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MINING JOURNAL,\nVOL. 3., NO. 38\nASHCROFT, BRITISH COLUMBIA, JANUARY 22. 1898.\n$2.00 PER YEAR\nCARIBOO!\nHORSEFLY! - FORKS QUESNELLE!\nW.B.BAILEY i CO,\nSTORAGE AND FORWARDINC AGENTS.\nGoods received, Stored and Forwarded\nwith dipatch to any point in the Interior\nreached by wagon or piu-k train. Consign\nyou goods to mn* care and we will settle\nrailway charges and ship on to destination\nwith least possible delay.\nW. 13. I.AU.1CV - COMI'ANV.\nASHCROl1\"!',\nB. 0\nCLINTON HOTEL, Clinton, Bc\nBOARD AND LODGING BV THE DAY. WEEK OB MONTH.\nIlr-I Wlne\u00bb, BplMU r.i',1 Gin\n-illKMI iiurl Dog Crook Iii\nMAUSHALL St SMITH,\nGno.1 slillrlllrg. -rruliiunrlers fnr tlio Oarlboo,\nM-Bcb. Unhung rind llililrrg ln thc vicinity.\n; ; Proprietors.\nF. VV. FOSTER\nASHCUOFT,\nCLINTON.\n1,110c, t l.i'onTElt ov\nQeneral Merchandise.\nIteadiiuartci- for Miners and Ranchers B%Hcs, 1-lour, Rice, Sugar, Rock and Fine\n\" Salt, Coal Oil, Blacksmiths and Uoujfcoal, and all heavy goods purchased\nin carlnarl lots ami prices ilgj. Riding end Pack Saddles\nHunters Outfits, Rilles, So (;unS| Ammunition, etc.\nSole Agent for Giant Powder Company; ,s-\u201e Francisco, full slock on hand a.\ntheir new magazine, Fuse, dps, etc., ,,.. Qe0. Gage &\u2022 Sons celebrated\nDominion Hire Bed Springs,Mallratses, Pillows, \u25a0_\u00bb..\nHOUGH &\u25a0 DRESSEI) LUMBER, Sf\/NGIES, I\/1THS, PICKE1.\nMil L,lNEltY AND DRKSSMAKING'],.p\u201ert\u201elcnt under compete.\nmanngetnont in connection witli stotjst Aslieroft.\nGOODS HFCICIVICn nnd forwarded to\\j parts 0f the Upp_r oountry\nlit reduoed inter*. i\n0. P. 11. SIDING to warehouse and -i>c-i^(a-]|;t;aa for handling goods\nOrders nnd enquiries iry ...nil imve f Iff FOSTER,\norompt attention. )\nMACKAY SADDLERY ANI HARNESS CO.\nMANUFACTUUKllS AND IMI-OK^g 0?\n..addles, Harness, Bridles, Vnnks, Whips,\nSpins, and Harness jimmings.\nREPAIRING DONE WITH NEATNES, *,ND DESPATCH\nAll onl, .' \"\"IH promptly intruded lo aud faction guaranteed\nASHCROFT. : \u2022 \u25a0' : B. C.\nCARIBOO ;\nEXCHANGE\".\nHOTEL.\nA. H. Walters PROPPirOR,\nBoard and Lodging at reason^ rates\nOomer of Railroad Avenue nud Third Sti-o\n'Trim & Haddofc,\nLIVERY, SALE & FEED S|bLE\nASHCROFT AND LILLOOr\nSaddle, Pack nnd Driving Horses for salo an\\. R;\nkept at both stables. . f - h\nSpecial trips made to Lillooet or points in _t possible excuse mnde or found for\nLucy's proceedings which would pro-\nsent him or them in a favorable light\nor givo bim auy standing in a court of\nlaw. This boing the case tho lefoudaut\nBryson, in v\/hoso mime Lucy located\naud recorded, suffers by his agents misdoing. He recognized this misdoing\nwith reference to the ground adversely\nclaimed by the owuor of the Littlo Joo\nto which bo relinquished all right, but\nseems to have thought that he could\nhold on to a mineral claim located aud\nrecorded in this shameless way so long\nas tho date of llio locution (whether\nrightly or wrongly stated) was prior to\nthat of auy othor claimant.\nThe fact of tho alteration of tho date\nof Lucy's notico of location of the Diamond Hitch camo to tho knowledge of\ntho plaintilf Glon. Aftor onquiry on\ntho subject ho camo to tho conclusion\nthat a location so mado and recorded\nwas invalid, so ho located ou September\ntho 2nd tho Mable fractional claim and\nrecorded it on tho 10th September. Tho\nMablo covers tho ground lying betwoon\ntho Ida May and tho Littlo Jce.\nThis ground now recorded as tho\nMablo is that portion of the Diamond\nHitch which tbo defendant tries to\nhold becauso tbe date of tho location\nof tho Diamond Hitch, whetbor it bo\nthe 23rd or tho 2ist of August, is prior\nto tho dato of tho location of tho\nMablo. Siuco tho record of tho Mablo\ntho defendant has done, or caused to\nbo done, work upon tho Mable ground\nand this assertion of his hoped for\nright to a portion of the ground of tho\nDiamond Hitch has necessitated tho\nbringing of this -action by the plaintiff.\nI shull not allude further to this\nwork dono ou tbo Mablo ground by defendant; oxcopt to point out that tho\nwork was dono for dofondaut by this\nman Luoy who according to his own\nevidence obtained from tho recorder u\ncertificate of work on an evidently lying\nstatement.\nSuch aro tho facts of tho caso.\nTho reading und administration of\ntho mineral net by tho courts of this\nprovinco is invariably in favor of tli-a\nfirst locator and recorder of a claim bo\nlong as such locator or recorder has -attempted faithfully to attend to nnd\nfollow lho directions and requirements\nof tbo act, but in this case wo find a\nlocator wilfully and knowingly d-isro-\ngardiug ono of tho most itnportan.b requirements of tho act- -that of giving a\ncorrect dato iu connection wltl'i what\nis done-*-tttt3 wilfully and knowingly\nswearing to ujjdato which ho knows\nto bo false us tho dato on whioh ho\nmado his location, and now wo have\nhlm coming to this court attempting to\noxouso himself and notwithstanding\ntho glarlug unturo of his offense (not\nonly, bo it observed, ugilliist the mineral not) to tako advantage of his\nwrong doing to hold on to I his ground,\nTho idea of such attempt is uot only\nabsurd but shameful and preposterous.\nAir, Murphy for tho defence called\nmy attention totho judgment of Mr.\nJustico McColl In the Grand Prize\nmineral claim case reported in n local\npaper. Assuming tho roport to bo\nrect 1 cannot read it as at all running\ncounter to my view of this caso. I\nshould havo taken in the Grand Prize\nbase very muoh the same lino as tho\nlearned judge. Thero is however no\nreal similiurity iu tho reported case\nand this ouo I have triod, but still\nmuch that tho learned judge nays boars\nout my view of my duty now. For ill-\nstuueo he says \"I am of tho opinion\nthat tho defects referred to were iu\nthe circumstances of tho caso such us\nwere cured by the certificate of work\nissued.\" Tliis clearly show.- that In\ntho view or the learned judge I here are\ncases in which defects could not be so\ncured.\nThe present caso I take to bo oue\nsuch. Again he points out that \"ordinarily, occupation may bo found to consist of a valid location and record under the act.\" Mr. MnrpUy insisted\nthat defendant was lu occupation by\nhisagenl, when the plaintiff located\nrecorded. But in this qoso let it\nhe remembered (hat, us I have pointed\nout, thoro was neither valid location or\nrecord according to the ovidoiioo a I\niuood so that there could ho no oatm*\npal ion in a proper sense.\nBut Mr. Murphy relied ohlt-fly on\nsenium 28 of mineral not of L8D0.\nThis clause, is apparently plainly worded hut it lakos vory littlo cons-deration\nto point out how injuriously ouo interpretation of that section would work.\nUnder it according to Mr. Murphy a\nman might locate and record a claim\nin any way, and the moment after obtaining his record on a false statement\nof fact offer $100 to the recorder and\nobtain his certificate of work and so\nfor tho next two years hold his grouud\nuudor tho protection of that oertifloato\nagainst any claimant who could\nnot iuduco tho attorney-general to\ncomo to his rescue. That is absurd,\nAud iu construeing this section 28 1.\nhave to interpret the word \"irregularity.\" I hold that what Lucy did in this\nmutter was very different to'tbo commission or some irregularity or the\nomission to do in a regular way something enjoined by tho Mineral Act. I\nthink that only such irregularities\nwould be cured by a certiticate of work\nas wore in their effects Injurious or\nmisleading to no oue and about which\nthere was no suspicion of bad faith.\nTho irregularity might be as in the\nGrand Prize case tho inclusion of too\nmuch ground within tho posts marking\nout the claim. Mr. Justi.o McColl very\nrightly held that that iu itself did not\ninvalidate the lawful occupation of the\ngrouud. And othor instances of venial\nirregularity might easily be adduced.\nI cannot treat tho conduct of the locator of the Diamond Hitch nsnoom-\nmonplace irregularity which might lie\ncured. Thero never was a valid locution or record oftho Diamond Hitch.\nIt is futile to assert that there was or\nto attempt to support one or tlie othor\non either legal or equitable grounds.\nThe only record of tho Diamond\nHitch ground is of a full sized mineral\n\u25a0claim. Nowsub-sectiol! C of section ID\n.Mineral Act, 180Q as amended iu 13i>7\n\u2022says that \"No mineral claim which at\ntho dato of its record is known by the\nlocator to be loss thau a full sized mineral claim, shall bo recorded without\ntho word fraction being added to tho\nname of tho claim and an application\nmado iu tho form T Ac. Ac. _fcc.\nIn this caso at the date of tbo rooord\nLucy well knew that ho could uot hold\nDiamond Hitch ns against tho locator\nof Littlo Joe yet ho takes no uotice of\nthis and records tin wholo full sized\n\u2022claim the greater part of whicli was iu\nlegal occupation of another. It is plain\nthat his only proper and lawful record\n\u2022could bo of u fractional claim\nlying between Ida May and Littlo\nJoo. On this ground again defendant must fail. Thero will bo an\norder that thc record of the Diti\nmoud Hitch mineral claim bo cancelled.\nWith it fails the certificate of work. The\nplaintiff is entitled to the recovery of\n810 as costs from the defendant. This\nby arrangement between counsel und\ntho parties in which I concur.\nClemen*-! F. Cobnwali,, C. C. J.\nNORTH BEND,\nLast Sabbath the Sunday School was\nre-organized, when tho following officers and teachers woro appointed: Officers, Mrs. A. Munroe, Supt; Miss J.\nMcLi'llan. Assistant! Miss J. McMillan,\nSec: Mrs, A. Arnett, Trous; Touchers,\nMrs. A. Arnett, Mrs. A. Munroe, Mrs.\n0. Uhoato, Mrs. c. Smith, Miss J. McMillan, MlssMilgarth, Since tlio orga*\nzation of tho school in Aug, 20tb,\n1800, there has boon a deepniug, growing intorosfc manifested on tho part of\ntho parents, teachers uud scholars, and\ngreat progross has beeu made iu the\nacquisition of scriptural knowledge,\n.dr which groat credit is duo tho Sun\n\\hiy School workers who realize the\nimportance nml who nro so deeply interested in this work. At lho close of\ntho Sunday School service tho touch-\nera and scholars, to show their intorest\nIn tho spread of tho Gospel presented\nM. D. McKee, the Presbyterian missionary with a woll-Hllod purse for his mis-\nion work. The School commences tho\nyear with a bright outlook.\n* Mlnlnjj lii'!. ii I ii tin ns.\nLac La Hache.\nWo havo boou enjoying a delightfully\nmild winter, with good sleighing. Tho\nChristmas holidays passed very pleasantly, thoro beiug many small parties,\nwhere each uud all enjoyed tho timo of\nPeace and Good Will.\"\nMiss AI. Duncan of Victoria arrived\nlast week to tako charge of the .school\nbore. Miss Noblo having resigned the\nposition at the close of tho to: in. Miss\nDuncan comes woll recommended, aud\nso far seems to have won all heart-;.\nWo hopo she will be able to mako her\nstay with us a loug oue.\nMiss Pearl McCarthy bos gone ona\nvisit to Clinton, uud attended the annual ball there. Mr. and Mrs, t'rosinu\nalso wont down to attend the ball.\nWe hoar of quite a few of our young\nmen who huvo got tho Klondike fever,\nbut hopo it will not bo serious.\nJan. 13,1808.\nTho Dominion government has announced now regulations governing\n\u25a0er mining in the Northwest territories, of whicli the following is a summary:\nEvery minor and employer of a min\nor will require to tako out a miner's\ncertificate, tho foo for which will bo 810.\nIn caso of a company it will bo SoO or\nS100, according to tho amount of tho\ncapital stock.\n\"A miner's license will coufer the\nright to lho miner to fish, hunt and\ncut the timber necessary for mining.\n\"Provision will bo made for obtuining\nminers' certificates at a number of\ncities and towns, suoh as Montreal, Ottawa. Toronto, Winnipeg, Calgary, Ashcroft. Vancouver and Victoria.\n\"Tho general size of miuing claims\nwill be 27>{) feet, aud discoverers' claims\nSOO feet.\n\"Every alternate ten claims shall bo\nreserved by tho government of Canada.\n\"Sub-aqueous miniug leases will bo\nissued in live mile sootious with a feo\nof 8100 per annum and tho usual royally.\n\"Tho foe for recording and renewing\nmining o! .ims will be $15;\nAny n imber of miners not less thau\nfive nor more than 100 miles from tho\nolllce of a mining recorder, may appoint arncorder, who will record olaims\nand within threo months transfer tho\nrecord and fees to tho nearest mining\nrecorder.\n\"A royalty of 10por cent, on thogold\nmined slmll be levied aud collected by\nthe government officers appointed for\nthe purpose, but provision is mado for\nexemption on the annual product ot\nany mining claim up to $2,500 a year\nwill not be liable for royalty. Piovis-\nious are made to prevent speculation\nin claims by throwing a claim open to\neutry which has not been worked u\ncertain numbor of days, unless reasonable cause is shown, and by providing\nthat a record shall uot bo issued for\nmore than one claim to uuy miner in\nthe sume locality.\"\nThere are olher pndisious regurdiug\nthe public interest and revenue, and\nat the samo timo affording the most\nample facilities for miniug tho euor-\nmoiis wealth of lho Yukou,\nFarmers tire Cominir Our Way.\n\\Vu\\viini!_n, Man., Jim, 17,181\nlilHTOli MINI NO .lOUUNAL -Sir: Having\nrend in ttie Dally (.lob. an account taken from\nyour paper recommending the route via Aslicrofl and Cnrlboo lo Klondike. 1 would like if\nyou would give me ;t description of Uic country near Aslieroft, I Imve no desire to no to\nKlondike. Wlmt I would like lo lind is some\ngood tract of In ml along your route to settle\ndown upon, ami feed lliose who are going that\nway. 1 am a fairly suctcst-suI farmer in Maui-\nibn, having ;i good farm which I can sell at\ngood price. 1 would like to ttel a tract of\nmd where It is not frozen up six months In\nthe vear and where ctitlle can get running\nter nil the yeur round. Would have no ob-\ntloii to having to put up feed for the cattle\nsummer and feed lliem nil winter as tlmt is\n\u25a0 work 1 am used lo, hut want a place where\n_ not sn Intensely cold, where entile can rim\nl and get lots of good waler nl! the year\nind. Of course would like to get good land\n1 n moderate rnlnfnll. An Information you\ni give me nbout the country niid climate on\n\u2022 proposed rollte will greatly oblige. Vours\nly W. o. JOHNSTONE\nsiblo to give such information as will\njustify a man living ut present in another section doing fairly well at farming to change his location without n\npersonal investigation, uud all such en\nquirers aro advised to visit the section\niu which they are interested and decide for themselves. A copy of tho agricultural reports issued by tho Agricultural Depurliueut at Victoria will\ngive thoso interested a much better\nidea of the country than any hastily\nwritten article can, but by all moans\ncomo out and soo for yourself, Tho\ncost is but littlo and it is far moro satisfactory.\nWants to Come,\nSt.l'mil, Minn., January mu-lHim*\nHear sir: Will yon kindly answer a [ewi|iics-\ntlons to two ladles- myself and sister\u2014who are\nunite determined to go lo sonic poinl In\nAlaska to dig for gold, and \" rough il\" all that\nis necessary. We prefer to go from your place\nnorth, over the old Iml) and in at the \"hack\nloor.\" if Ihe \"wee bit,\" earnings bold out -my\n-location, j\nI. Willllilsbeloo much trouble for you to\nreply, if so. kindly hand il to some benevolent\nperson who will be liable to answer us.\n1). Can we purchase three suitable ponies or\nhorses nt Aslieroft and llieir cost, liow much?\nand\nit. What would an outfit for live montliscost,\n(and will you kindly name the price of a small\ntent) for we could stay no longer than the fall.\neare both widows and are determined to\nstrike out for our dear ones -this once.\nc shall be very grateful fortius information\nfrom Ashcroft.\n(Would a guide be a necessity, and what\ncould oue cost?\nOwing to tho bashfuluoss of the\nyoung bachelor P. M. wo wero nsked by\nhim to bo tho benevolent party and in\nreply would say to tho writer: Threo\nsaddle horses, well broken, will cost\nyou, with saddles, etc., in tho neighborhood of 840 each. Of outfit, it depends\nou what you want, but for food alone\nfor two persons for fivo months, very\nlikoly, 8100. A small tent about 85.\nTho above answers the questions asked.\nWo will volunteer a littlo advise whioh\nwill uot of course b\u00bb accepted and vory\nlikely wo will bo snubbed for our\ntrouble. No two men rugged and\nstrong could start from Ashcroft or\nany other point and go iuto Dawson\nCity or vicinity iu tho spring and back\nagain to Minneapolis in livo months,\nlot alone digging for gold. Tho ambition to mako money for the loved ones\nis laudable, but the chances for it as\nyou yourselves must soo if you reflect\na little aro that you will only tako a\ntrio tbat you will bitterly rogrot under\ntaking and will uot accomplish anything except to spoud tho \"woo earn\niugs\" fruitlessly. We publish tho let-\ntor but do uot give the address, so no\nannoyance eau bo caused tho writer by\ntho publication.\nC. P. R. TurKI Kates.\nTho ucw tariff rates just issued\nshows that tho charges on horses by\ntho steamers operating ou the coast to\nWrangel aud Glenora on tho Stickine,\nTho rates to bo charged from Vancouver or Victoria to different points 11.8\nas follows:\nMorses.\n \u00abao\nBurros,\nDogs.\nTtie Overhead Route To Di-weon.\nSan Fraucisco, Juu, 10,\u2014-0.W. Vos-\nmer intends going to tho Klondike in n\nballoon. Ho will bo accompanied by\nJames Thompson, of Cineinatti; A. Andrews, of Chicago, and E. Klemtke, of\nPittsburg, nil experienced aeronauts.\nTo Wrangel.\nTo Glenora 48 as 10\nAdd to this say 820 per horso to Vaucouver, wharfage aud feed, Vancouver,\nWraugel aud way, say 820, you have\npretty expensive horses, each will total\n880 or 890. Tho first rush will bo so\ngreat that it is highly improbable that\nhorses eau be shipped at all for at least\nsome months. Tho moral is plain\ncomo to Ashcroft, buy your horses an.l\ngo overlaud, stop when you choose to\nprospect, hunt, llsh or rest your nni-\nmuls. You will got thoro without tho\nexpenditure of scarcely a dollar after\nyou leave Ashcroft and iu your spuro\nhorses you will havo a bank account, if\nthoy are in i_,ood condition as they will\nbo provided you tako timo enough.\nKeep thoir backs in good shape uud\nnot think that you must got there\nwithin a month or the gold will all be\ndug out. Thoro is placer ground\nenough hi tho country north of Ashcroft along tho trail through Cariboo,\nOmonica, Cassiar and about Telegraph\ncrook uud Lake Teslin, so that the pros-\nsent generation caunot exhaust it, Tis\nbettor to go a littlo slow than be sorry.\nSTAdG LING PROrt ASHCROFT TO TESLIN.\nA stago lino to operato from Ashcrofi, 13. a, to Teslin lake is tho latest\nproject In connection with the Spokane\noverland route to tho Yukon.\nIt is reported by the Fairfield Standard of lust week that A. Northrop,\nrepresenting a Chicago compauy, is\nbuying horses in that vicinity for use\non tho proposod stage line; that ho has\npurchased 150 near Kallspel, Mont.,\nand that ho is to purchase 250 about\nFair Hold.\nIf tho story be true it means that the\nlongest, stage lino on tho continent is\nto bo put in operation. It is 825 miles\nfrom Ashcroft to Telegraph creek, aud\n120 miles from Telegraph oreek to Lake\nTeslin, or a total distance of DJ-5 miles.\nThe article published iu the Standard\nseems to bo detailed and accurate, save\nfor ono particular, aud that is in regard to Iho faro to bo charged. Tho\nFairfield paper puts the figure for passage ovor tho routo at 830, a highly improbable sum. That any stage company would undertake to carry a passenger over such a loug route for that\namount of money is not within the\nbounds of reason.\nThat an opportunity for such a stage\ncompany to operate profitably exists\nthero can bo no doubt. Whether or\nnot the company, ot which Mr. Northrop\nis said to bo the representative, is to be\nthe oue to accept that opportunity remains to be seen. The Standard article\nis us follows:\n\"A Northrop, representing an Alaska\ntransportation company recently organized in Chicago, has beeu iu Fairfield tho past few days buying horses\nto bo used in operating a stage liue be\ntwoen Ashcroft aud Teslfn lake. Mr.\nNorthrop came here from KklfepeJ\nMont., whero he purchased 150 horses,\nand ho expects to purchase 200 morn\nhero. The horses must be In good condition, weighing from 1.000 to 1,200\npounds, and from 5 to' 8 years old. He\nIs paying from 510 to 875 each.\nThe compauy will operate ou what is\nkuown as the' Spokaue overland routu\nfrom Ashcroft to Tesliu lake, u distance\nof 800 milos. About 75 stages will be\nbrought into use. each capable of carrying 24 passengers and requiring *_!-_\nhorses. They anticipate a great rush\nover this route as soon as spring opens\nup and in order to be prepared for in\nthoy will begin driving Horses throii-th\nabout the loth ot February and will\nhave the route iu operation by Che ffinst\nof May.\nThe stage fare will be $-W. Baggugn\nwill be carried for 75 cents a pound.\nThese rates apply ouly from Ashcroft\nto Teslin lake.\nMr. Northrop will remain iu Fairdeid\nabout a week yet, and expects to bn\nable to purchase most of his horses\nhero.\"\nDon't make the mistake of reading\ntho abovo and think that the people of\nthis section creditor indorse the above.\nThe time will come when a stage line\nand the irou horse will connect Ashoroft with Lake Tesliu, but hy all\nmeans let us havo a road to run\neither the oue or the other Brat\nOur merchants are preparing for\nmauy visitors. It is wise to get in your\norders early for both goods and horses\nfor this year \" many will be called but\nfew chosen.\"\nThe above letter is published bo.\ncause it is only a fair sample of quite\na large number of enquiries that reach\nthis olllce. Of course nearly all on\nquirios, letters, etc., tbat roach us aro\nfor information regarding tho overland\nrouto, but a good many farmers and\nstock men havo thoir minds set ou tho\nnorthern part of tho province as a stock\nand agricultural section. In reply wo\nthink it can be truthfully said that\nthere are large tracts of luud uot as\nyet taken up that will mako oxeollout\nstock farms. All accounts agree that\nthe growth of summer feed, clear to\nlho extreme northern part of tho provinco is luxuriant, that stock can bo\nraised to advautago and with tho im-\nmonse numbers of men that will require farm produce of all kiuds with\nthe great demand for meat that a miuing camp speedily gives, farming can\nbo most profitably engaged In. Hardy\nvegetables can be grown many huudrods\nof miles north oftho line of the C. P.\nli. at Telegraph creek splendid potatoes are grown and so far as tried many\nvegetables can bo raised. It is iinpos-\nPreigHt ihipmnU.\nHelow will bo fouud the date of de\nparture, teamster and destination nf\nall freight shipped uorth by Ashcroft\nforwarding agents.\nID, fl Koyson & Co, l\".h n.ooo\n1... I.OUU I.e.-sanil. Si.1.1 C'ri-i-ii I.-.TO\n17. .1 \nMichigan meu, bankers, lawyers, doctors, students, etc., who will assemble\niu Kalamazoo next wook and from there\ngo to Spokano Falls, reaching the latter city before January 17. Some five\nor six weeks will bo consumed at Spokane Falls iu securing implements,\nclothing, food and pack animals and\ntli3n tho party will leave tho latter\npart of February for tho Klondiko by\nthe overland routo. Thoy expect to\nmake the journey in one-third tho time\nconsumed in traveling othor routes,\nand at one-half the expense.\nA representative of ouo of the largest Klondike transportation companies\nwas here to Interview Grey and Willard last night, offering them big in-\nd'.jpemeuts to goby his line, but Willard says he is sure thoy can save timo\naud money by following the trail he\nhas just beeu oyer and mapped out for\nhlmsolf. They expect to roach tho gold\nfields by May. 15 if nothing prevents,\nWillard aud Grey are sons of prominent Alma families and have spent\nthreo years in Alaska. They leave for\nKelamazoo to join their party Monday\nmorning. -Detroit Journal.\n -.Ht-Whr-f-ftw,-.,'.-.<<:-,-\u00bb\u25a0.\u25a0;*,!;^Ww!^r(\u00ab*M*\u00ab^W^\n.JK\nThe Itrilisli Columbia Mining Journal.\nIssued every Saturday.\nF. S. REYNOLDS,\nEditor aud Proprietor.\nSubscription Price, por annum - \u2022 $2*00\nAtlvorUaomcntB will not hu '.ll-contlnucd ir\ntill paid. AdvertlBlng mica on nppllcnltn\nSATURDAY, .1ANUAKY 22, 1808,\nHl'RHAtl tuu KI.ONPIKI!.\nIlnrrali for the gold Held- ol Klondike\nHurrah for Uu- Ilrst of Mav:\nWe shall nil be galliered l.y luiiulred-,\nWhen from Ashcroft wu Mart that da\nWilli our overcoats heavy ami warm,\nKnag proof hoot- hoth hii- ami long,\nWith onr hell man- upon the lend,\nOn tho Carlhoo KumI we will proem\nPonies behind nil In n row,\nOn our norlli bound trio we onward \u2022;\nLoaded with till that lliey can hour\nTliulr heada all tip high In He* air.\nMountains and valleys\nWill echo aloud\nWith the -Olltld- from our sirong\nConstitutional crowd.\nThen up through lhe mountains\nWilli pick, shovel and pan,\nWe'll prospect onr wny\nTo the best that we cun.\nWhen at Lite I.n Hache,\nWe'll take (mite a spell,\nAnd partake of some water\nFrom that targe bodied Well.\nWhen at the (Juesuelle\nWe will swing north wesl.\nAnd look for the mountain\nWe'll prospect the best.\nAnd un through the mountain*\nWlth pick, shovel and pan,\nWe'll prospect our wny\nTo the best that we can.\n-TlloS. K. IIlGOlNSO\nAshcroft,\nsons iu the vicinity'who saw the balloon so ils appearance in the region\ncfiuld be confirmed beyond a roasona-\nbledoubt. I mudoinquirieso'.ti uum*\nber of pe rM. i is at liar pars, aboul four\nmilos soulli of Horsolly, if thoy had\neither seen or board of a balloon boing\nseen, but none had ever soon or heard\nof it.\n\"Mr. Nowsou may bo able to give yon\nthe exact, date tho balloon wasnotlcod.\n1 onoloBO you n photograph oE tho\nHorsefly MlulugCompany's camp. Tho\nmurks approximately ihe posl-\n\u25a0f Mrs. Sullivan on.I her daughter\nwholUho balloon was observed, and\nthodotlod linos in tiie nky tho dircc\nlion of Hie balloon, as described by\nMrs. Sullivan, as it descended and us-\ncended as il. passudoast.\n'The gooKraphicul position <>l tho\nEforsolly Hydraulic Miniug Ooinpatiy's\ncaintiistai the nest, sidu of Hie Uorso-\nIly river, about imn* miles north oE the\ncontinence of the Utile Horsolly river\nand seven miles ubovo Quesnello luko,\nin latitude 52 20 and longitude 121 111).\nOarlboo distriot, British Columbia, See\nofficial map of 13. C!., IS!):..\nTin* blucltBmith Mr. Sullivan and fam\nily huvo removed to therm-Mile House.\nShould you dosiro to coinmuuicato directly wiih thom thoir address would\nbe Clinton, B. 0. Very truly yours.\nJ. B. Housos, Maungor.\"\nKlondike 5p__l;s.\nIn a gulch nu Bonanza crock, iu tho\nvery centre of tlie richest pari of tlio\nKlondiko, isa claim which even lho\nboldest of miners .shrink from work-\ning. Fora wook or more the gravel\nfrom (lie prospect shaft was woshotl\nout on an avorago of 615 to the pan,\ntl\nISHUliu\nUral.\ng\u00abV\nels in\nANDREE'S MIS31NII 11A Ll.O ON.\nIt is some weoks now since British\nColumbia has heard anything of the\nwonderful airship, baloou or other aerial visitor which so excited a number\nof residents of tins city during the autumn months. Now, however, thc old\nfriond is hoard from again iu a telegram from Stockholm, seut out by the\nAssociated Press, and which reads us\nfollows:\nStockholm, Jan. IIS. Professor Nor-\ndensliold, the Artie explorer, has informed tho Swedish Academy that the\nforoigu olllco has received intelligence\ntbat several porsons worthy of credence\nsaw Prof. Andree's balloon early iu August In British Columbia, sevenmiles\nnorth of Quosnelle luko, iu the district\nof Cariboo. Tho professor regards the\nnews us boiug~of sufficient importance\nto call for closer Investigation. Au-\ndrco's balloon left Dant'.s island, one of\nthe Spitsbergen group, July 11, 1S1>7.\nTbis telegram is undoubtedly found\n\u25a0\u25a0od upou a roport Eurnlshod by iir. J.\nB. Hobson, the well known manager of\ntho Cariboo Hydraulic Mining Company, under date of December 7 last,\nwhich reads as follows:\nQuosuollo, Fork., B. C, Deo, 7,18!I7,\n\u2022'T. F. Tronar, Ksip, AssistauL Secretary of tho Geographical Society of\ntho Pacific, Sau Francisco, Oal.\u2014Dear\nSir:\u2014Yours of tho 22nd iust.. referring\nto tbo ballon claimed to have been\nseen in tbe air at tho Horsefly hydraulic miuo iu British Columbia by Mrs.\nSullivan uud hor daughter received\nnnd noted. Iu reply I will state that\nmy luformiitiou is as follows:\n\"About II p. in. on some day between\nthoJthaud 7th of August 1 returned\nfrom tho company's stampmlll to my\noffice, whero I mot my wife, who informed mo that Mrs. Sullivan and her\ndaughter bad seen a large balloon pus-\nsing over the camp from west lo east.\nUpon asking my wife K she also hud\nsoon it sho replied she had not, but\nwhile walking iu front of fhe office she\nnoticed Mrs. Sullivan (wife of the company's blacksmith) standing in front\nof the tents occupied by the Sullivan\nfamily looking up iuthe sky in asouth-\n-erly direction, and noticed that Mrs.\n\u25a0Sullivan called her daughter, a young\nwoman about 18 years of age, who went\nto her side and looked up iu lho direction indicated. Both mother and\ndaughter appeared to watch tho object\nfor sovoral minutes, tbey having turned\ntheir faces from a southerly direction\nto uu easterly one. Mrs. Sullivan oallod\nlator aud asked Mrs. Hobson if sho hurl\n-soon the balloon. Lator iu tho day I\ncalled on Mrs. Sullivan and asked her\nto describo to mo what sho had seen,\nwhich sho did as follows:\n\"While looking up over tho hydrau\nlie bank, pointing in a southerly direction, 1 noticed a round, gray looking\nobject in tba sky. As I continued ti\nwatch itappearedloget larger as it dc\nscendod. I could see two objects, one\nmuch smaller, apparently suspended\nfrom the larger one abovo. lt. continued todoscoud until 1 could plainly\nsoo that the object WUS it balloon willi\nu large basket hanging undor it. It\nfinally commenced to swing violently\nback and forth and move very fa-it in\nthat direction I pointing easterly toward\ntho east arm, of Quesnello Lake) aad\nbegan to ascend. I thou callod oul my\ndaughter, and aftor pointing out the\nballoon toiler wo watched it rise rapidly until it disappeared in an easterly\ndirection,'\n\"I asked Mrs. Sullivan if sho had\never soon a balloon before, and she replied that she had soon small ouns,\n\"Miss Sullivan corroborated her\nmother's statement from the time her\nattention was culled to the balloon until it disappeared.\n\"Both Mrs. Sullivan and her daughter aro intelligent persons uud appear\nto bo positive that tho object they observed moving rapidly llirough the\nsky was a large balloon, mul while I\nam disposed lo believo their statement\nI regret Ihat there aro no other per\nns doop-\nreaohed\nand grew richer as tho hole\ndued. Hed rock hasnotboc\nyel, but the claim 1ms beon abandoned\nand tbe few ini-n who tried to work it\ntcU of the uucauny sounds by day und\nif frightful scenes by nlghl;. IE ro*\nlorts be true ihe ghost of a murdered\nuluor guards tlie hole,\nIu the fall oi 1806 there came to Bo-\nlanzii creek a .vnijug man who gave his\nname as Ray Tuttle He picked out n\npartner and after a little prospecting\nthey struck a rich deposit, which bid\nfair to make them both wealthy. One\n[lay, wjiilo standing at tie- top of liie\nshaft, tho partners had a quarrel over\nsome slight matter and Tuttle fell or\nwas pushed into the hole, Wlien taken\nout he was dead, bis nock having boen\nbroken iu tho fall, It was roportod as\nan accident, and lhe partner wenl ou\nworking theclaim alone. Two or three\ndays later ho was tnk'-n sick and died\nuddenly, raving in bis lnst moments\nabout \"poor '.'utile's ghost.\"\nNo particular attention was paid to\nthis us it was considered to be the\nfancy ofa disordered brain. Shortly\nafter the second funeral, however, tho\nclaim wns takou up by uow men. Ouo\nof these wout down Into Hie hole,\nstruck ono blow with his pick, and then\nclambered out in hot haste, declaring\nho board u man's voice shrieking at\nhim. His partner tried it and bud u\nliko experience. Then other men wcul\ndown and were in turn glad to come\nout in a hurry,\nWatchers nt night declare tbey eon\n30 the specters of two meu clinched at\nthe bring of the pit. Theso apparitions\nwrestle for a few seconds, until one of\nthem breaks away, gives bis antagonist\na shove aud sends hlm head first dowu\nthe shaft. Night alter night this\nghostly drama is enacted so long as\nany attempt is made towork tbe claim.\nWhen il is left undisturbed tliero is uo\nmanifestation of a supernatural order.\nOther claims near by are worked right\nalong without trouble This is the\ninly ghost story that lias thus far\ntome out of the Klondike.\nd 1 fiolds of Zlatoust, in tho\ni n nugget of ninety-six\nry. Tie* Victoria (Australia)\nno.'n-t weighed one hundred and forty-\n,in poundsn id three penny-weights,of\n.vliii-h only six ounces was foreign\nL-oolti and tbo Ballai.it (Australia)nug-\n;oli was thirty-nine pounds heavier yet.\nI'lio largest nugget ever found was also\n\u2022iug in Australia tho \"Sarah Sands,\"\nnamed [or a for olf loved one. IL\nreached the nstouishiug weightoftwo\nhundred and thirty three pounds ami\nfour ounces troy. Whut must Minor\nmils' fooling havo boon whou he struck\ns pick into thai fortune in ono lump.\nIlovi: Abtill-tioil Their BlblB.\nI.oehoHtor, N. Y\u201e Jan. 7. Uight Worshipful William A, Sutherland, grand\nNow York stale, has\nissued u general edict direct totho\nmasters of all the Masonic lodges in\ni dissolves all relations\nwilli the grand lodge of Peru, and says\nLlio latter body, to use Lhe words of the\nO-Uoial document, has \"committed Masonic suicide\" and vanished from exist-\nlie says; -'I am this day furnished\nwith a printed copy of an edict issued\nby Christian Dum, grand master, over\ntho certilicate of Manuel J. Caceres, as\ngrand secretary, wherein tho said\nChristian Dam, us grand muster of Ma-\ns.iUK in Peru, recites to those under\nhis jurisdiction thut, according lo Catholicism tlie Bible is a sacred book in\nwhicli tho revealed word is deposited\nand us such can not be freelyexumincd\nand crilluitjod; that the Bible can not\nbe considered as \u25a0,-. foundation of scientific knowledge or history, uor us ii\nbasis of morality,'uud lie does de ere o\nthat on all Masonic altars tbo Bible\nshall be removed and replaced by tbo\nconstitution of tho Order of Pros Masonry, and thai lu all our rituals lhe\nword 'Bible' shall be stricken out and\nthe words, -the t* institution of Lho\ngrand lodge of Peru' bo pul. iu its place.\n\"The body which was tbe grand lodge\nof Peri: bus attempted to accomplish\nwhat is uot within tho power of any\nman or body of men to do, Inlaying\nviolent and profane hands upon agioi)t\nlight in Masonry it has attempted to\nchange the plan and very groundwork\nor the institution, That the Bible is a\nbook containing sacred truth is one of\ntbo fundamental nul!js of Free Masonry. Howsoever men differ ill creed\nor theology ull good men are agreed\nthat within the covers of the Bible aro\nfouud thoso principles of morality\nwhich uro the foundation upon which\nto build a righteous life.\"\nSUN'S\nPATENT\nBALL BEARING\nGIANTS.\nNo center bolt, Superior to all\nothers. Write for prices.\nR. H. OAMPBELL, Agent, Ashcroft,B.C\nOur readers mny bo Interested in tlie\nmining laws of Mexico. Wheu a man\nin Mexico desires to prospect ho obtains U right io do :;o by Ilrst securing\nfrom tho land ofllce an exploration,\nwhich consists of 2,000 sqntiro meters\nof land. Tho notice for application for\nsuch-exploration is published for three\nmonths iu tho official paper and an\nextra month Is allowed for filing and\nhearing of adverse. Bach exploration\nis divided into claims of about 328.S\nSquare foot. If no contest is entered\nthe application is forwarded to tho\ncity of Mexico and an absolute title is\nissued to tho applicant which holds\ngood as long as tho taxes are paid\nupon tho land. The lax levy is 810 por\nyear upon each claim, payable quarterly. For failure to pay luxes when\ndue a fino of ofl cents per claim is itn-\nposed for the first month's arrearage,\nand if not paid before Ihe expiration of\nthe second month the holder is fined\nthe amount due for the entire quarter.\nFailure to pay luxes at Ihe cud of three\nmouths tho holder's title is forfeited\nand flic land reverts to tbo govern\nmont. Tbo land ouimol tie relocated\nunLll so declared by the government.\nand uotlcu given in Lho olllclal paper.\nA toad cuii'-ol bo Eollowcd oulsido of\nIho boundary liii'Mif the exploration.\nTnore are nn fractional mining claims.\nand hi order to secaro a small but do-\nslrablo piece of ground it is necessary\nto apply torn full exploration aud pay\ntaxes upon the same. To Incorporate\nhere ami operate in Mexico it is necessary to translate tbo ni'liolcu of incorporation, by-laws, plans, etc., info tiie\nSpanish language forward the sumo tu\nWashington for Lhe signature of tho\nsecretary of stale, thence to Lho city of\nMexico for the approval of the government oflloinls and llience to Lhe land\nolllco of tho district In which you propose to operate.\nAmong Lho historical big nuggeta\nfound in various parts oflhe world\nthere havo been somo wonderful yellow lumps. In Cabarrus counly, North\nCarolina, one wus found in 1810 which\nweighed thirty-seven pouuds troy. In\nThe 0, P. R. telegraphers' committeo\nhave carried their appeal before tho\nhighest official of the Canadian Pacific\nRailway, Sir William Van Horno This\nis oqulvalont to a rejootiouof the terms\nput forward by Mr. Shaughuessy. Tho\nconflict botween the telegraphers aud\ntho railway continues to rest ou the\nminimum salary for operators. Uua\nsatisfactory solution is arrived at, tho\ntelegraphers will demand a meeting of\ntho Board or Directorspf the Canadian\nPacific Railway Coinpuny. The organization of operators which this committee represents exteuds over the\nNorth American continent, and may be\nconsidered one of the most powerful of\nthe numerous orders of railway employees. \t\nOne of llio finest aud best equipped\nrailroads is tiie Chicago, Milwaukee\nand St. Paul. On our recent trip\nthrough South Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota and Illinois wo tried this railroad\nand kuow whereof wo speak. The road\nis splendidly equipped with fast trains,\ntlie coaches are all furnished with tho\nlatest improvements and it is a pleasure to rldo with these people. Thoy\nemploy none but sober, industrious\nmon who constantly look after thecom-\nfort and safety of the traveling public\nAnyone irivelhig in the above or ad-\nioiuing stutes should take the Milwaukee road by all moans if it is convenient to do so. It you wish information\nconcerning this excellent and popular\nroad nsk any ticket agent, or write to\nC. J. l'.d.ly, General Agen', at Portland\nOr., and be will gludlygive it.-\u2014Genesee\nIdaho Nows.\n\"Overland lo Klondike,\"\nThe Pamphlet recently got\/en out by\nthe Mining Journal has been mailed to\nnil enquirers, and to our exchanges and\nthe leading newspapers of Canada and\nthe United Stales. Several hundred\ncopies have already been furnished\nto thc stores and business houses in Ashcrofi, and by Ihem sent oul to enquirers.\nArrange incuts 'were made in the east\nwilh different mi\/road tompauies thai\nare interested, and that have already sent\nout several thousand copies, whereby\nthey will from now on send them to all\nenquiring about the route. Arrangements\narc also boing mode lo hove a Baltimore\nhouse publish the pamphlet at Hint city\nin large numbers, so a large circulation\nis assured, From \/bis time on the\npamphlet, containing in alt 70 pages,\nincluding ten full page views of points\nami objects of interest along the route,\na good and accurate full page map\nshowing the over laud route, advertisements, ele. wilt bc sent out by j. II.\nClements, Druggist and Stationer,\npostpaid on receipt 0\/ twcnty-fivC'\ncents. Any advertiser who has.\nnot received a copy or copies will bc\nsvt'piicd with the same gratuitously on\napplication. Address\u2014\/. II, Clements,\nDr tgglst and Stationer, Ashcroft, IS. C.\nSMITH & BRYSON,\nGeneral Blacksmiths.\nCarriage builders. Horseshoeing a specialty. A subfty of iron and wagon\ntnalcirial always on hand.\nShop on Railway Avenue, .- - 4SIJCK0IT, Ii. C\nstudebakeeT\nMctJormicks lliiplors ami M\"w\u00abrs, -tfoQlnry's Fampifs Stoves, Farming\nTools autl OciicrI IJtt.'lwiu'-i.\nJAMES VAIR, - Kamloops,B.C,\nC?ori-_L_a--L\u00a9roictl Hotel,\nTBI. I5KST *:2 4 ])AY HOUSE IN VANCOUVER.\n6 *H0M4.- -\"-^yietoi;.\nPITHER & LEISER.\nImporters aud Wholesale Dealers in\nWINES LIQUORS and CIGAR?\nVICTORIA, B. C.\n150 MILE HOUSE\nThe distributing poiut for all the hydraulic\nmines at Horse Fly, North and South\nForks aud main Quesnelle River,\nalso the stock ranges of Chileoten\nand Beaver Lake Vallev.\nAt tl is Point will be found a good assortment of\nGENERAL MERGH AND ISE & MINERS SUPPLI ES\nAlso one of ihe best Hotels on the route Information cheerfully given\nVEITH & BORLAND. Proprietors and Stock Raisers.\nSchilling's Best means:\ntea til\u2014trig powder\nco-;'.- flavor;,^' uxliucl.\nBoil. mifi epic;.\nas good as anybody wants.\n*\" l\"i sale liy\nHnrvoy, Bailey tk Co,\nR. P.RITHET & CO., Ltd.\nWharf Sireet. VICTORIA, B. C.\nWHOLESALE MERCHANTS, SHIPPING\nAND IX_.URA._VCE.\nAgents fori\nWells .-.go, -nliinibln Flouring Mills Co., or Knderby.\nPacific Const M-amsliii) co's line of steamers between Victoria and\nSim Fr-iicifico.\nMineral Act, 1896.\n(FORM >\u2022'.)\nCertificate of Improvements.\nNOTICE.\nFORTY THIEVES MINERAL CLAIM.\nSituate In Uie Lillooel Mining Division\ntif I.illiHu-t Disirki.\nWht'iv li..ii!..l -Situtli I'\u25a0'Ik nf Hi-nUri' l.iv.r.\nTill.*' noli.-Hint we, l.oli.rt U, Skinner and\n.fii.in M;tr.li:ill. Uic miner's ccrtllicalw- No.\nii't7ii.\\.ii:'-i 'iTiitl H.iiiU'tHl, 110 days from tlie date\nlit-imf, mil-.tlviu the ininiiiR recorder fora\ncurtlflcnU! \"i Improvements, for the purpose\n1 if nl-:iiiiiiiL- a crown grantor the ahove claim.\nAnd further lnke notice thnt action, under\ns\".'iiim 117. iniiHt he ciiinnienceil hefore the issuance of such cerlilii.ite of improvements*-\nDntedtf,lB20th.d.iy.SI.NIove^^lg97.\nnam\nThe undersigned offor for sulo thoir\nwell-known pack train consisting of\ntho following:\n(10 head of puck mnjoa with complete\noutfit of packing rigging with euch\nmule.\n5 houd of riding mules with saddles,\notc, otc.\n8 houd of 4 year old mules witb or\nwithout packing outllt. Theso latter\naro only halter broke.\n1 only boll muro with saddle, etc.\ngoes with train.\nThis ia without doubt tho most coni-\nploto packing outfits in U. C. aud is\nfor salo \" on bloc.\" For terms, otc,\napply to\nVIETH & BORLAND,\n150-Mile House, B.C.\n|L.S.] THOS, K. McINNES.\nCANADA.\nPROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA,\nVICTORIA, bv the tirace of (foil, of the\nUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, ijneeii. Defender of lhe Kaith, Ac, t*c.\nTo Our faithful the Members sleeted to serve\nin the Legislative Assembly of Our Province\nof British Columbia at Our City of Victoria\u2014\n(J11KETI-.G.\nA PROCLAMATION'.,\nA.O.SMITH. 1UIUEREAS Wc\nDeputy AttorattrQentral, )n are uestrlous\nand resolved, as soon as nifty be, to meet Our\n|ico|>leof Our Province of British Columbia,\nand loliiive tlioir advice In Our Lenlalature:\nNOW KNOW YE, that for diveia causes\nnnd considerations, and taking into consideration the eiise and convenience of Our loving\nmihjc-ls, We have thought lit, by anil with the\nadvice of Our Executive Council of the Province of British Columbia, to hereby convoke,\nand hy these presents enjoin Von, and each of\nynu Hint on Thursday, the loth day of the month\noi I'Ybruaiy, one thousand eight hundred and\n11inr.v-elp.it, you meet Fs In Our said Legislature or Parliament of Ouv said Province, al\nImrCitvnfA-irlorlri, POR THE DISPATCH\n< IF BUS! N ESS, to treat, do. net .mid Conclude\nupon -Hose tilings Which In Our Legislature of\nthe Province of llriilsh Columbia, oy the Common Council of Our aald Province may, by\nthr favour of Ond, be ordained., ..\nIn Testimony WHBHKOF, We have cnuscd\nthese Our Letters .tn be made Patent, and\ntheOrcnt Seal of ttie snid Province to be\nhereunto nillxed: WlTNRss.tht; Honourable THOMAS K. MclNMKH. Lleuteiiant-\n'invcrnor of Our said Province of Hrtllsh\nColumbia, In Our City of Victoria, n Our\nsaid Province, llilfl thirtieth day of Decern,\nher, in thc year of Our Lord one thousand\niKht hundred and ninety-seven, aiiil:ln\nES HAKEK.\nProvincial Secretary*\nDUNN & Co Ltd\nIMPORTERS 0.*-\nCable address \"Cortes,' Vnncouver.\nHardware,\nber and Quartz Mining Supplies.\n8 nml 10 Cordova Sireet, Vunoouvor, U.C.\nP.O. Bui No. um.\nMacKinnon, Debeck & Company,\n611 Hastings street, VANCOUVER, B.C.\nMINING BROKERS AND AGENTS.\nMinim; corniianh's oruniilml and Honied. Proneilie. bonded ami ri'linilcil mi lor Ion-inn 11\nLien! synilicalcs. Havm-,; been lesl.lrnf. of Iln- pro. nnr I.n Ihc |i;isl IWenl*. M. wars, wi-\nnri-lhmi-f-m-liia-niH n to furnish tlif mo-l ii-llublr inlj-iuiiil lo In' i.U.un.d *,.\u201e.\n\" IH'cltim Uii; v.ilu.iUr :iiiin:i.il ii-mirces ol Ilia |HOVlU' \u2022'. I nni's|>ondenfi* Millcileil,\nOfflte of the \" Golden Cache Afws Compam\\ t.td.,v of t.illooet, Ji, Q,\nWHOLESAL\nVawouyer, :\nDOERING & MARSTRAND\nBR^^vV'X-l^rQ- CO-\nCelebrated Alexandri Lager and Porter\nSpeciailv Recommended.\nVANCOUVEE, ,-' \u2022 \u2022 B.C.\niM, MININGS MILL SUPPLIES\nMcFARLANE & CO..\nare manufacturers und direct importers, and\nstock of balance,, Furnaces, Fire Clay\ntiiic and Practical Hooka, Glassware\n'od-3, Acid?, Chemicals, and all other\ntiers' and Mill requirements.\n'tits for Morgan Crucible Company,\nlecker's Sons' Bnlnnces, etc,\nare a purchaser of tbis class of goods\nfor Illitstrnted price list.\nP. O. Box 85B, VANCOUVER, B. C.\nTeli-p rap hie Address; \"assay,\" Vancouver, B.C.\nTHE IMPERIAL BREWERY AND\nsox}--. -cca-Tian works oo.\nLagei Beer and PorBr Tbe Best Quality only Brewed\nfrom \\hoioe Malt and Hops\nK-.KLOOFS, 33. C.\nSODA WATER WORKS.\nIn connection toil h our Bretoqt mhcivc initial a net- and complete plant from San Fran-\neiteo for the manufacture of Soi Water, Qtnoer Ale, Sarni>arilla, Vluimpaione Cider and\nMinernl Water of all kindt. ,\nAU order* from fiMHtktK^l'O \"*i\" receive 010* ;j.r_(oiMtl& House\n127-Mile House\niv.-Milc Home -\nl-,-.i-Milc House\nli.l.Milc House ,\nWrMile. House.\nm-MlLK UOVtSK\nSoda Creek\n_7 lexniiili-ia\nMoffat's\nA usti-alitin'litiiielt\nJloluuion's\nQuesnelle \u2022\nCottonwood\nHeaver l>asn\nStanley\nHarkerville\nPlaces liclow.liaailsln-eincli from\nI'lv-milr.House but llic.\ndistances arc from\n\u25a0 A shcre.fl.\nIlia Irfko \u25a0 \u2022 \u25a0 1\"'J\nHeaver Lake. . . . KIT\nQuesnelle Forks \u25a0 . Wl\n\u00a5\n1\"\nTHE IINING JOURNAL, $2A YEAR\n RIVER DRCDQINa FOR ()OU).\n(Written for lhe MiniiiR and Scicnliliel're-s,\nSan Francisco, by Mr. R. I-I. I'ostlethwnlte.]\nRegarding rivor dredging for gold, I\nUnd from my own observation, aud\nalso from tho latter written by Mr.\nKichnrcls iu tbo issue of the Miniug\naud Scientific Press of tbo 12th June,\ntlmt. so fur subaqueous mining has not\nbeen a success iu this state. I buvo\nread Mr. Richard's letter with great interest, aud fully endorse bis remark\nthat successful dredging must be tbe\nresult of mechanical skill and \"evolution.\" This evolution Is exactly what\nI claim for the class of dredges that I\nam now designing, nud which nre bo\niug built by the Risdon Irou-works.\nA brief resumo of dredpiugascarriod\nout on the Kiver Molyneux iu New\nZealand, where there aro now workiug\nsome sixty dredges, will show tho ovo-\nlutlou process. It is a very swift river\noarrios moro water thau tho Sncra-\nmouto, and tho bottom is composed of\na layer of barren tailing varying from\n1 foot to 20 feet deep and traveling at\nvarying velocities; then comes tho old\n\u2022formation or boulders and gravol interspersed witb senilis of pay dirt. As\nthoro is an immense amount or gold in\ntho bed of the rivor, It was at onoo\nrecognized Hint moans must be found\nto buii'llo it. in tho early duys\ntho minora worked the banks\n\u00abs far lu Ibo river as tbey could roach\nwith spoou tlrodgos. Tho uoxt evolution wns u small, weak, uutl poorly eon-\nBlruotod bucket .ladder tlrodgo driven\nby current whoeh mi either side. Those\nproved very ininleipinlo In handle the\nhenvy boulder.*-!, and were only able tn\nwork iu tho eiirront. Tho uext Stop\nWhs lo make lhe nitmliinory heavier and\nput on a stoatn-otlgliio. It was ubout\nthis Umo that tho uso of tho spud lu\nMow \/.eulniul culled a sell, eanio in,\nbul did not last very long, as It wns\nfound liielllcieut and took more hands\nIn work it. The spud is not fouud now\non nny drodgo lu lho country, being\nquito out of date. In plaooof the spud\nthe best dredges use a powor-wluoh\nwitli six drum drills, all boiug under\n{he control of one mull, ffour of these\ndrums carry Hues running from tho\nfour corners of the drodgo, tho othor\nend of tho line boing alllxed to \"dead\nPltm\" or backers on tho bench. Tho\nfifth drum curries the head line. With\nthoso live lines tbo dredge can bo mnde\nto rapidly take up any position neees-\nsnry, ouo man handling her with the\ngreatest ease and nicety and wilh no\nloss of timo. Tbo sixth winch-barrel\ncarries tho ladder-lino, raising or lowering the ladder as necessary. For\nlifting the large quantities of gravel,\nrock, aud boulders, after long and\nthorough trials, it has been fouud tbat\nthe bucket-ladder will easily beat the\ncentrifugal pump. The pump dredge\nwas given a fair test, different makes\nof pumps being used, but all attempts\nended iu failure. The failuro arose\nfrom two causos\u2014Ursl, lack of efllci\neuoy. In tho second place, unless\nboulders up to oue tou in weight could\nbo handled a machine was useless in\nthe Molyueux. For sand or slurry the\ncentrifugal pump, I at oneo admit, is\ntho thing, but not for gold-dredging.\nTwo other methods have beeu fied\nouo tho pneumatic cnissou. This would\nbe all right for a rich patch, tho local\nity of which was exactly known, but\nfor regular every day work, where\nmuch barren stuff hud to bo lifted, it\nproved a lameutablo failure. Tho last\nmethod wus tbe hydraulic elevator\u2014a\nmost excellent uppliauce in its place,\nbnt this placo is not iu a rivor bed 10\nfoot below tho level of tbo wator, us\nmost of tho work of tho elevator then\nsists in pumping water which does not\ncarry gold. Tho successful gold dreduo\nof tho present day is tho evolution of\nthirty odd years, each dredge being\nbuilt an improvement ou tho predecessor. No man eau sit down and dosign\na dredge by calculations, the strains\ntho niachino is subject to being so variable aud impossible lo uccuratoly for-\ntell. Tho main shafts of tho prosout\ndredges are mado at leftSfc twice as\nheavy as would bo arrived at if calculated to transmit tho average horsepower used. Thoso sizes havo boon\narrived at by gradunlly enlarging until\na sizo has boon fouud which will resist\ntho heavy shocks tho drodgo is subject,\nto. I am now building a drodgo on tho\nYuba river to drodgo lo foot deep witb\na gross capacity of uiuoty-threo cubic\nyards au hour. Tho drodge consists of\ntwo long pontoons, each 00 feet long\nand 9 foot beam. These aro connected\nnt tbo storu by a small pontoon 17 foot\nlong aud 0 feet wido, the bow boing\noonuected by a heavy overhung beam.\nThis practically makes ouo boat 90 foot\nlong, 23 feet wide, with a woll-holo 5\nfoot wide running through tho centro\nfor some 75 foot.\nTho ladder, 07 ft. long, built up as a\nheavy lattico girder, is hung at tlie\nstorn end by a bar llxod across a heavy\nwoodou framing, The lower end oftho\nladder carries u five-sided tumbler, and\nis suspended by blocks uud tackle to a\ncross-beam. By means of wire ropo\nand blocks tlio winch can raiso or lowor\ntho bottom end as required. Tbo top\ntumbler is carried by the timber frum\niug some II feet abovo tlie top end of\ntbo ladder. Tlio continuous bucket-\nchain conios up the top sido of tlio lad-\ndor ou rollers round tho top tumbler\nand back in a catenary curve to tbo\nlowor tumbler. Tho top tumbler is\ndriven through a ropo transmission\nund heavy gears by tho engine, a vortical compound condonsnig one, which\nalsodrivos the pump, and indicates\nabout 3T)-horso powor.\nThe material discharges from the\nbuokots on to a delivery-plate, down\nwhich it shoots into a revolving screen\nor grizzly. Tho centrifugal pump,\nthrowing 11,01X1 gallons por minute, sup-\nplioswator ton perforated pipe inside\ntho scrooii. This wator thoroughly\nwashes tho material, tho liner wasbdirt\nand gold going through holes in tho\nscreen and falling into a distributing-\nbox. From tho distributingbox it\npasses on to a sot of gold-saving tables,\n11 foot wide, and thenco iuto a flume.\nIn this connection I would like to point\nout that tho exporiouoo in Now Zealand loads us to got tho greatest width\nof table practicable, thus running the\nwashdirt over it iu a thin or shallow\nstream, whereas tho genoral practise\nhoro scorns to bo to uso a narrow, long\nflume. A wido table with frequent\ndrops nnd changes of volocity of tho\nstream, together with fairly frequont\nwashing up, is, I fool satlsllod, tho secret of saving lino gold when mixed\nwith muoh black sand. The tables aro\ncovered with cocoa-matting and expanded metal, a ilnor gold-savor than\nwhich was never used. Tho stones and\nrooks pass through tho screen down a\nstone shoot, either direct iuto the rivor\nor ou to a tail lues-elevator when working Into n high face of gravol,\nIt is now in placo to consider tho\neluss of ground that can bo worked\nwith a dredgo and the cost por yard of\nhardling tbo samo. Broadly speaking\nany ground which is not deeper than\n\u25a030 foot bolow water level or more than\n'20 foot abovo, and which contains boulders of not more thnn, sny, ono ton\nwolght, oau bo handled ut from 3 to B\ntouts por cubic yard. Tho ground need\nnot, bo in it rivor, provided tho steep-\nage Is SUlMolont to Hoilt the drodgo and\nkeep the wuter clean ouough to wash\nthe dirt with. I think 1 can say with\noonfldouoo thoro la no other method hy\nwhich grouud, provided it fills llio\nabove conditions, can be huudlod so\n'heuply,\nI havo fell a little dlltldent as to\nWriting the nbovo, us I font'some of\nyour readers may say, \"What right\nhas n man from n littlo country like\nNow Zouiand lo oomo horo and toll us\nthut their knowledge is much greater\nUiun imis?' lu vory many wuysCull-\nfiiraiu in wnll iu udvnu.!o of Now Zealand, especially in 'piurtz-inilliug, nml\nI have learnt much siuoo I camo here;\nbut in this oue particular class of inin-\nng - viz., di edging for gold\u2014I do oluliu\naud with Justico, that Now Zealand has\nhud more experience tbuu all the rest\nof the world, and if any of your numerous readers will do mo tho honor of\ncoining to soo tho drodgo on tho Yuba\nwhen working tlioy will bo ready to admit thut it does nil I claim for it. Tliero\nis, 1 believe, in California an immense\narea of country whicli can bo prollta-\nbly worked by the ubove method, and\nanything which koeps the miner in\nCalifornia is a general uud dircot benefit to tho Statu.\nTlie Weekly Clurl\u00bbn.\nOf course there's city papers here, but I don't\nKit the time\nTo read a dozen piigea every day,\nAnd lliem there pesky dallies air so chock a\nblock wiih crime\nThat they Jeat givo me shivers anyway,\nI'm pretty busy 'round the place -I can't he\nsell In' down\nAnd logvlll'nil the chores and things io\ndebut when tlie Weekly Clarion comes, that's\nprinted iu our (own,\nI gln'mlly contrive to read her through.\nThem dallies give ycr \" fiinin news\" and lell\nyer all the woes\nAnd troubles ofthe folks ncro.t the sea,\nThe Clarion toll's what happened io lhe folks\na feller knows,\nAmi that's ihe kind of news Hint pleases\nme\n\"Victory has had a Jubilee.\" Well what of\nthat.' Shu ain't\nNo more to mc than is liie pope of Home,\nBut \" Luther Wlxon gives his ham a bran' new\ncoal of paint\"\u2014\nWhy, thunderalioii. now you're gilthl'\nhome '\u25a0\nAnd. i\n) Cuh\nAbout the\nad\n. und Japan, I'll never can\nivsniul aquiibbleH that Ihey'\nWlxon well, b'gosli, ai\nMill I know I.uliii\nknow the barn,\nAnd know it necked painlin' mighty bad.\nI like to rciul \" A'lll rnlly lU'ilr-veiH .Isitin'lie\nAnd-'Jutlklm\nid mitre ll\ngoltl tame,\"\n\u2022. bul still Ib\nAnil the\ni the\n\u25a0iv\ncltloBt (Inrler, biz.\nMofltnllemhciula the\n\\ml, (hough I lialn'i m\nluid by ihem thnl Is\nThai bctlci poets than Ii-\nilyum\nJudge\nAnd |\nnutylxylll-wi-;\nmt loud,\nune; ami, though,\n.i means proud,\nJoo Lincoln, iii I\u201e A. W. Ulillctll\nWHO WANTS A n03ES?\nA Probably Rich But Vet Unexplored Country\nTho following interesting letter is\ntaken from tbe Province.\nTo tbo Editor: There yet remains\nwithin tho boundaries of British Columbia a vast tract of country yot practically unexplored, Tbat goes without\nsayiug. But a region to whioh I would\nspecially refer in this letter lies, I be\nlieve, within tho gold belt, with Otue\nnioa ou the south and Cassiar on tho\nnorth, audit is reasonable therefore to\nbelieve that rich placer diggings may\nere loug bo discovered on the creeks\naud rivers of this section.\nAnother important fact which goes u\nloug way to confirm ouo in this belie:\nis that for a number of years sovoral\nminers havo mado good wages ou tho\nFinlay river bars below tho canyons,\nbut owing to tho turbulence of tbe\nwaters coming through theso canyons\nthoy havo not as yet beon able to make\nu successful trip to tho placid waters\nbeyond, which it is supposed tako\ntheir riso to tho westward and directly\nin tho gold producing regions, lu the\ngeological survey of Canada Mr. Mo-\nConoll speaks ot tho Ingouioa, a tributary of tbo Finlay, as being woll worth\nprospecting, and ho further states that\ngood prospects woro obtained from\ntwo small creeks a fow miles below\nPaul's branch. As the Finlay is not,\nhowever, navigablo thoro remains but\nono othor way of getting iuto tho couutry and that is by an ovorland journey\neither in summer or wintor.\nTho winter season is perhaps to bo\npreferred for this trip, which thou\ncould bo mado by way of tho Skeena\nwithout much diflloulty, a dog train boiug called into requisition. Tbo entire\ndistanco by this routo would not bo\nmoro than 250 miles up to tho headwaters of tho Finlay aud tho Liard. Of\ncourse such an undertaking would ro-\nquiro capital expenditure, and that\nwithout auy certainty of roturu, but\nfrom some personal acquaintance with\ntho Omonica country I am strongly of\ntho opinion this section would well repay it prospector's labor. Meanwhile,\ncould not tbo Provincial Govornmeut\nbe induced to tako action towards\nequipping an expedition to oxploro this\nvast unknown territory? Who knows\nbut tbat horo is a region as rich in placer gold as even much boomed Klondike. J.\nCanadian^\nz Pacific fv\nSOO-PACIFIC LINE.\nThe Best\nand Cheapest\nROUTE TO ALL EASTERN roiiVTS,\nTOURIST CAR SERVICE.\n'O SI. Paul daily, Toronto every Sunday.\n_-.lonrr.al and Boston every Wednesday.\nMontreal and Portland, Mc, every Thursday\nThe Dining Car service rloiig the line\nthe C.P.I.. Isutiertnalleil anywhere.\nConnections at Vuncouver with st-min\nlines for China. Japan. I lawaiinti Maud;, at\nAustralia.\nofl at *\nKOOTENAY SERVICE.\nGoing norlli\nRead up.\nin.r.r,\nIH..I)\n\u2022j'j.uii\"\n811.00\nREVI-L3TOKI. :\nNAKUSP\nTHK1.I. KOKKS\n'e SANDON le\nSLOCAN CITY\nTUAIL\nROSSI-AND\n\u25a0\u25a0\u2022 N1SLSON le\nhor full information as to rates,\ntime iS-v,, apply to the nearest ticket\nagent to\nA. l\u00bb CLEMENTS,\nor to ' Agent, Ashoroft,\nE. J. (Joyi.i.,\nDistrict Pussongor agent,\nVnncouver. li. O.\nA vory curious man ounino is employed nt a mine iu Cornwall, England,\na mino which is 1,800 feet deep. This\nengine bus boon constructed for lifting\ntho minors and lowering thom in their\nwork, whioh is at a depth of 1,100 foot,\nIt has two parallel vertical roils provided with stages or platforms, which\naro reciprocated past each other, tho\nstages boing two futhoms apart. Much\nod receives a motion through the samo\ndistanco. A man stopping on to a lower\nplatform is raised by tbo lifting of the\nrod, whicli brings him to tho lovol of\ntho noxt ou tho othor rod, which is\nthen nt its lowest position, On to this\nho stops. So ho continues stopping\nfrom ouo to another, rising 12 foot bo-\ntwooti ouch stop. The platforms aro\nopposite to each other at tho doad\npoints of tho engine orauk, aud a slight\nptuiso Is mado whilo tho minors step\noff and on. Thus strings of men can\nascend with tho slight labor of stopping from ono platform to another.\nTho following modest request was\nrocoivod at Ashoroft this week:\nSin: Will you be so kind as to answer the following questions and propositions or baud this to somo one who\ncan and will.\nFirst, whut is throe-year old steers\nworth, also -1-year olds, and work oxou\nwhat is good mutton sheep worth, price\nfor next spring is whut I waut. I am\nau old traveler iu tlio north and I conceive the idea thut if tho right thing is\ndone a stream of immigration can bo\nstarted that way which will be of great\nimportance to all lines of business iu\nyour part of the country.\nThis is what I propose to do in this\nway, if tbo country from Ashcroft to\nQuosuollo inclusive will givo mo sufficient encouragement, I will go through\nthat way aud purchase stock, if it\ncan be doue, if uot I will purchase tbe\nstook furthor this way aud drive from\nAshoroft by Qucsuello to tho Yukon\nmines.\nNow when this is demonstrated that\nstock eau bo driven and goods packed\nthrough it will turn a largo immigration tbat way, notwithstanding\nit is a farther land travel, it can bo\nmado with less cash expense.\nThero is a largo immigration from\nthis part of the country many of thom\ntell mo if I go through British Columbia thoy will also, but will not if I\ndon't load. I am kuown to miuing\nmen aud others in California, Oregon,\nIdaho, Montana, Washington, Cariboo,\nStickino aud many camps. I am also\nkuown to somo considerable extent iu\nNebraska, Missouri, Iowa and Illinois\nand somo in Indiana aud Now York.\n1 havo followed packing, prospecting,\nmining and traveling in tho mountains\ntho largest part of the last IS years,\nand whero I lead with a bunch ot cattle'\nand pack animals, many more is sure\nto follow with increased numbers an-\nnualy.\nYou can easily soo this enterprise\nstarted and carried out, aud fow dollars to newspapers, what an advertisement it would bo aud what iufluenco it\nwould havo, bj\u00bb having a man who is\nknown ovor a largo scopo of couutry\nto carry it iuto effect, is in my opinion\nto turn a largo per ceut of tbo prospecting men and stock dealers that\nway whether tho slock cnu bo bought\nin British Columbia or not.\nI am not sutUciouty able to outfit\nproperly for tho undertaking iu a way\nto make it pay mo with my own moans\nuud iu view of the bonollts which I believe will surely accrue to tho business\nmen of that part of tho country. If\ntho country betweon Ashcroft and\nQuesnollo will help mo to 81,000 in cash\nor cattlo I will mako cho trip, feeling\nassured that my enterprise will bo a\nsuccess aud that you aud your neighbors aud tbo country at largo will reap\na rich harvest thereby for so small an\ninvestment.\nPleaso auswor all questions pro or\ncon at your earliest convenience as\npeoplo will soon begin to mako arrangements as to which routo thoy will go.\nI refer you to tho following geutlemou:\nHenry Wilbern, postmaster, Eagle\nOreek, Or.; James Patterson, postmaster, Portland, Or.; William Curron,\njustice of the peace. Currinsvillo, Or.;\nCharles Donelsou of Quesnello if ho\nIs still thoro; Mr. Munifoo of Williams\nlako if lio is thero. Ho will remember\nmo as tho man that followed horso\nthieves from Lowiston, Idaho, to Lyttou\nuud Williams lako in 1802. All of\nwhich is rospectrully submitted by\nyour humblo solicitor\nJames Simpson.\nEaglo Crook, Oregon, Deo. 0,1897.\nCHICAGO,\nMILWAUKEE &.\nST. PAUL RY\nislhohosl line to and from ClilongojMilwaukee um! nil poinis Enst. Willi ils\n0,155 miles ol thoroughly equipped rond\nil readies till principal hns in ess centers in\nNorthern minis; Wlsonsln,\nIowa, Minnesota, Soutn Dakota,\nNorth Dakota and Mh\nMichigan\nTHE ONLY LINE\nRunning Electric Lighted antl Bloom\nHontoil Ycslibnleil Trains.\nTime tables, mnps nud information\ngardlng roules, rules nml oiher details\nrelating to tho roud will ho furnished on\napplication to any coupon ticket agent, or\nhv -uldrcssing U, J. Eddy, General Agent,\nPort lnnd. Ore.\nMineral Act, 1896.\nW.T. SLAVIN\n\u2022u and fancy Goods,\nP. O. Box fl, Kamloops, II. C.\nSIDNEY WILLIAMS, P.I.,S.,l,.A.S.I\u201eI.Olitl\nUiul Surveyor, civil Engineer mul\nDi-inf-lit-mim,\nQUESNELLE MOUTH, ll. 0.\nEngineering and Survuy wmk. Raporln on\nminim; properll.B. .Maps nml pinna |ii*e-\npared \u00bbf any portion of Cariboo district.\nHUGH COCHRANE,\nMINING & GENERAL AGENT.\nNOTARY PUBLIC.\nBAKKl-ttYILLE, - - Cnrlboo. 1). C.\nPETS\u00a3R BURNET,\nDominion ami Provincial Land Surveyor,\nLILLOOET, H.C.\n ....- of any description proint-tty eom-\nlilft-.'il. l-di.il.il- irii..'.-...ii niim-t.il e la ims in\nHa- Ullooet district iuriii.hed ;il ic;i:.onahle\nPrices.\nDo y lhe Inisine:^ nf r;iiif1iiaj_r on\nIlie Uon-i'arte and I slinll not lie rcr-|>un--iliU:\n?,rnnvdBW\",,eforL,,m,1?!!li.:,illl.S,fibRK.\nUotintmi.elI).C,Dec381 itu)7.\nthe next session men im an an in um\naie ihe('aiilrlui.i.,a--i;n >V Yukon Knilwny cum\nrianv with iinweiln cnn.-lruel a railway fr-mi\nthe main line nl ilie Canadian 1'acilic railv.av\nal ur near Ashcrnfl, llience in n northerly cli-\niv.-tiriii Hn-Hij;li ttie -'arihim and Cassiar dis-\niri.t insnme puint nn Lake Teslin. thence ns\nneur as may lie alonit the slir\nof Lake Teslin to Ihe lower en\nlliereof. thence followini; Ilie course ;\nnear us mav he of tlie Hoot till nml n, Lewes an\nYukon rivers to Dawson city in the Norlhwe\nTerritory or to some intermediate [mint.\nAnd with trower, tn cunMriict. equip, update\nand maintain, luancli lines and all in.o;-*sary\nhi idee:., roads, ways, leiries, wharves, ducks,\nand coal hiinkeis in conneclhm Iheiewiih;\nand willi power tn hnild. own, crimp, operate\nan.l maim iin steam aud olher v.-s-.-lr- and\nliuats and with pnwei In hnild. e.|Uip, operale\nand maintain U'leuraph ami telephone lines in\neunerliun with the said railway:- aud hianclms.\nand in (re ne rale electricity for the supply of\nliiilil. heal and power; and with power luex-\nPir.piiate landr, loi ihe purposes uf the company, and to acquire land:-, Iannises, privileges\nnr other aids from any (.nvernmciit. nmnici\ni.jilitv or olher per.suns or bodies corpoiale,\nnnd lo make traffic or other a.ranncmeni-.\nwilh railway, steamboal or other companies;\nand wilh power lo hnild watfun roads lo he\nused in construction of such railways and In\nadvance of lhe same, anil to use wacon roads\naheadv cnnslrucled, ami to levy and collect\ntolls from all parties usinc and ou ah freiirlil\npassim; over any such rniah buill hy lhe company, buill after the pa-snee of lhe Acl hereby\napplied (or. and with all olher usual, nei ev-ary\nor incidental riilhls. powers or privileges :is\nmav be necessary or incidental or conducive to\niheailaiuinent uf the above ohiecls or any of\nthem. LATCiiruun .\u2022. M< IHii:iiai.i..\nSolicitors for the applicants.\nDalai til Olliiwii Ilie UTlli day of November\n1807, \u2022 J'-10\nNollce is hereby given ihat all nct-oi\niiwitm to the estate of the late (ieort-e Man\nHurlcv. of Qusenelle, inu^t he paid lo me on or\nbefore 111. '-.iilh of January, Irtns. All parlies\nhavine ace.inntsaj'aiusl Hie said estate will\nkind]', -end them in to me duly cerlilied on or\nbefore said dale.\nJOHN A. KI'ASKU,\nOfficial Administrator.\n(Jnesnulle, Dee. 18th, 1807. ii-Ul\nBlacksmith, Wheelwright and Wagon Builder\nHORSE SHOEING A SPECIALTY.\nIron, steel nml Timber kept In atoek, imtl a -tuck of Eastern mado Carrlui-es, BogRtea and\nHoud dirts kept, on Inuid nt reduced juice., and also nwde to order. Manufacturer\nof \" Tlio Lehman Tiro Setter \" whicli nil ..'neke-m'Tlis should use. All work\nwarranted, niul prices lower tlmn ever. An assortment of Oofilna\nnntl Caskets nhvays on hand.\nB. C-\nASHCUOFT,\nVictoria,\nVancouver,\nLtd\nKamloops.\n-DBALB-ia IN-\nAgricultural Implements of all kinds\nIn.ROSt slock In tlie province nnd best nssormentt\nAmerican Bain wagons also Canadian Bain\nsuitable I'or freighting and (arm niiruos. ?.\nBuggies Carts, Spring* Wagons.\nall at prices lo suit the times.\nOrders filled promwtlv.\nR-Jisierai Act, 1896.\n(FORM F.)\nCertificate of Improvements.\nNOTICE.\nice thnt\n\u25a0itiicjite >>\n' Me he:\nmierfol\nof, t\nclothe mil\nulllililC\ndavsh\nin- ns\nlor Ilie\nthe above i-iaiui.\nAnd further lake notice Ihat action, llllill\n-eclion :i7, iniir-t be commenced belo.-e Ilie e\nSUiinee nf such certUicale oi ; nu \u25a0: ..v,n-.-ni-,.\nDated this UUili d;;y or November. iH;)7.\n88t0 C. A. PHAIR.\nm\nGIBSON.\nEKET\nMain tied,\nWHOLESALE AND RETAIL.\nAttention and alisfactionguarantced to customers.\nAHCROIT,B C.\n-jistreog & Morrison\n\u25a0&\n-AN-PAOT-It-RS or\nTwo rrluurrr Irrnntlurl .1 \\V will bu huI,1 on r,\nrnnclr or, liiL- 8th 1 .brnnry, 1-UH, lo Jufrny c:\n|)U,rsufi of irnrirL'.\nTIIOMASCUKNOW,\nUull Spollc-l UrUlgu.\n15\nIV.ETED STEEL P!PE,\nORE @AR8, ORE BUCKETS,\nMONITORS & ELEVATORS.\nContractors for Complete Hydraulic Mining Plants.\nII eiitl.y A venue VANOOUVER, B.O\n_^\u00a3_\n ^\"\n*\nDr. BurgosH, dentist, haa boou quito\nbusy this woek.\nSee notioo of mandolin and guitar\ninstruction in auother column.\nAllison Woods is now solo proprietor\nof tbo Welcome restiumuit.\nNo matter which way you go you will\nvery likely wish you had \u00abono some\nothor. \t\n,1. H, McMillan A- Co., havo a new ad\nbeginning with tbis number. Thoy aro\nu reliable llrm.\nMajor Moore's men at Quesnelle\naro roportod as good explorers.\nFreight is beginning to come in. Wo\naro informed by Mr. Hamshaw that tlio\ncom puny lie roprosouts will soon ship\na largo hydraulic plant in for Installation near Barkervlllo,\nBorn\u2014At Soda Crook, B. C, on Sunday, January 16,1808, to tho wifo\nof Mr. Chip Smith, a daughter.\nSenator Jas. Uold and family uro In\nCalifornia spondlng a few wooks. Ho\nwill bo back homo for a time in tho\nearly spring.\nH. P. Lewis was laid up a day or two\nthis wook from two much familiarity\nwith a cayouse's hind foot. Tho hurt\nwe are glad to say was not serious.\nTho Vonorable Edwyu S. W. Pen-\ntreath, Archdeacon of Columbia, will\npay his Ilrst visit 13 St. Albau's church\non Sunday noxt, the 2!lrd instant.\nTho material fov the wnter works\nand electric light system has bognn to\narrive and work will bo boRtmlnoni--\nnest as soon as the frost, is oiil.nl' tho\nground. R, Nesbitt bus llu- contract\nfor tho poles fov tho line from tbe mill\nto llio village ami will soon begin do*\nllvoting thom.\nKlondike^ lo Ilie riglit lit un,\nKlondike!-**, lo the left of us.\nKlondike*-- in front of us.\nIn tin* country so cold\nIII search ofthe glittering gold,\nTlicy will plunge in great numbers.\nWhen the sen slmkes tlicm ii|),\nWhen llieir grubs cnteii lip,\nWhen they're \"stuck uu\" tit Skngwtmy oi\nDyea,\nThey will then realize\nThat we did not theorize,\nWhen we advised \"Overland\" the best way,\nA pleasant dancing party was given\nto Miss Greta McRae on Thursday evening at the Town Hall by ber many\nfriends. Miss McUao goes home soon\nfor a vacation of a fow weeks.\nThe large reservoir for tbo wator\nworks will bo on tho sido hill opposito\ntho end of Secoud street. There will\nbe a connection between it and tho\nC. P. R. tank so that water for the\nrailroad use can be readily supplied.\nMr. Robinson of Soda Creek arrivod\nin town this week on his way homo\nfrom a long visit to tho oast. Mr. Robinson says look out for Klondlkers.\nThoy will descend on the Province in\nthe springlike thelocustsdid on Egypt\nsome years ago.\nIn order not to be outdone by tbo\nrest of the employees of tho Asheroft\nhotel, Jack Wyness just won the llddle\nat the raffle the othor night, and now\nspends tho long hours on tbo uight\nshift practising. Several boarders\nhavo given notice.\nAshcroft wants a flrst class jeweler\nand there is an excellent oponing for\nsuch a man. Wedonotmeanbythissome\ntinker to come along with a couple of\nsacks full of Waterburys and start bus\niness calculating to run It a month or\nsix weeks, but a good workman will receive cordial support.\nG. W. Baldwin, the skin tyee, Is visiting his old friends and customers In\nthe Cariboo country. Mr. Baldwin\ngoes soon to Winnipeg, whoro his headquarters will bo hereafter. Ho Is not\nonly a judge of fur but eau toll at a\nglanco just how far olF a bird or clay\npigeon Is nud when he raises his \"Parker\" look out.\nWe nro In receipt of a letter from E.\nJ. Caso of 507, 1st ave,, Minneapolis,\nasking if thoro would be a chance for\na tailor to got work in Ashoroft in a\nshop. In answer, would say, thero is\nno tailoring establishment in Ashcroft\nbut one is badly needed. If a shop\nwero opened by the right parties tbore\nis no question of a good support.\nH. J. O'Connor of Spokune is in Ash\nbroft, having just ridden over tho trail\nfrom Spokano via Loomis, Washington,\nMr. O'Conner says it is au easy trip\nand can be mado by ono traveling light\nwith horses iu 12 days. Loaded horse?\nwould of course not bo able to travel it\nso fast. He is of the opinion that mnny\nthousands of pooplo from Montana,\nIdaho, Oregon, Washington, Colorado\nand othor states will come iu via Spokane to Ashcroft withiu the next fow\nmonths. Mr. O'Conner realizes that it\nis much too early to start north with\nhorses but will nevertheless go ou before many days and get as far along as\nbo eau under the present conditions.\nAsbcroft produces aud brings forth\nto the kuowledge of the world the most\npoets of any country town iu the province, A glance at tho \"poem\" of Mr.\nThomas E. Hlggensou In auother col\numo will show that another hitherto\nunknown local poet has sprung up.\nSome flue sentlmonts aro expressod in\nit, for instance, \"Ponies behind all iu a\nrow,\" and again, -'their heads all up\nhigh iu the air,\" aud \"while at Lac La\nHache\" aud \"partnko of some wator\nfrom tbat large bodied well.\" A little\npoetical license may have been taken\nin some parts of tho poem but takon\nall around wo think that Mr. Higgou-\nson can safely \"a la Corbett to Fitz-\nsimmon's\" challenge Prowlabout fora\npoetical fight fur the laurouteship of\nthe vlcluity.\t\nWe regret to announce the sudden\ndeath of Mr. Robert Crozior, at tho\nPorry ranch last Mouday morniug.\ncaused by a ruuaway toam, Tbo do-\ncoasod was in his \u25a0'Mth year, tho sixth\nson of tho late William Croziei- of\nCounty Lictrum, Ireland. Ho was uot\nmuoh known iu this section, having\nreoently come among us, but of his\ncharacter we can form a good idea\nfrom what wo kuow of his cousin, Mr.\nGoorge Blair, now manager at tho Perry\nranch and his brother William, who for\nsuch a long time has so ably acted iu\nthat capacity for the Messrs. Cornwall.\nThe funeral was hold at 1! o'clock Wednesday afternoon from St. Alban's\nahurcb. His brother desires us to\nthank his many frlouds for thoir kind\nattendance, especially tbe youug lady\nwho donated tho floral tributes for the\n-casket,\nA sketch map of tho Ovorland route\nfrom Ashcroft to the Yukon will shortly bo issued by Messrs. Fraser and Roberts of Asbcroft, B.C.. showing damping grounds, river crossings, etc., oto.\nThis will bo a valuable map for parties\nintending going the overlaud route.\nTho map and short description will be\nout in about ton duys, and parties\nwishing to got ono cun send to the\nabove address and secure ono. Price,\npaper, 50 couts, mounted on cloth 81.00,\nA Chicago party consisting of A.C.\nWilkinson nnd wife, Houry Oolbnnm,\nFetor Preitog, Frank Wugnor, Emit\nProeser and P. D. Wilkinson, uro slaying at the Curgilo Houso and aro outfitting for the ovorland trip. Thoy\nhave bought thoir horsos aud the stores\nhavo their order for goods. Thoy understand thoroughly that the route is\nnot advertised by those advocating it.\nfor a winter routo, nud will go only ns\nfur as thoy think thoy eau to advantage on tbo snow, Their prosout Intention is to break In tbeir horses nud\nmove along up to Quesnollo some time\nin February. They uro a well informed\nparty and will yot along well without\ndoubt. Several hundred of thoir friends\nwill follow from Chicago within a fow\nwooks.\nDr. Clark of Kamloopa informs us\nthat he has leased for a loug term of\nyears a piece of ground on Railway avenue and will ut oneo bogln the construction of a now building with a view\nof engaging iu business in Asbcroft.\nThe doctor believes Ashcroft to be ns\ngood a business town as can bo found\nIn tbo country for its size uud that\nprosporous times are ahead for ull iu\nthis section. Wo very much suspect\nthnt when the rainbow trout oftho\nThompson river boar tbe news that\nthoy will protest vigorously against the\ndoctor settling down boro for ho is said\nto be the most skilled fisherman in\nBritish Columbia and no better tlsbing\nis found In the world than in tbo\nThompson river whore it Hows swiftly\nby Ashcroft.\ns Auyouo wishing reliable iuforiun-\n|j tion regarding tbo overland route\nI from Ashcroft to Luko Teslin eau\nI secure tho same by remitting 25 j|\n| cents to J. H. Clements, druggist 1\nfi and stationer, at Asbcroft, for a \u00a5\n| copy of \"Overland to Klondike,\" I\nI through \"Cariboo, Omonica nud Cos- |\n| siar.\" Ton full page illustrations |\n| aud u correct map of tbe roads and 1\n| trails, issued by tho B.C. Mining :\n| .JoURNAti, uud contains its special \u25a0\n| correspondent's report of tho actual |\n| prosout condition of the trail. Sur-:\nI veyor J. D. Dovereux having boou I\nI sont over the route by the JOURNAL !\n';'\u25a0 to examine and report on tho same.\nI Tbo book contains iu all 70 pages. }\nTho Kamloops Standard says: \"Mr\nRoy, who was in Kamloops on Tuesday\nin order to enquire into tbe navigabl\nity of tho Nortli River, finds himself\nunable to do anything ut prosout. Ho\nis, howovor, satisfied from enquiries\nmade, that tho idea is practical, und\nintonds coming back to Kamloops\nwhon the rivor is open, ascending tbo\nriver aud coming down in a bout, making a careful examination on the do-\nscent.\" Whilo Mr. Roy is in tho vicinity would it not bo a good thing for tbo\npooplo of Asbcroft to ask him to go up\ntho Bonaparto and come dowu a little\nlator, It would bo a grout assistance\nto us U' wo could got a line of bouts ou\nbetween Ashcroft und Mundoi'ls even,\nand if tho stream could bo mado navigable by a little dredging further up\nwo might nut ii line of stoamors up to\ntho junction of the Kamloops road to\nBridge Creek somewhere uoav Lho\nChasm. Wo cauuot havo too many Internal improvements. Aslicrolt, asked\nfor a school houso, hospital and now\njail last year. Wo didn't got them, so\nit won't burl our feelings to be refused\nauy thing.\nThe city of Kamloops.\nTbe StundtmJ of Kiimloops tints editorializes!\n\"Thc Standard bus, since its inception, given up considerable spaoo to\nmutters directly affecting this city. We\nhuvo devoted columns to our mineral\nprospocts, to our natural advantages!\nto our agricultural interests, und to\nthe wonderful progress Kamloops is\nmuking in tbo building lino.\nTho beginning of another year finds\ntho city still booming, uud, judging\nfrom tho prosout prospects, it looks us\nif lust year's wonderful building record\nwill bo eclipsod during tho com ing\nspring and summer. Already we hear\nof numerous blocks of stores uud dwel-'\nlings to be erected us soon ns the weather will permit. Chief among these is\nthe Clifford block, ut u cost of 810,000;\ntbe new Dominion Hotel at n coat of\n$20,000; tint Standard block, tho futuro\nhome of this journal, nta probable\ncost of $10,000! tho Gonello block on\nRiver street, und scores of now dwellings, 'Ibis news will bo bulled with\nsatisfaction by working mon, and our\npeople generally will fool overjoyed ut\nthis proof of Kamloops' continued pro-\ngross.\nKiimloops is nil right! She is ull\nright from tho tips of her protty toes\nto the crown of her dainty hoad with\nits wealth of goldon looks. She isa\ngood nml growing city, and she means\nto.ho blggor nud better lu tbo futuro\nthan she litis been in the past, Tho\npopulation should double within lho\nnext year or two, und when that time\nQouioa palatial stores aud residences\nvery band will afford tbo most sub-\nsliiulial kind of proof of tho general\nprosperity,\nThe Standard never gets tired talk\ntug about Kiimloops, because it loves\nKamloops und bus faith in hor, aud\nwhile till ils hopes are for her it has no\nfears. Tliero never wus a timo in its\nhistory when tbe outlook wns as bright\nns It is today, Our merchants and business men aro prospering, uud pooplo\ngenerally find it possible to got enough\nto oat aud drink, with un occasional\nbauquot thrown in, without serious\nworry. A3 for tho Standard, it is feeling serenely ut ponce with till the\n\u2022orld, nnd hopes everybody is enjoying tho good things of life and feeling\nhappy.\"\nTo Supply Slock ror KI-milkers.\nMr. Ike Lee drove 11 number of line\nhorses up over tbe line us far as Allison's place last full, for tho purpose of\ndriving lbelli inlo Asbcroft in the\nenrly spring. At tho Umo bo transferred bis stock nothing bud boon snid\nregarding tho overland route to tbo\nCold Holds. Now Mr. Leo regrets that\nho did uot wintor double the number\nof horses, Ho bus had several letters\nof enquiry regarding bis animals recently, uiul if is his intention iu a few\nweeks to lenvo for Asburo't with his\nbund. As lliero is ovory pr obnbility of\nconsiderable travol from Ashoroft\nnorthward this summor Mr. Leo Is now\nshaping bis -Ifiiirs so us to remain\nnorth several months wheu ho starts,\nuud mny push his wny clour to Alaska.\n- Palmer Mountain Prospector,\nStock-Taking\nPrevious to taking stock we will clear out odds uud ends\nand many linos of goods we nro overstocked in at - -\nCOST PRICE\nIf you buvo a few dollars to spend in Dry Goods, Clothing or Hoots und ShoOB,\nnow is your chance to got good values,\nMcArthur &\niOili\nWm, Lyne, Proprietor-\nDirectly opposite Depot, - ASHCUOFT, B\nThis Hotel lias been lately refitted ai\nnew wing, HO x 26 feet, containing ninete\nina: bath antl sample rooms, will be opene\nGood table and good service.\nThe only first-class Hotel in (own,\nMniitjni- From Elephants.\nMr. H. W. Setou-Karr in The Century tolls of his experiences whon \"After Big Gamo in Africa aud India.\" Iu\ntho hitter country he bunted as tbo\nguest :if the mabarujah of Kuch Bohnr.\nMr, Kurr says:\nOne ot tbo Ilrst things tho mabarajah\ndid after our arrival was to bund to\neach guest a slip of paper on which\nwas written tbo name of tho elephant\nwbicb wns allotted to him for shooting purposes, whieh boro on its back\nthe structure known as a \"howduh,\" to\ncurry the shooter uud bis glins, As\nthese elephants wero necessarily lurgo\nnnd the howduh is high, tho oscillation\nmuoh greater than if one wore seated\n011 :i plain pud opon tbo elephant's\nback or ou ono of the smaller elo-\nphauts, which bnve a smoother guit.\nWo usually, therefore, wont to tho\ncover or jungle, upon 0110 of the \"beat\ning\" or \"pad\" elephants, which after\nwards during the operations of tho\nday were employed in a long line to\nforce the rhinoceroses and othor animals out of tho dcuso thickets in which\nthey 1 ive.\nTho howduh elepbunt which tho ma-\nharaju allotted to 1110 was Secundor.\nThreo years previously it was an un*\ncaptured wild elephant ranging at lib-\norty tho jungles of Bengal. It was a\nHue female, between 9 * and 10 footiu\nheight at the shoulder, with short but\nperfect 'tushes' projecting a few inches\nbeyond the upper lip. Thero aro other\nelephants in tbe muharajah's stud\nwhich havo beeu tamed moro recently\nstill, It wtis very gentle aud obedient\nnud perfectly fearless und therefore\nvery valuable us a shooting elephant\nas, for example, ou sovoral occasions\nduring the following threo weoks it\nstood without lllnohlng tbe charge of\nwounded buffalo, tiger and rhinoceros,\nthus enabling 1110 to lake u steady shot\nA linost all elephants show great four of\nthe Indian rhinoceros. There nre few\nthat will not turn tail whon thoy scent\ntheir enemy and fewer still that will\nInstruct I on ai\nitiltnr. Umtdol\nren on the Mandolin and\nns furnished for 812,\nPRBLL & J-OZO-T.\nAslieroft Hotel.\n200-212 FIRST AVE. NORTH;\nMINNEAPOLIS, MINN.\nBran.il; bg wharf si., VICTORIA, B. C.\nJ. A. BROWNE, Manahei..\nf5?*Shl|\u00bbmcnts Solicited. Write for Circular.0*\"\u00ae!\n.11-\nfurnished, A\n001113, ill-Ill--\nOct. 1-1.\n<_f- .EI. CLEMENTS,\nDruggist and Stationer,\nBWTISH COLUMBIA.\nA well-assorted stuck at rightpries.\nAgent for Stephenson, the Kamloops Watch Specialist.\nOABIBOO\n\nin the li\nItk.TVill,-\nLe Mi\nll.C*.\niforcllio la\nil-iyof Mai.\nLaas! !\nirrl il\"\n.-\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0.ii--u.l\nirslgtiCU on\nUnrkcrvllle\nJn\n1..fr..,\\.l..|\n.rlii-f.ni'tlii\nJAMI&\nJOHN\nB.C.,\nitiiiry Kuli,\ni'-l.l;.vu\nHTU..I-\nrn-.\\ i-..\\\ni\nMny,\nSON'.\n,.r;-ilt<\nmn\nNotice ii licrcb}\ngiven tl\nn tli i'\n|inttner_lilp\niiereloloro oxtail\nB bclwe\nii All\nsou Woods\nmil Jo-Cpll L. Ki\neler, uikIi\nrtliol\nnn name of\nWootla & Koek\n*, (lolilB\nbnalnc\nss nt \"The\nWelcome\" Resin\nrant,A_t\nirolt,\nns been tlily\nlay dissolved b\niniitiinl\nCOIIHl\nnt; Allison\nWoods wlU conlli\nul* Uic* li\nI! 111L-J--\n. to wboin\nill debts nre to ho\npldd and\nvlm V.\nII -cttli- alt\niccoiiiilstintilnHt i\niu Bttlil llr\nll.\nlimed llil- tlie\nl.Ui dny\nOl Jfl\nutary, A.D.\nALLISON WOODS,\nWltncast\nJOS1.P1I L.\n.I'KLI.I..\nA. CLAWSON,\nA. MOOts'BY.\n88t5\nQuesnelle - Quesnelle\n<-?Tj_i--.!S_>ir_G-ii-jiijiE:-\nTliu undersigned having jusl luid in n lurgo aiul woll\nictuil stoclt of'\nGroceries, Clothing, Hoots and Shoos Min-\niiij.*; Outfits, nnd a General assortment\nof Hardware.\nis |..ro|iiii.(l I\" give good Hftllstii-liun in prices nml (|\\iulity ot\ngoods us llic following will slum :\nNo. I Ki,'.' $8 por 100 pouuds.\nI.xtrn \" 0\nGranulated sugar 9.25 \" \"\nGranulated sugar in lillli sacks t.00\nUncoil, ulenr sides smoked Ifi' conts llr.\nI!, Mils lii \"\nFlour Hungarian nud X X X X $G|5\nOtlior goods cqunlly low.\nJ\"____VC-3S REID.\nHUDSON'S BAY\nCOMPANY.\nQUESNELLE MOUTH,\nCARIBOO\nDirect\nB.C.\nA\nIMPORTERS AND DEALERS\nIN\nWINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS,\nDry Goods, Groceries, Hardware, Boots\nand Slioes, Miners' Supplies.\n3ed Ruck Prices. Goods Guaranteed.\nQuality.\neneral Merchants,\nA.SH01.0FT,\nBRITISH COLUMBIA.\nWe keep constantly on hand a Largo and Well-assorted\nStock of General Merchandise.\nProspectors and Miners going in via\nSHOROFT\nTo Carilioo, Omenica, Cassiar,\nLake Tesliu, or through to \u25a0 \u25a0\nS5LX-.ojxt3_-\u00bbi_k:_i---\nWill do well to examine our Stock and Prices.\ntW Correspondence solicited and information given to\nparties contemplating a trip to the gold -linos 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 HANOI!, UAIUBOO, U. U.\n","type":"literal","lang":"en"},{"value":"Title changes in chronological order: The British Columbia Mining Journal (1895-05-09 to 1896-05-02), The B.C. 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