~~" tN RAST KQOTENAY, Beste voarvee soe. RED &TAR § ROSSLAND EVENING RECORD ing as there are Cenadians, in the dustry in Western Washington, tow "| bordering towns and cities of the in its feeble infancy. United States. ; The prospecting work done in the Shall Canada retaliate, then, and Cascade mountains during the past drive these Americans off Canadi:.1 two summers has demonstrated the rf fact that there is a belt of country un soil? If Canadian capitalists do the western slope of the Cascade not want these Americans to work mountains, extending from British for them they are at liberty to dis-| Qolumbia through rearly the whole charge them, but if they find it|iength of the State of Washington, more profitable to employ Ameri-| wherein can be found ledges of’ min- cans where is the benefit to Canada|erul containing a very heavy per- “4 going to come in if a retaliatory | centage of copper. In the mineral alien labor measure is adopted ? claims on which development work — Our esteemed contemporary, the BY BBE OC. SMITH, Publishedievery day (except Sunday) and Weekly. DAILY: One Year in Advance. ix Months Oue Month.. By Carrier by the W. Bingle Copy........++ WEEKL One Year, in'advance. Six months, in Bingle seal the ore made, copper is foupd in 2 vantities ranging from 10 per cent. @ paper, all at once becomes npwarde In i of these veins the very solicitous for the working) copper is found in conjunction with people, and particularly the women, | gold and . silver values. sufficiently and advises them to stay away|high to insure profitable mining, even from Rossland. Of course this) had the copper itself been absent. camp will be oyer run with people| With the heavy increase in the de- privileges. Next to the mineral) ooking for employment, as is in-| mand for copper, fcreseadowed in the wealth of the province, the water! gooq every new ful mining | jal reports, and with the powers are probably the most val- camp, but there is no occasion for | Prospect that the present: increase in uable. ‘The water powers and devoting the entire editorial price is not merely temporary, but FRIDAY, FEB. 26, 1897. A CONTEMPLATED MEASURE. One of the most important pieces of legislation that will come before the provineial legislature this _ses- sion will be that relating to water has been done, and working tests of [' Livery and = Transier Gp. Saddle and pack horses, light and heavy rigs, a 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 thing moved—from a trunk to a boiler, Quick work. Telephone No. 8. % One Price to » GEO. A. FRASHR Carries a complete line of : Perfumes, Powder f and ‘Loilot Articles, i Carefully Pr pares ; ( Your Prescriptions, * GEO.. A. FRASER. J. WW. AARTLINE. PROP.|) ccc gc Kampler Bicycles and G, 1. Tires. Light, ‘strong, darable and will last for years. The G. & I. Tires are the oul practical quick repair tires. why they are made detachable, F. 1. Mervilt Cy 821 Riverside. i Co. Srosank® BOS TYSTES LYS BIS ESBS SHS Tye 1 J. E. BURWELL, DEALER IN” ‘vnar's | All Kinds and Lengths of Wood -PRICES REASONABLE, Delivered to any part of town without extra chat ge. . OFFICE : HEAD or SPOKANE St. mine development will have tohelp| columns. of a Rossland paper to will be Jollawes uy further 4 ‘ each other. The more economi- ak in the near future, it may develop Hy. th inerals of this - waving the red flag. The people that the gold and silver for, which SOP SUA manerals:o) province| who arrive here broke were no these mines are now being-.worked can Se produced the more PtoS-/doubt broke and out of employ-| will be of less value than the copper perous will the province be. In 1 PALACE STABLES ™-" SADDLE AND PACK HORSES, DE: LIVERY AND TRANSFERING. WASHINGTON AND RESERVE STS. J. W. LANE. PRO P. - Rossland, B. C, Z ment where they came from and | now looked upon as a by-p fast there is 80 much low grade | quite as well off here as there, There is little prospect for the ore in the mining districts that —_—_—_—_— copper market to be overdone. All many a property will not pay work- di Who will be Rossland’s regis-|i ing expensee unless the most econ-| tration clerk? A registrar willl be| P2nsiou in the use of electrical appli- omical of devel are ie + ads diately on the pas- ances, ially in the thod, point to a wonderful: ex-|. introduced. On the other hand sage of the incorporation bill, who of power from waterfalls to displace there are untold mountains of min- steam in manufacturing plants, and eral that will pay handsome divi- consequently a still greater increase dends if their development is not in the demand for copper wire, which will prepare a list of voters for use at the election of the mayor and nine aldermen bat will take place H. B. FINDLEY, DD. Ss, L. D. Ss. Stussi block. Rossland, B. C Graduate of the Pniladelphia Dental college and Hospital of Oral Surgery. ROSSLAND., B. C. Have a Fall Line of Spokane Stamp Works, Doors, — Lath. Lime, Cement, Shingles. Fire Bricks, ets. A. §. SORRY LOMBER COMDAN? Kiln Dried Iuniber Finished or Rough Lumber,.- Sash, hid 1 Mouldings, Solid Vestibule Trains MORERN EQUIPMENT THROUGH TICKETS TACOMA, SEATTLE, VICTORIA, VANCOUVER, PORTLAND, A Strong Company of Rossland Mir ing Men. The Le Roi people have decided to cxtend their operations into the Fort} scotia, south. The width of the vein is not known, as the work “has only just broken into the ore, which appears on the whole face of the tunnel, and hus beon penetrated only about two feet, Good reporta come frem the Big Iron, which ia in the . vicinity of ‘the The Big Iron is owned hy Siecle district of Enst Kootenay. A|]John C, Finch and asenciates, who n-imber of the officers and large stock-| have been pushing development dur- holders of that miue have beught th: Sullivan group of mines in that dis- trict, have organized a company, Group Mining called the Sullivan company,ind-willk push developmen as soon nes the upper Kootenay shall be opened to navigation tn the spring. Tne incorporation papers were sent to The capitalization ig $2,500,000, the same as the Le Roi, bat-the shares are placed at the par value of $1, while in the Le Koi thai. Olympia, Wash. par value ia $5. Officers have not ye been elected, but the trustees aré George Turner, W. M. Ridpath, Frank Hogan, R. B. Blake. F. T. Post, Colonel W. W. D. Turner, Colonel I . N. Peyton. J. W. Cleaver and A I, Other owners are B. D, Davis. Saunders, E. W: Smith, Major Arm strong, L. F. Williams and D. W. Henley. The claims owned by the company are the Hope,. the Hamlet and the Shylock. They are about 2C miles from Fort Steele, and two miles from Thoy the famous North Star mine. were located three years ago by Sulli. van, Smith, Cleaver and Burch | ing the whole of the winter season. JOHN M. BURKE tt} Will examine and report on mines for sale, and also on -mines of Which stock is being sold, if my reports are found not to be correct I wil) refund all moneys invested.on same. “JOHN M. BURKE, Rossiaud, B.C, J. E. MILLS, Agent for Montreal Syndicate Lets of the Origi- | Agent for ene ect momienss ny Oe 5 . GRAND UNION HOTEL, Cable address “Warrens,” Rossland. Use “Lieber’s" “ Moreing and Neal's” and Bedford MoNeil's Codes, The Walters Co., Ld. General Brokers._ Mines, Mintxe Suanzs axe Mrz Prepvucts. Dealers in Developed Mines, frst “Pros pects" and Standard Shares: tien Particular attention gizeti to the orders of in- the Little Giant, a few miles farther) The -Angle-Ganadian Mining Exchange, Ltd. OF TORONTO. OFFICE: OPPOSITE FRAGER'S DRUG STORE. Mining Stocks and Claimis bought and soid. @xo. Gump, Secretary. Z J. K. CLARK & CO. Mines. Stocks and Real Estate We makes specialty of Eiamining, Reporting om and Developing Mines. Rossland B. OC. BRADLEY & MILLS, MINES, STOOKS 7 aND REAL ESTATE. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. Office of the Rossland Employment Agency. Columbia Ave. ROSSLAND, B. 0 E:-S TOPPING, TRAIL, B. GC. Has Mining Properties for sale or bond. on Lookout mountain, Beaver creek, North Fork-ot the Salmon, Deer Park and all parts of Columbia basin. dividusis and Syndicates. Expert report: physical features and tities, Pes “POF? Om Correspondence solicited. Colonel Ridpath, who made a close examination of the claims last fall, and sded devel P..0..Drawer L. ROSSLAND, B.C. Also lots at Trail and Deer Park. Will examine properties, will buy stock for outside investors and. will protect them from wild cats, surface )p- ment, said yesterday: : 8. C. CHEZUM. JOHN JACKSON, JR. Arrangements having been com- pleted for the disposal of the first issde of Treasury stock in the Royal Five Gold Mining Company, the price of stock will be advanced to 10 cents per share on and after the 1st day of March, 1897. The Royal Five Gold Mining Company. LIMfTED LIABILITY. ~- FIVE MINING LOCATIONS, INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA... (COMPANIES ACT, 1890.) CAPITAL - - °-. =~ - __ $1,500,000. Divided: into 1,600,000 :8hares of $1.00 each, fully paid and non-assessable. Of which 500,000 shares have been set aside as T ‘y Stock, the p: is to be applied to development work only, ‘The remaining 1,000,000 shares of vendors’ or promoters’ stock has been peoled by mutual agreement. ‘ hampered by unwiseand unsound is already overrunning production. omical ‘measures. Taking the relative percentage of ri zi 538 the metals as they appear in the ores Legislation on water privileges. rene t was|of British Columbi dad West therefore, should be of such a ch n important amendment was/jof British Columbia an ‘estern made to the incorpuration bil in com- | Washington, 15 per cent copper would acter that the use of the water mittee affecting water privileges. |™mean more to the mine owners of power of the province for public ‘The incorporation will have power this section of the country. than purposes will be made as cheap 8814, ao propriate for ita any water | Would an increase in the value of sil- Th G d H ] it is possible to have it supplied ns ri Ss visiulé use any Wale! ver to $1 an ounce. Copper has. al- e Tan ote for. We understand that it is the the y: ready reached the price. of 12. cents ; ion of the gov t to in- per pound, and may touch the 15 troduce a measure that will ensure cent mark before many months. an economical water power ser- vice. ELCCTROTYPERS, and manufacturers of Corporation | Yard, East Red Mountain Depot. Seals, Rubber Stamps, Stencils, ete: | 5°” Opro ROSLEOF, Mannger. NEW YORK, BOSTON, Office at 126 Mill street. and all points east, also Europenn 5. 8. SPOKANE, WASH : tickets. 2 TIME SCHEDULE, LEAVING SPO No. 1, West, depart, No. 2, East, bid “It is the most remarkable surface showing I have ever seen, and I do not“even except the Le Roi. The croppinge show 15-to 265 feet of solid galena ore and assays from the sur- face run all the way from $20 to $60 per ton. At one point a butte of rock stands above the surface for 20 feet. Tt is 300 feet long and 150 feet across, and wherever cut shows a large per cent of galena ore It is- thought that the entire butte will be found to he concentrating are. We have galena boulders on the surface that will weigh a ton each.” before the end of March. and California points. 8T. PAUL, ST. LOUIS, CHICAGO. Rossland Mining Abstract Co. Fnll information concerning titles to mining properties : Trail Creek Division. : Mining Blanks Carefully and Neatly Executed. DIRECTORS. ; PRESIDENT : - - ROSS THOMPSON ~, TreasvkER |- - JOHN McTEER REPASS Capitalist and Original Owner of Rossland Townsite, Mine Owner Montana and British Columbia, Bossland, B. C. 4 Kossland, B. C. cE-Presipent, - Hon. D. W. HIGGINS, M.P.P. Hox. D. M. EBERTS, Attorney General for the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of B, C. Province of British Columbia, DAVID B. BOULE, Manager Kootenay Goldfields Apvisory Dregcron_ = - - - JOHN Y. COLE rats Golden Queen Gold Mining Co., ard Co., Limited, of London, Eng. oA : Vice-President White Bear Gold Mining SECRETARY - 8, THORNTON LANGLEY Company, Rossland. B. C. Mining Broker, Rossland, B, C. General Mining Business Transacted. . ° CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. Vu OrFicE: Traprrs Biocg, Columbia Ave. P, O. Box 72. For information, time cards, maps an call on or write : ROSSLAND, B. C. Fb. GIBBS, General Agen t, OKANE, WASH. OR A. D. CHARLTON, ~ Asst, Genl. Pass. Age’ No. 256 Morrison =t., corner of ‘I’ Portland, Ores WASH. &, Wood and Coal Co. POST OF FICE BUILDING. Within the corporate limits ‘of BROKANE, > Rossland there will be incladed 1,- 920 acres; of Nelson, 372 acres and cf Grand Forks, 837 acres. COR. MAIN AND HOWARD STS, —~— . THE YALE DISTKICT. OFFICERS. The bill will give the government power to lease the water power prtvileges, no exclusive franchises tobe given to any individual or —_—_—_—_—— The bill to incorporate Rossland, Nelson and Grand Forks will be- company, The lease isto be for so many hundred or thousand horse-power as the case may be and is to become ferfeit if the power is not used. As many individuals or. ies as are required to come a law on Monday next. Gd THE COPPER MARKET. the Tendency is Still Upward. A Steady Increase in the Price and Is Expected Soon To Be the Scene of Great Activity, The mining interests of Yale dis- trict, British Columbia, seenf to be attracting the attention of mining men, and from present indications that locality will soon be the scene of activity and work and one of the live camps of the northwest. Mr. Buchan, who has been at work on a Newly furnished. Strictly first-class | - Under the Reasonable Prices. _ of Frank Watson. for mining men. levator service night and day. Free baths. On the European and American plan. ‘Every room heated by steam, Free buss to and from all trains. Headquarters J F. TRAVERS - W. M. HENDRICKSON, M.D Licenciate of the Faculty-of Physician aod Surgeons, etc., British =~ Columbia, Canada. Late Surgeon Workingman’s - Hospital, Butte, Mont. OFFICE: Srusst BLoce. ROBSLAND A NADIAN PACTFIC: And Soo Pacific Line The cheapest, most comfortable and Direct Route from ROSSLAND. The owners of the North Star have constructed a wagon ruad from their boxt landing on the Kootenay to the mine, and this road runs within two miles of the Sullivan group. Colonel Ridpath says the projected line of the Crow's Nest pass road will run within 10 miles of these miner, and that a spur can be built in “with tively little expense. The country is compara- |. Dundee Gold. Mining Co,, Lt PARKER GROUP, / Assays obtained January 28, 1897, $22 gold, 2 ounces silver. ‘Depth 70 Feet. Mnrve Su: E,W. LILJEGRAN ConsuLTING ENGINEER - Ross PERINTENDENT - = - Ex-Superintendent Le Roi Mining Co. OFFICES: RECORD BLOCK, ROSSLAND, B. C. Banages: Tue Bank or Bertish North America, Rossianp, B. C. FRANK MOBERLY, C. E land, B. C. ' i , Ayplication for stock, copies of by-laws, copies of prospectus, or information of any description in rela tion to the Company may be obtaitied of the Secretary, at the offices of the Company, Recorp block, Ross unusually level and:open for a _moun- Situated between Wild Horse and Poreupine Creeks. tainous region, and cvera great part of it one can drive with a wagon. Three steamers ply upon that part of the Kootenay river, and it is the in- tention of the company to send iu machinery as soon. as navigation opens and push development work on its properties. Kaslo, Nelson, consume all the horse. power 4| Many of the mineral prospects in large iron cap, recently bonded. it to and all Kootenay Points eo. SS ae. may obtain | British Columbia and Western Wash-| Montana capitalists, who now have a leases ng “purpowes, ington which are now being devel-| force of men» pushing development J. M. Kellie, M.P.P., we un-| oped into mines, and which will enter) work on the property. C.J. Gordon, 7 derstand, will either champion a| the field as bullion shippers during | who has been developing a free mil- bill of this natureor be one of| the present year, contain a heavy per-|1ing property, the Sunrise, has sold it its strongest supporters. centage of copper, in addition to their | for cash to Spokane men. J. M. Pit- values in the more precious metals.| man and others are developi ix- To all interested in such mines it will | teen-foot iron cap ledge. Tian pres: The 1 X L Clothing Col, Leading Clothiers. Hatters and Gent's . Furnishers. 509. 511 and 513 Riverside Ave. Mo Mohawk Block, SPOKANE ‘ VI I i £3 i Ursurpassed, combin- ing Palatial Dining and Sleeping curs, e THE CREEDMORE Luxurious Day Coaches, Touriat Sle S. THORNTON LANGLEY, Secretary. First Block of Treasury Sik at 10- Conts. Good, Clark & Go, | x. aeraavcen, sunt be Euai Estate aup:Maume Broxuné, ‘Through Tickets to and from PACIFIC COAST tern and Europear Points. l THE CROW'S NEST PASS RAILWAY. be pleasant to learn that notwith- indicati is standing the heavy increase in copper ent indications Meiproperty; promlane production in the last few years, the} ‘The Gold Belt Mining company, of demand is increasing faster than the| which @. W..Yuancy, of Seattle, is supply, surplus etocks are being cleared | president, will soon begin active work up, and the price of copper is dily | on its property. The has a pa pidalpdenrety ee large ledge of milling and concen- mo ley, telegra) i i build the road, the g t or | ud telephone interests, and other in- eon aa Hak oe pens the Canadian Pacific rail ? A. n which i takes /jarge body of ore in sight ani the G. Blair, mini of v8, is on | P part, has called for an out-| easy access.of the property to (rans record as favoring the government put almost beyond the (Present Pr0-| portation will with little development construction, while several of the ducing “capacity of existing copper | enable the company. to. begin shipping inisters, notably Clifford Sifton, pores ee Asa result of this, bag ore. minister of tho interior, are fightipg| vaiue of copper mine aharee to tel qane ominion, Superior and May- hard for the Canadian Pacific rail-|amount of over $11,000,000 within Homer onned'by. Sapoleon: Sabouria, tad) have strong ledges and sre preperties way company. the past few months. After a yeur of | worthy of notice in this locali There is danger that’ the con-|unparulleled activity in copper min- Z is locality. struction of the road will be delayed | ing, there has beena large shrinkage on account of the dissension in the | in the world’s supply of that metal. ~ ROSSLAND’S WOMAN BROKER. cabinet. The time for commenc-| According to the Chicago Journal ing work is nigh at hand, there|°f Commerce, there was eight years Mrs. Stone Will Sell Stocks—Opened should be no time lost in wrang-|*2° the first of this month a total an Office Yesterday. ling. visible supply of copper in Sngland - and France, and afloat, of 109,548 tona| Mrs. Jennie L. Stone, whose busi- a fine oe On Fore 1, 1897,| ness experience was cradled in the it was tons, or 77,203 tons less ‘i than on February, 1, 1889. ereat Astoria boom, has opened . The foreign demand took from thie mining brokerage office in the Ritchie country during 1896 more copper lock in Rossland. C. W. Stone, her than three Calumet and Hecla mines | husband, was a prominent real estate could supply, even at the maximum | broker in Astoria during its palmy production reached last year. All of|days and it was during the excite- the great copper prcdvcing mines| ment of that period that Mrs. Stove made new records during lust year, absorbed an unusual interest-in busi- ns from A da during | ness affairs which men hav \are that the man who becomes too! 1896 being 25,575,397 pounds greater | customed to think they rit ly cage anxious to be Rossland’s first mayor! than the preceding year; the Boston|monopoly. Mr. Stone ie now the will not be the best man for the place. & Montana company turned out 60,-| agent of the Collar line of i The situation to date in regard to the construction of the Crow’s Nest Pass railway is almost the same as it has been for a few weelts. There seems to be dissension among the D: i sbi min- isters' on’ the point: Who shall LS FIRST MAYOR OF ROSSBLAND. There are a few scheming politicians in town who would like very much to dictate who will be the first mayor of Rossland, and that is exactly what the business men of the city do not want. But what they do want isa man who is thoroughly identified with and vitally interested in the welfare of not only the town but the mining region sur d. The ch the shi ROSSLAND. B. CG. . Newly furnished-rooms. Everything firat class. MANSEL B. GREEN, Mus. Bac. Btudio of Music and Literature. Lessons in Counterpoint, Harmony and Thorough Bass and t Elocation. Open for engagements on program as singer oF pianist) aS Next to Oooldental, Columbia Avenue Offices to rent, single or double. Mrs. SWEENEY, -Proprietress Traders’ Block, Columbia Avenue, ing cars, and Free Colonist Sleeping cars, run on all trains. For the present schedule on Col- umbia River ateamers will be as fel- lows :— Streamer Nakusp will ran ov same days as at present as far south as Notary Public, Commissioner, CLOTHES P on WILLIAM MILLER, TAILOR, NEXT TO McALPINE’S DRUG STORE, RESERVE ST., REASONABLE P&ICEs. ROSSLAND Sanitary and Water Tank Company Orrick: COMMERCIAL ALLEY, When the proper time comes the peo-| 000,000 pounds more than in 1895;|on the Columbia river. . ple can be depended upon to select| while the Calumet & Hecla’s pro-| Mrs. Stone expects to succeed here. their own mayor without too muck/duction reacl.ed 90,000,000 pounds, i i She says that she does not see an: edyice from afew “carpet bag” poli-| the greatest in the history of the com-|reason why women should hold slowt icians. pany. from the brokerage business or why These figures, showing that the de-|they should not succeed as well as The Toronto Globe has been in- mand is more than keeping pace with|men. She has a large b _———— THE ALIEN LABORA QUESTION- Between and Northern Hotels, E. 0. Crarron - - Manager. THE RECORD BY CARRIER. The Recorp has pepfected its new carrier service, and the Paper will now , * . the largely i i i vestigating the alien labor question sey. te and has been enthusias- and has found that in het border would fairly indicate that the price of|tic over the prospects of Rossland towns and cities of Canada there copper will continue to still further | ever since her first visit here in Janu- advance; and that there is a greatjary. She is accompanied by her 12- are abont as many Americans work-|fyture beicre the copper mining in-| year-old daughter. be deli Pp ip every ing by carrier to any address in the vity for 25 cents per week. Leave your ad- dress at the office and get the news of the day served up to you in the Rec- OgD at supper time each evening. Upstairs in Ritchie Block Columbia Ave. Rossland. Thos. Mayne Daly, bson. Sreatee Tear will leave Trail at8a. m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and 8: d: for Robson, ing with Steamer Nakusp for CG. P. R. connec: tion and Siocan points.and with train for Nelson. Steamer Trail will return same day, bringing south bound }si- ners from Steamer Nakusp And Nel-ou. Stone as» —and Spokane 8treets. chinery. Heddle Co. —Corner. Columbia Avenue ~