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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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'I f J iy~- n (i -r ������<_ /' Tiie Mine., in Kootenay are Among the E_icl_est in America. Tlie Ores are Higli-Cirade in Gold, Silver, .Copper, and _Lea������l. , teUMBEE 118. NELSON, BEITISH COLUMBIA, SATUEDAY, OOTOBEE 8, 1892. U A TEAE. ii. M. SPROAT ON J. M. KELLIE. Editor Miner���������Dear Sir: As it is no easy [matter to put salt on mr. Kellie's tail, or for j even, a smart constituent to hit his retreating figure with a kodak, I send you a plain, kindly, 'open letter for his perusal and reply, and for the edification of the r little group of persons with whom he chiefly confabulates. The facts will be at once recognised in Victoria. Gr. M. S. [We print this communication from mr. Sproat as coming from a man who knows more of governmental ins and outs than most. "We do not in any way identify ourselves with matters of which we have no knowledge; and. we print it at a time when mr. Kellie has every opportunity to defend himself.���������Ed.] Mr. J. M. Kellie���������Dear Sir: The last time that I saw you, at a public meeting, was during the election of 1890. You have not met your constituents since, except in out-of-the-way places. It is said you were here, last summer, for a night, running in and out of the town like a county court judge. Such delinquency is uncommon indeed; unknown in the history of representative government. Would that it were your only fault, but, alas! in your case, my friend, " motley's the only wear." Sorry am I to say that you are now, after 2 sessions, more disregarded, by all sections of the house, than any member (and during 30 years I have known strange ones) who ever sat in the legislature of the old colony, or of the present province. This is a serious thing for your constituents, who have had, during 2 years past, to deal, irregularly and alone, with questions of the gravest interest to them. You have been well treated, and your failure is due solely to yourself. There is a wherefore to every why, and I will state this wherefore in plain moderate lanr guage���������distinguishing, of course, you as a man from you a politician, and giving you credit for acting according to your lights. When you were elected the constituency was small; you got fewer than 50 votes. Two other candidates came near to you. It was well known that there were half a dozen "slave votes," which would elect the candidate who got them. You were running as an "independent "���������you, as an "independent," asked .for my vote���������but, nevertheless, you secured the aforesaid "slave votes," and won the seat by pledging yourself to support the government. Mr. Robson, accordingly counted you in, and put cash your way, as a member of a commission���������$500, was it not? On the meeting of the house, the government newspaper, classed you as a ministerialist, in virtue of your pledge. Here was the beginning of trouble. You clearly had either���������I must speak plainly���������to bilk the government or bilk your constituents. "Now, by two-headed Janus/' "Nature hath framed strange fellows in her time." You decided to bilk the government. The editor made the change. In the first week of the session, therefore, you became known in the house as a pledge-breaker and a trimmer���������being regarded by the Robsonites with disgust, and by the independents with suspicion. You got mud on your boots then, which you can never scrape off. Mr. Robson was deeply hurt, but lay by, not then knowing his strength in the new house, and considering, no doubt, that a bilker might rebilk. He gave the district good appropriations, and passed about the word that you, though a renegade, were to be conciliated; andso the first session ended. This was the state of matters during the spring of 1891. Then, after the adjournment of the house there began, on your part, a series of extraordinary antics, which illustrated your acquirements. It is well known to school boys that the keystone of popular government is the accountableness of the executive for every cent of public money voted. The executive alone can propose appropriations; they are responsible to the legislature for the spending���������the whole system being safeguarded by strict audit, and by bonds from inferior officers. In a fit, as some say, of "big head," you came to the district, and started in to incur public obligations, or direct public expenditure. Y"ou undertook to appoint workmen and fix their pay, breaking the wise rules of the public service and of orderly government. The ministry were aghast, and, on learning the facts, had no other course open than to resign their own offices, or pull you up, as a being unknown to a constitution, except as one of the members of the house���������and so the year 1891 came to an end. The events of the last session ���������the session of 1892���������are well known. Instead of "going slow," a'nd making friends in a house in which you were discredited, you threw your glove to the premier, who, you should have known, had been waiting for you. Mr. Robson explained to the house that, since you left the police force at Winnipeg and entered British Columbia, you had become known as a mining pretender, and how the constituency ever entrusted their interests to you, he could not understand. You then made a charge against the, present premier, mr. Davie, who promptly invited a committee of enquiry. This committee twiddled their thumbs, and could make no report, for you had nothing to submit to them���������in other words, the charge was a reckless slander. The Barnard episode is not forgotten. You introduced a bill to transfer to speculators a portion of the natural water supply of Nelson. What bargain you made is unknown, but what we do know is, that, on your becoming timid mr. Barnard used language sulphurous���������not pleasant for your constituents to read. We wonder what the bargain was, the breach of which made mr. Barnard so angry. I have shown that you tried to be a "ministerialst" and "independent" at one and the same time. (Perhaps by "independent" you meant "independent" of your constituents.) I confess to some kind of suspicion whether it is given to yon to know, at any time, in the maze of public life, where you are, or exactly what you are* doing. Th^re may not have been, on your part, any formal transfer of party allegiance, but the general opinion in the house, among both ministerialists and independents, is that you were when last heard of, purely and simply a member of the opposition. Next. Your candid constituent, G-. M. Sproat. Nelson, October 7th, 1892. A Handsome Figure. It is rumoured that E. E. Coy has soldal-16th interest in the Dardanelles for $9000, $4500 cash. MINING NOTES. A. J. Marks has been out of town for 2 or 3 days, looking after his interests in the Whitewater group. Development work is showing up a strong vein on captain Duncan's discovery on the Salmon river. J. E. Boss has been investing in Slocan prospects. But mr. Boss has still lots of faith in Toad mountain. Latest reports from Scotland leave-no room for doubt that the Silver 0King is sold. The owners will be back at the end of the month. H. Selous has in his office a fine sample from the Goldendale. Gray copper and lead are what it contains chiefly. As a surface indication it could not be better, It is reported that the Poorman shipped only $2600 of bullion this year. The mill has only been run at odd intervals, and no attempt made to work the mine systematically. But the output has probably been better than that. * It is estimated that over $10,000 worth of gold has been taken out of Hall creek this summer. Most of this has been procured by panning. When derricks are put in at Hall creek and proper facilities for sluicing, it will give big pay. The gold is so coarse that no mercury plates are required to save it. Me Back., his Opinion. The following is an extract from a letter written by Jim Wardner, respecting the great necessity of opening up roads for the shipment of ores: "I would impress upon you the necessity of urging immediate action in the construction of the wagon road between Nakusp and the head of Slocan lake. lam certain the Nakusp route is the cheaper one. San Francisco is the best market for Slocan lead and silver ores. The reason for this is that clean silver and lead ores, bearing neither zinc, antimony nor silica are very scarce there. Now San Francisco smelters take about 20,000 tons per year for Pacific coast consumption, and therefore have ho freight to pay on bullion to New York. Every prospect that I have examined lately in the Slocan country has only strengthed my opinion ������hat the Slocan country will be the greatest freight producer that has ever been discovered. The grade of the lead and silver, considering the vast size of the veins, is unparalleled. The shipment of ore to Helena from the Freddie Lee assayed higher than any lot of crude ore concentrates ever received at the smelter. TIbc Sanitary Regulations. There has,been some discussion down at the coast as to whether the regulations, which we publish this week on the first and third pages of the News, were the best that could have been deviled under the circumstances. Be this as it may, there can be no doubt but that these rules and regulations will be enforced as rigidly as circumstances_will permit. And it is right that they should be. We have before now referred editorially to the unhealthy manner in which the alleys of Nelson have been, and now are, kept, and we are glad to imderstand that steps will be taken immediately to clean up the place. It will be observed that no choice is allowed the local authorities in this matter. The act reads throughout, the agent 'shall' do this, that, or the other. And so the agent undoubtedly will. \f # ���������i V THE MUSTEK: NELSON, B. 0., SATUEDAY, OCTOBEE 8, 1892. _[?____ 3^"____T"Cr_E_____.I_ STT_E?X3IJ"5r POI t: t ���������W The above townsite has two never failing streams of pure mountain water running through it, affording sufficient water power FOR CONCENTRATING WORKS and city purposes. Is beautifully located near the centre of the Principal Mines. IS NEARLY COMPLETED, And will be Ready to receive guests by the 20th of this, month. -Joining the- E OH THE SOUTH, Only 350 feet from the Famous And only 1200 feet from the USINESS and- RES1BENC LOTS ARE NOW ON THE MARKET AT PRICES RANGING FROM S8QQ TO $200. Terms���������One-third cash, one-third 6 months, and the balance 1 year, after which prices will be greatly advanced. For further particulars enquire of A������ HOTEL, FREDERICTON. KELLY- General Agent, found at the office of F. M. McLEOD, NELSON, or GRAND VIEW JLIYEB* TO EAT. . A few years ago, during a rather hot season,, while fishing in a stream in Sutherlandshire, I succeeded in catching an ordinary river trout about. 1^ pound weight with what is known among anglers as a midge fly. While extracting the hook from the mouth of the fish I noticed what at first I took to be an enormous worm in his throat. In order to examine it, I pulled it but, and was exceedingly surprised to find a.common heather adder nearly a foot long swallowed in a double fashion���������that is, seized near the middle, so that head and tail were only partially devoured. To ascertain whether the adder was killed prior to being swallowed, I made a careful examination of the body, but could find no bones broken or any tiling the matter, further than a partial digestion of the part of the snake:s body which must have entered the fish's stomach. Would this snake, then, pressed with thirst, have gone to the stream to drink, and be seized by this voracious trout? . Soutii African tiold Field. The Robinson gold mine of the Johannesburg district in South Africa, in addition to 7355 ounces of gold extracted from 7355 tons of ore reduced, also secured as much as 3112 ounces from their tailings by means of, the cyanide (MeArthur-Forrest) process making, with 731 ounces from chlorination, a total product for the nionth of 11,198 ounces, of which 25f per cent were an achievement of the cyanide process trom the tailings. The July gold product of the district is reported to have been 103,252 ounces; the total for 7 months of this year is 663,982 ounces against 378,036 in 189.1. The exports of gold from the Cape colony, South Africa, was $1,855,470 during July and $1,972,000 during August. Who Says Silver's Cheap. One of the most remarkable sales of old silver ever held was at Edinburgh lately. It included pieces belonging to the late earl of Dunmore and the service of St.. Martin's Abbey in Perthshire. Several pieces were bought on commission from New York. The highest price ever obtained for old silver ($80 an ounce) was given for an early Italian double-handled cup and cover, $420 being the price. The highest price heretofore had been $50 an ounce. CROWN GRANT APPLICATIONS. Notice is hereby given that Wilber H. Hendryx has filed the necessary papers and made application for a crown grant in favor of the mineral claim known as the Hendryx No. 1, situate in Ainsworth mining division, West Kootenay district. Adverse claimants, if any, will forward their objections within 60 days from date of publication. N. FITZSTUBBS, Nelson, B.C., 17th August, 1892." Gold commissioner. Notice is hereby given that Wilber H. Hendryx has filed the necessary papers and made application for a crown grant in favor of the mineral claim known as the Hendryx No. 2, situate in Ainsworth mining division, West Kootenay district. Adverse claimants, if any, will forward their objections within 60 days from-date of publication. Nelson, B.C., 17th August, 1892. N. FITZSTUBBS, Gold commissioner. Notice is hereby given that Wilber H. Hendryx has filed the necessary papers and made application for a crown grant in favor of the mineral claim known as the Gal- conda, situate in Ainsworth mining division, West Kootenay district. Adverse claimants, if any, will*3 for ward their objections within 60 days from date of publication. Nelson, B.C., 17th August, 1892. .. N. FITZSTUBBS, Gold commissioner. Notice is hereby given that Wilber H. Hendryx has filed the necessary papers and made application for a crown -grant in favor of the mineral claim, known as The Fraction, situate in Ainsworth mining division, West Kootenay district. Adverse claimants, if any, will forward their objections within 60 days from date of publication.7. Nelson, B.C., 17th August, 1892." N.. FITZSTUBBS, '" 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 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 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 H. Anderson, as agent for Irwin, Hopper & Co., has filed the necessary papers and made application for a crown grant in favor of the mineral claim known as the "Tain O'Shanter," situate on the east side of Kootenay lake in the Hendryx. camp, West Kootenay district. Adverse claimants will forward their objections within 60 days of this publication. Nelson, B.C., August 24th, 1892. N. FITZSTUBBS, Gold commissioner. and Two NOTICE- MAID of Erin, Payne, Mountain Chief, Jacks Mineral Claims. S. S. Bailey owner (No. of License 39798.) Sixty days after date I intend to apply for certificate of improvement on the above-named mineral claims, vis.. Maid of Erin, Payne, Mountain Chief, and Two Jacks, for the purpose of obtaining a crown grant for each claim. Dated this 5th day of September, 1892. S. S. BAILEY. FOR SALE. An assayer's outfit and laboratory, complete in all its details with office fittings. Price, $400. - Apply Miner office. NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that 60 days from date I intend to apply for a crown grant to the -mineral claim known as the Minnie, situate to the south of the {rKootenay Bonanza claim, Toad Mountain. Copies of the field notes and plat can be seen at the government agent's office, Nelson. August 29, 1892. JOHN McDONALD. NOTICE. ~~ Blue Bird Mineral Claim. J. Thompson (Certificate 41879) and John A. Whittier (Certificate 41796) owners. Sixty days after date we intend to apply for certificate of improvement for the purpose of obtaining a crown grant. J. THOMPSON. JOHN A. WHITTIER. Slocan Mining District, September 10th, 1892. / . . NOTICE. Mineral Claim Best, Slocan District. Take notice that.we, E. H. Hughes, of the city of Spokane, United States of America, free miner's certificate No. 41858; David Porter of the same place, free miner's certificate No. 39666; and George W. Hughes of the same place, free miner's certificate No: 41800, all lawful owners of the said claim, 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, this 28th day of August, A. D. 1892, at Nelson. E. H. HUGHES, ������������������*������������������. DAVID PORTER, GEORGE W. HUGHES. . By Joseph Hethington Bowes, Agent for said applicants. To All Whom it May Concern : Be it known that we, James Richey, (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 claims Antelope, recorded by James Richey aforesaid, on the loth day of June, 1892, in the office of A. Sproat, mining recorder, Slocan ; and Darda-j nelles, recorded by Jno. Fitzgerald aforesaid, in the said\ mining and. 'recorder's office on the 15th day of June, 1892, intend applying for a certificate of improvements on thej said claims at the end of 60 days for the purpose of ob-s taining crown grants therefor. JAS. RICHEY, M. GUTHRIE, JNO. FITZGERALD,! JNO. KING. Sept. 5th, 1892. SUMMONS. In the County Court of Kootenay ��������� Between J. Free; Hume & Co., plaintiffs, and Charies Randall, defend ant���������Order for substituted service. Upon reading the affidavits of Bruce Craddoek and Frecf Irvine on behalf of the plaintiffs herein, I hereby ordei? that the above defendant appear in the above cause in 3t^ days from the date of the first insertion of the advertise-} ment in the Spokane Review, hereinafter mentioned] otherwise the plaintiff to be at liberty to enter up judg] ment and^ssue execution forthwith, and that a copy of this order be inserted for 4 weeks in the Nelson Miner anc| the Spokane Review newspapers, and be posted upon thefl Hidden Treasure mining claim, in Nelson mining divisioii of West Kootenay district, and that a further copy bc| mailed bv prepaid letter, addressed to the defendant f Spokane, Washington. (Sgd) GEO. A. WALKEM, 'J. i-��������� Dated, August 27th, 1892. , jRS_U F. M. McLeod, plaintiff's solicitor, Nelson, B. C. few We havecin stock a car of rattan and willow goods, ju received. JAS. McDONALD & CO. ���������T-..,.'_->i .*7������, V ">���������: V" THE" M&EEV NELSON, B. 0., SATUEDAY, OOTOBEB? 8,: 1892. \ MINING NEWS OF THE WORLD. A big strike has been made in the Grand View mine to the east of Ouray,. Colorado. - The ore body discovered runs 6 ounces in gold and there is plenty of it. The Willow creek excitement continues, a dozen claims being located every day. The claims are all silver propositions, but they are rich enough for anyone. In Owybee county, near the Snake river country, some wonderfully fine opals have recently been discovered. The men who found the gems will not tell where they ran across them. In Boise county a few months ago three men cleaned up $30*000 in a gulch not nearly so rich as Neal's. A man named Plowman is now erecting a 10-stamp mill in the district. He paid $10,- 000 for a quartz claim there that could not be purchased now for a round $100,000. . Several prospectors are industriously Searching for a ledge of tin ore supposed to be located near_ Boise. A wandering prospector recently brought in several small chunks of what an as- sayer pronounced tin, but no one has been able to discover .the lode whence the tin float emanated; "' Strangers have appeared at Guthrie, O. T., with a box of -gold quartz which assays $20,000 to the ton��������� _They . claim. ..that., they found it within easy distance of that city and that the quantity is unlimited. There is much excitement over the matter and further developments are expected. The recent gold strike in the Eagle mine is keeping up in good shape. The strike is at a depth of about 250 feet, and average of ore in that particular strike will go over $200 in gold. There is also a/large body of ore in the mine of average value of $19 in gold, which-will pay handsomely when worked by the cyanide process. . -:������������������..": ._ ��������� ���������.-;.; '-':,' , .'.'...".,-.' The Tintic mining district, Utah, still maintains a high place among the shipping camps of the territory,-,although .the low quotations of silver have worked much damage���������here to the mining interests in general. The Tintic district leads the territory- in the production of gold, much of the ore in a number, of the mines carrying sufficient of the yellow metal to make it a., matter of profit ancL congratulation .during the present depression in- silver. - The Anaconda company of Cripple creek, Colo., have opened up.a pocket of very rich ore in the vein, cut some, time ago,, the pocket containing many- large nuggets- of free gold;. The company are now taking out and shipping large quantities.of the richest ore,.that it has ever shipped, and indication^ now.ar,^.that property is a greater bonanza than; has ever before been anticipated by the most sanguine of its owners. The 4-fbot vein, of which metron was made, is gradually widening out as the work proceeds, while the quality of ore continues to grow better the deeper it goes. The diamond has.been repeatedly found in North Carolina. In every instance it was found associated with gold and zircons, sometimes with monazite and other rare minerals, in gravel beds resulting from gneissic rocks, but it has never been observed in the North Carolina itacolumite or any debris resulting from disintegration. The first diamond was found in 1843 by dr. M. F. Stephenson of Gainesville, Georgia, at the ford of Brindletown creek. It was an octahedron, valued at $100. Another from the same neighborhood came into possession of professor G. W. Featherstonhaugh,- while acting as United States geologist. The mines tributary to Boise are showing up well. The Neal district, 20 miles to the eastward, is probably the best camp of all. It is next to impossible to purchase a claim in the district, every piece of ore brought to the surface carrying a greater or lesser quantity of free gold and making it an object to prospectors to hold on. Arthur Neal, the discoverer of the district, recently sold his big placer gulch to Boise people for a fancy figure. It is said to be the richest placer gulch in Idaho, its only draw back being a scarcity of water. The present owners of the claim will work it night and day as soon as the spring of '93 opens. They will illuminate the gulch at night with locomotive headlights. They expect to clean up at least $20,000 before July 1, 1893. " NOTICE. Great Western Mineral Claim. Take notice that I, Thomas McGovern, owner, free miner's certificate No. 41,782, 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. THOMAS McGOVERN. Dated this 13th day of September, A. D. 1892. DISSOLUTION OF COPARTNERSHIP. Notice is hereby given that the unregistered partnership heretofore existing between HENRY ANDERSON and JOHN L. RETALLACK, agents, of Ainsworth, B. C, is by mutual consent this day dissolved. The business will be conducted as before by HENRY ANDERSON alone. H. ANDERSON. JOHN L. RETALLACK. Ainsworth, September 5th, 1892. DISSOLUTION OF COPARTNERSHIP. The partnership heretofore existing- between the undersigned, as THE BALFOUR TRADING COMPANY, has been dissolved by mutual'consent. All debts are to be paid to JOSEPH ALMOURE, who assumes all liabilities. J. ALMOURE. Balfour, September 6th; 1892. HARRY D. BECK. The undersigned will continue the business under the same name as heretofore, THE BALFOUR TRADING COMPANY". J. ALMOURE. Notice is hereby given that a sitting of the County Court of Kootenay will- be held at Nelson, on Tuesday, the 18th day of October, 1892. . T. H. GIFFIN, ���������*��������� Registrar county court. ��������� ��������� Nelson, B. C, September 16th, 1892. NOTICE.'" ' ~ Dr. C. E. C. Brown will be at the Nelson House, Nelson, from Monday night to Friday night." Will visit Kasld'oh Saturday, and remain as long as work warrants. notice. ; ~~ Tenders for Sinking a Shaft on the Le Roi Mine. The Le Roi Mining Company invites proposals to sink the present shaft' 120 feet: The Company will furnish whim and-advance supplies.- Two horses-required; for whim and three 8-hour shifts of 2 men. Proposals sent to undersigned, at Trail Creek, B. C, will be forwarded. Trail Creek, B. C, September 9th, 1892. -��������� E. S. TOPPING. Notice is hereby given that application will be made to the legislature of British Columhia, at its next session, for an act incorporating, the applicants and authorizing them to erect and operate a sj^stem of water works in and about Kaslo City and its'vicinity, and for that purpose to divert and appropriate Water from-Kaslo river and its tributaries-; and, also, to. lay down pipes necessary'for conveying such water from the'place or places of diversion, of such water to Kaslo City aforesaid, and iii and through the said Kaslo City and "parts adjacent thereto. E. C. KILBOURNE, J, THOMPSON, Dated 9th September, 1892; T. J. ROADLEY. The undersigned, hitherto trading under the name of the DAVIES-SAYWARD SAWMILL COMPANY, having disposed of their businsss to a joint stock company, it is necessary that arrangements be made for the settlement of all accounts due them on or before the FIFTEENTH DAY OF OCTOBER NEXT, payment to be made to CAPT. S.'C. SPALDING, PILOT BAY, and after October loth accounts will be collectable by messrs. CORBOULD, McCOLL, WILSON & ELLIOTT, solicitors, Nelson, B. C. JOSHUA DAVIES, W. P. SAYWARD, Pilot Bay, B. C, September 13th, 1892. Per J. D. LIQUOR LICENSE APPLICATION. Notice is hereby given that I intend applying for a .hotel license at the next sitting of the licensing board to sell liquor at the Stanley hotel, Nelson. - T. W. CLARK. Nelson, September 24. . . NOTICE. Fred. J. Squire, merchant tailor, has removed from Josephine street to Baker street, first store east of the Silver King. NOTICE. '. ' Notice is hereby given that an application will be made to the legislature of British Columbia,' at its next session, for an act to incorporate a company to construct, equip, operate and maintain a standard gauge line of railway from the town of Nelson, on the Kootenay lake, to the head of the said lake at or near the mouth of the Lardeaux river, and to construct, operate and maintain telephone and telegraph lines in connection therewith. McPHILLIPS, WOOTTON & BARNARD, August 13, 1892. Solicitors for applicants. _____ Notice is hereby given that we intend to apply to the next session of the legislature of the Province of British Columbia for an act to be incorporated as a joint stock company, under the name of the Kaslo City Electric Light and Power Companj', Limited Liability, for the purpose of erecting and maintaining electric works and establishing an electrical system in and about Kaslo City, in the district of West Kootenay, British Columbia, the elec- trici-jr generated to be used to provide light and motive- power for Kaslo City and its vicinity; further, to have conferred on us power to take and use so much water of the Kaslo river as may from time to time be necessary for the purpose of generating electricity to be used as a motive or illuminating power, and for any other purpose to which .. electricity may be applied, with power to do all things necessary or proper for generating or transmitting electricity and for other purposes, with a capital of ������50,000 with power to increase. S. H. GREEN, E. E. COY, B. H. LEE. Dated at Kaslo City, the 29th day of August, 1892. The Kootenay Mining and Smelting Company, (Foreign) - - Registered the twenty-third day ..of August 1892. ,, > certificate of registration. " . This is to certify that I havevthis day registered "The;. Kootenay. Mining and Smelting Company "(Foreign) under the Companies Act part IV Registration of Foreign com-: panies and the Companies Act amendment Act 1889. The objects for which tlie company'is established are to transact the business of milling milling and smelting gold, silver, copper, lead, ores and other ores and minerals, in all its branches, atKootenaylakeinKdbtenay mining district British Columbia and in theterritoryof Idaho, and in other mining districts of British Columbia and the United States of America, also to purchase, own, work and develo'pe .the. mines,.mining claims and mining property known as the. Blue'Bell Silver King Surprise and Black*Hawk:16des lo'-' cated at' Kootenay lake in- Kootenay mining.^district, Brit-, ish Columbia, and to purchase, own work and develop oth-. er mines, mining claims and mining property at' 6lO_er'places';: to own, buy, sell .and deal in gold silver, copper lead ores, and other ores and minerals, also to obtain, buy and own the franchise arid property of-the Toll-road from Mud Slough to a, point .on Kootenay riv.er near Bonner's Ferry Idaho territory," arid to maintain ahd'operate the same; to buy, own and hire steamboats and other;boats-arid to operate the same for the transportation of freight and "passengers; to buy,-own, hire and lease water sites and water priviliges; to buy and own, lease and construct and maintain buildings, roads, bridges, -canals,,-flumes and other water courses necessary or convenient "for the'prosecution of said business; "to buy and own>-arid-hire real estate, machinery, tools and other, personal prppert$r necessary or. convenient for the prosecution" of"said business and generally to do all things incidentalto said business and to the proper management thereof. ��������� The amount of the capital stock of the -..said-��������� company is Thirtyv thousand dollars, -divided. ������������������������ into ,Twelve hundred shares of the par value of Twenty-five" 'dollars each."' The placeof business o������"the*_:a_d*.'-t_6mpany is located afc Pilot Bay in the district of I^oo.tenay,.Province of British Columbia. ' ���������������������������������������������.������������������--- (v^*..^-,k> ���������^._.\_ In testimony wherepf.I hajtfg*hereunto, set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 23rd! day of August 1892 at the city of "Victoria in the province -of British Columbia. C. J. LEGGATT, ,,...-���������. ... ���������-'..." ' Registrar of Joint Stock Coinpanies. - ��������� ��������� ���������. ������������������' r-71��������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ... .���������r ������������������ r~t���������; r~;���������'���������"" ,���������:��������� ' ���������' The Kootenay Late Eednction_. Company. (Foreign). Registered the 23d day of August^ 1892. .'7 . certificate of registration., . .:,., This is to certify that'I have this day registered "Th!'e Kootenay Lake Reduction" Company" (Foreign) under the Companies Act, Part IV., Registration of Foreign Comr panies, and the "Companies Act Amendment Act, 1892." The objects for which the company is established are to carry on the business of mining, milling, smelting, concentrating, reducing, and refining gold, silver, copper, lead, and other ores and minerals, in all its branches, at Kootenay lake, in Kootenay mining district, in British Columbia, and in other mining districts in British Columbia and the United States; and to own, buy, sell, and deal in gold, silver, copper, lead, and other ores and minerals, bullion, and refined metals; and to purchase or hire such real estate; and to -purchase, own, work, and develop such mines, mining claims, and mining property as may be necessary or convenient for the transaction of said business; and to buy, sell, and own all such machinery, tools, and other personal property as is necessary or convenient -for use in said business and to the proper promotion and management thereof. The amount of the Capital Stock of the said Company is two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, divided into twenty-five hundred shares of the par value of one hundred dollars each. The place of business of the said Company is located at Pilot Bay in the district of West Kootenay, Province of British Columbia. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 23rd. day of Angust 1892 at the city of Victoria in the province of British Columbia. .C. J. LEGGATT, Registrar of Joint Stoek Companies. <V_- ������������i^imij_^ij������^j^uuaa_t^a^JUA^.JJiJUJU_ieffi i_i__ji_jj_____M__i__M_____a.i^j^u_a._^ ���������u������i���������mmmamuJ biw__ji________h_i_i__b___^^ -'4 > ���������V fefe_u_____l_S______________5_^ ?'? ������ A' ft: I J*. 5 ������ h a n f 1 t_S I?: fe I ft.;" m I ������ 'I IS W- i'i* l& Is?*-' a l 4 THE MII>TER: NELSON, B.C., SATUEDAY, GOTOBEE 8, 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 $4.. Contract Advertisements will be inserted at the rate of f 3 an inch (down the column) per month. : A special rate for advertisements of over 2 inches. Transient Advertisements will be inserted for 15 cents a line for the first insertion and 7 cents a line for each additional insertion. Twelve lines of 9 words each make an inch. All advertisements printed for a less period than 3 months considered transient and must be paid for in advance. Advertisements of less than 12 lines will be counted as 12 lines. Birth Notices free if weight of child is givisn; if weight is not given ;$I 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. ''��������� The following agents have been, appointed and are authorized to collect money, to receive advertisements and transact all business, in their respective localities, connected with The Miner and Hot Springs News: Aiins worth, Bremner & Watson; Pilot Bay, O. B. Howell; Kaslo, B: H. Lee & Co; Carpenter Creek, E. C. Carpenter. ������������������ ��������������� ;. Address all Letters : The Miner, Nelson, B!rC. EDITORIAI. ISEMAKKS. For years there has been ho country- discovered that has caused so deep an excitement; that has been talked about so much, as the Slocan district. Mining men from all parts of the world have visited its prospects, have held up their hands in sheer amazement and have gone away to spread the news of this great find. But yet more will come, and more and more; and they will all have their expectations justified. There is ho mining district in the world except Slocan that can boast of the fact that1 every- mine on which work has been done���������and there are cornparativelyfew-in Slocan that have not had some work done on them���������has enough ore on the dump to repay the owner twice over for the cost of his labor and of the materials used. A country that contains such properties as these has no flies on it. The wiseacres down at the coast who placed such immense faith in the more recent of our towns, to the exclusion of Nelson, will hardly be pleased at the turn things have taken. The difficulty about the New Denver townsite and the failure of the Nakusp wagon road will be liable to put their noses out of joint somewhat. It is just possible, though, to be sure, very unlikely, that this conjunction of events may impress upon their intelligences the fact that Nelson real estate might not, after all, be as bad an investment, even at present prices, as lots in experimental townsites; it might remind them that we have in our vicinity one or two mines that are not entirely worthless^ properties which, in the course of a few years, will be as well known all over the world as the Anaconda mine is now known in Montana; it might do a whole lot of things in the way of convincing people on the coast that they have been fools��������� but it won't. Of a tr?ith there is more virtue in a half page ad. than in a whole page of personal experience and observation. Some time, ago we called attention to the fact that nearly a year had gone by without anything being said or heard of the hospital. Several accidents have happened to people who would have been glad to have had some place, other than their own shacks or offices, in which to spend their sick hours. A hospital committee was appointed, a subscription list opened, a bill of incorporation passed, and then the whole thing seemed to have dropped into oblivion. Why? As usual we suppose everybody's busi ness is nobody's business. The committee appointed was too large to work well. Let a smaller representative committee be formed of men who are able and willing to spend some time on the ra'atter-���������such men could easily be found, surely���������and let's have a hospital before the winter. If the money subscribed is not sufficient for the purpose there would, or at least ought to be, no difficulty in raising more by means of an entertainment of some sort. We notice that the Great Northern railway are building a spur from their main line to Galena landing on the Kootenay river. They intend to try and keep the river open all winter. Should they do so, it is probable that they will have lots of ore to freight down to the smelters on the other side of the line. WARNING NOTICE. To Whom it May Concern : ������ John Lane and W. C. McLean have, without any authority from the undersigned, obtained a certificate of purchase in our names, for building condition, lot 14, block Id, in town of Nelson. The only party to whom we have made a transfer of our interest in said lot is mrs. Jennie Muir, who holds the purchase receipt issued by the assistant commissioner of lands and works at the time of the sale of said lot, on October 15th, 1890. Intending purchasers are therefore warned not to purchase said lot from John Lane or W. C. McLean, or their assignee. HOUSTON & INK, Nelson, B.C., Sept. 28th, 1892. per John Houston. APPLICATION FOR LIQUOR LICENSE. Notice is hereby given that 30 days from date hereof, I, the undersigned, will apply to the stipendiary magistrate at Nelson, B. C, for a hotel license; said hotel business to be carried on at Pilot Bay, West Kootenay district,-British Columbia. ��������� J. BLANCHARD. Dated at Pilot Bay, this 1st day of October, 1892. CROWN GRANT APPLICATION. To All Whom it May Concern: Be it known that we, James Richey, (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 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 5th, 1892. JNO. KING. J. Hoover, President. E. J. Dyer, Cashier. THE EXCHANGE NATIONAL BANK OF SPOKANE, STATE OF WASHINGTON. Capital. $250,000 Surplus....... $30,000 FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC EXCHANGES BOUGHT AND SOLD. ACCOUNTS OF MINERS AND MERCHANTS SOLICITED. Cable Transfers Made. J. LAINS0N WILLS, M.E., F0S. Member of the Institution of Mining- and Metallurgy, Eng., and of the American Institute of Mining Engineers, &c. (206 Albert St., Ottawa.) Reports on Mines and Mineral Properties. Leaves Kaslo for Nelson at 6:30 a. m., daily (Sunday excepted) calling at Ainsworth, Pilot Bay and Balfour. RETURNING Leaves Nelson for Kaslo at 1 p.m., calling at way ports. Bavies-S PILOT BAT, KOOTENAY LAKE. THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS OP IN THE KOOTENAY LAKE DISTRICT. HAVE ON HAND READY FOR DELIVERY A FULL ASSORTMENT OF ALL KINDS OF FENBSH68S8Q LUMBER, Vertical Grain Shingles, Lath, Moldings, etc. Stocks are held at KELSON, Geo. H. Keefer, Agent, and at ADTSW0BTH, S. Pawcett, Agent. ���������S. ������). Spalding, - Manager. T___E_ Will be Emining aoout Aiigust 1st at Kaslo and will be the largest and best equipped Sawmill in Kootenay. Large stocks of lumber now on hand at Kaslo, at the old mill site and at Nelson. A carload of Sash and Doors for sale. P.O. address, Nelson or Kaslo. NOTARY PUBLIC. Eeal Estate & Mines, Conveyancing Agent for LOOAJsr oinrsr Town Lots, Lands and Mining Claims Handled on Commission. Conveyancing Documents Drawn Up. fYttlnn ��������� SELOUS BLOCK, Ulllt'U ������ Corner Victoria and Stanley Streets. ILKER & WELL Postoffice Store, Nelson, B. ������������������ i. AND GENTS' FUKNISHING GOODS. ALSO, FULL LINES OF p*s B_. H Basra to ga ���������_ ��������������� ^_, H ^tfe. B i_i G I _���������__>. H EM __iT_t JHlHl w B IB H __r IB HI _B__k B __t _n_JI S H������WH Boa h b H _T B D-_l r~ H'1S| B h wB _r_"u _L_fi' B ____? 8 fl^_ SRflcES H <H ������9 D lflf ������������������ ____���������__��������� muootr 0 ^QSEP^ ���������<��������� ���������* ���������* Toilet Articles and Stationery. CIGARS AT WHOLESALE ONLY- .1 . * in. ' ' *i.\ "'h.~-,.T:-*",'L."--' J-" "f ������������������������������������_-.' .'_*��������� "��������� "<���������_.������ ;*���������,.'��������� '?-*- into oblivion. 1# sr ��������������� rybody's busi- Calling at way ports. Prospectoi ~.~,i 1 ���������_' Wf ���������** TVT" * v* ������i' _TT������- >. ..j.T"'!~-''Z"^i V~ .T*i7'""T���������'!���������''"'���������W". ._-, u . 4. 1,- -i ���������:.,-���������������>- ���������- - -iiT>T",���������r,raif-_j-_-"���������lji ...������������������-s"r_u������_'f.'ii��������� ^������������������ ��������� ��������� ., .....v.������, Prospectors'location notices for sale at The Mjner office rCrV m*VI . k_t._ irf v. , .Jt ��������� _ef ^- *._ffii " irtv _':. ���������������������������������������������:- "V ft \" THE MINES: NELSON, B. 0., SATUEDAY, OOTOBEE 8, 1892. MERCHANT MILLEES, MOOSOMIN, Assa. BRANDS "Hungarian Patent," "Strong Bakers," "Straight Bakers." Dealers in all kinds of Ohopped Feed, Oats, Bran, Shorts, Chicken Feed, Etc. Prices given Sacked or in Bulk. The finest quality of OATMEAL and CORNMBAL can be obtained in any sized sacks. Quotations cheerfully furnished on application. SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO THE BRITISH COLUMBIA TRADE. OFFICES = Moosomin, N.W.T., and 25 Park Street, Ottawa, Ont. M. MAODONALD, Agent for N.W.T. and Kootenay District, B.C BACK EAST. The investigation of the charges against C. Langelier has been concluded. It is expected that judgment will be given in this charge and in the 3 charges against Mercier before the opening of the criminal court on October 10th. A couple of cases of what appears to be smallpox have been developed at the general hospital in Toronto. Superintendent O'Reilly and medical health officer dr. Allan, are taking precautions in case their suspicions prove correct. The victims are a couple of nurses. E. P. Bender, C. E., who has just arrived from London, England, says he has managed to form a new company to take up his Labrador railway scheme. He is now confident that the road will be commenced at an early date. Bender leaves shorily for the north shore of Labrador in the interests of the railway company. A miraculous cure is reported from Ste. Anne de Beaupre. A man named Daniel O'Brien went to the old shrine, suffering from a 9 month's attack of rheumatism. He was perfectly helpless. While performing his devotions at Ste. Anne's his desease disappeared, he stood up, threw away his crutches and walked away completely cured. The plans for the establishment of a colony of Scottish Crofters on Vancouver Island, B.C., are all complete and the agreements between the- imperial and provincial governments and the syndicate have been signed. The syndicate will bring out the company with a capital of .81,000,000, though the present issue will be for $500,000 only. The company will be called the Commercial Company of British Columbia. Big Trees in. Formosa. In a Shanghai native paper are the details of the remarkable discovery, in the southern part of the island of Formosa, of trees that rival in size and beauty the giant redwood trees of California. Ten Chinese merchants of Foochow organized the exploring expedition. The vast forests there had never been penetrated by traders, but it was known that the country was broken by high and rugged mountains that had very heavy timber. The expedition started from the Chinese port of Samalan. After seven days of hard travel it reached the Hualin river. It found no roads, not even a trail, and in many cases the members journeyed for hours along the tracks of wild animals through heavy timber. Many signs of natives were seen, but the savages were too timid to show themselves. Whether the party succeeded in establishing barter with them is not recorded. In one of the great forests trees of enormous size and height were found. Ten men, joining their outstretched arms, were unable to clasp the trunk of the tree near the ground. They estimated the height at 200 or more feet. Another peculiar tree bore red and white flowers measuring a foot in diameter. The forest life is said to resemble that of the Amazon. Hudson's Bay Company ��______ ___________________ !_������ n ���������_��^. -nuiinnir n _i_hmi ��� ^^TJT_r -DEALERS IN- :OCERIESs LIQUORS Highest Cash Prices Paid for Furs. BAKER STREET, NELSON, B. C. -___N*_D ALL KINDS OF GROCERIES, CANNED GOODS AND MINERS' SUPPLIES KEPT IN STOCK. JAMS AND JELLIES A SPECIALTY Large stock just arrived. ALDOUS BEOTHEES, PEOS. ery NELSON e, WILLIAM WILSON, PROPRIETOR. HAY AND GRAIN FOR SALE. Omnibus and carriages to and from all trains and steamboat wharves. Saddle and pack animals for hire. Freight hauled and all kinds of job teaming attended to. Stable on Baker Street. Office with Wilson & Perdue. MTREAL CAPITAL <all paid up), $12,000,000 REST, . 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 Rate of interest at present four per cent. (Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1862.) CAPITAL (paid _p), ��600,000 ��� $3,000,000 (With power to increase.) RESERVE FUND, ��220,000 . . 1,100,000 BBA3STCHES = Victoria, B. C, San Francisco, California, Vancouver, B. C, Portland, Oregon, New Westminster, 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 ���_ per cent per annum will be allowed on all time deposits at present. To Miners and Prospectors MY NEW EFTS GUM." u Expressly built for the Kootenay Country, is admirably adapted for the use of miners and prospectors. It is light in weight and shoots either ball or shot equally well. My ANNUAL CATALOGUE is just out and will be mailed to any address on application. My Stock is Very Large and Complete. Charles E. Tisdall, G-UNMAKIEB, VANCOUVER IE-OT���lIIIj., kaslo. Finest Accommodations in the Lake Country. Elegant table. Best of Liquors and Cigars at the Bar. AKCHIE FliETCIIEBt, ^Proprietor and Manager. (A. M. Can. Soc. C. E.) CIVIL ENGINEER AND AEOETTEOT, Victoria St., Next S>oor to Hotel Pliair, Nelson, B. C. ���^W^S5_^XS^^ _J1_>^,':: SBTi !'S_dCT ������������������. Safer! ��������� M. "fi������s7 I'M- 1 %': :P"' M 4 : WC;'. ;'��������� SS': W ���������M, $_7: #:���������'������������������������������������.: -;*&<-- ���������.. #-��������� ������7. IP "&������������������".��������� #���������- !%���������'��������� if: IF IN- f IP ii SSI'- '������������������" P'7v-. m7;" IS- i I THE AOTEK: NELSON, B. C, SATUEDAY, OOTOBEB 8, 1892. 9 Notary Public and Conveyancer. AUCTIONEER ���������) P_OYlWCI___ NEWS. ������������������ NEWLY FINISHED HOUSE ' DESIRABLE LOCALITY MUST BE SOLD AT ONCE ��������� . JOSEPHINE STREET, .^NELSON. INDIES ISIR, awd START!? ._jji ������j yi xlJDJjIIj Corner Bluff a,Ml Ward Streets, NELSON, B. C. Will undertake any work or contract in which pack ani mals.or teams can be used. P WILL QONTEAOT TO CASEY PASSEJTMBS and baggage to and from hotels; also fr^ht ' to and from steamboat wharves and ������ , railway depots. CONTRACT TO GRADE LOTS IN NELS Stove as_4_ ���������ov<_wooc_ for Sale. ffunt & Dover, lEWELERS ANI) WATCHMAKERS. 1 LSI 7 ARCHITECT AND SUPERINTENDENT, Plans .furnished on application and estimates given fre( Carney Building West'Baker. Street. Physician, Surgeon, and Accoucheur, Telephone 45. Office: Stanley and Victoria Streets P. O. box 69. m , ��������� ��������� Telephone 24. bdward Applewhaite & Co. S. E. corner Baker and Josephine streets NELSON, B. C. ' >t rr~\ FINANCIAL AND INSURANCE. AGENTS, Loans negotiated on Nelson property. Collections mido' Conveyancing doomSents drawn;J������cptl0ns made- Town Lots Lands and Mining Claims Handled on Commission. It is expected that the grading on the new road into the Crow's Nest pass will be completed within two or three weeks. Gangs of graders are scattered along the road for over 80 miles, and into the mouth of the pass. The : grades will not pass that point, and no iron will ;be laid this year. , P. PL "Ward, an old resident of the Lillooet .district, and a shareholder in the Bonanza mine ;of Liliooel, died sudddnly on September 30th., iwhile driving from Liilooet to Clinton. Death was caused by the bursting of a blood vessel. A good deal of excitement has been caused at .Donald by the discovery of several good mining properties in Bush river, Blue Water and Quartz creek distric ts. A good deal of prospecting has been done and many claims recorded. A recent British government inquiry has elicited the fact that the best Scotch crofters of the . Shetland isles earn on an average, something less than $80 a year each by the haddock, and herring fisheries. Some of them will surely enlarge such earnings when settled in this province. A JSEysterioTOS Msragc'. Many stories have been written about mirages and delusions, but none have been more interesting and curious than that of the Silent City mirage, which makes its appearance near the Pacific glacier, in Alaska. The discovery of this wonderful mirage was made by the Indians, who would tell of the city that was built in the clouds. The effect can be seen in the early part_. of June from 5 to 6 p. m. It rises from the side of the Pacific glacier. It first appears like a heavy mist, and soon becomes clearer, and one ,can distinctly see the specter city, well defined 1 streets and trees, tall spires, huge and old-shaped buildings, which appear to be ancient mosques or cathedrals. It is a city which would seem, to | contain at least 25,000 or 30,000 inhabitants. As yet no one has been able to identify it, although several have claimed to recognise the place. There is no city like it in Alaska, nor in any country aroundit for thousands -of. miles. S������i'_t__fSe<_ obi aw. I5arS.I_q������_aI_e. Captain H. S. Sieward of the schooner Dora Sieward, of Victoria,.met with a startling experience on his voyage from Copper island. When in the vicinity of Atkha island, he was below, copying on a chart, about 10 a. m. The schooner, going then about 11 knots an hour, was suddenly lifted as if a whale had struck her keel, and falling again into the trough of the sea, she experienced a succession of shocks which cast everything aboard loose on the decks, the men being unable to keep their feet, and the mate, who was at the wheel, having to cling to the spokes to keeprher head to the wind. The weather was clear at the time and the surface of the se_? showed no-evidence of the subaqueous eruption which was taking place. The vessel was humped along on her course for fully a minute and when she had covered 500 yards, and after being shaken like a bicycle being ridden over rough cobble stones, the eruption ceased and she sailed smoothly, on. No debris appeared on the surface of the water, but the mate at the wheel describes the spokes as being so many electric batteries, from which strong shocks tingled through his body until he could scarcely keep his position. The amount of pumice stone found around Atkha island and. in the neighboring latitude, gave evidence of the frequency of these volcanic eruptions. JOHN , JOHNSON, Proprietor. t _^���������^__^___ Extensive Improvements now Completed. All Rooms Refitted and Furnished. House unequalled"for comfort and elegance by any in the city. Finest wines, Liquors and Cigars in the Market at the Bar THE DINING ROOM IS UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF AN EXPERIENCED CHEF Special Attention to Miners. Rooms First-Class. _ pates Mo'derafce> ������������*__ SLOGAN OBOSSDTG. PROPRIETOR. l . Table cannot be surpassed. Rooms large and comfortable. The bar is stocked with the choicest brands of liquors and cigars. EEABQUAETEES for MUEEAY & MATHES0FS PAGE TBAUST. MULVEY & CLEMENT, PROPRIETORS. WINES, LIQU0KS and. GTC_.ES". Best Accommodation for Travellers. Regular Connection by Boat with New Denver. TEE Ten miles from Kaslo on the trail to Slocan mines. Pirst 'Class Accommodations for Travelers, Best. Brands of Liquors and Cigars. PRICES MODERATE. McDonald Bros. Proprietors.. Is now opened at the TEL VJOTOR2A, VICTORIA ST., NELSON. Old and new patrons are now invited to call. JOHN GURN. of San Francisco. ASSAYERS, JOSEPHIFE STREET-' . Are prepared to assay all kinds of ore. Mines examined ' and reported on. Orders will receive prompt attention. iilfSft, 1j__.V1,',- V \ THE MOTEE: NELSON, B. 0., SATUEDAY, 0CT0BEE 8, 1892. Porner West Vernon and Stanley Streets, NELSON, B. C. ' Telephone 43. FIEST-CLASS W EYEEY EESPEOT. |rhe International has a comfortably, furnished parlor for .ladies, and the rooms are large and furnished. newly throughout. HE TABLE IS NOT SURPASSED by any hotel in the Kootenay Lake country. A share of transient trade solicited. |THE SAMPLE-ROOM IS STOCKED WITH CHOICE. CIGAKS AND THE FINEST BRANDS OF LIQUORS. PROPRIETORS This Space Eeserved for W. 0. PHILLIPS. .. _c-'___c nn _3 _r_RO_DEJ^_.isr :_p________.__sr. M. J. BROWN PROPRIETOR. The above house has been newly furnished throughout and is now open to travelers. The table is one of the best in the the town. The bar keeps the finest brands of liquors and cigars. L NELSON. Hot and cold water; electric bells; billiard and cluh rooms; baths. All appointments first-class. E. E. PHAIR, proprietor. 3H0TEL TICTOBIA ST&EET, ME_LSOW, B.C. Pleasant Rooms. Well Appointed Bar. Terms Moderate. MILLS & REYSBECH, Proprietors. MOVING IN THE' BEHRING SEA MATTER. Official information has been received; in Ottawa that the British government is moving in the direction of protecting British vessels from seizure in Behring sea by Russian cruisers, and the severe treatment of British subjects thus made prisoners. A British war-ship has been ordered to proceed to the spot and investigate, and if nesessary protect British vessels from further seizures. It is reported that the captain of one of the, sealing-vessels'which was seized by Russia in Behring sea, is in Ottawa for the purpose of furnishing the government with affidavits of his seizure and information as to others; also that he makes the following statement: Having been in the Baltic, he understands the Russian language, and while a prisoner on board of a Russian gunboat he learned from the conversation and actions of the Russians that they were instructed to make only a pretense of seizing American vessels, the real, object being to assert such rights in the Behring sea as would materially assist the United States in the approaching, arbitration. Be this as it may, cablegrams regarding these seizures are passing daily between the British ana1 Canadian governments, and the sending of a British war-ship to the scene is regarded as ominous. The contingency is certainly conteni- plated of war between England and Russia, and if these seizures and consequent violations of the treaty of 1825 between Russia and England are regarded as an excuse for war, with the United States assisting Russia, the consequences to Canada might be very serious. A Remarkable Experiment. Particulars have been published in Paris of a remarkable, though unsuccessful, attempt to save the life of a cholera patient by the transfusion of blood from a healthy subject. > A lady who was performing the duties of extra nurse at St. Antoine hospital having been seized with the disease, dr. Lesageresolved to try the ex��������� periment of transfusion in her case, and a hospital warder pluckily volunteered to allow blood to be taken from him for the purpose of the experiment. The patient being put into a hot bath, an incision was made in one of her arms, throngh which all decomposed blood was drawn, while at the same time the warder's blood was injected into the other arm in sufficient quantity to revive the action of the heart and fill the blood vessels. The patient's life was only prolongued for an hour by this experiment, but the doctors regard the result as justifying its repetitian in other cases. The warder experienced no ill effects beyond some slight pain from the incision and a temporary feeling of fain tn ess. One Man's Statistics. A methodical man diecj in Berlin a few days ago aged 73. At the age of 18 he began keeping a record which he continued for 52 years, and then closed with the words: Omnia tentavi, multa perspexi, nihil perfeci. This book showed that in 52 years he had smoked 628,715 cigars, of which he had received 43,692 as presents, while for the remaining 585,021 he had paid about $10,433. During the same period he had 85 pairs of trousers made, 74 coats and waistcoats and 62 pairs of boots. He wore out 298 shirts and "fronts" and 326 collars. In tram fares he spent not far from $428. In 15 years, according to his own book-keeping, he had drunk 28,786 glasses of Bavarian beer, of which, however, 21,261 were only small ones. For this beer and 36,081 glasses of cognac and spirits he spent $5350. He gave tips amounting to $1305. Cor. Baker and Ward Sts, NELSON, B. C. THOMAS MADDEN Proprietor. The Madden is Centrally Located, with a. frontage towards Kootenay river, and is newly furnished throughout. 'JL' ZE��������� ____ 'JL' A ____> JL_i -El! is supplied with everything in the market, the kitchen being under the immediate supervision of a caterer of large experience. THE BAR IS STOCKED WITH THE BEST brands of beer, ale, wine, whisky, and cigars. Vernon Street, near Josephine, opposite wharf, NEI.S04N, B. C. AXEL JOHHl PROPRIETOR. ������ THE HOTEL OVERLOOKS THE KOOTENAY its guests thus obtaining splendid views of both mountain and river. THE ROOSV1S are comfortable in size and newly furnished. THE TABLE is acknowledged the best in the mountains. NEW BED-ROOMS. BAR JUST ADDED. rrr J ~_3_-__-.__V; is stocked with all brands of liquors and cigars. East BaKcr Street, Nelson, Is one of the best hotels in Toad Mountain district, and is the headquarters for prospectors and working miners. The Table is not Surpassed by that of any Hotel in the Kootenay Lake country. At the Bar is Dispensed Fine Liquors and Cigars, and the bed-rooms are newly furnished. MA-ONE & TREGIIJLITS .' B������KOI������SWETOKS The Smelting Establishment for the Mson Division of West Kootenay For information as to town lots, apply to W. M. NEWTON Resident Agent. i\,; ^^i^?^;;;,;.^ ti $ '.*���������*������������������ 'H I il 'A 3 ? .1 5 J' 1 8 THE MDTEE: NELSON, B. C, SATUEDAY, OCTOBEE 8, 1892. it . 6 ?i"__ rit: 71I- 7:|| :: ���������:#���������' '���������:;ll7: if- ���������p';;' ;:j|77 $> . S'���������':���������������������������' SO :'��������� ��������� \ ������?��������� s_ , '*''������������������������ :;��������� ia|ll:>7 ���������jji'������;-,'���������"��������� S ��������� 3_ --^ - I :��������� w 48 ���������:; it; ������������������!;,&'.K'.~- '���������':.������'���������*!"'��������������������������������������������� ���������5'������--i$-' ������������������'-��������� -$:���������$'���������.���������.' ,:������;_! 7 .-?������ -I: ��������� . .-. 'iA 'Si'. &���������������������������;:'-__'.<��������� 7^'" ���������ft. J ' 7 *^-. Ai ���������' -.'l ��������� I'-; 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 nublic will find it to their,advantage to call and insDect Goods and compare Prices. _ro_EE_>r Telephone 27. 7; 9, and 11 East Vernon Street, NELSON, B C. _���������������A_ AND PERSONAIi. Mr. Meddough is making a tour through the Slocan country. \ Jack Robertson of the Grizzly, has recently been taking in the Slocan country. The portable sawmill bought by messrs. Rolfe & Goepel in Algdma, has arrived in Nelson. Recent arrivals are: J. E. Jefferson, J. E. Boss, E. J. Roberts, and Franklin Oomstock, all from Spokane. J. A. Mara, M. P., is still in the country. His movements are so erratic and unexpected that it is impossible to say with any accuracy where he is at the present moment. J. ���������'____. Kellie, M. P. P., is to address his constituents in Nelson on Monday evening next at 8 p.m. The meeting will be held in the open air. Tonight he is to speak at Kaslo. A. E. Hodgins returned from Nakusp on Monday, having given the men there, who have been working on the line of road, fresh work to do, in the way of seeking easier grades. W. J. Goepel and H. Ashby started on Wednesday on a trip to the Whitewater. Whilst attempting to get his mule over a log Ashby received a kick in the stomach which will confine him to bed for the next 10 days. A 10-foot pole is a forcible argument to use during an altercation with a mule. Nothing shorter is safe. The organ recital held in the Church of England reading room on Wednesday evening last went off very well. The success of the evening was mrs. Davys' singing of the Lost Chord. Mrs. Goepel, miss Bate and messrs. Jowett, Hamber and Robson all helped to make the affair pass oJ^as brilliantly as it did. Finds Another Man's _Lead. Several cases have, of late, been known to occur in the Slocan where a prospector has discov ered a lead, and on investigation has found it to be on someone else's claim. The man who owned the claim not having the faintest idea that he had ore within 5 miles of his stakes- having originally located his claim solely for the purpose of seeing how it felt to be a landed proprietor. When anyone can stake out 50 acres of land and call it a mineral claim without having to show mineral of any sort on his property such incidents as these are bound to happen, and the unfortunate man who has discovered the ore has to suffer agonies of fear that the owner will come across the lead whilst doing his assessment work in the shape of fall ploughing, or at best has to keep the matter a dead secret until the claim has been abandoned. SE.OCAN NOTES.' The latest shipment of Freddie Lee ore smelted, returned 78 3-10 lead. The machinery for the Hill Brothers' sawmill is lying at ISTakusp, awaiting shipment. The machinery for the Slocan Trading So Navigation company's steamer has at last reached New Denver. Jim Wardner's mules have arrived. He has c now 100 or more animals on the trail. As fast as he ships out ore he has to ship in hay and oats. The trail from Carpenter creek to Bear lake is now completed with the exception of the last half mile. Jack Robertson recently walked this trail, a good 5 miles, in 1 hour 45 minutes. He's a flyer, is Jack. It is a curious and interesting fact that whilst the cube galena of Mexico, Colorado and Idaho is precisely the same in appearance as the galena found in the Slocan, yet it does not assay nearly so high, and is not half so valuable. Kaslo Takes tlie Cake. M. S. Davys reports that there is a fall of 410 feet between the end of the wagon road at Cody creek and Bear lakes. Some mines, he says, may be below the road, but the most important will have a straight pull down hill for their ore to the lake. Coupled with the fact that the Nakusp wagon road is not to go through this year, this should give confidence to Kaslo's backers. Once let the ore come out-, no matter which way, and it will be a hard matter to divert it. Railways and tramways will take the place of trails and wagon roads, and what Kaslo has secured by her energy in the beginning that she will be able to keep. DR. C.E.C. BROWN Will be at the Nelson hotel for a few days from Friday, October 7th. All desiring dental work will please make early appointments. u FOR SALE. ~~ ~~ ~~~ A good Mason & Hamlin organ (6 octaves.) Price, one hundred dollars. Apply to RICHARD IRWIN, Tain O'Shanter mine, B. C, on east side of Kootenay Lake. DISSOLUTION OF COPARTNERSHIP. The partnership heretofore existing between the undersigned has this day been dissolved by mutual consent. Grant Thorburn has sole charge of the hotel business, and will receive all moneys due. GRANT THORBURNE, HARRY PHAIR. Nakusp, September 15, 1892. " CROWN GRANT APPLICATION. Notice is hereby given that Henry Anderson, as agent for John N. Squire, has filed the necessary papers, ami 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. CROWN GRANT APPLICATION. Notice is hereby given that W. J. Goepel has filed the necessary papers and made application for a crown grant in favor of the mineral claim Whitewater, situate in tin; Toad Mountain mining division, West Kootenay district., Adverse claimants, if any, will forward their objections within 60 days of publication. N. FITZSTUBBS, Nelson, B.C., October 3d, 1892. Gold Commissioner.
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