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MINI\nJOURNAL.\nVOL. 3.,NO. 41\nASHCROFT, BRITISH COLUMBIA. FEBRUARY 12.1898.\n$2.00 PER YEAR\nT0\nKLONDIKE\nTHROUGH\nCARIBOO.\nOMINICA.\nCASSIAR.\nAN-tUiSCE TESLIN\nMANS\ni)UTE\nThe ninny letters of inquiry received , rugged mouutaius, which continues un-\nof lato by tho residentsof Ashoroftuud broken for hundreds of miles to the\nthose residing along the Cariboo road,'north. Thoro is an interesting bit of\nat Clinton, the 150, Soda Creek and romance about your road after leaving\nQuesnelle, shows that a knowledge of Quesnello.   It follows what is known as\n\u25a0-.the actual condition of the overland\nroute to the gold fields of British Columbia, tbe Northwest Territories uud\nthe Yukon, is being eagerly sought for\nby the public. To meet these inquiries\nthis issue is published.\nThe Xew York World sent a special\ncorrespondent, Mr. W. M. Pindell, to\ninvestigate tbis route, aud he ''ad this\nto sny in nn article published iu the\nWorld, October 24th.\nPut in a nutshell, the routo iu question beuius at Ashcroft ou the Canadian Pacific railroad; follows the Cariboo stage route to Quosnelle; from\nQuesnelle follows tho trail of the old\nGreat Western overland telegraph line\nto Hazleton; from Hazleton to Telegraph creek on the Stickiuo river, and\nfrom the Stickine river to Lake Teslin.\nLako Tesliu is the very headwaters of\nthe Yukon river, and from its extreme\nupper end, where the travelers will\nland, it will be au easy mutter to transport themselves, thoir horses aud their\nsuppltos by flatbout to Dawson city or\nto auy other point along the Yukon\nwhero thoy may think there is a better\nchance of finding uold.\nAll this wii bout the aid of a map, and\nwithout information concerning tho\nwide stretch of country U) bo traversed,\nis very vague aud meaningless. It requires, however, only a glancj at the\nmap to grasp tho general features of\nthe route, and as I have just returned\nfrom ti journey over a part of it. and as\nI have talked with peoplo who havo\ntraversed much more of it, I am able\nto supply information which will be\ncommon enough no doubt n year bonce\nbut whicli at present is comparatively\nlittlo known.\nStarting at Asbcroft, which is a litllo\ntrading town ou tho Canadian Pacific\nrailroad, 201 miles east of Vaucouver. I\nweut to Soda Creok, 105 milos duo\nnorth, in the old-fashioned six-horse\nstage coach which makes the journey\ntwice each week. The road is in excellent condition, aud thero aro capital\ninns ut intervals of thirty miles all\nalong the routo. It is over this road,\nof course, that the Klondiko caravans\nof tbo near future will be passing, aud\nalthough it runs for miles along the\nsides of high mountains, it is nowhere\ndangerous to a rider or driver of auy\nordinary degree of skill or caution. At\nSoda Creek you have au option of two\nroutes. You may continue on the stage\ncoach, or you may take the comfort*\nablo littlo steamer Charlotte down the\nPrasor river to Quesnello. Tho distance\nis sixty miles.\nNow nil of this an old and well-known\nroad, aud in that section of the oountry\n\u2014a road ovor which commercial and\nothor travellers think no moro of going\nthan they tlo over any of the beaten\ntracks of Ibo eastern States. But it is\nat the end of this 220 mile journey that\nthe real trip to tho Klondike begins.\nQuesnollo is in reality \"the jumping-\noil'placo\"\u2014tho last white settlement\nuntil you roach tho Skeena rivor at\nHuzloton, 800 miles away.\nYou cross the Fruser river nl, Ques-\nuello by a steam forry-lmat, and then,\nouly u few hundred yards from I he\nriver's brink, you plunge into the great\nsilent wllderuoas of  lofty pines  and\nthe old \"Tolegraph Trail \"--a great\nswath 120 feet wide cut straight\nthrough the forest, and intended originally to roach to Bohring StraitSj opposite tho continent of Asia. It is tho\nlofl by a great commercial failure,\nthis old Telegraph trail.     It is at oneo\nscar and a memorial to the persistence and gonitis of Cyrus W. Field.\nPeople who jeered nt Mr. Field's idea\nthat electric signals could be transmitted by wire luid under the Atlantic\nocean, set nbout building a telegraphic\nHue to Europe, while Mr. Field was\ntinkering with what tbey regarded as\nlay dreams. So they plunged into tho\njreat uarthwost woods to build a lino\nto Behring Straits and so to Asia, and\nso on again to the civilization of western Europe. But while they were still\ncutting timber. Mr. Field got to sending\ntelegraph messages between New York\nand London, so tbey shouldered their\naxes and came out of tho woods leaving the tolegraph trail behind them as\ni monument to tha hundreds of thous-\nmds of dollars they had sunk iu the\nenterprise.\nThe great 120 foot wide swath i3 now\nmuch overgrown, of course, hut\nthrough the center of it there runs a\nwide smooth path, over which I myself\nrode u great many miles; and whou J\nsay that it is not an uncommon thing\nfor a man to ride a bicycle from Ashcroft to Quesnelle, uud that the tolo-\ngraph trail Irom Quosnelle northward\nwould make a smoother and better bicycle path thau tho singe road from\nQuesnelle southward, 1 do uot know\nthat anytbiug further need bo said\nabout this particular stretch of the\nPoor Man's road to the Klondike.\nFurthermore, 1 can say, as bearing\nupon the condition of this part of tho\nroad, that Mr. J. D. Devereaux, u young\nsurveyor, loft Quosnollo on September\nTth last, ami made the trip alone to\nHazleton over .'Ml) miles in thirtoeu\ndays. He had two horses, nnd bo writes\nmo thnt. bi; wns dolayod a good deal by\nfallen timber.\nAfter leaving Hazleton, which is a\nHudson's Buy company's trading post,\nthc first stago of the journey north\nward is fifty mile.-; to Nnsso river,\nwhicli you cross by an Indian ferry.\nThou you nrc ouly 150 miles from Tele-\ngraph creek and the Stijkluo river,\nwilh a good trail nil the way, and In\ndiau ferries for all the streams of auy\nsize or tlilliculty. From Tolegraph\ncreek there is u line government trail\nover tho routo surveyed fora railroad\nby tho Canadian Pacific Company, n\ndistance of 120 miles, to tho bond-\nof Lake Teslin. Here the worst part\nof tlie journey ends, for getting down\nthe lake and from the lako down tho\nYukon river lo Dawson city, is ouly a\nmailer of plain boating, If is not un*\nllltoly that a stoninboat will be plying\non Teslin ltika by uext spring, und,\novou if Ibnl; is not. the 0080, (he construction ol' Ho i limits capable of currying travelers with iheir horses and\nsupplies is n. simplo mattor, with all\nthe line timber thoro is nt hand for tho\npurpose.\nFrom Llu*-:,general outline il, will bo\nseen tlmt -horo is here upon a perfectly\nsafe nntl comparatively eusy routo to\ntbe Klondike ,_-olil Holds whicli heretofore hus noi, been in any of the columns\nof matter which have beon printed in\nnewspapers aud books since tho excitement over tho gold discoveries began. It is not to bo understood, however, that tho peoplo along the route\u2014\ntbo peoplo who Inhabit tho region botween Ashoroft and Quesuolle\u2014are not\nalive to tbe fact that at no vory distant day their oountry is destined to\nbo on the line of a muoh traversed\nroute to the north. But tho Canadians\naro nothing if not a conservative race,\nand tho Canadians of British Columbia\naro no exception to tho rule. Had such\nan opening to n country which so many\nthousands desire to reach boon through\nany part of the United States, it is perfectly safo to say that steam and electric railways, as well as steamboats for\ntho navigable waters, would already\nhave been far advanced iu construction. Tbo trail from Quosuollo to\nHazleton and Tolegraph crook him\nbeen traversed for years by carriors nf\nthe Hudson Bay company, and tho\nroute from thero on to Lako Tesliu\naud tho headwaters of tho Yukon, Is\nequally familial' to hundreds of surveyors nud adventurous spirits who havo\ntraversed it timo and again. That It is\na perfectly clour, opon route to the\nKlondike has boou generally common\nted upon by tbo peoplo up thoro, bnt\n(hero has boon what In the United\nStates would bo considered a curious\napathy iu turning tbo fact to profitable\naccount; not, however, that thoro aro\nwanting men up thero with a keen appreciation of thn situation. Or. F. S.\nReynolds, publisher of tho British Co-\nu'miua Mining Journal, was uu early\nadvocate of this overlaud route, aud\nhas dono much work in connection\nwith it. Senator James Reid and Wm,\nAdams, M.P.P., of Quesnello, two of the\nleading men In tho province, have also\ntaken muoh interest in the matter. It\nis obvious that people on the coast nro\nnot going to exert themselves to point\nout how tho argonauts may give them\na wido berth on the way to the gold\nfields. So with this, and the languid\nattitude of the Fraser river people, this\nexcellent overland route to the Klon\ndike has been totally overlooked by all\nwho thus far have gone or talked of\ngoing to the gold fields.\nThe general plan to be followed by\nthose who may contemplate experimenting on this routo is very simple.\nThey should be in Ashcroft about the\nmiddle of April, and then buy their\nsupplies. A party of four or five would\nprobably get along best. Each person\nwill need two cayuses, and cayuses are\ntough little Canadian horses. They\nare very cheap in Ashcroft. Two good\nones may ba had for 950. One would\nbe used, of course, as a beast of burden\nnud the other to be ridden. By starting\nin the early spring, good grass aud\nfeed for the animals will be found all\naloug tbe route from the starting point\nto tho Yukon.\nSupplies, likewise, cun be bought to\nadvantage at Ashcroft, although they\nmuy be renewed ot Quesnelle, Hazlotou\nnud Telegraph Creek, As for tho timo\noccupied in the journey, it may be\nroughly estimated, as tho conditions\nnow are, at about six weeks. As the\nroute becomes knowu, aud us the British Columbia people awaken to the\nsituation, the trails and tho river crossings, and the steamboat facilities will\nbo so improved that this timo limit\nfrom Ashoroft at Dawson City will bo\nmuch diminished.\nAnd right hero In this connection it\nmuy be said that a very important feature of this routo lies In the fact that\ntho travelers will arrive at their destl-\nnntion with a Tory valuable property in\ntho horses which have carried htm\nthero, and whioh will bo sold readily,\nup where means of transportation aro\nin such demand, for many times their\noriginal cost.\nAnd a further very important point\nis that tho oountry, all tho way up, will\nnot only supply the horses with fodder\nbut will give all tho food in tho wny of\ngame that is wanted for tho travelers\nthemselves. Wild fowl and fish are in\nbewildering abundance all along the\nroute. Furthermore, plenty of Indians\nwill be met with, and, if thoy are properly treated, thoy will bo found obliging and very useful. Thore are several\nIndians villages between Quesnelle and\nTolegraph Creok; and, in fact, all the\nway ovor to tbo headwaters of tho\nYukou.\nBut tho most Important feature of\nall lies in tlio facl, tlmt there is gold nil\ntho way up from Fruser river north.\nTho routo lies right along the great\ngold and silver belt \u2022whieh oxtouds\nfrom Mexico to Alaska. Chinamen\nmanage lo make a profit by gold washing right in the vicinity of Quosnolli\nstreams wns by far longer thau It now is.\nAs many persons intend to go to Alaska in lhe spring, starting from Washington and going vin Ashcroft, a description of the route may provo of interest. 1 will sny nothing of tho Ilrst\npart of the road us Ashcroft may bo\nreached either by rail or overland from\nWashington.\nThere is n lirst class wagon road 220\nmilos in length, from Asbcroft to Ques-\nalthough that region was protty woll  nolle.   This rond is  In perfect order,\nCleaned up by the forty-niners who foi-] nnd a stago lino, ns regular iu its lime\nlowed tlio gold thus  far up\nnorth.   But  vory valuable   duds lm\nrecently been reported from thoSkooi\nriver, nud   tho  argonauts  would Hi\ni card us any railway, mukes the round\n-' trip evory week. The land is fnirly\ni sottlod along the whole distuueo, and\nI (farm houses and regular stopping\nl   places are met at short intervals.   For\n- thoso who travol willi their own puck\n1 horses, f.'oo food is plentiful all along.\nI    Quosnollo   Is  it   small towu ou the\n\u25a0 bunks of  tho   Prasor  rivor.   It has a\n\u25a0 Unit class grist, mill, where Hour is\nI nearly as cheap as iu Spokane. For\ni m:tny tilings needed on a long trip to\n. the north, such us fur robes for bod*\ni ding, moccasins, and duffel (ll thick\ni* woolen cloth, muilo especially for In-\ni   diau trading) no   other   place   equals\nthat littlo town,\ni     Tho   Fraser bus to bo crossed bore,\nnml tliero is a good  ferry.    Ouo  has\n- j now reached   tho gold   country of tho\nCariboo excitement, aud at Quesnello\nloslin Iiako Is about 150 milos long the bunks of tho Fraser havo been\nautl nvernges about threo miles in -. washed and re-wnshod. This, too, Is\nwidth. A huge but sluggish river the boginulugof the old telegraph trail\nempties into it at its  upper  ond, and aud in many places tbo wire cuu still\npromls-lg Holds Tor pros\nrool\nill tin\nway on to tbo Yukon, nn\nImi\nlit\nitrllcr\ntheir fni-tniio ovon bofor\nHi,'\nV I'i\nmlioi\ntbo goldon Klondiko.\nBut, ovon ir tlioy iliri l\nusb\nrill\nOlll,\nKlondiko,  tlioy  ivoulil\nprotty wull soiisonod pil\n|.||0-\n1 ru.l\nIl'tlll\n,111\ntbe bowlldorod, llnbby li\ninlo\nI'l'l'\nwin\naro dumped witli tlioir ,\\\nmr'i\nHilii-\non tlio lirillli   ol*   llio   Vi\nlion\nwl\nll   ru\ntni'iuis of triuiBporli\u2014-ion\n1 li\nlln.il\ndastitmtioit, tuld ntti'i'li\nrro\non ll\nto tbo rouub lit. boforo\nlion\nMr. W. H, GrllHu, wbo\nmini\n\u25a0 t!\nD tll|\nfrom llin bond of -alio '1\noslli\nli\nDaw\nson nml rotnru lnst full\nnnu\not\nro lol\nlowing Btatoinont to mo:\nhoro lbe Indians bnve tholr cauoo\ncache, whore they leave tlieir bouts\nduring thoir absence while going to\nund coming Trom Juneau ou Iheir annual trips to dispose of their furs.\nHoro, at tbe head  of  the hike, we\nbc seen strung up   or   lying along the\nwayside.\nTbo country from Quesnello to tho\nNechaco valley mid Fraser lako, a distance of 150 miles, may bo generally\ndescribed as a rolling country, with no\nbuilt  our  bouts  uud   started on our high  mountains, aud  covered  with a\nprospecting. There are three streams\nemptying into the lake from the north.\nTwo of these, tho Oklohone aud the\nNetticeue, are quite large and very\nswift. There is ouly oue river running\nin from tho south. Thero is no part of\nthe lake that is uot navigable for light\ndraught steamers, and the greater part\notitis extremely deep. The shores\nare for tbe most part rocky uud pre-\ncipitious, but beautiful camping places\ncan bo found aloug the norlli shore.\nAs you approach the lower end of the\nlako the banks ure of cluy, quite high,\nand coming dowu iuto deep wuter.\n\"Tho lake gradually grows narrow,\nand beforo you are aware of its proximity you are entering the Hootllnqua\niver, which is the outlet, of mis large\nbody of water. We expected lo find a\nnarrow river, but instead of Hint there\nwas no curreut to speak of for some\nmiles. As wo proceeded down the river\nwhich is 180 miles long, the speed of\ntho curreut iucreused until it was running at the rate of ubout live miles uu\nhour. Tho Hootllnqua is perfectly\nsnfe for auy rowboat, nud navigable for\nlight draught stenmers through its on-\ntire length. The sume can be said of\nthe rest of the route to Forty Mile with\nono exception. This exception is the\nFivo-Finger rapids, which any bout cun\nrun with ordinary caution without unloading.\nWhilo ou the lake, we met Mr. J.\nOallbreath, who has just come through\nfrom Telegraph Creel: with his pack\ntrain of thirteen iiorses. lie informed\nmo that the trail was in good condition\nPOUDKIEK'S  WBI'ORT.\nTho following deseriptivo letter is\nfrom A. L. Poudrier, Dominion land\nsurveyor of Kobson, U C, uudor dato\nof October 0th, ISO\" : Tlie government\nof British Columbia hns spout mnny\nthousands of dollars during the lust\noight or nine years in exploring und\nsurveying tho northern portiou of tho\nprovince, uud ullhoiigh the work is not\nquito completed, the portion more\nuearly related to thc Yukon country is\nfairly well known.\nHaving been employed during several yoars at that work, it has been my\ngood fortuue to travel mnny times\nthrough that great valloy which begins\nat tho Frasor river and reaches the\nsource of tbo Yukon, that is, Tesliu\nlako. Tho valley of the Yukou is\nsimply u continuation of that cut. und,\nno doubt, in the fur ages, this king of\ngrowth of small populurs, birch and\nblack pine, uearly all of tho second\ngrowth: only a few tall tiees of tho old\noriginal forest aro to bo soon.\nThe trail crosses mauy small streams\nand follows the banks of numerous\nlakes, where rich meadows and open\nglades givo tho richest of food for\nanimals at nearly all parts of tho trail.\nWhen tbe water Is high, one stream,\nwhich is called the Chillucco or Maud\nriver, gives trouble. That is, at the end\nof June or early iu July. Only ouo\nothor stream of cousequeuce Is met;\nthat is the Bluckwnter, and it is crossed\non a good bridge.\nOn reaching the Nechaco valley, rich\nmeadows -which will bo tbe farms of\nthe futuro -are traversed by the trail\nalong beautiful lakes, whore many\nIndians nre liviug. Tho Nechaco is\nis crossed to reach Fort Fraser, a\nHudson Bay post and a large Indian\nvillage.\nFrom Fort Frasor tho trail follows\nthe south bauk of lake Fraser for 12\nmiles, through a rich, rolling park-like\ncountry; and tho stream emptying Lake\nFranculs into Luko Fruser is crossed\nnear the village of Nadina. The ford\nis eusy, the Indians in this part ure\nculled \u25a0' Carriors,\" and are good, hospitable uud honest.\nFrom Nadina tho trail follows the\nvalley of tho Eudako, which empties\ninto the Stellaco. It is a wide valley\nwith much open laud aud bunchgrass,\ngood for farming and grazing.\nThe distance from Stella to Hazleton\non tho Skeena, is 150 miles. After\nreaching tho source of tho Eudako the\ntrail enters tho valley at Busleyor\nHagwilgct river, fulling into tho Skeena.\nThis valley is similar to the Eudako,\nwith broad meadows, beautiful open\ngrassy slopes, light park-like woods\nfullof small fruit in season, the streams\nand ninny hikes are full of fish\u2014salmon,\ntrout, char and two or threo other\nkinds. Small game is plentiful all tho\nway from Quesuolle.\nThis road is not far from tho Omenica\ngold fields, aud gold is found on almost\nevery creek along the trail from Lake\nFrasor, though no very rich grouud has\nbeen struck. It is quito possible, how-\nover, that sonic of the small streams\nmight give good results to tho prospector.\nHazleton wus tho last placo where\ntho wire was stretched for tho telegraph company.\nI he country uorth of tbo Stickine is\nperhaps u little wooded  than  further\nmm\nSKETCH SHOWING OVERLAND   HOUTE,\nsouth, but, nevertheless, food for horsos\nIs very abundant Gold Is found on\nnearly every stream, and ou the Tbul-\nton and Dodedonto rich prospects have\nbeen located.\nTwo noted gold fields are known lu\nNew Caledonia\u2014tbe Omenica, tbe uorth\nof Lake Fraser, and the Cassiar, which\nbegins at Telegraph oreek. Largo\namounts have been taken from this locality. In Omenica powerful companies\nhave started hydraulic mining ou a\nlarge scale, and, no doubt, the same\nwill soon be done in Cassiar, People\nwith experience in that line and with\nsufficient capital do not need to go as\nfar the Yukon. Casslar offers as rich\na prize as Klondike to the hydraulic\nminer.\nLarge tracts are not yet prospected\nat all, even for placers, and nothing\nwhatever has been done in the line of\nquartz mining. It Is known that rich\ndeposits of galena ore occur on tbe\nSkeena, and rich copper ore Is to be\nfound on the Stickine aud on Lake\nTesliu. Native copper has been mined\nfor ages by the Indians from this locality and has hammered into shields\nused for currency, whioh can yet be\nobtained.\nThere is no doubt that the roai from\nthe sea to Telegraph creek, by the\nStickine, will be largely used next\nspring; and as the great field for prospecting will be the upper Yukou, Luke\nTeslin should be a busy spot next rear.\nFor those who wish to take horses or\ncattle, the way I have described from\nQuesnelle offers no dangers of any sort,\nno difficulties, Far from It; it is one\nof the most pleasant trails to travel,\nand I havo remembrance of many\nhappy days employed riding daily\nalong and camping at night loaded\nwith small game. With suoh a climate\nduring spring, summer and autumn, it\nis easy to forgive a few weeks of cold\nweather.\nTELHURAPH TRAIL.\nto the preseut state of crossing facilities, Thi. may be avoided by cutting\nu roud further west, ami by bridging\nthe Mud river canyon, whiuh is very\nnarrow. Ou tbe other side the trail in\ngood with exception of a. f*w mad holes\nneur Lost Horse Meadows, 10 miles\nfrom Mud river. Weut ou to the -touch\nend of Nathelby's lake when; gaodfeed\nabounds, aud camped, covering 30 miles\nfor the day.\n10th. Trail very rough for 1 miles\nalong Nathelby's lake, but as icon aa\ntbe trail leaves the lake and strikes\nhigh ground it becomes good again to\nthe uorth end of Bobtail lake, where\ngood feed is found. Coatiuuing. for\nthe first two miles a few mud boles are\nfound, but can be easily avoided. The\nbalance of the day's travel to Tsin-Cnt\nlake was over a good trail with a few\nexceptions, where it was found very\nbrushy. There is an abundance of\nfeed here, principally peavine. The\ndistance traveled for the day was 34\nmiles, most of the way being quite\nsuitable for a road bed.\nllth. Traveled all day over a very\ngood trail [patches of prairie land in\ntervening every three or four miles, to\nthe crossing of the Nechaco. 'IT miles\nfromTsiu-Cut lake, where swimming\nmust be resorted to in order to cross.\nThis can easily be avoided by hr.di_in_-\nthe cauyou l1, miles below. The can\nyon is narrow, and further, has an Island iu tbe center very suitable for a\nroad.\n13th. Traveled through partly open\ncountry until 2 o'clock, then through\n\u25a01 miles heavy timber to prairie again,\nCamped ou the south end of Barn's\nlake or tho head of the Endako river.\nCovered 28 miles.\n14th. Traveled through comparatively open couutry all day. Feed very\nplentiful; camped on tbe extreme head\nof the Fraser river water shed. Covered 20 milos.\n15th. One mile's travel brought me\nto the divide, where feed begius to aet\nscarco, but plentiful enough for grazing purposes until I reached Elwyn\nluko, where I made camp for the dny.\nhaving covered 22 miles.\nI would advise that a uew rond be\ncut on the north sido of (ho divide. By\ndoing so more feed eau be taken in.\nand also avoid the two crossings of the\nBuokley river, which aro very troublesome in the spring,\n10th. Made a late start, traveled all\nday through    partly   open  country,\nThe following is tbe report of the\nold telegraph trail from Quesnelle to\nHazel ton by J. D. Dnvereaux, representative of the B. C. Misiso JoriiNAL-\nMr. Devereaux left Quesnelle Septom\nber Tth und arrived at Hazel ton Sep\ntember 10th, making tbe trip in good\ntime,\nHazelton, B. C, September 22.\nSir: Complying with your instructions dated September 2nd, I immediately made arrangements for tbo trip\nfrom Quesnelle to Teslin lake viatho|camped^on a large  prairie at night\nold telegraph trail.\nI submit my report of tho condition\n1MBTV LEAVING TELEOIIAl'll CREBK I.OH THE\nof the trail between Quesnelle and Ha\nzeltou, tho feed thereon and tho feasibility of a road being opened up to tho\naforesaid place.\nOn tho Tth lnst,, I startel and truv-\nolcd ou a splendid trail totho 12 Milo\ncamp, whtre feed was in abundance.\nPushing on I arrived at Goose luko (or\n'-.\"\u00bb Mile Camp,) where a halt was made\nfor tho day. Foed very plentiful aud\ntrail iu good condition.\n8th. Started early, passed 30 Mile\ncamp at 9:15; feed good. Arrivod at\nBlackwater at 2.50, whero camp was\nmade for the day. The present locality cauuot be improved upon for a road\n(with exception of tho descent to tbe\nBlackwater.)\nOtli. Traveled ovor a good trail for\nIT miles to Mud rivor, feed plentiful\nhut a dreaded camp to puckers owing\nTraveled 18 miles.\n17th. Traveled along side hill until\n10:20; opeu country with good feed.\nA gradual descent for two milos into\nlevel couutry where a better place for\na road cannot bo found. Camped on a\nsmall prairio with peavine nntl bluo\njoint growing ns high as the horses.\nCovered 28 miles.\n18th. Traveled all day through level\ncountry uud splendid feed; crossed\ntbo Muurlcetowu at 12:15, Camped at\nnight ou what tho Mnuricetown Indians coll the Halfway prairio. Traveled 23 miles.\n19th. Made an eurly slurt aud arrived atHazletf.n at 10.30, after traveling 1*2 miles over u good trnil. Here\nwo oneo more find u Hudson's Bay\nCompany's store, where the greulest\nkindness is shown to travelers by the\ngenial manager, R. S. Sargent.\nTho approximate distance between\n) Hazleton aud Quesuolle is 32T miles.\nmmmmmtmat^tummmmmammmm\n The British Columbia Mining Jonniai.   '\nIssued every Sulurday.\nF. S. REYNOLDS,\nEditor autl Proprietor,\nSuhBcrlnllon Price, per annum \u2022 \u2022 *3.00\nAdvurtlaunu\ntill imitl.\n\\\\t win imi bu\nAtlvurtlbhiK ru\n..iniliiiu.il an\non opplteati-Mi\nSATURDAY, KKM.UAKY 12,1808,\nI.n. I.ii Much..\nI.U-* I.II I III. Ill' il\nnryiluiir.\nThu take 11 am\nwaters deep\nA pli-ii-aiil hike,\ni-l.ii\nI >m* i\npe\n-\u2022fill :i\nAntl uii! what spuri! wlmt lish nrccaiiglit wil\nhook anil line nr seine.\nA Brunt variety of llf.li, but troiil though III tli\nHow eft m night, by Kliunbcnu's light, men\ntilled wiili murderous glue,\nWill pull ihe net mill lish will gel lis Irnm llu\ndm. blue sen.\nNow comes ttie mid unit frosty mom,  The lo\nIsclenr.   Look out!\nKor now iiiiotber kind of spurt, they're skatini\nidler trout.\nAnd aonn n monsler lish is gcun.tlic lunde\na shorn\nry skat\nn the i\n<s for tlmt luck\nstrife nf even\nThen'\nless trout.\nTo ke-i> him slmreward is th\nskater there,\nIf they succeed In this, tliuj-'r\nhim tn the air.\nWell might the llshernien nf old leek tl>\nwith envious eyes\nAnil wish they were mice mure nn earth, uud\nclaiming such n prize.\nI've tisheil a !_-nod deal since iihny (imtl hid m\nhooks and sliltus)\nHut ne'er enjoyed such ^*>ort. as dinning trim\non skates.\n.1. UHKIX.\nI;ncroach merit Not I'ermltt-J.\nOttawa, Jan.31, American encroachment upon Canadian territory along\ntho Alaskan boundary will not be per\nmittod, although the States have pre\nforred a olalm to tbe territory from\nDyoa aud Sknguay to Lake Bennett.\nThe instructions which woro sent for\nward from Ottawa to tbe mounted po\nlice, at tho latter place, are tti collect\nduty upon all American goods passing\nthe summit of Whito Pass or Cbilcoot\nPass. In so doing, tho government are\ntaking a step which will commend itself to Canadian const interests.\nThe submarine cable direct from\nHalifax to .lunuiica has been successfully luid, and is now open for business.\nThis announcement was duly cabled\nby the Royal Jamaica Society of Agriculture to the principal hoards uf\ntrade throughout Canada, aud formed\nthe subject of reciprocal congratulations between tho two countries. The\nstrategic and commercial importance\nof direct telegraphic communication\nwith tho British West Indies cun\nscarcely bo overestimated.\nHOPE,  YALE,   LYTTON   AND CACI11\nCREEK DIVISION'S OK YALE\nDISTRICT.\nNOTICE is hereby given, in iirairdiuiee\nuilblbeSlaliile.-.. lliat I'iuvn,,-la1 l.evc-\nllll> Tax ami all l.t\\esl.-\u00bbi.-diiiiil.-i Uie Asse-i-\nmml Acl aienm. due Inr the v..u 1RUH.    All\nAssessed taxes arc cnlkvlihle al  lhe\nnil rate-, viz:\nll [i;inl <m in In-fine ISHlli June. 1MW\n.O.C.T.\nAsuenoi'T Lodok No. ar.,\n\"~    i. u. (i. T.    Meets every\nnine  in Oddfellows Hall 7(UO\nin...  nieinhcis cnrdiallv invited\nJ. H. I.I.YSON.Ski'.\nNOTICE.\nit li   SO  chains  anil   lliem*\nlitial i.nst\nIIIN S, TW..N.\nnf wild land,\ntm- Imlf nf one lw\ncitv.\nin so much of ihc\n.on assessed value\nil.illais. .\n-and   dnl\nTin.\nml.\ni tlie\nfcmrtlis nf one\nl.r.ii>ciiy.\nn sii much nf the in.\neMceilsiinellioll-al\nrales, namely, i\none niul one-m\ntha\nthe fallowing\ness. when the\niisandilnlliirs,\nI'M Chilli   llll'\nlllll\nlioiin.'iti\nepen\nivincial l.evciiiie  Tax Sil fnr\niicrsun nver thc ace nl is. velirs.\niii- WM. DODD.\nAssessor nntl Collui\nYaie, January -iUlli. 1H\u00bbH.\nMineral Act, 1896,\ntK01.M l-'-i\nCertificate of tiiipriiiriiieiits.\nNOTICE.\n17.0RTY THIEVES MINERAL CLAIM\nSituate in lhe  I.UIuui.   Minim;   Hlvisini\n\u00ab>f Llllooet Dislrict.\nWhere Incalcd   Smith F.'iU nl Undue River\nTake notice lhal w, . N,,licit I!.   Skumei   an.\nJnhn Marshall,   free   miner's  ccrlilicatcs   No\niifiil.taiiiinir_i_-r.iwii prailt of lhe above . laiui.\nAnil further take  notice that  an,on. mulct\ns-.vti.in UT. must he ciiuiineiicc! l\u201e-i,,u- I In- ,-.\n\" \"i)aic.i'l'l,i-'jot'li diiV'i.'f Nnveiiiher, 180?!'\n\\l. II. SKINXEK.\n32tO JOHN MARSHALL.\nMineral Act, 1896.\nCertificate of Improvements.\nNOTICE.\nDlBtrlct,\nWhere hicated   South I<ork of Ii.i.lire River.\nTake nolicc that I. C*. ... I'liair. free\nminer*-, eeililieale Xo. ....(Hi., intend sixtv\ntavs frum the date hereof, tn ap|.lv lo lhe min-\niii|_ reennler for a certilicate nf iniiirnvcinetils.\nfor the imriioscot olitaiiiiiin a crown finuil of\n' ' ' further take notice Ihat action\n\"  lief(i\n.111. Ii.i'.. I'V\nNOTICE.\nstudebake;\n\"WAQOlsrS.\n\u2022i   !'';unous  Si\nJAMES VAIR,        -        Kamloops, B.C,\nMoOorniiolta  Binders mul  Mownra, MoOlnry's  .''unions Stoves,  Km in\nTools and Gonoral Hardware.\nImporters ond  Wholesale Dealers in\nWINES   LIQUORS   and   CIGAR?\nVICTORIA, B. c.\nR. P.RITHET & CO., Ltd\nWharf Street.\nNotice is herehy H\ndate I Intend tn npjil\nHloncr of lands ami v\nIcusu eighty ticrcs of n\nLot 2_!8, (JroiliJ I, in i\ncouiniencing at a slake\nnf lbe said  lol and i\nveil Ihat :m daysaftei\n\u2022to the chief conimls.\nork- fnr twrmlnlou tt\nendow lam! ndinlniin.\nm district nf Lllloout\ntil the north-enal corne\nlarked \"C. R. Doxilt'i\nlortli-wesl comer, Uiencu 10 chains oust, thenci\nto eluiins south, ihence 10 chains west, thenci\n10 clinius north to Initial post.\n10-48 C. R. DOXAT,\nperil. C.Ruvson.\nClinton, H. C. Jnniiiiry an, 1808.\nNOTICE.\ni 111\nno i\nlease ei(\nLot   *J 21\nlu a|.ply In the chief 1*011111\n- ami works for iieiniission\n\u25a0l'B ol meadow laud tnljolnl\nli I in ihe district ol Lllloi\na stake marked \"C. R. Dosi\nMill!\nf he\niM c\nC. U. DOXAT\niH'rll.CM.nj\nNOTICE.\nNot it\nis he\nen that\nlierctolnre existtne between\nanilJoseiihl., Keeler. under *\nWoods & Kecler. doing hi\nWelcnine\" Restiummt, Ashcr.\nday dissolved In* mutual i\nWoods will continue the hit.\nall debts are to l.e paid and who will settle nil\naccountsngalnst tbe snid firm.\nDated this the  17th day of January. A.D,\n.81)8.\nALLISON WOODS.\nWitness: JOSEPH L. KEELER.\nA.CLAWSON,\nA. MOONEY. 8815\nseut;   Allison\nITS,\nVICTORIA, il. C.\n'*_\n.S.DUNN-ScCoLt,\n-IMPOBTBRS or-\nShelf and Heavy Hardware.\nPlacer and Quartz Mining Supplies.\n_-'\" Whiti; ion Quotations.\n8 und 10 Col-ovn Sti-ot, Vimc-iivcr, B.C.\nC'nlilt. uililrcBB\"Curl..,\" Vnncouver.\nP.O. Bui No. 101.\nMacKinnon, Debeck & Company,\n-.\/ Hastings sireet, VANCOUVER, B.C.\nMINING  BROKERS   AND   AGENTS.\nInin;; companies orantii--] ami floater).  Properties bohtletl arril reported on for foreign o\nlural. vn.lu'ai...     Having I._i-.i r.-.-i.I_-!\\.. nf th.' pi.v.juri- fur Ilii' pa.t tw.-my :.ix vi'ais. wi-\nan' thiTi'fu].. in a la.-iliim lu limit\u2014i llu- must relinlili' infonmnitin tn ..- tilitniii\u20141 \u2014is-\nI'li'lini: tin- valaal.l. iiiiiiiTiil ri^mitii's uf tin- [.roviuc-   C<irri'K]iiimk'iK'e .oliclli'il.\nOffice, nj Ilie \" O'li\/ilen Cache Mines Company, Ita-.,\" of Lillooel, B. C.\nAIV1>    JlVSUR_fl_.IVCI-':.\nAgents for:\nWells Fargo,  Ciiliniiliiii Plouriug  .'iiill> I\u00ab., nr Kllilorby.\nl'lii'iiic (oust,Stoniiisliiii ('\u00bb'.- Min' nt'steamersMir.cn Vicloi'ln umi\nSim I'l'iiiicist'ii.\nCARIBOO!\nHORSEFLY! - FORKS QUESNELLE!\nW.B.BAILEY I GO,\nSTORAGE   AND   FORWARDING    AGENTS.\nGoods received, Stored and Forwarded\nwith dipatch lo any point in tho Interior\nreached by wagon or pack train. Consign\nyon goods to onr care and we will settle\nrailway charges and ship onto destination\nwith least possible delay.\nippenheimer Bros.\nWHOLESALE  GROCERS\nVancouver,\nB.C.\nDOERING & MARSTRAND\nB^E-^ATIlsra-  CO.\nCelebrated Alexandri Layer and Porter\nSpeciailv Recommended.\nVANCOUVER, \u25a0 \u2022 \u2022 ll.C.\nTNE IMPERIAL BREWERY AND\nSO_0__V -W_-__T-_-l_-l -WOXIK-- oo.\nLager Boor and Porter   Tho Bost duality only Browed\nIrom choice Malt and Hops\nit A.X-r:L,oo_?s, b. o.\nSODA WATER WORKS.\n\/.i rn,inrc..oii with our Itremry <i>,- haoe n I.I.-.I a nen andeomnteleplatll from Umi Fran \u25a0\nohm for the man\\0 in tu i-i m' So.hi U'.tti-r.tluiutr Ale.Stirniittrillu.fhtiiHiwwne Cider and\nMhm-tti u:tt.,-iii'.tiii.-i\u201e,i.i.\n.Ill onler* fnun titiinti.l cuiuitiy tritt m.t'rv nnr tn-rntninl and liml nil nil ion. four\n,itilr,.ti.i\u201ei' si.li.ih'.l, S).,ti.il ,01, niton I..,ill av.lt-ri -'rom I'.irilioo nml iray. I'oit will find\n\u2022Hn-f.nV.--.sio7\/ nn.\/..   I\/..H \u201el,i\u201e'lt\u201e,,it:   u.< ,i-iii- nr,l,-rs.     \t\n\\V. II. BAILEY & COMPANV.\nASHCROFT,\ni. ii -.ttiii\n\u25a0'.Mltlldil?\niciils.\nMineral Act, 1896.\n(FORM F.)\nCertificate of Improvements.\n\"Overland to Klondike.\"\nThe pamphlet recently gotten out by\nthe Mining Journal has been mailed to\nalt enquirers, and to our exchanges and\nthe leading newspapers of Canada and\nthe United States. Several hundred\ncopies have already been furnished\nto the stores and business houses in Asheroft, and try them sent out fo enquirers.\nArrangements were made iu the east\nwith different railroad aimpauies that\nare interested, and that have already sent\nout several thousand copies, whereby\nthey 'will from now on send them to all\nenquiring about the mute. Arrangements\nare also being made to have a Baltimore\nhouse publish the pamphlet at that city\nin large numbers, so a large circulation\nis assured. From this time on the\npamphlet, containing in all yo pages,\nincluding ten full page views of points\nand objects of interest along the route,\na good and accurate full page map\nshowing the overland route, advertisements, etc., will he sent out by J, II.\nClements, Druggist and Stationer,\npostpaid on receipt of liaerity*five\ncents. Any advertiser who has\nnol received a copy or copies will b.\nsvppll'ed with thc same gratuitously on\napplication. Address\u2014J. II. Clements,\nDruggist aud Stationer, Ashcrojt, B.C.\nHow to expose a humbug\u2014 money-back it.\nHow to establish such\nthings  as  Schilling's Best\n,e\u00bb baking pnwder\ncoiiec flavoring cilrncti\n-firlu nn)* splr,-.\n\u2014money-back them.\nSfi\nFor side by\nHarvey, Bailey & Co,\nRAW FMNOTICE.\nI, tho undorsigiiecl representing Joseph Ullmonn or St. Paul, Now York mid\nLondon, England, wish to inform my\nfriends und tbe public genorally llmt I\ndo not intend to travel ns heretofore.\nThose favoring mo with shipments of\nRaw Furs uun rely on fair treutmout,\nand prompt returns assured, Write\nfor price list. G. W. BALDWIN,\nJO <lm Winnipeg, Man.\nNOTICE.\nURAL MINBI-AL-CLAiai. Sltunti! In\ntlit- l.illiniL-1 Mining Division... UIUkiuI\nDistrict.\nWlu-re lunili'tt   South I'm', nf llri.ltfi- Kiver.\nI .iki* milii-f Ihul wc, l.ulicil 11. Skinner nml\nJohn K. Williuiiis, free miner's \u25a0vrlitir;il--s Nn.\nuinu.. iiiiilTr.Hil, iiiienil.si-.iv il.-ivs from tin\nilule liiTcnf. ti>ii[\u00bb|)lv tn Ilie mining reninlei\nfnr n rcrlilii-nle u( ini|in>veini-nts, inr lhe imi\nlinsenf i.htiiinint. nrruwii (.runt uf llic ulinvi\nAmi further ttiku notice that action, unilci\nseiii.ui 1(7. musl   he   n.inmeiired   l.efnre  tht\nl\u00bb\u00bbii:ill.',   ..( -ii. 1. . .-till.-.,I.- ,.|  inii'ti.-F.-iiii'liI\"\nlliiiiil Ilii. \u25a0-iitlnlnvuf Nuvcnil.iT. I sir;.\nR. It. SKINNKR,\nautl) JOHN K. WILLIAMS.\nNOTICE.\nMINERAL   POINT    MINERAL CLAIM.\nsitinite ill I.illnnel Miiuni; Divisinn nf Ltllnnel\nDistrict.\nWhere lueateil. -t .iviinuli Creek.\n'r.ikenuli.-.- lli.it w,-, K. II, Vvriiv jind Will.\nWilkiiisi.ii. free miner's ecrlilieutc'Xn. -111.0)11\nank \u25a0HI.IH7. inlcnil^Mixt;* iluys frnm Ilicilnte\nn.i,\nif i.l.t;\nAnil\ncetinii 117 must he eommeiiceil held\nmime nf sueh eerlilicale nf ini|iriivenieiil_.\n\u00ab.H, VLKITY.\nWM. WILKINSON\nDntuil tills lllli tiny of October A. D. 1807,\nai-:ir>.\nNOTICE.\nInstruction given   on the   hlundolln   nml\n(iiiitnr.   Miindolins furnished for SIS.\nlm PRELL He LOZOTT.\nAshcroft Holel:\nQ15PARATR TENDERS will he received by\nO llu* nnili'i-si;:iieii tniiil tiie *->iih ihiv nl\nl-i'l.n.iiry next \/nr the fnllnwin^ ].;inels nt\nlirnperlv heloiiniim in the Hurli'V estate.\nA |rl<- .'.MI linllCjn  ;\u201e',rs   \u201eV   l.iiul. hrifiu-tl\nas||\u201e. I.nk.-i.l.'fiinii.-ituateilnii I .r;ij-;..|i l:i!,.-,\nwilli   .ill   iiiiinn-.r-iNi'ii!-,   111,1,l.-m.-nl-    1 -.-\nami tm.N lirlonu.n-ll,.. 1 -in. alsiMiieludnu: liis\nKnriinv further |>artiiulais .ipnlviu ihc undersigned.\nThe liu-lil is reserved m.eieet auv.nr llll lads.\nI\u00bbl-13 JOHN A. l-KASKU.\nOllicial Ailminislriilnr.\nKlondike. Cariboo.\nThe inidorsignod ofl'or Cor sale tholr\nwell-known paok train consisting or\nthe following!\n60 head of paok mules with complete\noutfit of packing rigging with euch\nmule.\nr> head of riding mules with saddles,\netc., otc.\n8 head of 4 year old mules with or\nwithout packing outfit. Tlieso latter\nure only batter broke. '\n1 only bell maro witli saddle, etc.\ngoes with train,\nTliis i,-, without doubt tho most complete puuklnu outfits in B.C.and is\nfor sale \" en bloc.\" For tonus, etc.,\napply to\nVIETH & BORLAND,\n150-Milo House, B.O.\nA SITTING OF TIIE COUNTY COURT\nnf Caril  will 1 .-h.-M ai   A-luinfl.    H.C. nn\nM.milav.tlie   l-lili -laVnf .Maivli,  A.I),  is'.i.s.\n:it the hour of J On. m.\nHv Order.\nJOSEPH WM. BURR,\nDeputy KcfflBtmr,\nC.C.of Carihon,\nAshernft. H.C. .Ian. HO. 1808. JO-5\nFOR SALE Utt TO KENT.\nTlmt (arm known as the Molllt's ranch at\nAlexandria, JJ, C, ccinslalinp of two pn!*einp.\nlions of 080 acres more or less, 150 of whieh\nhave heen 'lailiallv cleared and cultivated. A\ngood lurge dwelling house with hnrn, stiihlo,\ntrrainery and other oillbtllklillgs and sheds.\nThere is a never falling spring of water, 1.6 to\n30 Inches, less thnn LOO yards from buildings,\nalso a grant of 400 Inches of water nut of \u25a0_.\nMile creek for Irrigation.\nA good dairy could be established. The soil\nis well adapted (or raising first-class wheat and\noilier (.'rain and vegClablcs. Tlie whole wii\nhe sold on reasonable terms and lime given for\npart payment. It will he leased Willi a vlewto\nul ti mule purchase tlie rent to lie taken as pay-\nments by way of Installment!). When pay-\nment is made in full a title will be transferred.\nFor further Information apply to\n\u25a010-18 ROBERT McLEESE,\nSoda Creek. H. C\n:'8.\nKPARATE\nunderslgm\nary next fnr lhe followiiu.- i.areels nf properiv\nl.el..miiii^ I., the 1 Male nf A. MeAliiuleit.\nQ ERA KATE lenders will he received hv Hi,\nO undersi-iiivl miiil iht- \u25a0\u25a0nth davnf ]-',-hni-\n'    'he following j.arcels nf\nhell\nalualed nn linni-e .'nek. ;\niU..vc MeAhmk'iis -f.n.-.\n\u25a0,'. The Mary Ann claim, a\n\u25a0laimnn :MclVairsllat..\\ti!*<-|\nhe Na.<m claim nn theea-l.\nH. Siv interests in thc Veil.\nI.'jnnfoi.i ,-laitn nf iwel\nnterests on\nami one-half Interests in the\nAntler creek.\nCascade Minin-J claim, a ulaee\nif 000\n0. The Short Hi\naim, 11 noo fool hydrau-\nek. fully ciiiilpiiL'd, and\nilU.'.withalllnnls.slllice\nonitor lielonglng to the\n30-48\nUuesnel\nlure, dishes, wood ami a  larye\n tii I..md inlninu tools.\nrpartlciilai- apnh* to Ihe Un-\n.HiUN A. KKASI.lt,\nOllicial Administral\nll. C. .lannaiv 'Jlsi. isns.\nCLINTON HOTEL, ciintoh. bc\nBOARD HND LODGING BY THE DAV, WEEK OR MONTH.\nBest Wines, Spirits nml Clgnrgs.    Good slnhlhiK.    Ilcnclfitiailcts for tho Caiihoo.\nLillooel utul Dog Creek lines: of slagcs.    Htltimig antl flslilng in thc vicinity.\nCHARLES HACH,\n(SucoBssor to Tho SalH-Erskluo Puralturo Co., Ltd.)    *\n MANUFAOTOSGR  OF-\niirnitiire, Upholstery, Mattresses, Window Blinds, etc.\nAmi direct importer of Carpets, Linoleums, Oilcloths, Childreiis'\nCurrini.es. Crockery. Glassware, etc.\n57 nml 59 Cordova St.,\nVancouver, I.. C.\nMARSHALL & SMITH,\nProprietors.\nF.W. FOSTER\nASHOROFT, : : CM N TON.\n. DIItECT  IMl'OU'l'I-lt  OF\nGeneral   WjerchaIIsl\nHeadquarters for Miners ami Ranchers Supplies, Flour, Rice, Sugar, Rock ami Fine\nSalt, Coal Oil, Ulacksmlllis and House Coal, and all heavy goods purchased\nIn carload lots and prices light.      Riding i'ii.! Pack Saddles\nHunters Outfits, ltitles, Shot (inns, Ammunition, etc.\nSole Agent fir Giant Powder Company iif San Francisco, full stock on hand in\ntheir new lliagasitle, Fuse, Ca\/>s, etc., etc,    Geo. Gage cf Sons celebrated\nDominion  Hire Bed Springs, Mattratses,  Pillows, &-c.\nROUGH & DRESSED LUMBER, SHINGLES, LATHS, PICKET.\nMILL1NRHY  AND   DKIiSSMAKING   dopnrtmonl   under  oompelont\niiintirrgeineiit ill eoilliootlon with stonr lit Aslicrofl.\nGOODS BE0E1VED nml fnrwiirdod  lo nil  purls of llio upper counlry\nat reduced rates.\no and special facilities for handling fioods\n150 MILE HOUSE\nThe distributing point for all the hydraulic\nmines at Horse Fly, North and South\nForks   and main Quesnelle   River,\nalso the stock ranges of Cliilcoten\nand Beaver Lake Valley.\nU. I3. R. SIDING to warehouse an\nOrders and enquiries by mail imvo\norompt attention.\nV. W. FOSTER,\nF.G.INNES\ning Broker\nVANCOUVER, li. C.\nAM ik'scrijitiiriis of milling\npi-oporties lnriiglit uiul soltl.\nCorre-poudenoe soliciteil.\nMACKAY BADDLEEY AID HARNESS U.\nMANUKACTUHKlts AMI tHPOUTUltS OF\niaddles, Harness, Bridles, Trunks, Whips,\nSpurs, and Harness Trimmings.\nREPAIRING DONE   WITH NEATNESS UNO DESPATCH\n\/'\/\/ ank \u25a0 l>y mail promptly attended lo and satisfaction guaranteed\nASHCROFT.\nBa   C\nCARIBOO\nEXCHANG\nHOTEL.\nA. H. Walters Proprietor.\nBoard and Lodging at reasonable rates.\nCorner uf itailroiul Avutiuo und Third titfoct.\nAt 11 ib Point will be found a good assortment of\nGENERAL MERCH AND ISE&MI NERS SUPPLIES\nAlso one of ihe best Hotels on the route    Information cheerfully given.\nVEITH & BORLAND Proprielors and Stock Raisers.\nSMITH & BRYSON,\nGeneral Blacksmiths.\nCarriage builders.    Horseshoeing a specially.    A sutply of iron and wagon\ninalcirialalways on hand.\nShop on Railway Annul. - - ASHCROFT, B. C\nIST ANOES\nS_-F---J\"_-r\nAshcroft\n5_arT0*i_C-\nPlacea Mtlct\n, ache Oreek -     \u25a0              <\n('. McDonald's \u2022      \u2022           \u00ab\nHat Creek    \u25a0 *      -      -        U\n.'\u25a0'\u25a0Mil.: Il.llt.tC  \u25a0 .       \u25a0            -*\u2022\n:.'.Milr IIou.ic .      *-\"-(\nCI.IXTOX \u2022      \u2022      \u2022        33\n-\u25a0\u25a0Milt-JIiuiKi- \u25a0      \u25a0           M\n' Mil. iiouxv .     \u25a0       l,r.\n\u2022-Mil, lloit.tr .                  55\nMih- lions,- \u25a0      .               IIS\nV limine \u25a0      \u25a0           '!\nl'-i-Mil,- IIoiihc\nIll-Mile House\nli.-.Mile Iltntm-\ntt:-.\\tilc House\nI :\u25a0 Mile I louse\nl-:-Mile limine\nli'.-Mile House \u25a0\nI \u25a0'\u25a0-\u25a0Mile House\nv.i-MiU- House. ,\nI'.'.-Mile House.\ni.-\".Miu-: iitfi's}-:\nStulii ('reek\n.7 I..rn ml ria\n.Vnff-at'H\n.1 ustrii!itvn*Ilanch\nli.ih.tlion's \"       .\nl,luis\u201e,lle      .\nI'tiUonu'iiad\nll.tif.'i- I'tiss\nSlttnleii\ni:.trl;tn-illc\nrittccslicliiw.Jliimlsln-iiiiclifroin\nK-o.vu'tti House li-nt Ilie\ndistances are 1*1-0111\nA alieraft,\nnta Lake     ... \u00ab\u00bb\nHearer Luke. .     .      ,   Kl\nQiiesnellt: Forks .      101\nS\nj**\no\ns\ni\nTHE -1INING JOURNAL, $2A YEAR\n---------------------\n If\nW.T. SLAVIN\nV uiul Inincii OtmiU\n1>. 0, BOX fl, KtimlttoiiH, II. 0,\nSIDNEY WILUAMS,PtL.SMP.A,S.I\u201eLond\nI.nmi     Surveyor,    Civil     EtiRtnear   uud\nI-raUL-lit-tnim,\nQUESNELLE   MOUTH, ii. 0.\nEngineering nml Burvoy work, ltoports on\nl-Jiitnj- -inipertli.-s. Mii|)_ mul pinna pre-\npared of Buy poriloh of Cnrlboo ilia'rict.\nDo you want Ink .\nDo you want typo?\nDo you wnnt Stereo piutes .\nDo you want to trado Pi'ossos ?\nDo you want to trade Papor Cutters?\nDo you want anything iu tbo way of\nPriutiiiK Material \u00a5\nCorreafjond wilh tliu\nTOIIIIiVTO TU'- I'OU-DItl Co. llil.\nPACK HORSES\nFor   Sale.\nTho uutlerslgiied is prepared to furnish to uny onu roqiilrlug tlm saint'\npad; animals iu any numbor up to GOO,\nwoll bl'okou and for saddlt.i and\npnttltB for $28 oiioli. Corrospoudouoo\nsolicited. II. I?. I_t-.cii.i_iu.\nAshoroft, B.C.\nS.A.Rogers\nt*\nBARKERViLLE,  B.C.\nGeneral Merchant\n\u2014--ash\u2014\nHotel Keeper.\nAll kimls of Minors' Supplies mi llmid,\n\u2014TIM'.\u2014\nCHICAGO,        \u2666\nMILWAUKEE &\nST. PAUL RV\nis tho bosl Ime io nnd from Cliicaijo, Mil-\nwaukeo nnd nil polnta Enst. Willi i\u25a0**\u2022\n8,155 miles ol llioroufehly equipped rond\nit roaches nil principal business centers In\nNorthern minis;      Wis on sin,\nIowa, Minnesota, Soutn Dakota,\nNorth   Dakota   and   Mh\nMichigan\nTHE ONLY LINE\nRunning  Electric   Lighted uud Sleam\nHeated Venlbttled Train-.\nStocktaking Sale\nPrevious to taking stock we will clear out odds aud uiul*.\nand many lines of goods we uro overstocked in at  -\nOOST     _F\u00bb_FlIOE-i\nIf you imvo a few dollars Lo spend in Dry Goods, Clothing or Boots and Shoos,\nuow is your chance to get good vuluos.\nMcArthur  &  Harper.\nASHCROFT    HOTEL,\nWm. Lyne, Proprietor.\nDirectly opposite Depot,        -       \u25a0        ASHOROFT, B.C,\nTlmo tables, maps and information regarding routes, rates nnd othor details\nrelating to tho rond will ho furnished oa\napplication lo any coupon ticket agoal, or\nby addrcssinc. C.J. Knnv. General Agent,\nPortland, Oro.     *\nCANADIAN >S\nPacific Ky.\nSOO-PACIFIC LINE.\nThe Best\nand Cheaoest\nROUTE TO ALL EASTERN TOUTS,\nTOURIST  CAR   SERVICE.\nTo Si. Paul (tally,        Toronto every Sunday,\nMooi-cnl nnd Boston every Wednesday.\nMontreal nnd Portland, Me., every Thursday\nTlie I-ininu Car M-rvk-t: clonic  the  line nf\nthe C.P.R. is unequalled anywhere.\nConnection- at Vuncouver with   steamer\nlines for Cliina. Jaimii. Hawaiian  Islands and\nAustralia.\nKOOTENAY  SERVICE.\nGoing ea.it\nMild south.\nRead down.\ndaily\n8.81!  leave\n1(5,16\n10.55      urriv,\n18.40\n33.00\n88.00\n38.80     arrlv\nI.KS\ni     SANDON     leave\nSLOCAN   CITY ___\n\"\"TkAIl,\nROSSLAND\n_\u25a0     NELSON     lenvt!\nFor full information as to rates,\ntime 6-v., apply fo the nearest ticket\nagent to\n... h. CLEMENTS,\nor to Agent, Ashoroft.\nE. J. Ooylr,\nDistrict Passenger agent,\nVancouver, 13. C.\nTliis Hotel has been lately refitted and refurnished. A\nnew wing, 50 x 26 feet, containing nineteen rooms, including bath and sample rooms, will bc opened by Oct. 1st,\nGood table and good service.\nThe only first-class Hotel in town.\nCAMPBELL  BROS.\nBlacksmiths and Wagon Makers.\nflagons and \/tuggics made to order with the best of material.    Horseshoe\nug a specialty.   Shop next fo   Trim fir1 Haddock's stables\nKLONDIKE,\nOl.-iin ..ur quotations ou\nTUNERS' & PROSPECTORS' SUPPLIES\n1'i.ks, Shovels, Gold Pans, Gold Scales, Pack\nSnilillcs, Dog Sleiglis, Rivor Boats, Tents, Sheet\nStool Strives, Camp Utensils, etc, etc.\nO MCLENNAN, fflcFEELY&CO.,LTD\nhI Vancouver, B.C.\nM. Send for lithographed Klondike map aud pamphlet contain-\n' iug routes, trails aud full information\u2014FREE.\nM\nM\nfl\nM\no\nB\nDAN'I-I,   Ill'lil.-Y.\n.TOHif   A.   J1UKHAV.\nHotel Victoria\nThis hotel being new and thoroughly furnished throughout, is the only\nIlrst class hotel in the town of Lillooet. Persons calling at Lillooet will resolve every attention by staying at the Hotel Victoriu.\nGood stabling iu connection with tho Hotel, nlso the headquarters for the\nAshcroft nnd Lillooet Stage.   Charges moderate.\nHURLEY ct MURRAY,\nProprietors.\nM.   DUMOND'S\n-IS THE TLAOE   TO BUY\u2014\nMoCleary's Famous Cooking Stoves, Beaters, etc.,\nTinware and Graniteware. Ti n and Sheet Metal-\na-are Made lo Order for tha Klondike trade.\nBank of British North America\nESTABLISHED 1830,    INCORPORATED BY KOYAL CHARTER 1810.\nPAID-UP CAPITAL     \u25a0       \u25a0       \u25a0     $4,866,666.67 COLO\nRESERVE FUND     -     -     \u25a0     \u25a0       1,338,338.33\nHead Office, London, England, No. 3 Clement's Lane.\nB-Rj?_.-_<ro-=-:_ES\nIn the Principal Towns of the Dominion of Canada; aud\nAgents in New Youk 52 Wall street; San F-ax.isco, 121\nSausoiue street. Branches in Iiritish Columbia\u2014Va-NOOUVBH,\nVictoria,Rossla-To, Thau,, Sanson, Kaslo, Slogan City.\nOOLD DUST AND AMALGAM PURCHASED.\nAmi Banking Facilities given to travelers forthe Klondike.\nW. GODFREY, Nanager Vancouver Branch.\nil\n\u00ab\n*\u2022.'\u25a0-\u25a0.    - \u25a0'\u25a0?\u25a0'\u25a0'\u2022' fi\nJASM1LLAMC0.,\nEXPMTERS AND IMPORTERS.\nZOO-212 FIRST AVE. NORTH- I\nM INNEAPOLIS,   VII IMN. I\nBranch: ss wimrf st., VICTORIA, B. G. I\nJ.  A.  BROWNE, man-.-*-.!. j\nfcg-\"Shi|)m.nU Solicitor.. Write lor Clrcnlar.cC*___^|\n\"The Welcome\"\nRESTAURANT & CHOP HOUSE.\n-lenls at all hours, day and night.     Fresh Oysters in any\nstyle always on hand.    Private boxes for ladies\naud dining parties.\nRA.L_.OAD AVENUE, .... ASH-ROUT, D. C.\nALLISON WOODS, Proprietor.\nJ\".   H.   CLEMENTS,\nDrug-gist and Stationer,\n.SHCROF1' BRITISH  COLUMBIA.\nA well-assorted stock at right prices.\nAgent for Stephenson, llic Kamloops Watch Specialist.\nBritish Columbia Express Company\nGENERAL OFFICE,       \u2022       ASHCROFT, B.C.\nST_A.C_V__\u00b1_     IL.IJX-ESS\nCarrying Royal Mail, Passengers, Express aud Fast\nFreight, operating from Ashernft, on the Canadian\nPacific Railway, into Cariboo, Lillooet, and the Interior\nof Northern British Columbia, uud along the routes\nleading to Omenica, Cassiar, Peace River and the Yukon,\nQuesnelle - Quesnelle\n-QT-TE-USIVEIILjILiE-I-\nThe undersigned having just laid  in  a largo and well\nseleeted stock of '\nGroceries, Clothing, Hoots and Shoes Mining Outfits, and a General assortment\nof Hardware.\nis prepared to give good satisfaction in prices and quality of\ngrinds as the following will show:\nNo. 1 Rico , $8 per 100 pounds.\nExtra \"      9       \" \u00ab\nGranulated sugar  9. .5   \" \"\nGranulated sugar in 10 lb sacks   1.00\nPaeon, clear sides smoked    Hi J cents lb.\nBeans     m\"     \"\nFlour Hungarian and X X X X ijitlo\nOther goods equally low.\n_r_---V[:-__S  RBIID.\nHUDSON'S  BAY\nCOMPANY.\nQUESNELLE     MOUTH,\nCARIBOO - -        - B.C\nDirect\nIMPORTERS AND DEALERS\nIN\nWINES,  LIQUORS AND  CIGARS\nDry    Goods,   Groceries, Hardware, Boots\nand Shoes, Miners' Supplies.\nBed Ruck Prices.      Goods Guaranteed.\nQuality.\nOCCIDENTAL   HOTEL\nQUESNELLE, 13. C.\nNew management. Hutu! headquarters for 15. X. stages. Hemlquatteri.\nfor mining men, well furnished rooms. Table supplied with everything in\nseason.    Most complele bar in Cariboo.\nStables in connection, Iluv and Oats in qi_an ity.\nIT. HOFffiROAMP & A, JOHNSON, - - Proprietors.\nHarvey, Mey k Co.\nGeneral Merchants,\nASHCROFT,\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nWe keep constantly on  hand a Large and Well-assorted\nStock of General Merchandise.\nTrim *& Haddock,\nLIVERY, SALE &  FEED STABLE.\nASHCROFT AND LILLOOET.\nSaddle, Pack and Driving Horses for sale and hire.   Rigs\nkept at both stables.\nSpecial trips made to Lillooet or points in Cariboo at any\nime.    Wire at our expense for rigs.\nWIIOI.-HA-B  AND   RE'-AIL   DEAIEISS   lit  HAY  AND GHAUT.\nCommercial Hotel,\nTHE  BUST  %-l  A  DAY  HOUSE  IN VANCOUVER.\n6. THOMAS, Fronrietor-\nProspectors and Miners going in via\nASHCROFT\nTo Cariboo, Omenica, Cassiar,\nLake Teslin, or through to \u2022 \u2022\nis_i-_.0--sriDi_K.-e3\nWill do well to examine our Stock and Prices.\n%g\u00b0 Correspondence solicited and information given to\nparties contemplating a trip to the gold mines of British\nColumbia and the Yukon district.\nEAGLE & PAXTON\nGENERAL MERCHANTS.\nDealers in Groceries, Hardware, Drygoods,\nBoots and Shoes, Crockery, Drugs and\nFarm Produce.\nTHE CHEAPEST CASH STORE IN THE CARIBOO DISTRICT.\nONWARD RANOH, CARIBOO, D. 0.\n83 MILE -EIOTTS-H!-\nStages Each Way Stop Over Night.\nFirst Class Accommodation for duals.     Good liar in Connection,     Uood\nSlali\/itlg and Feed fir Horses.\nAIcTA I'ISII and S 'PRO! T\nProprietors.\nCOLONIAL HOTEL AND GENERAL STORE.\n,  \u201e        SODA CREEK, B. C,\nR. McLEESE, i        : \u25a0        .- Proprietor.\nA pull assortment of Dry Cools,  Hoots, and Shoes, Lienors, Cigars, Hard\nware, Hay, Drain, and Miners Supplies, at reasonable rales.\nWJIOLESAlli and  lit'.TMl..\nHOTEL & GENERAL\nSTORE.\nGiXJES-ZSTELLB   FOB^ 33. \u20ac.'\nA full assortment of Drygoods, Boots and Shoes, Lt'qw>s and Cigar, Hardware, Miners Supplies.    Hay, Grain and Slab\/in^,   l-ricss right.\nHofEl\n5-J\nNewly furnished and refitted,      A quiet boarding and lodging house.      Rates\nreasonable      Home woking        '\/'able supplied with the best in\nthe market, ami properly served.\nAIRS. C. ARMSTRONG'* - - QUESNELLE, B.C\ncos\nKAMLOOPS, B. G\nHOTEL.\nCood Stab Sin a in connection.\nJ. H. RUSSELL,    -     -    -    Proprietor.\nGLOBE  HOTI\ni-L-J,\nLYTTON,\nB.C.\nIn consequence of the late (ire, the Globe Hotel has been\nremoved opposite the post ofllce aud lias the same accommodations as usual. Commercial travelers' trunks hauled to\nand from station free of charge.       A. P. HAUTIEB, Prop.\nfur:\n\u25a0q   i Alt I'F. tv\n\\4'   Oil. CIOT-M\n\u25a0\u25a0  etcjetc.\nCheapest house on earth, write for prices\nM. P. CORDON,   -   KAMLOOPS, B.C\ni. iL,E-\u00a33:_M:jLisr,\nBlacksmith, \\\\ heehvright and Wagon Builder\n110KSI-:   SHOEING   A   SPECIALTY.\nIrou, aturrl rrriil Tllllbor kojit lu stock, nntl rr >i,k\\i \u201ei Eastern made CarruMra., Bnrnrfesand\nRoad Carts kq:l tin liantl al iTiiuri'.l l'l '\u201e-,-.. anil alao m-iilu I\" order.    Manufacturer\nof \" The Lehman Tire Seller \" whieh all -laek.mltlra ahould uae.    All work\nwarralileil. and [iriee. lower Ihan ever.     All   assortment of Cjdln.\nand Caek-tB always on hand.\nASHCUOFT, - - . \u25a0       -        - - B. c.\nE.C.\nVictoria,\nVancouver,\nCo Ltd\nKamloops.\n\u2022DUALRlia  IN-\nAgricultural Implements of all kinds\nlargest stock In iln- province nml best assormentt\nAmerican Bain wagons also Canadian Bain\nsultalilo I'ur rrelghtiiiK nml runn purpose-.\nBuggies Carts, Spring Wagons.\nllll ul prices In suit the times.\nOrders filled nromutlv,\nm:\nC. H.  OSBSON.\nIMt\nZET\nWilt) I ES. ILIC AND BET, IIL,\nAttention ami atisfactiongitaraiileed lo customers.\nMam heel, \u25a0 AHCROFT, B C.\nArmstrong k Morrison,\nMAS L'fACTU HERS OV\nRIVETED STEEL PIPE,\nORE CARS, ORE BUCKETS,\nMONITORS & ELEVATORS.\nContractors for Complete Hydraulic Mining Plants.\n15 Heatley Avenue V A NCOUVER, B. C.\n <?\no\nne no obslncle\nlu tlie way  nt\nbo\nyou imbs Ulsco\nnl), or sny nboul\nKU\nI'Oll OCO-gC.\n'here is no pint\n- nl\nof these strewn\none could nut\nmh\nimnka except\nin  llu- canvini\n.   1\ngoods tlellverc\nnt tliu liund of\n'llil\nsix rents |jlt li\nund,   Till- wn\nt \\\\\nngo,   Notloub\nIt could bu don\n\u2022I'll\nIf there was iil\nllll from 801110\n10I1\nItendofTatlnh\nuki.- in to the H\nirk\nnndXudi\nI to liiy noi\nSTEAMER  CALEDONIA OS STli'lUNi:   RIVE\nPIOM3EI.5   OPINIONS.\nThomas Hamliton, to whom wo nro\nunder obligations lor muoh valuable\ninformation, says ho wus for seventeen\nyears an employee o[ tho Hudson Buy\nCompany in that section, viz.. Stuart's\nLuko, for four yours at Nnchaco rivor,\nand for some years a trader at Fort.\nConnolly. During Mr. Hamilton's\ntime many bauds of cuttle woro successfully driven Into Tolograph Creok\nand tho Cassiar mines, The routo, Mr.\nHamilton snys, is through a country\nabounding in feed, imd tiio trail is easy\nfor packing or herding cattle. From\nTelegraph Croek the new trail to Teslin\nLake will put interior British Columbia\nwithin easy drive of tho Yukon markets.\nNo other route offers the inducement\nfor overland travel to the Klondike\nthat tho Cariboo-Cassiar-Toslin Luke\nrouto does. Thousands will travel it\nnext season. Thoy will buy their paok\nanimals in Ashcrofi, uud begin tho\njourney here. All along the route\nthey can 10-stock, und re-supply if they\nwish at Telegraph Crook, and further\nthey can spend their time profitably\nin prospecting the creeks und rivers on\ntheir way, and muy strike another\nKlondike before going many hundred\nmiles, und Teslin Luke, 760 miles from\nQuosuollo by trail, is bound to be u\ngroat mining section, so say nit authorities.\nTho followinir nre extracts from a\nletter by Senator .lames Rold, of Quob-\nnello, received by tho .Ioikxal: I Imvo\nyours of tho llth, uud will comply\nwith request us correctly as 1 .enow\nhow. The charge by steamer us far as\nsho can go at present, viz., Sodu Creek\nto Cottonwood canyon, is ouo cent por\npound, but In 100 ton lots could make\nsome reduction. From thenco it can\nbo tnkon by boats or ennoes up to the\nhead of North Tatlah lako, say about\n.100 miles from Cottonwood canyon.\nThis lutter would cost ubout eight\ncents per pound. This will leave you\niu the middle of the Omenica country,\nand Trom thence via Fort Conchy by\nland to the Cassiar mines is about 200\nmiles. I may sny that the Dominion\ngovernment has un engineer now up\nexamining the Fruser, Nechaco and\nStuart rivers, with a view to thoir\nbeing made navigable for steamers,\nthere being only three or lour points\nwhich need clearing out in the whole\nJ100 miles to Buckley House, at the\nhead of North Tatlah Lake, and as\nsoon as theso places   aro   made   navi\ngable, tho North British Navigation\nCompany intend plaoiug steamers\nsuitable for the trade of that route.\nMeantime, my idea of going into the\nYukon, whioh is, 1 presume, tho objective point, would bo to bring goods\nto Soda Creek by team or train (frolght\nthis season \"iy, cents per pound), thence\nby steamer, which would land freight\non either side of the river at Quosuollo\nfnr hall'a cent per pound (distance 60\nmiles), and frum thenco by puck animals by the telegraph trail to Tele-\nCreok and Teslin Lako. The cost,\ndistance and time would ho about as\nfollows:\nHAYS I'LACKS MILES   COST\nl'j Ashcroft iii Snila Creek ins      3-,jc\n1 Sodu Creek to Uni-sni-lk'    (10 '..c\nIt*, ijiu-sii.-Il-- !.. Ua-l.-t.it! 'Jin .i-iviir\n1*1 l[n.li-lun tiiTi-krraiphl'n-i-k.aiMl   ''  5c\nio   Telegraph C'k to Teslin lnkc.130   \" 8c\n83 78S      17\nThis would he about the ordinary\ntimo for a puck train to travel, of\ncourse going light better time could he\nmnde. Another route to go north is\ndirectly up the Fraser to Giscomb\nPortage, distanco from Cottonwood\ncanyon about 115 miles, thence across\na portage to Summit. Lake, seven miles,\nthenco by small boats or canoes via\nMcLcod Lake down the Parsnip river\nto its junction with thc Pence river,\nthence up the Findlay brunch to near\nthe Liard river tributaries, which lies\nbetween the Omonica country und\ntributaries of the Yukou. Any of the\nroutes mentioned are within tho gold-\nbearing zone lying in u direct northwest lint*- from Cariboo to Klondike.\nThe ouly obstructions to navigation\non the Fraser river arc Cottonwood\ncanyon aud Fort George canyon, aud I\nthink if tho latter wore improved somewhat the former could be managed as\nit is, so that steamers could run from\nSoda Creek to Qisoomb portago,sayl95\nmiles, at u cost for freight of say not\never ^ cents a pound.\nl-nnii 1*.<_',- Dunlevy. Sodu Creek, ll.C.i ln\nanswer to yours of lhe Llth ult. will Bay: There\nare but two places In ibe Fraser river where\nboats heavily laden should lie lightened of wu*\nnr their hinds, Ilrst tit Cottonwood canyon, nt\ncertain sensons, If unsafe to tako a bout very\nbenvlly laden through, About one-half of the\nloiul should be Inken out anil packed around\nthe canyon hnlf a mile; ihere isa good wagon\nroad around. Second. Fort (ieorgc ciinyotl,\nwhere tbe snme should be done. Then yon\nhave plain milling to the bead ofTatlulilakcby\ngoing up the Nechaco nud Stuart Rivers Into\nSln-irls's lake, thence ap Ttitchle river a dis-\nInn-oof lilleen miles Into Lake Tromhlev,\nthence up Mule Kiver u distance of twelve\ntittles into l.nke Tallnh wbicb is nboul seventy\nmiles long.\nShould yon desire to follow tlio Fraser thuro\nSTEAMEH \u2022\u25a0N..W.OT.T OS  Tllli  FllASJ.il HIVEIt,\nFrom John King, Spokune, Wash:\nJohn King, a minor well known in Spo\nkane, who has prospected and explored\nin tho Hlack Hills, Arizona. Novnda\nund was tdontilted wiih tho oarly his\ntory of tho Coeur d'Alonos, sponl two\nmouths this year on the headwaters or\nthe Yukon, iu thu Casslar aud othor\ndistricts. Ho wus within 200 miles of\nKlondike aud among other things says:\n\"1 was within 250miles of the Klondike\ndiggins, ou Teslin lake, which is the\nchief source of the Yukon river. The\nchances of getting to Klondiko down\nthat lake and the Hootaliuqua are\nmost excellent. From Telegraph creek\ntho route is by pack train and horses\nacross table lands, teeming with grass\nand well wooded uud watered, to Tesliu lake, which is a largo body of wator, There ure no high mountains by\nthis route. Down Teslin lake the journey of 200 miles totho Hootliliucptu\nriver is mnde iu Indian canoes or bouts\nbuilt by the passengers themselves.\nFrom there the journey is mudo in the\nsamo canoes dowu the Hootalinqnn\nrivor into the Yukon uud thence to\nKlondike, a distance from tho lake of\n150 miles.\n\"There aro few white men in tlie\nCassiar diggings now. but those there\nheard of.tuo Klondike excitement boforo I left. The abandoned plucer\nmines in that district have fallen into\ntho bunds of Chinamen, as hus been\nthe case in other districts on this continent. I landed iuthe Cassiar country tho 10th of Muy of-this year, and\nwork was then progressing ou placer\ndiggings. The season does not end\nthereuntil the 1st of November, Thc\nclimate is not half us bud ns painted.\nThe cold is intense in the winter, of\ncourse, hut. it isa dry cold uud there\nare no wiuds to cut and bite, The\nHudson's Bay Company turns oul its\ncayousos all winter, uud in tho spring\nthoy ure fat und strong. There is grass\nin plenty for the unimals, which paw\nand root the thin covering of suow\naway and net ut the food. The Diamond\nS. company hus mules nnd is obliged\nto cut hay for its auimals in the winter lime. Trading posts are established along the trail from Telegraph\nCreok to Teslin lake. Tho government\nbuilt tho trail und it is u good one you\nmay be sure. Horses are not plentiful\nosagood cayous\" sells for 8150. Tliis\nis becauso the two trading companies\nhave a monopoly of the furnishing of\nsuppliesuudown nearly all tho nuiimils.\nThey ure the freighters and packer:!\nfor nil the inhabitants, In that country there are plenty of cariboo, moose\nund black bear. Fish abound In my\nriuds. lu Teslin lako salmon weighing as much as forty pounds uro eup-\nturod, aud most of tho mountain\nstreams have trout iu abundance, A\nfow grouse aud pheasant are occasion\nally shot, but the great gamo bird of\nthat country is the ptarmigan of which\nthere nre countless thousands at times.\n\"I know of whUo men who have lived\nthirty years in thai section and huvo\ngrown children. It is a mistake lobe\nllovo that tho country is not iuhabilu\nble. The Diamond S. company hits ti\ntrading post at the head of Tesliu luko.\nAll Its goods aro brought ovor thn gov- i\neminent Irail from tho head of thn\nnavigation on tho Stickiuo. Karly this\nSpring the company tried tho expori-'\nment or sending threo barges ludm\nwith freight and provisions down tho\nlake uud rivers to the Klondike post,\nIndians wero placed iuoharyo. Tho\nbarges wore safely landed at their des I\n-.nation und tho Indians roturnod,\nWhen asked if tho wnter route was safe\nthey told the post traders thai thero\nwas no more danger than on llio Siic-\nkine, and that steamers oould run us\nWoll as barges.\n\"The man who goes to tho Klondiko\nby this route is exposed lo tew more\nhardships thnn in any now country.\nHo will not be obliged to walk at all.\nHo cun go nearly ovory foot of the way\non train, steamer, horse und small\nboat.   Once at the head of navigation\nline\n.1\nill\n,0 Sill\ndill\nIS,\nTi\nlinns\ndnj\nll\nil\nioni\nBill\nlllll\n111\nUi\num\ni outllt. can employ In-\ndriulgory of camp lii'o\nof sale pilots.   The Iu-\nund Stiokiuos get 82 a\nThoy do tho cooking,\ni) and perform ull other\nprospector or voyager\no is to got oil' his horse,\nlhe rest af night und in\n\"Alyproi\ni-rtyliil\nml l\nislri\n1, consists\nllillmn.\nnn\nKill\nl;-' liill'k ill\n-. by  llr\nllj iirlual\nml\n111,' 1\nplnot\nlllivo do-\nnF oponi-\n\u2022 on Uio\n..r.i   n\nlloi\ntor\nlillill\nto   -\n|iln nver.\nlolldlko it\ndown Uio\n.'iil--.il.\nAs\n1 roi\ninrkod bo-\ni linns su\n\u25a0 ll\nJI'O rr\n\u25a0 i drill-\nills by Ui\nS l'l\nIII'.\n1   bollol.\nlio I'uUir\nroi\n\u2022I to\ntlio l-iiii-\n(10LU13N   CARIBOO.\ni* T.illl\nCaribo<\niu early\nyours b.\nthat ha\nup to U\nand tin\nthe hlgl\nFrom Ashcroft through it is only a littlo over 1,200 milos. of whioh lho Ilrst\n22(1 miles Is by a first-class wagon roud,\ntho next 500 by trail, und lho balauoo\nby a splendid water courso down Teslin lake and tho Hootaliuqua river\nlint within ouu year the excitement\nwill very likely bo centered iu the Cassiar range of mountains, from which\nwatersheds tho sources of tho Yukon\nlargely spring. For prospectors who\nwish to go in cheap wo say, start from\nAshcroft in April, leave Quosuollo in\nearly Muy and you can spend the season most profitably in prospecting\nthrough to Telegraph creek. If you\nshould wish you can then sell your pack\nanimals, for which there Is always a\ndemand at that point, and build about\nuud in a week from tho time you leave\nLuke Teslin you can bo at that now\nmuch lalkedof: spot on earth, Klondike,\nTHE  STICKINE-  ROUTE.\nof Vancouver:   Of\nhenrd Captaiu J,  D. Tackubory, muster of\nniii  the last few the steamer Alaskan, tho ouly steamer\nThe mines on the Stickiuo river, spoaks from ex\nI produced so richly boforo aud porience, having navigated the riv\ndale were about workod out. for yours.   In his opinion tho Stickine\nextreme  cost of   liviug with Toslhi-Iuko  route is lho one route to\nftvot that it the Yukon,   and   his opinion is being\ni   keep tlio borne oul by tho fuel that huudrods of\nwas neces- men  aro   Hocking  to   Wraugel  from\ni work to advan- Skaguay und Dyoa, to await the opou*\n-'ds. and tbe I'ur ing of the river iu tho spring.   Some\nthe   minors be- yours tho rivor   is opon   by the latter\ndisposition hud pari of April, or between the lirst nnd\n*a   anil   Cassiar sixteenth of May.    lie  hus never seen\ngolydo- il later llr,n Ilie hitter date. It remnins\net untold mil navigable until October, when fhe Ico\none at all fa eonitnenoi_s to comedown.   Oil Ihe last\nnn doubt, nud trip of  the Alaskan   some ice   wus on\nH'omlso of   nil countered, hilt  since then the weather\nold mining of has boon wanner, which might again\nclour the river. The Ahisknn is it rather\nexperience of  Mr. ,1ns. deep draft boat for river trnlllc, so she\niboo'a old timers, is well cannot run as long us could light\nLanding al  Williams draught steamers,\n\u25a0.hen  llio famous croek      Captain Tackabory advises  men nol\nas a producer.   Gold, to attempt   to   go up   tho river on fl\nry whero,    Mr.   Orr was ice. It is, he says, a very hard and hu:\nira in llio Caledonia and unions trip, aud thoro is not much to\n- for the company.    In be gained by it.    Men arc still ut work\nIhey look out ovor hnlf on lho trail from   Telegraph creek t\nsorte\n1 ('ill\n.   Tl\nlm\nill\nII\nlions\nn   Hi\nil\nmilin\nwitli\nUl\n. ,\nonoli\n\u2022our r\nild\nold  li\nll<<    IS\nvi\\\nid\nio  oosl at\nnil is, tin\npillillis\nlo li\niirlclraopi\ni mouths\niondollll\nTlioy took out 811,500 Tuslin   luko.   Thoro   nro  :\u00abXI  mon nt\nus ot Krnvol, tlio prlzo puu Tolograph orook waiting (or the suow\nThis  wns in 18(13.   Out to fall so thnt they onu got thoir goods\nmin. wliinli wns sixty sovcu ovor ou slods.   Prniik Yorko is tuking\nlok, llio best paying dirt his goods to tho top of tho knoll, four\nAt the   .junction   ol'   lho Thon\nISOU\nwith the Frasor river, is a thriviu\n,' vii-\nluge surrounded    with   good qi\nurt\/.\nledges, und is a good Held for pro\npee-\ntors. It is distant from Aslicrolt a\n-out\n50 miles  west.   Kamloops being\ntbe\nsame distanco east   ol!  Ashcroft.\nAll\nplaces being ou the Canadian 1'\ncillc\nrailroad.\nMl\/- OOGT,\nTlie prominence of this secli\nill is\nowing to its Immensely valuubl  i\nmiues   that have within   tho pa\nmonths      been      moro     proinlii\nutly\nbrought   boforo   tbe p il lie    ;\u25a0 ,;\ni vei\nbofore.   Tho Golden Caclm miu \u25a0\nBon D\"Or group an.l  numon\nshow  groat  values,   Tho entiret\n01111*\ntry will, noxlsou.o'i, boulivo witli\nirus\npoclors,   aud   thoro   in   an   imlii\nliter:\nHeld.   To reach Lillooel, a good v\nagoi\nroud from Ashcroft, distance uu i\nliie-;\nThore isalsou trail up tli\" Fi i \u25a0\u25a0:\nIron\nLyttou.\nS0MB  PINE RANCHI-S.\nor ihu country north from Ash\nroll, to Quosuollo it is sufliciont to\nay that no liner farms or, as\n_jj\u2122 I thoy aro called, runches, can bo fouud\nin tho world than tho Williams Lake\nranch, lho Onward ranch, Vieth & Borland's, Duulovy'a, the Australian's, Bo-\nhanon's, W A. Johnson's, the Adams A\nMorrison's, and scores of others found\nalong the Cariboo road or ou tho Fru-\nsontntl Thompson rivors, Along tho\ntho lako stream luscious fruits, splendid vegetables and anything grown in\nuhnosl any country, and the dry air of\nthe Thompson valley,health giving and\npure, the mild wintor with rarely any\nsnow all goes to make this section a\nmost desirable one fora homo.\nKamloops i\nlittlo city al 1!\naud South Tie\nhead of Kan\nabout 2,000 pei\na railroad di'\ngrowing, tlirh\n.ud oi\nrood1\nniNlNQ LICENSEiS.\ninn\nfall i\ntending\no go to the\nMil\n'Id- i-\nidled to the fact that ii\nat. is l\nollecled\nin all goods\niL'h\nadu, o\nnny i>;irt\nil It, tlltit tbe\nre |t\niueipn\nllbl as\n. Ku in\nv in Can\ncheaply i\noops or\niln. and tbat\nid or tu good\n'an cou ver n_\nmt\ne Stati\nserin 11\nti-b-Colum-\nare\nlihei.il\nlaw- (or\nminer-.   All\n.till\nil tillkt\n.   'there\nare no large\npay,\nmil in\nru-crviitli\nnufalternnte\n.\u2022I'Ci\na obtain\nlicenses for\nill) Eh\nlull Colin\nihin mul lhe\nAshcroft\naim om\n,iiK* witli\nThe former\nyeur. Direct\nAsh-roft hy\nHO, M\nIlieCi\nwnu kt'e\ni.iihiin Pi\nU'.iiml ll\nnil Si, Plllll,\ntli.* Railway.\nrtmiih tickets\nirolinri\nI'l'p pii\niw,>\nOld.ii,\nor HP\nIll-ill\nI, lillli\nussi-.l\n,1' llin\n-nllllll\nni lurgo.   I-iiii\nnlixivm vnluu\nhiirliniiil, prim'\nill-., .'.ml llird i\nA liwiul Iill\non-torn Wash\nroiulsillid I mils\nSpokuuo to  Asl\nr.isliiiu,'\nolli.blo inr,\nling III.'\nirvorluml\nlull   In   1\nmin, Tonll.\n.  Mini.'  1\ny   ri'inlttii\n.1.   II.    t'lei\nDlltS\ndruggist\ngto\n-tut loner, at Ashoroft, Tor a |\nof \"Ovorland to Klondiko,\" j\nugh \"Cariboo, Omonioa and Oas-- 0\n\" Ten lull page illustrations;\nII iinrroot map of tllfl roads und '\na, Issuod by lbe B.C. MlNlNa J\niSATj, and contains ils special \u00a7\nspoudeuf's roport of the actual |\n.ui condition of tho trail, Sur-S\ni,l.li. Dovorous having been;,\novor tho routo by tho JoURNAI*\n'amino and report on the same. |\nhook contains Iu all 70 pages.     .\niSSWSa.-i_i\u00ab\nwas about t\nruu wusoft\nSweat wa-.\nevery day from U0 to 200 ounces: Beau-\nraguan! ils high   as SOO   ounces a day:\nNew   York   from   150 to   200   ounces;\nMoffat's over 8300,000 taken out of 100\nfeet square, which was iho size of the\nUariboo   claim!\nwas next but in\nwiih Hi Hi  feet of  ground   paid iu divi- good oue for either a wagou road or n\nileiul;   over   8700,U00.   Tbe  Watty, a railway.   Thoro is a vory slight grade\nsmall claim  next,   paid   SSO,000.   Tho from'Tolograph creok to what is known\nCameron claims cleaned up over 81,000- as tho top oftho hill, a distance of four\n000;   tho Rabby 3300,000;   Dead Broke miles,   Prom thereto tho lake is four\n870,000,   lielow were some  short  but miles.\nrich claims. Prince of Wales paid eight j Thero are a number of men coming\nluterests   half  a  million.   Above the np tho river in small boats, but they,\nCaledonia, tho Lillooet and Cariboo\nwere very rich. The Aurora, with its\nfourteen interests, paid iu dividends\nafter all expenses wore paid, about 8,19,-\n000 per interest. On the Diller, two\nmen working on the windlass and two\numlei ground took out iu ten hours 102\npounds of gold. In all over 8300,000\nwits paid in dividends lo tho three interests in this elulm, Above the Black\nJack, which was rich, the Witidup wus\na rich fraction. From Canyon to Prince\nof Wales, on up to tho sawmill, tho\nBrioson, Nigger und others paid rrom\n82r>,fHH) to 850,000 to tho interest. Do*\nens of other claims along old Williams\ncreek paid enormously and the croek\nnever received, says Mr. Orr, credit for\nnearly nil of its enormous output, it\nbolus gen-rally said that tho sum of\n825,000,000 wns taken out of 1'.-miles.\n' Mr. Orr says it was twice that amount,\n\u2022 1 ii any case It wns suoh a creek us was\nnovoi' boforo strmdr, and so fur the\n; Klondike is not in the race for record\noutput. Other creeks in tho neighborhood, filr. Orr says, will yet provo as\nrich povhaps as Williams creek was.\nLightning Creek, Swift river, Slough\norook, Willow rivor and dozens of othor\ncrooks which havo never been bottomed\nwill yet give up their hoard of gold.\nOf Omouicu, Mr, Orr, who spent two\nyears there, says it was barely scratched\nand the wholo of lbe Cussiur country\nis.yel. comparatlvoly virgin ground. The\nenormous cost of provisions, dilllculty\nof access and cost of labor all combined to mako tbo gold hunters drop\nuny work that would not quickly and\nenormously repay. Today thoro is no\nbetter gold country to prospect than\nfrom Cariboo  through  to Klondike.\nmilos from Telegraph creek, so that [ will congregate iuSpoki\nspring to make that lii\nforthosolivlngiu that v\naud oust of thoro. The i\na big stock uiul more i\nwill be take:: from th\nhind travelers, An im\nis that horses are plem\nThe Spokesman Revlev\ncalled tho attention of\ndike travelers to the fa\na safe and easily travole\nto tho land of gold, Tf\nroud connection from \u00a3\ncroft viu  Revolstoko,   '\nlllld board  Of trade   ni' I\ntitled to muoh   conaidt\nwork they   have done\ntho merits of tho overlu\nvo feet on bedrock and the\nn 150 feet wide. Tbe Never j when   the  snow  falls ho will   huvo a\nadjoining und   washed up   down   grade  ruu to  the lake.   Thero\nwill ho  considerable   traffic ovor the\ntrail this winter, so that tho snow road\nshould be a good one.\nBefore leaving Telegraph crook Captain  Tackabory  had   a  conversation\nbe   McLean  claim   with Mr. St. Cyr, tho government enrich.   Tho Tinker  gineer,   Mr. St. Cyr says the route is a\nCaptain Tackabery says, will never got\nthrough to Telegraph creek, unless the\nice is very lute in forming. Thoy will\nhave to camp along the river.\nleiu the early I\nstarling point, j\ndnity ur south\n-r.b-.ts.a-.*,!>\nKISKAliASH.\nASHCROFT.\nOn the Canadian Pacific Railroad, 205\nmilos oast of Vaucouver, aud in thc\nvalley formed by the Thompson rivor,\na hoalthy pleasant village of about 400\npeople, good stores nud good hotels.\nThe mild and pleasant winters mako\ntho towns of Ashcroft and Kamloops\ndesirable places in which to puss tho\nwinter, from tho fact that 1,000 horses\nuro continually freighting goods from\nAshcroft to difForout points along the\nCariboo road uud to the different mining camps of tho interior it is a lively\ntown, and rapidly putting ou metropolitan airs, Water works and electric\nlights will bo put in yot this season,\nIt is uow thoroughly uudorstood that\ntho overland telegraph Hue will bo extended from Quesnelle to Dawson City\nnoxt seasou. This will make Ashcroft\ntho distributing point for the Klondike\nnews, and a telographio coutro. Of\nfruits aud potatoes Ashcroft can beat\ntho world, for stock tho surrounding\nranches eau givo a good account of\nthomsolvos. The western Canadian\nRanching company owns not loss than\n10,000 heud of cattlo. John Wilson, of\nAshcroft, is known tho provinco\nthrough as tho oattlo king. He owns\nor controls soveral ranches ami muny\nthousund head of cattle,\nBritish Columbia on the whole is\nprosperous, uud good settlors, thoso\nthat will make desirable citlzeus, are\nin demand, none others need apply,\nTho Kislmgush district, situated ou\ntho routo from Asheroft to tin- Yukon,\nubout sixty miles from llu\/.elloii. sends\nout reports of good strikes. ,1. ]>. Ivv\nereaux, representative of the Minino\nJouitNAU, writing I'rom Llazeltou about\ntho Kisgagash country says: \"1 have\nsoon ore from thirteen claims in tho\nKisgagash district which all looked to\nbo very highly mineralized. Some of\nit is known In run as high as 8200 to\nSHOOto the ton in gold alone, and. by\niuformatiou given me by tiie miners,\ntheei-eumof theeountry is not touched\nyot.   All the old   experienced  hands\noffodde:\nmeadow\nbeen made -About tlie\nconsemieutly all the\ns been obtained trom\ni ^ikkI summer stock\n. ami from all accounts\nreason to believe that\nnil lie  iiroduceil  :\ni to\n.inter\nIta\nsay that tho Kisgagash country will hi\na better camj;\nover expect to\nsilver, copporni)\neuay is mostly\nin value every\nis known about t\ntry by the out:\npast livo years\n8250,IHH)   has 1\ncouutry by im\nChinese.\"\nIntending parlies bonding ror tin\nKlondike, and wbo lake lbe ovi rland\nroute, would do well to\npart of the country. As\nand is verified by all who have beeu ii\nthe northern districts by going ovoi\ntho old tolograph trail good minora!\ncan bo found almost unywher\nisltion nnd its altitude, probably\n00 and 3,000 feet above tbe sen\nnaturally rendur It somewhat un-\nic growing of grain crops. Still,\nIon mid lira hinge it mav lie sus*\nrent improvement hi the matte\nrests, which lias been the exporl-\ni places with Blmllarcharactcristlcs!\nslttinteil as it is. ii is evidently not\nUnble fur it man witli n family and\n, and unless a settler Is willing to\nilnted condition, without any itn-\n:t_ tif rends, bridges, schools,\nind other adjuncts of ordinary\not advised to attempt it r.t\nilony of fifty or moac were to\nwould be somewhat different, aa conditions would be altered and\nthe lack of facilities referred to would naturally\nsoon bo obviated. The present isolated eon-\nditioa is undoubtedly the reason that so few\n.ettlers have thus fur laken up laud- there.\nWiih railway communication, however, and\naccess to Hie mines of Cariboo, many of tile\nreal or alleged dtflicultics in existence there\nwould no doubt soon disappear, and a very\nlarge urea nf pastoral and agricultural lands\nwould lie added to lbe wealth producing power\nofllie province.\nKLONDIKE   SUPPLIES.\nve iii an isi\na-dlate pros\nostal fncllltl\nettlo then\nllrirn   Ihr Kr\noteniiy oui\nbo, ns I l.i->\nhuvo Rold\niml loud, wiia\nollioKool\nsilvor, wiil.\nr is f-lllug\nany.   Uttlr\nor nothlnt\n1, o wealth o\n' lliis ooiiu\nsldo world.\nWillrill Ilii.\n.   1   V Ill'O 1\n> Buy Hu\n101 !.,:    1\nnt, or iiris\niividllul inin\nil'S, mostly\nFor heavy supplies to be guaranteed\ndelivered to you at Hazleton and Glenora when you call I'or thom on tho\noverland routo write the undersigned,\nWo can givo you the Hudson's Buy\nCompany's guarantee that the goods\n-j-1 ordered through us shall bc packed aud\nawait .inn your arrival aud at the same\nrates that tho company sell thom for.\nWrite for particulars.\nReynolds it Roberts.\nAshcroft, 13, O.\nospoot that\nwell known\nRELIABLE KLONDIKE MAP.\n.\\ reliable map of the Ovorlund routo\nto the Klondiko via Ashcroft, Quesnello and Tolegraph crook, showing\nriver crossings, distances camping\"\nTho grounds, otc, otc, will bo out shortly,\ngroat influx of people next spring will All persons socking information asto\nopen up these districts adjacent to Our-! Ihis route should see this map. Send\niboo, und il la quito probable that somo, CO oenta or St nud gee ouo by return\nwill strike a nice Klondiko nearer i mail. Addro'ss Fraser & Roberts, Ash*\nhomo, ' croft, B. C,\n","@language":"en"}],"Genre":[{"@value":"Newspapers","@language":"en"}],"GeographicLocation":[{"@value":"Ashcroft (B.C.)","@language":"en"}],"Identifier":[{"@value":"BC_Mining_Journal_1898_02_12","@language":"en"}],"IsShownAt":[{"@value":"10.14288\/1.0441696","@language":"en"}],"Language":[{"@value":"English","@language":"en"}],"Latitude":[{"@value":"50.721389","@language":"en"}],"Longitude":[{"@value":"-121.283611","@language":"en"}],"Notes":[{"@value":"Title changes in chronological order: The British Columbia Mining Journal (1895-05-09 to 1896-05-02), The B.C. Mining Journal (1896-05-09 to 1899-04-29), and Ashcroft Journal (1899-05-06 to 1967).","@language":"en"}],"Provider":[{"@value":"Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library","@language":"en"}],"Publisher":[{"@value":"Ashcroft, B.C. : F. S. Reynolds","@language":"en"}],"Rights":[{"@value":"Copies provided by the Royal BC Museum and Archives ( https:\/\/royalbcmuseum.bc.ca ) may only be used for the purpose of research or private study, and any use of the copy for a purpose other than research or private study may require you to obtain the authorization of the copyright owner of the work in question.","@language":"en"}],"SortDate":[{"@value":"1898-02-12 AD","@language":"en"},{"@value":"1898-02-12 AD","@language":"en"}],"Source":[{"@value":"Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.","@language":"en"}],"Title":[{"@value":"The B.C. Mining Journal","@language":"en"}],"Type":[{"@value":"Text","@language":"en"}],"Translation":[{"@value":"","@language":"en"}],"@id":"doi:10.14288\/1.0441696"}