"c849c240-633f-4acf-b6be-eacb66462f7a"@en . "CONTENTdm"@en . "BC Historical Newspapers"@en . "2016-07-29"@en . "1892-01-09"@en . "The Miner was published in Nelson, in the Central Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia. The Miner was established 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. After leaving the Miner in the summer of 1892, Houston established the Tribune to compete with his former paper. The Miner was published by The Miner Printing and Publishing Company, and the paper's longest-serving editor was D. J. Beaton. The Miner was published under two variant titles, the Nelson Weekly Miner and the Weekly Miner. In 1902, the paper was sold to F. J. Deane, who changed the title to the Weekly News."@en . ""@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/xminer/items/1.0182549/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " Only Paper Printed in the Kootenay Lake 9Iin> ing IMstricts. J For Rates of Subscription and Advertising See Fonrtn fl*age. ,(?_?\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* - NUMBEE 81. NELSON; BEITISH COLUMBIA, SATUEDAY, JANUAEY 9, 1892. A YEAE. I IS _ nelson uiiariNtt'/ mvisio'N. \a ^ ,!% J _.!?\"' ' A BRIEF SUMMARY OF WHAT WAS DONE DURING THE YEAR 1891. While the hopes of the people who live in the Nelson division of West Kootenay district were not realized during the year as regards mine development, theyishould be fairly well satisfied with the gene raises ults obtained. While a large number oilmen were not employed for wages, full y 200 m en d id mo re or 1 ess work t hat went to show that the mineral deposits and ledges of thecclivision go down. While large shipments of ore were not made, the work done proved that the ore is in sight. WThile the Silver King Was not sold, as many hoped it would be, its owners expended more money in development work than any other mine management in the province (excepting, of course, the coal companies on Vancouver Island). While direct railway connection was not made so as to give the lake country uninterrupted communication with the outside, trains were run over the entire length of the Columbia & Kootenay railway, a branch of the Canadian Pacific. While no new machinery (except one vanner) was brought in, none that- wasN already in was allowed to rust. While no one got rich, no one who attended strictly. to business went broke. The readjust- inent of the mining laws worked no hardship, Other than- compelling mine owners to pay $6 for recording assessment work where $2.50 only should be paid. The money sjetLap'art_fgr^ublic- works in the division wras economically and judiciously expended./ The group of mines locally known as the. \"Hall mines\" must still be accorded the palm of being the greatest in the Kootenay Lake country. The work done during the year on one of the group (the Silver King)*\" proved that tlie ore body is not only contirfiions but that it goes down. The -main tunnel is now through the Silver King ground and 25 feet into the Kootenay Bonanza, it being in 750 feet in all, with the face fullv 300 feet below the surface. A winze was sunk in the tunnel to a depth of 64 feet, and a 100-foot crosscut run from its bottom. Five crosscuts wereerun from the main tunnel, the last showing the ore body to be 35 feet in width. In all, about 1000 feet of tunneling, and crosscutting was done during the year, a.nd including the money expended on the wagon road fully $50,000 were disbursed for wages, supplies, etc. Twelve men are now employed in the tunnel. On the Dandy, over 500 feet of tunnels, drifts, and crosscuts were run, at an expense of $15,000. On the Grizzly Bear-, about 300 feet of tunnels and crosscuts were run, at a cost of $9000. and 8 men are still employed. An aggregate of 1000 feet more of tunnels and shafts were run and sunk on the Whitewater, Wild Cat, Vinita Boy, Royal Canadian, Lizzie G.'t Hidden Treasure, Democrat, Sunrise, Muj- doou, Majestic, Evening, and other claims m the division. The amount of money e.^/ pended during the year can safely be placed at $100,000 for development work, most of the assessment work being done by claim owners themselves. For that expenditure there is fully $100,000 worth of ore on dumps, where it will probably remain until reduction works are erected in the district. ON THE GOLD BELT. To the Hussey bank failure at Spokane is attributed the cause for the non-resumption of operations at the Poorman, the best known claim in the gold belt southwest of Nelson, and the fact of its lying idle had a depressing effect on the owners of contiguous claims. Considerable work was done on the Wild'Cat, and a trial run made on its ore. The trial run proved the oi too low-grade to pay, unless the cost of millin was reduced to a minimum. On the Royal Canadian work was carried on in the tunnel during the winter and spring. A few tons of ore were run through the Poorman mill during the sutiimer. with a result that was satisfactory to the owners, for it proved that the ore Was higher grade than pronounced by many experts who examined the property. Work was resumed in the tunnel in the fall, and its face is now reported in good- looking ore, the ledge being from 3 to 4 feet wide, between well-defined. walls. Development work was also done on the Majestic and Mul- doon, the latter being the south extension of the Royal Canadian. Two men are now at work on it. On Rover creek the Whitewater company began operations in the spring\"; by packing in the Huntington mill from the Gold King property. The. mill was run about 3 months during the summer; and while the run showed the ore equally as rich as that from the Poorman, (which averages about $25 a ton), it was not satisfactory to the owners, because of the loss in the tailings. While operations were carried on, 8 to 14 men found employment at the mine and mill. Little more than assessment work was done on the other claims, numbering about 50, in the belt. THE NORTH SIDE OE THE KOOTENAY. In that part of Nelson division lying north of the Kootenay river and west of Nelson the work done during the wrinter did not develop anything to justify continuing work during the summer. The Clippings indicate large ledges, but there is so little, mineral in the.vein -matter that it will require both faith and. capital to reach the \"pay streak.\" The only claim on which work is now being done is the Peterborough, 2 men being employed. -.'\"t..,.__...-.._-,....\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 .. placers.---*.-\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\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;- -\- - Much was expected of the placer ground on Hall creek; but little, however, was realized. The hydraulic ground on' 49 creek was also disappointing. *The Chinese on Bird creek did not make fortunes. In all, about $3000 was taken from these creeks.- Hall creek was .rich in spots, and as high as $20. a day to the man was made; but the area of the rich spots was small in comparison to that of the barren ground. The men who worked on 49 creek claim that ground will pay if property worked; but no One with the requisite capital appeared willing to take hold. Bird creek was a good deal like Hall creek\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\u00BDrich in spots. NEW DISCOVERIES. In the early part of the summer reports of rich finds came in from Rover creek, and although the ore (galena and carbonates) ran high in-silver, the ledg*es were small and the locators poor, therefore but little work was done. Later in the season, a party of prospectors made discoveries on one of the tributaries of the Salmon, but the Slocan excitement caused a suspension of work after a shaft had been sunk several feet on the discovery claim. Residents of Balfour prospected a creek emptying into the outlet opposite that place, and near its head made several locations. The ore (galena) found was of good grade, but no work of consequence was done. The discovery of a 600-foot ledge on the north side of the Kootenay, 14 miles to the northeast of N Ison, created a. little excitement, hut it soon died out. Several locations were made, and 3 men are now' at work on one of them, on which they have a tunnel in 40 feet. The ore is low-grade and pyritic, assaying $3 in gold and $27 in silver. No new finds worthy of note were made on Toad mountain. In October, the arrival at Nelson of a number of prospectors to record locations made on the headwaters of a creek (now named Carpenter) emptying into the east side of Slocan lake created no little excitement, as their coming had been preceded by rumors of the almost fabulous richness of the ore found in ledges of great width. From that time until the end of the year the new district was visited by probably 150 prospectors, the greater number of whom made locations. VVhile assays invariably showed the ore to be high- grade, no work was done on any of the claims. This was not because of a lack of faith, but because the discoveries were made so late in the fall that trails could not be cut from accessible points to them, so as to permit tools and provisions being packed in. Even now, the end of the nearest trail is distant 10 to 12 miles from the discoveries. However, that section will be easily accessible in the early summer of this year, since there is great rivalry between the parties interested in the Kaslo creek and Slocan river routes, to say nothing of the route the people of Revelstoke will open by way of Nakusp creek. A village has been started sbt the mouth of Carpenter creek, distant about 10 miles from the discoveries, where supplies can now be obtained. Parties who camped New-: year's-eve on the Noble Five claim, one of the first locations made, informed The Miner that the snow is about 8 feet deep, and that in their opinion it will be useless for prospectors to go into the country earlier than May. SALES. About 50 sales of claims, of more or less value, were made during the year. Early in the spring A. M. Esler purchased an eighth interest in the Dandy for $4000 cash, and obtained a bond on the other seven-eighths at a figure up in the thousands. Owing to the delay in beginning work on the wagon road from Nelson to Toad mountain, which rendered it impracticable to place machinery on the property, the terms of the bond were re-adjusted late in the fall and most, of the working force laid off. The Iroquois was purchased by J. E. Boss for $14,000 cash. ;Mr. Boss; also purchased the GrizzlyBear and Silver, Queen, paying $8000 for them. O t ber sales were, made at figures ranging- from $250 to $2500, the latter price being paid for the Last Chance, and the Jim Crow, and for an interest in the Ollie. J. C Cobaugh .transferred- his interest in the Hall mines for $20,000 cash, the interest being.a. twenty-sixth. John Wallace's interest in the Whitewater on Rover creek was also sold during the year, at a figure said to he $10,000. The sales for the year ciggregated fully $100,000. OUTLYING DIVISIONS. But little development work was done in either Goat River or Trail Creek divisions during the year. In the former, about 60 locations in all have been made, the best known of which is the Alice. In the latter, the owners of the Le Roi did about all that was done, aside from assessments. ROADS AND TRAILS. The road begun in the summer of 1890 was completed from Nelson to the mines on Toad mountain. Th cost was borne by the government and the mine owners, the latter contributing a bout $10,000 of the total amount expended. The distance is between 8 and 9 miles and the grade comparatively easy. The government made no other expenditures on roads or trails in the division, but mine owners and citizens built altogether about 40 miles of trail, the one up Slocan river alone being 25 miles long. All parts of the division are now easily accessible by trail, and when actual work proves any group of mines workable propositions, means will, no doubt, be found to build wagon roads to them. MINING RECORDS. The gold commissioner's office for West Kootenay district was removed from Revelstoke to Nelson during the year, which largely increased the amount of business transacted at the Nelson office. T. H. Giffin, the mining recorder, recorded about 1000 records and re- records of claims, records of assessment work, bills of sale, and other documents pertaining to the mining business. TOWNS. The towns in the division are Nelson, Robson, Slocan City, and Eldorado City. -rff-=j r\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDT53 >tWVV\"\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDlV \"W \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\u00BDft. \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\u00BDi> m W \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 a-.* m ife \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD : mm Q THE MINEE: NELSON, B. 0., SATUEDAY, JANUAEY 9, 1892. A PROSPEROBJS AXB> GROWER TOWN. There are no more substantial towns in the province, considering their age, than the towns on Kootenay lake. They have not been boomed, and therefore have'.'not-suffered from reactions. The people who live in them are free from debt and are well-to-do ; as a rule,''they'own their business house's and residences^ Thaf-the miitihg dis- tricts behind them have merit is, evidenced by the fact that no failures in business vvere reported during the year just closed. The court records prove that the people are contented and happy as well as law abiding, for few civil cases were tried and hut a,single criminal one. The largest of these t owns is Nelson. Its growth can best be attributed ctd its central and eligible location, for it is distant from 3 to 7 miles from the mines, being 6 miles north of the famous Silver King and about the same distance southeast of the Poorman miine and mill. The construction of the Columbia & Kootenay railway had hot a little to do with the town's growth, since it made it during, 8 months in the year a distributing point for nine-tenths of the lake country's freight and passenger traffic. But, notwithstanding these advantages, had its residents not been wide awake, enterprising, and liberal, the town would not long have maintained the lead,\"-for;other towns on the lake are also eligibly situated. Nelson has 3 general merchandise firms whose business aggregated $250,000 last year, and 13 smaller houses whose sales footed up $75,000 more. It has 3 financial institutions, one of them (the Bank of Montreal) the largest capitalized bank in America, and another (the Bank of British Columbia) ready to come in early in the spring. Its several hotels have 175 rooms for guests, and are not only good sized buildings, but well appointed ones. Their business last year amounted to about $75,000. It has telegraphic connection, via Spokane; railway and steamboat connection with both the main line of the Canadian Pacific ' and the Spokane-Northern; telephonic connection with AihsWorth and Balfour and the mines in Hot Springs and Toad Mountain districts; and trail connection with the supposed-to-be-wonderfully-richTin-mineral- wealth Slocan district. It has, also, a public school and the foundation of a church. It has a system of water works, which affords good protection from fire without the aid of expensive engines or other cipparatus, and it will be lighted by electricity early in the spring, an electric plant being now on the way in. The year's growth of the town is given below, the figures, if anything, being less than the amounts actually expended. VERNON STREET. D. B. Bog-el, office building....... .... $ 400 Dawson & Craddoek, addition to hotel....: 2000 J. Fred Hume & Co., store building 2500 F. J. Farley, bakery 250 John McGinty, carpenter shop 150 Axel Johnson, additions to hotel 200 R. E. Lemon, store and warehouse 2500 Hanson & Blomberg, hotel building 2500 BAKER STREET. Carney & Barrett, store and meat market $ 3000 J. A. Mara, business block (when completed) 3500 R. Blundell, real estate office 400 Neelands Bros., photograph gallery 300 Lindsay & Aldous, store and bakery 500 Johnson & Mahonev, hotel building 3000 W. F. Tectzel & Co'., drug store 1200 Madden Bros., addition to hotel 1000 T. B. May, barber shop 300 Marks & Van Ness, hotel building , 4500 Gilker & Wells, addition to store 100 Wilson & Perdue, additions to meat market and hotel 500 W. T. Atherton, addition to hotel 150 G. A. Bigelow, addition to store 2000 Houston & Ink, business block 1750 Malonc & Trcgillus, hotel building 2500 G. H. Colwcll, office building 300 H. N. Rolfc, residence 1000 Agnes West, residence. 500 Mollie Smith, residence 2500 VICTORIA (BLUFF) STREET. Lean & Hamber, business block (when completed).. $ 1000 Frederick West, residence (when completed). 1000 George Woods, addition to residence 100 11. Selous, business block (when completed) 2200 D. McGillivray & Co., Phair hotel building 12000 E. C. Arthur, drug store and residence 1500 John VV. Tolson, office building 2500 T. C. Collins, residence 1500 G. E. R. Ellis, assay office 250 G. E. R. Ellis, residence :' 400 J. Fred Hume, residence 1000 G. O. Buchanan, residence 1500 M. S. Davys, residence 1500 Donald Cameron, residence 500 Angus Mclntyre, livery stable 500 . Madden Bros., hotel building (when completed) 2000 DOTY ENGINE CO 0__-' TOROITTO, ONTARIO LTD. MANUFAGTUKEES OP ALLSDESOEIPTIOrJS OP MAKINE AND STATIONXKY British Columbia Branch :' 520 Cordova . Street, Vaweouver. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD ; 0. P. ST. JOHN, Manager. 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,1 etc. Estimates for boilers and engines made on application: Mail orders receive prompt attention. HOISTING ENGINES AND SINKING PUMPS FOR :MINE&'' G. O. Buchanan, residence............................ Ash worth '\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& Jevons, 2 residences...................... H. Selous, residence (when completed)....... .... J. Fred Hume, store and residence (when completed) McLean & Co., residence.....'...''....!..... .\".''..\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 ... J. Duham el, residence. McDonald & Henderson, building (when completed) D. Cameron, residence.............;..:..... ... ..-\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..... SILICA STREET. . \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 N. T. Beckingsale, hotel andstable.. i ..-.'.. Henry Dawes, residence.. /-. \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 ........... James Buchanan, residence......................... McLean & Co., residence....... .\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 -. George Owen, residence (when completed) Louis Levesque, residence. \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.\"...................... JOSEPHINE STREET. Houston & Ink, business block. J. Duhamel, hotel building .-....\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. J. Mowatt & Co., carpenter shop... .......... WARD STREET. C. Jiszkowicz, jewelry store. /.:;*.-.... ............... J. F. Ward, residence...... ...:........... .; Provincial jail.......................................... HOOVER ADDITION. J. Fred Hume, residence (wiien completed). MISCELLANEOUS. . Columbia & Kootenay Rail way Co.'s buildings Squatters' cabins 750 1000 1000 1000 750 750 3000 750 3000 750 1000 1000 750 600 $ 3350 2000 100 $ -200 100 1000 $ 5000 $ 7500 '' 2000 W, F. Teetzel & Co. DEALERS IN CHEMICALS, PATENT MEDIGINES; TOILET ARTICLES, ETC. CREAM OF THE .WORLD'S -NEWS. Several of the mines in the Cceur d'Alene section of Idaho have closed down, for the reason, it is said, that the railroad companies have raised the freight rate $2 a ton on ore from the mines'to the smelters at Denver, Colorado. The miners are leaving for Montana and Colorado. Countess Clancarty, formerly tlie notorious concert-hall singer Belle Bilton, has presented her husband with twin boys, thus providing for the direct succession of the title to the \"noble\" house of Clancarty. W. E. Hall'was re-elected mayor of Walker- ' ville, Montana, after a hard con test. He received 331 votes to 280 for C. W. Hanscom. Lord Dufferin, at one time governor-general of Canada, and now British minister to Italy, has been appointed minister to France\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\u00BDa post he has longed for, it is said. Pugilists Slavin and Sullivan's representatives met on December 29th at the Herald office, New York, to arrange a fight between the men. Both sides were willing to put up money, but they could not agree. Sullivan declares emphatically that he would not fight Slavin in the event of the latter losing his fight4 with Peter Jackson next May. The Slavin contingent wanted to make the match whether their man won or lost with Jackson, but the Sullivan men would not agree to that proposition. The matter was finally settled by Slavin agreeing to cable his backers for instructions. The tracklayers on ihe Great Northern railway have reached Columbia Falls, in the Flathead country. It is now believed the track between Sand Point and Bonner's Ferry will not be laid until spring, owing to the great depth of snow. Butte, Montana, is to have a tug-of-war contest, after the style of those recently held in San Francisco. Chicago, and Denver. At San Francisco the Scotch team won ; at Chicago, the Canadian team; at Denver, the Scandinavian. Six teams of 8 men each will contest at Butte. WilOTJBSAKE DEAXERS IN\" CIGARS. -'KAYJUONlft SEWING MACHINES'. IN STOCK. Cor. East Baker and Ward Streets. Telephone 32. GILKER & WELLS'S l*ostoifice Store, Nelson, SI. C. AND GENTS: rUErllSHING GOODS, ALSO, FULL LINES OF ED'iC'l Toilet Articles and Stationery. NELSON, B.C. are now settled in their new store, No. 2 Houston & Ink building, and have on display a full range of Plain and Fancy Worsted Suitings and Scotch and Irish Tweeds and Serges. PRICES TO SUIT THE TI-VLIES Plasterers and Bricklayers Will Contract for all Kinds of Work. Materials furnished and estimates given on application Agents for the sale of LIME. Address all communications to Nelson, B. C. -.i 1!.' CPr/ i w. - fe ll 1 ml b-v \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDp; IB \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, s, I- &L._. Nelson Sawmill Co. Ltd. Yard: At end of Flame. Mill: Two Miles South of Nelson. Manufacture The mill has a capacity of 2 ; -.<. BREHUfflBIK A WATSON, Agents at Ainsworth. REPORTERS NOT 2WAMGNANT PERSONS. Don't tell a newspaper reporter, when he calls on you on business, things which you do not wish him to print. He does not call for information lor the fun of it. He is there on business. When you meet a reporter socially don't say to him every time you open your mouth, \"This is not for publication.\" The chances are that reporters know the proprieties of life quite as well as men in other callings. If you really have information to give either give it cheerfully and frankly or refuse with firmness, but don't try to be clever and attempt any \"funny business.\" If you give the information frankly, you will in ninety-nine cases out of one hundred be accurately reported and respectfully treated. If you refuse on any other than trivial grounds your reticence will be respected. If you try to outwit the reporter by an effort to mislead him or by direct misrepresentation, you are sure to make a mess of it and wish that you had been better advised. Disabuse your mind of any foolish impression that newspaper reporters are malignant persons trying to stir up trouble in the world. They are, as a rule, the opposite of this and have as high an idea as other men of the relative, ^advantages of contentment and strife. \ *V it The Manifest Destiny of Canada. Henry Laboucliere, a member of the British J/ . Y . house of commons and the editor of the London Truth, says \"it is the manifest destiny of the Dominion to become a new United States or become annexed to the great republic. The change is inevitable, and the sooner it occurs the better. The'.-emancipation of the grotesque Dominion and its absorption in the United States would be beneficial to Canadians and to Great Britain. Such a course would relieve Great Britain of the necessity of engaging in transatlantic squabbles in which she has no concern. It would moreover give the Canadians the energy and enterprise .which no colonists can possess. The only sufferers would be the Indians, who would be transferred to the tender mercies of what probably is the most corrupt and rascally institution on earth\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 United States Indian bureau. Canada once free, Australia would soon follow. The, talk of Australian loyalty toVthe British crown is all buncombe.\" \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 Eating Snow Does not Satisfy Thirst. It would be in order for some medical man or scientist to explain why eating snow does not satisfy thirst. Sometimes travelers in very cold districts during winter, finding all the water frozen up, eat snow to relieve thirst, and almost immediately commence to suffer ten times worse than before. Sucking ice affords relief in the most extreme cases, but eating snow invariably either increases or produces thirst. What makes this still more strange is that melted snow produces the purest and most satisfying drinking water. Cisterns are often shoveled full of snow during extremely cold spells, and the cistern water is very much improved thereby. The question is often discussed, but no reasonable explanation of this apparent anomaly has ever been printed. A JLucby JWining Operator. A. M. Esler's friends in Nelson will be glad to learn that his venture in running a crosscut tunnel in the Badger mine, at Gem, Idaho, has verified his predictions. Here is the telegram he sent to the president of his company at Helena, Montana, on Christmas-day: Shout the glad tidings for the Christinas gift. Agony of suspense over. Struck the Badger in his hole today at 10 o'clock, 1031 feet in, G50 feet from surface. First blast in vein shows 3 feet of tine ore. Will take 2 days to determine further width. You can all wear diamonds. Take a drink -one for A. M. ESLER. A SensiMe Mining Decision. In a decision made at Helena, Montana, last week the supreme court expounded the law of locating a mine as follows: \"If the miner finds that which is a lode or vein within the approved definitions containing valuable ore deposits; if it is a vein or of that character and that which he can follow as indicated, a mineral lode, his guide, his star, he may claim it and locate and hold it without being required to show that at the time of location it contained mineral deposits \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\u00BDJ'.T. \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'.Sum of sufficient value to justify work to extract them.\" The essence of the decision is that a prospector is not required to find a paying mine before he,locates his claim, which is a sensible decision, and should be as good law in British Columbia as in Montana. w. J. WILSON. VV. PERDUE. WILSON & PERDUE, PROPRIETORS OF .AT.. NELSON AND AINSW0ETH. Will contract to supply mining companies and steamboats with fresh meats, and deliver same at any mine or landing in the Kootenay Lake country. CORRAL AND STABLING AT NELSON, where saddle and pack animals can always be hired, and teams obtained for job teaming. During the winter EXPEESS PAE0ELS AND LIGHT FEEIGHT will be promptly forwarded to and from Colville, Trail, Nelson, Balfour, Pilot Bay, and Ainsworth. NELSON OEFICE AND MARKET, NO. II EAST BAKER STREET Telephone 32. ANGUS McINTYRE, PROPRIETOR OF THE 3? IO 3ST-E :e :r GORRAL and STABLE Corner RlufF and Ward Streets, NELSON, B. C. Will undertake any work or contract in which pack animals or teams can be used. Will furnish SADDLE AND PACE ANIMALS to parties who wish to examine mines and claims in Toad Mountain district. WILL C0NTEACT TO OAEEY PASSENGEES and baggage, to and from hotels ; also, freight to and from steamboat wharves and railway depots. CONTRACT TO GRADE LOTS IN NELSON. Stove and Cord wood for Sale. STO\"V\"ESSI The Cheapest Place to Buy Stoves, Tinware, etc., and to go for any kind of copper, tin, and sheet-iron work is W. KIRKuT'S, Houston-Ink Block, _srT\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDix_so3sr_ :b- o_ One Per Cent a can be obtained for small amounts, loaned on short time and well secured. Apply to HOUSTON & INK, real estate and mine brokers, Miner building, Nelson. ii i-fe test;*. if-.- S??;*\"i if iii: ill $\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD -, I\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD H- & fe \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\u00BDST- t Jar It' 4 THE MINEE: NELSON. E. 0., SATLTEDAY, JANUAEY 9, 18921 The Miner is printed on Saturdays, and will be mailed to subscribers at the following cash-in-advance rates: Three months_\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD1.50, six months \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD2.50, one year \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD1. Contract Advertisements will be inserted at the rate of $3 an inch (down the column) per month. A special rate.for advertisements of over 2 inches. Transient Advertisements will be inserted for lo cents a line for the first insertion, and 7 cents a-, line for each additional insertion. Twelve lines of 9 words each make an inch. All advertisements printed for a less period than 3 months considered transient and must be paid for in advance. Advertisements of less than 12 lines will be counted as 12 lines. .- J or Printing in good style At fair rates. Cards, , envelopes, and letter, note, and account papers kept in stock.'., \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'.!. ,\" \".. Letters to the Editor will only appear over the writer's name. Communications with such signatures as \"Old Subscriber,\" \"Veritas,\" \"Citizen,\" etc., etc.* will not be printed on any consideration. Address all Letters : The Miner, Nelson, B. C. EDITORIAL' REMARKS. The legislative assembly will qohvene on Thursday, the 28th instant. It is not known what measures the government will introduce, but it is hoped that mr. Robson will mak.'e an attempt to-pass a bill to do away with privatelegislation. West Kootenay's member, mr. Kellie, will probably act as independent, of party as he did at the last session, and if he does he will only be doing what the people of the district expect him totlo. _____ The corrupt practices of the Mercier government in the province of Quebec cannot be explained in any qther way than that the people of that province are willing to tolerate corrupt practices so that they may be occasionally tickled with speeches abounding in demagogic appeals to their race and religious prejudices. The people of no other province in the Dominion would for a day allow themselves to be ruled by a government so openly and so brazenly corrupt. The following is from the Spokane Chronicle of December 28th. Captain Tibbetts is just a ; trifle too sanguine. Spokane will, no doubt, get a share of the trade of the Kootenay Lake country, of which the Kasio-Slocan district is merely , a part, but it will be a small share, the duty on goods from the United States acting as a bar to large importations. Then, again, the manufacturers and wholesale dealers of eastern Canada sell goods equally as low as those of the eastern states, and give longer time\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\u00BDusually 4 months as against 30 and 60 days given by the manufacturers and wholesale dealers of the United States. The merchants of the Kootenay Lake country, like those of Spokane, buy in the best markets; and until unrestricted reciprocity is an established fact, the best markets for the merchants in this portion of British Columbia are those of eastern Canada: ,'k At first I was not sure that the trade of that \" country would warrant the expense of placing \" aline of boats on the Kootenay liver, but the -'rich discoveries recently made in the Kaslo- \" Slocan country will cause an immense immi- \" gration there in the spring. It is safe to esti- \" mate that there will be over 5000 people in \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*' there next season, and such a number of people \" will naturally make a large amount of traffic. \" Spokane, in my opinion, is the town to have \" that trade, and she will without doubt ha,ve it \" and hold it if a movement is made at the \" start. Helena, Montana, would like to catch \" it, and would be most willing to put capital in \" the enterprise for the purpose of getting in \" on the ground floor. Spokane will get there \"though. I have had every encouragement \" from the citizens of Spokane, and will have \" no trouble in raising the necessary capital. I il propose to place a boat adapted to either river \" or lake traffic on the Kootenay river, and con- \" nect with railway at Bonner's Ferry. We \" will then have communication between Spo- \" kane and that country that will link the 2 \" points together.\" Ever since the discovery of the Silver King by the Halls envious people have either decried the property or tlie district in which it is situate. When the Silver King was not pronounced a worthless \"blowout\" its owners would be denounced for not building roads to \"a mine worth millions.\" When the district was not de- clared a barren doloritebelt it would be called a camp with but one showing for a mine., These envious attacks do not hurt the Silver King, but they are unfair to the ovvners of that property and to the district in which it is situate. Tlie Silver King may be, a \"blowout,\" but, at the same time, it is the only -.piece of mining property in West Kootenay district for which a. million dollars has been offered and refused. Its original owners were poor men and unable to expend thousands of dollars on deati work, such as building. Wagon roads, etc. Its present owners, however,- have expended more money in building a wagon road than, all the other mine owners in West Kootenay district put together.; and that, too, in building a road that is in every sense a public highway, for its southern '\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 j terminus is c within easy reach of over 50 mineral j claims, a dozen or in ore of which are be vend the I prospect stage. The wagon road from Nelson | to the mines on Toad mounfain cost $23,000, of ! which the provincial government contributed !' $5000 in 1890 and $8000 in 1891, the owners of the j Silver King and Dandy mines contributing the ;' balance\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 former $8500 and the latter $1500. No people have been more persistent, in making these envious attacks than those residing at Revelstoke\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\u00BDa people whose prosperity was brought about by the discovery of the. Silver King mine, and whose continued prosperity depends on the successful working of the mines in the Kootenay Lake country. At a recent public meeting held in that town one speaker, contended that rich claim owners should build their own roads, or at least recoup the government for such outiays, and raised an objection .to the appropriation foi- building a \"wagon road to one mine on Toad mountain.\" He said that as the mine was a very rich one, it was only fair that go vern in en t money expended for the benefit of its owners should be repaid at some future date, in case the property turned out to be a paying concern. The man who thus contended, however, made no reference to the government money expended in building a-wagon road from Albert Canyon to \"one mine\" on the north fork of the Illecillewaet\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\u00BDa. road that cost thousands of dollars and over which a wagon has never been. It is a familiar thought that no other people get so much excitement out of politics for their money as the English. Added to all other uncertainties which give politics a distinct sporting interest, there is a delightful element of chance in the very date of elections. During the past month or so the country Tory members have been fairly besieging the party whips in an effort to learn whether a dissolution may be expected in the spring or staved off till late in the autumn. This question is of burning interest to them, because on it hangs the rental of their town houses for the season. Unforseen accidents, of course, may precipitate it at any time. Notwithstanding the magnitude of the majority still remaining to the government in the commons, it is clear enough that there are rocky times ahead. It does not matter so much, perhaps, that a good deal of individual restive- ness is manifestong^'itself in the Tory ;ranks. Party discipline can always take1 care of that when the strain comes, but if, the intention exists to ask parliament for a grant for \"Collars and Cuffs\"on the occasion of his marriage, there wall be a fight which will tax all the energies of the Salisbury government and very probably throw it out of power. It is only 2 years since pariiament reairanged the whole Jinancial estate of the prince of Wales's family on a basis which should remain unchanged till 6; months after the close of the present reign. This was explicitly stated, and on this imderstanding mr. Gladstone, with a few .\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\u00BDLiberals and all the Irish mernbers but 2, gave the .ministry a comfortable majority. Now the situation is much altered. Possibly mr. Gladstone's great sense of loyalty to the lading house would influence him personally to vote for evenianother grant, but it is certain that lie neither would nor could take the Liberals: witli him. and, of course.\"the whole ..Irish i party would go with mr. Morley and, sir William Harcourt into the opposition lobby. The.-Tories have never marshaledinore than 134 votes in favor of any royal grant. Their rank and file in the house are more afraid of that than ,of any other,possible-question' atthis time. It would Certainly be resisted by 200 Radicals and the Irish. This computation excites deep nervousness among the Tories and Unionists whose.seat's are doubtful and they are striving through the party press to discourage the idea of a grant, brit lord Salisbury, is an arbitrary gentleman and it wouldba quite like him to attempt to bully the commons into oloing:his will. r DEALERS IN Groceries, Provisions, and General Merchandise. , A STOCK OF English Clothing, Men's Funushings, Dry Goods, IBOOTS, IRJTO. importecl direct from the manufacturers, always on hand. Postoffice and Telephone in Store. BALFOUR. PIONEER FINANCIAL HOUSE OF NELSON. Transacts a general financial business. Interest allowed on deposits at best rates. Money to loan on business paper and against securities. . GKNEKAL A\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD52K\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 London & Lancashire Life Assurance Go.; Taylor's celebrated safes; Accident Insurance Company of North America. CHAS. E. TAYLOR, Manager. Physician, Surgeon, and Accoucheur, Telephone 15. Office: Stanley and Victoria Streets. '9 Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians of London ; Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.' Corner Silica and Ward Streets. Nelson.' Telephone _0. APPLICATION FOR CROWN GRANT. Notice is hereby given that Scott McDonald, as agent for A. W. McCune, has filed the necessary papers and made application for for a crown grant in favor of the mineral claim known as the \"Libby,\" situate in Hot Springs camp., West Kootenay district. Adverse claimants, if any, will forward their objections within 60 days from date of publication. N. FITZSTUBBS, gold commissioner. Nelson, November 23rd, 1891. -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 r\ -V ^^r^rr^ m v.- Sir snBKsfwNIW-S a-^'k)ftffi^&ww^im \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\u00BD535*3 9 TEE MINEE: NELSON, B. 0., SATURDAY, JANUAEY 9, 1892. EDWARD APPLEWHABTE. W. GESNER ALLAN, f Coroner, Deputy Sheriff, and Notary Public. iJr\smm Postoffice Box 69. TATE A S. E. 00ENEE BAKEE AND JOSEPHINE STEEETS, NELSON, B. 0. Telephone 24. ( >-.-#: Loans negotiated on Nelson property. Collections made. Conveyancing documents drawn up. Town lots, lands, and mining claims handled on commission. Ml' 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\u00BD1. A' \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 ,1 \"\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD [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>- \"SQUARING\" A CLERGYMAN. If\"' K_ '&***&. *\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 'ifcf , $12,000,000 REST 0,000,000 Sir DONALD A. SMITH, President Hon. GEO. A. DRUMMOND, Vice-President E, S. CLOUSTON, .' .General Manager \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD NELSON EEANOH, 13 EAST BAKEE STREET. Branches in London (England), New York and Chicago, and in the principal cities in Canada; Buy and sell sterling exchange and cahle tranfers,; Grant commercial and travelers' credits, available ih any part of the world; r Drafts issued; Collections made; Etc. ., SAVINGS BANK BRANCH Rate of interest at present four per cent. 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A Krancli oi' litis Rank will he established in the Kootenay Lake BHstrict NT more or less Ainsworth, November 2nd; 1891. a; m. wilson; Notice is hereby given that 60 days after date I intend to apply to the chief commissioner of lands and works for permission to purchase the following described tract of land, situate in West Kootenay district: Commencing at a post marked \"John G. McGuigan's south west corner\" (said post being located about 3 miles north of Carpenter ccreek and 10 east of Slocan lake), running thence north 40 chains, thence east 40 chains, thence south 40 chains, thence west 40 chains to initial post; containing 160 acres more or less. \".'~ JOHN G. McGUIGAN. Nelson, November 23rd, 1891. ' * Notice is hereby given that 60 days after date I intend to apply to the chief commissioner of lands and works for permission to purchase the following described tract of land in West Kootenay district: Commencing at a post on the west shore of Kootenay lake, about one-half mile south of Fletcher creek, thence west 40 chains more or less, thence south 40 chains, thence east to the lake sliore, thence following the lake shore to the initial point; containing. 160 acres more or less. H.ANDERSON. : Kootenay Lake, B. C, October 5th, 1891. Notice is hereby given that 60 days after date I intend to apply to the chief commissioner of lands and works for permission to purchase the following described tract of land, situate in West Kootenay district: Commencing at a post marked C. C. Sproue's ,N. E. corner post, placed on the Slocan trail about 4 miles from the forks of the Slocan river, thence south 40 chains, thence west 80 chains following the meanderings of the river, thence north 40 chains, thence east 80 chains to the place of commencement; containing 320 acres more or less. C. C. SPROULE. Nelson, December 14th, 189.1., . ( Notice is hereby given that I intend to apply, within 60 days, to the chief commissioner of lands and works for permission to. purchase the following described tract of land;, which is situate in West Kootenay district: Commencing at a post marked E. Coming's north west corner, planted on the shore Of Slocan lake, running thence south 40 chains, thence west 40 chains! more or less, to Slocan river, thence north following meanderings of river to shore of lake, to initial post; containing 160 acres more or less. Dated, December I7th, 1891. ... E. CORNING. Notice is hereby given that 90 days after date I intend to apply to the chief commissionerof lands and works for permission to purchase the following described tract of land, situate in West Kootenay 'district: Commencing at r, a stake oh the east bank of the Slocan river, about 9 miles from Slocan lake, and marked A. A?s S. E. corner post, thence running north 40 chains, thence west 40 chains, thence south 40 chains more or less to the river, thence following the meanderings of the river to point of commencement; containing 160 acres more or less. A. ADAMS, c Nelson, December 8th, 1891. Notice is hereby given that 60 days after date I intend to apply to the chief commissioner of lands and works for permission to purchase the following described tract of land: Commencing at a post marked Gr. B. W., S. W. corner post, situate about 20 chains north of the southeast corner of Angus McGillivray's land, about one-half mile east of Slocan lake and about 10 chains south of Carpenter creek, thence east 40 chains, thence north 40 chains, thence west 40 chains, thence south 40 chains to the place of commencement; containing 160 acres more or less. Ainsworth, October 31st, 1891. G. B. WRIGHT. Notice is hereby given,that 60 dajrs after date I intend to apply to the chief commissioner of lands and works for permission to purchase the following described tract of land: Commencing at a stake placed near the outlet of Slocan lake, marked Alfred Hill's S. W. corner, about three- quarters of a mile from Slocan lake outlet and one-half mile from Slocan river, thence running east 40 chains, thence north 40 chains, thence west 40 chains, thence south 40 chains to point of commencement; containing 160 acres more or less. ALFRED HILL. Nelson, December 14th, 1891. , Notice is hereby giyen that 60 days after date we intend to apply; to the chief commissi en er of lands.and works for permission to purchase the following described tract of land: Situate at the junction of Sandon and Carpenter creeks (the latter a tributary of Seaton creek, which flows into the east side of Slocan lake). Commencing at a post near the right bank of Sandon creek, thence west 40 chains, thence north 40 chains, (crossing Carpenter creek) thence east 40 chains, thence south 40 chains to point of commencement; containing 160 acres more or less. BRUCE WHITE, Nelson, November 9th, 1891. JOHN SANDON. Notice is hereby given that 60 days after date I intend to apply to the chief commissioner of lands and works for permission to purchase the following described tract of land, situate in West Kootenay district: Commencing at a post on the extreme north end of Slocan lake, marked E. A. Bielenberg's S. W. corner post, thence running north 40 chains, thence east 40 chains, thence south 40 chains, thence following the shore of the lake to initial post. E. A. BIELENBERG. Ainsworth, December 10th, 1891. Notice is hereby given that 60 days after date I intend to apply to the chief commissioner of lands and works for permission to purchase the following described tract of land, situate in West Kootenay district: Commencing at a post marked J. H. Brownlee's northwest corner, at the center of the forks of Kaslo river, about 4 miles west of Kaslo City, thence south 40 chains, thence east 40 chains, thence north 40 chains, thence west 40 chains to the place of commencement; containing 160 acres more or less. J. H. BROWNLEE. Dated this 26th day of November, 1891. Notice is hereby given that 90 days after date I intend to apply to the chief commissioner of lands and works for permission^ to purchase the following described tract of land, situate in West-Kootenay district: Commencing at a stake marked B. H. L's S. W. corner post, about high- water mark on north bank of Kootenay river, about 6 miles east of.the'.town of Nelson, British Colurnbia, thence north 80 chains, thence east 80 chains, thence soiith to b^nk of Kootenay river, thence following the sinupsitiesof the Kootenay river to the point of commencement;'comprising 450 acres more or less. BENJAMIN HENRY LEE; Nelson, B.C., 30th November; 189ir ^ Notice is hereby given tbafrwe intend to apply within 60 days to the chief commissioner of lands and works for permission to purchase the following described tract of land, which is situate in West Kootenay district: Commencing at a post (marked M. Malloy>and G. A. Bigelow, north west- corner) planted oncthe shore of Slocan lake at a point about 100 chains north of Carpenter creek, running thence 80 chains east, thence 40 chains south, or to the north line of the land applied for by Angus McGillivray and by J. Fletcher and A. S.Farwell, thence 80 chains west, or to shore of lake, thence north, following shore of lake, to initial post; containing 320 acres more or less. M. MALLOY, Dated, December 16th, 1891. G. A. BIGELOW. Notice is hereby given that'60 days after date we intend to apply to the chief commissioner of lands and works for permission to purchase the following described tract of land, situate in West Kootenaj* district: Commencing at a post, marked \"Hunter & Hume's southeast corner,\" planted 300 yards south of a. creek about 2 miles south of the stream known as Carpenter creek, thence north. 80 chains, thence west.20 chains to the shore of Slocan lake, thence south 80 chains following the lake shore, thence, east 20 chains,_f olio wing the lake shore, to initial post; containing 160 acres more or less. ,. WILLIAM HUNTER, Nelson, December 9th, 1891. J. FRED HUME. Notice is hereby given that 60 days after date I intend to apply to the chief commissioner of lands and works for permission to purchase the following described tract of land, situate in West Kootenay district: Commencing at a: stake ne.ar.the outlet of Slocan lake marked David B. Bogle's northwest corner post, thence funning' east 40 chains, thence south 80 chains, thence west 40 chains, thence north 80 chains; containing 320 acres more or less. Nelson, 31st December, 1891. - DAVID B. BOGLE. Notice is hereby given that 60 days after date I intend to apply to the chief commissioner of lands and works for permission to purchase the following described tract of land, situate in West Kootenay district: Commencing at a post marked C. D. Kinnee's southeast corner about 40 chains west of Kaslo bay, thence running 40 chains west, thence 40 chains north, thence 40 chains east, thence 40 chains south; containing 160 acres. C. D. KINNEE. Ainsworth, December 29th, 1891. Notice is hereby given that 60 days after date I intend to apply to the chief commissioner of lands and works for permission to purchase the following described tract of land, situate in West Kootenay district: Commencing on shore of Slocan lake at a stake marked J. R. Cook's southwest corner, thence 80 chains north on east side of Hume & Hunter's purchase application; thence 40 chains east, thence 80 chains south, thence 40 chains west to place of commencement; containing 320 acres more or less. Dated, December 6th, 1891. JOHN R.COOK. PRIVATE BILL NOTICES. Notice is hereby given that application will be made to the legislative assembly of the province of British Columbia, at its next session, for ah act to incorporete a company for the purpose of constructing, maintaining, and equipping a railway from some point on the Columbia river, at or,near the southern boundary of the province, to Kootenaj' lake at or near the town of Nelson, via Salmon river and Cottonwood Smith creek, with power to construct and maintain branch lines; and also to construct and operate telegraph and telephone lines in connection with the said railway. WILSON, WOOTTON & BARNARD. Solicitors for applicants. Dated 25th day of November, 1891. Notice is hereby given that at the next session of the legislature of British Columbia application will be made for the passage of a private bill authorizing the applicants to construct, operate, and maintain tramways', for the purpose of conveying passengers, freight, and ores from some convenient point near Nelson to any point or points within a radius of 25 miles from Nelson, also to take and use from the Kootenay river, in the vicinity of the falls of the said river, so.much of the waters as may be necessary to obtain therefrom 5000 horse power, for the purposes of generating electricity to be used either as a motive power for the said tramways, or other works of the applicants, or to be supplied by the applicants to consumers as a motive power for hauling, pumping, lighting, smelting, drilling, or for any other purposes for which it may be applied or be required; with power to the applicants to construct and- maintain buildings, erections, raceways, or other works, in connection therewith for improving and increasing the water privilege; and also to enter upon and expropriate lands for a site for power houses, and for dams, raceways, or such other works as shall be necessary; also to erect, lay, construct, and maintain all necessary works, buildings, pipes, poles, wires, appliances, or conveniences necessary or proper for the generating and transmitting of electricity or power within the area above described. BODWELL & IRVING, Solicitors for applicants. November 12th 1891. APPLICATION FOR CROWN GRANT. Notice is hereby given that J. L. Retallack, as agent for George C. Howe, has filed the necessary papers and made application for a crown grant in favor of the mineral claim known as the \"Fourth,\" situate in Hot Springs camp, West Kootenay district. Adverse claimants, if any, will forward their objections within 60days from date of publication. N. FITZSTUBBS, gold commissioner. Nelson, December 14th, 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\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD'*! -11 i r, I *-\"! r'A i W't' 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\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 a\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDai-iL8iimur\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDnMafii^ m\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDUUUMWlrMlfl\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD!lffl^^ iiil! I''< ilrf ' i 1 i: I- ft * Hi & . 'I - M - fffl - H - 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 il il Cor. Baker and Ward Sts. NELSON, B. C. H. & T. MADDEN Proprietors. The Madden is Centrally Located, with a frontage towards Kootenay river, and is newly furnished throughout. T IE\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDl IE T-A-IBILIE is supplied with everything in the market, the kitchen \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 being under the immediate supervision of Hugh Madden, a caterer of large experience. THE BAR IS STOCKED WITH THE BEST brands of beer, ale, wine, whisky, and cigars. Vernon Street, near Josephine, - NELSON, 15. C. L PROPRIETOR. THE HOTEL OVERLOOKS THE KOOTENAY its guests thus obtaining splendid views of both mountain and river. THE'R OO IVI S THE TABLE are comfortable in si\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDe and is acknowledged the best newly furnished. in the mountains. is stocked with the best liquors and cigars procurable. No whiskies sold-except Hiram Walker & Sons celebrated brands. East Baker Street, Nelson, Is one of the best hotels in Toad Mountain district, ami is the headquarters for prospectors and working miners. The Table is not Surpassed by that of any Hotel in the Kootenay Lake country- At the Bar is Dispensed Pine Liquors and Cigars, and the bed-rooms are newly furnished. HAlONfe \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD TOECII.1AJS ^W^S?!? THE MINES: NELSON, B. 0., SATUEDAY, JANUAEY 9, 1892. NAPOLEON'S SISTER PAULINE. \" The most famous, though not the most precious work of art in the Borghese collection is the Canova statue of the princess Pauline Borghese. She was the second daughter of Charles and Lffititia Bonaparte, therefore a sister of Napoleon I The statue represents her as Venus Vic- trix holding in her hand the golden apple as the prize of victory. When I went to look at it I found her caressingly reposing on a bed, en- sconsed in drapery, ostensibly as a cover to her nakedness, and yet so arranged as to expose her symmetrical form in all its beauty. \"Pauline was the loveliest of Napoleon's sisters and the least virtuous. Mrae. Ducrest, writing of her, savs: \"She was the loveliest woman I ever beheld; there was.not the slightest imperfection in her delicious face, to which was joined an elegant figure and the most seductive grace. Shef w*san incomparable beauty, hut she had little or no instruction, no conversational powers and her manners were exceedingly dissolute.\" It seems only too probable that there was truth in the terrible accusations laid to tlie charge of this lovely but profligate woman, but fortunately she.had redeeming qualities. W itn all her frailties she was not a mischiei-maJter: she might put out her tongue to her sister-m-law behind her back and cry because Josephine had finer newels than she had, but she never tortured her like her brother and sister did and never allowed her to be swayed by political motives to do a bad 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\u00BD i,,1*.1^,, ^f In 1797 when Napoleon was at the chateau oi Montebello, already playing the.sovereign, he sent Joseph to Marmont with the proposal that he should marry Pauline. Marmont declined and the offer which he refused was accepted by- general Leclerc, a brilliant Y^Z^^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 great stamina, General Leclerc died in St Domingo of vellow fever, and Pauline returned to Pari* Having little confidence m her and anxious that she should conduct herself decently at all events during the time she would have to pass in mourning, Napoleon confided her to^the care of his brother Joseph and his worthy wife, but she soon became conspicuous for her indiscretions in spite of the threats and remonstrances of Napoleon. Then came the chance to marry prince Borghese. The wedding caused mite a flutter among the old families of the Faubourg St. Germain, who felt themselves suddenly brought into contact with the Bonapartes. Strange to say, no official notifications were uiade of this marriage. The ceremony was celebrated without any pomp at Joseph s county residence of Mortfontain, in the absence of Napoleon, who was at the camp of Boulogne. 1? was the statue of thisprincess that Oanov* esteemed as one of his best works, and if I refer to it today it is because it came very near being thrown on the market a few days ago, something that was only prevented by the Italian 'orbvernment. Fancy a prince of one of the most Satrician families that Rome^has ever known finding himself hard up, but that is what ails the Borghese. He owes- $5,000,(300 and wants to sell his celebrated gallery of pictures and statuary but as the government of Italy opposed his doing so, family relatives have managed to raise 13 008,000francs or so, with which he may /stand off\" a few of those who are pushing him too closely. _____ - , Corner West Vernon and Stanley Streets, NELSON, B. C. Telephone 43. HBST-0LASS IN EYEEY EESPE0T. The International has a comfortably fu\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^ed ^lor f\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDr ladies, and the rooms arc large and tui mslied newly throughout. THE TABLE IS NOT SURPASSED by any hotel in the Kootenay Lake country. A share of transient trade solicited. THE SAMPLE-ROOM IS STOCKED WITH CHOICE CIGARS AND THE FINEST BRANDS OF LIQUORS. Bi PROPRIETORS \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 \"The Finest Hotel in Toad Mountain District Corner West Baker and Ward Streets, NELSON, IS. C. JOHNSOM Sl MAHONEY, PROPRIETORS. The Silver King is a new building and furnished with new furniture from kitchen to attic. The table will hot be equalled by any hotel in Nelson. Telephone 21. TRAIL, B. C. TOPPING & HANNA Proprietors \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;<>od TaDle; \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\u00BDod Beds ; IRyas-Closc liquors. Mr. Buna's Besuity of\" Pompeii. Charles A. Dana of the New York Sun has just come back from another trip to Europe. '\"The most beautiful thing that I saw,\" said he to a New York Press interviewer, \"was the body of a young girl in Pompeii. She lay, face downward, with her head resting upon her arm, perhaps asleep. The accident which wiped out a Stydid not disturb her. The ashes from the voLo settled down on her, packed with the weight of centuries, and when with 1 me hti body had crumbled to a handful of dust, the ashes and powder from the volcano formed a perfect moiud of her form. Of this .mould^ the marvelously skillful men working at the restpr- K of thl dead city, ^^^ Vn\we^en I saw. The young girl, who might have b< en 20 years old. was clad in a single, garmeni No more beautiful form was ever imagined by a sculptor.\" Furniture and Pianos! Jas. McDonald & Co. 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NELSON STOKE : So.* Houston A I\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDB< Building, .loHC\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDhinc *^et; \" ET J. M0WAT & CO. Contractors and Builders, SEASONED LUMBER always on hand for store fittings, desks, tables, etc. Will contract to erect all kinds of ^\"^VA^^Bfe^\"\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\"*100 satisfaction. Shop : corner Josephine and Blun sts. -,vivft r^VC.\"*' ;-r- few*.*- *f 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_.'. _ .1. r. 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M 5 I I m I i. '1 8 __^3EB^!If!l___0-- SATUEDAY, JATOAEY 9, 1892. Dealers in Dry Goods, Groceries, Provisions, Canned Goods, Hardware, Etc. Miners' Supplies a Specialty. Telephone 27. Tie stock _ M and collate in eve^ Department, and the public will find it to th,\" H * and compare PricTs. *\"* a,Wase to oaU and \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\u00BDPect Goodf SMALL XIJGCiETS OF i\KWS. Between revival meetings, tobogganing1, skating, and building castles in the air. the people of Nelson manage to kill time pleasantly. The Nelson-Slocan Steam Navigation Company, Limited, is the latest corporation organized in the lake country. It starts out with the modest capital of $2000, which will be expended in building a 50-foot steamboat to ply on the waters of Slocan lake. The hull will be built at the mouth of Carpenter creek. The machin- - ery will be from the John Doty Engine 'Company's works and packed in by Angus Melntyre's pack train. The boat will be running by the middle of April. Arthur Dick, B. H. Lee, and Alfred Bunker - arrived at Nelson on Thursday evening from Slocan City, at the lower end of the lake. They report about 6 inches of snow at the lake and from 12 to 18 inches on the trail. They will return in about 10 days, and put in the time until spring clearing streets and making trails in the \"city\" that is to make them all what they would like to be\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\u00BDmen of independent fortune. One thing can be said to the. credit of the people of Nelson: They do not send out \"booming\" reports regarding the town. James R. Buchanan is building a 65-foot tugboat at his brother's sawmill on the outlet, 4 miles from Balfour. It will draw about 5_ feet of water and swing a 4-foot propeller. M. D. Mahoney, mrs. Taylor, captain Dela- hayes, and John R. Cook accompanied Alex Our- rie, the mail carrier, on the outward trip this morning. Harry Young came in from Colville on Tuesday, and reports little of interest happening in that section of Washington. When asked what-, he knew of the Silver King sale, he replied: \"Nothing more than that nir. Durkin, who last fall purebsed Jake Cobaugh's interest, has br n served with papers which go to show that a suit has been commenced to test the legality of Cobaugh's transfer.\" Mr. Young stated that when at Seattle and Tacoma recently he registered from \"Nelson, B. C,\" and that he found more people willing to talk about this country than he was willing to talk to: that, in fact, if J^and 11 East Vernon Street, NELSON B f talk was any indication, the Kootenay lake country would have a genuine old-fashioned stampede in the spring. Mr. Young came in afoot, but. like all men who live-here for even a day, he went out a-horseback. Applewhaite, Allan & Co. have their offices fitted up and will be ready for customers next week. They will do a real estate and financial business, the firm having solid connections on the coast. Mr. Applewhaite, although a newcomer, has already made investments in Nelson real estate, and mr. Allan is as well known, almost, as any man in the lake country, being for a time one of the owners and editors of The Miner. 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George T. Kane, the resident manager of the Kaslo City townsite company, left today for the outside, going by way of Bonner's Ferry. Wilscm '-&. Perdue have a band of beef steers somewhere on the trail between Little Dalles and Nelson. It takes grit and rustle to get supplies into this country in mid-winter. Commodore Da vies of the Midge has decided to put that craft in winter quarters and make a trip to the coast. His address will be Victoria, although he expects to take a run down to Frisco. Hot and cold baths, at Hotel Phair. The Idoho and Midge made regular trips be tween Ainsworth and Nelson during the week, although for a day or two it looked as if the outlet would close, the thermometer registering 26 degrees of frost. Furnished rooms, by the week, at Hotel Phair. held a mass meeting and went down in their pockets and dug up a lead pencil, with which they wrote the following trail-building resolutions: Whereas, some very important mineral discoveries have been made in what is called the Slocan district, and the probabilities are that a large number of prospectors and others will visit this district in the coming- spring; and, whereas, the most natural and shortest route into this district, as has been determined by actual measurement, is by means of a trail from Upper Arrow lake along Nakusp creek through to those discoveries; this trail being at least 10 miles shorter than any other, and more easy grade. Therefore, be it resolved that mr. Kellie urge the provincial legislature to make the necessary appropriation for the construction of said trail along Nakusp creek, and that the construction of said trail be commenced as early in the spring as possible, in order to accommodate the large influx of travel to this district, which will undoubtedly take place on the opening of navigation.. On Slocan Lake at mouth of Carpenter Creek. DEALERS TN ENERAL MERCHANDI AND MINERS' SUPPLIES. Tlae Way Revelstoke People ISiiiltl Trails. The owners of the Kaslo City townsite have built a trail to within a few miles of the new discoveries on Slocan lake, and will complete the undertaking in the spring. The people of Nelson have built a trail from a point on the Columbia & Kootenay railway to the lower end of Slocan lake, so that the new discoveries can easily be reached by way of the Slocan river or Nelson route. The people of Revelstoke. also anxious to have a trail to the new discoveries, There is no need of prospectors or others bound for the Slocan district bringing in supplies. Our stock is complete and will be sold at reasonable prices. Eldorado City is not a boom townsite, but is situate within 5 to 9 miles of all the mines so far discovered in Slocan district, and is easily accessible from Nelson either summer or winter, being distant but 60 miles. The EASIETand QUICKEST ROUTE in to the SLOCAN MINES is by way of KASLO CITY. Pack and saddle horses for the conveyance of parties and supplies will be always on hand, as soon as it is possible to reach that district in the spring. Mj ^ \"~ -*- ^J-J.JL.LKJ mere Supplies a Specialty. 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"Print Run: 1890-1898 ; Frequency: Weekly"@en . "Newspapers"@en . "Nelson (B.C.)"@en . "Nelson_Miner_1892_01_09"@en . "10.14288/1.0182549"@en . "English"@en . "49.5000000"@en . "-117.2832999"@en . "Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library"@en . "Nelson, B.C. : John Houston"@en . "Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from the Digitization Centre: http://digitize.library.ubc.ca/"@en . "Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives."@en . "The Miner"@en . "Text"@en .