THE EVENING RECORD nota few of the members, which BY BBER OC, SMITH, Published§every day (except Sunday) and Weekly. DAILY: One Year in Advance eix Months One Month By Carrie! rele copy WEEKLY: One Year, in advance Six months, in advance. Bingle copy. fact would destroy any influence he might have had. John Royal isaback number in the province of British Columbia. —_——————— MINTS OF THE WORLD. Mint Director of the United States Makes a Report. R. E. Preston, United States mint director, has made his report showing SATURDAY, FEB. 6, 1897. CONSERVATIVE WRITE-UP. ‘The Datty Rsgcorp is now engaged in a systematic, ocnservative write-up of all the principal properties in this district. They give the location, owners, maghiaery, amount and kind of work, size ot vein, value and char- acter of ore, and, in fact, all infor- mation desired by the general public. So far the following properties have been written-up: Le Roi, War Eagle, Josie, O. K., Iron Horse, Iron Mask, Poorman, Crown Point, Lily May, Commander, Deer Park, Victory, Triumph, City of Spokane, Nest Egg, Centre Star Phoenix, Northern Belle, Iron, Colt Sun Set, Consolidated St. Elmo, Mayflower, Jumbo, White Bear. I. X. L., Cliff, Bed Eagle, Butte, Cracker Jack, St. Paul, -R. E, Lee, and Maid of Erin, Heather Bell, Beaver, Mascot Californi 7 the operati of the mints and assay offices for the past year, to- gether with statistics of foreign coun- tries, relative to the production, coin- age and monetary condition of each. year were $78,604,612, as against $30, 117,876 for the previous year, The net silver exports amounted to $33,- 262,258 as against $27,631,789 for the previous year. ‘The employment of precious metal in the industrial: arts in the United States during the cal- endar year 1895 wi Gold.. Silver. + $18,429,085 12,277,024 se ee+. $26,706,109 The new materials consumed in the manufacture of these bars was, gold $8.481,789, silver $,925,387. The metallic stock in the United States ‘on July 1, 1896, was—gold, $599,597,- 964, silver, $628,728,071, a» total of $1,228,826,035. The estimated pro- duction of the precious metals in the During the year there were deposit d gold bullion at the mints and assay offices to the value of $103,811,125. Of this amount, $83,769,383 were original deposits and $3,441,741 were re-de- posits. The classification of the or- iginal deposits was as follows: Domestic bullion $53,910,957 Uncurrent domestic coins.. 1,670,005 The face value of the uncurrent do- mestic gold coins transferred from the treasury to the mints at Philadelphia and San Francisco for recoinage was $825,583 and the amount deposited was $858,297, a total face value of which was $1,670,005, showing s lose upon recoinage of $18,874, The silver bullion deposited represented a coin- age value of $11,848,694. Of this amount $11,677,077 were original de- posits, and $176,617 were redeposits. Gold Crown and Mascot Fraction, Giant and Red Mountain, Mabel, Homestake and Gopher, Elise, Ida Queen, Monte Cristo and Colonna. Back numbers containing an ac- count of these properties can be ‘had at this office at 5 cents a copy. : ——- NEWS FOR ADVERTISERS. The Recorp has n larger circulation in Rossland than the combined cir- culation of all the other papers pub- G lished in Rossland. The Dary Recorp has more than three times the vity circulation of any other daily paper published here. These are facts we chailenge any one to deny. We stand ready to prove them. Taking circulation into consideration advertising rates in the Datty Recorp are more reasonable than any other medium in Rossland. Advertisers should not forget these facts. _— 'vhe editorial remarks in yester- day’s Recorp regarding the pro- posed incorporation of the town and the attitude taken by the Miner, struck the key note, accord- ing to the views of the old time ‘citizens and taxpayers of Rossland. The Miner has had ample time to raine objections to the proposed ‘pill, and there can’be but one rea- son for it at this time objecting to the incorporation going forward upon the lines agreed upon by the citizens of Rossland, and that: is, that a political slate has been made, the interests and ideas of which cannot be subserved by the proposed charter. Men who have not been here loug enough to hold office under the proposed new charter, are not entitled to office or to have too much to say about the organization of the city gov- ernment. ——__—X* fhe morning paper has taken The cl of the 1 was as follows: 99 Met’ls Ounces. United States during the calendar year 1896 was: Fine Commercial Coining Met’ls Ounces. Value, Value. Gold. ._ 2,254,700 $46,610,000 $46,610,000 Silver.55,727,000 85.445,000 72,051 The. estimated production of gold and silver in the world, for the calen- dar year 1895, was as follows: — Fine Commercial. Coining Value. Value. Gold.9,694,640 $20,406,000 $200,406,000 Sil’r 168,308,858 110,078,700 217,610,800 * The total coinage of gold and silver by the various countries of the world was as follows: Gold ......-565 «++ $281,087,438 Silver ......... se. 121,610,219 scnindeie acne weve $852,097,657 The total metallic stock and un- covered paper in the world -was. esti- mated on January 1, 1896, to be as follows: Gold 143,700,000 LUMBER! LOMBER! $13 A Thousand. ~ AARO Successor to ~ N JAFFE, P British Columbia Mill Company. Full Stock of Dressed Lumber, Shingles, etc. Office and Yard at “Y,”? ©. & W. Railway. The I X L Clothing Co Leading Clothiers, Hatters and Gent’r, 609. 511 and 513 Riverside. Ave, Mo Furnishers. Mohawk Block, SPOKANE MODERN. 3K EQUIPMENT 7 : TACOMA, SEATTLE, VICTORIA, ST. PAUL, ST. LOUIS, CHICAGO. NE' and all points east, alao European 8. 8. ORGHERN __ PACIFIG RY. SOLID VESTIBULED TRAINS. THROUGH TICKETS VANCOUVER, PORTLAND, and California points. W. YORK, BOSTON, tickets. a‘ TIME SCHEDULE. $4, Full legul tender silver. ae thay Limitedntender silver .. 620,200, Hy En: time cards, maps and tickets Ne. 1, West, No. 9, East, For call on or write Domestic bullion... depart, $5,715,742 Uncurrent Domestic 4, col Foreign material Old plate and jewelry . The purchase of silver bullion for subsidiary coinage under the pro- visions of section 30,526, revised statu- tes of the United States, was 184,578 .- 14 fine ounces, costing $122,429. The coinage executed at the mint during the fiacal year was as follows: Description. Pieces. Value. jold......... 3,584,760 $58,878,490 Silver dollars. 7,500,882 7,500,882 Subsidary “ail- 12,923,707 3,939,819 Total metallic stock. .$8,380,600,000 Uncovered paper. .... '2,658,000,000 Grand Total. . ....$10,938,600,000 A SLOCAN PROPERTY. The Reco Mine Declares a Dividend of $100,000. It hes been announced that the Reco company had declared a divi- dend of $100,000. This action was taken ata meeting of the board ef .. 54,321,484 869,387 there were coined at the mint:at Phil- adelphia, for the-government of Ecu- ador, 500,000 20-cent pieces’ (sucre pieces), of the value of $100,000. The. silver dollar coinage included, in the above table was made from bullion purchased under the act of July 14, 1860, and the seigniorage on thie coin- age was $2,327,737. The total coinage of silver dollars from bullion . pur- chased under the act of July. 14, 189.0, from August 13, 1890, (the date the law went into effect) to July 1, 1896, has been $47,544,776. The number. of fine ounces of silver employed -ia ‘this coinage was $36,772,912, costing $36,- 964,557 with a seigniorage of :$10,580,- 218, From July 1 to November 1, 1896, thre were -consumed 6,776,936, fine ounces, costing $6,038,283,.with a coinage of $8,762,100, giving a seigu- iorage of $2,723,816. A total coinage under this act, to November 1, 1896, of $56,306,876, with a total seigni ly-held at Sand This is the first dividend the- Reco No. 255 Morrison 8t,, corner of Portland,. Direct Route from. over $50,000. The awners of the Reco mine are 8. M- Wharton and George Wharton, of, the Cliff mine, J. M Harris and F, T. Kefley of Sandon. MINERS’ LICENSE. A good deat of discussion is going on‘among’some of the leading jour- nals of the province a8 ‘to just what what action the next session of the provincial psriismen' wil! take in ra- gard {© he Free ‘Miners’ License act, and many uf them savor the abolish- ing of the act ontirely. While it igtrue that the licensé, would work @ hardship upon a native born‘ subject,and make no points of Wistinction between a “man to the to the push and enterprige of a great many of those same foreigners, of $13,304,034, leaving on hand: at the mints a balance of 125,061,262.74 fine ounces, costing $112,865,625.. Of the subsidiary silver coinage, $322,698 was coined from new bullion purchased the y , that the Koot- enay district is coming into promi- nence as the greatest mining coun- try on‘earth, and to the yaukee’s cap- ital in a large degree can be traced under the provisions of section 3,526, United States revised statutes, for bsidiary silver coinage (the seignior- age on this coinage was $175,819) and $3,607,120 from uncurrent sub- the of @ great many properties. Among tho actual Canadian pros- pectors there remains nota particle of jealousy or ill feeling, as they realize that the result will be beneficial to manor born’ -and-a foreigner, still it ist npon itself the task of raising funds | sidiary silver cqinage transferred from] tte country, and the Canadian and F. D. GIBBS, General Agent, SPOKANE, WASH. ..° OB A: D. CHARLTON, ‘Asst. Genl. Pass. Agent. ‘hird. Oregon. ANADIAN PACIFIC Soo Pacific Route pith anne aeanbenee eae The cheapest, most comfortable ‘and ROSSLAND, . Kaslo, Nelson, and all Kootenay: Poivis Through Tickets to and from PACIEIG..cOAST bi RED very and STAR Transler 0. thing moved—from a trunk to a boiler, SaddJe and pack horses, light and heavy rigs, & general express, truck and business. We have the exclusive transfer privilege for the Columbia & Wester- railway; are prepared to unload and deliver all kinds of freight from cars; any Quick work. Telephone No. 8. J.W. AARTLINE. PROP. Kambiler™ Bicycles and-G, Te Tires. Light, strong, darabteand will last for sears. Yhe G. & T. Tires are the only practical quick repair tires. That's why they are made detachable, F..T. Merrill Cycle Co. 821 Riverside. SPOKANE. PALACE & J. WwW. LANE. PRO TABLES TEL. 27. SADDLE AND PACK HORSES, oF Z DELIVERY AND TRANSFERING. WASHINGTON AND RESERVE STS. P. - Rossland, B. C. LE ROL <> WOOD YARD. “|e” Roi Avenue, near Henderson’s B rewery. no‘ice at reasonable prices. _ ‘Phone 31, : All kinds of wood delivered ‘on short ROSSLAND. Stone ax . a os Heddle Co. —Corner Columbia Avenue —and Spokane Streets. We ship our pipe in ear load lots- You can save money by buying from us, J. E: BURWELL, DEALER IN PRICES REASONABLE, v d, ing Palatial Dining and Sleeping cars, Luxurious Day Coaches, Tourist Sleep- ing oars. and Free Colonist extra charge. OFFICE : ‘cars, rynon all trains. For information as to rates, etc., apply to the ncarest agent. H. E. Macpong Lt, Nelson, B. C., A, B Macxenztz & Co., Agents, Rossland, B. C. to Geo. McL. Brown,- District Passen- ger agent, Vancouver. time, Time Table No.4. Totake effect feb. 8, 18979 BAasTBOUND. : Dally except Sunday. - ‘No, 2 passenger leaves Rossians a ‘Aftives at Trail... ‘WEeTBOUND. Daily except Sunday. No. 8 passenger leaves Trail. Aftives in Hosstand.. ‘No. 1 passenger leaves Tra! arrives in Rossland . 00 p. 10, Connections at Rossland with trains to and from Spokane. Connections made with all boats arriving and departing from Trail. General offices: ¥. P. GUTELIUS, . ‘General Supt. for. the sufferers uf India in Ross- land and because the people did not fly to that office with ‘their cash it has the audacity to announce that it is “ashamed of the people of Rowland.” The people of Ressland are as gener- ons asany people on earth, and ifthey are approached properly, by proper p wil spond liberally to the relief of India sufferers, or any other deserving cause. The fact that only $12 has been turned into the Miner office, is evidence, not that the people are not generous, bat that the Miner's good opinion of itself is not en- joyed by those who are able to contribute. —_—_ Just how much influence Jebn BR. Beavis expects to exercise over; Gold and silver bars were manu- the bers of the legisl eo at! f d at the mints and assay Victoria.is not knowh. It is an|offices during the fiscal year as follows: exhibition of a greatdeal of “gall” Gold.. eee +. $53,248,523 for him tu presnme he has any. Silver. . «7,870,454 His sheet, the Miner. has assidu- . $60,618,978 ously abused the geverament and} The net gold exports for the fiscal the treasury to the mints for recoin- age. Thebalanceon hand July 1, 1896, available for subsidiary silver coinage, was 1,161,708.46 fine ounces, costing $1,514,520. ‘The value of the minor coinage made from new ma- terial, was $689,985, while the remain- der of the coinage—$179,252—was made from old and uncurrent minor coins transferred from the treasury to the Philadelphia mint for cleanning and reissué.. The total amount of minor coins issued by the mint at Philadelphia since 1798 to June 30, 1896, was $27,818,107 ; of this amount $2,382,461 has been remelted, leaving $25,435,646 as the total amount out- standing on June 80, 1896. Deduct- ing the balance on hand at the mints, July 1, 1878, the net seigniorage, or profit on the coinage of silver from that date to June 30, 1896, was $78,- 145,603. yankee pruepectors are in a great many cases “tillicums,” . The act has undoubtedly done much to ffacilitate the location and development of a great many of the best properties of the country, and should be continued, for the present at least.—Slocan City News. NEWSPAPER cure IF so, ADDRESS ALLEN G6. SMITH, ~— : TIMES BUILDING, CHICAGO. Let me estimate and submit samples. The best of all-cats and engravings at moderate prices. New Schedule Cc. & K.S.N. CO: For the present schedule on Col- umbia River will be as follows :— eR Nakusp willrun on same days as at present as far south as Robso: n. SreameR Trai will leave Trail at8a. m. Tuesd: Thurad a Columbia asd Westen tulny| WILLIAM E. DEVEREAUX, “Civil Engineer, Notary Public. in Weeks & Co's Building. COLUMBIA AVENUE, ROSSLAND BRICKLAYING Have a Fall Line of ~ Re Kiln Dried -Lumber Finished or Rough Lumber, Sash, Mouldings, Doors, Lath, Shingles, Lime, Cement, Fire Bricks, etc. Yard, East Red Mountain Depot OTTO KOSLEOF, M All Kinds and Lengths of Wood Delivered: to any part of town without Heap oF SPOKANE St: . .Provincial Land-Surveyor and Formerly of Victoria, B.C. Office, up stairs All kinds of brick, stone and cement work done by H. Christerisen, brick- layer. Office at the gun and lock- > {smith shop, Reserve street. ‘1M $. RERRY UOMDER COMPLY ROSSLAND, B.C. ~ Good stock of valves and fit- tings at reduced prices. Con- tracts for hot water, steam heating, plumbing and set- ting of manitfacturing ma- chinery. ~