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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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The 3I1im:s in Kootenay are Anions llie Kii'lu'st in America. <&J C*'?"V,*jSr'-,''fti I Tlie Ores are ' Siigli-l'r.Klc in Oolil, Silver, Clipper, iiml Letiil. Whole Number 211, Nelson, British Columbia, . Saturday, September 1, 1894. Price Five Cents. THE WEEK'S MINING NEWS PRICES OF METALS. SITjVER. Silver 66%. Lead 3.25. LEAD. Washington, Aug.-25.���������A very important preliminary report on the subject of lead has just been made by special agent C. Kirchhoff to the Geological Survey of -llie Interior Department. The most striking feature of the statistics presented, savs the report, is the heavy falling off in the quantity ol lead drawn from domestic Bources. It proves a heavy decline in the .of,- price of lead, and the prostration of the silver mining industry in the Rocky Mountain states and territories. The stocks of lead in refiners' hands have' only been partially reported. Those received show a total of 2,655 tons on July 1st, 1894, as compared -with 2,46S tons on Jan. 1st. The stock of soft lead was 2,060 tons in the beginning of the year as compared with 1,880 tons on July 1st, 1894. Ill SIS IN SILVER. 9.1���������The ���������Neav York, Aug. 24-The drift of opinion on Wall street is that,up to the present time the demand for silver has. come from speculators. They profess to know that there has been no direct buying for China, and say that in making prices they entirely follow the London market. One prominent bullion -broker said that the rise was probably assisted by the introduction in the house by Johnson, of North Dakota, of, a bill for the unlimited coinage of silver. The demand has not been very heavy during the past few days, and there was a disposition on the part of London to deal in futures on silver, from which it was concluded that the purchasing was not for immediate shipments on buying orders from China, but rather in expectation of an advance. At the New York agency of the Hongkong and Shanghai banking corporation it was said that after the rise following the outbreak of the China Japan war holders of silver in this country did not dispaly any anxiety to sell and offerings by smelters were very light until yesterday, when they bee������nv> very-Jarge. The recent Chinese of our money was.a silver loan, but if a large war loan were issued it would likely be in gold, and therefore a Chinese loan would not necessarily result iu, advancing the price of silver. The agency is not a heavy buyer of silver just now, and it is thought that perhaps the smelters had held the pioduct too long. London, Aug. 23���������Tlie strength of the upwards movement of silver was mark- 'edly"shown veslerday. India offered bills for 40 lacs of rupees. The market ' lendered is 12-32d per rupee, an advance of 22 32d over the last prevailing price. The Hotel Slocan lias been leased by Messrs. Roadley and McPhee and quite a noticeable change has already taken place in the fittings and service. The new proprietors are determined to cater for guests iu the most approved manner and travellers to Kaslo will Arid the local hostelry as comfortable as any in the province. BOUNDARY CREEK. Mr. H.'P. Palmerston of Midway (formerly Boundary City) reports as follows to the Colonist. At camp McKinney the Cariboo and Amelia quart/.' claims, owned by Messrs. Monaghan, King and Macaulay, have a ten stamp mill running and are cleaning up between $6.(*'30 aud .$7,000 a month. At Rock creek a large force of men are at work putting in a bed rock flume for. placer work which it is expected will be ready for operation by the fall. McMartin & Co., are running an arrasta on their claims in Dead wood camp, making a thorough test of the property, the ore averaging about $60 iu gold "to the ton with the present development and growing better as depth is attained, _ while Gibbs and East have a force of men on the Mother Lode and Sunset, the showing being very satisfactory. On the Copper-, copper camp two miles from Deadwood, Cameron and Moran , are developing their mine, while Austin and Savage, Keithley and Humphreys are also doing development, on their claims. The character of the ore is sulphide containing copper and. gold. High grade sulphide ore running 2C0 ounces in silver and two ounces iu gold is being shipped from the Skylark and D. A. Considerable delelopment work is being done in Greenwood camp this season, and several new strikes have been made. The Stemwinder, which is down 28 feet,' has a seven foot ledge running $50 in. gold to the ton. The Ironsides, which ran $13 50 in gold on the surface, at 30 feet depth now has increased to $C'J a ton in gold and 6 per cent copper and is being steadily developed. Among the recent sales of mines are the Maple and St. Lawrence at White's Camp, which have been purchased by Spokane people. Capt. Adam's men have made some discoveries of fine looking quartz three miles north of Greenwood and already thirty locations have been staked out there. One of the objects of Mr. Palmerston's visit is- lo ti-y-atirl��������� armngo more favorable rates with the C. P. R. for shipping ore by way of Penticton. The district is about midway between Penticton on the one side and Marcus on the Spokane and Northern. The latter road, says Mr. Palmerston, charges $7 a ton, while the C. P. R. asks $850, and consequently the trade which should be kept in the Province is being drawn ledge speci- CAR1BOO CREEK. (From the Nafaisp Ledge.) Nelson Demers has discovered a of gold quartz, and has sent out mens to be assayed. The Waneta Co. took out quite a quantity of coarse gold on Saturday. They will alter the diggings, as they are too high up to profitably reach the bed rock. . '��������� . ' John G. Devlin has discovered a four foot ledge of gold-bearing quartz about 400 feet from the Golden Eagle on Cariboo creek.. He calls the claim Scotland Yet. On Monday he sold a quarter interest to John O'Learyfor $150.' Work will commence on the ledge immediately and a shipment made for milling put'-, poses. The Golden Uagle, a claim located by Hardie and Jones on Cariboo Creek, is attracting considerable attention. It has a ledge nine feet wide, contact, hanging wall, black slate, with a foot wall of granite. Float has been, found on both sides of the ledge about a mile distant. Quite a number of prospectors are on the ground eagerly looking for an extension. With the exception of Devlin none of them have yet been successful. A half interest has been sold to D. A. MeDougald and R. M. Yingling for $2,000. A shipment of several tons will be made immediately. The rock blasted out looks better than the sample assayed, which went $481-in free milling gold. -���������t���������- MINING TRANSFERS. ��������� NEW DENVER. , Aug. 20.���������"Wild Goose" and "Mocking Bird,"���������B. Squire and II. Richardson to F. Mallerby, % interest in each claim, $1. . Aug. 20.���������"Yukon,"���������F. S. Mitchell to "l R.' H. Pratt, ��������� % interest, $100. Aug. 21.���������"Hattie" and "St. Antonie,"��������� G. A. Simmons to Y. B. Martin, % interest ���������'imeach, $5G0. ��������� Aug. 21.���������"Black Bees No. 2,"���������J. S. Peters to F. Sexton and G.Ross, J.<interest each, ?100. '"' ka.siiO. away into Washington. The fanning population in the district was doubled this year and a good many thousand acres "are now in cultivation". The crops are looking remarkably well, the. weather having been very favorable. and 25. In making the latter statement no allowance has probably been made for the smoke. Patrick Sullivan was summoned before Stipendiary Magistrate Sproat on Wednesday for committing an. assault on Emma Johuson, a colored woman livinginone of the sporting.houses on east Baker, street. The assault consisted of throwing a spittoon at the lady. The case was remarkable for three entirely different-stories of theadven- venture told"by the lady, the prisoner and a witness, who appeared, for the defence. The prisoner was fined $15 and costs and S2 for damage done or one month hard labor. The money was paid. with The Colonist states that the Columbia Mining Company, a corporation recently organized in Seattle, has purchased a section of 640 acres opposite . Yale for $28,000 and will immediately begin operations to put water on the ground for hydraulic mining. It is proposed to carry water across the Fraser on a wire suspension bridge at an expenditure of $50,000. The company's oflice will be located in Seattle, and thc incorporators are F. W. Ladd, W. H. Flett and Timothy O'Connor, of Merrill, Wis., and T. A. Dereg. WANETA. LOCAL NEWS. The enquiry into the charges, against Capt. Fitzstubbs are announced to be held on Friday next the 7th inst. It will be seen by an: advertisement , in another column that Harold Selous succeeds C.: Hamber as agent for the. Atlas and United Fire Insurance Companies. We are desired to call our readers' attention to the changes in the time table of the steamers of the Columbia and Kootenay Navigation Company. The'Winnipeg Saturday night, a . lively paper, is about to publish an illustrated supplement relating to British Columbia. Mr. S. li. Reid was in town during the week collecting items for this purpose. Mr. C. G. Dixon,' the general agent in i the ^passenger department of the Great "Northern Railway at Spokane, was iu town this_week. _He. says^that things, are un-. (From our own correspondent.) August 31st, 1894. Cameron Bros/, the enterprising transfer men of Kaslo, are busily engaged in building a large floating warehouse on the lake front. It is their .intention to have������the steamboat deliver local freight there and so give their customers storage or immediate delivery. The Blue-bird miiie has started up again and is turning out some very good ore. Mr. Alex Smith, of the Surprise mine, returned to town Monday. Tbe "mine is improving all the.time and is what its name indicates���������a surprise. There are several hands engaged developing this property and splendid results.appear for their labors. The Noble Five boys are already rebuilding on a larger scale in place of their buildings which were burned down. The Hennesseys are hard to beat. C. H. Ellacott is back in town, having surveyed foiir claims while out. Mr. Ellacott is steadily winning his way in local surveying. ��������� , Mr. Goepel, Gold Commissioner, rode up the road Monday en route' to Nakusp. It is said he will forward work on the road to Cody Creek while at Three Forks. It is understood'that a change in the Mining recorders has taken place, and that John Keen of this place is commissioned to receive notices and issue licenses.' (From our oivn correspondent.) The Nelson and Fort Shepherd Ry. have commenced work on the new depot at this place. The building is to be 56 x 20 and will3 contain apartments for the customs house and a bonded warehouse. J. F. Warner, of Seattle, reports that the owners of the O. K. mine at- Trail Creek have the ground cleared up preparatory to putting ima five stamp mill. He prophesies a great future for Trail .Creek as a mining camp. The placer ground oh the Pend d' Oreille and Salmon is attracting considerable attention'from capitalists aud if the pumping scheme is the success it promise's to be at present this will be an excellent field for investors. There are a number of capitalists having the ground prospected and all claim it will pay well for hydraulicirig. doubtedly looking up ou the other side. The new bell for the Fire Hall .has arrived. It is a very fine one-weighing about three hundred pounds. 'We trust that it may be long before its ..dread, notes are heard iri the town. The dense pall of smoke-still continues and yesterday was thicker.than ever. The glass is falling and there are other signs of a change. The smoke is unfortunate as several people from other parts have come in lately to see-the scenery. ' The Sabbath School picnic to .Six .mile Point was very wdl attended'yesterday. The S. S. Ainsworth which was chartered for the occasion was crowded and a most enjoyable afternoon was spent, the party' returning to town at 7 p. m.' A slight accident occurred' to the S. S. Ainsworth on her .homeward voyage on j. PROVINCIAL NEWS. The Governor-General and Lady Aberdeen are expected to visit the Earl's property in British Columbia some time this month. . Hugh Lynn, the Savary Island murderer, was hanged in the New Westminster jail on Friday 24th. Lord and Lady Randolph Churchill returned to Victoria .after spending some time iu California, his health is so much restored that he. intends to take an active part iu parliament next session. The election of Donald Graham as member for the Provincial Parliament for East Yale will be contested and .a petition has been filed in the Supreme Court, by E. J. Tronson of Vernon. The Right Honorable Sir J. E. Gorst, late Under Secretary of State for India, is iu Vancouver in the interests of the British Empire Life Assurance Co. Sir John is a powerful factor iu the British House of Commons and. all the coast papers print full and appreciative notices cf his career. The government has increased the reward for the killing of panthers from $5 to $7.50. It is iiot generally known that the Provincial Government also offers a reward of $2 for each wolf aud $1 for each coyote killed, on the certificate of a justice (pf the peace. CANADIAN NEWS. There are said to be many desertions from the Royal Canadian Dragoons stationed at Winnipeg. The police of Montreal raided a number of gambling booths last week at Lepinc Park and arrested u number of gamblers. The caretaker of the C. P..R. offices at Winnipeg has fallen heir to a fortune ot ������250,000 and lias left for England to secure the same. According to the custom house Teturns no less than 8,280 French-Canadian families, estimated at 41,400 souls, returned to Quebec province from the New England states duriug .1893. Sir Charles Tupper while travelling by j railway in England was seized with a chill at Chester. His physicians report 'that theie is no immediate danger and that he will be able to continue his journey in-rrfew-days.���������- "���������r"���������" Russell, Russell, aged 19, Mr. Beresford Ph'epoe, who has had charge of Molsons bank at Toronto, Junction for nearly four years, has been promoted to the managership of the Winnipeg branch of the bank. . ; Much anxiety is felt at Toronto regarding the fate of seven young men who left a few weeks .ago i'or a cruise, around Lake Ontario in the Lurlirie. a small yawl rigged yacht. They were last heard from at Clinton, N. Y..1111 Sunday,-12th inst., when they announced their intention of starting straight up 'the lake for.Toronto, which they should iiave reached last Sunday. Telegrams' were sent Lo all lake points, without learning any tidings.of the missing yacht or crew. The S. S. Monarch has been wrecked whilst making the ascent of llie Sault rapids. Owing to-'her small fleering the body and hid it in a swamp, where another Indian found it in the morning, ihe murderers are in hiding and further details are wanting at present. News of terrible drowning accidents reaches us fro-u many parts, of the Dominion. At St. John's, N. B., during a race the yacht Pnmosewas struck by a squall and capsized. Of twelve persons on board eight were drowned. The following is a list of the lost: Samuel Mutton, aged 50, who leaves a widow, owner of the Primose, and best known as one of the famous Paris crew. He was in the customs department; Fred.. Priest, aged 20, single, carriage maker; Albert Aikerly, aged 28, only support of a widowed mother; HenrvBai-llei I, aged 27, who leaves a widow and two children; James Hurley, aged 52, who leaves a widow nnd seven children; Win. aged 20. single, son of W. R. merchant tailor: Harry Hovi, single. Hon. C. F. Fraser, ex-minister of public works 111 the Ontario -government, and who was recently appointed inspector of registry offices, was found dead-in the parliament buildings at Toronto on 24th August. Hon. Mr. Fraser had been in poor health for several years. The deceased gentleman returned late~ the ��������� previous . evening from a trip of inspection of the registry offices through the Rainy River district in company with Dr. Chamberlain, inspector of prisons. Hon. Mr. Fraser reached the parliament buildings about 2 o'clock and the night watchman says' he then seemed to be in good spirits. At six . o'clock, the same official took the morning papers to Fraset's room as usual. Noticing the light still burning, he entered the bedroom, but found it empty. Going farther he found Mr. Fraser lying on the floor of the bath room dead. The body was dressed, save for the removal of .the collar. The cause of death was heart failure, induced by general, weakness and ill health, from which Mr. Fraser had long been suffering. NEWS OF THE WORLD. _ Mr. Hatch, the British Consul at Blue- fields, has been arrested and imprisoned by Nicaraguans. Satisfaction will be demanded. Michael Brady, James Morgan and Joseph .Curry have been drowned in Elen- gairy mine ut.Bi\tte,-Mont. -The mine-wjas :. flooded from an abandoned miner adjoining' full of water, which was accidentally tapped. Governor Altgeld of Illinois and Mayor Hopkins of Chicago have decided on'a plan of relief for the starving Pullman strikers. The scheme is to secure the aid of the railways by their furnishing'free transportation tc all those of the town who desire to seek work in other cities and" towns of the country. On the morning of Monday the 23rd uI1imo,������Lord Dnn raven's yacht "Valkyrie, which was sunk by .Mr. Clark's Satanita during the first race in the recent Mud Hook regatta on the Clyde, was success- : -fully-brought-ashore-a-liufcle-above-Ardua-��������� dam pier, the operations in connection with the raising of the boat have extended over nearly two weeks."~ An examination of-her shows that the damage done' ia rather slight, and is apparently no worse ��������� than that sustained by the Satanita, the only signs of her disablement being the broken mast and the fact that she was canted a little to the damaged" side. She was towed to Greenock the same afternoon for repairs. The wreck had been ' bought for ������600. - - ��������� THE SILVER KING. NEW DENVER. (From our own Correspondent.) Mr. S. K. Green and "Mr. J.. L. Drum- keller of Spokane, botli of whom are interested in mining properties in the Slocan, are paying a visit to New Denver and looking after their interests. - Captain Moore has returned to the concentrator and states that work will proceed at once. - A forced sale of some New Denver-lots was held this afternoon by D. B. Bogle as auctioneer. . All lots offered changed, hands and purchasers got wonderful bargains. AINSWORTH. There is considerable anxiety on the score of fire. - A good deal of machinery has been removed from "No. 1." -and- the Skyline. There is some probability of the Record Office here being closed. Mr. T. J. Len- drum, the late Recorder, has left that- position and Mr. Rashdale i3 temporarily in charge. The matter will probably be finally settled during Mr. Davie's approaching visit. tin1 w.itei' she Andy <<eesiok. the regular Indian pilot, and swingim the stream she bumped on the rapidly knocked a big hole in Wednesday last which, but for the-promptKI'ower and *tue low r*til|e "f action of those in charge might have been y������fc beyond lira control of serious. A small part of the wood work in .the neighborhood of the boiler ignited, but luckily was almost immediately extinguished before any harm was done. ; In the' case of Croasdaile v.' Hall et al., Mr. 'Justice Walkem decided that.the action should be tried before a judge and common jury, with liberty to either party to have a special jury on giving ten days' notice. It is understood that this~ case is set for hearing at the assizes at Nelson this month. Mr. C. W. Busk has safely" launched j his little steamer, the Flirt, on the; waters of the Kootenay. . This little'; craft, which was built at Dartmouth, is j of the very latest type, having quadruple ' expansion engines and all the recent ', improvements. - Mr. Busk .advertises her as available for hunting, .surveying, prospecting and othei parties. At the end of 1894.^ says Whi taker, the well known comet of 3-lncke will probably be observed, but ns its perihelion passage As everyone knows,' the Silver King arid its sister claim the Kootenay Bonanza fire situated upon the toy) of Toad -Mountain, four miles south -, of Nelson in a straight line. There is a wagon road and a trail.to ; the mine, neither of -them by any means ! straight. The former is eight miles long, j and the latter about"six. The top of Toad j Mountain is a vn^t amphitheatre encircled in"; by a rim of bush clad, mouutain. In..two rocks aiui j places this, rim ,rises- iuto high .peaks, her siern. j Mount Alkiiis and Mount Dawson." Close She filled at once aud sank lo the boiler! under the shelter of the latter lies the deck. Fortunately there were only a few ] Silver King, while the Kootenay Bonanza passengers who were saved by S.S.Victoria, i actually lies on top of the ridge. The I height above ..the sea is about 6,C00.feeo. i The Silver King is at present' the most ^developed and complete mine in the district, j It is distinctly a mine and not a prospect ; or a cJ.aim, as a perusal of this article^ will ''show. ! Discovered in 1886 by At:Meat Cove, N. S., five fishermen were drowned. When the lit tie fleet of fishing boats put out to sea the weather was fair and calm. But a breeze sprang tip sending in a nasty sea aud the" men were lost in the attempt' to beach the boats. Hundreds of spectators, unable j to lend a hand, watched the scene. . j -Two cod fishermen at Halifax have \ been drowned by the capsizing of their i boat. ,j *"' ..,-"��������� The festivities of regatta day were rnmewhat spoilt at Stanly Island, Sum- aerslown, by the report of a horrible murder committed by Indians the night before at the American side of the St. Regis Indian reservation. The report was brought by one of the chiefs, aud was to tlie effect that au Indian doctor . from Oka. ��������� v. hose name he did not know, had come "iMiue to see his wife, who lives at St. Regis, 1 ,",ud while asleep had beeu killed by a half- . PILOT BAY, A fire is raging in the back of the smelter. will probably not take place until very early in 1895"its return can only justly be attributed to that year, though as a visible . object the comet i.-sure to be seen iu the- breed admirer of the woman, whose name , Autumn of 1894. The same authoritv tells ;���������* V>er\o. Iterlo, it appear.-, took an axe low hills" at the; us that SDecial n eteoric showers niav be and split open the doctors skull. After- looked for on September 1, 2, 6, 7, 11, l.'J. varus the woman and the man dragged in L&m by a prospecting party from Colville composed chiefly'of members of the Hall and Oakes families, it was with three other claims sold last year to the Hall Mines Company of London, England, for something over one nr'lion dollars. It was the only silver mine, in Canada or the United 'States, that was floated last year on the Loudon market. The property consists of four claims: the Silver King, the Kootenay 'Bonaiiz-', the American Flag and the Koohinoo'r, and covers about 56 acres. The works "consist chiefly of a tunnel 5*20 feet long, running,, S. 65 deg. E., connected by winzes and inclines with-two. upper tunnel.'; and with an upper drift about 200 feet long. There are numerouscross-cutsaudalsoalower drift approached by a .. winze from the main tunnel. The ore is not' in' the form of a (Continued ou next page.) THE-MINER, NELSON B. C, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER i [894. wffnaae..matrKmatzmixu .���������^y^ffw|.,,^y?^..TVMmMIM������������������������fill ���������! .11 II t?*v.'r-Jl?������tj!XlXm������,-ZnZi*m Maa^IPmTlT^irrtMif1 EDHKUlKS3.-nEKlUI.mn ( Continued from page I.) fissure vein but lies chiefly iu two large bodies, which have now been very extensively proved by the workings. In the drift cut above the main tunnel the same ore bodies were si-ruck, but were found to be not so rich as in the original workings. A winze was accordingly sunk and a drift excavated at a lower level. Here again the ore was struck, but this time it was richer instead of poorer. Up to the present time it has beeu the policy of the company rather to develop their property than to chip ore. But of late a change has been made. Stopeiug has now commenced and already 100 tons have been shipped. 300 more await shipment on the wharf at Nelson, while from 2,500 to 3,000 tons of ore of various grades is on the dump at the mines. The ore varies .very much in quality. Assays of specimens have run the ounces into four figures. The rock in the lower tunnel will average from 30 to 40 per cent, of shipping ore going 130 to 150 ounces of ���������ilver, 12 to 15 per cent, of copper and a few dollars in gold to the ton. The minerals fouud in the mine are Bornite or Peacock copper ore, Tetrnhedrite or grey copper ore and Chuico-pyritea or yellow copper ore with occasional iron pyrites and traces of galena. The buildings make quite a little town. Ore sheds, smithies, stores, offices, machine houses, dwelling houses and sheds of various kinds. - The machinery consists of a boiler and engine of 25 h. p. locomotor type driving a 20 h. p. Belt air compressor direct from the fly wheel, aud from a counter shaft a No. 2 Blake crusher and a ��������� twelve foot sorting table. The Bame boiler supplies steam for compressing tlie air which i3 led by three inch pipes 1.800 feet to drive a Sullivan " C" drill that is boring about 40 or 50 feet a day into the heart of the Kootenay Bonanza. The necessary water is supplied through a two inch pipe by a Duplex Blake pump. At present the mine is putting out about 30 or 40 tons of ore a day. But it is the intention of the m;magement to increase this at once to double the amount. The works are under the charge of Mr. John J. Jordan, who has had great experience iu the old country, in Portugal, in Africa and in Mexico. There are several schema;; ;ri foot in connection with the further development of these mine?, which are of the utmost importance to Nelson and the district, but in their present incomplete and undecided state no benefit can. arise from enlarging on them. THE SLOCAN MAILS. The "Editou Net,so-n Miseb, Dear Sir,���������Is there no way of getting ���������orne reform in our mail service. Our tele- raph wire is not always upor we could oour business that way. Unfortunately for ns we have to use the mail service. On Saturday, ISth of August, mail reached Kaslo and New Denver from the outside world for Three Forks. We got the Kaslo bag Tuesday night, the Denver bag Monday evening. Pack trains are continually running from New. Denver to Three Forks and one came up on Sunday, but the worthy postmaster at Denver could not accommodate Three Forks to the extent of sending our mail by the first chance, and ���������when he did send it he sent the bag "ldckedrknowing-full well"-we~had_ no_key- here. Apropos of the key, it is just a month since our fire and that is "surely time enough for the post office aulhori-' ���������ties to send- a new outfit for Three Forks. I go back to my first kick., The Kaslo postmaster, I suppose, could not possibly find time to get our mail out on . Sunday's stage so made ns wait till Tuesday, though a few minutes work would have done the trick on Sunday. As it happened I had a very important letter by (his particular mail which had to be answered by.retuni. - If Mi'. Green had got a move on himself aiid sent the mail out on Sunday 1 could have answered this letter by Monday's stage from Three Forks. But Mr. Green did hot get a move on. so my letter' did not reach me till Tuesday and I -hid to spend four dollars in a long wire in con- .. sequence. We are always blowing about - our superior customs, etc., on this side, but do let us take a leaf from Uncle Sam in this instance. The smallest camp on the other side, gets its mail daily. Yours truly, - E. Gl Carpenter. THE WAR IN THE EAST. London, Aug. 21st.���������The Shanghai correspondent vof the Times telegraphs under yesterday's date: General Tio, commander of the Feng Tien division, telegraphs that on Friday the Chinese attacked the Japanese at Ping Yaii, and drove them with a. heavy loss to Chang Ho, a distance of eleven miles. The Chinese re:attacked on" Saturday, and drove them out of Chang Ho. The .Taps losses were again Jieavy. Chang. Ho is now in the hands of the Chinese. It is expected that another great battle will be fought to-day. The Chinese, had previously evacuated Asan under General Yeh, who was falsely reported killed, and'was obtaining reinforcements from the Koreans, marched east of Seoul, in the direction of the Chinese forces,5 converging at Ping Yang. Nine thousand Japs marched from Seoul towards Ping Yang. The telegraph at the latter point remains in the possession of the Chinese. The Chinese fleet is in full possession of the Gulf of Pe-chi-lL The Japs are re-embarking a large number of troops at Fusan. Their destination is unknown, -&& NELSON LOTS w ii 7\,r ���������"���������"^'li Mr A new Railway under Construction. Buy before the Market rises in the Railwaya Centre and Seat of Government of IVest Kootenay. Choice Building a?id Residence Property REBATE ALLOWED FOR THE ERECTION OP GOOD BUILDINGS Also Lots for Sale in NAKUSP DA WSON and ROBSON Apply for Prices, "Maps, etc., to FRANK FLETCHER, Land CommissionerC. & K. Ry. Co.,.Nelson, B.C. Tremaine Steam Stamp JJHiL THE LATEST PRACTICAL MINING MACHINE NOW PERFECTED {Highest Award at World's Fair Chicago.) The machine consists of a Two Stamp Prospecting Mill, and is capable of nutting through Six Tons per diem. The entire plant consists of Boiler, Steam Pump and Copper Tables. Weight, 2,800 pounds. Itis built in sections which can be taken apart and easily transported by pack animals! These Mills can be erected and placed in running order at from $2,000 to $2,500, according to locality. Full particulars from M. S. DAVYS, Sole Agent, ���������*r*STELSO"ISr, B. O- ' Among all the mining machines and appliances shown at the World's Columbian Exposition there was nothing which excited more interest and favorable comment than the TitBMiUNB Steam Stamp Milii in the Mining Building. It was a positive novelty to the great majority of mining men. It commanded attention by reason of its simplicity and evident practibility. Experienced mining engineers* were astonished to-\ learn that such a machine had beeu in successful operation for over two years in the extreme north-western part oi the United States. (9) THREE FORKS LOTS NOW FOR SALE! PRICES TO SUIT EVERYBODY $100 TO $1000 r>l> Per Cent. Kcbatc lo Itiiilrici.s. KOREA CUT OFF. London, Aug. 22.���������Dispatches received from Shanghai last evening say that communication with Korea has been stopped completely, aud that correspondents who started recently for the peninsula have returned, as they found it would be useless to proceed to tho scut o������ war. CTHE KING LOOKS TO JAPAN.; London, Aug. 22.���������A dispatch to th e news agency in this city states that the King of Korea has declared himself independent of the Chinese government., and appealed to Japan for assistance to expel Chinese from the country. According to a rumour in Berlin nine Russian men-of-war are on their way from Cronstadt to the seat of war. London, Aug. 24.���������The Yokohama correspondent of the Times telegraphs under last Thursday's date: "The Japanese fleet is pirating the China sea, seeking the enemy and trying to prevent the ricetribute from -going���������north;-���������The-Japanese-troop's in Korea are estimated at 35,000 to 50,000. Large reinforcements were embarked to-day." . J GAME LAWS. "Union Gun Club" eondenses the Game Laws for the Colonist as follows : GAME PROTECTION ACTS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. . - And Amendments, to 1S94. Il is lawful.to shoot'.��������� - . Grouse���������(Blue, willow or ruffed), prairie fowl and partridge, from 1st September to 31st January. Ducks, from 1st day September to last day February-. Cock pheasants (except on Mainland), from 1st October to 31st December. Deer, elk, caribou, moose, hare", mountain sheep aud mountain goat, from 15th September to 31st December. Note���������On Mainland, East of Cascades, mountain sheep, goat and caribou, from 1st September to 28th December. // is unlawful to shoot:��������� Hen pheasant at any time. Pheasants on the Mainland at any time. Cow elk or cow moose at any time. . Quail, before the 1st September, 1896. // is -unlawful to sell or buy or offer, or expose for sale:��������� Any, pheasant at any time. Any deer under the agej of twelve month at, any time. Doe of any age at any time. - Willow oV ruffed grouse, before 1st October in each year. The act in respect to the offering of deer for sale is very vague. In one section it states that deer are not permitted to be exposed for sale until 1st September, and in another section it provides that deer are not to be killed before the 15th September. This "error in the act is slight[y misleading. Still it is only common sense to place a fair construction on the intention of the act���������namely, that deer are not sold until killed, and if not killed until the 15th cannot be exposed for sale on the 1st of the same month. A hunter who kills a deer before the 15th of September will, if known, find out which section of the act applies in his case. ivo mi;. "^"OTICE is hercbj given that A. S. Faiiwkll _13l as agent for the Columbia "Mining Co., Limited (foreign) has filed the necessary papers, and made applications for Crown Grants in favor of the "Eden," "Crescent," and "Black Chief," Mineral Claims, situated near the Town of Ainsworth. Adverse claimants, if any, are required to file their objections from tho date horuof. Nelson, B. C, August, 30Lh, 1S91 (24) ith me "within (50" days W. J;'GOEPEL, Gold Commissioner, lse NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given that Anon'ir Mn; leu, as part owner and agent for others, has filed the necessary papers and made application for a Crown Grant in favor of a Mineral Claim known as the "Sunlight," situated about two miles west from the Town of Ainsworth. Adverse claimants, if any, arc required to file their objections with me within 60 days from the date hereof. Nelson, B. C, " W. J. GOEPEL. August 30th, 1891.. Gold Commissioner. (25) lse ���������..... \0TieEr "���������= "VrOTICE is hereby given that A. S. Fakwell, _1_1 as agent for John L. Retallack, has filed the necessary papers and made application'for a Crown Grant in fav or of a Mineral Claim known as the "Early Bird," situated on Kootenay Lake, about half way between Cedar Creek and Princess Creek. Adverse claimants, if any,- are required le file their objections with, me within CO days from the date hereof. ' Nelson, B. C. - ,"W. J. GOEPEL, August 30th, 1894. Gold Commissioner. (23). " ���������: lse ���������TO- Hunting, Survey, Prospecting PARTIES AND OTHERS ���������THE NEW, FAST STEAM LAUNCH "FLIRT" Can be CHARTERED by day or week on reasonable terms. Oiders sent through the pursers of the steamboats Nelson or Ainsworth, with whom arrangements can be made, or by mail or telegraph to C:' AV. Busk, Balfour, will receive prompt attention; (19) NOTICE. "VfOTIOK is hereby, given that thc under-men- _L> tioned respective amounts will be paid as bounty for the: head of every panther, wolf or coyote killed i:; ;i settled district of thc Province on the certifier. I e of a Justice of the Peace tthat such animal was killed in a settlement, and that the head.Was produced to and destroyed by him, namely :��������� ��������� For each pmihcr. seven dollars and fifty cents (������7.50). For each wolf, two dollars (S2.00). For each coyote, one dollar (������1.00). By Command. JAMES BAKER' Provincial Secretary. Provincial Secretary's Office, (261 22nd August, E. C. CARPENTER, RESIDENT AGENT T*E3:*R*E"E3 FOEES. Spokane Falls & Northern R'y. Nelson & Fort Sheppard R'y, AH Ml to Spokane, Wai Leave 7.00 a.m. NELSON Arrive 5.40 p.m Trains leave Nelson for Spokane every Tuesday and Fbiday at 7 a. m., returning the same day, and making close connection by S.S. Nelson with all Kootenay Lake points.. Passengers for Kettle River and Bound- "ary"Creekrcouh"ect"at~Marcu8"Twith"st"fige on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays a..d Fridays. TAX NOTICE. C ANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY The Cheapest and Most Direct Eoute, From NELSON, KASLO and all Kootenay Points J To the PA0IPI0 COAST and to the EAST. THAIX3 TO A\l> I (COM XF.LSOX hAII.Y. Direct Connection at Robson every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday ['veiling. With Steamer for Revelstoke, where connection is made with Canadian Pacilic Eastbound and Westbound through trains. through tickets issued, Bacjgaoio Checked to Destination, No Customs Difficulties. .Equipment Unsurpassed, combining" t&.tUl Dining and Sleeping Cars, ".Luxurious Day UftMh- os, Tourist, .Sleeping Cars and Free Caionlsfc Sleeping Cars. For information as to rates, time.etc, vjtplr to nearest agent. ���������I. HUH I TON, Agent, Nelson, Or to GI'O. Mcfc. KICOWX, District Passenger, Agent, "Vancouver. COLUMBIA & KOOTENAY ��������� STEAM NAY. CO. (limited) TIME TABLE NO. 5. In Effect Wednesday, -injiiist 2������>th, 1894. Revelstoke Route, Steamer Lytton. Connecting with Canadian Pacific Railway (Main . Line) for points Kast and AVest,. Leaves iKevclsloke on Tuesdays and Fridays at , 4 a.m. Leaves Robson on "Wednesdays and Sundays at 6 p. m. Nortiij'okt Route, Steamer Lytton. Connecting at, Northport for points on the Spokane Falls and Northern Railway. Leaves Robson Saturdays at 1a.m. -LcavcB-Northport--Safcmilnys-at-l.30-p.-m.���������-������������������-���������* "VT"OTICE is hereby given, in accordance with -^ the Statutes, that Provincial Revenue Tax, and all taxes levied under the "Assessment Act," are now due for the year 1891. All of the above named taxes collectable within the Nelson Division of the West Kootenay District arc pay able at my oflice, Kaslo, B. C. : -Assessed Taxes rates, viz: arc collectable at the following If paid on or before June 30th, 1S91:���������Provin cial Revenue, ������3.00 per capita ; one-half of one per cent on real property. Two per cent on wild land. One-third of one per cent on personal property. One-half of one per "cent on income. If paid after June 30th, 1991:���������Two-thirds of one per cent on real property. Two and one-half per cent on "wild land. One-half-of one per cent on personal property. Three-fourths of one per cent on income. O. a. DENNIS, Assessor and Collector Jan, nd 1891. -|| - CHOICE APPLES- Kaslo Route, Steamer Nelson. Leaves Nelson: Tuesdays, at 1 p. in.; Wcdncs- nesdays, at 5.40 p. m.; Thursdays at I p. m.��������� Saturdayo, at o.lO p. 111. Connecting on Saturdays and .Wednesdays with Nelson & Fort Sheppard Ry. for Kaslo and Lake points. Leaves Kaslo for Nelson, Sundays' at, 8 a. m., Tuesdays at 3 a. 111.. Thursdays at 8 a. m., Fridays at3 a. in. Connecting on 1'uesdays and Fridays" witli'Nelson &l?ort Sheppard Ry. for Spokane. ������ Bonner's Ferry Route, Steamer Nelson. Connecting with Groat Northern Raihvay for points Kast and-West. . , .. Leaves Nelson Tuesdays and Fridays at 7 a. ni. Leaves Kaslo Tuesdays and Fridays tit 3 a. in. Leaves Bonner's Ferry for Nelson and Kaslo at 2 a. in. on Wednesdays and Saturdays, The Company reserves0 the right to change this schedule at any time without notice. For full information as to tickets, nitcs etc. ^ apply at the Company's oflicos, Nelson, B. C. "��������� T.Allan, .J. W. Troui*, Secretary. Manager *%&������: **- AND OTHER FRUITS FOR SALE IN QUANTITIES TO SUIT C������ ������ 1864. THOS. G-. EABL= LYTTON, B, C. (6) SHORT - FAST ��������� SCENIC ROUTE Seattle, Victoria. Vancouver & Puget Sound, and all Pacific Coast Points, St. Paul Chicago and Points Beyond - - Modern Etiiiiitiiicnt. Kock-Knllasl. Koadbed. Attractive tours via IHiIutli and the Crcal Lakes in connection with exclusively Iiassengcr boats of XorllicrnS.S. Co. Direct Connection via Kelson A Fort Sheppard Kail way, at Spokane ; and via C. ������V K. S. X. C. at IJoiuicr's Ferry.- To ��������� maps, tickets, and complete information, Agents C. A K. S, Xav. Co., X. A F. S. For: call on As Ky., or C. ������. Wixon, G. A. S\ ������., Spokane, Wash. F. I. Whitney, G. ������\ * T. A., St. Paul, 3|in, THE MINER, NELSON, B. C, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER i 1894. ���������D'*****an:**"**'"'���������������*'''*=' Wxt Jttmcr. THE MINER is printed on Saturdays and ���������will be mailed to any address in Canada or ihe United Slates, for one year on receipt of tzvo dollars. Single copies five cents. CONTRACT AD VERT1SEAIENTSinserted at the rate of $J per column inch, per ���������month. TRANSIENT AD VERTISEAIENTS inserted at the rate of 15 cents per nonpareil line first insertion ( and 10 cents per line for each subsequent insertion. Advertisements running for shorter periods than three months are classed transient. ALL COMMUNICA TIONS to the Editor must he accompanied by the name and address of thc writer. PRINTING turned out in first-rate style . at the shortest notice. Address The Miner Printing & publishing Co. NELSON', B.C. are tlie exact opposite of him and his character we are satisfied. We must apologise to our readers for taking up so much space over a mere personal matter', but we -have been maligned and called names and we just want to put, ourselves'right. We have no intention whatever of being sat upon. IT. THE END Of Students treasure the writings of their favorite authors. The lonely widow treasures the letters of her boy in far oil climes. A lover- treasures his mistress' missives. Writings of all kinds are treasured by people to whom the author is an object of adoration or admiration. In which of these lights does the Tribune hold ns ? Ten of our smartest sayings treasured up and published like epigrams. Really Tribune it is too good of you. What a lot of trouble you must have taken. Are you going to wake up your (excuse us) rather dull paper with a column of Extracts from Thii: Miner.? As long as you acknowledge them and do not trade them off as your own we don't mind. We are afraid that perhaps the Argonaut has never heard of tha Tribune and its wholesale thefts or they might object. But we do not. When anyone reads any really good thing in the Tribune they will know where it comes from. The object of publishing these extracts of ours, some of them weeks or months old, seems to be an attempt to prove that we have been in the habit, of maligning the character of Mr. J. F. Hume. Unfortunately they prove not only that our contemporary, cannot tell the"truth,' but docs not even know the truth when it stares it in the. face. We presume that these cuttings from our columns have been selected as the most malicious and malignant that, can be found. They may therefore be taken as ^testSTT-We-think-that-everybody-will agree with us that no greater proof of our contention could be afforded, viz.: that while we have the highest opinion of Mr. Hume's personal and private- character, against which w������ have never said a word, we consider him a very pooi' politician. We are extremely obliged to the Tribune for thus selecting the very sentences that so clearly prove our case." It has saved us a deal of trouble. We consider- that this entirely closes and settles the matter and we have said our last word about it. Having exhausted its anger with much sputtering, having star-ted out to prove a certain point by logical argument and having only succeeded iu proving the case of the other side, the Tribune as a last despairing effort, like an angry school boy not allowed to have his own bullying way, begins to call us names. Tt says The Miner is an ass. We have 110 desire to imitate this lapse of journalistic courtesy, but we would point to tbe result of the above controversy and leave it to our readers to judge of the assinine qualities of ourselves and our opponent. . Further the Tribune" takes it upon itself to make an attack upon the. character of the Editor of The Miner, who has only been in the district a few months, and whose acquaintance the Editor of the Tribune has carefully ignored.. He probably knows all about it, at any rate he writes as if he did. He does this too about other things of which he is equally ignorant, so the result is the same in each case. The editor of the Tribune has been in the dis- trict some time. His character is probably well known. So there is no necessity for us to say what kind of character he has got, here, where he is well known. But we certainly, do not want any such reputation ourselves. . As long as we MAIL DEFICIENCIES. We publish to-day a letter from Mr. E. 0. Oari-enter of Three Forks, on the above subject. The letter- speaks for itself. There is no necessity for us to 'enlarge upon it, but we wish to add to it by pointing out that irregularity and sloth are not the only failings of the Canada post office. We have recently had reason to complain of the nondelivery of more than one letter that has been addressed to us. How many have gone astray t hat we know not of, we cannot tell. The Canadian Post Office and its ways, as far as we know of them here, are a disgrace to a civilized country. We have had some experience of Her Majesty's mails in other parts of the empire and we have no hesitation in saying that nowhere are they as bad as they are here. But in no other part of the British Empire is the post office run by corruption. As long as men are appointed to responsible and important positions in the service, without one atom of professional training, but simply" as a recompense for political services, so long will the public be badly served. It is of course much to our disadvantage that our Post Office is not under our own control, but is managed from Ottawa. Sir At>olph Caron at present is Postmaster-General, and on him must the fault be laid. But what cares he for a small section of- British Columbia, of which doubtless he has never heard ? It is 2,000 miles away and the voice of our complaints grows weak and dim at that distance. Sir Adolphe if he was asked to givn ear to our com-, plaints, would probably with much oily politeness regret that in the press of business he had not time to attend to small matters of this kind. But we notion that be has time to go lecturing down to Quebec about matters in no way connected with his department. Business first, please sir. If the master is thus careless of our wants, how much less likely is the servant to attend to them. We have no doubt that the departmental officers think that people who live in out of the way places like Three Forks have no right to have mails, and that we are much to blame in saying that they have. Six months ago we pressed the point inour columns and we believe that some slight improvement was the consequence. We must again bring tfie attentionAof the officials to our wants. has to be paid to the customs. Therefore apart from all other considerations it costs 27% per cent, more than its actual value. If it were made in Canada it could be produced at a reduction of 27% per cent, more than a quarter, ou its present price, and any local maker would get the same profit us the outsider does now, probably & very fair one. But Mr. Fhankenburg if he had got all the other concessions he wanted saw very clearly that if the public did not buy his oil cloth they would have to pay duty on the imported article, eo that he is therefore enabled to raise his price nearly up to the cost of the imported fabric, say 25 per cent. In other words the mere fact of their being a duty on the imported goods enables the local manufacturer to put his wares up to a fictitious value. In this case a quarter more than they are actually worth. This extra profit is paid by the public into his pocket without a murmur. And in this way the monopolists of Eastern Canada are growing rich on the hard earned wages of the British * Columbian. The other concee- ���������ions, such as the remissions of duty and the bonus from the corporation of Quebec are all equally bad and w������ may congratulate ourselves that the greedy Franken. bueg has not got them. It is better if we must pay an extra cost for our goods to pay it to the government and not to private individuals. JOHN BARNSLEY&CO. 119 GOVERNMENT ST., VICTORIA, B. C. GUNSMITHS M MACHINISTS Importers or nil kinds of ENGLISH AMI AMERICAN EIKE ARMS AM> AMMUNITION. HASK BALI. ������'OOI>S, tlSIII.X' TACKLE, KOUS, 1UFLES, KEVMLYEKS, MINEKS' CLASSES, COM PASSES, MAGNETS, ETC. ��������� ��������� . . O'RID'E'RS BIT M-A.IH. PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. -"VT S. DAVYS. mining engineer, AND ASSAYER. Offices Victoria Street. NELSON, B. C. MEDICAL. E. We this week continue our series describing the mining properties of the' Kootenay country by an account of the Silver King group. Although ail the facts mentioned are probably familiar enough to the people of Nelson, theie are other of our readers at a distance to whom the Silver King is but a name. We would again point out the desirability of sending these descriptions of our mineral wealth to persons in other- parts of Canada, the United States and Great Britain. We are glad to note that these descriptions are being noticed by the English papers. Our description of the Highland mine is copied at length in The Mining Journal. C. ARTHUR, A.M., M.D., PHYSICIAN, Etc. CORONKR FOR WEST KOOTENAY, Office over Nelson Drug Store, West Baker street, Nelson, B.C. JOB PRINTING ���������AT n MINING. T> C CAMPBELL-JOHNSTON (of Swansea, India, and the United States METALLURGIST. ASSAYER, AND MINING ENGINEER Properties reported on. All assays undertaken. Furnaces and concentrating plants planned and erected. Treatment for ores given. Ores bought and sold. Box 10,Vancouver, B. C. MINER TASLE Showing thc IK-ites and I'laces of Courts or Assize, Nisi Triiis, nn������l Oyer ami Terminer, aitU General Gaoi Unlivery for the Vear I8U4. o W. A. JOWETT MINING & REAL ESTATE BROKER IN.S1FKANCE and COMMISSION AGENT. VICTORIA ST., NELSON, B. O. Bank of Montreal CAPITAL (all paid up), ������i;>,O00,OOO KEST, . . . ������,000,000 Sir DONALD A. SMITH, President Hon. GEO. A. DRUMMOND,.....Vicc President E. S. CLOUSTON General Manager Neslon Branch: N. W. Comer Baker and Stanley Streets. A WARNING. . Sixteen hundred of the employees ;of The Pullman Palace Car Company, and their families, amounting to probably sixty or severity thousand people, are starving. These men were not content with what they were earning. They struck for higher wages. . Their places were filled with men only tqo ready to accept what I hey refused. The Pullman Company, whom they hoped to injure by their action, is no worse ofF, and they themselves are starving. And not the least of their miseries must be the sight of wives and children, homeless, hungry, destitute. In these hard times, were these men well advised to throw up what' they had got 'i Itis only one more lesson which has got to be learnt, that the rate of "wages is to be fixed by economic conditions and not by .what the, men want. - The price, of their labor must rise and fall in the market,' like the price of everything else.. It is not too much to say that out of the thousands of strikes hardly any have done any good whatever to the strikers. In further illustration of our note of last week in reference to the signs of increasing activity we notice that even in the Cceur d' Aleiie, where so much trouble has been made, the mines are working nearly to their full capacity. The Canyon Creek mines can scarcely find transport for their ore, while at the Standard, the. Poorman and the Gem a full force of men are at work. The Bunker Hill and Sullivan, though not yet in complete operation, have a monthly pay list of ������38,000. I I PATENT LEVEE (CRACKING- MOTION) STONE BREAKER. The "PROGRESS" and "SIMPLEX" "Stone and Ore Granulators and- Crushers. *** THREE-STAMP PORTABLE QUARTZ MILL." No piece over' 100 lbs. in weight. " Price; $200 f. 0. k Liverpool. All kinds of other Machinery used in Mining. For information and illustrated catalogues apply to R- E. E. Buckner, Engineer, Toronto, or to - EDW'b APPLEWHAITE & GO. LOCAL AGENTS. I AH. ASSIZES, *Nelson Monday 10th September "Donald. Monday 17th September Clinton Thursday.. .20th September Richfield Monday."... .24th September Kamloops Monday 1st October Vernon Monday 8th October Lytton Friday 12th October Now "Westminster. .Tuesday 0th November Vancouver������������������ Monday 12th November Victoria Tuesday (ith November Nanaimo Tuesday 27th November "Special Assizes adjou .ncd-from Llie Spring by Mr. Justice Walkem anil ..now fixed for these dates. b(l7) CHARLES SANSON! CUSTOMS BROKER Branches in London (England),, New York and Chicago and in the principal cities in Canada. -GENERA! AGENT- P. O. BOX 24. Nelson, b. c. No. 131. ' - CERTIFICATE OF THE REGISTRATION OF A FOREIGN COMPANY. " Companies' Act," Part IV. llie Kootenay Mining and SiucJtiiix Com- ��������� anyo(Foi-ei������n.) NOTICE C Ilamber, The United Manchester, . Kng- 1- "XT'OTICE is hereby given that" JL3I formerly. Acting-Agent . for Fire Insurance Company of Man _, land, and The Atlas Insurance Company of Lon don, England, is no longer acting as Agent or i in anyway connected with either of the above Companies. In' future, all .communications relative to the business of the above Companies; should be! addressed to Harold Selous, Nelson, who will aeL as'Agent- ,; (is) ������'. >v. <;iki>li-.stom; a so.vs. I Buy and sell Sterling Exchange Transfers. and. Cable Grant commerical and traveller's credits, av il able in any part of the world; Drafts issued; Collections made; Etc. SAVINGS BANK BRANCH "Rate of interest at present 3������ per cent. BANK OF BRITISH C0LMI1 (Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1862.) - #2,9*0,009 1,305,333 CAI'ITA!. (yairt uu), ������<iOO,000 (With power to ncrease. KESEKVE FUND, *������WO,000 . N-ELSON* B*Ru^-*STC-Ei. Corner of Baker and Stanley streets Wcstmia The following telegram is worth perusal as showing the method in which people's pockets are plundered by protection: Ottawa, Aug. 22.���������M. Frankenburg, proprietor of the Manchester, Eng., Globe Rubber company, interviewed Comptroller Wallace this afternoon to get in free of duty machinery necessary to start a new factory at Quebec, and jute cloth which is raw material, and which is now free when imported for the manufacture of oii cloth. Both requests were refused as the tariii'does not admit j of it and Frankenburg complains, that this is no ! proper encouragement to a new industry, which ! is pledged to the corporation of Quebec citv to i employ one hundred hands. With a municipal i bonus already obtained, free machinery, free raw material, along with a protection of 2"i per cent. on the finished product, Frankenburg thinks he could do well.- - - Probably he could. At present if oil j IMPERIAL GERMAN cloth is imported 21% per cent, of its Yalue j (i) LOEWENBERG&CO.Ills ���������SUCCESSORS TO��������� J. A. T. CATON & CO. VICTORIA, B. C. importers ami "Wholesale l������pal������;rs in . . CLOCKS, "WATCHES, JEWELKY." . . ClTf.KKY, I'll-ES; TOKACCOM!-'!".'* . . SINmUKS, I'AXCY GOCIKS, MUX'S . . FUIWISHIM'S =====______ COiNSULATr. Registered the (Ith day of August, lS'JI. HEREl'V CERTIFY that 1 have this day registered "The Kootenay M ining and Smelting Company" (Foreign), under the "Companies', Act," Part IV., "Registration of Foreign Companies," and ihe -"Companies' Act Amendment, Act, lSS't." Tbe head oflice of tho said Company is situated at Jersey City, in the County of Hudson, State of New .Jersey, U. b. A., and out of said State, at Pilot Bay,-in British Columbia. The objects for which the Company is established are lo purchase, h'.dd, mortgage, lease, sell, dispose of and operate the mines and mining properties, comprising one hundred acres, more or less, on the llondryx Peninsula, Kootenay Lake, British Colmbia, and to purchase,1'' hold, morigage, lease, sell or otherwise dispose of or operate the smelting plant situated at Pilot Bay, in British Columbia, and also the site of the smelters at Pilot Bay, consisting of one hundred and ten acres of land, and also an interest in the Townsite of the said Pilot Bay, and to carry on the business of niining, milling, smelting, concentrating, reduction and retiuing of gold, copper, silver, lead and other ores and minerals in all its branches in the Kootenay Mining Uistrict, iu British Columbia, and other Mining Districts in Columbia and the . United States of ind to own, buy, sell and deal in gold, copper, lead and other ores and minerals, bullion and rotinod metals, to purchase, own. improve, mortgage, lease, sell and work and operate mines, mining claims, mining property and mining lands, and to carry on the business of the transportation of goods, 'merchandise and passengers upon land and water, and the build- nig of houses, vessels, wharves and docks, tho damming of rivers and streams including the storage, transportation and sale of water and water.power and privileges, and all things necessary or convenient to the carrying on of the said business. The capital stock of the said Company is two million three hundred thousand dollars, divided Into' twenty- three thousand shares of one hundred dollars each. Given under my hand and seal of Office, at, Victoria, Province of British Columbia, this sixth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety four. [L. s.] S. Y. WOOTON, ���������(14} Registrar of Joint Stock Companies. "B"R^--ISrC*E3:-E3S = Can-aim���������Victoria,- Vancouver, New ster, Nanaimo and Kamloops. Uxitku STATKS-San Francisco, Portland, Taeo ma, and Seattle. HEAD OFFICE England. CO Lombard, street, LONDON, AGENTS AND" CORRESPONDENTS: CANADA-Canadian Bank o"L Commerce and branches; Merchants' Bank of Canada and branches; Imperial Bank of Canada and bran- ehesi.Molsons Bank and branches; Bank of j\ova Scotia. UNITED STATES-Agents Canadian Bank Commerce, "New Yoi-k; Bank of Nova Scotia/Chicago. Traders' National Bank, Spokane, of SAVINGS DEPARTMENT- ��������� Deposits received at ������1 and uuwards, and interest allowed (present rate) ai 3' per cent.- per annum. GRANGE V. HOLT, Nelson, July 17,1S93. <' Agent. CUSTOMS BLANKS - FOR SALE AT THE - MINER OFFICE. MIM'KAI. ACT, 1890. "^TOTICi* is hereby ffiven that Fkaxk C. -*-" Loki.vg has filed the necessary papers and made application for a Crown Grant in favor of the Mineral Claim " Josie," situated in the Trail Creek Mining Division of West Kootenay. ' . Adverse claims, if any; must be filed, with the undersigned within GO days from the date of this publication. -, ,*W. J. GOEPEL, Government Agent. Dated Nelson B. C, ! ICth July, 1S94. THE MINER, NELSON, B.C., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER i 1894. GOLD DIGGIN IN BRITISH GUIANA; "Wkiting to the Demerara Daily Chronicle, Mr. E. P., "Wood, the Commissioner vt Mines, says:���As so many letters are being received by the Department oil Mines, asking information respecting the above industry, I^think.it Avell to write a brief ac- oountthat will, I hope, be of some line to intending comers :��� CLIMATE. The climate is something like Northern Queensland, too hot to do hard manual work, but not too hot to prospect and to superintend the work, afterwards.- The heat in the shade is seldom more than 90 degrees," though it is very exhausting "heat, and equal, in my opinion, to 120 degrees in some other countries. There are supposed to be two wet seasons- in the' year, about Christmas and Midsummei-j for two months each.. The rainfall may be taken at about 110 inches a year. MODE OF WORKING AND LABOUK. 1-Where the. gold is being found in British Guiana is up the different rivers at a distance of- from-100 miles 'from Georgetown to 300 miles. The richest district is the Potaro River, a branch of the Essequebo. Then there is the North" West District, the Cuyuni, Mazaruni, and Demerara' Rivers, "in all of which gold''is "being obtained. The return from these districts during the last 12 months for placer -washing was :��� ' - ozs. Essequebo.. .:.' 72,287 North West District 31,837 Cuyuni..' 24,978 Mazaruni ' 9.418 Demerara. -- 5 ^-Total.. .I*..-.. 138,525 :It:is.all.fbrest"land, very, dense, and;as no"roads have"been formed, the way ot getting to different places is by boat, the rivers all being navigable for ,a great distance inland. People intending .gold- digging either buy or hire (the former generally) a boat sufficiently large to carry eay 12 or 14 men,- and-three months' provisions. They then engage and register, a .certain' number. of. labourers.'; There1 are steamers;: leaving '..once ��� a! week- for-the North-West District, and every day ��� fori Bartica, a settlement at the junction of the three rivers, Cuyuni, Mazaruni, and Esse-. quebo. ..There you have,, to:,take .to, your boat and paddle to.your;,destination. REQUIREMENTS. All food, tools, &c, can be obtained in Georgetown, at reasonable. rates.. Boats can be made'at a cost of about 8125. A black labourer's wage is 64 cents per. diem and his food, the cost of. which is about 20 cents a day. . ...ROYALTY AND LICENSES. The royalty on all gold obtained in the. colony is 91 cents per ounce, which, has to"be paid into the Col6nial. Treasury in .Georgetown before the gold can be sold. A prospecting license costs 50 cents a month.; for every grant, of mining claim '$2. a month, and for every grant of a placer claim $1. a month. . ALLUVIAL WORKING. The size.of each claim is ,1500 by 500 feet,: and las a rule.the depth of stripping is about'4' feet; and the: wash about 2 ��������� feet; "heavily timbered'all of it.. ���* Water is fairly plentiful, but has very little fall, and in . a "good "many-claims-Calfomian^pumps-or Spear pumps might be used advantage- ���.ousl-yy instead of bailing with buckets as at present. . ��� '��� - REEF CLAIMS. Reef claims are not being worked at present,.:only ,one;: company .erecting machinery. The quartz is very-rich, many surface samples assaying 50 ounces to the ton, and though these .may have been fancy pieces, yet,-even-where there is no visible gold,'they ofteii give 8 to 10 ounces. So little work has been done on the reefs that it is quite out of the question to give much of an account of them." They are of ��� all-sorts and-sizes, quartz very friable, aud as far as I have seen not cased quite as one would wish, but still there has been so little done as yet that one cannot form a very correct judgement! on their permanency.- Everything would point to there being an exceedingly rich reefing district, and the chief thing needed is a class .of ��� men.that.understand mining. The labourers would have to be educated up to underground work; but there is "no reason why thev should not make good miners eventually. Timber for mining purposes grows in plenty on every claim1, and each claim- holder is entitled to cut what he requires free..; If more is required a woodcutting grant can be obtained at a small rental. At present there are few. white men working nearly all the parties' are composed of blacks, financed by store-keepers and others in town. .. This mode of working must, very shortly collapse, as the gold in many cases does not find its Way to the real owners, and it is only a' spirit ; of gambling * that ' keeps the thing up. No doubt eventually , the labourers will form : themselves into j ! parties aud work for themselves, but they j are such an-improvident lot, that they scarcely ever save money enough to fit themselves out with clothing before they ��� "leave for the mines. Another thing, they. -will not trust-each other, but this might be got over by dividing the gold each, night. - . : ij ~ '. The "World" commenting. on some remarks in another paper to the effect that in drowned persons the drain ot the ear is frequently found to be broken, advises people in the future to shove a wad of cotton wool into their ears before drowning. We hardly think, that the crice of ootton wool will go up ill conse. -I,.-'..rfM�� of cnv ���scrr-cscd cleaned f ��������� it. MINING CASUALITIES. On the 24th, ult. at Franklin, near Seattle, the coal mines took fire aud thirty- seven bodies have been recovered out of the fifty men who are supposed to have been suffocated. On tlie same date on the Amethyst mine, Crede,��� C,ol., the shaft.house caught fire and melted "the iron'cable holding'the cage, which was precipitated to the. bottom of the shaft with four men, who were literally roasted. . ��� , , , , . ��� On the same date eleven men were killed or wounded at Pottsville, Pa., by a gas explosion at the Gilberton Colliery. [L.S.] CANADA. PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. VICTORIA, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Qukkx, Defender of the Faith, &c, &c, &c. A PROCLAMATION. Theodore Davjk, \ "\"ITIIEREAS it is Atlorney-Gcneral. j TV provided bi section 22 of an Act, passed by the Legislature of British Cloumbia in the fifty-seventh year of Our Reign-, intituled "An Act to provide for the appointment of Ofllcial Scalers of sawlogs and other cut timber," that the said Act shall not conic into force until proclaimed by the Licut- enant-Governorin Council: And whereas Our said Lieutenant-Governor, by and with thc advice of his Executive Council, has by an Order in Council been pleased to direct that the said Act shall comcinto operation from the date hereof: And whereas section 2 of the said Act decrees that it shall be lawful for the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, for thc purposes of the said Act, by Order in Council, to divide tho Province into districts: And whereas Our said Lieutenant-Governor, by and with thc advice of his Executive- Council, has, by an Order in Council in that behalf, been pleased to divide the Province into three Districts, namely:��� " All that portion of thc Province comprised within tlie Island of Vancouver to be known as District No. 1; All that portion of thc Province; excluding Vancouver Island, which is situated to the west of thc Cascade Range of Mountains, to be known as District No. 2: All that portion of the Province not included within Districts Nos. 1 and 2, to bo known as ���District No. 3: ��� NOW KNOW YE, therefore, that in. pursuance thereof. Wc do hereby proclaim the said "Ofllcial Scalers'Act,. 1894." to come and be in force from thc date hereof; And thc Districts thereunder to he as is hereinbefore recited,... In Testimony Whereof, We have caused ': these Our Letters to be made Patent, ..and :> tho Great .Seal oft.lie said Province to be hereunto affixed: Witness, the Honourable John Herhert Turner, the Deputy of ; Our Lieutenant-Governor of Our said Province of British Columbia, in Our City of Victoria, in Our said Province, this fourteenth day of-August, in the year of Our ��� Lord one thousand-eight hundred and ninety-four, and in the iiftv-eighth*ycar of Our Reign. By command. (20) JAMES JBAKER, Provincial Secretary. _QRDER. INJ30UI>*CIL_._ Government House. Victoria. ' Tuesday,'the 14th day of August, 1891. present: HIS HONOUR THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL. ON A MEMORANDUM from the Honourable the Chief Commissioner of Lands- and Works, dated 2nd August, 1S7-1, recommending that the.provisions of the "Official Scalers Act,- 1894," be put into force, and that a proclamation to that, cll'ect be published in thc British Columbia Gazette as required by the Act. The Minister also recommends that for the purposes of this Act the Province be divided into three districts, as follows, vise. :��� District No. 1. - 0 All that portion of the Province comprised within the Island of Vancouver, for which there shall be appointed one Official .Sealer. a District No. 2. ���Vll that portion of the Province except Vancouver Island which lies to the west, of the Cas-. cade Range of Mountains, for which there shall be appointed two Official Scalers. '-* . District No. 3. " ' \ All that portion of the Province not included, in Districts" 1' and "2, for which there shall be appointed one Ofllcial Scaler. The Minister further.recommends that 'the following. named gentlemen be 'appointed a Board of Examiners to examine, and test the ability and knowledge of all applicants desiring to be appointed Official Scalers, and rthsit their remuneration be five dollars per day w.hile act- uallv employed as such Examiners, viz:-"-R. H. It. Alexander, W. II. Chase, Wm. McPherson. THEODORE DAVIE, - (22) Clerk, Executive Council. NOTICE. ISTOTICB The. Annual General Meeting of ' the Consumers' Water Works Company, Limited, will be held 'it the office of Edward Applewhaite & Co., in the town of "Nelson, B. C. on the 15th September, 1894, for the purpose of fleeting "a Board of Directors for the ensuing year, arid for any other business that iiiiiy come before the meeting. EDWARD APPLEWHAITE, . . Secretary. Dated 31st August, ISO*. (27) Qich's Corner VANCOUVER, B. C. Buxton & Rodney <���* *> ���WHOLESALE AXD KETAIL��� STOBACCQHISTSS Agents for the .celebrated L. & ' CO. (Loewe & Co.) B. U. B., and other best English Briar Root Pipes. A large stock of " OWN MAKE " Pipes Tobaccos of all kinds and all smoker's requisites kept on hand. coijxtky okheks-bv i"��st pkoui'til ahi:\jk;i> to. T*E3l*B T*R,J^TD"S SUPPLIED AEMIT & RASHDALL, Mining Brokers. Conveyancing, Notaries Public Mining Abstracts. Complete lists of existing Mining locations BRITISH COLUMBIA IRON WORKS General Founders, Engineers, Boiler Makers, and Manufacturers of All Classes . of Machinery. Sawmill and Marine Work a Specialty. sojj* HAM'rAcriiKi'KS oi tiii: Kendall Band Mill, B. C. Shingle Machines, Steam Log Hauling Machines. We keep in stock a full supply of Engineer and "Mill Supplies, such as Pipe and Fittings, Brass Goods, Shoot and other Packing Rubber Valves, Rubber and Leather Belting, Oils, i; and Lubricants, etc. HOISTING- ENGINES and SINKING PUMPS FOR MINES , Comer Alexander Street and Westminster Ave., VANC0UVEK, B. 0. D. CARTMEL, J. W. OAMPIOff, J. E. W. MACFARLANE Agent West Kootenay. Secretary-Treasurer. Manager THE OLD RELIABLE �� BAKER STREET, NELSON, B. C. �� STILL TO THE FRONT! NO FEAR OF FAMINE! We have on hand several tons of first-class Hams, Bacon and Butter. Also brands of Imported Wines, Liquors, Cigars, Tobacco, Etc 'S AGENTS FOU NEW DENVER, B. C. "FIRE INSURANCE POLICY ACT, ' 1893." "XT OTICE is hereby given that His Honour the A^l-TfeutcnaiTtClbvcrnor iTrCoin"xil'"h""rs7fur"" ther postponed the commencement of " An Act to secure Uniform Conditions in Policies of Fire Insurance," from the 1st day "of April, 1891, until the 1st day of April, 1895., ;���' . JAMES BAKER, Provincial Secretary. Provincial Secretary's Ollice, 29th March., 1834. (2) UPTURE More CURES bavo been effected by my ���mhmhvb���� Trusses, with perfect ease to wearer, than by. all other devices r.uiiiliiiied. Thoy retain largest Rupture uodor severest strain. A system offlttinghasbeen perfected the- Inst 25 yours, fully eaual to personal, examination by iiiiiil. ' 27 patents- in��bvookcrre1 DEFORMITY <!IIAKI,r;S CMTTIIE. 134 King St. W., Toronto, ;.b.c,,ii j' HEAD OFFICE AND WHARF: 'V'^"ISrCOXJ*V'"B"E,, "B. O. Hiram Walker & Son's Jos. SchliU Brewing Co. Distillers Milwaukee, U. S. Fort Garry Flour Mills Manitoba P. O. box G9. Telephone EDWARD APPLEWHAITE * CO. S, 'E. corner Baker and Josephine streets, NELSON, 13. C. REAL ESTATE, FINANCIAL And c INSURANCE AGENTS. Loans negotiated on Nelson property. Collections made. Conveyancing' documents drawn up . Town Lots Lands and Mining Claims' Handledon Commission. NEW SUITINGS. NEW TROUSERINGS. Fred. J. Squire, the Nelson Tailor, has just received a large consignment of Call and inspect the New/Patterns and Styles. -��� . / "\ Fred. J. Squire, Baker Street, Nelson. , H AVE YOU SEEN THE "VTOTICK is hereby given in pursuance of tho i> ��� ��� provisions of the -Official Scalers Act, 1891." that an examination of candidates for'tho position of Oilicial Scalers will be held at the office of the Provincial limber Inspector, at -Vancouver, on Tuesday, September next. ��� All persons intending to present themselves for examination shall, on or before the 10th day OfSeptcmbernext, give notice ih writing to the undersigned of such intention, and their poc-r- office address. , F G. VKlo-0X< "Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works. Lands ahd Works Department," Viv-.-r: <; D. C, -h: >d August, 1894. (21) ' VANCOUVER TO NANAIMO.���S.S. VCutch" leaves C. P.R. Wharf daily (Sundays excepted) at 1:15 p.m. Cargo at Union S.S. Co.'s wharf until 11 a. m. NANAIMO. TO VANCOUVER.-S.S. '-'Cutch" leaves daily (Monday excepted) at 8 a.m. Vancouver and Sort hern ScUleinciits. S.S'' Comox leavi-s U. S.S. AVharf every Monday at 11a.m., for Port Neville, calling, at all way ports, returning Wednesday, nnd on Thursday at 11 a.m. for all ijoin.s as far as Shoal Bay, returning Saturday. Cargo at Company's Wharf until 9 a.m. Xi.HKiVVSI.L"** FEKKY. Leave Moodyville���7, 9, 11:45 a. m., 2:"S0, 4:30 p.m. Leave Vam.oir,\ r���8, 10:15 a.m., 1:15. 3:30, 5:30 p.m. ; .T2T Steamers and Scows always available, for, j Excursion. Tov,;���g and Freighting Business. 1 Storage Acconinvj.-'ation on Co.'s Wharf. j w. F. TOPI*I.V��. Manager. ;. Telephone CI. I'. O. L*ox 771. TEMPTING DISPLAY OF \VafccheSj C*ocksj Jewellery,, ai)^ Si)VerWare, SHoWi) ii) the iVarerooijis' of The Jeweller. Great Bargain can be had for- Cash. BAKER STREET, NELSON. B. a
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