IN -^i^ C 22_ X4 -tJ. The Alf Gold Mining Company, LIMITED LIABILITY. INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. Mine Located at Rossland, Trail Creeli Cold Mining Dietrict, Briti^ Cehintbia CAPITALIZATION, $1,000,000. Shares par Value $1.00 each. - - Fully Paid and Non-Assessable. 250,000 shares have baer\ placed ii\ the h&nds of a reliable trustee, who is responsible for the proper retunj to ttje Company of the proceeds of any sale qade by hin| of such scares. /yil other shares are qow pooled in the tjaqds of the same trustee, so that purchasers of above stock i\eed have no fear of proiT|otert offering private stock below the market price. LLOYD HARRIS, ESQ, Brantford and London, Eng. - - President. W. G. ELLIOTT, Contractor, Brantford, Ont. - - Vice-President. W. E. PHIN, Contractor, Brantford, Ont. - - Secretary-Treasurer. STOCKHOLDERS— SHAltes POOLBO. H. McK. WILSON, Q. C, '5nuiti..i(l. THO>S. WOODYATT, P. M., Brantford, Ont. KOBT. SCOTT, Esy., Prop. . ictoria Wlieel Works, Gait. J. A. SMITH, Esg., Broker, Ros-sland. U. M. STANLEY, M. I)., Brantford. D. J. WATEROUS, Esg., M'fr, Brantford. THOS. NIHAN, Esq., Steamlwat Owner, St. Catharines. H. KING, Esq., Ros.sland. BANKERS, Bank ok Bhitish North America, Rosslaxd, B. C. OFFICES. ROSSLAND. B. C. The ALFE (iOLlJ MINE was le. The (H)ening up of the large mines at Bosjsiand that, ii'itwithstauding many heavy disadvantages rapidly l)eing overcome, such as means and cost of ti'ansportation have proved very remuneratiM-, and, as more extensive exploratory work and greater depth ivre attained, promise per- man»'ncy of large atid profitable ore bftdies, is stimulating :iiore thorough pros[)ect;iig not only around lltissland, but in many other localities in this district, with the result that other camj)s are (juickly coming to the front, as good prospects on being worked disclose ore of increasing value." S '•The consensus of opinion of many mining men who have studied the conditions and surface showings in this new camp at Rossland. is to the etiect that few camps have ever shown so many favorable indications that warrant the belief that on further extensive, systematic exploration other shutes of gold ore will be uncovered. Prospecting lias disclosed these many parallel vein:-, varying in width, when exj)osed, frttm an inch t(j several feet, and it is believed that many more ore shutes wilt be found when these most promising surface indications are thoioughly exploited, for it is <|uite improbable that the large shutes of rich ore that have been shown on the surface by denudation will be found to l.>e the only ones." J. A. Kirk, P. L. H., in his history of the Trail Creek Mines, written early in 1896, writes: •' At the be^iniiin}' of ISIK"), War Ea^le Stock had cost the holders altout 17 cents a share. In less than a year the mine yielded a jirotit (er cent, monthly dividends upon a capitalization of .?500,000.00 began to attract attention to the Wai- Eaijle : that Krissland was <»nly a ranch with a few cabins ; while to-day it has an estimated jxipulation of .S,000 people, with first class hotels, a perfect system of water supply, and is lit by electricity : lastly, that capital has Ijecome so convinced <)f the permanency of the camp as a field for investment that a '2oO ton smelter has been completed to reduce its ctres." Since the wiiting of the above paragraphs, the jiopulation of Rossland has increased with great ra))iditv. A conseivative estimate of the peopl*' there to-day would l)e si.v thousand, while the number of mines shijjping ore has been doubled, as well as the numlier of mines which are being equippefl with machinery. Mining experts who have visitetl South Africa. Australia, and the I'nited Stiites. after thorough ex- amination, have declared that the Trail Creek Mining District is one of the richest mineral belts in the world. C. W. Callahan, M.E,, of London. England, in speaking of the Trail Creek mining camp befoic ;i meeting in S}K)kane of the Northwest Mining Association, made use of the following significant language : " It lias been my privilege to visit thf difVerent mining countries of the world, and I have had a little experi- ence ilk trying to tickle mother ••artli into releasing some of her treasures. Everywhere am I reminded of that irishman who said, when asked what kind of gold he had found: ' Bedad, its the gold that is giKxl enough, but there's too nmch dirt in. ' What 1 have seen of this Northwest, I think thei-e is less dirt in your gohl than anywlu-re I know of, iei(uiri!ig (jnly capital, energ}' and perseverence to make your cointr)' the foremo.st gold pro- ducer in the wot'ld. .lohannesburif, with its princely output of two thous;iud ounces per month, is only twelve miles in length, six miles in wiilili by three deep. The country would never amount to anything, because the ore was too low grade. Cajdtal said no, the value was in it. They buckled to it, sought and found the cyanide man. and he came along and brought from that the foremost gold -producing mines in the world." " The Australian ore is low grade, but they have a great amount of enterjirise and a great amount of capital, and they are linday facing a proposition to lift water L',.500 feet and bring it over a desert country 225 miles." " T must saj' that y €» D 05 10 00 2 r -5 o Q > o < Z H •1 o *>4 z n: il o •-3 H "i >-• (/) ■-s CO a m 3 > D S" 3 4 o o • > o 71 z W2 9? a • E- o o z 8 o •-1 t-"- fl) £1 P- CO 53- C! Q p. SS j» • r- CD C 3 I i 4 0^ 3 GOPHER Tuv.^«^ VIOLA MAP SHOWING " ALFE ' PROPERTY, AS SURVEYED BY CHAS. A. ELUCOT, P. L S. {)4 J