"3585eff0-b5b2-4efe-ab17-929b607cfafc"@en . "CONTENTdm"@en . "BC Historical Newspapers"@en . "2011-09-02"@en . "1891-10-03"@en . "The Hot Springs News was published in Ainsworth Hot Springs, in the Central Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia, and ran for a little over a year, from September 1891 to October 1892. The News was initially published by John Houston, an outspoken journalist who would later embark on a successful political career, which included four terms as the mayor of Nelson and two terms in the provincial legislature. Houston left the News in May 1892, and the paper was subsequently published by David Bogle and Percy Whalley until October of the same year."@en . ""@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/xhotsprings/items/1.0180370/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " ^p NHMBBK 4. AINSWOETH, BRITISH COLUMBIA, OOTOBEB 3, 1891. TEU CBHT& PAVOK& THE PRKR ADMISSION OP OUR ORES. The free admission into the United States of the lead ores of British Columbia is a question that is receiving considerable attention, both in this section and in the neighboring sections to the* south of the boundary line. The people of Spokane generally favor the admission, while those of iho Occur d'Alenes are in opposition. The following are the opinions of a well-known Spokane, business man, and are copied from the Chronicle of Sept cm her 30th: **1 have noticed lately a number of articles in the, Cceur d'Alene papers regarding the admission of British Columbia lead ores iuto the United States free of duty. These papers assert that the reason Spokane citizens are sonanxious to'have this obnoxious tariff removed is because it would enhance real estate values in this city. Spokane citizens have in the past years.aequired more mining interests in the Kootenay country than in all the other districts combined. It should be remembered that Spokane was hut an infant when the opportunity for securing Cceur d'Alene mining property was at hand, and as she thrived and grew, her citizens branched out in mines where the best opportunities were offered. As far as lead-silver bearing ores were concerned, the Kootenay presented the most favorable advantages. But, unfortunately, just at the time1 when handsome profits should be 'realized on their investments, the McKinley bill became a law and tlie lead tariff clause was, adopted. No wonder the peo-^ pie of Spokane.desire to see this ta l\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDf removed, and in. this they are joined by thou>ands all over the United States who are far-sighted enough to see what it is leading to. Perhaps the Cceur d'Alene editors should be informed that the majority of the miners in the Kootenay country are the same identical persons who prospected and opened up theOceu r d Alenes, and made i t possible for them, as well as many others,\to make a living in that, prolific mineral section. The Kootenay miner receives the same wages as the CoBur d'Alene inrnei-, so the t hteadbai e argument of competition with Mexican peon labor cuts no figure. e said very few of our mine owners have the least idea what such breaks and. features of a formation really are. The consequence is, with man.yn\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\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD sections\" of our -mountains exhibiting almost, exactly similar characteristics to the famous deposits, \"blanket\" veins, arid contacts of Leadville, Aspen, and Red Cliff not one can tell in what way this likeness occurs. It is a fault that ought to be remedied in the interest^ of the most effective development of our \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'mineral resources. It is time the San Juan, prospector was disabusing himself of that erroneous theory that gold, silver, lead, etc., is chiefly found in veins of quartz, for with the 'miners of most great districts that belief has long been admitted to be an exploded fallacy. There ought to be a change in this line among local prospectors. When investigating the mysterious mineral bearing .'slopes and gulches of Red inou u tain, t he contiuenta 1 d i vide, GoldHill, and other local sections that are curious, and yet'-.where'is found .much rich float, remember, ore is just as likely to occur in lime, slate, or even in many kinds of porphyry as in quartz, and in eruptive formations profitable bodies of ore may as confidently be looked for in slips and deposits as in veins, and in the latter faults and breaks must be on a gigantic scale. When examining a locality where rich float is found bear in mind that it. may just as easily have come from a flat vein Or deposit as from a fissure, and it is a safe prediction that a more uniform success will attend the efforts Of those who are .searching for our treasured stores of-precious metals.\" ____ Ore That is Almost Pore. Silver. There are a number of Seattle men in Ainsworth this week, and they are just a trifle excited, not over the Kaslo-Slocan discovery, but over the ore that was knocked down by a shot in the Neosho claim. The ore contains bunches of wire silver, some of the specimens being the richest ever seen in the camp. WILD OVER A K12W DISCOVERY. The reports circulated and stories told by Jack Sea ton, the Henuessy boys, Prank Flint, and John McGuygan on their return from the Kaslo-Slocan divide, on Thursday, set the town of Ainsworth wild with excitement. Even G. B. Wright felt as if he was young enough to pack his blankets over the range to the new find. Bill Hennessy, who has bar) considerable-experience both as a miner and a prospector in Colorado, says the croppings are fully as large as those of the Hall mines on Toad mountain, and that hundreds of tons of ore are in sight. , The returned party is the one that left Ainsworth 2 weeks ago to head off; Eli Carpenter and E. A. Bielenberg, who started via Nelson arid*\" the Slocan river to reach a, reputed rich ledge inv> the neighborhood of Slocan lake. That they^ were successful in heading off .Carpenter and^; Bielenberg is proved by the fact that they weret oh the ground 8 days and during that time sawf nothing of the others. They found the Carpen?1-\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> ^ ter camp, and they also found his ledge. Jn ~t^^|^ many respects nis statements were confirmed^ although the ledge was not as wide as here-, ported. After making several locations they \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 started back, and when about a mile and a half from parpen ter's camp discovered a ledge^ that made every one of the party imagine himself / if* at<, once a millionaire\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\u00BDand they, are still pretty w .~ strong in that belief. The ledge is said to be|; l^ll*1 from 12 to 20 feet wide, and, 5 full-sized 'clahris^fe&I were located on it. The ore\"frrought'ba^cka^^^'^^ 1 .\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\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\"M\"3K coarse galena that assays ,tromu$i7UTD-^z^rtd^fgg||M the ton in silver and averageSrOverv,50.^e^Vcept?^^^^ lead.- Twenty-one locations in all were inade.T f\" It is not definitely known whether fhe?\"nejw^ find is on theoSlocan slope or the Kaslo slope of t the divide. One\"report is that the ground is not, more that 18 miles from Kootenay lake and, another that the distance is between 25 and 28 miles. All agree that the route is a practicable one for a wagon road. The party were only a' day in making the distance between the And- and the month of Kaslo creek, having sent their packs ahead with Indians, who were 2 days in funking the trip. This would indicate that the distance is about 20 miles. The fact that snow to the depth of a foot and a half is now on thev ground proves that tne new locations are pretty high up, as there is littleor ho show at the. mines in either Hot Springs or Tciad Mountain; districts. Parties who are familiar with the lay of the countiy say that Slocan lake is about 40 miles long and Slocan \"river, about the same length. The valley of the river is an easy one to get through, and its outlet is on the Columbia & Kootenay railway, 15 miles west of Nelson. The owners of the townsite at the mouth of Kaslo creek are con Aden ttha^t the only Short and practicable route to the new c$.ihp will be by way of the trail now building up Kaslo creek. ( The country should be carefully examined, and if the new'find is half as good as reported, a\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD wagon road by the most practicable route should be built to it as early next summer as possible. Later.\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\u00BDThe following are the results of assays made by professor Parks at the Blue Bell mine: Silver-$35, $41, $260.75, $210.25, $321, $161, $190, $300, $179.25; lead\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\u00BDall samples Carried a large percentage of lead. Assays by Bryan gave $171, $132, $199, $170 in silver, and a general average of between 60 and 70 per ceut lead. The assays were made from by no means picked specimens, as quite a quantity of the ore was brought back by the boys, and from different claims. Between 30 and 40 tests have been made and the average has been over $175 in silver to the ton. The ore is a wavy galena, with antinionial stains, andispersumedtocarry \"brittle antinionial silver.\" The mother lode is apparently a contact vein between lime and granite. To sav that there is excitement at Ainsworth is not the word. All that keeps anyone in the town is the fact that 18 inches of snow Continued on Fourth Page. \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\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD'! HOT SPEDJGS HEWS: AfflBWOBTH, B. 0., OCTOBER 3. 189L THE HOT SPRINGS NEWS IS PUBLISHED ON SAT- urdays, and -wiH be mailed to subscribers at the following rules, payable in advance i One year $4, six months $2.50, three months $1.50*- Advertising rates^gizten on application. JVo communication or letter otter an anonymous signature will be printed.. K HOUSTON & INK, Proprietors. ot springs $ttos. Cr ' f /' \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?, ,'T j^: feffc 1*1'A t_W'I''\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD ' BRIGHT PROSPECTS OF OUR DISTRICT Things in the vicinity of Ainsworth have never looked as bright as at the present time. Capital is weejkly being invested in our mines by men from Montana, Washington, California, Canada, and the eastern states. Our mines are now an established fact not only as to their richness (which has always been acknowledged), but also as to their continuity in depth. The striking of the wide and rich vein in the Skyline at a depth of 200 feet, the continuous progress made on the /Number One with its, rich deposits, the almost phenomenal character of the ore which is being extracted from the Neosho, the existence of rich .-carbonates in .the Dellie, the high-grade ores of the Tenderfoot, the Libby, the Tam O'Shanter, ; the Ellen, the Fourth, the On Deck, and the scores of other claims, insure Hot Springs camp a certainty of a long and prosperous life. The recent discoveries of large and extremely rich veins of \pre in the Kaslo creek region proves ^clearly that the Selkirk range is a vastc depository of mineral wealth, extending from Coffee *ereek to the northern extremity of Kootenay lake, and in all probability joining on the north ..with the Fish creek and^Illecillewaet lead-pro- ^ducing regions. It is now a certainty that the Hendryx syndicate will erect large smelting and refining, works but a short distance from Ainsworth. \ An era of prosperity is assuredly opening before us, which will put to shame the prophecies of the chronic croakers, which are the bane of every new mining camp, and will reward some of the old-timers who have never lost faith in our resources. ; . ENERGY AND CLIMATE. It is curious how whole populations of intelligent people jump at conclusions that are flattering to themselves while utterly in contradiction of the best established historical facts. One of the most widely accepted of these pieces of nonsense is the dictum that human energy is effected by clihiate. Now the fact is that human energy has reached its fullest development in every kind of climate and in every latitude except the frigid zone. The equatorial regions furnish us with the history of Carthage and Egypt, the heated latitudes give us Tyre and Sidon, Troy and Babylon. Then in those regions which are now sneered at as effeminate and enervating, we have the unequaled science of Greece and the matchless mastery, of Rome. But, nonsense, say our theorists, do you not see with your own eyes that people will not work at the south, while they will at the north? Is not that the effect of climate? Is not that better than history? On the contrary, we find that in the southern states an extraordinary amount of energy has developed since the war. We find that a population which under former conditions was charged with indolence and negligence is under the new conditions credited with an energy and an enterprise that have redeemed its country from the desolation of ruin and brought it to the front of progress and prosperity. Then look abroad. In the very same line of climate, everv- where, you will find the two extremes of industry and indolence. The southern Chinaman, Siamese, East Indian, Egyptian, is laborious and industrious; the West Indian and Central American refu&es to work. The enterprising Yankee himself lives in the same climate and region where primitive savages scorned to labor. The hardy, industrious, persevering, enterprising highlander of Scotland, the Swede, the Norwegian, enjoy about the same icy surroundings as the lazy Esquimaux who hibernates like a bear. What, then, is the explanation of this vastly varying experience of human energy that infuses one generation with enterprise and industry, while leaving another in the disgraceful fetters of sloth and indifference? Why, it is simply\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\u00BDmotive. The motive makes the man, arid the population is the repetition of the man. The greatest of all human motive powers is hunger; the next is ambition. Hunger does not move the West Indian or the Central American because the fruits of nature are for him both plentiful and free. The climate exempts him from the necessity of roof or clothing, while the wild banana forest generally feeds him and his family. He knows no other needs and does not comprehend the philosophy of making himself tired. But if some American natives were transported to Siam or China, where every inch of land is under fence at a high rent, where nature is in slavery and where food implies incessant labor, he would soon find himself working as hard as his neighbors. Contrast the ancient Roman and the modern. There could be no rest, no repose while something remained to be conquered; no danger, no bodily labpr, no intellectual training was avoided that might help to the coveted end. But sxich fires burnout;, modern Rome is but the scoria) of the ancient volcano. Is this climate? Would Vesuvius be more active at the north pole? Henry An derson, Notary Public. John L. Rktallack. Anderson & Retallack, Real Estate and Mining Brokers, Conveyancers, Etc. Crown Grants obtained for Mineral Claims, Agent* for Absentee Claim Owners. Collection* Made. ' Correspondence Solicited. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Office in Townsite office, Sutton street, Ainsworth, B. G. BREMNER & WATSON, AISSWOKTII, K. C. PACK AND SADDLE HORSES FOR HIRE. Contract* taken for hauling supplies, machinery, ore, etc., to and from mines in Hot Springs district. ALL TEAMING WORK UNDERTAKEN. Agents for Navies- Snyward San nil 11 Company a lumber, Moldings, and Shingles. YANCOUVER HOUSE, AIVSWOKTII, B. C. Having leased the Vancouver from A. A. McKinnon, the undersig-ned will conduct it as a first-class hotel, in all its departments. The dining-room will be run so that its reputation will he Second to None in the Kootenay Lake Country. The bar will always he supplied with choice brands of wines, liquors, and cigars. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD^NO CHINESE EMPLOVED. ^ JOHN SHANNON. T. D. MORRISON. :i. NELSON SAWMILL 00. Yard s At end of Flame in Nelfton. Mills Twt Miles South of Kelso*. Manufacture LUMBER, MOLDINGS, SHINGLES. The mill is now in thorough order And Will Out 20,000 Feet a Day, o * Orders for special-size stuff will receive prompt attention. The Kootenay Lake Saw-mill m always ready for business. Lumber- good,, bad, and indifferent- on hand or made to order. G. 0. BUCHANAN. Nelson, January 15th. The Davies-Sayward MANUFACTURERS OK LUMBER OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. \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\u00BDXT Jrv* JL'w P l III o JL (DELIVERED AT NELSON, AINSWORTH, OR BALFOUR). 1IRKSSKD. No. 1 flooring, 4 inch, per M.. $32 00 No. 2 \" 6 inch, \" 27 00 No. 1 ceiling, 4 inch, \" 32 00 No. 2 \" G inch, \" . 27 00 Rustic, \" 27 00 Select, clear, DI), . \". ... .,.. 40 00 No. 1 common, I), \" 25 00 I)I>, \" 27 00 Bar and counter tops, clear, per foot. , 10 itof <;n. No. 1 common, per M $20 00 No. 2 \" 4* 15 00 Culls, *\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD 12 00 Shingles, \" 4 50 MOLDINGS. Read, panel, crown, base, etc., etc., per foot 2J@10c Mills at Pilot Bay, Koot-rnay Lake. S. 0. Spalding, . . . Manager It. F. I'KltllY, Agent at Nelson. BttEMNKR A WATSON, Agent* at AiUHwortb. HOT SPRINGS HEWS: AIHSWOETH, B. 0., OCTOBER 3, 1891 OF AINSWORTH! This rapidly growing town, being the center of the well-known HOT SPBINGfS MINING- DISTRICT, presents an unrivaled field for business and speculative investment. The townsite proprietors are now prepared to sell on reasonable terms a limited number of business and residence lots. For particulars apply to & D A.iisrs'W'joiiTB: JL NOLDIM; CliAINH WITHOUT WORK, Although the present Minora! Act of British Columbia is noto perfect, it is certainly as good as the mining sections of the United States. The following anent the holding of claims without work is from the pen of one of the editors of the Seattle Press-Times, who has put in (he summer \n the mining camps in southern British Columbia and northern Washington and is now camped near Little Dalles, Stevens county, Washington. He says: V ,^ '*' \"This particular feature of the mining law, intended, as it is, to extend the fullest protection to the prospector, inflicts hardship on him. Where the state law does not ej^e^h^re provide \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\u00BDand Colorado took care early in\" hekexistence to pass a 60-days' assessment work act\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\u00BDthe $100 worth of work required'of the discoverer inky not be done until within the year following the discovery, the year to begin on the first day of the January succeeding the. date of location. \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\u00BDTechnically,.-in Washington, a'..cla.hu may be located on January 2nd, 1892, and the year during which $100 worth of work must he done does hot begin until January 1st, 1893. In such a case t he mere fact of discovery\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\u00BDthe requiremeiit s of location and record having been complied with just ifies possession for 2years, at the exact expiration of which the claim \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\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDmay be relocated under another name, without one dollar's worth of work having been done. If there is no one present on the first of January, 18JM-, to contest fin- the relocation, the original discoverer may allow a day to elapse, and .in dating the relocation January 2nd, 1891, he has till January 1st, 1896, to do what should have been done, as a matter of- expediency: and good faith, before April 1st, 1892. And h<- may continue to hold the ground indefinitely! doing nothing for the development of the'-country himself, and making the enterprise of others 'impossible,.'while discouraging the very presence of experienced \".and resourceful men. ' \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 It was designated hy the framers of the brig-. inal and amended federal laws that mining should he encouraged and maintained as an in- dustrv and hot as a'speculation. The hope of all these* lazvOwners is that someone will come along some day and buy them out at a fabulous or unreasonable figure. They are not prospectors in the true sense of the word, since a genuine prospector invariably does more than to stick up stakes, file, a record, and wait. They are mere bucket shop dabblers in location certificates and croppings, and the sooner the legislature abbreviates the privileges of the federal statutes so as to enforcer an expression of good intent in the matter of prospecting and mining the better it will be for Stevens county in particular and the state in general. \"An illustration of how this scheme works may be drawn from a scene I happened to witness on the range south of here. Two prospectors, not long in the country, were digging away in a hole as if for dear life. They were throwing out some excellent ore. A mining broker from Spokane approached, looked over the dump a few moments, and then observed, '1 own an interest iii this mine.' At this the two prospectors said they were tired of listening to people who owned an interest in the ground, and hereafter they would not let anyone on the claim till the court commanded them to do so. The broker replied that they may expect to hear from his lawyer any day. Now, the fact is that the claim was located by a woman, a.year ago this month. She was aided in the labor of location by a gentleman who owns property near by. A few days more than a year had elapsed and no assessment work was done. The vein was not even intelligently explored. These prospectors; came along, assumed the claim had oeen abandoned, uprooted the stakes of discovery arid location and destroyed them, and striking the vein in anew quarter, claimed possession. Soon after rolling up their sleeves and going to work they struck a body of excellent ore. About that time the broker appeared, and the woman sold a half or a major part of her claim, with the understanding that he take the contest into the courts and oust the prospectors. He looked up >ihe law and soon familiarized himself with the^ax labor provision under which most of the available ground in this^sectibn of the coiiutry is held by non-workers. He saw that technically the woman retainer) her right in the claim, though she might have relocated or held it for 20 years and she would not have done or paid for the work these earnest prospectors have done in a Couple of weeks. The broker will secure the best legal talent obtainable at Spokane,and doubtless the technical requirement of the law will he maintained.\" Another Use for Electricity. A Chicago dispatch says: \"A new system of stopping runaway horses by electricity was given a practical test on the lake front yester- da y by O. B. Holson, t he in veil tor. M ichigan avenue was lined with spectators. Holson got into a carriage with 2 horses attached and with no driver on the box. The man lashed the horses with the whip and they dashed away at a breakneck speed. Suddenly the animals raised themselves on their haunches and came to a full stop. The invention consists of a dry battery under the driver's box, connected by wires with the metal balls placed in the horses' nostrils. There are 2 buttons, one on the driver's box and the other on the inside, which will close the circuit when pressed. The result is a wild shock, which the inventor asserts will invariably bring a runaway horse to a standstill.\" Does It Mean Business? The officers of the Northern Pacific land department recently visited the United States land office at Cceur d'Alene, Idaho, to secure plats and data in regard to the country between Kootenay station and Bonner's Ferry. It was understood at the land office that their object had reference to the building of a branch line from the station to Bonner's Ferry. There seem to be hardly any doubt in well-informed circles but that the Northern Pacific intends to build this branch and have it in operation by the time the Great Northern is running cars to the head of deep water navigation on Kootenay river. / GONE BY FOREVER. 1 .<\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\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD i ,,-&$. 1 il '\" ' iff\" ' * */ ' ffi\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDi\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 \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 - uk. (j. j. l. mwUl tt\m ~-\"V \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\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDrajS: Old tinie mining and prospecting have gone by forever, and the social conditions which J)hey produce are no longer possible in the.XJnite^l States. They live only in the stories of Brejt, Hart, the \"Roughing It\" of Mark Twain and; tli0 memory ot those who are a part of therii. DThe hurdy-gurdy, the gambling tent, \"Mother Ship- ton,\" the prospector with his bag of gold dust, the rough-and-ready life in a house whose roof Was the stary sky, the .enthusiasm, and mischief and hope of youth, the good fellowship and rovaLnature, the honor that comes from confidk en^e%hd trust, if from no deeper;.soTO*NmJJ^,'. ^-^ms dai^coming of the-'.mail coach, tlie occ^ibft^'^i'i^^g whl^fcry racket or gambling duel'wben sonie^ QflelXlSP turned up his toes to the daisies, and the healthy, enjoyable life of work and fun, where aristocracy was a matter ot intellect and honor instead of money and clothes, exist now like a dream. In a few years more they will be wholly historical, like the events of the days when our New England ancestors went to church carrying their muskets for protection from Indians. Perhaps it is just as well for humanity that this old life is gone. It would be folly to say that the arts, refinements, and improvements of civilization are not better for the world than a frontier life, free and happy as it may have been. But it is something to have lived in those days? and\" formed a part of their life. The wan who grew-\"up with them has seen tipified in a small way the growth of mining as a science and ah art since the days of civilization. In fact he has seen theintroductionof nine-tenths of the ini* provemerits that have ever been made. He has seen placer mining, which consisted of panning and rocking\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\u00BDwhich it had always been\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\u00BDemerge into the use of a ''long torn,\" then a sluice box and finally the crowning triumph of Yankee in: genuity, the modern hydraulic plant. He ha$ seen the Mexican arastra superseded by the \"Georgia stamp mill\" with wooden stems, and that in turn supplanted by the modern mill. He has seen roasters, desulphurizers, amalgamating pans, leaching plants, secret processes and patent processes without number come, create their sensations, awaken the hopes of people, fail and disappear only to be succeeded by some other thing of like nature. He has seen the coming of the foreign expert, who was once supposed to know everything, and listened to his more or less learne-d or unlearned, wise or otherwise theories, and has seen most of them disproved, He has watched the development of the mining swindler in his glory and the coming of the sucker in his innocence, and out of it all has evolved a few general truths, learned a thousand valuable lessons, and become very skeptical about the value of all new things until they bear better credentials than new things are apt to bear. If he is scholar enough in the domain of natural science, or student enough to go to the foundation of things and study cause and effect, he has been educated in the school of schools whose lessons are the hardest and most valuable that mankind ever did or can learn. HOT SPRINGS SEWS: AlflSWOETH, B. 0., OCTOBEE 3. 1891. . *\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 W life V'1 ' ft*. : I*-,' .\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\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\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD-r - \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\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD lift- \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\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD 4/\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\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDfrv;*. b P*isjr \a ISft'* ^ *.i'j t^*yw-- 4 ; j* .en. ' *-\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* 1\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\"''\"- * ^ J Having Purchased the Stocks Carried by The Lindsay Mercantile Co. and Fletcher & Co. ^ is prepared to supply Prospectors, Mining Companies, and the General Trade with ... i '^vaything in the line of MINING AND MINERS' SUPPLIES, Groceries, Provisions, Hardware, Tinware, Clothing, Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes, etc. The stock carried will ' : be sold at low Prices and on Favorable Terms. IFCXK, GKCATTT IFO'WIIDIEIR (The best powder made foiPuse in mines.) o ozMczp^isr^r. Corner Wright and. Sutton Streets, _A_T\"TSJ\"f^\"^7^(^T?,TnTT - \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 TK4XSFEKKEI* THE JOHN DOTY ENGINE COMPANY, LTD. O^ TOBONTO, OaSTO?^RIO. MANUPAOTUEERS OF ALL DESOKIPTIOlirS OP MABUTE AND STATIONAET ; ENGINES AND BOILERS ' ' ' ' \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\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD . r I r ' \"* I) ' British Columbia Branch: 520 Cordova Street, Vancouver. 0. P. ST. JOHN, Manager. < i Keep in stock a full supply of engineer and mill supplies, such as pipe and fittings, brass goods, sheet and other packing, rubber valves, rubber and leather belting, Dodge wood split-pulleys, oils and lubricants, etc. Estimates for boilers and engines made on application. Mail orders receive prompt attention. L _ _ ' ' ' \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\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD HOISTING ENGINES AND SINKING PUMPS FOR MINES, AT AINSWORTH, HOT SPRINGS DISTRICT. Thursday, September 24th,~The Crown Jewel, situate about 1 mile west of Kootenay lake on the south branch of Woodbury creek and adjoining ihe northeast corner of the Surprise; A. W. Palmer and James Anderson, locators. The Eureka, situate about 14 miles west of Kootenay lake on Bear creek, a tributary of the north branch of 'Kaslo creek; Robert McDonald, John McPhee, arid'J..D. Moore locators. The Silver Tip, situate about I miles east.'of the north end of Kootenay lake; J. A. Dawson locator. Friday, Sept ember 25th.-- Hie Blue Grouse, situate \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\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD: on the east side of Kootenay lake about 12i miles southeast of Crawford's bay and 100 feet sbuth of and running parallel with the Rose Bud; C. Von Mbrekerke locator. Saturday, September '25tbW! he Choteau Brillent, situate about U miles west of Kootenay lake and \ of a mile south of the south branch of Woodbu'ry creek; N. A. Parent and G. Baillod locators. The Colonel, situate about U miles west of Kootenay lake and adjoining the south end line of the Libby; Walter M. Adrian locator. The Evening Shade, situate on Cedar creek, west side of Kootenay lake, and being a north extension of the John A. Layard; Walter M. Adrian locator, The Macbeth, situate about 5 miles west of Kootenay lake, southwest of th(* Skyline, and being a southerly extension of the Hill Top; \\v liter M. Adrian locator. The Mountain Quail, situate about .r) miles West of Kootenay lake, southwest of the Skyline and being a southerly extension of the Macbeth; G. \V\ Adrian locator. Tuesday. September 29th.\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\u00BDThe Morning Star., situate about 5 miles west of Kootenay lake, running parallel with and adjoining the cast side line of the Thor; Z. Montgomery locator. BILLS OF SALK. Friday September 24th.\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\u00BDJostah Fletcher to Alexander M. Bilshland, an undivided k interest in the Montezuma and an undivided \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD interest in the Mexico, situate about 10 miles west of Kootenay lake near the headwaters of Galena creek, a tributary of the south branch of Kaslo creek; consideration \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD200. William Lynch J. A. Larjgc'nt, and C. M. Parker to ...the Western'Consolidated Mining Company, a full inteeest in the Club, Mo ida\\ and Norway, situate in the Hot Springs camp; consideration S17(K>. CM. Parker to the Western Oonsol.idated Mining Company, an undivided A interest in the Katie, situate between the'Jerusalem and -Retriever, Hot Springs camp; consideration .$2000. CM. Parker to Zachariah \"Montgomery, an undivided j-interest in the Alex, situate north of the Number One, Hot Springs camp; consideration #1;>00. U. McL. \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-,- Cameron to Thomas Shearer, an undivided ] interest fri the (iood Link and Clifton, situate at the hcadofSchrtxler creek about 12 miles west of Kootenay lake Kaslo districts consideration \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD2;\"). Thomas Shearer to It. McL. Cameron, an undivided A interest in the Republic, situate on Schroder creek and being an easterly extension of th* Beaver; consideration \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD100. Saturday, September 201 fo. -Randall II. Kemp to mrs. A. C. Adams, a full interest in the Little Rustler, situate on the west side of Crawford's Bay; consideration \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD2o. \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! Wednesday, September 30th.--\v. II. Montgomery, John H. Fink, and L. R. Lindsay to Ernest Harrop, an undivided \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD interest on the Ellen, situate about. 24 miles west, of Kootenay lake, between the PaUil.nl and Maud S, Hot Springs cam|>; bond with conditions. HENRY & ADAMS, PIONEER DRUG STORE; AISSUOKTII, ||. "Print Run: 1891-1892

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