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IS3UKD BY THE BOARD OF THADE OF TRAIL TRA 'AfchivJt' C. MARCPI, 1896. British Columbia * • iH« ^^ Board of Trade. TRAIL, B. C. PRKSIDKNT— n. T. Bragdon. Of H. T. Br-agdon & Co.. Hardwari. Vice- Pk EST. ~K. S. Topping. Trusiee Trail Tavvncite Co. TREAsriiEK. — JjuneH ArKierson. "ilar.n^er H. ;. Bsaley Co., Bank. SK(MiETAHV~W. F. Thuiiips(M). Klito? " Trail* Greek Hsws." EX E( • V T I \' E ( H ) M M I TT 1^: E: W. E. Blafkiner, Bus. iM^'r. News. Geo. Willard. ot Brandon clMJo. S. F. Peterj^en, Crown Point Hntel. Al. Hoyt, 8t. Elmo Hotel. 1). 8. Fotheringham, Bookkeeper B. C. 8. & H. Co. 8melter. C'. A. McLean, Leland Restaurant. 8. Barry Yuill, Jeweler. A. E. 8teele, of 8tee^|^ McDonald General Merchants. ^W Fred 8ick, Trail Bref^ry. Hqgh Madden, Madden* House. Jas. lleith, of Jas. Reith & C'o. The members consist of the busi- ness men of Trail, every firm being represented. A LAND OF 60LD1 TRAIL. CRKKK, H- O. T|HE BEST AJNJD ChlE/cPEST <3^ — ROUTE -^^ TO THE — H-TOWJ^S /fj^D Mlj^ES'^'- —OF— VQTR/clL ei^EEK, B. 6- ex ^ The mines of Trail Creek, in the Trail Creek mining district, British Columbia, will probably be the min- ing sensation of the world for 1896-7. The South African mining boom is on the wane, aind mining on the *'Rancl*^ is getting down to a business basis. Speculators are still wild over Cripple Creek, but that boom has as* Humed proportions so ridiculously large as to be patent to all who gaze thereon. Alaska's mines cannot be booiiie«l {IS ,\ei, tliere being so much expense and danger and ditticulty in getting to them, and tht^ muting speculator and *'t)oomer^' will ne^^t be after Trail Creek — where his pres- ence is in no way desired. Through all the South African anper; average value in gold, tfllAU) per ton; in silver ahoul $2, in cpper about $4 per ton, making tbe total aviTa;^!^ value about $43.30 per ton. rhe aggregate* tonnage for the year was over 23,000 tons, of the valut* of more than $1,000,000. Had there been better facilities for shipping anutpul could have been unlimited, for nit- supply of ore is practically inex- haustible. When the mines of Trail Creek were discoveied, who were ihe dis- coverers and whit the names of the' mines first discovered Is a matter of history that this pamphlet is too . small to contain. During the year 1895, over 2000 mineral locations were recorded in the district, and during 1896 many of them will be- come producing mines. The War Eagle paid about $200,000 in di vir deud^ to irs stockholders, and ttie Le Roi i8 averaj^m^^ about $25,000 in dividends per month. It is not unreasonahit) to expect that the mines ut Trail Creelc will produce 150,000 tons of ore this year, of a t^roHH value of $6,000,000. The Trail ('reek Tramway, a narrow- gua^^e railroad to connect the mines at Rossland with the smelter at Trail, is progressing rapidly, and trains will be running between the smelter and the mines about May 1. A right of way has been granted the Columbia & lied Mountain railroad, which will run from some point in 8tevens county, Washington, to Rossland. A bill is before the pro- vincial legislature to allow the Trail Creelc Tramway to t)ecome a part of the Columbia & Western railway, that shall open up the mines through 150 miles of rich country. The Canadian Pacific is extending its road to Trail, and has surveyed an addition to the Town of Trail— and, PROVINCIAL ARCHIVES OF B. C. V W iliake rt long story short. Trail •Oreek Ih now assured of sutHcieiit aud satislaclory shipping? facilities, and invites the attention of capitalists who have money witli which to make inore oi oiey, THE THAI fi HMlU/rKK. The ores of iVail CVeek have to dUte, heen sinelied in Taconia an(i Everett, Was'iington; in Helena and Great Falls, Montana; hut ttie^^realcr portion of the output of the.«.e niiiMs will hereafter be smelted in ilu- (ij— trict in which they are mined, i iiv British' Columbia Smelting & Hctin ing Company's smelter at trail **blew in'* three stacks in the week ot; x\Jarch 12-19, I89G, and its fourth aind fifth stacks u ill '4)low in" before May 1st, givin^^ that smelter a capac- ity of 250 tons per day. 'i his smei^ter isithe most complete and modern in equipment of all smelters in North America, and has a capacity equa^ ^ that of any of the great smelt'^is { . f I I BulU^iiiid Helena, while 80 iiiiideled that its cai.cU'ily can l>e iiiaile greater than tliat Oi any sineiter in the West, witfi very little expense. Ttiv riiel- teranil itaniway nave l)een juilt at a i:o.st ot over :il?r)()0,(K)(), i ii(i there is pi. lily ol capital haek ol hot** >. nter- prises. TRAIL, H. ('. The fame ot the rovvn ot Trail han siireacJ only in tiie past tew months, ♦or liie entire town, smeller and ail, has heen l»uilt in less llian six months. I'ne upi)uilding of Trail is t)y no means Hnished, although nearly .1?1,0(K 1,000 has so tar been ex- pended in that direeiion. At the present wriimg, the Town of Trail I)ossesses ten good hotels, eight sa- loons, four restaurants, eight general stores, one big hardware store, two meat nj,|irkets, tour barber shops, two news and stationery stands, one bank, one jewelry store, one drug store, one taiior shop, two sawmills, two black- smith shops, a big brewery, bottling 1 works, one billiard hall, two real estate offices, two liveiy stables, sev- eral dray. lines, new«papers, ehurc»^es, schools, postofflce, telej^rapli and telephone offices, one depia and a second soon to be constructed, one bakery, while ground is being pre- pared and buihiiogs erected for one three-story and one four-story hotel, a plant for the British Columbia Iron Works, and other for the Mac Machine Works, several stores and other enterprises. The British iU}- luinbia Smelting & Refining Com- pany is putting in electric light works for the town, the lights to be turned on soon, and is preparing to furnish Trail with a system of water- works. A ferry has been buiit to connect the two shores of the Colum- bia at this point, and a wagon road now completed from the Spokane Falls & Northern railway at Say ward, six miles distant from Trail, to the ferry in question. The Canadian Pacific proposes to build to Trail this 1 year, and make Trail ltd terminus in thirt dislriet. Trail^s population was on March 1, 1896, about 1500. THE ROAD TO TRAIL CREEK. V^isitors from Mie states must come to lYail Creelt fnun Spokane. The .Spokane Fails ife Northern railway is the roaci over which all must trav- el, and its servicv^ is in every way satisfactory. Trains leave the 8. F. l>.v stage trom Northport, but it is a losiy- 17 mile ride, over ttTribiy du-iy and rocliy roads. By purchasing your ticket l>y the way of Trail, ail of the heat and dust is escaped. The fare from Trail to Rossland by the stage is $1.50, the return trip costing only $1.00. After May 1, 1806, pas- sengers may go from Trail to Rogs- land by rail. Visitors from points in Canada travel over the Csanadian Pa- cific to Revlestoke, down to the head of Arrow Lake^, 28 miles, by the .^' branches of th'3 same company, and there they are met by the boats of the Columbia ;^ Kootenay Steam Navigation company and brought to Trail. TO IMMIGRANTS. Fhe Board ot Trade oJ Trail unherti- tatingly declares that the Trail Creek (country is, in their belief, fabulously rich ill imiieral wealth— and all that is needed is money to develope our mineral resources. Mining investors find here a wide field and a profitable one. Trail, itself, is the -tmeiting center of British Columbia, and will alw^ays remain so, having all the necessary adjuncts that other towns in the Province lack. Trail will be the distributing point for the Trail Creek district, as well as for the other mining districts in this section. Here wholesale houses are going up,to supply the reiail trade of surrounding towns and camps. As is natural in a town that is but six months old, there are branches of business not represented here, and other branches that offer good open- ings for competitive firms. Men with means who will help in the up- t)uil(ling of T:*ail Creek are assured thai there is a splendid opening in Trail for them, in whatever line they ma' represent. When you vi-it the mines of Trail Creek, eouie l)y the way of Trail and call on the Board of Trade of Trail. J <^.*i w MEMBEHS or THE BOAHO Of IBADE, IBAIL B, C, Al lluyt, of Hovt (fe Crrt(ido(;k, St. Elmo Hotel Bruce (radilock, of Hoyt & ('radduck, Si. Kliitu il..tel. VV. >. H Ivel, l*ioneer Harder SlK»p. ,f. O. Wie^aii, ivl^ijr. lir!ierin^liain, Bookkeeper, B. O. S. 6i K. Co. T. Wilson, Cieneral Merchant. S, Baii> Yiiill, Jeweler. Fred Sick, Proprietor rraii Brewery. .laineH Pouporc, of Genelle & Co.'s Mill. ., , Lukov, (Jeneral Merchandise. J. Harding, ln8iirance and Commission. L. C. Crawford, Real Estate and Mines. I. N. Knight, Sash, Doors and Glass. E. Johnson, Manager Trail Valley .Stage Line Company. A LAND OF 60LDI MEMBEKS OF BOARDJf leUDE OF mil, B, C, II. i. Hra*j;(l()n, llarMWiire MiMchant. J. F. LiMiniu)^, CuniiH'Hiai Maiui^rr \\. ( . S. tV: K. C\). McLean ik Moriow, i)nj Cuntractor. K. S. Topping, ij»i>t(*e i litll i'oVMisitf. J. E. iVlcCarthy, i'uiitV