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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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fc V-">^5\r 'KA-Q>^»~a~\ Volume X. Number 46. ;NEW DENVER, B. C, AUGUST I3, 1903. Price $2.00 \ VtARj ix Advance. ASSAYS OF NELSON!- BNelson is ahead of Toronto—It bas Sunday excursions. Tbe Presbyterians will hold their annual picnic nest Saturday. Sinners are not barred. - The Poplar creek excitement makes the Kokanee look like _. floating: city three times a week. James Bowes, proprietor of the Guest hotel In SiIvertonr gazed at .the metropolis last datnrday. See Lowery when you need job print- nag-. He has an office back of tbe armory, in Tbe Tribune building. T. G. Proctor and J. M. Lay are setting-life germs for the Tourist sssoeia. tion. If care is not taken they will ratse it from among the dead. Tbe wagon road tapping Lemon creek from a paint six miles east of Nelson. The Tribune runs a fan tn ite oflice to < needs repairing, if the dty wishes to keep the printers cool, especially when secure a valuable mining trade. | a fall staff is working on tliat warm , rEomGoIlinshasgonetoPoplarcreekjCOoservattve educator- ! in search of themetal ibat glitters. If Thomas Heyland died in the Koote- expeEienceinprospectingcutsany con-[nay Lake hospital last Friday of heart 1 gealed aqua- para, Tom will return to camp withamonntainofgold. ' Reports are current that eomeyonng ' gfrlEin this city are in the habit of crossing tbe lake with male companions ' and conducting themselves ii • As the best man it tbe Sunday school picnic Charles Waterman is still miles ahead oE all competitors. When passing behind a street car always he sure that no other car is approaching from ait opposite direction. The fishing season is at its height around Nelson and the city is loaded with food for the tipper slope. D. Rutherford, of the customs staff, has been transferred to Winnipeg. He will find plenty of hockey in the Chicago of Canada. Mining activity in the vicinity of Kelson is increasing, and Forty Nine creek bids fair to become a Klondike. ner that conflicts with tbe orthodox ', view of chastity. By advertising in. this paper and pay- ! ingprjper attention to business D. J. 1 Bobertson & Co. are building np the largest furniture trade in Kootenay. i Drop them a line when your house f needs adorning. W. H. Dowsing has returned from > Southern California, satisfied that Nelson will become very wealthy when its citizens spread printer's ink as freely as do the Califoroians. Kootenay is the most glorious country on earth, bnt issshoit on advertising. * If the Hinera* Union will celebrate [ Jlabor dav during- Fair week a purse of 1 fgXJfor a rock-drilling conteatwiH.be 1 provided by the committee. An event o£ this kind will tiring more business to \ this city than a display of all the big pumpkins between here and Pilot Bay. These are tbe days when the crowds flock to tbe Tremont for fish dinners AI- Tr^illus and Sid Cammings are responsible for the rush. Tbey fish every day and seldom drop a line without getting an answer right away. In a fishing contest this pair of Ike Walton's pupils would win in a walk and have bait to spare. There are many kinds of milk in Nelson. Some of it is fat with cream and comes from the true source Some ot it belongs to the prohibition party, snd the balance is a product of science. The scientific production is a lallnpa- looza. It is Strong enough to gag a Digger Indian, and il left in solitude for 4 few hours wiil smell like an exploded cemetery. The distinguished poet nntl humorist 3. Peck MacSwam will arrive in Nelson next week, provided nn nnforsecn circumstances arise. He left the Boundary ten days ago, intending to journey : by easy stages in order to make a dose' analysis of the scenery. Tbe Associated Press dispatches contain nothing about the parson's dog, which followed Peck from Sandon to Seattle, but it is thought that tbe dog is still alive Peck is one of the few humorists who care for neither fame nor gold. All he wants ia pie and bard work. Many lyears ago Jap King located the Alice mine near Greston Hit said ft to George Alexander, whft in turn sold it to an English company formed in Manchester by T. G. Proctor. After expending 3-18,000 theAliea closed down owing to the Iow price of lead. The SUt&Is strong in lead and similar to theSt.,Eugene, Jack Hansden recently visited England to procure capital fromthestockholders for tbe purpose oHralliHng'atcancentrator and re-open^ rag-the mine. A cable from him to T. fir Proctor last week states tbat he has beeu successful, and the Alice will sume operation! a? speedily as possible. disease. He was one of the best known cooks in the Slocan, having worked in that capacity at many of the mines. While Lowery's Claim is temporarily in the journalistic cemetery, back numbers can still ibe had. Twelve different numbers are sent to any address on receipt of 51. Address, K. T. Lowerv, Nelson, F. C. George Tunstall leaves for Australia next' month The Hamilton Powder company will move its office from this city to Rossland. George wilt not stay long under the Southern Cross. Water is too scarce in that arid locality. Under the regime of Colonel Tomn- fcins the Hotel Phair is the local Mecca for all travelers who delight in viands that appeal to the gastronomies! intelligence of man. The genial way of tbe landlord has a. tonic effect upon all who sojourn at this famous hoteL Charley Olsen once in awhile comes into Kelson from Ainsworth. Charley distinguished for two things. He is the oldest inhabitant of any Kootenay town and has his subscription paid up for this paper until 1911. Charley will surely dwell with the angels when life's fitful fever is o'er." He located tbe Highland mine in 1831, and has never run for the legislature. worry about the outcome of their mining operations. Neither of them bad the slightest know ledge of mining, as their old tunnel still shows, for a team and ore wagen can be driven in clear to the breast. For nearly fifteen years the two Frenchmen labored ai the work until the tunnel was nearly 100 feet long. Tbey were both old men by that time and with their age had conieaspi''t AVi^kusi aiid faultfinding. Finally, a little over a year of them went to Twin Lake tonished the people there by_ declaring that he was going to leave. The mity between the two, he declared bad become so great tbat he feared he might kOl his old partner if he stayed longer. The other old man still lived at tbe cabin and pottered around in tunnel, but his ambition and energy seemed to be gone now that his old Mend had left him, and it was verj httle work tbat he did. At last his long absence from Twin Lakes noticed and friends went to the little cabin. The old man was found dead iu bis bed. That was a J ear ago last winter. Since then the tunnel has been idle. About three weeks ago Bartel and Landsey were passing through that section looking over the country. The dump caught their eyes, and they brought in a sample to have it aseayed. it carried a little gold and S9 ounces silver. An examination showed that this was the- value of practically the whole dump. The two old Frenchmen had wasted their lives in throwingaway nearly 10,000 tons of the very richest of silver ore. senting French capital. After doing. great deal of development work this railway was bnilt, bnt tbe slide and other troubles have asiyet prevented running. The coal is said to be of t cellent quality and in a position to be mined cheaply if the railway matter were straightened out It is said that the injunction will probably be argued in court in Calgary in a few days.— Sentinel. A FASCINATING STORY. How T %vo Freaeh men' Over! oolce d ji Fortune. An ""ntirely new mining section has been opened up within a few miles of Leadville within the past month, and issayer's report on tbe oie in one. vein uncovered is the richest that has ever heeti aata\ed iu the history of the a, says thi' Mining Record i>r Colo- \ railo Springs The ore carries J8-J oz. Ut gold and ."tl tt* in aiher. The vein is only'i inches wide, but lies directly; beneath, practically on tlie fuiitwall nl another and larger vein that iun-al><iut SW in gold to the ton and carries Iliinz in silver. Xliis larger viiu is from 10 to 20 inches wide. This new distnut is in Half Moon gnlsh, and the property in which those rich striaes have been made lies along . Mount Elbert. This section of the country has been absolntely neglected up to thia time The mining nearer Leadville, with its rich indications and good showings, has taken ail the capital I and labor that has come into the camp, and even such nearby sections as Hall SIoou gulch have neve; been developed or even prospected. E. A. Battel, a well known mining man of Leadville, and John D. Landsey are the two men who have developed thc richness of the district, aud the Story uf tlieir locating this property reads like a romance. Some lifteen years ago two Frenchmen came to this country, raw immigrants. They located in Half Moon gulch, built their Cabin there and started a tunnel into the side of tbe mountain They each received a small pittance from relatives in France, enough to support them, bo tbat they EXCITEMENT AT FRANK. Contractors Held tlie "Way With Sliotgans- To prevent the owners of a railway from running a train over it, a detachment of mounted police camped between the rails of the Frank and Grassy mountain railway, jnst above the town of Frank, where the disaster recently occurred. They were reinforced by half a dozen more, and according to advices from Frank, more are expected from Calgary. These moves were in accord with the action of Poupore fe Veigh, tbe contractors who built the road hist fall, who with Lawyer Hariis of McLeod and a few men, armed with a plentilul suppij of pocket artillery and an ugly-looking Winchester and shot-gun, tore up two rails on either aide of the load and established a camp in the gap. The trouble has been brewing for some time. After the completion of the road last fall, the contractors, Poupore £ Veigh, were dissatisfied with the classtlication of the ground they bad worked through and with measurements. The difference of opinion between them and thecompnnyatnounted to some Si I ,Ouo, They entered suit in the court hi Vancouver .to recover tbt1. Amount, but the legal mill* have not j ft got tbe case ground out thoroughly. Iu thi' minin time ttie slide carried awaj a mile ai ti-.ii of tlie rnsid. The companv let a contract for Imtlding switchback rotlwaj i v The trtxttv shall make you free.—Rt Paul. If an offense come out of the truth better is it that the offense come than the truth be concealed.-St. Jerome. A French firm of perfume makers, which offered 34,000 in prizes for an advertising poster, received no less than 1.800,, of which 300 were purchased. Science and her (methods gave me a rearing place, independent of authority and tradition. Love opened up to a view of the sanctity of human nat, and impressed me with a deep sense of responsibility.—Huxley. Lake Copper Ontptit. The mines of the Lake Superior copper district, according to a press dispatch, are now making 350 tons of refined copper daily, much the largest amount for 55 years, or since the time when copper mining was first actively prosecuted in 18-U and 1845. The daily rock shipments of the mines in this dis. trict aggregate 26,500 tons. Seventy. five powerful stamps, capable of treating from 350 to 500 tons of rock each, are dropping and upwards of 325,000 gallons of water are used each day at various mills during the process of separating the rock and copper. The increased production of the lake district is the result of the development of new mines. In 1£K)1 tbe mines made in excess of 5,000,000 pounds, in 1902 about 18,000,000 pounds, and this year their production should amount to nearly 40,- 000,000 pounds, Tlie battleship King Edtiard VII, launched at Devonporl on July 23,1s the largest in the world. Its displace- •nent i= 16,350 tons, or 350 more than the Louisana, now being built at Newport News, and thc Conneiticut, on the way*, .it Xew York. The Engineering News gives the dimensions of the King Edward VII as 425 feet long, 78 feet beam, and 26 •_ fuel draft. The arma- ist of four i->-inch guns, four 9.2-inch guns, ten 6-inch guns, guns of smaller calibre. The Krupp steel armor helt ranges from S iu 13'sinches thick. Heren- ines will deielop 18,000 i. lip. Her titnated speed is 12 5 knots and she ill c.iriy tijo inns of l«iI and a crew of Soo men. Tht' co-.t is given at S7.5°».°"°- An .tinusiiiij su>r\ is told of a man nhe W.is reventlj riding on n ttestein train and pretended to hei.nnie Ul after eating a sandwich- Opening he. grip lie took out a bet water hts. ^te **J°l il thrtsllireto|->s>"'P1«1ie1''-'PorLt'"" <° ri" lllB tt-i:er ith the C 1'. U I hug with boiling water, and then lie Th.s work h«B just been completed bj opened his lundieon haskel, lonk out .1 Bre ekfnrnlge -A Lund The company jpn-ie of fried steak and w.irnitd it up haatollingr stock m tho Frank yards ,,„ i|te «-titer hag. Then, after he had and evcytliing looked lovelj for the j tt.irilltli ,hl. M(..l!si hl. t u, 1( ,lK llp w;,ii coal shipping the company have been ( ^_ o[ sl;„or, mi_ ttj „ u, i,ima,.*]r looking forward to for many months But the dissatisfied contractors secured | Injunction, tore np a [ew rails where | thu old road joined the new, established irofsufi "Fort Potjpoie''on the spot prepared to ic-ist a railway engine even. Now tliey are joined '•- tne mounted police. There is considerahlu excitement in Prank over the nffair. The position of the company is made worse by the arrival this week of Si cars loaded with machinery and material tor cii^e ovens. These should be rushed to the camp at once The Frankand Urass.y Mountain rati way is a line some six miles long, extending from north of Frank and connecting tbe Lille colleries witn the 0 i*. It. Tfats coal property was opened some years ago by a company repra- ■ve with a fork >;oing round .1 tur-if. \flcr he had i.tten the stc.ik he utw rewed the si.ip- pur of the hot water lug and pi He h tl the ground* in the bag all the time. Does the razor hurt .•■ asked the barber, solicltousl}. Not a bit, answered the man in th*- chair; I took .1 dose of morphine before coming in.—Indianapolis Sun. First Mate—The conk has lieen swept overboard, sir. Captain—The . meqn thing ', I knew she'd leave without warning.—Judge, STOPE AND DUMP The advantages of mine leases to both 1 The Daily News states tbat Charlie leassesandleassors is becoming more f ileson has struck a foot of ruby silver generally recognized throughout the west, as is evidenced by the fact that' the managers of the Strattou estate at Cripple Creek have been seeking lessees through advertisements It has been decidedly against the policy of many companies operating throuehnut the west to grant leases on an \ thine ore. aEsaymg 400 ounces, on bis claim, near Ainsworth As ruhy silver ore never carries less than 5S per cent silver, the -Sens should have stated that Charlie's ore runs 12,000 ounces to the tou. Tbe ore shipments from Rossland last - JumboS=>,<;iant60P Koot- like favorable terms, but the advantage ■ enay 338, Le Roi No 2 532, War Eagh. Of a reasonable plan of operation is be- ulUj Centre Star 15W), Le Rot 4470. coming more generally recognized. ' The total bhipments for the year to The leasing system has been the means date amount to 225,217 tons, of the deveiupment of the Joplui div' **r.i „ trict to a point at which it is recognized the greatest zinc producing district in the world and there is no reason to to believe that western mining properties, operated under a similar system, would not be vastly more profitable to their owners Such companiesas have been operating the leasing svstem in Colorado in the past have found it satisfactory. Many a miner who has not sufficient capital to buy a mine andop- The net proceeds of IIS. tons of erate it afterwards can operate success- J Irnm the Providence mine in the Bottn- fully under a system that would allow | dary amounted to SffiG4 use bis funds for development! Last week tbeGranbysmcltcrtreated tsnmptioa oE copper will increase during the balance of tbe year The United States produces 300,000 tone of refined copper every year. Thesup- ply now on hand in that country does not exceed 50.000 tons The Mountain Lion at Republic will resume operations this month and will ship 150 tons a day to the smelter at Grand Forts. work. What is now regarded tbe west as a "novel departure,' as one paper terms the leasing system's advent, will undoubtedly be profitable to 11 concerned if conducted along good business lines Tbe only fair and equitable method -t>t discovered for ascertaining the values of any metallic ore is by assay, says W.George Waring, in the Engineering and Mining JonrnaL Buyer j the world and seller are alike protected by this means, even against direct fraud, provided ordinary precautions are taken The precautions are: (1) TbaCt&e sampling be thoroughly done as the ore is delivered and in tbe presence of both buyer and seller or their responsible agents; (2) that an umpire sample be sealed at the time of sampling; 12) that the percentage of mois'nre in the Ore delivered be ascertained immediately after tbe weight is determined The 8330 tons of ore, making a total of 195,- 137 tons for 1903 to date. The Morrison mine at Deadwood will ship 1000 tons from its dump to the Mother Lode smelter. In the Copper Queen at Bisbee, Arizona, there are 140 iniles of drifts and tunnels. On Eagle creek, near Nelson, a big mine is just about to become known to In the Ainsworth camp there are abontSO men working. The Qnilp at Republic is shipping its ore to Tacoma. The Kootenay Klondike. The excitement over Poplar ereek is growing deeper every day, and prospectors from all over the west continue to arrive The effect upon business is already noticeable in Nelson. Enthusi- last proviso is neccsarv becanse the, f8?" ™r3 to the L"*™ state tbat assay can onlv be made upon tbe dried *,s 'he ***** £°,d d*"°y ever Io" ple, ud therefore represents the eat»1. " "
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