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Owninff and operating THE CANADIAN GROUP OF MINES located near Sandon British Columbia, adjoining the famous " Slocan Star " and " Ruth," ' the largest Silver and Lead Mines in Canada. CAPITAL STOCK, $450,000.00. 1,500,000 Shares, Par Value, 30 Cents Each. Treasury Stock, 500,000 Shares. Head Office, Silverton, B.C. Ontario Office, Guelph, Ont. registrars, transfer agents and trustees: THE TRUSTS AND GUARANTEE COMPANY, Limited, 14 King Street West, Toronto. Bankers:— THE TRADERS BANK. President, GEO. SLEEMAN, Esy., Proprietor of Silver Creek Brewery and President of The Wellington Fire Insnraacc Company, Guelph. Vice-President, g. B. RYAN, Esq., Dry Goods Merchont, Guelph, Berlin and Owen Sound. -. C. DIRK KLOEPWKR, Esq., M.P.,' Wholesale Carriage Hardware Mer- chant, Toronto and Guelph; Vice- President of The Dominion Perman- ent LoanCo.; DtrectorofTheTnulers Rank ; Vicc-Presidi-nt of The Trusts & Guarantee Co., of Toronto. J.:c. KELEHKR, Esq, Merchant, Guelph. T. P. COFFEE, Esq., Manager of The Trusts and (iiiarnn- teeCo., Toronto; Vice-President of The Dominion Permanent Loan Co., Toronto. J. A. McHARDY, Esq., Merchant, Guelph. J Prof. JAS. MILLS, President of The Ontario Agricul- tural College, liuelph; Director of The Manufacturers Life Ins. Co. CTORS: GEO. NEWTON. Esq.. Capitalist, Guelph. GEO. H. COWAN, Esq.. Barrister, Vancouver, B.C. T. W. HOLLAND. Esq.. Marager for British Columbia of The Dominion Permanent Loan Co., V ancouver, B.C. D. H. WILSON. ESQ.. Vancouver. B.C. J. R. SEYMOUR, Esq.. Druggist, Vancouver, B.C. D. I. BRANDON, E-sQ.. Mine Owner, Ac, Silverton, B.C. W. H. HRAXnON. Esq., Mine Owner and Owner of the Town site of Brandon, B.C. SKCRKTARV-TREASUB'.iR, W. E. BUCKINGHAM, Esq., barrister, Guelph. OFFICIAL BROKERS :— A. E. Oslkr h Co., Aberdken Chambers, 35 .Ai'klaide Street East. Toronto. /N The Ontario and Slocan Mines Development Co., (Limited.) Mining in British Columbia. It is now a generally admitted fact that there is no country in the world which presents, everything considered, so inviting a field for mining operations as British Columbia. From the 49th parallel of latitude to the Arctic Circle, and from the eastern foot- hills of the Rocky Mountains to the farthest cape of the western- most island in the Pacific Coast Archipelag^o, a vast territory embracing some 200,000 square miles is spread out, abounding in minerals of every kind. Until within a comparatively recent period the nature and extent of this mineral-bearing area were only a mere conjecture, but the explorations that have taken place in the last three years, in Eastern and Western Kootenay, have excited interest and attention in every quarter of the globe. Although the monthly output in the Kootenay amounts to hundreds of thousands of tons of paying ore, only a beginning has ytt been made, and in no country, so far known, are t'le topographical features better adapted to the different processes of mining than those which distinguish the major portion of this great inheritance. Tho days when mining was viewed only as a speculative propos 5 •a a (4 C 'a a I o o. 9 s o c (« e o bo o •s c JS a, c o veins whose strike is generally north by east and whose dip about 6o' to the south. The veins occur along a line or zone of frac- ture in what is known as the Slocan slates. These slates with bands of siliceous limestone and more or less shaley material, contain the principal and so far nearly all of the silver-lead deposits of the wonderfully rich Slocan district. By far the greater part of the total galena is disseminated through the vein matter; but during the process of development work several chutes or lenses of shipping ore have been encountered. No. I vein on the Adams claim at the surface, is between five and six feet wide, showing large bodies of concentrating ore. This lead has been traced for over 1,000 feet on the Adams and Brandon locations and through and on to the Sarah B. No. 2 vein shows fully six feet wide on the Brandon claim, and runs to No. i post of the Adams claim, with from six to twelve inches of shipping ore. It is exposed for over 400 feet. No. 3 vein is exposed on the Adams claim, and extends through the Adams, and can be traced through to the Hill Top showing from five to seven inches clean ore. On the Sarah B. claim there is a lead about 20 feet wide. Development. The result of constant and thorough development work, consisting of nearly 1,200 feet of tunnels which have been run with a view to permanent use, and in such manner as to secure perfect ventilation in all parts on different levels, has been to establish the existence of a mine of no mean magnitude, justifying further development work and, later on, the introduction of a complete equipment cf machinery. Tunnel No. i has been run in 263 feet on the Adams claim, giving a vertical depth of about 200 feet and exposing a body of concentrating ore varying from eight to twelve feet in width. Tunnel No. 2 has been run in 600 feet on the Adams claim, and gives at this point a vertical depth of 330 feet. When this tunnel had reached 580 feet, a streak of pay-ore was met which is from four to twenty inches in width, wh'ch continues strong through the present workings. Active work will be continuously carried on at this point to determine the extent of the new ore body, and having in view future development. Note. — The striking of this pay-ore, either confirms the prediction of the Superintendent, made in his report of 25th October, that he would strike in No. 2 tunnel the same vein as outcrops on the surface, and proves so valuable in No. i tunnel, or else a new, unlooked-for and very valuable ore body has been encountered. Tunnel No. 3 on the Adams claim is run in for a distance of 40 feet, exposing ten inches of carbonates. The tunnel starting on the Midnight claim of the Adams British Columbia Company, an English corporation, which runs the full length of the Hill Top Fraction (500 feet), exposes one «rr I ore chute two and one-half feet wide and extending a distance of at least 200 feet. The other claims of the group have not been thoroughly prospected, but most encouraging and valuable outcroppings appear on them. Shipments. The result of two actual shipments from this mine to the works of The Omaha & Grant Smelting Co., Omaha, Neb., fac-simile copies of which will be seen on the opposite page, of clean and desirable ore, free from zinc excess, were as follows : One of 39,164 pounds net, which averaged 107 ounces of silver and 56;/, lead, yalding, after deducting cost of treatment, freight and duty, $1,194.99 or $61.00 per ton net ; and one of 34,510 pounds net, which averaged 119 ounces of silver and 58% lead, yielding, after deducting cost of treatment, freight and duty, $1,127.09 or $65.36 per ton net. In the course of the development work which yielded this shipping ore, large deposits of concentrating ore have been exposed ./hich will concentrate at the rate of about four tons to every ton of shipping ore, which is more fully referred to elsewhere. By reference to the facsimile copies of the Smelter returns of the ore shipments, it will be seen that almost one-third of the total gross value of the shipments to foreign smelters, is consumed by freight and duty. \ very large proportion of this will be saved to the mine owner in the near future, as the proprietors of smelters througiuuit British Columbia, realizing that there is a large and profitable business to be done, in the treatment of the Slocan silver and lead ores, are making tlie necessary additions to their plants to enable them to treat this class of ore. I S«tt Lot For ttifi 8ll0€ Lead Hois Total Comparison Of the foregoing results of the shipments from The Canadian Group with the smelter returns of the district for the years 1895, 1896, 1897, indicates that the product of The Canadian Group compares most favorably in value both in silver, lead and net returns with the " Star propositions " of the country. The Montreal Gaac/te, of 14th February, 1899, publishes the report to the shareholders of the President and Secretary of the Payne Mining Company, which is operating the Payne mine, near Sandon, and which is generally accredited with being the largest, richest and most developed silver mine in the country — the period covered by the report is frum Jctobor, 1896, to 30th .April, 1898; from this we extract the following : " Tiiere were mined and shipped to the smelters during that period (Oct. '96 to .Apl. 30, 98) I7,4()8 tons of ore, which yielded 1, 83 1, 600 ounces of fine silver, and 17,786,000 pounds of lead, and netted the company $973,932.45." I 10 ^UVaiAHTON.i 1 I I I *. •. ORANT. Vm I. W. NASH, r« The Omaha & Grant Smelting Company. Omaha. It$b.,. IjL^ml Sttt/ement for Lot ffo. ^^ / <^ >- for aooouHt.' a» folfocjs: ^=^SBaA.siLc. 10$ On. . (tooelma T per Bar T-jy^t^ A8SAV PER TON f SUoor. ozt. JLj^J!Z—QoIiet, and the lead product an average 50.09% per ton. Comparison of shipments from Tha Canadian Group with those of Payne is as follows : The Payne averages ozs. of silver per ton . . 104 The Canadian Group " •* .. 107.6 The Payne averages net yield per ton $55 .82 The Canadian Group '* " $63 . 10 The Payne, lead per ton 50.09% The Canadian Group, " 5* -43% The Payne Mining Company is capitalized at $2,500,000, divided into one million shares of $2.50 each. This stock is now listed on the Toronto and Montreal Stock Exchanges, the last sale recorded (9th March, 1899) being $4.07 for $2.50 shares. The statement just published in the Montreal Gueette, of 14th February, 1899, before referred to, affords the following further interesting information regarding The Payne Mining Company : " Dividends paid up to April 30th, 1898. . . .$550,000 Dividends paid since April, 1898, as follows : April $50,000 May 25,000 June 25,000 July 25,000 August 25,000 September 50,000 October 50,000 November 100,000 December 50,000 January, 1899 25,000 February, 1899 25,000 450,000 Total $1,000,000 or as much in eleven months as the total capital of The Ontario & Slocan Mines Development Company, Limited. One of the notable characteristics of the greatest mines of the Slocan District is the prevalence of concentrating ore. The most enduring and strongest veins (for example those of the "Slocan Star ") are marked by a preponderance of concentrating material in which lies the most permanent source of profit ; and this feature is consequently welcomed by Slocan miners as a guarantee against lack of permanency in the ore deposits. Where sufficient water is cheaply attainable and the presence of this class of ore in large quantities is evidenced, the concen- trating propositions are, of all forms of mining enterprises, the safest and most profitable. In this particular case all favorable la Tl SHthHM Lot Ho.. For acec m» folhu Silrof, o \. Load. % Hoioturo < - «uv o. BAaTO*. ftnmt T. J. a. ONANT.Vrat PWdMLT. I. W. NAm. The Omaha & Grant Smelting Company. SHthmwt for. 2^2- .Saek$ Omaha. Met., y<^jz. ^/«^ par Car—^j^;2^ L.-^ J a» fol/omt: ASSAY PER TON Load. % G^y C oppaf. 5ft. Uaiatura, '/>. /- ^ TaA*. c^yz^ .-^f: NEW YORK QUOTATIONS 6A8I8 f ^^ ^ ^£JL^4^ otal not ait. Sitrar. .^^j^^. ^ %.^^£L.parai. t.>^^, rA^ 9oia. .©. - H: Load., " Coppae. yJ'o^'^ c^i- .. cat. .^^U^ -O. 9rata¥alaa //O/- 77 OeOUCTIONt traishi . Traatmaat. JPa. ^79 J^^ flatPfacaada /"y^T ^^ a. ANoa« The Omaha & Grant Smelting Co, Fac similie of Smelter Returns of Shipments from The Canadian Group. il requirements are established. There are workable ore bodies on the claims ; the water supply is abundant in Carpenter and Four Mile Creeks, each about one and one-half miles distant, with plenty of power at either, available for milling purposes, while transportation facilities can readily be supplied that will admit of inexpensive shipment of the ore. The directors call the attention of the investing public to the fact that, while they are in a position from the development work already done on the several properties, to continue shipment of an occasional car of ore, they do not purpose making shipments in the meantime, but to confine their operations to a systematic and thorough development of the property, blocking out their ore bddies'and generally placjng the property in a position within a few months to ship, and it is confidently expected that with the funds.which the sale of stock now offered will realize, continuous shipments can be made,, and if the definite results, as obtained through the smelter's returns of past shipments, may be taken as a basis, continuous payments of dividends to the shareholders may confidently be looked for. Buildings. These are for the most part new, and consist of boarding accommodation for twenty men, office, blacksmith shop, ore house and stables. Timber. There is sufficient timber suitable for building, fuel and mining purposes, easy of access. Operating Expenses. Mount Adams being very steep, all the ledges can be cheaply operated by the driving of tunnels instead of the sinking of shafts, thus dispensing with expensive hoisting and pumping machinery. The present cost of mining by h:ind is about S2.5oper ton ; smelt- ing charge (including freightage to smelter), $22.00 per ton. Management. A glance at the names of the men who compose the board of directors should be sufficient to assure the most timid investor, of the fact that his interest will be properly safeguarded, and looked after in a thorougiiiy business-like and competent manner. And that for every dollar entrusted to them for development purposes, a full one hundred cents in value will be returned. No expenditure can be made without their approval, and consent, and there is every reason to expect that the same success will follow their direction of affairs of The Ontario i\: Slocan Mines Development Company (Limited) as has so signally marked their management of their own individual business. 14 The superintendence of the development work to be carried on, will be under the charge of Mr. W. H. Brandon, whose years of experience, particularly in this section of the countr)-, and this class of mining, assures the necessary' caie, experience and attention to enable the directors to confidently recommend the purchase of shares of the Company. Capitalization. The Company has been incorporated under the Imperial Act of British Columbia,with an authorized capitalization of 8450,000, divided into 1,500,000 shares of the par value of thirty cents each. To defray the cost of a large amount of further development work, which will thoroughly open up the ore deposits for profit- able working, and to provide the mine with the best and most economical equipment for dealing with its volume of concentrat- ing ore. an ample treasury fund of 500,000 paid up shares has been provided, only 300,000 shares of which will now be offered to the public. The proceeds of which will be expended in reimbursing the directors for personal advances made to carrj- on development work during progress of organization (for which purpose 80,000 shares have been set aside), in continuing active and continuous operations on the property, and other disbursements incident to the careful and proper management of the Company. Trustees, Registrars and Transfer Agents. Arrangements have been made with The Trusts & Guarantee Company, Limited, of Toronto, to act as agents for the iss'ie of the treasury stock of the Company, and all stock certificates issued will be countersigned by them. The stock and all interests of the owners of the properties is conveyed to and deposited with The Trusts & Guarantee Company, Limited, of Toronto, by a deed of trust, the conditions of which are, that the said stock and interest are absolutely out of the control of the owners for at least one year, or until dividends are declared and paid out of the profits of the mine. This in effect is a guarantee that no stock other than treasury- will be offered for sale ; until the property is proved and upon a paying basis. Final'y. Your attention is particularly directed to the fact that you are not asked to subscribe for stock in this ompany upon the results of assr.ys obtained from time to time, ot small quantities of selected ore, but upon the result of actual car-lot shipments to The Omaha Cv: Grant Smelting Co. of Omaha, Neb., fac simile copies of returns from which are elsewhere submitted, showing yields of from $60 to $65 net per ton, proving the existence of veins of a rich and permanent character, needing only continuous system.itic, and honest development work to prove within a short >5 ^m time a continuous shipper and dividend payer ; that the properties of the Company are surrounded by, and adjacent to prosperous producing shipping mines, that the directors are amongst the most capable, successful and best known business men of Canada, who have every confidence in the property, and whose names are a sufficient guarantee to the public of honest and efficient manage- ment ; that the expenditure of the proceeds of the sale of treasury stock now offered ; will place the property upon a dividend paying basis ; that the present owners of the property have sufficient faith in the results of the expenditure of the capital referred to, that they tie up and absolutely put out of their hands, all stock or interest which they own until the ist March, 1900, or until dividends have been declared and paid out of profits of the property ; finally, that taking all these facts into consideration, stock in The Ontario & Slocan Mines Development Company, (Limited), is one of the most desirable purchases in the stock market to-day. Wo are instructed hy Tlic Ontario and Slocan Mines Development Company, Limited, to otVer for sale 300,000 shares of the treasury stock of the Cotnpaiiv in blocks of not less tlian 200 shares at twenty-live cents per share. These shares are fully paid and non-assessable. There is no personal liability whatever, each share represents the full respon- siblity incurred, and cannot, according to the charter of the Com- pany, be subjected to assessments of any kind. You will find upon the opposite page form of application for shares, which please fill with number of shares you require and forward to us. Applications for shares will be filled in the order in which they are received. A. E. OSLER & Co., 35 Adelaide St. East, Toronto. Superintendent's Report. Sandon, B.C., 25th October, 1898. George Sleeman, Esq., President of The Ontario and Slocan Mines Development Co., Limited^ Gticlph. Dear Sir, I beg to report to date on the work and development opera- tions carried on under my directions on The Canadian Group of Claims in the Slocan District, which are owned by your Company. The Canadian Group of Claims are situated on the range between Four Mile Creek and Carpenter Creek, at an altitude of about 7,200 feet, and are about two and a-half miles from Sandon 16 ' and six miles from Silverton, both of which ptwnts are access- able by good trails. These claims were located on 20th June, 1892, but until June, 1896 no work, other than that required as assessment was done on the property. During 1896 and 1897 test pits were sunk along several of the outcroppings. The property has very strong surface showing, quite equal to those on any claim in the Slocan. Early in June, 1897, I commenced active work on \o. i vein on the Adams Claim, as shown on the plan of the workings which accompanies this report, where a tunnel was run in on the vein a distance of 265 feet, giving a depth of 200 feet. At a distance of fifty feet from the mouth of the tunnel we encountered a body of concentrating ore from eight to ten feet in width, which continued for a distance of 1 10 feet ; from the end of this ore chute for a distance of about thirt , feet no ore was met, but after that distance had been covered we struck a chute of ver>- high grade ore eighteen inches in width, giving assay values at this point of 140 ounces silver, and 62% lead, in the course of development work in this tunnel we shipped two cars of ore to the Omaha & Grant Smelting Co., of Omaha, Neb., one of which contained 34,510 lbs. of ore and yielded $1,127, after payment of duty, freight and treatment, or an average value per ton of 119 ounces silver and 58% lead, and the second containing 39,164 lbs. of ore, yielding $1, 194.99 also net, or an average value per ton of 107.6 ounces silver and 56.4% lead, and leaving on the dump between 175 and 200 tons of ore, which will concentrate four to one giving an average yield of 140 ounces silver and 6y'. lead. No sloping was done to procure this ore. The ground left from this develop- ment, ;ivailing for stoping will yield from five to six thousand tons of concentrating ore of equal value to that shipped, which should yield on the same basis from $100,000 to $125,000 net value. Having thoroughly satisfied myself as to the permanency of the vein, and that the ore chute continued downward, I at once commenced running a tunnel 500 feet below Tunnel \o. i in order to reach the same ore body as exists there, and from which such valuabls returns have been obtained ; it will be necessary in order to get under the ore body referred to, to run this lannel a distance of about 800 feet, (which when completed will gi\ e a ver- tical depth of 500 feet), and of this 400 are already completed, rendering necessary an additional 400 feet to reach the desired point — a contract for a further 200 feet has been let and upon which active work is being carried on. In the course of this 400 feet two very encouraging chutes of concentrating ore were encountered ; no attemot, however, was made to cross-cut to ascertain the extent of these chutes as I am anxious to carry my workings through to tap the ore body referred to in No. i Tunnel. Some explanation is necessarj- here to show why I construct- . 17 ed my lower tunnel so great a distance from No. i as 500 feet ; and in order to do so it is necessary to state that on this par- ticular portion of the property, great danger exists in the winter from snow slides, and in order to ensure absolute safety of approach to the workings, it was necessary to construct a snow- shed, which has been done by the running of a tunnel some 260 feet in length. During the summer season tunnels can be run at the various distances it is thought desirable, to complete the laying out of our development work, with a view of reaching at great depth the ore body which is shown to exist in Tunnel No. i, and to facilitate the economical handling of our output, the tunnel com- prising the snowshed being practically a continuation of Tunnel No. 2, and can be used in all seasons in conjunction with that. No. 3 Tunnel is run in on No. 3 Vein, which outcrops also on the Adams ground, is 40 feet in length, showing ten inches in carbonates, which average 60 ounces silver and 10% lead. 1 am satisfied that further work at this point will lead to satisfactory results. In addition to the tunnels referred to I have made open cuts of about ten feet in depth along thecmiTse of the outcrop on the surface about 1 50 feet apart for a distance of 750 feet ; in all these open cuts I found excellent showings, in some carbonates, some concentrating and some clean ore, proving conclusively the con- tinuity of the vein, and fro .vhich most satisfactory results may be expected through thorough and systematic development. A tunnel starling on the Midnight claim of The Adams British Columbia Company runs the full length of the Hill Top fraction, a distance of 500 feet, exposes an ore chute two and one-half feet wide, and extending' a distance of 200 feet. It is impossible to arrange with the Adams Company, by lease or otherwise, to use the tunnel which is opened on their Midnight claim, and in order to tap this ore chute, it will be necessary to run a tunnel in from the Adams ground which will strike the ore chute at an additional depth of 100 feet. The ore in this chute is rich, yielding an average of 140 ounces silver and 65% lead per ton. In addition to carrying on the work before described I have erected buildings suitable for the requirements of the mine for some time, consisting of boarding house, office, blacksmith shop, ore house and stables, etc. There is plenty of timber in the vicinity of the property, and good shipping facilities may be had at reasonable cost to the railways at Sandon or Silverton. I have been at work continuously on this property for the past fifteen months, know it thoroughly and am convinced beyond question or doubt that the judicious expenditure of money will prove your "Canadian Group" to be a property equal in value and output, to the best mines in the Slocan. Yours truly, W. H. BRANDON, Stipcrintettdent. 19 J ^. GuELPH, March ist, 1899. Messrs. A. E. OSLER & Co., Toronto. Gentlemen, Referring to the report of our Superintendent, Mr. W. H. Brandon, of 25th October last, in which he states that contract has been let for a further 300 feet in No. 2 Tunnel, I beg to advise that I have just been informed by wire of the completion of this contract, and that when work under the contract had reached a distance of 180 feet, a chute of pay ore was struck which is from four to twenty inches in width, and which continue? to the end of the workings. This is satisfactory and encouraging. Yours truly, • GEORGE SLEEMAN, President. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. Messrs. A. E. Osler & Co., No. 35 Adelaide St. East, Toronto. Agents for The Ontario and Slocan Mines Development Company^ Limited^ Gticlph, Ontario. Gentlemen, , the undersigned, hereby apply for shares in The Ontario and Slocan Mines Development Company, (Limited), and herewith enclose the sum of dollars in full payment of same. I request that you will allot me the above number of shares and I hereby agree to accept said shares. I further request you to place my name on the Register of Members for the shares so allotted me, and I hereby subscribe and agree to all by-laws of the Company which have now or may hereafter be adopted. Name in full Address Occupation Date Usual Signature N.B. — Payment may be either in cash, marked cheque, bank draft, post office or express order. ;^ *%. x I ■ ';?^g^^^'-~?*5* *';'^*^c?P^ ^ V *• ^ « T"^ f^*» I J-- ;*»' •5 ''V The Ontip and Steeiiii mines lopmentCo United. JiJ^jfi C^JTAU $450,000.00 aeo; i«»ttE.isMAN/Gii«iiiii. 111^ broken: A. E (Q6L.i^ & CO., /r^* B> '^.^ riiMiiiMiiiiiiMM^MtiMM'«iia&^ ■^■-'^" MJMii'i iiii'iriilf ill iiiidfci iiir' III III' I II lii