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BC Historical Newspapers
The Nakusp Ledge was published in Nakusp, in the Central Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia, from October 1893 to December 1894. The paper was subsequently published as the Ledge both in New Denver, from December 1894 to December 1904, and in Fernie, from January to August 1905. The Ledge was published by Robert Thornton Lowery, a prolific newspaper publisher, editor, and printer who was also widely acclaimed for his skill as a writer. After moving to Fernie, the paper continued to be published under variant titles, including the Fernie Ledger and the District Ledger, from August 1905 to August 1919.
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SL0.GAN GAMP NEWS 1 hOCAt, CHIT-CHAT. Sandonites aro not accustomed to having- their heads ��� punched by committeemen . who attempt to force the game. t. J. C. Harris and wife arrived Tuesday evening- direct from England. Mr. and Mrs. Harris have taken up their abode at the Harris home near the Bosun mine. The local lacrosse team is getting in shape for a return match with the Nelson team. The boys are not, sanguine of success but are ready to give the Nelson boys all Ihe fun they want. Mr. Byrnes and daughters, father to Mrs. C. E. Strickland, arrived in New Denver from Cumberland, Ontario, last week, and has taken possession of the plat of farm land north of town. Joe Millward is employed at Silverton, and for many weeks will be a resident of that camp. He has secured contracts for the repainting of the Victoria, Selkirk and Thorburn hotels, besides a few private residences. It is very evident the coming celebration will be the warmest that has ever been held in British Columbia Axe handles are already playing an important part in some localities knocking the ardor out of over-enthusiastic individuals. The Kaslo & Slocan train encountered the Lucky Jim slide on Saturday and was delayed four hours, and again on Sunday, and had to return to Kaslo for the rotary which went up and opened the road." The train did not get through to Sandon until Monday morning, and arrived in Kaslo almost on time. There ia a scarcity of eggs in Kootenay at present. During a year hundreds of thousands of dozens of eggs are shipped to ilvootenay from Ontario, Manitoba, and the North-West. Dealers have even to draw on Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, and Oregon, and one of the leading wholesale dealers is now rounding up all the eggs in Utah.���Nelson Miner. " | Rossland and Nelson are running neck-and-neck for first place as cities in the interior of British Columbia. Last month Rossland sold one more two-cent postage stamp than Nelson, but Nelson cashed in two money orders more than Rossland. Both towns have the same number of telephones���112���and have the same number of the same kind of aldermen.���Tribune. An early winding up of the affairs of the unfortunate Golden Cache Mining Company, Limited, is now expected, as a result of Dr.Carroll's successful action against the company for compensation in respect of services rendered as trustee. There are, it is understood, no moneys available to meet the judgment. and the mine property and appliances will, it is anticipated, be sold to meet this and some other cash liabilities. SLOGAN' MJ .YKKA.T, FLOAT. Another 140-ton shipment was made last week from the Last Chance. Three hundred tons of ore were sent down from the Payne last week. ���Forty men were laid off at the Queen Bess last week to await a better condition of the roads. Ore is being hauled to the Silverton Avliarf from the Noonday. A carload shipment will be made. The working force on the Bosun has j been increased to 85 men. Further additions are contemplated. A contract has been let for one hundred feet of development work to be put upon the Sarah Jane claim, adjoining the Bosun to the northeast. It is reported that the Northern Belle, now named the Slocan Belle, is to be reopened w;th Jack Campbell as foreman. This property was worked two years ago. Billy Schinock is doing work on the Maggie May, a claim situated about three and one-half miles from Trout Lake City, on Trout creek. ������Numerous enquiries are being made regarding the tonnage, past, present and future of this district and a vastly increased interest shown in the mining development of this section. It is very probable that work will be commenced on the Free Coinage in the course of a few weeks. This property adjoins the Silver Cup on the upper end aud is a property of great promise By the time the snow i.s off the ground it i.s expected that work will be commenced on the Black Diamond at the head of the North Fork and the Little Robert and Westfall groups located in the same vicinitv. That of the Ontario and Sloean Mines Development Co. The Bank of Montreal yesterday ���shipped out by the Dominion express a gold brick from the Athabasca mill which was valued at SS.200. It was consigned to the United States assay office at Helena. The value of the brick shows that the March run at the. Athabasca mill yielded much better returns than that of the previous "month;'as the value of the February run was entered at $6,900.���Nelson .Tribune. ���The shaft on the U. D. Fraction, adjoining the town site, near the Bosun, is down 30 feet. At this depth the ledge has been crosscut and is proven strong from wall to wall. TIt-*'Queen City has been greatly improved in appearance with the work put on it lately by Messrs. Thompson etal. A strong ledge carrying a good copper-gold-silver ore is showing. One hundred feet oftunuel work is to be driven on the Neglected, work on which will be started ttiis week. This property lies between the R. D. Fi action and the Bosun and hasa very promising showing. Five hundred dollars worth of work is to be started on the Turn's, Goat mountain, in a few days' time. This property has the Goat mountain ledge showing upon it. High assays have' been returned from ore taken from it.' According to the engineers' calculations the 1.600 foot tunnel being driven on the Noble Five is within 50 feet of the ledge. A long tunnel is to be run on the Antoine to tap the lead at great depth. The work will be started at once. Work on the March Bird, adjoining the Mollie Hughes group, Goat mountain, has deinonstiated a -l-foot ledge, carrying stringers of high grade ore. Work has been suspended for the pn-.s ent, but will be resumed when the danger from slides is over. The first shipment of ore from the Slocan Star that has been made in many months was sent out last week, and consisted of six carloads. This ore was taken out in the course of recent development. It is now thought possible to start the mill on the 25th inst. Recently Dave Cowan secured the contract of running an SO-foot tunnel on the Silver Queen, a very promising property situated on Great Northern mountain and recently bonded to James Dixon, of ���Vancouver.' In the Beatrice tunnel and shaft there is a splendid showing of ore. From the very grass roots this property has paid, and when supplies are packed up and the men get to work, ore will be made rapidly with the present body. The work of rawhiding the Beatrice ore down to Ferguson is not progressing as favorably as ft..might, but it is expected that when Hugh McPherson puts on his fresh relay of horses at the upper end, the work will proceed more rapidly. The American and Morning Star will be developed as soon as the season is sufficiently advanced and the John L. Group, near the former claim will receive a great deal of attention during the coining summer. The American and Morning Star are bonded to Rossland parties. On tiie Lucky 4, a claim located on Boulder creek, about live miles from Thomson's Lauding and within a short distance of the main wagon road, the chances are excellent for the commencement of a 150-foot tunnel during the early part of J une This property which is owned by Messrs. Cowan and Hickman, is under bond to Mr. Ebslow, of London, Eng. The Nettie L. never looked better than it does at present A few days ago the richest ore yet struck was encountered in the drift. It is heavily charged with gray copper and will run over 1,000 ounces to the ton in silver. This strike which is about three inches in thickness is embedded in the other ore with which the breast of the tunnel fairly glistens. Billy Glenn is busy rawhidding the ore down from the property and is making excellent headway. .Several tons of shipping ore are now lying on the dump besides a great quantity of concentrating material. We are in receipt of a copy of the prospectus just issued by the Ontario and Slocan Mines Development Co., Ltd., on the Canadian group, situated on the divide between Carpenter and Four Mile creeks, two and one-half miles from Sandon and six miles from Silverton. Five claims are embraced in the group, the Adams, Brandon, Katie D., Sarah B., and Hill Top Fraction. The claims were located in 1892, and development by means of tunnels lias proved the existence of large and valuable' veins One thousand two hundred feet of tunnel work hasbeen done on the properties, and two shipments of ore have been made, in all about four tons, which netted the owners, after paying all freight and smelter charges, Si'Jo.oti per ton. Within a radius of two miles are situated the big shippers of Sandon and Three Forks, and the showings oiv the Canadian group are quite as promising as those were of any of the big mines. The officers of the company are George Sleeman, president; G "B. Ryan, vice- president; W. E. Buckingham, secretary-treasurer, all of Guelph, Ont., the director are C. Kloepper, M.P.; .1. C. Keleher, J. A. Hardy, Prof. Jas. Mills, Geo. Newton, of Guelph; Geo. H. Cowan, T. W. Holland, D. II. Wilson, J R. Seymour, of Vancouver, B. C; T. P. Coffee, Toronto; D. J. Brandon, Silverton, and Wm. H. Brandon, of Brandon, B.C. The head office of the company is at Silverton, and the Ontario office at Guelph, Ont. <sS ATWH NEWS I THE SHARE MABKKT. ItOSSIjAND ORE SHIPMKNTS. The shipments of ore from Rossland ���for the week ending April Sth, were as follows: Le Roi mine to Northport; ���2,376; War Eagle, to Trail, 468; Iron Mask, to Trail, 108; total, 2,952 tons. The total for the vear to April Sth was 22,036 tons. The War Eagle has not been able to commence shipping in earn- ��� est. There are over 1,000 tons of broken ��� ore in the workings yet, and it will be another week before the War Eagle is ;in a position to run along with the Le Roi. . The lailway switch into the Centre Star ground over the big trestle is completed, as is the tramway from the War Eagle hoisting plant to the shipping level. The new electrical compressor machinery of the War Eagle has been running light all the week, i ��� off and on, and it will be some con- j siderable time before it conies into use. One side of the big hoist is working, and the ore is being taken out at the 250-foot level. Water is causing more or less trouble in all properties, and in some instances the mines have been obliged to close down for the present. Mr. W. A. Carlyle, general manager of the British America Corporation, who so severely injured his knee cap some five weeks ago, has recovered sufficiently to get about a little, and will be back at his desk in a few days. A number of well-known mining experts have arrived in the camp in connection with the great law-suit of the Iron Mask against the Centre Star,which ���..will commence on April 18th. Cory e& Allen have again struck a good thing after all winter's development work on the Silverite They have exposed what is believed to be the Queen Bess ledge on their property. It is situated on Silver mountain, east of New Denver,and adjoins the Palmito. The Comstock mine, Four Mile, has been closed down temporarilly, and Superintendent' Thomas and" family have left for Vancouver. The mine will probably be. closed down 60 or 90 days, when' all dispute in connection with the lately erected concentrator will have been settled. Ie-RKK MIXERS" r,ICENSKS. Scale of Charges for T.icenses Less Than a Year. Good for BUItDIXC ACTIVrTY. Sandon is looking forward to great activity in building circles the approaching summer. Work on the Ruth tramway will be started soon, employing 25 to 40 men. The Ivanhoe also proposes to erect a tramway in close proximity to the Ruth, and the K. & S. will, it is reported, Dtiild an engine house there as soon as the Nelson & Bedlington road is j completed. A $2,500 church will be i erected by the Presbyterian congregation, and an important addition will be built to the present school house. A much larger skating rink than the present one there will also be erected. In addition to these buildings many other structure are contemplated for business and residential purposes. Victory-Triu in pli Sold . I The current issue of the British Columbia Gazette among other mattera contains the following announcement: "In relact to amend the Mineral and Placer Mining Acts, 1899, made try the Minister of Mines." The following table will show the scale of fees to be charged for free miners' certificates covering onl}7 a portion of the year: Certificates issued between 1st June and 18th June, $5. Between 19th June and 6th July, $4.75. Between 7th July and 24th July, $4.50. Between 25th July and 11th August, $4.25. ' Between 12th, August and 30th August, $4. Between 31st August and 18th September, $3.97. Between 19th September and 7th October. $3.50. Between Sth October and 26th October, $3.25. Between 27th October and 14-th November, $3. Between 1,5th November and 2nd December, $2.50. Between 21st Decembei and 7th January, $2.25. Between Sth January and 25th January, 82. Between 26th January and 12th February, $1.75. Between 13th February and 2ne-l March. $1.50. According to the News-Advertiser last week was sufficiently important from a .share market .point of view. The daily publication of the Toronto quotations, while curtailing space that was before not, sufficient to cope with all the news of tbe mines offering, yet has many advantages for the investing public, and, too, be it said, for the brokers. Locally the market has not been inactive. During the week the Jumbo (Kossland) has been placed on a business-dealing basis, and the Iron Colt, in thesame camp, has had $250,000 provided for the development of the mine. At present there is over 1,500 feet of work done on that property and the directors announce that the available money will be used in developing the lower levels. Slocan stocks have been in demand, despite the eight-hour agitation. A Sandon report says any complications which have been expected to arise as an outcome of the recent eight-hour enactment will probably be obviated by a mutual agreement between the owners and working miners to allow this matter to go by default. As the act provides that no prosecution can be undertaken except by the Inspector of Mines, or by the order of the Minister of Mines, the Slocan district may still remain a "$3.50" camp, if such an arrangement can be satisfactorily concluded. There has been some demand recently for Wonderful stock, and bl/z cents are bid. The stock of the St. Keverne, another Slocan property which is supposed to contain an extension of the Payne ledge, is being bought up at from 2% to 3}i>-cent8. On Saturday the Toronto Mining Exchange held its usual weekly session, when the following sales took place: Tin Horn, 500 at 13; Smuggler, 500 at b%\ Dardanelles, 500; 200; 500; 5,000; 1,000; 1,000 at 10; Monte Cristb, 1,000 at 9; Northern Belle, 500 at 3; St. Elmo, t.< ��� Victorv-Trium'ph, 500; 500; Re- pr and the cause was not understood until a few days ago, when word reached Rossland that explains the reason of the temporary suspension. This property has been sold to a. company known as the Trail Creek Mining Company, which has a capital of ��30,000 sterling. As soon as details of organization have been completed it i.s understood work will be actively resumed, and this i.s a question of but a short time, it is believed that ;the Victory-Triumph will prove a most valuable property and be a big shipper. Its showings of ore at present are large. and 7th April, and 25th April and 13th Mav $1- 75 50 Some time ago the Victorv-Triumph ! .,^Uveen *rd March and 20th March ^'^^.^'I^^^Li^^ii^^h I Between 21st March Between Sth Apri cents. Between 26th Apr cents. Between 14th May and 31st May, 25 cents. These dates are iu all cases inclusive and the practical result is that the licenses will be 25 cents for evsrv IS or 19 days. F. Pyman has again commenced to do business in New Denver. Bring your watches to him when they are out of order. 5,000 at 6/. 5000 at 8%; War Eagle, 200 at $4.67 public, 500 at 36>��. PASSKJffJ-ER BATE RAISED. According to the Nelson Miner the navigation companies plying on Kootenay lake have announced an increase in rates. Enquiry at the. local C.P.R. offices revealed the ,1'act that the International Steamship and Navigation Company approached the C. P. K. and suggested that both of the companies raise the passenger rate to four cents a mile. The C.P.R agreed, and now the orders from headquarters are that all limited tickets on Kootenay lake lie cancelled, and that no reductou on round trip tickets lie. given. It should': be said that the regular passenger rates : of the C.P. R. are five cents a niilej on land, four cents fur water trav The full rate has been charged rig along on Slocan lake and the Columbia river. The rates now to the must important places on Kootenay lake are a.-. follows: To Kaslo 81.8:). instead of 81.50; to Ainsworth *I.Y��. instead of-SI; Pilot Bay SI; Kokanee Creek 'in cents, instead of 50 cents The round fare to tiiese and all other points will he twice the amount of the single fare The mileage from here to Kootenay Lauding has been changed from 52 to 55 miles, which brings the fare up tne. S-2.-2U There is no longer any doubt about it. New Denver's celebration of the Queen's Birthday will eclipse anything of the kind that has ever been held in the Slocan, and will outrival all other events now being advertised for that day. In former years it has been deemed sufficient to raise $500 to defray the expenses of the Slocan celebrations. This amount of money was given in prizes, and the purses and prizes gave entire satisfaction. Last year New Denver did not celebrate, but co-operated with sister towns and helped'to make those celebrations successful. This year New Denver will beat them all. Mo;e than double the usual amount of prize money will be hung up in substantial purses, and man}' costly features are in process of development that will be entirely new and very interesting. The soliciting committee have been more successful than the most sanguine had any hope of, and the $700 limit stated last week has been raised to $1,400, and if this is found to be insufficient $600 will be added to make this tbe most successful event in Kootenay. Never before have the citizens been so desperately in earnest in anything, and nothing shall be wanting in the way of funds, labor or enthusiasm to make the day's sports and amusements such as will not soon be forgotten. Anybody that knows what New Denver , citizens are made of will vouch for this: That when they say they will put up a celebration that will outclass anything ever-attempted on the lake, they will do it, cost what it may. Many rumors are being circulated appertaining to the coming celebration that have no foundation. According to a Silverton report it required onl}' about ten minutes for the painfully zealous sports committee from that burg to travel to Nelson, Rossland, Trail, Kaslo and Sandon, and corral anything and everything in sight. Fortunately for the sports in these several towns, those with authority to speak for them were not in evidence when that corralling committee sizzled by. Our sister camp to the south is laboring under many delusions as a result of that scorching trip Six weeks are yet to elapse befo re the ushering in of the big day, and during this time not a moment will be lost that can be utilized in making more perfect the plans already in operation and well underway. Last week it was impossible tostate with any degree of positiveuess what the plans of the celebration committee are. The committee is not yet- in a position to make any positive statements. As soon as matters are arranged with the clubs at Nelson. Sandon, Kaslo, Rossland and Trail, and the several big events can be promised with certainty, they will be made known. Thus far the committee has been very successful and, while two or three minor points are yet undecided, they are highly pleased with the way things are developing. The undertaking has passed that stage where lavish claims can be made of this thing; or that, and nothing will be given out that is not bona fide. There is ample time for those of neighboring camps to learn what will be the main features of the day. Of this all may be assured: There j will be several most important events in which the largest purses ever put up in this section will he made the incentive to good work. The double-band drilling contest will be made an important fea- j tu re of the day. In addition to these | big-money contests the usual program of j field and aquatic sports will be carried j out. Everv possible obstacle will be j met and overcome that would in any \ way lessen the success of the day'*; celebration. ' .' .' laws, it is quite within the bounds of' possibility that ere long a Mongolian, vote will have to be considered in all political contests. It is true that at the recent Provincial general election, naturalized Chinese who appeared at the. polls were refused permission to register their votes by the officials, but it is questionable whether this action would have been sustained had the matter been taken on appeal to the courts. The question of allowing Mongolians to become naturalized British subjects is a very, serious one, which, unless steps are taken to prevent it, will at no distant date assume, much more formidable proportions.���B. C. Mining Records. POSTAL SERVICE IX KOOTENAY. Whenever the postooffice department is asked to better the postal facilities in Kootenay, the invariable reply is that the revenue is so much less than the expenditure that increased expenditure cannot be thought of The report of the postmaster-general for the year ending June 30th, 1898, shows clearly that any such contention is not based on facts. The revenue from the accounting postofHces in East and West Kootenay exceeds the total expenditures for salaries, rent of offices and transportation of mails by several thousand dollars. The total revenue was S49.886.03 and the total expenditure $40,142 .-12. The following: statement shows the accounting offices in East and West Kootenay^ the gross revenues for the vear, salary and other expenses :.' Ainsworth Donald Field .Fort Steele Golden lilicillemiet Kaslo... Nakusp Nelson Now Denver Pilot Buy : Rerolstoke Rovelstokt; Station. Rogers' J?ass Rossland Sandon Silverton Slocan City ^, Three Forks' Trail Wardner. Total Gross Revenue. .* 700 (il 924 20 085 44 . 2,232 55 . 2,107 16 405 58 . 5,519 01 . 1,(11*.' 40 , 13.130 .5-1 1,171 -17 352 58 . 2,12-1 97 . 2.59-1 52 215 17 1-1.588 51 , -1..-101 OO 018 71 , 2.237 -I'l 501 -17 3.425 (ill 731 79 C'm'sn's, Rent. Fuel and Salary. Liiidit. ���i 2(H) 00 *} 13 S3 400 IX) 13 S3 180 00 45 01 320 00 137 64 470 00 130 OU 200 00 19 75 1,20) 00 335 IS 300 00 12 S5 1,500 00 433 02 400 00 141 84 100 00 9 93 480 OO 253 74 450 <<0 142 44 GO 00 (5 79 3,000 00 .871 13 800 00 411 94 250 00 1 05 3l ;0 00 32 37 200 00 9 59 900 00 17S 70 120 07 39 27 .$49,885 03 .rl2,016 07. 52,007 57 ORE FROM 3IOYIE During the nionth of March Moyie shipped 20 car loads of ore to the smelter at Trail. This is in the neighborhood of 412 tons of a gross value of 332,960, and a net profit to the mine owners of nearly ��16,000. The St. Eugene shioped 370 tons and the Lake Shore made up the balance of 42 tons. Since the first of February, 1899, Moyie has shipped 822 tons of'ore of a total value of over 365,000; As there were 28 days in February and 31 days in March,.59 days in all, it will be seen that Movie's ore shipments have averaged considerably over $1,000 per day for that time. CHIN li* EC AS UKITISH S J; 11,1 KITS. Ill The homlier a girl In-, is to her mother. is the mure help j As a result nf the passage of the Alien e Exclusion Act a number of Chinese and j Japanese claim-holders and miners in I Cariboo have, we-are informed, recently ; made application lo the Guid Yomniis- ; sioner of that district for naturalization ! rights. When this liili was passed it ; may lie safely assumed that such an ! effect was nor contemplated ; and wiiat- i ever may be. >aid for and ayainst the ' employment of Mongolian cheap labor j by industrialists in this country, few. '' we imagine, would be prepared to ['go to ihe extreme of welcoming- low-caste Orientals as fellow-citizens, and as such entitled to all the privileges ���including the. franchise���enjoyed by native-born British subjects in British Columbia. Vet. under our present ���Smelters Increasing Capacity. A Tacoma despatch, dated April 6th, says: The work of quadrupling the size of the Tacoma smelter is progressing rapidly. The new stacks are nearly- finished and work has commenced on new roasters. Heretofore the smelter has handled 50 tons of ore daily. With its new facilities its capacity will be increased to '200 tons daily". Manager Rust is buying ore throughout the northwest���from Alaska and British Columbia to Colorado. A Northport report says, under date of April 6th: After.a shut-down of over two months the big plant of the Le Roi Mining and Smelting company has resumed work. The long shut-down has worked considerable'hardship on the big force of men ordinarilly employed in and about the works A new blast furnace is in course of construction, and i when completed the plant will have a : daily out put of about i;i)u tons of ore. i Daily .shipments from the Le Roi mine j at Rossland to the smelter are being i made, and when ore is shipped from the ; Columbia, and Kootenay mine, it is be- ; lieved that not less than from 600 i to suo tons of ore. will he treated ; daily. The plant, when in full operation, employs from iion to h.i.i men, and disburses in salaries from .-SI5,001) 'fo .���*oiuK.iii monthlv. SI-KIN*- ASSIZKSJ. ual The B. C. Gazette contains the u; notice of .Spring Assizes as follows : Victoria, April Tilth: Xew Westminster, April IL'rh ; Vancouver, April, l.Stb ; Nanaimo, April ISth; Vernon, April 20th; Kamloops, April 25th: Nelson, April 30th. Choice Lemons, Fresh Eggs and Ifazelwood Butter at BourneBros. THE LEDGE, NEW DENVER- B.C., APRIL 18, 1899. Sixth Year The Ledge. Published every Thursday. R. T. LOWERY, Editor and Financier. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Three mouths '. ������? .75 Six " 1.25 Twelve " 2.00 Three years , :. 5.00 Transient Advertising, 25 cents per line lirst in sertion, 10 cents per line subsequent insertions nonpareil measurement. TO CONTRIBUTORS. Correspondence from every part of tbe Kootenay District and communications upon live topics always acceptable. "VVrite on both sides of the pai>er if you wish. Always send something good do matter how crude. Get your copy in while it s hot, and we will do the rest. A pencil cross in tins square indicates that your subscription is due, and that, the editor wishes once again to look at your collateral. > f BUKSDAY, APRIL 13, 1899. REMOVK TIIE DUTY ON LEAD. The Victoria Colonist in a recent issue prints a letter from "A Slocan Mine Owner," which takes the ground that the true interests of his class and the province generally, so far as lead ores are concerned, will be better served by the abolition of the United States duties on lead ore than in any other way. The question is one of practical business. The position taken by the correspondent is that the mine owners will be better served by having the largest possible market for their output than in any other way that can be suggested. He is in touch with man}1- of the lead ing mine owners of this section of Kootenay, and claims that he expresses the views of these people. The views expressed are worthy of careful consideration and are of sufficient importance to be presented to the Dominion government. The subject is one upon which there may be a diversity ot sentiment, but in regard to which there should be perfect unanimity of object, and that the promotion of the best interests of lead mining in the Kootenay. (INCALLKD-FOK LEGIST. ATJ ON. The enactment of the eight-hour law by the late legislature was without exception the most uncalled-for ���piece of legislation that has ever been placed upon the statute books. The men working underground in the metaliferous mines, and they are the parties affected by the law, are claiming that they never asked for such legislation and do not want it. The mine owners complain that such a law is most unjust to them, and ask for it to be repealed. In this section the law has not a supporter in any class. In speaking thus we do not mean that all classes are opposed to the law insofar as it makes eight hours a day's work. If that could be made.the law throughout the land then would it become a God-send to the work-a-day world. But to attempt to enforce it here, and at this time, can have but one result, and that is trouble between miner and mine-owner to start with, followed by the closing down of all the working properties, and finally, making this a $3 camp, for the mines would not resume operations and pay the miners more than $3 per day. Anything that tends to lower the scale of wages is decidedly detrimental to a mining camp. That is the one thing that must be avoided so far as possible by the miners and mine-owners of the Slocan. The present scale of $3.50 for 10 hours' work underground is fair enough. There is no complaint on this score. The mine-owners are as satisfied to pay it as the miners are to accept it, and where such harmony prevails it is an outrage to inject the 8-hour ' 'bone of contention," that must eventually work injury to the very men in whose behalf it was framed and enacted. ���'TltKASIlKV STOCK" I> KVKI.O IM N<J. I'nE. >ld plan of trying to develop mines by sales of treasury stock" has practically' been abandoned in this section. It was productive of too manv failures, and, as was the case particularly in the Rossland camp, where this method was worked to death, ��oo many "dead corporations." The Spokesman-Review' sizes the matter up correctly in a recent issue. Under the old method a group of promoters would organize a mining company, divide the promo'er's j shares among themselves, set aside a ; part of the stock for the treasury, and j invite the speculating public to put up the funds required for development. If the public failed to respond, as was usually tho case, the company came to an end of its resrtirces, work was suspended, all interests lost hope, and the company "winked out" of existence. In many instances debts were contracted and the companies lost their property. The assessment plan hasbeen found much more satisfactory, and a combination method of treasury stock and assessable shares is also meeting with favor. Under the assessment plan, each stockholder must contribute his share of the funds required for development, line refuse,' sufficient of his stock will be sold to meet the assessment. But it will be well to remember that the assessment plan can be made to lend itself to gross abuses. In the hands of an unscrupulous management, it can be made an effective means ot persistent plunder. Investors should be suspicious of a management which may show a secretive disposition and try to withhold information concerning the expenditure of the company funds and the results of development. The trick of concealing the true condition of. a valuable mine, while the stockholders are discouraged by persistent assessments, in order that the management may depress the stock and buy it in at sacrifice prices, is as old as corporation mining. Only one means of circumventing the dishonest mine official has ever been or ever will be invented, namely, don't trust your money to his manipulation. UIUTISH COI,U3IBIA'S SIIA.BR. In the year ending June 30, 1898, British Columbia contributed to the . revenueof the Dominion the enormous j sum of $2,349,963, not including the large amount paid in the shape of duties and excise on goods purchased in the eastern provinces for consumption here, which later amount, the Victoria Colonist thinks, is sufficient to swell our total contribution to three millions,'which is equal to $20 per head for 15C.000 people. At that rate the people of the whole Dominion ought to contribute upwards of a hundred millions to the revenue, or more than two and a half times their actual contribution. Those who do not care to accept these figures may vary them as they please, except the amount first named, which is official, and the result will be that the people are paying far and away beyond their share of the taxes of Canada, from the per capita point of view. This is not to suggest that some special means should be devised to lighten the taxation of British Columbia, for that would be both absurd and impossible. The idea is that the province should receive something like a relative share of the public expenditure. Not that there ought to be expended in this province two and a half times as much per capita as in the other provinces. What ought to impressed upon the public mind is that the province is more than paying its share ot the cost of keeping the Dominion going, that every dollai" .expended in opening the province and bringing in population means a direct return to the revenue two and a half times as great as money spent for similar purposes elsewhere, that the province has in a sense a vast sum to its credit in the shape of a surplus of its contributions over all the expenditures ever made on its behalf, and therefore that, when demands are made for consideration in the future, they are entitled to respect not only on the score of fair play but on good business principles. "How the mighty have fallen." Kenneth ffarington Bellairs, the broker, author, newspaperman, and all-round sport, who amused the peo pie of Rossland by his breezy eccentricities in the Times of that city until a few weeks -ago, and whose undaunted nerve and ready intellect have made him notable in three continents, fell from a second-story window in Spokane last week while under the influence of liquor, and sustained injuries that wiil probably prove fatal. This man Bellairs was one of keen abilities. He had traveled, he had read, he had written. But probably the most interesting thing about him was his middle name. The Devil Fish ���ilfllltiBhi 1*1 0 Is truly a formidable enemy in its native element, and has been known to attack boats when enraged. A man caught in its terrible embrace is immediately drawn under water to a horrible death. amtk' of Montreal Tim; I'NSEKX COItD. Tlii'i-c. i�� nil unseen '-unl'that hinds The whole wide- world t<e<-e-thi'r : 'I'ln-eiiiurh every human life it winds. TliYeim- invsterloli- ietlie'r. Il links .-ill r.-n'e". iiml :ill lands 'I'hroimii'iul their sji.-ui ;i I J* >t t ��-*I: Anil dentli ;il'.Hi' lii-lie-s tint sirand Which find himself tns UnYti-d. However hinnhle lee yw !������(. Ileiivii'i'i' vmir In. nils iii-o f.-ifcri'd. Ykii c-iiin i think a ii��Ue thought Mill .ell rhe we.rhl i- hetiered. Wi;h ever.' impulse, 'level, "r will WlKTeiiiJ hive blends wi'.h duly. A iin'S-iiure si-e.e'ds aloiiH the i'(.>nl Thiet rive- tin: earth ni'-re he-anty. Weiir unkind thought. \-"iir selfish deed. I- ie-lt in i';ii-lli.'st pliicr-.-.: The'i-e are- no solitudes where u-rccd And wi - can hide llndr C-iee-.- Tlicre: :i i-" no <i'p:\v:;. <e lives : 111;; chain. Too snl.th' lor e.iir seeing. I'nili's us sill iijioie the' plain i ��f mii.er.--ul li.-inv. ��� Kike Whi'.'li'l' Wilcox. Scrofula Is a disease that might almost be classed with the devil fish for loathsomeness, and its victims are legion. Now as Spring is drawing near and your sy stem perhaps weakened by the strain of a severe winter, and your blood weak and watery, you , might be an easy victim for some such loathsome disease. Be warned in time. Your blood is poor and bad. Begin at once a rigorous course of treatment with that best of all blood purifiers and spring tonics��� Fax'sSarsaparilla For sale at��� Nelson's Drug & tsook Store New Denver, B. C. California Wine Co., ������ NELSON, B.C. Established 1817. Capital (all paid up) $12,000,000.00 Reserved fund : : 6,000,000.00 Undivided profits : : 981,328.04 HEAD OFJTICE, MONTREAL. Rt. Hon. Lord Strathcona a.id Mount Royal, G.C.M.G. President. Hon. G. A. Drummond, Vice President, E. S. Clodston, General Manager, Branches ia all parts of Canada, Newfoundland, Great Britain, and the United States. New Denver branch E. P17T, Manager pmi^nmiua'Hiaw^wqa <&j ��maa xu tsw^nvn ^w* We do what we advertise to do. Sight Draft isn't necessary Queen's VMHEIMMX CBB9DI Dealers in Choice Wines Fragrant Cigars. and To draw, your attention to our store. Good goods nre the best magnet we can g e t���g o o d enough for us and ought to satisfy you-but it requires something more than this to convince you that you can spare a few dollars even "in these hard times for a piece of Furniture that would, be a comfort to the home. We don't expect to interest you in thesr* col ��� every week, but every week we intend' to try ���we call your attention to another line of cheap���-but handsome���Rockers just in from Berlin, Ont �� ��� ��� Those who are patriotic will celebrate in SILVERTON. The following prizes will be competed for: Baseball Match���(Championship of the <�� j QQ Koo'.enays) .. -.'..- ; Reel Race���Hub and Hub S I 00 Horse Race��� Open to all comers <g| OK Drilling Contest���Double-hand, open <R I Kfl to the world ; ..V.^1 OU Caledonian Sports���The usual events��� $ I P)Q aggregating W .. ^ Lacrosse Match .. ,<g I QQ Single Fare on Railroads and. Steamship lines. Silverton invites you ail. Write for Prices. Our Stock is the Largest in Kootenay j WALKER & BAKER. A mp'Inirt nf fi*f>e<h o'l-nr-prip-- iiu'lnri- i >ow ^���"���!-"'W>,�� Dealers and K(;]>uii*��rt* A cai load OI tiesi! glOCeilOS, niUUCl , Denvel.*s Dnrtertakcis and Emhiihners. ing- a great variety of canned goods just received at Bourne Bros X. n.���We have the only practical Unde-rtaker and Embalmer tiding business in the Slocan. C. S. RASIIDALL. ,;; Xotnry Public. A. E. FAUQUIER. RASHDALL & FAUQUIER MINES & REAL ESTATE. -NEW DENVER, B.C. MINING INTERESTS BOUGHT, SOLD AND BONDED. CORRESPONDENCE INVITED Alisti-acts of Title to mineral claims. OTEL SANDON, ?v\ ^ ^r\ y^S. ^A vft- Sandon, B.C. w lie wlin liv(is by his wits alone if> lutwiibroktirs best customer. ANY. lands have many climes, and many lands have scenery wild and weird that attract tourists from distant shores, thousands of miles away. But none of the lands of world renown can outrival the Beautiful Lake Slocan, It is more than beautiful, it is grand. At no time in the year is it more beautiful than in the month of May. At no point on the lake can the grandeur of it all be seen so advantageously as from New Denver Here the scope is perfect. To induce the citizens of the inland empire to take an outing and come this way the citizens of New Denver are preparing a celebration for May 24th that will outclass anything of the kind heretofore attempted in the Slocan. Ample funds have been placed at the committee's disposal to make the celebration a success. This is to be a bona fide celebration, not something that can he thrown together in ten minutes and dished up at "two-for-a-quartor." Warch tlii'' spn en I'.ir iulhT 'l.lnils. Tli" inijeiiiYiiH i-vents, v.-ii li I he* b mii 'iel.- [ir ���'/.<���* ' 'ta: ;U'C I" be i-i(V..|-;.(l. will in; pub! islle-il When I lie c ���!!!- liiitte.'i' succ.���(��� !.- in i-ll'i'i-t.s nii'.v in h.iii'i. Any content, nilvei'l ised in this s;i;u%; will pe>..iit\-<..]y crime off. .JOHN WILLIAMS. Seei-.!,. it -__.>=* WW_><4 WW_Jbs5 S< 3*4 &sC >-���>. (*3*C ~yas tear"WSR* j2<~" ">*a( P^ ">��l ��>C WW >d WiwW fessL _.>*�� *kC THIS NEW HOUSE, with the old name, is well equipped to accommodate a large number of Guests. The building is plastered and the rooms are unsurpassed for comfort in the Slocan, while in the Dining Room can be found the best food in the market. Robert Cunning, Proprietor. The Clifton House, Sandon. Hus-imple.accommodations for ;i lar^e nimibei-of people The rooms ni-c liirg-e und airy, .and the. Dining- Room in provided with everything in the market Sample Rooms for Commercial Travelers. John Buckle}', Prop. Dealers in Hardware, Tin and Graniteware, Miners'Supplies, Paints, Oils, Glass and Patty, Doors & Windows. SLOCAN CITY, B.C.- i X/L XA/l J\ AX X A XXXX/L XA XXXA A/t XA W. S. Dhkwhv KnsloYRf- II. T. Twice Xew Denver. IVC. -8 ' DREWRY & TWIGG [Y'iniiiioii iiiiel Provincial Lami Surveyi.;-.-.. Civil iiinl Minim; Knirineors. Bedford, MeXoil CVicI,.-. ,lY''K'a>l)dall \-JTiiiKiuiei-, Au'Cii!*-. i it g. !��Y-\nH'ii':i:. NOTARY PUBLIC. i i Xiil-.ii.-p. Il.f". j -J -TOWARD AVKSrI\ I A^dc 1! S M, Ij.'iiii.'in. Kiiii MINING lONUlNEEii, 1 ANALYTICAL CHEMIST. 1 e. \(,q*yi.-p ] " :������ ���~ ,\. AW^ I J.H. j ^j ^ L GRTMMETTj L L B l'l-eiperlies eNamiiied .".nd n-peirli'd 'en >��������� '" W ' "BAPy'TSTF'P tf'iidiitir |)ui-ehiisei-d. ' J ' ' .A-.-viy eelliec ,'iii(l Chemical Lalinraiory, Uel! j viic ave X'ew Di'iiver. M ('. J. H. MILLWARD, IU "MA J. J �� > IJHI ��� H u 111J ,m Av. Writer NEW DENVER, Solicitor, Notary Public, Etc. S,-iiidon, B. C. ���i Sixth Year. THE LEDttE, NEW DENVER, B.C., APRIL 13 1899. LAMENT OF A LITTLE GIRL. My brother Will, be used to he The nicest kind of girl. He wore a little dress like ine And had his hair in curl. We played with dolls and tea sets then, And every kind of toy ; But all those good times are gone. Will turned into a boy. Mamma has made him little suits, With pockets in his pants, And cut off all his yellow curls And sent them to my aunts. And Will, he was so pleased, I believe. He almost jumped with joy, 3ut I must owii I didn't like Will turned into a boy. And now he plays with horrid tops I don't know how to spin, 4nd marbles that I try to shoot, But never hit or win. And leapfrog���I can't {jive a back Like Charley, Frank or Roy. Oh, no one knows how bad I feel Since Will has turned a boy 1/ I have to wear frocks just the same, And now they're mostly white, I have to sit and just be good While Will can climb and fight, But I must keep my dresses nice And wear mv hair in curl; And. worse���oil, worstest thing of all��� I have to stay a girl! venomously and deeply than if they had a dagger. "��� I will give an instance of what! mean, and this again, is true. A certain very charming little lady is very popular'with members of the opposite sex, and the number of her sweethearts is legion She is very pretty and vers'' up to-date, and I am quite"sure, as straig'ht as a die. She likes fo flirt, and she does it openly and aboveboard and I think that it Is her very frankness and straightforwardness that makes her so popular with men. She is also an exceedingly clever needlewoman, and has .excellent taste, so that she is able to dress exceedingly well on an allowance that the majority of women would turn their noses up at. One evening she was present at a reception where I was. A lady, who greatly detested her, came and kissed her, and said in the highly clear voice affected by society dames nowadays: "You look quite too fascinating tonight, dear, but where is Captain ������, isn't he with you?" "No," answered the girl laughingly. "He is not here to-night. My cavalier i.s Lieut Stars." "OhW might have known vou SORTER MISS VOU. Sorter miss you, as the spring Misses birds that use fr siug ; As the gardens, after snow Miss the flowers that blessed 'em so, An' the sigh has drowned the song :��� Sorter miss you all day long! Sorter miss you��� jjiue to see That dear face God made fer ine ; Can't find nothiu' in the skies Half as bine as your bright eyes. Don't know ef it's right or wrong- Sorter miss you all day long! Sorter miss vou ! Don't you know It's because I love you so That in earth, or heaven above, Nothin's sweeter than your love V Dearie, sighin 's drowned the song: Sorter miss you all day long! ���Frank Stanton. ttG&99Q&9G&9GQ99&>����9#9&��999��>6��e&<8��&9G9G99Q&Q9 THE HKAVKN OF LOVE. ; of golden TO KIPLIXG,. FKOM ATKINS. had a new cavalier," rejoined the lady, "I see you have a new dress on " I do not think I ever heard anvthing more im on paiters. since we 'card j despicably venomous than'that remark. The, poor little woman .flushed up and the tears came into her soft eyes, and the. pleasure of the evening was spoilt for her. There's a reg'lur . . that you was il!: , I An' you might be in a 'orspital; the barracks is ' so still; We 'ave all been mighty anxious, since we 'card it on parade; An' we ain't no cowards, neither, hut I own we was afraid. I rose at midnight and beheld the sky Sown thick with stars, like grams sand Which God had scattered loosely from His hand Upon the floorways of His house on high ; And straight I pictured to my spirit's eye The giant worlds, (heir course hy wisdom planned, The weary wastes, the gulfs no sight hath spanned, And endless time for ever passing by. Then lillcd witli wonder and a secret dread, I crept to where my child lay fast asleep, With chubby' arm beneath his'golden head. What cared I then for all the stars above V One little face shut out the boundless deep, One little heart revealed the heaven of love. ���Frederick George Scott. There are many ways Another An' we prayed 'ard and earnest; -Oli, Gawd, don't take 'im yet! Just let 'Ini stop and 'dp us ; An' warn, -lost wc forget'!" His .irotlw;rN Son. Il's Tin-sergeant said : --'E won't gut round. 'three rounds blank' for 'im ! 'E won't write no inure stories!'' And our 'opes was bluoiiiin' dim. But you'ad always 'elped T. Atkins, an' though " things did look blue��� Well! we ain't much 'anils at prayin'. hut we did our best for you. ' " 'E mustn't die; we want 'im ! 0, Gawd, don't take him yet; Spare 'im a little longer ! "E wrote-Lest we forget'!" We'card that you was fightiii"ard���just as we knew vou would; ���But we 'ardly 'oped you'd turn 'is Hank; they said vou 'ardly could ; But the news 'as come this mornin', an' I'm writin' 'ere to say, There's no British son more 'nppy than your ok) friend Thomas A. "0, Gawd, we're ail so grateful You 'ave left 'im with us yet. To 'old us in, and 'nit us, Lest we, lest we forget!" ���J. O. C.,in London times SAVED JUT HIS POWDEII-HOIW Aii old sea-captain.affirms that he had an exciting experience 21 years ago on one of the smaller islands pine group. During a voyage Francisco to Hong Kong, reports a cor respondent of the St. Louis Globe-Demo crat, his crew mutined. some food and water, a gun and a fiask of powder, and, putting him into a small boat, set him adrift. A great many people go into advertising with wrong ideas. Some think that all that is necessary ��� to produce results is to inssrt an advertisement in a paper and then sit around und wait lor the shekels to come in to them; others think thatadvertising" is a species of blackmail levied by a ncAvapaper publisher, and give the ad solicitor the cold shoulder with as much zeal as if he were unfortunate enough to be a book- agent. There are others who say: "Oh, yes, advertising undoubtedly pays such a one because he uses a large space," ncTer thinking of other side"of the case���that if the other fellow could afford to take a large space because it made money for him, he himself could do the same tiling with equal chance of success. The first trouble with advertisers is that they do not set out upon their work in the right way. Here are a few pointers, culled from years of experience : Take space oii the; same lines as you take goods���the best space you can afford for wlmt you are led to believe you will receive in return. Fill advertising in it. Quote prices ireeiy���prices are tne only criterion between two advertisers, both of whom fire unknown fo readers. Indulge They gave him jJl little in personalities about yourself��� never mention a competitor. Tell what people would ask about your goods���tell it briny,'-clearly, pointedly. Avoid mere talk for talk's sake, years ago un ueneve you win receive in it in the Philip- the space taken with meaty f ,���o f,.���, c,��� matter���"stuff " with life'in age ftom San .^ ^^.^^ are the "My niece Mary was "always a well- meaning girl, but she ������would say the wrong thing almost every time," said one old gentleman to another; "and she's got a boy that's going to be her very counterpart." The old gentleman's eyes twinkled, and his ugly, good-natured face was puckered with enjoyment as he drew from his pocket-book a small sheet of notepaper. "I sent Hal a toy monkey that plays all kinds of pranks -when it's wound up," said he, chuckling. "Sent it to him for Christmas. Now do you listen to this letter of thanks I got'from him to-day. He's just eight.years old: " Dear Uncle Ned: ' 1 am delited with the money, thank you He makes me think of you very often. And whenever mamma winds him up, and he begins to jump, mamma and I feel as if we were back at your house where all those toys are, and mamma will look at the munkey and say, " That's your Uncle Ned all over." " 'Good-bye from " 'your greatfull Hal.'" Tiie Unit, Value of Lead. CM Of lifting the load of trouble from the shoulders of the weary, wayworn traveller as he passes on his way. To know just what to do and when to do it has puzzled the minds of some of the greatest hotel men of the age. We do not claim any great superiority over others, but we have learned by close attention to the requirements of our patrons what best pleases them and adds to the comforts and popularity of our house. Pioneers of the .Slocan were our patrons when the clouds of adversity darkened the trails of every camp in Kootenay, and they are with us still now when the suns of prosperity shine forth in splendor making mellow the heart of man. Canadian ANDSOO LINE. For those who want the St James Hotel New Denver JACOBSON & CO. h e a �� EAST best WEST To any point in United States or .Canada Tourist Cars pass Kevelstoke daily for St. Pa ul Thursdays for Montreal and Boston; Tuesdays and Saturdays for Toronto. First-class Sleeper on all Main Line Trains. Tickets issued and Baggage checked to destin ation. No Cu-toms Difficulties. CONNECTIONS Eevelstoke and main line points. 8:I"'kDaily: lv���Denver C. Siding���ar: Daily If. 60k 8:351c ex.Sumllv N. Denver Ldg: arex. Sun.l6:00k XKI.SON, TIlAir., 1-OSSr.ANI), ETC. firoOk ox. Sun: Iv X. Denver Ldg: arex.S-uii 14.00k Ascertain rates and full information hy �� dressing nearest local agent or��� G. B. GARRETT. AgentXew Denver. W. F. Anderson, Trav. Pass. A (ft.. Nelson. E. ,f. Co.vle, Dist. I'ass. Agt., Vancouver. How to get there is via C. 1'. Ry & Soo Line. fl- SYSTEM. I NELSON efc FORT SHKHPARD CO. RED .MOUNTAIN RY CO. HOTEL CTO.RIA ^jl?- J. SQUIRE Nelson, B. C. Merchant Tailor. JOHN V. PERKS, Prop. HEATED BV UfiT A IP and Electric il l^ I M.n Bells mid Light in every room.... THE MAST.ER OK THK HOUSE. He cannot talk, he cannot speak. Nothing: he knows of books or men ; ITe is the weakest of the weak. And has not strength to hold a i��n. He hits no pocket and no purse, Nor ever yet has owned a penny ; He has more riches than his nurse, Because he wants not any. He rules his parents by a cry And holds them captive ley a smile��� A d:snot strong through infancy, A king- through lack" of guile. He. lies upon his back anil crows. Or looks with grave, eves on his mother. What can he mean '? But 1 suppose Thev understand each other. Indoors or out, early or late. There is no limit io his sway. For, wrapped in baby clotlics'o! He governs night and day. state. Kisses lie taks as rightful due, And Turk-like has his slaves to dress h'ni; H is subjects bend before him, too��� I'm one of them. God bless him ! After thirty-eight hours on the ocean j or "to fill up with,' as you wou d avoid the captain reached an island and was j a sheriff's stile���space is too valuable a promptly seized by savages, who con-1 commodity to be wasted in such a way. ducted him inland Except that he was Keep advertising all the time-buyers forbidden to go to the waterside, he had do-not take vacations the freedom of thu island and was well! treated. But after he had been eight! months with the natives, he learned, | naturally to his dismay, that they had J planned to do him the honor of sacrific- j ing him to their god at their next great J festival. I Protestations were useless. He had ! just one chance for his life, and at night j he made several secret visits to the i ghastly spot on the mountainside where j sacrifices were made. As his "turn" I drew near, he tried to tell his captors | that he had communed with inferior] spirits, and he had discovered that their \ god forbade his death. But although j the savages listened respectfully, pre- l parations for the ceremony were never ! stopped. ! On the morning of the fatal day he J was aroused at an early hour by two j attendants of the medicine-man, and ; hurried toward the sacred mountain, i The sun was well up when the ascent! began, and the captain dragged along ! as slowly as possible, often glancing at j thesun,'which was beating on the mountainside. As he came in sight of the altar he craned his neck, and observed the sunlight stealing toward the stone. Turning, he warned the priests that divine wrath would be hurled on them and their altar if they attempted to proceed, but their only answer was to push steadily onward. Below him, gazing upward, were the villagers, some watching the proceedings with anxiety, for they more than half believed what he said. *' They had arrived at the stone altar, and the captain had turned again to appeal to the priest, when there was a loud explosion, and the altar was hurled heavenward with a deafening noise,while the priests fell on their faces. When the smoke rolled away, the crowd on the hillside could be seen prostrating themselves and bowing towards the captain. Ha was escorted back to the village and treated as a god. Nothing was too good for him. He was allowed the liberty of the island, and two months afterward succeeded in fitting out his boat, and one night shoved off in the direction of Manila, where he arrived after a two days' sail. During his captivity the American had , The unit value of lead ore is based on New York, quotations at S4 per LOO pounds, says the Denver Mining- Reporter. Each per cent, of lead contained in ore is equal to as many units Ore carrying" 50 per cent, of lead (or 50 units) is worth, for example, 60 cents per unit, or 50 times 60, equals $30 per ton, if New York quotation is S4 per hundred. For each decline or rise of 5 cents in the New York price a deduction or addition of 1 cent should be made. For instance, if the New York quotation on the day of settlement is $3.95,.then 1 cent from' the price (60 cents) should be taken, making- 50 cents as the settlement price.- and so on, as the New York price is above or below $4. This method has been generally adopted throug-hout Colorado for the settlement of the price of load ores, or so says the State Ore Sampling- Company. Bourne Bros, have a nice line of Field, Garden, Flower Seeds and Onion Sets. Anything- not in stock can be procured upon short notice. Large and well lighted Sample Rooms Hourly Street Car between hotel and Station. Free bus meets all trains Reasonable Rates. REVELSTOKE Full Line of Suitings and Trousering's aJwavs on hand. NOTICE. YYfE THE UNDERSIGNE \ t that the partnership heretofore existing. hereby tfive notice between us, under the style or firm of Steire & Avi- son. as hotel keepers at the Newmarket hotel, at New Denver, B C, has this day been dissolved by mutual consent. All accounts due to the late firm of Stege & Avison uuisr be paid forthwith to Henry Stege, and all accounts due by tho said late ifrm will be paid by Henry Stege. HENRY STEGE, THOMAS AVrSON. "Witness: Chaklks S. Rakhpam., Notary Public. Dated. January -24, ISM. SP. B.C ESALE GROCE Agents for B. (J. Sugar Refinerv and Royal Citv Planing Mills." The all rail and direct route between the Kootenay ..District and.. All British Columbia Fonts Pacific Coast Points Paget .Sound Points Eastern Canada and the United States. Connects at Spokane with GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY O. R. R. & NAVIGATION CO. HE K.EPT THE SEAT. A man who hud not been, to church for a long- time, says a London , exchange, linally barkened to the persuasions of his wife and decided to go. He g-ot the family all tog-ether, and they started early. Arriving- at the church there were' very few people in it and no pew openers at hand, so the man led Id's family well up the aisle and took possession of a nice pew. Just as fche service was about to beg-in a pompous looking- old man came in, walked up to the door of the pew and stood there, exhibiting evident surprise tliat it was oceupied. The occupants moved, over and offered him room to sit down, but he declined to be seated. Finally the old man produced a card and wrote upon it with a pencil. ".'I pay for this pew.'' "He g-ave the card to the strange ominaiit, who, had he been like most people, would have at once got up and left. But the intruder adjusted his g-lasses and with a smile read the card. Then he camly wrote beneath it: ���'How much do you pay a year?" To this inquiry the pompuous old rOR CROI IERS. BEADS. St An- P" thonv's Medals, Little Chaplet of St. Anthony and Cancelled Postage Stamps, write to Agency Bethlehem Apostolic School, 158 Shaw St., Montreal, Que. J. M. M. BENEDUM, Silverton. CERTIFICATE OF liWPBOVEIKIENTS J\I.oii(1iiy, Monday Fractional, Sunshine, Kh.su Fractional, Yakima, Oregon and Mine Mineral Claims. Situate in the Slocan Mining Division of West ICootenay District. Where located: At the head of Howson Creek. j rpA KE NOTICE that I, William S. Drewry, act- JL ing as agent for the Sunshine Mining Com- nanv," Limited; Free Miner's certificate No. 12071 A. intend, sixty days front the date hereof, to apply to the Mining Recorder for certificates of Improvements, for "the purpose of obtaining a crown grant of each of the above claims. And further lake notice that action under Sec. 37 must be commenced before the issuance of such certificates of improvements. Dated this :11st day of October. lSflS. W. S. DREWRV. Leaves Nelson 9:40 a. m,. < Maps furnished, Tickets sold and information given by local and connecting line Ticket agents C. G. DIXON, G. P. & T. A. Spokane, Wash INTERNATIONAL NAVIGATION & TRA'DINCCO., LTD. Summer Time Card effective June 20, ISiiS. Subject to change without notice. SS. INTERNATIONAL. South Bound North Bound Read down. Read up. sandon Train lvs Dally, 1.00 pm Train ar daily "io.nO am KASLO ,: ar " u.-l/i pm Train lv '' s 00 am OBoat Iv 3.80 am ���Kaslo��� Moat av's.HO pro -��� ,30 am <5" ;i fl.OO am o " 5.30 am �� Boat art;., in am 7.15 am Ainsworth Pilot Bay Balfour Five Mile Pt Nelson a Train ar 10.05 am Northport Train = " 1120 am Rossland ���~ ������ 3 io pin Spokane: 7.30 pm = (i.-lo pm S (i.io pm7- 5.23 pm if Iv 4.45 pm ' lvl.55 pm >. 12.05 pm r ���S.30am*5 o**eV- v*> Y,\ Vv M- ..Hciided io and to lU�� ill ipiiifiit.- Read n- I The Liberal use of made fortunes printer's ink has for many a man who would have made a miserable failure of life without it SS. ALBERTA. Read down. Sandon Daily train Iv 1.00 pm Daily train ar 10.50 aili Kaslo " ������������'>��� ���1.'i-r> pm ���' iv x.oo am .jj Boat Iv.i.OD pm Mo&T Boat ar 1.00 p:n ���e-S ���- 0.20 pm Ainsworth ll'iafc ar 11.10 pm_ gy? ��� 7.00 pm Pilot Bay ���' 11 CO pm t c-i " lO.oo pm Kuskouook ������ 'UiO pin-; ������ I2.0<>p!ii Goat River " il.OO pm^j ������ 1.00 an;, Boundarv '������ a.oopmi, = ���' ar S.00 am Bonner's F'ry ��� Iv2.00pm~ y-Trniii Iv]].4o ain ������ Train ar 1.15 pm 5 a i- 2.45 jim Spokane.- '���' lv 7.50 a ma: ���2i SPECIAL KOOTENAV LAKE SERVICE, Commencing .June 20,1SDS. On Monday, Thursday and Friday ss Alberla will leave Kaslo 5 p. m. for Ainsworili, Pilot Bay, and Nelson. Leaving Nelson at S a. m., Tues- eiay, Friday and Saturday, c-allin-r at Pilot Bav, Ainsworth and Kaslo, and all way points. GEORGE A LENA NDER, Gen'l Mgr P. O. Box 122. Kaslo. B.C. 810 k SLOCAN RY Havana Mineral Claim. ,^-entleinan, still standing, thou wrote, the'powder from the flask he hud pre- ; abruptlv I) employed his time mining the altar with ;f Situate in the Slocan Mining Division of AVest Kootenay District.- Where located: On North Fork of Carpenter Creek, about one and one-half miles from Three Porks, B. C. TAKE NOTICE that I, E. M. Sandilands, F. M. C. No. 111II2A, agent for Henrietta Gintzbiir- ger. F.M.C.Xo. 32915 intend,HO days from the date hereof, lo apply to Ihe Mining Recorder for a Certificate of Improvements, for the purpose of obtaining a Crown Grant of the above claim. And further fake notice that action, under -eccHon "7. must be commenced before the issuance of such certificate of Improvements. Uiifeil this 4th day of March. Ittid. SW served. A fuse was made with a piece of reed stuffed full of powder, and liro was furnished by the crystals of his chronometer, which he iiud fastened together and filled with water to form a bumine:-glass. CllUEr.T' OP SPEECH. Below is a good thing- from the, pen of Lillie Harris in the Winnipeg' Free Press: ���'I will now speak of the licensed cruelty that is practised every day��� I horrible, wicked, murderous cruelty of speech Go into a modern drawing-'. room and hear "-entee.l, apparently well- bred women discuss an absent one. : You will understand what I mean about cruelty. The half ii men does, tlr.'. up-: raising- of delicate eye-brows, the little! cough, the veiled suggestions. Yes, it ; is wicked to murder, to transgress a : commandment, but it is quite lawful. ; and proper, and fashionable, to kill a ' reputation out of some wanton amuse-: ment, for the pleasure of being thought | smart: and then, with what refinement! of cruelty two rival women greet each j other, a lid whilst they give their Judas-; kiss stab with their tongues, far more '���Ten pounds," The stranger smiled as though he ! were pleased, looked around to compare the pew (with others, admired its nice cushions and furnishings and wrote back: "I don't biame vou It is well worth it.'" The pompous old gentleman at that stage collapsed into his seat. The National Advertiser tell a story of an old bachelor who bought a pair of socks and found attached to one of them a, slip of paper witli these words: 'T am a young lady of 20, aud would like to correspond with a bachelor with a view to matrimony ?" Name and address were given. The bachelor wrote and in a few days got this letter : ������Mamma was married 20 voars ago. The merchant you bought those sucks from evidently did in if advertise or iie would have sold them lon^- ago. Mamma handed me your letter, and possibly .1 might suit yon. I am 18 veurs ol(; l>nis.v, Eastern, ClnrciM'i* Hampton, Victory Mineral Claims. and !W T a Wheat Germs, Swiss Food, Buckwheat Flour, Hygienic Flour and man\ I other high class at Bourne Bros. foods alwavs in stocl Situate in the. Sleciin Muiiug Division of West [ Kootenay District. Where located: West j of Howson Crei'k, near the Alamo. ! WKK NOTICE that 1, W. S. Dreu-rv, as agent j for The Scottish Colonial Gold Fields. Ud.. F. M. Cert. No. :-i:t:i:*5A. and Creorge \V. Hut-lies, I F. M. Cert. No. UI075. intend sixty days from the | date' hereof to apply to the Minim." ftccoreler i for certificates ejf improvements for the purpose i of obtaining Crown grants nf each ot the above j claims. And further take notice that action under section ."IT must he I'omuieiici'ii before the issuance eif such certificate's of improvements. ' D.Ui'd this-foili dav of January. is:i'.i. j jji; ' W. S. jiRFW'RV. l.-.-t -J.'-iStf-Gljulstom* Mhici'.-il Claim. ���Sit ua te iii th.e Slocan Mining Division of \\ e.,f Kmitoiiiiy District. Where loco tee!: About: five' mile's ,.-,.��; ot MeGllig.'Ill Station e,f|ln.'| Kaslo .end Sl.-ic.'iii Maihray, adjoin in.:������ I he,' Cai'ileoe Mineral ''helm "f the Rambler au,-| ; Cariboo C'it. <io!d ami Silver Minine Coin- ��� p.-.ny. ''���AM-: NOI'ICE thin P I.'oIutI E..Paimer. as! 1 iigi'in for Edward M.'ih"ii. .'���'. M. C. No I !il".::7. and A W. Sieirle. F. M . C. No. .[o.v.'a. iniuud i sixty days from the dale ben'.f to applv !.i the ; Mining Reciji-dcr for a eeirlifk-ate 'if improve- I uienfs for the puriiosc of obiaining a. Crou-n gram ol tin?above: claim. j And further take'notice thai action uiiile-r ���rc-: li"ii ,'!7 must, hi- ceurnui'iiecd before ihe issinr.n :' such certificate of inion.voinenis. Dated Ibis .-slili day'*if January. !.**!*!f. Of the successful business men of the world o.we- their success to .���..���..���..���..���..���. printer's ink���and knowing; how to use it. If the business failures of the world were investigated and their causes recorded it would be found that where one failure occurred owing to other causes, there would he *(��!' attributable, directly or indirectly, to a lax.-..-..-. use of printer's ink. ************ Know how to Order your Printing; TIME CARD Taking- effect 1.00 o'clock a. ra. Jan. 3, 1899, Pacific, or 120th Meridian time. Subject to change without notice Leave 8 no A.M. " 8 :;���> " fi .10 " !l 4a ���* !) an '��� 10 li " W .'!���? ���' 10 2', Arr. K> -lo Kaslo ���South Pork S oroide's Whitewater Bear Lake MeGnigan Mai ley's Cody Juiicti' Sandon ^Tj CODV LINE. iS | Leave. 11.no a.m ��� Sandon ��� Arrive M, | - 1.1.10 " Cody Junction L.'ave <K��� | Arrive. 11.-'a " - - Coelv ��i i KOBT. IRVING, AW. j Trafllc Miiirr. t? GEO. Arrive. :', 5-i P.M Leavi ���( _'() ���2 -2b ���2 10 ���2 00 1 la 1 34 1 n 1 la 11. , 11.. 11.: ���>:i a.ill i'i a.m la a.m railroiid and points, applv CAMPBELL. ror c ilea | and from all s. COPELAXD, Siiiicriiiteiidci.t li'aiiislii|, tickets to Aarent, Sandon. TIib Prospectors' Assar Office i '- -*^~ "' ^r-1 ���*- These are the essential points. It' you KNOW HOW success will follow ���if you DO. All men admit that li'ood advertising and artistic printing on lettvr !:ca heads, envelopes, basi etc.. will draw rradc. ��� ii business you want trad< Brandon, B. C, }}j| j Assay Price List ((�� ; Gold. Silver, or Lead.each... j]y, j Cold. Silver and Lead '!.i>! i (iold and Silver d. eoiiiliini'd. m- f'.'i. <.w no 0 Usui ess you w :ilc and pi-ofits. y of doing it himns of nr st.-i'A'icc hiii'li c! IS The : our ass. a d.s, bill.-..���..-..-. iiess cards. li' you are to ine.re'H'Se ogical ipparent.***** I^EiXri-: are at job plant turns ���fistic printing. Silver f Thr k d L.'.'id i ''onpe-r 'ley Klectrolysi*-! j Cold. Silver. Copper am : (i'elel and Copper ! Silver and Copper Cold. Silve.'i* and < 'oppi'-r : l'latiiiuin ' i Mercury ! Treeii or .Mangaiie-'.' j Linn'. Mngiie<iiui'. Meirl j phur. e-acl: i llismutli. Tin. Cohali, .Viclce j Zi'ii'. and Arsenic, e'ai-li j Coal (Fixed C.'irlinu. Ve.latil I anei iierceuliiiri' of ('., j I 'oal'i! | Terms: June .'nth. isyr��. urn. Sili SnI- .Vllllllloliv. i.Vticr.' \V)',", . if Coking ���* ].:���<! ;t on ���2 (Kl -' (V'.' 2 oO ���I (VI 2 .Ve :.' af' .-! do :\ OO ���2 l.W 'J 0( i 4 oo Cash With Sjt in ;>!(.. FRANK DICK, Assayni' anei An; 1 > st wmmiwm mmmmmmmm THE LEDGE, NEW DENVER, B.C., APRIL 13, 1899. Sixth Yeajk MINING RB0OROS We following is a complete list of the mining transactions recorded curing the week in the several mining divisions of the Slocan. Those of Xew .Denve- were as follows:��� LOCATIONS. Arini.-l��� Buffalo Hump, Four Mile, John Tin- lintr. Ai-JtiT. s���Vulture Fraction, Carpenter, O \V Unfile*.' .CEKTIKICXTK OK'SA-nSKAC'1-JOX. Mah -'S-Work on the Iron Mask to apply on Sultana nnd Co.idor. ASSKSSMKXTH. AiiiiL 1���Snow Flake, March Bird, Eagle, Kc ��� linnet:, Gentle Annie. Ai'UU. i���Isis. Annyrtwo years. Ai'iui. a���Treasure Vault, Fraction. Ai'KiLu���Mohawk, Queen Fraction, Old Dominion Fraction. Monitor,Victor five years. Lone Bachelor live vears, lsis two years. Ann. ,S���Superior. Ai'Kll. li�����0 K No 2, SprayYCascade, Voung Dominion Fraction, Queen City, Capital, Rockingham. May Queen I* ruction, May Q.ueen'. April 11���Bellview, Paymaster, Teeumsch. C'KKTIKICATK OF iMI'KOVKMKJfrS. Mak-2ii���ii.aslo, Alina and Oro, to Daniel E. Sprague and John 3 Parker. AriiiL 5���Shoe Swap, to Patrick S Byrne. Ai'istL 7���Baltimore Fraction.Cundor,Sultana, Iron Mask. Iron Mask Fraction, to Northwest Mining Syndicate, Ltd.ChasS Rashdall, Edward Stewart and Edward Pitt. TtiA.VSl'-KKS. Maii -CI--Brunswick )., .1 A McKiuiioii to Win II Robertson, March-'S. sWi. Mitt 'in���Nancy Lee and Stanley No 2, \ iu each. Norman McMillan to James WigL'ingtoii. Feb ^'7. Al'Ull. 4���Capital \, Amos Thompson, lo W S Tavle.r, Nov 3. A.-HHV h. Geo Mdiison tO August 0 Ostby,.April 30. ZlOo Stockholm J, Aleiia J. ���ChaHett ��, and Nor wn. v i, A O tisthv to Joseph Rush, April 3. Sligo Fraction J, WD Mitchell to N F McNaught. Nov 4. Wallace J. Amos Thompson to same, Nov IS. Dewrv J-, Turris \ and Capello }, David Brem ner to Nv fi McNaught, Jan 5. ArniL 6���Freddie Lee Fraction. W S Gurnet- to A W McCune. Nov 7, ��5,000. Little Joint, Chas C Griffith to A W McCune, $a,000. Ai'iiii. 7���Big Timber J,'Frederick Steele to Wm B Steele, June 17,1808. Pahnita, E R C Clarkson to Albert Robinson, Oct 8. Apkil 8���Power of attorney revoked, Jackson lUdeliff from Chas MeNichoIl, April 8. AruiL 10���Torpedo J, Kenneth Morrison to Edward Stewart, Nov 14. ai'kil 11���Power of attorney, Albert Taylor to Jas Ryan, April 17. small percentage of copper. These properties hid fair to offer tonnage to a railway as soon as it reaches their vicinity that comes in his department, hut the following- incident shows that even tiie hijrher officials make mistakes. Several months ag-o a Kansas City, Mo.,-'company bought a ear load of crushed ore in Mexico. Advices were dulv received that the ore. had been shipped���20 tons of it. Weeks passed and the ore did not come. The .smelting company politely asked the local agent of the railroad'company when the ore would arrive. The local agent said lie had never'heard of it. The smeltipg company then appealed to 'the general agent of the road The general agent gave it up Along the line the question was passed until it reached an official who .started out a tracer for the carload' of ore. A tracer is. a document on which every agent, train 'conductor, and every other person who has had anything to do with the shipment must sav whence'he took it and where he laid it down. From the niiuein Mexico ' ' ~ ~��� -;��� the car of ore was traced from junction Bourne Bros, have just receiveu a point to junction point, until it was well ��� consignment of Spring Goods, Oil Cl.oth, within the railroad company's local j 'lK^etlr^';W.S.ld^riSJ. ���ute. -Canvas. vards at Kansas Citv, and thence to a, Th.* AVovtlv of a Mail. Dollars and cents cannot measure the worth of a man. We ask, "How much is So-and-So worth ?"���meaning, how many hundred or thousand or million dollars. : Perhaps, in a 'higher civilization, the answer will be given in terms of service; in what a man can give to society, not in the amount of money he has received from it. "So-and-So," we shall then answer, when questioned, "is worth a great deal to society: he is a skilful surgeon, and relieves suffering; or a great teacher, and inculcates wisdom; or a good blacksmith and does honest work." The clumsy measure of wealth will be laid aside with the clumsy order that it fitted. Selling. Out at a Sacriffcs As 1 am leaving Sandon Lam selling sidetrack by the roundhouse and into the possession of the master mechanic. A carload of crushed gold ore looks like a lot of coarse yellow sand, and this particular carload' had ibeen knocked about and disrespected as a car of common sand should be. When the officials were notified that the tracer had chased the car onto the master mechanic's track'they sent him a note asking about the disposition of the car, giving its number. The master mechanic turned : the note over and endorsed it on the j hack: "The car contains a bad quality j of sand. Some of it 1 used in the sand j boxes of the engines, but it was not i serviceable, so I had it scattered along j the right of way." The railroad paid ��� the smelter iflSO a ton for the ''had j sand." CANADIAN ��� StrNIN'fi. j Blue Dentins. Outing Flaunei, Swiss Muslin. Velveteen. Felts. Straw' Matting, Floor Rugs, Mats, Hosiery, Negligee Shirts, Dress Lining and many other-articles, required by the citizens of the Silvery Slocan towns my large stock of. cues. Jewellery, Clocks and r��/Ol SLOCAN ORE SHIPMENTS. Total shipped Julv 1 to Dec. 31, 1898, 17,994 tons. January 1st, 1899, to April 7th : From Sandon. Week. 300 Total. 3,41)1 1,700 (30 18 12 Last Chance. Slocan Star Sapphire 140 60 40 SO 180 Ivanhoe Trade Dollar Ill >. 110 112 18 From Three Forks Idaho Mines .". Queen Bess Wild Goose... Monitor From Whitewater. Whitewater ........ -2ni< .... i;i ��40 1,180 15 100 715 Jackson. Bell 33 3!)S 30 Wellington From MeGuijjan. Antoine... . Rambler Dardanelles 11 15 105 80 48 From New Denver. Bosun Marion From Silverton. Fidelity.- Vancouver SO 340 so. :< .W0 580 ��) 120 Wakefield Emily Editli Comstock , ��� Total tons 801 CJOOD COUNSEL FOR BOYS. 10,550 The following newspaper clipping, says the New York Times, was found in the pocketbook of Stephen Allen formerly a mayor of New York, and who was a victim of the Henry Clay disaster. The clipping, after serving the needs of Mr. Allen,'has been carried in the pocket of this merchant ever since he was a boy, and he says he has always found its" counsels good, and tried his best to follow them .- The disaster referred to was the burning of the steamboat Henry Clay on the Hu'-son on July 27th, '1852J' when more than 70 lives we're lost. The clipping- follows: Keep good company or none. Never be idle. If your hands cannot be usefully employed, attend to the cultivation of your mind. Always speak the truth. Make few promises. Live up to your engagements. Keep your own secrets, if you have any. When you speak to a person, look him in the face. Good company and good conversation are the very sinews of virtue. Good character is above all things else. Your character cannot be essentially injured except by your own acts. If any one speaks evil of you, let your life be such that none will"believe him. DrinU no kind of intoxicating liquors. Ever live (misfortunes excepted) within your income. When you retire to bed. think over what you have been doing during the day. Make no haste to be rich if you would prosper Small and steady gains give competency, with tranquility of mind. Never play at any game of chance. A void temptation ; through fear you may not withstand it. Earn money before you spend it Never run into debt unless you sec a ��� way to n'et out again. i Never borrow if you can possibly ; avoid it ;' Do not marry until you are able to support a wile. Never .^jieak evil of any one. He just before y.ui arc. generous Keep yourself innocent if yon would: In' happy Save, when you are young lo .-.peiid wlieii vol' are old The progress of mining, development in Canada is now so rapid that when the official reports come to hand they, are found to deal with past conditions and to present statistics having an historical rather than a commercial interest. The Geological Survey report just issued brings the record of Canadian mineral production down to the close of the calendar vear 1897, and for that year the. Canadian gold output headed the list of metallic mineral, with a total of $6.027,On].. This was completely eclipsed last year, when the Yukon district alone'produced 310,000,000 in gold, and it is relegated to history by the estimates for tiie current year which place the Yukon yield at tliree times that figure. The total gold production of the Dominion last year was $1.3,700,- 000, which gives Canada fifth plaee among the gold-producing countries, with a fair cliance of rapidly advancing toward the head of the list. Silver was second in value among the metals in 1897, with a total yield of 83,323,395. That shows a. continuous advance from ��534,049 in 1894, SI,030,299 in 1895, and ��2,149,503 in 1896. The expanding output of the Slocan district in British Columbia insures a continuation of this record. The Payne mine alone from the sale of its silver-lead ores has paid ��475,000 in dividends from April, 1S98, to March, 1899. Copper, lead and nickel are all above the million dollar mark for the year, but the net profits from lead as a by-productaregreatly reduced by the American duty The total output of metallic and non-metallic minerals for the last year of the report is 828,661,430, and that has increased one year to ��37.767,198. a net gain nearly 32 per cent.���Toronto Globe. I have been appointed agent for the Leth- bridg-e Coal Co., and will sell their products at reasonable prices. E. A.Cameron SANDON. J. C. .HARM at the very lowest possible prices. I wish to clear out the whole line. This.is the opportunity to secure bargains. . . .. Being the only Scientific Optician in the Slocan you will see the need of having your eyes properly fitted with glasses before my departure, which will be very soon, GwW, ORIM21ETT, Jeweler audi Opticlain, SamdofliL To the Ladles of Sandon and Vicinity: GREETING:��� We have on hand about 400 pairs of Ladies' and Children's shoes which we are to dispose of at a sacrifice in order to make room in our salesroom for new stock now on the road. The stock includes a fine line of Tie, Strap and Buckle Slippers in Tan and Black Ladies' lace and button shoes- latest styles. *> .i Quilted Satin and Felt Slippers. Children's Spring & High-heel shoes A special line of Boys School Shoes. E. R. ATHERTON LO., Ltd, POST OFFlCli STORE. SANDON. NEW DENVER General Drayman, Ice, Wood. Hav and Grain for Sale. Filled. Ice Houses Livery and Bait Stables. PIECE OF Is not always at your command in a mining camp, bur. you can get the best on the market FLOOR OIL CLOTH and LINOLEUM. LACE CURTAINS and WINDOW SHADES. SANDON These are all New Stock, New Patterns and New Prices. unter Bros. ������ =ROSSLAND AT HOBEN'S m of MIDWAY MINING JJOTKS. Tbe first payment of $7,000 has been made, on the Snowshoe bond, which was recently acquired from Messrs. Wood, Denzler and McDonnell by Mr. J. W Astley, a representative of a syndicate of capitalists. The Snowshoe as is well known is located in Greenwood camp, and at once the parties holding1 the bond will commence further development of the property. Mr- James Dale lias just completed an assesment ou the Combination claim in Smith's camp. The Combination is located on the same lead as the Republic, and from the appearance of the ore the claim is destined to become one of much value. The ore carries gold and silver, assay values rang-ing- from S5 to S15 to the ton, aud as the vein tilling1 is quartz, the ore should represent a splendid concentrating1 proposition. The Fourth of July and the Montana, two of a "-roup of five claims owned by Messrs. Sullivan, Warded andMcMynii, situated on Canyon creek, on the main Kettle river, are showing'up extremely well as a result of recent work done on the claims. On the Fourth of July a 4-foot vein of fine looking- ore has been uncovered and tested with a shaft, the ore being1 one of arsenical iron, carrying- gold and copper in sufficient quantities to class it among1 the shipping- ores, while on the Montana a 5-foot vein of iron and galena ore is being developed, which from appearance should run well in silver and gold, and will carry a WILSON HOTEL Headquarters for Mining and Commercial Men. TEETER BROS, Slocan City Proprietors. J. K. CLARK, MINING ENGINEER Reports made on Mining- Properties in anv section of Kootenay. And if you find it hard to get first-class canned goods, butter and eggs, fruits and vegetables, vou should. . . TRY HOBEN A large stock of gents' furnishings to select from; also miners' supplies and hardware SANDON B. Pal ma Angrignon NEW DENVER Dealer in HAY, GRAIN, ICE, WOOD, Etc Livery and Feed Stables, General Draying. Teams meet all boats and Trains. AT HOBEN'S Mail orders. New Denver, B. C. Travelers Will find the Arlington Hotel a pleasant place to stop nt when in Si can City. GETHING & HENDERSON, Proprietors. .Established 1895. E. M. SANDILANDS, SLOCAN ES SANDON. B.C. Mining Stocks bought nnd Solei. (Ji'iici-al Agent for Slocn'n Properties. Promising: Prospects For Sale. Provides ample and pleasant accommodation for the traveling public. Telegrams for rooms promptlv attended to. HENRY STEGE, - - - - ,*W Proprietor. Jas. AL Patterson & Co. Dealer.s in Stationery and a complete line of ASLO HOTEL Family eSfc Commercial. L arge And Comfortable Fitted witli everv modern convenience. Special protection against fire. Rates $2.50 and $3 per day. COCKLE & PAPWORTH, Proprietors. $ 1.00 By using the New Denver envelope in your correspondence. Printed with your name in the return corner, and sold by The Ledge at FIRST HUNDRED, FIFTY CENTS cncli sub- .<ticiiii)nt hundred. Eyes tested and glasses fitted for any vision Whitewater, B.C, ATLANTIC STEAMSHIP TICKETS. To and from European points via Canadian and American lines. Apply for sailing dates, rates, tickets and full information to any C. P. Ry agent or��� G. B. GARRETT, C. l\ R. Agent, New Denver. WM. STITT, Gen. S. S. Ajrt., Winnipeg. BRICK FOR SALE. .JOHN GOETTSCHE, NEW DENVER. F.E. MORRISON, dds. DENTIST Crown, Plate and Bridge work. Office, Broken Hill Blk. Nelson. 1) R. A.S. MARSHAL!- Dentist. Kaslo. H C Graduate e>C AiiK'nc-iii College of Dental Surgery Chicago Nakusp, 0 WILLIAMS Is a eonifoi-t.'ible luiio.l for travellers I'istopat. Dealer in Mrs. McDoueald/ once. Ml i'Vi'l" a U'l-i'k tlif a!i:>vr maxims al least If \S l'AI!> |-()K 'HAD SAM��.' Kailro:i<! Mini'.. ,Mi��l;iki' in Iluiul'.iiig :i Cuv of Cru-ilii-d On*. IMPORTEw A "DOMESTIC AN TOBACOOES, PI.PEP, &Q. Van Camp Lunch Goods, Confectionery and Fruit. ��GARS ������^>@^����������������������sm������ jx. ii MILLOY, The, avc'.-ao-e, raili-naei nl'licial. from the pn'.sidciit ilowii to the section lioss, is thoroiiiziih' conversant with the work BATHS IN CONNECTION. i Newmarket, Block. New Denver! Rooms in Virginia Blk, Sandon. You Can ave By selecting your )i PENDANT: NECKLACE; BRACELETS RilNOS Set with Diamonds Emeralds, Opals. Pearls. Rubies and Olivines From the immense stock of Watches in Solid Gold, Gold Filled, or Silver Oases, in all sizes from the smallest in Lady's to those suitable foi' the most severe work. iS-Y^Everythino1 in clocks for either Office, Hall, Mantle or Bedroom. There is nothing in British Columbia as good in Jewelery and Silverware. XUe^Well-Known and Reliable 3Ieri(U'ii Britannia Heillow-wnre'iiud 1S4T Rogers Bros. Knives, Fork* and Speions. Goods bought in i (UlAVEI) FKJUK. Orders by mail proinutlv JACOB DOVER, Nelson, B. C. this st.or��: will hv attended to.
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