,,,, ,,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd ,,, 1 ps nothing but the best liquors nnd rank when thore is anything of n public\nalso under the some management. Ilu; J1\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd,,,^, 0iT\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\"\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd VdVh In \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdlnn i\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd '1.L':lrs '.\" Ih\" l'\"'- Nothing more is need- nature to be done. Hi\ufffd\ufffd nttintlon to the\nVictoria Hotel,\nCreek, n tributary oi Springer Creek, is wj||| M|1.r\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd,.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd showings worth liobling\nbeing extensively developed under bond Thl. |llvs,,Mt v,,,.v i,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd(, Bengou hu8pro.\nby Hugh Sutherland. Choy have now V(,n)),(1 mVJCjj \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd'\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdriv work being\nn 15-horse power boiler and hoist on the t,omulerjceri ,,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd ot],er properties.\npremises, and are doing ooushiorablo [( bo ^^ ^ |||(i mtm\nun, erground work on tms onaineijoi , ( , , envwiier.- on this divi- furnished rooms, sets n good table nnd public spirited to be always in the front\numbiii.il djoiuiug property, which is .^ Ton.ufi\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd c-eek down to ' P\" nothing bill the best lb rs and rank when thore Is anything of a public\nalso under the same management. Ilu; ,,,,,,. ,.p ,,.,'. J,,;'.., . i\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd >-lgars In the bar, Nothing more is need- nature to be done. His attention to the\nore is quartz With silver sulphide und L'\"\"\"Ci,ek areverj nigtl n.v.lm in \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd(| t(j il|Hnn, SU(,,.,,SH in eo\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdcting an comfort of his guests and popularity in\nthat although the bOOUl in town real ,ivrites with variable gold values. gold, silver and lead. I he piese it s a- I,,,t.-1. and Mr. Sloan has had n lam- the town bus gained for him a Inrge\n! ! , eoih.ps.-d and tin-town , ,'u\" c . ., , <*>* will ho a, very aotive one; pros- mensuro of success. He is one of Slocan business. Like most men in the Slocal.\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd.M'\\ i i ... \ufffd\ufffd i,. ci- io more modest The Tiimaruo group on Springer Greek peotors are ont following up the snow- Clty'a pr incut and most popular oiti- Mr. Knowles is interested in minli\nIff6\" l,'1's Ml1 '.' ' f\" 'ounti-v tributary to is now being worked under bond by II. line, and already several important; zeus. .elalnis.\nI\nr\nX\nX\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\nm\n\ufffd\ufffd\n*\na\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd NELSON MINEK SUPPLEMENT.\n+++-M\"l\"l\"l\"l--l\"l\"l\".\"l\".\"l\",\"l\n+\n.|.++.i.+.,..|..|.+\nEAST KOOTENAY.\n.M.++++.|.++H..M\"!\"I\"!\"I\"I\"M\"!-M\"I\"I\"\ufffd\ufffd\"W- ward of Creston on the line there is not\n* much in the way of towns yet until\nI Movie is reached, although several very\n+ promising points are passed, especially\nJ Sirdar and Kitchener, at both of winch\n.'i\". places good claims were found early ill\n\ufffd\ufffdi|i\ufffd\ufffdi|ii|i'l'\ufffd\ufffdi>i\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd'H'\ufffd\ufffdl\"l\"M\"t\"t\"l\"t\"l\"t\"l\"l\"H\n-rlll-: District of East Kootenny is one\nI of the prettiest and most favoured\nby nature of tbe many re -C( fill portion- of British Columbia. Bounded ou\nthe east livWest Kootenny, ou the north\nDavis are the principal owners of these on the Crow's Nest toe. I^? ^d at\n,.i.,(\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd.. theapexofaohai'miugtrianguiar-suaptu\nAcross the lake from Movie are the prairie, n clear and uninu-riMM-t.-.l vu\ufffd\ufffd\nAurora group of claims, held by John- to the foothills some live mtoni. |-\nson, Snnburn and Neiteel, they are sup- given, over which tower-tin f\"\ufffd\ufffdW\ufffd\ufffd^\nplaces g 1 claims were found early in nosed to be a continuation of the J. of I tatatom* J ' ff.S\n+ May. The hunting and flshiug, as well fengene lead or the one toiediatelj by Mo,ml \ufffd\ufffd, fl pen ^\n***^**\ufffd\ufffd^ l\/witli b\ntake .-s I threatening 5? Kins! composed otI tw| ariults, a I -\ufffd\ufffd&\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd*\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd*- [\ufffd\ufffd 'TverafXr ^SrHSfc \ufffd\ufffd -1 - \ufffd\ufffd \ufffd\ufffd*\"*\n\ufffd\ufffdfK=yZiding.orKusk k.the ^1^ ' ' \ufffd\ufffdn but ^^^^\nred terminus of tbo line nt present, is a ' age m three days near \\ ahk, killed ten tins side of the 1 ,ke. overlooking .he town. The population\nlittle town ou a strip Of land between deer and a monstrous black 1 eai. v, ' rf which two of the principal of Cranbrook is now over 700. I ciin-\nwnter and mountain. The town is yet the section men working along the 1.ill' hotels, o wll ell two \ufffd\ufffd sawmill, will, another-build\nthere have as miieb venison and moun- |nre, liore liieliunii\ntu\nto present it to the publio. Prest & ('o\nphotographers, have a complete stud ,,\nlilted up with all the la.est appliances\nfor turning out first-class work. The,\nmoke a specialty of views ofOruubroo)\nand East Kootenay, and although their\nstudio has been only Opened about two\nmonths (they being new like nil Ihe n...\nof the business places), they ba\\\nalready a large collection of views on\nhand, and ore continually adding tu\nthem. They finish their work in polish\nor platius, and mounted in sizes from\ncabinet to 11x1*1 inches, in fuel do nil\nkinds of work usually done in a tirsi\noi urouorooK is ....\ufffd\ufffd \">>\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd \"-\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd -.-\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd ... . -,,\ni..- r- , , tnins ono sawniill, with another build- class stutlio \\\\. A. Prest, the man\nlere havo as much venison and moun-1 arc here included. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd , . lU(1 ager, will be on the road coutinuall\ntin iron, ns thoy wish. Than, is a popul. . . I nbor,t I . lug, I'^ ^,i(i| ,,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd;\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd_ The liu.ge8t , hnnttog ,,,, aew views, and in \ufffd\ufffd conpl,\n0ne of thn prettiesi bitsoi scenery several good stores, the loading genera \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd. , , r is i,,,..,,,.,! I \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdf months will hnve a vorynuo sob,\nalong flu-line is hen- touched, namely. ! one kept by MacMilhon Bros., a saw h^?nt^\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdreeighl general sloivs and lion, und nny parlies wishing to obtnii\nilu-chief falls of Coat Rivor, a stream seventeen othor stores of various kinds. | views will do well to correspond witl\nof some importance, which after I ,\n-t^\ufffd\ufffd*^ ********\n^'--iitAmmmmmm\nat Fort Steele.\nby the height of land forming the watershed of the streams flowing southerly\ninto the Kootenay River, ou tho east by\nthe watershed of the Rocky Mountains\nou the western border of Alberta), and\non the south by the International boundary line between Canada and the United\nStates, it has a total urea of between\n0,000 and 7,000 square miles. Approximately it might be termed a square 80\nmiles in width by the same in depth.\nFor communication this Division depends mainly on the Crow's Nest Pass\nbranch of the C.P.R., completed ibis\nsummer from Mnolcod, ill Alberta, to\nKuskonook. where steamers complete\nthe line to Nelson, until the line around\nthe shore of Lake Kootenay is built.\nLines of steamers also run oil the Kootc-\n;il al embryo stage, but some good prospects arc located neiir by. From here a\ntrail crosses the range to St. Mary's\nMission and thence to Port Steele, being\nthe early trail into the country. Tho\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd early days of the country\" is not very\nfar buck, 1860 being abont ns early as\nanything beyond the tribes of Indians\ninhabiting the country.\nThe railway track from Kuskonook\nruns along the side of the mountain,\nthe valley of the Kootenay gradually\nseparating from it, till at Creston both\ndeflect considerably, meeting again at\nWardner, B, 0.\nmm\n_ N\n\"\"HKJE2\n&e*r*t. *'\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd_. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd' . .-.\"\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd *,tfn\nf+^W,-..-.-.--. ;A?S\nRoyal Hotel. Ferule\ntumbling and roaring in the wildest\nkind of rapids turns n corner, and jumps\nfrom the dancing sunlight nnd beauty\n,: of the upper world into a gorge\nof such narrowness and depth that only\nj a thill mist of spray, a dull muffled roar\ni nnd the odor of torrent-sprayed pines\n| far beneath rise to tell what has become\nof the river. The towering mountains\non either side, relieved by the brighter\nvegetation of the valley and the spark-\nhug whiteness of the upper river make\na fit setting for the scene.\nMoyie is the first of the mining towns\nproper to be reached after leaving Nelson by this route. Moyie possesses three\nworking properties, i.e., the St. Eugene,\nLuke Shore, Moyie and Queen of the\nHills, (the latter being one property.)\nTin? St. Eugene, the largest of the\nmines, was discovered by Indians, who\ntold of it to Father Cocola. and from the\nPort Steele Club.\nmill, brewery, weekly newspaper, the\nMovie Lender, school, lutimlry. Catholic\nchurch, butcher si ore. barbershop and a\nsteamer.\nTin-Moyie Lake is about eight miles\nlong, and contains very good fishing and\nboating, and will doubtless, from the\nhcal.hfulncss of the air and the bounty\nof the scenery, become a well-known\nsummer resort very shortly. All train-\non the Crow's Nest brunch stop here.\nA station is to be erected this summer. Moyie Hotel, proprietors G.\nOampbell and A. D. Clark, was the first\nhotel to he built in Moyie. Originally it\nconsisted of three log houses, but was\nentirely rebuilt in March, 1K1IS, and is\nnow a first-class house TS x 80, with\naccommodation for fifty guests. It has\na good bar and billiard fable, stabling,\nboats for hire, also steamer Echo,\nadapted for excursions or camping par-\nTown of Cranbrcok,\nIt has a first-class weekly newspaper,\nthe Cranbrook Herald, which has been\nan important factor in the building up\nof the town. A custom oHiccris located\nat Crunbrook The town possesses many\nprogressive aud go-ahead citizens, who\nhave done much to advertise and push\ntheir town to the front. The stores unhoused in good buildings, nnd carry\nheavy stocks. There are several good\nhotels ; n photo of one of the best is here\npresented.\nThe Commercial Hotel, J. F. and G.\nBoyce, proprietors, has accommodation\nfor forty guests. It has been thoroughly\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd - -\niiiink of Commerce, Cranbrook,\nnay River between Port Steele. B.( '..and\nJennings, Mout., where connection is\nmade with theGreal Northern Railway.\nOthor steamers run from Kootenay\nLanding, or Kuskonook, to Honnor's\nFerry, also on the Kootonny.\nThe Kootenny River traverses this\nDivision twico, the Iirst lime when it\nleaves its northern watershed in the\nfastnesses of the Rockies, uenrthe Upper\nColumbia Lake, and Hows southward\npast Fort Steele i where Bteumer communication begins! south into the State\nof Montana, thonco westward, and then\nnortherly to Kuskonook, where it enters\nKootenay Lake.\nSeveral lines of stages also make connections in various directions, so that\nthe intending traveller can see tho\ngreater part of the District without\nleaving civilized methods of conveyance. To get ii fair idea of East Kootenay, n trip commencing at Nelson should\nbe taken. From this city a comfortable\nundwell furnished steomerwill take one\nto Kootenay Landing, where a transfer\nmust be made to train. Tho Bconery\nalong tho lake is n succession of wild,\nrugged mountains, each apparently vicing in ihe ra.-e skyward to seo which call\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdwBafeiasag\n.si1. '~''^TrrttS&z?,\n, ,---jnTW-((\ufffd\ufffd.\nTOWN OF FERNIE.\n.\ntivi\nbin\ntown\nmill r\neiin\nBel\n.th.\nRiver\nuntil\nniiiv\nbus\nhni'i\nml\nnun\nrhir\nTl.\ntar\nIn.\nrun.\nStill'\nXI. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\nirsii\nVlllll\nilvi\nIhein when they will receive proinp.\nattention and as quick service as first\nclass work will warrant. Mr. Prest is\nnow engaged in preparing a group\npicture representing the scenery and\nbusiness places which will be worth\nobtaining.\nThe views herein illustraling ('ran\nbrook were kindly furnished by Presl\n&Co.\nThe Fort Steele Mercantile Company\nhave a store at Crnnbrook and do u large\ngeneral trade, as well as a trade in\nwholesale liquors, Theirstock is always\nwell assorted and up to date.\nSherlock it Hreinncr is another of the\nlending business houses of Cranbi k,\ndoing un extensive general trade. Other\ngood houses ill Cranbrook nre : ,1. Creigh-\nfoil, general store; Muggs & Co.. dry\ngoods: London & Liverpool storo, Ken\nnedy & Co., Miner it Co., and several\nothers.\nNo\nlie\ntill\ntin\nlb\n1 ii-\nga\nlo-\nOX\n111\nCreston promises tn he a town of some\nimportance, being the point where tin\nNelson & Hedlington Railway and the\nCrow's Nest brunch of the C. P. R.\nmeet, the former following the valley of\nthe Kootenay northward from the international boundary to Creston, where\nit runs parallel with the C.P.R. The\nCoat Mountain properties on Coat\nRiver aro tributary to Creston. und the\nvalley of the Kootenny being wide nud\nwell adnpted for agricultural purposes\nthere, Creston has every prospect of\nbeing ii centre for Ihe country around.\nTho Kootenay River also passes Creston,\nand being navigable between Bonner's\nFerry and Kootonay Lauding, will boa\nbig factor for Creston\"s success. East-\nproceeds of the sale of it by him the\nhandsome church, school and hospital at\nSt. Mary's Mission for Indians were\nerected. Tbe St. Eugene consists of the\nSt. Eugene and Peter mineral claims,\nand the Rose and Loretto Fractions, all\ncrown granted ill 1807 ill the names of\nJ, Cronin and .1. Finch, the principal\nowners, who have also the mill site.\nMr. Crouiu is manager of the mill,\nwhich at present is employing about 80\nmen. but when winter comes and the\nwork of shipping can once more be\nresinned there will likely lie about ?.\">.\nAt present the ore is shipped to the\nCanadian Pacific Railway Company's\nsmelter at Trail. The ore is galena, and\nexceedingly rich, running ol) ounces\nj silver and 85 per cent. lead. A concentrator with a capacity of loll tons is\nbeing built. The last shipment mnde\njin tin- winter was of 060 Ions. From\nthe development mado it appears that\nthere is an on- chute outcropping ou the\nsurface from No, a shaft for a distance\nof (100 foet to tho enst, nud that this ore\nchute has a dip of about 4ndogreoBto\nthe oust, that is into the hill. This ore\n; chute has ii width of from three to six\nfi et. safely averaged al four feet, and\ncontains a considerable percentage of\nabsolutely solid gnleuil.\nThe Lake Shore mine is ;i full sized\ncrown granted claim, of which the\nprincipal owners nre Charles Parrel]\nties The house is situated overlooking\nthe lake, with an uninterrupted view of\nit and the mountains.\nThe Kootenay Hotel, MaoMaholi Bros..\nproprietors, is a handsomely furnished\nhouse with accommodations for seventy-\nfive guests. The house has n light oak\nfinish throughout, is lit with acetyline\ngns, large sample-room, and is especially\nadapted for tourists and travelling men.\nPassing Movie, Swansea is the next\ntownsite toi (-reached. It is the property\nof the Crow's Nest Development Company, who have just been given a Crown\ngrant of the properly. The land here is\nwell adapted for agriculture, and will,\nwhen settled, be one of file prettiest\nspots in British Columbia. The valley\nis here some threo miles wide, tin-most\nof which is a pretty park-like expanse.\ndotted with large trees and watered by\nseveral small rivers which flow into the\nhead of Moyie Luke. Tbere are also\nseveral small bikes which af preseut are\nthe resort of myriads of wild fowl.\nSeveral good claims have been taken no\nin the vicinity, of which the Homestead\nand Cold Pay are tho Principal, both\nbeing gold and copper properties. Swansea is mado headquarters by tho little\nband of prospectors encamped at\nPalmer's Bar. and in the event of the\nclaims there proving as good as at\n,^^- \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd-\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd'\nr Up\n-\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd' \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd \";:\nv llwi\n^s\n, pM\ufffd\ufffd\ni it i mi\npi'\nKb^* *\ufffd\ufffd H J*^ {\n^S-i-v \" \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd * .\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd j\nrefitted throughout, has a first-class bar\nStocked with a fine assortment of wines\nand liquors as well as the chiccst brands\nof cigars. The hotel is well heated, ventilated and sets a good table. The hotel\nis centrally located, and is especially\nadopted for commercial and mining\nmen,\nMclunes & Co., butchers, haven large\nestablishment in Cranbrook, as well as\nbranch stores in most of the .surrounding towns. They are a well known\nfirm, and have established an enviable\nreputation for the quality of their goods.\nCranbrook is not behind the larger\nplaces in au artistic point of view, both\n08 to the qunlify of the scenery in and\naround the place, and us to the artists\nToronto Trading Cos Store, niul the\nCrnnbrook I'hni inncy.\nThe Cranbrook Phnrumcy, of which n\nphoto is given above, is managed by Mr\nj Beiitiy. one of the most popular and\" pri\ngressive of Cranbrook's business men.\n1 The stock of drugs carried in the store\nis the largest iu Ensl Kootonay, and Mr.\n: Bcnftv docs n largo trade in nil the surrounding camps, as well as in Onn\nbrook. Besides drugs, Mr. Boatty carries a full line of stationery nud books.\nand is postmaster for Cranbrook.\nThe Toronto Clothing Houso has Mr.\n; Reid for manager and proprietor, who\nwas one of the first business men tu\nj start in Cranbrook, and through tin\ncareful nnd businesslike manner in\nwhich he has conducted his store, ami\nI hy good business methods, has built tip\nI a steady und good trade.\ni Mr. Leask. merchant tailor in Cranbrook, is another merchant who is\nj favourably known for good work, us\nalso his hrothers, proprietors of the\nplaning mill. a\nCrunbrook is the resilience of \"Col\nHyde Baker, M.P.P., who possessed n\ntine ranch there years before the railway\nwas thought of.\nThere are several simill streams flow\ning from the mountains which afford\nthe town good water. The C.P.R. bus\nrun ii wafer main along the main stre. i\nlicautici ol k <... 1 e\nsi. Kugenc Miii... Commercial Hotel, Crnnbrook.\nand Frank Murphy, has tunnel'in present expected, ought to be quite a\n1100 foot, the ..re is very similar to the g I mining camp. However, whether\nSt, l-.ugeiie. the lend of which runs thero nre mines (hero or not, ii appears\nthrough it, to be ol f tho best agricultural sec-\nTho Moyie and Qu '.n of the Hills arc tioiiB of the lv otennys,\nalso full sized crown granted claims Crunbrook. the divisional point on the\ndirectly below the St. Engeno and above Crow's Nest hue, between Kuskonook\n,be Lake Shore, tl-e same lead running und Bull Head Prairie, lias Ihe most\nI through all.];F. Houghton and E. P. level of tlietownsitesof any of thetowus\nIP\nDeautlea of Kootenay,\ni.K~;\n7 ' \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\nrU([ to fcho other, to bring\ni its limit- ., , . ,\n,;\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd,. ,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd,ssesses tl bicycle olub,\nplcndid natural bioyole pal lis,\na the roads lending out ol the\nlsweU adapted for the purpose,\n,g and driving are also tnvour-\niiiciits of the citizens.\n'Crnnbrook and Fort Steele\n1 ' . .,..\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd Mission on the St. Marys\n;'...'through the hard and long\nUnci. lffortg of the priests iu\nthriving little Indian village\nestablished. A magnificent\nlilal and school is also here,\n;i\\\nhill\ntown\nnail i'\n.linn\nliiii'K1\n'.uiliiii'is\"'h.ive a considerable\nI results'have been obtained.\n,'l.oid under cultivation, on\n,d results have been obtained.\n, ' t0 tho well known North\n\"\"'m, ,'.' passes here. This mill\n';'', united about Iwcnly miles\nll\"':, \"sou. downed by Uio North\n;\"m ;. : ,'oopanv, of Montreal. N.\nStill'Ml\" \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd ' ,'.,',., 'c.,,,,1,. beioo- tbe\nof l\/ort Steele, being tho\n1 \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd , ,, aingor aud agent. Cheassay\n. ore averages\nHOI' eelll. lead.\n...lllle l!\nilvi-i-iini\n.'ill ounces\ntl.\nre\nr.\nI'll-\nr-\nr.\nin\nto\ni.-\niii\nid\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd1'\nli-\nis\nns\nlie\nl\nil.\na\nay\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\nid\n:i-\nlet\nHotel Kootenny, Moyie.\nSo far iho ore has been shipped to the\nN'orlli Star Landing on the Kootenay\nRiver above fort Steele, from whence ii\nis taken bv steamer to Jennings, Mou-\n,iM1':, nnd thou on to the smelter at\nGrent Falls. Montana, by rail.\nThere will probably be n branch line\n.,,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd int,, it from the Crow's Nest line\nthis summer, which will vastly increase\nthe profits of the mine, as the present\nway of freighting is about as expensive\nus could lie. , ,\nTo tlio north of the ore body, and on\nthe general strike of the same a\nprospecting shaft has been sunk on a\nbody of iron oxide containing masses of\npildun. Ai a depth of some fifty feet a\ndrift had been sol oil' to the south for\nsome twenty foot in the same muss of\noxide, which here seem to be bounded\nbv well defined walls.\nIn this neighborhood are so many\ngood claims that it would go beyond the\nlimits of ibis article to even mention\nline of miners' supplies, also blacksmiths' supplies, paints, oils, putties,\nand lubricating oil. Their tinsmith does\nall kinds of sheet metal work and plumbing. Getting in their supplies by tho\ncarload, they arc in a position to oo\nbusiness either retail or wholesale, All\nenquiries or orders by mail will receive\nprompt attention.\nThe Fort Steele Mercantile Co. do u\ngeneral business in Port Steelo and distriot, carrying n well assorted general\nstock of groceries, dry goods eto,\nEast of Fort Steele Junction comes\nWardner, al the jimotioil of the Crow's\nNest line and the Kootonay. Il wns u\ntown of importance at i timo, but ni\npresent is very quiet. It bus a very well\nselected townsite, and buying many in-\nduslrinl advantages, will doubtless conic\nto the front again, Between Fort Steele\nund Wardner ure several very good\nranches, which hnve been yielding good\nreturns, inniiily in outs and hay, alt hough\nvegetables anil fruifs do very well.\nAi the mouth of Hull River, five miles\nbelow Ilu- mines is n considerable tract\nof very good iigrictillural land, which\nbus mil yet been worked.\nBotweon Wnrdlier and Elko nre several good ranches al Sand Creek. Hero\nirrigation hns proved most su ssful,\nami good crops arc raised\nElko is another very promising town-\nsite, will, splendid walcr power from I Infill! of ihe Elk River near by, and Bomo\ngood mineral claims close. Elko stands\nalmost certain to make a good town.\nProm Elko to Fernie the valley is loo\nnarrow and elevated for agricultural\npurposes and is mainly rocky, covered\nwith a heavy growth of cedar and fir\ntrees. This region lias been very Utile\nI prospected us yet, and it is hard to say\nwhat is in it in the way of minerals, but\nthere is plenty of timber and the next\nfew years will likely see a considerable\nlumber trade developed along the vallov\nnf the Elk.\nAl Fernie. largest town between Nelson and Macleoil is reached. A year ago\nFernie was constructed of a dozen or so\nrudely constructed huts inula winding\nroad. Two years ago it was a solid\nforest, lint to-day it is n town of 2,(1(10\ninhabitants, with many and varied industrial resources. It now has graded\nstreets, electric light, waterworks, lire\nalso carry a full line of general goods, Michael Creek, are liol springs which\nnnd havo a tin shop attached. bave probably not been visited by a\n.1. D. Quail, of Fernie, is an..liter of hundred pco]ilc altogether, but ill years\ntho loading merchants of tin-.own, car- to come will probably he a favorite\nrying a very good line of general hard- watering place, as their location is an\nware und builders and miners'supplies, ideal one. in Ilu- heart of some of the\nHere can be purchased ill healing up- loveliest scenery of the Rockies, and Ihe\npuraliis anything from a prospector's curative value of Ihe springs is just\ntinsiove io tho most elaborate steam- beginning to be appreciated.\nhealing plum. Steel-clad aud other linos Taken throughout, East Kootenay\nof baths are carried in stock, hot water probably affords more variations of\ntanks, etc. ; in short, all Ihut a lirst-class scenery and climate than can be found\ni.'.i'., LI..Ii. I!. 10. Walker, general manager; .1. II. I'luniincr, assistant general\nmanager; A. II. Ireland, inspector: M.\nMorris, assistant inspector.\nThere arc ihirty-seven branches in Ontario nud one in Quebec, Alaska. Manitoba, Yukon, Mini in British Columbia;\nAtlin, Cranbrook. Fernie. Greenwood,\nVancouver. In the Fluted States, New\nYork. Chicago, New Orleans. Io flreat\nBritain, the Hank of Scotland. London.\nCorrespondents India, China and\n.Inpan, Chartered Bnnk of India. Australia and China. Australia and New\n\/.ealanil The I'liion Hank of Australia.\nLimited, South Africa Hank of Africa,\nLimited; the Standard Hank of South\nAfrica, Limited. Mexico- -Banco de\nLoud res y Mexico, lierinuila Hank of\nHcriniiila, II iltou. West Indies Think\n>i\\' Nova Scotia. Kingston, Jamnien. Ool-\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd mini Hank and Hi-am-hcs. New York\nVinei'lenn Exelmnge National Hank.\nChicago North-Woslcrn National Bnnk.\nInlendlnu tourists should furnish them-\nselves willi a I ra vllers' elreulnr letter ol'\ncredit, issued by the Canadian Hank of\nCommerce, Parties furnished with these\nletters of credit an- enabled lo provide\nthemselves with funds at almost any\npoint in their journey, hy menus of -heir\nown cheques on The Rank of Scotland,\nLondon, or The Cnni'dlnn Bank of Com-\nniei New- York, which will lie ensiled\nhj the bank's correspondents al upwards\nof live hundred points In Enron*1. Asia.\n\\frica, North and RnnM' Vioerici and\nAustralia, Travellers who desire the\norivilege of drawini: cholines on the\nbank's correspondents io London to la-\nused in navinenl of accounts, etc.. without oroduclion of Hie b'ller of credit,\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdvjll find die bank's ehenno credit ex-\nIreinelv useful. T'uder Ibis 111,, party\n\"eel-edited may obtain a ohc(|nc book\nand issue cheilites 'within tbe llmjf of bis\nei-cditi iii the sMino way as though he\nb\"d n London account.\nknown ns the Duncan shaft, has been\nsunk on it to a depth of (K) feet, showing\nu continuous ore body to that depth, ami\nof equally high grade as that taken from\ntin- Drummoud shaft. Still further to\nthe south, or lillll feet from the Driun-\niiioiiil, another shaft lias been started.\nThe developing plant consist.- of a\n:in horse-power boiler, with hoist, powor\ndrill nnd pump, There is a good comfortable camp, blacksmith shop, stable,\nmagazines, etc, At tho mouth of the\nDrummoud shaft ore bins have been\nerected, with a enpueity of 700 tons.\nThe Royal Cninulinii group consists if\nthe Royal Canadian, Colorado, Nevada,\nHoy, and Mocking Bird, in all about 1110\nacres in extent, und is situated about one\nmile west of the Granite group, though\nnot qnite at such n high elevation.\nUpon this group two ledges have been\nproved, one ou tho Colorado and the\noilier on the Royal Onnndian. (In tho\nlatter property three levels nn- being\ndriven, giving between levels two stupes,\none of 85 and one of .\"ill feet, In driving\nthose levels, work on which is being\nvigorously pushed, Severn] hundred tons\nSilver Kine Mine.\nhardware store could be expected to [ in any country outside of Canada. It\ncurry, as well as many articles partieu-i resembles in many ways Switzerland,\nlarly adapted for the mountains, I but also excels it in most respects,\nWilmot & Oox have .. first-class drug in days to come when the fertile vol-\nstore hero, and do a good trade. heyB nre covered by well tilled farms,\nThe coal fields of Fernie are some of i and lovely cities and towns, and mines\nthe largest in Ihe world, and the pre- whose existence is as yet not dreamed\nsent mine now employs 250 men, taking of, shall spring into existence, throughout about 600 tons of coal a day. The out the mountains affording employ-\nI coke ovens close to the town also! ment for hundreds of workmen, East\nI employ a large number, and the lumber Kootenay will rank among the most\nmill, three miles west, employs 50 | productive spots of tho world, in many\nhands. I varied lilies.\nDuncan nines.\nONE of tin- most powerful companies\noperating in West Kootenay is the\nDuncan Mines, Ltd. Old Country capitalists arc chiefly interested, dipt. T. (1.\nDunoon, of Nelson, after whom theoom-\npany was named,having been instrumental, not only in laying the richness of\nthe Nelson District befoi e the people of\ne-u.-in-co many vicissillines, lis nrsi\nresident wns John Thompson Galbraith,\naad for many years il was known as\nGiillu-nitli's Ferry. By this name it was\nknown until 1887, when it was changed\np. Port Steele, in honor of Major Steele,\nwho finite oyer from Alberta with Troop\nD, of the Northwest Mounted Police, to\nquell a throated uprising of Indians.\nSituated ou a level bench overlooking\nthe Kootenay River, with the Wild\nHorse Creek winding around the back of\n'i.e iewn.it is high enough above the\nriver level to afford n view up and down\nthe valley of the Kootenny, and a\n('harming view of river and mountain\nscenery, The St. Mary's River runs in\nopposite the town. Behind, rising in\nlufcjestic beauty are the Rookies.\nthere is n population at present of\n1 '\" H00, It contains the Provincial\nuovennuent offices, Countv Oourt, Col-\n\",'\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd'\"' of Customs, Inland Revenue,\n'fllco, Money Order office and\nBunk, Indian Agency for both\nuwl -Vest Kootcnuv. three'churches,\nftughsh, Presbyterian and Roman\nCatholic, public sohool with fifty-six\nIs and two teachers, n good Club,\nRoyal Canadian, llur.Ciltl Mines.\nof ore, averaging $27 to the ton, have\nbeen taken out. This property is being\nvery conveniently and economically\nworked, as the levels ure being driven\non the strike of this ledge, thus there is\nno dead work to be done, neither will\nthere be any necessity for hoisting or\npumping for years to como.\nOn the Nevada, the most westerly\nclaim of the group, nn immense quantity\nof very rich float has been found, and\nalong the trenches which have been dug\nfor the purpose Of locating the ledge,\nsingle pans of sand have yielded from\n20 to 2T> cents. A systematic effort is\nbeing made to locate the source of ibis\nfloat. The Government trail crosses this\ngroup, and on it a good camp has been\nerected close to an excellent spring of\nwater.\nOn both groups there is an unlimited\nquantity of good timber, and the Oompany has ensured the profitable working\nof their properties by very wisely\nsecuring the only steady and efficient\nwater-power hi the neighbourhood,\nnamely, a grunt of 60 miners' inches\nfrom Sandy ('reek, HI inches from Still-\nCreek, and 150 inches from Eagle Creek,\n^-XtS\ni-;''*?^ \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd-\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd'\ufffd\ufffd!\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd*\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\"' Jsf\/r !7nWi \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\nLooking down Hie river from Nelson.\n\"'!\/' House and Waterworks. There\n1 'hotels. The Hotel Windsor, of\na the above is a photo, is the only\nlass house in Fort Steele. Plast-\n11 throughout nnd thoroughly reno-\n' he m-w owners have refurnished\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd; decorated it.\n' '\"'si-class table is set, provided will.\ntbo delicacies of the season. There\n'arge sample rooms for commercial\nh lv bedrooms, billiard room, and\n1well supplied with all the choicest\n; \"\"wo) liquors and cigars. The hotell\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd-'meets all trains at Port Steelo\nr1''\"'!. as well as steamers coming up\n'\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd K\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdtanv. The hotel is portionfarly\n'taptod for tourists and mining\n\"\"\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd '-isituig the district.\n, ''-'\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdide Bros., composed of D. A. and\n:\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd,,:'\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd fride, ore the leading hardware1\n,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd.,' \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\"\"\"\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd carrying a full line of shelf\n; >vy hardware, including pipes\n( ' \"'inigs, cordage, packings, etc,\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd ' an equip prospectors with all\ntl\ufffd\ufffdiaupplies. TheyalBO curry a full\ndepartment, churches and many fine\nbusiness houses, as wcll'as scores of\ntasteful privat\/residencos.\nThe Royal Hotel, W. W. Tuttle, proprietor, isthe loading hotel, being lit up\nwith incandescent light, having private\nbath rooms and all modern conveniences. A large balcony running around\ntwo sides of the house affords a beautiful view of the mountains, The house\nhas accommodation for fifty guests nnd\npossesses two large parlours. The cuisine\nis Al, Mr. Tuttle, an experienced hotel\nliiiin, giving it careful supervision. This\nhotel has been built but a short time,\nand everything in it in the way of fur-\nnil ure is perfectly new. The bar carries\nn full line of choice liquors and cigars.\nHales $2 per day, Bus meets all trains.\nThe Hank of Commerce has n brunch\nin Fernie, of which notice is given in\nanother column.\nFernie possesses the largest general\nstore in British Columbia, in tho premises\nOf the London & Liverpool Co.\nIn the London & Liverpool store, Mr.\nP. Ii. Trites, manager, Fernie, is said to\npossess the largest department store in\nBritish Columbia. This store, which is\nfitted up in the most artistic and complete manner, carries a full line in each\ndepartment. There arc sixteen separate\ndepartments, viz., clothing, men's furnishings, men's hoots ...id slices, Indies'\nand children's boots und shoes, dry\ngoods, millinery and fancy goods, carpets and linoleums, furniture, crockery\nand glassware, and groceries, hardware,\nstoves and tinware. The store has t hire\nfloors and basement, besides a large\nstorehouse in rear, is lit with incandescent light, and n cash railway system\nis being put in. All the stocks arc of\nthe newest and most modern lines of\ngoods. The furniture and house furnishing department is especially worthy\nof notice. The niuin building is 120x80,\nand the storehouse 80x60.\nThe Crow's Nest Trading Co.. of\nwhich the above is a photo, make a\nspecialty of sportsmen's goods. This\nstore, the pioneer merchants of Fernie,\nwas opened sonic time before the railway penetrated the pass, when goods\nhad to be brought in by pack horses.\nThe proprietors, Messrs. Johnson &\nBrioker, carry full lines of rifles, fishing\ntackle, nil kinds of ammunition, powder,\nso that tourists and shooting parties can\ninn-chase their supplies there. They |\nAll the houses in Fernie being'newly\npointed, give the town a much more\nprosperous appearance than the usual\nWestern town.\nEast of Fernie to the summit of the\nRockies, where the Northwest Territories commence, are some very good\nstretches of timber, and many indications of coal have been found. On the\nElk River some eleven miles north of\nwhere the railway branches off on\nCanadian Bank of Commerce,\n>1pHE Canadian Hank of Commerce has\n'' a paid-up capital of $6,000,000 and rest\n$1,000,000. Directors: Hon. Geo. A.\nCox, president; Robt. Kilgour, Esq., vice-\npresident; .lames Crathern, Esq., W. B.\nHamilton, Esq., Matthew I.eggat, Esq,,\n.1. W. Fliivolle, Esq., John Hopkin, Esq.,\n\"-\"MUCIH,.\nThe first llotol 111 Nelson\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd1800.\nLake View Hotel\nHpHE above is from a very rare photograph, It is of Nelson's first hotel, and\na when the travelling photographer came along and mnde the snap in 1890, it\nwas considered a very fine building. Previous to the completion of the house, the\nguests of the Lake View were accommodated in a tent, which was rather too well\nventilated for the cool enemy, 'flu-young iiiiin leaning comfortably against tho\nwindow sill is now Minister of Mines for British Columbia, tho Hon. .1. Fred\nHume. Next to him, on the Stop, is A. II. Kelly, now one of the best known\nmine-owners ill flic country. ()n the Iirst chair is \" Bill Hall,\" discoverer of tlio\nfamous Hill Mines, nnd the man who started the mining thnt made Nelson what\nit is. Standing in the doorway is John Ward us he was when proprietor of the\nhouse. (>n the chair to the right sits Dr, Hendryx. the first medical man and also\nthe firsf steamboat man to visit the Kootenays and locate,\n1 the Motherland but in the securing of\nsufficient capital to assure the working\nseveral properties on a scale that would\nsoon make them dividend-payers, dipt.\nDuncan now resides in Nelson as local\nmanaging director, and Mr, T. Laing\nStocks is also a local director and secretary-treasurer of the Oompany. Two\ngroups that are being operated on a large\nscale by the Duncan Mines, Limited, are\nI the Granite and Royal Canadian. A\nreview of the work being done will be\ninteresting as giving a good idea of how\nmines are made to pay in British Columbia.\nThe Granite group, which is situated\nOil Eagle Creek, consists of six claims,\nthe Granite, Red Rock, Tamarack, Blue\nGrouse, White Swan, nnd the White\nSwan Fraction. Through these the\nWhite ledge originally opened up on\nthe White Mine belonging to the Nelson-\nPoormau group, bus been traced and\nuncovered by ground Rluicingaud trenching in eight different places, while the\nWhite Swan h-dge, upon which considerable development work bus been\ndone upon the Eureka claim further\nsouth, undoubtedly also runs through\nthe group. Dams have been put ill and I\npreparations made 10 ensure the location\nof tills ledge by uncovering the ground\nto bedrock.\nThe development on this property\nconsists of a double compartment shaft,\nknown iis the Drummond shaft, now\ndown 212 feet, following the dip of the\nledge nt nil angle of III degrees. The\nrichness of the ore body may be judged\nfrom the fact that 600 tons of ore averaging $87 a ton have been taken out\nwhile sinking the shaft. Drifting, started\nat the ?ii-foot level, bus been carried\nnorth and south for some 350 feci.showing 11 continuous body of ore. assays\nfrom which have run as high as from\n$00 to $100 to the ton. A second level\nni a depth of 180 feel bus been recently started, nnd progressed 205 feet,\nA third level has been made al n depth\nof 200 feet, from which \".\"> feet of drifting to tho south has been put in. establishing flu- vein at that depth, and 11\nRand drill has 1 11 installed to expedite\nflu- sinking of the shaft. Upon the Red\nHock, n southerly extension of the\nGranite, ground sluicing has exposed\nthe ledge ill several places. On this\nproperty the vein is flatter, and a shaft,\nWhitewater Concentrator,\nwhere a dam (ill feet long and U feet\nhigh was already been put ill. and a flume\nline 4,200 feet in length bus been graded\nready for the construction of a flume\nwhich is now being built to connect with\nthe Penstock. The company will thus\nbe able to avail itself, at all seasons, of\nat least 100 miners' inches of water under a head of TOO feel, developing 200\navailable horse power.\nThe mill site is an ideal one, situated\nat tbe foot of a slope near Kootenay\noutlet, directly north of the Granite,\none mile distant. One of the finest mills\nbuilt in the Province has been contracted\ni i'or, consisting of 20 stamps. There will\nhe a nine drill air compressor plant,\naerial tramway from the mine to the\nmill and electric light plant to supply\nlight for the mill as well as power for\n100 lights at the mine. A waggon road\nhas been built, to tho mill site and will\nbo extended from the mill to the Royal\nCanadian properties, The company has\nalso acquired some -in acres of Wood's\npre-emption adjoining the mill site.\nThe ore on both properties is a free\nCrows Nest Trading co.\nmilling quart!!, and it is estimated that\nthe concentrates will average from $75\nto $11(1 a ton and will be cheaply treated\nat the Hall Mines Smelter. From .\"iu to\n76 men are now employed onatbe\nproperty.\nr\nBoating on the Lake NELSON MINEB SUPPLEMENT,\nlocated in \"ie autumn oi iom \".< <\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd ,vo,.k w|ll bo resumed at thiB well-known\nlinn l !\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd' Hume nnd Mr. Wm. Hunter, property, where there ure vast oro\nts first hotel was built 1>J James Bowes , j,.. ,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd |\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd. hnndlod.\n|n is;,::, und the Brsl store was opened\nNew Canadian Group.\nH.++++.1.+.rH..M--i--f-+-e-i--t--l--M--M--i--r-e-t--e-i-+^\nI SILVERTON. I\n.1. T\n+++.|.4.+.|.4.^..|.H.+H.+-|-HH.M-.e-l--l--l--e-t--l--t--r+'l--l--l--l--!--l--l--l*-l-'l-l4-l--l--l--l-'l--l--l--l--l--t-H--l'-t--l-\n- ILVKRTON i- situated mi tho east eoui-entrntor Insl winter, and a large\n.\"\"> . .,, , , .,..,,... i ,,,, 'Itinntlty of concentrating ore Is piled on\nMent hloeuu Lake, a very beau \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd ,,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd. dumps awnlting treatment! Tho\nful sbeel of water, whore tbe Four-Mile mine i- ut present closed waiting the\nUreek empties Into It, Its townBlte was repairing by the authorities of Pour-\nJ\ufffd\ufffd \", autumn of U01 >,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd the J\ufffd\ufffd.e 0\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd kjond.and w> 'o^tlds^l^dono,\nit\n.,, 1803, and tlio Brsl store was open\nIn it lij Mr, Hunter, also in 1803, A\nlittle boom passed over It In tlio Bummer\nol imiT; und to day ii Is o compact little town of s 300 persoiiB, with Bvo\nliotels open i\" cuter to the wants of the [j (INSISTING ol live ell s. lies on\nnubile, foe Btores, n church, n roIiooI- \ufffd\ufffd the divide between l-'our-Milc and\nIioubc (sooii to i roctod), a well-con Cnrpenter CroekB. Tbey woro located in\nducted newspaper, and i j ol tlio np- j, p |S,,j \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdp|ll, formntlon is Blnte\npllnncfs id lorn elvlllnutlon, It Is as Xvvolve liundrod fool nf development\nunlet iiii.l well i-ogulnlod n own ns U,,H. |11|fl i.....ri done tlier Two ship,\n'\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdon i well find, an occasional hub- game \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd,.. ,,,. ,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd,. h,1Vi, ,,,.,,,, mna\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd ,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd, ,lf\n\"r \"Ul\"l: 'C ,\",M\"-' ll\" -I'eatosl diss, w|lir|i ,,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd,, |f)7 omcm f)f si|vi,r |\noil per cent. lead, und ll ibcr of wlljcll\nshowed ll'.i 8 ounces of silver and 58\nper cent. bad. The development work\ndone shows large bodies of concentrating\nore, with a g I deal of clean ore,\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd ,. , . Hltberto Ibis property bus been worked\n1 '- Oil lb- mountain from which i, (lie Can,Ion Bide of tlle divide-, but\nil lalics ils liiiuic, all,ail six miles llnrlll- IIB ill tbe near future it will be advisable\neast of Silverton. Nol much is known for tlie proper development of ibis large\nlegnrding iis workings, as the company's proposition to bave a concentrator, if\nnliieers forbid talking about their prop- \"ill iu future be operated from the Si I\nerty mi,I decline themselves to give any rorton side nf the divide, from which\nplace il is distant six tnilcs, and tl ro\nwill be carried down to tlio i ecnlrnlor\nbv means \"T a tramway to Four-Mile\ni'reek, one an,I one half miles distant\nfrom tlle mine. Ii gives promise nf being\n\"I I' Silverlon's hie propositions iu tlle\nvery near future.\ntunnels can be driven directly on the\nledge long and expensive cross tunnels\nare thereby avoided and the cost of developing tne property greatly lessened.\nThis will soon In- another of Silverton's\nshipping properties.\nAlpha Mine.\nSITUATED iiboui -.\"., miles aliens!\n\"\" of Silverton, this property is on tlle\nAlpha Mountain, which lakes ils inline\nfrom ibis mine, It is fully equipped,\neven to waggon road and tramway. 11 is\nconnected with Silverton by n waggon\nroad two and a nunrtcr miles long, which\nruns to the tool of the company's tramway, Tho ore Is delivered from tho\nmine to tlie waggon road over a 1,000\ntoot gravity tramway, There bave been\nshipiicil from ibis property 1,200 ions of\non-, which gave returns nt the smelter\nof 1]\", ounces of siliei- por t I III\nper cent, of lead. Over -J,l feel Of\ndevelopment work have been dono on\ntho proporty, and the nm n of ore in\nsight would surprise those aceiistotned to\nsee only veins of Uvcrnec thickness.\nThe formation la slate and the ore steel\ngalena. Tbis property bus not been\nntloii, ii- worst olToiiee.\nThe Wnkelicld\nf-llls property, consisting of tl clai\nNoonday Mine.\n['Ills property, consisting of two\n' claims, is situated less 11 in ti two\nmiles souili of Silverton, They wore\nlocated iii 1802 by Alexander Clark.\nIn isur, n quantity of float thereon, about\nten tons, was shipped, which showed a\nv;ib [ $80 per ton, A bond nnd lease\nSelkirk note', Silverton.\ninformation; but there is no doubt tbnt\nthey have In ibis mine one of the Inrgesl\nand' most valuable propositions in this\ncamp. I.nst winter was Ihe fust during\nwhich they shipped ore, exeepl a trial\nshipment made previously, and thoy sent\nout 740 Ions of high-grade galena. H is\niiuderst I that the company contemplates ibis season putting In a tram-\nway from the mine down to Four-Milo\nCt k, and n concentrator on Ibis creel;\nis spoken of and likely to ho erected by\n11 unpiiny in tlie near future to treat\nthe vast bodies of concent rut ing ore\nwhich the workings in the mine show,\nand which are lying on tbeir dumps.\nVancouver.\n\ufffd\ufffdOM K full claims are on this property\nwhich lies six miles fom Silverton,\nOil the solllh si,|,. of P --Mile Creek.\nTho work done so far on ibis property\nis confined to two of these claims\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdthe\nMountain Boomer nnd Vancouver claims,\nTl re taken out is n steel nnd cube\ngalena, currying considerable grey copper : ids,, v.niol nn,| ruby silver is unite\nfrequently found In ii with ocenstonnl\n-\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdI ks of sulphide of copper, Til 'tis of u very liiglt grnde, averaging about\n$145 per t ror nnd above nil charges\nfor transportation, trontnient nnd duty.\nDuring the winter of 1807-08 this company shipped 340 Ions of ibis ore, nnd\nduring Inst winter 420 ions wen- shipped, doubtless paying n handsome dlvl\ndend to the owners on their investments,\nI'nder the present management of the\nproporty, everything moved like clockwork, with much satisfaction to the\nmanager and the men In the company's\nemploy,\nThe Comstock Mine.\nABOUT ton miles eii-t of Silverton,\nthis property is situated on Fennel!\n('icek. n branch of Four-Mile Ci k. It\nis connected with Silverton by a waggon\nroad. Nine tunnels have been run nn\nthis property, all of which are on the\nledge and expose ore. Tho nggregnte\nlength of the workings is about 3,000\nfeet. Ill places between tllO ore shutes\nthe vein is lean, carrying low vnlues, but\nvery rich where the oro shutes are cut,\nThe ore slopes are large and Increase In\nsize nnd value with depth. About 350\nfeet of winzes nnd upraises have been\ndriven and all of them in ore. About 'J.\"o\ntons of ore hnve 1 n shipped and 100\ntons of concentrates, the company owning this mine haling erected ;i sixty-Ion\nworked for fie- past two years, Internal\ndissensions being said to be the cause\nof ibis; bin il is said to be for sale, and\nin the hands of energetic owners il\nwould s| lily ngnin become one of the\nSilvery Slocon's greatest wealth pro\nducers,\nEmily Edith.\nI VIM; hall of ii mile below the Alpha\n' .Mine mi Alpha Mountain, towards\nSilverton, is the Emily Edith group of\nmineral claims a very large group, Ii\nis very little more than one year since\nI hey were taken possession of by the\nKnglish company that bus since llien\noperated them: but already the showings\nIn the tin- xteuslvo tunnels on ibis '\nhas always been reticent about their op-1\norations, The property is not being\nworked nt present, but il is believed that\nlarge ore bodies exist there, which will\nmake Ibis mountain our pride, and not,.\nns it is at present, an example\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdbut so\nfar the only Instance\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdof failure in (bis\no.iiup lo make a valuable mine if work\nis proportly done. Th mpany is said\ntn be going to dispose of their old property for which tbey hnve offers- nnd iu\nfuture devote tbeir energies to the development of promising properties owned\nby I loin on I In- W'akclielil Mountain.\nL. H.\n' [HIS claim waa loci 1 in May, 1805,\nby Alexander Harrison, now of\nAlexandria, Virginia, U.S.A. It is\nsiiiniieii on Red Mountain, some tour\nmiles souilieasi of Silverton, A considerable amount of development work has\nbeen done thei'eoil, ll is a gold proposition, anil assays as high as .SHIS havo\nI n obiaincd from the ore thereon, The\nore body is from L'll lo ',',0 feel in width,\nWhon it is taken into consideration Hint\nnil of the I,. II. ore is susceptible to easy\nconcentration and Hint, the ore assaying\nfrom $fi to $'JU for tlie usunl assays tun\nbetween these figures call I lli-en-\nItoleil alioiil ten Ions Into one. und when\nit is further considered ibni the ore.\ncither before or after concentration, can\nI beaply treated by the Cyanide pro\ncess, it is easy lo see Ihal this lias in it\nthe making of n grent mine, for careful\nprospecting lias shown that the gold is\nnot colli! I lo n pocket. but Ihe\nrichness Indicated In nnd around the\ntunnel thereon is carried by the ledge\nfor nt leasl several hundreds of feet\nalone, it. This proporty was slocked In\n1800, All of the stock is owned in Silverton. ami John Tinliiiir is the secretary of the company.\nCongo (ironp.\nSITUATE] Rod Mountain, com-\n' posed of throe claims. During the\nlatter pai-f of bist summer Mr. Byron\nacquired a two-thirds interest In ibis\nproperty and secured an option on the\nremaining one-third interest therein, and\nhe set to work with energy to develop\nii by surface stripping and shallow\nopenings of tost pits for the purpose of\nshowing the character of the Burface ore\nand II xlenl of the ore body. A winze\nbus been sunk sonic ten feel und an Improvement was already observed in the\nchnrncter of the ore. Assays from the\nbottom of Ibis winze gave returns of\n$23.70 in gold and 7.-IS iu corpper per\nWilliam Hunter Co., Ld.\nnjirlLLIAM HUNTEB is o name\nV^ well known iu West Kootenay. it is recorded on the\nearliest chronicles of Nelson, and bus\nalways been prominent in tIn- district.\nMr. Hunter enmo from Quebec to .Nelson\niu 1SSU. Iu the lull of 'ill be went lo\nNew- Denver and started iu business\nwiih \ufffd\ufffd general store. In tho spring of '03\nIds Silverton house was opened, In 'hi\na branch wns opened ut Throe Forks\nand ill 'KG nt Sandon, lu '07 il store ut\nAlnio wus purchased, ll will bo seen\nbow rapidly the business was Increasing,\n I the drill c -oiled tho nude of the\nCross & Co.\na\nwppp^l\n^Q^ik\n-pi IK firm of doss & Co., miningbrot\nil ers. accountants. Insurance and general agents, wus established in 1807,\nTheir office is directly opposite t \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\nwharf, where ii occupies a very pretty\nview of the hike. The partners In thi\nlirm nn- 0. T, Cross nnd 10. F. Lloyd\nThey nre sole agents for the Bllverti .\nTownsite Company; accountants for tin-\nleading mining companies operating nn\nKnur-Mile Creek, etc. As minii ,:\nbrokers they have been suecessl'i ,.\namongst their sides might be mentioni i\nsuch well known properties as tl\nBosun, the Edinburgh und Essex, Tin\nnol In the capacity \"i representatives fi\nnon-resident properly holders, All pa\nties having Interests In tho Slooan or d\nsiring in acquire such Interests, will i\nwell io communicate with this lirm.\nSelkirk House.\nTlie William Hunter Co., Ltd\ndistrict. In 1808 tlie company was\nfloated as a joint slock concern, culled\ntho Win. Hunter Co., Ltd. I'nder Mr.\nHunter's careful and capable management it grew very large in size and the\nsiock pui in at the different branches\nwas very extensive. The company carries the biggest slock iu the Slocan. It\nis composed of everything n miner requires, and. In fact, everything Hint is\nwanted in the district. Mr. Hunter hns\ni outly creeled (i halulsoiiie residence\nfor himself and family and bus always\nbeen to the front In any public enterprise.\nVictoria Hotel.\n'\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdYAI K. .1. BOWES is the pioneer hotel\n*' ' man of Silverton, having erected\ntlie lirsi hotel there iu 1803, The Victoria\nis a very commodious nnd com fori able\nbouse, with n large nnmber of well-furnished rooms, a splendid dining-room nnd\nNew Market Hotel.\na \\ KKY charmingly situated bold\n'\\ the Newmarket, ii Is overlooking\nibe lake. A Inrge verandah encircles th\nwhole house, nnd provides an oxccptini\nally g I place for l-iicsIs lo enjoy th\ncool of Ihe evening and sonic gran\nscenery, Henry Siege, tho proprietor\nami mil linger, luiill the bouse in 1N!I\\\nMr. Siege is well up in the milling bus\nness, besides knowing ull nllOUl bow In\nnm n hotel successfully, There nre fort)\nwell appointed ami well lighted rooms iii\nIhe bouse, the dining-room is exeollentl;\n!\\ conducted.\nw incisor Hotel, New Den\nver.\nON 101 if tlie old-timers of the New Dei\nver disii-iei is ll. A. D, MoGillivriij\nwho is now manager of the Winds, i\nHotel, New Denver. Ho is u Cnnadiai\nthereon wen- taken by Messrs. Bennedum\nand Stewart Brothers In January last\nfor $35,000. Tbey went to work themselves with energy, hnve done about 2iil>\nfeet of tunnelling nnd 30 feet of nn upraise nnd a winze, have made n shipment\nof n enrlond of ore, hnve another ready\ni\" semi out; in addition to a large\nquantity of entrntlng ore on the\ndump, and their present showing is ns\nfollows: Two feet of high-grade ere and\nlour foet of cot nlruting ore in the\nla,e of tlle tunnel. Tbey are satisfied\nIhal they have in this property the nuik-\ning of n valuable mino.\nThe Essex Group.\nj s composed of six claims, and is sit-\nI unted on Wakefield Mountain, It is\nconsiderably less thun n year since Mr.\n(i. II. I in'ws,,n acquired these properties, then undeveloped but promising\nprospects; but during Hint brief spuce nf\nrune in. has quietly but energetically\nopened tloiii up. He bus driven four\ntunnels on tho vein, the aggregate\nlength of which is -iriii feet. The three\nupper tunnels nre nil In ore and the paystreak nvorages from four inches to one\nfoot in width, tlle on- being n cube gnl-\nenn, nnd averaging 200 ounces in silvor\nper ton nnd 50 per cent in lend. The\nWnkelicld vein doubtless crosses tho\ngroup. The situation of tho property is\nsuch that il can be opened and worked\nhy a tunnel system, nnd great depth can\nbe gained on the property, and ns tlio\nand bus been In the Kootenny since 1884.\n, .., (in October 8th, Is'.M. be en iver the\nVictoria Hotel, Silverton, tiills from Knslo and located tlle present\na well-stocked bur. The house is well '\"\"'\" ><'<\"\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd He bus holdings in the Nee\nsiitiuted ,on the main street, ami enjoysU>aw\ufffd\ufffd \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd'\"ll1 Hdlson, on Ten-Mile (reek\na large patronage from tlie commercial ,.>o,',-v,':\"n ?S\ufffd\ufffd 'J'.1\"\"1' <$*&* \ufffd\ufffdf \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\",\nmen find miners. Mr. Bowes is n very Windsor Hotel. It is splendidly situated\npopular citizen of the rising nnd active \"I'-;11' \"\"', \"'barf, is roomy und comfort\ni nine, and none but tin- finest liquors und\nclgnrs are found in tin- bar.\nNew Denver,\nproperty are such Ihal they reveal n very ton and> assays \"f tbe iron alone ran us\nlargeore body -likely the largest in tin-' high as \ufffd\ufffd71 m gold. Tins is the property\nSlocnn, being'from 50 to 00 feet in width, from which rock wns last autumn ob-\nTbe vein lies in tin- slate formation and tnined, which assayed us high as $11,160\nthe ore is n high-grade steel galena, in gold per ion. The property is a gold-\ncarrying considerable grey copper. So copper proposition. The vein is a fine\nextensive is tills ore body, nnd so well fissure, is si rung nnd big, averaging over\nassured do the owners feel us to the eight feet m width,\nfuture of this nronoi-tv. that this summer\nThorburn Hotel.\n\/\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdvHANT THORBURN is one of the\nv 1 best known men iu West Kootenay.\nlie bas been 18 years in the West and\nhailed originally from New Brunswick,\nlie settled in New Denver iu 181112 and\nmoved to Silverton, where he built his\nline big hotel in '0-1. lie has run the\nfuture of tbis property, that this summer\nwill sec erected by this company a two-\nhundred ton concentrator on Four-Mile\nCreek, within a mile of Silverton, and a\nLas Vegas.\nCreek, within a mile ot Biiverton. nun a ..\ntramway thereto from their mine, as HpHIS property adjoins the L. H., lies\nwell as new nnd commodious buildings 11 above it on the Red Mountain, It,\nfor offices, bunk-houses, etc., win-,, it {g proposition. Not much\nwill become n steady slnppei. il nns ,n \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd,_ , \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd ,'\nwill become a steady shipper it has ai- ;v(;;.,.-\"]l,^ Jirbwn'dSne\"theMM. The\nready sent out 15 bins of clean on lo ( ^^ t,x|l(|S(,(]| ,s ,|1|n||t ||n,(,(, f(,pt\nthe smelter. jn wfdth and carries high values, linni-\nerous assays having been made of rock\ntherein, which went from two to three\nthousnnds of dollars to ten ten. The\nNeeland's Shoe Emporium\nNelson.\nj\\JEELANDS' Shoe Emporium, 36 and\n'.'n Baker street, Nelson, is a good\nexample of what enterprise nnd hard\nwork will do. Tlio business wns taken\nup by Mr. S. Neelands, when be tool,\nover the stock and fixtures of W. II\n(rrahain oc Co. in IS'.is, nud from a small\nconcern has worked up the business\nuntil it carries one of the best assorted\nstocks in the Kootenays ns well as one ol\nfile largest.\nSurprise Oroup.\nCOMPRISING three claims und a\nfraction, is siliinbd on tlle side of\nAlpha Mountain. The Alpha ledge is\ntraceable across two of the group, and\nsome 250 feet of work done thereon lias\nexposed a large quantity of both slopping and concentrating ore. The ledgf\n8 fr \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd - \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\n1 \t\nter of the ore is steel galena, carryini\ngrey copper, and assays from 200 to 700\nounces of silver per ton and runs from\n('iff to SO per cent, iu lead. Although Ibis\n\" ' - it\nung and concentrating ore. xne leuge ' \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd made on Silverton's go\ns from six to twenty feet in width, and mountain, are the A. E. and t\nIob In the slate formation. The cliarae- |>,.|jsv Group of two claims\nter of the ore is steel gnlenn, carrying u ....\n;rey copper, and assays from 200 to (0\nunices of silver per ton and runs frot\n00 to sn per cent, in lead. Although tn\nproperty bus never shipped any ore. i\nhas a 'good shipment of first-class or\nproperty litis been stocked. All of the\nslock is owned In Silverton, Mr. Timing\nbeing secretary of the company.\nA. E. and Little Daisy.\nA MOXG the ninny oilier localities\nf* made on Silverton's gold-copper\nhe Little\n. ., ,. These\nproperties Ii i the snnie ledge. On\nthe A. E. there ure twenty inches of\npinrtz, from which assays have been\nThorbum Hotel, Silverton\nhotel In a strictly lirst-class manner, and\nis repaid by very liberal patronage, It\nis ii very roomy hotel, and very well designed, as the Illustration will testify.\nMr. Tboi-lmrn is a very energetic citizen\nand just the kind that push a place\nalong.\nE..-++-'\nJ. A. rkKiimon & Co.\n\\\nLARGE store Willi a good\nname for straight dealing ha\nlying on Ilu- dump.\n .\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd- o.-eo i .\\ name (or sirnignt dealing hat\ninrg1; ptfnU\" T;-^^lu '- \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdUt up a large trade for U Me\ndoubtless increase in size ns depth is Kln\ufffd\ufffd * C\"- of Silverton. Ihe firn\ngained; nnd on il,.. i no., tv.: w\\'is previously known us Hunter it Me\nC. P. Nelson.\n\/ \\ NE of the youngest, but most oner\nV7 getic aud successful business men in\nthe Slocan District is Mr. C. F. Nelson,\nwin, keeps a drug, stationery, fishing\ntackle, and fancy goods store nnd curries\na very complete stock In all these lines.\nHe is an expert dispenser, und gives\nparticular attention to handling the pur\nest o| drugs nnd mixing them in n thoroughly- accurate manner, Mr. Nelson\nbails originally from Hastings County.\n<\"nlnno, but was some years at Calgary\nbefore coining further west to the rich\nSlocan. He settled in New Denver in\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdlime, 1898, when he opened his business\nHe is always ready to help along bis\ntown, and is prominent in many of lb\norganizations. This year he representee\nthe New Denver Lodge of the Knights\nof Pythias at the Provincial gathering\nat the Coast. Mr. Nelson handles Tie\nMiner ns one of ids large slock of boob\nningnzines nnd papers.\nF:ishcr Maiden.\n-,.;\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd-\ngained; and nn the Little Daisy group\n, there is a ledge of eight feet. A trial\nshipment of five ions wns mnde, and\nthe smelter's returns therefrom showed\nKILT, ner ton. There Is no nuestion thnt\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdpills oronortv, consisting of two the dny is not far distant wlien the Red\nI i t\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd, \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd,. In....t...i ofnlii miles oo Mountain will have a grent deal of the\nattention of the mining public directed\nlit sllow-\n \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd' \"\"\ufffd\ufffd,* \"\" ,\".\",\" ,'i\";,.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd' i* i ,n>-,s 't would appear tbat ii will repay\neption of one mile, over winch thee is 1 that attention.\nfood trail. Pour tunnels have been\n1 d is, is situated ,-igl lesun ^nX;fiVettn,C|n1nKgrepnutb!1ic'\nPour-Mile Creek, and Is connected with towards it; nnd from the pres,,\nSilverton by waggon road, with the ox- |nRa it wnn](] , lr 1)|M| [(\ncotton ,.r ,,,,,, milo over which there isi.i. .....\nthe\nnggregate\nthousand\ndriven in on the led\nlength \"f which i\nfoot, The ledge lies In granite, Tbe\nore is chiefly sillclous or dry ore, carrying considerable grey copper and ruby\nsilver. Assays therefrom can be obtained ru\ngave respectively 828 und 220 ounces^f \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd,.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd 1|(,m,|hs ,,.,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd, w\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdTerl ,,,\nsilver per loo. and II 1.. \"- lave N(,, ,g Rn insti(,|(i,m ft * ,.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\nr:;:,^1!:!:::1, h o\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd; ,,:' 3: \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd \ufffd\ufffd was opened \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd few days\nWaverley House, Nelson.\nAssnvs iiiercii-om can oe oo-\nmining up into the thousands. (T\ufffd\ufffdNE by one all the \"long-fob wnnts\"\nreturns on the shipments made, V' |n Nelson ure giving place to mnil-\noeclivelv R2R nnd 120 ounces of\nIviiiiion, and niter n couple of more\nchanges, in which Mr, \\V. 0, McKinnon,\nbrother of Mr. .1. A. and Mr. A, L,\nMcLean, owner of the Iron Horse Mine,\nwere nurtners nnd ceased to lie, the firm\nsettled down to its present nniuc. Mr.\nMcKinnon curries a very complete merchandise slock, nnd every article on the\nshelves or in tiie drawers is from the\nbest houses of the world. The spncioiis\nstore that the firm occupies wus built\nby Mr. McKinnon, in 1807. Mr. McKinnon is nlso Past Muster of the Town of\nSilverton nnd one of its most progressive citizens.\nThe Selkirk Hotel.\nr^ONDI'CTED by men who under\nstand tbe hotel business, the Scl\nkirk Hotel of Silverton commands\nlarge patronage, Ii bus a very prett.'\nand convenient locution overlooking tie\nbike, and near the wharf. It is n ver\n', line looking building, us the Ulustrntioi\niu the iirst column of this page wil\nshow. Messrs. Brandon & Barrett an\npartners in the ownership of the housi\nand Mr, Brandon manages it. The tabb\nreceives special attention, and the bill\ni is supplied with the best that money cm\nbin. A visitor to Silverton should glvi\nI tbe Selkirk a trial,\nin\nn'^HkT'was'.na^'then-on tatotXmd I ^aSf&i opening ^SL&Hffi\nn, the 250-fool level about:800 feet^in \ufffd\ufffd& J^-Sft^S \ufffd\ufffdh'\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd !\nA winze hnd neon started on wnat was f ,. , \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd., , t.nlno sii,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd.is \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd.i \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\nZ \"1 u' ,l%elLtto0VineheeB\" wwl' ^^ ^ & a tofpSSS hous\nTt,sPs\\;tin ^fcd2 as VXvA ^IZ^Z &V&%\ufffd\ufffd n?av8nas\nSwIt^e^L^olconl^\nwiiiin iviiti every iniiiouiinn 01 coiiiinuiry. ... ., ; ,\/.,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\",','\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\"\"\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdI.',',' o',!n\"\"i-',','\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd'.','- '.\"\"f\"11^;\nWork was, however, abandoned on nc- j) ' ' ' \"' \" , ;l \" \"\"\" furnished and\ncoim of tic inflow of the water, to be , \\, , I 'L n i'l\" \"\"' Pf\ufffd\ufffdSatnP!s\nresumed later on by tunnelling. Every '. n M l' Tn' 1 ', '' ?^\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdnd i'-\"1,'' !s\nIndication points to their making a fine ',..' '' .', . ,\"n,.-!,,\"m,iln!r ''\"'l'\"' which is\nIndlcntion potnta tn their making n fin*\nproperty if nrtlvoly rtovelopofl, Thc-\npropprty 1ms hocn Btockod, the controlling\nInterests therein helnit owned bv A. A.\nWebh nnd John Pophnm, both of Silver-\nton.\nN\nI llera l?93 to [896\n .....^ .oooi, nllicu 1\nwell supplied with papers and tungaztnei.\nand 11 bar-room, in which nil kinds of\nsoft drinks and cigars are carried, A\ncapital restaurant is run in connection\nand the rates have been placed lust high\nenongb to make the house curry itself\nalong after it is well under way. For\nthe first few months those who were instrumental iii establishing the Waverley\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd , . , 1 o 0. , House expect to moot with deficits, but\nOl much is know,, locally regarding (ho wnrt|ly \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd,,, l)f t,|(> ,|m|S(, ,mi, )|k,\nthis properly, which lies two miles manner in which it is conducted should\nmth of Silverton, as the managment soon make it pay.\nThe Galena Hincs.\nTown of Kaslo,\n_&r \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd j? NELSON MINKR SUPPLEMENT.\nI\n.ft-- \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\n>\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd'\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\nw4.A4..1iit\"t\"l\"t''>^^tHH,,H,*''^^*****'t^**************'H\nSLOGAN TOWNS. |\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdi-\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdi-\n, m^+**i\ufffd\ufffdi*iH>'M'*+*'W*'M<***+*++****+*+***++*+*\nll\nMill\nfruI1| ||\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd. Bast would bcsnt-\nglgl,t of Sandon, ll is\n\"i\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd'ivi. se;i level and lies be-\n' liugc, inoiintnhis Hint rise\n. ;i,500 feet, li is a very\nIL \ufffd\ufffd\ufffds it cannot go very far\noi,,,,it running Into n moun-\nl,llu, nnd has any ainounl\n, \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdl out nf the ends, as tlio\ntlirotiKli which Carpenter\nl\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd,il tumbles is open lo il.\n. nial.es inference, for\nIhnl c ts is tho ninniin!\n,,,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd,,.. The sill-rounding\n|.|,.|, in minerals, scores\nbeing opened up, bun\n,,.,. rciuireil for Iho work,\nshipments of ore for the year 1808, und\nil will I\"- iindeist I ihal this year flic\noutput of tbo mines \ufffd\ufffdill be inci-eascd by\nfully ,\",ii nor cent: Payne, 13,100 Ions;\nRuth, 8,000 i\"iis; Slocnn Slur, 2,088\nIons; Lust Chniiee, 1,500 Ions; Keen, .Mil\nIons; Queen Ross, ITo Ions; Sovereign,\nKin ions; Blue Bird, lo lous; Treasure\nVault, In tons; Ainv, :\"', tons; Cnnndiiui\ngfoiip, 22 Ions; Noble l-'ive, Ui\ufffd\ufffdi '. Ions;\n.Miller Creek, 20 tons; Qoodcnough, 'Jo\nIons; Sapphire. 1S' '. Ions; Ooln Scions;\nWonderful group, si, tons; Mountain\nUridxes, Fisher ci Co., Nelson.\nHpO meet tin- i stnntly growing de-l\n\\ miuid for dimension lumber in Nelson.\nthe firm of Brydges, l-'isbet- & Co., about\nthe Isi of Mu.v ibis year was formed to\ntake over the mill and business of\nSlitckcy Bros, This new linn have been\nmeeting with deserved success, ami are\nnow running niglil and day to full capacity lo i t their orders, A lathing\nichine is living put in, which will meet\nl-'l-ucti\nIons\nIons\nni,\nArgo\nion\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd_'|\nWonderful Bird\nIons. Totnl,\n,,i iiiiDlni\nI -i\"'\"'\n.Ii-ihIk ol \ufffd\ufffd '\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd tuppllos and Sandon Oltlsts\n,,,,, ihcj- .-ci them, li is a mln-\ni very busy ami prosperous\nho t the Payne Mine,\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd,(, tl others that have done it\n'i,.,; |\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd turn attention to tho rlch-\n1111,1,0\nli-hci S C(\nUl-clll ill\nSlocnn district.\nHerbert H. Pitts.\n* I ll. IIKHBFHT II, PITTS, Mayor\n' of Sandon. CI West from Slot-\ntiiont C ity. Ontario, In '80, and Bottled\nin Revelstoke, In '02, with bis brother, n much f, it wnnl In Nelson\nMr, ,1. C Tills, he ope I u business in bora of the lirm are well\nThree Forks, and in '07 ai Sandon, lie\nmade a host of friends ill Sandon, and as\nii result was elected unanimously to the\nMayor's chair ill the commencement of\nthis year to succeed Mr. 10. R, Atbct-lon.\nThe liini of Pitta Brothers arc heavy\ndealers In i-cady-made clothing, hoots\nnn.I shoes, und all kinds of millers' sup-\nMayor Pitts gives ids personal\nMill.\nTin\nplies. Mayor Pitts gives ids\nintention to tile Snniloti business ami\njoys a large und lucrative business.\n-n-\niiietn-\ndnpled for\nthoir business, Mr. S. M. Brydges, who\nis well and popularly known iu Nelson.\nis business manager, nnd W. J. Fisher\nami brother, arc practical men and understand their business thoroughly, with\nIh,, result Hull Ibis linn, ulthiiiigh but\nrecently started is ulreioly well to tbe\nfront. Tin- present cnpneltj of the mill\nis 15,000 i'eel per liny.\nfount v C lUl't, which bus regular sittings\ntherein, aud is said to be the finest arranged court bouse iu tlie Trovinee outside of Victoria, tin- Capital.\nII. M. Customs office, Kaslo being u\nport of entry wilh Nnkusp, oo Arrow\nl.nke, us au Olltpoi't, occupies a central\nnnd convenient postlou on Front Street.\nJohn I-'. Macintosh is ihe collector, and\nis nssisled by two clerks.\nSince April 1, 1S!\ufffd\ufffdS, when Kuslo became n port of entry the value of imports up to dale bus been $240,588, on\nWhich a duly of $02,800.00 bus been collected. Since ihe establishment of the\nofllce bcie in is'.ll Uu- exports of ore aggregate to date 00,701 tons, yielding n\ntotal value of $8,700,001, Containing\n$00,572 Ions of lend and 10,788,111\nounces of silicr, being an excess over\nany two combined ports in ilu- Kootenays.\nTh e shipped through Kuslo in 1892-\n03 and :i portion of 'IM is not Included\niu nliove figures, Knslo bus also the\nrecording olllce for tin- Ainswortb mining\ndivision of West Koolciiuy. John Keen\nis the recorder and assessor and is nssisled by three clerks.\nTiie chief financial bulwark of ilu- city\ne the Blink of British North America,\nwhich occupies ii specially designed\nbuilding for ils purpose ai Ihe corner of\noccupies the position us resident manager.\nfor pure wilier supply nnd ample lire\nprotection, Kaslo is second to no city iu\nI be Province.\nUu tlie platel verlooking the lake\nand bay, with line play ground surrounding it. and adjacent to tin- public recreation ground, occupying one of He- healthiest spois within the municipality, is located the public school building. .1.\nIlislop is flu- principal und is assisted by\nMiss MeTiiggnrl nnd Miss Moore. There\nno about 12fi children of school age in\nthe city.\nH. J. Iivans & Co., Ntlson.\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd I in: tin ii. ,i. lOviins & i'\".. is\nI \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd of the best known in Nelson and\nenjoys a large trade. They un- wholesale\nImporters of wines, liquors nnd cigars\nand bundle some very line goods in those\nlines. They also sell cement, lire day.\nhie brick, pressed brick, blacksmith\ncoal, steel mining mils, sewer pipe, water\npipe, ele. Mr. lOviins is n progressive\ncitizen who is always to ilu- fore in nny-\nu .i r:\nmis S Co\nill to III!\nelf\nthing tbat lends to do g\nlie bus built for liims\nhandsomest residences in tho i\n\ufffd\ufffdill be seen by a glance at the\ngraph of it on the lust page\ncity,\nthe\nit;.-, as\nphoto\nV'\n, r 1-411\nlohn M Harris is responsible for the\ni.ovii Originally from Virginia, and\nl,ltt,,.' (r0|i, Coeiir d'Alene, be drifted\nI northward and struck the present site\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd N,,,v Denver in March of ISO- following tin- conrBO of Carpenter Ci k he\nvisited die Slocan Star and Noble hive\ndiscoveries und became much impressed\nwith die grent wealth thai uiidon itedlj\nexisted in tho mountnins in that district.\ni so I nnen I to look about for good\nIproperties, nnd on the 8th of May of 02\nIh,, sinkcil the 1! i. winch bus since\nImndc him wealthy. But little attention\niiml been pnid to that country then, and\n11here wore hut few who had any faith In\nihe future. But young Harris was sanguine, mill that he wns right bus been\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd timplv demonstrated since \\\\ ben he saw\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd thnt there would be many good mines\no clos,, together he determined to Btekc\ntownsite, but fnlllng to get backln\n.-Joii which was required nt the Govern\nment Office he let tbe matter drop and\nil few\nover by Gordon Sutherland. A lawn\ntennis club, with a splendid court, is another attraction; ns is also the football\nclub, In its band the town bus an or-\ngiiiiiziiiion nny city might be proud of.\nNew Denver is fairly well off for business bouses, which carry large slocks\nnnd of general character, while its\nhotels nre well deserving of patronage.\nBrowne Bros, nnd T. II. Ilobeii keep\ngeneral stores; 1). MoLachlan, gents'\nfurnishing; Mrs. \\V. \\V. Merkley and\nMrs. 11. Malbeson. dry goods and sundries; c. F. Nelson, drugs anil stationery;\nWilliams & Nesiiiit, tobaccos and fruits;\nWalker & Baker, furniture; II. .1. Robie,\nmerchant tailor; l\ufffd\ufffd. Mom, shoemaker: 10.\nAngrignon, barber; P. A. Monro nnd P.\nAngrlgnon, feed Btnbles und liveries; J.\nWigglnton, butcher; Thompson, Mitchell\n& Co., and Rnshdall & Irauquier, real\nestnte agents; II. West, assayer. There\nnre four hotels tlle Windsor, owned by\nA. Ii. McGIllivray: Newmarket, II.\nSiege; Denver House. Avlwin Bros.; nnd\nSt. Tames, .Tacobson & Oo. The Bank\nof Montreal lias un Important branch\nhere, managed hy 10. Pitt, A telephone\nsystem connects the town with outside\npoints, us docs also the C.P.R. telegraph,\nAn electric light plunl. owned by P.\nAngrlgnon, furnishes light to the town\nnt reasonalilc rales. In New Denver is\nalso located the Government Record\nOffice of the Slocnn, with A. Mclunes ns\nrecorder, nnd A. Sprout as gold commissioner and stipendiary magistrate,\nin the Government building, n lnrge affair, the several courts are wont to be\nbold.\nIll the past year so many Important\ndiscoveries have been mnde around New\nDenver und permanent undertakings established, thnt the town may rensonnbly\nand justifiably count upon being materially benefited by mining operations directly tributary I\" it. The various pros-\nI'oets and claims form a semi-circle to\ntbe town, stretching from the noted\nBosun croup on the south to the promising Mnllie Hughes croup on Ilu- north,\nand both touching the hike. The development of those luoneriios ibis season will\nbe vigorously prosecuted nnd not n few-\nwill lie olnced upon n shipping basis, to\ntin- enrichment of their owners, in the\nmnin line here, nnd the building np nf\nthe vicinity.\nC. S. Rnshdall.\n\ufffd\ufffd S. RASHDALL nnd\n* Fauquier un- closely\nof\nPacking iu the Slocan,\nThe Town of Kaslo.\n1110 City of Kaslo is beautifully sit-\n .,,,,,. ,,,, ,,,,,,., ,,, >....,\ufffd\ufffd... \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd - . iii , , , . I\", ,'!'. l l.s ,i ourniill,', Hill. , ro\/.c oo ,\\\nployed in the surrounding hills hns in- lands represents the Liverpool, London cozy homes are to be lound interspersed y.W feet: motive power steam, furnished\ni in-eased, nnd business bus kept puce with \ufffd\ufffd globe of London; tlie employees llmoa(( t|,L, business houses on tbe lower by two boilers nnd two engines, capable\nthem, ii is now n solid camp, nnd has Inability of London nnd the 1 hoonix In- , residential nortion of 15>J horse Bower capacity per day, 40,-\ni, bright future before it. surnnce of London. I bey are nil three .\ufffd\ufffd - yet ^^^eslde ^'Portion m f f ,\ufffd\ufffd , \ufffd\ufffd ^ >( -\nSnialoi, is ot,,, \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdf the most complete It- lram\ufffd\ufffdse co mpanios, and though M &tte d^^STwX*** \"Zens, WW\ufffd\ufffd shingles.\nlb-towns in ranndu. It has an excellent -am nanus gets a taigi stun oi in ..,.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd...,, ,,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd, ,i\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd. i, , ..,- 7i... i..... At \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd UisCnnr.,, of 411(1 fn\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdt f\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdo.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd th.. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd.\nOf church organizations there are four, name wns changed to New Denver. Sub-\noccupying neat nnd commodious build- sequent additions have been added.\nlugs, with parsonages attached for the known as the Bigelow, Wright and Rush-\npastors, us follows: Church of Eng- dull additions. A law suit arose over\nanted on the west shore of Koote- land, Presbyterian, Methodist and Roman the main part of the town, and the year\nml agent in mines, nny Luke, about twenty miles south of Catholic. ' of unrest und uncertainty following\nFraternal societies for a place so young its settlement greatly retarded the\ngrowth of what many believed was destined to be a large city.\nNew Denver's site is made up of\n2,000, but the number is being augmented\ni i: ni | . , , , , i , , i , , i every day on account of the bright out-\nn street wus culled \"\"' l\"\"1.'.'1' ho Is now justice of peace and Ing out into tbo hike mid bounded on the |o\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdk oecnsionod by the rapidly develop-\nadjacent country.\nThe Town of New Denver.\n10W DENVER, like the Zion of\nformer days, is beautiful for\nsituation, so much so that it has\nbeen called the Lucerne of North\nAmerica, li is situated on the\neast side of Slocnn Luke, ut the mouth\nof Carpenter (.'reek, the sediment from\nwhich forms the foundation upon which\nthe town lias been built. In front are\nihe beautiful stretches of the famed Slocan Lake, while upon two sides are the\nbays known ns Bigelow, after George\nBigelow, of Nelson, and Union. Un nil\npoints may be seen those massive inoun-\n1 tains, tlie sides of which are being burrowed for the silver-lead ores which have\ngiven the Slocnn country n world-wide\nreputation.\nMidway between Silverton and Boso-\nhery is New Denver. It is tlie pioneer\ntown of tlle camp, having its birth in\nthe spring following the discovery of the nintion regarding properties in nny part.\nSioean in 1891. Mere the hardy argo- of the country. There is no firm in the\nmints and prospectors who arrived over country tliat knows more about the mines\ntlle Slooan River route from Nelson nnd ns Messrs. Fauquier have personal BC-\nother points found a temporary resting qualnfanee with the claims nnd proper-\nplace before pushing on to the astpn- ties. Resides, they nre extensive opera-\nishlng discoveries of mineral nwiiifing tors, owning nnd 'operating the Condar\nthem, on which is now known as Car- group on Four-Mile Creek, an extension\npenter Creek, and its several brunches ,,f ,]\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd, celebrated Vancouver. This prop-\nand tributaries. Here, Eli Onrpenter, erty consists of live claims. The firm\nthe father of the camp, the llenncssy also has the Convention, on Silver Moun-\nboys, and a score of others made tbeir tain, adjoining the California, nnd the\n! headquarters for the time being. With Marion Mines, on which there is n very\nnn eye to the future. A. D. McGilli- satisfactory showing now. The firm hns\nvrny, now proprietor of the Windsor n most elaborately complete record for\nHotel, staked a townsite. and the first all the clatmB and dates concerning them,\nsettlers culled it Eldorado City. Gold and the books of tlie firm nre n more\nCommissioner Fitzstnbhs arrived a lit- ready reference than the records kept by\nj tie Inter and proclaimed a portion of the the Government.\n, town a Government reserve, and the\nwith the\ncountry,\nmining business\nThey deal in\nA. TO.\nidentified\nof tbe\nmineral\nclaims nnd mines and supply infor-\nE. M. Sandilands.\n\/ \\NE of Kooleniiy's pioneers is Mr. 10. ^plIE\nM. Sandiliinds. who is now doing !' ill\nagent In mines, nay Li\nHe has hud n very the bond or north end of that magnificent\nH. Byers & Co.\nTHE firm \"f H. BYERS & CO., is\nimportant factor\nbusiness ns a gem\nstocks nnd insiirnnci\nnlinucil I\" prospect for u few year:\nstaked tVTTownsi'te Thora were\"nil' \":\" '\" \"'' \"\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\"'\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd'\"\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd ,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd!\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd, ,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd,,, o\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdo ,o,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd.,, ,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd.,,- \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd,,, m. Ui.u ,-..,.,-,.,:,.,,t...t_\nready n few buildings on it. Encouraged active career in the Kootenny country body ol water. The location of the city At present the population, which is\nhy the very favorable reports of the and there are few parts of ii that he is un admirable one, the mnin or business cosmopolitan in character, is placed at\nSandon Mines people begnn to come into |,lls ,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd S(.,,n Formerly a custodian of portion being on a point of lnud extend'\nthe i-niiin and buildings sprung up n\nmushrooms. Tl\nlb' ivelllll\nseries of henches, rising one above another, und large enough tn accommodate\nan\nin the hard war-\nbusiness of West Kootenay. ll ll\nstores in three of the Important poil\nin the district nnd docs a very large\ntrade. The first business established\nwas at Knslo, in 189^, which date niuku\nMr. Hamilton Byers, head of tlie firm,\nIl wis soon lined on both oue ol Snndon's prominent citizens. lie north by Kaslo Buy, one of the finest ing adjacent country. \" It once n health spot par excellence,\nwill, commodious frame buildings, opened business there first by starting a aatural harbors to be found on any in- There is nn extensive saw mill nnd ;.M>nrt from its natural drainage it is\nu\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdl several merchants put In first-class private bank with a iairtncrbul cosed ^ navlgable bodies of water. Al- manufacturing plant of G. O. Buchanan &\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdSe &. h^0n&^waftedI\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\n'-\"'\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd \"\"\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd \ufffd\ufffd'\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\"' *\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd KSiK'Sn\ufffd\ufffdulJSSRSSi \" < <\"*\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd1\"\" u\" \"\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\"\"\"\"\" I\nv\/ Fred J. Squire opened his tailoring to he found in the Kootenny District. wnll impress all those who peruso it with : PMI 'I =} ,-miy.v\nestablishment in the upper story of the Thoy carry ii large und well assorted the continued and growing stability of .: j llicilC'()| [ l|j| O.i \\^'\nbuilding now mpied bv tin- Turner, line of heavy and shelf hardware, mining this Company, There were received % '\nBeotouCo., Dr. La Hun walked in and .J^cki i\"\"etc * '\"'\" '\"'^ '\"\"* durm8 the yeer 8,881 appUcations fori, %,\t\nordered a suit of clothes, Cupi. Hay- They also have on hand a full line of \\\\\"\"] .IT, ,''s\"a'!oT ,o'' m, - - - 1,500,000\nReserve, - 1,250.000\nHead Office, Halifax, Nova Scotia.\nml\n.... to $1,281,10\" in tin- same period.\nThe chums arising from deaths among\nthe insured won- very favourable aud\nconsiderably under those of the previous Qeneral Banking Business Transacted ; Sterling Bills of Exchaugo Bought\nyour. There were 00 deaths, cafliug for Sold, Letters of Credit, etc., negotiated,\nihe.sum of $188,981 under 112 policies, Accounts received on ihe most favorable terms. Interest allowed on Bpecial deposits\nprofits amounting to the sum of $86,- and ou Saving Bank accounts,\n890.23 having been paid during the year,\nBRANCHES IN HHITISH COLUMBIA:\nATLIN, BENNETT, GRAND FORKS, NANAIMO, NELSON, ROSSLAND\nVANCOUVER, VANCOUVER EAST END, VICTORIA, YMIR.\nVancouver Hardware Co.\nI hem to fill nny orders they might receive\nfor the supply of air pipe, etc.. for the\nventilation of mines.\nThev iiiake a specialty of sanitary\nplumbing, nnd hot air, hot water aud\nsteam heating, nud hnve constantly on\nhand a full slock of engineering ami\nplumbing supplies.\nThe manager is Mr. K. S. Kinghum.\nwho cuiiic out from Montreal about 16\nmonths ago to lake charge of the Nelson\nbrunch. lie is recognized us one of\nNelson's best business men,\n'urner, Beetoini & Cc\nGEO. KYDD, Manager,\n\" EUR! IPE\n or six hands\nd'piuininng'siuip'is'kept steadily, the increase, in his business\nwith the business and \"\".'l'1\"*-' P*\ufffd\ufffd with the increase of population, As tbe pioneer tailor oi Kootenny, he enjoys a large acquaintance with\nthe people outside of Nelson, and consequently does a large business with them.\nThorpe & Co.\nof the best known\n1 uteri, r View,\npRDBABLV nm\n' firms manufacturing mineral\nWiiter und syrups in British Columbia is\nThorpe & Co., of Vancouver, Victoria\nund Nelson. The Vancouver houso wns\nestablished in 1S89, the house at Victoria\nwus opened iii 1803, and in 1897 the\nNelson branch commenced operations\nMelville 8. Parry,\n).\n''['ill-; lirm of Turner, Beeton & Co is\nan old established c tern, and the Taking last four years, a total of $845,376\nbusiness bus been curried on in Victoria 1ms been paid in ibis way. giving an j\nsince the golden Cariboo days of hsi\"i. average of $86,810, Total payment to\nThe Nelson branch was ope i in Octo- policy-holders during the year amounted\nber, 1895, with \\V. I>. Thomson as man- to $455,078. It is on established principle\nnger. Since that date tlie business lias with the Confederation never to sell\ngrown with the trade of Kootenay, and insurance below its cost, but ut a ISS=53K=2S\ufffd\ufffdS52\ufffd\ufffdfi2R2g\ufffd\ufffd\nni the present time the business ol the ,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd.,,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd,(,,,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd rate that assures snfetv, and a\nlaun'urf'from \ufffd\ufffdZJ?onX oasi! io reasonable reward for the capital in- y-^ A ^ T C^< i\nIVniictoii, on the west, nnd us far north vested und the labour required in the 1 1 \/\\ X\/ ^^ [)on\nas the main line of the C.P.R. The Nel- business. Year by year the expense g I f\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\\ I \"N\nson branch carries the largest stock of I ratio has been gradually brought down, I f -M. JL. JL. rx\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd*'\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\nNELSON, B.C.\nDavid Arnot\nGeneral\nMerchant.\nWHOLESALE AND RETAIL\nDEALER IN\nFlour and \ufffd\ufffdfeed of all kinds.\nBoots and Shoes,\nGroceries and\nGents' ^furnishings.\ni't leaveSlocan without giving mea call.\nanything in ibis line is done well and with Mr. W. II. McLean as manager\npromptly. It goes without saying that (inly excellent goods could gain for tin\n-neb u store curries everything in (lawny of the ordinary shelf and heavy\nhardware Mr James Lawrence, man-\ntiger of tin* firm. is a native of Capetown,\nSouth Africa, but bus been 35 years in\nCanada. He is thoroughly familiar\nwith the hardware business, and is a\npopular and influential citizen of Nelson.\nBa^STTr^j-t--!\nThorpe & Co.\nF. A, Tamblyn.\n\\|K K. A. TAMBLYN is , f the\n- \ufffd\ufffd many Manitobaus who bave made\nthe Kootenays their home and built up\nlucrative businesses here. He arrived\nin Nelson from Brandon. Man., in July.\n1890, and has sinco resided here. He is\nnow manager of tho Nolson Wine Com- ,. , ,\npanv'- business, which is enjoying its l'\"\"I'nny ti trade thnt would allow thoi\nfull share of the trade. Tlio company '\" lufrem? l1\"'11' ,iusi\ufffd\ufffd''ss to such a\nretails, under a bottlers' license, choice '',x.r''\"'- \"V \ufffd\ufffdelson house supplies nil\nwines and liquors, and then- reputation '\"\"'' ? r1\"' Illtl'rior with mineral\nfor handling nothing but the very best waters mA syrups. Their products have\nis well known. Cigars also form an im- be\ufffd\ufffdome very popular in this district,\nportaut part of the stock. Mr. Tnmblvn -!, ''',','' \"\"' c\"iwble manage nt of\n ,..i..,. v..i.....'.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd. Mr. McLean a large trade has been , . . ,\nestablished. Thorpe & Co's frintrer ide '\" or '\" st \"\"'reasmi: trade o\nis recognized ns u very liio-li-eb?- nrrinlo \"\"' Terminal City and surrounding point\nIU\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd1 i,.,s ,.,.,,|. ,|, \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd , ,7 v' s '\" , \".'' \"ii tlie Mninlnnd. The following is u list\nSn\"\"\"!^?Ltt5S \"\" Il'\"h B'nser ale m \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdr the s\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd ngenciea f,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd.,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd.. ,K,|,, ,,v \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd,\nfirm: Robert Brown, Ltd.. Glasgow,\n l-'our Crown Scotch Whiskey: Bnutil\nenjoy- tin- distinction of lining Nelson\nonly florist doing business on Baker\nStreot. Very fond of flowers himself,\nhe likes to have them about him, nnd au the Coast elnl\nduring tbe summer mouths be carries\n:i full line of cut flowers und plants, He\npractically enjoys tho trade of the city\nin this line, importing almost daily ti\nkeep thoroughly up with nature.\n-^Siiiissi\" Iiiiiii iSSiTTiii\nwg,\nSLOCAN CITY.\nCheap Kates and Canadian Pacific Ry,\nEvery Comfort. Soo-Paeifie Line\ncomt^orf\nm^i\niquors bold iu tlle Kootenny. und in ad- n result, in view of the volume of new\nlitiou to this u varied and well-assorted business maintained, the keen competi-\n'to.-k of dry goods, more-particularly tiou nnd existing conditions, which\nidapted for tbe tinning trade. Tbe Vic- speaks nlost favourably of the Company's\nior,u house ot this firm, has the largest!.,'..,,... T,|(, ^^ ,;,. th|, Assi)(!iati',m\n-S^5' \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdr o \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\n\ufffd\ufffdJrcrset in\nParties bringing their |> ^e\nfriends from England, Scotland, Ireland or the Continent, can Prepay Passage\nthrough any C P. R. agent,\nor by applying to\nWILLIAM STITT,\nWinnipeg) Man,\nImperial\nLimited.\nand best nssorted stock of dry good..\nin the Province. Tin- Vancouver branch\nwus opened in tin- spring of '98. and\nwhen the firm moves Into the new nnd\ncommodious building now being erected\nfor tbein tbey propose to carry n first-\nclass stock of both dry goods nnd liquors\ntutor to the fast Incrensing trade of\nA,\nAFTER\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdv wot\nR. Sherwood,\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffding a grent deal of tin\nElliott & Morrison.\nu .v Co., Bnrbezieux, France, brandies; (.!. Prober & Co., Bordeaux, clarets,\nsnutcrues; Moot & Chandon, cliani-\nCockburn & Sniitbcrs &- Co..\nM. rt\nTFTP! \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdo,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd,l.. ,,c v i , pagnes: Cockburn \\- Sniilbers & Co..\nin. people ol Nelson enjoy them. London and Oporto, port wines; M. B.\nselves. So thoroughly do thev do Foster & Sons. London, bottled :ilcs and\nthis und so generously do thev sn 1 ,\"'!\": ,H,'''\"'i' Ti1 Ts\ufffd\ufffd^ ?%' NtT\n... , \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd \"\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd spi nn ijelnnd, Irish whiskey; Pense, Son & Co.,\ntlieir money m the pursuit of healthful l.citb, London nnd Darlington, 11. O, S.\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd^ world Mr\" \\r,oo,'\"u\" and such ,.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd,, ,: ^\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd , ,,,,,. ,,m't\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd, r.\\n:\nund his spnre hours i\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd his irardeu of 1':\"\"\"' '\"'m\"d '\" Nolsou w- y- J\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd>son * Co. Liver, I botllcd\n....... . . \ufffd\ufffd-\"\"\" ;i year uoo and vv.oi t\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd, ..,.i. nle nnd stout: Croft & Co., London, port\npolicy . -. -\ufffd\ufffd. ...,..\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\nnow stand nt $6,825,116, being an in\ncrease of foNT. 127 during the twelve\nmonths. The report is such that all who\nhad n share', however small, in its production, may well be pleased. It will\nst; '\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd- -,; - \" \" '\ntrain oroAAing ffie\nconfinenf. if \\& a\ni\"^rougft frain\nrt] aft ing j?eoo AfopA.\n4rA equipment ub of\noSefstaff^^ai^eUY't ^^K\ufffd\ufffd, Viol'm. Qello AarwaAAinq efeqance.\nMacdonald is the skilful mnnngine Bli ... \ufffd\ufffd \ufffd\ufffd\n. 2~ | * Wlff pc^y ^ou fo\ni\nt'hii\nthe\ni\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd t\niirui\n ,. ..,..., ,,,,. ,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd lue.iseo. ll Willi \"\" vw -**\nstimulate the exertions of the agents, i TT TA C\\j '\nand will consolidate the confidence of I\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdI Clff p AlPltlPf*\nthe policy-holders. Success loads on to 1 XC1 lit OLC111C1\ngreater success. The affairs of this suc-\n. reatcr success. The affairs of this successful Company nre looked after foi\nEastern British Columbia by Melvilli\nParry, of Nelson, und J. S. Breeze, Van\nconver, for t' \"\norganized stu\nMacdonald is the skilful mnnngine\ndirector, assisted by W. C. Macdonald\nactuary,\nProfessor of Music Lessons in\nwhich be i- very proud. Born In In\nCanada in 1882. After rcmniuiii\nfravjeP 6lj if.\n,, , ,.,,. i'.ooid e- son, i.,,,,',,,n. ,,,,,\t\nB. .1. I-.lhoit arrived in Nelson W ii. Johnson & Co. Liverpool, botllcd\n\"' ogi 1 went into partnership \ufffd\ufffd>. nnA ?ln}yy;c\\\ufffd\ufffdn,&J?\ufffd\ufffd\" ]:\"'\"}'m- i\".'rt\n,,.:,!, \\\\, u v, , , wines: llcidstcck \\ < 0., Itnelms, dry\nland, Mr. Sborw I went to \\ii-tr,l,, ,- '.- \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdMlim>'\ufffd\ufffd;; who had been Monnpolc ClinmpnRne, Nelson branch,\nwhen a weo v,,,,,,,-, , i bore for foiu'years, Both hailed from nRents for Pnhst l'.rcwing Cn.'s Mll-\nwucu n \ufffd\ufffdei youngster, and cum,, t,, Winnipeg und learned there the skill wnukee Beer. Sole agents for the Pad-\nthat has built thorn up a large busiueBS lie Const for i Crown Scotch tnul Corby's\nhere nnd gained for them the confidence \"ve \\Vldskey, Mr, Turner, the ex-\nof all thoso with whom they do business Premier of Brltlsli Columbin, und bead\nThoy handle the Red Bird bicycle, uuW '\"' \"\"' ''\"'',\"\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd'\" ,\"\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\"\"' V K,\"-h\"\"1' f,nr, \"'\"\nfaetnred by the GooldBicycleConinanv PV'W ',' n\ufffd\ufffdntlnB ','\"' 'iT.lf SSflnt0 :'\n... n, ,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd i i, \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd ' ' \"\" .,'\" > oiup.iny . 1 ,imit<-\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd! Company, In addition to l'i-ii-\nu i.i.iniioiii. it ,s u wheel thnt hn.s \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd pr\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd| ,vl,n|esnle business the firm lins been \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\"\". ine ivooicnays.\n' noon reputation. t[m\\ \\.;]yUlU & Inritely interested in the snlmnn cnnnlnR -, , ,, .-, _ \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd ,,,\nMornson hnve made il u ready seller Industry, both on the Frnser and Skeenn .L-OMClOll (X B. C Clolcl'rielrN\nhero. A lull hi f bicycle supplies is Rivers. Limited\ncarried bv the firm, uml jn this dennrl -r-ni- i i ..,..,\nmem a large luiMttess is done I! Ve, ,n, \ufffd\ufffd .-r., ' ^0U nnd British Columbia\nlircorms, sewing machinesand iiUsuch V ' A f iK-iriTian. l Goldflelds, Ltd.,isoueof the coin-\narticles are quickly nud nccurntoly ro- .,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd , tmi-pm iv ,i -. ,. ll!\"lil's that is doing a great deul of good\nl\"'lr\ufffd\ufffdd. Both men are expm-ts nt theii- \\\\> A' ' \"l RMAN' ,h\" ',l\"l\"',\"t\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd'\"t to the mining interests of BritisliCol\ntrade, ' tnis well-known tobacco store, nmbia. The company, whose bend\nbus been iu business in Nelson for a Office is in London, is interested in n\nnumber of year-. Tbe stock be curries S,en' n?ouy properties in both East and\nSolos a Specialty.\nConcerts Arranged.\nF. Steiner's Orchestra, furnishes music for\nDances, Concerts, Receptions, etc.\nof T\nof st\npack\n,;,iv\nlov-\nlefn .\nn-dii\nwnri\n^\nHid\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\\ei\nIt is\nvel-l\nrun\nsloe\nSt Ill-\nill tl\nilllll\nthe\nfall.\non\nsold\nlinn\na,.-\nto I\nlai-g\nin ii\nrn-il\nmail\n(inn\nthe'\nAddress:\nP. STEINER, Nelson.\nIcene hi the Kootenays\nWILSON -\nHOUSE.\nFor full particulars as to rates,\ntime and copies of C. P. R. pub\nlications apply to\nC E. BEASLEY,\nD w, ~ City Ticket Agent, Nelsor\nR. W. DREW, Agent,\nDepot.\nW, F. ANDERSON, E, J, COYLE\nTray. Pass, Agent, Dist. Pass, Agent,\nNELSON, VANfOlM\nReliable\nMining News,\n**\nT.D.W00DC0CK&C0.\nSLOCAN CITY, B.C.\nY I . ncKl\nion.\nnnsistfl of all the lendiiiR Imuitls of u\n\\. K shenvo, d\nIT ha-como to be rocojrniziHl that tbo\nyears in Mam toba he came .,, British ' successful miner must have scientific\n('iilumbiii in IS\ufffd\ufffd3, In s 18 bo ennie tn o , , ,\nKootenny. und was tbe tit-, chief of ^\ufffd\ufffd\" M Pmctlcal kuowledfto, and it is\npolice ui Knslo. In October, 18115, be M P'oinly eiidont that tlle scientific ex-\ncum, to Nelson :,n,| started ill the IK'i't is no less in need of pnietienl on\ntho present bushiess with Mr. K. ll. h, perieuce. Mr McKillop is a Kontlemnn\nAppWvvlmite. who reth-ed rn\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd, the fir,,, most thotmwhly verso, in SS\nK'ton^^'c^\n\ufffd\ufffdcfo^e^^^^ ^Z^^Z=7\ufffd\ufffd\nern; London ,V Lni.tumbm . Insnrni.c -es and does a Reneml \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd' \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd,\npotnpnuyol North ,\\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd ,-\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd,,; Standard makiiiK n spin-inltv of contrne b s \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd' w' A \"uiftnan.\nLife nsurunco Cnnipanv: Ocean \\,i ll,. In. , , ,,,,.,,i , , uiisuiess,\nden, & a -nntc',',\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd.,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd,,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd ,,,'',y n . '' ''..' ,,T,l,!V,\"\",\"t \"! YV\"anAC^r' l\"l,'-',V,,:l\"r\"'\"\"\"-1\"-\nHe is also ORont for the Bfrkbeck Invest: conscu-nrions work '\"\" :\"\"' S\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd' ' \"\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd \" of_s.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdokcr'\nWest Kootenny nud the Boundary country, iind havo subsidiary companies\noporoting ns for north as the Yukon\nThe chief properties which tho company\ncontrols neur Nelson ni-e the ymir, Enterprise and Whitewater mines. It is a\ndevelopment company which purchases iind develops properties aud tonus\ntin-in tberenf ter into separate companies\nTho capitalization of the pareut and\nsubsidizingcoufpauyis nbout $4,UO0,On() \\yt-oj t rnm\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdo,,^^\nMr. .1. Roderick Robertson is gonorai WELL - FURNISHED\nmanager of the company, will, h,,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdi. ROOMS \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd< < CrCinVi\nquai'ters in Nelson. Mr. s. s. Fowler ScriC Z , bUUU\nIs tho chief engineer, The company has \"JlJJo. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd.< \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd* ..< \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd< \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\"* J* -J*- \ufffd\ufffd*\nsioean citu, b.g. hardware\nBEST BRANDS OF\nWINES, LIQUORS\nAND CIGARS ALWAYS ON HAND.\na complete staff of assistant ongineen\nand nccoilUtniltS in Nelson. Mr Hob-\nortson is president of ,1,,, Nelson Board\n... i .- , ,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd. \"\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd- -\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd - \" of Trade nnd is one of tbe most nromin.\nWithout a donbt, .Mr. Tburmun eut und progressive citizens of KoSi\nflL. TEETER-\nProprietor,\nGranite Ware,\nTinware, -jt j*\nC an t onST1 J ^so]J's^STee I\nGiant Powder,\nCaps and Fuse.\nlook\nartii\nMi.\nt,\nin ,\nnot!\nlartr,\nH;iv.\ntr,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd.\nT]\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd,\nB.c.\nHi'-n\n!!:,;\nI*iti\nHob\n'list\nas a\n-*\ufffd\ufffd ^K NELSON MINER SUPPLEMENT.\n11\nVKLSON 'PiWIS, I\n _|\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd]..,.H.,|\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd,..j..|.^..|..|..!..t..!\ufffd\ufffd|\"l\"!\"l\"l\"!\"l\"M\"l\"!\"!\"!\"!\"!\"!\"!\"f!\"!\ufffd\ufffd!\"I\"l\"l\"l\"!-\n( \\,,i,r|iinald & Co.\nr wholesale house of tho\n,1,,,! of A. Macdonald\nlislied u brunch of theii'\ni\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd Nelson iii i Ictobor,\n, opened nl Revelstoke,\nI their business thero\nlHtiug privileges granted\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd, railway companies wei'o\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd,, concentrated their\n... ,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd Nelson. Tho\n< inlbC'aniey\n' . street, and afterwords\n und brick block\niruted. They arc now\nincuts for tho erection\n,,, 1,,,uses on the (M'.K.\nthe hauling of their\npiic bond of tho linn.\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd.\\ itibinald, is.oue of the best\n.,,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd... men in Western I an\n,,, ev Muvir of Winnipeg.\nIdnoiiiui Ian \ufffd\ufffdty is more widely\n|,ii|iiiliu-ly known, I In- Koote-\nW, A, Jowett,\nIt. W. A. JOWETT is one of the\ntunny Englishmen who hnve made\ntho Kootouuvs their homo, When he\nHe has proven him self n good busines contracted n large business, lb- has\nman und bus made a host of friends in correspondents in nil parts of the coun-\nNelson, try, who keep him supplied with infor-\n'I'lic lirm occupies large premises on million regarding tin- ,nines, so he is\nBalcer Street, the ground floor being oo- always in u position to give reliable in-\nenpiod by tlio very extensive stock of formation concerning ilu- properties he\ngroceries niiil the upper story being filled bundles. Daily telegrams from mining\nwith a complete nrrny of crockery und exchanges keep him posted on the eccon-\neliiiui and glassware. The lirm bus the tricitios of ihe market, und bis quota-\nC. t). J. Chris tit.\n\\ ( li. CHARLES 1). .1. CHRISTIE is\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd * one of Nelson's young and pro-\nFred Irvine & Co.\nStaple and Fancy Dry (ioods, Millin\nery and dents' Furnishings,\nHoots and Shoes, Hats,\nCaps and House Furnishings.\n.VV\na- more\ntged by Mr. P,\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffds is lUttllllffl\nChapiiiiin. jr.. a inembor ol the firm.\nW A. lowilt\na, Is rerogiiiwi as a very capable busi- first came to Canada he Bettled iu Wiu-\n... mini, it i ii I miller his management uipog, Thnt wus in the vein- isss |M\nWdniihwr ..trolled a larBob^iuess .,,o h\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd ,,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd, x.-ls,,,, und conduotedn\n. ,1,,, Kootenays. Mr. < uiapniau is ,i\n-..iiiiii. in member of the Nelson Booi'd Renera] in g and real estnte business.\nStreet Scene in Nelson.\nreputation for upright dealing and their tions are always up to date. Mr. Van-\nprices are very reasonable. People com- stone can supply a purchaser with any\ning lo Nelson to reside will do well to slock on the market at very short notice,\nremember the uame of Kirkpatrick & He is one of the rising young men of the\nWilson. city and justly popular with nil classes.\ngi-cssive citizens, He is u general broker\nami enjoys a large business. The following companies are represented by\nale. Christie: Canadn Life Assurance\nCompany, Dominion Permanent Louii\nCompany, Ontario Acoident Insurance\nCompany, Canadian !\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd'iro [usiu-nnco\nCompany, Atlus Assurance Coniptiny of - i-IIK firm of Fred Irvine & Co. is one\n' of tho pioneer firms of Nelson,\nhaving beeu established hero in 1890. It\nconsists of Messrs, Fred Irvine, William\nIrvine ;m,I Herbert Irvine. They carry\non their pay roll sixteen employees, und\nthoir store rooms cover n floor .-puce of\n5,800 square feet, liuving ell I rullees oil\nboi li Baker nud Josephine Streets.\nThoy are direct importers front the\nlending manufacturers of Ehigland,\nUnited States and Canada, and are in a\nposition, with oue of the largest nud most\ncomplete stocks in I be Kootenny, to compete with any of the lending departmental stores of the oast,\nTo enumerate the linos of goods they\ncarry would require columns of space, as\nthey bave everything usually found in\nfirst class dry goods stores.\nLondon, Lug.. Guardian Assurance They invite inspection of their stock,\nCon.pu,,y,dL,,gli,,,,l.u,,,lLovdes'Pln.e , iu d j b u .\nI iluss Insurance! ompuiiv. Mr. ('bristle\nis always ready to talk mining brokerage address. In either case you will receive\nund renl estate, and he also loans money courteous treatment when dealing with\nOU property. Fred Irvine & Co.\nC, ii. T, ChrlBtl\nA. Macdouald ,\\ Co,\nf Trade. The linn ure benvy importers\ntank' and fancy groceries, dairy nnd\n|iiickiue good-, bouse products. They\njtiv ul-ii wliolesule jobbers in mitts,\nloves, boots, rubbers, blankets, overalls,\nfi,'-. in fuel ull tlie requirements of un\nii-diniii-y (jeiieral store outside of hardware and crnckei'v.\nH, DesBrisay &\nLo.\nA STORE thiil Nelson people always\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd v lak, pleasure in pointing out to n\nvisitor t- thnt of M. DesBrisay & Co.,\ngrocers, it lias the reputation of being\nthe finest grocery -tore in tbe Province.\niiial certainly ii would take a very\nexcellent establishment to surpass it.\nIt is situated in the Aberdeen block, is\nve>7 imodions and well appointed,\n':\ufffd\ufffdti,- a very extensive nnd high-class\nstock, ami is managed just as such a\nstore shonld be. Mr. DesBrisay opened\nm the old Bigelow stand in March, 1896,\niiiiil moved to Us present quarters when\nthe Aberdeen block was completed lust\ntun. He formerly owned the property\non winch the block now stands, and\nsold it ,,, Beer Bros., who erected the\nUaunsome block, I, is the attractive-\nnessat the store which at once appeals\n\" '\";.vwior. The window is the\nargest m the city, 1 is always dressed\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd inanner ,]K\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd ,,.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd,.,.,, th(,\n*' he artistic taste of theBgent-le-\nm\ufffd\ufffdn \ufffd\ufffdnn is responsible for the display,\nZt\"reills.\ufffd\ufffd;m\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdgedill the store in\n\"1CDesl Possible way I ike the place\nHe purchased Tm: Miner in 1895 and\nmoved il to his building on Victoria St..\nwhere it remained until removed to ils\npresent locution on Baker street, u mouth\nngo. He sold The Mixer to its present\nmalingers iu Di tuber of last year and\nbus since been makingarrangements for\nre-entering the mining business, lb-\nwill operate some mining properties\nwhich lie owns nnd also buy others for\nEnglish parties. Mr. Jowott is vice-\npresident of the Kootenny Lake General\nHospital, and bus been identified with\nthai worthy institution for sonic vears.\nCanada Drug & Book Co.,\nLimited,\n'pi I IS firm is a branch of the CD. & B.\n' Co., whose headquarters are at\nRegina, the capital of the Northwest\nTerritories. Stores nre established ill\nRegina, Nelson and Revelstoke, nud\nconsequently they nre in u position to\nbuy in large quantities and thus obtain\nthe closest prices, enabling them to job\nmany lines al closer prices than they\ncan he laid down, if bought in smaller\nquantities, Another advantage is the\nreduction in expenses, us at each point\ncomplete sto -ks of drugs und sundries,\nbooks, stationery and office supplies,\nwull paper and fancy goods, ure carried,\nIn short, under one l f you will find u\ncomplete drug store, book and stationery\nstore, und fancy g Is bazaar.\nThe drug department in the Nelson\nhouse is under the management of a\ngriuliinte of pharmacy of long experience, and is slocked with tho purest\ndrugs. Prescriptions are carefully inspected before lining filled.\nEverything to bo found in un up-to-\ndate stock of books, stationery and wall\npaper, is carried in the stationery department, and, in addition to the above\nlines, ;i specialty is made of fishing\nkelson Hardware Co.\n|N the fall of 1896, E, .1. Ritchie estab-\n\" lished the Nelson Hardware Company, which quickly controlled a good\nbusiness. In 1898 it passed into the\nhands of .1. P. McOreath, under whose\nmanagement it retained its popularity\nand continued to prosper. I )n February\n3rd of this year, it was purchased by\nMessrs, George S. Beer and E.G. Smith,\nnnd Mr. Beer became its manager. Both\nmembers of the firm nre young men who\nhave been in Nelson long enough to\nimike many friends. Mr. Beer has paid\ncareful attention to the management of\nthe business, with the result that it bus\ngrown considerably, A line to which\nthe company gives particular attention\nis paints und oils, and they enjoy a very\nKirkpatrick & Wilson.\nA l-'IKM which deservedly enjoys n\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd! \" large business in Nelson is that of\nKirk] in trick & Wilson, general dealers\nin groceries, provisions, ten, coffee,\ntobacco, crockery und glassware. Both\nmembers of the firm arc young men who\nhave make their stake in the country by\nclose attention to business and seeing\nthat i heir customers were completely\nsatisfied. John A. Kirkpatrick is a\nNova Scotian, having been horn not so\nmany years ago in Shubenacadie, In\n^Mkm?\nFred Irvine & Co., Staple and Fancy Dry Goods, Millinery and Cents' Furnishing?, etc.\n, , iIlti8\ufffd\ufffdy -V Co,\nlook wo]\nUtiefe 'ustoiners do not buy\nMr.Desfi er look pretty. When\n; stock is examined it is\n'ehestof everything\n';;;. and i,oyomi that\nu!Wst\ufffd\ufffd'ii\ufffd\ufffd,i-t,-rsnf; Jh\",ir'\"is tae\n\ufffd\ufffdj\ufffd\ufffd I, . \ufffd\ufffdf teas ,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd ,i,e K,1(>t\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd.\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd>\ufffd\ufffd*ouse on the C.P.R,\nthen fa Hirplus stock is stored\nljC M,. ,, \"V1.\"toreat Mission Citv\n.--. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd'-\"\" \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd lik-a gren ,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd v\nLfeilai -I\"\" '\"X.-ls,.,,. is from\n; ::,,\"ii;\n'\"''\"'\"M. Denefil \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdf his ability\nKirkpatrick & Wi!sou.\nism he took Horace Greeley's advice\nand woul West, a step he hns hud 110\ncause to regret. He first entered business with John A. Turner, tlie present\ngold conimissioner. under the firm liume\nof Turner & Kirkpatrick. In October,\nis'.i?. ihe present business was purchased\nfrom A. 0. Buohnnan & Co., audit was\nthen that Eirkpatrick and Wilson commenced business. Mr. Kirkpatrick lias\nalways been n popular resident of the\ncity and on the occasion of the hist\nmunicipal election the ratepayers of the\nWest Ward insisted that he should contest for a seat on the iildcnniiiiic board.\nMr. Kirkpatrick accepted the nomination and was returned by a large majority. He li-'s proven tube a very capable\nalderman. He is also president of the\nHume Hotel Co.\nMr. Charles,]. Wilson, the other mem-\nberof the firm, is a unlive of Schouiberg,\nOntario, nnd came to Nelson ill l*!Hi.\nCanada Drug and nook Co.\ntackle and photo supplies, cameras,\nkodaks, etc.\nOwing to lack of space their stock of\nloys and musical goods is displayed in a\nstore next to the Bunk of British Columbia, where a good stock of music nnd\nmusical instruments of all kinds is carried ; also loys of every description.\nBut it is in the \" presentation goods \"\ndepartment that this stock excels.\nArticles in gold, silver, bronze, brass,\nchina, etc., etc., suitable for birthday,\nwedding and holiday presents, are to be\nfound, und the person in search of a\npresent can be accommodated here with\nanything from a souvenir spoon to u\nGrand piano.\nMr. Luinont. the managing director of\nthe company, devotes his whole lime to\nthe management of the British Columbia\nbrunches of the business. He is one of\nNelson's solid business men, nnd bis\npersonal popularity bus not u little to do\nwith the big business done by his firm.\nNelson Hardware Co.\nlarge trade in this department. Tho\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd Trumpet \" brand of paints nud oils,\n.well known to all painters as very high\nclass goods, are put up especially for the\nNelson Hardware Company's Kootenay\ntrade nnd a very extensive stock is curried. Tbey nre Canadian goods and\nstand comparison with those manufactured by any oilier firm in the world.\nThe building boom in Nelson nt present\nhas created a large demand for paints,\naud the Nelson Hardware Company,\nwhich imports in carload lots, has giveu\ngreat satisfaction with both quality and\nprices. Sporting goods make up another\nline with which the firm takes special\npains, They are large importers of the\nworld's best fishing tackle and carry a\nfull assortment of firearms. They have\nammunition of every description. The\nstock is very complete in the lines of\nshelf and builders' hardware, granite\nand tinware, stoves, ranges, furnaces\nand miners' supplies of every description,\nIn fact there is everything in the hardware line.\nMr. Beer hails from Oharlottetown,\nP.E.I., und bad been connected with the\nC.P.R. for some years. He lias been in\nNelson three years and while here has\nmade a host of friends. Hois a skilled\nangler and a prominent member of the\nboat club.\nLillie Bros.\n'\\)yITH the second best appointed\n\" ' boot aud shoe store in the Province, and a stock excelled hy none, il is\nnot to be wondered ut thnt Lillie Bros,\ncontrol u large trade. The members of\nthe firm are young men who know their\nbusiness thoroughly and their chief aim\nis to please their customers, an undertaking in which they have been singularly successful. They opened their\nbusiness in October, LSII7, in the Bank\nof B.C. building nnd on the completion\nof the Aberdeen block, moved to their\npresent splendid premises. The Messrs.\nLillie arc from Perth. Ont., and nre a,\nNelson Ope in House.\nWest Kootenay Brick and\nLime Co.\ni^pHE West Kootenay Brick & Lime\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd> Company is one of the most import-\ni ant business industries in Nelson. It is\n! now employing more than SOmen. The\nview reproduced in this issue is one of\ntbe three yards operated by the Coui-\n, puny. The brick manufactured is of\nsuperior quality, used by the Trail sniel-\n! ter in highest stock ; also by Hull Mines'\nsmelter in their new rcvorboratory\nI.illie Ilros.\nsample of the energetic young men who\ndo a great deal to build up a country.\nThey carry an extensive stock by which\nevery foot and every purse cull he nccom-\nmodated, They are sole agents in Nelson\nfor the famous Slater shoe, which enjoys '\na large sale in this country, Both members of the firm are members of the tire\nbrigade and several athletic clubs and are\nalways foremost in anything calculated\nto promote the interests of the city.\nJ, L. Vanstone.\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdt-IIE youngest milling broker in the\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdI city is Mr. .1. L. Vitiist He\nwas horn ill Ontario and spent n few\nyears iii Chicago before coming to Nelson. He arrived here with a good business ability, which he displayed advantageously during two years which he\nspent in the drug lmsim-ss. Recently\nMartin O'Rielly & Co.\nnpHE youngest und ono of the most\n:' energetic dry goods Arms in the\ncity is that of Martin O'Rielly <& Co.\nwhioh was opened on the 20th of March\nthis year. Mr. O'Rielly, head of the\nfirm and manager, is un old-timer, having been in Nelson for five years. Two\nof these lie was with Garland & Co., and\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdTpf i\nI ' r^FiA\nm\nr;.\\\n1 '7WB '\n;\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd>sK\n'\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdlf\n-* t&W :;M\nw\nJ\nn\nGamble & O'Rielly.\nHpHB firm of Gamble und O'Rielly,\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd' which bus well appointed offices on\nBaker Street, is described us Mining\nBrokers, Oivil Engineers, Provincial\nLand Surveyors, Real Estate Agents,\nInsurance and General Agents, Notaries\nPublic, etc. It will be seen thai the\nmembers of the firm are kept busy in\nattending to the various departments of\ntheir extensive business. Both gentl\nKirkpatrick S Wilson.\nhe he\nund pail\ni branch\nJ\npencil\n1 such\nof his\nI.. Vnnslo\nin office\nstrict ui\nouterprii\nmining broker\niitioi, to every\nMartin O'Keilly & Co.\nlater was in the Custom's office. He\nhailed originally from Norwood, Out.,\nnnd w;is in Manitoba n couple of years\nbefore coining farther west. His uew\nventure was u success from the first.\nJudicious buying enabled him to lay in\nun extensive stock nf first cluss goods\nwhich he could dispose of at very reasonable figures. Purchasers wen- quick lo\nsec that they consulted their own interests by dealing with the new firm and\nthe business hns been most encouraging\nsince the doors were first opened. A\n*?.IKIII slock is now carried. The lirm\nmakes u specialty of dress goods and\nWest Kootenay llrick and I.iine Co.\nchimney. In addition to brick, the\nCompany curries on a large lime business, which is of high quality, and is\nrapidly displacing ull other lime in the\nmarket. At present the orders received\nby the Oompany will tax to tin- inmost\ntheir output, despite flu- fact that new\nund improved machinery bus 1 n purchased in view of the estimated demand.\nThe clay lands owned by the Oompany\nare, however, not easily exhausted, as a\ncareful estimate places the quantity in\nsight at sufficient to make 80,000,000\nbrick. The business is under the capable\nund energetic management of T. (;. Proctor, who is the general manager.\nbus a brunch office m suvi\nthat In- soon lladies' ware, two lines in which it exec Is a'-'ed by Mr. P. ,1. O'Rielly.\nthnt the electric street cur line, about to\nto he built, will run through boll, these\nadditions, has made the lots very good\ninvestments for purchasers. The lirm\nhas a brunch office in Silverton, lnuii-\no\nI\n-\nJ. K. Ann.ibli-, Manager opera House, 12\nNELSON MINER SUPPLEMENT\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd!--!-\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd!\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\nit\n,,.,..;..i..!.j..i.j..!..i..,-^..i..|..|..;..,-^..,.^..t-.j.\n(\n!BEAUTIES of KOOTENAY!\nH-\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd!\"l--!\"!\"l-f!\"!\"t\"!\"!\"l\"!-!\"t\"!\"!\"!\"!\"!\"!\"!\"l\"i-+-!\"!\"!\"!\"t\"l\"!\"!\"l\"!\"!\"!\"!-\n.... .,.+.|..i..,. .......\nKOOTENAYis now no longer\nan unknown word, presumably of barbaric origin, and\npossibly the name of some savage\ncountry. Ten years ago such was\nthe case as far as the outside world\nwas concerned ; but now the word\nis known everywhere as the name\nof a very large and extremely rich\nmining district, a mining district\nmay be freely indulged in. The\nrocky peaks and pine-clad hills on\neither side lend a picturesque wild-\nness to the scene, and it is hard for\nthe visitor to believe that behind\nyon rocky bluff or belt of trees is\nthe track of the iron horse, and that\nany turn in the river may bring him\nto some hospitable hamlet where\nthere is a well-kept hotel to minister\nto bis creature comforts.\nAbove Nelson the scenery differs\nSlocan Lake (roin New Deliver.\nsecond to none in richness though\nits resources are as yet but partially\ndeveloped. But it is not to its\nmining future tbat attention is now\nbeing drawn. Apart from the field\nopen to the mining man, Kootenay\noffers unrivalled attractions to the\nsportsman, and the tourist in search\nof beautiful scenes and restful quiet.\nThe Hon. David Mills once described Kootenay as \" a sea of mountains,\" but he forgot to mention\nthat those mountains were clothed\nwith picturesque forests often\nstreaming down to the edge of some\ndeep, pellucid lake on whose calm ,\nwaters may be seen the reflections |\nof the mountainsides and the snowy\npeaks towering above. He forgot\nto mention the broad rivers that\nflow between those mountains, the\nsparkling torrents that dash down\ntheir sides, and the waterfalls great\nand small that give contrast to the i\nimposing scenery.\nThese beauties are not inaccessible. There is no toilsome journey\nover prairies, or lengthy paddle-up\nrivers. The railroad will land tourists within easy reach, and where\nthe railways fail, well-appointed\nsteamers are ready to take them to\ntheir destination. Nor is this all.\nThose who prefer camping out can I\nfind lovely and convenient camping\ngrounds, but the visitor who is in\nsearch of rest can also find comfortable hotels at all the lovliest spots\nwhere he will be as well housed,\nfed and taken care of as at any hotel\nin the east. There are such hotels\non the three chief lakes within easy-\nreach of Nelson.\nNelson itself lias a position unrivalled for beauty at tlie end of the\nwest arm of Kootenay Lake. Just\nbelow the town the lake narrows\ninto a river, which courses through\nrapids and then tumbles headlong\nover lovely falls about 4 miles from\nthe city. Tired with its rough\ncourse the river widens out again\ninto a peaceful stretch of placid\nwater, but very soon resumes its\nturbulent way until ten miles farther Bonnington Falls are reached.\nFrom there it goes on to join the\nColumbia at Robson, 2\\miles from\nNelson, where its frolics are over.\nThere are few prettier stretches of\nriver scenery than those 24 miles.\nIt is infinite in its variety. A succession of rapids, cascades and\npeaceful open water, where boating\nslightly in character, but is equally\nlovely. The time to take the trip\nfrom Nelson to Balfour, situated at\nthe j nurture of the west arm of the\nlake and the main body, is on a\nsummer's evening. Special .steamers frequently make this trip o'\nsummer nights and the twenty mile\nrun to Balfour by moonlight is indescribably lovely. The mosquitoes\n(never many) have long been dead,\nand there is nothing to mar the exquisite sweetness of the balmy\nnight whose breezes are heavy with\nthe fragrance of the woods. Not a\nsound is heard save the ripple of\nthe water, the soughing of the wine\nthrough the trees, and the occasion\ntains of the .Slocan are steeper and\nhigher tban those of tlie neighbouring districts, and as tbe lake winds\nalong, sometimes more like a river\nthan a lake, the traveller on its\nwaters gazes up with astonishment\nand awe at those precipitous, towering peaks, some of them snow-\ncovered the year round and never\ntrod by sacriligious foot of man.\nThere are several beautifully situated towns on the lake. Slocan\nCity is at its head, and then the\nsteamer comes to Silverton, New\nDenver is reached next, with Rose-\nbery farther up.\nThe Arrow Lakes are different in\nshape from either of the others,\nwidening and narrowing alternately\ntill at length they leave pride behind, and at the \"Narrows\" are\ncontent to be known by tbe humbler\ntitle of river\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdthe Columbia river\nHows into and out of these lakes on\nits way to the Pacific Ocean. The\ntrip down from Arrowhead, where\nthe C.P.R. main Hue connects with\nthe steamers, is also a lovely one,\nbut the same characteristic features\nare there, though the surrounding\nmountains are not so high. There\nis the same clear blue water reflecting now a bold rocky bluff, now a\ngreen stretch of forest, while occasionally a miniature waterfall is\nmirrored in nature's glass.\nIt is not iti tbe lakes alone that\nthe beauties of Kootenay are to be\nfound, though they are practically\nthe only ones known to the ordi-\n! nary visitor or even dweller in the\nKootenays. There are lofty mountains difficult of ascent, from whose\nsummits magnificent views can be\nobtained, and where tbe atmosphere is as clear and invigorating as\nI RESIDENTIAL CITV. !\n.j. +\n-|..|1,fr,t..t,.|..|..l..M\"t\"M--!'t*-M*+-MH\"!\"!\"!\"M^^\n^nrSllK city or town that offers\n\" the best advantages from a\nresidential point of view is\nthe one to which the attention of an\nintending settler is turned when he\nmakes up his mind to go to a new\ncountry. If he is a family man, lie\nwants a healthy location, good\nschools, and facilities for giving\nhis children recreation with as little\nthe prairie the train dashes for\ntwo days with scarcely the slightest change in the appearance of the\ncountry. It is like crossing the\nocean, and fits you for the stupendous grandeur that burst upon you\nwhen the engine puffs its way up\nthe first incline and the mountains\nclose you in ou all sides. In and\nout you rush, now over a gigantic\ntrestle, then through a long tunnel,\naround the base of a huge nioun-\n0...\nk(i\nlitli\nIV,\nk)\n'' hind\nltS|l\nCilyl\n. t!i|\n'sinj\n'\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd tktl\nroij\ni I\nM\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd ROBllStOn-l\nu charming suburb of xelson.\nResidence ot Mr. J. Roderick Robertson\nal bark of cayoteor the croak of the\nbull frog, while silvery moonbeams\nstream down making the landscape\nhere as light as day, and there casting deep shadows which crossed\nand intermingled in the gloom give\nweird effects suggesting strange\nmonsters of appalling and impossible shapes. It is useless to go\nfurther ; pen cannot describe Kootenay Lake on a moonlight summer\nnight.\nBut the journey need not end at\nBaltour; whether the voyager\nsteams north to Argenta, past\nAinsworth, Pilot Bay and Kaslo,\nor south to Bonner's Ferry, lie will\nsee naught but what is beautiful,\nfor though the main body of the\nlake is broader, the characteristic\nbeauties are much the same.\nWhat is true of Kootenay Lake\nis true of Slocan and the Arrow-\nLakes, both within an hour or two's\nride by train from Nelson. Slocan\nLake is the smallest of tbe three,\nbut iu point of beauty can dispute\nthe palm with either. The mouii-\ncost as possible. If be is single he I tain, across turbulent streams, witb\nwants comfortable hotels, good' snow-capped peaks thousands ol\nboating and fishing, well conducted feet above you that seem to move\nas in stately procession until you\nmake a sharp turn which shuts\nthem from view, only to introduce\nyou to many more. It is a comfortable trip, with luxurious cars\nand splendid meals. At Revelstoke\nthe main line is left, and a short\nrun brings you to Arrowhead, when\nthe well appointed C.P.R. steamers\nare boarded, and a twelve-hour run\ndown thebeautiful Arrowhead Lakes\nis commenced. Again the traveller\nhas the benefit of every comfort of\ncivilization, with the addition of\nsublime mountain scenery. At Rob-\nBaptist Church, Rev. C. w. Rose.\nResidence of Mr. .I. A. Turner.\nAlderman Fletcher's Residence.\ncan be found anywhere. But Koot- '\nenay is a country of workers, who\nhave no time lo make such ascensions, and unlike Switzerland and\nother fashionable summer resorts,\nthe wealthy but athletic idler does\nnot visit Kootenay in search of perilous trips. The beauties of the mountains are known but lo tlie prospector and the Indian. The arduous\navocation of the former leads him\ninto places where the difficulties in\ntlie path vie with any in the Alps ;\nbut, bent ou his eager quest, he\nheeds them not any more than, as\na rule, he heeds the magnificent\npanorama spread out ready I'or his\nneglectful admiration. An occasional sportsman in search of deer\nor bear sees these sights, but for\nthe most part their beauty is wasted,\nif man's appreciation goes for anything. Some of the points of vantage near Nelson are occasionally\nvisited, however, anil they well repay the trouble of reaching them.\nThe ascent completed, and you see\nbefore you a landscape o( lake aud\nmountain. At your feet lies Nelson, with her houses often nestling\niu green foliage, white houses and\ntrim streets contrasting with the\nlugged hill behind, beyond her is\nthe smelter, wilh a wisp of orange-\ncolored smoke streaming from the\nsmoke-stack almost immediately to\nbe lost, innocuous in the mountain\nbreezes. Beyond again the lake,\nnow almost river, sweeps out of\nsight behind a bold weather-beaten\ngranite bluff on its way to the Columbia.\nCatholic Church, Rev. Father l erland.\nInterior Church of England, Rev. Mr. Akt hurst.\nMayor Neeland's Residence.\nsporting organizations, a first-class\nclub, and all the comforts that he\nhas enjoyed at home. Coming\nfrom an eastern city to Nelson is\nnot an exchange of the pleasures of\nhigher civilization for the discomforts of a mining camp. Nelson is\nthe only city in the interior of British Columbia that can boast nearly\nall of the advantages of linger and\nmore populous centres in the Mast.\nI'or instance, you board your\ncomfortable Pullman at Montreal\nand By westward by the \" Imperial\nI\/.mited\" along the rugged north\nshore of the mighty Lake Superior ;\nyou glide softly on to the boundless prairies, after stopping at Winnipeg to get a first glimpse of a\ncity that the great West oan build\nup in ;i very few years. Across\nResidence <>t Mr. II. J. Evans\nson tlle train is again taken, and a\nshort run brings you to Nelson, the\nQueen City of the Kootenay. All\n, the way over the thousands of miles\nthere is every comfort, and never\nonce is any hardship encountered.\nNelson, situated on the western\narm of Kootenay Lake, has every\nadvantage to offer. It has a large-\npublic school, where competent\nteachers give instruction to some\n200 pupils every day. After the\npreseut holiday two additional\nrooms will be opened to relieve the\ncrowding which has been caused by\ntlie rapid increase in the population of the citv-. A free library\naud reading room help to pass an\nidle hour pleasantly ; the library is\nsupported by tlie citizens, and\nalthough open but a few months,\nhas become very popular. The\nNelsou Club is one of the best\norganizations of its kind iu the\nProvince. It possesses a large and\nhandsome club house, which is\nsituated ou Silica street. There\nare sporting clubs of various kinds.\nSports flourish in Nelson, and any\nman with a love for a particular\npastime can have an opportunity\nlo indulge in it. The boating could\nnot be better. There is a slight\nProspecting on null Creek.\nCupt. iiiinc.'oi may be seen In tlie foreground pondering ovei the possibilities ol Uu K mays\nand keeping Ins eye on the dinner while Aid. Kiel, In i sits ut Ihe mouth ol the tent\nto Be, that no onr steals the In d cli thes\nViews of Kootenay are to be\nfound elsewhere in this number.\ncurrent in the lake as it\nNelson, but not enough to \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ndifficult rowing. There is In\nwind and the lake is scare,\nrough. There is consequei\nmuch sailing but there are\nboats whose white sails\nseen gliding past the cit\nquently. The excellent\nwithin easy reach of Nel\ntouched on elsewhere.\nThe lake is Nelson's o,\ncharm, l-'rom it the who]\ncan be seen as it rises towar\nmountains behind. Boating\ndulged iu to a large extent an\nrowing club is one of the\norganizations of the city. Sh\nply between Nelson and a\npoints on Kootenay Lake, mak:\nthe waterway of great comim -2\nvalue to the city. The lake unfreezes over sufficiently to <\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd,'.'\nnavigation, which is maintniii2\nthe year round. For a few Im,,\ndied yards from the shore thereis\nusually excellent skating in winter\nMoonlight excursions on tin ,;,;\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd.\nare popular and provide an i ,..\nlent way in which t,, pass ,',\nevening.\nThere are line churches in \\'t.\nson, Episcopalian, Presbyterian\nCatholic, Baptist and Method!'?\/\npresided over by Revs. Akebunt\nFrew, Ferland, Rose and Robson\nrespectively. All the buildings\nare a credit to the city as the illus-\ntions of them iu this paper will\nattest. The buildings of the ftm.\nlish and Catholic churches have\njust been completed and make tie\ntwo finest churches in the Kootenavs\nOf the material advantages of\nNelson much can be said. Weart\nnow spending $60,000 in iniprov-\ning the water system, sewers ami\nelectric light plant. When tht\nwork is completed the system will\nbe perfect. The water is very good\nfor drinking purposes and the proposed extensions to the plant will\ncommand a supply sufficient fora\ncity many times the size of Nelson,\nThe electric light system will bt\nin perfect condition, but besides il\nwe have a gas plant now in course\nof construction, it is proposed :.\nsupply houses with gas for cooking\npurposes\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd a comfort which, noothei\ncity in the Kootenay enjoys. A\nstreet car line is also under way\nand before many months the trollej\nwill bring the boundaries ol tl\ncity closer together. The street!\nare wide and well graded ami an\nlined with a large number of ba\nsome residences. The uppei ;\nof the citv is fortunate in the :\nsession of many shade trees, and\n\" ou the hill \" is the popular \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\nfur residences.\nAmong the many other attractions to intending residents that\nmight be mentioned are an up:\ndate opera house, spacious -I: iting\nring, a bicycle path along the Lite\nshore for five miles, two well conducted hospitals, first-class bote!'\nand two morning papers.\nIn brief there is every cornier:\nthat larger cities can offer, with a\nglorious climate that few can boast,\nFor the mine owner, whose place\nof residence is immaterial, as long\nas it is within working distance ol\nhis property, Nelson offer- exceptionable advantages as a place\nto bring his family.\na\nView on siiinicy street, Nelson,\nNelson Opera Housi.\nA Mum: tbe things to which n Nelsonl\n-1 \ufffd\ufffd citizen can point witb jnstifiubltl\npride is the Nelson Opera Honse, v li\nis now iu the first yenr of existence ll\nis well situated within n block nf tli\nbiisiesi corner in the city, and i-11 woll\nbuilt nud commodious building, ll wn'l\nerected by Mr, .1. 15. Amiable 1111,1 Alia\nBros, in the spring (it this your. It '\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\n1 lie only real opera bouse in tbe Kurt-\nenays, mid tbo conipnuios that have appeared heliind its footlights bave 1\ngreatly surprised to find such n spb\npluy house so far from the bontou trait\nof theatrical attractions, There is si-nt\ning capacity for MO,agollery <\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\nthree sides of I ho auditorium fill\nBtnge is as large us nny in tho Province,\nwith tho most modern facilities for liuiid-\nling nnd placing scenery. Sin- i>-\nopening Ihe opera house has had ;: n-\n11,,mini- of attractions ami tho c ,\nof Nelson have shown their appro I\nof thoir good fortune in liaviiiK I\ntemple of plensnro by gouoronsly piiii'i\"\nusing Ilu- shows. Several coneerl mi\nhalls have nlso been given ill lit, - .\nthe excellent floor making it Il;!\nplace i'or tlie latter. Nelson hns shmrjj 1\nil sell' to he il gOOtl \" show town \" I id ;l\"\nIhe companies that have appear, I ':\nthus fill- hnve asked for return ililte*.\nBookings aro now being mnde fu i'1'*1\nseason and several sterling attrn 'ti\"'\"\nhavo been secured, With such n '\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\"'\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd i\npleto opera house .Nelson citizen- M\"?\ntook forward to an enjoyable season <|,v\nfall and winter. Meanwhile nil\npanics who give high-class perfoi\nand who are beading this wn\\ I\nWrite for dales.\nThe house is under tbo oapnbli 1111111\"\nageniont of Mr, .1. 10. Anntibli, \ufffd\ufffdh\ncombines that work wilh an exti-nsivff\ninsurance and real estate business. \"'\nAmiable was in the Nbrthwosl '' n\nlories lot- several years before coniii\nNelson in 1807, and opening tbebnsi\nin which lie is now engaged. I\nagent bore for the Ontario Mutual Uv\nAssurance Co , Victoria: Montreal 1'in\nCo., The Equity fire and tbo Insiu '\"\" ,\nAgeuoy Corporation. 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