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I ( BOOK IV. SANDON, OCTOBER 14,; 1899. CHAPTER 3 HAPPENINGS IN BRIEF. So war yet. No race yesterday. John S. Gustv is in Nelson today. President Shaughnessy will be in the Kootenay next week. W. A. Bauer, serveyor, has gone to the Coast for,the winter. r. . Anthony Cook and wife of Cody have gone to Ballard, Wash. Pat Burns made one of those Hying visits of his to Sandon yesterday. Miss Mason left on Tuesday for Ainsworth, where she will reside. Mike McAndrews is in the hospital this week, but is not seriously ill. Mrs. Oscar V, White is visiting with Byron White and family in Spokane. (,eo. Pettvand wife retumed to Three Forks trom the Spokane fair yesterday. There is another alderman in the Atherton group. Mother and son are doing well. Hiram Pasco, who was injured at the Ruth sawmill last week, is able to he out again. Alderman Macdonald wears a dignified smile these days. He is the father of a bouncing baby boy. Nic Parlorcia left yesterday for the Boundrv, where he will start in husiness. Phoenix is his prospective point. T. D. Yuill, C.J. Smith, D.J. McLaughlin, K. Forbes and John Steele are taking in the fair at Spokane this week. Murray Bvers spent ihe early part of the week in Nelson, where the ozone is so raritied as to produce a continuous mirage. Charlie Mitchell went to Spokane on Wednesday, from where he will uo to the Coeur d'Alene to work on the. litter Poorman mill. U. F. Tolmie, who, according to the Nelson Tribune, is to be secretary of the Sliver-Lead Mine Owner* Association, arrived in Sandon yes tcnlay. Ua Parkinson, who has been pros peeling in the Windermere all sum nn-r, came in yesterday on his way to the Boundary where he will spend the winter. I la rrv Lvons, who has been shirt boss at the'Payne for 18 months, left yesterday tor Utah. He will ipend the winter prospecting in the copper country in Arizona. fas. Curran, formerly shift boss at the Payne, has gone hack to his old home in the New England States, where he will settle down to tho complacent existence ot an agriculturalist. , Uobt. Cunning left on Wednesday fer San Francisco and other points ��w�� a holiday tour. "Bob" is San ���Ion's oldest settler, Mid has been living "up ihe gulch" for seven years. N. A S. train will lay up in Sandon over night instead of Nakusp as at present. The Imperial Limited will be discontinued during the winter. Mr. Cliffe is going to prove that he is the true friend of the workingmen, and warns iheni that "even an enthusiastic heeler may be unworthy of their truBt. It Mr. Cliffe can do anything to vindicate his character We will he glad to help him. , "Rich's" Pate. SLOGAN MINES. Four men are doing development at the Best. The Queen Bess now has 35 men working. About 20 are on surface work. resumed as early next year sible. A crown grant will plied for. as pos be ap- J. Richmond Dean, so well known to Sandon people, and Carrie Isadore King, of Maiden, Mass., were married at their home at 12 Green leaf street, Maiden, on Wednesday evening, llth inst. We congratulate "Rich" on this, the latest, Anglo- Saxon alliance. The Cody Creek Trail. The C. P. Ratline table will be changed again wwt month. The Tha appropriation of $500 which was allowed tor the trail which pro. vides shipping facilities to the country around the head of the Cody creek had not been all expended when bad weather intervened and work had to be stopped. The trail, from Cody, is now 2J miles long, and from the end of this trail to the pass which leads over the divide to the head of the South Fork of Kaslo, it is li miles. From here a connection could easily be made with the S mth Fork trail, which leads up from Kaslo. The distance from the head of the South Fork to Kaslo is 25 miles. By the construction of this trail the * same country would be placed within 10 miles of Cody or Sandon, over a better grade than is possible via the Kaslo trail. Given the advantage ot this trail, Sandon could command the trade of South Fork and such well known properties as the Joker, Black Bear, Swede claims, Excelsior, Granite King and others which promise to soon become shippers would send their ore down to Sandon Connection would also be given with the Mollie Gibson country. There is no more valuable mineral country in B. C. than that at the head of Kaslo, Cody, Woodbury, Ten Mile, Kokanee and Coffee ereeks, and the business which this district will presently create will in a few years be sufficient to support a better town than any other in the Slocan, and could make of Sandon a city second to none in the mining camps of the province. The time to commence work is next spring. The cost ol through connections with this district by pack trail will be $3,000, or tor a wagon road $10,000. The Ticker in Dawson. Vancouver, October 7.-The first batch of messages over the new telegraph line trom Dawson arrived in the city vesterday, having come down by the steamer City of Seattle. The line was completed to Dawson on the 28th. The first message was one from Superintendent Charlcson, the deputy minister of public works at Ottawa, announcing the completion of the line. The Sunshine is working 16 men. The trail to the mine is nearly completed. The force at the Last Chance has been laid off and operations suspended. Cory & Foster are doing some work on the Muldoon claim, close to the Payne switch. The force at the Ivanhoe. is being steadily increased. There are now 40 men on the payroll. Oscar V. White, visited some properties on the Blue Ridge last week, with a view to purchase. The Whitewater shipped 74 tons and the Jackson 15 tons of concentrates from Whitewater this week. It is reported that Tom Rouse has ten inches of clean high grade ore on the McAllister group, a North Fork property. There are ten men at work on the Noble Five and preparations are being made to carry on development all winter. Hugh Sutherland visited the Dolly Varden, on the North Fork last week. It is reported that a deal is contemplated. All operations have been suspended at the Reco, only the watchman remaining at the mine. The trail is being repaired. Messrs. Murray, Sloan & Lowes, who are driving a contract tunnel on the Corinth, have done 300 feet of work since the 15th of June. The American Boy will make a shipment today. Some of the ore is very high grade. The mine will be a steady slipper this winter. It is again reported that the Minnesota Silver Company is to get the ground they want from the owners the Nighthawk mineral claim. The Lucky Jim mine now has the longest payroll in the camp. Forty- two men are working and two cars of sine ore are sent down every day. The force at the Rambler will be increased when the raise from the lower tunnel into the upper workings is completed. The property will be a heavy shipper this winter. Jas. Ryan and Chas, Newhouse will work all winter on the Evening Star on the North Fork of Carpenter creek. They have already done a large amount of work and have a fine ore showing. The Dardanelles is increasing its force steadily and now has 28 men working. A little ore is being packed down but heavy shipments will not be commenced until the raw- hiding season opens. Work has been stopped on the U. S. claim in Jackson Basin on account of the snow. Standard Group Bonded. Geo. B. Dean ot Three Forks, formerly of Spokane, has bonded the Standard group of two claims, Standard and Moncton, from Docksteader Bros ot Cody. The properties are situated two miles up Cody creek, in the vicinity ot the Noonday and other valuable claims. Recent developments have proven a good lead on the property carrying high grade galena with good gold values. In open cuts made during the last tew weeks the ore body has been exposed in several places* showing in one place six inches of beautiful ore. The consideration is given as $12,- 000, of which 5 per cent will be paid within 30 days and the balance on thellst of December, 1900. Work has been commenced on the Moncton claim, where cabins are being built and preparations made tor the winter's work. Actioitu at the Star. There are now 22 men doing development on contract at the Slocan Star, The No. 4 and No. 5 levels are being driven both ways and No. 3 is being driven to the west. An important strike was made in No 5 level, east drift, this week. The contractors are now in 450 feet from the crosscut, which is 900 feet long, and are driving toward a showing which crops up along the creek, further east than the ledge has ye* been worked. The drift now shows three feet of concentrating ore in the face. The ore here encountered is several hundred feet to the west of tbe surface croppings and should it prove to be the same chute the Star will have here continuous ore tor 800 feet. In the other levels the property is looking splendid, and the Star is in better shape to pay big dividends than ever before. The Light Question. No move has yet been made by the city council or the Sandon Water & Light Company, and the city of Sandon is still dark, The citizens of this community are paying enough in water rates, light rates, ground rent, municipal taxes, provincial taxes, scavenger rates, licenses, penalties, etc., etc., to make this the modern city of the world ; and yet they are suffering the inconvenience of having to grope around the streets in the dark. The matter of street lighting in this city should be in no way analogous to the questions at issue between the Mine Owners Association and the Miners' Union. If the city has the money and is willing to pay for tho street lighting it should l)e given the service or the Sandon Water A Light Company should lose its charter. If the city is not able to .. pay for the service it is time to dis- The property has a I incorporate and place its affairs in good ore-showing, and work will be the hands of a receiver. The Paystreak. WHY THE STRIKERS WILL WIN. A Fei�� Items on the Labor Situation Gathered from Exchanges. Speaking in Toronto last week of the scarcity of men, Mr. Archibald Blue, Ontario government mineralogist said that the Ontario A Rainy River Railway wanted 2,000 men, but were able to get only 500, Yet the wages offered ranged from $2 to $3 a day. The Lake Superior Power and Pulp Company are constructing a railway into the Helen iron mine, Michipicoton, and three or four miles have already been graded, but owing to the scarcity of men the work is proceeding slowly. Mr. Conmee, of Port Arthur, the contractor, has experienced great difficulty in getting men. Thirty-two men were hired at Sudbury, but when they had been brought to Sault Ste. Marie an enterprising American came over and took all but eight away with him. Mr. Alex Calder, employment agent for the C. P. R. at, Winnipeg, returned last week from a three months' trip through most of the CLIMBING UPON TH$ PLATFORM. Political Leaders Getting Into Line On the neio Doctrine of Goo- ernment Ownership of Railways. Hon. X. C. Wallace at Winnipeg : He was a strong believer in Government ownership of railways, although he considered the time for that was somewhat distant." Still, the Government could exercise much more control over the railways than they do. He is also strongly in favor of 'municipal ownership of water works, electric light plunts, etc. important cities of the United States and in eastern Canada. His object in making the trip was to get as many men as he could lay his hands on for railway work on the C. P. R and Rainy River road. "If all the men now on the western prairies working on farms, railroads or any other manual labor, remain here this winter, I giiaratee that they will not want for work," said Mr, Calder to a Globe reporter. "Do you not think that the publication of your assertion would draw into the west a crowd of people and flood the labor market ?" "It might have done so a few ���ears ago; not now. Why, how inany men do you suppose I secured to work here in my travels ? Not more than 150 men���a drop in the bucket. I tell you what," continued Mr. Calder, emphatically, "never before in the history of North Anieri ca have times been as good as at present. I am in a fairly good position to know. I have been in close touch with the labor market for jj, forty-five years, and I tell you that never have wages been so high or the work to be done so extensive as it is to-day." The Cascade Record, speaking in last week's issue of construction on the Boundary railway, says:���"���on- siderable trouble has been experienced lately to get men tor the Bull- Dog tunnel In this issue of the Record the contractors advertise for \ machine men at &1.50 per day, and laborers at ?2.50." In another column of the same issue appears the following:.���This week contractor (^uinlivan began the woik ot blasting away- the rock foundations for the large power house of the Cascade Water, Power & Light] Co. It will be situated at the foot ot the falls, and several thousand yards of rock will be moved. He is still looking for good men, and as he expects to start on the work of filling in the dam cribbing with rock next week, he can easily give, steady work to 40 or 50 more men." Hon. Geo.E Foster at Massey Hall : Lwish I had time to -speak on every question. There is the great transportation problem. There is the problem of corporations. The question is rapidly coming to the tront whether when this country pours out its money to build great lines of communication they shall not be kept for the Canadian ports: whether it is well to spend millions for great highways of commerce and allow the larger part of the benefit to go to Boston and Portland and New York. These questions are coming to the front, and it will devolve especially upon the young Liberal-Conservatives to deal with them like men. They must be met frankly and intelligently, Great social "and economic problems are pressing upon us. They demand earnest and intelligent and carefol consideration. Let Liberal-Conservatives make it a matter of pride that they should be equal to the solution of them in Canada.' From Ottawa Events. The sentiment in favor of Government owneiship ot railways, telegraph and telephone lines is growing very rapidly in Canada. Ten years ago no great newspaper would have ventured to say a word in favor of such a policy; today scores of them are earnest advocates ot it, and ���the paper, like the weather gauge, tells pretty accurately in . what direction the trend of public opinion sets. It is not Strange that this policy should have made such rapid headway. Going Marconi One Better. Oh, that the Salisbury Government could deal with the Dutch in South Africa as the Hardy Government dealt with the Dutch in North Waterloo, and then the world would witness an outpouring of Boodle instead of Blood. Dr. Peter Stiens,. the Russian scientist, who is now in England, has been carrying out a Jong series of experiments in connection with the perfection of a system of telephoning without wires, just as Sir W. II. Preece and Mr. .Marconi have been able to telegraph without wires. In an interview Dr. Stiens said : "By the u$e of this invention two persons long distances apart, provided they each have my little instrument, can converse just as easily and distinctly as with our weil-knbwn system of wire telephones. Nay, more so| for I claim that by the use of thisjnven- tion I shall be able to speak from London with persons, say, in Ant wers. or even, in New York.. Very shortly I intend to carry out some experiments���or rather, demonstrations���on the Thames, when I shall prove in ihe presence ot scientific experts and others the genuineness ot my invention. E. R. ATHERTON CO. limited, 99* o g ft < The Royal mint at London has turned out ��75,000 worth of five cent pieces for Canada this week. .00 up, V }) We haoe just unpacked a Fine Lot of Boys Suits at prices From - U Boys Ooercoats 3.50 Boys Odd Pants LOO Also a lot of good Wool Stockings and a large assortment of Boys' Underwear. ^^ Water Proof Coats^* Our stock of Light Water Proof Overcoats and Cape Water Proof Coats is complete and the best that can be procured. We have just received also a lot of Brown Duck Coats with a soft, durable rubber lining-: just the thing for rain or snow. JUUUUUUULJUL8JUUUUUUI t *^MeiVs Suits^* Before giving your order for a Suit of Clothes call in and see the lot of All Wool Suits, made up in the latest styles and patterns, just received, and more to follow, at prices that cannot be beat anywhere. We wish especially to call the attention of men who prefer cheap shoes and cheap clothes to the fact that you can save money by buying these goods of us, we care not where you get prices. E. R. ATHERTON, Co., Limited, BJ > O o r a* '(*:��� MALIGN SLOGAN New Denver Ledge..... Tfje NClson Miner, in'its efforts to l>n;ik down the 8 hour law in the into, oat of capital against labor, has f, in time to time seen tit to print blue ruin stories about the Slocan, and to disparage every effort made by the inmc workers to uphold, the existing si i le of wages. It stops at nothing, as tho following excerpt, from its columns oi Oct. ��th will show; '���A trip through the Slocan country is sufficient to show anyone what the effect of the Eight-Hour law has been. Themis hardly a stir in any of the Sli.can towns, where a year ago all was alive" with mining activity. '. Now the mines are closed, storekeepers are scarcely doing enough business to pay for the fuel they burn on cool evenings, and hotel men have their houses full, I nit are receiving no money from their o;u*ts. It is oh the hotel men that the chief weight of the law has fallen Tiny cannot afford to quarrel with the men by turning ihem out of doors, and arc therefore carry mi them along. Bui the men are out of work, and ennse quently have no money with which to pay hotel bills. Ruin, therefore, stares most of them in the face. * * * The government cannot get a man who would make evema respectable run'.' while any person.could ca.rry the constituency on behalf of the present opposition.'' ' This is'aH vaporous rot The conditions here depicted as existing in the Slocan are so enlarged upon, so dilated' and untrue, that' the article is little short of malicious Tim people of the Slocan are' patient" and long-suffrriiig but tliev are getting heartily sick of having these blue-ruin stories thrown into tocir faces aud'dished up to the wnrid'by outside. paporrf that have, not tii ��� faintest idea of the true condition of alf,iiis.r'uor any desii*e of-"knowing it" All ililist admit that tho! Slocan is not as prtis|icroU.*ns it was two years ago, but ii" "lie is complaining of the feifipor/iry quiutudun^lt will be noticed that ail the calamity-crying has come from such papers as the Nolson Miner. The press of the Slocan, who are best able to see ami note, the changed conditions, have II it made any noise hbout it. Simply because* the condition of affairs-is not in any way alarming, and, since the difference in the question of wages be tween the miners.and -mine owners must be sett led. sooner or biter,'it may as wellcome now as-nny time. .. Hie blame of the situation is" put upon the 8-hour larw bv'these untruthful Papers, like the .Njjfner.' 'Th w#u*.demn the law, aad, yet;there is notoWvotei i" ten in the province Who would vote against theJaw. iLtho opportunity were afforded All admit that the 8-hour law is a good one, .and must eventually come in an minijig1 ca^psi' *fhh only <Hi< -lion has been as to the advisability of thrusting It upon us when the min? ing industry la so young. But'"even l,: tiiis question the> law is entitled to uetlt $$$& rdokbt,-^eeaus% no as been made of it. "The. state- "neni made bV i&e flltne* tKat;th'egOvu nt would i*7t|tje; support inflw THE PAYSTREAK, SANDON, B. C, OCTOBER U, 1899. th(l test Brum COllgj vol. CV(>; i fav man is !���.. the S tuency if the^aupgUon ^ame tej 9 decidedly w*rong.* Nine out oi ten voters in the SlocaioP&lveUls ��f the law and will oppose any .hoycoiaes up against it. ThflJaw i to stay, 'so faV as the voters of nan are concerned. This district has.been made to suffer for the wrongs ofiptfier districts ��� In Nelson, Rowland, Ym^and all other camps the mines hftvqbeep operate* without cessation at, Mie,s,tftiidard,scale of wages that existed before the law came into effect and the law has ,been complied with. The Sioean has been made the cats-paw by the operators of other districts, and the subsidized organ atfNelsbn has been set upon us yfpping blue-ruin at our ��� heels. But the Slocan is large and it is tremendously wealthy and it will soon outgrow the evil thrust upon. If it is not good enough to operate in by some companies under the same law that exists in other districts, it is good^ enough for other companies, and it will not be many months until the men who are now libeling it as a district of ruin and stagnation will have been lost in the onward march already felt. It is nonsense to lay the blame upon fheS-hbur law. The law has really nothing to do with it. If, as the mine owners believed they could, they had been able to get miners to operate the mines at 93 and $2 50 per shift, they would not have condemned the law. It would have been a good law because they could have increased their profits under it. Because they were not able to get men, and have not been able to, up to the present time, is no fault of the law. If the men will not work for less than $8.50 a day, the law is not to blame The whole matter could have been settled'months ago if the operators had coiit.iuuedrOperatious and treated with the miners like men of business. It is not believed that the miners would stick stubbornly to an unreasonable wage scale They are 'men . of business. 'Eighty-five per cent, of them are Canadian-born, and- the other 15 per cent, livennd spend their money here.- They are entitled to quite as much consideration by our lawmakers as wealthy shareholders in- foreign lands, and. whether the law was ooporttiue or not, the laboring men and business men ol the" province will oppose any effort '.looking to its repeal. If it were repealed now, it would have to be passed again at a later period, and perhaps tiiq.same trouble would have to be borne as we have lately experienced. The mine operators do not say that they cannot work under tlie law, nor that they cannot afford to pay the nien $3 50 a day But they say they want 2,-500 men at S3 and ite oO.per^datf.t jliey have wanted this numbeii-,for three months anymore but have not got them. What has this to do with the law? ��� It is easy to he seen that'the Sioean mine managers are playing the cards for the political mine managers of kelson and neighboring districts Let the ganiejmm*rik on, Jait in.thoMiaineof JustjfcfS trl ��djrinity-yell.i'ngiertfau of Nelson attend to its own business The Slocan is not in need of its sympathy Kntf is too much of a live corpse to require a daily obituary being preached. As evidence tb*t the Slocan is not yet readv for burial, as the Nelson organ- ktempts to show, the following fairly ^fect Ust ot. tide number of men em��� "ployed on some of the Slocan properties will suffice: 'tflbse around New Denver is)U emplove��^On the California 10, Marion 12," Hartney 10, Lost Tiger 8, Anglo-Saxon 6, Home Ruu 3, Bosun 10, Cwckartf ack-S, Rnby 8, Lake View 2, Mollie Hughes 2, Happy Delivery 2, Mowich 2. On Four Mile creek, Emily Edith 15, Wakefield 25,' Vancouver 10, Noonday 15, Queen Fractions. Adeia2. On Wilson creek, Jeanette 15, Champion 8. Around Sandon^ Rambler-Car�� iboo 25, Payne 15, Lucky Jim 30, Silver Bell 20, Ivanhoe 30* Vulture 10, Slocan Star 25, Ajax 10, Ajax Fraction 5, Noble Five 10, Utica 6, Madison }S, Queen Bess 30, Sovereign 10, Sunshine 8, Chicago 4, Darlanelles 4, Wonderful 4, R. E. Lee 2. In addition to this there are at least 25 men employed on other properties, the names of which, are not at hand, and around Wlri'tewatfer and in that country tributary *o Slocan City fully 200 more men are employed. UNIONISM. It is the duty of all who toil for their living to take part in union. ' To be i�� sympathy with his fellow men where their combined interests are at stake, to learn their views and not selfishly ignore their opipions. Some will say, "I am in accord with the movement of labor unions; I uphold their opinions on such and such subjects, but I do not wish to join tliem." Your good will is no doubt appreciated, but good will at best is not very substantial support. You believe in their cause, vet vou refuse to be one of them, You would no doubt be willing to accept anv advantage they may gain through their influence. Many may never have taken this view, but it is a fact. '< E. P." Bremner. ��� New Denver, Oct. 6, 1899. Unionism has- many attributes. Among these may be mentioned strength, balance and liberty. In Europe, wher^e political divisions are small and where territory is enviously regarded, it is found advantageous to ally the nations against each other to maintain a fair distribution of strength. This is called the balance of power. Disputes are amicably adjusted and' encroachment avoided as a war might mean the annihilation of one side with the certain disablement of the other;' hence disastrous in many cases. In the commercial world there are great industrial combines., trusts and monopolies. In fact, unions prevail in all branches of industry, .to uphold prices, to regulate supply and generally to keep down costs in order to swell profits. That nearly atl business has undergone enormous amalgamation in the lastfew years or-months is manifest by thu widespread agitation now r��j progress in the nation to the, south against such wholesale union. With them it has advanced the price of living and economic commodities to a degree unheard of in recent years. It is an object lesson in unionism, and while men may ask Where its powers may be KOOTENAY RAILWAY & NAVIGATION CO. Operating Kaslo & Slocan Railway, International Navigation & Trading Company, KASLO & SLOCAN RAILWAY. Schedule of Time. Pacific Standard ���Time- Passenger train tor Sandon and way stations leaves Kaslo at 8:00 a m. "daily, returning, leaves Sandon at 1:15 p. th., arriving at aslo at 3:55 p. ui. INTERNATIONAL NAVIGATION & TRADING. CO., operating on .Kootenay ,Lake and River. " 8. S. INTERNATIONAL. )'r-'> Leaves Kaslo for Nelson atJtOO*; mi, daily.except Sunday. Returning leaves Nelson at 4:30 p. ra., calling at Balfour, Pilot Bay, AihWorth and all way points. Connections with S. F. & N. train to and from Spokane at Five Mile Point; also with str. Alberta to and from Bonner's Ferry, Idaho. ���ir,f':'ks. ALBERTA. Leiiyes Nelson for Bonnets Ft rry, Tuesdays,1' Thursdays and Saturdays at*7;a raj, connecting with1 steamer stayed its own Workings point outthe [International from Kaslo atPilot Bay; remedy A [Ret'Uriing leaves BpnnerV. Ferry at It takes no great���'stride of - iiriagina- 7:00 &. m., Wednesdays, Fridays. tion fcn perceive thaJfiif, beyond natural reasous,. the people can be.forced to pay larger prices for. a product at the dictation of thisicomiiiercial union, the artisans and laborers might also be forced to accept a lower wage for producing it The manufacturers have ajjow'ii their strength in union. Their employees, to prevent encroachment and preserve balance also unite, as'undue prejfohdfcr- ance of power must always threaten to overwhelm the weaker side. But the' formation of labor unions does not imply a menace to employers. Rather is It the reverse, for they encourage and promote better understanding between the two. U is held by..,uu|ny that labor cannot successfully resist capital. Without attempting to enter exhaust- ifcelv-iuto the pros and cons of this very large part of the subject, one or two important points not susceptable toad- verse argumeut may well ihe remembered. As-the.first requisite Of production is labor, and as labor may produce without capital, while capital could not without labor, it is clear the latter should have an impregnable potion. Ohe fact not to be lost sight of is, cap- and Sundays, connecting with str. International tor Kaslo, Lardo and' Argenta, - Direct connections made at Bonnets Ferry with Great Northern Railway for all points east and west LARDO DUNCAN DIVISION. Steamer International leaves aslo; for Lardo and Argenta at 8:45 . m. Wednesdays and Fridays. Steamer Alberta leaves Kaslo for Lardo and Argenta at 8 p,m. Sundays, j Steamers call at principal landings in both directions, and at other points' when signalled. ickets sol f to all point i Ca ada and tbe United Statas. o ascertain rates and full information, address- Robert Irving, Manager. S. Campbell, Kaslo, B. C. . Freight and Ticket Agt., Sandon. SANDON BOTTLING CO M. W. DAT. Proprietor. ���-Manufaturer of all 1 Kinds of CARBONATFD DRINKS Sypbops, Gingei Ale, , Sarsaparilla, Etc., Etc ; Sandon., B.C. i,���,.,.,���������* m,tin. Patronize home industry italis simply an advancement on the: . , J anticipation ofpr6ducWffh. rwnen you wane tne oest The WHY THE STRIKERS WILL WIN. n Few Items on the Labor Situation Gathered from Exchanges. Speaking in Toronto last week of the scarcity of men, Mr. Archibald Blue, Ontario government mineralogist said that the Ontario & Rainy River Railway wanted 2,000 men, but were able to get only 500, Yet the wages offered ranged from $2 to $3 a day. The Lake Superior Power and Pulp Company are constructing a railway into the Helen iron mine, Michipicoton, and three or four miles have already been graded, but owing to the scarcity of men the work is proceedinjr, slowly. Mr. Conmee, of Port Arthur, the contractor, has ex: perienced great difficulty in getting men. Thirty-two men were hired at Sudbury, but when they had been brought to Sault Ste. Marie an enterprising American came over and took all but eitfht away with him. Mr. Alex Calder, employment agent for the C. P. R. at Winnipeg, returned last week from a three months' trip through most of the important cities of the United States and in eastern Canada. His object in making the trip was to get as many men as lie could lay his hands on for railway work on the C. P. R and Rainy River road. "If all the men now on the western prairies working on farms, railroads or any other manual labor, remain her.e this winter, I giiaratee that they will not want for work," said Mr, Calder to a Globe reporter. "Do you not think that the publication of your assertion would draw into the west a crowd of people and fiood the labor market ?" "It might have done so a few years ago; not now. Why, how inany men do you suppose I secured to work here In my travels? Not more than 150 men���a drop in the bucket. I tell vou what," continued Mr. Calder, emphatically, "never before in the history of North America have times been as good as at present. I am in a fairly good position to know. I have been in close touch with the labor market for forty-five years, and I tell you that never have wages been so high or the work to be done so extensive as it is to-day." The Cascade Record, speaking in last week's issue of construction on the Boundary railway, says:���"Considerable trouble has been experienced lately to get men for ibe Bull- Dog'tunnel. In this issue of the Record the contractors advertise for machine men at $.'5.50 per day, and laborers at $2.50." In another column of the same issue appears the following :.��� This week contractor Quinlivan began thewoikot blasting away' the -rock foundations for the large power house of the Cascade Water, Power & Light Co. It will be situated at the foot of the falls, and several thousand yards of rock will be moved. He is still looking for good men, and. as he expects to start on the work of. tilling in the dam cribbing with rock next week, he can easily give, steady work to 40 or 50 more men." Oh, that the Salisbury Government could deal with the Dutch in South Africa as the .Hardy. Government dealt with the Dutch in North Waterloo, and then the world would witness an outpouring of Boodle instead of Blood. CLIMBING UP ON THIS PLATFORM. Political Leaders Getting Into Line On the neto Doctrine of Gop- ernment Ownership of Railways. Hon. N. C. Wallace at Winnipeg: He was a strong believer in Government ownership of railways, although he considered the 'time for that was somewhat distant.' Still, the Government could exercise much more control over the railways than they do. He is also strongly in favor of ^municipal ownership of water works, electric light plants, etc. Hon. Geo. E. Foster at Massey Hall: . I wish I had time to ��peak on every question. There is the great transportation problem. There is the problem of corporations. The question is rapidly coming to the front whether when this country pours out its money to build great lines of communication they shall not be kept for the Canadian ports: whether it is well to spend millions for great highways of commerce and allow the larger part of the benefit to go to Boston and Portland and New York. These questions are coming to the front, and it will devolve especially upon the young Liberal-Conservatives to deal with them like men. They must be met frankly and intelligently, Great social and economic problems are pressing upon us. They demand earnest and intelligent aiid careful consideration. Let Liberal-Conservatives make it a matter of pride that they should be equal to the solution of them in Canada." From Ottawa Event*. The sentiment in favor of Government ownership' ot railways, telegraph and telephone lines "is growing very rapidly in Canada. Ten years ago no great newspaper would have ventured.to say a word in favor of such a policy; today scores of them are earnest advocates of it, and -the papei*, like the weather gauge, tells pretty accurately in what direction the trend of public opinion sets. It is riot Strange that this policy should have made such rapid headway. Going Marconi One Better. Dr. Peter Stiens,. the Russian scientist, who is now in England, has been carrying out a long series of experiments in connection with the perfection of a system of telephoning without wires, just as Sir \V. H. Prcece and Mr. .Marconi have been able to telegraph without wires. In an interview Dr. Stiens said : "By the usu of this invention two person's long distances apart, provided they each have my little instrument, can converse just as easily and distinctly as with our well-known system of Wire telephones. Nay, more so, for I claim that by the use of this,inven- tionlshall be able, to speak frpm London with persons, say, in Ant wcrs. Or even, in New York. Very shortly I intend to carry out some experiments���or rather, demonstrations���on the Thames, when I shall prove in the presence of scientific experts and others the genuineness ot inv invention. The Royal mint at London has turned out ��75,000 worth of five cent pieces for Canada this week. 3 m V >i E. R. ATHERTON CO. limited, We haoe just unpacked a Fine Lot of Boys Suits at prices From - - $3.00 up, Bogs Ooercoats 3.50 Boys Odd Pants 1.00 Also a lot of good Wool Stockings and a large assortment of Boys' Underwear. ^^ Water Proof Coats ^ Our stock of Light Water Proof Overcoats and Cape Water Proof Coats is complete and the best that can be procured. We have just received also a lot of Brown Duck Coats with a soft, durable rubber lining-: just the thing* for rain or snow. JLJUUUUULJULOJUUUULSUL ^Men's Suits-�� Before giving your order for a Suit of Clothes call in and see the lot of All Wool Suits, made up in the latest styles and patterns, just received, and more to follow, at prices that cannot be beat anywhere. We wish especially to call the attention of men who prefer cheap shoes and cheap clothes to the fact that you can save money by buying these goods of us, we care not where you get prices. "���. X' E. R. ATHERTON, Co., Limited. m w �� > P0 O o o CR I ; tv MAUGN SLOGAN hew Denver Ledge. . The Nelson Miner, in'its efforts to break down the 8 hour law in the in: ..est of capital against labor, has hom time to time seen fit to print blue mil) stories about the Slocan* and to disparage every effort made by the mine workers to uphold, the existing v ale of wages. It stops at nothing, as the following excerpt from its columns of Oct. Bth willshow: A trip through the Slocan country is sufficient to show anyone what the effect of the Eight-Hour law has been. Tlierajs hardly a stir in any of the Slocan towns, where a year ago all was alive with mining activity. Now the mines are closed, .storekeepers are scarcely doing enough business to pay for the fuel they burn on cool evenings, and hotel men have their houses full, but are receiving no money frum their guests. It is oil the hotel men that the chief weight- of the law has fallen They cannot afford to quarrel with the men hy turning them out of doors, and are therefore carry mi them along. But thc men are out of work, and consequently have no money with which to pay hotel bills. Ruin, therefore! stares most of thorn in the face. * * * The a man who get world'by outside paper?* that have not tii ��� faintest idea of the trOe condition of alfairsv'nor any desir-e of knowing it All ililikt admit that the! Slocan is not as |inisj>t'roUs as it was two years ago, but no him' is complaining of the feifT'poraxy i|iiicuiile ���'It will he -noticed that all the calamity crying has come from such papers as the Nelson Miner. The press of the Sioean, who are best able to see ami note the changed conditions, have ii it made any noise about it. Simply htvause'the condition of affairs-is not in any way alarming, and, since the difference in the question of wages be twinn the miners .and mine owners must be settled.sooner or later,1 it may as well eouve now h��.uiv time. ������.. The blame of the situation' iVput up- on the 8-hour larw bv' these untruthful papers, like the tyjiier.' The$'.#oj��demn the law, and, votf.there is notoWvoter m ii in the province Who would vote against theJaw. iLUia opportunity were aff -.led All admit that the 8-hour Irm is a good one, and must eventually 0,1 in all minbttf caft^ps.' *fhh only question has been as to the advisability 1 "isting it upon us when the mint industry is |0 young. But eveh "is qi\ostion the: law is -^entitled to I'ueKt j4^yQ^ 'doubt, <hecaus% no tern has been made of it. The state- THE PAYSTUKAK, SANDON, B. C, OCTOBEK It, 1899. government cannot would make evema resectable run'." while any pers<m.could carry the constituency on behalf of the present opposition." 'J This is<all vaporous rot 'I he conditions here depicted as existing in the Slocan are so enlarged upon, so dilated' ami untrue, that the- article is little short of malicious The people of the Slocan are* pat relit and long-suffering but'they are getting heartily sick of" having these blue-ruin stories thrown into toeir face* aud'ilished up to thef Eighty-five percent, of them are Can-, hasibeen made to suffer for the wrongs of,pt|ier districts'< In Nelson, Rowland, Ymvjiand all othet camps themines havq-beep operate* without cessation at .^e^ndard.scale of wages that existed before the law came into effect and the law has ,been, complied with. The Slocan has been made the cats-paw by the operators of other districts, and the subsidized organ at'Nelson has been set upon us yfpping blue-ruin at our heels. But the Slocan is large and it is tremendously wealthy and it will soon outgrow the evil thrust upon. If it is not good enough to operate in by some companies under the same law that exists in other districts, it is good^ enough for other companies, and it will not be many months until the men who are now libeling it as a district of ruin and stagnation will have been lost in the onward march already felt. It is nonsense to lay the blame upon the 8-hour law. The law has really nothing to do with it. If, As the mine owners believed they could, they had been able to get miners to operate the mines at as and $2 50 per shift, they would not have condemned the law. It would have been a good law because they could have increased their profits under it. Because they were not able to get men, and have not been able to up to the present time, is no fault ofthe law. It the. men will not work for less than $3.50 a day, the law is not to blame The whole matter could- have been settled njonths ago if the operators had continued operations and treated with tin; miners like men of business. It is not believed that the miners would stick stubbornly to an unreasonable wage scale Thev are men. of business. Mowich 2. On lfour Mile creek, Emilv Edith 15, Wakefi'eld 25/ Vancouver 10, Noonday 15, Queen Fraction 2, AdeiaS. On Wilson creek, Jeanette 15, Champions. Around Sandon; Rambler-Car' iboo 25, Payne 15, Lucky Jim 30, Silver Bell 20, Ivanhoe 30* Vulture 10, Slocan Star 25, Ajax 10, Ajax Fraction 5, Noble Five 10, Utica 6, Madison 15, Queen Bess 30, Sovereign 10, Sunshine 6, Chicago 4, Darlanelles 4, Wonderful 4, R. E. Lee 2. In addition to this there are at least 25 men employed on other properties, the names of which, are not at hand, and around Whitewater aftd in that country tributary *o Slocan City fully 200 more men are employed. \ UNIONISM. ���- It is the duty of all who toil for their living to take part In union. ' T6 be ia sympathy with his fellow men where their combined interests are at stake, to learn their views and not selfishly ignore their opipions. Some will say, "I am in accord with the movement of labor unions; I Uphold their opinions on such and such subjects, but I do not wish to join them." Your good will is no doubt appreciated, but good will at best is not very substantial support. You believe in their cause, yet vou refuse to be one of them, You would no doubt be willing to' accept anv advantage they may gain through their influence. Many may never have taken this view, but it is a fact. 1 E. P.'! Bremner. New Denver, Oct. 6, 1899. ot Im in tho adian-born, and the other 15 per cent, liveifnd spend their money here.- They are entitled to quite as much consideration by our lawmakers as wealthy shareholders iu foreign lands, and. whether the law was onportune or not, the laboring men and business men ef the" province will oppose any effort .looking to its repeal. If it were repealed now, it would have to be passed again at a later penod, and perhaps the.same trouble would have to be borne as we have lately experienced. The mine operators do not say that they cannot work under the law, nor that they can- Slot afford to pay the men $8 50 a day But they .say they want 2,500 men at $H and $2 o0.per���Ua,s:.i Jhoy have wanted this nuinbeii^or three months and more hut have not got them. What has this to do with the law? ��� It is easy to he seen that the Slocan mine managers are playing the cards for the political mine managers of Nelson and neighboring districts Let the gamejmm*rik an,-but m;tho*nain��of fnst&flll tfis wihrtiiily-ytHIH'ng^rgan of Nelson attend to its own business The Slocan is not in need of its sympathy Utii is too much of a live corpse to require a daily obituary boing preached. As evidence tb*t the Slocan is nWyet readv for burial, as the Nelson organ- the following fairly Vol ev( fa\ me is I tho is decidedly wYong." Nine out of ten voters in the SlocanP'-ireuiifc of the law and will oppose any vhojcpmes up against it. ThjaJaw is to stay,"ao far as the voters of xan are concerned. This district Unionism has- many attributes. Among these may be mentioned strength, balance and liberty. In Europe, wheije political divisions are small and where territory is enviously regarded, it is found advantageous to ally the nations against each other to maintain a fair distribution of strength. This is called the balance of power Disputes are amicably adjusted and*'encroachment avoided as a war might mean the annihilation of one side with the certain disablement of the other; hence disastrous in many cases. In the commercial world there are great industrial combines., trusts and monopolies. In fact, unions prevail in all branches of industry, .to uphold prices, to regulate supply and generally to keep down costs in order to swell profits. That nearly atl business has undergone enormous amalgamation^ the lastfew yea-rs or-months is manifest by the widespread agitation noV in'j progress in the nation to the, south against such wholesale union. With them it has advanced the price of living and economic commodities to a degree unheard of iu recent ye/irs. It is an object lesson in unionism, and while men mav ask Where its powers may be KOOTENAY RAILWAY & NAVIGATION CO. Operating Kaslo & Slocan Railway, International Navigation & Trading Company. KASLO & SLOCAN RAILWAY. Schedule of Time. Pacific Standard ���Time- Passenger train for Sandon and way stations leaves Kaslo at 8:00 a m. daily, returning, leaves Sandon at 1:15 p. m., arriving at aslo at 3:55 p. ni. mem niade bV the .Mfnef thahhVgovv Attempts to show.,; the following rairij ���" lit would iftitMf rikfytfrfel him<0^iViatot the number of men em- constituency if the q'uoation ��ame to* .irfnyed-on some of the Slocan propert.es vn(. :���,,���_,���.,. J"W&Fr.*,��l laSCniAlMM fllnse around New Denver will Suffice; 'fjlb'aearound tfU emplevc��^On the California 10, Marion 12,'Hartney 10, Lost Tiger 3, Anglo-Saxon 6, Home Run 3, Bosun 10, CuaukcrJackS, Buby 8, Lake View 2, Mollie Hughe* 2, ;Hapny Delivery 2, remedy It takes no great stride of imagination to perceive thafW, beyond natural reasons,, the people can be.forced to pay larger prices for. a product at the dictation of thisicominercial union, the artisans and laborers might also be forced to accept a lower wage for producing it The manufacturers have sjjown their streiigth in union. Their employees, to prevent encroachment and preserve balance also unite, as'undue preponderance of power must always threaten to overwhelm the weaker side. But tlrtf formation of labor unions does not imply a menace to employers. Rather is it the reverse, for they encourage and promote.better understanding between the two. it is held by.nusmy that labor cannot successfully resist capital. Without attempting to enter exhaust- ijjelv-into the pros and cons of this very large part of the subject, one or two important points not susceptable toad- verse argument may well fce remembered. As the.flrst requisite of production is labor, and as labor may produce without capital, while capital could not without labor, it is clear the latter should have an impregnable potion. One fact not to be lost sight of is, cap- 1NTERNATIONAL NAVIGATION & TRADING.. CO., operating on .Kootenay ,Lake and River.' " 8, 8. INTERNATIONAL. >'<T-��> Leaves Kaslo for Nelson atjfcQOa. m.\ daily.except Sunday. Returning leaves Nelson at 4:30 p. m., calling at Balfour, Pilot Bay, AihWorth and ali way points. Connections with S. F. & N. train to and from Spokane at Five Mile Point'; also with str. Alberta to and from Bonner's Ferry, Idaho. ' ���,:r'^!s.s. ALBERTA. Ley yes tfel&On for Bonnets Ft rry, Tuesdays^ Thursdays and Saturdays at'7Ja mj, connecting with1 "Steamer stayed its own Workings poinfout the International from Kaslo at Pilot Bay; Returning leaves BpnnerV. Ferry at 7:00 a. m., Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, connecting with str. International tor Kaslo, Lardo and' Argenta, ��� Direct connections made at Honnei;'s Ferry with Great Northern Railway for all points east and west. LARDO DUNCAN DIVISION. Steamer International leaves aslo, for Lardo and Argenta at 8:15 . m. Wednesdays and Fridays. Steamer Alberta leaves Kaslo for Lardo and Argenta at 8 p,m. Sundays. Stealers call at principal landings, in both directions, and at other points when signalled. ickets sol i to all point i Ca ada and the United Statas. o ascertain rates and full information, address��� Robert Irving, Manager, S. Campbell, . Kaslo, B. C. . ; Freight and 'Ticket Agt., Sandon. SANDON BOTTONG CO M. W. DAT. Proprietor. ������Manufaturer of all���| Kinds ot CARBONATFD t)RINK$ Syphons, Gingei Ale, . Sarsaparilla, Etc., Etc Sandon, B.O. , i ������������� ,����� ti... Patronize home industry ital Is simply an advancement on the . . .. . ��� f anticipation ofVrodnction. rwnen you Avant tne oest ,��ti * THE PAYSTjtgAK, SANDON* B. C, OCTOBER 14, 1899. Jhe Paystreak. It lamed every Saturday 4i>8an^<u4 In1lft*eart of the greatest White Metal camp on earth. >**����� ���abscrlutlon ��� ... W.ooayear ���} . ������ �� 8trlctly In advance. , J*.' >. . Aridre.u: The Pavbtkkah, Sandon, B.C. . . .... Wxr Macadams. IV ii in ������� SANDON. B. C OCT. 14, 1899. 3S min^no. iM'VAtomr;- cents a shift they cannotsustain a jag with any degree of.permanency., In their ignorance these white slaves think that there is no country like Germany and will take their taxes and medicine with a veneer- tor the Fatherland. . . It is a good country for miners to stay away from, as the people have troubles of their own. . Twelve-hour shifts, mixed with rye bread and, 40 cents is a dose that ��� no human behjg New Denver Ledge. should take ..DUMB than QnCC, W�� Saxony is in the German empire. tbank tne Fqroe ^ rules, the uui In the Ore Mountains of that country . silver has been produced tor centuries. The ore is dry, and even if it does not go over four ounces to the ton itjs worked. The Government leases large block* of territory to companies and a prospector has .no show. If a man finds a new ledge anywhere and packs a few specimens of ore to show his friends he will be arrested jusr as soon as the .company gels wind of it, and without any reward be forced to tell where he found it or else go to jail. .... d : In the mines 12 hour shifts are worked; and the average of miner's lives is 42 years. * The miners get 40 cents a Shift. Tihibermen get the highest pay, 56 cents a day. The miners have a union but they neveri strike, in these camps .batter* and eggs are worth 15 cents and meat 13 cents and up. The "miner eats four meals a day. The first consists of rye bread, second the* same, third-the same, but the last meal is a bird.. It has potatoes on the side. Once or twice a week meat is sampled? and probably^mar times a year, if eggs get "cheap, the natives blow them- selves for puddings. Beer is less thai) 4 cents a quart . The miners never break a faro bank, while dead lines are'unknown.' Still,. gambling : is carried on in the taverns, i Seat, bluff} sbeepebead and black jack are die games.-1 Fifteen bents js a great win* nlng; A miner once won.5Q cents in one Hitting and the fact is now em balmedin the. hi tory ot the town, It was the reigning sensation for more than a month. -J- It is against the law to go into the verse that we do not have toTun;a paper in Saxony. If we dkl there would probably be more or less of a boon in the cemetery business.^ \ LKAD 8NELTHW AND REFINING. i .������ , f f V> sV. I ��� ri ������ ., As a contribution to the knowledge of those interested in- mining in Brit ish Columbia, Geo. K; Morton of St. Thomas, Ont.,1 quoted from recognized authorities, at any rate.of a few years ago, what shows that neither, the smelting, nor yet the more important refining of galena, ores in Caaeda should, be a-- difficulty or attended with great capital i outlay or current expenser and, taking into account sere ��� recent improvements iu both processes,^ it is beyond doubt thatj better*nd. more profitable methods are now available than when these authorities wrote. ;. ... The reduction of galena upon a) large scale, is.affected.by .beating.and rakjngjthe crushed concentrating ore, mixed with a little lime, in a revcr- heratory furnace; a large proportion olsalphuris in this >way driven off, and a mixture of oxide, sulphate and sulphide of mad obtained, the temperature is then raised so as to fuse this mixture, when the substances further react upon each .other,, and metallic lead separates from the r mass. If it contains tin or antimony, it is further refined by fusing it in a shallow ve.- sel, when those metals, being more easily oxidized thaa lead, are removed from the surface. . If the lead contains silver in such proportion as to render it worth separating, this is effected by dipping into the fused forests with anything in yourposses*- J metal, during, cooling, a large per- siofi that will cut. A permit has to be procured in order to gather la lien twigs. In addition to the long hoars a man has to liftihis hat to all above biroin station or position. The union, pays 20 cents a day sick benefits and looks after the dead and the orphana of folks in America'would enjoy death in preference to their lot. ' , .,.', Lace makers'in these camps make as high as 75 cents a week.. Matt of thex iris aim tp get-married ss soon as possible. If they become maternal before matrimonial, nothing is thought of it in the lower . strata, oi society^ 1 hfiris where they, show some good sense. The church is well patronized and has a collection box atenrery few paces. The people are fondofJbaoS erino but seldom get drunk. On 4Q forated ironjadle, whereby the lead which is first to separate into crystals, is removed.. The granular crystals are ladled out,, and are nearly pare lesd.;<"About six tons of lead are melted at once* In the aet of cooling the.lead crystallizes in octahedra and The people enjoy lire,! although most- is removed as described. The melted IK- :*.- portion is thereby reduced, on ah average to abont spy.fln. hundred pounds, and consists of a* very fusible allov ol Jead and silver^in-^bich *fc,e ail ver is in large propyrtuav and ca|i he easily separated from' the If ad il>y other proceeaes., The efficiency of this method-may be Judged by the fact tJmt the average quantity bf si} ver contained in the lead where this process is in operation is ten ounces to the ton. The time required.for six .tons, taken aWe as an .example.was two hours. The iron ladle employed held about 100 pounds of liquid metal* This process waa discovered by H. Jj. Pattinson, Newcastle, Eng. T eajn nual production in the United Kingdom at the time referred to was about {-exported at a,..better, profit than the ... ... ��� English exporters, who are but mid. die men* can earn for the- identical lead. It seems to be a 70,000 tons of lead an,dJ25i0P0punces of sil ver, from the .greater , par* fif which the. silver was .extracted by the process described,. at which time silver was profitably extracted wl en as low as three, or- four ounces to the ton, although in some ores it ran as h igh as 100 ounces or over, the aver age being, as stated, 10 ounces. When lead containing silver is. exposed at a high temperature to a current of air, the lead ia converted into protoxide, and may be run off in a fused state from the surface; whilst the silver, which resists oxidization, ultimately . remains upon - -the-cupel. Heated with charcoal the protoxide and-other oxides of lead are easily reduced to the metallic state. The protoxide may be converted to minium, (red lead, though not of the best quality) by heating it to 570 degrees to 580 degrees, exposed to air, JQart bonateoflead makes the most bril liant.red lead. <, Carbonate of lead (white lead) of commerce is obtained by several processes The silver containing lead, obtained by concentration of silver by the dipping process, is fused in a shallow vessel, in a re- verberatory furnace, with a current of air constantly passing over its stir- face; in this way the remain ing. lead is converted .into litharge, and the silver is left in tho metallic state, rhc litharge,, which results is afterwards reduced hy r.harcotil and furnishes lead which is free from silver and superior to the ordinary lead ot commerce which is unfit tor many" purposes of the aits. From this description of the pro cesses'of smelting and refininggnleiia necessarily brief iij this article, it .would appear that there is greater simplicity in them.than many suppose, and that better results to British Columbia lead interests would come thorough understanding of the possibilities of refining the product of the lead smelters in the country than by sending it to the United States to be refined, whence in part it is returned to Canada subject, to a duty, opt mostly exported or shipped to England for the world's market, while if refined in Canada it would com. mand the home market to tho full extent of its needs and the surplus be proper subject for the boards of trade of Kootenav to exhaustively consider. If it affords a bare margin of profit to refine, lead in ^tia^^Qo^mbi^ltwjlljbe wgll worth jp8agnratingf tor the general ad van- tage will be great. Profits ppon #ock jn> ^finery, will ,he of no con- sequence to those who will he ready to subscribe . the capital, if it will wake.payjng mines of so many that are now idle, or, add to the net value of pre from mines .now ^peratinjj not withstanding their disad vantages. ���'������'; '; ���'��� i . r-r?r~~������-������:��������� ��� CO.I'W.V KXPKK1MKNT. i In no way lia* tW incompetency of the men itn|>ortedfntothcCaMird Atene camps to thrive out the old union miners been so completely deuioiutrated ��s��t the Morning mine ut Mullen, says th.* Idaho State Tribune, the Morning company, with 'much reluctance, din- charged itsohl employees at the behest of the martial law authorities and fie- sured ninety six Mis.souri.-ins These men they put to work in their No 4 tunned . This tunnel is soiitethiiijj liver l.OUOJeet loii��r*ndhas been in very had ���jrnw.d all the way. It has eoit the com|��an,v nearly S5),00() to rfrive and keep up this tunnel, aud with tin- old miners it w��s a continual fijrht tn k��*op it open, hut at no time, was there any serious apprehension of Inning it. Tim men which the state authorities forrcd the mining company to pnt un this difficult work were unfamiliar with such a proposition and last week their incompetency resulted in a cave mi the tunnel which makes it impossible tn attempt to regain the ground at least for several years to come. Thus was one company forced.to a loss n{ nearly |fiO,�� OUO by the incompetency of noiinnion labor. Ernest Mansfield; of the JOkef group, haa lately returned from Kn^lanl He pat lately bonded for an Enjdisli cbin- {'���any the A|��ex, Twin Ijikes, Green j��ke�� and Crescent claimn, for 8210,000. Supplies are to las taken in via Ten Mils anda dozen men put to work. tHe may also* have a shaft sunk on the TrcaUell, m clain>adjoining the Joker. ' I * �� Mil I IT in m���� -i 8jN ' ���' ��� '���' *��� *% * ' * olesale and Retail Dealers Orocems, firy Goods, ? ^^^yi^NrsllINGS, HARDWARE, CARPETK BOOTS tS^SHOES^TINWARE, XINOt^UMS, HATS & CAPS, CROCKERY, WiATi)OW ��� SHADES, GJLOTHINa. ��� i. ii < * ."<��� D VVe carry the best lines that money can buy, and| baying in large qusnlh ��� ��4 w��4 * - ��� ties, save yoq the* extra profit, Sandon Rossland Greenwood Grand Forks NKW DKNVKlt ITKMS. ���vy' ��� W. Anderson and Wife purpose spending the winter in Manitoba. C. J. Loewen," wife and child," have gone to Vancouver for the winter. A force' of 10'men Is employed on the New Denver road to Three Forks. John Stuart has returned from a month'* trip through the Boundary. D. Mero nas removed his shoe shop to one of the Kerr buildings, on Bellevue aye. P. Angrignon's pack train is doing a big business with Silver mountain properties. ������ ' "��� There has been a general shuffling up and change among the C.P.R. agents in the district. , .-,. -.j, ��i-j Ii. Thomas, formerly of the Comstock, is now connected with a property on Texada Island. J Geo. H. Avian! and wife, accompanied by Mrs. Hill, left Tuesday to take in the fair at Spokane. Chas. Fees is attain in the Slocan. He has recently dissolved paitnerahip with Jas. A. McDonell. The new time table on the C.P.R. iff billed to go into effect on Sunday next.; Str. Slocan is to put iu an appearance also. ���������������< ' ��� I Living will be expensive this winter, .as al I general groceries and provisions.as well as meats, are rapidly .stiffening in price; Mrs. John Foster nnd family, old- timers in this camp, have returned from the coaif, to reside permanently in New Denver. - ,. The weekly assemblies of the Quadrille Club are decidedly popular. Last Thursi ���lay night several visitors were present from Silverton. .). K. Iteid and his son Bob were in town this week. Mr. Reid owns 23 lot* in New Denver. He goes to Montreal for u few months. .<. VV. VV. Clarke, of Kamloops, is a lucky newspaper man. He has become heir to $.rfO,UOO, owing to one of hie relatives los- ing his air in England. ..David litem ner, one of the oldest and beet pioneers of the Slocan, is spending a ^w months at Kilmarnock, in the land .of blend,and heather, ��� v D. VV. King has gone to Spokane to represent the big smelter trust of New York, iu the states of Idaho and Wash In'gton. Dave lias a much better salary than he could make in the newspaper business, He will visit Kootenay every month. Ths Ladies' Aid of the Methodist ���HifWi intend giving a concert and social on Tuesday evening, Oct. 17. The pro- Krunune is under the direction of Howard "Mt. and no pains will be spared to inaV., it interesting. The concert be- (?inH��t8p.m. J>tKe Kelsen has gone to the Halcyon Hot Springs in search of a reduction in jto��l�� Jake has not been well lately, hut wants to tone up in order to see Paria ��ext year. After that, hawing ^2^^^|j^s25E"��.; mi names to the list, New Denver would be entitled to another teacher arid addt- tionst school room. The children are advancing rapidly in their studies under Mr: Irwin's tuition. . , t ��� Wm. Bambury Was iri town on Bun- day. Although he has been in the Pur- rell rang* Of the Selkrrks for many lortg and serious days, it was the first tinie that Billy had gazed upon the innate beauties of the Lucerne of North America. In addition to other admirable qualities, Billy has the distinction of being one of the few men who have sue* cessfully done up a bear: with nothing but a hunting knife. SLOCAN MINERAL FLOAT. '' The Ajax Fraction will soon be a shipper. Work has been resumed on the La- mont, a claim near Kaslo. Good time is being made on the new buildings at the"Emily* Edith. The' trail to the. Sunshine has been completed and the force increased. The Rambler will be one of the heaviest Slocan shippers this winter; The American Boy has four feet of; concentrating ore iu the fower tunnel. J. Roberts will develbpe the Great' Britain,~on' Granite creek,'driring the winter. * There are 25 men working at the Slocan Star. This mine was located eight years ago Saturday. The Ruth will put in its own electric light. The saWmill is to lie moved to the site of the lower tunnel. The Rambler Is driving a big upraise E: M. Shupe has returned from Lardo, where has been fortunate in securing seVerftl good prospects. Ht speaks very w*��li ef the mineral deposit* in that vicinity. ., ���:������..: :i* .;. .A- ,.- . The Skylark A Ranger islookihg very well. They have bud a good showing of ore in the upper tunnel for some, time and now they have tapped the chute in the lower drift. . .... :: ����� rtviitr.f J. Jeffrey and E;d. Felt went up to Sifvertori on Monday. It is understood that Percy Dickenson's .syndicate ., has opened negotiations for purchasing 4he L H^on (Red Mountain, 4he former rasp having inspected the claim. The Black Prmce'is looking most en- eburagihg. Seven-' men; are working there and laeft Sunday they took out and sacked 63 sacks oi ore.. .They now have 20 tons packed down to the tipper end of the Springer creek wagon read aad Wor- den com menced on Tuesday,to. team it down. ju'ioii i>}- bfid*'���'������'~ Ex-Senator Warner ��Miller and H. F. McNaught, two of the American capitalists connected with the company represented here1 by Percy Dickenson ,have been in town looking after the vaiious interests' owned 'by their company. Quite extensive .preparations are being made to work; their properties at the head of Ten Mile recently bonded. ��;j. ,.,. .,f.in ^f^MW^Vjta Three men are driving- a crosscut on the Two Friends, to tap the Black Prince lead, which runs into their, ground., A splendid clrute of" oris'*- has *een struck in the* big crosscut On the Silver Cup. It is believed to be the best en- When It Is completed, the present force countered yet on tiiat.rich property. *v* W winters and. many summers, 4* J -willing to climb the ahaft that is at the ei'J of every hunian ^raiU; The average attendance at the publio ciiooi .'or the past month has been 32. ���"����� lotoj number ot scholars enrollel is >'h the addition of four more of 25 men will be increased G. F. Lewis and his partner are driving a tunnel for George Hughes on the Utica group, at Paddy's Peak. The Noonday, one of the. promising mines near New Denver, has shipped 420 tons this year. The force at present number* about 15 men. It will be in creased after tb�� mine buildings are completed. The ledge in the face of the tunnel being driven on the Campbell-Johnston property close to town, has widened to fotir feet. It is of a soft, talcy composition, and an occasional piece of galena- zinc ore is encountered. A rich showing of ore was-recently uncovered on the Home Run ground by the owners of the Anglo-Saxon group. It was traced 100 feet or more, and the width of the ore cropping* is from three to eight inches. The ore chute dips into the Anglo-Saxon ground. tin the. Ruby the crosscut tunnel has been driven 80 feet. It is expected the ledge will be. encountered in anothor IB feet, The rock from the surface has been unusually hard and the drivin^of the tunnel will cost from $20 to 125 per foot, but the results are expected to richly repay the outlay. It will tap the ledge 50 feet below the point where the ore outcreppings assayed 122 in geld and 1346 oz. of silver, ftLocAtrisrrtf Nmrs in mciicr. There was a dance in the Slocan hotel on Wednesday night. Percy' IMdkerisbri has taken ft bond on the Black' Prince group, 1-emon creek, for a handsome figure. Work on the Copper Queen; in the Hidden Treasure group, near Haskins creek, has exposed some, very,nice Oue. The tunnel, which is being: driven.;by Mummery & Kin man, is now in 32 feet, and ia crosscutting the lead. ��� George Johnston this week brought down some fine earn pies of ore from the Copper. Queen, a claim located about four miles from Trout Lake. He has done a great deal of work on this claim, which has resulted in exposing a body of ore whioh runs 218 ounces in silver I ��� -w������ ^m saw*** V1IV I The work done on the I X L has de- Uent. copper, while veloped a vein containing from 18 tj 22 inches of a carbonate ore. A tunnel ed this showing. This property located near the Virginia, at the head of Eight Mile creek, is owned by J- JobnatoOjand W. McCord. - -i-mf a# is- E. Mansfield was in town last week and hit um- Saturday for his properties on South Kaslo oreek. R. Allen,j^aa^he contract to take up 12 tons 0^,-supplies from, here to,the. group.. Mr-Mamfield has.raade,the second pwwwot, on.vthe bond and i will push the ��� development during the winter. . u A deal haa. practically been close*, by which f. Rutherford obtains a bond for $6jP0Atton..,tJie.^Effia, group, on* Cariboo ereek. The terms of the.ideal aralj,��00 cash in three months, 20.per cent,..in 90 days from date of, firstPftymenJt, a��d 4he balance.on Auguet;U. WOO-' -T.Jl. Davey Of TrQUA Lake, is acting for. the vendors. >-' A'new strike has been made near -the American, on which, four iolainuuithe Bonanxa,(ik)ttom�� IHellar, Nanny^Hanks, and r Morning .Star have- been; staked. The lead contains about two feet pi ^n iron ore, from which .it i* expected good returns will be>.Qbt|iued.�� Theownersof this group are Messrs, Lindgreu, M. Nelson, N. E, Lay,,and J. N,>TeJsoii!. ���| H. H. Johnstone haa be^u authorized to let the contract for ihe 200 feet'of tunnel to be run on the main vein of |he Silver .Belt. The object of this driving is to tap the junction, of the .lead wi^th the variouB rich stripwrf w.hifihiappaar todip towards it Jrom both^ides. This ; contract will be completed by the time I the. railway ia ready to handle ore from 'Trout Lake City, . , ... M i i Gn 'the Annie .F. group, doeatad.. mi iTenderfoot creek, and owned .by Wm. Phelan and J. C. Lynch, the tunnel is jnow in 15 feet andt ex wwes a body of higsh.grade gold ore.. flsireral -assays ii ave been made-on the product of this group, and the. returns range. fjromitiij5^o .$91 in gpWfto the (ton. ^Several extep- sioqs have, been; .staked pn -this* Jead, Which ia said toehow up op .the Canyon preek slope of the mountain., ld j 4,< ���The Chief Mountain^a >claim located at the head of Surprise creek and owned by W.'J, Carroll, is the latest strik%W(j^n this property a copper lead, three feet wide, haa been discovered. Sjpma.of, the | samples from the new atrjke ruiooiir the bulk of the lead ConUins ore which, from' present indications, will easily dwarf > anytrWJri the copper hne ypt discovered inKodtetfaV. , . ,_ . t ... . , ' r~rt~- �������./*>* Minvuvervu in'MOOteifaV dnyen 15 feet on a solid vein has expos- Several .samples of ore are on exhfbitien " ' hi d i t*V" * T��'>��t����.4Mi tJN. �� l^f >- *'.���� %%DKALKR IN%% imm\Am& .i. ii i ��� . ������ .����� ��� 4i�� - ������>��� ��� . ,��������.������. ~.^^N|ir^K ��� -%*,at4.% SANDON, R0S8LAND; NECSON, KA8L0f PILOT BAY THREE FORKS, SLOCAN CITY. THE PAYSTREAK, SANDON, B. C, OCTOBER 14, 1899. I i I ! <��� Ii I' MINING RECORDS 11 i The following is a complete list of the mining transactions recorded during the week in the several mining divisions of the Slocan. Those of New Denve- were aa follows :��� LOCATIONS. Sept 26��� Svea, Dardanelles basin, J W Power. Pulman Fraction, Cody cr, A B Docksteader. 27���Midlington, Silver mt, P Lindquist and E Shannon. Rushville, reloc Broken Drill, P Attaffer. Old Man, s e Silver- ton, A S Reed. V Fraction, near Alamo, A J Becker. Cape Fraction, same, by J Batt. 28���Hit Me and Take It, near Idaho, DJ Macdonald;- 'Home Run Fraction, Carpenter cr, C W Greenlee. King, on Cody creek, M McAndrews. Limit Fraction, Cody creek, same. 29���Henrietta, n f Carpenter, by L H Weill. Commonwealth, Finnell cr, E M Brindle. Boston Fraction, Howson cr, J R Cameron, C E Johneon. j A C Fraction, samp. Standard^ Cody cr, J Docksteader. Oct 2���Oom Paul, Tributary cr, WH Brandon. Mud Sill, same: Checkmate Fraction. Silver mt, E E Jfauquier and V H Behne. Moonlight,, Red mt, E Dower. Bouncing Boy Fraction, Silver mt, C E Strickland. Bemai'go Fraction, Idaho basin, W H Young. Benbow, nr Elgin, W S Drewry. Triumph, same, P J Hickey. Libbie Fraction, Fidelity butte, D McLeod and J A Taylor. 4���Two Jacks Fraction, Payne mt, P M Hayes. Copper Top, Eight Mile cr, J E Barrett. 6-rSilver Vault,Silver mt, A Jacobeon. Solo, same, P Lindquist. Skylight Frac tion, Cody cr, J Lantz. Skylark Fraction, same, R Macquillan. Glasgow, in Twin Lake basin, G Kay and A J McDonald. - 7���Adela Fraction, Gold ct,H Thom- linson. 9���Union, Cody cr,R A Langill. Davis, Payne mt, J Williamson. 10���Columbus, Silver mt, W Merkley, E P Bremner; ABSK88XEXTS. Sept 27^-RObin, Los Vegas. 28���Al- hambra, Cawnpore, Golden Wonder, Medium. 29���Parrott. 30���Margaret Fraction, Slocan Yet, Daybreak, Laughing Waters. Oct 2���Diana. 4���Bee Bee, Mono, Silver Vault, Telephone, Union Fraction, Drumlumen, Homestake, and Northern Bell. 5���Fidelity Fraction. Lake Fraction, Dardanelles No 2. 7��� Laramie, Old Tom Moore, Ptarmigan. 9 ���Moncton, Sunrise, Twilight, Gopher, Grand View, Omega. 10���Old Man and Milton. CKRTIWCATKS OF IMraoVSMKXT. Sept 29���Eureka No. 2, Mineral Oct 6���Northern Bell. H��H TKAX^KKBS. . ��� ��� Sept 26���Moncton, A B Docksteader to J Docksteader, Aug 5. Mountain Scenery and Continual, 1-16 each, J C Butler to F Libscher and H C Wheeler, on Sept 22. 27���Esmerelda J��, C Anderson to C E Seymour, Sept 15. * .,- . 29���Pulman Fractiorf, A B Docksteader to J Docksteader, Sept 27. Oct 3���Fidelity, Crackerjack, and % of Broken Lock, agreement, S McDonald, T J Lend rum and F J Finucane to N VV Mining Syndicate, Sept 26. Lowsa %, T Brown and J Miller to C J Sarin, Sept 30. Svea %, same to same, Sept 30. 4���Vega J, J Brown-to same, same. Bamp Lodge %, Eastern Townships %, T C Hart man to J A Macdonald; on Sept 15. *< , 7���Chitopa and Optunka, F A Steal to J G Steel;; June 3. ��� ��� , j VOW��R OF ATTOKNKY. Oct 7���C^mTE Hope to E Rammel- meyer, Oct 4. den, P W Ellis. Crazy Jane, s f Lemon, ThoB Benton. Ladv Franklin, same, M Manly and G Finkle. King David, on Spwiger cr, Paul Hauck. .-a ' m-Cloudless.reloc Mable,J Anderson. 'Oct 3���McKinnon, Tiger cr, M Gillis. Alferdeen, Cornell cr, VV E Boie. Columbia, leloc Long Looked For, R E Andrews- Shamrock, reloc Millie Mack, J Horrie. . . 4���Dandy, summit Springer and Ten Mile, D D McPherson. 5���Colorado, reloc Perth, R I Kirkwood. California, reloc Grenville, C E Smitheringale. Harold, reloc Toronto, D Sloan. Ralph, reloc Kingston, Mrs T Sloan. 6��� Maple Leaf, Evans creek, by R S Lennie. Kootenay King, same, P J Ca- hill. Kootenay Queen, same, by Bruce White. ASSKSSMKNT8. .-��������: i Sept 25-rVankleek Hill. 28���Spring Valley, Ranger Fraction, Susan S, Katie, Susan M Fraction. Oct 2���Frome, Michaelmas Fraction. 3��� Moyie, Boulder, Hidden Treasure, Kootenay Pass. CERTIFICATE OF fMPBOVKMKXTS Sept 27���Scotch Thistle. Oct 7���North Exchange Fraction. TRAN8FKS8. Sept 26���Neepawa 'J, Jas Marinfrfo A D McGillivray; $800. ���::*..���:��� 28���Waterloo f, W B George to R A Thompson. a,. Oct 6���Mabou %, Andrew Tunks to G Williamson. SLOCAN CITY DIVISION. AINSWORTH DIVISION. LOCATIONS. Sept. 13-^Mti, Cariboo cr. VV J Tipton. Even, same, J D Grant. Potlatch fr, Ainsworth, S M Scott. 14��� Iron Point, Woodbury, J B Town- send. Kate fr, adj Keystone, F C,Niyin Superior, Campbell cr. A Jardine. Iron King, Davis cr, J A Saupe. Terol, Kaslo cr, J Donal. FSA, Algiers cr, FSAlgier. Wild Goat, Howser cr. J Lind. 16���No 6, Woodbury, J B Townsend. Mother Lode, Glacier cr, C Doyle, P Henrv Enterprise, Fry cr, J Ridi- baugh. 18��� Wily, Kaslo cr, J McGregor. Biittanla, Jacquchne, Cooper cr,.,G H Lambert Victoria, Cooper cr", *C-Le Blanc. Pouillette, Cooper cr, L Lambert. 19���Cliff fr, so fk *Kasio ck, Percy Dickenson Atlin, same, E J Felt. Slocan, same, VV H Jeffrey. Dawson, same, C B Tipping. Rooslan, same,.) B Tipping. Buckeye, Cedar er, C M Parker. Calumet, adj Lardo, J A Shupe. 20��� Blue Dell, 10 mile, JACurrie San Juan, Schroeder ck, A Johnson Mountain Ro9e, Canyon er, Jas Anderson. 21���Luckv George, Goat er, G B Lit slor. O K, 12 mile, W E Hodder. Bud Bell, Woodbjiry cr, Jas E Bell. 22���Lochiel, Geo D, Cooper cr, GD Morrison. Captain. Cooper cr, C H Chapman, Nelson View No 2, Kokanee cr, Dan OraMr tforth.Pble No 1, Coffee cr\ W'ELee. A*rmconda, Lake cr, J McVeigh, Maple Leaf, Duncan river, D Johnston and H Black. J8���Nancy fr, Canyon cr, N Lowen- ring. Francis, Sawyer ck, WG Sawver. Derir#r,*Hooker cr, same. 25���Mable, adj Anna May Claim, A L Davis. Dixie fr, Woodbury, L Brant. Montreal, nr Ain8worth,^A Jau$en. Toronto, ���"Victor,',' 'same, GT"Koon8. Howard, Bluer Ridge, p A ,-Free,uian. Constance? Davis cr, Sj&KeTlV., Mas- cOtte. Bearer mt, L WTfomsv ��>bllv B, LalteVr, A R Burns r* ������ \ * i ;j.ih ':.-. '.-���-��� - \f ;- ���'" A8SK8SMSNTS. Sept-lS^���HootaHnqa'a ,Overtnan, 'Attn, Cliff. 16���BN A, Native Silver. Anticline, Acme, Laura L 15���Yankee Girl No*2, William John, True Friend, Bi-Metahic, Bryan fr. 16���Mastodon, Mars, Big Bob, Maggie. 19-Buckeye, Mount Roval. 20-VVingham, Hudson, Virginia Dave, Spotted Horse, Hall, New. <,��ork, John A. 21-iM6rnfng Glorv, Going, 2 years. 22���Auriferous, Murchisop, Lost Load, Kitty-Burke. 25��� Kate, Anrta May, Foy, Ansriarh, Francis, Kathleen, Jessie, Lacome, Hope, Hvpler, Flora., .26���Olds, Black Eagle, Lucky Bill, Victoria., CKRHFICATK OF IMTBOVKMKNTS. Sept 15���Peoria, Glasgow, Henrietta, Snowflake, aud Oscar fr, to W J Whiteside, 22���Virginia, to M'J Mahney and and A F Adams, i ��� ��� " '': TRAN8FKR8. Aug 30���Monte Carlo, J, VV H Taylor to J A Finch. 31���California, 8-10, T' McGovern, J VV Smith, J R Stephens to H VV Lynch. Bridgeport, 8 10, R E Brown to W H Lynch. .***** **! -Forest Stream fr, 8-10, H M Ritner to WHLyuoh. *s ��Sept 1���Granite King, Grey Eagle aJd Forest Queen, 1-6 each, Joe Cazza to J"F Mcintosh and O T Stone. Marble City, J. R Shade to P Manley R S R J Sept 26���Ttarfi'sTTorn, reloc Dolly Var J Marsh, Triumph ViWfinia, Comstock,;. and Erie, 1-6, J A" Ryan to J G McGuigan. T-JuJ^P' h C #.��%dson t0 Lucky Bob, J, R* Pollock to Stinson'. ,. 8-Jennie D, R W Riddell to R Richelieu, $500. Kootenav Star, 1-8. HCScoveto Jean Brochier,.$100. 9���Treasure, ^,J Y Kesler to J J Jobv. Erie, ��, Virginia, 1-8* Wm Walton to EJA McNaujrhten. 12���Comstock, Erie. Virgiria, 9 each, E A McNaughten to F E Archer. 14���Alberta, T J Leudrum to J VV Smith Marion, \, H C Scovel to J B S Fleming, $75'' ' . 18���IfrttaiMa, Jacqueline, G H Lambert to l a Lambert ,J%2���Victoria, Gallia, C LeBlanc to L A.LarnWHr.' '��������'"' �� , 2�����SMcnw"Ohief No 1, Kootenav Queen, cancellation of mortgage held by O J Marino. F LoCasto and .1 M Harris to Alex Sproat, all interest C D Francis to Alex Sproat, l-H interest. $1000. Alex Sproat to W Miller, VV Spicer,and P Dickenson, I Bint , $5.* Luteletia, A Hit tier to L A Lambert. THE NICKEL MINES. I The progress of mining in the Sudbury district so far this season has not come 'np to the rather wild expectations of last spring. *' But, nevertheless, our nickel mining industry has broadened oul considerably this past jear, and it is no longer a one-company camp. Three hew companies have lately come into the field to buy nickel properties, and r)iore development of new mines has been going on'-this season than during the previous seven (tean'yycars. ' % First and foremost, the Clergtiir Company tfae been getting but more^rlesc ore all summer from their fine group of nickel properties in Creigbton township,' and tne surveys have l>een made for a railway branch from Naugbton siding to the mines, a distance of about fh-e mik*e, through-a comparatively level valley the whole way. Big things are' looked for from this solid company when machinery is got;.m -and a- proper start made. Tne ore in the company's mines is high grade, and there is plenty of it to keep a ^riieltecrunningior the next fifty years or more. - ' ' �� ��� Then, I^dwig^ond*;^ great metallurgist and capitalist of. London, Eng., has been ^eyylpiungjthe fine;nicke.i prp-. perties he has purchased in the township time, only that a suit has been entered by one R. G. Leckie, against H:naldo j McConnell, the oiiginal ownei ol the property, ostensibly-about nome verbal agreement for the purchase of the property by Leckie, but in realty to try and keep Mond from going into the nickel business there. Such tactics on the part of the agents of the Canada Copper Co. and others has been tbe curse of the district for the past two or three years. Hardly a sale is made or a deal negotiated Vith-any new'company; or a new discovery-made by a prospector, but Home tool or fakir turns up to claim the pro- perty.and give trouble, and thus mining is seriouely kept back in numerous cases. Two mining men from Ohio, Howlftnd & Mitchener, have, also been buying up nickel properties with a view to organising a company and going into active mining. They will likely locate their smelting plant near Worthington station in the township of Drury. the Great Lakes Copper Co. is another new concern with an electro-chemical process for^ftracting the various minerals from these ores in quick time. They have erected an experimental plant for this purpose a mile or so north of the Stobie mine. So that altogether the foundation has been laid for greater progress in the development of tbe nickel mines in the near future, and the outlook i��, therefore, much brighter this fall than (or many years.back. SLOCAN'ORE SHIPMENTS. Total shipped Jul* V to Dec. 31, I89fl, l7,90U,tons. January 1st, 1890, tq Oct. 7:'. "' ' Week T *<\l Payne ^��; L;l.-.tCll;iliee tW Sl.ic.nrJifcp-,1...:. ^ -. '>f*. 8.-tprrt)ire _ ��� ��J <)<4i�� ���...;f. '.. . "< S���verei^T> ...h ' -" H,.(-o i"" LlvanSu*! '':* rreasHriuViiM'1 ��� "" Red fax.; . ll Trade ft^lnir :..,.��.'... -^ ��:����*���' Liberty Hill I... :v .M.ull*Sn. *....' 1' Wonderful . -H American B >v '-"" Idah. Mines,......,...,.-<���. ���.. <qt w" (Queen Boss..... '...'. M�� Wild G.jo��e ���....���.���:.:;.���..'...:!...���' ��**��� Monitor , ,>.... -., -;,1 Whitewater ......:..)..: >.. Sf -' ��' .liu-k^on '������),��� ��� ���*' Ity '.Hillside ' V 1 IMI...... -.���. ^.......���-. *> ���WcllUMOOii a Antoine.' rtl" ir.onW.r .., . 1(il Dardanelles ....-...:..*'.:.:...:.. '* ' W�� Great Western i��fl'>�� . ' ** h SHU W Mari... |.#VM '',' Kideiily.y ., . .���*,,...��. .!S,y��� jj ;'* ' Vancouver... '. ^ ..��� ��K 83B��.'(fj����r.asr.:E��' ** Noona��y..r.M., k* ,....- *�� ?���''" Knfer|ins��.' '' , Tiwimra ��.;..,/.:���..: !.,. ���' Black Prince S" Cha|j|.'au v .'��������� ^^otaltons..' "�� lt��*l V 'V' ;��t I Nancv Hanks, Vanderbilt, Consolidated, .-.._.���..,...,,. ���Timjtejsne, SAmfloMfer,^!<rififer,".Molfjid of Deniaon, apd he would no doubt have M---1*, Triumph. lft-Hudsoh, Helen been working on a large scale by this ���>.��u y-Tflfr LIGHT AND BRKKZY. { OldGrrVer���Is your mnrried lif�� (>"(' ffrand-gwos^son^;* i Newly wed���Well, since I got a baby its more like a grand opera, with ;��ud calls for the author, every night. - ������������'���' ...j.,.. ���-'������������ ���-?��>������. ^Teaeher-Willie^here is the di'i^1" Of the United States?" 4 ;r . Willie ^odate^-Iit. the trustB? t w.* ��� \ *������ . " ����� *" ������: '��� .-." Pa, did you know mwt-ftfig I ���< '���'"'��'<* ypu maijr^d her?!" - ** : . . 1 "No, my.bojftl djdn't know h. t'11 I long aftfr.V . 1 v sjas -^ '������ '. ...'�����'?��� 1 �� The Paystreak. I.K'HN' F UTHORISINU AN EXTRA-PBO VIM l,M. COMPANY TO CARRY ON . Hl'SLNESS. "OimrANlKS Act, l��:i7.'' ��� VIM B l.'AJJAUAJ f .,. . \ ,,i lliiinsii O.UMitiAj in I. '��� liU.1""" inn' Hi, llie otiju lenitive I lie i t.'U.II" situate at rl,,,K |S TO CERTIFY that ' "The Ajax !' uwtioa Envelopment Syndicate, l.ini- uuthoriaed and" lioenfled to carry on . within the Province of British Col- niui tocarry out or effect all or any "I , t-i hereinafter set forth to which the authority ����f the Legislature of jjAtish Columbia extendi. The lieftd office of the Company i \! ;i. KingStreet, London,EngJ.and. '".,mount-of the capital of the Company .divided into 20,00'J shares of tteneh. Tll(. h,,,d office of the Companv in this ProV . i >itiuite at Sandon, and Mauride Grintz- !'! r,���.r Free Miner, whose address is Sandon, Xre/aid, is the attorney for the Company. The objects for which theCompany has been ,���tulili-li'"l and so licensed are :��� l�� l To acquire the Ajax Fraction Mine in ,,..,,.1, Columbia, and for that purpose to ,,,'t nid carry into effect^ with or without modification,, an agreement dated thej 15th ,v,,l lulv 1899, and expressed to be made be- -'...n r/arw make Broekman,Anthony Sellon, s.nlnuSU-n and Frederick Adam Stignant $ Sue '.art. and John Cook Gordon, <rti behalf he property ill tiir* for the scribed Supreme iinpany, of the other part, which has purpose of identification been sub- by F. Kimher Bull, a Solicitor of the Court, or to adopt and carry into effect anv other contract or agreement, whether entered into before or after the reg- i.tiiition of the Company : 'I. | To purchase, take on lease,'or otherwise ucquin any, mines, mining rights, or metal- lilerotta land in British Columbia or elsewhere, and any interest therein : [c ] To search for, win, get, quarry, reduce :iiimi��!iinufe, drcsn, reiltie, and prepare for market, and to buy, sell, export, and deal in auriferous quart/ and ore and other mineral substances, whet her auriferous or not, bullion, specie, coin and precious metals and stones, mill to curry on the businesses of miners, oar- nt-r.- l.y iHud and water, ship owners, ware- li nuemen, wharfinger*, barge owners, lightermen, forwarding agents, underwriters and iii-iiiern of ships, goods, and other property, ur uny.one or more of such businesses, in all .'.tuny ol their respective branches : ;l.|To search for. prospedt, examine; and in-i t minei and grounds supposed to contain ipnirt/. and ore.or other minerals ornreci- ��� iii> stones, and to search tor and obtain information in regard to mines, mining districts and localities,and to purchase, take on jpase, or otherwise acquire, for any estate or interest, any such grounds, and any lands. filters, mines, mining rights, minerals, ores, Imildings, machinery, plant, stock-in-trade, uteii.iiu. patent, ana patent privileges, easement.-., riuht-. privileges, and real and personal property of any kind : [e j To open; work, explore, develop, and ii,milium the mines, grounds containing luiu'ei-oiis quutt/.,minerals or precious stones, mill other propel ties and works of theCompany : |f.j To construct, erect, maintain and Improve,or to aid. in and suhcrihe towards the yni-tnirtioii. erection, maintenance, and improvement ol railways, tramways, roads, wells, w.iter-ootirses. aqueducts, waterways, reservoirs, -halts, wharves, moles, buildings, machinery, and other works, undertakings, mid appliances which may he necessary or "iivenieiit for the purpose, of the Company: l�� i To promote, make, provide, acquire. 'uke on lease or agreement, lease, let, grant "inning powers over, work. use. and dispose "i, railways, tramways, and other roads, w��ys HU-I mean, of iic,.��.ss to anv part or I'urt.ot 11,,, property of theCompany. and to ��� "11111h111, to the expense ol promoting, miiKuiB. providing, nequiriug. working, and '������fliigtliu saute: i'1 I To purchase, make, build, charter, af- '������!-' if. hire, and let out to hire, or chartering, ur aiTreiglttiug, and Otherwise obtain the ������'-'���ssioi, of, nnd use and dispose of ships. KliterOiouts. and vessels or all kind,, loco- ,;"""'������ w*ggQni; and rolling ��took, and wmirwi ��� provide lor the oonveyance of good* ""nnovabieproperty ol all kinds: i'iT'p.ovide. lor the welfare of persons in .,";;"' Mi'ent of the Company Or formerly ,., ,".'"' "inployment, aud the widows anil ' ""*'��������fsuch persons, and others depend- ��<��� upon them, b,V granting money or pell- uii... .l,'�� I'a.Vinents for or toward iusiir- ���!.' '"'""���lives of such person-, providing ��� s.i.,.i,ling rooms, places of recreation ""l,,,r-"iso as theCompany shall think fit. I in i ��*" < "e vunipanv hiimii iiiiiir ��� >>���. '"{"nothing herein contained shall authoii-e ''' "iiipnnv to carry on the hit��ine,s of a life "i��urnnec company i l| 1 I'o ivioiinerate the servants of the C "iv iimi otl-.ers out, of or in proportion 1<> ""���us,,irproiita of the Company, or ot ,N��� astiieCompany may think tit: Com- the her- , I '"."'.'ike agreement., and arrangement,. "in! iii-t "iijiiiiei ion with any other coin- nr association currying on or in- nrr\ on any business or under* kind similar, wholly or partially , , ",-nicss or undertaking which fhi, l'.��s.'m'V ���!,utl"","and toearr.vfoii.Hii.l to sell, 'nk l""iv. Iii in 'Hilling t,M '"King of n '"HIIV ,". '"'dispose of all or any part of the under lie i '.��. luisin imrt ���f right '���"ipnin " the' patent rights or property <���! to, ami to acquire all or any undertaking, business, patent li,'iu *'."' l"operty of any such other company cash, scares, securities, or property, us the Company may +hink fit. and to subscribe for acquire, and hold or deal with, and dispose of any securities or shares, or other interests of or in any such other company, firm, or association : [l.| To amalgamate with any other company having objects altogether or in part similar to those of thia Company, and to promote any company or Companies for the purpose of n<:- (liiiriiig the whole or any part of tl of this. Company ; [in.| To undertake and to carry into effect all such financial, commercial, trading, or other operations or businesses in connection with the objects of the Company, as the Company may think Ht : |n.| To remunerate any person or company for services rendered in placing, or assisting to place, any of the shares in tne Company's oagital, or any debentures or Other securities of the Company, or of any company, in which this Company is or may be interested, or for guaranteeing the same. [o.] To lend money to such persons and bodies, whether without security or otherwise, upon such terms as the Company shall think tit, and to guarantee the performance of any contracts entered into by persons having dealings with the Company : [p.] To draw, make, accept, indorse, discount, execute, and issue promissory notes, bills of exchange, bills of lading, warrants, mortgage debenture stock, either redeemable or irredeemable", and to secure, borrow or rai.,e money by the issue of or upon bonds or debentures orother obligations or securities of the Oompany, or by the mortgage pr charge on all or any' payt' of the property of the company, or otherwise in such manner as the Company shall think fit, including its uncalled capital, to take money on deposit, at interest, or otherwise : (q] To do all acts necessary to procure the company to be duly constituted or incorporated, and registered or recognized as a company with limited liability in British Columbia ' or elsewhere where the company may carry on business; [r.] To carry out the above objects, or any of them, either on account of th�� company alone or in conjunction with any other company, association, firm, person or persons, and either as principals, contractors, trustees, of otherwise, and by or through trustees, agents, or otherwise, and generally to do all such acts and things as are incidental to or conducive to the attainment of all or any of the above objects : Given under mv hand ami seal of office at Victoria* Broyiiuie of British Columbia, this iiuddav of September, one thonsapM eight hundred and ninety-nine. CHURCH NOTICES. Methodist Church :��� Rev. A. M. Sanford, 15. A., Pastor. Regular services to-morrow at 11 a. m. and 7:30. p m. PRESBYTKRIAN CHURCH : ��� .Divine service will be held in Vir. ginia Hall at 7:30 p. in. Rev 1, A. Cleland, Minister. MINERS' HOTEL Registrar of Joint,Stock Companies. ��"'*���' tro i . INWMmwm��� ^&rilffc.*.t9 of Ito0h>tfc��rWlt*s. ,..IRENS FRAtrrtOft MINERAL CJf.AlM. Sit^t? in. the Sioean Mining''Division ol i Wftf!^00^"**' lb��trict. Wheie located On tributary Creek, Take Notio* thiyv i, &��� B. Alexander, of Sandon, B.C.,. Free Miner's Certificate N'o. 38*82A, intend, sixty days from the date hereof, to opply.to the Mining .Recorder for a Certi licnte of Improvements, for the purpose of obtaining a Crown grant of the above claim. And further take notice that action, under section 87. must be eoinmened before the issuance of such Certificate of Improvements Hated this twenty-ninth day of July, 18!����. H. H. Al.K.WNpKit. nii.,i,|( association, or other pernon for anon '���ation.and either wholly or partly in Certificate of Improvements. NOTICE. ATLAS No. 8 MINKHAI. CLAIM. Situate iu the Slocan Mining Division of West Kootenay Distiot. When1 located i About three miles from Three Fork,, on the North Fork of Carpenter Creek. T.i ke not ice t hat I. Chas, Moore, ol Kaslo 11 ('. acting a, agent lor Chas. S. Kllis. Free Miner', Certificate No, .'Wli7.\. intend, sixty day, from the date hereof to apply to the Mining Recorder for n Certificate of Improve incuts, for the purpose of obtaining a Crown (Irani of the above claim. And further take notice flint action, under Kection .'17. must )������ minenoed before the Issuance of such Certiflcate of Improvements Hated this first day of August. 181W. Chas. Moore. To Puckers ��nd Freighters For Snle. Twenty one Pack Mules, 6 Work Mules, 2 Saddle Horses, fflfftfttg and Harness may be nVr^nged for. Apply to T. Graham, Albert Canyon, II. C. . L. GRIMMETT. L L B. Barrister, Solicitor, Motary Public, Etc. WATERLAND A WESTERBERG Proprietors. SANDON, B. C. SANDON, B.C. F. L. CHRISTIE, L. L. B. Barrister, Solicitor, Etc. Notary Public. SANDON, B. G. Headquarters for Minors. Well stocked bar in connection. First class accommodations. Hoard by the day or week. Established 18!>r>. E. M. SANDILANDS. Slocan Mines. SANDON, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Mining Stocks bought and Sold. General Agent for Slocan Properties. Promising Prospects For Sale. Atlantic Stearjisfjip Tickets* to and from European points via Canadian and ' American lines: Apply for sailing dates, rates, tickets and full information to any C. P. Ky agent, or A. C. McARTHUR, C. P. R. Agent, Sandon. JWM. STITT,<ien. S. S. Agt., Winnipeg. SANDON MINERS' UNION. | (Western Federation of Miners.J Meets every Saturday Evening at 8 o'clock in Miners' Union Hall. Pres, Gko. Smith. Vice-i'res, HoWAHD ThoMI son. Fin Sec, W. L. HAGLKR. SANDON MINERS' UNION Hospital. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Subscribers, ��1.00 per mouth. PrfVate Patients f?.(X) per'day, ex-i k'lusive of expense of physician orj IsHrKeon and drugs. J. 1). Kcl.Aliilll.lN. President. \V. I,. HAGLKR, Secretary. DR. W. K. (Iomm, Attendant Physician. MissS. M. riusiioi.M, Matron. GKANl 0>x, Wm. Ininaiick. ./. V.Mahtin. Wm. GAHRTTP and P, H. Mini nv, Management Committee. A. F. A: A. M. Regular Communication of ALTA LODGE, U. P., held first Thursday in each Month, in Masonic Hall. Sandon, at 8 p. M, Sojourning brethern coixHa 11 v invited. . VV. H. Lilly, Secretary. CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY AND 800 LINE. IMPERIAL LIMITED DAILY DAILY EAST and SUPERIOR SERVICE JUST INAUGURATED. EAST WEST Optional Routes East From The KOOTENAY COUNTRY. First Clas Sleepers on all Trains from ARROWHEAD & KOOTENAY LANDING^ Tourist Cars pass Revelstoke, Daily for St. Paul. Thursdays fot Montreal and Boston.' Tups- days and Saturdays for Toronto SANDON TO TORONTO 04 hrs NEW YORK 110 hrs VANCOUVER *M>r��. MONTREAL WINNIPEG VICTORIA (11 08 hrrf. U hrs jKi hrs HAMMOND BROS, CO.. Ltd. SANDON. PACKERS and FORWARDERS Sleighs, Cutters, Teams and Saddle Horses for Hire. CONNECTIONS. Daily to Points Reached via. Nakusp. Dailv except Sunday to Points reached via Rosebery and Sioean City. DAILY TRAIN Lv. SANDON AlT. ' . ��� i'ir. 13:00 k 13:30 k ^^^^^^^^^^^ Tickets Issued Through and Baggage Cheeked to Destination. A. C. McARTHUR, Agent, Sandon. w. F K. J.COYLE, A.G. P. A��t., Vancouver, He sure that your ticket CANADIAN PACIFIC ANDERSON, Nelson. rends via the RAILWAY The Paystreak. i { M�� MIKE JONES IN ARKANSAS. A Letter from the Zinc Fields bu a Slocan Man. Mallard, Ark. (To the Editor of the Paystreak.) Sir: As I have had a number of enquiries about this country I will, if you will spare me the space, give a rough description of conditions as I find them. * This district, which ia located in the Ozark range of mountains, has very rich deposits of zinc and lead ore of the same nature and in a similar formation to that found about Joplin, Mo. The Morning Star Maur.taeh and White Eagle mines, on Bosh creek, are shippers with 15 to 25 men employed and have immense amounts of ore in sight. They haul their ore on wagons to Buffalo river, five miles, where they transport opto river boats. The cost of freighting from the mines to the river is verv reasonable. Wages arc from $1.50 to $2.0C per day, but all other things are proportionately cheap. Dodd City aud Sugar Orchard are two very rich camps, but are 45 miles from the railroad. The mines in these camps are doir.g nothing but, development, owing to the distance the ore must be freighted on wagons) but wc are assured that we will soon have two railroads through this part. One is known as the Eureka road, running trom Eureka Springs by way of. Harrison on down - through the middle of the mining belt of Northern Arkansas; the other is the McKay road which, leaving the main line at Permonia, Mo., will tap the richest zinc district known to tlfe world. Mineral land can be bought in this country at from $15 to $30 an acre. I do not mean to say tout developed mines can bo bought for that, but lands that have good out croppinzs and favorable indications ot zinc are to be had at that price. A lot of this land is being taken up by eastern capitalists and we naturally expect a rush when the railroads are completed. Any who contemplate buying zinc land could not do better than to buy immediately while it is cheap. The people who own this land, as a' rule, hub very poor and they have not the slightest ideaot what mineral is worth. Even if they did they have not the means to work it. The' majority of the natives have not the1 the forcible nature or the "get up" that is common to the people of the north. All they seem to care for is a mere existence and, I will say, a very poor one at that. Mike Jon AS; SILVER-ZINC-LEAD ORES. The Hoepfner Refining Company, Hamilton. Ontario, are prepared to pay cash for ores containing high percentages of lead and zinc, and will be pleased to have samples and prices forwarded them at Hamilton. Laboring Men, Attention! Beware of all agents and advertisements for the employrtieht of men in the Slocan country. The trouble between Miners and Mine Owners is not yet settled, Mid you are requested to stay away. -You will be duly notified when matters arc adjusted. Executive Committee, Sandon Miners' Union. A Snap Shot In spite of the quiet times, the "Old Time Grocery Firm" of H. GIEGERICH Hamilton Watches Are the hent for Hani Service, being tlie favorite Railroad Watch of North America,.largely taking the place of other watched where accurate time i�� required. The Jewels in tlie-ie W.-tclie.-. are Jewels, not" imitation,' ano set in Gold. The Higher Grades have Sapphire Pallets. Everything that goo��tu make the finest Timekeeper is to 1 e found in these Watches. Seventeen Jewel Grades from 2o to $55. Twenty-one Jewels from 4(1 to 6'>. Call and see them. I also handle the famous HampMei Watch. I state Only facts and can hack up every assertion made. G. W. GRIMMETT. Jeweller and Optician. Is kept busy in selling and shipping goods. Fine Groceries hy the carload arriving: and more on the way. Pine fresh Vegetables of all kinds. Fivsh cooking and eating apples fr,lBJ Ontario and Washington orchards. Car of Ilnnis and Bncwi just in, H|| of Swift A Cov's tamed brands. Othfr toothsome deliraeies on Un sin |\ts and arriving. Step in see for yourself. H. BYERS & Co B Builders and Heavy Hardware. Prospectors Outfits, Picks, Shovels and Steel. Camp Stoves, Camp Cooking Utensils. Powder, Caps and Fuse. RECO AVE. SANDON. J. R. & D. Cameron, The FILBERT CIGAR Store Cigars, Tobaccos, Pipes, Smokers' Sundries. Cards and Chips. Churchill Shane, a mining man*, from London, England, is spending a few days in the camp looking for mining property. He spent the early part ot the week on Four Mile and is now looking about Noble FiVe] hill and Jackson basin. JAS. WILLIAMSON. Gales' Barber Shop llCap" Hoi'ton has gone to California on a holiday tour. He may spend the winter in Australia. C, J. Smith returned from Spokane; today. Adv urtis 3 in the Paystreak. and Bath House, The Best In Slocan. RECO AVE. SANDON. KOOTENAY TAILORS. SUlSLSLSLSiaJlSlSULSL See our New Goods. The Latest in Fall Suitings. We Carry the Finest Lines in the Slocan. Fit, Material and Workmanship Guaranteed. RECO AVENUE, SANDON. 3 Donaldson's Rheumatic Cure. It has Cured Others, It Will Cure You F. J. DONALDSON, DRUGGIST. RECO AVENUE, SANDON,jU^ Folliott & McMillan. I . J90J00000000000000 A Contractors and Builders. | $�� Dealers in Dressed and Rough Lumber. $ & 00000000000* ,., _.... �� W Sash, Doors, Blinds, oto., Made to Order at Lowest Possible P�� '<"��� Jl 'flP Mine and Dimension Timber always in Slock. Plans, Estimates an ^ Specifications furnished for all Classes of Building. ^ fli SHOPS OPPOSITE C. P- R. FREIGHT SHED- | I RAILROAD AVE. - - - - SANDON, ^
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