{"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.14288\/1.0182126":{"https:\/\/open.library.ubc.ca\/terms#identifierAIP":[{"value":"17f50108-90cf-42fa-8386-a05c4f037eec","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/www.europeana.eu\/schemas\/edm\/dataProvider":[{"value":"CONTENTdm","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/purl.org\/dc\/terms\/isPartOf":[{"value":"BC Historical Newspapers","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/purl.org\/dc\/terms\/issued":[{"value":"2011-09-29","type":"literal","lang":"en"},{"value":"1898-01-27","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/purl.org\/dc\/terms\/description":[{"value":"The Nakusp Ledge was published in Nakusp, in the Central Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia, from October 1893 to December 1894. The paper was subsequently published as the Ledge both in New Denver, from December 1894 to December 1904, and in Fernie, from January to August 1905. The Ledge was published by Robert Thornton Lowery, a prolific newspaper publisher, editor, and printer who was also widely acclaimed for his skill as a writer. After moving to Fernie, the paper continued to be published under variant titles, including the Fernie Ledger and the District Ledger, from August 1905 to August 1919.","type":"literal","lang":"en"},{"value":"","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/www.europeana.eu\/schemas\/edm\/aggregatedCHO":[{"value":"https:\/\/open.library.ubc.ca\/collections\/xnakledge\/items\/1.0182126\/source.json","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/purl.org\/dc\/elements\/1.1\/format":[{"value":"application\/pdf","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2009\/08\/skos-reference\/skos.html#note":[{"value":" w  af^^-yp)  Volume V.   No.  17.  NEW DENVER, B. C, JxlNUARY 27, 1898.  Price, $2 00 Year  UocaTarid fWtfrfe  On Saturday, Jan. 22nd, the Mollie  Hughes group was sold to a company of  local men. The price paid for the property makes this the greatest bargain that  was ever offered and taken in the history  oi mining deals in the Slocan. The  exact figure, at which the sale was made  has not been made public, but it is admitted by the buyers that they secured  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd great bargain and they are highly  pleased with'.their purchase.  The parties in the deal are Herman  Clever, H. T. Bragdon, Harry Sherran  and Thos. Avison, and they secured the  entire interest in the claims Mollie  Hughes, Idea, Real Idea No. 2, Elna-  than, Kinkora, Pinto No. 2, and Tryon  all the properties embraced in the group,  on which so much work has been done  in developing, and several years of long,  tedious waiting bean spent by the  original locators, Geo. and Felix Hughes.  There is an interesting history in connection with this property. The Hughes  brothers with others located the group  as long ago as 1892. Their first .claim  was the Mollie Hughes, and the crop-  pings were so favorable on it they began  work at once in sinking a shaft on the  ledge along the lake shore. Months  were spent in hard and persistent toil  and finally they got out about 10 tons of  ore and made a shipment. The returns  on this shipment ran high in silver and  gold, and the property at once became  prominent. But the brothers were short  of funds and could not push development  >'*' work on ae extensive a scale as was  necessary to make the mine a regular  shipper. They started tunnel work, and  uncovered the ledge for 300 or 400 feet.  During the great depression in the  Slocan, when good mining properties  could not be sold for a song, the Hughes  brothers steadily went on with the work  and there is now fully $2,000 worth of  development work done.' For some  reason which has never been explained  the brothers failed to agree, and in addition to tins the title to the property was  brought into question through certain  claims made by a Kaslo attorney. This  tied the ground up for about 18 months,  during all, or most of which time, work  was suspended. In the summer of 1897  the case was thrown out of court and the  title again cleared. Since which time  Felix Hughes has managed to purchase  his brother's interest in the property,  and also was given power of attorney in  a small interest held by another owner  ,\/ow residing in Montana.  ' **'Two years ago the brothers are report-  to have refused $40,000 for the pro-  lirties, holding out for $60,000. During  >n.e fall of '96 and spring of '97 they were  frequently offered a handsome sum, but  they again refused to sell, and tenaciously held to their original price.  What Mr. Felix Hughes will realize  out of the recent sale cannot be stated,  but lit will fall far short of $10,000. He  is in poor health and will spend the remain der of the winter in the coast cities  where he goes seeking medical relief.  The new owners will form a company  and push work on the ledge with all  possible speed. The showing on the  property, if it were located in some  localities where working mines have been  made and the ledges better demonstrated, would bring $100,000 for the group.  The present workings are within a  stone's throw of the Nakusp & Slocan  Railroad and on the shore of the lake,  thus making transportation facilities all  that could be desired. It is in a position  to be made one of the famous high grade  dry ore propositions of the division and  will eventually bring fame to the name  of New .Denver and add reputation to the  Slocan.    The ore oroppings run  high in  shipments of ore are all made from the  wharf here with the exception of the  last two shipments from the Fidelity in  which cases the ore was rawhided  direct to Slocan lake at a point a mile  and a half nortli of here, from which  point it was shipped.  \"The camp sprang- into existance last  spring, grew rapidly and with the prospect of four or five concentrators in the  spring* in its immediate vicinity, its  growth will doubtless be .still \"more  rapid.  \"Work has recently been commenced  on the Emily-Edith group and is to be  prosecuted vigorously. The property  is two miles from Silverton on Four  Mile creek. Development work is also  being- prosecuted on the Lakeview, one  mile north of this place, and is shortly  to commence on the Bostock. about a  mile east. There are many other fine  claims being- developed. \"A shipment  of five tons of unusually rich ore was  made recently from -the wharf here  from the Silver Nug-get mine. Work  has closed for the winter on the property, but will he resumed in the  spring-.\"  The above appears in the Spokane-  Review, and is evidently written by  someone who is a little jealous of New  Denver. Siich a feeling\" should not  exist in any of the lake townc. What  helps Silverton must help New Denver  as both towns are so close tog-ether it  would be impossible to be otherwise.  of George Wooster and C. R. Conner,  who take the places of Col W. W. D.  Turner and E. J. Field. Col. Turner  requested to be left out because of the  pressure of other business, and Mr.  Field was defeated, receiving- only the  votes of his own shares. He was also  summarily dismissed from his positions  as manager and attorney for the province.    Mr D. S  Wallbridge has been  appointed agent for  place of Mr. Field.  the   company in  NEW    BLACK    HXI.L    DISCOVERIES.  making-  In the Black Hills Ihey are  new discoveries all the time. The  latest i.s a camp called Hornblende,  where a party have explored a larg-e  vertical ledge of highgrade free-milling  hornblende ore for over 300 feet in  length upon their ground. The ore has  been exposed in several places by  shafts, tunnels and open cuts, and they  are at present running a tunnel with  the formation. The tunnel has been  driven 90 feet, and is all in ore, showing  the ledge to be 85 feet wide on an  average.  States control of the territory from the  coast to the lakes. Commissioner Smith,  the letter alleges, has ordered locators of  lots to have them recorded with him. A  party of Americans, the writer says, followed up the commissioner's declaration  by hoisting the American flag just below  the police barracks\/where tlie union  jack was flying. The police demanded  an explanation,and after some parleying  the flag was hauled down and an apology  tendered.  MINING    NEWS    OF    KOOTEXAY.  MODEL    ASSAY    OFFICE.  Howard West, A.R.S.M., has. in New  Denver one of the most complete assaying offices in the Province. The building in which it is contained is plastered  and painted and cost nearly,$l,000. The  laboratory is equipped with all the finest  and most delicate apparatus for assaying  and analyses of all descriptions, including a Hoskin's patient gasoline furnace,  round coke furnace, Taylor rock crusher,  bucking   board,   Ainsworth   &   Becker  balances,   specific    gravity   apparatus,  water oven,  crucibles of clay, graphite,  silver and platinum, and every variety of  glassware in the  shape of retorts, bakers, flasks, drying tubes, dessicator, etc.  The office contains probably the best individual collection of rocks and minerals  in the  province,   consisting of over 600  specimens   arranged   systematically   in  glass cases  for   the   delectation  and instruction of  prospectors.    In  the book  cases are to be found over 100 standard  works on mining, metallurgy, chemistry,  mechanics, physics, assaying and surveying.     The  engineering   department   is  provided with field instruments, such as  aneroid   barometer,   clinometer,    compasses, aluminum steel tape and all surveying requisites.    Surveys   and  maps  can   be   prepared, and   furnished  with  reports if necessary.   These are all carefully   type  written  and include photographs of the most important features in  the property under examination.  SLOCAN MINING NOTES.  A   STBIKK    ON   THE   FKISCO.  In the lower tunnel on the Frisco at a  distance of 28 feet a fine showing of cube  galena was uncovered, and work is being  pushed with greater energy, in the anticipation of striking a solid body of ore  within the next-20 feet. The amount of  work done on this; property will reach  nearly $1,800. It consists of a 56-foot  crosscut, 16-foot raise, 28-foot winze and  drifting on the ledge 45 feet. In the  new tunnel, which is being run on the  ledge 80 feet lower down than the first  workings, the late find was made. It is  now in 28 feet and will be pushed 50 feet  farther to reach a point below the winze.  THE   FAIRY   QUEEN.  Another property that is going to be  a shipper this year from the head of the  lake is   the   Fairy Queen, situated on  Trout creek.    As  work  on  the   tunnel  progresses  the   ledge   continues strong  and the paystreak good. The tunnel is  now in more than 50 feet and it is running on the ore all the way. The seam  of solid ore widens and pinches in places  from 15 to 30 inches. Little of th** ore is  being taken out, but is left standing in  its natural state,with occasional tappings  to demonstrate its width.  silver, copper and gold and there is  abundant assurance that a small amount  of additional development work judiciously done will make the value of the  property advance to a figure not less than  $100,000.  Allan McDonald has been awarded the  contract for running a tnnnel to crosscut the ledge on one. of the claims.  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdJFAI.SK     YAKN      FKOM     SILVKIS-TOX;  A .Silly   Story   About   New   Denver (hat  Shows Narrow Spirit in the  Writer.  A correspondent writes from Silver-  ton, B.C., saying that New Denver has  been claiming too much in asserting  that certain mines are tributary to that  camp which are really tributary to  Silverton. Among- tho prospects which  the correspondent claims have been  thus appropriated are the Galena  mines, the Thompson Group, Fidelity,,  Vancouver, Wakefield and Enterprise.  \"None of these i.s tributary to New  Denver,\" he writes, \"but the first five  are all tributary to this town. Their  supplies are all obtained here and their  The Comstock has made a shipment to  the Nelson smelter.  The Two Friends will make a shipment of 22 tons to the smelter this week.  Twenty-five sacks of choice ore have  been carried away from the Regina  mines on Springer Creek by a snow-  slide.  The Scottish Colonial Gold Mining  Co., managed by i). McPherson,  has thoroughly overhauled and improved the concentrator. In addition to  new ore bins and improved machinery  there has been put in an electric lighting  plant, furnishing excellent light for the  concentrator, office, store and boarding  house. The completing of the wiring of  the plant was done by Geo. Monson, an  electrician of experience, late with the  General Electric Company of Schenectady, N.Y.  THK    V IKING.  A    UKD    MOUNTAIN    CLAIM.  The L. H. is on Red Mountain a little  over four miles from Silvei ton. It a is  gold and silver proposition and $250,000,  was the price asked for it in 1895. Alex.  Harrison has sold his interest ancl the  property is now owned hy J. M. M.  Benedum, F. Fingland, C. Brand and J.  Tinling. A company has been formed  in Tacoma to work the property. A  branch office is to be established at Silverton and active operations will commence on the L. H. when the snow  disappears.  MOBK   GOLD   COMMISSIONERS.  It is,rumored that the government are  contemplating the creation of two more  gold commissioners for West Kootenay,  one at New Denver and the other at  Rossland. It is said by those who are  supposed to know that Alex. Sproat, the  Recorder at New Denver, is the appointee for the job at that place, and  that John Kirkup, Government Agent at,  Rossland and one time of Revelstoke,  will get the position at Rossland.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdKootenav Mail.  Work is being eontiuued on Mr. S. S.  Fowler's Norfolk claim, in Central  camp.  Another rich strike of ore has been  made at the Regina, Lake of the Woods.  Black Sturgeon mine has been sold.  In the Southern district of East Kootenay there were 1,6-12 locations made in  1897 and 1,075 free miners' certificates  The steam bojler and machinery intended for the Golden Crown mine.  Wellington camp, reached Greenwood  early last week, after haying- been long  delayed en i*oute.  Rails and a car have been rawhided  to the Silver Queen mine on Cariboo  creek, and have been placed in the tunnel. Large quantities of shipping ore  are on the dump.  Upon the Bruce claim on Ingriin  mountain, work is progressing favorably, as the tunnel which is being-  driven to tap the vein of ore, is now in  a distance of about 70 feet.  E. C. Brown is about to resume sinking in the shaft of the Marguerite claim,  in Deadwood comp. The shaft is now  down between 30 and 40 feet, and it is  intended to sink about. 10 feet more and  then drift for the ledge.  The Prospector states that the mining receipts at the Fort Steele office in  1897, were $32,00*2, and\" enumerates  public work that shonld be done aggre-  g-jTtmfi* S18,150,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd .which, it   onrusitlo.ru   tho  district justly entitled to.  Negotiations are going on for the purchase of the Christina property at  Christina lake, 15 miles from Gf'rand  Forks. The Christina is owned hy Robinson and Bakes, who have done over  80 feet of work on the property.  The Molly Mack ledsre, Trout Lake  district, has been staked continuously  for over two miles on Gainer creek and  Golden Gulch creek, a tributary of the  former. The trend of this vein is the  same as many others in this district\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd  viz., northwest and southeast, and dips  <SsS>*S\"-*  London, Ont., has now for the first  time a school trnstee of the female sex,  in the person of Mrs. H. A. Boomer.  Many of:the aldermen made a bitter  fight against this innovation.  Mrs. Adele Sternaman, who will so  soon end her life on the scaffold, has  given her two little boys, aged eight  and ten years respectively, into the  keeeping of her first husband's mother,  Mrs, Chipinan.  One more victim of the late catastrophe in London has succumbed to his  injuries, namely, Sydney Glendenning,  a car-builder, aged 29 years. After the  accident he was conveyed to the city  hospital where be died. '  A young married man, Geo. Arthur  Lee, employed as brakesman on the  Michigan Central Railway, fell off a  freight train at Tilsonburg and was  killed. Seven trains passed over him.  His parents are residents of Kingsmill.  An old landmark at Pt. Edward, an  immigrant shed, which has been lately  used by the Sandbrick Company as a  storehouse, was consumed by fire together with all its contents. \" The fire  is supposed to be tho work of incendiaries.  about 50 degrees to the west.  A rush of water last week drove the  men out of the shaft of the Hidden  Treasure, in Deadwood camp. The  water came in so fast that the men had  scarcely time to secure their tools he-  fore getting out of the shaft. It very  qniekly rose 30 feet, and the flow is too  strong for bailing with a windlass and  bucket.  Twenty men are at work on the  Second Relief, near Creightown, on the  North Fork of the Salmon River. The.  property is tinder bond for 830,000.  There are 400 tons of high grade ore on  the dump and the tunnel has opened j  a three-foot   vein   of   choice ore.   The I  A big Montreal firm, Blumenthal &  Sons, have assigned to Mr. Max L.  Schloman. The\" liabilities will probably amount to \ufffd\ufffd125,000. Their assets  comprise stock and fixtures. Many  Toronto wholesalers are on  the list of  wvrtditnrc  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd-..'\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd  An illicit still capable of producing 10  gallons of spirits daily, was seized this  week on the farm of Wm. Callaghan,  near Lindsay, Ont. As Callaghan could  give no satisfactory explanation of its  presence there, he was arrested and the  plant seized.  leave their sealskins^'in Canada before  crossing to the United States. The fan-  sex is up in arms and the framers of the  law are unanimously declared to be  \"born fools.\" ,  Mr. Francois Langelier has been  offered the seat on the Quebec bench  made vacant by the appointment of  Judge Jette to*\" the Lieutenant-Governorship. ,  A gaming-house on the premises of  the Natural Sculpture Society, Montreal, was recently raided by the Police,  who placed 79 men and boys under  arrest for frequenting a gambling*  house.  It is likely that the Ontario House  will adjourn liext week, to be soon followed by dissolution, so that we may  look for an election to take place about  February 24th. So saith the political  prophets\".  Frank Davis, a young man of Wards-  ville, Ont., had a thrilling and unique  experience while out hunting* recently.  He chased a rabbit into a Hollow log*  and then crawled in to capture it. The  log was resting on the side hill and, as  a matter of course, his movements caused it to roll down hill, where it struck  in such a way as to close the daring  hunter in. There he lay for 24 hours,  when his cries brought a [Mrs. Hill to  the rescue, who soon freed him by  means of an axe and a spade.  The chief of the Iroquois Indians at  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdOnuglmnnragtii    Nu>viij\ufffd\ufffdK.UllUI*lWaKe     oy     \"  A  storm   of   thuiv-or and  accompanied by  heavy rain,  lightning-  visited us  on-Wednesday.' This is\"the first thunderstorm in January since 1852, and only  the third time oh record that lightning*  has occurred in January, and the other  times were in 1873 and 1882.  A.    RosxIsuhI    Deal.  The Viking Gold Mining Co., of Slocan  City, has elected the following officers:  C. M. Gething, president; T. R. Lane,  vice-president; G. H. Aylard, sec.-treas.  Quite a block of stock is being sold in  London. The Viking is a gold property  not. far from Slocan City.  THE    WONDERFUL    (iROVV.  The Velvet at Rossland was recently-  acquired by Sir Charles Tupper for the  New Gold Fields Company, and it is  now announced that that company intends to float a subsidiary company  which will take over the mine. Mr. J.  Edwards Leckie,the engineer in charge  of the work on the Velvet, reports  that the drifts are showing- the ledge  in splendid shape. Assays continue,  to be of the most satisfactory nature.  The paystreak of ore mixed with  gangue,\" is now the full width of the!  shaft.   !  Mi!V\ufffd\ufffdi*   of   \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdGra.iMl   Forks. i  force will be  the spring.  A trial shipment of 15 tons of ore from  the river mine, on the Bonnaparte, 10  miles from Ashcroft, to the Nelson  smelter returned 26 ounces silver, S2  g-old and 10 per cent, copper to the ton.  This is considered very satisfactory.  About 1,(-00 feet of work has been done  on this claim which is owned by the B.  C. Development Co., of London. England.  Last Saturday week  J. C. Eaton distributed   among   the    owners   of   the  Whitewater mine another\ufffd\ufffd30,000 dividend, making in all  *?150,000 which the  I property has netted  its owners to date,  | while the heavy shipments begun dur-  I ing the  early  part  of tho winter are  I being kept up.    Saturday was also pay-  Thc. Ottawa Government has already  received 21 applications for the incorporation of railways, all of which have  the Klondike as' their goal. Should  the Government issue charters to them  all, Dawson City would soon be the  chief railway centre-in the world.  Mr. Stanley Pater-son, of Pt. Hope,  died on Sunday last, Jan. 9th. The deceased, with his brother, Mr. John  Anderson, conducted a private bank in  said town, which made an. assignment  on Jan.* 1.3th. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd Many of the depositors  are seriously embarrassed by the locking uu of the funds deposited, which  total something like \ufffd\ufffd150,000.  The Ontario Government is preparing-  name  \ufffd\ufffd\"\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd to England to make a  a personal call upon Queen Victoria, to  enlist her help tin obtaining a renewal  of the American treaty of 1873, which  allowed his people to cross the border  with their bead, bark and chamois  goods. As this is their only means of  earning a livelihood, and as the United  States is their best market, the duty of  60 per cent., which has recently been  imposed on their goods, has brought  want verv near to tnero. Many of them  have had their goods seized without  bv the customs officers.  NO    INDIANS    IN    NEW    DENVER.  P. T. McCalhun has been elected j  Mayor of Grand Forks, with Dr. Stan-j  ley'Smith, I). A. Manly and Jeff Davis |  aldermen in the south ward. ;  lip.s anil   Downs of the Stars and  Stripes.  At a meeting of the stockholders of  the Wonderful Group Mining Company  in Spokane the. following gentlemen  were elected as theboardof trustee*for  'the ensuing vear': J. M. Armstong.  F. A. Davis, H. A. Bell, George Wooster, C. R. Conner, C. Brown and C. H.  Thompson. All these were members  of the former hoard, with the exception  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd Collector Milne is in receiptof a lettter  from Skagaway. in which it is alleged  that J- U. Sxnith, United States commissioner for Dyea and Skagaway, claims  a strip of land three miles down from the  head of Lake Bennett, which is near the  boundary   line   as it  is defined by  the  increased  to  100 men  in  to remo've the Boys'Reformatory from  I Penetanguishene to Oxford County,  where they will be taught farming.  Upon the removal of the boys, the building at Penetanguishene will be used as  an asylum for the chronic, and harmless  insane, to be taken from the other  asylums throughout the Province.  j The route for the first telegraph line  j into the, Klondike, has been decided  ! upon. Mr Chas. R. Hosmer, superin-  I tendent of the Pacific Postal Telegraph  I Company, is now in Montreal making  j the final arrangements. The line will  j be open for business by the middle of  i next summer. A force of 400 telegraph  | operators will be. required the vear  round, and tho greater number ot these  must be inured to hardships.  Archbishop Briiehosi, of Montreal, is  visiting i\" Toronto this week. He has  with him the Papal Encyclical, a Latin  document dealing with' the Manitoba  school question. In this document,  which has been translated, and will be  read in the churches on Sunday next,  tin; Pope insists upon having Catholic  teachers, and also that the text hooks  used by Catholic children must meet  with the approval of the bishops.  The Dominion Paper Box Factory  and the Electrical Works, on Adelaide  St., Toronto, were damaged by fire to  the amount of some s,7),00;i on'Thurs-  daay afternoon. Over 100 men and  girls emploped in the factory had a  narrow escape from death in the burning .building, as the. lire spread so  rapidly all means of exit were cut off.  However, all were got out safely :.y  seramblinir    down    .the   outside    fire-  tbe   pay roll   being*  camp.  Patsy  bond.  dav  at  the   mme  about 81-2,000.  The Snowshoe.  in Greenwood  whicli for a.  time was   held by  Clark under a 850.000  working'  has again   been  bonded,  this time for  S()5,0>')(). payable ID per cent, on April I,  10 per cent on July   I..  40 per cent, on  October   1   and balance on Januarv   1,  1809.    There,   is on  the   claim  a   shaft  sunk 70 feet on thefootwall and a crosscut from it. of 20 feet.   The. new; bond  calls for the  continuous employment of  at least six men  from   the   15th of Jan.  until  the.  second* payment  shall   have  been made.  To the Editor of Thk Lkdgk.  Dkau Sik,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdI am in receipt of a  marked copy of New Westminister Advertiser from which I cut the enclosed  paragraph :  \"Mr. William Beattie, a Knox College student, who spent the summer  ministering to the spiritual requirements of the members of the leading  church in New Denver, is now in the  East. He has there been described as-  having been a. successful .missionary  \"among the Indians of British Columbia,\" and now the first families of New-  Denver feel sore.\"  This is too ridiculous to require any  reputation. I will only sav that in any  addresses I have given 1 never mentioned Indians unless to say there were  none in the district.  This mornings mail brings me another paper in'which I am quoted as  saying that I was \"violently opposed\"  in my work. I made no such statement. What I did speak of was the  general opposition of the forces of evil,  Sabbath labor, open stores and saloons  and the prevailing social evils.  1 have on'y the kindliest feelings toward the people of the Siocan District,  and would like nothing better than to  return to the west in llie spring.  Wm. Bi-'A'rnrc.  Knox College, Toronto, (int..  Jan. II. 189S.  FM.ACKltS    ON     KKRWHKV    CIU-JKK.  Quite  caused  a  bv  little  the  excitement  placers  The Tin Horn inine.it Fairview seems  likely to fully satisfy all the good things  said of it. Some low grade ore from the  surface was run through the stamp mill  but the result was not satisfactory.  Ore from the lower levels was then tried 1 escapes  and after five, days the vanners broke! Mm  and a clean-up was made when -S1.D00  was got on the plates, and it i.s thought  there was about as much in the concentrates, though the mill can treat but  about four tons a day.  anies Baird, who was for many years  the Editor  of the   North  Ontario  Ob-!  United  States,   which   would  give   the.I server, died suddenly at Pt. Perry  i indignation i.s felt and expressed at the. new regulations regarding  sealskins. Ladies living along* the  frontier an; barred from wearing their  sealskin wraps when going to the other  side as they would be confiscated at the  customs house, with no probability of  seeing them again unless applied'for  at the Treasury Department at Washington.      Travellers    are    warned   to  has  been  on    Brewery  creek, whicli falls into Wild Horse creek  about three miles from Fort Steele.    IL  (). Jeiining sank   two  shafts to a depth  of 20 feet, but the flow of water interfered. At the bottom he got coarse  sand, which was rather rich, and he. is  going to put in a steam pump. George  Doherty, further back from the creek,  sank 22 feet and was not troubled with  water. He got from five to ten cents to  the pan. Almost the whole creek has  been taken up  NOB Mi     KJVE    TO    HEKUM K.  A deal has been closed by which Jas.  Dunsmuir has secured control of the  Noble Five mine. He has bought, up all  the outstanding claims against the property, and will resume operations in the  early future under new management-  throughout. A new company will be  organized and the property further developed and more extensivelv mined. THE LEDGE, NEW DENVER, B.C., JANUARY 27, 1898.  Fifth Year  The Ledge.  Published every Thursday.  R. T. LOWERV, Editor and Financier.  SUBSCRIPTION RATES:  Three months \ufffd\ufffd .H.  Six \"         \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd l-ii  Twelve  \"          -\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd>  THKKK YKAKS \".Wl  Transient Advertising:, 25 cents per line first in  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdertiou, l() cents i>er line subsequent insertions  nonpareil measurement.  TO CONTRIBUTORS.  Correspondence from every part of the Kootenay  District and communications upon live topics  always acceptable. Write on both sides of the  paper if you wisfru Always send something good  no matter how crude. Get your copy in while it.  is hot. and we will do the rest.  A pencil cross in this square  indicates that your subsv.-rip  tion is due, and thai the editor  wishes once a^aiii to look at  your collateral.  THURSDAY,  JANUARY 27;  1898.  the city quite within the bounds of  good behavior, only occasionally allowing the aged boys a night of  hilarity.          \"CANADA'S    OWN    FACL.T.\"  WHY    NOT ?  The Provincial legislature convenes  \ufffd\ufffdt Victoria early in February. The  purpose of such coming together of  the people's representatives is to find  out the needs of their constituents and  provide ways and means of meeting  the exigencies of the occasion. All  cities alive to their best interests will,  or ought to, have some person duly  delegated there-to push forward any  movementthat is essential to the advancement of such cities and the districts surrounding them.  Who is going to represent New  Denver there in looking after the interests of the Slocan Lake section?  If nobody, why not? A good man  ought to be sent at public expense to  press forward New Denver's needs  and see that appropriations are made  for public work that ought to be done  here. We need work done on our  streets, on our roads, on our government reserves. Instead of these  reserves being made the dumping  ground for foul smelling garbage, let  them be cleared up, stumps' grubbed  out, and put in respectable appearance. Let the streets be cleared and  made navigable.  The B. C government has barrels  ot money for other things. Why not  spend some on public improvements  iu these mining towns? It is rank  injustice for a government to reserve  a large portion of this or any other  townsite and then compel the pur-  cnaser or lots io uutia up bho lorrn,  keep the streets and roads in good-  order, and pay taxes on the same,  while it, the government, outlays not  a cent in payment of its just share of  the expense of improvement.  If we can't send a representative  we can at least send petitions until  the Provincial waste baskets overflow.  Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, chancellor ot the exchequer, speaking at  Bristol last week, referring to the  coming budget estimates, said these  would show that the English government was fully alive to keeping up  the standard of the army and navy  though, he declared, \"it was not  creditable to Canada or fair to English taxpayers that such a colony  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdshould practically contribute nothing  to the naval defences of the empire.\"  He hoped that Canada would soon  turn her attention to this matter, adding that if she did not the day would  come when she would have a **rude  awakening, which would be entirely  her own fault.\"  What this \"rude awakening\" will  be, Sir Michael Hicks-Beach failed to  intimate, but whatever it might be  Canada will be able to survive it.  Possibly Canada has not contributed  anything to the naval defenses of the  empire, but as a colony she has earned  for herself through the independent  efforts of her sturdy citizens, a place  with the brightest jewels in Britain's  galaxy, and has and will continue  to pay to the mother land a rich reward for all the care that has ever  been bestowed upon her by Great  Britain's statesmen.  DON'T FORGET YOUB MOTHER.  When Mark A. Hanna was reelected to the TJ. S. Senate from Ohio,  after a bitter fight with his Republican opponents, he sent a message to  President McKinley containing the  startling, information that *'God  reigns, and the Republican party  still lives.\" This is a marvelous piece  of indecency, not to say a rank bit of  hellish fun at the expense of the religion of the divine Ruler of the universe The idea of associating the  name of God with an instituation so  corrupting and debasing as a modern  political party is shocking in the extreme, and no one bat a hardened  slave master like Mark A. Hanna  would have the nerve to do such a  thing. But the devil himself will  quote scripture.  An advance of $1.0 to the passenger  rate from tho Sound points to Alaska  has been made, and the new rate to  Dyea and Skagaway is, first class  $50; second class $35 The rate on  freight has advanced from $10 to $13  per ton. II the-passenger rate were  put twice as hi^h it would be a Godsend to many hundred gold-crazed  individuals, wir- wuuld therebv be  forced to stay a*-, home and act like  sane people.  Know all men by these presents:  First, that New Denver will celebrate  on the 24th of May ; second, that she  will not permit any invasion on tiiis  sacred ground by any wild eyed  sister city on the lake; third, thut  she stands ;n with tlie weather clerk  and will not let the sun shine upon  any individual on chat day vvho. purposely and wich malice aforethought  stays away, or intl\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdletiee* others to  stay away, from the qin-eri city of the  lake.  lection  V:  of J.  F.  It is said the  Gordon, as mayor of Vancouver, is a  decided victory for the music hall  element, and that in the future that  will be a wide open city. Vancouver  always was a city of bald-heads, but  the   younger   element    managed  to  Boys, you who are wandering boys, I  mean,   is   there   in  a  far-off home,  a  mother whose New Year would dawn a  little brighter* for the old-time greeting  in the voice of one, who, no matter what  his years,  will be to her always\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdher  boy ?   You cannot be there to give +hat  greeting; circumstances demand that you  shall begin the new year far from home;  but,  will there be a letter for the mother, bearing the message of love and good  wishes; a reminder,  too,  that her  boy  thinks first of her who thinks always  of him ?   Or, perhrps,  there is one who  will  stand at the old  home door, and  with hand-shaded eyes,  peer wistfully  down   the   road,   doubtful,  yet almost  hopeful, that she may see the boy she  has loved since his life  began,  coming  home to-day.   She remembers, and sodo  you, perhaps,how the door closed behind  an angry rebellious boy, who followed  that same road away, away, and \"didn't  care if   he   never \"saw   the   old place  again!\"   Perhaps you remember even  what it was all about; but she remem-  hp.rs only a little child that was all the  world to her; a lad who played in tne  road before the house; a youth, who. was  her hope, her comfort, her dependence  in   approaching   age.     She remembers  that he left her; but she knows that he  will come home   again;   he must,  she  prays so constantly and earnestly that  he will.   But, alas, she remembers, too,  that the time is growing short; and the  years pass so quickly now; and so she  stands in the door to-day looking, wishing.    Oh, happy indeed will be this New  Year,  if it   only brings  her\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdher boy!  There are others amongst you wande. ing  boys who left the old home with regret.  You were seeking better opportunities  and would soon be able to return with a  fortune, perhaps, with an assured position\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdcertainls'.     You   remember   how  well mother bore the parting: or as you  say, \"She didn't take on much.\"   There  were a few tears in her eyes,  or perhaps  she furtively wiped them away with the  corner   of   her   apron.    From   her lips  came again and again,  the homely expressions:    \"Do be  careful,  now,  and  take good care of yourself,  and don't  neglect to write; I shall be so anxious to  hear from you!\"    So anxious!    Ah, me,  the words did  not, for words could not,  express a hundredth part of the weight  which oppressed the mother heart.    As  to her tears, none bnt God and the souls  that have passed, saw them; they were  shed in   loneliness; and the pillow received many,  while other.* slept.    The  letters, which for a time you sent home,  were read and and re-read many, many  times.   But, at last, you grew careless;  you forgot; and weeks passed,  and then  months followed,  and no letter came to  the   watching   mother.     A  letter is so  little; a mere nothing to a .man, but to  your mother it is a bit of her boy's heart  and love,  a portion almost of her very  life and soul.    And so to-day she stands  by the window, looking  for the coming  mail;  and   looking,   too,   hack on   the  happy holiday seasons when her boy was  with her,    Many have been the Christmas' ever since there  was a little stocking to .till,* and   \"coasters\"   to buy and  mufflers and  red  mittens  to knit.    Bin  surely he will   remember,  too,   and   the  season will bring  to him  a longing  for  home and tlie home  folks.    He  will remember now and write a letter to mother.    \"You have nothing to  write,\"  you  say, \"luck is against you, and it's no use  worrying  mother   with   an   account of  your   hard   lines.\"    Nothing   to say  to  mother!    That  is just  where  the hurt  lies, in  that  \"nothing  to  say,\"  to her  who values any message, no matter how  trivial, simply  because  it  is  meant for  her.    Useless  to   worry   her!    Is  your  silence consolation ; is she at  peace  not  knowing if you are well  or ill, living or  dead ?    Are   you   unfortunate   in  your  ventures ?   Who  will sympathize with  you as mother  will; who cheer you  as  mother can ?   The same lips that \"kissed away\"   the   bruises   and   bumps   of  childhood can  utter words of   healing,  and of wise advice for the overcoming of  manhood's   troubles; at  least  she  will  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd'ease tlie hurt.\"    If you are doing well,  then no one has a  better  right to know  and rejoice with you  than she who  has  found happiness in every success of your  boyhood days, even in the petty ones af  school life.    And  whether you  write of  failureor of success,she will find her comfort in the   thought   that   you  think of  her.    How  her   heart   will   swell   and  throb with happy love as  she reads that  you recall the homely familiar objects of  the old place; that you find no spot in  strange lands to equal home, and,  more  her love for her boy, Do write, boys,  today, if the letter has not already gone.  Let her see that your first thought has  been of home, and her; and better than  any gift will be your message of a  \"Happy New Year for mother.\"\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdE. It.  C. W. in Vancouver World.  COST    OF   SILVER.  A distinguished American ass, known  to fame as Edward Atkinson, the statistician, alleges that \"the average cost of  mining silver all over tbe world is 25  cents an ounce.\" The conclusion of this  educated idiot is so palpably absurd as  to call forth no argument in rebuttal.  It is on a par with the weak, driveling  statements usually made to bolster up  the single standard cause. If silver mining was done the world over by coolies,  working for sow-belly and beans and  cheered up by the hope of death, freight  and smelter charges would run the  average much higher than Atkinson's  figures.  The average cost of mining any metal  must include its extraction from the  ores, It is not \"silver\" until it has been  treated, but is merely crude ore. But if  Atkinson wishes to figure the cost of  merely taking the ore out of the ground,  on the basis of present wages his figures  are no nearer the truth. Possibly this  mathematical genius has figured silver  wholly as a by-product, charging up the  cost of its extraction to the copper or  gold found with it. But this would not  cover silver mining \"all over the world.\"  In Mexico, for instance, lower wages  are paid than in the United States, but  more men are required to extract the  same amount of ore, so the great statistical! gains little in that direction. In  countries where low wages prevail crude  appliances are in use and the annual  product of the mines can approach our  own only by the employment of large  numbers of laborers. The average cost  of extracting ore is not lessened by low  wages if cmde appliances and inadequate  machinery means the employment of a  hundred per cent, more men than would  be otherwise required. We are, therefore, at a loss to discover the basis upon  which Atkinson makes his figures.  No intelligent man will venture a  definite opinion as,to the average cost  of producing silver, as many conditions  environ the work of extraction and  treatment. Insofar as Montana mines  are concerned every ounce of silver produced, all things considered, has cost an  average of $1.29. Some mines have produced the metal' as a by-product at a  lesser figure than this while in other  mines the cost has been infinitely greater.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdWestern Mining World.  HOW   CANADA    IS   RULED.  Our binder twine industry for the  United States manufacturer.  Our Iudian corn interest for the Western States.  Our stamp and Dominion notes printed by a New York company.  Our hogs for the Michigan lumber-  in en.  Our nickel for the New Jersey refineries.  Our Nova Scotia coal for a United  States monopoly.  Our Niagara   power for New York  ft-apitfl.lists.  Our gold for United States miners.  Our Klondike business for the Seattle  merchants, free of duty.  Our territory invaded by the I5th U.  S. Infantry.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdMail aud Empire.  iBae  Established  1817.  Capital (all paid up) $12,000,000.00  Reserved fund : : 6,000,000.00  Undivided profits :    :     896,850.04  HJSAD    OFFICE,   MONTREAL.  Rt. Hon. Lord Stkathcona a.id Mount Rostal, G.C.M.G. President.  Hon. Gr. A. Drummond, Vice President,  E. S. Clouston, General Manager,  Branches in all parts of Canada, Newfoundland, Great Britain, and  the United States.  New Denver branch  F. J. FINUCANE, Manager;  i  OURNE  GROCERIES,  DRY GOODS,  CLOTHING,  BOOTS & SHOES,  BUILDERS' SUPPLIES,  STOVES,  ENAMEL and TINWARE,  PAINTS, OILS, GLASS,  POWDER, FUSE, CAPS,i  JESSOP & BLACK DIAMOND STEEL  CHATHAM WAGONS, ETC.,  AT LOWEST PRICES.  New Denver, B. C  I am offering special inducements to  my patrons in  Suitings  Do not miss this opportunity  for our Worsteds, Serges,  Tweeds, Trouserings and  Overcoatings are the newest  and best in the Slocan country. Satisfaction guaranteed or   money   refunded.  A. fl. Wilson,  The Reliable Slocan Tailor.  Williamson Block. New Denver.  C. S. RASHDALL,  Notary Public.  A. E. FAUQUIER.  RASHDALL & FAUQUIER  MINES & REAL ESTATE.  NEW DENVER, B.C.  MINING INTERESTS BOUGHT,  SOLD  and BONDED.      CORRESPOND >KXC   INVITED   Complete lists of claims for sale.    Abstracts of claims, conveyancing.  IWIHilWIWrniHIMBBBBiMBM\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdI  H. T. BRAGDON,  New Denver, B.C.  A.  DRISCOLL, C. E.,  I ominion & Provincial  La d Surveyor.  Slocan City, B.C  Heavy and Shelf Hardware,  Mine and Mill Supplies,  Pipe and Fittings,  Paints and Oils,  Builders' and Contractors'  Supplies,  Stoves ancl Kitchen Ware,  Agents for Canton Steel.  I carry one of the largrst  and best assorted slocks ol  Hardware in West Kootenay,  and shall be pleased* to quote  prices upon anything required  in my,line.  \ufffd\ufffdBM1BVWU  nBsnaBn  ano  .h.  That a business can be started  in a small community and the  patronage of ALL the people  be secured as readily as it has  been our good fortune to do so.  The secret of our success is  simple: We advertise nothing  that we haven't got; we make  claim to nothing that we are  not; we endeavor to be truthful and lie not. Our friends  are therefore never disappointed in any article of furniture  bought from us. To please  our patrons is our motto, and  we stick to it.  Tlic ONLY practical  T\\R- A. S. MARS  Dentist.  Kaslo, B C  Graduate of American College of Dental Surg  Chicago    W. S. DltEWKY  Kaslo, B.C.  '.sry  H. T. TwiGO  New Denver. B.C.  DREWRY & TWIGG  Dominion and Provincial Land Surveyors.  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd*-\"\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd    Civil and Jlining Engineers.  Bedford, McNeil Code.  itSTRashdall & Fauquier, Agents.  Newly opened in New Denver, is one  of comfort, luxury and ease. The  rooms are elegantly furnished, the  building hard-finished, tlie dining-  room warm, light and tastefully decorated, and the tables laden with all  the viands fit to.eat. It isn't neces-  to talk about Henry Stege's bar. It  is too well known.  HENRY STEGE Prop'r  AND  Q M. WOODWORTH, M.A., LL.B.  NOTARY PUBLIC.  CONVEYANCER, Etc.,  MINES and REAL ESTATE  Slocan City, B.C.  TTi    a. FAUQUIER,  NOTARY PUBLIC.  Nakusp, B.C.  The Clifton House,  Sandon.  Has ample accommodations for a large number of people.     Tlie rooms ar\ufffd\ufffd large  and airy, ami the Dining Room is provided with everything in ilic market  Sample Rooms for Commercial Travelers.  J\ufffd\ufffd.E. PALMER, C.E.  PROVINCIAL LAND  and MINE SURVEYOR.  Doing business on Slocan Lake.  WALKER BROS. & BAKER,  Furniture Dual-ci's iiiiil Repairers  i     Uiiilcrtiikers and Kinbalmers.  Denver  N. 13.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdWe have the only practical Undertaker  and Einbivlmcr doing business in the Slocan.  P.O. Box 214.  Sandon, B.C  G  WILLIM & JOHNSON.  (MeGill)  Mining Engineers  & Analy-Chemists.  Slocan City, ...  John Buckle}', Prof  B C.  ROW  Why you should use  Lax's Sarsaparilla 9  Watch next week's LEDGE  and you will see the reason  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdor  MOTELtS OF KOOTE|SlflV  THE MINERS EXCHANGE.  Three Forks, E. C. Weaver  ASSRYE^S OF B. G.  ask at  Drug Store,'New Denver.  JJOWARD WEST,  Assoc. R S M, London, Eng  MINING ENGINEER,  ANALYTICAL CHEMIST.  & ASSAYER.  Properties   examined   and   reported on for  tending purchasers.  Travelers  Will find the  Arlington Jlotel  a pleasant place to stop at when hi  Sloean City.  ou'.vono tlit;in prior   t->   this, and kept! than all,  yon remember daily,  her and |     GETHING & HENDERSON, Proprietors.  Assay office and Chemical Laboratory,  vue ave. New Denver, B C.  Belle  THE  SELKIRK  HOTEL  SILVERTON, B.C.  Is a new three-story hotel situated near the wharf. The  house is plastered and the  rooms are furnished in a  manner calculated to make  travelers call again. Mining-  and Commercial men will appreciate the home comforts of  this hotel.  BRANDON * BARRETT  Brandon, B. 0,  Assay Price List:  Gold, Silver, or Lead,each  $1.50  Gold, Silver and Lead, combined  3 00  Gold and Silver.  2 00  Silver and Lead.  2 oo  Cooper (by Electrolysis)  2 00  Gold, Silver, Copper and Lead  1 00  Gold and Copjier  2 50  Silver and Copper.  2 50  Gold. Silver and Copper ... ....'  3 oo  Platinum     5 00  Mercury  2 oo  Iron or Manganese  2 00  Lime. Magnesium, Barium, Silica, Sulphur, each  2 oo  Bismuth,Tin, Cobalt, Nickel, Antimonv,  Zinc, and Arsenic, each .'.. I OO  Coal (Fixed Carbon, Volatile Matter. Ash.  and  percentage of  Coke, if 'Cbkiut-*  Coal)  o  Terms: '.Cash With Sample.  .Jlllie20tll. 1SH5.  FRANK DICK,  Assayer ami Analyst  J. M. M. BENEDUM,  Silverton.  FEED J. SQUIE  Nelson. B. C.  Merchant Tailor.  Full Line  of Suitings and  Trouserings aWavs on hand.  of  all  kinds,   call  on or  write.  W.FJeetzel&Co\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd  DRUGGIST, Nelson, B.C.  WANTED\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd  Industrious Men of Character,  THE LINSCOTT COMPANY,  TORONTO.  Start from VANCOUVER  Because  VANCOUVER is the best, outfit-  tins' point on the Coast: goods  considerably cheaper than in the  United States.  VANCOUVER is the nenrestfport olYlcmart-  ure to the Yukon District.  VANCOUVER is the terminus of the C. P.  Railway, whose steamers will nt.-u*t from  Vancouver this spring. ,  Ail north-bound steamers call at VANCOUVER.  Direct, steamers to Yukon ports have now  commenced to run from VANCOUVER.  VANCOUVER  is the only Canadian port  where passengers transfer direct from train  to steamer.  KLONDIKE is in Canada. Outfit in VANCOUVER and save 30 per cent. Cusroms  Duty.  W.GODFREY.  President. Board of Trade, Vancouver. B. C. Fifth Year.  THE LEDGKE, NEW DENVER, B.C., JANUARY 27, 1898.  AT   FOUR   SCORE.  V  She sits in the door at sunset.  And turns her dim old eyes  Up toward the shadowy hillside,  And then toward the evening skies.  \"They are late,\" she says, and listens,  W ith her knitting on her knee ;  \"It is time for the children's coming;  Where ean the darlings be ?\"  She hears a sound on the hill road\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd  \"Ah, they're here at last!\" she cries;  And the light of a mother's welcome  Shines in her faded eyes.  \"You've been gone a loni; time, children ;  Were the berries thick, my dears ?\"  She says, as gathered about her,  Each radiant face appears.  She hears the merry voices  Of the dear ones that are dead,  As she straightens out tlie tangles  On each shinning littie head\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd  The chattering, childish voices,  That seem to her to hold  A music sweeter then any  This side the streets of gold.  She listens to eager stories  Of what they saw and heard\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd  Of a nest in the blackberry bushes,  And a frightened mother-bird ;  How Johnnie fell, and his berries  Were lost in weeds and moss,  And Mary was 'fraid and dreaded  The brook they had to cross.  So, while the night is falling.  She sits with the children there,  Forgetting the years that vanished,  And tbe silver in her hair.  The love that will last forever  Brings back her dear ones dead,  And the heart of the lonely mother  With her dreams is comforted.  Ere long she Svill go to that country,  AVhere her loved ones watch and wa.it  For her and I think of the meeting  There at the jasper gate.  She will feel their welcoming kisses,  And hear her husband say,  \"The long, long parting's over\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd  We are all at home to-day!\"  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdEugene Kingsford.  AVESTKRN    COAL.  is not unlikely  H network of  these in AVest  Vast and undeveloped coal deposits  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdwill be thrown Open to the Avorld when  the Crow's Nest Pass railroad, now constructing*, is completed. The new line  connects tlie transcontinent-tl system,  crossing* theg'reat plains oC the Canadian  Northwest with the valley that lies between the Rocky Mountains on the east  and the Selkirks on the west. According* to Dr. Selwyn, former director of  the Geological Survey of Canada, the  western fields contain\" 49,952,000 tons of  coal per square mile, and the area, Avith  coal deposits explored up to the present, consists of about 150 square miles!  The coal area is in the southern part  of the country known as East Kootenay. The wliole Kootenay district is  beyond the North-West Territories, extending' some 300 miles north of the  international boundary. East Kootenay alone is ahout tAvo-thirds the size  of the kingdom of Greece. Noav that a  railroad is being pushed through this  terra incognita, a period of great development is anticipated.  The coalfields are 60 miles southeast  of Fort Steele and in proximity to  Crow's Nest Pass. It'  that in the near future  American railways, like  Kootenay, tapping the mining region  for the Benefit of the Great-Northern  and Northern1 Pacific, will traverse the  eastern section. The discovery of the  deposits occurred during tlie early  eighties, but it was not until 1887 that  the country was thoroughly prospected  for coal. Then the fields, covering an  area of 150 square miles, were discovered.  The first deposits are not far from the  west end of Crow's Nest Pass, and consist of 20 lseams of coal, one above  another, clearly visible along the mountain ridges and stretching up to the  summits. Fourteen of these seams are  caiiuel coal. Three of the seams are  respectively .15, 20 and ::i0 feet wide.  Another great series of seams is that in  the Elk River Valley, where they extend for nearly 40 miles. One seam,  from 20 to $0 feet thick, is 1,500 feet up  the mountain, across the face of a  broken sandstone cliff. Higher is another seam, erect and:-30 feet wide. Ten  other broad seams are in close succession. The .immensity of the deposits  cim scarcely be realized. Of coking*  coal their is an abundance. Some authorities pronounce the upper seams  bituininuous and the lower' anthracite,  but this is contradicted by other experts.  The Dominion government has reserved 50,000 acres, and 200,000 acres of  the coal area are controlled by an association of Canadian capitalists and the  Canadian Pacific Railway. ;  AMERICAN    LUMBER    SUPPLY.  Looking not very far into the future,  it seems that the planting of American  forests ivill become a productive industry, says Meehan's Monthly. Preservation of old forests, with their masses of  dry underbrush and fire-inviting collections of dry leaves, may be advisable  for some reasons. These immense  masses of firewood undoubtedly tend to  collect snow, which, by its' gradual  melting, furnishes a supply to the water  reservoirs beneath the surface of the  ground. Snow thaws less quickly under  the shade of trees than in the bright  sunlight. Less water, therefore, runs  to supply floods and freshets than when  the snoAV is made to pass away gradually. But this question does not affect  the solid timber interests.  In old forests  gle for life among the trees by the  reason of their growing so thickly together, the result is the necessity of  waiting many years before the trees  will reach a size to make them desirable  for timber purposes. Where trees have  room to grow, and are properly cared  for, most kinds of American trees Avill  furnish useful timber in 20 or 30 years,  and for many other purposes they can  be employed\" even younger. It takes  well on to a century for the struggling  trees  in a   dense   wood  to have anv  ON   THE    CKOW'S    NEST.  Elk River.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdThere   is   considerable  activity in building and business manifested at two points between the Crow's  Nest Lake and Elk River\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdviz.: at Bull  Head Prairie\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdsix miles from the lake,  and at Coal Creek.    A new town has  been started at the prairie called Wilson ville\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdafter   four stalwart brothers  named Wilson, none of whom measure  less than 6 feet 2 inches in  height and  who have a contract in the vicinity.  About Bull Head prairie the Avork now  under Avay includes the boring of 1,200  feet of tunnel in hard rock and the construe! ion   of a   loop nine miles  lov*g.  Bull Head prairie is the new uiecca of  the grand aggregation of boot leggers  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdHy    by    nights\"   and    construction  \"rollers    Avho   have made   the Crow's  Nest Lake one of the liveliest spots on  earth.     The  transmigration  of   these  souls to British Columbia means that  the Province is about to enjoy that distinction and Ave will  hail with solemn  awe the rise and progress of  Wilson-  ville.   Already on the eve of the hegira  it has been baptised  with\" blood which  will give it an initial  standing never  dreamt of by  the toughest of the lake.  Extensive sidings, switches, and yards  are being built on Bull Head prairie,  indicating a purpose on the part of the  Railway Company directing Elk River  operations from that point.  At Coal Creek is the scene of the most  active operations along the Avhole line.  A wag-on road is being-pushed to the  mines being opened up by Supt. Fernie.  Besides the grading on the main line,  has  begun on the  work of construction  branch railway to tap the mines seven  miles up the creek. About 70 log buildings iioav dot the low fiat which a month  ago Avas nothing but a cedar swamp  and   forest.     Many   hands   are   busy  clearing aAvay brush and making the  site habitable  for a large number of  people.     Naturally   after   Bull   Head  prairie comes  Coal Creek.   The Coal  Company which owns the land at the  creek's mouth will soon  have the same  surveyed.  The most extensive deposits  of coal yet discovered lie on'Morrisey  Creek, Io miles to the south west, and  here also is a large even flat quite suitable for a townsite called  RidgeAvay's  \"ranch\" owned by  the raihvay company.   The coal town of course Avill be  at the coke-ovens and these Avill be built  at the behest of the  Raihvay Co.   The  \"burning\" question of the \"denizens of  Coal Creek now is, AvhereAvill the ovens  be built?   Coal Creek  or Ridgeway's  ranch.    Ridge way's ranch is a timber-  less flat at the mouth of Morrisey Creek  10 miles from the Elk  River crossing.  In regard to the progress of construction the situation   is about this.   The  work has  been all allotted   and   the  contractors have all been encamped on  their portions for about three months,  besides clearing the right.of way almost  nothing is accomplished so far.   It has  taken all   their time   rustling* for food  for  man  and   beast.     Although   the  weather has been remarkably favorable  for raihvay building, but little advantage being taken of the propitious circumstances.    Some of the contractors  are absolutely idle and if you ask what  they are waiting for the invariable re-  ply'is \"Haney.     No  attempt   is being  made at the'foundations of the great  bridges on    Elk   and    the   Kootenay  rivers.   The steel is laid as far as the  south fork of the Old Man River where  it will rest until spring, the entire gang  of 150 men having   been   laid off, aiif  Avork in that line is discontinued until  April.   So the time (Christmas) when  Mr. Haney!s locomotive Avas to toot at  Crow's Nest Lake having elapsed, it is  necessary to  postpone indefinitely the  toot\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdlet\"us hope not long.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdFort Steele  Prospector.  BOUNDARY CREEK.  The Iron   Mountain   group   of  ten  claims near Christina  Lake has been  optioned to   Messrs.  Hobbs, Jeffrev &  Co. for 850,000 by Mr. D. C. Beach, the  ! owner.   A member of the firm has gone,  | to London to float the property.  Negotiations  are   going*  on 'for the  purchase  Christina  Mr. Hem-  Ironsides  that the  Hill, the  of the Christina property at  Lake, 15 miles from Grand  Forks. The Christina is oAvnecl by  Messrs. Robinson and Baker, who have  done over 80 feet of Avork on the property.  Word has been received by  enAvay, manager at  the. Old  mine\" in  Greenwood   camp,  Company OAvning* the Knob  adjoining claim,\" Avill at once install  a  large compressor plant and other machinery, and  without delay pnt on a  large force of men and thoroughly de-  vefop the property.  A force of miners, nearly all Montana  men, Avent out to the B.C.'mine in Summit camp, last Aveek. The Avork of  sinking the main shaft on this claim  Avill be actively proceeded Avith to open  up the big ore\" vein further. It is reported that an offer, bv English capitalists, of \ufffd\ufffd200,000 for this property  has .been refused by Mr. Harrison, the  OAvner. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd      TIMBER   ON   MINES.  Avhere there is a strug-  grad-  marketable value.  While good timber is becoming  ually scarcer on account of our'annual  forest fires, rising from the conditions  already stated, the demand is increasing, and, what is more remarkable,  Europe is already calling on America  for a supply of lumber. American oak,  especially,\" is in great demand in the  Old World, Avhile our black Avalnut is  closely following in its Avake. Our  lighter woods, also\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdsuch as the tulip  tree and poplar\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdare coming into great  demand there for packing-boxes and  \ufffd\ufffdases where light weight is a great object. Those who are iuterested in forestry in our country should take up the  matter of, encouragement of ftfrest  planting. It will soon be a greater  question than forest preservation.  | In Chambers at Victoria the injunc-  ! tion to restrain plaintiff in Ruth Mines  vs. Lovatt was continued. The Ruth  mines, near Sandon, Avere located prior  to the Kaslo & Slocan Railway grant  being made, and Avere, it is claimed,  exempted from the grant, The Kaslo &  Slocan Raihvay, after taking* up its  grant, gave a lease to defendant.  Lovatt, to cut timber on land a portion  of which Avas covered by the Ruth  mines. Plaintiffs thereupon secured an  injunction restraining* Lovatt from cutting timber on the mines, and this injunction has been continued.  Air Tight Heaters and Box Stoves at  Bourne Bros. The largest stock ancl  loAvest prices in the Slocan.  \ufffd\ufffd. W. GROVES,  CIVIL and MINING ENGINEER,  Provincial Land Surveyor.  Underground Surveys. Surface ano  Aerial Tramways. Mineral claims surveyed and reported upon.     Kaslo, B.C  I  ingauxa juCT-i^ga iccLXiaci \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd  [L.S.J  Wtadl  RESTAURANT  In NEW DENVER is always ready to do  business. It has never closed its doors  on account of the little financial breezes  that blow adversely occasionally in the  Silvery Slocan. The weary and hungry  pilgrim has always been able to get his  wants, and in consequence they call again  when in town. Keep your eye on the  Sunday dinners.  JACOBSON & CO.  %      HK  OTEL SANDON,  THOS. R. McINNES,  CANADA,  PROVINCE OF  BRITISH COLUMBIA.  VICTORIA, by tlie Grace of God, of the United  Kingdom of Great, Britain and Ireland  Queen. Defender of the Faith. &e , &c, &c.  To Our faithful the. Members elected to .serve in  the Legislative Assembly of Our Province  of British Columbia at Our City of Victoria\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd  Gkeeting.  A PROCLAMATION.  A.. G. Smith, Deputy Attorney-General.  WHEREAS, We are desirous and resolved, as  soon as may be, to meet Our people of Our  Province of British Columbia, and to have their  advice in Our Legislature:  NOW KNOW YE, that for divers causes and  considerations, and taking into consideration the  ease and convenience of Our loving subjects, We ]  have thought lit, by and with the advice of Our  Executive Council of tlie Province of British  Columbia, to hereby convoke, and by these presents enjoin you, and each of you; that on Thursday, the Tenth day of the month of February,  one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight,  you meet Us in Our said Legislature or Parliament of Our said Province, at Our City of Victor^., FOR THE DISPATCH OF BUSINESS,  to treat, do, act, and conclude upon those things  which in Our Legislature of the Province of  British Columbia, liy the Common Council of Our  said Province may, by the favour of God, be ordained.  In Testimonv Wiieueok, We have caused  these Our Letters to be made Patent, und  the Great Sealof tlie said Province to be  hereunto affixed: Witness, The Honourable Thomas R. McIxnes, Lieutenant-  Governor of Our said Province of British  Columbia, in Our City of Victoria, in Our  said Province, this thirtieth day of December, iu the year of Our Lord one thousand  eight hundred and ninety-seven, and in the  sixty first year of Our Reign.  By Command.  JAMES BAKER,   Provincial Secretary.  CERTIFICATE OF IMPROVEMENTS  'Mammoth Mineral Claim.  Kosebery  The northern connecting point of  the C. P. R. on Slocan Lake.  Rosebery  Has the only  Slocan City.'  safe harbor north of  ?K ^  ^  ?ft  7ft  7ft  Sandon, B.C.  npHIS NEW HOUSE, with the old name, is  well equipped to  accommodate a large  number of G-uests.      The building is plastered  and the rooms are  unsurpassed for comfort in  the Slocan, while in the Dining Room can be  found the best food in the market.  Robert Cun ring, Proprietor.  Has Steam Heat,  Electric Light and  every convenience for  the comfort of guests,  The house is   First=clas5  in every respect  and has few equals in  the mountains of the  West.   The rates are  Situate In the Sloean Mining Division of West  Kootenay District. Where located: Adjoining tlic Mountain Chief, Carpenter Creek.  TAKE NOTICE that I, Herbert T. Twigs, airent  for John A. Finch, Free Miner's Certificate  No. 107-1 A., Alfred W. McCuiic. Free Miner's Certificate No. 61727 and George W. Hughes, Free  Miner's Certiiicate No. GI075, intend sixty days  from the date hereof, to apply to the Mining  Recorder for a certificate of improvements,  for the purpose of obtaining a Crown grant of  the above claim.  And further take notice that action, under  section 37, must be commenced before the  issuance of such certificate of improvements  Dated this 13th day of January, 1898.  HERBERT T. TWIGG.  Reciprocity Mineral Claim.  Situate in the Slocan Mining Division of West  Kootenay District. Where located: Twenty  five miles west; of Kootenay Lake and aboxit  10 miles oast of Slogan Lake, and about four  miles south of Seaton Creek, a westerly extension of the Maid of Erin.  TAKE NOTICE, that I, Charles A. Stoess of  Kaslo,B. C, acting as agent lor the Slocan  Reciprocity Mining Co., foreign, free miner's  certificate Fo. 84,820, intend, sixty days from the  date hereof, to apply to the mining recorder for a  certificate of improvements, for the purpose  of obtaining a Crown grant of the above  claim.  And further take notice that action as under  Section 37 must he commenced before the issuance of such certificate of improvements.  Dated this 80th day of November, 1897.  Lillian No. 4 Mineral Claim.  Kosebery  It is at Rosebery where the beautiful Slocan steamer ties up over nigfht  and where the employees can bring\"  their families.  Kosebery  Lots were put on the market June 28  and are selling- fast. You cannot  afford to wait if you want a lot. They  are going- up.  Rosebery  Men are now grading- and clearing:  the townsite, and several buildings  are about to be erected.  Rosebery  Is destined to be the distributing- centre for the Slocan.  Rosebery  Will become the great Concentrating*  City of the Slocan, having abundance  of water and being easy of access to  the Mining Centre.    Watch this.  Rosebery  Terms, J cash; balance three and six  months.  For full particulars apply to  A. M. BEATTIE,  General A^en  CANADIAN  PACIFIC  AILWAY.  TO  $250  a day  $400  JRA W. BLACK,  Proprietor.  Its Central Location  and proximity to all  railroad depots make  it the headquarters  for   ining  and Commercial  Men  during their visits to  the silver metropolis  of Canada.  Situated in the Slocan Mining Division of  West Kootenay District. Where looated:  On Payne Mountain slide.  TAKE NOTICE, that I, Charles A. Stoess of  Kaslo, B. C. acting as agi-nt for the Slocan  Reciprocity Mining Co.. foreign, free miner's  certificate No. 84.82!*, intend sixty days from  the date Hereof, to apply to the Mining  Recorder for a certificate of improvements, lor  the purpose of obtaining a Crown grant of the  above claim.  And further take notice that action, under  section 37, must be commenced before the issuance of such certificate of improvements.  Dated this 30th day of November. 1897.  The Quickest  and  Cheapest Route  East  or  West.  Steamer leaves Nakusp every  morning, making close connection  at Revelstoke with train? or  all points East or TV est.  Ocean Mineral Claim.  Situate in the Slocan Mining Division of West  Kootenay District.    Where located:  Near  Maid of Ei-in on Payne Mountain adjoining  said claim on West.  TAKE NOTICE, that I, Charles  A. Stoess of  I    Kaslo, B.   C.. acting as  agent for D.  W.  Moore, free miner's certificate No\". -1500 A and Jas.  Waugh,    free    miner's    certiiicate No. 77,022,  intend    sixty   days    from    date    hereof   to  apply to the Mining Recorder for a certificate  of improvements for the purpose of obtaining  a Crown grant of the above claim.  And further take notice that action under  Section 37 must be commenced liefore the  issuance of such certificate of improvements.  Dated this 30th day of November, 1807.  Before you travel get information from  C.P.R.   Agents as to time and  rates.   It will save you money  Apply to nearest Railway Agent  or to  H. DOUGLAS, Agent.  H. M. MacGregor,   Trav. Pass Agt,  Nelson,   or to E.  J.  Coyle,   Dist.  Pass. Agt, Vancouver, B. 0.  k  Nelson & Ft. Sheppard  Red  Mountain  RAILWAYS  KASLO&SLOGAN.  TIME CARD  Subject to change without notice  Trains run on Pacific Standard Time.  Ajax   Fraction   Mineral    Claim.  Situate in the Slocan Mining* Division of West  Kootenay district.   Where located: On West  Fork of Noble Five slide, 10(K) feet from summit of R. E.  Lee Mounain, a reloea ion of  the Malboro, bounded on  north by Starlight  and Duluth on the south by Ajax and Crown  Point, east by Treasure Vault, west by Rush-  ford and Lee Fraction\".  ri-UKE NOTICE, That I, E. J. Matthews, act-  J     ing as agent for Wm. Braden. free miner's  certificate No. 76,13:'), intend, sixty days from the  date hereof, to apply to the Mining Recorder for  a Certiiicate of Improvements, for the purpose of  obtaining n Crown grant of the above claim.  And further take notice that action, under section 37, must be commenced before the issuance  of such certilicate of improvements.  Dated this 25th day of November, 1897.  The only all rail route without change  fears between Nelson and Rossland  nd Spokane and Rossland.  Only Route to Trail Creek  and Mineral District of the  Colville Reservation, Nelson, Kaslo,   Kootenay  Lake and   Slocan  Points.  Daily, Except Sunday.  Badger State   Mineral Claim.  IFYOU ARE ENERGETIC & STRONG  If you are above foolish prejudice against canvassing for a good book, write and get my proposition.   The information will cost nothing.  I have put hundreds of men in the way of  making money; some of whom are now riehT  I can do prood things for-you, if you are honorable and will work hard.  T. S. LINSCOTT, Toronto.  That they will send no  more to tlie T. Eaton C\"  for Dry Goods and  Furnishings,' as the  goods cost much more  when landed in New  Denver; besides, they  are often old aud shelf-  worn and they seldom  get what they order.  But\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd  Different Here  Our goods are new and  of the best quality; the  patterns are of the latest  designs, and, above all,  Our Prices are Right.  N B.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdWc are offering a fine line of Ladies'  Jackets, Boys' and Men's Overcoats and Pea-  Jackets below anything ever before offered in  the Slocan. Call and examine our goods and  satisfy yourselves.  McLachtan & McKay,  New Denver.  Sell \"Klondike Gold    Fields\" like a whirlwind. Pros|>ectus 25 cents, worth *]. Big pay.  Capital unnecessary.  'Bradlky-Garhktson Company, Limited,  Toronto.  Leave 8 oo  \" 8 .tc.  \"   !\ufffd\ufffd so  \" !\ufffd\ufffd .11  '\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd10 03  \" 10 18  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd' 10 .18  An*. 10 50  ROBT,  A.M.  Arrive, 3 50 P.M  3 1ft \"  2 15 \"  : 2 CO \"  '*       1 46 *'  1 ,'!3 \"  1 12 \"  1 00 \"  Kaslo  South Fork  Sproule's ''\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd  Whitewater :  Dear Lake '*  McGiiigau '  Cody Junction \"  S.-uidon Leave  IRVING,  'frank- Mngr.  GEO F. COPELAND,  Superintended i  For ehfui*  railroad and slc-unship tickets to  and from all   points,  upplv to  S.  CAMPBELL,      \" Agent, Sandon.  rpAKE NOTICE That 1. Genre  1    miner's certilicate No.  7101  From Montreal  California, Allan Line....  Parisian, \"      Carthaginian \"      Labrador.Dominion Line    Vancouver. \"     From New Y\ufffd\ufffdrk  Umbria, Cunard Line    Etruria \"     Campania.      \"    Majestic, White Star Line    Teutonic \"       \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd  St. Paul, American Line  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd  St. Louis, '*     State of Nebraska, Allan State Line  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd-  Southwark. Red Star Line    Noordland. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd'\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd     Cabin .-45, .\ufffd\ufffd50, S'lSO, 70 >:H0 and upwards.  Intermediate >'30 and upwards.  Steerage .\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd325.50 and upwards.  Passengers  Ticketed  through to all points in  Great Britain or Ireland, and at Specially low  rates to all parts of the European Continent.  Prepaid Passages arranged from all points.  Apply to A. C. McARTHUR, C.P.R. Agent  Sandon. or  WILLIAM   STITT.  General Agent,  C. P. R. Offices, Winning  Situated in the Slocan MiningDivision of West  Kootenay District. Where looated: Near  the town of Sandon.  ere Alexander, fret  loo. intend <>0 days  from the date hereof to apply to the Mining  Recorder for a Certificate of Improvements,  for the purpose of obtaining a Crown grant of  the above claim.  And further take notice that action under  section 37 must bo commenced before the issuance of such Certificate of Improvements.  Dated this-Itli day of January. 1808.  notice\"  NOTICK is hereby given that on days after date  I intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner  of Lands and Works for permission to purchase  tlie following parcel of land situated on the  east side of Slocan Lake, Slocan Mining Division,  West Kootenay District, commencing'at the  southwest; post of A. M. Wilson's pre-emption,  thence running north 10 chains, thence running  west to the Xakusji & Slocan Railway right of  way, thence miming south al<in<r the line'of the  Nakusp & Slocan Railway right of way to the  northwest corner of the towiisite of Rosebery,  thence east to the point of commencement, containing 80acres, more or less.  Dated, Nov. 28th, i\ufffd\ufffdy7.  A. M. BEATTIE.  Leave.  9:20 a.m.  12:00 \"  8:00 a. ra.  NELSON  ROSSLAND  SPOKANE  Arrive;.  5:35 p.m;  2:50   \"  6:40 p.m  Kaslo and  Close connection with Steamers for  all Kootenay lake points.  Passengers for Kettle   River and Boundary  Creek connect at Marcus with stage daily.  INTERNATIONAL     NAVIGATION  &TRADINCCO.,  LTD.  Strslnternational and Altierta  On Kootenay Lake and R'ver.  Time Card in Effect   Oct.   1st,   1807.   Daily  Except Sunday. Subject to Change without notice  Close connection at Five  Mile  Point with all  passei'gei trains of thcN. & F.S.R.R. to and from  Northport, Rossland and Spokane.  Through   ticket.-? sold at  Lowest Rates and  Baggage checked to all United States Points.  k  Lv. Kaslo for Nelson and way points, ir.iit a.m  Ar. Northport 12:15 p.m.; Ro-island 3:40 p  m.: Spokane, i; p.m.  Lv.   Nelson for Kaslo and way points, 4.15 p.m.  Lv. Spokane 8 a.m : Rossland. 10:20 a.m.;  Northport, 1:50 a.m.  SCHEDULE.  Effective Nov. 'i'i,  ik\ufffd\ufffd:  WESTBOn.N'i).  P.M.     P.M.     P.M.  No.5  No.3  No.]  3-45 <*:00.  5:00   2:00   10:00..  3:15   11:15..  Nos. 1 and 2 connect  KASTIIOUND.  ..ROBSON .  ...TRAIL ..  ROSSLAND  with  P.M.  No.2  .8:00  .7:00  . f':O0  C.P.R.  *.M.  P.M.     P  No.l  No.6  2:30  12:55    1:15  12:00m  main  line  steamers, and trains to and from  Nelson at Robson.  Nos. 3 and -l are local trains between Trail and  Rossland.  Noa. 5 and (i arc local trains between Trail  and Robson. No. G connects with train No. -1  from Rossland.  All trains daily.  F. P. GUTELIUS, Gen. Supt.  BONNER'S FERRY an*\ufffd\ufffd KOOTENAY RrVER  SERVICE.  The Alberta awaits the arrival of the International before leaving for Bonner's Ferry.  Lv. Kaslo. Sat.,1.00 p. m: Ar. Boundary. Sun.  midnight; Ai. Bonner's Ferry. Sun.. 10.30 a.m.  Lv Bonner's Ferry, Sun., 1 p.m.; Ar. Boundary. Sun., 5 p.m.; Ar. Kaslo, Sun.. 10 p.m.  Close connecton at Bonner's Ferry with  trains East bound, leaving Spokane 7.40 a.m.,  and West bound, arriving Spokane 7 p.m.  The last trip this season on the Bonner's Ferry  route will be on the Rth and 7th November after  which date the Bonner's Ferry service will be  discontinued.  GEORGE   ALEXANDER, Gen'l Mgr  Head Office at Kaslo, B.C.  Kaslo. BC. Oct. 1,1897  ! THE SILVERTON MINER'S UNION  |  -L No. 71,  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdW.   IP.   -M..  Meets every Saturday night.  C.   McNIOHOLLS.    President  CHAS.   BRAND, Secretary. THE LEDGE, NEW DENVER, B.C., JANUARY 27, 1898.  Fifth Yf.ar  MINING  RB(JOROS.  The following is a complete list of the  mining transactions recorded curvig the  week in the several mining divisions of  the Slocan. Those of New Denve- were  as follows:\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd  ASSESSMENTS.  Jan 15\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdWinnipeg.  Jak 20\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdSlocan Belle.  Jan 22\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdKeystone, Evening Star.  TKAXSFEKS.  Jan IS\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdBadger State, Duisey, John R Cook to  Chas Lundberg, Power of Attorney, March 30.  Badger State, John R Cook to Geo Alexander,  Jan 14.  Victoria \ufffd\ufffd, A D Williams to Geo Wood, $25.  Jan 19\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdRoulette Group, Johii Vallance to M  W Brunei*, agreement to transfer 1\/5 interest in  contract to purchase, May 13.  Roulette Group, M \\V Bruner to E G Schmidt,  all interest, July 23.  Roulette, Mountain Lilly, Lucky Move, Rebound. John Vallance to Roulette Mining &.  Milling Co, Jan 17.  Ruby Silver, W J Tretheway. Manager Ruby  Silver Mine, to C D MeKenzie, 80 per cent, of ore  on dump. Jan 12. :-400.  , Independent Fraction i, Frank J Golden to Wm  Wilson, Jan 18.  Jan 20\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdFidelity, Frank L Byron toBenjamine  Kneebonc, lease during contract work, 28 Dec.  Royal Star i, A S Brindle for OH Brindle to  Benj Kne'ebone, Nov 2,  Royal Star 1\/1(5, Benj Kncebone to RC Uren,  Jan 10.  Jan 21\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdElvira 1\/(3, P M Walton, adm estate of  Wm Walton, to D G McMartin, Jan 10, $100.  Elvira \ufffd\ufffd, same to T P Durham, Jan JU, .-5oo.  Victoria, Geo VV Wood to same, Jan 111, *1,000.  Jennie Jones Fraction i, J D McCallum to A L  Roberta and A R Einglaiid, Jan 10.  Same a, A L Roberts and A R Fingland to Chas  E Hope, Jan 20.  W H R, A R,Fingland to same, same,  Jan 22-Kickers, Argo, Christie Fractioiis, A  D Williams to Wm K Lcighton, Se|it 5.  The Kickers, Argo Fraction, Christie Fractional, Win K Leighton to The Argo Mines. Oct 21  Power of Attorney,Felix Hughes to Wm Thomlinson, Jan 4.  SLOCAN    CITY    I>1 VISION.  ASSESSMENTS.  Jan il\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdKokorno.  Jan 18\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdSt Lawrence, Northumberland.  Jan 19\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdMountain Con.  TRANSFERS.  Jan 18\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdCapstone Fraction J, ,N* W Tressler to  HA Wright.  Same, same to Joseph Franz.  Boomer 1\/5, R A Wright to P V Risdon, N W  Tressler, J Fraz and (J N Risdon.  AINSWORTH   DIVISION.  LOCATIONS.  Jan 17\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdWhite Slave, W F Traves.  Jan-13\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd Louise Fraction, E C Traves.  Jan 20\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdJenny, Alf Brile.  Three months permit to hunt for mineral to W  E Mann on Elsie Fraction and Alpha Fraction,  adjoining Whitewater,  . ASSESSMENTS.  Jan 17\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdLome..  Jan 18\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdRohbiu, Bonita, Good Luck.  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdJan 21\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdTecumsie, Pontiac, Porcupine.  '    TRANSFERS.  Jan 17\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdCanadian Chief L Chas Behrman, E C  Ward and Frank Fortin to W J Adams.  Jan 18\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdJennie No 5, Lakeview and Ainsworth.  lF L Fitch to C S Allmen.  Jan 19\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdComstock J, E A McNaughton to J A  Ryan.  Erie J, W Walton to J A Ryan.  Florence L J, F Pyman to Alfred Hill.  Hidden Secret and Legal Tender, C A Sawyer  to Crawford Creek Mining Co.  Notice of supreme court of discontinuance of  action in Black Fox, Daisy aiid California.  Surprise Fraction and Cumberland i, J P Miller  to J O Johnson.  Surprise Fraction J, J Christensen to J P Miller.  Cumberland J, same to same.  Jan 20\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdFairplay i, Geo C Marsh to F J Hill.  Charlotte, W S Tlibmpson to J E Otis and Robt  George.  Antelope, James McPhail to D McPhail.  Resurgam, Lydia A Demragen, Athol, Island  Boy. Silver Six, Silver Plume, Yankee Kid. R  Roberts to Walter Stead.  CAPTAIN    BIOORJb*.  to the road. The other persons, anticipating no trouble, were travelling  leisurely, and he passed them where  they were camped lor the night, about  115miles from Warsaw. He came up  on the party so unexpectedly that it  took his breath away.  \"I stood for a few minutes,\" the  Captain said, \"-watching them, and  when satisfied that I had not been seen,  I backed up until I was out of sight  and then made a circuit of their camp.\"  In making- the remainder of the  journey, Capt. Moore walked 101 miles  in a foot of snow without sleep or rest  of any kind, and when the others  arrived they found him engaged in a  sociable game of cards with the recorder. Their surprise can better be  guessed at than described.  One of the incidents of the trip was a.i  arrangement that Capt. Moore made  with a conductor named Tom Mitchell,  who was running a mixed train from  station 101 to Warsaw on the Wisconsin  Central,which was being built. Mitchell  agreed not to take the other party  through if it reached the station in the  morning.  Mitchell was not called upon to fill  his part of *}he agreement, but as his intentions were good, Capt. Moore gave  him a deed to a tract of land which he  afterwards sold for \ufffd\ufffd10,000.  Capt. Moore has sold his interest in  the Idaho. Alamo and Cumberland  mines and the concentrator and tramway near Three Forks! He says, however, that this i.s no indication that he  intends to leave the country as he is  heavily interested in mining properties  on the\"north fork of Carpenter creek,  and these properties he intends to work'  extensively this year. Capt. Moore is  also extensively interested in mining  properties in Idaho and Southern California.  Speaking of the prospects for British  Columbia, Mr. Moore said that it was  destined to be the, greatest mining  country in the world. The fall in the  price of silver and the Klondike excitement would set the country back for a  time, but it would be only temporary.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd  Slocan Pioneer.  PERSONA L.  BRIEFS.  Felix Hughes has gone to Victoria.  Frank Sewell has been appointed city  clerk of Sandon.  Three men are working on the Texas  Boy Fraction, near Silverton.  Frank  Darling,   of  Nelson,   made  flying trip to New Denver last week.  Born\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdIn New Denver, on Jan. 20, the  wife of John Vallance of a son  A dance will be given  Hotel,  Three  Forks on  evening.  Several New .Denver  people  attended  the dance at  the Victoria Hotel, in Sil  verton, on Friday evening.  VV. Hunter & Co. have bought the  stock of the Slocan Store Co., and will  run a store at the Concentrator.  C. E. Smitheringale will have editorial  charge of the Nelson Tribune during the  absence of R. A. Renwick at Victoria.  at Wellington  next Tuesday  George Munson,  the electric plant  near Three Forks,  the district and is  in his line.  who recently put in  at the Concentrator,  intends to remain in  looking for business  Divine services will be held in the  Methodist church on Sunday, Jan. 80th,  as follows: Morning at IL; subject,  \"More than Conquerors.\" Evening,  \"Wrong Ways that seem right.\" H.N.  Powelf preacher.  The date of the masquerade ball to be  given by the Knights of Pythias has been  changed to February 14th. This ball  will undoubtedly surpass the many  good ones given in the past by this  flourishing order as no pains are being  spared by the Knights to make it a very  high grade ball.  Good   as   tUo   Klondike.  Increase Your Business and Make Money  Full Prices.   Correct Selection  HANDLING  Ropes and Tags Furnished Free  TALLOW, GINSENG, SENECA.  Write for Circular giving Latest Market Prices  ^fcA-s* \ufffd\ufffd^-M:AAAAA^B4  ..^b'.v'ft*-*'-'.* \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd;\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd#,* '-':*.-.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd?\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd:\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd*..\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd Vtfi'f&^-A  V  IMMEDIATE REMITTANCES.  JAS. MCMILLAN & CO.,  200-212  NO COMMISSION CHARGE  IRST AVE. NORTH.  me.     Minneapolis, Minn.  MOX  Carrv the finest  . . .  line of. . . .  n  ii  Li  THOS. ABRIEL  CUSTOriS BROKER,  Real.'Estate,.Mines & Insurance.  Nakusp, B. C.  .in the Citv  llEGtir-ATIONS   AMENDBO.  Changes in   tlie   .Laws Governing Placer  Mining in the Youkon.  at    Ottawa  has  gov-  the Yukon.  covers   the  regulations  Captain Moore has a history that if  written out in full and published would  seem as an inspiration to the youth of  the land as showing' what may be  accomplished in the way of accumulating wealth with no capital to start with  other than a laudable ambition backed  by energy and determination.  Twenty-four years  ago Capt. Moor's  total capital was ambition and a strong-  right arm.    To-day   his   fortune runs  well up in   six figures.   Some people  would  say that this is   luck,  but the  history of Capt. Moore's first start for  a fortune shows   that   if   he had  luck  enough to take him  around the Cape  of Good Hope on a shingle and land  him without- wetting  his feet it would  have availed him nothing- had he been  lacking in energy and determination,  aud a   short   acquaintance   with   the  gentleman shows that he has an excellent   stock   of   both.     A   stranger  might easily mistake him for a bishop,  with his smoothly shaven face, closely  set lips and a rotundity of figure that  indicates a generous care of the inner  man.   But the delusion is readily dispelled when   the  stranger ripens into  an acquaintance.     The Captain  may  look   like   a bishop,   but   the    merry  twinkle in his friendly blue eyes say's  very decidedly   that he has no intention of attempting to act out the character.  Capt. Moore when a boy went into  the Lake Superior mining z'egions. He  had no particular job in sight, but was  ready to work at anything that would  provide him with a grubstake for prospecting, and every dollar that he earned went in that way. hi, 1872 his  efforts were rewarded in the discovery  of the famous Geogebic iron range,  running through Michigan and Wisconsin, 'which proved such a bonanza  when opened up in 1881, his profits  out of these properties ran his fortune;  at one time up to a million and a half  of dollars, but lie dropped a portion of  this when tlie slump came in the iron  market in '87, retaining enough, however, to prevent him from worrying  over the price of coal or any possible,  change in the provision market.  An incident, in Capt. Moore's life  whicli shows the spirit that animated  his every effort is told by himself  After the discovery of tlie Geogebic  iron range, and before the locations  were recorded, he returned to Ashland,  Wis., where he was taken seriously ill.  While lying in bed, unable to move  without \"the assistance of attendants, a  friend called and told him that tho  man who was with him when the locations were made had given the details of the locations to \"other parties  and the latter had left the day before  The   Government  decided to amend the  erning placer mining in  The  following  summary  changes:  Every miner and employer of a miner  will require to take out a miner's certificate the fee for which will be $10. In  case of a company it will be S50 or 8100,  according to the amount of the capital  stock.  A miner's license will confer the right  to the miner to fish, hunt and cut the  timber necessary for mining.  Provision will be made for obtaining  miners' certificates at a,number of cities  and towns, such as Montreal, Ottawa,  Toronto, Winnipeg, Calgary, Vancouver and Victoria.  The general size of mining claims will  be 250 feet, and discoverer's claims 500  feet.  Every alternate ten claims shall be  reserved by the government of Canada.  Subaqueous mining leases will be  issued in live mile sections with a fee of  $100 per annum and the usual royalty.  The fee for recording and  mining claims will be $15.  Any number of miners not less than  five, more than 100 miles from the office  of a mining recorder, may appoint a  recorder, who will record \"claims and  within three months transfer the record  and fees to the nearest mining recorder.  A royalty of 10 per cent, on the gold  mined shall be levied and collected by  the government officers appointed for  the purpose, but provision is made for  exemption on the annual product of any-  mining- claim up to $2,500,so that claim's  that do not produce more than $2,500 a  year will not be liable for royalty. Provisions are made to prevent speculation  in claims by throwing a claim open to  entry which has not been worked a certain number of days, unless reasonable  cause is shown, and by providing that a  record shall not be issued for more  than one claim to any miner in the same  locality.           WAR   EAGLE   IMPROVEMENTS.  The London Globe says that outside  of the Yukon district, and within the  bounds of civilization, is another mining region noted for rich deposits of  gold, silver, copper, iron, and coal:  British Columbia is coming to the front  dailv. Cariboo*, a placer mining'section, turned out $30,000,000 in gold.  Kootenay has numerous quartz mines.  The Le Roi company pays dividends  aggregating 25,000 monthly. Alberni,  Texada, Liliooet, Kamloops, and other  portions of the province, including  Cassiar and Omineca, are also rich iii  minerals.  Call in and look  ...... at the..   Diamonds.  Slocan  J.R.& D. GameroR  Formerly of Winnipeg.  Furnish Clothing-  -: in the:\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd  For   Export   Duty.  still agitating  The Toronto World is  in favor of an export duty on ore. ft  points out that while $100,000 a year is  spent for labor at the Sudbury nickel  mines, the refining of it, which is done  in the United States, distributes $1,200,-  000 there in labor. Canada has the  monopoly of the nickel market of the  world and therefore can afford to dictate  in respect to that metal.  Killed    at   Victoria.  -   Latest Style  \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd: of the :\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd  Tailops    Aft.  sJ^LfLTH\ufffd\ufffdEE FORKS & SANDON.  Charles Gallagher, who, during two  sessions of the Provincial Legislature,  was one of the most prominent members  of that body, was run over by a train  on the Victoria & Sidney Railway Monday evening and instantly killed.  Has an  Immense  Stock of    RE^DY-flflADE  BOOTS & SHOES  No  NEW  DENVER, B.C.  An office of the Slocan Hospital has  been opened at Sandon under the  medical superintendence of DK.  P. H. POWERS. Subscribers on presentation of their orders or tickets at  the Sandon office will receive medical  or surgical treatment and the necessary medicines tree of charge.  All serious cases will be admitted  to the Hospital for treatment.  Miners in regular employ, subscribing through their payroll, can  secure all the privileges of theabove.  For further information apply to\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd  J. E. Brouse, M.D.,  New Denyer, B.C.  Sandon, B. C, Oct. 21, 1897.  To all whom it may Concern-.  This is to certify that as I am  removing from Town, (}. W. G-RIM-  METT, Watchmaker and Jeweler, of  Sandon has purchased  my business.  I beg to thank my numerous  customers tor their patronage in the  past and  I  hereby respectfully   re  NEW DENVER, B.C.  Is a new house, with new furniture and everything comfortable  for the fcaaveling public. The bar has the best goods in the  market. ANGRIGNON BROS., Proprietors.  ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffWfW  quest that they   will  their pat-  freezing  The owners of the War Eagle are improving the   plants.    Mr.  John Mills,  the mechanical expert of the Company  is looking after the matter. The pres-  sent compressor eapacitjr of 20 drills is  to be doubled, so as to enable the Company to operate as high as 40 drills if  necessary. It is probable that the present site \"of the compressor, in Centre  Star Gulch, will be utilised for the  increased plant. It is as yet undecided  whether or not the War Eagle will  utilise electricity for operating its new  compressor. In any event steam boilers and engines will be installed, so as  to form a reserve in case of any breaks j  in the electrical service. ;  necessity   for  to death  if you have a few  dollars to invest in  this kind of stock.  Call in.  The prices will astonish you.  ronage    in  GRIMMETT.  the     future    to    MR.  W. HALLER,  WHOLESALE GROCERS  Agents for B. (J. Sugar Refinery and Royal  City Planing Mills.\"  Dealers in  Hardware,   Tin   and   Graniteware  Miners' Supplies, Paints, Oils, Glass and Putty, Doors & Windows.  Watchmaker and Jeweler.  ASLO MOTEL  Family & Commercial.  I  .-\/\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd'  The  Best Rooms  Offered to the public  are to be found in the  of New Denver  CENTRE    STAR    VS.     IRON    MASK.  In Victoria last Saturday morning the  Columbia House  appeal in the matter of the Centre Star  vs.   Iron Mask was down on  the Full  Court list,   but there was no quorum .  present.    Mr. E. V  Bodwell, who, with I  Mr. A. 11. MacNeitl, appeared for the j Six,h s'*' x  defendants,   the Iron  Mask Company,;  thereupon applied to   Mr. Justice  Wsil-  kem  to  vary   his   former   order.    Mr.  Justice Walkem then referred the matter to the Supreme Court and Justices  Drake and   McColl were then ready to  deal with the case.    The appeal  was  then adjourned sine die, tlie Iron Mask  Company in the meantime to keep an  account and give bonds to he settled by  the Deputy Registrar at Rossland.  ind   hitrd-tiiiislii'ri   throughout,  week  or   lnonlli,  Warm,   -quiet  HiHird by the day  N'o Hiir in coimi-etioii.  tv Denver.  L  arge  And  AMOS THOMPSON,  Manager.  R. B.  THOMPSON,  it  X. O.  DIXCA1AX.  W.   D.   MITCHELL  Secretary.  Notary Public.  Comfortable  Rooms  Fitted with every modern  convenience. Special protection against lire. Rates $2.50  and $3 per day.  COCKLE &  PAPWORTH,  Proprietors.  Silverton  Drug  Store  The  osebery  Hotel  and  Stationery,  Toilet  Articles,  Sundries,  Trail  Blazer Cigars.  C.O.Di  Goods called  for & Delivered  R.O  Proprietor,  The    Deer   Park.  to go to Warsaw, 150 miles distant,  where the record office was located,with  the intention of recording the property  in their own names. That settled it.  The. chance of losing the property,  which was his only chance for remuneration for his years of struggling and  hardships, was too much, and in the  face of the protests of his friends and  physician, he got up. dressed and took  Since the recent strike on the  Deer  Park was made at   Rossland, the shaft i of London, Eng\\  has been sunk over '200  feet, and drift- \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd _  ing  has  been commenced.   The west:  drift i.s already started, and as soon as :  it is well under way a drift  will be i  started to the east to open up the vein I  in that direction.   The ledge is show-!  ing up well.    There is now about six ]  feet of quartz and iron  in sight, says  Mr.   Mulholland,   the   manager,   and  values of about $3Q are being ohtained.  Ore is being saved,  and the company  is   contemplating   a   shipment   before  spring.    Tne machinery so far installed  consists of a hoist and pump.  J  NEW  Mines  and  sale.    Abstracts,    &c.  Correspondence solicited.  Agents for Phoenix  Insurance Co  DENVER,  B.C.  Mining Properties  for  Hotel Vevey  Dining Room and Bar. First-  class in every respect. Rooms  well furnished. Trail open to  Ten and Twelve Mile creeks.  Pack and Saddle Animals to hire.  ALLEN & CORY, Proprietors.  Vevev, Slocan Lake, B.C.  Is in Rosebery, B.C.  ancl has  For the public.  omfortable  \\ccommod=  ations  J. T. NAULT.  To Prospectors  and Claim Owners I  Mining Properties of  all kinds wanted for -   \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd'  English market.   \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd-.  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