"120992cb-f6eb-4e88-aaa6-094d39412427"@en . "CONTENTdm"@en . "[Lardeau Eagle]"@en . "BC Historical Newspapers"@en . "2015-11-26"@en . "1900-02-14"@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/ardeau/items/1.0082236/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " . , .,\ni\nn\nThe Eagle.\n\"\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD, \\n* VOL. I. NO. I.\nFERGUSON, BRITISH COLUMBIA, FEBRUARY li, L900.\n$2.00 A YEAR.\n'\"'lined Up From n Coinineroliil Point ol\nView.\nMl\nBorne'FrolltnMo Investment. For Good\nPractical Hen,\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDThe Dl.trlet'l UOUnil\narien, IU Town., Topography, Scenery,\nAttraction* and Wonderful Hiclitie.H of\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD>r\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Deposit.,-Willi Trail., Rallwayn,\n'Smelt am aud Labor It Will Be The\n-Pride of ltrltiHh Columbia.\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDIt is' no easy matter to define the\nboundaries of tho (miner's) Lardeau\nmining district with accuracy, the out*\n.t line being; bo extremely irregular.\nHowever it is that section of British\nColumbia which is bounded approximately by the Upper Arrow lake on\nthe west, by the Duncan river on tho\neast, by an imaginary line running\nfrom Nakusp to Argenta on the south,\nand by the headwaters of Fish river\non the north.\nTrout lake, socajled from the nbund-\n' ancc of the tinny tribe found in its\nwaters, is about in tho middle of tho\nL district, and is itself a sort of enlargement of tho Lardeau river, from which\nthe locality takes its name.\nOnly a very few years ago this whole\nsection was. in common with the\ngreater part of British Columbia,\nalmost inaccessible, the innumerable\nmountains being very stoop and thickly woodod from their baso to timber\nlino, so rendering progress most difficult and slow. Bub iu tho faco of all\nthese and many more drawbacks, the\nprospector has not been discouraged,\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD indeed it would almost seem that the\nharder tho country Is to prospect the\nmore determined ho will be to penetrate into the midst of it in nis search\nfor valuable minerals, and it Is to him\nalone, with his indomitable spirit that\nthe world is now indebted for the\nknowledge of the wonderful richness of\nthe ore deposits in this region.\nThe same natural causes which\noperate in preventing tho prospector\nfroin examining the rocks, also inter-\nfore with briiigthg the ore out and\nconverting it by .means of a smelter\nInto bard cash, the. extreme difficulty,\nwhich means oxponso, of moving the\nmaterial from the mine to tho reducing\nWorks having been a very .powerful\nagent in retarding the development of\ntbe country. , ,. i .,\nSuch very marvellous wealth however as has been abundantly proved to\nexist could not long remain unused,\nand it is very satisfactory to find two\nrailroads already commenced, which\nWill by furnishing convenient transportation jfrom, ;tho very heart of ..the\ndistrict, enable, olulm owners, to real-\nizq at las( tho profits that liave so long\nboon dolayed, and reward them for all\n'tliu toil and privation that they have\nBone through during the years that\nthoy have held onto and worked at\ntheir properties.\nWith the certainty of railroad facilities in the immediate future, tho usual\ntownsltcs have been laid out and buildings eroded thereon i but whether all\nof these incipient cities are destined to\nlive and grow is ipiltu another question,\nthough somo of them are so favorably\nnitiiared that their future Is pretty well\nassured. It Is certain that as the\npopulation Increases, accommodation\nmust lie provided, but tho sltos suitable\nfor towns are fow enough owing to the\nnatural formation of tho ground, which\nas above stated Is extremely rough and\nstoop,\nTho oldest townsite is probably\nThomson's Landing, situated at tho\neastern end of tho northeast arm of tho\nUpper Arrow lake, from which point a\nwagon (V) road has been constructed to\nTrout luko.\nTrout Lako City, the next oldest\ntown Ib placed amidst somo of tho\nprettiest soenery to lie found in all ll.\nC, which as wo nil.know abounds In\ngrand and beautiful views. The wagon road just spokon of is unfortunately,\nowing to niggardly arrangements of\npost and presents governments, usually\nin a more or less impassible condition,\ndeep mudholes being far too numerous.\nTrout Lake City is well built and\nsensibly laid out, It boasts of several\nvery good hotels, the usual stores and\nofcourso a newspaper, without which\nno self respecting western town can\nexist. It may bo taken for granted\nthat this town has come to stay, as it\nis a most convenient point to start\nfrom either north pr south, a comfortable steamer which runs On the lako\n'during the season enabling prospoetors\nand other travellers to reach, the vac\nIons 'creeks Bowing iato tho lako with\ntho greatest ease. The projected railroads will run one on oneh side of the\nwater, and it is intended, Into tho city\nitself, thus still further improving the\nsituation from the travellers' point of\nview.\nTho apology for a wagon road is continued from Trout lake, or rather from\na point about a half mile out, on to\nFerguson, about four milos northeast,\nwhich lattor town is capitally Looated\nat the junction of tho north and sonth\nforks of the Lardeau river, on what is\nprobably the most extonslve pieeo of\ntlat ground for a very long distance In\neither direction.\nFerguson also has undoubtedly como\nto stay, one of tho railroads having\ndetermined to make it a divisional\npoint, and to continue their road up\nand down the north and south forks,\nto BUoh camps as are likely to find\nwork for them In tho way of shipping\ntho produce of the mines. Forguson\nmust always be headquarters for supplies to the many mining properties\nthat suri'ound it, and is bound to increase and flourish rapidly as these\nmines are most of them quite in thoir\ninfancy yet, and like other growing\nthings will need more supplies as they\nbecome older and bigger.\nBeyond Ferguson again wo find the\ntwo rising towns of Circle City on the\nnorth, and Ten-Mile on the south fork,\nboth very young but with excellent\nprospects, as they are located at tho\nmouths of important crocks and in tho\nimmediate neighborhood of well\nknown mines.\nTho general geology of the Lardeau\nis oxtremely confused and very puzzling, even to the writer who has been\nmore or loss In the district since '90.\nTho most common formation is perhaps\nschist in ono form or another, very\nfrequently grKptolitic hi character, but\nlimestone comes very much into prominence in some parts of the district.\nThe usual direction of tho ledges is\nn. w. to s. e., and a very casual glance\nat the map will show that tho main\nwaterways have a similar direction,\nexcept in tho case of the northeast\nArm, which is a veritable crossfissuro\nacross the general lay of tho country.\nSeveral very rich doposits of ore have\nbeen found in the limestone, but more\ncommonly the veins 'are found at tho\ncontact of lime and some other rock,\nor at a contact between the usual\ncountry rock and some other, such as\nquartz or'diorlte.\nThe minerals hitherto found in the\nLardeau are'numerous 'enough, and no\ndoubt more will be found as development progresses and different places\nrare, opened up. The principal ones so\nfar are galena, almost invariably\nhighly argentiferous; grey copper or\nfahlore, commonly currying extraordinary values in silver and some gold.\nYellow copper ore or copper pyrites,\nand large quantities of iron pyrites\nwhich is frequently arsenical and\nusually carries a little gold. There\nare also some free milling gold quartz\nlodges known though, owing to the\nshort time that has elapsed since their\ndiscovery, very much work has not\nbeen done on them. Molybdenite is\nnot uncommon, though not in large\nquantities. But oddly enough so far\nthere seems no nickel, at any rate\nthere is no authentic record of it having been found excepting in more\ntraces. It is hardly correct to class\nthe vast bodies of so-called \"carbon-\natos\" as minerals, they are merely\ntho result produced by ages of atmospheric action upon tho ledges that lie\nbeneath, but which were once on the\nsurface ; still they are by no moans to\nbe neglected as they not only givo a\nsure indication of mineral treasures\nbelow, but very often indeed are themselves highly valuable,\nA word of caution here may not bo\nout of place. It is a fact that gold,and\nfree gold, Is by no means rare in these\n\"carbonates\" which are commonly\nlargely composed of ''gossam,\" a dark\nreddish-brown earth which lias been\nderived from- iron ore. Now although\nthis gold Is \"free\" now, it would be\nmost unwise to erect a large stamp\nmill to deal with it, ns at a very few\nfeet below the surface tlio gold will bo\nno longer free but combinod with\niron pyrites and consequently not in \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nmilling but in a smelting condition.\nThis mistake has been made in one\nInstance at least In West Kootenay, to\nthe groat loss of tho shareholders, who\nhavo spont monoy on a well equipped\nmill for which now there is very little\nuse. This is just one instance whore a\nscientific training would have been\nbetter than the untaught but practical\nman's advice, and would have saved\nmuch usoloss expense,\nIn tills district most especially, the\nservices of a thoroughly good assayer\nare indispensable to tho economical\nworking of a mino, as then good stuff\nwill not bo thrown away, and acon-\ntlnuul series of assays will show the\n| manager what ho has and what ho\nmay reasonably expect to have as the\ndevelopment proeoods. j\nWith a full knowledge of thodiffi-j\neultios in so doing, it is yet impossible\nto closo tills article without a reference\nat least to a lew of the principal mines.\nBold indeed would the man be that\nattempted to enumerate and describe\nthem all! Ono of the oldest and must\nextensively developed Is the Silver\nCup und adjoining claims, now belonging to the \"Sunshine\" Co., which has\noften produced ore running as high as\n1000 ozs. silver per ton, and whoso\naverage value is probably not loss\nthan $150. It is situated at tlie head\nof ono of tho creeks Mowing into tho\nsouth fork of the Lardeau, four miles\nfrom the home of the EAGLE. The\nAbbott group is another well known\nproperty near the head of Haley creek,\nalso tho Great Northern near tho north\nfork of the Lardeau, tho great Horn\nledge not far from Circle City, the\nGlengarry a little further north, and\nthe Old Gold and Primrose in the same\nneighborhood. Tho Badshot group at\nthe head of Gainer creek is an example\nof a very rich vein occurring in limestone, while the Lade property, close\nby, is one of tho few free milling gold\nveins that are known at prosonl.\nComing nearer to Forguson. the Nettie\nL. demands attention as being but a\nyoung mine yet, but with wonderful\nvalues, the actual dump itself carrying\nmore silver than many a definite vein\ndoes. This mine, as well as the Silver\nCup, is shipping as fast as the ore can\nbe transferred, and will soon rank\namong the dividend payers.\nFish river and its tributary creeks is\nby no means behindhand with valuable\nproperties, some of which seem likely\nto pay from the grass roots. But time\nand space forbid more than just a\nmention of vory few of tho principal\nones which are Bituated on Mohawk\nnnd Lexington creeks, while Sable and\nPool creeks also have several highly\npromising prospects.\nEnough has been said. Wo hope to\ninduco [capitalists to investigate our\nresources. We need not promise anything that we cannot perform, and\nwill only too gladly welcome tho strictest examination that can bo made of\nthis wonderfully rich district.\nSGRBAMLETB.\nThen Our Interests Arc Identical.\nTrout Lake Topic: It. !'. Potttnlece hits con*\niludod to enter tho Journalistic field In tlie\nnear future with ForaUBon (is his headquarters.\nThe new paper will be culled the FergUBon\nEftglound ft will bo dedicated to the interests\nof Hie sister divisions of Trout i.ukc mid Lardeau. Heretofore we always considered our\nselves the most optimistic person In the\ncountry,but we must certainly climb down\nnow nnd let I'arm up as he lias clearly gone us\none bettor, it is an old saying that misery\nis fond of company, but be that as it may, wc\narc fortunate in having ns a companion in\nsufferingono as genial as our friend Mr.l'ctti-\npicee. We wish hint the very best of good\nluck aud hope that with two shoulders to the\nwheel the district will be made to move just\nthat much faster during the coming season.\nSorry that J. J. didn't stay forthe\ndraw or soo his way clear to call us,\nfor we are not drawing to a bobtail.\nAnd we really oxpoct to be so busy\nrecording events which will transpire\nin this promising district, turning out\njob printing, and rustling round in\nsearch of filthy lucre, that there will\nbe positively no time to foci miserable.\nSo come now Mr. Langstaff, cheer up,\nshako thoso dry bones, and crawl out\nof that throe long soporific year's rut,\nand \"let's keep a push in' and a shovoti.\"\nA Vigorous Protest.\nThere is no better water power\nstreams in B. C. than those \" within a\nradius of 10 miles of Ferguson,\" and\ntho residents and business men were\nmore than justified in sending a slrong\nprotest to Victoria. They will do well\nto keep thoir weather eye on any company which applies for such lead-pipe\ncinches as tlie North Kootenay Water,\nPower and Light Co., headed by J. 1).\nMolson, hank manager. Revelstoke,\nhas done. Companies of this nature\nare not only looking for the earth, but\ntho water as well. Ferguson will bo\ninstalling a water works system soon,\nfor Are and domestic purposes, and tho\ntown has a right to these privileges, if\nthey must be given awav. There arc\ntoo many privately owned \"people's\nrights \" in this province already.\nMr. Keltic Docs a Good Deed.\nJ. M, Kellio has certainly struck a\nnew and capital anti-Chinese scheme.\nClause 3 of a bill which he has introduced roads:\n3. No owner, agent or manager of a\nmino shall employ underground in any\nmino to which this Act applies, or\nallow to bo underground In such mine\nfor the purpose of employment, any\nperson who has or wears hair on tho\nscalp of his head over six inches in\nlength*\nIt should havo tho desired e(Toot, as\nthe Chinaman would rather part with\nthe country than his ouo. Tho Act,\nhowever, is not needod in his constituency, as no Chinamen arc so employed.\nUudyard Kipling must have been\ngazing from the top of Nettie L mountain when ho got off Our Lady of the\nSnows.\nTho city of Calgary has purchased\nthe privately owned waterworks system, at $85,1100. Bub it had to come\nsooner or later. There is only one\nway of getting rid of a monopoly.\nmonopolize it.\nAfter perusing the editorial columns\nof tho Kootenai an one is led to believe\nthat there is a man named Buchanan\nwho would give his hide to step into\nIt. P. Green's shoes; but apparently\nhis feet\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDor head are too swelled.\nR. P. Green, member for the southern portion of this district, with the\nSlocan his main constituency, is asking\nfor a special appropriation of $20,000\nand $15,000 respectively, for certain\ntrail building purposes. The EAGLE\nhas not scon a similar request by J. M,\nKellie, though eagerly looked for.\nTho EAGLE did have some notion of\n\" hornswoggling\" that \" published in\ntlie greatest wbito metal camp on\nearth \" from \V. Mao Adams of the San-\ndon 1'aystroak. But after seeing tlie\nKaslo board of trade's cold blooded\nsteal of K. T. Lowery's \" the lucerne\nof America,\" placed upon tlie title\npage of thoir recent production of an\nillustrated write-up of that city, even\nour nerve failed us. Tho rest of tho\nSlocan may be swiped anytime now.\nThis district is not suffering so much\nfor tlie need of railways as trails. The\nboys, In many cases, have the ore, but\nthoy have neither money nor means of\ngetting to it with even a pack train.\nIn fact they arc kept broke from one\nyear's ond to the other doing assessment work under such adverse circumstances.\nThe EAGLE rises to remark that it\nhas come to stay. It is no boom sheet,\njust started to create a furore aud then\nfold its white wings and silontly steal\naway. It represents the sum total of\nthe interests of its proprietor on earth\nand has come to Ferguson to cast in its\nlot with the business men and miners\nof iiiic oict/iiuti fur keeps. It haa cither\nto make it stick or break. Among tho\nmountains of this great and glorious\ndistrict is its home and in its fortunes\ntho future of the EAGLE is inextricably\nbound up.\nAs to newspaper etiquette 1 Parties\nwishing to enter tho Eagle oflice at\nthis particular juncture should bo\ngovorned by tho following rules : Advance to the inner door and give three\ndistinct raps-or kick the door down.\nThe \"devil\" will attend to the alarm.\nYou will give your name, postoflice\naddrOS8 and tho number of years you\nwish to stake out tho EAGLE. He will\nadmit you. You will advance to tho\ncentre of the room aud address the\neditor with tho following countersign :\nExtend tho right hand about two foot\nfrom the body, with tho thumb and\nindex llngor clasping a $2 bill, which\ndrops Into the extended hand of the\neditor, at tho t-aiuo time saying:\n\"Were you looking for me?\" Tho\neditor will grasp your hand and the bill\nand pressing it will say : \" You bet J\nwas!\" After giving him the news\nconcerning your locality you will be\npermitted to retire with a receipt for\nan obligation properly discharged.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\n[Apologies to Marcus (town) News.]\nTho residents of this favored district\nshould bo happy. No banks, lawyers,\nhighway robbers, policemen, Bhei'iff,\nsmallpox or other Infectious diseases.\nNo cowbells, cats, engine belts, street\ncars, public meetings, churches, theatres, blackjack dons, ntokle-iu-lhe-slot\nmachines, money or hush fires to\nkeep one awake nights. No labor\ntrouble, fresh (?) war news, city council, board of trade, political cliques\nand healers, tinhorns,.hangers on, red\nlights, etc. In fact there is nothing\nto do but work, oat, read,and sleep,\nand enjoy the bright clear sunshine.\nAnd there is no cemetery or undertaker. Nearly 160 minors arc hard at\nwork in this neighborhood blast ing,\npicking and tearing out the precious\nore, while the muckers, ore sorters,\nrawhiders, four-horse teamsters and\nOffloe men aro hard at work. Tho\nbusiness houses arc just doing the\nlocal supply trade, the hotels are doing\na light business, und o very body in the\ncamp is happy, but impatiently wailing for spring, trails, etc. Wo have\nmore reason to bo thankful for what\nwo havo not got than for what we\npossess. I tut there'll COino a time\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD.\nLARDEAU MM\ns. A. Sutherland, of the firm of Mo-\nKinnon .\: Sutherland) general mor-\nehnnts, loft fur Vanoouvoi' an Monday\ninumiii^. tci n|H'ik1 u ft'W weeks holiday.\nWhore nnd What Somu or Fergtlflun'\nProportion Are.\nEAL OF DEVELOP!!\nI erty; from tho shaft above down to No.\n2 tuntie! 200 feet, from No. - bo No. 1\n.tunnel 280 feet. The management\nI now feels warrant* d lu Increasing tha\nforce at as early a date as additional\ni supplies can be got in, and it is tho\n| intention of tho company to begin\nshipping in the near future.\nNow Goin ft on In the IJlBtrlot.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Souio of\nThem Witt Employ Largo Faroes Early\nThis Spring.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDSupplies Ileitis Take\" Up,\nCabins Being Unlit, Work Planned and\nLaid Out.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Untiugh Work in Sight To\nMuko Thin ii Busy Camp Next Season,\n-Oro Shipments,-New striken, Etc.\nLoile Star Group.\nThe Lode Ssar gronp of six claims,\ntho Silver Bow, Silver a Spray, Mountain View, Royal Clipper, Lode Star\nand Liverpool, is located about ono\nmile southwest of Hall creek and five\nfrom the point at which tho creek\nempties into/.ho \"iftKioan. There are\nthree tunnels now run on tho property,\nNo. 1 tunnel, 09 J feet, on tbe Silver\nBow, No. 2, TO foot, on the Silver\nSpray and No. .'{tunnel which is now\nin 76 feet on the Lode Star giving a\ndepth of -10 feet and which is the one\nwhich the owners, the Lodestar Gold\nMining and Development Co., of Liverpool and Kaslo, will work during the\ncoming season, it has already cut a\nthirteen foot lead of concentrating\nsilver-lead ore, giving values at different depths of from $58 to $180. There\nhas also been some drifting done both\nways to further prospect tho lead.\nTwo cabins have been built at a cost\nof $600, giving accommodation for 40\nmen.\nThe Lodestar group adjoins the\nBannockburn and is opposite the Abbott and its close contiguity to these\ngroups affords a strong assurance of\nthe very promising nature of the\nproperty. A wagon road runs within\n1000 feet of it and the railroad will\ncome within four miles. There is\nsplendid water power within 50 feet of\ntho present workings. The lead,\nwhich is sixteen feet wido on tho surface has been traced over 0000 fcet,\nIt runs east-south-cast by west,northwest. Ton or twelve men, perhaps\nmore, will bo put on to work next\nseason- when .the claim will be crown\ngranted and a shipment if only of a\nsmelter test will be made. With cartful management good results may confidently be expected from this property, and under tlie supervision of Mr.\nS. S, Connauton of Kasio, the manager,\nthe EAGLE has very little hesitation in\nsaying that tho Lodestar has every\nprospect of turning out one of the\nbanner mines of this wonderful district.\nTlie Old Gold Quart* and IMuucr Mining\nCo., or Roislaml, B.C.\nThis company owns two groups of\nclaims, one of which is situate in the\nNelson division, while tho Silver Queen\nand Silver King is situated on tho\nlittle west fork of tho Duncan river in\nthe Trout Lake division, about 12 miles\nnorth of Ferguson by road and trail,;\nand live miles cast of Circle City. Tho\nSilver Queen and Silver King are exceptionally promising claims. There\naro three leads passing through this\nproperty, two of which aro of great\npromise. One lead has over 300 feet\nof work done on it, two tunnels being\ndriven. No. 1 is being driven on the\nSilver King and No. 2 tunnel on the\nSilver Queen, in the face of No. 2\ntunnel some three feet of high grade\nconcentrating oro is exposed and along\nthe side of and on tho foot wall theft\nis eight inches of clear grey copper,\nore which assays as high as $2,000 In\nsilver and -fil in gold per ton. There is\nnow considerable ore in sight on this\nproperty. The results of two smelter\ntests from ore taken from near the\nsurface gave values of $120.SO and\n$132.40 per ton. The property is now\nwell equipped with buildings necessary\nfor the miners' supplies, with the\nnecessary trails leading up to the\ndifferent workings, etc. The developments so far havo been very satisfactory to Iho management, and they intend Increasing the working force and\ncompleting the necessary arrangements for commencing shipments just\nas soon as tho season will permit.\nThe IMmroBo Uroup.\nThis group consists of seven claims,\nand is located on the little west fork\nof tho Duncan. Development operations now being pushed in two tunnels\nhave exposed a large body of high\ngrade ore, smelter returns of which\ngive values of over $;t00 per ton. Assays .range from *i!2-\") to $1,400, with\nfrom 20 to 211 por cent, copper. Already over 600 foot of work has been\ncompleted. There is nearly 500 feet\nof ore in sight in depth on this prop-\nTin* Towner,\nTbe Towsor is now working 22 men.\nThey have started to sink on tbe oro,\nwhere It is hoped that clean shipping\nore will be strue.k. Tho bonders, by\nthe number of men working, must\nhave great faith in these, claims, which\nadjoin the Silver Cup and Sunshine.\nA report has just reached us that six\ninches of clean shipping high grade\nore was exposed yesterday, which we\nhope to cowttrm next issue.\nUmpire Group.\nExtensive work will bu commenced\nif possiblo next month on a 200-foot\ntunnel to cross-cut two leads and to tap\ntho main load at a depth of 150 feet,\non this well known group by tho new\nproprietors. Supplies are already on\nthe ground. This will add another\nshipper to the list. The Empire group\nis 10 miles from Ferguson on the head\nof Cariboo creek, which flows into the\nDuncan.\nIdle Hour Group.\n-J. C. Kirkpatrick and W. H. Howard\nreturned last night from tho Idle Hour\ngroup, situate back of the Nettie L.\nThey have completed their cabin and\nblacksmith shop. Supplies have been\ntaken in and preparations aro boing\nmade to drive a ]00-foot tunnel on the\nlead. The Idle Hour carries concentrating galena, and gold values.\nThe lllucb Diamond.\nThe Silver Tip Mining Co., who are\nworking the well known Black Diamond, intend to renew work on their\ntunnel and expect to strike the ore\nwithin a fow feet of where they left off\nat, and work in, continuing'-develop-\nment. Tho surface showings carry\ngold, silver and copper.\nThe Centre Star.\nThe Centre Star Mining Co., of\nWest Superior, are making arrangements for tho development of their\nproperty. Tt is their intention to commence work as soon as supplies, which\nwill be bought here, can be taken up.\nGold Bug.\nJ. Livingstone is working on this\nclaim, and is now within a few feet of\nthe lodge. He is getting some galena\n-ith copper, indicating that it is likely to be struck at any timo.\nThe Nettle L.\nW. U. Pool and A. H. Holdtoh left\nTuesday morning to superintend the\nshipment of 100 tons of Nettie L ore\nfrom the Landing to Trail.\nAbbott Group.\nThe owners of tho Abbott group intend doing extensive work this season,\nbosides having them surveyed.\nThe Silver Cup.\nSome 20 men are at work on this\nproperty. Nearly 200 tons of oro is being shipped to Trail.\nPittsburg.\nII. Breeley and Dan. Williams intond\ndriving a tunnel on the Pittsburg, on\nthe Nettie L hill.\nKlght-Mlln.\nCapt. Davey is doing assessment\nwork on the Eight-Mile claims, known\nas the townsite.\nPreparing for Spring,\nJ. Laughton is thoroughly renovating the interior of tho Hotel Lardeau,\nand has a lot of new furnishings on tho\nway in. Tho third floor is also boing\nconverted into a dozen or more comfortable bed rooms. Tho lumber for\nan addition on tho west side of the\nmain building, to be used as a bar\nDoom, is being hauled and driod. Mr.\nLaughton will have everything in\nshapo for the early spring trade, which\nis very likely to bo brisk. He is also\nendeavoring to get an A 1 chef to look\nafter tlhe cuisine department.\nA Station and Agent Needed.\nFerguson business men aro jointly\ncorresponding with Hewitt Hostock,\nurging upon him the groat necessity\nof the Kootenay Lumber Co. building ^\na floating freight shed at Thomson's\nLanding, and placing an agent in\ncharge. Mr Mostock writes vory favorably ami the chances are jjj will\nmaterialize.\n...........|. THE FERGUSON EAGLE, FERGUSON, B. C, FEBRUARY li 1900.\nTHE FERGUSON EAGLE\nPublished every Wednesday morning at the\noffice of publication, Ferguson, B. C., by\nm. P. PBTTIPIBOH.\nAdvertising Rates: Display ads, 81.60 per\neolumu Inch; W.00 per inch when inserted on\ntitle page. Legal ads, 10c per (uonpariel) line for\nnrstiniertlon; 5c for each additional insertion.\nRaading notices 10c per line each issue. Birth,\nIfarrlttKe and Death notices free. *\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nSubscription Rates: By mail or carrier. M.00\nper annum; 91,00 for six months, No pay, no\npaper; stopped at expiration.\nJob Department: Thk Eaolb Job Department\nis well equipped, and Is prepared to execute all\nkindB of printing at honest prices. Mall orders\npromptly attended to. Give us a trial on your\nnext order.\nTo Correspondent:*: Tuk Kaulk Invites cor-\nrespondent's on any subject of interest to the\ngeneral public, and desires a reliable regular cot-\nrespondent in every locality surrounding Ferguson. The hona tide name of the writer must accompany manuscript.\nAddress all communications to\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nTHE FERGUSON EAGLE.\nFerguson, B. C.\nWEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14,1900.\nOIK SONS.\nWe're a pore un'appy Heinpire, an' we\n'aven't gort no friends;\nIf we wins, thenytions 'opes the news\nain't true;\nIf we're beat, they all yoonite tor re-\nmawk it serves us right,\nAn' they wish we'd copped it 'otter,\nso they dew.\nThey draws\"piekshurs of us, trustin'tor\nter get ar dander up,\nA thing they is pertie'lar 'andy at,\nAn' sarcawst'ic observyshuns they is\nstrong on, is them nytions;\nBut\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDyuss\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDthev mostly lets it stop at\nthat.\nWe're n pore un'appy Hempire.an'we\n'aven't gort no friends,\nBut wo 'as some near relitions 'ere an\nthere;\nThey mye sini a quiet crew when theer's\nnutthink much ter dew,\nBut they're up as soon as lightin's in\nthe air.\nWe don't receive no complimints from\nfurriners an' sicli,\nAn' the biddin' fur ar livor's rawther\nflat;\nBut though we've gort no friends,we've.\nour sons tor mike amends,\nAnd we're jollv glad ter let it stop at\nthat.\nA pore un'appy Hompire? Nort a bit\nof it, we ain't\nWhile the tie 'twixt son an' father\nnever fails;\nArt o' Canarder they come ter the rol-\nlin' of the drum,\nAn' the bugle calls the men of Noo\nSarth Wales\nIt's solid 'elp an' welcome, an' yer bet\nwe know its worth;\nWhen site at 'ome yer soldiers might\n'avepat,\nWhen war was on the bill, yer gave us\nver goodwill\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nYer \"did, an' didn't let it stop at that.\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDBarry Paine.\nDON'T LIKE FOREIGNERS.\nEvery white man's paper in the\nProvince has come ont flat-footed\nagainst the mine managers in their\nefforts to import aliens to work in the\nmines of the Slocan. Here is a broad-\naid* from the Nelson Economist that\nhas the right ring to it: ' 'If British\nsubjects feel that they are justified\nunder existing conditions in accepting employment at the Payne mine,\nthey must be protected. Bnt should\nIt transpire, as is alleged in some\nquarters, that the manager of the\nPayne has imported Swedes, Italians,\nBoers and other foreigners who have\nno further interest in the country\nthan acquiring the wealth which is\nthe heritage of British subjects, the\nGovernment will be justified in\nbringing up with a sharp curve the\nman who would so far forget his obligation to British Columbia as> to attempt such a thing. The Economist\nhas always contended that the mine-\nowners have been unfairly dealt with\nand it still maintains that tbe mining\nlegist ation of last session was uncal led\nfor and discriminated against a class\nof men who had already done and\nwe're still doing a vast amount of\ngood in opening up the resources of\ntbe country, bnt it cannot and will\nnot endorse the importation of\nforeigners to absorb the labor and\nprofit that rightly belongs to bona\nfide British subjects.\"\nhave not confidence enough in our-\nsel ves as Canadians. We are looking\nto the United States, to the Washing-\ntons, Webeters, and Lincoln*, and\nseeing in these names the elements\nof greatness, forgetting that on Canadian soil we have their equals iu\nthe Browns, Baldwins, Blakes and\nMowats of the present day. Let us\ndisplay our loyalty to our own men.\nWe th'ink of the great expanse of the\nUnited States, forgetting we have a\nstill greater expanse. We talk of\nthe constitutional development of\nEngland, forgetting that we have\nmade even greater development constitutionally than England. There\nis no land more free, there are no institutions more stable, no people more\nintelligent than ours.\"\nTHE KKtHT-HOIIR LAW.\nNew Denver Ledge\nOutside of the tw:> Association\norgans in Kootenay, one at Nelson\nand one at Sandon, and the literary\nchameleon at Kaslo, the newspapers\nof the Province are unanimous in declaring that the eight-hour law is\nhere to 3tay, so far as the people and\nParliament are concerned. True,\nsome have criticised the advisability\nof thrusting the law upon us at the\npresent stage of development, and\nthe limiting of the law to one class of\nworkmen, but none have opposed the\nprinciple ot the law nor the law itself.\nPolitically the law has no opponents. The Liberal party has come\nout strongly in favor of it, and the\nLiberal-Conservative party has done\nlikewise. The leaders of both have\nnever lost an opportunity to speak\nfavorably of the law. It has even\nbeen suggested that the law should be\nmade to apply to other branches.\nSpeaking on the subject the Vancouver News-Advertiser says: \"The\nminers rightly say, that it they are\nto be considered as mere animalB or\nmachines, needing neither books nor\nrecreation, and ready to spend the\nwhole of their working lives either\nin a mine or a bunkhouse, then it\nmatters not how long their hours of\nwork may be. But if the contrary\nbe the case\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDas certainly it is\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDoar\nminers ought instead to be regarded\nas human beings of ordinary sensibilities, and able to read and think,\nand appreciate also the ordinary\ngood things of this life. Under such\ncircumstances, the passing of eight\nhoars ot each working day beneath\nthe ground, under dangerous and unhealthy conditions, including tho\npresence and endurance of foal air\nand noxious gasses, may reasonably\nbe considered something like an ordinary maximum of proper employment for a metal or other miner.\nSuch a term of work, moreover, approximates to the standard day ot\nmining labor in most parts of the\nEnglish-speaking world, and only\nleaves the man who is thus employed\na reasonable margin for the partaking of meals, the necessary cleaning\nand attention to clothes and person,\nand the enjoyment of a not undue\namount of recreation and rest, other\nthan sleep. In fact, to put the matter\nplainiy, and as we believe correctly,\nthe gist ot the dispute between masters and men in the Slocan country\nlies not so much as to hours of work,\nbut rather concerns rates of remuneration and amount of recognition of\nthe conditions of organized labor.\nAn eight-hours' day limit for labor\nthat is hard and continuous is in fact\nbecoming so generally recognized\nThe Pioneer\nLivery, Feed\nand Sale Stables\nThomsons Landing,\nTrout Lake City,\nFerguson,\nTen Mile.\nGeneral\nFreighters\nto all points in the\nDistrict. Light\nrigs for quick trips\nprovided. Saddle\nhorses at all stables.\nThe traveling public accommodated at\nanytime of the day\nor night. For any\nfurther particulars,\nfreighting rates, etc.\nCraig & Hillman,\nTHOMSON'S LANDING, B. C.\nThe Labor\nTrouble in the\nSlocan\nis still unsettled, and\nall lovers of British\nfair play are requested\nto keep away until\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDelded. Due uutioo\nwill be given when\nthe time comes.\nSHiVERTON, SANDON\n& NEW DENVER MINERS' UNION.\nFebruary 1st, 1900.\nthroughout not only the British Empire, bat also in the English-speaking\nworld, that it has become exceedingly difficult\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDnay, almost impossible\n-for any popularly elected legislative body to recede from a position\nonce taken up by it in statutory\nrecognition of such a working day.\"\nIn the British navy there are 150 vessels that have been in service at least 25\nyears. \t\nThe\nFerguson\nEagle\nPublished at the office, Victoria\nAve., Ferguson, B, O, every\nWednesday.\nAuthentic\nmining flerjus\nof the Liafdeau\nand Tt\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDoat Iiake\nDistricts\nwill be its mission, and\nthe interests of these\ndistricts will be its sole\nduty first, last and al\nways. Properties now\nbeing operated will be\nvisited and accurate reports of development\ngiven. Being published\nright in the centre of\nthe present activity it\nwill prove a valuable\nmedium to advertisers,\nThe Eagle will grow as\nfast as the promising\ndistrict in which it is\npublished.\nSubscription,\n$2.00 per annum\n\"No pay, no paper.\"\nWill be sent to five addresses tor $7.50. Old\ncountrv subscriptions,\n13.00.' Help the district,\nhelp the publisher, help\nyourself.\nCommercial\nJob Printing\nOf every description executed on shortest notice\nat moderate prices.\nMail orders solicited.\nAddress\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nTHE FERGUSON EAGLE,\nFerguson, B.C.\nTlhe Double Eagle <\nMieSeg & Development Co.\nLimited.\nCapital, $1,000,000, in $1 shares.\n4oo,ooo in the Treasury.\nFirst Block of Treasury Shares now\non the market for a limited time\nat 10 GENTS.\nDIRECTORS:\nWM. F. COCHRANE,\nManager the Cochrane Ranch, Limited, Macleod.\nJOHN J. YOUNG,\nManaging Director of The Herald, Calgary.\nW, B. POOL, President Great Western Mines, Limited. Ferguson and Revelstoke.\nJ. D. GRAHAM,\nGold Commissioner, Atlin, BC\nF. W. GODSAL,\nRancher, Pincher Creek\nGEO, S. McCARTER,\nSolicitor, Revelstoke\nW. M. BROWN, Proprietor St Leon Hot Springs, Revelstoke.\nThe Double Eagle Company has been formed for the purpose, not only\nof mining its present properties, but of acquiring promising claims and developing them to an extent that will justify their sale to English and other\ncompanies at a profit. The company already owns and has paid for in fall,\nthe Trilby and Old Saul properties in the famous Fish River district, and a\nthree-quarters interest in the May Bee mine, in tbe Lardeau district one and\na half miles from Ferguson. Sufficient promoter's shares have been set aside\nfor the purchase of the remaining quarter.\nThe May Bee is the sister claim to the now famous Nettie L, which has\nbroken all records in British Columbia for large bodies of phenomenally\nrich ore. The May Bee and Nettie L were located together in 1892 by\nMr. W. B. Pool (who has been appointed manager ot the Doable Eagle Co.)\nBoth claims carry identically the same rich ore on the surface and the same\nremarkable ledge runs through both, carrying high values in gold, copper,\nsilver and lead. The promoters have already spent $4,000 in developing\nthe May Bee, with excellent results, and in order to place the mine quickly\non a shipping basis the company now offers the public the opportunity of investing to a limited extent in fully paid and non-assessable treasury shares\n(par value $1) at 10 cents each.\nShares will be sold in blocks of 100\nand upwards.\nThe company reserves the right to withdraw the sale of shares from the market atany time\nwithout notice. Application* may be sent to the Secretary,\nA. H. HOLDICH, Revelstoke.\nOr to JNO. J. YOUNG, Herald Block, Calgary.\nEx-Empress Eugenie is a victim of the\ntea habit. She is said to drink thirty or\nforty eups a day. .\nSMOKE CIGARS\nAnd at all times insist on the\nbox bearing the blub label\nIt helps manufacturers to see the\nforce of paying fair and honest wages\nNelson \"Iigar Makers' Union,\nStaple Stationery\nLetter and Note Pads,\nEnvelopes, Blotters,\nPens, Pencils, Ink,\nBlank forms, Etc., for\nsale at moderate prices\nat the office of\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\n<< The Eagle\"\nVictoria Avenue.\nI\nCANADA AND CANADIANS.\nHon. G. W. Robs, premier ot On\ntario, in a recent speech made at\nWhitby, Ont.. gave some very good\nadvice to Canadians. \"We want to\nfeel more and more the growing responsibility upon us,\" said he, \"the\ngrowing responsibilities upon the Dominion of Canada. We must rise to a\nconception of the magnitude of our\nposition as Canadians. Canada as\nowner of half a continent is destined\nto have a future, the brilliancy of\nwhich and the success of wh'ch no\none can anticipate. Why, at the beginning of this century the population or the United States was only\n6,000; 000. Scarcel y a hundred years\nhave flown away, and today their\npopulation Is estimated at 75,000,000.\nIn 20, 30, or 40 years what will the\npopulation of Canada be? It will be\nJust what our energy in developing\nthe latent rewurces of the country,\niu encouraging settlement and In improving the social condition of the\npeople will make It We have not\nenough confidence In ourselves. We\n* Ca\"vc**i*r\nJ srVrro*,\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD L'Trtt AuAttmr\nj ftarmtno\nJ6t*r* Hi******\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDUtrts /e\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD**r\nf 3t*f* torn*****\n10 040 Got o\nIt Ptumttait\nIt Statu mat\"\ntg fit* tint\n14- M**M\n1% AiQfiv*\nli SitVfH Tir\nIS kuMTI* ft '\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD 9 Bi'tt Ot\"*\nlO GtlMHOt\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Oturmrt\n?t tut** fo\"*\n|a SuirfH tJc./N\nil Gf.t'f Nmnrmt**\n84 0*o**i\"l*r\nTt $* /\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD**\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\n7) 1MMM\nt\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD * a i\nI, Ntrrtt I\nJt rfMll\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDI \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDtte* 004\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD*\nSi Ottvrfrr\nJ< Omver\njl Goto But\nIf XnflMii\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Unie\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDJ*n\nst TtWrtVI\n47 JttVt* tV*\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDI *J\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDeV .\nS\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD T*mti if*M\nit 4Vfl\"W#\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDa**\nit **\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD**\niiW*t~t*\n4*| Mt'i*\nU m-'imWt THE FEBGU80N EAQLfi FERGUSON, R C, FEBRUARY 14, 1900.\n1\nFERGUSON,TheC\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDntre of the LARDEAU NINES1\n8!\nThe Sandon of the Lardeau. The destination of both the Canadian Pacific and Kaslo & iLardo-Duncan Railways, which will provide the long-looked-for\ntransportation for ore to places of treatment. High Grade Ores, silver, lead and gold, now being shipped, even under present conditions, at a handsome profit\nby a few companies operating. Conveniently situated on an ideal bench at the forks of the North and South Lardeau. All the roads from the manv developing\nclaims and working mines lead to Ferguson. Plenty of timber and abundant water power. Capitalists come straight through to Ferguson, put up at the com\nfortable hotels and from there walk to personally inspect prospective purchases. The miners come down the hill into Ferguson to get their supplies.\nLots in Fer-\n18\n18\nI\nOver 100 men\nnow working\nunderground\nand many\nmore will be\nin a short\ntime.\nNo labor\ntrouble\non in the\nLardeau or\nTrout Lake\nMining Divisions. Blest\nwith practical men, bona\nfide mining\nc o m p a nies.\nPlenty of\nroom for legitimate investment.\n18\nThe starting point for all mining operations on the North and South Forks of the Lardeau River,\nand many have purchased lots with a view to establishing businesses of various kinds as soon as the Jcoming season properly opens up.\ngardening. Special inducements offered and a splendid field and opportunity for manufacturers.\nFor further information, apply to\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nguson are going steadily\nthrough the\nquietest time\nof year.\nFerguson is\nthe natural\nand commercial centre of\nthe Lardeau\nil and will be\ni the head-\nit\nquarters for\n\i\n'\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD wholesale\n; houses, corporations and\nbanking institutions.\nThe mines'\ndirect supply\npoint.\nFerguson is well represented with business houses, hotels, etc.\nAn Al location for market\n18\n18\n18\n18\n8\n18\n18\nW. N. Brayton,\nOeneral Agent.\nHenry Floyd, ft\nI AA\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD1 4~._ or \"N\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\n13,200,000 in value.\nCANADIAN\nPACIFIC RY.\nAND STEAMSHIP LINE\nf NO SOO-PACIFIC ROUTE.\nThe only direct route from\nKeotenay entry\nto all points East & West\nFirst-class Sleepers on all trains from\nRevelstoke and Kootenay Landing.\nTourist Cars pass Revelstoke Daily\nfor St. Paul; Tuesdays and Saturdays for Toronto; Thursdays for\nMontreal and Boston. Same cara\npass Medicine Hat one day later.\nDaily train to Arrowhead from Revelstoke on main line. Daily steamer connecting for all Kootenay\npoints and Crows Nest branch.\nFor Boundary country via Robson,\nleave Arrowhead daily except\nSaturday.\nFor rates and full Information address nearest local agent or\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nJOB MeOREERT,\nArt Arrowhead.\n'* F. Anderson,\nT. P. A., Nelaon.\nW. BKADSBAW.\nAgtRenletoke.\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD. J. COTLK,\nA. a. P. A\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDt, Vancouver\ni N\n' i\nTHE FERGUSON EAGLE, FERGUSON, B. C, FEBRUARY 14, litOO.\nTHE LOCAL FIELD.\nSt. Valentine's day.\nCold and clear\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD8 below.\nA public hall is to be ereoted in town.\nW. Innis of the Towser, spent yesterday in town.\nFerguson needs a public school, and\nis entitled to one.\nMiss K. Edwards of liatho iV Co., is\nineonvaloseont.\nA laundry would do a land office\nbusiness in this nuclous.\nThere would be a small fortune in a\ngood market 'garden here next season.\nIt. C. Scott intends erecting another\nhouso Immediately lumber is available.\nA. E. Klnoalde was down from the\nNettie L a oouple of days ago. He\nBuys \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD' I tell you she's a bird.\"\nG. B. McGregor of tho Silver Cup,\ndropped down yesterday and arranged\nto havo the Eagle fly his way for one\nyear.\nLew Thompson and Harry Carter\nCarter are about to have their ranch\neurvoyed, at Circle City by A. P.\nCummins.\nFred. Desjardin, with three men.\nstarted in cutting wood for the local\nmarket this morning, down near tho\nsaw mill.\nMessrs. McKinnon & Sutherland intend building an addition, .M.vM), to\ntheir already large store, as soon as\nthey can get lumber.\n\"The Imperial Automatic Voting\nMachine\" may be used hereafter at\nmunicipal elections in this province.\nNo more spoiled ballots.\nTho Eagle man on the wing purposes paying a visit to every working\nmine in the district aB soon as possible.\nYou know the rest.\nThe Hotel Ferguson is putting in\ntheir ice supply. Tho ice is good, the\nfrost having come before the snow last\nfall. S. Daney is hauling it.\nLord Roberts has succeeded General\nBoiler in command at Modder river.\nGreat snap for the innumerable fireside\n\"critics\" and \"war experts.\"\n.A letter received from tbe Slocan\nlast night says tho labor trouble is now\npractically settled, and the mines are\nhiring utilou miners by the score.\nTho Arm is likely to be kept open all\nwinter. The'-big C H. R. boats are\ncoming in regularly for oro from the\nNettie L. Silver Cop and Beatrice.\nA. H. Holdich, assayer, and secretary of the Great Western Mines, will\nmovo to this placo ' in the spring, as\nwill also the offices of the company.\n.lust imagine getting \"fresh war\nnews\" in a weekly paper. The war of\nlife and activity'in'this great and\nglorious climate is all the Eagle can\nscan.\nP. Burns & Co., who controls the\nfresh meat business of the Kootenays,\nhave lowered their prices in Rossland.\nMay the good work bo brought nearer\nhome,\nTlin Kootenay Mall has blossomed\nout as a semi-weekly published on\nTuesdays and Fridays, while tho Her-\nale has adopted the same days of publication.\nThere is plenty of wood around this\nmetropolis, spruce, fir, tamarack and\ncedar, and all that is necessary to\npossess it'is^o outlt. But there's the\nsticker.\nService will lw hold noxt Sunday at\n3 p. m, in tho Lardeau hotel hall, by\nJ. E. Fleming. Do the right thing\nboys, and turn out. Encourage homo\nindustry.\nJ. E. Pleming, Methodist pastor at\nTrout Lake City, was in town yesterday. Forguson will havo regular services as soon aa a meeting placo 'is\navailable.\nFegiison will at least have ono representative in South Africa. Murdie\nMcRae wa9 accepted and left Revelstoke with Strathcona's horse contingent on Friday last enrouto.\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDIf you intend to do work of any\ndescription on any property in this\ndistrict this season, let the Eagle\nknow of it. This is the kind of information that counts with the invosting\npublic.\nW. N. Brayton, general agent for\nthe Ferguson townsite, will be hero In\na fow days. He will likely make some\narrangements for the saw mill to start\nup at once, so as to supply the local\ndemand for lumber.\nGold Commissioner Coursier says that\nif he gets tho appropriation ho has\nasked for from the government this\ndistrict will soon be given more trails\nand bettor roads. The EAGLE sincerely hopes he will make it stick.\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDFerguson offers special advantages\nand good reasons for the early establishment of reduction works, concentrators, smelters and manufactories of\nalmost any nature. It Is centrally\nlocated, good sites and there is unlimited water power.\nThrough the enterprise of the rustling general townsite agent, W. N.\nBrayton, the Eagle will produce some\ngood \"cuts\" of local scenes in its next\nissue, tho 21st. The Eagle had hoped\nto do so this Issue, but the cuts have\nnot arrived from the engravers.\nWm. Glenn is busy 'rawhlding ore\ndown the hill, from the Nettle L. He\nhas some exciting experiences at times,\nhis mules occasionally taking to standing on their heads by the wayside.\nSouth African kopjes are sure not in it\nwith some of these rawhide shortcuts.\n,T. W. Westfall, manager for several\ngood live mining companies which are\noperating on properties near here, of\nTrout Lake'City,was in town yesterday,\nand did an annual assessment on the\nEAGLE for himself and others. Mr.\nWestfall will make Ferguson his headquarters this season.\nMessrs. Batho & Co. have added\nconsiderable to the .convenience of\nthoir store during the past week, tho\npost orhce receiving special attention.\nAdditional shelving and other changes\nhave been made for the purpose of giy-\nIng their goods a better display. R. C.\nScott was the wood artist.\n.. SALUTATORY.\nIn making its bow to the residents\nof the Lardonu und the public generally, tho EAOLE by no moans feels\ncalled upon to otter any apology for its\ndebut in the journalistic field of British\nColumbia. The town of Ferguson and\nthe Important mining camps around it,\nnorth, south, east and west havo now\nreached a stage of development, at\nwhich the establishment of a newspaper to bring the doings of tho district from week to wcok before the\nnotice of tho outside world has become\nan imperative necessity. Without at\nall aiming to create a boom or stam-\npedo, the Eagle fuols confident that\nthe mere record and description of\nmining development and mining\nproperties in this rich camp cannot\nfail to have a stimulating effect on the\nprogress of the Lardeau. The camp\nhas suffered as much from tho fact that\nit has never been half advertised as\nfrom anything else. This defect the\nEAGLE proposes to tho best of its\nability to rectify.\nLast year saw this district take a\nconsiderable i stride. This year will\ninevitably witness another groat advance. With tho arrival of tho iron\nhorse next suniraur the great natural\nhindrance, which has hitherto kept\nthe Lardeau back from progress and\ndevelopment\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDits inaccessibility\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDwill\nbe once and for ever romoved and then\na groat chango will come over the\nscene. At least from 25 to 30 properties will be shipping ore from the very\nstart off, a number which will bo indefinitely increased with tho rapid development of other promising claims and\nthe influx of capital, which will speedily follow the advent of tho cars. The\nhistory of Rossland and tho Slocan\nwill repeat itself in the Lardeau.\nBusiness activities of all kinds will\nspring up to supply the demand from\nthe mines, a big pay roll will rapidly\nroll up and property will establish\nitself on a solid and paying basis. The\nbusiness, distributing aud railway\ncentre of all this life and activity will\nbe without a doubt Forguson.\nA glance at any map of this groat\ndistrict will bo quito sufficient to convince tho most unobservant of the faith\nof this last statement. Situated as\nFerguson is at the junction of tlie\nnorth and south fork of the Lardeau,\nou tho 'Only flat extensive enough to\ncontain a large town for miles around\nand holding the key to the principal\nmining camps in every direction tho\ntown of Ferguson holdB a unique and\ncommauding position in the Lardeau\ndistrict, to which no other placo can\noven protend. Tho principal properties of the district can in fact only bo\nreachod by passing through Ferguson.\nThe miners', though not the official\nLardeau, extends from Fish river on\nthe northwest to Haley creek ou tho\nsoutheast and from Trout lake to the\nDuncan river. Its earliest located,\nbest known and most promising properties are situated on the north and\nsouth forks of the Lardeau river; Ferguson right at the forks. With railways, as there soon will be, centering\nright at Ferguson, as a terminal and\ndivisional point and branching off\nTrom there up both the forks of the\nriver the great volume of the business\nof the district must necessarily pass\nthrough the hands of Ferguson merchants. It cannot be diverted from\nthem. It cannot therefore be successfully contested but that Ferguson\noffers to every kind of business enterprise at the paesent date an opening\nwithout a parallel In the province.\nThese facilities and advantages of\nthe present and near future it will be\nthe aim and object of the Eagle to\nkeep steadily before the public eye.\nOnr mining news it will over bo our\nprinciple to keep reliable and up to\ndato. All the very latest happenings\nof tho camp will be found in our columns. Tho Eagle will constitute itself a guide to the intonding investor\nwhether in mining or other business\nand will constantly furnish to capital\nan ui:l-npcachnblo advertisement,\nbased ou a strict record of facts alone,\nof the extraordinary mineral wealth of\nthis wonderful camp. Politics we\nshall eschew. Our polities aro the\nadvancement of the Lardeau. Any\none, politician or otherwise, who proposes to further this end will have onr\nsupport. Any one who opposes or\nthwarts it will find in the Eagle a\ndetermined opponent. This is our\nprogramme and with its announcement the Eagle takes off its hat and\nmakes its bow with Vol. I. No. I.\nIWSIXBSS METHODS REQUIRED\nMoney Must Be Expended .Before A\nKcvcniic Will Accrue.\nMining companies invest money in\nundeveloped properties before thoy can\npossibly get results. Tho provincial\ngovernment has so far done the very\nopposite, in the matter of trail building\nin this vicinity at any rate. Up the\nnorth fork of the Lardeau crook there\naro dozens of claims sufficiently developed to prove that they arc worth more\nthan as3essinont work ; but tho owners\nare waiting for some means of getting\nsupplies into them, other than upon\ntheir backs. The railway would not\nrun a spur to them at the present stage\nof the game, But a trail good enough\nfor a mule to navigate upon would.\nTheso trails must be provided before\nthe government can hope to receive a\ncent in return, outside of licenses, certificates, etc. The money so expended\nwould all go eventually into actually\nopening up properties, as the men who\nwould do the trail building havo their\nall in the ground, and are only too\npleased to get an opportunity to earn\na .little ready cash to buy supplies\nwith. Its all very nice for those in\ncommand at Victoria to sot up a howl\nabout the wasto'l ei incy already spent\nin this largo and scattered district.\nTho Eagle can witness some very\nstriking incidences, without flying\nvory far. But It doesn't help the case\nany. The present otherwise progressive government should do something\nmore In legitimate trail building and\nrepairing, and less haphazard patch\nwork, at an early date. As is tho case\nin any businoss, money must bo judiciously expended before money can be\nmade.\nMoney Order Office for Ferguson.\nIn response to a petition signed by\nthe business men of Forguson asking\nthat a money order oflice be established\nhere, the following reply has boen\nreceived :\nPost Office Injector's Office.\nVancouver, B. C, Jan. 29tli, 1900.\nGentlemen: With reference to your petition\nof tin- HAth in\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDt., uskiiiK Mm, the poM office at\nFerguson lie constitute! a money order office,\nI beg to say that the mutter will without .delay\nbelaid tiefore tho Postmaster General for Ills\nconslderotlon.\nYours truly,\nW.II.Donnan,\nPost Office Inspector.\nFerguson Is entitled to this convenience, and 1b also pleased with Inspector\nDorman's prompt action.\nT. A. Wilson, M. D.\n'PHYSICIAN AXI) BHBGEOS)\nFerguson, B. C.\nFred C. Elliott,\nBABltlSTEIt, NOTARY I'UuLIC,ETC.,\nTROUT LAKE CITY B.C., AND\nFerguson, B. C.\nHarvey, McCarter tf Pinkham\nBARRISTERS, SOLICITOUS, ETC,\nOFFICES: REVELSTOKE AND GOLDEN'.\nSolicitors for Imperial Hank of Caunila.\nGeo. S. McCarter. J. A. Harvey.\nA.M. I'lnlthnm,\nWhite, Cwillim e? Scott,\nBARRISTERS, SOLICITOUS, ETC.\nOFFICES: McKEXZIE AVENUE,\nRevelstoke, B. C.\nWe Can Outfit Yon\nWith Everything\nrequired in this district. Prospector, minor, capitalist, expert,\nlaborer; it matters not, We can supply you, in any quantity, and aa\nwo already do nearly all the local supplying, it evidences the fact\nthat our goods, prices and treatment la right. We successfully\ncompete with largo outside firms.; we buy direct from tho manufacturers in largo lots at close cash prices, and can sell you a\ncorapleto outfit, car.efi.lly packed, and ready for pack-horse transportation to any part'r* the district. When yon reach Ferguson\nportation to any par\ndon't overlook.these.f icts,\nGENERAL MERCHANTS AXI) OITFiTTKHH.\nMcKinnon & Sutherland,\nA- E. Holdich, Esq.,\nASSAYER AND ANALYTICAL CHEMIST,\nRevelstoke, B. C.\nOur [Natural Ciflnr Supply Point.\nMessrs. Sims it Co., of tho Kootenay\nCigar Manufacturing Co., Nelson, B.C.,\nare reaching out for a share of the\ncigar business in this camp, as will be\nseen from their ad. in the EAGLE.\nTheir cigars speak for themselves and\nin the interests of those who interest\nthemselves in our field, these cigars\nshould be called for and insisted upon\nby men of all classes in this district.\nHon. F. Carter-Cotton will visit this\nplaco at early spring. The EAGLE\nwould suggest to Messrs. Craig & Hill-\nman that \" Dycie \" be the driver from\nthe Landing on this occasion. And if\nthat road isn't corduroyed, drained and\ntho danger of constant mudslides and\nfalling trees overcome within one\nmonth, we miss our guesB.\nArrangemontB with tho telephone\nline here for daily despatches from the\noutside world wore being negotiated\nthis week, but for tho present it was\ndecided to wait awhile. Messrs. Kin-\nman & Currio havo tho lino in good\nshape, and Ferguson, Trout Lake City,\nThomson's Landing and Comaplix are\nnow listed as telegraph offices in the\nC. P. R. system.\nI\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nALL WORK GUARANTEED.\nFerguson Packing\nand Transfer Outfit\nHEADQUARTERS AT FERGUSON, B.C.\nContracts ontorod into for packing of\nMining Supplies, etc., to any point\nIn the district.\nGood, prompt service, and any work\nundertaken guaranteed.\nFreighting from Thomson's Landing\nto Ferguson a specialty.\nS. DANEY, Proprietor.\nH.J. Jackson,\nGeneral Blacksmith.\nPRACTICAL II0R8E 3IIOER.\nMINERS' WORK A SPECIALTY.\nFOR WEDDING OR FANCY\nCAKES\t\nDrop a lino to mo, or II von want\nBread in any quantity, let me know,\nand I'll quote prices fow enough to\nInterest you. Our WeddiliK Cake\nartist Is the beat ill B. 0. Address:\nA. N. SMITH.\nREVELSTOKE, B.C.\nEnterprise\nBeer \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD*\nMade by tho Enterprise Browing\nCo,, at Revelstoke, Ib keeping\nthe camp cheerful. When you\nwant the bost insist on \" Enterprise.\" All tbe leading hotels\nhandle it.\nENTERPRISE BREWING CO.,\nREVELSTOKE,, 10,\nNo danger of bush fires now\nBut you litul bettor communicate with the\nunilcrslKiic'l for rates, etc., of insurance \"f\n. your buildings, slock, etc. Forewarned is\nforearmed. Our ratosare, reasonable Bond\ntit once for particulars.\nFAYETTE BUKER,\nReal Estate, Loan and Insurance Aircnt,\niREVELSTOKE, B.C.\nMethodist Church,\nTROUT LAKE CITY, II. C.\nServices iu Forrester's Hall every Sunday at\n7::!0jt.]ii. Sunday School al:: p.m. Everybody\ncordially invited.\n.1. E. i'LEMINli.\nS. Shannon,\nAssayer and Analytical\nChemist.\nOFFICE: VICTORIA AVE., FERGUSON, B. C.\nFerguson Shaving\nParlor\t\nFRANK HOLDEN,\nTONSnlilAI. ARTIST\nAll brunches of the tonsorlal art executed with\nambidcxtcrious dexterity.\nHATH ROOM IN CONNECTION\nSend your white shirts\nwhere you can surety depend upon getting\nthem \" put up\" iu the beat possible style,\nand at a reasonable price. We will pay the\ncarriage to and from Arrowhead and do\nyour laundry at Revelstoke prices. Give\nus atrial. Wo believe we pan satisfy you\nIn carriage, price and work.\nREVELXTOIvE STEAM LACNDRY.\nTHE MATL SERVICE.\noutgoing mall leaves Pergu\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDon oflice every\nTuesday, Thursday nnil Saturday at 12 a.m.\nMail arriu's same evenings, until further\nnotice is given.\nGEO. B, BATHO, P.M,\nTHla SPACE HAH BEEN RESERVED\nFOR\nKINMAN & CURIUE,\nTELEPHONE LINE OPERATORS.\nThe Pioneer Store\nSTORES AT FERGUSON AND TEN-MILE.\nCummins & Co.\nHouse Painting\nand Decorating\nX\nPAPER HANDING AND SKIN\nWRITING\nCONTRACTS TAKEN, WITH OR\nWITHOUT MATERIAL\nONLY ONI! KIND OF WORK, THE\nYERY BEST.\nADDRESS\nHOTEL LARDEAU\nJ. Booth,\nThe s.s. lardeau\nLeaves Comaplix for Thomson's Landing\nat 8 a. m.\nLeaves Thomson'H Landing for Arrow-\nbead at 6:'H\nWINDSOR HOTEL\nMRS. S. O'CONNOR,\nPROPRIETRESS.\nIrTergusoii, B.tX\nEVERY CONVENIENCE FOR THE COMFORT OF GUESTS.\nTHE REST EQUIPPED HOTEL IN THE LARDEAU DISTRICT.\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDwwtwwwtwtwtimiiiiii.i\nRATES FROM 12.110 TO \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD.M) PER DAY.\n***\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDm\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD4\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDm\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nHotel Ferguson\n-\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD)\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD<\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD go H\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDm\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nf\nTHE PIONEER HOTEL OK THE LARDEAU,\nThe Bar is supplied with the best brands of\nWind', Liquors and Cigars\nHeadquarters for Mining and Coirtmercial Men.\nMates $2.00 a Day and upwards.\nFerguson Bros., Proprietors.\n<\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDtO\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDo\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDaw \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD*- m+***HHHW+\nif .^S^g^Si\nA large stock of aborted Wall\nPapers, embossed nnd ingrain,\nWith border and eelllngs to\nmatch, now selling at a vcrv\nlow llgure.\nl'AINTER, HOTEL LARDEAU,\nenem\nUNION MADE hg.\nThe Kootenay Cigar Mf.g Co., Mlso/i, B.C.\nSEE THAT THE BLUE I.AI1EL IS -ON EACH BOX,\ni"@en . 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