RIVER IMPROVEME RED & TAR | | ¢ | ‘The highest astiage Uf the Idaho | ROSSLAND E\ ENING RECORD... was in Novembéi, 1896, when the | | average of the shipments was 911 _ ounces in silver and 86 percent lend. Published every day (except Sunday) and Weekly. | The general average of crude ore and | rates from the Idaho durisg jthe life of the mine has been 152 me | ounces of silver and 50 per cent lead. The highest smelter returns from any se ore shipment was 636 ounces of sil- The avernge concentration of ferent properties is as follows: tons to 1; Alamo, 3.8 tons to 3.9 to L. ‘Taking it altogether, this is a re- engi JOHN BENNETT, } Finaneinl, Importing, Conmnission gent, Custom Browsers ete goon to be Inaugerated Between Spo- | ney Aeon fate ete : kane and Roselind. ery and Transfer U0, 2885s “ vy] Within six months businevs | men x in this city can telephone to Rosaland, rail Nelwon and other British Co- Inmt in towne if the plans of the Spo i Columbia Telephone and jegriph company are carried out. This ix the statemant made by Presi- dent Nathan R. Stone of the com- TELEPHONE EXCHANGE. KINNEY V. HARRIS. BY BBER OC. SMITH, lathe Lardo-Dunean River is at Last to Application td Appeal to the Supreme Court Refused, The nppeal in Kinney v. Harris, at- fecting the ownership of the Slocan Sovereign mining claim, came before the Full court at Victoria, This case Was an adverse mining claim to the ground located by plaintiff as the Slo- can Sovereign and by the defendant as the Omega. On March 11, 1896, be Cleared. Slocan City Townsite Terminus of the Slocan River Railway. The business center for Springer and Lemon creek mines, which are already commencing to have an output of shipping ore. ifully Gold Mining Company (LIMITED LIABILITY.) . Mine, THE RETALIATION. Situated on Deer Park Mountain. RossLaNnD, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Andthe GOLDEN WEST the North Fork of Salmon. —_—————— The Lardo-Duncan river is at Just to be cleared from Kootenay Inke to " Houser lake. R. 8. Gallop) has re- . ee ceived instructions from IF. C. Gamble, Saddle and pack horses, light and heavy . a general . uxpress, trucks and of the public works department, to business. We have the exclusive transfer privil lege for the Columbia & Wester make preparations for beginning the railway; are prepared to unload and deliver all kinds of freighs from 33 any work at once. ‘The first work will be thing moved—from a trunk to a boiler, Quick work. ‘Telephone No. 8. directed towards clearing out the log snaga and the aweepers which stretch DAILY One Year in Advance six Months P vx Ladin di r | ) Kngland, either | the Horn oF over eliher PR e and Re, Une Year, in advance... Six months, in advan Mole copy a Lots in this most pr and t town in West Kootenay. CAPITALIZATION. WEDNES AY. MAR. 10, 1897. A CONTEMPORARY- The Nelson Miner has this) to! RANG “Phe tiachorm brokers swarm in wshand by the score and who afford tie Rossland Mit an nee. would find their op-| portunities for catching suckers | largely diminished by the passage | + of the bill. ‘Those desiring to sce a legitimate condition of things in Kootenay want 2 law passed that will afford reasonable protection for the outside investor. Eastern and English capital will not come to Kootenay unless it is protected from the unscruplous practices of irresponsible “promoters.” The Rossland Miner puts up aad herculean answet : | CA x published in Nelson has diegraced that city by publish-! who} ing a half column of lying abuse of| today and no Rossland and this journal, both of; The closing quotations were: which are fortunately well enough established to survive a good deal of misrepresentation.”” — It now appears that the C. P. R. is going forward with the building of the Crow’s Nest Pass railroad without waiting to see if the gov- ernment will give.a subsidy of $10,000 a mile or aay other sum. While it is greatly to the interest of the-Kootenays that that line .of road be built by the government or some other company it is better to have the Canadian Pacific to build it than not te have it at all. Ifthe government or some company not! allied to the C. P. R. should build it, it would practically insure .at least reasonable rates on freight from the east unless the within the ring should manipulate | 74 asked; Eureka, 4 bid, 4$ asked; affairs as-is usually the case. jmarkable showing and = gives ® good in the camp idea of the value of mines greatest high-grade silver-lead in the world, twas only list year that pubhe at tention was generally called to the valneof the minexin the Slocan, The peral belief was that mining silver was an unprofitable business and the mine owners in that section made no out from the sbore. employed beside the foreman, and it is expected thatit will tuke until rising water drives the purty inccompliah the de some necessary work, further appropriation will be require necessary work a | Houser lake, when it ia thought that alight draught steamer could get far as where the big jum was ‘Ten men will be out located, the to Ai a! hove 8 effort to enlighten the public. They knew that ore of a district which in all of its production would average $100 a ton of current money was good enough for them. —— SPOKANE STOCK EXCHANGE. Jumbo 56 Asked Deer, Park 9$ and Butte 4}. Spokane, Wash., March 9—There was a quiet session on the exchunge sales were repcrted. Min F. TRAVERS Io Supplies. ROSSLAND. B. C. Kampler bicycles and G, 1. Tires. nel will last fo J. WwW. AARTLINE. PROP. 1 res are the only ienl quick repair tires. That’ they are made detachable, F. 7. Merrill Cycis Co. pe why 821 Riverside. tl ews , , \Solid Vestibule Trains MODERN EQUIPMENDr THROUGIL TICKETS SADDLE AND PACK HORS DEL’ J. WwW. LANE. PRO WASHINGTON AND RESERVE Es, IVERY AND TRANSFERING. sts. P. - Rossland, B. C. | Sro KANE | | | { PALACE STABLES ™-- To TACOMA, SEATTLE, VICTORIA, VANCOUVER. PORTLAND, and California points. ST. PAUL. ST. LOUIS, CIICAGO, NEW YORK, BOSTON. and all points enst. also European 8. S. tickets, Stone xs Heddle Co. Butte, 43 asked; Commander, 15 asked, Deer Park, 195 asked; Evening Star, 10 bid, 12} asked; Great Western, 175 asked; Iron Mask, 48 asked; Josie, 49 asked ; Jumbo, 56 asked ; Celtic Queen, 3 asked ; Monte Cristo, 22 asked ; Nov- elty. 10 usked; O. K., 29 asked; WILLIAM E. DEVEREAUX, Civil Engineer, Provincial Land Surveyor and Notary Public. Victoria, B.C. Office. up stairs in Weeks & Co’s Building. COLUMBIA AVENUE, ROSSLAND Formerly of —and Spokane Streets. ‘load lots. You can save money by buying from us. Phoenix, 16 asked; Poorman, 3 bid, 4} asked; Rossland Red Mountain, 20 asked ; St. Elmo.9 asked; Silverine, 7 asked; Virginia, 14 asked; Noble Five, 60 asked; White Bear, 17 asked ; Rambler, 46 bid, 50 asked ; Reco, $1.20 bid, $1.35 asked; Wonderful, 9 asked ; D. Stussi block. H. B. FINDLEY. DS, LD S. Graduate of the Pniladelphia Dental college and Hospital of Oral Surgery. Rogsland, B. C Good stock of valves and fit- tings at reduced prices. Uon- tracts for hot water, steam heating, plumbing and set- ting of manufacturing ma- Cariboo, 484 asked; Dellie, 17 asked; Hall Mines, $6.35 bid, $6.50 asked; Ivanhoe and Okanogan, 134 asked; Reservation, 8 asked. Unlisted storks were quoted as fol- lows: Alberta, 9 asked; Caledonia, 5 asked; Cracker A. PARE — ARCHITECT —— Sack, 9} bid, 10}|NEXT DOOR TO ring | 88ked; Dardanelles. 21 asked; Ellen,|CITY HOSPITAL —o— Rossland, chinery. ~ > av ss | | | Reasonable Prices. For information, time cards, maps andl tickets call on or w F. bD. GIBBS, General Agent, SPOKANE, WASH. oR A. D. CHARLTON, Asst. Genl. Pass. Avent. No. 255 Morrison =t., corner of Third. Portland, ‘Oregon. «