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§V Wt$§pt£Ut T.llifafT "I '•♦* AM' Vol. 15. CRANBROOK, B.C., SATURDAY, JUNB 19, WOO. No. 25 Canadian Mines are Prosperous. VICTORIA MAN VISITING SPO KANE TELLS OF WORK IN BRITISH COLUMBIA. Coal Strika Depresses and Agreement far From Being Reached. K. Jacobs of Victoria, B. C, see- rotary or the western branch of the Canadian Mining institute, ami correspondent in British Columbia fur the Knginecring and Mining Journal of New York ; the Mining .Journal of London. Kngluud, and other mining journals, arrived in the city lust evening by the Spokane Falls & Northern. He has been visiting a number of coal mines in Southern Alberta aud tbe Crow's Nest Pass section ot British Columbia, going thence to the St. Eugene mine at Moyie, and afterward to Northport, via Nelson. Among other collieries visited by Mr. Jacobs were those of the International Coal a. Coke Company nt Bellevue, nnd Hoyul Collieries, limited, near Lcthbridge, Alberta. These companies all have their bead offices In Spokane. He also had a long talk at Cranbrook, B. C, with John Tod hunter, who for some time past has been in charge of the coal lands ot the Imperial Coal and Coke Company on Fording river, about 30 miles to the north of Michel, in which property Andrew Laidlaw and associates of j this city are largely interested. | Owing to the strike of the coal min era work was at a standstill on all the mines, the owners or managers of which are members of the western Operators' association, and they arc still idle, no agreement between the operators' association nnd the Unit ed mine Workers of America having yet been reached. At Coleman wheru the earnings of the Intercolonial com pany's miners have been generally higher than in any other coal mine in the country, the men have freely expressed their dissatisfaction nt being compelled to be so long idle - they have been on strike nearly 11 weeks-while there is work awaiting them whenever the matter in dispute shall have been settled. The coal handling and power plant of this company has been brought up to dati* nnd its output capacity considerably increased -to between 2000 and 3000 tons—during tbe last year, so the present interruption to tlie work is much deplored by all concerned. At the Maple Leaf, of which K. Dempste is general manager, the tunnel is in about 1000 feet, in the course of driving which distance four seams of conl have been cut. No. 1. averages about eight feet in thickness, No. 2 fifteen feet, No. 3 four feet six in ches. The last mentioned is at a ver tical death of about 800 feet or neatly 1000 feet on its dip. It is propos ed to make a raise in No. 4 to the surface and thus secure good ventilation nnd obviate for some time the necessity thnt would otherwise exist for putting in a blowing fan. There are two known seams further back in the mountain and the tunnel will hi extended to cut these as well. The company is already prepared to handle nn output of 400 tons n day, and has tramw.-iy to railway and loading facilities for shipping that quantity. No I seam supplies most of the present output, but it is hoped to have No. 4 seam sufficiently developed within a year to enable a daily output of 1000 tons to he regularly made. Plans are being made by some well known coal mln lng engineers of n screening plant, and a 200 ton bin for alack coal. This plant will Include shaking screens, picking belt and conveyor to slack bin. The shut down came ut a particu lurly unfortunate time for the Royal Collieries for development work had been well advanced, a tipple with till necessary plant built, and installed nnd a 'brunch railway constructed six miles to connect the mine with the Canadian Pacific company's Crow's Nest branch near Lcthbridge. When about to leave the coast on this trip Mr. Jacobs met James Cro- nin of Spokane at Vancouver and he learned from him that he wus about to leave by his own puck trnln fot the north, going from Ashcroft on the Canadian Pacific railroad main line via Carlbuo, up into the country through which the Grand Trunk railroad runs, und thence to the Bubtno range In the Skeona river district in which he has some silver lend claims under bond and which he Is developing. Mr. Jacobs will leave for Seattle this evening, going there to obtain particulars or the mineral exhibits at the A.Y.P. exposition for several mining journals. VS MOV I fj, TH_E __s*ELTfcR DISTRI6T MINING NtWS. 0K INTEREST TO TH03E EN GAGED IN. THE DEVELOP MENT OF MINING I ^^^^^^^^^^ INDUSTRY. —°— „ i Coming from behind in the Inst hull of the eighth Inning the Crnnhrook The I.Ik hydraulic miuea on Terry nim overcame a two run handicap ('reek are in active operation, and it CRANBROOK I Marysvllle B. c. London Naval LOCAL BOYS WIN IN THE NINTH INNINGS GAME CLOSE AND EXCITING. TOWN SOUTHEAST K00TENAY- MINING ON THE ST. MARY'S AND LAKE. OP conference. | Marysville in one of the growing towns ot Southeast Kootenny. It en- Joys the honor of having the tirst and only smelter in the district. .......... .- i The smelter at Marysville is one of . , . . ,. . -. „ .... „ „„„ .obtained by tbe Moyie team in tbe!tUe molit importallt industries In the is to be hoped that when thei sewon early stages of the game played on ■■ Oranbrook district, anil when It re closes we slia.ll see a larger yield of Saturday evening last. The Cran- lnmN operations, whirli is expected placer gold, than in the past. brook nine got off wrong In the first I ,n tm, n(,,ir (llturei wlM R1VC 0m|)]oy. Bnouch ore Is in sight in tbe Sullt■ ""J1"* BI,rmit"nK «« JlS'i?,.team ,t0 I ment to a large number of men. Its ftnougn ole is in Slgni in uie nuiii get (me ru„ whlch lookeil i]ke a win. I .„„„,,„ , ft|,0ut 30(1 tons ncr ilnv van group ol mines to make tbera the nlnE lea, bu, ,h finished ilk* „ , enpacuy is anoui .wii ions pel any, largest producers and shippers in the Sw„„" 'o2,L.. f " I ?.he ore bc'"K ■«?»»«! from the Sill i BRITISH COLUMBIA WANTS i THE COAST PATROLLED BY j CANADIAN SHIPS. WEDDING BELLS. SUTHERLAND LE1TCH. A very pretty wedding took place in Knox church on Thursday when the Rev, C. O. Main united in marriage Miss i.ou McFarlane Leitch to Mr. James Qordon Sutherland. The chinch was prettily decorated with evergreens and lilacs, tin- chnn- .eel being buried with ferns, carna some term of naval force, by means | tions and evergreen!.. Festoons of ev ergreens hung from the walls in The visit of Str Frederick Borden and Mr. Drodeur to the naval confer ence in London, it is to be expected will result in the establishment of Montana cyclone The first seven innings were bitterly contested, Moyie having one run looked like a winner, Cranbrook piling up nothing but goose eggs, and Railway Buildings. Hallway building will be in active progress early next spring in the Kootenay valley, and before the close of 1910 locomotives will be running into the town of Fort Steele. Obituary. Mrs. Kmmaline Mosmnn died at the residence of Mrs. Fred Howard, 6ft Calm street, Watertown, Mass., on Wednesday, June 9th. The deceased was the mother of Mm A, fl. Grace, and the great grand- mother of little Miss Oracle Hlgglns. Kootenay Central. Hurveyors, during tho past week have been laying out and cross scc- slonlng the route to he followed hy the Kootenay Central from Juflruy to Fort Steele. It is said that actual construction will commence this full or eurly in the coming spring. The advent of the Kootenay Central will attract the attention nf the farmer and home seeker and a new era of prosperity hus undoubtedly dawned for the residents of the Kootenay valley. province _^^______.._ The mining outlook in the St Mary's lliver district is more favor MarysvilW smelter, the future look. &^^,&£** ami Tn msy' I the last half Moyie scored their first Tlie hiiBiness men of Cranbrook are! '""• ln the eighth Moyie got notli- wide awake to the best intercuts ol j '"Si and Cranbrook, after two men the mining industry in the territory \ havi"K bcen retired, scored two men, tributary to this city. i "Inning the game. . | The score tells it all: Work continues on the Aurora nnd ! Moyie 10 0 0 0 0 10 0-2 Society Girl mines at Moyie, and ! Cranbrook 0 0 0 0 0 01 2-3 they bid fair to be numbered among! Jim Dates as umpire filled the bill the large mines ot the Oranbrook ills j to the satisfaction of everybody. Mc- trict. . Donald took many chances aud in i every Instance delivered the goods. A The devciupmcnt ol the mining in-! fly to left field wns caught after run- dustry depends largely upon the ning lifty yards. men engaged in the search for miner i Billy Matthews played centre Held nl deposits and the development of like a league player ami was there them to a point at which capital is with the stick in the seventh innings, justified in taking hold nnd making It would be unjust to single out in- them productive mines. dividual players when every man of _. T ; , both teams were playing good hall, The present rate of consumption of |mt we CH„„0t refrain from givinir copper is considered enormous. This 80me cretllt to those who took chanc- lact alone lends to the assumption, e8| desperate chanceB. to win the that the copper properties of the Ht.! Bllmc for t|10 home team. Mary's will he rapidly developed. > j, Moyle mim milX tlmt WyI)(1(,, W(l8 araj- srtnaT?„r sa HS3S: - - years* ■ Miller had hard luck in batting. He Many inquiries have Intely been ^ *?* Beem to Place tate drives in made in relation to the operation of tue jlght spot. Both pitchers and the Bull River Power and Mining Co,: catchers did excellent work in theii We can only say that a mill has been ' reff«?tivrte Potions, installed, that the big flume is being LFuUy flve h,imlre'1 I»°P|e witnessed livan group of mines located ut Kim- berley. Marysville is situated nt the con flueuce of tb« St. Mary's river and Mock Creek. It is the Gateway to the vast mineral district known as the St. Mary's Lake and River District. All roads nnd trails from every mining camp in this region centre nt Marysville. of which British Columbia can see her coastal waters patrolled by Can ailian ships of the best type. It now is time to insist upon one thing. The prospects of the coming Canadian navy must not be imperilled by tbe j being turned over to the tender mer- I cies of Mr. Brodcur and his wonder i t'ul marine department. That eminent. c j statesman found his department in j ' j bad shape, had two years in which to \ reorganise it and then was caught by ! the Cassels commission with his de i partment us rotten es ever. Apart " j(om the special . ..- .... , .. ... (from tb« special unfitness of the mar In the vicinity of Marysv lie are j ■ departm7nt it must he remember immense forest reserves and lumber- I -..*■■■ lng Is curried on to a large extent nnd is one of its important industries It will pay the careful investor to keep his eyes on Marysville nnd the rich mineral which surrounds it, a< from now on fts growth will be rap id and constant as the mines ure being developed into a producing stage. As soon as the Sullivan group of mines, nnd the smelter resumes operations, which will be in n few weeks, the business of Marysville will be Important and stendlly increase. Keep your eyes on the smelter city. built, und the new town of Bull River Falls put on the market, and that some fifty men ure employed in pushing the development of the big power plant. the game. Not Yet Forgotton. DEFERRED ELECTIONS A MEAN POLITICAL DBVICR. In many ways the mining industry of the Cranbrook district during the past year has shown vitality and dis-1 British Columbia has not yet for- played great progress and promise, j gotten the protest of last autumn The outlook for 1909 is exceedingly | aguinst the system of deferred elec bright. ■ tions, one of the meanest political devices now in existence. Public me' mory will be kept alive by the fact May Have to Fight. thnt the Dominion government avows ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ its intention of persisting In hanging The new Turkish regime does not j on to this advantage. The Conserva propose that Greece shall have pos-ftive members of parliament formally session of Crete, as seemed at one | protested during the session. Mr. time probable. The island has been held by Great Britain, Prance, Rus- sia and Italy under an arrangement that expires on July 31st. The Turks then propose to occupy it and declare their readiness to fight nil comers, if necessary. Commissioners Meet. A meeting of the Cranbrook City Board of Licence Commissioners met on Tuesday afternoon at the city hall to consider applications for licenses. \ll hotel licenses in tbe city were renewed. Logs in the Kootenay. Not less than three million feet of logs are now in the Kootenay river 'rom points north of Port Steele. The booms nt Fenwicks nnd nt Ward- tier are now attaining immense pro portions. Bull Kiver FallB. The party of excursionists and cap- talists from the United States who i-isited Bull River Kails on Monday ire reported us being most favorably mpressed with the large amount of levelopment being done. They ulso iceured a number of lots in the new 'own of Bull River Fulls, which is •xpneted to he the "Prince Rupert" >f Southeast Kootenny. Appointment. Burrill moved the resolution con demning the practice, and he was supported by Mr. Guodeve and Mr. Barnard. The government reply did British Columbia the exact injustice which Mr. Goodeve pointed out was contained in the act of which complaint was made ; it declared to ull the world that British Columbia is The Cranbrook Alpine Club. The second annual excursion to Modnt Baker will take place on July 1st. The committee is already at work making arrangements and this year quite a lot ure making applications for a place with the party. In all probability the main body of the club will leave the night before about seven, nnd will be driven out to the base, where a camp will be made and a late supper served. The camp the concert will then be held and the yarns will he told and a good time enjoyed. Breakfast will be had at an early hour in the morning, so that the climb can be made before the sun gets to business. A circular will he issued to all who intend to go with instructions as to what to take. All who wish to go are requested to give their names to either of the following who form the committee : Dr. E. W. Connolly, Mr. C. Baker, Mr. Muir or Rev. Hughes. Proportional Representation. Mr. Monk nnd Mr. Burrill, two members of the party which is labelled "Conservative,j' declared for a fixed and stated date for elections, for portionnl representation, and for the telegraphing of writs; the two former of these would he distinctly radical changes in our method of government, and the third would con- stitute a sensible improvement in our way of doing our election business. The party labelled "Liberal" would have nothing to do with them. The so wild a province, has such Impcr- j f^J^.,%^^^^J^ feet means of communication, in a!'a^"*d "
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