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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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/') / j\ / ��������� t X v> 5^9 . // Only Paper Printed in the Kootenay -Lake Mining: Districts. For Rates of Subscription and Advertising See Fourth Page. m JfUMBEE 11. tfELSOff, BEITISH COLUMBIA, SATUEDAY, AUGUST 30, 1890. $4 A YEAE. TWO governments! inoictew.bv a. grand jury The first grand jury summoned in southern Kootenay had no-other labor to perform than wrestle with the report that they presented to chief justice Begbie; Onreading it, early on Monday morning, the chief justice is reported to have remarked that it was a little illogical to call attention to the district's immunity from crime and then turn round in the next sentence and strongly urge the immediate appointment of a constable at Ainsworth. On the whole, the chief justice said the report deserved consideration, and that the portions referring to the public land reserves would have his early attention. The grand jury was made up of men of undoubted worth, whose every interest is in this section, and while they returned no criminal indictments and asked for the abatement of not a single nuisance, which speaks well for the people in the mining camps on Kootenay lake, they presented a strong array of facts, which really mean an indictment against postoffice inspector Fletcher and his superior officers at Ottawa, as well as against the men who control and parcel out the public lands of this province. Below ',-., is the .report r-.'_'. THE DISTRICT FREE PROM CRIME. We congratulate your lordship on the remarkable immunity from crime hitherto enjoyed by our coihmuhity. O chiefly of hardy, industrious, enterprising men, who are here with the full understanding that they must look to the future development of the district for the reward of present labor and hardship. Our people have very high and, we think, well-grounded hopes that an era of great prosperity awaits us as soon as we can get rid of the obstacles incidental to our somewhat remote and isolated situation. We find nothing of the nature of criminality, and nothing that may be considered as public nuisances, which is necessary to bring to the attention of your lordship. But there are a number of matters seriously affecting tlie business interests and the comfort and welfare of our people; matters, some of which lie within the jurisdiction of the provincial government and some within that of the Dominkn government; matters which have been the subject of strenuous and repeated, but unavailing, petition and remonstrance from our people. PROSPECTS OF THE COUNTRY. We trust that your lordship has seen during your few days of travel in the district some of the evidences of great mineral wealth presented Jby the different mining camps. What is already known of the magnitude and character of these prospects warrants the belief that we shall have here mining districts second in importance to none on the continent. We believe that the rapid development of this district will be a powerful stimulus and a. substantial aid to mining operations throughout the province, and, therefore, that the government are justified as a matter of expediency in furnishing us, with all possible despatch, the requisite machinery and facilities for the cheap and speedy transaction of public and private business. INADEQUATE GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS AND NECESSITY FOR MORE PEACE OFFICERS. We find that the government building in Nelson, used as a courthouse, recording office, and jail, is barely large enough for office purposes. We recommend that the cells now in it should be immediately removed, and a separate building, with enclosed yard, provided for the accommodation of prisoners. During the winter season it is impossible to send prisoners from here to a,ny other part of the province, and there is, therefore, necessity for immediate action. At Ainsworth, we find, that there is neither justice of the peace, constable, or lock-up; all of which are urgently required. THE POSTOFFICE DEPARTMENT ROUNDLY CENSURED FOR NEGLECT OF DUTY. We Ixndtdiat there is but*one postoffice in the whole district���������-that at Nelson. During the summer months we have one mail per week. Last whiter we had one mail per month, carried in from Kootenay, Idaho; and this was not established by the government until after the people here had made a contract for a similar service at their own expense. We need a postoffice at Ainsworth and one at the custom-house on Kootenay river; and at least 2 mails per week via Revelstoke during the season of navigation, and 2 per week via Kootenay, Idaho, during the same season. While as regards wjnter communication, we believe it would be entirely feasible to secure, by the payment of a moderate subsidy, a weekly mail and passenger service either by way of Bonner's Ferry or by way of Sproat to Little Dalles. The people of the district have asked many times for this increased accommodation, but have received no attention; and we greatly fear that at this moment no arrangement has been made or is in contemplation by the postoffice authorities to supply any mail service at all after the close of navigation on the Columbia. v One consequence of this state of affairs is that a large proportion of our mail matter is brought to us by the steamboat men from the postoffices in Idaho, and a great deal of our mail outwards is carried in the same unofficial manner to be mailed in "those offices. United States postage stamps have become a species of currency among us; and your lordship will readily understand that a great deal of trade which otherwise would be transacted within the province is diverted to a foreign country by this paucity of Canadian mail service. A STRONG INDICTMENT AGAINST THE LAND POLICY OF THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT. We find that at present the growth of the town of Nelson is almost at a standstill, because building lots are not to be bought except from private holders at speculative prices. The site belongs to the provincial government, and all lots (132 in number) put on the market have been bought, the prices realized at the last auction sale averaging nearly $300 per lot. A numerously signed petition was sent to the government, asking for the survey and placing on the market of additional lots; but the reply received by the petitioners was a peremptory refusal. From our point of view this action seems most ^unreasonable and unjust. If land here is worth anything, it owes its value to the enterprise, the labor, and the money expenditure of the people who came here as prospectors, miners, and pioneer business men; and we maintain that at least so much land as the people here need for residential purposes should be placed at their disposal at a nominal price, and any suspension of the sale of such building lots, even if only tmporary, is at this stage of Nelson's progress, surely a mistaken and non-progressive policy, and does us gross injustice. The lands adjoining Nelson are in the hands of private parties or locked up by the Columbia & Kootenay railway reserves. All the lands for 2 miles back, and on each side along the whole of Kootenay river and outlet, from the Columbia river to Kootenay lake, are reserved, and the laws allowing the purchase of lands anywhere in the province have been suspended. The action of the government in these matters seems to us to be vacillating, illiberal, and inconsistent. Our interests are most injuriously affected thereby, and we most earnestly request your lordship to use your influence with the government to induce them to relax their regulations in some way, so that men requiring a few feet of the vast extent of waste land surrounding them on which to erect houses for themselves and their families may not be com pelled to turn their backs upon this country because of their inability to obtain it. THE CANADIAN PACIFIC'S "FLOATING" BLOCK RESERVES CONSIDERED AN INJUSTICE, AND A PROTEST MADE AGAINST THEIR ALLOWANCE. The most important question by far, however, we now beg to submit to your lordship's notice. We refer to the land reserves made by the government under authority of the Columbia & Kootenay Subsidy Act. It was at first supposed that this grant of land was to consist of blocks 4 miles square of unoccupied land. The railway company, however, have been allowed to establish reserves on blocks of land covering the different mining camps and towhsites of the district. Not only this, but no definite starting posts or stakes have been fixed for these blocks, and the railway company thus seem to have a most fav- vorable opportunity at some future time to place initial or starting posts at such points as will be most advantageous to themselves. While we understand that parties haying title to land within these blocks cannot be disturbed, we desire to call your lordship's attention to the fact that the prospectors, miners, timber men, and others, who have but temporary rights to the land on which they are located, apprehend grave trouble and endless litigation should the present reserves be made final. Mining companies and others having necessary extension of their operations and works in view also find that they may be compelled to pay to an outside corporation exorbitant prices for fractions of land which, except for their own expenditures, would be in a great measure valueless. We see in th is state of affairs a future harvest of contention that will be disastrous and d development of this district. These deplorable results will, in our opinion, be completely avoided if the obvious meaning of the act be adhered to, and the railway company be compelled to locate these blocks definitely in such a way as to cover nothing but waste and unoccupied lands. CONCLUSION AND NAMES OF JURORS. The above questions we beg most respectfully to commend to your lordship's careful consideration. To us they are of the most vital importance, and to the province at large of by no means insignificant moment. Signed by G. O. Buchanan, R. E. Lemon, John Tolson, George A. Bigelow, C. S. F. Hamber, Gr. E. F.Ellis, Alfred Hill, E. A. Atherton, A. S. Farwell, T. P. Lewis, Charles Van Ness, James A. Grilker, John McNeil, William Hunter, and Joseph Wilson. a ��������� ��������� ' . '-,;.��������� A $9000 Sale Made. This week Watson & Ernest sold the Fourth, a claim discovered by them on the 4th of July last, for $9000 cash, the purchasers being interested in the Pacific Bullion company of Spokane Falls. The price realized is a good one for a prospect, on which but little development work has been done. On receiving the cash, Ralph Watson left Ainsworth for a trip to his home in one of the eastern provinces. Work to he Commenced on the No. 1. ��������� Work will be commenced the coming week on the No. 1, a claim in the Hot Springs district owned by the Revelstoke Mining Company. A drift will be run north from the tunnel now in nearly 400 feet, then an upraise made to the incline shaft. This will drain the present workings, and enable the ground to be thoroughly prospected to a depth of about 300 feet. Gold Oust from 49 Creeli. D. B. Huntley reports work at the hydraulic claim on 49 creek delayed on account of lack of lumber for sluice boxes. This will be overcome, as that veteran whipsawyer John Loge has undertaken to get out the lumber required. Gold dust will be arriving at Nelson within a month from that promising camp. By 1 - ,-._..; ;,-.-, J .-rf1'/ HI '1 a^dj������i_csK__aj_. izwzxtijtmsxsxtezijsi e-fe*ria_jrtdta^&^aul^i^^ li ii1/ I: ;l ��������� . I I?. iff if ���������if 'a * r THE MINER��������� | j^ELSOlf, B. 0., SATUEDAY, AUGUST 30, 1890. "prospectors, read., AND PONDER." To the Editor of The Mincer: The article in your last issue, headed as above, is, I venture to think, somewhat misleading in so far as it refers to the long-continued efforts of a prospector to prove the value of his fayorite claim. No one fact'in-the mining for precious metals is so well known as this: that neither the width of nor the percentage of metal in a m ineral vein rem ains the same for any appreciable distance. When a bonanza has been drifted through on the strike of a vein, and when crosscuts have been run at several points through the ore, a fairly accurate estimate of the deposit may be made upon which to base the extent of the future development. Outside of these deposits of rich ore, variously known as pockets, bonanzas, chimneys, chutes, etc., will be found sections of barren or low- grade quartz or other mineral-bearing rock. Exactly when'���������arid where the next chute will be found no expert on earth can tell in the present state of mining knowledge. We make progress but slowly in this direction., The knowledge we do possess has been acquired by a series of observations on the nature of the selvage, the texture of the quartz, th e character of the 2 walls, etc. Even an alteration in the dip may have a good or bad effect. ,,,,_-,,^,..,.., As it is, therefore, impossible to predict just when and where a rich strike will he-made, "it is absolutely necessary to the -'mirier that he should possess and keep alive a large bonanza of hope. He must expect a "find" from day to day. A hundred cases might be given of the final success of men who have toilecl away, day after day and month after month, sustained only by theniost unbounded faith in the value of their pet vein. From being the laughing-stock of some and objects of pity to others in their camp, these plodders have suddenly found themselves the possessors of great wealth. All are ready to seek the advice of these lucky in en and treasure up as oracles their most trivial remaks upon min- iag matters, refusing to see in the example set by these successful plodders the only secret of finding bonanzas. As no man can foresee with certainty where a rich ore body lies, the mining man who understands his business will look for a vein of such a character as will, with careful working, yield a small profit on these poor portions that lie between the rich chutes, as on such a ledge one can afford to wait for the rich finds. Seeing, therefore, that a vein which contains enough of the precious metals to pay a small profit outside of the rich "chimneys" is that which is most reliable, it follows that when a prospector discovers a ledge which will pay at all, even with the greatest economy and care in everything, he should set to work on it with a heart full of hope. That it contains so much of the precious metals is good evidence that it is not a barren vein, and either-in length or in depth the occasional "bonanza" is pretty sure to be found. Anyway, it is at the start such a vein as the reliable expert always wishes to find, and the prospector, therefore, should not hesitate to proceed to exploration work and secure for himself some of the rich spots which such a ledge is almost certain to contain. Nelson, Geo. E. R. Ellis, M.E., F.C.S. August 26th. Sensible and SlonoraMc Sentiments. All reasonable and patriotic Americans as well as British subjects will rejoice to hear that there are great hopes of a satisfactory settlement of the Behring Sea difficulty. That 2 great nations should even entertain the idea of going to war on such a subject is out of the question, one might imagine; and the thing would be utterly impossible if the decision of those matters now rested with those who are capable of right reason and true patriotism. But no one can predict the course which may be taken by an inflammable mob, liable to be set on fire by agitators. Unfortunately, too, the mob of America is not purely American, so that hatred of Great Britain may be a much stronger influence than any love for the land they live in. There are people in Canada, says the'Toronto Week, who are addicted to a kind of vapouring which is as bad as the "tall talk" on the other side. While we are on the subject of our relations to our neighbors, it may be profitable to give heed to some words written by the most distinguished English soldier, general Wolseley, to a gentleman at Baltimore. "The closer the bonds of union between mother and child, England and the United States, the better it will be for both, for our race, and indeed for civilization. " Those who rant about causes of quarrel between us are no friends to either nation or humanity. There must never be war between us no matter how much either or both may be egged on by those who hate the English race, " and would therefore like to see us at one "another's throats. We feel quite as proud of "the United States as any of its people can feel. Its honor and reputation are as dear to us as they can be to those on the other side of the Atlantic, and I rejoice, above all things, to think that the mutual respect we have always had for one another is now maturing into a sincere ��������� and mutual affection." Now, there is nothing: at all new in the a a a a a a a a a a nothing sentiments^ or in the expression of them. But it is well that they should be repeated until they sink into the hearts of all who speak the English tongue. No one doubts, for a moment, that these are the deliberate convictions of all educated Englishmen and native-born Americans; but we must lay it upon ourselves as a duty to abstain from all boastful and contemptuous language when we are dealing with the subject of our relations to the United States. It ought not to be difficult for us to bear with, or even love, our own flesh and blood. Undeserved Reputation for Good Looks. A London letter to the Philadelphia Times says it is fiction to talk about the beauty of any member of the English royal family. There could not be a more commonplace lot of women. The princess of Wales is slender almost to emaciation; her eyes would be dull but for the make up which surrounds them; her cheeks are rouged, and a wig always covers her head��������� which is completely bald. She has little if any bust, she limps as she walks, and she is almost stone deaf; so, one way and another, it is rather tiresome to read the mass of gush that is to be read daily in the English newspapers about the beauty, etc., of England's future queen. She is, no doubt, an accomplished, amiable, virtuous woman, but in appearance she is an absolutely commonplace and altogether uninteresting person. All of the princesses of Wales have indifferent teeth, bad complexions, and wretched figures. Nobody would look at them twice but for their exalted position. The daughters of the princess Christian are equally plain-looking, and there is no promise of beauty in the young daughters of the duchess of Edinburgh. As for princess May of Teck, who has so of ten been described as a beauty, all she can lay claim to pos- ess is a passable figure and good eyes. Her face, however, is spoiled by the way in which her upper lip protrudes, and by a nose which suggests an Hebraic strain somewhere or other in the family. Of the many vaunted beauties of London society only the duchess of Leinsterwould pass as a lovely woman all over the earth. Lady Londonderry also comes under that head, and so does miss Wolseley, the young daughter of general Wolseley, who made her debut this year. Lady Dudley is now completely passee and*is as much made up as an opera bouffe prima donna. All the duchesses are plain-looking women; even the 2 American duchesses, Marlborough and Manchester, are too far beyond their youth to claim aifiliation with Venus. The duchess of Portland looks like a well-fed dairymaid, and the duchess of Newcastle bears a marked resemblance to a younger edition of mrs. Cleveland. The dowager duchess of Montrose is a sight for the gods, with her flaxen wig and canary-colored garments, not to mention her enormous proportions. She certainly would not be permitted to enter a fashionable New York hotel until her rank had been explained. The duchesses of Rutland, Leeds, Cleveland, and Richmond are all old women, while the duchesses of Abercorn, Hamilton, Argyll, and Westminster are absolutely plain and undistinguished. BETTER thai, first reported. To the Editor of The Miner: While at Nelson, on my way to Ainsworth, I heard several reports about the amount of ore in sight in the United mine, and also as to the amount on the dump. As you know, I arrived here yesterday; and I at once started for the mine, accompanied by judge Begbie and party. We arrived on the ground about noon. I measured the pre in the bins, and found fully 500 tons ready for -".shipment;, and withincthe next 3 weeks I will have over 1000 tons on the dump. The United now shows more ore in sigbrt than any mine in the province. You can readily understand the size of the ledge arid the amount of ore, when I tell you that on the 24th of July John Thompson started work with 5 men. Since that date, besides building a comfortable log house for the men to live in, a good blacksmith shop; and 2 ore-houses, he has taken out the amount of ore above mentioned, namely 500 tons. This is doing very well and makes a good showing for Hot Springs district, besides insuring the smelter at Revelstoke all the ore it can treat, with its present capacity, as soon as the railroad is completed between Nelson and Sproat. I shall keep a full force of men at work on the United, and will also startup the No. 1 during the week. The Hot Springs camp is coming out strong. J. Campbell, Superintendent Kootenay (B. C.) Smelting & Trading Company, Limited, and general manager Revelstoke Mining Company, Limited. Hot Springs, August 24th. : ] , C . - A Vi ' " . ' '.' ' , . " PresMyterianisni. iiiul Oatmeal." A feature of the shooting at Bisley, England, this month may be noticed, namely, the success of the Scot. The number of prizes which Scotchmen have taken away this year is out of all proportion to their numbers, if reckoned on the basis of the population they represent. No fewer than 31 Scotchmen found their way into the final 100 for the queen's prize, several of whom were actually in the first 15 at the last range. This is phenomenal. The great counties of Lancashire and Yorkshire could only place 3 men in the final 100, while the single county of Lanark had no fewer than 11 represen ratives. These figures incontestably prove that Scotchmen are better marksmen than Englishmen, and if estimated on the per head principle, we should be obliged to admit that this superiority cannot be put down at less than a ratio of 20 to 1. How is this? The whole of England can barely put more marksmen in the field than 3 counties in Scotland���������Ayr, Lanark, and Renfrew. We once a,sked a grand old Scotchman, now passed away, how he accounted for his great vigor and nerve at his advanced age. He replied: "Presbyterian ism and oatmeal." Have these anything to do with precision in rifle shooting? is running fall time. Plenty logs ! Plenty lumber ! Plenty shingles! Get your buildings erected and finished while the weather is fine. ..Low prices! Prompt delivery ! Nelson, August 15th. G. O. BUCHANAN. BOOT AND SHOE SHOP NELSON, B. C. I am now prepared to make to order boots and shoes ot all kinds, at as reasonable rates as they can be made for in this part of the country; also, lE-ZEH?^. 1 neatly and substantially done, and all orders promptly attended to. The patronage of the public is respectfully solicited. jEL "SAT. lEELA-ZE^ZRIrS.. K&fl l,miMILUM'MU������JtfMiaiUMMmWlJMI������iWJ������MMt^llJ^ miujMMi^W������a~iJMU^^ lMIMMJU^U������MM_lB^^BW'ailM^ KWBWa i,a.'W������HMm*.MwAwwg.mB.imw flnjm'm������B.������Mimni THE MINEB,: NELSON, B. C, SATUEDAY, AUGUST 30, 1890. Wrigkt Street, AINSWORTH, Hot Springs District. Main Street, REVELSTOKE. OJ$_._e,0R"3T GETTJX_XJ X.I3STSS OP STAPLE GR IRON AND STEEL, BUILDERS' HARDWARE. FLOUR AND FEED, DRY GOODS, BOOTS AND SHOES, CLOTHI We also carry a stock of Drugs and Cigars at the AINSWORTH store. Prices on all goods as LOW as at any house either on the Canadian Pacific or, in the Kootenay Lake country; Will Contract for the Erection of Stores, Dwellings, Wharves, $_Qiils, Bridges, Etc. ED LU on hand, with which to manufacture Store Pittings, Tables, Desks, Etc. Shop: Cor. Baker and Josephine Sts. isrELSOisr. b. c_ ������. Bredemeyer, Ph. Dr. (Late partner of John McVicker's, Salt Lake City) Mining Engineer, and Provincial and U. S. Surveyor. AGENT FOR HAND'S FIREWORKS. Masonic Temple Block, Vancouver, 33. 0. RATES FOR ASSAYING. Silver, Lead, or Gold... $2 00 Copper, Silver and G-old. $2 50 Zinc or Arsenic. 5 00 Silver or Gold bullion.. 3 00 Silver and Lead or Silver and Gold 2 00 Iron,JL.ime, Silica or Manganese 5 00 Sealed sample for Lead, Silver and Gold. 4 00 Sealed sample for Copper, Silver and Gold 5 00 Lead bullion, for Silver and Gold.... 2 00 Assays from Kootenay district promptly attended to. Makes reports on and surveys and ma,ps of mines. Thirty years experience; speaks 10 languages. Terms, cash. Prescriptions carefully compounded, from pure drugs, by a graduate in pharmacy. A full line of patent medicines and toilet articles carried. <Only Brrag Store in lower Kootenay.) SI*R������AT, B. ���������. -STOTICE. All claims against the Nelson City Improvement Company, Nelson City Townsite, or Pilot Bay Saw Mill Company, properly vouched, must be forwarded at once to the undersigned. No claim will be allowed after sixty (60) days. JOSHUA DAVIES. Victoria, B. C, June 30th, 1890. ARRIVAL AM������ J>EI������AI_TIJRE OF MAILS. Mail arrives at 5 o'cloc P. M. Tuesday and departs at 7:30 A.M. Wednesday. Letters for registry must be handed in 30 minutes before departure of mail. Nelson, July 24th, 1890. J. A. GILKER. postmaster. CLAIMS "SALTED" FOR MILLIONS. Two well-known mining men,.1. B. Hammond of Chicago and J. M. Calderwood of Douglas island, Alaska, are now on their way to Alaska to settle up the Bear's Nest mine deal. It will be remembered that when the syndicate of English and German capitalists was formed to buy and operate the famous Bear's Nest mine on Douglas island mr. Hammond secured the contract for putting in the plant for the mine at $330,000. The work was well under way when it was discovered that the mine had been salted, and that it was useless to continue the erection of the machinery for the pre would not turn out 50 cents a ton. This was the most notorious case of salting that has ever been known in the history of mining, and it has made the Bear's Nest mine a by-word among mining men throughout the world. When it was found that the Bear's Nest ledge was worthless mr. Hammond was ordered to stop work on the plant, for which $67,000 was then due him. Then came a light over the payment of the contractor. The foreign capitalists who had lost so heavily in the enterprise were averse to paying out more money, and the German contingent of the syndicate formed a combination to save themselves at mr. Hammond's expense. But a compromise has finally been reached. Mr. Hammond and mr. Calderwood are to go to Douglas island, the property is to be sold, and mr. Hammond to be allowed the amount of his lien on the property. Thus closes the history of one of the oiggest mining frauds of this or any other time. Mr. Calderwood said that the Treadwell mine will probably buy part of the plant and the rest of it may go to some of the smaller mines in the region. He has been in the country some time, and he says the only mine there that is doing much is the Treadwell. All the rest together are not taking out more tha,n $15,000 a year. It is a curious fact that this Bear's Nest mine is separated from the Treadwell by only a narrow gulch, and the ledge is apparently of the same formation. The success of the Treadwell mine was a great help in exploiting the Bear's Nest. Three German experts who reported favorably on the latter were able to assay from $8 to $20 a tori; bu t that gold was all salt, for the stuff isn't worth sticking a pick into. Mr. Calderwood is a Scotchman who has had experience in mining in all parts of the country. He goes to Mexico as soon as this Bear's Nest matter is settled up. He has seen all kinds of salting, from shooting silver shot into a wall or bank of earth, and carefully scattering float on loose rock over the surface, to the more scientific ones of chloride of gold and silver; but the Bear's Nest job he regards as one of the most delicately managed affairs with which he has come in contact. The "Fever" See-ins to foe Abating. No news has been received from the Trail Creek camp this week, which indicates that the excitement is abating. A fair idea of the nurn- ber of locations made may be obtained by reading the records printed on the 5th page. R. E. Lemon, now at Sproat, states that he shipped a few sacks of ore from the Josie to the smelter at Revelstoke, to obtain its value as a working proposition. WILL CONTRACT FOR THE ERECT-ON OF ANY SIZE WOOD BUILDING. PLANS and ESTIMATES furnished and bills for material made. ENT attended to promptly. Shop on Baker Street, between Hall and Hendryx. ���������TT. Horse-Shoeing a Specialty All Kinds of .lobbing and Repairing Execnted fteatly and Promptly. Ward Street, opp. Government Office, Nelson. Main Street, Revelstoke, B. C. DEUGS, PATENT MEDICINES, and everything usually kept in first-class drug stores. CIGARS AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. Mail orders receive prompt attention. REVELSTOKE., GRANITEWAKE AND LAMP GOODS. Tin, Copper, and Sheet-Iron Ware Made to First-class work guarantee!. Particular attention to mail orders from mining camps. Order. paid W^^TJ^-Wn.:' iif*p^;, ,/j^T :^*r*k ,?^*,*V^> *^^:^^ J.������Jwt,i;r,.:viaTB,!������irs "���������;" THE MINER: HELSOtf, B. 0., SATUEDAY, AUGUST -i I t 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 forc a less period than 3 inonths considered transient and must be paid for in advance. Advertisements of less than 12 lines will be counted as 12 lines. Reading or Local Notices 25 cents a line each insertion. Contracts made. 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. Job Printing in good style at fair rates. Cards, envelopes, and letter, note, and account papers kept in stock. ' .'���������;'��������� 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. Address all Letters : The Miner, Nelson, B. C, (with "via Kootenai, Idaho," added if mailed in the ; United States.) ^ Authorized Agents: Henry Anderson, Ainsworth; James Delariey and James Gibson, Spokane Falls; J. H. Matheson, Donald; Sam Woods,.'Westminster; F; B. Wells, Revelstoke; Harry Hebert, Sproat; Linton Brothers, Calgary; Robert Jamiesoii, Victoria. The Canadian Pacific seems to be pursuing a short-sighted policy in not hurrying to completion its branch between Nelson and Sproat. As the work is now progressing, there is but little hope of getting a ton of ore from this section through to the Reveletoke smelter this season. If the road is to be completed, would it not be the better policy to hurry it through, so that the earnings could be used in paying interest on the cost? If completed in time, fully 2000 tons of ore would be shipped to Revelstoke before navigation closes on the Columbia. That would mean $20,000 in freight receipts for the Canadian Pacific, in transporting the ore on the branch road and in forwarding the base bullion over the main line to refineries in the east; good interest on the cost of the branch road, even if an additional expense was incurred by putting on a few hundred extra men for a month and paying them living wages. It may be possible that the Canadian Pacific is pursuing its usual game of "freezing" out local enterprise, and hopes by delaying the completion of the Columbia & Kootenay branch to get possession of the smelting plant at Revelstoke for some of its underling officials and strikers. The employment of troops at the Wellington coal mines in this province and of "Pinkerton men" in the yards of the New York Central railway at Albany, although with the same purpose in view���������the coercion of labor���������did not have like bloodless endings. At Wellington, the troops fraternized with the locked-out miners; at Albany, the "Pinkerton men" fired on inoffensive men, women, and children, who are as sure to collect at the scene of a labor difficulty as they are to gather at the scene of a fire. While no one doubts the motives that prompted the 3 magistrates in ordering the troops to "Wellington, it"is generally conceded that the troops were under the command of an officer of great discretion, who took good care that his men committed no act to bring on civil strife. Not so with the "Pinkerton -men" at Albany. As an armed body, they were-,without officers, and each man acted on his own judgment. Apparently they were responsible to no civil authority, and merely followed the instructions given them by the managers of the corporation who hired them. On more than one occasion these armed protectors of property rights have suddenly and without warning fired on unarmed crowds largely made up of women and children. That no one of theni has ever suffered punishment for their crimes goes far to prove that their employers are more powerful than the law. Ostensibly they are employed to protect property during labor difficulties, but in reality to compel laboring men, by armed intervention, to submit to the terms offered by their employers. That these "Pinkerton men" have0 never been employed in a Canadian province during a labor difficulty .ogoes' to show that the states could also get along without them. _____ In both instances referred to above the laboring men are struggling for a principle more than for higher wages and shorter hours. The nien ask recognition of their organizations, so that through them all disputes arising between indi- vidua! and employer can be settled. The laboring men claim that their leaders and members of committees are always singled out and discharged for trivial cause, or for no cause, as soon as disputes are settled, no matter how long or how faithful the service they may have rendered. This is manifestly -unfair. To prevent this unfairness the men ask employers to recognize the officers and standing committees of trades organizations as delegates in settling all grievances and disputes that may arise. Employers like the Dunsmuirs in this province aiid young mr. Webb in New York meet these just demands with, "If you dont like our treatment go else- " where; we intend to run our own business to " suit ourselves." They forget that they cannot successfully run their "own business" without forming associations and pools with other capitalists and corporations; yet, tyrannically and pigheadedly, they refuse to see that the same necessity, in a. greater degree, exists for organization arnongmen whose only capital is their labor. The impression that the present Dominion parliament will be dissolved this fall or winter, and a general election held in the spring, prevails to a considerable extent in the eastern provinces. In that event, the boys will have a chance to elect a successor to J. A. Mara, as it is generally understood that gentleman's private business and steamboat interests will require his undivided attention hereafter. But one newspaper on the coast (the News- Advertiser of Vancouver) appears to appreciate the situation as regaras;the future trade of the Kootenay Lake country. Apparently the others do not care to aid the wholesale merchants of their respective towns in selling goods to the merchants in the mining camps of this section of the province; they make no effort to aid the miners and prospectors at Ainsworth and Nelson in securing adequate mail facilities and post- office accommodations; they do nothing to prevent the Canadian Pacific gobbling up everything in sight, from all the available public lands to a 5 per cent royalty on the output of mines. One day they devote a column editorial in learnedly discussing the. motives which impelled mayor Brown of New Westminster to attend the Nanaimo indignation meeting, and on the next a column in blackguarding contemporaries for daring to have different opinions on the same ail-absorbing topic. They do not seem to appreciate the fact, that, by their indifference to our appeals for aid, they are driving the people of the lake country in trade channels that lead to Spokane Falls aud Portland. quiring into or redressing; that Kootenay district is now of no more importance than when it elected 2 members to the legislative assembly by a total vote that did not reach into 2 figures. If this is their belief, it will soon be rudely dispelled. In 1880-81 the Coeur d'Alene section of Idaho was represented in the territorial legislature at Boise City by 2 members elected by a few votes. Today the counties comprising the Coeur d'Alene country poll 8000 votes, and their representative men, in the conventions of their respective political parties, not only demand that the Interests of the miners shall be;considered, but dictate the nominees for high state and federal officers. Yet aI years ago the prospects of the Coeur d'Alene country becoming a g*reat center of quartz mining industry was not so good as that of the Kootenay Lake country today. History may repeat itself. Then, ye gods! what a-kicking and a-squirm ing there will be among the moss backs down on the coast. Mass .meetings ���������should, beheld in every camp in Kootenay district, to protest'-'against the government granting the Canadian Pacific any 4- ;' mlie-square block that has within its limits a recorded or patented mineral claim, a timber lease, a preemption, or a townsite. The people can protect their rights in but one way against the encroachments of a greedy corporation, and that way is to stand as one person and fight for what they know they are justly entitled to under the law. The people of British Columbia are more powerful than the Canadian Pacific, even though it is backed up by the Dominion government. __.'��������� American newspaper paragraphers frequently poke fun at the ignorance showed by European newspapers in regard to the geography of the United States and Canada; at the same time many of these jesters are densely ignorant of the geography of their own immediate divisions of country, to say nothing of divisions in other countries. As an instance: The mining editor of the San Francisco Examiner locates the Cascade mountains in Montana, and says that Fairhaveii in that state will soon be the seat of great mining and smelting activity. That mining editor had better attend a session at some good night school, or loaf an hour or two each day in" a railway ticket office, studying geography with the aid of a railway map. --ffUKX-JKAX 'CLAIMS &iE4J-*fi_���������&a__������. They may believe the trade of this section is not worth striving for; that the people here are so few that their grievances are not worth in- Following are tlie mineral claims recorded in the government office at Nelson during the last 4 weeks: Thursday, July vUst���������The .-Waverly, situate about 10 miles west of Nelson ou the north side of the river, at the north end of the Henderson; J. A. Sutherland, locator. The Alameda, on the north side of, and.about 3 miles back from, the Kootenay, and nearly opposite the mouth of ii) creek, near the south end line of the Empress; Malcolm Blomefi.old, locator. The Little Anne, on the north side of the Kootenay, and about vU- miles back from the river, at the north cud of the Empress; Benjamin 11. Lee, locator. Friday, August .1st���������The Magnify, on the west side of the Columbia, river, at;the head of tlie north fork of Trail creek, on tne south slope of Red mountain and 1$ miles west of the War Eagle; A. 1). Coplen, locator. Tuesday, August .5th���������The Ella P., on the south slope of the Evening ridge, parallel with, and east of, the Morning; Oliver VV. Carter, Frank Ilanna, and W. A. Pierce, loc- cators. The Slocan, situate on the west side of the Columbia, near Trail creek, on Red mountain, and bounded on the east by the Iron Cup; Philip Aspinwall, locator. The Dover, about 1 mile east of Trail creek, and about 5 miles west from the Columbia river, on Red mountain: William A. Crane, locator. The Mary Mahar, 1 mile north of Trail creek, and about 5 'miles west of the Columbia river, sontb of the ht. Elmo; Robert E. Lemon, locator. Tlie James Mahar, about 1000 feet east of the Mary Mahar; James Meagher,-locator. Wednesday, August 6th��������� Re-record in favor of A. C. Fry, of a half interest in the Grizzly Bear and the Silver Queen. The Gopher, on the west side of, and 5 miles from, the Columbia river, on Trail creek, adjoining the Home- stake claim; Joseph Michaud, Albert Barrett, and Felix Ruel, locators. The Iron Colt, on the west side of, and 5 miles from the Columbia river, east of the Iron Horse; Joseph Michaud, Albert Barrett, and Felix Ruel, locators. The Pay Rock, on the west side of the Columbia river, on ���������;l Ml Mt"i������a|^������I^ !��������� ��������� ��������� i������nwi ��������� TB��������� I." * * T m *' ��������� * , ��������� ' I"." _ r t_ L ��������� "7^*^T ������ . ���������._" <��������� _ _*"l ~l ' ' I "J^^Ty^l "' *jV*_,r>*���������T_U*_*J^*~������l*^'B^t|_^'^r���������T-,"|Ji *'!B��������� THE MINEB: NELSON, B. 0., SATUEDAY, AUGrUST 30, 1890. s in Dry G-oods, Groceries, Provisions, Oanned jloods, Hardware, Etc. Miners' Supplies a Specialty. The stock is fall and complete in every Department, arid the public will find it to their advantage to call and inspect Goods and compare Prices. -,.���������'....,/ a ������������������ Main Street, EEYELSTOKE. 9 and 11 East Vernon Street. NELSON. Red mountain; Joseph Michaud, Albert Barrett, and Felix Ruel, locators. The Pointe Claire, near Trail creek, at the north end of the Columbia claim; Joseph Michaud, Albert. Barret, and Felix Ruel, locators. Thursday, August 7th���������The Nelson, on Trail creek, on the south side of Red mountain, to the east of the Idaho claim; Thomas M. Ward and A. C. Dick, locators. The Mountain Chief, on the south side of Red mountain, on Trail creek, and about 6 miles from the Columbia river; Charles G. Harvey and Harry H. Ward, locators. The Harvey, on Trail creek, on the south side of Red mountain and adjoining the Le Roi; Charles G. Harvey and Harry H. Ward, locators. Friday, August 8th���������The Mary Ann, on the west side of, and about 5 miles from, the Columbia river, on the south fork of Trail creek and to the south of the Gopher; Charles Troyer, locator. The Texas Steer, about 3 miles southeast of Nelson, east of the Navajo; Thomas C. Collins and Charles H. Ink, locators. The Key West, on the west side of, and about 5 miles from, the Columbia river, near the west end of the Mary Ann; R. R. Coleman, locator. The Bonanza Chief, on Toad mountain, about 2 miles south from the Hall camp; Thomas A. Pierce and O. W. Carter, locators. c 1 Saturday, An gust 9th���������Re-record in favor of John Miles and Thomas Gorman, of the Wizard. Monday, August,11th���������The Annis, situate on the north side of the Kootenay river, nearly opposite the mouth of 49 creek; William Gross, S. W. Kearney, W.Henderson, and James A. McDonell, locators. The West Lynne, on the west side of the Columbia river, on the west, fork of Trail creek and to the south of the Mary Ann; John I). Reid, locator. The Comstock No. 2, on the south fork of Trail creek, at the west end of the West Lynne; John Blackhall, locator. The Blossom, situate at the forks of Trail creek, and about 500 yards from the Comstock claim; John D. Reid, locator. The Dandy, south of the Blossom; John Blackhall, locator. The Kanuck, about 1������ miles from Eagle creek at the north end of the Good Time claim; Joseph A. Nesbitt, locator. Tuesday, August 12tli���������Re-record in favor of Charles Ewing, Nicholas K. Noon-, Thomas C. Collins, and David La Bau, of the Fair^iew. The Ross, about 10 miles from Nelson, on the north side of the Kootenay river, nearly opposite the mouth of 49 creek, to the west of the Annis; Harry Ross Kribbs, locator; Thursday, Angnst 14th���������The Sue P, on the east slope of the Evening ridge, at the east end of the Ella P; Thomas Hennessy, locator. Friday, August loth���������The Drum Lummon, on the divide between Trail and Sheep creeks, crossing the government trail; Edward Stewart and William Perdue, locators. The Yorkshire No. 1, about 3 miles from the town of Nelson, on Granite mountain, to the south of the Lizzie C; J. E. Walsh and T. H. Giffin, locators. Saturday, August 16th���������The Robson, on Red mountain, about 2 miles south from the Dewdney trail and at the east end of the St. Elmo; George C. Tunstall, jr., locator. Monday, August 18th���������The Gibson, on the nortli side of, and about 1 mile from, the Koolenay river, at the cast end of the Anaconda, and adjoining the .Queen' Victoria claim; Frank G. Mason, William Mason, and James Anderson, locators. Wednesday, August 20th���������The Black Hawk, on the west side of the Columbia river, about 5 miles from the mouth of Trail creek", to the north of the Lily May; Edward Stewart, William Perdue and Alexander Currie, locators. The Zilor, on the south side of the Lily May; Edward Stewart, and William Perdue, locators. The Bonanza King, on the east slope of Red mountain and at the west end. of the War Eagle; David T. Davics, locator. The Crown Point, on the east slope of Red mountain, in the Trail Creek camp; .Tames Mahar, locator. Thursday, August 21st���������The Luln S, on the north side of the Kootenay river, nearly 1000 feet below the mouth of 'Stewart creek; James A. McDonell, locator. The Matchless, situate to the north of the Lulu S; S. W. Kearney and William H. Henderson, locators. The Mary Addison, adjoining the Matchless on the north; Thomas Conners, locator. Friday, August 22nd���������The Forest King, on the divide between Trail and Sheep creeks, to the north of the Drum Lummon; William H. Sheffield, locator. Tlie Last Chance, about 6 miles from the Columbia river and about 75 yards from Trail creek; William H. Sheffield, locator. The King Solomon, on the divide between Trail and Sheep creeks, to the south of the Drum Lummon; George Sheppard and T. H. Green, locators. The Van Home, to the west of the Drum Lummon; R. R. Coleman, locator. The Lady Bird, an extension of the Van Home; Malcolm Blomefield, locator. The Columbia Star, situate on the divide between Trail and Sheep creeks, to the west of the Van Home; George Sheppard, locator. Saturday, August 23rd���������The Excelsior, on Red mountain, adjoining the James Mahar; Michael Grady, locator. The Rocheford, on Red mountain, to the west of, and parallel with, the Slocan; Thomas Duffy, locator. The Edna, on Red mountain; John Tnompson, locator. The Monte Christo, on Trail creek, about 800 feet north of the Virginia; Samuel Stonge and Alfred Cabena, locators. Monday, August 25th���������The Murryby, on the north side of the Kootenay, about quarter of a mile below the railroad crossing; William Duchiane, locator. The Pack Train, in the Trail creek camp, on Iron mountain, at the east end of the Harvey claim; T. D. Dunlap, locator. The Golden Flake, on the west side of, and about 9 miles from, the Columbia river, on the main government trail to the Kettle river; Thomas McAuley, locator. Tuesday, August 27th���������The Le Papous, in the Trail creek camp, adjoining the Iron Horse; Joseph Bourgois, Albert Barret, and Joseph Michaud, locators. A Thursday, August 28th���������The Jumbo, situate about 2 miles south from the Hall camp; John Conners, locator. Wedded linder'.the Good ������Id Com__m������ii -Law. On Tuesday evening Thomas Barrett* aged 61 years, and miss Emma Ocrita Cavelear, aged 19 sunny summers, were, by their own sweet wills, joined in ihe holy bonds of wedlock. During the evening they received their friends at', mr. Barrett's cozy residence adjoining his blacksmith-shop, and it is unnecessary to state that the happy couple made it exceedingly pleasant and agreeable for those who called; even so pleasant and agreeable that the festivities were kept up until the wree sma' hours after midnight, and it was with feelings akin to parting with a lost love that possessed some of the boys as they bid the bride a longing last "Good night! and happy dreams." The groom is one of Nelson's oldest, most enterprising, and respected citizens, as well as an old-timer in British Columbia. The bride is a piquant brunette, and well known in the gay social circles of Revelstoke and this city. Mr. and mrs. Barrett will be "at home" to their friends next week. Mailce Pack Animatl* of Their -Wives... There is a scarcity of pack animals at Ainsworth, in the Hot Springs district, and Indians are given jobs that usually fall to the lot of long- eared mules and sway backed cay uses. Whilst a si wash can without apparent effort climb a steep mountain trail with a hundred-pound pack, he will never undergo the hardship if his klutch is anywhere in sight. The other day a mining man, wishing to send 80 pounds of drill steel to a claim distant about 5 miles from Ainsworth, accosted a family group made up of a siwash Kootenay and his klutch and their 3-month-old papoose. On coming to terms as to the price for the load, the steel was made into a pack and swung across the broad back and hips of the klutch, the lordly brave shouldering the 20-pound papoose. The mining man says he felt like knocking the daylights out of the lazy cuss, but refrained solely througb fear of hurting the little papoose. Aslcs for Tenders for Exeaivation Work. W. A. Baillie-Grohman calls for tenders for the excavation work at the rapids in the Kootenay below Nelson. This is part of the work required in reclaiming the overflowed lands lying between the boundary line and the lake. SPECIALTIES FOR ]_ Q 15 EAST BAKEE STREET. JASV9ES MCDONALD & CO. carry large lines of plain, medium, and high-grade furniture. Parlor and bed-room sets ranging in price from $G.50 to $500. Hotels furnished throughout. Office and barroom chairs. Spring mattresses made to order, and woven wire, hair, and wool mattresses in stock. Mail orders from Kootenay Lake points will receive early and careful attention. Agents for Evans Bros, pianos and Doherty organs. MA3N STREET, REVELSTOKE, B.C. ILKER DEALERS IN GENTS' FURNISHINGS, Fancy and toilet goods, patent medicines, fruits, tobaccos, cigars, stationery, etc. Postoffice Store, Nelson, B. C. go. E. R. Ellis, _,v.w. Member of Society of ���������licn.icaii Sndnstry; Author of "_*ra_cticail Organic Analysis," of "Tlie Iron Ores of tlie World," Etc., Etc. Expert in the "Bluebird" Mining Suit. IN1SMG EXPERT AND CHEIVIIST NELSON, B. C. REVISED ASSAY CHARGES. , Silver, Gold or Lead $1 50 Copper 2 50 Silver and Lead 2 00 Silver, Gold and Lead 3 00 Silver and Copper 3 00 Silver, Gold and Copper 4 00 Silver and Gold. ��������� 2 00 Three samples for Silver or for Lead 3 50 Mineral properties managed and reported upon. Interests of non-residents attended to. b PffwwiTOtjBjapemiijMWMfnjmi *OT"���������,,m���������mmsmraB^^ ' ' * ,lnr "* ���������" '��������� H������"*i. mill. ��������� _������������������_"��������� Jhi /nil". _***���������'���������_���������* \ _��������������������������� y? _'Tft ..���������f" ESj^SSSS ft'ftt-.-fr:-,,..'^.-^?* :^uru^uku_^_ B^iJaafflB^B^iifti**-^^ 6 THE MOJEE-I: SFELSO.N, B. 0., SATUEDAY, AUaUST 30, 1890. CKEAM OF THE WORLD'S NEWS. ii ik w W : JM ->t ; At the wrestling match at Butte, Montana, on the 17th between Matsada Sorakichi, the Jap, and Pete Schumacher of Anaconda, fully 2,000 people were present. The match was Gr_ec6-Roman style, 2 in 3, for $500 a side and the gate receipts, the winner taking 80 per cent and the loser 20. The Jap weighed 162_- pounds and Schumacher 147. It was for blood from the start, being the second time the men had met. and each determined to down his opponent. It was no hippodrome, but in dead earnest. The first bout lasted 22������ minutes, and ended by Schumacher throwing the Jap squarely on his back, both shoulders touching the board. It was full of-'scientific wrestling, and as an exhibition of skill conld not be excelled. After a short interval the men came together again. The Jap showed an ugly disposition, rousing Schumacher's anger so much that he chased the Jap to the end of the platform, and pushed him off several times. The Jap nearly got the strangler hold on Schumacher^ who broke his hold twice; but the third time the Jap got his right wrist under Schumacher's chin, with his left arm under Schumacher's left shoulder, when he was powerless, and the Jap held his opponent in this., position until he grew black in the face, his tongue protruding, and he lost consciousness, when the Jap threw him on his back and he laid senseless. He failed to come to time in the 10 minutes allowed him, and the match was given to the Jap. Schumacher has rechallenged the Jap, the strangler hold barred. Appeals are being made to the leaders of the Ottawa and Quebec governments to provide work for the inhabitants of the counties below Quebec, where crops are a total failure. Thousands of families are preparing to leave the country, and unless the projected Matane railway is pushed ahead, in order to provide these families with bread, an emigration will take place which will be ruinous to that section. '���������'���������������������������.-"'���������. The coal mines at Carbonado, Washington, are likely to close down and throw hundreds of men out of employment, all because the coal is dirty, and requires washing. The water is taken from the Carbon river, a trout stream, and its pollution is prohibited by the fish commissioners of the state. \ . a. ������������������ ��������� . -.- ��������� i', a- ..; Lord Hartington is to be married to the dowager duchess of Manchester in April. Their names have long been connected in a way not at all creditable to either; but this is now explained that Hartington.was her first lover, and that she married Manchester in a fit of pique. Easternr; Washington has 117,4:15 people and western Washington 227,152; total, 344,567. Seattle has 43,914 and Tacoma 35,858. Spokane county has 35,658. From Wellington it is learned that the Dunsmuirs have conceded the miners the 8 hours from bank to bank, but under no conditions will they recognize the union or the miners as an organized body. , D.' McGillivray is the largest contractor in British Columbia. He now has the contract for building the Mission bridge, the New Westminster wTater system, bridges and a road on Lulu island, grading the Mission branch, the bridges across the Slocan and Kootenay rivers for the Columbia & Kootenay railway, and last, has been awarded a contract to construct 7| miles of road from the boundary to the Nooksack river in Washington. The state of Maine has made an actual loss of 1200 in population since 1880. The losses are mainly in the sea- coast counties. If president Harrison signs the bill opening up the Crow reserve in Montana about 700,000 acre will be added to the public domain. Much of this is supposed to contain valuable mineral deposits. Among the lobbyists who have been at work to secure the opening of the reservation are Minneapolis men who have begun mining operations along the border of the reservation, and have been waiting for the approval of the act to rush upon the reservation. While at the depot in Ottawa, awaiting a train to carry him to Montreal, en route to England, general Middleton was accosted by an auctioneer named Tackaberry, who demanded $35 for valuing furniture. The general had to pay it, much to his disgust. He left Canada, claiming that he never wanted to hear of the country again. The McGrath and Turner parties, now engaged in surveying the boundary line between Alaska and British Columbia, will winter 2000 miles from the coast, not having completed the survey. Each party consists of 8 white men and a number of Indians. Davis Dalton, an American, has accomplished the feat of swimming the English channel from Griz Nez to Folk- stone, on his back, in 23������ hours. He finished strong. A boat acted as a pilot to the swimmer. Last week a cyclone struck Wilkesbarre, Pennsylvania. A sudden gust of wind sprang up in a moment and increased to a roar. The Vulcan iron works, the James Norris foundry, and the Keystone flour mill fell at the first shock. Heavy material of all descriptions dashed about like chaff. The Barber asphalt works, Brown & Go's business block comprising 10 wholesale stores, the Murry coal breaker, and Hollenbuck breaker are so damaged that they will have to be rebuilt. The upper stories are torn away and some levelled to the ground. Fallen trees and timber blocked the streets. The cyclone carried destruction in its path along the railroad to Five Points, where it turned eastward again up Pearl street by shaft 2, and then dashed up the mountains and spent itself in the woods. The sweep of the cyclone at Five Points was terrific. The trail houses were blown away, the air filled with debris from the falling buildings, and mothers clasped their children, calling to Heaven for aid. At a recent election in Salt Lake county, Utah, for . county officials, the Liberals easily defeated the Mormon ticket. Many believe this to be the beginning of the end of the Mormon rule in Utah, and the early admission of the territory as a state. The parliament of Great Britain was prorogued on the 18th. Even tlie Conservative papers admit the session was barren of needed legislation, and indirectly state the Sal-> isbury cabinet to be a weak one. At the provincial election in Cassiar, Hall received 48 votes and Cunningham 32, Dearse Lake and Lome Creek polling places with 17 votes to hear from. Hall is the government candidate. Kamloops Sentinel, 23rd: Constable Pearse and party returned yesterday afternoon from their unsuccessful search for the Cariboo stage robbers, having been away over a month. They had a terribly hard country to cross, from the North Thompson to the Cariboo road, the trails, such as they were, being blocked by fallen timber and so rough that progress was necessarily slow. To add to these discomforts, they ran short of provisions, being without bread for 11 days, and for a time had to rely on their rifles for food. They found no trace of the robbers. There is another sensational development in the O'Shea- Parnell divorce case���������mrs. O'Shea's solicitors have officially withdrawn from the case. This is the second time mrs. O'Shea has lost her legal support. Messrs. Lewis & Lewis, who were at first retained, declined, for reasons which they refused to make public, to go on with the case. The second withdrawal is said to be due to mrs. O'Shea's persistent refusal to bring a cross suit against O'Shea, which her solicitors demanded she should do. APPLICATIONS FOR CROWN GRANTS For MINERAL CLAIMS require to be published nine weeks in a newspaper other than the British Columbia Gazette; their publication in THE MINER will cost the applicant FIFTY-FIVE CENTS a line. ��������� : ; ��������� ������������������"���������;������������������ ��������� -; ��������� ~~ '. : , ' . :,& Notice is hereby given that the Pacific Bullion Mining Company, by their agent, Henry Anderson, has filed with me, under the provisions of the Mineral Act, an application for a crown grant to their claim "Spokane," situate about one half mile west of the Hot Springs, Kootenay lake, B. G. Adverse claims, if any, are required to send in their objections to me within 60 days from date hereof. GEO. C. TUNSTALL, Assistant commissioner of lands and works. Hot Springs, B.C., July 6th, 1890. APPLICATIONS FOR TIMBER LEASES Require to be published nine weeks in a newspaper other than the British Columbia Gazette; their publication in THE MINER will cost the applicant FIFTY-FIVE CENTS a line. , Notice is hereby given that sixty days after date we intend toaDply to the chief commissioner of lands and works for permission to lease the following described tract of land, situated in the West Kootenay district, for timber purposes: A Commencing at a post, marked M. S. D. and J. L. R., situated at the foot of the east slope of Iron mountain, near Trail creek, thence south 40 chains, thence west 100 chains, thence north 40 chains, thence east 100 chains to the initial post; the whole containing 400 acres more or less. M.S.DAVYS. JOHN L. RETALLACK. Nelson, B. C., August 19, 1890. Notice is hereby given that sixty days after date I intend to apply to the chief commissioner of lands and works for permission to lease the following described tract of land, situate in West Kootenay district, for timber purposes: Commencing at a post three-quarters of a mile east of Kootenay lake, at the southwest corner of J. C. Rykert's timber limit, thence east 280 chains, thence north 80 chains, thence west 280 chains, thence south 80 chains to initial post; containing 2040 acres more or less. Ainsworth, July 30th, 1890. J. C. RYKERT JR. Notice is hereby given that sixty days after date we intend to apply to the chief commissioner of lands and works for permission to lease the following described tracts of land, situate in West Kootenay district, for timber purposes: 1. Commencing at a post situated about one-half mile northwest of the northerly end of Crawford's bay, at the southwest corner of G. O. Buchanan's timber limit on the east side of Kootenay lake, thence west 80 chains ; thence north 80 chains; thence east chains; thence south 80 chains to initial post; containing 640 acres more or less. 2. Commencing at a post situated at the southeast corner of the above described tract of land, thence east 80 chains; thence south 30 chains; thence west 80 chains ; thence north 30 chains to initial post; containing 240 acres more or less. JOSHUA DAVIES, W. P. SAYWARD, Per Geo. T. Kane. Kootenay Lake, B. C, August 11th, 1890. LAND NOTICES Like the following must be published nine weeks in a newspaper other than the British Columbia Gazette, and cost FIFTY-FIVE CENTS a line for the required publication in THE MINER. Notice is hereby given that sixty days after date we intend to apply to the chief commissioner of lands and works for permission to lease the following described lands for timber purposes: Commencing at a post about 35 chains south of Pilot bay, on the east side of Kootenay lake, directly opposite the Outlet, thence south 40 chains, thence east 80 chains, thence north 40 chains, thence west 80 chains; containing 320 acres more or less. JOSHUA DAVIES, W.-P. SAYWARD. Kootenay Lake, July 8th, 1890. By Geo. T, Kane. Notice is hereby given that sixty (60) days after date the undersigned intend to apply to the honorable chief commissioner of lands and works for permission to purchase the following described tract of land situated m the West Kootenay district: Commencing at a point marked by a stake on the east side of Kootenay lake, near Pilot bay, thence running east twenty (20) chains, thence north eighty (80) chains, thence west forty (40) chains, more or less, to the shore line of Kootenay lake, thence south, following the shore line to the point of commencement; containing about 200 acres. JOSHUA DAVIES, W. P. SAYWARD. Victoria, B. C, June 30th, 1890. Notice is hereby given that sixty days after date we, the undersigned, intend to apply to the chief commissioner of lands and works for permission to purchase one hundred and sixty (160) acres of land, situate in West Kootenay district and described as follows: Commencing at a stake marked H. S. & M. S. D.���������N. W., on the Gold King trail, three mUes south of Nelson; thence south 40 chains, thence east 40 chains, thence north 40 chains, thence west 40 chains to the point of commencement. HAROLD SELOUS, Nelson, B. C, July 10th, 1890. M. S. DAVIS. Notice is hereby given that sixty (60) days after date, we intend to apply to the honorable chief commissioner of lands and works for permission to purchase the following described tract of land situated in the West Kootenay district: Commencing at a stake on the northwest side of a small lake, known as "Silver" lake, thence east 160 rods, thence south 160 rods, thence west 160 rods, thence north 160 rods to initial stake; containing 160 acres. JOHN McNEILL, THOMAS A. R. BLACKWOOD. Nelson, B. C, July 5th, 1890. I hereby give, notice that 60 days after date I intend to apply to the chief commissioner of lands and works for permission to purchase 160 acres of land described as follows:"'- ;.���������, ; Commencing from a post on a point of rocks on the east side of a bay behind cape Horn on Kootenay lake (known as Parret's bay), thence southerly along the shore of the lake and bay 40 chains, thence east 40 chains, thence north 40 chains, thence west 35 chains, more or less, to the shore of the lake, thence following the sinuosities of the shore line to the point of commencement. WILLIAM THOMAS. Kootenay Lake, July 4th, 1890. I hereby give notice that sixty (60) days after date I intend to apply to the chief commissioner of lands and works for permission to purchase 160 acres of land described as follows: Commencing at this (N. E.) corner post, thence west 4.0 chains, thence south 40 chains, thence east 40 chains, more or less to theshore of the lake, then following the sinuosities of the shore of the lake to the point of commencemnt. H. W. WALBEY, Per William Thomas. Kootenay Lake, July 4th, 1890. Notice is hereby given that sixty (60) days after date I intend to make application to the chief commissioner of lands and works' for permission to purchase the following described tract of land: Commencing at a post situated at the mouth of Kaslo creek, on the south bank, at high water mark of Kootenay lake, in the West Kootenay district, thence west 80 chains; thence south 40 chains; thence east to Kootenay lake, following high-watermark of same to the initial post; containing 200 acres more or less. GEO. T. KANE. Victoria, B. C, June 30th, 1890. * Ainsworth, Hot Springs District, B. C. Miners' Supplies, Provisions, Tools, Crockery, Clothing, Stationery, Etc., Etc. Persons buying from us will avoid the necessity of paying duty on goods at Canadian custom-house on the river. John Houston. Charles H. Ink. W. Gesner Allan (a Notary Public). Houston, Ink & Allan. REAL ESTATE. Will purchase and sell mining claims and town lots; collect rents; write bills of sale, bonds, agreements, mortgages, deeds, certificates of incorporation; etc, etc. Aid in procuring crown deeds for lands, Nelson town lots, and mineral claims. Office in The Miner building, Baker Street, Nelson. Y A NOTARY PUBLIC, Mining Broker, Conveyancer, Etc, Agent for mineral claims ; crown grants obtained for mineral claims, and abstracts of title for same furnished. Office at Ainsworth (Hot Springs), B. C. BUILDER AND CONTRACTOR. Plans and Specifications Piimished Tree. For the present, address all inquiries to Albert Barrett, at the Nelson Meat Market, 11 East Baker street, Nelson, B.C. .. IE. SSIRLET"r PIONEER BARBER SHOP. Shaving, Hair Cutting, Shampooing, Vernon Street (next door to Lakeview House), NELSON, B. C. Baker Street, near Josephine, All Work Turned Out Promptly a-ic. in First-Class Style* None but WBalfte Help EBi_ploye<i. ALICE FOSTEE, -_W_CA._!SrJ_\.<3-_EIJR> St?*1 THE MINER: NELSON, B. C, SATUEDAY, AUGUST 30, 1890. i--.'4.-������������ '���������* ��������� The Pioneer Hotel of Toad Mountain District. LAKEVIEW HOUSE Corner of Vernon and Ward Streets, ;, NELSON, K.C. ������������������ J OH NSO'Na Sl M AHO ME Y, PROPRIETORS. The reputation ���������made foi- this house by its former pro- prietor, J. F. WARD, will be maintained by the present management. Headquarters for Miners and Mining Men. t Corner West Vernon and Stanley Streets, NELSON, B. C. ONLY TWO-STORY HOTEL M NELSON. The International has a comfortably furnished parlor for ladies, and the rooms are large arid furnished newly throughout. THE TABLE IS NOT SURPASSED c by any hotel in the Kootenay Lake country. A share of transient trade solicited. THE SAMPLE-ROOM IS STOCKED WITH CHOICE'.CIGARS AND THE FBTEST BRANDS OF LIQUORS. PROPRIETORS EAST BAKER STREET. .. J. MARKS, C. VAN NESS, PROPRIETORS. LARGEST HOTEL IN NELSON AFFORDS SPLENDID VIEWS OF BOTH TOAD MOUNTAIN AND KOOTENAY RIVER Best brands of liquors and eigars always in stock. The table furnished with the best in the market. HAI������ THE MAN'- FRO.M CARIBOO A .HAND IN IT ? It seems as if the manwhp the other day stopped the stage up'on the Cariboo road, and relieved the express company of ������������������over'$_MXX5 in gold dust, has escaped to western Missouri, as early on the morning of the 18th," at a point between Sedalia and Kansas City, the Pacific Express Company lost $105,000 by a train robbery on the Missouri Pacific. It was the Kansas limited that fell into the hands of the bandits. The train was crowded with passengers, and the safe of the express company was stuffed with money, consigned, much of it, to western banks. The train left Tipton, Missouri, about 3 a. m. Two mysterious men were seen by the engineer running around the forward end of the train, but no particular attention was paid to them. Just after leaving Tipton the fireman turned toward the tender to fire up, and looked squarely into the muzzles of 2 revolvers in the hands of-2' masked men. They had evidently boarded the forward part of the mail ear at Tipton, and were crawling over the tender toward the engineer. One of the men covered the fireman with a revolver; while the other took care of the engineer. They were told to hold up their hands. "Now you run the train to Otterville water- tank," ordered the leader,"and stop there. If you attempt to stop at any other place, or give a signal of alarm, you'll be dead men," and the robbers placed their weapons close to the heads of their victims. The engineer and fireman were at their mercy, and could only obey. The Otterville water-tank stands in Robbers cut, just east of Otterville. It was there that tile noted outlaws, the James boys, committed one of their most daring robberies, and the Younger brothers perpetrated one of their boldest crimes. When Robbers cut was reached the engineer stopped the train. "You come with me," the leader said, addressing the engineer. "Attend to the fireman," he said to his companion. The engineer was commanded to go to the express car and tell the messenger to open the door. When he reached the express car he found that the 2 robbers liad 5 confederates stationecl at convenient places about the car, all heavily armed, and their faces concealed behind masks. The engineer walked to the door of the express car, and covered by the revolvers of 3 robbers, called to express messanger Sam Avery to open the door. As he did so the leader of the robbers and a confederate pushed their revolvers in and' ordered the messengers to hold up their hands. The order was promptly obeyed, and 3 robbers jumped into the car. They proceeded immediately to the safe, which was locked. Avery was commanded to open it at the point of a revolver, and did so. One of the robbers unfolded a gunny sack, and into it were placed the entire contents of the safe. In the meantime, the conductor, alarmed at the unusual stopping of the train, went forward to see what was the trouble. He got only as far as the rear end of the express car, when he was halted by one of the robbers, who told him to go back and collect tickets. The conductor hurried back to the first passenger coach and excitedly informed the passengers what was going on and advised them to hide their valuables. Money, watches, jewelry, and everything valuable was shoved into boot tops, into cracks, cushioned seats, and any where to get it out of sight. The conductor had just warned the passengers in the second car when the train started again. The robbers had finished their work and escaped. The engineer pulled the train into Otterville, where trainmen were left to arouse the sheriff and organize a posse to pursue the robbers. The robbers had left their tracks in the mud. These were followed for some distance east, and finally lost. A sheriff's posse and detectives are scouring the country for the robbers, and, considering the short start, hope to capture some of them at least. Up to Sunday, the 24th, the robbers had not been captured, and, no doubt, are far on the way, headed for the wilds on the North Thompson where constable Pearce and party of Kamloops "passed 11 whole days without bread." ; How the Price of Silver is A<1juste<3. In purchasing silver the secretary of the United States treasury takes the London price, the New York price, and the average at what offers are make at, and forms from it a sort of composite price which he uses for a guide. On the 23d bar silver was quoted at 118������ cents an ounce in New York and 54^ pence in London. ENAY H0TE Vernon Street, near Josephine, NELSON, R. ,C. SODERBERG & JOHNSON, PROPRIETORS. THE HOTEL OVERLOOKS THE KOOTENAY its guests thus obtaining splendid views of both mountain and river. THE ROOMS THE TABLE are comfortable in size and is acknowledged the best , - newly furnished. in the mountains. T-EECIE- _B^_._Ft is stocked with the best liquors and cigars procurable. No whiskies sold except Hiram Walker & Sons' celebrated brands. NELSON and SPROAT. Will contract to deliver fresh meat at any mine in the district. Or<Iers from lake points promptly filled. T.RA running between Nelson and Sproat, and between Nelson and adjacent mines. Will contract to deliver mining machinery on any mine in the district. AH Freight Shipped via Canadian Pacific to Sproat promptly forwarded to destination. CORRAL AND STABLING at both Nelson and Sproat, where saddle animals can be hired and job wagons engaged. ANELSOtf OFFICE AND MAKKET: NO. II EAST BAKER STREET Steam Navigation Go., Ltd. THE STEAMER LYTTON LEAVES REVELSTOKE on Mondays and Thursdays at & a. m. LEAVES SPROAT FOR LITTLE DALLES on Tuesdays and Fridays at 4 a. m.; returning the same day to Sproat. LEAVES SPROAT FOR REVELSTOKE on Tuesdays and Fridays, half an hour after arrival from Little Dalles. Revelstoke, August 31st. J. A. MARA, Manager. Corner East Baker and Ward Streets, Nelson, MADDEN BROTHERS, PROPRIETORS. This hotel is new and centrally located; the rooms are large and well furnished ; and the bar stocked with good liquors and cigars. ������������������������������������-���������---ii.d^^ ������S7>s*������*_HAB������s������i������ae Sf^ff ?i'-'���������'���������;'.'.' ,'.{r9 iErrf^i^H J3fl^* TEE MINER: NELSON, B. 0., SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 1890. Main Street, REVELSTOKE Railroad Avenue, SPROAT. ���������V^ri3:OXiElS^_.XJ_El _A.nST3D BETAIL (ii 11 it I- Un til Agent for tlie Hamilton Powder .Company and -Hiram. Walker & Sons' Whiskies. Cor. Vernon and Josephine Streets, SMALL NUGGETS OF NEWS. "Jap" King, who is prospecting at the south end of the lake, arrived at Nelson on Tuesday for assistance from the authorities to maintain his rights to a prospect he had located on Goat river. He claimed that he had been driven off the. ground by armed Indians, who threatened to do him bodily harm if he did not pick up and leave. He was advised by mining recorder, Giffin to go back and quietly take possession of the ground in dispute and hold it; that he believed all the Indians wanted wras pay for piloting a party of prospectors to ground near which mr. King's claim is located. Mr. King returned on Wednesday to the scene of the difficulty, vowing vengeance on any Indian who would dare to interrupt his further operations. This week the Canadian Pacific paymaster paid off the engineers and timber men at work on the Columbia & Kootenay branch. Keefer & Co. pay off their own men. The latter expect to have the first 5 miles of their grade completed by September 10th, and will remove camp 2 on Sunday iip to a point within 3 miles of the Kootenay crossing. A, The Galena on Thursday brought in a consignment of 400 cases of giant powder from the Giant Powder Company of Victoria. It was accompanied by E. A. Morris, the company's traveling agent, who states that he has 2 more carload lots on the way in. These shipments will necessitate the erection of a magazine at Nelson, as leaving such large quantities of giant powder lying around loose is just a little dangerous, to put it mildly. While not made authoritatively, it is stated that 18,000 yards of earth and boulders will be excavated at the rapids this fall and winter by the company of which W. A. Baillie-Grohman is manager. Mr. Grohrnan is now on the ground. ' f Real property is booming at Ainsworth, in Hot Springs district, the price of lots having advanced fnlly 100 per cent in the last 60 days. E. S. Wilson & Co. have just put in a stock of general merchandise? which they claim is second to none in the district; John McNeill is contracting for the erection of another hotel; and A.E.Bryan, formerly with the Anaconda company at Butte, is establishing an assay office. Spokane Falls Spokesman, 24th: "Andrew Sapler, who returned yesterday from the upper Kootenay, reports a remarkable discovery of gold on Perry creek. He states that 3 men engaged in placer mining earned $624 in one day. The find is causing great excitement in the surrounding camps, and a large number of men have gone to that region. Perry creek has borne the reputation of being rich in mineral, but until this discovery has yielded nothing definite." R. Fry of Bonner's Ferry has contracted to deliver 200 tons of supplies for the Great Northern road at points on Kootenay river above the ferry. The transportation will be done by small boats, 4 being required for the purpose. Northern Pacific engineers are at work surveying a line that will strike Kootenay river at the mouth of Deep creek, a point 7 miles below Bonner's Ferry. It is expected this will be the route adopted for the Kootenay Lake branch. A dance at Fry s hotel at Bonner's Ferry, on Saturday night last, was attended by 14 couple; just twice the number that could be raised to attend a dance at Nelson, unless some of the bo3rs donned frocks or tied a handkerchief on their left arm. One more family arrived at Nelson on Thursday's Galena. T. B. Lewis, the road contractor, was the enterprising citizen, and mrs. Lewis and the children will soon be comfortably domiciled on east Baker street. Improvements: A coat of red paint on the outside and a new desk on the inside of Hume & Co's store; a sidewalk in front of the Nelson house; Hamber & Thynne's removal to their own office building on west Baker street; a 120-foot jailing and paim business house; a handsome bar at Ward & Coming's; a painted front on the Madden house; H. Selous' new real estate office; J. E. -Walsh's stock of drugs, stationery, and fishing tackle; and C. H. Cady's opinion of this as a coming mining camp. Improvements needed: Lengthening and repairing the citizens' wharf; grading Baker street in front of blocks 1 and 5: a sidewalk in front of John McNeill's lot; new and unsplit straws at Ed Coming's; a doctor who will take chances to come in and grow up with this country; a daily boat line between Nelson and Ainsworth; and a new pair of overalls for the writer of this paragraph. Personals: Dr. Campbell came in from Hot Springs district Thursday and caught the Lytton on Friday for Revelstoke. Ed Wilson is hustling stuff through to Ainsworth, and showing chief clerk Pitts how to sell goods in a live mining camp. Oscar Soderberg returned improved in health, on Thursday, from a^3-week trip out to Spokane Falls'. Tom Madden has gone to Illicillewaet for supplies and furniture for the Madden house. H. F. Keefer, the railway contractor, is out at the boundary line; some say with the view of securing the contract to build the Northern Pacific's Kootenay Lake branch. Henry Jacoby of Victoria is in Nelson adjusting and settling claims against the owners of Nelson City. G. B. Nagle.a prospector from Donald, arrived in Nelson late this evening. He brought word that the white laborers at Keefer's No. 2 camp had struck for $2.25 a day���������they are now getting $2. Chief justice Begbie, although well advanced in years, willingly undertakes long and difficult official journeys through the mountain districts of the province. From Nelson he started for Barkerville, in Cariboo district, a trip that necessitates travel by trail, by water, by rail, and by stage coach. No doubt, on his return to Victoria he will be spryer and less used up than deputy attorney- general Irving, who accompanies him. May chief justice Begbie live long to open courts in the mountain districts of British Columbia, and may the dockets be always as clean as that presented last week at Nelson. The Hot Spring Wagon Road. In the Hot Springs district the wagon road is completed to a point close to the Krao, and will probably be continued on this fall to the United and other claims by the inine-owners interested. The intimation that the Canadian Pacific will not have its Nelson-Sproat branch completed in time to handle ores this season produces a bad effect, and may cause a suspension on contemplated work. The owners of the Krao and United are building an assay office on the United ground and as soon as completed will place an assayer in charge. Fully 600 tons of ore are now on the United dump. to be had in HALF-TOE" lots, or more. Apply to COOK & HOOVER, Ward Street, in rear oi" Governiuei.t Oflice, WELSOiV. For the removal of loose rock, gravel, etc., at the northwest side of the "outlet" of the west arm of Kootenay lake, are hereby called for by the undersigned. Plans, cross-sections, and specifications can be seen at mr. Giffin's office at Nelson during usual office hours. Tenders to be deposited with mr. Giffin on or before 6 p. m. September 8th, 1890. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. A cash security or satisfactory bond will be required on acceptal of tender as a guarantee of good faith. W. A. BAILLIE-GROHMAN. Nelson, August 30th, 1890. C. S. F. Hamber, Notary Public, Nelson. A. G. Thyniste, Vancouver. AND , Mining^ AND % & General Commission Agents. executed with promptness and dispatch. IMG STOCK and CLAIMS bought, bonded, and sold. OFFICE 105 WEST BAKER STREET. NOTARY PUBLIC. REAL ESTATE AND MINES. CONVEYANCING. Town lots, lands, and mining claims handled on commission. Conveyancing documents drawn up. Collections made and returns promptly remitted. Correspondence solicited. Office: No. 5 East Baker Street, UELSOJf, B. 0. /..������_r.������-
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