"17f50108-90cf-42fa-8386-a05c4f037eec"@en . "CONTENTdm"@en . "BC Historical Newspapers"@en . "2011-09-29"@en . "1898-02-24"@en . "The Nakusp Ledge was published in Nakusp, in the Central Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia, from October 1893 to December 1894. The paper was subsequently published as the Ledge both in New Denver, from December 1894 to December 1904, and in Fernie, from January to August 1905. The Ledge was published by Robert Thornton Lowery, a prolific newspaper publisher, editor, and printer who was also widely acclaimed for his skill as a writer. After moving to Fernie, the paper continued to be published under variant titles, including the Fernie Ledger and the District Ledger, from August 1905 to August 1919."@en . ""@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/xnakledge/items/1.0182147/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD** VOLUME V. No. 21. NEW DENVER, B, G., FEBRUARY 24, 1898. Prtce, $2 00 Year T-'HandflbbUt the Slocan AKOUXD ROSSLANO. HANDSOSIB RETURNS. Three Car TjoikIh of Vancouver vieia #:{,7:\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD>.sr>. Or< A few weeks'since three car loads of sorted ore were shipped from the Vancouver Group Company's claims, Four Mile, to the Puget Sound Reduction works, Everett. The smelting company's returns give the following particulars: One car load, dry weight, 39,175 pounds, yielded silver 1(50 ounces, lead 57.2 per cent, per ton, returning a net value of $99,70 per ton or $1,952.89 for the car load. Two car loads, dry weight 78,350 pounds, yieldedsilver.154.7 ounces and lead 44.5 per cent, per ton, returning a net value of $95.45 per ton or $3,739.25 for the two car loads. The quotation for silver was 55% and for lead 3.55. It is learned that the company now has six more car loads on the road to the smelter. The Vancouver group is owned by a Vancouver organization, of which Edward Mahon, of Mabon, McFarland & Mahon, is president. The company owns a.group of seven adjoining claims, four of which are on the lead from which the ore shipped as above was taken. The ore occurs in chutes in a vein that varies from three to six feet in width. Mining on this group is by tunneling. The tunnel on the Vancouver claim is already in about 400 feet, and it is being extended rfght along. A KUSKANOOK TRAGEDY Kuskanookis a hot railroad town at the head of Kootenay lake and had its first killing on the evening of Feb. 13. A party of men consisting of Dennis Connors, Tom Smith, Wm. Kyle and Alex. Clare, from a Crow's Nest Pass railway contraction camp, were spending the night in town drinking and visiting the saloons. During the evening they fell in with Doyle, with whom they had several drinks. About-11:30 Connors, Kyle and Clare were sitting in the Alexander hotel, when Doyle came in and culled them up to the bar to have a drink. Conners went up to the bar saying: \"I'll have a drink with you even if I don't like you.\" Doyle then said; \"You can't get any the best of me,\" and \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD.walked out without the drinks having been served. Connors then went back and sat down. About 15 minutes later 'Doyle came to tlie hotel again and on seeing Connors drew a revolver, and walked up to within a few feet of him. After applying a vile epithet he said; \"Dig up or I'll shoot you.\" Connors with a smile said, \"Fhe away.\" Doyle immediately fired, the bullet entering Connors' left breast an inch above the nipple. After firing the fatal shot Doyle coolly put the revolver in his pocket, walked out of the hotel and made his escape. On seeing Doyle draw his gun, Ericson. the keeper of the hotel, at once sent Clare for the police and in about five minutes after the shooting took place, Constable Forbes, who was acting during Constable Jams' temporary absence, arrived on the scene. Connors never spoke nor moved after being shot and died in a few minutes. Constable Forbes and Ryan, brought the body to Nelson and notified the provincial police department of the occurrence. They also brought in Ericson and Kyle, who were in the bar room at the time of the shooting and Tom Smith who was supposed to be a chum of Doyle, but who swore he had not seen him since 1893, in Spokane, at which time they were working together on the Great Northern railway. Two days after the murder Doyle was captured by Livingstone and Aspdin of the Mounted Police and Special Constable Miller, about 30 miles from Kus- kanook. His capture was easy as he made no resistance and did not have a weapon of any kind. He was landed in Nelson jail last Thursday and seemed pleased to get there. At the preliminary examination he was committed to stand his trial next June. REVKLSTOKK AND TROUT LAKE. as being\", on the same lead as the Silver Cup'group. The promoters of the company have purchased the property for the benefit of the company, winch\" now possess in the Great'Western and Nettie L. both a silver ancl gold proposition. Active work will be started on both as soon as the season opens. Holders of treasury stock get th?. full advantage of the new purchase. The Revelstoke Herald is the authority for the statement that a project is on foot to build a railway from Revelstoke to Albert Canyon, traversing the valley of the north fork of the Illecillewaet and Downie creek, and it is not improbable that the grading of this line will be commenced this summer. The road would open up a inagnificient mineral country and would be of incalculable benefit\" to Revelstoke. It would be the first link of railroad connecting between Revelstoke and the Big Bend and Canoe River country. Not the least satisfactory feature of this scheme is the fact that it promises to be carried out without the charter-mongering that has lately been too much in evidence in western Canadian transportation projects. THK ENTERPRISE. The Nelson Tribune last week stated that the Enterprise mine, on Ten Mile creek, had been bonded to the London & B.C. Gold Fields Co. for $450,000. This is not so, as up to date this company has not entered into any negotiations for the property, although they may do so in the future The present owners of the property have never offered it for less than' half a million dollars. ^_ A SNOWSLIDE TRAGEDY. John Trewicke, followed railroading for many years but abandoned it a year ago to go into mining on the north fork of Carpenter creek. A few days ago a snow slide buried him up just as he came out of the tunnel. His partner proceeded to Three Forks and wired the sad intelligence to Trewicke's relatives in the state of Washington, and a brother of the deceased arrived at the Forks on Sunday evening to recover the body if possible from its snowy grave. I'lliled To I'liv TlM'ir Debts. Two shifts of men set out yesterday to commence operations on the Lone Star on the east slope of Sophie mountain, on which a strike was recently made, returning an assay of S53. A meeting- of the Diamond Dust company has been called for Monday, Feb. 28, at the office of Edward Baillie, to discuss plans for the reorganization of the company. The Diamond Dust lies just east of\" the city and adjoining the Commander. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD The Rathmullen group of mineral claims, consisting' of 11 claims situated in Summit camp, is about to be transferred to an English company now being incorporated in London. As soon as the deal has been completed development work . will be prosecuted on the property. This company has \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD100,000 in the treasu.iy, \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD5,000 of which has been subscribed.\" The vendor company will receive stock in this new company, which will net them 20 cents per share on the amonnt of their present holdings. This will be distributed among' tlie shareholders of the Rathmullen company as a dividend. Rossland's ore shipments for the week ending February 5th were as follows: Le Roi mine, 1,000 tous; War Eagle mine, 135 tons; Centre Star mine, 75 tons; Iron Mask mine, 80 tons. Total, 1,290 tons. The shipments for the same period last vear were 1,209 tons. The shipments since January 1st, 1897, amount to 78,836 tons. Tne Le Roi still continues to be by far the largest shipper, but the War Eagle mine is considerably increasing its output. , Evidently a period of greater activity is commencing at the latter mine, which is moreover about to be more fully tested when the 2,000-foot level is reached. Mr. E. W. Liljegren, who is looking after the development of the Syphon Fraction, between the Big Trout and the Blue Elephant, on the south slope of Red Mountain, near Blue's sawmill, reports that an assay has returned values of S712 per ton in gold and three per cent, copper. The sample was a brown iron oxide, of which a streak from two to six inches wide was uncovered by a surface cutting. The outcrop has been uncovered for a width of 30 feet, and the ledge matter gives assays as high as SS. The assay is unusually interesting, says the Miner, since\" it comes from a vicinity which had produced no extraordinary values, although iron oxides giving fair returns are met with frequently in the vicinity of the Syphon. The discovery hasconsiderabiy encouraged the holders of property iii that vicinity, which, for the most part, has been little worked. Tellurides from the Jumbo have given assays ranging into the thousands, but values above $500 in any \"\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDther ore found in tlie. camp are unusual, although quartz ancl iron from the Le Roi have returned $1,200. out mountain. A contract has been let for the extension of the tunnel a distance of 100 feet. The tunnel is now in a distance of 418 feet, and it is expected that by the time the tunnel will have been driven 100 feet further the Jedge will have been reached. The vein will be tapped at a depth of 450 feet from the surface, which will give ample ground for stoping. The cropping is 35 feet wide on the surface, and assays as high as $74. The ore is iron, carrying gold. Up to the present the sum of $15,000 has been expended on tbe property. TRAIL1 BKKWJKRV SOLI). T'n-.North'/Hfftfns Cai-pps On Tuesday last, says the Trail Creek News, the Sheriff sold the Trail Brewery to John R. Myers of Rouse's Point, N. Y., for $25,000. Mr. Myers made the purchase for the protection of the eastern stockholders, whom he represents. C. S. C. Fraser and his lawyer, representing the Bank of Montreal, were present at the sale. Lawyer Cronyn represented Mrs. Myers, Lawyer Gait, of Rossland, represented'an eastern liquor house, and put in a protest to the sale. Lewis Blue, the Rossland brewer, contested the bidding, but quit after offering $24,000. What will be clone with the property is not known, but it is believed it will start up again soon. Capped JJOUIJL.E MURDRR AND LY.VCIUN'O 'Klondike and Snow Party Planted in the Cold JEnd 'Xeath Ice of Sheol. CHAMBER OF MIXES. The Spokane-Kaslo mining company has come lo grief through their inability to pay its debts, and the available assets are to be sold to cover the indebtedness. II. Giegerich i.s the mover of the sale, to satisfy a debt of $-191.Gil, exclusive of legal expenses. The property of tlie company consists of four claims\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDthe Spokane-Kaslo No. 2, Acme and Ailieri can, being situated on Lylo Ainsworth division, Deputy Robinson will conduct tlie sale Nelson court house on March -I. On Sheep Creek. creek, Sheriff at the The Waverloy Mine, limited, whicli at present has 'quarters at Revelstoke in a temporary office in the Cowan block, intends to put up a building in the summer containing offices for the engineer and manager and a board room. Arrangements have been concluded by whicli the Great Western, limited, have acquired the Nettie L. claim in well known Pool group. 1| miles from Ferguson, The claim has a great showing of galena and carbonates, rich both in golcfand silver, and very similar in character to the Silver Cup ore. In fact, the Pool group is considered by miners The time has arrived when property on the west slope of Sophie mountain and Sheep creek is considered a good investment. Scarcely a day goes by but that sales are reported in this district. In the latest budget of news from there comes word that Otto Jonson has given a $30,000 option on four claims which are located about two miles south of the Staples cabin on the west side of Sheep creek and not very far from the international boundary. \" On one of these, ithe Sadie, there is a 22-foot quartz lead, giving assay values as high as $2S in gold and an average surface assay of $8. The Eastern !Star, another of this group, is s^.id to be a promising claim. WATER RIGHTS GRANTED. A water right of 50 inches out of Emily creek, a tributary of Four Mile, has been grained Chas. E. Hope, for the use of concentrator, ore washing, ground sluicing, etc. Also a grant of 100 inches out of the North Fork of .Bartlett creek, a tributary of Four Mile, and of 50 inches out of Bartlett creek, and 100 inches out of Grady creek, for the same purpose. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDMAILS AGAIN REGULAR. Inspector MeLeod of the post office department was in this section last Friday and Saturday, and seeing the lack of mail service tne Slocan was getting in having the mail sent around by Kaslo, ordered it -sent in via Nakusp. Since the change there has been no delay, while last week there was no mail at all received from the States. DKVKLOl'ISG LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN Trail has already begun to feel the effects of the development work but just begun on Lookout mountain. On Monday last the men in charge of the various workings came to Trail and left with our merchants orders for the supplies necessary for their use during the present week, thus placing in circulation in our town new money that all comes from tlie outside world. So far as developed, there are promising prospects on Lookout mountain. To the present time, it has been hard to interest capitalists to the extentof developing the properties, as the mines of Rossland are so close to Trail as to overshadow all our claims. Now that it is proven tha* British Columbia is one vast, stoiehouseof mineral wealth, capital is coming forward as rapidlyas needed, and for the next six months Trail's mountain will have every opportunity given it to demonstrate its worth. The benefit this development work will bring to Trail is well understood, and our citizens are correspondingly jubilant. No Le Hois may be discovered\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDyet the Trail (.'reek News thinks such things are possible. j TO Tl'XXKL KKI) MOUNTAIN. | The British Columbia Chamber of Mines was duly organized in Vancouver last week. The meeting was held in the Hotel Vancouver. Among those present were Mr. Harry Abbott, Major-General Kinchant, Dr. Selwyn, Messrs. W. Pellew Harvey, O. Plunkett, G. W. De Beck, F. S. Taggart, A. Plunkett, P. R. Ryan, J. C. Ferguson, F. W. Alexander, Hugh Keefer, J. M. Buxton, Barclay Bon th rone, W. J. Anderson, J. W.-Mac- farlane, Major Vaughan, Major C.\"C.Bennett, C. F. Law, Ben. Douglas, New Westminster, and R. Hamilton. The fee for representative members i was lined at $25 per annum, while associated membe.18 will pay \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD5 a year. A WAR OF RATES. Montreal. Que!, Feb. 18.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDThe dispute between the transcontinental lines has resulted in the open declaration of war on the part of the C.P.R. It announces from the head offices to-day that tlie rates from points east to the coast have been cut in two for second class tickets. The second class wis SS0 and the cut rate is \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD80; first class was $70 and the cut rate 610. The reduction of almost 50 per cent. The C. P. I-J. has now thrown down the gauntlet to the American lines and the greatest passenger rate war on business to Pacific co'ast point. is in full swing. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDBIG NELSON SALK. The Canadian Pacific Exploration Syndicate, which last week purchased the Big Four, near Nelson, for $50,000, is now reported to have secured the ;Apex group of claims, situated at the head of Clearwater creek on Salmon river. The group consists of the Apex, Silver Reef, Curfew, and Acme fractions,which are free milling, running about $28 in gold. Not a little meney has already been spent on development work. The owners were Messrs. Malone, Roy and Stimley, of Nelson. The terms of the sale are \"withheld. The B. A.C. Gets the Black Eagle. Messrs. Daly it Hamilton, of Rossland, solicitors for the applicants, give notice that they will apply to the legislature for an act to incorporate a -company to run a tunnel through Red mountain from a point on the Columbia river between the mouth of Murphy creek and the town of Trail to a point near the California mineral claim, on the western slope of the mountain. The company will run exploring tunnels from the main tunnel and will operate tramways for the carriage of ore; supply electric light and power; erect crushing, concentrating and smelting works and do many things in the way of developing the underground resources of Red mountain mining properties. It ie ii big scheme, but not an impossible one if the capital subscribed ia sufficiently large. AT THK RED I'OINT. The British America corporation, it seems, is not yet through buying mining properties in this section, isays the Rossland Miner, for yesterday it bought the j Black Eagle claim from Hector McRaej and.l.McAtee for the sum of $10,000.1 The property adjoins the Copper Jack of j the Columbia it Kootenay group. Al-i though not. a full claim it contains 4(i acres. It has the same ledge as the Eldorado and is considered to be a promising property. The intention of the purchasers is said to be to develop it in connection with the Columbia it Kootenay group. A double murder and lynching have occurred at Port Valdes, the doorway to the Copper River country. The story was brought to Seattle on Wednesday, by the steamer Alliance, which arrived from the north. Three new graves have been scooped in the ice and snow on the sill of the pass. In two are the bodies of William A. Lee, of Lowell, Mass., and N. A. Call, of Worthington, Minn. In the third a shallow bed apart, is the body of the murderer, Millard F. Tanner, a cowboy from Montana, and around the neck is the tell-tale brand of a rope. Two simple stones mark the resting places of the victims. Over the grave of the sssassin a gnarled tree holds out a giant and threatening arm, from whose twisted wrist dangles a stub of rope. The murderer and murdered were members of a party of 12K10ndikers who came from Massachusetts in November, and outfitted at Seattle. While in Seattle they picked up \"Doc\" M. F. Tanner, a Montana cowboy, who, from his fine physique and \"experience,\" would likely, it was thought, be a valuable acquisition to the party. Dissensions, however, broke out,from the start, and the party was divided under rival leaders. Tanner was obliged to do much of. the packing, and the bulk of the camp work, resenting which, he became troublesome. Finally, there was trouble in the camp at Port Valdes, on January 2nd, and the heads of the rival parties held a council of war, and discussed measures for getting rid of the obnoxious cowboy. Tbe consultation was held in a tent, Call, Lee, Pierce and Haines being seated round a candle; but it was unfortunately overheard by Tanner, who was standing in the snow outside. Angered at the plot, he hastened to his cabin, and, procuring a revolver, returned to the tent, and announced his determination to \"settle the business.\" Without a word Tanner fired at Call, who was nearest the door, killing him instantly. The cowboy's next shot pierced \"the breast of Lee, with equally fatal effect. The concussion extinguished the candle, and, in the darkness, Haines dropped to the ground ancl escaped the third bullet. Pierce hid behind some boxes, and the cowboy walked | calmly to a tree to wait there-appear-] ance of Pierce, who he believed alone survived. Haines, however, escaped, and notifying the main camp, a hurried parley was held, and Tanner, on being summoned to do so, surrendered his revolver. He was at once bound hand and foot, and a general meeting of prospectors being called, 38 answered to the call. In the still watches of an almost Arctic winter night, the crime of Tanner was weighed, with the result that immediate execution was resolved upon by a. vote of 29 to 9, instead of sending the murderer to Sitka for trial. By the same vote, it was decided the rope -.-should be used, instead of tbe bullet, and at daylight next morning Tanner was strung up to the limb of a tree, 24 men taking an active part in the proceedings. Before the fatal rope was pulled, the doomed cowboy said: \"Gentlemen, I guess you aro doing what is right,\" and : \"Remember, gentlemen, you are stringing up the best man with a six-shooter that ever came to Alaska or any other country.\" lawless condition of affairs at Skagway and Dyea. It was referred to at a Cabinet meeting to-day, when Alaskan affairs were under discussion, and was considered sufficient justification by the members for the despatch of the additional military forces already authorized to be sent to Alaskan territory. The following is a copy of the ietter: \"The news, from Skagway by the steamer now in port i.s serious. The United States Deputy-Marshal has been shot dead in the discharge of his duties. Another man was killed at the same time, and at the same place. Recently the steamers have been carrying great lists of passengers; many of\" these are- gamblers, thugs and lewd women, from the west centres and from the cities of the coast. They have taken in the* situation at Skagway and Dyea, and. appear to have combined to carry things with a high hand. The best people at these places are powerless, because they have no municipal form of government. The United States Marshal is powerless, because he can appoint only a few deputies, and, when they undertake/to act they are singled out as targets by this rough element.\" KOOTJSNAY njbkjus. Mr. Hume expressed the hope that the members of the House would do justice to Kootenay when the estimates were before them. He predicted that if the Government adopted a liberal policy in dealing with the district, that the present revenue of the district would be more than doubled. Already the district contributed abont one-half of the revenue collected throughout the Province. He cited figures which showed that the revenne from Kootenay was $310,000, as compared with $254,000 for the Island, and $175,000 for the balance of the Mainland. The claims of the district should also be recongnized when the Redistribution Bill was reached. Kootenay already had one-fifth of the population of the Province, and was entitled \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD to at least six members. He also called attention to the manner in which the cities of Kootenay were being harassed by the Provincial Board of Health, in regard to the disposal of their sewage. There were several incorporated cities in the district which had gone to the expense of putting in expensive sewer systems, and after completing the same, the cities had been warned that they could not use the sewer systems, because the Board of Health would not permit them to drain into the rivers. He urged the Government to look into the matter and relieve the cities from the interference of the Provincial Board of Health. The common-sense method of dealing with the sewage question was to drain the sewage into the large lakes and rivers. He spoke strongly against the tax imposed by the Government upon working miners, and asked the Government to explain why exceptional treatment was meted out to the quartz miners a\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD compared with coal miners. IS NOT WORRIED. Wm. McKeiizle i* Yukon Satisfied Scheme. With Mis AWl'Dt II-' TKUK. Will Smelt Ore For \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\"! Ton. The Red Point Gold Mining Company, Rossland, ia about to resume operations on ita property^ the Red Point, on Look- One feature in connection with the C.P.R.'s purchase of the Heinze interests in West Kootenay will he regarded with the utmost satisfaction by the people of Rossland. It is learned that as regards the operation of the purchased smelter at Trail, the great Canadian company means to charge only actual expenses to mines sending thither their ore. Smelting facilities will, in fact, be provided at cost, and a smelting rate of $7 a ton and freight rate of 50 cents a ton being declared in respect of Rossland ore consignments. N. 0. Dinginan has taken the contract for doing the work started by Al'an McDonald and partner, on the Mollie Hughes. McDonald and partner had to give up the work owing to sickness. London, Feb. it.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDThe Star, under the head of \"Raid nn the Klondike,\"quoted an anonymous American correspondent who recently arrived in England, as saying' with reference, to the relief expeditions to the Klondike, that those who arc; familiar with the facts \"knew that this excuse i.s as flimsy as Jameson's desire to relieve, the. women and children at Johannesburg.\" Continuing the anonymous correspondent says : \"Every American knows this is other Jameson's raid aud that Americans intend to keep control of Klondike. The Klondikers have readv announced that the stars an- the the : aland \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDWilliam with Mr. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDoute to the England of stripes will be flying at Dawson City by July 4. It would please; a large body of Americans if the Klondike could be made a pretext for war between England and the rnited States, whicli would result in the annexation of Canada.\" There is much in this same strain. LAWLESS ALASKA. Washington, Feb. IS.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDSecretary Bliss is in receipt of a letter from Governor, Brady, of Alaska, descriptive of the Montreal, One., Feb. 1.(3 McKouzie, who is associated Mann in the new Caliadiai Klondike, is here on his way to in connection with the franchise of the Birmingham tramway, which is to be converted into an electric railway. Re ferring to the reports of Mr. Mann's inability to charter steamers on the Pacific coast, the; threatened hostile American bonding regulations at Wrangol, and the opposition contract, he said: \"We have no occasion to worry over any over any of these affairs. My contract is signed and I see no reason to doubt that it .will be ratified by parliament. \"Too much is being made of unfriendly American legislation. I believe everything will lie arranged amicably. In-any event Canadians have the right to build entirely in Canadian territory.\" McKenzie repeated that the contract, was more or less a speculation, as the rant is problematical. value of the land ALLKX NOT KIttKI). The report that Ed. Allen was fatally stabbed at Whitewater on Sunday night is incorrect. Allen was not hurt at all. Boozerino, and a trifling scrap, gave a few first-class liars an opportunity to display their talent in truth twisting. Capt. Wardroper has sold the Denver to the C.P.R. It will be used on Kootenav lake. THE LEDGE, NEW DKJS'VER, B.C., FEBRUARY 24, 1898. Fifth Year The Ledge. Published every Thursilay. R. T. LOWERY, Editor and Financier. 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Always send something good no matter how crude. Get your copy in while it is hot. and we will do the rest A pencil cross in this, square indicates that your subscription is due, and that the editor wishes once again to look at your collateral. him as editor of the Chicago Evening Post. Since 1882 she has been a member of the executive committee of the prohibition party. In 188G she accepted the leadership of. the White Cross movement, and her own unions which obtained through her influence enactments in twelve states for the protection of women. ITN-KQUAI, RIGHTS. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24. 1898. WOULD SPOIL HIS PACK, Things were mightily interesting last week in and about the Provincial Assembly Hall when a discussion ot the official conduct of Messrs. Turner and Pooley in their connection with certain speculative mining companies was forced upon the government representatives by the opposition. The leaders of the government objected strongly to the discussion going on and resorted to every method at their command to silence the mouths of the opposition speakers and cut off the debate. The Hon. Mr. Turner was twice called down by the Speaker; he passed the lie once and again resorted to a low personal attack on a member of the opposition. Hon. Mr. Pooley was equally as ungentlemanly as his leader. In the course of the debate he made the threat that if the Vancouver member of the opposition (Mr. Cotton) referred to him as a decoy duck outside of the assembly chamber he would reply in a manner which the member would understand. Mr. Pooley is a large man and has pugilistic as well as speculative tendencies, and these remarks of his are taken to mean the he would catch Mr. Cotton on a back alley some dark night and spoil his face, bruise his body, and perhaps bite an ear off. Messrs. Turner and Pooley have a very weak case, indeed, when they will resort to such low tactics as personal abuse and threats of personal violence. What has been said of their connection with questionable speculative mining companies has been to exonerate the good name of the Province, without regard to their personal feelings in the matter. It must be admitted that the discussion and newspaper criticisms have not been over complimentary to them, but that they have richly merited all that has been said of them in this connection is abundantly demonstrated by the actions of the gentlemen in the Legislature. The idea of a Premier passing the lie in a debate, and being twice called to-order by the Speaker for using unparliamentary language is most distasteful. And for the President of the Council to threaten to maul an opponent in debate is even more shocking. In a public market at the busiest morning hour a young housewife dictates to a clerk, who writes on an order stub, \"One package of cocoa, a jar of\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\" She is [touched on the arm from behind, \"Oh, Mrs. Rathbone! How do you do?\" They shake hands elaborately and fall to talking commonplaces. The clerk leans forward. \"One jar of\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\" Mrs. Rathbone starts. \"My dear Mrs. Miles don't. My little May was made very ill from eating orange marmalade once. I don't believe the fruit was ever made to be cooked.\" The clerk coughs. Mrs. Miles exclaims excitedly. \"Not orange marmalade. How is May, anyway, my dear ?\" \"I must tell you. all about her mysterious case; but it is a long story so I will give you first, before I forget it, my new receipt for peach marmalade, which you will like much better than the orange. You just take one pound of\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\" Clerk interrupts. \"Is this all of your order, madam ?\" \"Of course not. I haven't got to olives yet. . Why, here is Mrs. Turner. I must congratulate you at once on your son's engagement. Such a happy choice! But I haven't told either of you of my own bit of good news. Baby took his first step yesterday. We think his walk is just like an uncle on his father's side \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDa man who has been twice State Senator and almost spoken of for President.\" Chorus: \"What an honor!\" Isn't it ? Why, there is Laura Seymour. She's just been around the world (not in that hat,I hope). My dear Laura, how do\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\" Clerk calls loudly, \"How large a jar of olives did you say, madam!\" \"I didn't say. Now, Laura Seymour, tell us every word about your trip.\" \"But where shall I begin !\" \"With the very first day. Well of all things! Look tliere! If the clerk who started to take my order isn't waiting on somebody else.\" She sweeps majestically toward the door. The clerk rushes forward, swathed in his most obsequious manner. \"Is there anything else, madam ?\" \"Not in this place. I shall go where I can get waited upon.\"\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDJudge. ALIi TOP-SIDE DOWN. The Chinese surname comes first instead of last. The Chinese begin dinner with dessert and end with soup and fish. The Chinese shake their own hands instead of the hands of those they greet. The spoken language of China is not written and the written language is not spoken. The Chinese launch their vessels side- wise and mount their horses from the off side. Books are read backward, and what we call footnotes are inaerted at the top of the page. The Chinese dress in white at funerals and in black at weddings, while old women always serve as bridemaids. SEEIN* THINGS. OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF BABES. Nellie, aged five, was visiting in the country and seeing a potato bug for the first time she asked : \"Mamma, does flies play lawn tennis?\" \"No dear,why do'you\"ask?\" replied mamma. \"Because; I just saw one with a blazer on.\" answered the little lady. Little four-year-old Freddie while out walking with his nurse happened to pass a, blacksmith shop just as the smith was shoeing, a horse. On reaching home he astonished his mother by saying: \"Oh, mamma, I found the place- where they make horses; 1 saw a man nailin' on the feet.\" \"How are you getting along at school, Johnnie?\" asked a father of his six- year-old hopeful. \"Guess teacher's going to promote ine,\" replied Johnnie. \"What makes you think so?\" asked the proud father. ' \"Because, she said today that if I kept on I'd soon he iii the criminal class,\" answered the precocious vouth. <-- Little Bessie was 'so accustomed to seeing the baby crawl around the room that she thought it was his natural mode of travelling. One day when he succeeded in standing up with the aid of a chair she was inucli astonished, and running to her mother exclaimed: \"Oh, mamma, come quick! Baby is standing on his hind legs.\" Willie, a five-year-old youngster, was in the habit of complaining of his dinner, and one day his father said: \"Willie, you should* not find fault with what is set before you. When I was your age I was thankful to get enough dry bread to eat.\" Willie finished his dinner In silence, hut as he climbed down from his chair he said - \"Pa, ain't vou awful glad you come to board with us?\" __\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD BUSINESS CHANCE FOR HOTEL MAN. The Newmarket, of New Denver, is now open for lease\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD8 large rooms, 28 bedrooms, kitchen and laundry. Most popular hotel in the most prosperous town in the Slocan. Apply to Thompson, Mitchell & Co., Com. Agts, New Denver. THiTr *ir 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^-t ek off Montreal.' Established 1817. Capital (all paid up) $12,000,000.00 Reserved fund : : 6,000,000.00 Undivided profits : \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD: 896,850.04 HEAD OFFICE, MONTREAL. Rt. Hon. Lord Strathcona and Mount Roval, G.C.M.G*. President. Hon. G. A. Drummond, Vice President, E. S. Clouston, General Manager, Branches in all parts of Canada, Newfoundland, Great Britain, and the United States. New Denver branch F. J. FINUCANE, Manager: I OURNE The disaster to the United States warship Maine has brought sorrow to many an Irish, Swedish and Norwegian home, while in even a few American families it has caused the black emblem of death to be worn by sorrowing relatives. \"See! the woods are on fire,\" said a guest at a Nelson hotel the other day, as he pointed excitedly to a distant mountain top. It was just the sun rising over the hills, but as the guest was from Sandon he was excused by other guests of the house. I ain't afeard uv snakes, or bugs, or worms or mice, An' things'at girls are skcered uv I think arc awful nice! I'ni'pretty brave I guess; an' yet I hate to go to bed, For, when I'm tucked up warm an' snug an' when mv prayers are said. Mother tells me -'Happy dreams!\" and takes away the light. An' leaves me lyin' all alone an' seein' things at night! Sometimes they'so in the corner, sometimes they're by the door, Sometimes they're all a-standin' in the middle uv the floor: Sometimes they are a-sittin' down, sometimes they're walkin' around So soft a n' so creepylike they never make a sound.! ... Sometimes they are as black as ink, an' other times they're white\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD But the color ain't no difference when you see things at night! Patriotism Is a good quality in the make-up of any man\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDbut he who overlooks his home for his country is no patriot at all. As man's first consideration in this life is to the welfare of his immortal soul, next in importance is the welfare of his home, then his country. These are the three great questions for all men to consider. Upon the condition of the first largely depends the condition of the latter. A pure heart means a pure home, pure homes mean a pure nation. An important thing in the making of a home is its furnishings. Handsome furniture, though not necessarily costly, is needed. If your home is in need of another piece for the parlor, bedroom, dining room; sitting room or kitchen, call and select it from our stock. GROCERIES, DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, BOOTS & SHOES, BUILDERS' SUPPLIES, STOVES, ENAMEL and TINWARE, PAINTS, OILS, GLASS, POWDER, FUSE, CAPS, I JESSOP & BLACK DIAMOND STEEL CHATHAM WAGONS, ETC., AT LOWEST PRICES. New Denver, B. C I am offering special inducements to my patrons in Suitings Do not miss this opportunity for our Worsteds, Serges, Tweeds, Trouserings and Overcoatings are the newest and best in the Slocan country. Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. A. fi. Wilson, The Reliable Slocan Tailor. WilUamio* Block, Hew Denror. C. S. RASHDALL. Notary Public. A. E. FAUQUIER. RASHDALL & FAUQUIER MINES & REAL ESTATE. NEW DENVER, B.C. CORRESPONDENCE MINING INTERESTS BOUGHT, SOLD and BONDED. INVITED Complete lists of claims for sale. Abstracts of claims, conveyancing. A. DRISCOLL, C. E., f ominion & Provincial La'cd Surveyor. H'.'T: BRAGDON, New Denver, B.C. Heavy and Shelf Hardware, Mine and Mill Supplies, Pipe and Fittings, -Paints and Oils, Builders' and Contractors' Supplies, Stoves and Kitchen Ware, Agents for Canton Steel. I carry one of tho largest and best assorted stocks of Hardware in West Kootenay, and shall be pleased to quoto prices upon anything required in my line. LOCAN TPI Slocan City, B.C WALKER BEOS. & BAKER, New Furniture Dealers and Kepairers Denver's Undertakers and JEmbalmers. N. B.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDWe have the only practical Undertaker and Emhalmei* doing business in the Slocan. FRANCIS * K. WU.LA.ltI> DEAD. After about three weeks illness Miss Francis E. Willard died at the Hotel Empire, New York city. Miss Willard was a woman widely known and universally loved for her good work. She was horn at Churchville, N. Y., September 28th, 1839, graduated from the Northwestern Female College at Evan ton, III., in 1859, became professor of natural science there in 18G3, arid was principal of the (Jenessee Wesleyan Seminary in 18G6-'67. The following two years she spent in foreign travel,giving part of the time to study in Paris and contributing to periodicals. In 1871 cind np to 1874 she was professor of aesthetics at the Northwestern University and dean of the Women's College, where she developed her system of self-government, which has been adopted by other educators. Miss Willard left the profession in 1874 to identify herself with the W.C.T.U. On the death of her brother,' Oliver A. Willard, in 1879, she succeeded Once, when I licked a feller 'at had just moved on our street An' father sent me up to bed without a bit to eat. I woke up in the dark an' saw things standin' in a row, A-lookin' at me cross-eyed an' pintin' at me\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDso ! Oil, my ! I wuz to skcered- that time I never slop' a mite- It's almost alluz when I'm bad I see things at night! Lucky tiling I ain't a girl, or I'd be skeered to \"death! Bern' I'm a boy, I duck my head an' hold my breath; An', I am, oh! so sorry I'm a naughty boy, au' then I promise to be,better an' I say my prayers again ! Gran'ma tells me that's the only way to make it right When a feller has been wicked an'see things at night! An' so, when other naughty boys would coax me into sin I try to skwush the Tempter's voice 'at urges me within ; An' when they's pie for supper, or cakes 'at's big an' nice I want to\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDbut. I do not pass my plate f 'r them things twice ! Xo. ruther let starvation wipe me slowly out o' sight Then I should keep a-livin'on an' seein' things nt night ! \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDEugene Field. D R. A. S. MARS'-'\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD~L Dentist. Kaslo, B C Graduate of American College of Dental Surgery Chicago W. S. Dkbwky Kaslo, B.C. H. T. Twigg New Denver, B.C. DREWRY .& TWIGG Dominion and Provincial Land Surveyors. Civil and Mining Engineers. Bedford, McNeil Code. jJ3TRashdall & Fauquier, Agents. Start from VANCOUVER The late Charles Dana, of the New York Sun, declared that without regard to the dialect, .the following poem by Miss McLean, author of \"Cape Cod Folks,\" was one of the most beautiful in the English language: De massa ob de shecpfol' Dat guard de shecpfol' bin' Look out in de gloomerin' meadows Wbar de long night rain begin- So he call to de hirelin' shepa'd. Is my slice]), is dey all come in ? Ob, den say de hirelin' shepa'd, Dey's come, (ley's black and thin, And some, dey's po' o!' wedda's, But de res' (ley's all brung in, But de res' dey's all brung in. Den de massa ob de shecpfol' Dat guard de sheepful' bin' Goes down in de glooinerin' meadows What* de long night rain begin- So he le' down de bo's ob de shecpfol', Callin' sof', Come in, Come in, Callin' sof, Come in, Come in ! Den up t'ro' de gloomerin' meadows, T'ro' ue col' night rain and win', And up t'ro' de gloomerin' rain-paf Whar de sleet fa' pie'eih' thin, De po' los' sheep ob de shecpfol' Dey all comes gaddcrin' in, De po' los' sheep ob de shecpfol' I>ev all comes gadderln' in. VANCOUVER is the best outfitting point on the Coast; goods considerably cheaper than in the United States. VANCOUVER is the nearestfport of departure to the Yukon District. ,, VANCOUVER is the terminus of the C. P. Railway, whose steamers will start from Vancouver this spring. All north-bound steamers call at VANCOUVER. Direct steamers to Yukon ports have now commenced to run from VANCOUVER. VANCOUVER is the only Canadian port where passengers transfer direct from train to steamer. KLONDIKE is in Canada. Outfit in VANCOUVER and save 30 per cent. Customs Duty. W. GODFREY, President Board of Trade. Vancouver, B. C. Q M. WOODWORTH, M.A., LL.B. NOTARY PUBLIC, CONVEYANCER, Etc., MINES and REAL ESTATE Slocan City, B.C. Newly opened in New Denver, is one of comfort, luxury and ease. The rooms are elegantly furnished, the building hard-finished, the dining- room warm, light and tastefully decorated, and the tables laden with all the viands fit to eat. It isn't neces- to talk about Henry Stege's bar. It is too well known. HENRY STEGE, Prop'r OTEL SANDON, vft tK ?ft ^A tK tK f. G. FAUQUIER. NOTARY PUBLIC. Nakusp, B.C. Hotel Vevey Dining Room and Bar. First- class in every respect. Rooms well furnished. Trail open to Ten and Twelve Mile creeks. Pack and Saddle Animals to hire. ALLEN & CORY, Proprietors. Vevev, Slocan Lake, B.C. J>. E. PALMER, C.E. PROVINCIAL LAND and MINE.'SURVEYOR. P.O. Box 214. Sandon, B.C GWILLIM & JOHNSON, (McGill) Mining Engineers & Analy-Chemists. Slocan City. B O Sandon, B.C. XHIS NEW HOUSE, with the old name, is well equipped to aceommodate a large number of G-uests. The building is plastered and the rooms are unsurpassed for comfort in the Slocan, while in the Dining Room can be found the best food in the market. - Robert Cunning, Proprietor. The Clifton House, Sandon. Has ample accommodations for a large number of people. The rooms are large and airy, and the Dining* Room is provided with everything in the market Sample Rooms for Commercial Travelers. fiOTELtS OF KOOTEfiflY John Buckley, Prop. THE MINERS EXCHANGE. Three Forks, E. C. Weaver Assayers of b. g. of all kinds, write. call on or W.F Jeetzel & Co, J-JOWARD WEST, Assoc. R S M, London, Eng* MINING ENGINEER, ANALYTICAL CHEMIST, & ASSAYER. Properties examined and reported on for tending purchasers. DRUGGISTS, Nelson,B.C. Travelers Assay office and Chemical Laboratory, vue ave. New Denver, B C. Belle- Will find the Arlington flotel a pleasant place to stop at when in Slocan Gity. GETHING & HENDERSON, Propriotora. J. M. M. BENEDUM, Silverton. SI.OCAN CITY TOWNSITE. TAKE NOTICE that Messrs. Suckling Brothers' Agency has expired, and that no person other than the undersigned, has authority to make contracts, receive payments, etc. All \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDcommunications and payments, with reference to the Townsite should be forwarded to the Trustee, who will sign * all agreements and deeds. FRANK FLETCHER, Trustee. LKIRK HOTEL SILVERTON, B.C. Is a new three-story hotel situated near the whaif. The house is plastered and the rooms are furnished in a manner calculated to make travelers call again. Mining and Commercial men will appreciate the home comforts of ..this hotel./ BRANDON & BARRETT Brandon, B. C, Assay Price List: Gold, Silver, or Lead, each 81-50 Gold, Silver aud Lead, combined 3 00 Gold and Silver 2 00 Silver and \"Lead 2 00 Copper (by. Electrolysis) 2 00 Gold, Silver, Copper and Lead 4 00 Gold and Copper 2 fio Silver and Copper 2 50 Gold, Silver and Copper S 00 Platinum 6 00 Mercury 2 00 Iron or Manganese 2 00 Lime, Magnesium, Barium, Silica, Sulphur, each 2 00 Bismuth, Tin, Cobalt, Nickel, Antimony, Zinc, and Arsenic, each 4 00 Coal (Fixed Carbon, Volatile Matter, Ash, and percentage of Coke, if Coking Coal) 0 Terms: '(Casli With Sample. June 20th, 1895. FRANK DICK, Assayor and Analyst WANTED\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Industrious Men of Character. THE LINSCOTT COMPANY TORONTO. Fifth Year. THE LEDttE, NEW DENVER, B.C., FEBRUARY 24, 1898. MINING MACHINERY StOCAJK. IN THE By Howard West, A. R. S. M., New Denver, B.C. (Read before the January meeting of the British Columbia Association of Mining Engineers. Discussion March meeting Federated Canadian Mining Institute,)' The Slocan mining* division of West Kootenay has been well and fitting-ly described as a poor mail's country, which assertion does not necessarily indicate that a man without means can come in and develope his claim from the proceeds of ore obtained direct on the surface, for such instances are few aud far between even here; but because in comparison with other camps, the minimum amount of working capital is required as a rule before commensurate returns are shown. The Slocan of yesterday is not, however, identical with that of to-day, such rapid progress is the district making, and the designation which was applicable when the country was first opened up by no means holds good literally at the present time. Originally the surmised extent of the mineral belt was limited to the galena bearing argillites stretching from Kaslo on the east to Silverton on the west, but later discoveries haye proven that this supposition was far too restricted in its character. Flanking the slates to the south is a mass of more recent granite, which penetrates the older strata, and protrudes in places through the argillites, forming knobs, and occasionally basins of granite, where denudation has done its work effectively. This granite, at first boycotted, so to speak, by prospectors and others, for no apparent reason beyond insane prejudice, includes within its borders many now well known mines and propects. The ore-character, however, is not the same, although in places galenas predominate as in the slates ,\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD consequently mining in the dry-ore belt, as it is termed, assumes new\" and somewhat different phases from that which obtains in fhe Sandon district. The major portion of the granite area has been recently stalled. The work at the Galena Farm, however, presents many features of interest, which are certainly deserving of more than passing mention. Whatever may be said or thought about the merits, of the mine, or the action of the promoters in floating the property with such an enormous capital, i there can be no doubt that, given op-1 portunities, the company is prepared to operate on a liberal scale. They intend evidently to mine in the true acceptance of the word, therefore do not hesitate as so many do about necessary preliminary expenses. Their splendidly timbered double compartment shaft, now down to a depth of j2;-30 feet, would be hard to beat in any district, and a visit to the shaft house, which is unique in the Slocan as regards equipment, well repays the trouble involved in making the trip. Until quite recently buckets only were used in raising the stuff to the surface,but the limit having been reached where these could be economically employed, a single deck cage of the usual \"platform type for vertical shafts has been installed, on which the car is raised, being held in position during the operation by two hooks, one of which is caught in a loop hole on each side of the car. The cage is supported by a round wire rope of medium size, which passes over a five-foot groove pulley at an elevation of 42 feet above the shaft head to a drum four feet in diameter. This latter, on which the rope is wound, is of the flat type, having a flange at each end. Power is imparted by means of twe water wheels, a Pelton and a Risdon, which correspond in measurement, being- six feet across, and are severed from the Slocan proper, and included in what is now known as the Slocan City Mining Division. As, Iioav- ever, the two regions are largely operated by the same men, and moreover \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDpresent at least some points of similarity, it may be as well for general purposes to \"summarize the whole as the Slocan, more especially in view of the fact that by reason of past association they are ihdissolubly connected in the public and professional mind. I commenced by saying that the Slocan .has been known as eminently a poor\" man's country from its earliest dis covery, and one of the determining factors to this distinction, omitting for the present the question of the proximity of high grade ores to the surface, has been the extreme ease and facility (I am referring now to the area covered by the sedimentaries) with which the ground could be mined by indigent prospectors themselves, with the aid frequently of merery a pick and shovel, in marked contrast to the Rossland camp, where the country rock is abnormally hard. Such a condition of affairs naturally, and in one sense fortunately, militates against the introduction of heavy and expensive machinery. This results not alone from the fact of machinery being deemed superfluous, but the conditions tend to keep the locators from seeking the assistance of outside capital, without which it is impossible to go to any great expense in tlie matter. Tlie favorable nature of the country, however, is only one of a number of advantages whicli this section of Kootenay possesses in common with others. The general topography and both connected on the same shaft with the drum. The power house also contains a boiler and a four-drill compressor, for use when eccasion demands. Water is brought from the creek underground in an 18-inch pipe, which tapers to 16 where. it enters the bulkhead, 200 feet distant from the shaft. From here it is conducted in nine-inch pipes to where it impinges on the wheel through inch and a half nozzles. With a head of 320 feet, 150 H.P. can be readily generated, which is ample, not onlv for hoisting and pumping, but will suffice to run the concentrator when erected. I. regret that I have had no opportunity of personally visiting the Darden- elles, but I am informed that a Knowles pump is also in operation there. The shaft exceeds 200 feet in depth. I inadvertently omitted to mention before this, that water raising appliances at the Farm consist of two small force pumps, one a Cameron and the other a Knowles, which furnish a continuous discharge through a two-inch pipe. It is probable, however; that machinery of greater capacity will be required as work progesses. 2. Ventilation.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDNatural ventilation is relied on almost exclusively, aud in present stage of development where the levels mostly reach davlijrht is all that disposal will permit of no more than a hurried reference to the one Jiere mentioned. It is built on what is known as the Finlayson plan, and consists of two stationary ropes, on which the bucket carriers run, and an endless rojje below directing,the motion, attached to which are the buckets themselves. The total length of the tramway is, roughly, 6,000 feet, the supporting towers being erected at suitable intervals, varying' of course with the nature of the ground passed over, amounting, in one/exceptional case, to as much as 900 feet. The usual height of the towers is from 50 to 75 feet. The buckets carry from four to six hundred pounds weight, and are suspeuded at intervals of 250 feet. The whole action is automatic, from the loading to the unloading of the ore, the rate of speed being controlled by power- fill brakes on the drums. When run to its full -capacity, over 400 tons can be handled in a day of 24 hours, at an ap: proximate expense, exclusive of wear and tear, I of considerably less than 25 cents per ton, which contrasted with the old st3--le is an enormous reduction. 4. Preparation of the ore for the market.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDRough sorting is carried on underground to the extent usually of sacking the likely looking material,\"and keeping it distinct from what is undeniably waste. At the entrance to the tunnels as beforesaid ore sorters are stationed, who effect a more complete separation by means of an operation known in Cornwall as cobbing, which consists merely of breaking the ore on rock bed with a small hammer, which is held in the right hand, and picking out the valuable material, which in this case is immediately sacked ready for shipment. While this arrangement has its advantages in a small mine, where sufficient ore is not available to warrant the erection of a concentrating plant, and serves to prevent what might otherwise be absolute loss on a shipment, the tedious and wasteful nature of the performance is at once apparent, and it is therefore natural to find the richer mines and those having large reserves of low grade ore which it is impossible to convert into a shipping product by these means, have either already adopted, or intend to do so at no distant date, some form of mechanical concentrator. Four such plants are now in operation in the Slocan, namely, at the Slocan Star, Noble Five, Alamo and Washington mines, and if half those who have already announced their intention of so doing' really erect concentrators, at least six more will have to be added to the number before the end of this year. Those above-mentioned have all been designed and built by the same man, Mr. Thomas L. Mitchell, and conse- quetly we shall not be surprised to find in each a degree of similarity in details of construction. Power is supplied in each case from a Pelton water-wheel carried to V shaped settling vats, which supply two double-decked \"slime tables of the circular type, being each 18 feet in diameter. The other three sizes from the trommals pass respectively to two Hartz jigs. The middlings from the four coarser jigs are then put through middling roils, and pass again to the elevator, while those from tho other two go to fine rolls, and thence to elevator No 2, from which it is delivered to the classifiers. The middlings from the Colliim jigs are passed through the finest rolls, and thence to elevator No. 2 on their* way to the classifiers again. The finished material is taken to bins, where it is allowed to drain thoroughly before being sacked, preparatory to shipment. The Noble Five mill differs little in general principles from that at the Star. The one'at the Washington, which gained distinction from being the first built in the Slocan, is also of somewhat the same pattern. At the Alamo a Comet crusher is employed in lieu o: the Blake at the others. Another difference consists in the fact that the middlings from the jigs pass.to a Huntington mill for further comminution instead of rolls. Lake Superior classifers are used and three are four double decked slime tables as against two in the newer mills. The introduction of Collum evels mostly reach daylight is all can be desired. In one instance which came under my notice at the Enterprise mine, a small fan stationed at the foot of an upraise is propelled by power obtained from water which is conducted direct from the surface. This furnishes quite a current of air, and being inexpensive and extremely simple of construction, might, I should imagine, be copied with advantage at other mines. 3. Transportation. The ore is hand sorted asa rule at the mouth of each tunnel, ancl there being no necessity to concentrate it all at one point on the surface, shoots are generally employed to conduct the material from the sto'pes to the level below,- and very rarely is local hoisting gear of any description required. For clearing- out the. tunnels wheelbarrows are mostly used in the initial stages, but as tho\" workings become ino.ie advanced, ancl the necessity arises,'rails-are put down. Sometimes these consist merely of strap iron laid flat on the runner, but more frequently perhaps of rectangular steel rails stand although the water supply is occasion- natural contour of the ground admits I }nS' on edge. The common guage is 20 'of the most economical exploitation ancl development by a system of horizontal tunnelling, consequently each opening serves not only to remove the ore, biit acts also in the capacity of an adit, so that the necessity for introducing elaborate hoisting' and pumping machinery is obviated at the start. In those important respects Kootenay is to be warmly congratulated, and it would be well for intending-investors to bear this in mind when considering the relative merits of other localities. Coming to the consideration of the original subject, namely, the machinery now in use, we will divide it roughly, for convenience, into four classes: 1. That used -in breaking ground. 2. For hoisting, pumping ancl ventilation purposes. 3. In transportation. 4. In preparation of the ore for the market. 1. As previously observed, the slate wherein most of the shipping mines are found is extremely soft and easy of working, and therefore it is not \"sur- fn-ising to find that rock drills are in a ittle demand; in addition, the veins usually contain small but rich chutes of ore, arid the object is to extract these with as little breakage as possible. In the granite area, where drills would be an unquestionable advantage, more especially in driving long cross-cuts, few mines are as yet sufficiently advanced to warrant \"their introduction, but doubtless iu the future we shall hear of many properties, in the working ancl development of which they are destined to play an important part. The only instance of the contemplated use of rock-drills iu the Slocan which have come under my notice are at the Galena Farm and \"the Slocan Star. Each of these mines is equipped with a four-drill compressor, but in the former instance no drills have so far been connected, although the ground is fairly hard, while at the Star they have, I understand, only been employed intermittently, more\" as an experiment than anything else. 2. Hoisting and pumping.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDThese two are considered together, because conditions which effect the one almost invariably effect the other also. On account of \"the sloping nature of the ground which exists at practically all the mines, neither hoisting nor pumping is necessary. In some few instances where winzes are sunk, having no connection with the surface except at the upper end, a bucket attached to an ordinary hand windlass is sufficient to cope with the water, and also to raise the ore and waste. True shafts are, generally -speaking, conspicuous by their absence, but may be observed at the Arlington, Galena Farm and the Dardenelles. A boiler has been recently conveyed to the former, which it is proposed to use for hoisting and pumping purposes, but as yet the plant lias ~;riot beeii fully in- inches. to suit the wagons, which are made of steel, and hold something less than ia ton, depending* on the spacilic gravity of the material trammed. Some slope to the front, and are so arranged that they can be tipped at both end and sides; others again are almost square in longitudinal section, the front being designed to open on hinges, while when closed it is kept in position by a vertical bolt. Human power only is used for underground transport, and can hardly be improved upon under present con- j ditions. To convey the ore clown the j'mountain side to the railway, packing on mules' backs was the primitive method originally employed, and is still used to some extent. An exception was made in the winter, when raw- hiding was permissible if the trail was in sufficiently good condition. With the construction\" of wagon roads to the mines this was improved upon to \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDhauling* in .wagons in the summer and in sleighs in the winter. As the mines developed and became capable of larger and more regular production, a new and enlightened era began to dawn on the industry, which gradually burst from its cloud'of obscurity, and invoked the aid of machinery in' lessening the expenses incident to'these old-fashioned methods. It is but natural that any developments should take place along the line of the utilization of gravity, and the arrangement which has found most general acceptance so far is the three-rail gravity tramway, which in the eyes ot mine owners would appear to present marked advantages over others, judging by the frequency of its adoption. Those already constructed may be seen at the following mines : The Slocan Star, Payne, Washington, Alamo and Alpha. The arrangement differs in no particular from that ordinarily employed elsewhere. A wire rope, to which the cars are attached, passes over a drum at the upper end, being supported on the ground by wooden rollers. Switches are made at suitable intervals for the cars to pass, ancl the weight of the descending car filled with ore suffices to pull up the empty on the other end, which may be loaded up to a certain limit with materials for the mine. A brake is of course attached to the drum above, and the speed can be regulated at will by the operator. It is sometimes found inconvenient to have the rope too long, and for that reason the line at the Alamo is divided into two portions, each about %,500 feet in length, the ore being dumped down a shoot into the car below, at the junction of the sections. Another method of which is gaining favor, adoption and successful the Noble Five 'Co. at bucket system or ire, as eyerbody ally found insufficient,\" \"and at rare intervals freezes, necessitating a temporary closure. At the Star a 40 HP. engine and boiler provides against any such conting-ency. The heads of water obtainable at the different works are as follows: Alamo, 224 feet; Star, 471 feet; Noble Five, 562 feet; the Washington measurement I have been un able to obtain. The ore i.s delivered to the mill by means of a wire ropewaj-\" at the Noble Five, while at each of the other a three- rail gravity tramway its employed. Bins from 150 tons capacity at the Star and Noble Five, to 1,500 at\" the Alamo, receive the ore, which then passes over a grizzly direct to the crusher. This consists of a nine by fifteen Blake (Reliance pattern) at the Star and Noble Five, of a four by ten Blake at the Washington, and a small Comet at the Alamo. As it would be tedious to describe each mill in detail, I will give a general description of that at the Star, which I recently had the honor of- inspecting thoroughly, and explain wherein the others differ. After passing through the crusher into a receiving bin below, the ore is supplied to two sets of coarse rolls by means ot an automatic cam feeder; from here it is raised through an endless elevator to a revolving screen, which separates it into four products. That passing through tho smallest mesh of three vn.in. is conveyed at once to hydraulic classifiers, which effect a separation into three parts. The material from here is sent direct to six Collum jigs, the overflow being introduction ot Uollum jigs as auxiliaries to the Hartz, is only to be observed in the later patterns. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD'\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD The Star and Noble Five mills have a daily capacity of 150 tons of crude ore for the 24 hour's, but the other two being smaller, are only designed to put thorugh one-third of this amuunt. One feature worthy of mention iu view of recent controversy on the subject, is that all are situated on side hills and are carefully arranged so as to obtain the'maximum assistance from gravity in transporting the ore from one operation to another All of the concentrators work satisfactorily on the class of ore for which they are intended. There is unfortunately sometimes a lamentable though unavoidable loss of silver in the tailings, due to the fine state of subdivision land the friable nature of tlie associated minerals particularly certain varieties of copper and antimony. At one time the tailings from the Star were reported in the local papers to assay up to 22 ounces in silver, but this was doubtless exaggerated, as much of the original ore is\" of lower grade than this. The loss of lead is trifling and the separation from zinc-blende leaves little to be desired. The degree of perfection obtained necessarily depends largely on economic considerations, and there seems little prospect in the near future of effecting a more, thorough saving in values than is done at present.,.. The zinc in most cases would not pay for shipment even if it were in sufficient quantity, and the mills could be adapted to retain it. The flouring of the grey copper and antimonial combinations can hardly be avoided and there is a consequent loss, to recover which is next to impossible. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD In order to omit nothing of interest I wish to refer incidentally in closing to the sluicing operations at the Wonderful and also to the use made of a small eastern manufacturers to come to the front, and demonstrate beyond a doubt that these ores can be economically handled right at the -'mines; grea\"t caution is necessary more 'especially in the details of design and construction to insure success, but I am confident that no difficulties are of an insurmountable nature, and I therefore respectfully submit this for the consideration of ail interested in the future welfare of the country, whether financially or professionally. In concluding. I hardly feel it incumbent upon me to apologize for the manifold shortcomings and possible errors which may have crept into mv paper unobserved. I have tried to avoid doubtful statements as much as possible; but our worthy Secretary will bear me out when I s;iy that I \"have contributed this under difficulties and was only persuaded to make the effort on the assurance that any minor slips would be pardoned. That the Slocan is destined to become a marvellous producer of the precious metals under more favorable conditions, greater even than present returns appear to warrant, no one who has thoroughly examined the district will venture to' deny. The responsibility which devolves upon the engineer in the matter, is manifestly proportional to the greatness of the industry and it therefore behooves investors to use the greatest care in the selection of themen who are to help build up and control the staple industry of our western province. Rosebery The northern connecting point of the C. P. R. on Slocan Lake. Rosebery Has the only Slocan City.' safe harbor north of Just received, a large consignment of Men's, Youth's and Boys' Ready Made Clothing. Prices compatible with the present financial depression. Bourne Bros. CERTIFICATE OF IMPROVEMENTS Kaslo Mineral Claim. Situate in the Slocan Mining Division of West Kootenay District. Where located: About one mile east of Cody on the south fork of Carpenter Creek. rjlAKE NOTICE that I, W. D. McKay, acting J. asagent for D. E. Sprague, free miner's certificate No. 97531 and John S. Parker, free miner's certificate No. 77789, intend sixty days from the date hereof to apply to the Mining Recorder for a certifieare of improvements for the purpose of obtaining a Crown grant of the above claim. And further take notice that action under section 37 must be commenced before the issuance of such certificate of improvements. Dated this 18th dav of January, 1898. Rosebery It is at Roseber5-T where the beautiful Sloean steamer ties up over night and where the employees can brings their families. Rosebery Lots were put on the market June 28 and are selling fast. You. cannot afford to wait if you want a lot. They are going up. Rosebery Men are now grading and clearing- the townsite, and several buildings are about to be erected. Rosebery Is destined to be the distributing centre for the Slocan. Rosebery Will become the great Concentrating City of the Slocan, having- abundance of water and being easy of access to the Mining Centre. Watch this. Rosebery Terms, J cash; balance three and six months. For full particulars apply to A. M. BEATTIE, General Affen Oi'o Mineral Claim. gasoline engine at one of the mines. In the former instance as many are aware, regular sluicing operations have been carried on, with the result that a large amount of galena in the shape of rocks and small boulders has been recovered from the loose overlying deposit and shipped to the smelter. At the Pavne which is now by far the largest producer in the Slocan, a gasoline engine is regularly employed to work a small crusher which renders rough ore sampling comparatively easy. That engines of tins type will receive more general attention from mine own- Situated in the Slocan Mining Division of West Kootenay District. Where looated: About one mile east of Cody on the south fork of Carpenter Creek rr>AKE NOTICE that I, W. D. McKay, acting 1 as agent for D. E.'Sprague, free miner's cer ficate No. 97531, and John S. Parker, free miner's certificate No. 77,739, intend sixty days from the date hereof to apply to tlie Mining Recorder for a certificate of improvements, for the purpose of obtaining a Crown grant of the above claim. And further take notice, that action under section 37. must be commenced before the issuance of such certificate of improvements. Dated this 13th dav of January, 1898. Alma No. 2 Mineral Claim. ers when the large number of uses to which they can be put are thoroughly understood, goes, I think, without saying. I should not be doing my duty if I allowed this opportunity to pass without some reference to the \"demands of the Slocan Lake section of the country. Here is found a large variety of ores the majority of which are palpably adapted to local treatment in preference to smelting. The introduction of properly designed mills, the suitability of whicli for the purpose having- been fully established beforehand, would give a tremendous impetus to the mining industry and largely increase the,present output Here is an opportunity for Situate in the Slocan Mining Division of West Kootenay District. Where located: About one mile east of Cody on the south fork of Carpenter Creek. TAKE NOTICE that I. W. D. McKay, acting as agent for D. E. Sprague, free miner's certificate No. 97531, and John S Parker, free miner's certificate Nc. 77739, intend sixty days from the date hereof to apply to the Mining Recorder for a certificate of improvements for the purpose of obtaining a Crown grant of the above claim. And further take notice that action under section 37 must be commenced before the issuance of such certificate of improvements. Dated this 13th day of January, 1898. Coiniskey Mineral Claim. CANADIAN PACIFIC _RAILWAY. The Quickest and Cheapest Route East or West. Steamer leaves Nakusp every morning, making close connection at Revelstoke with train? or all points East or \"West. before you travel get information from C.P.R. Agents as to time and, rates. It will save you money Apply to nearest Railway Agent or to H. DOUGLAS, Agent. H. M. MacGregor, Trav. Pass Agt, Nelson, or to E. J. Coyle, Dist. Pass. Agt, Vancouver, B. C. ai rani Situate in the Slocan Mining Division of West Kootenay District. Where located: On the Galena Farm, adjoining the Peerless mineral claim on tlie north. TAKE NOTICE that I. Francis J. O'Reilly of Silverton, B. C, as agent for the'Galena Mines Ldj (Foreign) Free Miner's Certificate No. 729o A., intend, sixty days from the date hereof, to apply to the Alining Recorder for a certificate of improvements, for the purpose of obtaining a Crown grant of the above claim. And further take notice that action, under section 37, must be commenced before the issuance of such certiiicate of improvements. Dated this 1st day of February, 1S9S. FRANCIS T. O'REILLY. .Hum bo It Mineral Claim. k Situate in the Slocan Alining Division of West Kootenay district. Where located: On Four Mile Creek, an extension of the Vancouver No. 2. 'PAKE NOTICE that I, F. S. Andrews, agent 1 for W. H. Hellvar, Free Miner's Certificate No. I15S A, intend sixty days from the date hereof, to apply to the Mining Recorder for a certificate of improvements, for tlie purpose of obtaining a crown grant of the above claim. And further take notice that action under Sec. 37 must be commenced before the issuance of such certificate of improvements. Dated this .Ith day of November, 1897. F. S. ANDREWS, Agent for W. H. Hellyar. Mammoth Mineral Claim. Nelson &Ft. Sheppard fted Mountain RAILWAYS The only all rail route without change fears between Nelson and Rossland nd Spokane and Rossland. Only Route to Trail Creek and Mineral District of the Colville Reservation, Nelson, Kaslo, Kootenay Lake and Slocan Points. trausportaion owing- to its operation by Cody, is the au-ial ropeway. There is .aware, many, types RESTAURANT In NEW DENVER is always ready to do business. It has never closed its doors on account of the little financial breezes that blow adversely occasionally in the Silvery Slocan. The weary and hungry pilgrim has always been able to get his wants, and in consequence they call again when in town. Keep your eye on the Sunday dinners. JACOBSON & CO. Situate in the Sloean Mining Division of West Kootenay District. Where located: Adjoining the Mountain Chief, Carpenter Creek. T\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDAKE NOTICE that I, Herbert T. Twigg, agent L for John A. Finch, Free Miner's Certificate No. 1671 A., Alfred W. MeCune. Free Miner's Certilicate No. 61727 and George W. Hughes, Free Miner's Certificate No. 64*075, intend sixty days from the date hereof, to apply to the Mining Recorder for a certificate of improvements, for the purpose of obtaining a Crown grant of the above claim. And further take notice that action, under section 37, must be commenced before tlie issuance of such certificate of improvements Dated this 13th day of January, 1898. HERBERT T. TWIGG. Leave. 9:20 a.m. 12:00 \" 8:00 a.m. Daily, Except Sunday. NELSON ROSSLAND SPOKANE Arrive. 5:35 p.m 2:50 \" 6:40 p.m. Kaslo and Close connection with Steamers for all Kootenay lake points. Passengers for Kettle River and Boundary Creek connect at Marcus with stage daily. KASLO & SLOGAN-RY TIME CARD Badger State Mineral Claim. Situated in the Slocan Mining Division of West Kootenay District. Where located: Near the town of Sandon. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDTAKE NOTICE That I, George Alexander, free 1 miner's certificate No. 7-IOikj, intend 60 days from the date hereof to apply to the Mining Recorder for a Certificate of Improvements, for the purpose of obtaining a Crown grant of tlie above claim. And further take notice that action under section 37 must be commenced before the issuance of such Certificate of Improvements. Dated this 4th day of January, 1808. Subject to change without notice Trains run on Pacific Standard Time. NOTICE. Leave 8 00 A.M \" 8 36 \" \" 9 36 \" \" >.) ol \" '* 10 03 \" \" 10 18 \" \" 10 38 \" Arr. 10 50 \" ROBT. IRVING, Traffic Mngr. GEO. F. Arrive, 3 50 \" 3 15 Kaslo South Fork Sproule's *'* \\ hitewatar \" Bear Lake \" McGuigan \" Cody Junction \" Sandon Leave P.M 15 00 \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD48 33 12 00 of wire tramways, bu.t tl^e t|nie...-\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDt'niy NOTICE is hereby given that 90 days after date I intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Work's for permission to purchase the following parcel of land situated on the east side of Slocan Lake, Slocan Mining Division, West Kootenay District, commencing at the southwest post of A. M. Wilson's pre-emption, thence running north 40 chains, thence running west to the Nakusp & Slocan Railway right of way, thence running south along the line of the Nakusp & Slocan Railway right of way to the northwest corner of the townsite of Rosebery, thence east to tbe point of commencement, containing 80acres, more or less. Dated, Nov. 28th, 1897. A. M. BEATTIE. NOTICE DITTS BROS., of Silverton, Three Forks and I Sondon, having assigned for the benefit of their creditors, all accounts due the estate and not paid forthwith will be proceeded against in the courts fo- recovery of same. Signed\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD HOWARD CHAPMAN, Assignee. COPELAND, Superintendent For cheap railroad and steamship tickets to and from all points, apply to S. CAMPBELL, Agent, Sandon. k SCHEDULE. Effective Nov. 33, 1S\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD7. EAST-HOUND. P.M. P.M. P.M. No.4 No.6 2:30 12:55 1:15 12:00m main line No.2 8:00 1YESTROUNr.>. P.M. P.M. P.M. No.5 No.3 No.l 3-45 9:00.... ROBSON 5:00 2:00 10:00 TRAIL 7:00 3:15 11:15..ROSSLAND... 6:00 Nos. land 2 connect with C.P.R. steamers, and trains to and from Nelson at Robson. Nos, 3 and 4 are local trains between Trail and Rossland. Nos. 5 and (5 arc local trains between Trail and Robsnn. No. 6 connects with train No. 4 from Rossland. All trains daily. F. P. GUTELIUS, Gen. Supt. mMimwmmsmtmimimiwBiMmia! THE LEDQE, NEW DENVER, B.C., FEBRUARY 24, 1898. Fifth Yeak MINING RECORDS. The following is a complete list, of the mining transactions recorded during the M-eek in the several mining divisions of the Slocan. Those of New Derive- were as follows:\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD ASSESSMENTS.' Fek 1\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Hope. Feb 18\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDR D Fractional,Pleasant View. CEltTlKICATK OF IMPROVEMENTS. Feu 21\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDNapier, Felly, Fraction, Ricardo. Silver Star. Vancouver TKAXSEEUS. Feb 14\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDIiigersoll, Chas Tunks to Willis F Coko and Wm E Cropp, Jan 22. Feb 18\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDEmily Edith Fraction, Eagle, Eagle Fraction, Iron Clap, agreement to sell for rl,5!\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDo, Chas McNichoi Perry Attafer, Alber Wilds, Percy Attaffer to E Rarnmehneyer.Feb 12. Paymaster J, Jubileo l/G, J H Douglas to Frederick Swaminell. Feb 10, $2. Standard }, Angus Matheson to Palma An- grignon,Feb 17. Feb 19\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDNoonday and Curley, Power of At\" torney, W G Spencer to Chas MeXieholl, July 27- SLOCAN CITY DIVISION. an entertainment of the evening of March 5th. The program is not fully compiled at present, but it is understoocl the entertainment will be one of the best ever given in the Slocan by local talent, and the eating end of the evening's pleasures\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDbut its unnecessary to mention this for the ladies of New Denver are far-famed for putting up a good evening's grub stake. BISAT THK KOTHSCHIT.DS. TKANSFEUS.' . Feb 10\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDBulko .',. to Jas Melly, .sSK'-fiO. Empire Xo 7 A. i Frank Sonssi to Andrew Provost. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD \".. Feb u\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDSpeculator J, Thos Kilpatrick to RJ Kirkwood. Feb 14\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDDututh \, W R Clement to Daniel Mowat. Feb 15\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDCatardin 2/27 John S Thomas to II C Rolden. .. AINSWORTH DIVISION. LOCATIONS. Feb'.(\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDLoudon, John Allan. Feb 17\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDVera, W F Traves. ASSESSMENTS. Feb M\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDKootenay Star, Controller. Feb 15\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Pearl. Feb 18\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Mammoth. OEBT1FICATE OF IMPROVEMENTS. Feb 18\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDMountain Goat No 2. TRANSFERS. Feb 9\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDAlmeda and Sir Charles J, Pat J Bryne, George Smith, D L Smith. J C Brown to George Alexander. Feb 10\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDRomeo, Thurso, Trilby, Gatineau and Buckingham. J O Kendall to H Giegerich, \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD75. Gay Bird, James Ryard to, W A Abbott and Thomas Farquhar. Feb 11\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDHillhurst J. ;Randall McLachran to John McLachran. Tiger l/G, David B Gibson; to Adolphus Williams. Defender, Rovenue, Howard. Revenue, certificate of satisfaction of gold commissioner to Geo Alexander. Feb 14\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDMinnesota--J, Howard Richardson to Robt J Stenson. Feb 15\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDThe Olivia, The Viola, The Tipton, The Gant, Kamopolis l/G. H M Zoem to S T Laird, $100. Feb 18\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDDeath's Head, A P Lueton to Columbia Mining Co, Ltd Lia. Deer Horn, i, Gus Lofsted to Andrew Norgren. l|inillllllinillllHilll!inillll!!lllllllillllllll!IIIIlli!lll!ll!l!llllllll!lllllffli% I NEWS IN PLACE I Charley Kauff man has opened an hotel in Moyea City. Bartlett Bros, are operating their pack trains at Skagway. Clement and McDougald are building an hotel at Cariboo City. M. G. MeLeod has gone to the Coast where he will reside in the future. The Wakefield will likely start operations next week, with a small force of men. There is no truth in the newspaper report about the Enterprise, on Ten Mile, being sold. The force on the Payne was laid off last week owing to the lack of shipping accommodation. Billy Sanders, of Kaslo has opened an hotel at Kuskanook. There are now seven hotels in that mushroom town. ,*.. Services will be held in the Methodist church next Sunday, Feb. 27. Morning at 11 and evening 7:15. Preacher R. N. Powell. Over 50 men are working on the Queen Bess, and this number will be increased as soon as more accommodations can be provided. The Spokane Miner and Electrician is now published weekly. It is edited by Percy Godenrath, formerly of Kaslo and New Denver. Divine service in the Presbyterian church on Sunday, Feb. 27, at 11 a. m. and 7:15 p.m. All are invited to attend. W. J. Booth, preacher. 11. 0. Alexander will next week remove his law office from New Denver to . \Tancouver. A host of Slocan friends wish him success in the citj'of his birth. A pleasant evening was spent Tuesday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pyman by the Sunday school choir and the senior members of the school. Montreal, Feb. 10. (Special in Toronto World.)\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDFor once the Rothschilds, the famous London bankers, have been beaten in a mighty struggle to secure a charter for a Yukon Kailway enterprise. The experience for them is. said to be novel. The humble individuals who seem to enjoy a bigger pull with the Laurier Government are none other than Messrs. Mann and Mclven-zie, who have secured the contract for building a narrow gauge road from Telegraph Creek to Teslin Lake, a distance of about 150 miles, at a subsidy of 25,000 acres of mineral hind per mile. Members of Parliament, being aware that the contract was entered into without tender, will be somewhat startled to learn that the Rothschilds, while waiving all monopoly, offered to build a railway into the gold region for a subsidy of 5,000 acres of mineral land per mile, at least two months before the Mann- Mclven/.ie syndicate was organized. Messrs. Hamilton Smith and Henry Bratnober, the representatives of the Rothschilds, are in tlie city. Their principals proposed for the consideration mentioned above to construct a railway inland [rom Pyramid Harbor via the Dalton trail, a distance of 1UU miles, to ,ia point where there is open navigation down J stream to Dawson City. The nominal objection that Pyramid Harbor is in Alaska, and that the road would traverse a short strip of the United States territory, is offset by the compensating advantages of the Dalton over the other route they claim. Pyramid Harbor, it seems, is- open (all the year, and possesses better harbor accommodation than Fort Wrangel (in American territory), where in any event future travelers to the Yukon gold fields via the Stikine River\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDMann-Mc- Kenzie route\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD-will be compelled to disembark on arrival from Seattle,Vancouver or Victoria. Access to the projected railway can only be had by traversing United States' territory, unless the railway is extended a 100* miles further southward from the Stikine River to the nearest harbor in British territory. The mouth of that river, of course, is in American territory, but Canadians have an equal right to navigate it. ! The Rothschilds, after a careful examination of every available route by their engineers and explorers last summer, came to the conclusion, all things considered, that the Dalton route was the best and shortest route, even if it did cross a short strip of American territory. The proposition to build a line starting from a point on the British Columbia seaboard was scarcely considered, as, owing to the international boundary, which for a long distance follows the sinuosities of the \"coast at a distance of 30 miles therefrom, the railways would have to start at a point several hundred miles south of the mouth of the Stikine River. Any such railway in conjunction with the loO miles to be built by the Mann- McKenzie'syndicate, together with a link representing the distance approximately from the mouth of the Stikine River to Telegraph Creek, would represent over 600 miles of railway\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDan impossible scheme if the rapid and early development of the Klondike region is taken into consideration The Rothschilds, conclusion that the terminus of any projected railway would have to reach tidewater, gave Pyramid Harbor the preference. The engineers reported adversely on the navigability of the Stikine in summer, and its utter use- lessness in winter. It is the only route by which the Mann-Mclvenzie Railway can be reached. The engineers of the Rothschilds report that the Stikine River is navigable for about two months in the year. There are enormous Hoods in the spring, with water so low in August that shallow steamboats have to wear \"legs\" to assist them over the sand bars. In canoes, while going up the stream, live days were occupied in some organ, but have they added to the useful knowledge of the race ! It is not necessary for a man to be a specialist in order to have and express his opinion as to the right or wrong of vivisection. It is not necessary to be a scientist or a naturalist to detest cruelty and to love mercy, Above all the inventions of the 'ingenious, above all the victories won on fields of intellectual conflict, rise human sympathy and a sense: of justice. I know that good for the human race can never be accomplished by torture. I also know that all that has been ascertained by! vivisection could have been ascertained by the dissection of the dead. I know that all the torture has been useless. All the agony inflicted has simply hardened the hearts of the criminals, without enlightening their minds. It may be that the human race might be physically improved if all sickly and deformed babies were killed, and if all the paupers, liars, drunkards, thieves, villains, and vivisectionists were .murdered. All this might, in a few ages, result in the production of a generation of physically perfect men and women; but what would such beings be worth\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD men and women healthy and heartless, muscular and cruel\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDthat is to say, intelligent wild beasts ? Never can I be the friend of one who vivisects his fellow-creatures. I do not wish to touch his hand. When the angel of pity is driven from the heart; when the fountain of tears is dry, the soul becomes a serpent crawling in the dust of a desert. Thanking you for the good you are doing, and wishing you the greatest success, I remain, yours always, \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDR. G. Ingkhsoli,. Increase Your Business and Make Money Fu\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Prices. Correct Selection HANDLING Ropes and Tag* Furnished Freei IMMEDIATE REMITTANCES. Hides,Pelts,Wool, TALLOW; GINSENG, SENECA. Writer Circular giving Latest Market Prices JAS. MCMILLAN & CO., 200 NO COMMISSION CH / r C E L \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD212 FIRST AVE. NORTH. inc. ^Minneapolis, Minn. XOT1CK. longer Mr. H. L: Nicholson is no in our employ- Bourne Bros, Nakusp, 12th Feb., 1898. Port of Nakusp THOS. ABR1EL CUSTOns BROKER, Real Estate, Mines & Insurance. An Open Letter. Camp, Feb. 1, 1898. C. F. Nelson, Druggist, New Denver: Dear Sir: Allow met:) hereby express my sincere appreciation of your kindness in having recommended me to use FAX'S SARSAP- ARILLA. I have used many blood purifiers, but never have I met with anything so beneficial as Fax's Sarsaparilla. I have only taken two bottles yet and already feel like a new man. By the time I have taken the six bottles I bought of you I will report again. Wishing you all success, Tint they will send no mure.lo the T. Katun Co for Dry Goods and Furnishings: as the jrood-s cost nnK'li more . when landed in Xew Denver; besides, they are often old and sliulf- woni and they seldom \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD ji-et what they order. But\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Different Here Our goods are new and of the best quality; tlic patterns are of the latest designs, and, above all, Our Prices are Right. N. B\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDWe are offering a tine line of Ladies' ./ iehets, Boys' and Men's Overcoats and Pea- .Jae... t3. below anything' ever belore offered in tlie biocan. Call \"and examine out* goods and satisfy yourselves. McLachlan & McKay, Xew Denver. Nakusp, B. C. J.R.& B. Gameron Formerly of Winnipeg. Furnish Clothing \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD: in the:\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD- '-.- Latest Style \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD . \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD: of the :\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD SANDON, B Tailors R#k. j||| I remain, C.O.Dl Yours truly, John S. N-\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD having- reached the Goods called for & Delivered Has an Immense Stock of ......... RE*DY-MADE AUNDRY BOOTS & SHOES No necessity tor freezing: to death if you have a few dollars to invest in this kind of stock. Call in. The prices will astonish you. & WHOLESALE GROCERS Agents for B, O. Sugar Refinery and Royal City 'Planing .-Mills.\" going' 90 miles. \"Lining\" and towing- were resorted to at 20 places in one day. HELL OF SCIKNCE that young- D. R. Young- has purchased the plant of the deceased Slocan'City Pioneer, and removed it to Moyea Gity where he will publish a paper.\" This will be sad news for the inhabitants of and beautiful town. The Pioneefc'. of Slocan City, has gone up the flume, and its late editor, Richard Butler has g'one to Spokane. Dick is a talented writer, a g-enial companion, and a man who will make friends wherever he elevates his headgear. The ollice fixtures nnd electrical supplies of J. A. McDonald were seized this week by J. C Bolander for rent. The electric light plant has been shut down for the past six weeks, owing- to the lack of wood and various other causes. Walter L. Crone, who has been with 11. A. Nelson & Sons, of Montreal, for the past 23 years, was in Kootenay last week Mr.\" Crone is heavily interested in the Texada Kirk Lake Gold Mines Co. now operating on Texada Island, and it is quite likely that he will strike it rich when development work up the property. The New Denver Athletic Club will g'ive \"an entertainment on the 17th of March in Clever's Hall. The program will consist of boxing', club and dumb bell swinging', fencing, comic singing- and many other features that will be appreciated by the audience. The proceeds will be \"used for improving- the the gymnasium and no doubt the house will oe filled from the footlights to the box office. A dance will follow the stage performance and an enjoyable time is promised all those who attend. On Mondav night a meeting was held in the schoof house to discuss ways and means of raising funds to pay off the balance owing on the school house property, and it was finally agreed to hold the Robert G. Ingersoll has written following letter against vivisection : Philip G. Peabody, Boston, Mass.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD My Dear Friend: 'Vivisection is the inquisition\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDthe hell\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDof science. All the cruelty whicli the human\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDor, rather, the inhuman\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDheart is capable of inflicting, is in this one word. Below this there is no depth. This word lies like a coiled serpent at the bottom of the abyss. We can excuse, in part, the crimes of | passion. We take into consideration the i fact that man is liable to be caught by the whirlwind, and that from a brain on fire the soul rushes to a crime. Butwhat I excuse can ingenuity form for a man who i deliberately\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDwith an unaccelerated pulse I \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDwith the calmness of John Calvin at \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDthe murder of Hervetus\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDseeks, with curious and cunning knives, in the living, I quivering flesh of a dog, for all the throb- ' bing nerves of pain ? The wretches who j commit these infamous crimes pretend l that they are working for the good of man ; that they are actuated by philanthropy; and that their pity for tbe sufferings of the human race drives out all pity for the animals they slowly torture to death. But those who are incapable of pitying animals are as a matter of fact, incapable of pitying men. A physician shows i who would cut a live rabbit in pieces\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD ; laying bare the nerves, denuding them with knives, pulling them out with forceps\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDwould not hesitate to try experiments with men and women for the gratification of his curiosity. To settle some theory he would trifle with the life of any patient in his power. By the same reasoning he will justify the vivisection of animals and patients. He will say that it is better that a few animals should suffer than that one human being should die; and that it is far better that one patient should die,if through the sacrifice of that one, several may be saved. Brain without heart is far more dangerous than heart without brain. Have these scientific assassins discovered anything of value ? They may have Bettled some disputes as to the action of We are now m a position to give thoroughly sat- isfactorv service and solicit vour patronage. We make a specialty of the finer lines of Cambrics and Linens, etc All business cash on delivery. Work bone on Short Notice. C. M. NESBITT, Prop. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDtfsS'-'Rates furnished Hotels, Steamboat Companies, etc, on application. El Dorada Ave. TIia 108 Bishopsgate St. British L0ND0N'ENG- Subscri] **' Columbia. Review Wholesale nnd HcUul 'CALLUM & MILLSPAUGH Dealers in Hardware, Tin and Graniteware Miners' Supplies, Paints, Oils, Glass and Putty, Doors & Windows. SLOCAN CITY, B.C. -VEW DENVER and SILVERTON. Fresh and Salt Meats Poultry, Eggs, Etc SHOPS AT ALL IMPORTANT KOOTENAV. POINTS IN ASSESSMENT ACT AND REVENUE TAX PROVINCIAL ACT. Subscription, fej.-yi peraiinum (i Brokers, Mining Engineers, owners of Miiiinir claims. >[in- iiiK* Engineers. 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