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THE PAYSTREAK BOOK!. SANDON AND CODY, SEPTOMBER J8, 1897. CHAPTER 52 NEVER SAID ADIEU Williams and Annance Suddenly Sk|p tka Tnwti. CREDITORS ARE MOURNING The Taxi Baaae Are Mulcted for Nice anata aad There Are Haaf Others. V li. Williams and IVter An iwttK**', two ft inner well known citi- n wof tendon, on tbe evening of Friday, tlte 10th Inst*, rather itfartled n- community by their t*eiect ami t.-alUtk* rendition of a wntwdv nt titled 'iMtippcd by the Light of the .loon.'* In tstCt, so true to life was it n-tid��*r**l that the friend* who k im w ttVni once know ttwin no more, i ntike the w-h-brak-d cat tbey aever ttiH* hack. And iioa' then* tare p��*o I'ic wenderlnip why their acrobatic ��� i��ilfey waa not dW't.vervd long ago. The tNtiniil v waa not played helVirc ��� vt-ry large' audience in truth, ui �����ly ftatr men, fin a handcar and *be inoofi, which was ont that even- �����.g. jatvMttaatalv tbr a lark, ami waa full, very^ lalri. After witttesalag tlu* funny fee hkaia be winked t hv tamtt*\^**wm ttEtnd a moaat- on, and fot^iaare tilt Bat be that ������* H may, she taae nf the aadleare *'>lly ���altedtheaetnt** making Uwir 'but-aad eattattaasaw* ttar** mkI waa s>*aaackUty a grwtt ststtwai* Tliere ate aaltr a auaiWr or aatt- ���i<��n"s insithSBl* aad bttalneas inen n ho now iMl very atnch slighted 'Hat t*hev *wr aot gtvci. *iie privilege <tf wtttteealng this excellent per i ttiawe, which was so well planned ��twlsii��nccaa*l*ttlly carried out. It ��� left not appear prohalale that they ��1H repeat tbe |*H*ftwinanoe la'f��u*e ��ny hiaitenav audience, although triemls are doing their U-st to get *'.��*wi l-ack. It 1* said that M.*i��*i>. William* ���nil Annanee have been making j.ti|iaratltHts for months to spring ���l��i�� act on an unsnatavtiti-? public, vt least, tbat hi Uie *ut-|***itit*i. Mut-ded tm the feet tiiat they owetl ���*��� veral tbonaand dollars in Sandon. In this owing .Maine**, tbey swined '"��� have played no favorite*. In ���oet, when 'tbey "skipped" they -wed nearly everybodv In town, In- ������biding the liank*. Their final arrangements were made laat Frktav a week ago, when they aold the Filbert hotel and coo- ���* ota to William Hudmw. On re- celvbtg ikt* money thev immediate- vunt itiut close retirement until wan detained under suspicion of be- ng in rijllitsion, was released carlv in the week, to appear when wanted. P1R8T BALL OP THeIbASON. Tbe New Virginia Hall Opened in Magnificent Style. The hall iu thc new Virginia block waa opi-ned laat night with a grand ball, ami with one hound it has taken its place as the moat popular place of amusement in Sandon. A number of Udiea had the matter in charge, and made all the arrange UK'iits, which were splendid. The invitation wa* to every liody to come and enjoy themselves." The'response wa* unanimous, and the hail waa crowded Itevond ita capacity. The Samion orchestra wa* at its test. At midnight a millionaires' lunch was strrvvd, and the dancing continued a* long as the crowd warned to stay. It was probably the most brilliant asaeanhly ever seen in Sandon. The expraraiotia of delight and pleasure were universal. The ladies in charge, with J. M. Harris, owner of the block, may well be proud of of thc undertaking. The hall ta a Hue one fbr dancing. The floor Is clear of evej-ythliig, with a high ceiling, well lighted, and there are all the necessary ante room**. Nine sets in a quadrille were on the floor at i��ie time. from August 10 to September 16, inclusive, 1897, were as follows: Slocan Star, . 1,160 ton* Ruth, . .1,880 Payne, . . . 1,8^ Idaho Mines, . . 42*. Noble Five, . SfflG} R��eo, ... 140 American Bov, . . 16 Slocan Boy, . 15 Wonderful, . . 14 A)Ax, t4j Majestic, 12 PROM THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION. Parti* of Distinguished Visit StfmkM* Scientists Total, . . 5,:*��| tons Ore ahiptneiit. for ibe week from rSfpteinlrer 10 to Septamber IS, incluaive, were at follows: Payne ��5 tout, Rath tto. Ajax HI, Noble Five SS', Hero 40-, aU etvept the Reco via Kaslo. J. P.'a Earning Their Salarvj. Cases have been coining thick and fast this week in the police court, the court sitting in the evening after supper on two or three occasions. Many of them were petty cases and disposed of with light lines or a caution from the justices. John Parka, charged with assault and tit rearing, was boaud over to keep the peace fbr 12. months, and let go. John Flannagan (Liverpool Jack) waa up again, and fined 150 and costs or 90 davs recreation at Kam- oops. W. E. Dow, for refusing to assist ctttscer while tniiigtp arrest a and using abusive Vlfcgaage, wan jlned $10. and costs. Tka^ason-Sniiiey CoinUnatlon) J. F.Oed^t, for indecent assault BME? LOCAL 1T1IW. an ( I man awn*, !v ���he time apfHrfnted fbr their light ""tg handcar act was due. It was Saturdav noon before thc -"ditors caught on. Then war- '���'nt* were Issued and telegrams -���ut to all parte of Kootenay to head ���"��* men tiff. Bat bv that time it is ���-upuosed they were playing t<> '''dlencca in thc IJiiIUhI-State*. M. U. Williams, younger but hit "������ne of the abseontlera, and who of Tot-on to, well known in the east, I* coming to Ssndon. Thc Trail Blaaer cbrar is handled by the Slocan News Co. It is with out a peer. Try it. A. H. Stirrett of Silverton haa laaight into the Sandon Transfer Co. with Hugli Caineron. When the new city government 1*1 organlaed it is propostHl t> make O* W. lovatt leader of the opp����iticat Hotels and families wiil find it tn their respective interests to send their work to the Sandon Steam 1 .sundry. Mrs. M.K. Barber haa'built a large house on Cody avenue and will open the flnest Huanling house in Sandon next week. Wanted C N. Haney, graduate of Mt. Allison college, wants lKwition a* bookkeeper Jew' clerk. Address can- of A. M. SanlVa*d, Sandon. Hillv Sudrow, who htmght the 111- lart. (mentis running lot ��"tel himself. Besttys he wall have .very��� thing ftrst ela**. and as be i��* in.pu- larly known throughout Kootenaj liis success is assut*ed. prof, Dawson renrarti _toSandoa uiinei* tuxxl go to K londlke fbr a good clean tip. Tic can get it at the Santlon 8tea�� Laundry. Mi** Mav l.reen with a party of gentlemen 'lately made a trip on horseback by the Payne mine, over the mountain, and down through XeOttigao l*sin. The Mdinlgaii trail ������*< ��ne ef the steepest in this country. SAXU0X 0RE^H,PMEXTS* The shiptmnts of ore lYoin Samion was Ined U0 aad costs. D. C Fletcher has been cribbing tbeci-eek tVem The Denver to thc K. A S. tracks, and has been eettiig tunber from tlu* side hill fbr the purpose. George Lovatt had him arrested Ibr taking timber which he claims belongs to him under contract from the K. A S. railway. Fletcher said he had perniiasion from Mr. Orav, the railroad land agent, to take what timber the cribbing needed from their land, but the justices rcftoed to believe his story, and fined him 110 and costs and $10 damages. Grocer*' Store Robbed. Sunday night some one opened the door of Jalland'a grocery store, on Cody avenue, with a akeltton key, and carried off the till, which eoWtained 13 or $4 in change, and all the bread tickets. Mr. Jalland haa no idea who the thief waa. Laat Chance Strike Widening. The strike ou the Last Chance reported last week has widened out to four feet of sulitl ore. Four teen inches of clean galena, assay. Vug 247 ounces of silver aud H�� per cent, lead, and about throe fo��,t of cajbouates is now in the tunnel. Church Notices. The Prettbyterlsii services will Ire h*W iu Sjwmyamytt hall tomorrow tioth afternoon and eveuia*. at 11 an.l lis) o'clock, l>v the pastor. Rev. T Men-It***. He will slso hold divine service at Three Forks ott Sunday ai*tteeaot��i at 9 oVlne*. Rev.O. W. Qrluttnett will piveehr mornln end evenin* tomorrow fhunh. A party of distinguished scientists, who were at the session of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, lately held In Toronto, were in Sandon Wednesday and Thursday. The party consisted of Dr. George M. Dawson of Ottawa, director of the Dominion geological survey, Professor and Mrs. Crook- shank of London, Eng., a distinguished chemist; R. E. Walker and son of Toronto, aad Sir G. S. Robertson of the British army. Dr. Dawson Is one of the best informed men living regarding the whole western territory of the Dominion, and one whose influence on the future of this section will be great. He was oa tbe Youkon last winter, and Dawson Citv was named after him. He talked pleasantly when approached tn the parlors of tbe Xfoodenouffh. "We are one of several parties/' be said, "who left for the west at the close of the meeting of the Association, and who arc scattered over Kootenay. My object partly is to gather information for the geological publication which will be issued bv the government in the spring. Tnere are three scientists now at work in East Kootenay and the Ainsworth dfttuet, on a topographical amlgejiogical aatt) of that section. Tfieteienceof * can tell apprekUtf .fly where era! will be found aajTwherelt will not, and we expect to tmvc vwtaabte information for prospectors aad miners regarding the Crow's Nest country in the coming publication.*' Dr. Dawson said thejprioeof silver should make less difference in this camp than anv other, on account of being so high grade. Thc party was under the guidance of M. A. Buck of Kaslo, and visited the Ruth and Noble Five mines. Ht th��> Mt.tho.tls ,t Meeting of Kamloope Prestnjtertj. Rev. T. Menzies left on Monday last to atteud a meeting of the Presbytery of Kauai oops, which was held at Bosaland <m Tuesday. The meeting, was calletl for the pur pots e nf ordaining and inducting Mr. D. McG. Gaudier, graduate of McGill college, Montreal. Rev. James _$airn preached tie sermon, Revs. Glaeefordand Wardrobe addressed the newly inducted minister, and Rev. T. Menzies addressed the congregation. After the services refreshments were had and a general hive feaat indulged la. '^__ Silcer Quotations for the Week. Monday, Sept. 13, - - - &5| Tuesday, Sept. 14, - 5*>i WediTresdav, Sept. 15, - 541 Thursday, Sept. 16, - - 54} Friday, Sept. 17, - 561 Saturday, Sept. 18, - - 57} Lead has been strong all the week at 14. Node but skilled employes handle your work at Sandon Steam Laundry. Call and see the wheels go round. ���> THK PAY8TREAK. SANDON, H. C, SKITEMIIKK It, l*��7. THE SELKIRK VISITED. A Great Property Which Will Soon Be Shipping. It is uphill from the start from Sandon to the Selkirk mine, bv the Ruth road and the Read antl Tenderfoot trail, to thc top of the divide on Four Mile creek, but the trip is well worth taking. Many prospectors would decide, upon seeing the precipitous mountain of barren rock that stands a thousand feet high at the apex, that it was not mineral liearing, and would leave it for an easier place to pros|>ect. Hut (I. H. Wright and Frank ("olden, when they came to the place last July a vear ago, were not to be frightened by perpendicular walls, and decided to look over it. Their success was immediate and standing out plainly visible was a welt defined vein five feet wide, running east and west across the entire mountain, showing galena and carbonates on the surface. J. A. Smith, who was iu with tlie prospectors, and others, at once commenced a shaft on the ledge. It was n��*ceawary ta pack all supplies on their backs up to the shaft, and after Wright had rolled part-of the way down the mountain one day a ladder was put in place ��>ver the most perpendicular part. It is still a climb which many have decided they did not care about doing, but the fine showing kept the men at work, and 50 feet was sunk on the vein. The showing here warranted them in starting a tunnel, 250 feet below. An immense slide comes down the mountain at this point, and it was ni*cessary to commence the tunnel on the other side of the slide and go under it. This made 275 feet of dead work, but it gives depth and makes a splendid tunnel site. The tunnel is now in 2*) feet, and a month or six weeks will reach the ledge. The work on the tunnel is well done. A good part of it had to lie timbered, on account of being under thc slide, which is loose and caves in if not held in place*. Seven men are at work. Preparations are being made to work all winter, and as soon as the snow comes and raw- hiding can be done, the company expect to begin regular shipments. A new find was made last week of over two feet of shipping-ore in another ledge on the face of a perpendicular wall 300 feet high. This has been traced 200 feet, and prospected enough to show that it is a well defined ledge. An assay of the average ledge matter returned 110ounces silver and 67 per cent. lead. A crosscut is now being run in to get a depth of 40 or 50 feet, which will reach the ledge next week. Shipments can be made from this at once. The ore will have to be chut- ed down 250 feet, from which point there is a good packing trail to Sandon. ft is intended to make this pay for development work. This find has been made on the Omega fraction, belonging to J. A. Smith, M. L. Grimmett and others. The ledge lias lieen traced from the Omega across the Selkirk property. The company in all own five claims. The main ledge runs across three ofthe claims, the Grade, Minnie and Estella fraction, giving 4400 feet of ledge on tbe company's ground. Thc ledge at the bottom of the shaft widened out to um foot. The company was organized in February this year, and the amount of work done since speaks well for the energy and push of the manage- I ment. Tltr* capital 3Ksck is fESTO.tXX), j 1,000,000 sha res of 25 cents each. J A. Smith, thc president and general manager, is a mining man of large exprlehce, having been 16 years in Colorado and Montana. TO TUNNEL THE MOUNTAIN. Too Miles Long and a Mile Prom the Top. J. M. Harris is not B man of small ideas. He has had under content* piation for some time, and is only waiting a favorable opportunity for commencing, a proposition which rivals the great mining ventures of Nevada and Colorado, It is to commence a little below Sandon and run a tunnel through the mountain north of town to the Reco mine, two miles long, tapping eleven well known ledges, tne lowest depth being ***50O feet and a mile below the summit of the range. It has been eatimated that the work would coat t50 a foot, or 1600,000 for the tunnel. Thc succese, of the undertaking, of coarse, rests upon whether or not the ledges have tlie necessajrv depth. Mr. Harris is well satisfied tfiat they have. He says that every indication ofa true fissure is |K*sm*sacd by these ledges. They break the for- mation at right angle*, the. walls are Krfect, and aa far as they have en gone down on tbey widen. The Payne ledge wonld la* reached in the first 300 feet, and as fast aa the ledges wen* tapped drifting and stoping would commence. Tlie tunnel would he large tmongh to do any amount of carrying required. There would he two'tracks and electric cars. The tunnel cont{*any would depend upon a royalty on the tonnage for a revenue. The poetdbilitios of such an enterprise are difficult to imagine. The Dig wealth producers of Montana, Colorado ana Nevada would have a rival in Kootenay. Bold men have achieved great things, and main people think Mr. Harris haa plcgtv of courage. Teatporarikj Closed Down. The Slocan Star was closed down last Monday to repair the timbers in the No. 4 tunnel. Byron IV. White came in Wednesday and after exam ining the stope* with the manager, Brace White, they decided that it wonld be two weeks before shipping would be resumed. I*a*t Kpring quite a stream of water waa coming out of No. 3 tunnel, but this stop-ted suddenly, and the water disapiieanil. It is thought thia water round a lower outlet and got into the lime and slate over Xo. 4 tunnel, making it swell and pushing the timbers down. Improcements at the Ruth. The Ruth mines have lately received Hcveral cars of machinery, which is now Mug put up at tlie mine. A I'rO-horse itower Itofler and 55-horse power engine havelaen put up and are ready for use. Five Burleigh drills will'la: used. Ancn- tlrely new sawmill outfit ha** arrived and will shortly be in openition, A Sight Draft. An Italian got drunk in Silverton last week and laid down to sleep in the street with **) in gold In his pockt't. A Klondike tourist eam�� along and made a sight draft on him for the money, with which he immt'diately dc|tsrted for the north. Town lots and a new dwelling h���nst> for sale in Net* iieiiver. A-J/- ply to Ti.oMtw��.\% Mitc*h*u. A CW HjjL_rM_*- ������ '-.ins Si ilM iim '���*- The Sandon Laundry for first class work. In the rear of Spencer's hall. CMIiiiig-^uctitled and button* sewn t��n carefully. COAL {Aim* Km it A B Hi at.* In Any Quantity Anthracite, Canmore, N. W. Blacksmith or Stove Coal. KELLY & BURTON Cody Aoenue, Sandon. r*mm*mam.mm.mm ���*���*��.��� -rej'eisrws'a ��� �������� uthoiei & IA0ISI, ASSAYERS AM) CHEMISTS. { ��� 1 Gold and Gold Ores Melt: Kc J hned and Bong* t * P. O. Bo* 1795* Spolcanc. Wash. 3 mm*o*a\nm*mnummtn** ****** m* Dissolution ot* Partnerahip. N.iUW I. tt*r**>��t ntvet, thai tlie mt*o*r*dtit* heretofore ��*tt*tiu�� t����t-.��*._. IjW nt��.l*#**i*t**T***** ���e miiOtiat t>rokt>r. Its* t lilt -let ****** <IL*r��|i*_-t r���� runlnel miiim.hI Wm. V t*\U *lll fast all lUlul'tle. ami t*..|l-> I ait jMHrmtt.t ��� t���**!*-�� st Stan ����o A.tjrn.i ?*. l**d WM I* IKUaJt W A. mnjiNR!j. Cartineate ef laaarovecweeta WYOMIJti* KIM* H VI ClJUDM Hit net* lit tl.--ator.tn Mining l*-i��l*ir.f*..�� We*! Kootenai ai-rtrtVi W'tw-rfe tt��r*t*����t Semt town of ***sit4t��n Tak* nottVe fh.it t..��J*�����,���*_���*. Al.i'ttaivtVr. ti*** minor*. rertiStafe So Itjt������. saSSSM tor ll W F'.r.fer. fr**. roi'irf* rerflSreie .*���>. iojfta. H W. MrVat, fr-ra ���mI*j��*/* rmtttfomt* !���*����. #>,. Oft. Sll't H It, MeVmt.tr**> mlttrj'a ��� *>,<>��' jtte So U.ttA. intent. *��ltt> .Jet. from ihr rial* h*r*��<f. to er*|,)t tn tho *��t>l r-.��mt��.i**i*.����c.r i,,t m rertinVel* at impraretneutn, tot tb* |mr|..* nf ��tliieli>inaef r����*nrrr*��n������l tha**'..,��..!��,,,.. Ami further lake m��t ice. thai mitten*, laim* inii��l l>e **.|,i tn the *��H t-��minl**i��>n*r �����>�� t m, il.m -oMtmenrwrl l**>fnr* Ih*. UttMWe >��f ��i��t"h rvrilSeate of Imitrttvesae-Mt*. Uate.1 thi. 1Mb flat ��f Ane-u**. UM if, AI.F\.M>r'.K liale of tlr.t |r.tt.ll. �������..��� An�� rt. *���'��. Certineets ef Imarawamsats. RI.tF. JIY MIN'KRAI. 1*1, MM Situate la the Hharan Minium IH* Lion Ot W*>*t KooUFlter .lUtrin MJtar* l.*ra����~t fit*. liar-an tit* Helena mod Henri W- ttilont-l t-laint* on Not.tr. Ft. e mount a lit Take notiee Utat I A ft Ferael!. aavttt feu the tm*t Chsite** MttOi.�� sit.l Milting r��t,��pany ttttwian.tr** miiter* rertiSeate S; at,til Intend, sistv <lay�� Irnm the <tate li-rt-.t. to *|. Jilt' lo Ihe rnlitittjf rernrilrar tar m < ��t*tl*. at*...( itriitrotremt'iit'*. forth* pmrspm ,4 oUnttAng * r-mtrn craitt of the at.ot e r*l��im Att'l further take itoil-* ihei aelloo, atviet ****-tion it, ii)iiat Ire (*onim**itre>l ��������(..r- the i.*n. ���tiK-fof LJtwh pertiflrst*. of itnirr..v*>ntt-i,t. lNtla.1 this ith .Uv of July, imH A **�� KAKWKI.I. Iiatr. r,f Aral ptiMi.'rttl..n Jnlv Hi. ia*J Certlfleat* mt Imarovsmsats WsMaa. BOI.AMirtl MIXKRAI. HUM titttaf�� In the SltK-sn Mining l��U Moo wf We.* Kootenay lUlrt.i. Whr>re U Mt...t ii��� t ��>r|y rreek. Take notiee that I. Am* W. I.eahv. free miner, .^rrifleale Su 04jas��. lnl*.��i.| ��lttr .lev. trom the <lafe bereof to ei-ply to the mlnln�� rtnonl. erfur A ���Mrtllleate of linprrttemenl. for r|,�� pnrpom* at ohUlulus a crown ��rsnl ot the shove -"latin. Ami further tske not,.,, that ftftloii untler nection.17 ntn*l he r*.,tnnn.!..--l ���.ffore the tMiiatirf of .wit rerrirVafi. of trn- liruvementt. Uate.1 thi�� jtlth dav ot Jnly, A I�� ion J... 10 ... '\S V K.KAHY !.-.!.!. Hate of Hr.t iMit.ll.-ation, Julv H. IS��T The Leader Emporium of Fashions Have r���� ��-l\��*-l a r'.i..i����._,��ni ���( ,jw lattwl .iv',., it. Summer Hats t'..nt*r��ri��iiMr ttw latMU. v����~ (*hW~��, l,_rlui.,Vn,a.ii .V.r.r ,���.| nWt ; .,����� .rilM-r* |.j.<t!*~>- rumuhltur*. fit. atu it..��_-ri i .jVferear, aitrl ett-rrihinc i��. *l.. . ..> *. tt-rt ir.**** HiUtnein **e��ttt����l in ihr t*ue*>\ .m,, ,4 ik, (ift^MMtakttta a *!<*- t-tltv ami l,^,...,,.. We are t^.u^.l t���� lewd In sty It*, m at ��� St s ���, et>tru��te*t t��* u* altl waattre tttti -i- Uott Mrs. O. H. DOi CIHTY. tt|!jj*r*l��e l*r*sa Heraae. **����� .. I .. *v>: M. L. QRinHETT L L B BnrriMt��?r, Solicitor* Notary Public, _.. SANOON. Etc, tc. DR. Jl. 8s MARSHALL BCHTI8T. aaato 8 C Witt he at H**l*t Ha��t.*m.i 1.. *��� > i*t*r* a uttuitt* S. B. HENDEE & CO. IjTftrtstfttt. ii9.��t Bwl��r$. M:^s * Asettls S��y The rnaaoia Ce*ae4t*at*�� M.u.nq Co l.imltrtt l.taMMi. Ory Salt Miainf ana Mm in* Co l.ttoltrat l.htMUt*ji itttrrlVii* Ht��lkirk Mini uu' antl Millinj' < Itmttetj USMHH lltetnt '�� aatrl ��� M"'* tlMrllX, a. 1 Qertlfleata af lworo��*rrtertts ti.iMA\ Mtxaaai.t-i.titN *��i��.v����- io ttw.at.-elillit.tnjrl'... *" ��� K����>**t-ay ��*Mrtvi Where !.-��'.; <; ' Itettler etwet. atrottt ott���� eo��t wwr-lt* atrarte th*> i..an �����! 1 V~i\ Tak^ ������'.Mr* thrf Us Wmtwelt ���* \ R��.Wrl Wlnaate. JtTrt *1JhI. J-?* *.' Hr* khfk *t> Ho. kaai, mod tn����. ���(��� ������ iK*+X ��nl*i����l, rtlitf ��hty�� Iran, tht ' ������*tftr4r ta tlw tt.lr.inf tmmrtlrt <������' �� (.lr.Llimi,r..tn>LrM. Ir.f lh�� r>�����-��� tnit.Uutmlf"*a ��ratrl �����! ��he -1" Ami 'nr*h��r l*ke Otdie* tbel artt.*" senrteni It, sis��l t-�� e.,mmem'��-*' ! ���' .nam** of ���itrli ��*erti*ra���� ��tf tt��>|f" " i��ai��l tht* _*l -mt at ^��t> t* ��� ���.,-.,, j, H F \ tl *���*��� ' Irafa. of Ht-*! |>{thlltnti(.l. Itilt si. t*",; Certifteate af Imerovsmants KKYrtTtlXK \Mt��\KMv< -r* *a.to**~t�� laili.a. ailHSlr ttt lit.**.- " " attl4.ru of Weatfc��..t-��.-��v.II-��ri*' J.*r.��l-,l (it, It.* North IVrfe *'J ' - tr-�� k an.l shout ttt��.stt��>t �������..- I��l��H ��' Tht** Wotb* T��k-nr.ti~rth*i l.ll.srlr.. M- thr. poruemi ttt ohtntnina s ��*rowi. *��������'' r.l->t��.l��lr,. . . Aitrllurtltt-rtake anth*e ihm -n.." V';^ a-rtlot. ��, IttUal Ire wltHilKlH �� I *���**"*" ' siiaiit'* of "tub tettlfi, s��. of impr.*1 traterf till. I.t rt.tV of **��**�� !*'��� first Irtlhtir-aflr... ���*.���!���� I. ��**"r Merchants Advertise in tht Paystreak Because It Pay:* * ���5..^VSTRTEAK, SANDuN, B.C., SKKTEMBER 18. 1897. 8 IN THE SLOCAN. nkw unavKM V -altolotale l^oor howte i* to be wub.i*h*d *t New Denver. It is said that one huadre*! mors men ���ill !*��� added to the already large form iii the Kuth. I'srtie* sre alter the Stage building to rent it tors hotel *iteas soon ss the Batik of Montreal vacate*. i initial- are slammlsot aero** the lake. uu.) uisny * frooas dinner haa been given the "past week. Thi* new bank bonding is fast lieing completed, end it give* Hixth *tr��et a rery suWuntial apfieamnoe. Ute oki hosj.ital but Id in*, when vacat- r*l. sill he UtoroQfhlv mrovated antl !,.��* <l itn'ished ttoroogbout. Tltt* Vsneowver t*"aah A l*oor Co. has ��l.t*.*,! it* office in Nakutj* with a vies to ..jtening in New livnver. U. B. McArthur, formerly of Kilbride. Ontario, died in the hos-aul last week II. a as '��*, vear* of ***** and s *traiigi*r in the **l��s**n. Tti* hand Ita^y* have jutt remved N-wral new pi********, and they atv doing a..tm* liard practicing to Jtarome ptrofici- enl in tliem. Tuesday the Denver fsiled to make the trt** to Sloe** City. She got a* far a* tlte laiv and had to tarn hack owing to * break in th��* tnarhinery. The men errr*u*d for entering the t ..'.!*.��� of Klla Brown and ram tug away a trunk and trontottta.helonjting to Jessie i onk.were given nine month* h��rd talair .���.-:��� i are miw ikroiit tied at Kamkaifi*. MkVRnrov Tl* Fidelity Ua* tsjen snrveyed for a rrow* grant. Mr Martin, ol the rlaher Maiden, ar- rived m' Hilvertoo a few days ago and wa* *<>rprt<*ed to find the mine chraed ���loan. Thl* was tbe first intimation he had ,tf any char* down. an��l In all pRtb- aNUti Uie Fisher Maiden will he one of our working mine* thl* winter. Tlte action) mevlirg held Monday evening in the Townsite Oflks was an unlimmd titieees*. The par-enl* turned out in a body aod a sclniot in the near iuuire is arwitretl Messrs. Hopkins, * rtats and (iordon were elecietl truattts *ml an application has alrestiy lieen rv- i*eived for the p-jution of teacher. Tlte working force st the Thorn|tnoti t troop will be immediately increased by tlte addition ol twenty men and tin- mine will ship all whiter. Peas ,V Mo* 1 Humid will build tlte wagon road up to tlte Group and expect to complete the work in two week*. Willi Uie Yancou- verandUie Thompson Uroupshipping and the re opening of tbe Wakefield and fisher Maiden the pro*pect* for a busy winter tn our city are dally brightening. rlUtT H*tV. Bawyei Bro*. are building * **������*������ denre oo the point OYef*a**oiil'ig tlte lake Ths Snauhlli'*r House is being re jwiiretl snd refitted throttglt.ini, and *��� ill 1h�� .litem*!! muter a new name next week. A irood strike of free goW wn* made one tlte Josie claim. ��itt��ateil alwttit �� '"���le [mm Santa. The. Joala is one ef ��� Kroup of three claim*, the Jests, Ihitte "'fl Knreka, the propertv of Cretiawell, Hark, t,,.*wood antl Mttrphy of I'ilot ���*���'�������� Surface cut* on the josis ahow a iNivstreak of '."H inches aaanvin**: UW 111 roW. 1,,, tno |Jufu, .jlj, nm}, silver. *V>X ead ami f\ copper have been ohtalnotl '���"���mi surface aft**v*. A atanip mill ���vill he placed on tltt* Josie claim rti��<l �� H,,��H aiink on the vein The repairaon the Pilot Bay smelter ����td concentrator are now almost com plete. The tuj? Kaslo haa been nent to Nelson for repair* to her boiler and wtll commence hauling ore in about two weeks. The concentrator will he in operation before Oct. I, and the. furnace started to work when'two or three thousand :on* of ore have lieen run through. The Blue Bell mine, which has now become a valuable proposition on account of iu high percentage in lead, will ��*�� worked on a large scale Brmleu Bro*. h*ve lately been negotiating for some gilt i*dge properties tn tlie \Y Intel irotue and tnterea'.ingdevelopment* may be looked for in that direction. KASLO The Koksnee made her last tri,> of the season to Argents Monday. The K. A 8. h*s surveyors at work in the Lardo-Duncan country. The government trail from Ferguson to the month of Hall creek has been completed. The tag Kaslo is undergoing repairs in Nelson. preparatory to being put into commission hauling ore for the Pilot Bay smelter. Alexander Dick arrived from Nelson Sunday and left tor tbe Slocan on Monday. He expresses himself as vt i y confident regarding his Slocan interestc. J. 11 Kelligan took his place on the bench a* police magistrate, vice Chipuian, resigned, on Monday morning. It ctjet the first victim $50 tor a Saturday night jag. F. C. Catherill, of London an Eng lish expert, is looking up investment*, in thi* district. Arriving in Kaslo Saturday, he left Monday lor the Lardo Duncan district, where he will investigate Mi*- merits ot several properties. The finishing toocl.es hsve been put on the Montcguma wagon road and cor.struetion on the concentrator is welt under way. Garvey A English have been awarded the teaming contract. The wire cable hr thc tramway, which will arrive here this week, is three miles long ami weighs over five tons. Dr. Selwvn, V. K. S. ex chief of the (Iwlirgical Survey of Canada, Dr. Oileman, chief ot theOeoso^oal Survey ofthe Province of Ohtario and C F. Tlaimas of Uegina, jraid Kaslo a tihort visit last week. A WIIITK t-inOVSB IlKAL. Hugh Sutherland, as agent for a Montreal svnli.'ato. ofwhirli Ihm Mann is at t��u> Jtead. lias purtMituatl a one-lotirtli interest in the SUinn King and (opjier Kin��t. on White t't*on��e Mountain, from the original locators, Dsve and Jim | Black. Thi* deal means, practically, that the Black* have sold out of the Kamttdall Company and the Montreal syndicate, along with the Anaconda people, who own the remaining interest* in the property, will go ahead with active development. The Storm King, though tt has never made s shipment, has become known as s property of high value, tuMiays taken from the bottom of a shaft sunk uo feet on the ledge show |24 gold, 40 per cent, copper and good value* in silver. In view of the fact that a number of parties are now negotiating for White Grouae properties, this deal is important and may mean that the turning point ha* arrived for thst district. The Black Diamond will also much increase their output shortly. The Tariff, Braden Bros, property, will have 40 or 50 men at work immediately the repairs on the concentrator at Pilot Bay are completed and a number of other properties will employ a large force in the near future. .*>�������� HIGHWAY ROBBKBY. On Mondsy evening J. 8. ft. Weller, a prospector from Eureka, South Dakota, was held up by two men in the town limits of Silverton. Weller was returning on foot from New Denver, and in passing through the woods before coming to the bridge he was seized from behind and s gun shoved in his face. He was unable to resist and his two assailants neaUy cut out his pocket and decamped. .Grant Thorburn and Al. McDonald started in pursuit of the footpads as soon as the new* reached Silver- ton, but a* Weller could net identify the robber* snd a* the pursuers bad no clue to work upon the hold-upers escaped. The booty consisted of s watch, three plugs of tobacco, and $210 in American money, f 150 of which was in |o0 bills. KNTKRPH1SK CLOSED DOWX. The imexpected ha* happened. The great Enterprise mine on Ten Mile wa* closed down Monday night and all hands |atid off. The shutting down of this valuable property is not on account of the mine giving but, for there is now in eight ore enough to keep 80 miners busy seven year* getting it out. Nor is the shutting down owing to the decline in the price of silver. But a change in tbe management is about to take place. It is asserted that the mine will shortly be re-opened with a larger force of workmen than ever. A change in the scale of wages will probably mark the reopening, a cut being contemplated from .50 to t-" per day. THE CBOW'S KEST RAILWAY. One hundred miles of the Crow's Nest Pass railway, from Lethbridge. into the Rockies wiil be finished iu November. The contracts on this lin�� are let as follow*: Mile*.. J. W Buchanan 5 Mayor Bowles 5 Hugh Mann 5 Ed Egan 5 D. McGilllvray 5 J. McCrimmon .5 N: Keith 10 J. D. McArthur 15 G. H. Strevel 10 W. Dohemy 85 Track is laid on the first 10 miles out of Lethbridge, and the bridges sre well under way. They are being built of wood but will be replaced by steel later on. The bridge across the* St. Mary's river is 3000 feet long, the longest on the route. Supplies are being taken in the mountains and wagon roads built so that work can go on all winter About 3000 men and 800 teams are employed on the railroad. The uniform rate of wages for laborers and teamsters is $26 a month and board. The company has made this rate and contractors* are prohibited from paying' more or less. The scale of wages is not high enough and some difficulty is experienced in keeping the men to work. *3.5t AINSWORTH** OUTLOOK. There are few camps in Kootenay which have as bright an outlook as Ainsworth appears to have. The present advance in lead affords a better price for the silver-lead ore produced in this camp thau has been prevailing for sometime and the mine owners will not be slow to take advantage With the completion of the Highlander concentrator, about October 1st, a considerable force will be employed on that property. Last year the output of silver from the Anaconda copper mines amounted to 5,433,826 ounces. The shrinkage in price on the Anaconda's production of argentiferous product alone from a year ago is fully 1800,000. This is equal to fully 6/16 of 1 cent per pound on 125,- 000,000 pounds of copper. The Anaconda has been getting out a very large copper product lately. It will be necessary to produce heavily in order to pa v 10 per cent, dividends on a capital stink of #30,000,000. Every cent that silvi-r declines in price per ounce means a loss to the Anaconda of 954,338 on the basis of last year's output. A rich strike is reported on the Noonday, one of the Galena Farm properties originally bonded by C. W. Callahan, but later thrown up. Tbe owners have done a great deal of sluicing and a monstrous body of galena has been uncovered. What is said to be one of the finest strikes made in the country is reported from Twelve Mile close to the mouth of the creek. THE KOOTENAY %, Malting & I dWlQ Distillin Limited ty Co. The Largest and Most Complete Brewery in British Columbia. tars-eat Aiul best M'-ta'te.t stork of Wines, Liquor., and Cigars in DritUli t'oluntbis. l.;trtf.*>t stui lest t**uippett Bottling Establishment in British Columbia for Cnrboitttttfd di inks. Agtats* for the celebrated Lord Nelson Cigars. We have established a branch houso in Sandon with Col.l Stormier, for Lager liVer, and are prepaied to compete iu quality H����.i price against all comers. All our Carbonated I-rinks ami tapei Beer nre manufactured from distill, d water and gnarantet-.l clifiiiiciilly pure. Parties in, or who contemplate going into, tuv of these UnSs will save money and time Uje dealing with us. t'util our estal.lwhment is ready (or business in Sandon We can ftimish all the""ajwfjjji^^ _fr.&*KllU will represent us iu Sandon Sad the Kootenay district. For the present address nil orders and inquiries to UU at TrH" The Kootenay Brewing, Malting & Distilling Co., Ltd TRAIL, B. C. 1 1 m 1 ... ��� ;; AT* *>n ___---ar-__ -^-a-a-_l THE PAYSTRKAK, SANDON, *% C SEPTEMBER IS, 1*^7. THE AMERICAN COWBOY A Hard Rider, Hard Drinker aad Rather Tough Citizen. George B. Walth In the Scientific Am rlcan. The gaucho, or South American cowboy, I* In many respects a duplicate ot the rapidly disappearingr'cowboy of our Western plains, differing only from him in habits and customs that climate and surrounding* Jare responsible for, and possessing many good qualities that are scarcely noticeable to casual strangers who happen to meet him for a few hour* at the stations and small towns. At such times he is usually drunk, un- auiiable, slouchy and unattractive. He is out of his element, and a judgment placed upon suchVib-iervations is unjust. In his home on the plains his picturesque appearance and his really fine accomplishments are set off to better advantages. The cowboy, tbe shepherd and tbe plainsmen are all classed asgancbos, but the first is more typical of what the word means. Ilw lite is spent on horseback, riding over the endless stretches of platu-. corralling his cattle and branding them, and occasionally hunting the wild panthers, ostriches or guanacos. His saddle is the most uncomfortable seat in the world, but he strides it with the ease and grace of an Indian. The wild mustangs of the gauchos are fully as ungovernable as any on our Western plains, and ttiev shy right and left, rear on their hind legs, and eren roll on the ground to shake their riders. But once in his saddle the cowboy is not to be dislodged hy any trick of man or beast. H a wiU remain in hi* saddle from tbe b.'eak of day to the going down of the sun, stopping only long enough to eat and drink. The diet of the gaucho 1* not noted for its variety, but of its kind it is good. The morning meal is characteristic of the Spanish-American people���a cup of mate, the tea herb of Paraguay, and a fair substitute for coffee, a piece of cold meat and a pipe of tobacco. With this *lim repast over, the cowboy is ready for a ride of several hour* ih the keen morning air. The midday meal is not m ich more elegant, either in variety or quantity: but when night comes lie is r tvenously hungry ,and a course dinner wiil be prepared. This consists of some good freah meat���the flesh of a panther, rabbit, partridge or steer���a cup of the inevitable mate, the wild berries of the plains, and possibly an ostrich egg. In the course of the day the gaucho is very apt to startle np a mother ostrich from its nest, and after killing the burd he will return to look for the nest. One egg holds enough meat to make a big omelet, and when properly cooked It bas a peculiar and delicious flavor. One end of the shell is broken, and then the egg Is placed on the hot coal* to cook. In a few minutes tha egg is wonders, using it for all emergencies at close quarters, from slitting the throat of an animal to the carving up of another human being. A man who ahould use a revolver in a fight withaSmth American cowbov would he despised and would very probably be strut**/ up for his cowardfv action*. The revolver has no place in their wild, nomadic life The bolas is reallv the weapon that is unique and peculiar to these South American cowboys, ��ud through long vears of constant practice, it ts really a deadly instrument, (t consist*, of two or three small iron balls, one and a half inches in diameter, attached to pieces of stout cord three feet long. The other ends of these cords are gathered together in a big knot, which gives the cowboy a firm purchase. The accomplishments of tbe gaucho with this instrument are little short of the mar velous. He swings it over his head once or twice to give it force, and then, with a twist of hi* wri*t, hurls it with unerring aim at the object. Within a range of 80 or 60 yards the man can bring down anv small game, and even at 8> to 1(1>1 vard* he has been known to hit panthers and rabbits. Tbe two or three balls swing wide apart in their flight, and thus there is a range of sit feet in which to hit the target. At short range the cowbov hits hts gome with the iron balls, stunning or killing them with the blow, and in this way be will bring down partridges and rabbit* hy dashing in their midst and striking just as thev jump to run. On ihe plains the cowboys practice daily with their bolas. using them to bring down cattle, a stray ostrich, a rabbit or a gttanaco. When the cattle are rounded up to be branded the laaeo is used, for tne nobis i* more apt to break bones than anything else* and consequently thev are useless for this work. But after' the cattle have been branded an exhibition of throwing the bolas mav be given to create a little excitement. The laaeo hi thrown with the e*rtne skill a* the bolas. and it ne*rVr falls to settle over the head of thc steer selected. Their work of branding cattle- is naturally cruel and blunting to fine sensibilities. It Is necessary by law for every herder to Itrand his cattle If he wishes to claim them, and the cowboys are not particular as to the niceties "of the civilized code of honor about torturing animal*. The cattle are round*-1 up on the plain*, and those Ntdeeted for the branding are thrown violently upon the soft earth.and then either a not iron or a sharp knife inflict* a more or lea* serious skin wound in tbe shape of a cross, circle or whatever geometric figure may strike the fancy of the owner. The South American cowboy is never made of the stuff that convert* a man into a cattle king worth hi* millions, and the rare good fortune* that have been made on our Weetern plains by enterprising cowboys are never repeated in tbe southern hemisphere. The ambition of the gaucho never riie* to such flights of fancy. He is contented to live his life to the end mi the bound- leas plains, riding in a saddle for a liv ing, and associating with the aame people and scene* until death inter- are so plentiful that there la no market price attached to them. Labor alone ts the commodity that ha* value in auch house building - The roof* of those mud home* fre qneiitlv lea*, and the owner* attempt to patch them up with mudandgraa* until the thickiie** ia nearly two feet The mud house usually cotisiat* of one large room, but .-l-rca-doiT-ally two or three adjoining bedroom* are added The bed* are made of patnpa*gras* end the skin* of the panther and cattle Chair* and table* are araree* but oora*- sionallv a few old trtool*andadi7*good* box will be found In the hut*. In thi* rude home the cowiioy ��pend* part of hi* time when he I* not tn hi* saddle, and his squaw wife and children live there most of the time watching and waiting for their lord and master to come home. A more attractive place than thi* '��>me are tbe gaucho ���Moons, which are scattered pretty plentiful acroa* the pampas. Thi* place I* built of mud.hat tt is usually larger and more attractive than the ordinary home of the gaucho Coarse picture* conceal the banwnneas oi the walls, and, to the cowboy's way of thinking, vastly Improve awiear ancea. There are cheap lithta^ph* of actreaae*. fight lug scene* and obscene picture* gathered from the four corner* of the earth. Rom and hear are dl*. penfted at these aaloon�� in quantities, and the gaucho* assemble there to have a regular apree. nearlv alwayi ending up with a free fight. The death* that occur at the gaucho saloon* are many, but they are usually huahed up and nobody I* the wiser. Tbe scene* enacted there seem to he the n<m>***rv and fitting'climax to the wild, rough life the gauchos lead noon the pampas, and, according to their code of honor, it ts no disgrace to end an existence in sneh a way. Mlatsl to Mttrtt ntjjtja-atu Society and the aoeiety girl are unexplored countries to Senator IVnrose^nd for that reason there isn't a girl in Hill, ailelnhia who wouldn't marry him off. ham if aaked. and so, when a small party of them waa asked to meet him oue night recently, there were several little heart* fluttering ha anxious uncertainty a* to jest how to greet bim In the way likely tn produce the gr��*ati**t im* pramioo.' They diaeuaaod hi* manner ism* and hi* dislike lor the world'* stereotyped way* among Utem��eKe��. had not men iwieed on a plantation i.,r ,WJ_?i__?' *!__? b_3r_l,W*n ��l'1" '����� <����� thr subject, one kept them to ii.-r��,.'i |I0W ever, until[the et**p��ciou�� evening ._���,<, ���round. When the reached th- i������lv where the lion wa* on exh:'-st-,-,���, :t ��_, ���oaae time after the ani*. *,*...j fit,.ir Her hair waa tousled and l. - and, taming into the Kat awry, room, witiiiMu apparently ttotictag the t.,-,.. ��������, vu toot*tging on the ansa the picture of mum ���he blurted ont; nt to, wont TH ot "Where ia hell did you _-;<-!. anywayt I've hunted the <#},.! town over and couldn't hut raveling of yoo I" Tha oa-ayed Boies at on<*e **.,_�� from the lethargy that chained u mi, *j>j begged to ht prarotited t��� u.- fruskv (tairgiaa. I_atar he gave hut.,;uni,m A ber to*ometrotite* at the Cmon I > ��-.-��*_* which Wist regarded a* highlv tUtt-ting barring��oa*��littlewbiiit.-. oi * ��� ���. Aod now paoftle my Ax* m the girl who will a-tarry him.���Tow;. 1 '.-... ��� Aa lasstrs_*lst�� *i_t,t. The roaating ef ore at theTmit stwit. ar ie an inlereating eight. The or* tor roaeting it piled la heaps reasmiataj- oblong pyramtda with woolen W-��. IV troleam lasprinkled on the �� >���! sal set on Are. The sulphur antl arw-nw in tbe ore takro Are aad the tower ;��n of the heap *ooo ��Vott<uea a red hot mam* with vent hole* here and then* th* outer *hell through which r�� ..;.���-�� ��� ���Hitting *moke. The wool nmj< j Mirti the Art, the ore supplying it* oh �� fuel It rwquirsa about six Week* to t-am OUt the entire ma**. Those lrurnt oat took lika hoge cinder ml***. TV < >** oa the ontahie a* it i�� fn*** lrurnt oat, ���emetiroM takro on a is*** *.-,;;._nt red ���ml saffron coloviag* and v which coma* from the vent hoi*** t* also often richly t**t*klot*ed* A* a matter of met the ore t* i-artally ���tnrlted a* It grte* thnaigh the i^*t*un$ proroa*. It to from la to 25 per nearer ajppor matt*. This is ������ -t*.\- H*hcd with wry little expense. *�� the masting pro******** hi an ��� -m\c meaanro when a amelter hs* i ���*" �� ore antl plenty of capital with ��li"b to buy ore and hold it. KfaOsYtt the Trait IHaiwr dgar w* *** the light* glimmer on lhe��tl**'** - **!*?r*!r!^��� ready for eating, and the cowboy dig* venes. He Iia* nothing of thc Yankee out the meat with his knife and gulp* ingenuity and mind of scheming, and The mother ostrich it down greedily I* meanwhile salnned, and the feathers are carefully preserved until aometime when thtigaucho goes to some settlement. There he receive* JV) cent* a Sound for them, which enable* him to uv a few trinket* for hi* squaw wife and a good stock of rum. The Western cowboy I* said to be helpless without his revolver, but this does not apply to the South American gaucho. He rarely, If ever, ha* such an instrument, ami not even a rifle Is carried with him. His indispensible weapons are the lasso, of horse-hair rope, the bolas and the knife. The latter is his weapon of defense when fighting with human enemies, and ttto first two are his weapons for offense when chasing the wild horses, steers, guanacos, ostriches, panthers, and even birds. With his knife he can he would not know what to do with his monev if he gathered a few thonaanda of dollars together. Probably a good Krt of it would bo put into rum and the lance into more stock. Stretches! at regular intervals on the pimpas plains are mud-wailed huts called ''homes.** In many respects thev resemble the adobe huts of tho South- west of our own country. Thev are made of blocks of iron-dried mud, with the roof composed of dried grass, mud and a few willow rafters. Wood is scarce on the pampas, just as It is on the plains of the Southwest, antl the cowboys make tho most of every dead trunk that can be found along the courses of the rivers. These are always carefully preserved for roof rafter, anil every gaucho attaches more value to i these than anything else that goo* to perform i form his house- The mud ami grass H. Giegerich, GENERAL MERCHANDISE, UR.iCERlES A PROVISIONS, MINERS' SUPPLIES, Agents for GIANT POWDER, GOODWIN'S CANDLES, CALIFORNIA CAPS ami FCSE. SAW DON. B.C. Stores at Ainsworth, Kaalo and Sandon BS-JJJJJJJJSJJJJJJJJJ. THE PAYSTREAK, SANDON, B.C., SEPTEMBER 18, 1897. CAHADIAlf HEWSt Tk,, (**v-*rwi��eot received ��10 con- wi!,U.tnoney thia week. No name* '' ri..* Fvaiiorator at Norwich ha* been ^ on aSouitt of th* failure of the apple crop. T,���. (������ntdlan Medical AmocUtlot. i* i Jhmi U. 30th aunnal mroting at Mon- treal Tlte ItHiian Ptuuine Fund of Canada ,n^to��lW��, which amount ha* 1 recti sent to IndK. The fruit crop* of Hamilton mid l8Sy5muXlargerthi. yeartlian l���r a number of *i*eers pa*t, A farmer near Beam.ville, a*****, ew__d with a young ��**��� *���**>* l9 ***** .iiSliswifetobeartboiken. 4 Mr Rae. the embessler of St. Cath- J^^hlsfbVr.ontea^^ few year* in ihe jtenltentiary at Kiitrgrtoo. ^.irtcntber 4th there wa* a g��ther *7t����?th.l.. of old German soldter. i Sir Charles Rivers Wilson, President 'ofthe (irand Trunk Rv., in company with other railway official*, inspected tha new car shops at London, and Sir Charles expressed himself as well-pleas- ed therewith. FLOAT. x.fll ��^*y*row��**r*-��w -n. -_. lug at Bertin.thit,, of old German Joan all ,-arta of the continent. I/ml nielnudord, who commaieled Ute 1'ritiah troop* during part of the Zulu* war of lHTu, ia now \ outing tn Toronto. <ir Wilfrid TLtutrier i��eceivetl an en* t'.u.iastic welcome at Queb-ac, on hi* rt'turn home from his tnk^*e*��ftU visit to Kngiand. Coal ha* been found near Coldwater, < int., in County of Simcoe. It is not oi an anthracite nature, but to clean, jet* black coal There have hetm two private lauik failure* in Saaforth recently, ami the latainesw circle* of that town nave sutler .-���1 ...nstderaltW********* there!mm. Windsor bicyclist* are hot Iteeauae the l* nited State* rmttttiii. authorities have t r .toUted whc-eUlroiu being taken into U-u.tit without payment of duty. It Is helieved that there is at present no excJe ttvely iilver mine in operation in the U nited States. There are sever- WIMMMmMmtMmtm^^^^^^^^^^^^^lAi in which silver is a by-product. Our Premier says that the fast Atlantic it ^ estimated that fully $180,000,000 service �� now almost amrod. .Heabio in gold yet remains in the unworked *ay�� that the gold fields of British Co- ^avelbeds that lie between Smarts- lumbta are excitim- a great deal of ville, Yuba countv and GraniteviUe, attention m Great Britain and tndncing Nevada countv Cal. immigration. ... 'I . . _ . , ._, ... . It is claimed that the stack at the Burglar** found ��*ecoud Klondike tn (;avlord, Mont., smelter plant, is the Uie Irominion Bank at Nepawa, andtn |arge��t in the world. It is 200.5 feet one night po**ea*ed themselves of |3_,- "^ *~-~ * ���--���- 000. How they knew the combination is a |.utile to everyone. No clue to the burglar* has been found. A specimen of m*anetic iron sand from Centre Island, Toronto, is being tasted bv Archibald Blue, of the Ontario Mining bureau, so as to Mcertain the quality of the iron. Similar deposits Itave been found on tbe shores of Lake Sujwrior and River St. Lawrence. The trial of James Allisontthe alleged murderer of Mrs. Anthouy Orr, has commenced and will likely last for four or five days. The mystery surround ing this crime is increasing daily as there was no apparent motive for it. REDUCING THK CHAJ.CK9. The per.pte who are most afraid Of ^optl-atliw" charity Avoid the evU that they fear By making It a rarity. ���Chicago Journal. "'��� ���*"��� ���*���������*��� ������ i ������ ip ��� Two old ladies were discussing the misfortunes and chances of life. One was a spinster and_ the other had been three times 'married, and each of her husbands had been in turn cremated, whereupon the spinster remarked: "How marvelous and inscrutable are the ways of Providence. Here have I been for 00 years seeking a husband and you have had husbands to burn." A committee of lumbermen presented their case to the Ontario Government this week, but received no definite reply, They want a regulation passed providing that all timber cut on Crown lands shut be manufactured in the Province. :%..'S,.!~ high. The foundation base is 47 feet square and required 180 cars of stone. The recent statement of the American Copper Producers' Association showed the total production of copper inthe United States last year was 424,402,785 pounds. The output of the Arizona companies is given as follows: Copper Queen, 22,2ttt,096 pounds; United Verde, 22,828,413; Arizona, 42,478,000;, ��� i >ld Dominion, 5.620,000; Detroit, 6,985,-1 Do you think you could stand the cold ,150. Another year the Copper King j in Alaska? -_* will probably be in the list. Yes; I once courted a Boston girl. Kingston *** very ttquake ^^^^^ wi only was not felt in tbe The township of -...-��� _______,��: much shaken no by. violenteerthauak shock one day last week. II \**l*** a few ����****0��d*. 1.1^^^^^^^^^^ city. Railwav bueii**** i. *"**** "jf weak the Gram! Trunk Ry. did �� hair ttollton dollar tmsineaa. which aa* n-i.otJO In ex.*!* of the aame wevk laat vr��*r. Itttthwcll oil fields are hoomln*. A new well baa h.��t bee" statohml ��htohto pumping about forty tmrrel* a dayfrom Ihe lower aand. IVtmlia nil market .- Hrtn. A recogniro.1 authority onH**^**] .natter* In Toronto *av* that ' eh a uillgoupu. fli��. i'theiw .*���**"������:"��� shiwuge ol wheat in Ute Argentine Re public next epring. A voting woman of Toronto, nam**** Mary William*, while taking a sjun on I.erWvcle.wM struck by �� todlear ami died in ��� few minute*. No W*"'* WSJ attached to the motor-man The seventeen-year jML{SJ_rtS_oJ llev Wm. Tindale. of Walker*...,, while sewing In her father's study. WM ro 1-adlvVirned bv the ill"**'".";-" * *" J.imj'i that *be died in * fen hottlw. Sir Wilfrid Uurier ami his P��_*hj�� a narniw e*ea|a�� from death * hito eomtng up the Si. Uwrcnce to Mentroal ���� pilot \m*��mot*��nUl**A by the mou erotts iHunilimtion* and emit* on tb* rtvi r AtU.e i*��cent races of **|_*|3^ Bicycle Qub two tomtom* '"""led in nice and were carried off the ��J���� over the high curved fence, by tb*��� MW of the colliflon. No <��.��' ** M*^1'** injuriHl. KxtMrrt* prtittottmv tlte gold mme ���� MlchlntoOtMt, ibtt.. * marvelo<��" Nuttiplea have aasayed over ttw i<m.. The gold Is free milling rne rovery wan nuule bv *"< l��"'"in rt,H titontlt ago". Another concession has been made by the < ioverntnent to the Standard Oil Co. in allowing them to bring oil into Canada in tank cars and store it without trayiuif* any duty until it is disposed of. it ia thus that our Government protocts the Canadian oil trade. A horrible story comes from Wheat- lev, a small town about 20 miles from Windsor. A woman named Mrs. Enoch McLean, was attacked by one of bet hog* and terribly wounded. Her ���laughter while endeavoring to help her mother was also badly hurt. Mr. Geo. Steven*, an Aeronaut, a former resident of Toronto, will make \ an attempt to find the lost Prof. Aitdroe. who -tailed away in his baloon on July 1 Ith to find the north pole. Mr. Steven's ba* also made a contract with a New York syndicate to convey provisions to the Klotidyke in his balloon. He is confident of finding Andree. TUB I*KKt'IOi�� NKTALft. (hi account of their scarcity, some nietal* are much more precious than fold. The following table show* the value iu gold by the |tou**d avoridnpois weight, of nearly all the metals used in arts and manufactures: Vsn-ttlfum. rrtatalt. hittfd tM.TW 41 Kuhttt.utn. w.n* ��� sjs.1 W> rttrltun.ptr*" rv��l>Uc. r.Ui *n Tsitt lum. |��* t.4tn * V rtUUI.tlMa.l.l't��rtrUl��S . IMA Ml I* Ottuitt. sioiultvt .iBA 41 SluthlULii, wltv I.itTl iO *1*1*1****l*llllll***fmTij_____^_^ l.rtfna ���Mii'in'iv �����***!*���_. luannoiM..'-***''. . V".*tuu.n ol-.lr.'l>** itnlllltB. I***** Kitthm��u..i MtnlMBM. tU****1* jiss!r,��.-t.ei.>��K rsiiiw"' i Winltllti rsiiarfian. ������ ,r ul .um rraitlutu lr->t ', .l.t .. ������_:���������*, Tltotliun .fllfil r.limtum. ttittl i-tintunum. Iu*.*a ������ IM.tt'.ttttt fusrtl.... MUHITSIH**... Ui**u M,.ljtsleiium ,._. MsiiiewluiB. ��"2|^* nivsr.bar Vlll���ItlllUIII. lrSr ,-,4t ill. *���'>'���*** '���*"" Sn-to'l. Irar Otamhiw- v kIIUI" Il.llllltll Mfo-ury \ii4lnumy Tin I'.H.jrer Thrt*e **9Vtiy , l.'.M 44 M*i �� 1JJ4S4 li.vi ����� 1.I3JW 9tt 11 7-WSSJ . tihi U t-.*t no felSS 4.U **�� *'l m Tt ���ffM S' l!�� t) V.tri H 1�� ��1 l s M 4A��. ��� Ji ��M S Sll is to U **) 5 SS 3 ftl .i nn 1 96 I ��> *st �� IS One. j value not to the Itium, neptunium and tavealum, m ite dis-1 latter dim-overed in Middlesex co I-out ii jCoiim*ctictit. Gallium is said to he I vahtohto than gold. discoveretl ntt'tuls of in this list, gal- iutit, the two ���ouitty, more WM. BENNISON & CO., ROSSLAND, B.C. DEAttR8,N MINES MINING SECURITIES .AND 1 f E solicit correspondence with parties having meritorious mining properties for sale, and .j*--** beg to say that we have connections in the principal cities of Canada, England and the United States, and are id daily receipt of inquiries tor developed mines and promising prospects. 18 YEARS EXPERIENCE In active mining operations and redaction of ores, and a knowledge of the different inining districts of B.C. enables as to famish reliable and competent information pertaining to mines and mining matters. References given. Mining & Muling Co. Rand & Wallbridge, Mining and Stock Brokers, Sole Agents for Sale of Treasury Stock. m THK I'AYSTREAK, SANDON. B. C, SBPTKMBKK It, WW. The Paystreak. Is Issued every Saturday in Samloo.lii the heart of the greatest White Mit.il tamp on earth. Sahscrlptiaa - ... ts.ooayear Strictly in advance. Address: Thk Pat*o-kkai', Sandon, B.C. SANDON. B. C, SEPT. 18, 1897. The agreeing of tbe directors of tbe Pa 1 k of England to hold onc-Sfth of their reserve in silver has called down upon them a large amount of censure from the gold bog papers of London. Tbey are evidently afraid that silver cannot be kept down much longer, hence their abusive editorials. ILLKOAL AOVKBTlSnfO. According to tbe Amended Mineral Act of 1897 it is necessary for applicants for certificate of improvementa to advertise the same in'a paper published and circulated in the mining division in which the claim is situated. It no piper is published inthe division then the nearest paper to the location of the claim. At present several claim owners are not complying with this section of the mineral act Several claim owners on Cariboo creek have violated this law and In consequence not one of the applications for certificate of improvements in the Arrow Lake Division this year are legal. Another aot has been declared illegal. It is that when a notice of intention to apply for a certificate of improvements contains tbe notice of application of more than one mineral claim, It is illegal. A Nelson paper reports tbe decision as follows: "A question touching the legality of notices of improvement, on which issnanco of crown grants are based, wis discussed in Mr. Justice Drake's court on Wednesday. The opinion handed down wss to the effect that when a notiee of intention to applv fbr a certificate of improvement contains the notice of application of more than one mineral claim, the notice Is ^ illegal. The argument before tbe ' court on Wednesday was on the motion of the '-Contact and Excelsior*' mineral claims fbr leave to issue writ. The Excelsior people applied for a certificate of improvement on which to obtain a Crown grant, but on ac count ofthe illegality of thc notice as it appeared In the Oaaette, the Judge allowed the '-Contact'' owners to bring their motion lor leave to Issue writ" Ifto-tj has been found near Toronto and gold In thc stroets of Winnipeg. It would seem to be thc metal age and ft is a poor place Indeed that cannot scare up some kind ofa metal sensation, newspaper or natural. THR BANK Or ENGLAND AND SILVKB. ��� mmmmm** London Sept ll.-The 'Tlmea" this morning In an article from a special correspondent In whose accur acy it says it has reason to place con* fidence, ntake-stheiintXHrtant announcement that the Bank of England's directors have consented to hold one- lifth ofthe Bank's reserve in silver. The article, which is beaded, MRe- mcmstraiictv says: 'Has the Ban* been well advised in (ailing in with the suggestion pushed forward by certain Americans that it should hold one-fifth of its reserve in silver? Per haps the assent was given In very guarded terms; perhaps, it was done to oblige certain persons; perhaps, it was considered an act of international conrtesy. There may have been this ot* that reason to excuse and extenuate: but the broad plain tru h is that In the existing ciicun*8tancf*s the Bank ought to have set Its face emphatically against any such notion ana lias not done so. It is useless to contend that the plan Is stamped with the permission ofthe Bank's Charter Act and the authority of Sir thi-bert Peel. It is eounllv useless to remember that at the Pari* monetary con- ferenoe in 1881, the Bank, on the suggestion of Italy and the United Sutea, gave some sort of a promise that should international bimetallism be established it might allow the reap, j-erance of silver bullion as an asset in the Issue Department of the Bank. The reasons which actuated Sir Robert Peel have no application to the present circumstances. It is important to remember that the omiceasions ot 1881 was immediately seized noon at an important British 1 eel a ration In favor ol bimetallism snd has been handled as an annoyance against her ever since. We do not live in 1814 and ought to learn wisdom from the experience of 1881. Now a dav* it would be melees for the Bank of England to keep -n.ooacMOt-wi^axxoa) In the shape of silver reserve as it would be for Parliment to turn a law for the creation of rotten bonmghs. Tlte Bank of England ought to have said this, and has not said it Sir Robert Peel explained in 1844 that it was well to bold silver so as to be in a position to enjoy the opprotunitv afforded us by bi metallic Prance to pay our debts In cheaper metal. But what has this to do with the present American suggestion? The very point of it I* that our reserve is to consist "permanently partly of silver so that we may assist in raising its price so that we could dispose of it at a pro- At to France. America ia to do the very thing under the p-ttpoaed scheme that under international bimetallism we could not da The cirtmrnsunoe* are quite different Where Peel may have been wise we should be exceed ingly foolish, tor the only dubious point of our financial system Is the vary occasional weakness of our gold reserve at tbe Bank of England. Why should wedeliheratly choose to water that reserve by practlcalf v reduelmc it one fifth? Sir Robert Peels other reason was that a stock of silver might frccaslonally be convelt.ent for shipment to the far East, but since the telegraph was invented that i-eason no longer exists. We can order silver from anywhere in a few tteeoods and as London is the principal silver market ofthe whole world, we need no stock at tie Bank." The "Times'' commenting editor {ally on what it called "Dramatic Surpritses/says the astonishment of tbe public will be Immeasurably greater than at the action ofthe India Council. This revolutionary policy, for it is nothing less as our correspon- dem dt^ribes It applies to the stock of coin and bullion held in the Issue Department as security for Bank notes. WILD OVER THS SOLO. Sault Sie. Marie, Ont. Sept. 10.-A party of gold seeker* in the yacht Mary Bell* returned from Michipteoten last evening after having been In the new gold Held* bnt threeday*. There ware fourteen in the party, all t*e*poitwibh* | bustuea* men of thi* city. Elathrftheta secured claim* upon which the gold quarts protnl*��* big return*. Is all the party wiil make application for 4,���� acres, which wore proefiected and atak ed out while they were there. Many ���ample* of quarts in free goto a* large a* a pinhead can be seen, aad were brought by them. The specimen* were | secured from different place* on their 'claim*, which are weltered. Wlwn the party arrived Tuesday night there I were but sis pi*o*pertor�� on the ground. The reprjrt* which the Mary Bell ! partv brought ha* aot the two See* j wild'with excitement, aad between two and three hundred people of the two ******** will repair to the new field* at the fearlieat opportunity, The Canadian mining law* are of *uch a varied char* acted that there has been a miasppre- hctiston here of the provM* n* covering the locality of the new fit-' L which ia an unaurveyed rtgwm The ���'ntario mining law covering thi* particular district in brief provide* that whet, mineral I* found the di*t**overer ran stake out a* much land in that location as I* d**alr��*l, not lea* than forty acre* aud not saore than JtJO acre*. Tlie stake* are all marked and numbered at each corner The di*rovet*w"*i name aot date of the find are written on one ok the slakes. Two witoeaae* are then required to umke affidavit that they i*mvebec*noa the claim and have mmm the mineral. A survey la then made of the land* for whkrh the applicant pays, and the anr* veyor** map and field note* are *c*it to the crown land office with Uw affidavit* aod the application for the property. Sixty days are allowed to _*-* the ao tlication with survey and affidavit* Probably loo pra*p*r**tor* are to-day working in the hill*. The country .Wat t\te\Sd%2, and EJKSjj by Its location. The pri,,. ,���.* JT, ranee* trom t. to it. ** ** The t-eturnlng pro***-or* wv that where the vein* are laid hart-th..���� particle* can be aeen to fairlv ����,_�� of the quarts. When the ^m wi Saturday at least *w nrMpecton h_,t arrived and lihey paa��ed s.i ,.rri| mn^ ****}*' _7__?_"**oW- <* IjiWe W.wa were dotted with tent* aud *Mithiii Ltw three days they wore there a lire", mining camp had sprnti'; latoexiatQae* The dmatsce from the mouth ..( u���. Madtipkoten river to Lake u.,_4 ��� not ov*r seven mile* and tlu* *.,rn C\. peideoced no dlfficultv in gettingin �����,* ont with their catop eqiii'.iu,-, m ihrtv boor*. Wmf*eAwmm m��� **' * The report of MrK.-iui.. g**.,ine\.-a\ expert, wp*p��ea**ente��l bv thr maids obtaioed by the party which rt-tum*d last nigh*, Indicate that t br* 1.,_, Wawa strike t* tho most Important gutd -ii* t-ovta-y lit the which ba- lava mtst made im tauada The lor.*i��n '�� *��.h that mining machinery ran J�� , \*,**��4v tranapor** A. the quarts I* <*( a nature that is oaMly mined and milled and from all apftearancea there are inc.Jtauttihjr- ���**ore�� ml it. Tbe country ha-* never been exptaced for mineral until host, Indication*, are that *ome A tbr* claims found hy the rotuminrr tootles of i<��_,v will pan ont aa well a* tb** t**rt*rin*J Markov IMcsenson claim. A townatte Is beina snrvav ed .*.'. Ut^- Wawa and jare^iaratbns arr u.��n** mad* tocarofortne bnndrttlaof j*...-..!.. who are c-ertaln to flock to the rvgittu in tlw- next tew weeks The n.*\t *f.*am*��r leave* the Hon this atormton aud trill make three tripe this weak. The embryo town of Wawa i* i** auA in one narrow paa*.whirb load-1.. Ukc Wawa from lite landing pUc** ���>����� ilw *a*��re of Lake -Heperior. Quam hn heen found here t**oat*inin_- fr*** gold iu chnak* a* big tm kiwnel* of wheat wberathe discoveries were nia.lt> Ita* never heen opened foe srtth*��n.*tit TV only inhabltanu a*ht*mt are a tea In dian* - Mlnnoapoli* Jonntat tSSSB 'y ���f.^iff i-ffiTO vs."-- ':.������ et���::'SKSW'tX m .^aww. * i .-..-���. The Newmarket Hotel, in New Denver, has heen enlarged and all the rooms plastered. New cin��-t*. and new fhmltnre throughout make t! e btai**e a marvel of eonifbrt and elegance. WW. *�� roonis, and iu heantifol sitnation amidst tlw finest scenery in America, this hotel I* untur Itettaed In all Kootenay. II. BTHfi.-i; P.ttp. "TTT If you Wamt a hat Or anything In the lino of MKN-4 WKAMcallon Thos. Browe <^ C��> Men'* Outfitters. Reco Avenue, Bnndon, H C THE PAYSTREAK, SANDON, B. C, SEPTEMBER 18, 1897. AIXSWOttTH. (Pfttta Oar **t*il*r Cat*r**iri��iid��ntV* D F. St^obeck snd L N. Knight left Saturday last for s newly dl*t*oveml|p>ld district on the border* of C aliforni* and Or*fon. i titrations on a lame scale will be under *.���*���/ on the Tariff mine shortlv. A lan-v amount of development work ha* tteeo done on the property and up to .Ute no or* other than that take.) ont lu development has been brought to Uie surface. The owners, Branea Bro*., lu- t,-i..i bnildinf s tramway and with the cv.mj.letion of the trail** on the Pilot Hav smelter the Tariff will bootmie one oi the hsaviavt ���dilfqter* in the Hot >jTiii|rjs camp. Active development work is now under way ou the Tata O'fthanter, situated op- j.-~itt* Ainsworth. This property wa* i uf.hasetl by the presentowner* a nntn- l.r ..I rear* ago, hot Up to the pmteiii time no freat attsenat of work ha* been done on the claim. Pick Irwin now ha* . J.artfe and a tore* of four men arc at ��..rk timing a J*s*a7hiottnnri-*l to tap tbe itAgts at a depth of 990 tost. Surface ��.rk already done en tbe ledge show* fine very promlali**g*ptT<imeri��o! yellow copper with good gold indi^tkin*. A very strung lodge of the Independent order Ftireater* has been organited tn Ainsworth. Ja*. If. Falconer, official org*a_asr, held a vet*7snt**s***ful intttalla- lion meetinf on Monday evening, at wliich the name* of a large number of rtji.li.anta for admiaaion to tbe order a.'Tw pi-osonted. t��n Toe*>.lay evening a ���i_:.fv, which was one of the most pleas- ant social ���veota of the *ea*on.wa* given br the member* in honor of tbe new lodge. On W��dn<*aday evening tbe otTicer* were electetl. It i* e*t*a*ct��l that the new lodge will have ��� memlterabip ui the tte^ghborttonil of 70. The ttuildlng formerly oecupietl a* tbe Scuttling House, Pilot Bay, tie* been titorouabiy overhauled and renovated tJiroU|*hottt and la to be formally opened with a grand hall ami rapper on Monday evening neat a* the l*oke View Hotel ('. V. Aiken* i* proprietor. Mr. K. II Mudd. formerly of Kaslo, bs* ch*rge of Ute culinary department and the bouse, a loeh ha*lieen newly furnished through- ��� >ut. wilt affonl ample accomodation tor *rQgas*to. CO A I* iM KOOTK-saV. IxutteatM* CtSWt ***leWU~-**rt*oW the WefNSSllS War* tH***s��*s>irtar*. If we except the Peniwylvanian coal fields, the coal tlopOMita in Smillteniit Kiattenay are tbe largest and riche*t in tb* whole known world Tuey may la* larger area* of coal land* but none *> *��'itlthy. Thl*Immenae coal land Is in **'.iitlu��a#t Kiattenay in Kt. Steele inlti- iii'; division, and Its deposits are twitm* 'tines known a* the Trows Nest Pas* coal tleldafrom their close proximity t���� dial celebrated |ta*** in the Bock; Mountains through which lite V PR. In now n instructing the Orow* N'eit Hail ** ay to open up the southern district in V***i and West Kootenav. Tlte coal lands lie in close proximity lo the west* <rn slope of the Rocky Mountains and '"����� tnatnlv Mwcoti that rang*' ��>' "���".ititaitt and l ie Kootenai river ���hey i>\ total snuthwanl Irom tlte Bull nver down to near Tuba *co plains close '"��the international boundar.v Some ��������� the richest seams are in the ba*e oi the Klk rlvor and It* tributaries t*oal 'h'lmsita, however, exist wiwt ol the Kootenay in aoetioits near the 81 Mhry'a and Movie rivers, and prospect- ''���J? for coal i* now g**'mg on in lhat '"'ixhlKirhood. Tlie great c����al depoait* A which so much has Iummi written ami i*"'id bidoiiged to a avndicate.of men who aere the dlat-overeni.aitd wh<�� were '!'��trumental in obtaining tin* construe* tion ofthe railwav through ftoutheaal hootenay Into West Kootenav.andthti*' "JH'iting up this Immen** territory l^f**1, and�� are now controlled by the C.P.R. and certain companies who will work tbe coal deposits a* soon as railwav communication will penult. The iltoeovejy of these coal fields was the ���result, aa a jrreat many discoveries *t*Mr*w7**\\p ^hey were discovered while w in. Pernie, one of the original syndicate, was Gold Comraissioner in tho Wild Horse Creek district. There was no for* Steele in those davs, and . Mr. remie* f-irisdietion e\tendt*d over I ooth of tbe Kootei av��. Be held the ���wist in 1*181, 5*2 and ***} and during hi�� retpu.t* * trail waa constructed from the All,! Horse to McLeod through twe . row* Ne*t Sa*s. The trail took some 'hree **r four year* to construct. The excitement for placer mining had not IN** quite died away and a little proa- trecting waa occasionally done. In the bed of one of the creek*,*one of the trail const ru .-tor* found what was thought to Ik black sand, a sand ���o'.pposed to be rich in gold. There was % disappointment whim it was found tii-'' thutaand ce-.tat.ird no gold, but it wa* a rich sand nevertheless. It **a* eroVons or ru'ibingi from coal washed down by the HtreAtn ��..ich meant that there were coal warn* somewhvTe. As the tt TtiKtructioi. of the trail proiV'eded, outcropping*, of coal were found. These discoveries were reported to the jold Cominiasioner. but nothing .ia* dune tor *.. me years. It was not until the year f**W that Mr. Fernle. along w,.h a.*v.-. ties, ,-ommenced profloecting for coal the result ot their laborn was that they dittcovered this immense coal held, exVvnding trom the Crows Nest Pass rtgh. down the Elk river, and covering an area of nc '�����** than 144 square mih*i*. Theae awl fields have been visited aud r��por*��d u,��on by Dr. Selwyn, C.M.O., lain du otter of the tieologicat So .ey of Canada, who make* the calculation tbat there are ���tW^i-iK*'! ou* jH��r quare mile. Even if one half of ��� ui .is available there are in each aqn.--.re wile ��07ti,ts*j tons���in I alitv hipsaustibte These coal lands are *r. .m the ��*atne ..hititde a* tbe Can- mo " :.d Band coal fields in Alberta, on thn eastern'side of tho Rockies, nait.el, lu'twecn four and ltv.�� thousand fr.^!, The first great series of coal seam* are not far from thr west end of the ''row* Heat Pa** and .ire between Martin creek ��nd Michael treek. uirth- cm tributaries ofthe Elk river. Here there ate no less than *> seams A coal. Thev are seen one above the other, the outcV,��t>*! eiittf quite visible, itretchlng through gait-he* and along ritlges rifrht tip to the summit. Fourteen of these m-.tn,.- ore cauuel coal. Three of theut, the V ter seam, the V, illiam's seam and the .'abilee seam, ss named from hav- itttf \,cen .li j**���vered on the _8nd of Jut". 1W7, (he first jubilee of Her Ma- ii*stv. .ire rvtsptwtivelv lit. 80 and rt��t feet \\\i.\< The total width of tlte seams is U leet. After leaving these seams, an-L >,mn ilistance away, there is snot. .. seam about four miles up Cosr creek, ntirtther tribuUry of the Klk rivet B**AX the mouth of a steep rock gUlit,-; This is a fine vam snd is seven irei thi.'k. The nex* ;**���"��� at *ert��* of ?*��ai..�� are in the F.Ik ti - * ,;al��*^_**1,out nev n nines fi-omCtvilcvf t- The. first sean is alaiut t,.r*J0 h-el in. ��!��.��� moun- tal- up����n the top ����f a broken d iwu elin nf massive sandstone. This leam Is hum ���!���'��� to ��> fed 'hick wiih r -late iRi-tintr abni't .wo 'eet liigli. '*������� U-'ti ��������*' tout, on a similar br .Kim dowu .op* ��f samistone. Is another erect seam ol 8 * leet thl k. Then in close oueessioi .��t d more than n�� f��'t a|iart, ,, . ktm oiiit r seam*, turee of which are If;, 18 and BO Set Ulkk. The lotal tbwtrnes* of these ti isamsli 148 foot of {-,.f\ as against l��2 In Martin erfielc nt'i1*- The imtnensitv of these cor! BeHls is h known. The mregolng Is u ',���d other* are good Irs* ^^"^S. oom of them so far as known an-an* !hraVites The coathaa oetm Htajyan) bv (��� C. Hoffman, r.l.t chemist ami nduerahvist ofthe Geological otirvey of Canada. The sum and conclusion of hi* report is: "It yields by slow coking, a bulky, coherent, highly vesicular, coke; by fast coking, a firm and lustrous coke in concentric layers, in which the form ot the particle* of coal from which it has been derived is entirely obliterated, and of about the same, or if anything less, bulk than the original coal. When heated in a covered crucible, it produces a very large amount of passes which burn with a yellow,lumin- ous, very smoky flame. Color ofthe ash, pale reddish-white, when exposed to a bright red heat it remains unaffected, st a most intense red heat it becomes slightly sintered. This material constitutes an excellent gas coal, not only by season of the large amount of volatile combustible matter it is capable of affording,in which respect it is superior to a (very large number ofcannel coals, which are employed tot gas making, but also from the fact that this would appear to be of superior quality for illuminating purposes. It will thus be seen that an excellent coke, very low in ash, can be produced, a coke not excelled bv any other made on the continent. When urge smelting works are erected in East Kootenay this fuel supply will be a valuable factor in the smelting of the ores not only for East Kootenay but for her sister district West Kootenay. TBS COOK'S LULLABV. Heap, Yo' Rastus, abet to' tittle sleepy haid, Mammy **.oe tali rock huw lamb tuft res'��� l��o lamb >) Etrrv little possum chile sua dreamln' In Its bed. TO*l my itrirplous ltoae> -Yes. yo* aitt! Swing, oh! Stair, oh! Lucy whar yo'blnso late"' Lemma catch a nlaxah eoortin' you'���(Yes, Hurrt ap, yo* rascals, fo* dare's co*a bread on dc phte- Vo' Mammy lotrea hn'h hordes, yes, she do! Laws now, Rasttts, I done gwine tn'h swat yo' hard. Slat. ro'tu*h s peak sn* break It of���<Po lamb!'. Mtaast'oas, dreiYal Bogle llan am wattiii' lit de ysid��� Manunle'* trnlv >rkln*. res. she sin! Swing.oh! Shta.oh! lVuh. ye., I sn* yo*. tret! U'ashiatun. rilru'l yo" wool! for'you'-iYea, ysi! , Neber in de whole rutin' wo"id I seen rich chllluns ttt- But Itammte love* hu'h honfes yea, she do! ��� Massey's Magaslne. THCK NOBILITV. For this true nobkmss I seek In vain, In wonutt and In min I Snd It not -, I slmost wearv of mv earthly lot, My ltfe-s|rrtnn ars drift! ap wttli burnlnK ftaln Thou AtxAnt It not r I t��rs* tew look again. Look Inward, ttavugh the tli>|Shs or thine own ���*,,U' , a. a'- How Is it witii thee? Art thou sound snd whole ? lk*h nsrn��w ��-srt*h show thee ao earthly sUlu ? lie noble! and Ui.> nobH-nese that lies In oiher men. slt*��|jtng, but never dead. Will rift.* In majeaiy. to ntrjet Oilne own ! Then wilt thou svt> It irlcam In manv eyes. Then will lltthl siound Ihy ]*ili W shed, And ut.ru wilt never mure be attl and lone. --.Ismes Russet) 1/twetl. HAMILTON BYER5.... a HARDWARE, COAL, IRON.STEEL *"�� ORE CARS, POWDER, CAPS*FUSE STOVES ����� TINWARE TIN & SHEET IRON WORKER. J Dealers in General Merchandise KASLO and CODY. HOTEL SANDON %m^yt***0n4mamnm**mmem Is the Pioneer House of the City *\ + nnmm**\ R. CUNNING, Proprietor. SAION B0TTUH& GO. FITZGERALD * DAT, Props. To the People of Kootenay. Many *.���**��� rveetved BKNKriT froira ni) OpUval OVpartntont, Why not Yon ? Vou who hftve tried common apaoteeles vain, and sufTer- wd tram eye strain, eauslng Nttrvous Hfatlaehe, Kte. It will pay you to umm to SANOON and hav* your eyas properly tostod mud Sited with .tillable glasses. This Is the* only remedy when your trouble arises from !�����- fr elite Eyesight, and should he attended to nt once. I hav* ona ofthe best trial ease* made and ean give, you the heat ser- v lee. Eyes tested Free. O. W. OR1MMKTT, Jeweler and Optician, Haittloii, B.C. Msnufaturers of all Kinds ol CARBONATED DRINKS Syphons, Ginger Ale, Sarsaparilla, Etc, Etc . Seuxxdoxi, B.O. Patronize home industry to when you want the best If you are��� "[hirsty, mm, " HUNGRY, Call at the Hotel Ivanhoc. ��S aimMdfadfe, DR. A. MILLOY, DENTIST. A Room 17, Black's Hotel. Sandon. ^pw^j^jp^^ '*:-" m ' Br* I |i*.y ���;��rj TIIE PAYSTRKAK, SANDON, B.C., SKl*TF.MBf.n It** ml. THB GOLD Hl'XTKRS. Experiences ef Those who Seek lo Garner the Kartk's lUehea-Seewes Ira the Mlaea Described hy an Intelligent German Traveller. The present excitement over the Alaskan gold field* i* the nearest parallel the country has ever known to the great gold fever that swept the country in 1848 and changed California from a half savage grazing country to a wealthy and populace state. The conditions that exist in the Klondike district to-day had their prototype here 48 years ago, as the contemporary accounts of life in "the land of gold" show. One of the most graphic and unprejudiced of these was written by a German gentleman of means and education, who was making' a tour of the world at that time, and, happening to arrive in California when the gold fever was at it* height, recorded his impreasiosn of it as he recorded other features of the people* and countries be visited. Though he went to the mines, and even worked in them, it was always aa aa observer, a looker-on in Vienna. He seem* to have had no thought of himself joining in the rush for gold, a mental attitude which must have made the men about him regard him as crazy, if they had time to give a thought to such an anomaly. Mr. Gerstsecker'fl account of his travels was published in Germany, and a year or *o later��� in 185')���a translation of it wa* published in New York by Harper A Brothers. From this translation we reproduce a few extracts which have unusual interest at the present time. Hi* first impression* upon hi* arrival in San Francisco are here recorded; People spoke here of gold aa if it were onlv common dust, and the price asked and paid for everything proved it at least partly true. Only to go on shore, a distance of perhaps 100 yard*, we had to pay one dollar a piece, and everything else waa in proportion. . . . Rent* were extraordinary, and for small house* and rooms, in the business part of the town sometimes five and six hundred dollar* a month were paid. Restaurant* with two to three rooma and a kitchen paid from one thousand to twelve bundled dollars a month���and so on.Even to deposit your trunk in some boarding house or storeroom you had to pay from one dollar to one and a half per month; the man wbo took care of things, a* be called it, not being in any way responsible for the aafe or even dry keeping of the tilings���you might just as well hive nut them under a tree in the bush. But what matter to tbe gold diners, they had left the whole world behind them; and should tbey now hang their heart on an old trunk, even if it contained their last shirt Two���away to the mine*; in one day they would be able to waab out there the value of two such trunks, and where was the use of wasting a thought upon it? The author's party went to the Feather river digging*. Starting with a fair Hupply of money, they arrive, In the corn; aratlvely short and mild California winter, with Jttst one dollar in cash between them and no means of getting money except in Han Franc'aco. We were full of hopes, for the leant success would guarantee to uh not only our existence in the mountain* through tbe winter, but also a good profit, and perhaps���for why not we as well as other*?���some over-grown lump* of gold of an indefinite number of pound*, troy weight���tbe heavier the better. But we were very much disappointed in the course of time. It rained continually: there was not a dry thread upon our backs, and even our blankets had bncomo soaked and afforded no warmth. Of courite provisions rose accordingly, and when the gold dig* Est* came to camp that evening thev rought with them but two dollar*' worth of gold, and on sending one of them to the store to buy provision* with it, the *tore keeper woold not let u* have flour under one dollar a pound and pork at one dollar and a quarter. The only thing that kept on regularly wa* the rain, which came down, while, with equal regularity, provision* went up with every shower. At last we hail not a single cent left to buy even tlie most necosaary article* of food, and we could not borrow. Our majda had become smaller every day, and only to fill our stomachs we Itegan mixing our bread with a small kind of harry that grew around us in great profusion and tasted well enough. A* we eoold not live much longer, and we all saw we must come to some decision, if our condition could not be altered in one way or the other, we agreed finally that the next dav should be decisive whether we stopped* any longer up here (where there was. in fact, no chance ��t all of provision* coming up again tins winter if the weather continued a* it was), or starting bock for !**acremento and San Franci-fcxi, alid give up mining altogether, for this season at least. Next night we hail hardly anything to eat and it rained frightfully; but if we had anv doubt what course to follow under such circumstance*, some American* who passed our camp early next morning would have solved it. They had even-thing they called their own, which they carry upon their backs, leaving, a* they said, a neighborhood where there would be a famine in a few days if all stopped there. Again we had a general council, and the result of it was that we packed up our things aad that aame morning, the eighteenth day of November, with tbe first ray* of the ���un, after a short delay we started, heavily loaded, on our back track. Glad to get back to Sacremento alive, they got work chopping cordwood for hire. Here i* a picture of misery in such a land a* that about our .������tale capital: But while we were working here out in the wood*, we wanted some kind of shelter; tbe last night hail been clear, but clouds were again rising in the west and we therefore determined on building a kindof ground hole, or hut, with everv comfort bush and earth could offer. Digging accordingly Into tlie ���lope of the bank to get a back wall and a fireplace, we set up s quantity of poles about 10 feet long with their end* together, all resting in the middle upon * centre pole or rafter, supported by two largo furks, in the shape of a tent, and covering the whole tint with a thick layer of bu*hee, and afterward*, Indian fashion, with hard beaten ground, we soon had our winter residence in order. Before the entrance we hung up an old oil cloth of mine, and the fireplace lieing finished off with an old flour barrel,with both end* knocked out and a piece of plank fastened a* a mantle piece over the fire, we lay that night, while tlie rain poured down, a* dry a* if we had the he*t roof over us. Ii is trite the hut we had raised waa iroor enough, snd damp and dirty; in Germany I would have thought twice about letting my Newfoundland dog sleep in in; but here it was a palace after what we hail suffered during the last four weeks; ami a bottle of champagne in tlie grandest part of tlte Old World never tasted as good to me, or was unbilled with so much relish as the whisky toddy lluhite and I drank that evening in celebration of our entrance into that low and damp hovel. And to which mine* do than* thousands flock, who are ready for a start while the ground i* not yet dry from the last rain*, and another spell of hot weather-a* really happened���could set iu every hour? Tlie richest, of course oujht to attract the most gold-finder* to their gulches���but which of them sre Uie richest? Nobody can tell, for if you believe the account* you raad in die papers, there is not a spot in the whole mountains where, on striking your pick down, you can fail to find gold. One day a report come* from the Yuba of the gofd digger* earning there on an average one or two ounces daily. The next ���tory is from the Hunt-watt* of some one having lit on a nugget of 1 do not know how many pound*, troy weight; next thev tell of new mines tlt*t*ov*i*e<l in the co**t range; and soon after mvsterious accounts are current of a gold lake having been dteowred by some hunter* la the Northern Diggings. To make thing* worse, the first account* of Trinidad Bay arrived at thl* time. "Several degree* further north a new hay .called the Trinidad, haa been discovered, ami several men, who landed there from a *ch<ioner, washed out thousands of dollar* in a few bourn This notice in one of the San Franciactj Francisco paper* played the ml*chlef with many a poor fellow, who really could not" lota- such an opportunity of becoming a rich man merelv hy going a few mile* out to *oa again II yoo found, from that time, three men together in the ttreet, you could make any bet yon liked that one of them wa* bound for Trinidad Trinidad Bay realty existed, an I several schooners'went there to take good* and provitdoit* to the gold country -to wish afterward they had stayed where they were I pittv poor gvdd-digger* who follow the advice of tlie papers, they are most certain to go to tht* wrong plait*, and all those who have been once in the mine*, and become acquainted with life and habit* there, soon learn what to think of such adverti-tements Where gold -diggers anywhere in the mountains are "making'a good thing," a* the saving is. you may d<*i>e*nd upon il they do not talk, moch lea* write, about it. They *tlck to the place, working away aa quietly aa they can and never pretending to earn'much more than their living; hot, on the contrary, where the mine* rive Ont, or nothing new and so id has been lately discovered, and the triUm* keeiwr* have a quantity of provision* and other good* they do not know how to sell, there are always men at leisure to write long and glowing accounts of "newly dl* covered riche*,"* and If they only draw a couple of hundred digger* to t he place ���those must live, at least, while thev ���tay up there���provisions will he sold, and after a whil.\ in company with tbeae men they had enticed up here, they can leave these "exrceding'ly rich place*, and huut tor anithcr spot.* Parson's Produce Company Wlnnlptf. Manitoba. WholeHitle den lent in flutter. EgjLfH, Chccm, Apple*, Poultry ami Cured "MeiitM. 1V'rtr****"t lirttiittrrs ��fthr_T* K'MMts lu Wo*t>rn 0*a*aa an watetomww uiKltv im-fr, | .y.t.-m of cM sttira**.. full *l��n h rarti>il st Nelauti. II a Wot \ttietw wrllv or wire* F. A. ttt SSKI.I.' Mati*vfn.f N.'lsrm 'IrauH, par aril's t'n-4itej>t,Miii|Miiy Aa��itlwV KfcortVtt n����t�� \%A*\\m*nx^^ Sl***^-** Review from irail, gives tf,��� i_t**( shortest route to Uie Klondike- l "Having read Uie account in �����. wwr of the route to the Ktondiit/2 Aabcroft, I might aay that the*, j, M,n a -diorter route, ami that i�� by ���*���,* , Ute liarriaon river to llougJas _n.| kl over a splendid road to (���������*��. _J then by trail to Klondike Thi. _T_ much'Shorter route to th- mo Urni*,. gc4d fields than any hervt<.j..r.- .������._,.������. ed in print, and should be .-..f.a'.i.rWi., aityone crtmteenplating a trip to Ktu, Gaiaiiu Pain Mini floo Pacific Line. "'Quickest ~* Cheapest Rotno to 8t* Paul. Chicago, I Viroll, Toronto, Montreal. * New York, litton, |��hila- delphia. and all tias*eni potnta I i,exr**ll*tl Sleeping Car* on all train*. TYaiH** Or* to ��t. htnl daily; !.*>m. every TliuntdhV; Toronto everv Monday from Kevel- ���NCsHsaCI') Steamer leave* Xakiim* dally eacep* Mondav. im.k ing��itoseot>nnf*etk]rna Revel. *tokc with trains for alt points Kast and West. Ikrfiire von travel get Inf <muit*o ft**oni C.P.k. agenta a* to llraea ami rates. It will nave you money. \t> plv to nearest railway agent ..r t��. A. C. MeAHTIfl'K, Ag. nt. fernta II.M.Mrf.R��.M>K,T.r A ..WI-n.BO E. J. 00YI.K, Diet. Passenger Agent. Vaiw��.uvrr "laiirstwislip Lines. I'aU'-rrttta. Allan Mm* , Wnrtetoo. timhasriiiiart ** I.��*>r*4 *.t*��talt.'<*n Ma* VntH*��.a��t>r. ** rttlrrta.t'nitaitl iJtte ft-a\M.Ajt*al .. i : 4 Aft % jVrjwi** ��� ' *�� Cmiwts KUwta ���aaftft "Ifttnpnnia. ** Ua-aaa't-. .VhH��*MlU Mt..* TWalaHt**- " M. Paul, Amartc-an Mt*e mOA 1 i_a* 4 * ** <tta��e at %mt**a*ka. Allan *���*"*����� idoe Srjjwlttwark. 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