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BC Historical Newspapers
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.
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wmi-tiririii r^.m.iB.^-������.,i,-r. i , , - - ���������~"TTirTni-nTOBrit>ihiiirMTill|- ���������S~'\* >'..s The MiiB.cs in ilooicnay are Among tfiae Richest in America. The ������res arc High-ftrade in Gold, Silver, Copper, and Lead. ���������f ^(TJMBEE 128. KELSON, BEITISH OOLUMBIA, SATUEDAY, DECEMBEE 17, 1892. $4 A YEAK OVER TBBE WIRES. i V ���������>. C. ���������orl>in Will Ruiid Into the Slocan hy Way of Raifour, Ainsworth and Kaslo���������A Road Will Also Re JPnt Through to Trail ��������� Creek and Red Mountain. The most imoortant event that has occurred A. ij.n the history of West Kootenay for months is J-fhe application made for a charter to build a railroad from'Nelson to Bear Lake City. We Jinow what sort of a "'man D. C. Corbin is, and if ,'he has resolved on this extension of his system Vhe will put it through. The temper of the B. |;0. House of Representatives is such that there his no risk of this charter being refused. A [.charter has also been applied for to build a road [;.from Sheep Creek to Trail Creek and into the ;Red Mountain country. This country is on the (eve of great things; it has got the right men in- J .'teres ted, and all the powers of prejudice and [, monopoly cannot hold it back. The C. P. R. fcmust now compete, not dictate terms. Their \\immediate salvation lies in building a road up Slocan River and connecting with Revelstoke in due season. So long as it is a monopoly we are in duty bound to loathe and abominate the C. P. R. Whenever it steps off the perch and becomes a competitor, we welcome it with open arms, because we know that apart from its position as a monopoly, it is the best handled railroad system on the American continent. ir THE C. P. It'S AMERICAS TRADE. u "The Canadian Pacific Railway brought into the United States from China and Japan, via British Columbia, during the year ending June 30, 1892, 28,239,689 pounds of freight, and carried from the United States to be shipped to China and Japan, via-British Columbia, 24,088,348 pounds of freight. There was also shipped from the United States over this road, from eastern points of the United States to Pacific points, during the same year, 13,912,013 pounds of freight, and there were received over this road at the United States eastern ports from ports on the Pacific'- coast, 13,293 pounds-of f reight. ; V Mr. Joseph Nimaio, Jr., former chief of the bireau of statistics, when before the Senate ���������>.'.'i-'eefc committee on relations with Canada, ������������������^vpril 26, 1890, said that the value of goods thus transported between different points in the United States across Canadian territory, probably amounted to $10,000,000 a year." The above is .quoted, from President Harrison's message. It augurs such a serious state of affairs that it leads him to contemplate the re- visa! of the treaties for the c, shipment of goods in bond. In what strange grooves does the mind of the McKinieyite work ! To whose advantage .would it be to prevent the shipment of goods in bond over Canadian lines? To the advantage of the American producer ? Certainly not.- It is their object to get what they want as cheap as possible, To the advantage of the wage-earner? Certainly not. Increased business to a railway line never means higher wages to its employees; it means more men employed. The only advantage would be to the holders of railway stock, the Goulds and the Vanderbilts. The States can fatten their trusts and monopolies as much as they please, although, under a Democratic regime, they are not now so likely to do so. But if they did refuse to allow goods to go through in bond, and Canada reciprocated the compliment���������what an awful prospect for Canada's struggling producers and consumers ? A BOARD OF TRADE. A meeting of citizens was held in Teetzel's drug store on Wednesday afternoon to consider the formation of a Board of Trade. There were present Messrs. A. J. Marks, F. M. McLeod, Applewhaite, J. Malheson, J. McDonald, Turner, Teetzel, Elliott, Ashby, Wilson, Gilker, Hunt, and J. Houston'and G. Bige- low. , Shortly after 3 o'clock Mr. Teetzel telephoned for Mr. Houston and proceedings were begun by Mr. Houston's moving Mr. Bigelow into the chair. The chairman then made a few remarks. He said that a board of trade would do away with onepetition being sent down to the Government by the supporters of a scheme and another by its opponents. The late Honorable John must have thought, from the petitions that went down, that people in West Kootenay were as thick as flies. If.he had looked into the matter he would have found that the petitions and contrary petitions were signed by the same people and that the people did not know what they were doing. Mr. Houston then moved that the meeting appoint a committee of live to draw up rules and regulations for the Nelson Board of Trade, and report in a week. Mr. Applewhaite suggested that the meeting should get some information as to the functions and powers of a board of trade. The chairman then informed the meeting that the business of a board of trade was to look after the business interests of the town, and if there happened to be money in the treasury to cany through little schemes which-would otherwise be in the hands of twTo or three private individuals. Mr. A. J..Marks suggested that before rules and regulations were drawn up the names of those who were willing to become members of the Board of Trade should be collected, and this suggestion .was included in Mr. Houston's motion and carried. Mr. Elliott was then appointed interim secretary of the meeting. The next business was' to appoint the committee, which was done by the chairman. Messrs. Fred Hume, Blake, Wilson, Gilker,, Teetzel and the Secretary were appointed. On motion of Mr. Houston the meeting then adjourned. ���������. ' ��������� , A RECORD 'OFFICE EOR THE LAR2>EA'UX. Claims discovered and located in theLardeaux country have at present to be recorded at Revelstoke. This puts an inconvenience upon the prospector, which the Government should take the earliest opportunity of removing. The great rush next year into' the Lardeaux country will take place almost exclusively from the south. Prospectors who have already been at work in the Slocan, and mining men who are already interested in Kootenay Lake, are going to make theLardeaux next year. And it is only fair that they should have some more accessible point than Revelstoke at which to do their recording. It is to Kootenay Lake they will go out and in of the country. Therefore, it is at some central point in the Lardeaux country, on the trunk road of travel in and out of that section, that, a record office should be located. From the Slocan country the Government should take a lesson of how rapidly a country may be opened up, and it would be well if a large general appropriation were made to be spent in the Lardeaux as necessity arose, as well as a record office provided for. Do we expect anything of the sort to be done? Certainly not. The spectacle of the British Columbia Government taking time by the forelock would indeed be a rare and edifying one. But in that the Government is truly representative. We have time and again pointed out to the coast, towns that Spokane has bought Slocan; now theyjjare allowing Spokane and Seattle and Minneapolis to head them off from the Lardeaux. Next year there will be mining men from all parts of the States, and mining syndicates from Minneapolis and Birmingham, and probably other places, ready to snap up whatever is found in the Lardeaux worth having. And, meantime the tales of their own country's wealth falls upon Victorian ears "as a. tale that is told," no action is taken and golden onportnnities of enrichment are lost, never to be recovered. WILL NOT HAVE SENSE. The Kamloops Sentinel still continues its contemptible, crazy and wholly futile carping at the Nelson &-Fort Sheppard Railway. Criticism of its rabid outpourings is impossible. Fact, common sense and intelligence have all disappeared and nothing is left���������except the editor of the Sentinel. We presume if the Sentinel had its way it would cut off the water supply from the Kootenay River, so angry does the shipping in of supplies by that route make its editor. It is nothing to the Sentinel that nine-tenths of the goods that come in that way are bought in Canadian markets and shipped in bond. The real grief of the Sentinel is that the goods are not shipped in on the cars of its sacred Juggernaut, the C. P. R. o It speaks of the Nelson & Fort Sheppard as a wrongly subsidized route. Why, forsooth? No doubt because it will give West Koote- nay better connection and cheaper freight rates from Victoria, Vancouver, Montreal and To- ronto,and to Tacoma, Great Falls, Washington and Swansea, and thus aid in developing the Province, , it is wrongly subsidized by the Province. It is controlled by American capital! What of that? If we are to wTait for railways till they are controlled by home capital we shall have to wait till the crack of doom. What capital controls the C. P. R. ? Foreign capital. What capital built and for a longtime control-led railways in the States ? Foreign capital. > Why we should object to an influx of foreign capital simply because it is American, we leave to the diseased intelligence of the Kamloops Sentinel. We understand the Sentinel is the organ of Mr. J. A. Mara. Mr. Mara supported the Nelson & Fort Sheppard bill in the Dominion House. Surely there is a discrepancy here. Is it possible that.-Mr. Mara is, like Janus, double-faced, and has one voice in Ottawa and another in Kamloops. We give Mi-. Mara due warning that before he comes soliciting votes in West Kootenay he had better alter the stops in his organ, and get it into better time with public sentiment. ��������� ",.������������������.- THE TENDER MERCIES OF THE C. ������fc &.. One of Nelson's business meo, imported 12 .���������turkeys from Marcus for Xmas use. The freight from Marcus to Northport, 30 miles, was 70c; from Northport to Robson, 55 miles, $1.25; and from Robson to Nelson, 28 miles, $2.70. And still the Kamloops Sentinel does not see why we want the Nelson & Fort Sheppard Railway. WITH A WALLET OF NEWS. R. E. Lemon has'returned .from the coast and says that Nelson is good enough for him. There is no doubt round Colville that the Silver King is sold, and those who ought to know state that Jimmy Durkin is expecting the cash for the Cobaugh interest shortly. Contracts have been let for rockwork between Northport and the boundary. A representative of the San Francisco Bridge Company has been inspecting the site of the bridge across the Pend d'Oreille, with Mr. Roberts, aud a contract for the bridge may be let within two or three days. So far are matters advanced that provisional arrangements have been made with the steamboat company for hauling in supplies, should work commence: at once. ' .11 , ��������� ii 5iSO������A&AiWl2x������Z*i-m.K TJWJt.'l.* ������.Wlft*-t<������-lfM1 ���������n j^otJjc ������jil-T^aiV^*.i^U*^ n ������������i|tiiaiw*)iu,w" riiimm���������BWa' >gjaaiaa'rfa������ir.^s^������i������6A^wriw^a-ti������.%^������c������J������SL^'^fflfc sf^csn'jnE:^dw,4Uiceaaiv%;^s^ a. ** * til i\ ���������if S.'E g;3 (a i"* jr. :_j 11 $ f i -a I \i:n M N L-tii r re/* J'Etll , _h5--|j 8-j M N pi $3 ft \ TEE MINEE; tfELSOtf, B. 0., SATUEDAY, DECEMBEE 17, 1892. A SUCCESSFUL CANADIAN. MINISG COMPANY. The Kootenay & Columbia Prospecting and Mining Company are in receipt of the smelter returns on their sample parcels of ore from the Wellington mine. The following are the results as received from the United Smelting and Refining Company, Montana: No. 1���������2,989 Pounds of Ore. Lead, per cwt, 22.5, value per ton $ 15.59 Silver, per oz. 347. 95 per cent 280.20 Gold, " .11 2.09 / ' ' ' Total value per ton '.... $297.88 Smelting costs . .$22.00 Freight , 14.95��������� 36.95 $260.93' Net proceeds, 2,989 lbs. = $397.35 No. j���������2,053 Pounds ������f Ore. Lead, per cwt., 63.3, value per ton $ 43.87 Silver, per oz., 246.2 198.80 $242.67 Smelting costs $23.50 Freight 9.33��������� 32.83 $209.84 Net proceeds, 2,053 lbs. = $215.65 No. 3���������3, y08 Pounds of Ore. Lead, per cwt., 60.2 value per ton $ 41.72 Silver, per oz., 242.6 195.90 $287.62 Smelting costs $23.00 Freight 16.85��������� 39.85 $197.77 Net proceeds, 3,708 lbs. = $381.05 This result is based on silver at 85c. an ounce. It proves many things, among others that Canadian enterprise has secured at least one good property in Slocan. It also proves that silver will have to fall very low, indeed, before mines in this country will become unproductive. We understand that this mine will be worked on a large scale at once, and that the energy and good fortune of the Kootenay and Columbia Prospecting and Mining Company will be instrumental in interesting Eastern capital in West Kootenay. IXCHAME E GOT SATE Address, Nelson or Kaslo, B. 0. COLUMBM&JraOTENAYSTEA NAVIGATION" 00MPANY. LIMITED. NOT3CE TO SHIPPERS. It is the intention of the Columbia & Kootenay Steam Navigation Company to continue running between North- port and the mouth of th" Kootenay River as late in the season as it is possible, twelve and one-half (12������) cents per 1Q0 pounds will be added to the through rate on all freight received after December loth, In ordor to cover extra expense of transferring by team at. the mouth of the Kootenay, which is unavoidable during the winter months. J. W. TROUP, Manager. Nelson, December 14th. 1892. Notice is hereby given that at the next Session of the Legislature of British Columbia, application will be made for an act to incorporate a company for the purpose of constructing, operating and maintaining a line of railway, commencing at a point near the town of Nelson, in Kootenay District, thence following the West Arm of Kootenay Lake to Balfour, thence along the west shore of Kootenay Lake to Ainsworth, thence to a point at or near Kaslo, thence running up the main fork of Kaslo Creek to Bear Lake, thence to a point at or near the Forks of Carpenter Creek, with power to build branch lines to any mine or mines adjacent to the line of railway, and with power to build wharves and docks and erect and maintain telegraph and telephone lines, and all necessary work. BOD WELL & IRVING, Solicitors for the Applicants. Dated the 14th day of December, 1892. MEE0HANT MILLEEB, M00S0MIN, Assa. ii Hungarian Patent," < ���������. "Strong Bakers," "Straight Bakers." Dealers in all kinds of Chopped Feed, Oats, Bran, Shorts, Chicken Feed, Etc.1 Prices given Sacked or in Bulk. The finest quality of OATMEAL and CORNMEAL can obtained in any sized sacks. Quotations cheerfully furnished on application. be SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO THE BRITISH COLUMBIA TRADE. OFFICES = Moosomin, N.W.T., and 25 Park Street, Ottawa, Ont. M. MACD0NALD, Agent for N.W.T. and Kootenay District, B.C.] West Kootenay Electoral District. A Court of Revision and Appeal, under the "Assessment Act, 1S88," and amendments, will be held at the Court House, Nelson, on Saturday, the 31st day of December, 1892, at the hour of 10 in the forenoon. N. FITZSTUBBS, Judge of the Court of Revision and Appeal. Nelson. December 6th, 1892. Notice is hereby given that application will be made to the Legislature of British Columbia at its next Session for an act to incorporate a company with power to construct, equip, maintain and operate a railway from a point near the international boundary line, at or near Bedlington. in the Province of British Columbia, thence following up the Kootenay River to Kootenay Lake, thence along the west shore of Kootenay Lake to its northerly extremity, with power to construct branchos to the headwaters of the Lardeaux and Duncan rivers, in said Province, and to construct telegraph and telephone lines and to equip and operate the same in connection with the said line of railway, together with the usual powers to acquire lands, privileges, bonuses, or other aids from the Dominion or Provincial Governments, and to make traffic or other arrangements with railway, steamboat or other companies, and for all other usual and necessary powers rights and privileges. JOSEPH HETHERINGTON BOWES, Solicitor for Applicants. ' Dated at Nelson, the 16th day of December41892. Notice is hereby given that at the next Session of the Legislature of British Columbia application will be made for an act to incorporate a. company for the purpose of constructing, operating and maintaining a line of railway, commencing at a point on the international boundary, on the right fork of Sheep Creek, thence running north along said creek to the Trail Creek Mines or, more particularly, to Red Mountain, 'with power to build, maintain and operate branch lines from any point or points on the main lines or branch lines to any adjacent, mine or mines, and with power to build wharves and docks, and erect and maintain telegraph and telephone lines and all necessary works. JBODWELL & IRVING, Solicitors for the Applicants. Dated this 14th day of December, 1892. CROWN GRANT APPLICATION. To All, Whom it May Concern: Be it known that we, James Richey, (free miner's certificate 41,8S3) Matthew Guthrie, (free miner's certificate 42,677) Jno. Fitzgerald, (free miner's certificate 41,738) and John King, (free miner's certificate 40,954) being the lawful holders of the mineral claim Okanagan, recorded by Matthew Guthrie aforesaid, on the 2nd day of June, 1892, in the office of A. Sproat, mining recorder, Slocan, intend appplying for a crown grant of the same by purchase, as provided, in section 35 of the Mineral act, 1891, as amended in 1892. JAS. RICHEY, M. GUTHRIE, JNO. FITZGERALD, September oth, 1892. JNO. KING. TO WHOM IT IV3AY CONCERN. Take Notice that I, Joseph Edward Boss, of the City of Spokane, United States of America, (free miner's certificate No. 41642) being the lawful holder of the mineral claim Young Dominion, recorded by H. Howson, on the 10th day of June, 1892, in the recorder's office, New Denver, intend applying at the end of sixty days for a certificate of improvements on the said claim for the purpose of obtaining a Crown Grant therefor. And further take notice that adverse claims, if any, must be sent to the Gold Commissioner at Nelson, and action commenced before the issuance of such certificate of improvements. J. E. BOSS. Dated this 28th day of October, 1892. Prospectors'location notices for sale at The Miner office son's Bay Company -DEALERS IN- '9 AND Agents for F1or:t G-arry Flour Mills BAKER STREET, NELSON, B. C. .' Hunt & Dover, JEWELERS ANO WATCHMAKERS. NELSON, B.C. Plasterer, Bricklayer and Stone-Mason Contracts taken for work at all points in West Kootenay. . ^iol^icst lie. Plasterer and Ericklayer Will contract for all kinds of work. Materials furnished | and estimates given for work in any town in if Kootenay Lake Country. t> LIME FOR SALE At Nelson and Pilot Bay or delivered at any point on % the lake in any quantity. Address P.O. box 47, Nelson. 11 Jas. McDonald & Go. Nelson and Revelstoke, 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.f NELSON STORE : No. 4 Houston ������& Ink SSisOrimg, .loscpkine Sir cot. }!���������( bm !? THE MlffEE: KELSON, E. 0., SATUEDAY, DECEMBEE 17 1892. -<������_ THE 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. T. The Gateway of the Lardo-Duncan Mining Camps. The Only Flat Land, not Subject to Overflow, and the Only Harbor at thelNorth End of Kootenay Lake. . A Railway Point; vide 0. P. R. Reports The Head of Navigation at the North End of Kootenay Lake The Terminus of the Government Trail to the Mines ������: :������ n:-- Examine the Map of West Kootenay! Examine the Head of Kootenay Lake I Examine the Townsite of Lardo! and HESE ELVES O: ������rem: 11 til, 1892, at $120 corners and $75 inside. s, one - third cash, one - third in 3 s, and one-third in 6 months. The streets and these first 200lots will be cleared free of cost; after which prices will be advanced and further improvements made. crozE3:3ST"_ Xj. iriejt^lxm^.o Stone Block. Kaslo City, B. C. MANAGING AGENT. ���������3fe"**a������MS6U4 K: &3 I fib m Mi I P Mi an. I 1$ I.e. J' Br ;# 4 THE MINER: NELSON, B. C, SATUEDAY, DECEMBEE 17 1892. The Miner is printed on Saturdays, and will be mailed to subscribers at the following cash-in-advance rates: Three months $1.50, six months $2.50, one year $4. Contract Advertisements will be inserted at the rate of $3 an inch (down the column) per month. A special rate for advertisements of over 2 inches. Transient Advertisements will be inserted for 15 cents a line for the first insertion and 7 cents a line ' for each additional insertion. Twelve lines of 9 words each make an inch. All advertisements printed for a less period than 3 months considered transient and must be paid for in advance. Advertisements of less than 12 lines will be counted as 12 lines. Birth Notices free if weight of child is given; if weight is not given $1 will be charged. Marriage announcements will be charged from $1 to $10���������according to the social standing of the bridegroom. Letters to the Editor will only appear over the writer's name. Communications with such signatures as "Old Subscriber," "Veritas," "Citizen," etc., etc., will not be printed on any consideration. Job Printing in good style at fair rates. Cards, envelopes, and letter, note, and account papers kept in stock. Subscribers in arrears will be notified by mail this month, and are requested to forward their subscriptions before the close of the year. EDITORIAL REMARKS. It was decided by the Government some few months ago that Kaslo was of sufficient importance to have a record office, and the miners and inhabitants of that town were exceedingly glad to hear that the Government had so promptly recognized the fact that many men would be benefited by having some place in which they could record their claims without it being necessary for them to go to Ainsworth. Since the office at New Denver has been established, a good deal of this inconvenience has been done away with, still there can"' be no doubt but that an office in Kaslo would pay for itself and confer considerable benefit upon a comparatively large number of men. However, not much has been heard for some time as to this matter, and we all naturally concluded that the "powers that be ' had reconsidered their decision. When everyone had become, to a certain extent, resigned to the inevitable, and had made up their minds to possess their souls in patience, suddenly, without a moment's warning, the earnestly wished for recorder shows up, and finds himself to be very unexpected. No preparations have been made for his reception," and we believe that, when he reported his arrival to the gold commissioner, that official was more surprised than he has been for a long time. Nobody, except the recorder himself, knew anything at all about the business, and nobody seemed to have any idea as to what should be done under the circumstances. This is hardly a creditable state of things. That a Government official should be appointed and that the local representatives of that Government should be entirely ignorant of the appointment, shows that a screw is loose somewhere, and that at least some of the affairs of the Province are conducted with a great deal of carelessness. Of course mistakes will happen and we trust that a satisfactory explanation of this matter will be forthcoming. In the meantime Kaslo has a recorder, if she does not own a record office. More railway charters are being applied for. If half, only, of the number of schemes for providing transportation facilities that are at present on foot, result in a railroad, an electric tram, or what not, we shall be the centre, here in Nelson, of a network of lines, reaching out, on all sides, to derive and confer benefits from in and on every district of importance the country. And wre believe that more than half of these proposals will develop into something solid. Consequently, of course, we can look forward to the good time coming and cheer ourselves during the winter with the thought of the boom that there will be in the spring. The fact that the latest of thesecharters���������published in our advertising columns this week���������is made by D. C. Corbin, is very significant; it suggests that the C. P. R. will not have all its own way in the matter of freight rates; that the Nelson & Fort Sheppard and the C. P. K. are not such friends as at one time they were thought to be; and that the N. & F. S. intends to buck against the C. P. ft, for all it is worth. Of course this is merely conjecture, and it is impossible to say whether this view is correc or not, but everything points to such a conclusion. It was not entirely unexpected that the C. & K. S. N. Company would move its headquarters from Revelstoke to Nelson. When one considered the routes over which the bulk of freight handled by the company travelled, one could not help coming to the conclusion that the company's business could be more easily managed and directed from this point than from any other part of the district. <���������. : We notice that the Government has reserved certain lots in the town of Golden, for the purpose of building thereon a courthouse. Some few weeks ago we drew attention to the fact that Nelson was badly in need of some place where courts could beheld, and we would now suggest that Captain Fitzstnbbs, during his visit to the Coast, is in a position to urge the advisability���������nay, necessity, of building Government offices of a description such as the importance of the district, and of Nelson, imperatively demands. It is satisfactory to note that foreign mining companies are not to have all their own way in running West Kootenay. The Toad Mountain Mining Company, whose incorporation is announced in the latest Gazette, is composed chiefly of local'inen, who know enough of the business to be undertaken, to make a success of it, which they will do, we hope. C. E. Perry, M. S. Davys, Mem. Inst. C.E., P.L.S. M.E.. J. H. Gray, C.E., P.L.S. PERRY, GRAY & DAYYS ENGINEERS. provincial land surveyors, notary public, conveyancing. OFFICES: Room 4, Spencer's Arcade, Government street, Victoria. Opposite Hotel Phair, Nelson. ��������� BLUE RIDGE HOUSE Ten miles from Kaslo on the trail to Slocan mines. Pirst Glass Accommodations for Travelers. Best Brands of Liquors and Cigars. PRICES MODERATE. McDonald Bros. Proprietors. NELSON Livery eed Stable, LLIAM WILSON, PROPRIETOR. 0-- HAY AND GEAIN FOE SALE. Omnibus and carriages to and from all trains and steam- \ boat wharves. Saddle and pack animals for hire. , Freight ^ hauled and all kinds of job teaming attended to. ** Stable on Baker Street. Office with Wilson & Perdne. J. Hoover, President. E. J. Dyer, Cashier. \ THE EXCHANGE NATIONAL BANK OF SPOKANE, STATE OF WASHINGTON. gaP^al '. $250,000 \\ Surphjs ������ 3o>000 q _,-.. FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC EXCHANGES BOUGHT AND SOLD. ACCOUNTS OP MINERS AND MERCHANTS SOLICITED. Cable Transfers Made. HOTEL nr\ J' ���������in VI���������T02tIA STREET, NELSON, B.C. Pleasant Rooms. Well Appointed Bar. Terms Moderate. MILLS & REVSBECH, Proprietors. THE !-T s] i\ HOTEL. ! ��������� ��������� a h M U L VE Y & CLEMENT, PROPRIETORS. WINES, LIQU0ES and OIGAES. Best Accommodation for Travellers. I m ���������A 1 Regular Connection by Boat with New Denver.. ��������� :e3:ot:e]: .*., kaslo. Finest Accommodations in the Lake Country. Elegants; table. Best of Liquors and Cigars at the Bar. A5SCIEIE F&ETCMEK, Proprietor and manager.-. JL D J. TAYLOR i TORONTO SAFE WORKS RELIABLE, PERFECT, THOROUGHLY TESTEDfH Every business man in a mining camp, whereA banks are scarce and money and valuable papei>^fj|||; are plenty, should have one of J. & J. Taylor'sffef^ safes. 'JSJtr' ������^T>on,t wait till after a fire to purchase one.!||jgjgjj} THE MDTEE: NELSON, B. C, SATUEDAY, DECEMBEE 17, 1892. tm ssssss ^*3S! ssssa 9 SSES ������: ���������OH BOD :������ The Distributing Point for the Duncan G-olcl Fields and G-reat Silver Ledges of the Lardo District. A Trail from this Townsite will bring the centre of the Lardo Mines within 12 miles, thus saving carriage over 18 miles'of- Lake and Trail. .Beautifully-Situated. Level Land. The Only Point on Upper Kootenay Lake. X X X X X X XXXXXX XX X X X X X X 1 ������. i jJjESSJ s^ 8 i r#% gssKB pass I trssg ��������������������������� '"��������� . ^���������J- $ .������������-)tm������Fmi^������jj nm.twtiTO������������������������a������������.w.y������Mm������.j.ii.j.u������i.MTiM.���������.~ ���������-��������� ��������� .~���������^wm>������.������-������^��������� ������������������.- rom tliii Haiiy in' the spring a trail will be Upper Kootenay Lake, Connecting Duncan with to the foot of the this town. n f JL. < *v "^ 't? CT m'.la oJSa C -<9- IS^- For further information as to prices for lots, terms, etc., Apply to dJMMMB^MMiiiMiwjuuLMimuiiMim^ ������������������*������. *>' '^* ���������:.��������� *��������� NT*'?' ."- *. ���������' iaut������Uss������~i_������_a _g__352_gcg*gw j^^r^^.jB^jg^WM������������������Ka������wfl^^ 1 A-./, ! I p. ���������' ���������&-1 - te If <*] -a. ft V I pi 8: is?! l"A-' MX m w # & If Si ������������������������������ 6 TEE MINER: NELSON, B. 0., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17 1892. M3t. CARNEY'S CATTAE. Mr. Carney shipped in six head of cattle by way of Bonner's Ferry. He had been told that all that was necessary was to have the seller's affidavit that the cattle did not come from an infected district, and they would be allowed to pass. They had been passed under similar conditions before. However, it was not to be, and the beef-hungry citizens of West Kootenay had the pleasure of seeing those cattle shipped back on the Nelson to the boundary line, there either to be slaughtered and brought in as beef, or else endure a 90 days quarantine. Albert Barrett accompanied the cattle with the intention of bringing them back as beef. As soon as the 49th parallel was passed, it became in order to slay the cattle, and slain they were. It becomes a very nice question as to what would have been done with those cattle held the steamer Nelson been, unable to pass the boundary line. Would the cattle have had to wander up and down in the steamer Nelson, longing for death, but without a legal domicile in which to die until only the lowing of .their ghosts could be heard on Kootenay Lake. Fortunately the line was passed, the cattle slain and this painful dilemma avoided. Surely, in the name of common sense, if there is an official who can give permits to butchers to bring in live stock to slaughter immediately, he might safely do so here, especially when we are separated by hundreds of miles of snow and ice from the rest of the Dominion, and when it is well known that no beef alive or dead which comes into West Kooteuay is ever allowed to go out again. . Since the above was written we have seen a copy of a dispatch which has been sent by Mr. Mara to the Hon. McKenzie Bowell, in which the Minister is urged to consent that cattle shall be brought into West Kootenay from the other side of the line without their being delayed, on condition that they be slaughtered immediately on arrival. This is as it should be. Good for Mr. Mara. FAILED TO CONNECT. The steamer Nelson failed to connect with Bonner's Ferry on her Wednesday trip. Mr. Christie received a telegram from Ca.pt. Troup in Spokane, that the steamer Spokane was frozen in two miles below Bonner's Ferry. The Nelson meanwhile, had left Ainsworth, and there was no way of communicating with her. She got through as far as Nale's ranche, which is 25 miles on this side of Bonner's Ferry, and there she had to turn back, and make her best ti m e ba c k t o Ne I so n, i n or d e r t hat her pas s e n - gers might catch Thursday's oiltgoing train. Nelson was reached in good time for the train, which however,- for. some reason or other, had left at 10 o'clock in the morning. The^Nelson's passengers were accordingly held up in Nelson till the nexttrrin went out. Among those detained were Mr. Whitney of St. Paul, general freight agent of the Great N^ ^thern Railway;" Mr, Macilicken of Winnipeg: Mr. E. C. Gove. Mr. T. T. McLeod, and Mr. W. J. McCleary, of Kaslo. The closing up of the Kootenay River is a serious thing for this country, as 8 or 10 carloads of'supplies are waiting at Bonner's Ferry. How sufficient feed is io be procured for the horses engaged in hauling ore to Kaslo is a problem difficult of solution. The country is now dependent on the hitherto untried experiment of keeping the Lower Columbia open after the middle of December. We should think that every effort would be made to keep it open, but whether it will be possible to do so or not remains to be proved. TOAD MOUNTAIN MINING.COMPANY. The incorporation for fifty years of the Toad Mountain Mining Company, limited, is announced in the last issue of the British Columbia Gazette. The capital stock is $1,500,000, divided in to. 1,^00,000 shares of the par value of-$l each, and theriihe trustees named are A. H. Kelly, Charles Van Ness, Frank Fletcher, A. C. Muir and H. O. Brown, of this Province; and R. N. McLean, E. I). Ide, F. B. Morse and J. N. Glover, of Spakane, Wash. General#Founders, Engineers, Boiler Makers, and Manufacturers of All Classes of Machinery. Sawmill and Marine Work a Specialty. SOLE ������IANUFA���������-TUB*EE6S OF TBBE lendall Band Mill, B. 0. Shingle Machines, Steam Log Hauling Machines. We keep in stock a full supply of Engineer and Mill Supplies, such as Pipe and Fittings, Brass Goods, Sheet and other Packing Rubber Valves, Rubber and Leather Belling, Oils, and Lubricants, etc. HOISTING ENGINES AND SINKING PUMPS FOE MINES. ,r* Comer Alexander Street and Westminster, Ave., VANCOUVER, B. 0. iL, "'" J. W. CAMPION, Agent West Xootenay. Secretary-Treasurer. Manager, NQTSOE. WASHING-TON MINERAL CLAIM, IN SLOCAN MINING SUB DIVISION. Take notice that we, the undersigned, Tom Edgar Jefferson, free miner's certificate No. 41,870, Samuel Kinsley Green, free miner's certificate No, 4.0,277, and ' William Lynch, free miner's certificate No. 39,754, intend, 60 days from the date hereof, to apply to the gold commissioner for a certificate of improvements, for the purpose of obtaining a crown grant of the above claim. And, further, take notice, that "adverse claims must be sent to the gold commissioner and action commenced before the issuance of such certificate of improvements. Dated, 18th of October, 1892. T. E. S. K. Wm. JEFFERSON, GREEN, LYNCH. FOR SALE. An assayer's outfit and laboratory, complete in all its details with office fittings. Price, $400. Apply Miner office. GROWN GRANT APPLICATIONS. Notice is hereby given that M. S. Davys, as manager for (he Cottonwood Gold Mining Company, limited,'has tiled the necessary papers and made application for. a crown grant in favor of the mineral claim known as the " Golden King," situate in the Nelson mining division of West Kootenay district. Adverse claimants, if any, will forward their objections within 60 days from date of publication. N. FITZSTUBBS, Nelson, B.C., August 22nd, 1892. Gold commissioner. NOTICE. SLOCAN STAR, SLOCAN KING, JENNIE, MINERAL CLAIMS. Take notice that I, Byron N. White, free miner certificate No. 40226, intend 60 days from date hereof to apply to the gold commissioner for a certificate of improvements for the purpose.of obtaining a crown grant of the above claims. And further take notice that adverse claims must be sent to the gold commissioner and action commenced before the issuance of such certificate of improvements. Dated, this 26th day of September, 1892. NOTICE. Slocan Boy Mineral Claim, Slocan District, West Kootenay, B. C. Take notice that we, E.J. M. Hale, free miner No. 40257; Jno. W. Goss, free miner, No. 42784; S. K. Green, free miner No. 40277; S. J. Silverman, free mirier No. 42490; intend, sixty days from the date hereof, to apply to the Gold Commissioner for a certificate of improvements for the purpose of obtaining a crown grant of the above claim. And further take notice that adverse claims must be sent to the Gold Commissioner and action commenced before the issuance of such certificate of improvements. N.'E. LINSLEY, Agentfor the Above. Dated this 30th day of October, A. D. 1892. Notice is hereby given that Harold Selous, as agent for G. H. Col well, B. Thomas, J. A. Turner and F. M. McLeod, has filed the necessary papers and made application for a crown grant in favor of the mineral claim known as the "Hidden Treasure,', situated on Toad Mountain, West Kootenay District. Adverse claimants, if any, will for-" ward their objections within 60 days from the date of this notice. . N. FITZSTUBBS, r Nelson, B. C, Dec. 3, 1892. Gold Commissioner. Notice is hereby given that James Fox, as agent for A. H. Kelly, E. S. Topping and A. M. Esler, has filed the necessary papers and made application for a crown grant in favor of the mineral claim known as |the "Ollie," situated on Toad Mountain, West Kootenay District. Adverse claimants, if any, will forward their objections within 60 days from date of this notice. N. FITZSTUBBS, Nelson, B. C, Dec. 3rd, 1892. Gold Commissioner. Notice is hereby given that M. S. Davys, as manager for" the Cottonwood Gold Mining Company, limited, has filed the necessary papers'and made application, for a crown grant in favor of the mineral claim known as the " Golden Wreath," situate in the Nelson mining division of West Kootenay district. Adverse claimants, if any, will forward their objections within 60 days from date of publication. . N. FITZSTUBBS, Nelson, B.C., August 22nd, 1892. Gold commissioner. Notice is hereby given that Henry Anderson, as agent for John N. Squire, has filed the necessary papers, and made application for a crown-grant in favor of the mineral claim, known as the Tiger, situate in the Ainsworth mining division of West -Kootenay. Adverse claimants, if any, will forward their objections within 60 days from date of publication. , N. FITZSTUBBS, Gold Commissioner. Nelson, B. C, 7th October, 1892. NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that. 60 days from the date hereof, I intend to apply for a crown grant to the "Try Me" mineral claim,situated on Toad Mountain. This application will be made under clause 35, " Mineral Act, 1891." Copies of the field notes and plat can be seen at the office of the Government Agent, Nelson. Nelson, B. C, Nov. 26th,1892/ HAROLD SELOUS. Notice is hereby given that Harold Selous, as agent for W. R. Will and R. G. Tatlow, has filed the necessary papers and made application for a crown grant in favor of the mineral claim known as the "Ivanhoe," situated on Toad Mountain. West Kootenay District. Adverse claimants will forward their objections within 60 days fronrthe date of this publication. N. FITZSTUBBS, Nelson, B. C.1" Nov. 28th, 1892. Gold Commissioner. Notice is hereby given that Harold Selous has filed the necessary papers and made application for crown grants in favor of the mineral claims known as" Yankee Girl \ and "Annie," situated on Toad Mountain on the divide between the east arid, west forks of Give Out Creek, West Kootenay District. '.,''"' Adverse claimants will forward their objections within 60 days from date of this publication. - N. FITZSTUBBS, Nelson, B. C, Nov. 26th, 1892. Gold Commissioner. ~ ~ NOTICE. CENTRAL CITY MINERAL CLAIM. Take notice that I, John A. Watson, free miner's certificate No. 44214, intend, 60 days'from the date hereof, to ^apply to the gold commissioner for a certificate of improvements for the purpose of obtaining a crown grant for the above claim. And further take notice that adverse claims must be sent to the gold commissioner and action commenced before the issuance of such certificate of improvements. Dated this 10th day of October, A.D., 1S92. ��������� JOHN A. WATSON, Per his agent J. L. Retallack. Notice is hereby given that E. D. Ainsworth, for himself and as agent for E. E. Brockhensen and D. C. Joslyn, has filed the necessary papers and made application for a crown grant in favor of the mineral claim known as the "Copper King," situated on Toad Mountain, West Kootenay District. Adverse claimants will forward their ob- . jections within 60 days from the date of this notice. N. FITZSTUBBS, Nelson, B. C, Dec. 5th, 1892. Gold Commissioner. _____ NOTICE. The Columbia & Kootenay Railway and Navigation Company will apply to the Parliament of Canada at its next session for an Act authorizing it to construct and operate a railway between a point on its present line and Revelstoke, together with such branch or branches, not exceeding in any case thirty miles in length, as may be hereafter authorized by His Excellency the Governor in Council, and for other purposes. J. D. TOWNLEY, Vancouver, November 24th, 1892. Secretary. f?<tl TEE MISTER: KELSON, B. 0., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1892. 7 TienE TO~w"3srsxT:e] oif tzhzie s of the Kaslo-Slocan Wagon Road. Post Office Centre. K, Agent. :'/ ������������������ SMGHT&Y 1IV ACCURATE. A recent issue of the Tacoma News contains the following: "The recent discovery of silver in what is known as the Kaslo and Duncan districts in British Columbia, is receiving a great deal of attention just now. If reports received [> in this city from men who have prospected on the other side of the boundary line in the new country be true,'there .is promise of a real bona fide mining excitement before spring sets in next year. The Kaslo district is about 150 miles from the Kootenay district. American prospectors flocked in there early this, year, and they have been more than repaid for their 'efforts'. Upwards of 200 claims have been staked out. Improvements are being made on a great many of the claims, and some of them are already being worked. When prospectors flooded the Kaslo district this summer, some of them went farther off into the country, and another immense ledge of silver was struck. Another tniningcamp wasquickly formed there, and it has since become known as the Duncan district. The ore in both districts is sprinkled with gold but not to any particular extent. Without exception the ore has been of a high grade."''' The Kaslo district is not 160 miles from the Kootenay district���������it is part and parcel of it; there has been considerable excitement, this year even, with regard to the Slocan discoveries; and the Duncan River district is more commonly, Though not, perhaps, more correctly, seeing that the Duncan is the larger and more important river of the two, known as the Lardo or Lardeau district���������what is the correct way to spell the name of this river, we wonder? With the exception of these mistakes the paragraph above is fairly correct, and it is satisfactory to note that a city so far away as Tacoma is beginning to realize the existence of a mining district that has been creating quite a stir in so old fashioned and backward a country as England. COR. BAKER AND WARD STREETS. MEALS AT ALL HOURS, DAY OR MIGHT MRS. W. C. PHILLIPS, Proprietress. East Raker 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 Pine Liquors and Cigars, and the bed-rooms are newly furnished. HI ALOW- ������������ TRE������IZMS PROPRIETORS AIxYSWORTII, IS. ���������. PACK AND SADDLE HORSES ontracts taken for hauling supplies, machinery, ore, etc., to and from mines in Hot Springs district. ALL TEAMING WORK UNDERTAKEN. Telephone 96. G. W. RICHARDSON | Nelson, It. C. R. J. BEALEY Kaslo, B. C. s (Notary Public.) RICHARDSON & BEALEY Seal Estate and Financial Agents, Mining and Real Estate. W real estate seoueity. J. A. KIRK J. P.- RITCHIE Auctioneer and Commission Agent, REPRESENTING- The Confederation Life Association, the Phoenix Fire Insurance Company, and the Provident Fund Accident Society; also the Sandy Croft Foundry Company, near Chester, England, makers of all kinds of mining machinery, air compressors, rock breakers, stamps, etc. No. 1, JOSEPHINE STREET, NELSON, B.0. Lots for Sale in KIRK & RITCHIE, Dominion, and Provincial Land Surveyors. Office over Bank of British Columbia, Nelson, B.C. i& A 53 Adjoining the government townsite of Nelson AT $125 AED UPWARDS With a rebate for buildings erected. The best residential property in Nelson, values sure to increase. Apply W. A. Jowett, agent for Nelson and district, or Innes & Richards, Vancouver, B.C. W. A. JOWETT, Mining & Real Estate Brokers, Auctioneers & Commission Agents. . .:���������- ,i JOSEPHINE STREETS, NELSON, B.C. Vernon Street, near Josephine, opposite wharf. NELSON. It. ���������. PROPRIETOR. Prospectors'location notices for sale at The Miner office THE HOTEL OVERLOOKS THE KOOTENAY its guests thus obtaining splendid views of both mountain and river. THE ROOMS are comfortable in size and newly furnished. THE TABLE is acknowledged the best in the mountains. NEW BED-ROOMS. BAR JUST ADDED. THE ZB^.IR is stocked with all brands of liquors and cigars. i go | f J-'GI i "t ! r ff������.iw ���������! rny���������-a������������������tit* pxt-'-'tstw win.*: ^lii^*^������^ r iii^it*i.-iul:Xh.'it'?a^j*T,;u^v-"i?.- ^.JTr-t, nL-������r^V!������^3t^^������l ja>.SU/Vi<-!j: ^r.'jrfcciiia^'- ^������^MWWf=d5fr3WrMEtt3B23iE^^ KPBM W/*'A If^. $$��������� S������ ��������� I' | ml . M ��������� life'' i?':V'. l.'Mf- 8 THE MINER: NELSON, B. 0., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17 1892. .it ���������mw ilium UailllWUITHIIH.. 1��������� Flour, Feed and Hay. Groceries of all kinds. Hams and Bacon. Dry Goods. Ready-Made Clothing, Boots and Shoes, Hats and Caps. ������..<-t FISHING TACKLE AND FANCY G-OODL. WEST BAKER STREET Trfr"- MINING NEWS OF THE WORLD. W t������ P i Pi Governar Concord, of, Nevada, speaking in San Francisco, says a newspaper despatch, stated that nearly all the quartz mills on the Oar- son River had shut down, and that there is general depression in Nevada, owing to the low price of silver, the Gavernor said: "This is all true, and I may add, that there is not now a dividend-paying silver mine in Nevada. Not one of the Comstock mines is paying. The Consolidated Virginia has not paid a dividend for five or six months. It is taking out $60,000 or. $70,000 worth of silver a month, but the expense of operation is more than this. Many mines are not working at all." This extract from the Governor's speech, whilst perhaps true in the main, can hardly be regarded as being strictly accurate, as in the latest share list we notice that two Nevada mining companies, the Consolidated California & Virginia and the Eureka, are announced as paying dividends, the former of 50c. and the latter of 25c. per share. The owners of the Last Chance mine, near Wardner, Idaho, are negotiating for the purchase of a 300-ton concentrating plant for the treatment of the ores from that mine. The new mill is estimated to cost about $50,000. The net sales of ore from this mine are about $25,000 per month. ��������� The property is so far developed that hundreds of tons can be taken out in a day, and the owners are finding it necessary to greatly increase the mill capacity to keep the ore dump down to its normal size. The new. mill will be ready for operations in the early spring. The Bunker Hill and Sullivan mines, near neighbors of the Last Chance, are producing about 3,000 tons of ore a month. The net sales last month were $12,000. Bonds have been signed for the sale of the Lone Prospector mine, situated at Mosquito Flats, on the North Thompson, Near Kamloops, for the sum of $10,000. There is considerable talk in Nanaimo about a new company being formed to develop several claims on Texada Island, and the name given to the company is the Georgian Mining Company. Work will be commenced as soon as the weather breaks. The flooding of the No. 4 shaft of the Wellington colliery, V. I., which is on fire, is completed. The flow of water has been shut off, and arrangements are b ing made so that the pumping out process will commence in a few days. It will take several weeks to clear the mines of water. A big strike of ore is reported on the Egan range of mountains on the west side of Steptoe Valley, between Ely and Cherry Creek, Nevada. The ore is native* ruby and horn silver, "carrying between 400 and 500 ozs. in silver' to the ton and from $40 to $70 in gold. The ledge has been located for a mile, and prospectors are flocking into that region. Interest in the alleged diamond discovery near Snake River, 30 miles southwest of Boise, Idaho, is on the increase. It looks now as if a diamond field had been discovered sure enough. Six gems, cut from Boise stones, by Tiffany & Co., of New York, are pronounced to be genuine diamonds. The stones are of medium size and quite brilliant, being very white. Some of them are reported to have flaws, but others are reported perfect. Upon the Evergreen State lode, in Douglas county, Wash., is located a first grade quality ledge of soapstone fire-proof rock, which an as- sayer from New York reports as being of the finest quality, capable of withstanding six times as much fire as the best grade of fire brick in the market. For use in building furnaces, smelters, fire proof fronts and buildings it has no superior in the world, and there are only a few places in the United States where it has an equally high grade. (A. M. Can. Soc. C. E.) CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT, Victoria St., Next 2>oos* fo Hotel 1'Zuiir, Kelson, IS. C. TIME CARD FOR TRAVELERS. The Columbia & Kootenay Steam Navigation Co. id. Operating the fast and elegant steamers COLUMBIA, NELSON, LYTT0N & KOOTENAI LITTX.Ii: BALL52S ROUTE: Str -Lytton leaves Mouth of Kootenay on Mondays and Thursdays at 3 p. m. Passengers take train leaving Nelson at 1 p. m. on above mentioned days. -KOOTENAY LAKE AND BONNEITS FJEB&KY ROUTE: Str. Nelson leaves Nelson at 3 p. m. on Tuesdays and Saturdays for Pilot Bay, Ainsworth, Kaslo and Bonner's Ferry. Returning, leaves Bonner's Ferry at 5 a. m, on Mondays and Thursdays. J. W. TROUP, Manager NELSOM. Hot and cold water; electric bells; billiard and club rooms; baths. All appointments first-class. E. E. ,PHAIR, proprietor. THE hQjKQ -Q, B. G. LUMBER, ROUGH AND DRESSED, SHINGLES, LATHS, MOULDINGS, SASH, DOORS, GIG-SAW WORK, TURNING-LATHE WORK, - ON HASS3D OR BV1ADE TO ORDER - - The Best of Shipping Facilities. 300,000 feet of Lumber in the Nelson Lumber Yard. G. O. BUCHANAN. . P.O. address, Nelson or Kaslo. NeL Music Emporium. son Dealers in Pianos, Organs, Sewing Machines (Improved Singer) Staple and Fancy Stationery, Books, School Supplies, all kinds of Musical Merchandise. Call nrnl see us in. onv new sfcrnd SSOUSTO* BLOCK, BaKcr Street. "Prevention is better than cure." Every business man should have a copy of "The Customs Tariff." o_ Assoc. M. Inst. C. E., M. Can. Soc. C. E. PROVINCIAL -:- LAND -:~ SURVEYOR, BALFOUE, 33.. O. Telephone Connection. OROWSSS GRAMT APPLICATION. To All Whom it May Concern: Be it known that we, James Richoy, (free miner's certificate 41,883) Matthew Guthrie, (free miner's certificate 42,677) Jno. Fitzgerald, (free miner's certificate 41,738) and John King, (free miner's certificate 40,954) being the lawful holders of the mineral claim Okanagan, recorded bj Matthew Guthrie aforesaid,..on the 2nd day of June, 1892, in the office of A. Sproat, mining recorder, Slocan, intend appplying for a crown grant of the same by purchase, as provided in section 35 of the Mineral a,ct, 1891, as amended in 1892. J AS. RICHEY, M. GUTHRIE, JNO. FITZGERALD, September 5th, 1892. JNO. KING. TO WHOM ST MAY CONCERN. Take Notice that I, Joseph Edward Boss, of the City of Spokane, United States of America, (free miner's, certificate No. 41642) being the lawful holder of the mineral claim Young Dominion, recorded by H. Howson, on the -10th day of June, 1892, in the recorder's office, New Denver, intend applying at the end of sixty days for a certificate of improvements on the said claim for the purpose of obtaining a Crown Grant therefor. And further take notice that adverse claims, if any, must be sent to the Gold Commissioner at Nelson, and action commenced before the issuance of such certificate of improvements. ������������������. T F BOSS Dated this 28th day of October, 1892. ' - fV- 'U.f ������ wi4-s.* 3i if *^1 tl' fcJ THE MINEE: NELSON, B. 0., SATURDAY, DECEMBEE 17, 1892. This Company now Offers for Sale a Number of Choice Business or Residential Lots on Easy Terms. Rebate G-iven for G-ood Buildings on BUSINESS PROPERTY. FOR PARTICULARS APPLY - - F." FLETCHER, LAND COMMISSIONER, NELSON, B. C. WAY AHEAD OF A WAGON ROAD. John Hendry, of New Westminster, one of the principal owners of the Kaslo townsite, was interviewed by a reporter in Spokane, whilst on his way in to this country. We hope that, for the sake of the district, what he says may be true, and that in the spring the Kaslo-Slocan Railroad n j ay be fairly started, yet, bearing in mind the promises made early this year with regard to this same thing, we are somewhat timid at jumping to the conclusion that this railroad may be looked upon as good as built: ** I am on my way to Kaslo City," said he, "to meet our engineers, who have just completed the survey of the railroad. It will run from Kaslo City*to the junction of Carpenter and Cody creeks by way of Bear and Fish lakes. It will be about 30 miles in length. The prospects are now fairly good for its being constructed next summer. So much ore is already in sight that the company can count on about enough traffic to pay expenses, and if the development work which is to be carried on in a number of mines there this winter continues to make as good a showing as at present, the road will unquestionably be built there. "My information is that there are 19 mines shipping Ore this winter. The cost of moving this ore from the mines to Kootenay Lake4s all the way from $6 to $40 per ton, according to location. With good wagon roads such as are now built I have no doubt the contractors will make big money at thes^ prices. ���������'There is great danger of the present wagon road being practically wiped out next spring. In any case it would take about as much money to put it in shape after the snow goes off as it took to build it originally, so the company considers it the wisest policy to build the railroad next spring without further delay, provided, always, the mines continue to look as well as they do at the present, when ^the winter's work on them is finished." GET OUT YOUR TOBOGGAN. Now when the snow has come and shows very apparent intention of staying, is the time to start a tobogganing club. There are two slides which, with a little trouble, might be made a source of healthy exercise and entertainment to Nelson's winter-bound citizens, one from the extreme east end of Vernon street and the other down Stanley street* Those vvho^care for tobogganing should get together, organize a club, and set to work to fix up one or other of these slides. Tobogganing was a never-failing resource during the winter mouths of last year, and no more healthy or social outdoor amusement for winter could well be imagined. R. C. Campbell-Johnston (of Swansea, India, and the United States.) METALLURGIST, 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. GILKER & WELLS'! Postoffice Store, Nelson, IS. ���������. AND GENTS' PURNISEINa GOODS. ALSO, FULL LINES OF Toilet Articles and Stationery. (Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1862.) CAB*ITAL <paM up), ������000,000 . $3,000,000 (With power to increase.) KESEKVE FUNSV ������220,000 1,100,000 ZBIR-A-HSrOJeilES = Victoria, B. C, San Francisco, California, Vancouver, B. C, Portland, Oregon, NewW< stminster,B.C, Seattle, Washington, Nanaimo, B. C, Tacoma, Washington. Kamloops, B. C. HEAD OFFICE: 60 Lombard street, LONDON, England. AGENTS AND CORRESPONDENTS: CANADA���������Bank of Montreal and branches; Canadian Bank of Commerce and branches Imperial Bank of Canada and branches; Commercial Bank of Manitoba ; and Bank of Nova Scotia. UNITED STATES���������Agents Bank of Montreal, New YorK; Bank of Montreal, Chicago. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. Interest at the rate of I per cent per annum will be allowed on all time deposits at present. CHANT TAILO Baker street, Nelson, B. C. HAS ON DISPLAY A FULL RANGE OF Plain and Pancy Worsted Suitings and Scotch and Irish Tweeds and Serges. Spring goods now on hand. HPIRXOIES TO SUIT TIHZIE TIMES AM OF MONTREAL CAPITAL (all paid up), $12,000,000 KEST, . . . . 0,000,000 Sir DONALD A. SMITH, President Hon. GEO. A. DRUMMOND, '..'....Vice-President E. S. CLOUSTON, General Manager Nelson Branch: N. W. Cor. Baker and Stanley Sts. Branches in London (England), New York and Chicago and in the principal cities in Canada; Buy and sell sterling exchange and cable tranfers; Grant commercial and travelers' credits, available in any part of the world; Drafts issued; Collections made; Etc. SAVINGS BANK BRANCH Ratec of interest at present four per cent. (Of Swansea and Wigan.) Analytical Chemists and Assayers, REVELSTOKE. Mr. P. C. STOESS, Nelson, will receive samples from Kootenay Lake District. Physician, Surgeon, and Accoucheur, Telephone 45. Office: Stanley and Victoria Streets P.O. box 69. Telephoned!. Applewhaite & Co. S. E. corner Baker and Josephine streets, NELSON, B. C. FINANCIAL AND INSURANCE AGENTS. Loans negotiated on Nelson property. Collections inade. Conveyancing documents drawn up. Town Lots Lands and Miring Claims Handled on Commission. WEST KOOTENAY DISTRICT. All Placer Mining Claims in this District, legally held, may be laid over from the 15th day of October, 1892, until the 1st day of June, 1893. N. FITZSTUBBS, Gold Commissioner. Nelson B. C, November 15th, 1892. II 1: ftgMttima^a^ BBLMMJJUmiLMHWttJ iv'n.% ^&t&i?>ifa&������^^jQ. 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CTOIBIIlSr ,_^k__ TTZTRI^IEIR, ,8 Dealers in Dry Goods, Groceries, Provisions, Canned Goods, Hardware, Etc. Miners' Supplies a Specialty The stock is full and complete in every Department, and the uublic will find it to their advantage to call and insuect Groods '"' and compare Prices. m Telephone 27. 7, 9, and 11 East Yernon Street, NELS n US'' W IP"}. Hi; W f si1:--"' LOCAL Ai\I������ PERSONAL. E. F. Whittler, interested in the Idaho, was in town yesterday. George Keefer went down the railway track hunting for a few clays and returned yesterday with a fine deer. G. B. McPherson has left the Galena Trading Company, and is now assistant purser on the Nelson. Rev. D. Martin, of Kaslo, who went down to the Coast some few weeks ago, will not return, as he has gone tu his home, back East. Jim Wardner means to bring out ten tons of ore a day, from the Freddie Lee, throughout the winter, or as long as he can ship it out by way of Nelson and Northport. In the last issue of the Spokane Weekly Chronicle is an article by Press Woodruff, in which E. E. Coy gets his leg pulled to a large extent. Mr. Christie, of the O. & K. S. N. C, has taken Rolfe & Goepel's old office in the Bank of B. C. block, and has had it fitted up in a manner that suggests he is there to stay. V 8. K. Green, of Spokane, who is considerably interested in Slocan mines, has been in Kaslo for the .past-week, and on Tuesday came down to Nelson for a day or two. Frank Fletcher and H. Twigg, who came back from fishing- shack No. 3 on Saturday last, having had no sport, started again on Monday for Robson, whence they returned on Thursday, having bagged one deer and seen many others. A special train left Nelson this morning for Robson, where a special boat will connect with a special train at Northport for Spokane. This activity in providing for the wants of Nelson's people by the railroad company is as unexpected as it is pleasurable. Jim Wardner has taken advantage of this move on the part of the company to ship out 30 tons of ore. O. G. Dennis, the newly appointed recorder for Kaslo, came down from East Kootenay on ���������Monday last. He is almost as great a puzzle as W. J. McLeary. Two years ago, one of Victoria's most prominent doctors told him positively that he could not by any chance live for six weeks; and yet at the present day, to an ordinary human ej^e, he appears to be very much alive. Mr. Dennis has a good record at Fort Steele, and we are glad to be able to number him amongst us. It seems that there is going to besome trouble about the City of Kootenai, lots in which town- *-site were put on the market this spring. It appears that the townsite must have Iteen incorrectly surveyed, and that some of the lots are situated in American territory. J. F. Ritchie, of Kirk & Ritchie, is down there trying to ascertain to what extent this be true, if it is true. With the present amount of snow he is likely to have a very unpleasant job of it. Captain Fitzstubbs left on Thursday on a , visit to the Coast. It is the intention of the owners of the steamer Ainsworth to lay her up for the winter: It is expected that the Nelson will, from this date, make daily trips to Kaslo and back. Billy Perdue is back from his autumn round of cattle buying. . . T. R. Jones, of H. M. Customs, was in town on Sunday last. George Hughes has taken another contract to pack out 500 tons of ore from the Slocan. Scott McDonald and wife paid Nelson a visit on Monday last. We hear that Mr. Middaugh hassold several of the claims he acquired whilst in this country, in Minneapolis. On Sunday last some ten or twelve of Nelson's athletes had an afternoon's skating on the flats near Stevenson's boat house. Fred Irvine returned on Wednesday, having spent a pleasant ten days in visiting Spokane and other towns across the border. On Wednesday 15 sacks of mail came in to Nelson, being the largest mail that has ever been received hei-e. N. Hoover has returned fromthe head of Kootenay Lake, having had pretty good sport amongst the geese, having bagged seven and one swan. We understand that an entertainment will be given in Carney & Barrett's Hall on December 27th, under the auspices of the Methodist Church. There is no perceptible difference in the number of people traveling to and fro .-between lake points. On Tuesday' more than sixty passengers "came in by theJN'elson from Bonner's Ferry, and yesterday at least 30 came up from North- port. On Sunday last some"130 lots were sold in Lardo City, some few of them bringing so high a figure' as We understand that the lots in Duncan City and Argenta are selling as well as their agents could wish, whilst Watson and Bear Lake City are looked upon as staple goods and are, so to speak, quoted on the stock exchange. Mr. Stirsky has invented a burglar alarm which he intends to patent in the States and Canada. It is simple in design and should have a ready sale in any place where burglars exist and where the houses are built so that it is easier to break in by the door than it is to saw a hole through the walls. It has been suggested, with what justice we do not know, that in the paragraph describing the good time that the Nelson boys had in Kaslo last week, the sentence "a careful and elaborate examination of the ins and outs of Kaslo" should read "the inns and chucker-outs of Kaslo." births. Kane���������On Saturday the 10th inst, at Kaslo, thj wife of G. T. Kane, of a daughter. {f Jisckowicz���������On Monday, the 12th inst., ihj ... wife of Charles Jisckowicz, of a daughter. * ���������. ������fi Bi. S. N. COMPANY. The agents of the Transportation Company^ have, posted the following notice for the inspection of the general public : Spokane, 'Wash.., Dec. 14, To Agents and Connections : It is expected that, the Columbia -River, be-$ tween Northport and mouth of Kootenay River will be navigable during the greater, part of the! winter months, but as we are not in a position tc->jj fix an absolute date when such navigation wilil close for a short time, on account of extremef cold weather, notice is given that, until otherwise ad vised, shipmen t s of .-..freight for the following points in British CaiiYmbTal"Trail Creek. Wan eta, Robson, Nelson, Ainsworth, Kaslo* J Pilot .Bay or . Balfour, routed via North port, Wash., will be accepted, subject to the delayII incident to the close of navigation, and to anyj additional ^charges which may be involved iir forwarding to destination, '.'..; Agents will be governed accordingly and ad'-'1] vise all interested. D. E. Brown, J. W. Troup, G. H. Martin, A.G.F.A.,C.P.R., M.C.&K.C, Aud.S. F.&N. Vancouver. Nelson. Spokane. With regard to the freight which" is waiting.) at Revelstoke, we understand that a-large portion of it has been disposed of to local merchants end that the 0. P. R. has expressed its willing ness to transport the remainder, which consisi. chiefly of flour, to Vancouver,, free Of -charge. The quantity of stuff is so small that our locai business men do not seem to be bothering, thei. heads much about it. Up to the present the arrangements made b\ the C'. & K. S. N. Co., as to their passenger trai fie are as follows: Passengets leave Nelson a1 W$$ 9 a. m. on Mondays and Thursdrys, arriving a' Northport, where they spend the night, the same day, proceeding next morning to Spokane, where they arrive in the evening. Trains leay> Spokane on Mondays and Thursdays, passenger- by which will reach Nelson on Tuesdays and ������801 Fridays. The aboye arrangement saves a da j " on the road, as up to the present it has been ap three days journey to or from Spokane by thiH|^^| route. Express parcels may be sent through by ^������||! this way from the coast. These should be ad dressed Care of the C. & K. S. N. Co at Northport
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