The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-12-17

Nothing is too good FOR them that the
market can supply and the quality IS Of
the very best. Here is a menu Of the dinner
served that day al the Washington mine.
where every pound If freight, after 10
has Travelled i500 miles by rail. steamer
and stage, must still be hauled up that
ascent az 1000 feet I'm tour miles Neee-
table soup, roast beef RIBS OF beef Span
fish, Armours bacon boiled with string
beans (cannedD green peas (canned)
boiled potatoes boiled onions. hot rolls
with Winnipeg creamery butter picked
beets chow-chOw, rice pudding. mince
pie. peach pie, canned peaches, cheese,
tea and coffee with evaDorated cream.
The men al Hughes Camp fare equally
well, and az an the mines good living is
the inyariable rule. a miner receives
th-ee dollars and fifty cents per day Of
ten hours and pays one dollar per day FOR
board and lodging Beyond the plug
tobacco which is furnished him at cost,
he can spend nothing at all, and 80 long
as he chooses 10 work. his $3.50 net per
day represents a clear saving. His work,
however. is severe and IL is the rule
rather than the exception that after thir-
~ 20 sixty days of labor he is I'm front Of
"A bar at the nearest town engaged i'm
demonstrating how little he cares for
money and how easily he let's 90 OF IT,
Between the miners who have reached the
lay of and the "hurrah" point, and the
miners who are broke and looking for
a job. the thing averages up very evenly,
so that there is seldom any lack OF labor
20 carry on mining operations.
The downward descent from the Wash
ington mine was a novel experience Well
worth the heavy toll Of the upward climb.
My guide and / borrowed each a miners
shoyel-one Of the long handled. pointed
sort-and started down the rawhide trail.
Tobogganing and cOasting are mild de-
lights compared with riding on a shovel
down a steep grade along that smooth
gutter You put the handle Of the shovel |
between your legs. and. hoding Il al an ,
angle OF forty-five degrees. plant yourself
on the shovel blade and there you are!
Not for any appreciable space Of time,
however. You shoot down that trail at a
gait OF twenty miles an hour taking care
TO lift your feet so that the heels shall |
lightly touch the snow. II you are raw al
the sport YOU will come 10 grief as you |
whirl around the abrupt curves, but the !
worst that can happen is 10 spill your |
self against the soft snow wall as YOU |
bump up against the tangent and after /
picking yourself up and shaking off the /
snow you square yourself on the shovel |
blade and go sailing along until another /
curve derails you; and so on down the 1000 |
feet descent. until. what with these HARM !
less accidents, and with Eight grades |
" here you must get of and walk you
have made the return trip Of four miles |
in half an hour.
No hing Too Good for You.
Hospitality. the most liberal and I'M
limited, is the invariable rule at all /
these mining camps II you are a miner
Of nd L. IL
for you. supper. breakfast and a bunk
plentfully supplied with warm wooden
are freely yours. but Il is
against camp etiquette 10 stay longer than
for breakfast or dinner on the following
day. At the next camp you can d. the
same thing over again. and so on. II,
however. you are a visitor. with proper
and a legitimate errand, there
IS no limit TO your welcome and hosplta-
Die treatment. stay as long as you can
he longer the better" is the hearty in
itation OF the mile superintendent, and
While you stay there is nothing too good
OF you, and nothing 10 pay
My visit TO the Kaslo-Slocan county
vas attended with degree OF fatigue
md hardship that is not experienced I'm
he season OF navigation and Will, |
blink. be done away with hereafter, even
n the winter season. / reached
<ootenai Lake by stage from Bonners
Ferry over a crude and badly broken
leigh road-a dreary trip OF sixty-five
niles in fourteen hours. Hereafter II
) altogether probably that the heavy
reight and passenger traffic will justify
ne employment " an ice-breaker 10
.eep the kootenai river omen from
3onner's Ferry TO the lake during the
winter months. so that the entire jour
icy may be taken with ease and comfort.
he tourist on reaching 81. Paul can now
,uy a through ticket 10 Kaslo for fifty-
* dollars or a round trip ticket for
evenly dollars. Already strong tide
lrayel has set IN from the East. with
very prospect that Kaslo will be another