THE EVENING RECORD BY EBER OC, SMITH, Publiehed every day (except Sunday) and Weekly. . DAILY: One Year in Advance One Year, in advance... Bix months, in adyance Bingle copy. FRIDAY, FEB. 5, 1897. CONSERVATIVE WRITE-UP. The Darr Recorp is now engaged in a systematic, ccnservative write-up of all the principal properties in this district. They give the location, owners, machiaery, amount and kind of work, aize of 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, Red Eagle, Butte, Cracker Jack, St. Paul, R. E, Lee, and Maid of Erin, Heather Bell, Beaver, Mascot California, Boulder, 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. ——eeeEEee NEWS FOR ADVERTISEBS. The RB: has‘a larger circul in Rossland than the combined cir- culation of ull the other papers pub- lished in Rossland. The Dairy Recorp has more than three times the vity circulation of any smelters charge only 00 + But, from a Wi legal firm, amelter at Northport is in op the charge of concentration will be re- duced to §7 per ton, and if the man- agement of the Red Monntain rail- road lowzrs the freight to 75 ceuts, it will be possible to bring the cost mn- der $5 per ton, since the American $4 per ton for to achi all of vual 5 another from A. L. Belyea, of Vio- toria. The last to appear is the no- tice of the-Alberta Railway and Coal company which will apply to Parlia- ment next session for an act to revive the powers given to it to extend and operate its railway from Lethridge to Hope or some other point in British Coiumbia by way ot Fort MoLeod and and to obtainthis it is necessary that the Crow’s Nest Pass railway should be undertaken in order to exploit the coal fields of East Kootenay. These fields, in the near future, will have a world-wide reputation, both for the quantity and quality of the coal they contain. The western outcrop of the field is on the side of a mountain in Elk river, one of the largest trib ies of the K River. On the eastern side the coal seams have been traced & distance of 50 miles, with surface crosscuts made atintervals snowing the seams and walls. The lowest known seam is some 1,500 feev above the drainage level of the valley, and is 80 feet in thicknesar 100 feet higher there is another seam 30 feet thick; then comes a seam 15 feet thick; then a small 8-foot one; then a 7-foot onc; then another 30-foot seam, and above these are five more workable seama from 4 to 10 feet in thickness,. 11 seams in all, making a -total of 148 feet in thickness of coal exposed. These seams dip at an angle of 30 to 35 degrees, the upper having the least dip: ‘There are three iarge creeks cutting this coal field. and the seams are exposed on the banke of those creeks and openings can be made to mine the coal without much preliminary expense; the cuts made by the creeks being more valuable than so many tunnels to prospect the coal because there is room to oper- ate the mines on both sides of the creek, and the mines are preved to be permanent without any cost. In fact, nature did the prospecting. In addition to the coal on Elk river, further east on Martin creek, which is the fork of Elk river. There is another large body of coal above the Elk river field, but of a smaller area, alarge amount of the fieid having been carried away by natural causes other daily paper published here. ‘These are facts we challenge any one to deny. We stand ready to prove them. Taking circulation into consideration advertising rates in the Datty RB. are more bl than any other medium in Rossland. Advertisers should not forget, these facts. EEE INCORPORATION. The rumer was current on the street yesterday that the Miner would oppose the incorporation of Rossland and that John B. Reavis would go to Victoria to help bring about its defeat. It is understood that that sheet has men and measures that could ‘not well be served under the proposed char- ter, and unless it ean be changed to suit their ideas, it will oppose incorporation altogether. The edi- torial upon the subject in this mor- ning’s issue gave color to the ramor. It is aid that the Miner’s candi- date for mayor would not be eli- gible under the proposed charter, not having resided here long enough. Of course that is a serious matter with the Miner and. its ‘candidate, but the chances are that the law makers will not look at it in the same light. Rossland wants a mayor and other - officers who have been thoroughly identified with the town and knows what will be for the public good. —_—_—_—____ WHAT ROSSLAND NEEDS. It is now evident that the prosper- ity_of the British Columbia mining districts depends primarily on ‘three hrough the diffe ages since the through the Crow's Nest Pass, and giving it power also to build and oper- ate branch lines and a railway from some point on Slocan Lake to Roses- land and Trail. gi One thing, however, is sure. Whether the line be built by the Canadian Pacific, the g or LUMBER! LOMBER! $13 A Thousand. € AARON JAFFE, P Orocessor 4 Succtssor to British Columbia Mill Company. Full Stock of Dressed Lumber, Shingles, Office and Yard at “Y,°? C. & W. Raiiway. etc. some other road, it will certainly. be built in the near future, Canadian Pacific officials, who already hold a charter covering the Pass, state that the contractors will be at work as soon as the snow is off the ground, and that the road will be pushed, on repidly to completion.—Canadian Trade Review. ’ oe THREE NEW INCORPORATIONS The Regina Gold Mining company has ‘been incorporated in Spokane with a capital stock of $375,000, divided into 1,500 shares at par value of 25 cents. The incorporators are Lucy A. Russell, G. M. Carson, Thos, Kingen, C. H. James and OC. B. Roth. . The articles of incorporation of the M ita Mining pany were filed at the auditor’s office in Spokane yesterday. The.capital stock is $1,- 000,000, and the trustees are W: A. Jones, A. K. Holland, E. M. Hodgeon, J. W. Osborne and J. Townsend. The Chenango Mining company, with a carital stock of $1,000,000. The trustees are Charles B. Dunning, L. B. Cornell, E. D. Olmstead, E. A. Thomas and A. C. Libbey. ———— WILL GIVE WORKING BONDS. J. J. Henager and Alex Wilson have valuable mining properties in the South belt, on Red mountain, Colum- bia mountain, Murphy creek, Spflivan creek, Wild Horse, Champion. creek and Waterlog; in groups from one to niné claims, on which a working bond will be given upon reasonable terms. Call on them at E. W. Shupe’s store, Columbia avenue, Rossland. té coal was formed. The aggreg of the depth of the seams of coal in the upper basia is somewhat more thax on Elk river, so that ifa shaft. be sunk through the whole geld thete~ would be found 200 fect of coal in workable seams, It would be hard ‘to find an- other field of coal with so much to the acre, and s0 easy and: cheap to work. The eastern outcrop of this field is near the summit of the Rocky ins, the ge distance from the western outcrop being 10 miles, showings coal field 40 miles north and soutn, by ten miles east and west, with an area exceeding 250,000 acres. The coals in this field differ, owing, no.doybt, tothe different ages of.the coal, there being three different quali- ties. The lowest seams are anthracite in their nature, while the upper seams are the bituminous coals; in between, both above and befow the bi- tuminous coals are a number of seams of coal different from anything here- tofore known; it is similar to cannel coal, but superior to any cannel coal known. These coals have been ans- lyzed and treated by different parties, among them Professor Hoffman, government assayer at Ottawa for the geological department, and the results as shown in the department reports, prove that these coals would lose no- thing by comparing. them with the best coals of the same variety in Pennsylvania - ‘ Could this coal be brought into Rossland, the price of both smelting and freightage would drop at once. The now neglected chutes of low WILLIAM E. DEVEREAUX, Civil Engineer, Provinciai Land Surveyor and am Notery Public. Formerly ‘of Victoria, B.0. Office, up’staita in Weeks & Co's Building. COLUMBIA AVENUE, ROSSLAND BRICKLAYING All kinds of brick, stone and ‘cement RED STAR Livery and Transfer. Co. Saddle and pack horses, light and heavy rigs, a general express, truck and business. 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