@prefix ns0: . @prefix edm: . @prefix dcterms: . @prefix dc: . @prefix skos: . @prefix geo: . ns0:identifierAIP "c849c240-633f-4acf-b6be-eacb66462f7a"@en ; edm:dataProvider "CONTENTdm"@en ; dcterms:isPartOf "BC Historical Newspapers"@en ; dcterms:issued "2016-07-29"@en, "1892-04-16"@en ; dcterms:description "The Miner was published in Nelson, in the Central Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia. The Miner was established by John Houston, an outspoken journalist who would later embark on a successful political career, which included four terms as the mayor of Nelson and two terms in the provincial legislature. After leaving the Miner in the summer of 1892, Houston established the Tribune to compete with his former paper. The Miner was published by The Miner Printing and Publishing Company, and the paper's longest-serving editor was D. J. Beaton. The Miner was published under two variant titles, the Nelson Weekly Miner and the Weekly Miner. In 1902, the paper was sold to F. J. Deane, who changed the title to the Weekly News."@en, ""@en ; edm:aggregatedCHO "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/xminer/items/1.0182440/source.json"@en ; dc:format "application/pdf"@en ; skos:note " ifl^t*i0*Wtf*mitttoMmZ\\ The Mines in Kootenay are Among the Richest in America. '''\"��������� ���������: :\" Tlie Ores are Migh-4>ii'adc in 4������old, Silver, Copper, a aid Lead. NUMBER 91 NELSON, BRITISH COLUMBIA, SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 1892. $_ A YEAR .STILL IMPROVING. THE DANDY IS BECOMING ONE OF KOOTENAY S GREATEST MINES. Although the Dandy may not have the same fabulous amount of mineral wealth conspicuous to the naked eye thart is to be seen on its neighbor to the southeast, it has, nevertheless been at ���������last developed to a stage that makes it a. matter of absolute certaintythat it will become in the near future one of the greatest ore-producing mines in the Kooienay Lake conmry. Ever since the middle of January last when fthe first faint streak of gray copper was struck\" in the crosscut to the west of the main tunnel, every blow of the hammer has shown the property up better than it ever was before. The character of the ore has has been gradually changing���������gradually becoming more and more'-' similar to Silver King rock each week, thus giving color to the supposition that the two claims would soon be blasting identical ore. That this theory was correct is at last proved by the fact that peacock-copper is continuous in the face of the soul h drift, dipping towards the Silver King. The strike was made at a depth of 200 feet about 40 feet east of the old shaft���������indicating that the vast body of high-grade hornite on the Silver King is continuous on the Dandy, but further down. The ordinary country rock through which the drift has been run, assayed, 43 ounces in silver and 7 per cent in copper. A. M. Esler ;who has employed the shift working there all winter, was in Nelson this week, but was unable to get up the hill on account of the snow. He ���������had* however, specimens frd/ki the face brought cdown and left on Friday's t//ain more fully convinced than ever that the D^indy will be a great miue. Mr. Esler expects to be back in Nelson about the first;of next'month, to make arrangements for increasing the working force, and says that just as soon as the mine is sufficiently developed a .\"concentrator will be running on Griveout creek. Kootenay Lake Rock i^ Easy to EBandle. W. W. Sprague, the tenderfoot who sold the Tenderfoot last year for $7500, brings good news from ' Tacoma. He says that the Tacoma smelter has proved a great success, and that W. R. Rust, the inanager, has expressed the opinion that the Ore from the Kootenay lake country��������� being a, shipment from the Neosho and No. 1 in Hot Springs district���������was among the best he had ever handled. A mining exchange has been established there, and specimens from this part of the continent are solicited. The exchange is located on A street in the neighborhood of the Hotel Tacoma. Mr. Sprague says that a number of mining men with money are there waiting for the season to open, they being under the impression that this section is under two feet of snow. They will not believe there is no snow in Nelson. Uuarter Interest in the Washington ISonded. William Lynch, one of the prospectors who discovered the first mineral in the Slocan district, has given a working bond to a syndicate of Spokane Falls monied men, represented by S. K. Green, or) a sixth interest in the Don Juan and a quarter interest in the far-famed Washington claim for 90 days. The price mentioned in the bond is $1 and other valuable considerations���������the \"other valuable considerations\" being Currently reported to be $20,000. W. E. Murray has sold a, fighting interest in the latter claim to T. J. Jefferson of Spokane for $250. A Sawmill for Slocan. 1 G. O. Buchanan's application for timber leases at the head of Slocan lake has been granted, so that the people of Eldorado may expect to be building frame houses this summer. The timber in question is as fine as any in the province���������a rough estimate computing'9,000,000 feet in the area of 1760 acres. The Hill brothers are going up from Nelson within the next few weeks to look the country over and if the prospects are sufficiently good they will make'arrangements for the immediate erection of a sawmill .������������������with/a' capacity of 20,000 feet per day on the limit in question. By the time the steamer is plying on the lake they will be cutting lumber and there will be no difficulty in getting the lumber from the mill to Carpenter creek, so that the pe<>ple there will be able to build frame houses as cheaply as they can log cabins. ������������������'��������� '''ft-'- .-.���������' ���������''\".' -. :,.'���������'���������' 390-Ouiice Slocan BSock. Every prospector who returns from the Slocan, country is enthusiasticQabout that section; but it is not every one who brings such ample grounds for enthusiasm as R. J. Kirkwood did this week. From his recently-located claim about 4 miles below Carpenter creek and 2 miles from the lake shore mr. Kirkwood has brought down a chunk of rock which assays. 390 ounces in silver and 58 per cent lead; the ledge being traceable for many hundred feet. There is no snow now on the first bench above the lake, and very little at the forks of Carpenter and Seat on creeks. Business is going on as briskly as ever all along the water front. A restaurant has been opened by Brown & Malloy at Eldorado, and hotel accommodation will soon be ready to offer the weary traveler. J. E. Belyea, who came from Seattle to start a hotel, but finding that business overdone, went prospecting on the Slocan instead, has brought in some specimens of rock from near mr. Kirk wood's claim which assay over 300 ounces. i&cveloning\" the Lizzie C Next to the Hall mine group of claims on Toad mountain there is no property in'the district that presents a better showing for the amount of development work that has been done on it than the Umatilla, Lizzie C. and Uncle Sam on Mineral mountain, about two 'miles behind Nelson. Tom Collins and his partners, have been working all winter driving a tunnel on the Lizzie \"0. about 300 feet below the old shaft. The tunnel which will be 2_0feet in length when completed is now in 120 feet, and will tap the shaft at a depth of 150 feet. The rock in the face at ���������-present is diabase schist heavily mineralized with iron and fine-grain galena. The tunnel will be finished in about 75 days, and provided the character of the gangue remains the same, it will establish the group as a first-class concentrating proposition. The bottom-of-the shaft is in solid mineral, averaging $42 per ton in silver, lead and gold. 3Vo Admission to the Silver King. John Macdonald, secretary for the Hall mine- owners, has returned from Spokane Falls where he met mr. Croasdaile. Alt hough the property has not changed hands, there will yet be a considerable increase in the number of men employed in development work as soon as the season opens. The rule of forbidding visitors to inspect the property will be enforced as vigorously this year as last, and absolutely no outsider will be admitted to the mine. Electric Light and Water Works -SiISs Have rassed. The days of coal oil in Nelson are fast drawing to a close. The Nelson Electric Light Company's bill passed in the provincial legislature last week. And the work of fitting up the town with electric light apparatus will be commenced forthwith. The Consumers' Water Works Company's bill has also received the sanction of the house. __ Still They ���������ome. His honor the lieutenant-governor has been pleased to make the following appointments: To be notaries public���������Montague Stanley Davys, Victoria, and William Nicholas Rolfe of Nelson, for and within the West Kootenay electoral district. SIM B������LK ���������OX VKl'A ftCIiN'ti. THE TRANSFERS FROM THE STATES HAVE TOO ���������MUCH LEGAL VERBIAGE. As sales of Kootenay Lake country mining claims have been effected all over the continent during the past few months, the government agents at the various record offices have received a quaint accumulation of bills of sale and transfers. They are mostly lengthy, ponderous documents with a great amount of useless legal verbiage: those from Washington being especially so. For the information of those in Spokane and other States towns in doubt as to what is necessary to transfer a mining interest on this side of the line we print a. copy of the bill of sale form generally used here: BILL OF SALE OF MINERAL CLAIM. Known all men by these presents, that the under signed for and in consideration of the sum of lawful moncy of Canada, to in hand, paid by at or immediately before the execution of these presents, and receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, do by these presents, bargain, sell, transfer, and assign unto the said heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns forever in the mineral claim situate being now registered in in the record ofhee at the said name British Columbia. As. witness ; hand. , this day of one thousand eight hundred and ninety Witness: Nothing further is necessary: the above form conveys the same right, and title to the interest transferred that, the original locator had. And, as there is an extra charge for making .verbatim copies of lengthy documents, it behooves the purchasers in the States to be as concise as is consistent with legal accuracy. Only one witness's signature is necessai-y; a seal is not essential ; and the absence of a certificate of a notary public does not affect the validity of the deed. The fee for recording a bill of sale is $2.50; that for- procuring a certificate of assessment work, (which must be to the value of $100) is $6. A free miner's certificate, which must be antedated to or synchronal With the bill of sale, costs $5 for one year. The Marion Brought no Freight. The steamer Marion arrived at Sproat from Revelstoke on Friday evening with25passengers but left all the freight behind for want of room. The weal her up the Columbia is still quite white/y and the water in the river has not risen perceptibly. It is not probable that the large boat will make her first trip before the end of the month. The Marion wili leave for Revelstoke on Sunday night on arrival, of the train from Nelson. Captain Troup, who is going to get the Columbia in. trim for the first trip, will be among the passengers. BSiiilding; a Large Storeaf ISaU'oni'. The \"Nelson business man\" who has purchased the general store business of C. W. Busk at Bal- <_* four is J. A. Ahuoure. Preparations are being- made for the erection of. a. commodious building in which the business will be carried on in future under the name of the Balfour Trading Company. H. D. Beck, who has for some time past acted as assistant in the post-office at Nelson left here on Monday to superintend the erection of the building and assist in the store when completed. Boundary t'reck Claims Sold. A letter from Boundary creek states that messrs McRae and Murray have made a. strike on the north fork of Kettle river of rich carbonate ore. Messrs. Kessler and Humphrey have obtained some excellent-ore on Fishman creek, in the same vicinity. The sale of the City of Paris and the Lincoln mining claims in White's camp at Boundary creek is reported as having been consummated: San Francisco parties are the purchasers. & _____ ������������\"������������������������Pi��������� j \"��������� j,--v*;~-^.'*-TT.'_m ,:i' i ��������� ���������-���������-������������������ ____���������:_,������*��������� ������- ������������������ '���������\"��������� ���������\"���������*��������������� -.������������������.���������-.���������-'.���������, TT __ir\"-i. Ta!! .���������i ���������: -*v VI���������_V..\"V./'i.\" ���������_ 1 v.-.'.-.T-v -j viS.M.*\".pr. icz7#r. ���������.S - \" I'M _.\"-J.\"'-, ���������������*'��������� i1=lV . ^ r- ->*��������� V* -iw- THE MINEE: NELSON, Br 0., SATUEDAY, APEIL 16, 1892. iv. 11 II f;' f I'Py ki r' ? . i if I ;'���������OKBETT SAYS HE CAN TMiMSM JOHN L. James J. Corbett is expressing himself more freely, perhaps, than he has before about his coming fight with ..John L. Sullivan. He says: \"I know that the '.-majority of people think that I will not be in it with Sullivan. I have boxed with him and'know that he has been the greatest man in the world. He is awonderful man yet, but then there-a re.\" other things to be taken into consideration. I am six feet and half an inch in height, and when I meet Sullivan. will weigh 190 pounds. I have been--acknowledged the rnost clever heavy-weight in the world. Sullivan weighs 225 pounds, is 5 feet KH iriches in height, and has 25 pounds of fat on his body that he cannot get rid of. To sum up, I am taller than he is. have a longer reach, am more Scientific and quicker. He is a much harder hitter than I am, and that no one can doubt. The question then is, can I keep out of the reach of his terrible blows long enough? When Sullivan met Paddy Ryan he only weighed LSS pounds, and no one ever thought that he would win the battle, Qr that any living man could whip Ryan. No one now thinks that Sullivan can be whipped. People seem to think that he can go on with his dissipation forever and not waste his strength, and that there are. no strong young' men growing up. I believe that I can whip Sullivan. No one but Sullivan can make me believeotherwise, and lie will have to do so inside the ropes. If I did not believe that I could whip him, I would never meet him under the conditions that I am. I will return to New York in June and begin training in Asbury park on June lOlh. Jim Daley and Billy Delaney will be my trainers.\" Boiincr's''Ferry Land. Title Disputed. The following warning notice may be of interest to those contemplating investment in Bonner's Ferry real estate: .���������-...-. -' ,.���������������������������'��������� NOTICE. Cgeijr d'Alene, Idaho, April 12.���������All persons are hereby .\"warned, against purchasingto wn lot s ; at Bonner's Ferry, Idaho, as 1 have this day filed a protest in the Cceur d'Alene land office against the application of one George A. Fry of even date to make title to. said.townsite lhrough Valentine scrip. The act of congress approved April 5th, 1872, for the relief of Thomas B.'Valentine provides that Valentine scrip can only be placed On unoccupied lands upon which there are no improvements. There are upon the land in question fully 100 settlers and thousands of dollars' worth of improvements, hence the. attempt'of the said George A. Fry to make title through Valentine scrip is a base fraud, and his so-called deeds are not' worth the paper upon which thev are written. Samuel Allison. - The Largest Lihrary in the World, The largest library in the world is that at Paris, which contains upward of 2,050,000 printed books and 160,000, manuscripts. Between the Imperial library at St. Petersburg and the British museum there is not much difference. In the British museum there are about 1,500,000 volumes. The Royal library of Munich has now something over 900,000, but this includes many pamphlets; the Royal library at Berlin contains 800,000 volumes, the library at Copenhagen 510,- 000; the library at Dresden 500,000. the University library at Goettingen, Germany, 600,000. The -Royal librarv at Vienna has 400,000 volumes, and the University library in the same city 370,- 000 volumes. At Buda-Pesth the University library has 390,000 books, the corresponding library at Cracow nearly the same number, and at Prague 205,000. They Won't S_uploy Union Men. The Miue Owners' Association of the Cceur d'Alenes have had another meeting anent the strike at present going on in that district. Almost all the mines were represented and it is understood that they were unanimous in the conclusions they arrived at. Those present at the meeting were George B. McAulay, V. M. Clement, and Frank Jenkins of Wardner; J. A. Finch and A. M. Esier of Wallace; S. S. Glid- den and Patsy Clark of Burke. The only questions fully determined was that the mines should continue shut down until such time as the owners can run their mines the same as any other business, without being dictated to by any man JOHN DOTY ENGINE CO OIK\" TOROlSrTO, ONTABIO. r JjID, MA_TUFA0TUEEES OF ALL DESCEIPTI0NS OF MAEINE AND STATI0NAEY British Columbia Branch : 520 Cordova Street, Vancouver 0. P. ST. JOHN, ger. Keep in stock a full supply of engineer and mill supplies, such as pipe and fitting's, brass goods, sheet and other packing, rubber valves, rubber and leather belting, Dodge wood split-pulleys, oils and lubricants, etc. Estimates for boilers and engines made on application. Mail orders receive prompt attention. ���������= HOISTING ENGINES AND SINKING PUMPS FOR EG or organization. They say they ha ve made up their -.minds, not to employ any man who is a member of the Miners-Union until he severs his connection with that organization, while they, at all times, expect to pay the same rate of wages for miners as is paid elsewhere. Under no conditions will they be forced again into paying laborers the same wages as skilled miners. One of the best points for investment in the Kootenay Lake country. n'order to obtain the full benefit of the coming season's rise in values. LOTS AT REASONABLE PRICES and on the best terms can be had of C. HAMBER, West Baker street, Nelson, duly authorized Nelson agent for the Kaslo-Kootenay Land Company, Limited. Ho! For the Slocan Mines! The undersigned is prepared to pack supplies for mine owners, miners, and prospectors CITY TO THE SLOGAN MINES, and to the mines on the headwaters and tributaries of Kaslo and Schroder creeks. Saddle horses will at all times be in readiness for travelers bound for the eldorados tributary to Kaslo City. All orders left at Green Brothers' stores at Kaslo City and Ainsworth will receive prompt attention. HUGH McLEOD. Kaslo City, B. C, December 10th, 1891. Slocan Lake at mouth of Carpenter Creek. DEALERS IN <-��������� GENERAL MERCHANDISE AND MINERS' SUPPLIES. There is no need of prospectors or others bound for the Slocan district bringing in supplies. Our stock is complete and will be sold at reasonable prices. Eldorado City is not a boom townsite, but is situate within 5 to 9 miles of all the mines so far discovered in Slocan district, and is easily accessible from Nelson either summer or winter, being distant, but 60 miles. The EASIEST and QUICKEST ROUTE in to the SLOCAN MINES is by way of KASLO CITY. Pack and saddle horses for the conveyance of parties and supplies wilt be always on hand, as soon as it is possible to reach that district in the spring. McINTYRE, PROPRIETOR OF THE PIOUEBB RAL and STABLE Corner HJluil ami: Ward Streets, ' NELSON, B. C. Will undertake any work or contract in which pack animals or teams can be used. Will furnish SADDLE AND PACE ANIMALS to parties who wish to examine mines and claims in Toad Mountain district. WILL C0NTEACT TO 0AEEY PASSENGEES and baggage to and from hotels ; also, freight to and from steamboat wharves and railway depots. CONTRACT TO GRADE LOTS IN NELSON. Stove and Cordwood for Sale. W. J. WILSON. W. PERDUE. & PERDUE, PROPRIETORS OF NELSON AND AINSW0ETH. Will contract to supply mining companies and steamboats with fresh meats, and deliver same at any mine or <* landing in the Kootenay Lake country. Kelson Ofliec and Market, 11 East Baker Street. Ainsworth Market, Sprague Street. NELSON & Feed S LJAM WSLSO PROPRIETOR. HAY AND GRAIN FOR SALE. Omnibus and carriages to and from all trains and steamboat wharves. Saddle and pack animals for hire. Freight hauled and all kinds of job teaming attended to. Stable on Baker Street Office with Wilson & Perdue. -r\"'������,,\"_:'..c\" rvr* r.vir ���������-wo*, ur^r ' **\".���������' .���������;'���������.-... A1 _**���������-- ������t \"���������ft .--:.,-'.yt _ \"^Z^VTT^S^^S^Ff.- ?��������� <. ;���������������\"���������...,_'��������� * V . v������������������ _-������������������ -SETTO! Tl ��������� \" ������������������ t_ tt*- ;���������.. ���������r.-vv* .������������������������������������������?������������������ n-m 'i....������������������.\"��������� ���������.'. A';!' _\"..-' Is _s______s_______ ������*������������������_____: THEvMINM: NELSON, B. 0., SATUEDAY, APEIL 16, 1892. Will open with a complete stock of Euilder's, Shelf, and Heavy Hardware, Iron, Steel, Nails, Doors, Windows, Paints, Oils, Glass, etc. Miner's Tools a specialty. Full lines in every department. Cor. Baker and Josephine Sts., Nelson. E BTERS, Manager, HOW K!!I>YAK!> ,K'II __i\\0.' WORKS. y'.M'qistpeople suppose that such stories as Rud- yard Kipling's must depend a good deal-on\" inspired moments; that the sort of man who could write them is a meditative on-looker, watching the play of life from some calm retreat. What are the facts? Rndyard Kipling owes ''every-, th i n g to wo i k. Of co u rse he h 9 s gen ins, i ui -, aginative power,. ohservatiQu; but they have been' trained and developed in the school of hard wtfrk. At 16 he bad written reams of tales and verse. It was at this mature epoch that he 'met at dinner the proprietor of a. great Indian newspaper, who was struck with the old-fashioned cocksureriess of the boy. He asked him if he had written anything, and finally engaged him at .$1500 per- annum to go out to India as subeditor of its most influential paper. Everyone who knows anvthing knows that the life of a sub-ecli.tor is.'much like that of a. toad under the harrow. Add to that the debilitating climate of India;.and think of what the life of this youth of 16 must have been. He has given a glijnpse of it in the impressive opening of one of his most powerful stories, \"The Man Who Would be King.\" What chance there, most folk would sAy, of producing stories? But. it was in such conditions that much of his best work was done. He can toil terribly, as queen Elizabeth said of Raleigh. Last year-, when he was the lion of tbe. London drawing rooms, he suddenly disappeared. He left no address; his own relatives called at his chambers in vain. He had gone into the heart of the \"country with a man and a type-writer. There he worked steadily'for ten hours a day till he had produced his last book. Anareliists in Spain. Great excitement was caused last week by the discoveiy of an anarchist plot to blow up the chamber of deputies at Madrid. The police had received information that two foreign anarchists were conspiring with Spanish anarchists to blow up public buildings. This afternoon the suspects, a Frenchman named Duval and a Portuguese named Feiriera, left their houses, each carrying1 a. parcel wrapped in a newspaper.. The police .watched them. At. the Cortes building both placed themselves before the door leading to the chamber of deputies. The police then decided to arrest them. They had conical bombs inclosed in cast iron cases and each having a. 3-minute fuse. The bombs weighed 8 pounds each. The prisoners, who had the appearance of workmen, were conveyed to the ministry of the interior and searchingly examined. It is Supposed they ^re in close connection with the French anarchists. . Smelter BSunied at ESiitte. '��������� A disastrous fire occurred at Butte, Montana, on the 12ih, at. 2 o'clock in the morning, completely destroying the smelter of the Butte. & Boston company. The loss is \"estimated at a quarter of a million; insurance,..$60,000. The fjire was caused by intense heat f rorn the furnace, which was being skimmed. A wall 10 feet a way was ignited and in a very short time the tire spread beyond control. The building was well equipped with hose, but by the falling of a brick wall one end of the mammoth-structure of the water main.', was, burst. The heat was very intense and drove men back 50 feet. Efforts were immediately directed to saving the silver mill and concentrator on either side. These were successful. The building was 4CKX) feet I()ng and had 21 huge furnace stacks, with a capacity of 500 tons of ore per day. Within 15 minutes after the start the stacks were standing alone, each over 100 feet high, amidst a seething sea ofe fire. This was one of the largest copper smelting plants in the state. Eight O'Hara furnaces, 6 Brueckners and 4 reverberatory blast furnaces were totally destroyed. Five hundred nien .���������were-thrown out of employment. Famous ���������01111 try Boys. Nearly three-fourths of the men of the United States who have become I'm mous were the sons of farmers and spent a portion of their lives on a farm. For example, Lincoln, Grants Garfield, 'Hamilton,'Greeley, Tilden, Cleveland, Harrison, Hayes, Blaine, and many others almost equally conspicuous in current events or living memory. W. H. Vanderbilt was born in a small New Jersey town. Russell Sage was born in a New- York village. Jay Gould spent his early years on his.father's farm in New: York state. Whit- tier and Hdwells spent their youth in villages, the former spending his time between farm employment and his studies. ~?7 davies &~ca AUCTIOITEERS. rs ���������_ ____^������S_yl#-^ ��������� THE TOWN OF Under instructions from the chief commissioner of lands and works, on behalf of the province of British Columbia, we will sell by public auction, at 11 A. M., at the town of Nelson, Kootenay district, on Wednesday, April 27th Particulars, with maps, will be issued on the 15th instant. Terms of sale: One-third cash, one-third six months, one- third twelve months, with interest on deferred payments at the rate of six per cent per annum,, Crown grants $5 each. JOSHUA DAVIES, auctioneer. ������; F. Teetzel Co. DEALERS IN CHEMICALS. PATENT MEDICINES, TOILET ARTICLES, ETC. .'WHOIESALE IHLVLBilKS S\\ ���������_<;._���������������. KA__IONB> SEWING MAUIBIINS^S . IiV STOCK. Gor. East Baker and Ward Streets. Telephone 36. LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHERS. Views of all the best scenery in British Columbia, including towns in the Kootenay district. Also, always on hand a stock of MIEE0ES, PI0TITEE MOLDINGS, STEEL EN- GEAVINGS, ETCHINGS, AND PH0T0- GEAVUEES, wb������:st E������,_i_a:__ stickkt,. .NELSON, IS. ���������. GILKER & WELLS'! BNtstfoflice Store, Nelson, \\\\. ���������. AND GENTS' PUENISHING GOODS. ALSO, FULL LINES OK PATENT MEDICINES Toilet Articles and Stationery. CIGARS AT WHOLESALE ONLY. STCXV\"_������1 s7~ The Cheapest Place to Buy Stoves, Tinware, etc., and to go for any kind of copper, tin, and sheet-iron work is W. KIRKUPS, Houston-Ink Block, _T__I_S03Sr^ _3. C- <.lt-j rb\\txii\":/iratr������as&lf{s.!..,.IJ.IIUIII..._._l������M.!_M_.lJJ__ffl^^^ it_.__��������� __iiv_���������___ ���������.������____������-_?_>;__i__s���������x _________i______ut__i__,__^__ __l_-_____r____.^t _____S__r_s_____���������������_���������_..*___s____i_____c������i___ _br_*3������_____->i_ k B������m'������w__q������g_i_^__^iaS THE MINER: _TELSO���������, B. 0., SATUEDAY. APEIL 16. 1892. EDWARD APPLEWHAITE. W. GESNER ALLAN, Coroner. Notary Public Postoffice Box 69. S. E. C0E_TEE BAKEE AND JOSEPHINE STEEETS, NELSON. B. 0. Telephone 2_. Loans negotiated on (, Nelson property. Collections'^^ drawn up. Town lots, lands, and mining claims handled on commission. A SAW\" TO CUT NICKEL AKUOR .-PLATES. Carnegie, Phipps & Co. are about to add to the finishing plant of the armor .department of their Homestead mill, says a Pittsburg dispatch to the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, a gigantic tool which will greatly expediate the delivery of armor-plates for the new warships. It is a steel saw weighing 110 tons that will cut a nickel- steel armor plate as an ordinary saw walks through a plank. These armor-plates range in weight from 8 to 38 tons, ancl,reach alengthof 20 feet and a thickness of 20 inches. The armor of a modern war vessel cannot be put on like a sock, all in one piece. It is built on the frame of the ship, rather like the scales of a fish. In finishing the plates ready for fitting they have to be beveled along the edge where they lit together. This has been done heretofore with planing machines, which slowly and laboriously,\"', a shaving at a time, Cut them down to the desired shape. This saw has a blade: 7 feet 6 inches in diameter, geared from above and revolving horizontally. The armor plate is placed on the tilting table, adjustable to any angle, and presented to the edge of t he saw endwise. The forward motion of the carrying table thrusts the plate steadily against the flying teet h, and an angular slab of. cold nickel steel, weighing perhaps a dozen tons, is taken off like the slab, off* a pine log. It will be used also for cutting plates into any desired dimension. With the revival of naval construction the problem of providing heavy.armor rapidly has vexed the soul of more than one secretary of the navy, and challenged the enterprise of American manufacturers. This is the latest contribution to its solution by Carnegie, Phipps & Co., and comes opportunely at the. time when chairman Herbert of the navv appropriations committee is urging against authorizing the construction of any additional battleships, because there has been a delay in furnishing armor plate. This saw will be the first of its kind used in this country. It is an improvement on a similar tool used in the. Krupp cannon works at Essen. It cost about $85,000, and will be set up early next month. The Seals Will .Fast Disappear. The catches of the sealers, so far, as nearly as can be ascertained, are as follows : E. B. Marvin, 186; Sapphire, none; Triumph, none; May Belle, 40; Viva, 208; Pioneer, 90; Maggie Mac, 131; Walter- E. Earle, 125; Ocean Belle, 128; W. P. Say ward, 153; Sadie Turple, not spoken; Oscar, and Hattie, 30; Victoria, 28; Katherine, 30; Aurora, none; Boreal is, not spoken; Annie E. Paint, 152; Citvof San Diego, 96; C. H. Tupper, 309; Carlotla Cox, 431; Maud S., 187; Favorite, not. spoken; Kate, not spoken; Beatrice, 1; Ainoka, 15; C. D. Band, 51; Wanderer, none; Minnie, none; Mary Ellen, none; Mischief, 1; Mary Taylor, 134; Geneva, 271; Beatrice (Vancouver), 50; Belle (Vancouver), 24; Labrador, 50; Sea Lion, 472; Carmolite, 180; Rosie Olsen, 1; Teresa, 85; Minnie (No. 2), 30, and Anaconda (American), 61. Creede Still Continues to !Soe_u. The Creede camp boom continues in full swing, attracting numbers not only from Colorado and New Mexico, and other parts of the Rocky mountain region, but also many from long distances. It is the first important mining district to which a railroad has been run at the very out set of its career, which accounts -for the rapidity with which it has been filling up, and also for the peculiar character of the incomers. Of these only a small proportion seem to be experienced miners, though there are enough to make a fair sprinkling among the prospectors'who are busy far and near, in spite of the unsettled weather. A few go to Creede to mine, some to prospect, some to start in business, many more to speculate in town lots and someont of sheer curiosity. The men employed in the working mines are comparatively few. There is a constant exodus of disappointed ones from the camp which, however, does not yet offset the inrush. Probably many men are waiting for warm weather before going in. Governor of the Bank of England. David Powell, deputy governor of the Bank of England, has been elected governor in place of William Lidderdale. TIME CARD FOR TRAVELERS. The Columbia & Kootenay Steam Navigation Co. Ld. Are now Emming their Steamers on Kootenay Lake and Columbia Elver as follows: The fast and elegant STEAMER NELSON will leave Nelson at 4 A. M. on Monday and Thursday for Bonner's Ferry, calling- at Ainsworth and Pilot Bay, arriving at Bonner's Ferry the same evening\". Returning, leaves Bonner's Ferry at 4 A. M. on Tuesdays and Fridays, calling at way ports and reaches Nelson the same evening. FOR KASLO CITY and way ports leaves Nelson at 8 A. M. on Wednesdays and Saturdays, returning the same day. COLUMBIA ItiVEIC ROUTE: The fast STEAMER LYTTON leaves Robson Sundays, Tuesdays, and Fridays, promptly upon the arrival of the C. & K. train from Nelson, making close connection with Spokane Falls & Northern trains at Little Dalles for Spokane and points south. J. W. TROUP, Manager. Furniture and Pianos! Jas. McDonald & Co. Nelson ami Kevclsloke, carry full lines of all kinds of furniture for residences, hotels, and offices. Mattresses made to order, and at prices lower than eastern and coast. They are also agents for Evans Pianos and Doherty Organs. NELSON STORE : t\\o. 4 filoiisdon & Bilk BSuil4li_������-, .Bosepliine Street. E. C. Campbell-Johnston (of Swansea, India, and the United States.) BST, ASSAYER, AND MINING ENGINEER. Properties reported on. All assays undertaken. Furnaces and concentrating plants planned and erected. Treatment for ores given. Ores bought and sold. Box 731, Vancouver, B. C. Terms cash. BAIK OF MONTREAL CAB'ITAL (all paid iij>>, $13,000,000 risst, '... . . . 0,000,000 Sir DONALD A. SMITH Hon. GEO. A. DRUMMOND, E. S. CLOUSTON,....' .President Vice-President ...General Manager NELSON BEA_TCH, 13 EAST BAKEE STEEET. Branches in London (England), New York and Chicago, and in the principal cities in Canada; B_3r and sellsterling exchange and cable tranfers; Grant commercial and travelers'credits, available in any part of the world ; Drafts issued;; Collections made; Etc. SAVINGS BANK BRANCH Rate of interest at present four per cent. BANK OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1862.) .$;$, 000,000 1,100,000 CAPITAL (j>ai���������iS_, ������������������nMr ���������>'������__������. iy. t.v'J'r'.1 ��������� THE MDTEfi: I^ELSOK, B. 0., SATUEDAY, APEIL 16, 1892. LAND NOTICES. Notice =is hereby given that GO days after date we intend to apply, to the-chief commissioner of lands and works for .permission to. purchase the following described tract of land, situate in West Kootenay district: Coniniencing at a post marked.Charles E. Taylor and and R. F. Perry's N. E. corner post, about 1 wo and one-half miles cast of the town of .Nelson, on the south bank of Kootenay river, thence south 20 chains, thence west SO chains, thence north 20 chains to the sou th bank of Kootenay river, thence east following the sinuosities of the shore line of Kootenay river to the place of commencement;: containing IGO acres more or less. .CHARLES E. TAYLOR, Nelson, February 21th, 1892. 'It,. F. PERK _.Y. Notice is hereby given that GO days after date I intend to apply to the chief commissioner of lands and works for permission to purchase the following described tract of land, situate in West Kootenay district: Commencing at a post on Queen's Bay marked Arthur E. Hodgin's S. E. corner, thence running-'west 10 chains, theiice north 40 chains, thence east 40 chains, more or,less to the lake shore, thence following the shore in a southerly direction to the point of commencement; containing 1G0 acres more or Jess. ARTHUR E. HODGINS. Nelson, December loth, 1S91. Notice is hereby given that 60 days after date we intend to .'apply5 to the chief commissioner of lands and works for permission to purchase the following described tract of land situate in West Kootenay district: Commencing at a post marked Charles A.������ Sloan, gind 'Henry P. Jackson's northwest post, on the south shore of the west arm of Kootenay lake opposite the southwest stake of the town of Balfour, thence running south 40 chains, along the east- , ern boundary of the Columbia & Kootenay Railway Company's block 12, thence east 80 chains, thence north 4.0 chains, thence west following the meanderings of the outlet to point of commencement; containing 320 acres more or less. ^ CHARLES A. SLOAN, HENRY P. JACKSON. Balfour, B. C, 19th February, 1892. Notice is hcrcb3r given that GO days after date I intend to apply to the chief commissioner of lands and works for permission to purchase the following described0 tract of land, situate in West Kootenay district: Commencing at a post marked B., H. Lee's S. W. corner post, about high water mark on north, bank of Kootenay river, about G miles- east of the town of Nelson, thence north SO chains, thence east 80 chains, thence south to the bank of Kootenay river, thence following the meanderings of Kootenay river to the initial post; containing 450 acres more or less. BENJAMIN HENRY LEE. Nelson, February 20th. 1892. . Notice is hereby given that 60 days -\"after date I intend to apply to the chief commissioner of lands and works for permission to purchase the following described tract of land, situate in West Kootenay district: Commencing at a postniarked W. N. Rolfe's S. E. corner post, on the Kootenay river nearly opposite the town of Nelson, thence north 20 chains, thence west SO chains, thence south 20 chains more or less to the shore of the river, thence easterly along the shore of said river to the point of commencement; con taining 160 acres more or less. Nelson, February 22nd, 1S92. W. N. ROLFE. Notice is hereby given that GO days after date I intend to apply to the chief commissioner of lands and works for permission to purchase the following described tract of land, situate in West Kootenay district: Commencing at a post marked T. Lee Peters'sN. E. corner post, planted on the south side of;Kooteuay river, at the outlet, thence south 40 chains thence west 40 chains to the east line of the Columbia & Kootenay railway block, thence north 40 chains to the river, thence following the shore of said river easterly to the point of commencement; containing 1G0 acres more or less. Nelson, February 22nd, 1892. T. LEE PETERS. Notice is hereby given that 60 days after date I intend to apply to the chief commissioner of lands and works for permission to purchase the following described tract of land situate in West Kootenay district: Commencing at a post marked J. D. Townlcy's northeast corner, planted on the south shore of the Kootenay river about 500 feet east of the bridge of the Columbia & Kootenay railway where same crosses the Kootenay rapids, t hence 20 chains south, thence 80 chains west, thence 20 chains north, to the shore of the Kootenay river, thence in an easterly direction following the shore of the Kootenay river to'the place of commencement; containing 160 acres more or less, excepting right of way of railroad company in area claimed. Nelson, February 10th, IS92. J. D. TOWNLEY. Notice is hereby given that 60 days after date I intend to apply to the chief commissioner of lands and works for permission to purchase the following described tract of land, situate in West Kootenay district: Commencing at a post marked J. Hamilton's northeast, corner, planted 350 feet above the bridge of the Columbia & Kootenay railway where the same crosses the Kootenay rapids, on the north side of the river, thence west 20 chains,, thence south 80 chains, thence east 20 chains, thence following tho shore of the Kootenay river to the place of commencement; containing IGO acres more or less, excepting right of way of railroad company in area claimed. J. HAMILTON. Nelson, February 19th, 1892. Notice is hereby given that 60 days after date I intend to apply to the chief commissioner of lands and works for permission to purchase the following described tract of land, situate in West Kootenay district: Commencing at a post marked F. G. Christie's southeast corner, or. the north bank of Kootenay lake, nearly opposite the mouth of Cottonwood Smith creek, thence-north 20 chains, thence west 80 chains, thence south 20 chains, thence east SO chains folio wing shore of Kootenay lake to initial slake; containing 160 acres more or less. F. G. CHRlS'l IM Revelstoke, B. C, February 19th, 1892. Notice is hereby given that GO days after date we intend to apply to the chief commissioner of lands and works for permission to purchase the following described tract of land, situate in West Kootenay district: Commencing at a stake planted about half a mile east of Forty-nine creek, on south side of Kootenay river, marked \"Neil McLean's -������������������northeast corner,\" running thence 20 chains south, thence SO chains west, thence 20 chains north, thence east (following the banks of the river) to initial stake; containing 160 acres more or less. ��������� ������' NEIL McLEAN. Dated, February 20th, 1892. ; M. C. MONAGHAN. APPUCATSbSM FOR CROWN GRANT. Notice is herebj^ given that W. M. Wallace, as agent for the Neosho Mining Company (Foreign), has filed' the necessary papers and made application for a crown grant in favor of the mineral claim known as the \"Neosho,\" situate in Ainswortli������������������mining'.-division.,of West Kootenay district. Adverse claimants, if any, will forward their objections within GO days from date of publication. N. F1TZSTUBBS, gold commissioner. ' Nelson, B.C., March ,10th, 1892. . NOTICE OF D5SSOLUTION. Notice is-hereby given that the partnership heretofore existing between us, the undersigned, as Lindsay & Aldous in the town of Nelson, has this day been dissolved by ���������mutual consent. All debts owing the said partnership are to be paid to G. ���������&,.N. Aldous at Nelson, and all claims against the said partnership are to be presented to the ������_id-: G. & N. Aldous, by whom the same will be settled. Nelson, March 12th, 1892. G. M. LINDSAY, Witness: \" N. W. ALDOUS, James Neeland. GEORGE W. ALDOUS. DISSOLOTBOM OF COPARTNERSHIP. The copartnership heretofore existing between the undersigned, pdoing business at Nelson, British Columbia, / under the firm, name of Madden Brothers^ is this day dissolved by mutual consent. All debts due the firm are payable to Thomas Madden, who; will pay all debts owing by the firm. , . '\". Dated at Nelson, British Columbia, February 26th, 1892. Witness: HUGH MADDEN, John Houston. THOMAS MADDEN. .���������APPLICATION, FOR TIMBER .LEASE. . Notice is hereby given that 30 days afrer date I intend to apply for a. special license to cut timber on the following .described tract of land, Commencing at a post on the south shore of the west arm of Kootenay lake, opposite the Balfour house, thence south 60 chains, thence east 100 chains.moreor less to the shore of Kootenay lake,'thence northerly and westerly.along, the shore line of the lake and west arm to the point of commencement;'-containing'G00'\" acres more or less. '-, f EDlRAUCH. Balfour, Aptil,2nd, 1892. notice. ���������\" '���������.- The business agreement heretofore existingbet ween Hunt & Dover and Robert Strathern, as jewelers, is no longer in effect, the undersigned alone being responsible for debts contracted and to whom all accounts must be paid. , HUNT & DOVER. Nelson, B.C, March Sth, 1892. __ _������ J_T / !. -14_<5 ���������g^S_2���������3__5=5_^__S'si' Notice is herebjr gi ven that assessed and provincial revenue taxes, for 1892, are now due and payable at my office, Nelson. ��������� T. H. GIFFIN, . Nelson, February 13th, 1S92. Assessor and collector. STOBSISDS OF LOXU-lLOST __J_ES O ' AICEZO.VA. The legends of lost mines of fabulous wealth in Pima county are almost numberless, and, it might be truthfully added, generally mythical. The old-timers can tell of them by the hour, .and a few have been shown glittering evidences in confirmation of the wonderful tales reluctantly recited-with superstitious dread of the consequences of their perfidy by almost superannuated Indians and Mexicans. That the precious metals were mined on a gigantic scale in the dim past the many remaining evidences already discovered fully verify, yet the investigation of those that chance has revealed has seldom proved financially successful. Old arastras. covered with the. decay of centuries, and crude smelting furnaces that have almost returned to the. dust destiny of all matter, speak of industries once in active operation that history, and even aboriginal tradition fails to mention. Some of the traditions told sound like.fairy tales, and one, however skeptical, cannot but become deeply interested in their recital. As a sampleof the highly plausible, well-authenticated, and extremely seductive narratives, one related by Charles O. Brown, an old-time prospector in San Francisco, may be received with interest. \"Speaking of old times,\" said mi-. Brown, \"I have spent, a great deal of time and money in hunting up clues, and one of them was actually-found, and 1 can go to it any time. Out in the Silver Belt country I can take you to a mountain so full of tunnels and shafts that, if they were in good and safe condition, you could travel through all day long and not reach the end. A number of old-timers have visited it, and, judging from the vast work done there so long ago, they concluded that a great mine of some kind had atone time existed there, which had likely been worked out. Many times has it been located, and, though its walls, roof, and floor were care fully scanned and sampled, the result, while showing some gold, was discouraging, assays showing froin a tra.ee up tovseveral dollars per ton. Many years ago.I talked with an old Pa- pago Indian, with whom I was on very friendly terms, having of ten extended him little favors, about:the gold and silver mines. In a burst of confidence he told me that a great many years ago,-when he was a very small boy, the Indians at San Xavier del Bac made weekly trips to a very Vieh gold mine. On Saturday night they returned with the product of their toil. The. priest in charge of the mission kept a small table in front of the altar, covered wit ha 'white cloth, ������ 'upon which the pious toilers placed their metallic offerings to the church. This table was often covered, with golden nuggets, varying in size from a pea to one's fist, and it was a rich sight. After the usual service the priest would descend, and as he picked up each' precious piece he would procla im t he iia i rieof th e donor, and afterward would Call them forward to receive the special blessing of heaven. On the following Mondav they would again take up their march in a northwesterly direction for the mines, and for a very long titue this was repeated, initil the priests were driven out of the country, when they aban d on eel 'mi n i n g en tirel y. The old-1 n dia n ha d at one time gone with; the miners, who followed a well beaten-trail toward the Silver Belt country and he saw t hem take out the gold. He agreed to show me the place, and out of curiosity I sent a man wilh him one '\"da v. Thev went out to the .������������������������������������-. * * ^^^ old mine I have spoken of in the Silvei* Belt country, and when they reached a certain gulch the Indian pointed to (he top of the mountain and said he would find a. shaft: there, covered with cat-cla w bushes, out of which the most gold was taken. The man found everything just as the old Indian had told, him,; but long disuse had filled up t he shaft until it was nearly full. On returning the old Indian could not be found. He had gone and was not met for several days, lie then said he dare not show the mine to the White people! and protested that he did not show it for fear the Great Spirit would take his life. He said the white man,;had found if, but he did not show it. I visited the mine afterward, but the work necessary to clean out the shaft was too great and too expensive to undertake, and it has never been touched. The formation is a singula!- one, and samples of the white rock sent to California, were pronounced'an exceedingly\" fine quality of kaolin, such as fine porcelain ware is made of. Through it were streaks of iron rust, and it is likely the gold was found in .them. Whether it will ever pay for the necessarily expensive exploration and prospecting is quite doubtful, hut. there is gold to he found there.\" .''���������...���������The latest Feat in Surgery* A French medical journal tells of a remark- able surgical operation performed upon a certain Joseph Moreau a soldier in the army of the north, whose eyes, nose, teeth and jaw, and, indeed his whole face, was shot away by a shell in the battle of Bapaume, January,, 1871. Although he was left on the field for dead he managed to stagger to a neighboring villiage, where he was cared for by the doctors. Later on one of the -most distinguished surgeons of the day applied to the head, which was left, almost without human semblance, a wax mask so cleverly adapted to the healthy portion of the skin as to appear quite continuous with it This mask, as the'-years have passed, has become firmly attached to the head, the skin having grown around the edge's, and permitted the unfortunate wearer to appear less an object of repulsion to his fellow men. Moreau has got quite used to breathing through the false nostrils, and by the help of an artificial jaw, worked by a portion of the original bone, he is able to eat comfortably and masticate the toughest kind of food. His voice has regained its natural quality, and the sense of smell has come back to him with even more than natural acuteness. Of course he sees nothing through the false eyes which look out from his waxen features with a glassy stare, but it is long since he has acquired the peace of mind with which blind men are so often blessed, and in all the canton of Banbredies, where he lives, there is not a happier man or one more fond of telling and listening to a good story than he who is known as the \"Man With the Wax Face.\" He lives modestly on his pension and adds to his resources by the sale of a little, pamphlet giving a scientific account of his wonderful cure. _ S r_.-. ni���������-i���������cp ���������-;- v..ji, nrvrrft1^.\"?:;\"- \"=' t. ^^_.iJ_-_r7^^iK~ ^r.r^^^^ THE MDTEE: NELSON, B. QM SATUEDAY, APEIL 16, 1892. Cor. Baker and Ward Sts. NELSON, B. C. THOMAS MADDEN, ' Proprietor. The Madden is OentraUjr Located, with a frontage cowards Kootenay river, and is newly furnished throughout. T __3I __ TABL __ is supplied with everything in the market, the kitchen being under the immediate supervision of Hugh Madden, a caterer of large experience. i - THE BAR IS STOCKED WITH THE BEST brands of beer, ale, wine, whisky, and cigars. KOOTENAY HOTEL Vernon Street, near Josephine, opposite wharf, , . '.'..'\" NELSON,' 15. C. -'.���������'. AXEL JOHNSON, PROPRIETOR. THE HOTEL OVERLOOKS THE KOOTENAY its guests thus obtaining splendid views of both mountain and river. THE ROOMS THE T LE are comfortable in size and is acknowledged the best newly furnished. in the mountains. NEW BED-ROOMS. BAR JUST ADDED. T ] :B_A___R, is stocked with all brands of liquors and cigars. East Baker Street, Nelson. Is one of the best hotels in Toad Mountain district, and is the headquarters for prospectors and working miners. The Table is not Surpassed by that of any Hotel in the Kootenay Lake country. At the Bar is Dispensed Fine Liquors and Oigars, and the bed-rooms are newly furnished. MALONE ������_; TKECJILLUS PROPRIETORS TRAIL, B. ���������. TOPPING & HANNA .Proprietors fiood TaMe; &ood Beds; IIyas-Clo.se Liquors. HANSEN'S NORTH POLAR TRIP. Dr. Nansen arrived in England two weeks ago and is now giving in the larger towns a series of lectures, in which he is unfolding his plans for his coming explorations in the Arctic regions. His purpose is to attempt to reach the North Pole by putting his steamer into the ice nor-th of the New Siberian islands, where he believes a current exists that will carry him to Ihe pole, or to its neighborhood, and thence down the other .side along the coast of east Greenland to open water. He intends to devote the proceeds of his present series of lectures toward the exoehses of his expedition; He has already received from go vern men t and pri vate sources ii p ward of $T00,- 000, but he finds a larger sum is desirable. It is p'roba ble that the Royal Geographical ..-Society, Of which dr. Nansen is a gold medallist, will contribute. Dr. Nansen says in his lectures that he expects to leave Europe early next year and to go directly to the .-month of the Lena in Siberia. He may take the Kara sea routed but it is more likely that he will go through the Suez canal and enter the Arctic ocean through Bering strait. He expects his expedition w-ill be away between three and four years, as his> progress will necessarily be slow. The vessel, which has been especially constructed with a view to withstand ice pressure, is now nearly completed. Its tonnage is about 250, and dr. Nansen is confident that no amount of ice nipping will destroy it. The little steamer will have ample accommodation for twelve men. Provisions will be taken for six years, and those supplies will be selected which furnish the greatest nutriment with the least bulk. Probably the party will be able to obtain seal and bear, and thus add fresh meat to their resources. Nansen does not intend to take an ounce of alcoholic liquors to use as a beverage, and he also has objections to tobacco, which may not be agreeable to all of his men. The engine will be utilized for the prod net idii of electric light, and when the steamer engine is not in action the men t hemselves will take the place of engine, thus producing welcome light amid the Arctic darkness, while also taking the exercise which they will need for the preservation of health. Gas will be taken in storage cylinders for the purpose of inflating a baloon which is to be a part of the equipment. Tents will betaken for use in sledging expeditions, and boats, which will be necessary in case the expedition has to abandon the ship. Dr. Nansen'sown confidence and his businesslike way of discussing the details of his project have inspired many with the belief that he can carry it out, and his project has been favorably regarded by some of the best European Arctic experts. Climatic EiFect of California's New Lake. The famous Sal ton lake of .southern California, which was reported drying up, has not decreased to an area of less than 145 square miles since its formation last year. Early freshets in the Colorado and Gila rivers are causing the waters of this lake to rise again, although reports to the contrary have been freely circulated. As a matter of fact, the climate? of the country near by this lake has undergone a distinct change since the waters appeared. Fogs, unusually low temperature at Yuma, Walters, Banning, and elsewhere are traceable to the influence of the lake. Cloud bursts at Banning in the dry season and the exceptional coolness of the winter in Southern California are other indications which competent climatologists accept as proof that Salton lake exerts a climatic influence. Frosts in December injured the orange crop considerably. Some say that 25 per cent of the fruit was lost. No exact statements of the loss are obtainable. .lack the Ripper Reported Caught. The defence of Deeming, the murderer, now in custody at Melbourne, is to be of an extraordinary character. It will in substance be that, owing to pre-natal impression on his mother, who happened to be frightened by the butchery of a spaniel, he was born with an irresistible mania for homicide, which he gratified at every opportunity and with unnatural cunning. No attempt will be made to deny he has been guilty of any of the crimes attributed to him. the defence being solely on the plea of insanity, and the greater the murders laid to his charge the better satisfied the defence will be. There will be no denial that he is 'Mack the Ripper,\" and that he committed several, if not all of the crimes laid to the charge of that mysterious assassiu. The government will be asked to pay the expenses of Deeming's witnesses from England, as his relations are very poor*. It is not expected that anyone will be willing to contribute money to aid in exonerating him. The cost of this to the Victoria authorities will be very great, and they are not pleased at the prospect. Deeming appears to be losing mental and physical strength and shows every sign of breaking down under* the strain. Corner West Vernon and Stanley Streets, NELSON, B. C. Telephone 43. FLEST-CLASS IN EVEEY KESPEOT. The International has a comfortably furnished r.parlor for ladies, and the rooms arc large and furnished newly throughout. THE TABLE IS NOT SURPASSED by any hotel in the Kootenay Lake country. A share of transient trade solicited. THE SAMFLE-R00M IS STOCKED WITH CHOICE {JIOARS AND THE FINEST BRANDS OF LIQUORS. B. CRADDOCK PROPRIETORS HEADQUARTERS FOR MINERS AND MINING MEN. t RATES $1.50 AND S2.50 A DAY. Corner West Baker and Ward Streets, NflSLSON, 85. <;. || I i i The .Silver King is in it for the Season of 1S!>������. The Table will be Unsurpassed. 4&uiet and Well-Lighted ���������Iub CCooms. No Liquors and Oigars but the Best. JOHNSON & SVSAHONEY, PROPRIETORS. NELSON. Rates $3 and $4 a day. Hot and cold water; electric bells; billiard and club rooms; baths. All appointments first-class. E. E. PHAIR, proprietor.-; __. __i____n_si___________a _____I_B_W_������ __!________B___5K__ _____3S______________S_________!S_I ____B__i _______&_������ 8 THE ___J_B_iV NELSON. B. 0.. SATUEDAY, APEIL 16, 1892. Dealers in Dry G-oods, Groceries, Provisions, Canned G-oods, Hardware, Etq. Miners' Supplies a Specialty. The stock is Ml and complete in every Department, and the public will find it to their advantage to call and inspect G-oods , c and compare Prices. - ���������H i I i!! Telephone 27, SMALL XIJWUETS OF NK'.VS. Mr-. Scooley's resignation as constable for the town of Nelson has been refused, -an. assurance being at the same time given that his grievances would be remedied. It will now be in order for Napoleon Fitzstubbs to tender his resignation. The report that John L. Retallack was to be the mining recorder in the Slocan country is entirely unfounded. Mr. Retallack has not even put in an application. Gold commissioner Fitzst ubbs intends leaving next week for Siocan lake t o make arrangements for the trail-cutting that is to be done there right away. All efforts have so far been unsuccessful in searching for the bodies of mrs. Woods and miss Edith ITolden. and but little hope is now.-.entertained that they will ever be found. One of the terms of the pending sale of government property here is that all lots will be sold subject to the improvements on them. It is on the tapis that an excursion of representative men from Spokane will be run to Nelson next month if rates can be secured from the transportation companies. H. J. Scott, general manager for British Columbia for the Hamilton Powder company is going to establish a branch office and e.-ect a magazine at Nelson about the middle of next month. Nelson has already a full line of lawyers and real estate agents; but there is still a dearth of capitalists and condensed milk. From present indications it is expected that the Davies Say w a rd mill at Pilot bay .will be compelled to shut down again this year on 'account of the rise of water in the lake. Pergonals: H. A. Ashbie came in ibis week from Victoria and proposes to open a real estate office here. J. A. Form, a. lawyer from New Westminster, is opening a legal office. George T. Kane, accompanied by his bride, passed through Nelson on Tuesdav on his way to Ka-ilo. Joseph Graham from Victoria is now fully initiated in the duties of assistant constable at Nelson. T. J. Davies, has returned to hi.-; home on the 'Kootenay after spending the 7, 9, and 11 East ������ernon Street, IELS0N,B.C. winter months in Victoria. A. L. Davenport has -returned and is making preparations to commence the Poorman as soon as there is sufficient water. A Nelson's society people had a dance at Lemon's halfori Thursday evening. There were 17 couple present. T. The mineral act Amendment bill has passed its second reading, and it is expected to pass the third unchallenged. Born at ..Nelson, on the morning of Friday the 15th instant, to ihe wife of William Hodson, a sou. .'Westminster Abbey is,'Filled BIp. James Russell Lowell will not have a monument in Westminster abbey. Owing to the scantiness of the unoccupied space in the abbey, the rev. George Granville Bradley, dean of Westminster, says that he reluctantly declines to find room in the abbey for the proposed monr nment, and has suggested instead a mo/iument window in the Chapter house. A. A. McKINNON, Proprietor. ABNSWORTH. Reopened for the season of 1892. Refitted and refurnished throughout. Strictly first-class in all its appointments. NOTARY PUBLIC. TOLSON'S BLOCK. NELSON. Office, Victoria, B. C. Works, Nanaimo, B. C. MANUFACTURERS OF ___\\T_D WHOLESALE DEALERS IN AFETY FUSE, DETONATORS, ELE0TEI0 BLASTING APPABATUS. Will open a branch office and magazine at Nelson on or about May loth, 1892. COTT __<_r_H3_TT FOE B. O- _E7 JE3_ H i __XT___0_3_C___nT _3X______T. BROWN & YATES, PROPRIETORS. The above house has been newly furnished throughout and is now open to travelers. The table is one of the best in the the town. The bar keeps the finest brands of liquors and cigars. Groceries,- Hardware, Boots/ Shoes, Jlothing, and Gents' Furnishings, liners' Supplies a Specialty. WHOLESALE DEPARTMENT.���������Wines, Liquors, and Oigars. AGENTS: Val Blatz Brewing Co., Milwaukee; Northwest _3_rated Water Co.; Gooderham & Worts' Whisky. _,___2J_ii_p__oisr_c 8_ ,#��������� t-^a__ f. Ill._ -_��������� B_ ������_. : __:������._ w-m KVcitt-v ���������jis_S|"@en, "Print Run: 1890-1898 ; Frequency: Weekly"@en ; edm:hasType "Newspapers"@en ; dcterms:spatial "Nelson (B.C.)"@en ; dcterms:identifier "Nelson_Miner_1892_04_16"@en ; edm:isShownAt "10.14288/1.0182440"@en ; dcterms:language "English"@en ; geo:lat "49.5000000"@en ; geo:long "-117.2832999"@en ; edm:provider "Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library"@en ; dcterms:publisher "Nelson, B.C. : John Houston"@en ; dcterms:rights "Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from the Digitization Centre: http://digitize.library.ubc.ca/"@en ; dcterms:source "Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives."@en ; dcterms:title "The Miner"@en ; dcterms:type "Text"@en .