MONTE ORISTO, COLONNA AND VIRGINIA. These threo properties are owned by Enstern Canada capitalists and are INFORMATION represented here by George Pfunder ag general = mannger and Harold Kingsmill, sec. and tres. They are , | il situated on Monte Cristo mount- about a mile north of town. The Monte Criato has over 1800 feet The Rookery. Interests in Trail Creek proporties of merit for all ( fovelopment work. ANGLO:AMERICAN MINING & IN- VESTMENT CO, "°° Spokane, Waals. sauonlint of tunnel, shaft, rise and c work. Itis provided with two com preesors, one 7 and one 4-drills. Colona: Has 1,000 feet of work ‘and ie furnished power by. the Monte Cris- to. Forty men are employed on the two properties. Virginia: Over $18,000 was expend- ed on the Virginia by former owners. Monday, Nov. 15, the late purchasers commenced a double compartment vertical shaft, which willbe provided with cages, the first in the camp. A Brief Write-up Which Will be Ex- tended to All the Properties in the Camp. LE ROI, WAR BAGLE, CENTRE STAR ——_—_- Best Information Obtainable trom Owners and Other Sources. —__——_- fPhis write-up will be contiued cor- rected and carried until the principal nines and prospects have been des- cribed. As we are unable to visit all propertics herein mentioned we will not be responsible for all Nt but in the main they can be relied up- on as being correct. DEER PARK. The Deer Park is Jocated on the summit of Deer Park mountain in the south belt, 1 mile and half, south west of town, and has probably the largest mineral deposit in the camp. It is developed by & shaft 145 north of Rossiond and is owned by feet deep, and 95 feet cross-cut., Ita| p. Jones, Hugh McGlynn, Mike’ Mor: machinery consists of 8 40-horse boil- rie, E. Cronyn, J. A. McDonald. er and a 20-horae hoist: Supplies are shaft has been sunk’ on’ the vein®85 ie fafa anal winter eer yur fa ack mies tonne! aod open cut OJ sr bs 38 ai fee! urveyed and’ crown 5 reported improving a8 depth is gained. stv eexae avis PRIMAOEE: Owned by Harry P. Jones. Located SUNSET NO. 2. The Sunset No. 2, is owned by the] sve miles north of Rossland, and a Canadian Goldfields 8: limit-| yar neighbor of the Highland. he i 5 uable and promise fair to make divi-| dend paying mines. ANNIE E. This claim is owned by the Britieh Lion mining company, George A. Fraser, sev. and tres. It is located on the east slope of D. Park moun- tain, south bnit, adjoining the Gold Hunter and Grand Prize. It is crown granted and has a shalt down on tha vein 90 feet: Ore vasnye from $6° to $10, rud ie regarded a8 a good ‘pros-' pect. THE UNION. se . Tho Union is located three miles All three of these claims are wale], DO YOu: WANT Mare! OR. A NEWSPAPER cure IF so ADDRESS . TIMES BUILDING, . 2s, .CBICAGO, ALLEN A. SMITH. Baron: Let me ostimale and submit samples. Furnished sind Prices Reduced —r International Hotel Rooins: Newly Fitted and -» $6800 a Week| ed, and situated in the south belt, on the east slope of Deer Park mountain, one ‘half mile from the business cen- ter of Rossland, and just above the Oo. & W. ‘cack. It is being vigorously wo. :. with a force of 25 men and two machine drills. In the tunnel 5s feot.a day. ls being driven, and in the shaft, 44 feet. On the 20th of Nov. there wns 380 feet of work done, be- sides stripping the vein, and other rospect work. This property has a drill compressor, hoist, pumps and evexything necessary for (he econom- val development or the mine. in rey become fame ‘he Le Roi mine has bee ous as the greatest gold producer in Canada. It bas besides putting in Primrose ehows an_ iron Pp feet wide and the Blue Bucket shows a 7-foot quartz ledge on the surface. ELECTA AND CHIEF SETTLE. These properties belong to the Ger- manja Gold Mining company and are located on Green mountain just north of Red mountain, three and a half milea from Rossland. There is az 90: foot shaft and 80 foot cross-cut on the Blecta. ‘The ledge is large and well defined, and assays have been obtained as high as $300 a ton. THE. BLACK PRINCE. _ Owhéd by the Black Prince mining company, J. A. Kirk, pres., Hector McPherson, vice pres., G. A. Fraser, ir sec. and trs. -“Lorated on the north extensive and expensive machinery, | side of the Columbia river, three miles paid for over 4,500 feet of work, built] below Trail. Work consists’ of a 40 y buildi hased and | foot shaft, 60-foot tunnel and about 100 feet of open-cuts-. Assays $13. THE ELBA. -, The Elba is situated on Iockout. mountain, in the. south belt, just south -of the Crown. Point and is P pesrly completed a smelter, and paid $400,000 in dividerds. It is situated on the south-east slope ¢ Red moun-, tain, within the corpor sats of the city. Bapitolizaion oi he company is $2, divided iato , ; f Ee par value $5 per share...The owned by the Elba-Trail Creek Con- mine ia held at $5,000,000. aolidated mining company, Robert Tt hae ite own electric light plant | Parr, local manager. Thera is a shaft and ite cre bing are builton the C. &|down on the vein 100 feet aud a con- ‘W. track, with a tramway to the Red tract let for another 100 fee with nine Mountain roilroad. The _ principal }™men working. stockholders are Col. I. N. Peytan, . NOTICE. Senator George Turner, Col. Ww. W. e annual meeting of the British 2. Turner, Wm. J. Harris, Co! Wm. | Lion Mining & Milling company, limited Hi. Ridpath, L. F. Williams, Maj. J. | liability, will be held. at the offices of M. Armstrong, E. D, Sanders. the com. y in Rossland, B. C., e CENTRE STAR, third Monda 7 Janay, 1898, for the Owned by Centre Star mining com-| Purpose of electing officers an rans- any, Oliver Durant manager. Capi- geting sucht other uainess gs may come talization $1,000,000, shares par value S AGsoRan Ar We acam e ench, No stock on the market. tary and ‘Treasurer There has been repented refusals, Of ° -arand better. The mine is situate: Feat half mile north cf tbe busi-| SECRET SOCIETIES ness ceuter. Ic has four separate and | 7p ossLAN! ‘88, I..0.0.F. meet To THE’ Rossland Evening. D. Lodge, No. 86, 1.0. distinct ledges which are develo gvery Monday night in Masonic Hail. with over 4,500 feet of tunnels, sbafts, Ja inap, Wed dein Secktoe ss peo drifts aud croge-cuts. There are many thonza ad tons of ore on the dump and “an night, waiting favorable conditions Ici ealment. This is one of the fire! locations in the camp and one of the “most valuable. Ths latest and mcet imp! d hhinory is i Hed on the property. WAR EAGLE. Thia mine and the Crown Point are owned by the War ii+ple Consolidated Gold mining compavy of Toronto. It adjoins the Le Rci on the west, and hhas done over 5,500 feet of develop- ment work and paid $175,000 in divi- dends. ‘Che present managment pre- fers to hold their ore until the com- puny builds a smelter or can get bet- ter freight and treatment rates. It recently paid $700,000 for the mine. It hag all the 'y converi machinery, ete. The Columbia & K0.T.M.—Red Mountain Tent No. 4 meets . rd ie dat Sra and oth Wednesday ‘ofeach month E 5 United States Consulate. ne 70 ,ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. mown that the government‘of United States: hes ertatiished a Consular Agency for the Kootenay District at, Hossiand B.C., aud further that the undersigned has been duly appointed as Consular Agent and Gontuler Agency ts cntabiished at No. 25-27 esi Oe -s Washington Strest, Rossland, 3.0. “¥. R, BLOCKBERGER, Consular Agent of the United Btates. Rossland, BOs Ose athe ae, es States Dissolution of Partnership. that” 08" a Klondike. | Feeling? The cure for it is s SUBSCRIPTION Record. seuicoenly eae the ea Tt ine tae Gold Fields of “=| Rossland. - It you are looking for come and see us, K THE CRESCENT “UNPARALLELED BARGAINS ?*. * to sell goods 3- egatess of Cs 3 During the next ‘thirty days, we, propose TT 5 if you are jookiiig? for’ snaps; com@’and gee Us, & PO ead on aos | SILUSSF BLOC g 2 FURNISHED ROOMS Dominion Hotel ‘NIGELY "WITH STOVE. . ® 00° and 8.50 per week. Bitgle’ Rooms, 1.50. a Comeand see them at the er punee;'R: L, wante all kinds ufraw furs, ‘| skins, cinseng, seneca, Xe. next ¢ixty days are as follows: farnighed upon application. Full prices , £32} _caretul eelection,' courts Furs Wanted. ‘he:Providence Fur Company, Provi- |. Prices tor .0U te $1F0,00 00 tu 25.01 ce-list on cll other furan wt and in all cohsignments.’ Th Having :moyed inte our “Fire Proof Building» ASSAYER. Trail, - 2S assayed, % J. A. Spiking}: B.C. All eamples received by mai] carefully pee ; : ee rik ore ‘uneoeersmeran| UC Record Three Overfiowing with Istest and richest age +33 us reign, and —_ eccount ofthe Diamond Jubilee. 3 1800) Bonanza for agents. Commission eo per Credit gis Freight UTF! 0 PHY DOMINION born Street, Chicazo. yond. Jubilee. ictures. tains the endorsed biography of Hor Ma- Ie for. rent ity, with authentic history by of oe ae i whole. or in| port. 3: k. . Tremendous demand. id. OF ick for outfit nnd territory. | - id. Write CoMpany. Dept, 7, 256 Dear- Western rv‘lway is built to the mine. : . THE LILY MAY. orci is hereby given. that he -part: The Lily May was the firat location | Dave im x Bile deca! in'this ewap, May 27, 1885 It ie new |der the meme ot Uncle Dave's Lema owned by the Lily May Gold mining company, Senator George Turner, pres W. 0. Warris, mauager and Frank Kizer, vec. and tres. It is located in the south belt, two and a half miles gouth of town. Development work cousists of cver 300 feet of tunnel and shaft. ‘here is 150 tons of shipping ors on the dump, which will average $2U 2 ton, Mine provided with hoist, conwressor plant, machine drills. etc. GEM, TIGER AND UNOLE SAX, Owned Ly John Cromie, Brig At- kinton, 4. B, Campbell, Thos. Coffey. Locate. on one ledge in the south belt, in line with the Crown Point and the Homestuke. Gem, has a 50 foot shaft and 50 feet of open cut work. Tiger, 300 foot tunnel, 40 foot shaft and 100 feet open cuts while the Un- cle Sam has a 25 foot shaft and 150 feet of surface work. EUREKA AND ELDORADO, Property of the Erueka Consolida- ted mining company, H. P. Jones, 5 mutual consent, Dave y . Phil A Silverstone is to pay all bills owed by the said firm, and is authorized to collect all accounts due said firs. .. Dave f BLE Ee : HL A, SILVERSTONE. Dated Jan. 6, 1898. NOTICE. Applications will be received by the underaigned for the position of Assessor, Collector and License Inspector, com- ined in one office, for the city of Ross- land, for the year 1898. ence. 1-18-tf, State experi- W. McQuzen, City Clerk. —_——_— DON’T FORGET. Do not forget that the Recorp job offce will gave you money,do your work promptly and in the best style. 8-17-tf —— 3 Wanted $,2000 Wanted to borrow $2,000 on land - RECORD Every. . .. _ THURSDAY MORNING ‘published in ‘one week. THE WEEKLY _Will’be Issued It will contain all the ptincipal news Epwanp Croxrx. olicitors for the Bauk of British North America Hight Rooms:on Segond Floor... Six, Rooms-on Thira Floor. ie 5.8, home, Jn J. A. MacponaLp. Macdonald Clute & Cronyn arristers, Soliciturs and Notarias. Apply at This w— BEFORE all reason, 45.00 a th d rea., J. C. Cue, sce., E. Coldwell, tra., all of Rossland. Located seven miles Southof Rossland on the U. S, side shaft 80 feet, tunnel 100 with five ren working. Ore iron-copper carrying For Sale. gold and silver, sesaying from $10 to| ‘Two amal! marineMfengines. Apply real estate at a low rate of interest. Good security. Apply at this office. tf — : patronizing the. - $87. Cupitalization $1,000,000. at this office. The Record Job Office’ was pat in the people of Roseland were chargéd prices for work out ‘of The regular. price for Sixteenth Sheet Dodgera was We do them for $2.50. You can get the best of work, fall count, prompt de- livery and be ‘saved money_by ..RECOKD JOB. OFFIOB wen. Record Job Office Record Job Office Rosuaxo. |John. W. Hartline,:Prop.:. - Telephone, No. Sleighs! Cutters! 0, Yes, We. Have Them. : | One, Two and Three Seuts. | They sre Nobb You. aie dev: ‘ 1 Sevite. y are Nobby .Try Them. If. You. : ting upa Sleighing Party sce us ubout Ri Good ‘Teams. ro . * : 7. if a Red. Star Livery ‘and ‘Transfer: Company. , Washington Street,” ' Btables, Le Bol Avenue, Martin. Rlock.. : Rear Hunter Ber Hag-conatantly-on hand a supply .of ‘For Sale Cards : ‘For Rent ‘Cards 4To:-Lease Cards No Credit Cards Furnished Rooms Cards. Assorted Colors. Attractive Design. Uflica, No. 9, Ucozasor To we tee tee . Teoane 3. & The Waterloo Hotel Mra: Reynolds, Proprietress Tenant Rates $2 Per Day. First-Class Russell & Haley WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN. . BEEF PORK MUTTON FIs. OYSTERS. ~_ TON FISA GAME. _ Spokane’street,’ ..” * Rossland, B: c ; TRAIL, B. C. Burnished Rooms With or Without Board, Storey Buildiag- “Two Rooms 14x 42 on Ground Floor “Good: Substantia |. Corhpanies. Ariitesd UUNM Et Rossland Evening Record. VOL. II. No. 199. After Xmas Talk ..... . ; We jiave “a fow: “TOILET and MANICURE sets left from our large stock which will be gold . At Your Own Price Design the prettiest in town, FRASER: - The Reliable DRUGGIST Novelties ‘Arriving Every Day AT fl §. Wallace's Stationery, Wall Paper And Fancy Goods Store. -: Come in and Icok Aroundpas ‘Listen to Our Large Music Box. Le Roi Furnishing ‘and"T ajloring House. O;-por ite Pastoffice REMEMBER we are handling only the finest Englieh goods in our Tailoring department and pupploy ngne but first class workmen. <" Wecannot aford to SLAUGHTER our goods ns that means cheap Jabor and cheap work. 50 if you want a fine Tailor made suit, go to The Le Roi ROSSLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1898: PRICE 5 CENTS. INTEART OF TREKLONDI At2o'clock Sept. 22 we arrived at Dawson onr destination on the Klon- dike river. We are here and people are Graphic Letter From Evan 1, Jones Telling of Life there as He Finds it. HOW PERDUE PASSED DAWSOK Continuation of a Lively Sketch of. Adventure in the Frozen North. A young lady and a baby camped on the summit. The baby was taken ‘sick and died during the night. One man ehot his partner on the way down -/and was brought here for trial. THE STOCK REPORT, The Arlington Con. Miningand Sinelt- ing Co. has been put on the market at WZcents. The company has two claims near Slocan City and has already about sixty tons of ore on the dump, andjhag shipped one carload which netted. the ling around looking at one another and wondering what we came for. can not pick up gold as weexpected. Wo have little or no grub—can’t buy any only sugar and condensed vegetables at the stores. The only thing that remains to be done is to buy some one out. or sell to some one for $25 a pound and go down the river to Fort Yukon to the grub pile a distance of 350 miles, which over 600 people have done. ‘Two boata arrived here since I came. ~ One brought 200 tons and the other about 100.’ They were both held up at Circle City and the provisions taken off. The two company stores here can’t fill half the orders: that have been placed and money deposited since last spring. Anumber have been compelled to buy grub from outaide parties that are going out over the ice.» “All parties-that went around via St. Michaels later than July sre down there yet. I think they are better off, for they will have plenty of provisions and equal- ly aa good if not better country to pros- pect in. Everything is located for miles around heré that is any good, and a lot that is worthless.-.A worse coufitry to ‘wild cat Inever saw. All they want is land, and they are loading themselves ‘down and arecoming out. “There are good gulches ao far on the dorad: and Hunker creeks, $2,007. The ig stocked for one million shares, 200,000. being placed in the treasury, It isthe inten- tion of the company to place machinery large scale. i Quorations. ee 80 We have the follo ject to sale. PN 10 000 Arlington 200 Colonna . on the property and to start work on tributaries of Klondike River, and on Sulphur Creek, tributary of Indian Ri- ver. gold in paying quantities discovered on the Klondike proper, and there were no locatious made on the creek until lately, which is 160 milee long. There is no doubt that Eldorado Creek is wonderfal- ly rich’ and also part of Bonanza, but nothing to what they claim. How they a short distance below there provisions are plenty and what, is found js your own, ‘We| ising streams, secured before I arrived. were exposed fre good. feet but is uaually cut up in 100-foot sec- tions or less, according to the.richness of the ground, You work the ground and give the owner. usually. fifty per cont of what you take out. - which good money can be made, then there are others that won’t yield any- JURY VISITS THE PREMISES AGAIN thing. : day either to outside ‘or down ‘to: Fort Yukon, where all ‘the’ provisions’ are. | Boats were not ablo to bring it up furth- er on account of sand bars. fully 1,000 people will come out over the ice this winter, and lam afraid a great): many will suffer ond lose their lives. This morning I heard of a man : freezing to death with an oar in his hand. weeks ago I saw two wrecked boats go- ing down amongét the ice anc a amber of people going by the town. The shore is all froze and‘ running ice is'so thick o'clock in the morning on.a raft of beef and two menon board. He undertook to land for the last, éight miles. above town. rope but it broke and: Billie. went. on without him. The man came as far as here and was so played out he couldn’t I don’t think there has been any | follow any further. the town he called. for rope and said: “My name is Billie Purdue and I. don’t; know where in hell I will land.” It was pretty cold, but he had a stoveand wood, grub and blankets abcard, and I think he has gone through to Circle City. He can sell his beef there if he can land. Minuke and Tanana Rivers are prom- There are many people working on lays here but they were all Those that Aclaim is .500 GE DRA OU No New Features Developed in the Fire Iivestigation which is Still in Progress. There are lays from People have been leaving. here every There ; Will Probably Be Another Day ofthe Examination Before LT expect it Will be Ended. There we A wi i in the O’Hearn fire investigation, but no evidence of an important nature was brought out. The morning paper in reporting the testimony of Mrs. Timbley misquoted they tant land? ter evidence: It reported her as saying Gillie Purduc went by 1Hé tawn at 3|' at el @ heard rome one come up the stuirs and go into Mrs. O’Hearn’s roont about twenty minutes before the fire and return to the street again. She testified that:some-one came into the hall and knocked ons door, she did not know whose. Atthree o’clock this afternoon the jury adjourned to the store to examine the place at the instance of O’Hearn’s solicitors. Freddie O’Hearn, aged 12, testified. that.he had put off four fire crackers in the atore jnst before he and his mother left, and that hia mother whipped him for it. The lad’s testimony was not shake en in the least although’ he. was. twice recalled. _ sy Shara Two One man.on ghore fastened: the As Billie went by itand.got. the g survey pan-out a rich pan and he wont out and : Open‘in Afternoon arias from, 2 to 5. ; |. Evening, -7330° to. 10. Hockey Practice *+ from 10 toll HEM PTON: & ‘ * Soucaigs 16 RENT SKATES TO RENT DREVER gopeee ere age = CROCE LORS, Palace Skating Rink. . Office and “3 TO RENT COOK, Business . Rooms Corner of. Colnmbis. Ayenue and Washington Street. Beat ; location auia.: | amathe, city. -, err Mining -Property.... Shares of Stock in Town Lots. Good oFrFice With ——— ok pore. "Roséland Mining Abstract Co, JOHN JACKSON, Ir. Agen u _ Over Post omee. We have Buyers for. G reported $70,000,000 in thet gulch. Ho ROLT & GROGAN. : “STOCK BROKERS, © 9. FeO. Box 8 Columbia. Averiue. Codes: Bepronp, McNxILL & CLOUGH. yourself.."Then imagine windlasaing out in the open air 70 degrees below. It is 25 below to-day and it is no kindergarden. If you work below in burning out the ZO PER CENT. 'REDUCGION IN . CROCKERY. To close out our Xmas lines. §,~.".° | An exceptional chance. O. M. FOX & €O. Columbia Ave. and Lincoln St‘ Comfortable’ Rooms— Prompt attention. Meals, 25c. ~ Board and lodging $5 $6. $7.and $1 per week. Good spring. beda al St. Charles Hotel. Joseph J. TeParket, orenh Devnet: Tiining Engixeer Hines and Mining. ‘Mines examined and reported on. Special attention given to the placing of Mining Properties and the management of ine BOSSLAND, B.C. Cable address, Parker, Rezz!and." Moreing and Neal and Bedford McNell's Codes. I have blocks of stock in the following companies for oa — Eureka Consolidated. ‘West Le Rot ‘atid ‘Josie, Monita, Homestake : ‘Star,-Monte Cristo,