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^/Yi>\r^K<^^ % -,J^ r~tf THE PAYSTREAK BOOK HI. SANDON, MARCH 18 1899. CHAPTER 25 HAPPENINGS IN BRIEF. [Thos. Jailand Is on a holiday trip Kdmonton. [o. O. Buehanan spent a few hours town Wednesday. L. G. Henderson of Directory fame las In town yesterday. ] George Powell, the soap miner ot trlboo, is in Sandon again. A. E. Cameron went to Nelson Tuesday tor a little jaunt J. Y. Posty Is looking up a busi* location in tbe Boundary. Joe Kelly goes to Edmonton to- lorrow on business lor his firm. Billy Wainsley returned trom tbe lalcyon Springs on Wedneeday. W. W. Fallows went to Spokane |e*terday to recuperate his health. Tourist travel in tbe Slocan prom* ��*s to be very heavy this summer. Jacob Dover, tbe Nelson Jeweler, vai married Wednesday in Montreal* Kvervthbu was green In Sandon Yesterday, although tbe snow is still |n place. The smelter trust will probably luae silver to advance in price four k live cents an ounce. Hev. Mr. Beer oi Kaslo will hold K��it��opal service in Virginia hall on inday morning, 26th Inst. Jack Devlin is making a rapid re .���very from hia recent mishap and \* able to get about on crutches. S. A. Mighton has ot*ened a store in Greenwood, lie will probably (novo his Sandon stock ft that city. Forty three cases ot typhoid fever j��ere treated at the Nelson hospital [luring the ytar ending March 1st. The Kutmcll Comedy Comnany.who ire plaving In Nelson to-night, will tppcar in Spencer's on Monday even- C. W. Harrington visited lii�� prop htv ou Twelve Mile on Wednesday md reports it looking better than fever. A. C. McArthur la on a trip to the oast. 8. A. Courtney is transacting Imsiiiees Tor the C. P. K. in his ibeeiice. Alex Lucas, Conservative organizer for B. C, went to tlie CoastTues- luy, after making a short stay in indon. , A. Haller, of McGuigan, made a [rip to Buffalo Hump this week but rss not very fiivorrbly Impressed rith the camp. S. I. Mighton, of Nelson, tobaecon- ��t, haa made an assignment lo Hugh Cuneron ot the same place, agent or- the creditors. W. C. Husband, formerly manag fer of the Algonquin at Bault aula rie, Is the new manager at the [lalcyon Hot Springs. Dr. Milloy will be in Sandon about |re 26th inst., and remain a couple of ireeka. Hold your orders if you are need of dentistry. 0. D. Hunter returned from his ftnstern tour on Tuesday. Charlie reports having had a glorious time among the tenderfeet. A small snowslide from up the hill started in the direction of the lower end ot town Thursday night but stopped at the K. A S. track. There is to be a curling game next Tuesdsy evening at which Dan Me* Lachlan will be relegated to the ranks of the rubbernecks. Bert Creetch will leave to-morrow for Fernie where he will enter upon a life partnership. The future sharer of his Joys and sorrows is Miss Watson, formerly ot Victoria. Very little business was done at Council meeting Monday evening except passing a few unimportant accounts. Tenders are being asked for the service* of a night watchman. Fitzgerald A Dav, who have supplied the Sandoni'tes with effervescence for three years, are dissolving partnership. M. W. Day wUI continue the business, the genial "Fits" retiring. 0. W. Grimmett returned from a a visit to East Kootenay Wednesday. He will open a shop in Cranbrook some time in April. In the meantime he is offering great bargains in tbe Sandon store. O. M. McDowell, who a torn weeks ago proposed to build an ore sampler at Rosebery, has changed bis plans and wilt build at Nelson. The C. P. R. has given him all he asked for in the matter of a site. Cleanliness is next to Godliness, but there will be no Sunday shaves for sale in Sandon after the 1st of the month, The barbers have form- a union and will keep their estab lishments closed on the Lord's day. Fred Hume, the twice-elected member for Nelson and Minister of Mines for B.C. will probably have to undergo another campaign as his election is to be protested. Bribery and corruption in several places are charged. Mat Guthrie, who was beaten over The married and single ladies had another of those curling "spiels'on Wednesday evening. Eight ends were played and the ���singles' were again victorious. A picked team will probably go to Winnipeg next winter to contest for Uie championship ot tbe universe. Nelson boys are already organizing tbeir base ball club for tbe coming season. At a meeting Wednesday evening they appointed Bruce White treasurer. If Bruce is as liberal with tbe Nelson twirlers as he used to be with tbe Sandon boys they will hardly need any. other officers. Jack Cockle returned to Columbia on Monday from a flying trip to Manilla. Jack says be didn't quite like the state of affairs there, it being a common occurance to see a shower o* arrows. He assayed Aguinsldo and reports him ss a very poor proposition, carrying no values whatever tn administrative ability. SLOCAN MINES. of the roads will permit. Over 160 tons of ore were sent down this week. Had not tbe condition of tbe roads interfered, the Idsho would bave paid another 120,000 dividend this week. Tbe ore ia in the sheds awaiting shipment. It is very probable that an ariel tramway will be built to the mine next summer to overcome the difficulties of transportation. the now Dar fore- Tbe Reeo laid off 18 men on Moo day. ��� Jack Reagan haa quit dandles. C. Dowdall is man. Tbe Wonderful has 15 men work ing and will do aotne shipping in the ne-r future. B. J. Perrv and Frank Wood went to Victoria Thursday to interview the government regarding the eight- hour law. Jim and Dave Black have sold an eighth interest in the lsis claim, adjoining the Snap and Lucky Jim to John F. Mcintosh, ot Kaslo. The Palmita has fifteen tons of ore on the dump, taken from the No. 2 tunnel. Work is being pushed on No. 3 by the contractors, Jenken Bros. A. O. Ostby now hss 60 feet of tunnel on his Stockholm property and expects to crosscut the ledge at 100 feet. The surface showing is considered a most favorable one. HO was ocaieo over ��� *v the head with a piece of scantling ^V two weeks since st Republic is alive 8l * but it is not thought that he will re-! The Noble Five now has ore in the cover. He refused to prosecute his lowest tunnel, No. 8. The paystreak aasailant, who immediately left for was struek last Friday* Theshow- parts unknown. ing is flrom five inches to a foot,coo- ��� . ,,, centrating ore. All thedrlllaare As a result of the prevailing warm; workin- ����,������ tnd 24 men are em- weather the snow on mountain and | . . * "��� in valley is settling very fast. Thisi��"w,,~ . ��� ,., ., means water for tlie concentrators, j Robillard A Collins are making a most ol which sre idle for the lack of record on the Snap property, which it The early resumption of milling adjoins the Lucky Jim. Their tun- operations throughout the assured The Paystreak is reliably inform* ed that there Is no truth in the statement that a certain young lady of Kaslo had a needle enter her waist three weeks ago laat Tuesday and that it recently worked its way oat of the arm of a member of the Sandon hockey team. John J. Coles who has been with the P. Burns establishment here for some time, left for the Boundary on Tuesday. He will probably start in business for himself in the copper country. John is a good follow if he does come from Winnipeg, and his friends In Sandon wish him success. district is I nel is now in 90 feet and tbey expect to crosscut the lead with another 40 1 feet. The property should be ship- 1 ping bv tbe 1st of May. Tne cylinder head of the compressor engine at the Dardanelles was blown out last week and the force at the mine has been laid off until repairs can be made. Other repairs are being made to the compressor. D. C. MacKenzie is superintending during Tretheway's absence. The Queen Bess mine is looking better just now than for some time past. The lower tunnel is In ore tor over 100 feet and shows 3J feet in the breast. Six four-horse teams are We Can't Publish It, The young lady who forwarded to this office a poem on a curling game that recently took place in town, is informed that there ia no longer any excuse for writing poetry when good stuff can be boughr at 11.39 cents a volumn at the oookstores. Besides, it is an exhibition of very poor taste to josh your superiors after horn- swoggling them out of the game. The Eight Hour Shift The lew recently passed by tbe B. C. Legislature making eight-hour shifts compulsory in metal mines will not work to advantage in all parts of the province. It might be alright in Kossland where the wages are $3 a day. In that camp the rock is hard and shaft work predominates. The mines are bothered with bad air and water which makes a short shift desirable. * In the Slocan men work 10 hours a shift for 13.50. There has never been any trouble between men and owners. The men are willing to work 10 hours for 13.50 and the employers are-willing to pay it. There* is not much trouble with air or water, and most of the work ia in tunnels where only a certain number of men can work at a time no matter what is the duration of the shift. If the law changes this in tbe Slocan it will not be satisfactory to either capital or labor. Everybody is satisfied now aod if our Local Legislsture would only leave us alone there would be no cause for complaint. Our legislators should learn that a law may be good for one locality and not for another. Fool Legislation. British Columbia's freak legis lature paaeed a law at tbe recent session which is characteristic of that body. It is now against the law to thaw powder within 180 feet of tbe mouth of a tunnel. Tbe List Chance will probably use a baloon to thaw Its powder, while the Noble Five and Slocan Star will be obliged to put in a system of pneumatic tubes or some other contrivance to get tbe explosive through the thousand feet or so of tunnel before it freezes again. Don't Relish Eeiction. E. M. Sand Hands, as agent for the Ruth mines, has taken steps to clear the site for tbe proposed concentrator. It ia occupied by a number ot shacks put up there several years ago by the K. & S. company, some of the owners of which now vigorously object to being evicted. Mr. Sandllands task is neither a pleasant nor a getting ore "downlwfasVaathe state"*11 easy one- The Paystreak. Lead Question Up-to-date. A struggle is going on between the lead mine owners of the United States and tbe smelter owners regarding a proposition by the latter to abolish the duty on lead ores imported from British Columbia. The American mine owners want the duty retained; the smelters want it abolished. Tbe lead mine owners argue that lead mining in the United States is an infant industry which should be fostered by a tariff; tbe the smelters argue that the quality of lead found in British Columbia ia a kind necessary for use in smelting the American product, and that a duty upon it works to the disadvantage of American interests. They argue that instead of benefitting American interests, a duty on lead tends to injure tbem.for it encourages smelters to set up their furnaces In British Columbia and keep that branch of tbe industry on the northern side of the boundary. ��� The mine owners, on the other hand, assert that if the duty is abolished it will bring American miners into direct competition with Canadians, who, they claim, are paid lower wages, and that, therefore, the Am- merican miner will be injuriously affected thereby. There ts not enousrh lesd ore produced in the United States to supply the demand, and smelters have found the British Columbia fluxes. It re-, quired to rely upon the American product entirely, the American smelter men say they would not be able to turn out as good a material as they can do by using the British Columbia ores. As to wages, the the Canadian workmen receive just the same as the American miners, and the smelters sav that question is not worthy of consideration. The present duty on lead ore is IJ cents per pound on the pure urticle. Under the Wilson tariff there was imposed a duty ot } cent per pound on lead in ore. Lead is a raw mi ter in I of industry, and why it should be singled out from others of its class for taxation is clearer to tbe mine owners than to others. The lead minirrg interest has always been strong enough to impose a duty, and it is now to be seen whether its influence is still potent. Allied with the American lead miners in their effort to maintain the import duty on raw ore will be found the influence of the Cans Jian Pacific railway, who aim to control the smelting industry in Canada, and the Guggenheims who own smelters in Old Mexico. Their reasons for wishing to have this discrimination against Canadian and Mexican ores are obvious when It is considered that an import duty on raw ore imposed by the United States will have a tendency to lower the price ot the product in Cantda and Mexico. Thus, while the duty will not effect tbe Canadian or Mexican markets tor refined lead it will allow the borne smelters to buy ore st a cheaper rate than those of the smelter trust of United States can do* As there are no lead refineries or corroding works in Canada yet. the product of the Canadian smelters would have to be refined In United States. Given tbe right to do this refining in bond, tbe maintenanee of the present United States duty on lead ore would assure tbe Canadian Pacific Smelting Company the control of tbe Canadian market for lead and lead products. * * * Remarkably similar is the situation in nickel. The Ameri can by-tariff has decreed that the actual mining only shall be done at Sudbury, tbe refining and other work being done by American labor. Our natural position in this case is very strong, as the United States produces no nickel of its own, and our only competitor is the French island ot New Caledonia in Australasian seas. The problem is to impose tariff enactments with such nicety that manufacturing in Canada will be fostered, while causing no dislocation by depriving Sudbury miners of their work pending the completion of the new manufactories. An export duty will almost certainly be imposed, coupled, we may expect, with certain diacretionery powers on the part of the Government. Horn it Works. (X.lson Tribuna.) Points in the interior are discriminated against by all the railways that have terminals at the coast. A wholesale merchant orders a ear- load of candles from ths east. Supposing he does business in Nelson, he pays fl.79 a hundred freight on the arrival of tbe car at Nelson, and is then charged 40 cents a hundred for the privilege of distributing them to points in Kootenay. Supposing the candles were ordered by a wholesaler at Vancouver. He pays 95 cents a hundred on delivery, and is allowed to distribute them anywhere in Kootenay in less than carload lots by paying an additional 94 cents a hundred. The Nelson wholesaler and his customer in Kootenay combined pay 12.19 a hundred freight on candles, while the Vancouver wholesaler and his customer in Kootenay combined pay but $1.89 a hundred. Yet Vancouver is 300 miles further thsn Nelson from eastern points, and 400 miles farther than Nelson from Kootenay points. The Coeur D'Alenes. (Spokesman-�����vU��.) Shipments of ore and concentrates trom the silver-lead mines of the Coeur d'Alenes aitgregrated during the year 1898, 112500 tons For the most part these shipment were con- concentrates, and it is close to the mark to say that tbe mines of that section yielded in 1898 half a million tous of crude ore. The veins from which this ore was taken are in many respects the most remarkable mineral-bearing fissures of tbe world.* The ledges sre singularly strong and true, and the ore ehutes have extraordinary length and depth. We believe there is not sn individual instance of a Coeur d'Alene ore chute failing to go down as far as it was explored. The mines of that section are therefore productive and long-lived. It is probable that tbey will be yielding silver and lead for a century to come. I' * said that the C. P. R. has completed arrangements tn regard to connecting Windermere with railway communication, and that a branch will leave tiro mainline at a point near Fort Steele Junction, following the meandering* of the Kootenay river to Fort Steele, thence bv the most direct route to Windermere, making connections with the pro; posed line from Arrow Iske to Windermere. -.11 _\ I _\ I _t f ���11 i_k I��_f ��_f ������ii <���kl ��_J all * ***#*****^**' ��� *V*��*V> fV> ~***fy*��rC**ffT*��V>��V>fT"**T*M Letterheads* Noteheads, Billheads, Statements Envelopes, Posters, Placards, ~ Payrolls, Invoices Labor Receipts, Time Checks, Vouchers, Etc., Etc ���t Etc./Etc THE PAYSTREAK. *#**********i *v*��''v*fv**fv>^/v>fv,*/v>rv^~?��fv>r Advertise in The PAYSTREAK. THE PAYSTREAK, SANDON, B. C, MARCH 18, 1899. SLOCAN Ml* KRAI. FLOAT. Wm. Hunter has secured control of the Adirondack. Another important strike is reported from the Noble Five. Sixty-two tons were shipped from the Queen' km* last week. The Wonderful will make another shipment in a few days. Ore Ih to be rawhided from the Mollie Gibson to Kootenay lake. It is reported that work will be rresum- ed upon the California before the 1st of May. G. H. Winter has secured the interest of Rrlnsely Walton in the New England. * John \j Retallaek has transferred a fourth intei est In toe Chambers to O. T Stone, Kaslo. John Mcintosh and hi* partners have received h contract for several hundred feet of work in the Wakefield The Idaho, Treasure Vault, Ajax and other properties cannot whip j����r now owing to the snowalideseason. Alex. Waddell ha* given to Michael Kirlin power of attorney to act in his interest in the Maacot and Sunrise. The Last Chance is striving hard tn rival the Payne mine as a shipi**r. Is*t week that property sent down 120 tons. Certificate* of Improvement* have been issued on the Hasard Fraction, New Park and Pern brook to Frank Owen Last week was another record breaker for the Payne. Two hundred and neventy tons were shipped from that property. Preparations are being made for the grew! mining activity that wilt be ex- ���MTPctu-ed on Ten Mile this spring and summer. Messrs Brown and Rosa will visit Sloean lake in a few days in search of tibe ore. They visited the Lucky Jim on Saturday. ��� The Noondav continues to improve with development A shipment will be made In a short time. The ore runs high in sine. Although the miners have been laid off at the Comstock the mill will continue to grind A telephone and electric light system Is being put in. The Comstock shipped two car loads of ore to the Trail smelter last week Oue car was concentrates, the first shipment of that kind from a Slocan lake mine. Whitewater's leading shipper", the Whitewater and t'ipk*nn, continue to turn out several rnr loads of ore week 1 v. I .ast week the Whitewater shipped 88 tons and the Jackson 80. Bruce White, Horace Hume and Robert McOnire have secured an option upon the Major and Invincible, two claims upon Kokanee creek, owned by Chas Rosslter and John Monro Reports from the Noonday, state that the showing there is better than ever A shipment of ore will soon be made Work on adjoing properties has shown up the lead ae%*eral hundred feet. This will be one of SilvertnVs richest shippers v-heiUt Is further developed. Edward Pitt this week secured the I Interests of A E. Fauquier in the Con- | dor sronp, Four Mile, consisting of an eighth interest iti the Baltimore Fraction, Iron Mask, Sultana and Condor, fand a fourth Interest In the Ashnrsr, Beacon. For-Get-Me Not, Old Town. Zo matter, Vanori and Romola. TROUT LABF PROPERTIES. I The Nettie I., will be worked steadily [from this out, future operations aiming Eat piscine the property in s (position to fhecoma a permanent1 shipper. Pan Cameron has the contract for the completion of a piece of tunnel which will represent a further outlay of $1,000. The present appearance of the ore body io the NettreL.. justifies the claim of the owner that it ie one of tbe biggest things in tbe country. Negotiations are now being carried on with a view to-securing tbeTowssr, s claim adjoining the Silver Cup group. The owners of this claim are Dave Ferguson and Jack JCnowles. The Beatrice will soon add materially to the shipments made from the Trout Lake district. Something over 126 tons of high grade ore are now lying on the dump awaiting the moment when the rawhide trail is completed, when a force of seven men will commence work, snd it is expected that their operatiiona will result in keeping the property on shipping basis. One of tbe most promising properties in the camp is the St. Elmo. This claim together with tbe Yankee makes up the St. Elmo group, which adjoins the Great Northern to the northeast. Dnring the strester part of the winter,' Hugh Mc- ('hereon and Neil Swinton bave been hosilv engaged doing development work and taking out ore. They made a shipment some time ago of five tons, and the satisfactory rei.nlt of 113 ounces silver, ���3.80 gold and $17.09 lead, making a total value per ton ot $85.18. Quite recently a bond wss secured by Jsmes Dixon oo the Silver Queen, a property situated on the Great Northern ledge. Mr. Dixon represents Vancouver parties, aud secured control of tbe prop ertv from Jack Stauher at the following figures: 1600 down, $500 on the 1st of June, 1899, and $24,000 on the 1st of June, 1900, msking a total of $26,000, the amount of the bond. The Trout Lake Topic says the Silver Cup is a fine property and is very considerably developed. A crosscut tunnel of 170 feet in length has heen driven showing up, where the vein was encountered, 10 inches of soli I ore besides a very Isrge body of concentrating ore. Mr. Dixon intends commencing active operations on tbe claim shortly, and it is confidently expected thst another shipper will he added to the list before mow flies next fall. , BOUND THB HUB. On the Jennie mine, near Fort Steele, a strike of two feet of clean copper ore, giving high values, made bat week. Denver, Colo., papers insist that the smelters are in a combine to force up the price ol silver. The silver miners will take kindly to that kind of a trust. Already words of warning are coming from the Boundary. The newspapers are complaining tnat there is little or nothing there for the minei, unless he has money. The Kaslo band boys have raieed $114 towards purchasing new instrument*. Two drums, one tuba, a baritone and alto boms have been purchased. There will be 16 members. The water jackets for the lead furnaces st the Hsll mines smelter will be placed in position as soon as possible It is expected that the lead furnaces will be hlown in about the end of this w. ek. The Rossland Record says: John Mc- Kane, who went to Scotland some weeks ago, is reported to have married a wealthy widow lady, of large land estate, and will remain In the old country per maneutly. The cowl company st Fernie is making a record in the shipment of coke, but ire output of coal has not grown very much. Last week 60 cars of coke were received at Nelson from the Fernie ovens, but very little coal. The current talk in Angjo-Canadian circles discloses a general idea that Sir William Van Horne is about to carry out his long contemplated retirement from the presidency of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company, and that 1. |G. Shaugbnessy, now vice-president.will be his successor. Calumet A Heela stock is selling iw Boston at $800 per share, tbe par value being $25. The stock bss increased over $200 per share since last October. If 18-cent c*pper will make such values, 20-cent copper will simply put it "out ot sight." It is reported thst the British America Corporation will shortly commence development work on the Watson group, ne_cJBlko, in East Kootenay. Consider- aole work was done on the property last summer under a working bond by the British America Corporation, Who bave recently re-bonded it. It is reported that tbe Stiver Queen group, one of the most promising properties in the Cariboo Creek camp, haa been sold to an American syndicate for #200,000. Rossland parties are the principal owners. The B. A. C. are. reported to be negotiating for tbe Millie Mack group, in the same camp. Bruce White, EL D. Hume and R. Mo Guire have taken an option to purchase the mineral claims Invincible and Major, situate on Kokanee creek, from Roderick McLeod, of Ainsworth, acting as attorney for Charles Rosslter, of Kaslo, and John Monro, of Sandon. A force of men will be put to work ut once to develop the claims. Tho Mountain Boomer, one of the Vancouver group will be developed this summer. Bad roads have stopped shipments from the Vancouver. The steamer Marion will run this sea son from Kaslo to the Duncan river. HOTEL Victoria j*. JOHN V. PERKS, Prop. HEATED BY L|f~iT AID and Electric HV-' I Mlrf Balls and Light in every room... Large aad well lighted Sample Rooms Hourly 8treat Car between hotel and Station. Free bus meets all trains Reasonable Rates. REVELSTOKE CONVENTION LOOKIBCT BETTEB. Al Behne reports au important strike on the Convention, Silver mountain. This property has been developed by three tunnels driven in on tha ore body, and in the face of each opening ore is showing. It runs from two to eight inches in thickness, and ia of high grade. About 18 tons of ore are now on the dump, taken ont in the course of development. The ore body has been tapped at a depth of probably 800 feet, work is to be continued Indefinitely but it is not likely the owners will attempt to make tne property a shipper until it is better developed and the ore bodies are blocked out. Several parties are negotiating for the purchase of the propertv, together with those adjoining on which good showings are had, and it is probable a gigantic pool of Silver mountain properties will be made early the coming summer. A Fooltak Report. A Silverton report lately stated that the Bosun mine was being "gutted" of ore. Just what this means, in this particular case at least, we are at a loss to know. A mine cannot ship ore without taking* it from the ground, and when 700 tons are taken out and shipped there is that much less to mine, certainly, but the Bosun management has ore enough Mocked out to keep up its regular 20-ton weekly shipments for many months to come, and further de velopment work is being pushed regularly The Bosun ts not a show mine, but is a producer. It has 700 feet of underground workings, all in ore, and has stoped out not more than 200 feet. Brokm Lock Pareknae. W. H. Sandiford has purchased a half interest ia the Broken Lock minersl clsim, one of the Fidelity group, from A. V. Smith for $1,000. Scott McDonald et al, tbe purchasers of the Fidelity from Messrs. Holts, Williamson and Byron, own the other half of the property. Will Work the _. H. J. Tinlinjr has returned from Tacoma. He states that all arrangements have been made to work theli H. Owing to the gold values the development of this property will be watchel with interest by Slocan people. Shoes Shoes HATS HATS We have just received a Urge consignment of thoroughly up-to-date goods from tho leading Eastern dealers. The prices will not allow tbe goods --to remain long in stock. Gall early. Hunter Bros. SANDON -ROSSLAND The Newmarkctflotel, NEW DENVER, EC Provides ample and pleasant accommodation for the traveling public Telegrams for rooms promptly attended to. HENRY STEGF, ��� ... Proprietor. 1' THE PA-YSTKKAK, SANUUN, b. C, MAKCII le. Igl��_ The Paystreak. Is issued every Saturday In Sandon ��� In the heart or the greatest White Metal eautpon earth. SuLacriptloo - . . ��.ooayear Strictly In advance. AddreaK Thb Patbtbeak, Saiulon, B.C. SANDON. B.C:, MARCH 18, 1899 THB WICKED SLOCAN. Judging from what D. Spencer, of Branttord, says in the Toronto Globe the Slocan must be wicked as well as silvery. That gentleman says: ������Going further sooth one comes to tbe middle district of the Kootenays, called tbe Slocan. Here on hugh ranges exist some of the best mines in British Colombia, situated between the Kootenay and Arrow lakes. Beginning with Nakusp on Arrow rake, then Silverton, New Denver, Slocan City, Sandon, Whitewater, Kaalo and Ainaworth are all mining centres. Wealth and wickedness are found here. Open townism is tbe order of the day in some places. Temptations are many. Missionaries and moral reformers are much needed. The churches have a hard struggle, and tbe results are mighty small, not be- cause God is not stronger than man or the church superior to the world, but because of unbelief, Going still farther south to Nelson, one begins to feel like again seeing human life in a decent dress. Nelson is by far the superior city of tbe Kootenays As a commercial and residential centre it will exemee a In nre influence. Many superior people live here. The houses are well built, the streets are being put into good order, large business blocks have been erected, five banks are here, and quite a number of wholesale depots. It Is the distributing point id* tbe whole region round about, and is fast becoming the centre of attraction for families whose fathers and sons ar* engaged in niin ing enterprises. I spent eight days at this place, and greatly enjoyed the intercourse I had with many people. A smelter Is here, belonging to sn English syndicate. Good hotels stores and schools snd several good churches are here, also, though religious life in some of them b at a very low ebb. The Salvation Army am resetting multitudes ef men and doing ranch good, while tbe priest and levite paas by on the other side. A naaibyparoby kind of Christianity prevails io many places, making it very difficult' for men of common sense snd evangelical fervor. The society of collars and cuffs is of little use among the mining fraternity. They want a preaching which baa moral as well aa spiritual backbone in it" So there ia wealth and wickedness all around us. This is horrible. We were under the imprasaion, judging from the way we have beet* losing ads lately, that poweny was nun pant, and as that R C. OoverRmsnt had withdrawn tbeir constabulary from so many towns we thought wicked- ness-Around these parte had become deceased. However, il a tetieVwfoot like Spciioer can discover these things in lire 8lotan tbey must exist He says temptations are many In the Slocan and moral reformers and missionaries sre needed. The gentle man must hsve rubbernecked a blank jack game In SUverton, been asked to drink in New Denver �� r looked through a red curtain In San don. Asa rule if a man prospects for the float of hell he can find it, even in the effete east. We do not think that the people of the Slocan are any worse than the mill run of ordinary folks. Some of them are not ver? flossy on the outside but Inside their hearts are sprinkled all over with free gold ot human kindness and sympathy. Many of them are practi cal Christians. They do not spend much time in church howling their complaints to Jesus, but if you are hungry, sick or broke touch some of the boys/and see how quick they will respond to your appeal. It is our opinion that the Slocan is a very law abiding district We have not had to kill a man for many moons, snd In some parts of this silvery section the churches average mere than one to every 100 inhabitants. Mr. Spencer was evidently at home amongst the superior people of Nelson as he calls them. From the way he puffs that town he must have been highly entertained by the aristocrats. As he does not call it tough he must have failed to traverse the piano end of Biker street ���The Ledge. THE BKST AD. The best advertisement for a dis trict among strangers is a bright newspaper with a large jag of healthy ads. It makes people at a distance think the country and people iir it are alive. When the papers are otherwise an unfavorable opinion is tunned and the country loses caste. We have found it difficult in the Slocan to publish a paper that would be a credit to such a rich district. In spite of our efforts this paper has heen a steady loser lor many months The people of the Slocan generally are losing by not pulling together snd having the district with its enormous riches properly represented to tbe outside world. With a few worthy exceptions the men of the Slocan lack the proper spirit in reference to the value of a good newspaper. Moat of them prefer to squabble over townsite jealousies nnd other petty affairs. A broader spirit would turn many dollars into their pockets snd make us all rich. It seems strange but it is true that the richest camp in America does not support a m-. mm per. Moat of the people can read, and all of them can kiek when no harmless idiot can be found to run a paper in their midst and take his pay in wind or glory. ___________ Mr. John Wanamaker presented his daugbrer with a $75,000 broach for a birthday present. Thst same night a poor woman who had been makingshirts for him at 87 % cents per doaen died at her table with a lot of ber unfinishepi work avoued her. There are a number of the John Wanamaker class of men in Toronto and other Canadian ��ities who are becoming wealthy out of sweat shop labor.���Citixen and Country. Oliver Berg has crown granted the < )mn d.scovekeo roure-K-ubr. The man who discovered John D Rockefeller was the late Norman A. Williams, of Chicago, who died the other day a millionaire A wav back in the early fifties, in Cleveland. M.Williams, then tn the sewer-pip* busi ness. employed a* quiet, stndious, and industrious young man of great energy and keen perception He worked a* hook keener for ft .000 a year Ho wa�� inevery way a model voting man. active in church and a teacher in the Sunday school The model young man was John D Rockefeller One day rhe bookkeeper proposes to the employer that they should go Into partnership. It acema that John I> bad been studying the production of petroleum in Olio aud decided that there was a for tunc in it for somebody The book keejier allowed that he. knew all about the oil fields, how the oil wap�� located. ������hipped ami marketed, and he proved that the bujdne** was one capable ot practicailv indefinite expansww In fact, he knew all abtput oil. The iip*��h<n of it was that Mr William* and hi* far sighted bookkeeper f��irmcd H partner shin. Rockefeller putting in the brain* ami Williama the lO'piM-v When Rockefeller be���**ii km, opera tion* in oil, secret horhigs for crude petroleum well* were undertaken Among the place* selected for the** boring* wa* the cellar of the William* residence Into the bed mck of the floor rbe drill wa* driven The nil was found, but the overruah of the fluid was so violent that the basement wa* flooded aod the house ruined. Thi*��au*��*l Mr Williams ami his family to be disgusted with the oil hu*iiii**.*, and he left the young Na|poleon ol the pill trade t���� "go it alone " IJoiu. in Chicago moon after ward, Mr. Williams continued at his busine** p��f SSWor-plaa pnamiiarturmg. Ill which he amassed n fortune. liocke feller continued In "strike oil' and t* to day the richest man in the United State*. Mr. Williams alwav* took a lively internet iu voung Itockefelier, as he called him Tie incident of how rhe "bm''loefled hi* cellar with oil was a thing that he would tell to every new acquaintance that he mnde, and re- hearsed it on hia old friends a** often as thev would stand it Mr Williams had enough monev in satis y his wants, and he never envfed hi* former bookkeeper the millions that he was piling up He did not regret the dissolution of their partnership, for he said that Rockefeller "set too fast a pate for an old sever- pipe man/ He was content with hav ing given a start to the one that he considered the brightest man that he had ever met in his life. or r.FVH BtjBjm, The B. C. Gasette this week announces the creation of Queen's Counsel un.lathe Act psased st the laat aeaaioo of the Legislature. It authorises the appointment immediately, as Queen's Counsel of any ei or present attornev-general a*v! Dveothei members of the Provincial Bar. The praeent creations, in order of orecedem*e, are aa follows: Ki - Attorney- General Ki-erta, Attorney-Oeneral Martin, Messrs (harks Wilson, R. V Bodwell, W.J. Ira/W K. ��. Davis and A. II. Macnell, ol Rowland. During the debate on tha MB, the Government state*I that the appointments woold not im ii,*,!* (or polVical reasons. Tlie Opposition ridiculed that statement, but the creations now announced bear it out. Besides tbe pre*, ent Attorney-Oeiieral, three of the new consul Mpportrd the present Government, wile three opposed it. Of the seven three sre Literals and four Conservatives. The main shaft ot the Evening Star, on Springer creek is down l7Afae7. Tb, vein is shout two haa In width. The ore is dry and carries high values In gold aud silver. SANDON BOTTLING GO riTEOBRAM* B DAT. Pro*. 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PtitlAy ami MsiaMlar. <������*��������� *�� l:..^S��. Atna��.4*Oia<i'l Kas��o.an4 sil ���>.�� -���--* ��� OHiilMIt ALRl4Sn*�� oM'i-r- P. O. %m% Iff Kaalo HV KASLO & S LOCANii TIMBOABD Taking effect 1.00 o'clock ����� _��� Jan. 3, 18911, facifk or I St I. MerW< Un time. ����ldect to change without notice l/��*i>l>AM. Kaalo arti.. >*,r* "At* ���* ttmttb Pttrb - - _ - ���* ��M ������ MMTMilaa ��i ������ in in �� Whlesrsu *(,- ,. ��� tana ������ rv��rl-k�� ' ; _ - "torn ������ MrOaWan 5 rf "H>S�� '* O4**iuep<ron fl h *rr. 10 SS *t mxmhm I **"" ' ,s ODDT I.IXR U��, linn a as - tmnmnn - *frtv. lire*" - lite ���Oalyjiinrllm l^*'r * !��� \ro*/��.ujs�� ~'am�� - " "*��� KOBT. 1RVWG, Nn*psrisMOT> for vtwmn rmttemxt awl ���rtsassh'i' ",K��" * su<tfMmall iM>l<pts, aipry �� . a CAMPBKLU Agent, Ssnrioo THE PAYSTREAK, SANDON, B. C, MARCH 18, 1899. W-CTB rSOM DAWSON. Horaea Turned eat to fires* Im Mid Winter Urtxw Wat In Kloudlke. The Toronto Globe's special cbrrea- poudent now at Dawson writes under dste of Jan. 27th: "The greatest drawback to this, country is its isolation. It is a tremendous task bringing in a load of mail ovei the flOO mike of ice between here and Skagway. The police have done nobly so far, but they have not got a sufficient quantity of dogs. Ones they gei a proper dog t,rain service established we hope to receive letters at least every second week. I believe, also, that we should hsve telegraphic communication The service, 1 believe, would pav. Anyone here would pay cable atee. It would not lie a difficult matter to establish a telegraph system. It would not be a matter of very great expense, comparatively, to keep the Hues in repair. The Government might seen re a report on this matter. You may ask, "Is there sny prospect thnt the business of the Klondike will keep up?" 1 answer emphatically yes. This is a glorious coon try. After the mines that are now being worked are worked out under the present methods the real mining of the country will then begin At present it required *-���*> cent dirt to pay ; after the introduction of improved methods and machinery two cent dirt will vield fortunes. I wilt give you a sample���a fair sample: rm the tilth' tier from Skookum and sixth tier from Bonnnxa creeks, 5CW feet up on Gold Hill, the mines are working in from 10 to 16 feet deep of gravel carrying gold; that is, there is that depth of pay gravel. Their paystreak is about two feet deep. This streak gives all the way from 25 cents to 02'* to a pan. It will easily average 50 cents. Now this two feet is about all miners can afford to rock, for tip on the Inmh-Iicm they have to use the old- fn*hiou��*d rocker* This leaves from eight tu 14 feet of gravel that averages nhont 10 cents to a pan (twoahovelsful.) Some day all this vast bodv of gravel will be work oil hy hydraulics Then "vou will hear of such an output of gold as will Motile rhe world The benches and hills will far exceed the creeks iu tt..* output of gold There ia scarcely a hill adjacent to a gold-bearing creek that will not pay to work by hydraulics besides this all the creeks will be work ed over again aa soon as the present owners work tbem out under the present svsfem, arid I shall be very much surprise-it if mors gold ta not taken out the second time than the first. Yes, I will repeat. I believe in the permanency of thia country. All this country wants is a chance. It has not had fair play it haa been maligned as no other countrv on God's earih The severity of the climate has hemi irrosely exaggerated I can candidly sav that the weather in I >a arson during tbe winter is in many respects far superior to what you have in Toronto. We have neither wind nor stoi tu* here. If a manisfmsen it often occurs that he is too heavily clad at the time, or it might happen that he had -partaken of too much "nose paint" The latter, I am pleased to say, is a rare occurrence here. "There is another wav in which this countrv has been grossly maligned. That is in regard to the length of the day. or rather to the absence of daylight in winter. We were told, and I believe the prevailing opinion outside is. that for two or three months we have no daylight That Is false At this date we do not have to use artificial light duriitgthn working hours. There is good daylight betw�� e i the hours of 8 a in and s* p m On rhe shortest day we had five and a half hours of good daylight. We do not mind the winter at all, except to eninv it. "In closing. 1 will relate a fact which came to my knowledge Yesterday. You will scarcely credit it, but nevertheless It is true: The Rartlett Bros., the biggest firm of forwsrders in this country, hsve no less than IS horses turned out to grass this winter. These horses are wintering up the Klondike river about 25 miles from Dawson. Tbey have had nothing to eat all winter except what they could find, yet they have done well and look well Thus far every horse turned out is alive, and the Bartlett Bros, are confident that thev-will come out in the spring all right. Vou cannot beat that in Ontario." THE MIME SHAKE MA-JUST. There are several not unimportant factors in the mining share market just now. Curiously enough the chief interest in this market is not now concerned with Ross>and, but with tbe Slocan. Therefore one may dismiss the former with the mere statement that Deer Parks are falling again and there has beeu some activity among Noveltv holders. There are four Slocau stock's to which the market has had its attention directed First of all come* the Athabasca This mine has shipped gold bricks already this year of a total value of 110,000, and the concentrate* are being held for shipment later. One broker secured a few shares of this company at 48 the other day, but orders for more at that price cannot be allied. Dardanelles, on the other hand, have been easily secured Some holders have taken fright at the announcement that the capital of the company is to be increased by half a million dollars and selling has taken place at 10} cent* where* last week the price asked was IS, With a view to counteract the "slump" a report was msde public to the effect that the whole of the new capital had been'underwritten, but this had little or no effect in stopping the fall. Noble Fives declined also and business wa* done as low aa 21} Rambler-Cariboos' fell four points ��� News-Advertiser < ���������_�����������_ Co-operation In Mining. Where the system of eo operation has been given a fair trial it has proved a success. Many a miner works underground for six months in the year to save up enough to prospect in the hills during the summer season. Some are not fortunate enough to secure work during the winter months and to defray tbeir expenses sell their claims for very little. Mining is a branch of business in which co-ope tat ion would be advantageous. Instead of scattering iu all directions, it would be better for a few practical men to get together, pick out the most orouiising claiiukoii their list and co-operate in working it for all it is worth. At present they often sell their claims for a few dollars, the property (Misses into the hand* ot another, who accordingly turns it over for four or five timea the price paid, and so on until finally it comes into the possession of some syndicate that reaps the profits that might go into the pockets of the original locator and would be his if he but conducted bis business on the cooperative plan. Instead of selling undeveloped properties for s mere trifle he might, on tins plan, develop them and get more Such a system would also be beneficial to the country at large and tend to its speedy development One developed property in a district does more to establish a reputation than a score of prospects, however good they may lie. It does not require more capital* than the ordinary miner or pros pector generally possesses to go into a scheme of this sort. When men show their faith in a propertv by devoting all their energies to its development thev naturally gain theconhdonceof capital. Practical men will know a good thing when they see it. and if it be their own thev will' work it more energetically and economically than if it were in the hands of some corporation. Sufficient work generally can be done by hand and a cheap plant installed to demonstrate the value of a property before heavy aud expensive machinery need be introduc- ed Mining is ��� essentially a business adapted to the co-operative plan. A dosen men or so bound by ties of self interest, if nothing else, could aecomp- Ish much in this way. The idea is worthy of consideration. BOB GREEK MADB THE EFFORT. It seams Jtbat R. F. Green/ member for Slocan riding, made au effort at the last session of the Legislature to have a common-sense section inserted in the Mineral Act that would allow an owner a mineral claim to advertise out a in partner who refused to do his share of the annual assessment work. Such a section is in the UniUd States statutes, and hss worked well for years. It is not a state law, but a general law, passed by congress, and in force in every state and territory in-the union in which there is public land open to mineral location. In the report of the mining committee, as originally drafted, this clause was incorporated: "Upon tbe failure of any one of the several co-owners to contribute h��a proportion of the expenditures necessary to comply with the provisions of this sec tion (relating to annual assessment work) the co-owners who have performed the labor, or made tbe improvements, may, at the expiration of the year, give such delinquent co-owner personal notice in writing, or notice by publication in tlie newspaper published nearest the claim for at least once a week for ninety days, and if at the expiration of ninety days after such notice in writing, or by pub licarion, such delinquent co-owner should fail or refuse to contribute bie proportion of the expenditure required expenditure in proportion to their inter est in said claims." Before the report was submitted to the House it was represented to the committee that the clause waa impracticable, as it would not confer anv legal title. It was, therefore, stricken from this report When the bill came before the House this clause did not appear. In committee of the whole, however, it ws* again moved by Mr. Green, as an amendment to section 10 of the amending act, but failed to carry, as being practically ineffectual for tbe purposes intended. It will thus be eeen that one of the members representing s mining constituency is not responsible for the non-appearance of'thia particular section in the Mineral Act. The highest mountain called Success. Few reach the top save those who watch sharply for tbe passing of the spirit of the mountain, (ipportuuity, who carries upward all those who seize hold on him. B-AGKBA--ING OF MOW. JQSBPH MARTIN. Hon. Joseph Martin, the Attorney- General of tbe Province, haa been blackballed by the Badminton Club, of Victoria, and publicity has been given to, the fact through the press. The action of this island club will certainly not in the slightest degree affect Mr. Martin's popularity in his constituency or in the Province, and it ia doubtful if it will greatly disturb his slumbers. He has } had Worse rubs in his political life than a left-handed blow from a body of men who allow political or personal rancor to dictate such a course of conduct. The Baminton Club may be regarded aa the citadel in which the old-time element has entrenched itself after all tbe outer fortifications have been won by the invading forces of recent immigration. And from this point of questionable vantage the -men who, but a few years back, controlled the Province ana deluded themselves into the fancy that they were guiding its destinies, survey with amazement and aversion the victorious advance of those whom they regard as enemies and interlopers. The ability and energy displayed by Mr. Martin naturally mark him out aa a Vandal leader who deserves and incurs their strongest hostility. In this light the blackballing jf the Attorney-General was a distinct compliment to his force of character and administrative ability.-��� Rossland Miner. Moyie Ore S-ipneata. Ore shipments from Moyie for the month of February amounted to 370 tons. The St. Eugene contributed 240 tons of this amount, and tbe Lake Shore came up with the balance of 130 tons. The aggregate value of the 370*, tons of ore ie in the neighborhood of $27,010, taking ar a basis tne returns from the five car loads of Lake Shore ore, which run |73 to the ton. This means that nearly $1,000 in ore values left Moyie each day during the month of February, says the Leader. Ma���jr Sett One hundred and one acta are said to have received the assent of the Lieutenant-Governor aa the result of the work of the late session of the Legislature. The session began on January 5th and ended on Februsry 27th, and comprised, Sundays excluded, 45 days. So that an average of two and one-half acts per day were put through. HotelSandon The pioneer house of the City Fret-Class in every particular R. Cunning, proprietor. Sandon %%DEALER IN <m_ MEATS %%AT 8AND0N, ROSSLAND, NELSON, KASLO, PILOT BAT THREE FORKS, SLOGAN CITY. THK PAYSTl.KAK, SANDON. IU\, MAJMJIJsJiM^ MINING RBeOROS Hie following ia a complete list of the mining transactions recorded during the week m the several mining divisions of the Slocan. Those of New Denve- were as follows:��� LOCATIOSS. Mai it-Hopeful, Pour MUe, Geo Davis. ASSSSaat-rrs. Mas 4���Beco. ��� Mas 7���Rover. CZZTiriCATZ OV SATISVACTlOM ' Mab l-Work on Pembrmk to apply on New Parrand Haxard FraeUon. caariFicATK op i_paova_����TS. Mas 3-Hasard Fraction, New Park and Pein- brook, to Frank Owen Otna, to Oliver Berg. TBASS-faaa. Fkb tt-Adirondack t/10, Chas S Raahdall to Wm Niven, Feb tf. #900. ��� Mas >-Midnisht \, M K RammeUaejrer to C K _ope,Feb6,SM0. oi ,_ . _ Lake Fraction. Geo A Simmons to Dardanelles Mining Co, Ud. Feb 10. * MABS-Alpha Fraction }. J W Kjrfe to W L J Thomas. March S. _ Chambers .. John L Ratallack to Oliver T Stone, Feb 10. Hab 4��� Mascot and Sunrise. Power of attorney, Alex Waddell to Michael Kirllu, Jan 18. Mas 6-Lake View No it. Alpha, Alpha FraeUon and Lake View FraeUon. J W Kyle and J M M Benedum to Northwest Mining Syndicate. Ltd, March S. Mar ^-Adirondack 1/S, V H Behne to Wm Hunter, Feb tf. *1,000. * . Some i, Wm Nevin to Wm Hunter, March ��. Mar 11���Baltimore Fraction |, Iron Mask Fraction!, Iron Mask ., Snltonal, Coiider ft Ashurst \, Beacon ft. Forset-Me-Not ft, Old Towip ft, Zoroaster J. Vanori ft, Romola ft, A E Fauquier to Edward Pitt. Jan a, *5S5. Broken Lock LAV Smith to North west Mining Syndicate. Ltd, March 10. Mas 13-New England. BrloMley Waltou toO H Winter. Feb 11. AIMSWOBTR DIVISION. LOCATIOffS. Fkb S4-Snowshoe, T Workman ABSKSSa-KTB. Fkb 17���Hobaon Fraction. Fkb *-_ilver Hill. Mar l-Dora Mar 4-HlUhorat Mak ?-North Star. trarspkrs. Fkb M���Sivar Bottom. Silver Beet, Buckeye. Evennreen, Iron Mask, Posail. 1. Bannockborne ft. Phu MeUonald. Neil McFaddin D D MePbail to O T Stone. Same ft, H Griffith to Alex Smith, asjm. . Same ft, OT Stone to E n Tomlinson, AVOnii. SameS/SO, same to J M Schwartz.mifiax. Same S/S3, same to D Miller, si,**). The above claims with the exception ot Ever- green and Fossil an recorded lu toe Tront Lake district. Evergeen, Fossil, S-ai, O T Stone to R J Far ringtou, >7M. Same ft. same to A Guthrie, itsno. Same SAO, same to C PolMott. ASM. Same 6/80, aame to E Irving, *i,*ri. MABS-GoldKeafft. J P Bedding to MrsML Maitln. Gordon ft. tama to same. Monte Carlo. International, Fraction Fraction, N S Fractional, N.rth Slope, Month skxpt. Cart Ipou. Evening Ster, Northern Light, ft, Andrew Olson to OF Caldwell. Monte Carlo, International, North Slope. Snath Slope. Caribou. l/W. Fraction Fraction, N H Fraction, Evenint- Star, Northern Light, 111*. C F Caldwell to D M Liiinaird. Mak 4-Tr.taI Wreck 10. Standard ft, F Aim strom toC U Band. Mak s-Brownie ins, E S Scorll to W H Moodie, AA.**. SMELTING ORR IN KOOTKNAT. It is now announced that the Canadian Pacific Railway Company will commence, during the coming spring:, the construction of a lar&e reduction-plant in the Boundary region. This scheme is in the general policy of the company, as already outlined, namely, to give to the miners in this section of British Columbia the benefit of the lowest possible smelting; charges on all classes of ores, thus placing them, as regards the cost of reduction, upon the same footing with the miners of the older camps in the United States. At Trail, this has been,already accomplished by the establishment of charges of 17 per ton (and, in some cases, even - leas) for the treatment of refractory ores, requiring j roasting, and containing a high per centage of silica and alumina, while running very low in copper It may be doubted whether more favorable rates are offered to miners of such ores even in Colorado or Montana. The policv of building large smelters, which seems to have been adopted and to be in process of energetic execution by'the Canadian Pacific Railway Co. with the aid of first class metallurgical abilitv in the details of design and operation, has been sometimes criticised as detrimental to the general development of the smelting industry, and thus, icdirectly, of the mining industry as well, in the Dominion. It is argued, sometimes, that the entrance into this field of a large corporation, controlling the husiness and rates of transportation, discourages private Smelting enterprises, and thus deprives the miner of the advantages of free competition,such as is supposed to be prevalent in the United States. This is a plausible theory; and it is conceivable that, under certain circumstances, it might be confirmed in practice. For instance, if a large railway corporation, having excluded rivals from the field, should proceed to extort unreasonable profits from an industry at its mercy, there might be reason for complaint But the remedv of such an evil lies in the nature ot*the case, even apart from legislative interference as to rates, A simple consideration of th> amount of capital invested in a great railroad, as compared with that invested in a smelting works, or a dozen smelting works will show that the transportation business is far more important than the contributory smelting business, aud that no great railroad company can afford to restrict it* tran*j��ortatioii ot ores, bullion and supplies hy imposing high rates upon its customers in the comparatively Miliordinate business of smelting If the smelting business should be owned by a favored "ring." which sacrifticed to its special interest theSntorest of the railway companv. the case, it must be confessed, would present a different aspect. But that evil has its own appropriate remedies; and, as it is not indicated in the situation now under consideration, it not be considered here. The general proposition, as to the comparative benefit to the mining Industry of a few large smelting works, located at suitable commercial centres, and numerous small works, located close to the mines, has been ahnudantlv illustrated in the I'nited States. Ah through Colorado, Montana and Utah are mattered the ruins of abandoned smelting works, which have been oner ated from a day to a year, it being only a question of time, how long they could survive. Not one of them ever reduced ores cheaply. Without exception, thev have failed, in spite of high smelting charges, because such small concern*, located with reference to an adjacent ore-supply only, without regard to the large controlling conditions of success, conld not possibly succeed Oulv in a very few instances, such as the United Verde, the Anaconda, and the Calumet and Hecla copper mines, or the great New Jersey zinc minea near New York city, can a single deposit or localitv support its own reduction works, and furnish them with ore-mixtrrres adapted to economical reduction. * There is a stage in the development of every new mining region, in which tbe local rivalry of competing camps demands that each shall have its own "smelter," as an evidence of its permanent progress, and often goes so far as to offer ''inducements" to capital, on the strength of which it mav. perhaps, undertake the |*rltous venture The (usually both Ill-advised and inadequate) investment of capital on such conditions speedily comes to grief: and at last it is generally recognised that large smelt ing work*., located at points where fuel, fluxes and orea can be economically assembled and scientifically mixed for the heat metallurgical results, and able ihy means of their s>is��) to employ the best metallurgies! talent, offer to the miner the highest rewards for his labor Even In instances where small local establishments profess to offer bettor terms, there is the not uncommon risk that thev may "get even* bv various tricks of the trade, to which large con cents cannot afford to descend . In short, the so-called "competition of small local smelters is a matter which large concerns iu the United States have learned to despise and disregard, knowing that it must die from its own inherent Impotence Meanwhile it is a pertinent question; What is the* effect of such temporary competition upon the mining industry Itsch? A small local concern may, for a while, bv virtue of the ignorance ol its management and the credulity or optimism of its shareholders, go on, iu competition with lar*ger, better located and better managed establishment*, offering rates which it cannot afford to y, and losing money without knowing * There is scarcely any other busine** SMH'AN ORE SMIPMKMh IT Total shipped July t to Dec. lT.mntona. January 1st. L889, From Sandon. Vaymt LastCfcatM*... Happttti* Oja .- AJaa Siiiaiaiini watam* * * ****tw.���������* *, -., Ivanhoe * nimm** * asm Fesn T-rsw Fwwra IdslM Mlspta Uifsm Ufc*a......... Wild Mouse MpmH*- Frum W ha* water. *T sMiwt���'���WPf . tspamaaat imttmm ftrfl \ffrn\i M��HfflM0Mt�� tferdanetlas Orv-t WssSp-to From Sew I���*..*.��. II, !**��*, to 'late; . �������� is U �� ��� Ml . ����� M 4**. '��** ��� I M i ����� 4. IM j.) Mart��*�� Fr *m Sdwrrtwo. nastily V��f��*S��UI��V* . WmbtSmmt t* *mmmatt ���," ���i sa^SlB-St^-t ^a TmSiI ravm :a*. in which so great losem can tie unconsciously Incurred as in that of smelt ing The periodical balance sheet Is largely an estimate ou paper. Value* supposed to he contained in ore* and by pro ducts on hand are credited a* asietl; and nothing but au absolute and complete clean-up will demonstrate the actual situation. The management m mav ��o on, using up its working capital: Montreal. Marvti # ���The Pavne mw for manv months after real busineas ! is to he < anadtaniawsl and the be��<| ���fltc�� failure has been exiierieitpred Ibinog] re��nov��*d to M oUreal A ( aovIub such a period, imlividual" ����re seller* \ charier ���� being asked for aoi thi* mav receive, on individual lots often., American compapv will he taken i>t>r WI��E. The provisional drrestars are .lame* Km*, Senator Uorsfet. Yred llenshaw. _d llanaan and C J, McCuai/ IV rapital will not be iner��**����.i hot i����r ���ban** will rn�� reduced to SI Mr Um�� Ko��s will tse the lot ore presMeut Aft* cosapanv. ��� * lawspiw asap^p��-wa* n nmsiii M���Stwa ������* Sfc��aa<��lksOrs prices higher than could fairly he paid t nut the iiermanent tnteresl of the mining industry ha* been really injured and when the i*ollapse> cornea, the ee- action is likely to more than outweigh tlo* temporary gain. In a word, the waste incurred by Ihe ���rude and unskilful smelting of* ore* in .mall local work* i* absolute waste. which does no good to anvbody. ,'Vh*' ~~~ saving effected hv skilful treatment. The atmrnabgldsr* in the 0*rd*ip��il<* ander favorable i*nnditi<oia, tu properly 1 Willing k Mining Companv met >n .�����������> l<Hate<l works, isau absolute *a��ingjeral meeting em the Nth at Vntons. which involves no ima lo anvhadv. and Iteport* were rerelvwd tmm Hanaget i* large enough to give both higher fTrethewav and alsofiom the rr��-p-uf��T. price* to the miner and fair profit* to!and ����w*declared to be m��*t *>' >u.- the smelter Cbnaoqucctlv, the latter lton*. Msww* Mcl^nan and s��l*ras system is the more advantageoti* io ��� retired fr����m rhe board of der?*��� ��� ���*������ *tx4 t��oth parties, anything which hinders or j' delays its adoption i* injurious to both ���Canadian Mining Review {posed to work Eltl'dTilr mi Ot* xtxj _ .^ v* . . . ^ .. propertv during th�� eomio* ��� fwr V> ork on the No a tunnel of the Rowuo s \|read v Ihe ihaft ** down to t he '��� ��� * {��*< was remrorarily stopped this twk and hevel, and drifting haa hern commenced east and west. ! were replaced by CaptainCami-r-is����d J, J Shallcros*. of Victoria ll ���� pn**' a winze was started near the month of the So 8 tunnel It is being sunk to test tbe ore nhute, and is down about lft feet Mare Jla*e are bmng put in the water mill Uhiie To the Ladies of Sandon and Vicinity: GREETING:- W*have on haml about 400 pairs of Ladic*' and Children'* shoes which we are to dispose of at a sacrifice in order to make room in our salesroom for new stock now on the road. The stock includes a fine line of Tie, Strap and Buckle Slippers in Tan and Black l-adies' lace and button shoes- latest styles. Quilted Satin and Felt Slippers. Children's Spring A Hiffh-hee! shoes A special line of Boys .School Shoes. _ E. R. ATHERTON CO., Ltd, rw own art** *humm J-fA o ���I II '���I II l\ V Thb Paystreak. SONS IN MICHIGAN. Another Ruduard Kipling, Story. J. Maddy. the press agent of the Baltimore A Ohio, is responsible for this story: Several years Ago Prt*d D. Under* wopsI, now ifcru-riil itinrraifi-r of the Haiti more A Ohio railm-Ml. uatried two stations in the upper peninsular of Michigan Kudyard and Kipling. one being in an a|rriculiunil countrv and tho other in an iron district. Sometime later a umtu-il friend informed Mr. Kipling of Mr Under- wood's action, and tlie eelebrated author sent Mr. Underw<**1 hi* pi tot ��� glapli with the following line*on tin* hack : Kudyard nnd Klplitif. * ������ Wi��e i�� tlte chii.l wild know, !>i. tire," Tin* Hiieient i��m,�� b nut. Hot wUer lot tbv man *��h ��� know. How, wit, re and wh*o4>i ��� uffoprin* <mw -, For who 'tie miwoie* would .*tipt*o * I ts Minm in Mic'ib-ao Vp> ii in I **v��{ from tiiliiu-lir i I,. TKui warp tii* .out ol nan. Tin'.' .lo not Hi'ttO' inn *..ik tl����- lioor. Nor Ininmer at tbw dxmttor a Oo<>*. Thev 'lr��i io ��hrmt sn I irou ��>n. My ***u* io Mi- tiiifmi ��� oh TonrUt to th*. futlinan ttar ���H�� Took �� "t ULi ��ii>-in t m |.<m Forgive apafimf*partial *�����*; Hut. ui.-ty!���. vou h ���������� O���iblrwu, loo - *��>��� Ut m<* int i ���> imt' to vou Mv ���ana i>. Ui mikhh ItroVAMo Kiil.SJ. The Smelting Trust New York, March 13.��� The agree merit by which a uiaj-u'itv of the leading smelting and crHningcui panies in this conn ry consolidate under tire tide of the' 'American Smelling A Kettning C ��." was issued today. The underwriting' syndicate consists of Lewisohu |tnw , M��a��re A Schley, and H. M. Roberts, a Stand- ard Oil magnate. The new companr will have a capitalization ol ������?< 5.0U0.- U00, half of which will he |nvierral stock and the other half In common stock. Only one emievrii of importance, M. (Juggenheiui.-i- Sous, of United States and Mexico is not in the amalgamated companies. All efforts to bring them into tho com bine have thus far proved futile. Gambling of Long Ago. A curious amount of ancient and modern information has been brought together by John Athlon in Ids "History of (rambling in Kugland." Il appears in the old days, when the ages were still what we call ''dark," that the gambler was under the full protection ol the law. It heing required that his game should be fair, and little more. From 1376 until the last century men were arrested, convicted and punished for using "loaded" dice, marked cards or other of the similiar Implementa for converting games of chance into a certainty. In these days even a bet of the most ordinary kind receives no protection from the courts, and certain sorts of wagers, like those on election, receive severe punishment. But betting was not in violation of the common law, Lord Kenyon having held in 1790 thai such was the fact. It waa a matter of everyday lite tor a gentleman, or anyone who aspired to the title, to play. A story of Beau Nash, a noted beau and player oi his day, telle that he once taught a noble earl, still In the flrst flush of youth, the good sense of abstaining from gambling altogether. 'Tbey sat down of an evening to a game In which Nash was Immeasurably the nobleman's superior, and the Inevitable happened. The earl lost his temper and hisi money, which made it the better for Nash. Finally a 11 that the earl had owned on earth was i i the hands of his opponent; lands, tenements, hereditaments; and laat of all, his horses and carnages. Then, the lesson taught to the bitter end, Nash gave back all his winnings, with the stipulation thst he might have ��25,000 whenever h*j saw tit to ask for it. This the nobleman gladly accccQed to, and it is recorded that Nash made the demand after his lordship was dead upon his heirs, and wm? paid the monev without a quibble. It is said that 250,000,000 microbes can stand on a postage stamp without crowding. The name of the man who counted the bunch is not given. The turbulent French have evident lo become reconciled to M. Loubet. Jl1*0000009000000000000000% 5 CAPITAL WANTED. ~ A prospector hoMing a aronp of four <;taim��, thru* on tha ICortb Fork ���Ida nn>! one on the Payne side ol Payne Mountain*; wants capital for development. SWty feat of crosscut tunnel ha* heen run to tap the teds*. which ithould he reached at ton feet The outcrop un tbe surface -how* a ��oo<) irrade of galena scattered through a very .trone quarts vein. Owner i�� willing to give a substantial inter**.-* in the properties to any 5 parti*, who will furoi.h money to 2 open up th*w claim.*, and any reason- 5 % able offer will he eutertaine I. W ^| The** properties po.dtively are not 2 9 for sale as the owner considers them 9 % ��i>o promi.ingto part with in an nr- U 5 developed ��t��te None bnt a bona tide 5 W offer of working capital will be enter- W 2 Uuiicl. Com <nondeuce solicit* 1. 2 % A-ldress * ^ ft PUOsPRCrOR. �� % ejo Pavrtbsak. 2 00000000000000000000000000 Assessment Act aad Provincial Revenue Tax Act. WEST KOOTENAY DISTRICT, NELSON onnsrcN. NoTiCR is hereby given in accordance with the statute*, that Provincial Revenue Tax and all Taxes levied under the Assessment Act, are now due for the year 1MW. All the ���hove-namepi taxes collectible within the West Kootenay District, Nelson Division, are payable at my office, Kaslo. Assessment Taxes ar* collectible at the following rates, via: If paid on or before the Jfcith of June, IflW. Three-firths of one |per cent ou Real Property. Two aud one-half per cent on assessed value of Wild Land. One-half of on* per cent on Personal Prop erty. On ao much of the income as exceeds one thousand dollars, the following rates, name. >y 'upon such excess of income when the same a not more than ten thousand dollars, one par oent; When such excess is over ten thousand dollars and not more than twenty thousand dollars, on* and one-quarter of one per ceut - When such excess ia over twenty thousand dollars, one and one-half of one per ceut. If paid on or after let of July, vm i Fonr-Sfths of one per oent on Real Property Three per cent on the assessed value of WUd Land. Three-fourths of one per oent on Personal Property. On so much of the income of any person as exceeds one thousand dollars, the following rates, namely, upon such excess when the same is not more than ten thousand dollars, one and one quarter of one per oent; When, the excess is over ten thousand dollars and not more than twenty thousand dollars, on* and one half of one per cent; When anch ex* cess is over twenty thousand dollars, one and three quarter* of one per cent. Provincial Revenue Tax, three dollars per capita. JOHN KEEN, Amkmos and Co-UtcroB. Kaslo, B. B., Wrd of January, 1W0. Minfers and Prospectors. If yon want to save yonr money leave yonr order for HAND-MADE SHOES with NIC PARLORCIA. Plain sewinQ and *s Dress-hakinG KOOM 1. UP STAIRS \ Over KOOTEN AY TAILORS'. A ww w www w w w w < -mm m m m . ' . . w . Atlantic Steamship Tickets to and from European points via Canadian and American lines. Apply for sailing dates, rates, tickets and fall information to any C. P. Ry agent or A. C. MeARTHUR, C. P. R. Agent* Sandon. WM. ST1TT, Gen. 8. S. Agt., Winnipeg. DR. A. 8. MARSHALL * DENTIST. KASLO, ������ ��, \ Will be at th* Hotel Balmoral / one* a month. NOBLE FIVE HOTEL OODY. B. 0. B0NGARD k PIECKART, Proprretors The First Class Hotel of Oody. You cannot find any better goods than toe can shot�� you. Remember this tohen you want a good suit of clothes. J. R. & D. Cameron. KOOTENAY TAILORS. Rates: tt.ortper day. Special Rates by Ih* Week. Canadian Pacific Ry. AND Soo-Pacific Line. Th* Pm* aid Saperior Sarnie* Boat. To Eastern Si European Points, To Pacific Coast, Alaska, China, Japan and Australian Points. Baggage Checked to Destination and Through Tickets Issued. Tourist Cars Paas Revelstoke: Daily to St. Paul. Monday for Toronto. Thursday for Montreal and Boston. CONNECTIONS. Daily to Points readied via Nakusp. Daily excepting Sunday to Points, reac h ed via Rosebery and Slocan City. Daily Train. 9:00k Ive. SANDON ar. 16:55k (UntilFurther Notiee) Ascertain BATES and full Information by Addressing nearest local agent, or A. C. MeARTHUR, Agent, Sandon. B. J. OOYLB, W. F A*D_BSOH, Dist. Pass. Act., Tray. Pass. A��*t Vancouver, Nalaoa. B* enre that yonr ticket raad* *ia th* CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY I g5 l# i ii' u 9 m* | 0- ii f f | I vi i, i 4 ' ' ' : ��� THE PAYSTREAK. The Miners' Union Dance. The memory of Ireland's patron saint was fittingly commemorated by the Miners' Union ball, which was a great success. Virginia hall, gaily decorated with flags and bunting, interspersed with a profusion of emerald coloring, was a scene of animated revelry until r.n early hour. It was one of the largest and merriest social gatherings that has ever taken place in Sandon. Gold Values in Monitor Ore. A car of ore shipped last week from the Monitor mine to the Trail smelter returned 126 a ton in gold besides;' silver and lead value ot over flOO. The Monitor is the only gold-producing mine in the Slocan. The gold is found in a lead carbonate which is similar in appearance to other carbonate ore produced in the camp. Gold, though only a by product of this ore, is of greater value per ton .than the average aggregate of the Le Roi, War Eagle, Centre Star or Iron Mask of the Kossland camp, and more than twice as valuable as that of the Knob Hill and Ironsides of the Boundary camp which attract so much attention. Post Office Rules. The following set of rules for the guidance of the public , have been suggested for the Sandon post office: "No letters will be delivered until they are received. If you don't get a letter or paper on the day you expect, have the postmaster look through all the boxes and down cellar also. It ought to be there somewhere, and the postmaster likes to hunt for it just to please you. If you are told there is no mail for you put on a grieved expression and say there ought to be some. The post office employees are probably hiding it for the pleasure of seeing your face at the wicket two or three times a dav. Ask them to take another look." K. R. & N. G3ts its Rights. The Nelson Miner says: "When the Kootenay Valley Railway ap gUed to the Minister of Railways at ittawa for running privileges over the (Vow's Nest Pass line some few weeks ago ttre C. P. R. opposed the request and considerable interest was evinced in the matter. The Miner learned last night through a soutce that is thoroughly reliable and trustworthy that the government has granted the request of the Kootenay Valley company. This means that the road now being constructed will connect with the Crow's Nest Pass line about five miles north of Creston. The Dominion Parliament. from Atlantic to Pacific sprung on the house bv is to be Minister E-lair." The outline of the plan is to buy the Booth road and Canada Atlantic, which, connected with the Intercolonial, would make a system from St John, N. B.. to Parry Sound, on Georgian Bay. Navigation would be used as the connecting link and a road built west from Lake Superior, crossing the prairies north of the C. P. R. and taking the Jaspar or Yel lowhead pass to the Coast. ��� ���*���*���������_���_��� A Heacu Bond. Word was received in Rossland on Thursday that McMillan Bros of that city had taken a bond on the Snow- shoe property, in the Greenwood camp. TIkv Snowshoe has already had considerable development work done on it and is considered one of the best properties in the district. The price was $90,000. Canada's Mineral Product A summary ol the report of the mineral production of Canada just issued by the geological survey, shows an increase of over $9,0001,000, or over 32 per cent, for 18118 as cum pared with 1897. These flgurt*s for the past three years are as follow*: 1898, $37,7157, Ir7 ; 1897, $38,661,480; 18%, 22,584,513. The most Import ant increases are as follows: Gold, $7,673,000; coal, $921,030; copper, $Ci58,000; nickel, $412,000; asbestos, iron ore and cement, $185,000. Thirteen million dollars worth of gold and $8,000,000 worth of coal were produced in 1899. In the previous year the fl_ tires were $5,50UOJ0 for gold and $7,000,000 for coal. Too Late. 'i hear you have a little sister at your house?" said a grocer to a small boy. "Yes. sir," replied Johnny. "How do you like her?" was the grocer's next qnestion. "I wish it was a boy," said little Johnny, "so I could play mar!pies with him, an' ball, an' all those things when he got bigger." "Well," said the grocer, "whv don't yon exchange your little sister for a boy ?" Johnny reflected for a minute, then said rather sorrowfully : "We can't now. Its too late. We've used her four davs!" ORE SHIPMENTS. The ore shipments for the week were: Payne 220; Last Chance, I60> Reco, 20; Treasure Vault, 20; Queen Bess 161; Jackson, 60. The fourth session of the Eighth Parliament waa opened at Ottawa on Thursday with all tbe pomp and ceremony incidental to such occasions. A stormy session is predicted as Sir Charles Tupper, leader of the Conservative party, intends to attack the government on its Yukon policy and administration. Besides this, the Liberal party will have some awkward questions to answer in regard to tbe prohibition plebiscite, the international commission and its railway policy generally. It Is also rumored that a scheme of a government system of railways Dissolution of Partnership. NOTICE isherelty siren that the partnor.hlp heretofore exist ins between the snflsNlfMi tinder tho the firm name of Hta��*��raUI A Day has heen dissolved by tnntual ronsont. All monies dne to the firm will be <<��lliwN��l by l| W. Hay. All accounts against the Arm will Iks settled by M W. Day. I'atri. PlTZOKRALlJ. At. W. Day. Sandon, March Iftth.'M). A. F. & A. M. Regular Communication of ALTA LODGE, U. P., held first Thursday In each Month, In Masonic Hall, Sandon, at 8 p. m. Sojourning breth* ern cordially invited. W. H. LttJLY, Secretary. Fine Seasonable Groceries and Table Novelties, Unequalled for Variety and Purity. Hotels. Mines and Families will find It to their sd. vantage to see these new goods In all lines brio* purchasing elsewhere. Mall Orders will receive as usual our prompt attention and forwarded as desired H. GIEGERICH, KASLO, Sandon, B. C. aMNSWORTH The output of tbe SLOCAN in '98 was nearly $3,GOO,(H)0. Ninety per cent of this wealth was handled with TRUAX ORE CARS. No bet- ter recommendation could be had. H. BYERS & Co. SOLE AGENTS. We have fust received a full car of CANTON STEEL, all sizes, (or hand and power drills m-n i in���tw-mai siSuSMr m�����s Optical Goods, Snotc Glasses, Eqi* Protectors, * Mineral Glsacs. Gold Eije Glasses. Gold Spectacle* In fact all kinds of Spectacles from 36 cents up. Have Your eyes examined by an EXPERT OPTICIAN, ii and do not delay Q. W. GRIMMETT. Jeweller and Optician. ������;_.,_a'...> -^-h..._ _.-.> ���*������-.������ ,:-.__���.���._-v,. "--ff"ijiriiMirniH1M0iiifx":'"^ n. l. GRinriETT MIN E RS! HOTEL L L B. Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public, SANDON, Etc. B.C. WATMLAH0 4 WtSTlKBtW. Proprietor* SANDON, H. C. Ilsadquarlars lor Miners ^^^^^^^~mmm~mmmmmm"ltmBm'mt*m***��+f W��ll storltPMl bar h�� roatxtrtion HAMMOND BROS. CO,, Ltd .!.""��� ffU?i<*��*������*��""' " ,M 'lay or wpnpb. SANDON. PACKERS and FORWARDERS Sleighs, Cutters, Teams and Saddle Horses for Hire. F. L. CHRISTIE, L * Barrister, Solicitor, Etc. Noun Public SANDON, II. C
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