"10d365a3-3330-4d81-ae3b-32d16bddcf76"@en . "CONTENTdm"@en . "BC Historical Newspapers"@en . "2016-06-30"@en . "1901-11-02"@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/beaverdell/items/1.0083926/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " %M.\n/^^^^'^^^\nTHE WEST FORK NEWS.\n4&.\nVoi,. I. No. 7.\nBEAVERDELL, B,'C, NOVEMBER 2, 1901.\nPkr Year, $2.00\nGRANBY COMPANY CRITICIZED.\nThe Canadian Mining Review, published in Ottawa, contained an article some time ago criticising the Granby company, operating the Old Ironsides group of claimsin Green*\nwooil cunip, Boundary district, which was also published in\nsome of the coast daily papers. Mr. E. Jacobs of Greenwood, who is probably the best posted person in B. C: on\nthe mines of the Boundary district, has published a reply\nrefuting many of the statements made in the Mining Review, one of which was that the Granby company intended\nto increase their capitalisation from $15,000,000 to $20,000,-\n000. It appears that the company has no such intention.\nIn a paragraph of the criticism, and we believe the most\nimportant one, the Mining Review says: \"If, aa is currently believed by those in the best position to judge, the\naverage gross value of the ore treated does not exceed five\ndollars, it is doubtful if operations are not being carried on\nat a positive loss.\" To this Mr. Jacobs' reply is: \"Perhaps the most effective reply to this is contained in the fol.\nlowing'excerpt from a circular dated Auguat 12, sent to\nshareholders with their stock in the new consolidated company : ' Instead of striving to pay dividends before your\nproperty was fully developed, it has been the desire of your\ndirectors, and to this end every effort has been made, to\nequip and put the properties and plant in a thorough condition to earn and pa) dividenda regularly. We have been\nspending nearly $200,000 in new equipment during the\npresent summer, which will more than double our preaent\noutput andprofits. All of this sum we are taking out of\nthe ground, not having advanced one dollar for the past\nyear to do this work.' It Would seem that those in the 'best\nposition to judge'state most plainly that operations are\nreturning profits, thus directly contradicting the suggestion\nthat they 'are being carried on at a positive loss',.'\"\u00E2\u0080\u00A2'.\nPerhaps the best argumenta that could be used in reply\nto the criticisms of the Mining Review are that S.C.H.\nMiner, a practical business man, who is at the head of the\ncompany, is satisfied to continue operations in the mines\nand smelter; that the company, composed of men, who\nhave made fortunes in other lines of business, are apparently of the same opinion, and that whether'the ore is worth\n$5 or $10 a ton it is being mined, shipped and smelted every\nday and at a profit. It may be that the members of the\nGranby company are anxioua to throw money away in\nmining, but their records as business men would lead one\nto form an entirely different opinion of them.\ncountry they should register their claims. Especially ia\nthis true in the Mount Baker district, along the north\neastern part of Washington and in north weat Montana.\nThe last session of congress authorized on behalf of the\nUnited States government four parties, one consisting of\nofficers of the coaat and geodetic survey and of the geological aurvey, who were to devote their attention to the mining,\ndistricts mentioned, and three other parties ef the geological survey, who were to conduct a reconnaissance of the\nentire boundary from the plaina to the Pacific coast. For\nconvenience the stretch of 410 miles was divided into three\nnearly equal sections. The parties are still at work and no\ncomplete report will be made for some time yet.\nDC LA MAR LOSES CYANIDE SUIT.\nINTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY.\nThe survey of the boundary line between British Columbia. Alberta and Assiniboine on the one hand, and Waah-\nington, Idaho and Montana on the other, haa proceeded far\nenough to show that the old boundary line waa laid down\nWith subatancial accuracy wherever the old monuments can\nbe found. Altogether 161 of these were established in 1856\nand 1061, extending over a distance of 410 miles. The\ntrouble with them is that there are not enough of them to\nsuit the conditions as they now exist. Laid down forty\nyears ago, in a very wild region, devoted at that time to no\nother purpose than hunting and fishing, only the most important points were marked, such as those where rivers or\ntrails Intersected the boundary line. Consequently long\ngaps were left, which today when immensely valuable\nmineral deposits near the line have been found, have^ become a source of much friction between the two countries\nand of a greet deal of vexation to miners who have experienced great difficulties in ascertaining with which\nA decision has been rendered at Boise, Idaho, by Judge\nBeaty of the United States circuit court in favor of the defendants in the famous suit brought nearly three years ago\nby Captain De La Mar against the De Lamar Mining company, ltd., for infringement of what is known as the Wald-\nitein patent, owned by Captain De La Mar for the employment of zinc powder in a state of agitation for precipitating\ngold from a cyanide solution. The process in many particulars is such an improvement over'the McArthur Forrest\nprocess, long employed in many portions of the world,\nespecially in South Africa, that its adoption promised to\nbecome general. It was adopted at the De La Mar mill with\nthe, consent of the captain, pending, negotiationa with the\nuse, the company kept on using it, and De La Mar brought'\nauit, claiming $1 pertdo on 75,000 tone of ore reduced up to\nthat date, and exemplary damages, bringing the amount of\nhis claim up to $300,000. The complaint and defendant's\nanswer were filed some two years ago and considerable testimony has since been taken, attorneys' briefs filed, and for\nsome time past Judge Beaty's decision has been awaited\nwith much interest. . The decision is an important one to\nthe mining world in general, and it is now believed that*\nthe proceaa as employed by the De La Mar Company will be\nmore generally adopted. It has been proven to be peculiarly\nadapted to the cheap reduction of ores carrying gold in\nminute particles, and will enable many minea to be exploited and worked which could not be made to pay under\nany other known process.\nDONE BY CALLIHER\nAs is well known, the Boundary has been striving to secure a resident county court judge for a long time, and\nwhen the appointment of* Andrew Leamy, of Greenwood,,\nwas reported from Ottawa, it waa believed that the prayersX\nhad been answered through the mediation of our representative at Ottawa, William A. Gal li her. Then it waa ascer- .'\ntained that the appointment had been gazetted for KoOte-\nnay, and not for Yale, but this was quickly followed by\nthe announcement that this was an error which would\nprobably be corrected at aa early a date aa possible by the\nDominion government.\nNow comes the statement that the gazetting of Judge\nLeamy for Kootenay was no mistake, but waa done intentionally, and that he haa been instructed to take up his\nofficial residence in Rossland or Nelson.\nThus it appears that Mr. Galliher, knowing the great\nneed of a county court judge in thia part of Yale, instead of\ngetting one appointed for this section, had it made for'\nKootenay or consented thereto. Doubtless Kootenay needs\nanother judge, but as Boundary has none, this section\nshould have been considered.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Phoenix Pioneer; '\n'%\ni\n1\nM\n,.''.?\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0m\n#'\ntiiiJ.\n~*&?&}i\u00C2\u00A3%^.' t-v\n3fe\nTHE WEST FORK NEWS.\nNovember 2, 1901.\n4. *. \u00E2\u0096\u00A0ftOWMl *.>. M'LKOO\nMO\u00C2\u00A3jroo \u00C2\u00ABt brown.\nBABJUSTBBB AMD 80UCROBB,\nHOTAUM niUC.\nNaden-riood block, GREENWOOD. B. O.\nI. H. HA I. LETT H. C. SHAW\nHALLMTT m SHAW,\nBABJUBTBBa, SOLtCITOBS, NOTARIES PUBLIC\nCAULK AODMSMi\nMt4%L'\u00C2\u00BB,\nMTNMtirS.\nHAUMTT.\"\nMO M'NCIU.'t, MOfttffNS \u00C2\u00AB\nOffice*: Beadell Block,\nGREENWOOD.\n41. O.\npMNQLM m WHITESIDE.\nBARRISTERS AMD SOLICITORS,\nNOTABIBS PUBLIC, BTC\nOver Bank of Montreal.\nGREENWOOD. B. O.\nJm P. MYERS-GRAY.\nBABBISTBB AMD SOUCITOB,\nNOTARY PUBLIC, BTC.\nOffices, Wallace-Miller Block,\nGREENWOOD\nBO.\nWESI FORK NEWS\nfm Pnbllsbed every Saturday at\notAVCRDtLL. BRITISH COLUMBIA.\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0, i n'\u00C2\u00BB i i' \" ...,,.\nJAM** W. CRIER - - - - MANAGER\nSUBSCRIPTION RATES:\nTear.. S3 00\nSis Months 100\nVoretg-n, per year 2 SO\nNames will not be placed on subscription list\nanises paid in advance. Mo depaitnte will be\nntade front this rale.\nAdvertising rates oa application.\n(UNION]\nSEP\nBEA VERDELX, B. C NOVEMBER 2, 1901\nProspectors bonding their claims\nahould be very carefnl m to the terms\nof the agreement entered into by them.\nThis is especially so in reference to\nworking bonds. There are of course\na large number of mining men who\nbond a claim with the object of showing it up and selling at a fair profit.\nThere are others who enter the business with a gift of the gab as their\nprincipal stock in trade. They will\ntake more samples troni a camp in a\nday than a dozen mining men would\ntake in a year. These fellows usualy\nwant an option for ninety days without\nthe payment of a percentage in cash.\nThey propose to stock the claim for\nsay 300,000 shares of the par value of\nft each. Of these shares 100,000 goes\nto the claim owner, 100,000 to the pro*\nmotor and100,000 is treasury stock to\nbe used in developing the property.\nOut of the first sales of treasury stock\nthe ownerr receives from $100 to $1,000\nand is usually ma* foreman of the\nmine. To make the scheme go with a\nrush the treasury shares are placed on\nthe market at 20 cento, and also the\npromoter's stock. Th*. promoter becomes managing director of the company, his brother\u00E2\u0080\u0094an eastern counter-\njumper\u00E2\u0080\u0094becomes superintendent, and\nhalf a dozen other relatives and friends\nfill the positions of treasurer, secretary,\ntypewriter, assayer, bookkeeper, etc.\nThere are four miners besides the foreman developing the property. After\na time the stock does not go as freely\nas at first, and to continue development the bank is asked to advance\nmoney on stock, not the promoter's\nstock, but the original owner's. The\npromoter has already sold his stock,\nand the proceeds from the sale of\ntreasury stock has been squandered in\nsalaries for useless officials. In a few\nmonths the bank owna the shares and\nthe original owner is out of it, without\nanything to show for his claim. To\nmany the foregoing may appear overdrawn, but one of the best properties\nin the West Fork district has been left\nin this position by a stock-promotion\nscheme of the kind outlined in this\narticle, and only three of all the companies organised to take over Boundary creek properties have kept up continuous development on them. The\nothers have gone through Numerous\nprocesses of reorganisation, owing to\nignorance and extravagance on the\npart of the management. This is also\ntrue of a number of company promotions in the Rossland ' district. We\nwould 'therefore advise the claim-\nowners of this district to have nothing\nto do with the gabby company promoter who cannot supplement his talk\nby a cash payment.\nthe district as a whole. In a news*\npaper experience of a number of years\nwe have never known a subscriber become angry at untruths in reference to\nhim or his business, for they usually\nflatter, but have known hundreds to become indignant at plain truths.\nDr. Simmons, dentist, Rendell block,\nGreenwood.\ni^Sem Restaurant\nWBKNSR A PITTOCK, PROPS.\nMEALS AT ALL HOURS\nDAY OR NIGHT\nHeadquarters for Prospectors\nCopper street. Greenwood, B. C.\nS\nOccasionally tho editor of a newspaper, like other business men, is compelled to tell the truth. Not because of\nany desire to make a record in his particular line of business, but because\nthe public inteiests demand that certain frauds should be exposed or that\nthe action of individuals in their relation to the community as a whole\nshould be criticised. Tbe News has\nbeen accused of untruthfulness. As\n.the accusation has been made in general terms, and does not designate any\nparticular untruth or untruths which\nthe editor has doubtless been guilty of,\nit is fair to presume that we have unwittingly and without ''malice aforethought\" published a \u00C2\u00ABingle truth or\na number of truths in the interests of\n{ WEST rORK\nASSAY OFFICE\nT. D. PKUirnOVUCUL iSSflB\nUAVOtKLL, a c\nB,-':'''c\"\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0sMsmam^t\nW:'ky4i ....\nj\ni * . \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nP\nNovember 16,1901.\nIf.\n'\n1\n% \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\n:\nV\n\\nTHIS AND THAT.\nOr. Simmons, dentist, Rendell block,\nGreenwood.\nGorman West returned from Greenwood Mondry last\nAn extra force of men were put to\nwork on the Bell this week.\nThird street is being graded under\nthe superintendence of A. 3. Embree.\nThe Winter supplies for the Rambler\nwere packed up this week from Beaver-\ndell and Cartni.\nPainless extraction of teeth. Dr.\nMathison, dentist, Naden-Flood block,\nGreenwood, B. C.\nF. C. and Mrs. Boles of Carmi returned Fridry last from a week's visit\nwith friends in Greenwood.\nTwo shifts are now at work sinking\non the Carmi. The concentrating\nplant will be started next month.\nA. W. Strickland, accountant in the\nGreenwood branch of the Bank of\nMontreal, is visiting friends in Carmi.\nR. Parry is doing assessment work\nfor Pittock A Werner of Greenwood on\nthe Extension, a claim joining the\nWashington and Idaho.\nThe work on the Butcher Boy shaft\nin Carmi camp is showing np splendid\nore, the richest that has yet been taken\nout of that camp.\nThe cabin on the Highland Chief,\nWallace mountain has been completed\nand work commenced on the 90-foot\ntunnel which is being rim to crosscut\nthe ledge. \t\nEric Jackson, who has been in the\nWest Fork district all summer, prospecting and doing assessment work on\nhis claims up Beaver creek, left this\nmorning for Phoenix, where he will\nwork during the winter.\nJ. M. Cropley of Greenwood was a\nvisitor to the district this week and left\nfor home Thursday. Mr. Cropley intends coming back and spending the\nwinter \u00E2\u0080\u009Eworking on the Wellington\ngroup of claims, in which he is interested. '0\nFor some reasoja the townsite representatives did not arrive in Beaverdell\nthe past week, although they had\nnotified the owners of Beaverton lota\nthat they would be here on the 28th\nOctober for the purpose of adjusting\nall claims. They will probably be here\nthe coming week/\nFor \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 first Class Meal Call\n-AT THE-\nBull Creek Hotel\nw\nFor First-Class\nAccommodation\nSTOP AT\nTHE BAR\nb SappHed With Oaly th\nChoicest Wines, Liqasrs\naad Cigars.\nCrowell's Hotel\nTHE DINING ROOM\nto Under the Personal\nMIDWAY, B. C.\ncharge ot Mr*. Crowdi. \Samuel A. Crowell, Prop*\nt\nSMITHS HOTEL\n0. W. SMTH. PMPMCTOB.\nlbs Best Finished Hesse In the West Fork District\nBeing located in the center of the Weet Fork mineral belt, the hotel will be\nfound the most convenient for mining men wishing to visit the properties of the district. Excellent hunting and fishing\nComfortable Parlors for Ladies. BEAVERDELL, B. C.\nProspectors...\nWhen in Greenwood,\nStop at tEe\t\nPioneer Hotel\nHref Class Ii Eray Respect.\nJ. W. Nelson, Proprietor\n.\u00C2\u00ABk$\u00C2\u00A3$\niiS&aUki. .\u00E2\u0096\u00A0?\u00E2\u0096\u00A0..' v.;;:,,A .i-:t\:.^mZ&uri\u00C2\u00A3, .:. \\n_____\n_________ %.'->\n:.wi\n*\n?'-$&\nTHIS AW THAT.\nDr. Mathiaon, dentist, Naden-Flood\nblock. Greenwood, B. C.\nThe first fall of snow at Beaverdell\nthis season occurred Wednesday night.\nJas Cameron left yesterday for Greenwood, where he intends starting in the\nblacksmithing business. He intends\ncoming back to Beaverdell in the spring,\n*J. R. Brown, of Fairview, one of\nthe deputy assessor for the East Riding\nof Yale, paid an official visit to the\ndistrict this week haling come over\nthe trait from Pentietou. He left for\nRock Creek Tuesday morning.\nC. M. Shaw, C. E., haa completed the\nsurvey of the Sally group of claims\non Wallace mountain and will in a few\nweeks issue a blue print of the claims\nin that camp. He is at present surveying the Hard Cash group near\nBeaverton. ,\nHugh Cropley completed the cabin\nonst$e?Wellington and Homestake the\npast week and has commenced development. These claims lie west of the\nSally group on Wallace mountain and.\nabout half a mile east of Beaverdell.\nThe nine leads of the Sally group run\nthrough, the Wellington and Home-\njO^^ttftfe 15 feet in depth\npoaing a lead of galena 12 .inches wide\nand giving good values In silver. On\nthe', Homestake the work consists of\nopen crosscuts. The ore in this claim\nis higher than that of the Wellington,\nassaying sa high aa 1,000 ounces in\nSilver. Work will be continued all\nIPS\n'--\u00E2\u0096\u00A0iff\u00C2\u00AB'./,\u00C2\u00AB ' r - , '.\"-\u00E2\u0096\u00A0;*-\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 \" -!\nD. M, Wilkina of the West Fork\natsge line had a slight mishap on ms\n| | '.Atfjp^flp 1&m Greenwood Wednesday\nnT*; era*h,ff,4>re\u00C2\u00ABking an axle, of his hack..\n~, tr. Wilkina was trying to make the\n--Vl^io eight hour*, bat at Cranberry\n' creek darknesa overtook him and it was\n;Mfe:\ntWm^^^^i\nmake time and dodge all\non the government wagon\nreen here and Cranberry, He\nwell until within a mile of\nrn. barring an occasional upset,\neh is dot considered a serious set-\nby drivers on the. West *<>\u00C2\u00AB* *\u00C2\u00B0*d.\nloweverhe struck a stump that was\n>re substantial than his hack and\ni :an axle. Owing to the accident\ntable to make his regular trip\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0Mull.\"1\nw&\ntf((^'..^'->':'\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 ,ilHit.0f& .\n\u00C2\u00AB, c. wueav' , * 'swavf. sayis*-\n1 Miller bros.\nDRUQQtGt*, jeWEUcKG. 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