"beb7fbf2-5f16-4fdd-9e25-81dc75dfcc90"@en . "CONTENTdm"@en . "BC Historical Newspapers"@en . "2015-12-10"@en . "1899-09-22"@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/proslill/items/1.0212484/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " ^^__B\n'\n7\nTHE\nVol. 2 No. ii.\nLILLOOET, B. C, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1899.\n$2.00 a year.\nTHE BEND'OR CLEANUP.\n[(Bullion Is Brought to Lillooet From the First\nCleanup. Nineteen Day* Run.\nOn Monday afterno n J.M. Mackinnon\nand Arthur F. Noel arrived in town from\nthe Bend'Or mines* on Cadwallader\ncreek, bringing with them the cleanup\nof the rock put tlirough the ten-stump\nmill. They left the Bend'Or mines\nabout 8 o'clock Sunday morning, aecom-\npd-vjijj by Mr. A. Woods, representative\nof tfjpVm. Hamilton M'f'g. Co., remaining /er night at the Big Horn ranch,\nand arriving at the head of Seaton lake\nabout noon, Monday. The steamer Minnehaha was on hand, decorated for the\noccasion, and conveyed the party and a\nfew of our citizens who had gone up to\nmeet them, to the foot of the lake,\nwhen the party drove to town. The rigs\nhad been decorated for the occasion, by\nthe drivers, and was much of a surprise\nto the party.\nThe mill at the Bend'Or was started\nup the afternoon of August 24 h, and\ncontinued until the morning of Sept. 15,\nwith three days' broken time, the actual\nrunning time being 19)\u00C2\u00A3 days. The rock\nput through waB an average of the tunnel\nfor a distance of four hundred feet, and\nconsiderable waste dirt and rock was\nmixed with it in the dump, as the winter\nrains and snow washed the debris into\nthe dump, which had been laying there\nfor nearly two years. The amount o(\nrock crushed was 420 tons, which gave\nan average of from $25 to $30 a ton\nin free gold; the tailings not yet having\nbeen treated, the values are unknown,\nbut, from all appearances, seem to be\nrich; the percentage of concentrates will\nbe large, and as near as can be arrived\nat, one ton to five free-milling, or about\n20 per cent.\nThis cleanup was only a partial one,\nthe plates not being thoroughly cleaned\nor the mortar, and a general cleanup\nwill be made later this fall.\nThe mill was only stopped for a short\ntime, and was started up again on the\nlttih for another run, and will operate\ncontinuously until winter finally sets in,\nalthough there will be Beveral cleanups\nbefore then. The mill run very satisfactory, and no trouble to speak of was\nhad, the machinery being placed in first-\nclass shape. The water power is excellent, and the company have sufficient\nfor their wants and to run any additional\nmachinery they may put in.\nAt the mine work is going on steady\nand satisfactory. No. 1 tunnel is in 620\nfeet; ore on top of tunnel at highest point\nand ore in elope. The tunnel is timbered, and the chute is ready to break\nore. It is estimated that there are several thousand tons of rich ore in the\nupper workings, and six men are at\npresent sufficient to break ore to keep\nthe mill running, although a number of\nmen are kept at work doing development\nwork on the property.\nI** No. 2 tunnel, 100 feet below No. 1 tunnel, has been driven 236 feet and tapped\nthe ledge Sept. 15th, showing a fine\nbody of ore 3 feet wide, all of which shows\nfree gold. The ore ia very rich, and now\nbeing taken from a depth of 300 feet,\nstill retains its free-milling qualities.\nThe fact of striking the ledge at this distance is proof of its continuance with a\ntrue fissure vein.\nTne company have been fortunate\nenough to acquire the Mabql fraction\nadjoining the Bend'Or boundary line on\nthe west, and giveB them a distance of\n800 feet more on the line of the ledge.\nThey also have options on the Lorne\nand Alhambra groups, about a mile and\na half distant from the Bend'Or. Much\nhas been written about the Lorne group,\nhut too much cannot be said in its favor.\nFrom July 20th until this week, in the\neighborhood of $8,000 will have been\ntaken out with an arrastra. The owners\nhave the ledge exposed on the surface\nlor 110 feet, which averages 4 feet in\nwidth, and have sunk on it a distance of\n30 feet, and it continues to hold its\nvalues and width. The Lome, no doubt,\nwill be a valuable addition to the Bend'Or holdings. The Alhambra, adjoining\nthe Lorne group, with the work done\nihi. spring, has shown it up to be a\nwonderfully rich property, and the ledge\nhas been stripped for a considerable dis\ntance, and showing up over 4000 tons of\nore iu sigh , which will average $20 per\nton. With these properties secured by\nthe Bend'Or company, it will add about\n300 acres to the original ground owned\nby them. We doubt whether there is\nanother property in British Columbia\nwhich have the showing* and the wealth\nin eight as has this company on Bridge\nriver. It is estimated that there is half\na million dollars of ore in sight, which\nis not an exaggeration by any means,\nand the investing public could not have\na better proposition lt>id before them. It\nis only the course of a short time when\nthe Bridge river will have the iargest\nproposition working in the province, and\nwith the amount of rich rock in sight\ndividends can not be far off. The Bend'Or company are always willing for any\npractical mining man to visit and look\nover the property, and the more practical the man is. Ihe better. ___\\nricGILLIVRAY CREEK.\nParties\nWestminster Lead*.\nAccording te a recent despatch from\nOttawa, the Fifth Regiment, Garrison Artillery, comes out on top in the\ncomparative efficiency returns. Out of\na possible 728 marks, No. 1 Company\n(New Westminster) scored 220; No. 2,\n213; No. 3, 214. The First Battalion\nscored as follows: No. 1 Company, 167j^;\nNo. 2,160; No. 3, 194. Each of these\ncompanies lost marks, owing to the absence of officers. It will be seen that\nthe two Vancouver companies were not\nvery far behind their Westminster competitors, but the Victoria companies do\nnot rank well, owing to the absence of\nofficers. The success of t e Second Bat-\ntallion is all the more noteworthy, seeing\nthat this is the last year they could compete as Garrison Artillery. The New\nWestminster Company i. now officially\nproclaimed the most efficient garrison\nartillery corps in the Dominion.\nNow Examining the Brett Claims to\nPut \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 a Stamp mil.\nThe Brelt group of claims have an excellent showing, and with the development work done show up well. Two\ntunnels have been driven, one about\n250 feet, and the other over 100. On the\nupper claim an open cut has been mane,\nand, from this, rock has been taken\nwhieh was half gold. In the two tunnels considerable free gold hat been\nfound, and rock taken from any part, by\npounding and panning, gold can be\nfound. The ledge averages from nine to\ntwelve feet in width, and on the dump\nis a larg. quantity of rock which could\nkeep a mill going for some time. Water\nis very handy, aud sufficient power can\nbe obtained for any quantity of machinery that can be put in. With a mill on\nthis property there is no doubt but what\nthe owners will receive good returns.\nThe probabilities are that Mr. Ward\nwill come to terms with the owners, and\nif so, a ten-stamp mill will be put on as\nsoon as possible. A wagon road will\nhave to be built from the lake to the\nclaim., a distance of over two miles. Ii\nsatisfactory to Mr. Waid, work will commence at once, bringing the water for\npower, excavating for the mill, and making the road for taking the machinery\nin. McGillivray \".reek will be all right,\nand before long, will be a busy ca'np.\nBesides the Brett group there are a number of other fine looking claims which\nhave had woik done on them this seaton,\nand at present a man representing a\nVancouver syndicate is at work with\nsome men doing development work.\nThe Gold Bug group, across the creek\nfrom the Brett property, but on the\nsame ledge, has had the assessment work\ndone lately, and is showing up good,\nthe owners being well pleased with the\nprospects. A trail on an easy grade has\nbeen made to the lake, and access to\nthe property is no v easy, the distance\nbeing a little over a mile. Tnis group\nof claims, with further development,\nwill prove a good property. By paning\nthis rock gold colors are obtained.\nThe distance from Lillooet to these\nclaims is about 35 miles, and can be\nmade easy in a day's trip. About 30\nmiles of the journey can be made by;\nwater over Seaton and Anderson lakes,\nand the taking in of machinery will be\nan easy matter, the only trouble to be\nencountered being from the mouth of\nthe creek to the claims.\nLOCAL NEWS.\nA Ureat Obstruction.\nThe Canadian Mining Institute met\nat Neleon on Wednesday and passed a\nresolution expressing its disapproval of\nthe eight hour law in mines. The remark of a Mr. Mann, that the day\nshould be divided in three parts of eight\nhours each for work, recreation and rest,\ncreated much amusement.\nj .\nThe water in the Fraser river still continues to keep up and the dredger has\nbeen unable to do any work the past\nweek. It is not expected that any work\nwill be done for a few weeks.\nEditor Prospector:\u00E2\u0080\u0094It might be of interest to\nthe public at large to know that the peorle\ninterested in our lake traffic need better connection between Seaton and Anderson lakes.\nA small portage of one mile keeps steamboats\nfrom landing their freight right at the foot of\nsome of the richest mines in this province. A\ngreat many of these properties have been sufficiently developed to justify capitalists putting\nmachinery on the ground. If this barrier ot\none mile were now removed, steamers would be\nable to make a straight run of H6 miles, landing\nfreight at all the mines throughout the lake\ndistrict. It would save many dollars for the\nprospector, and facilitate the rapid development of our mining industry. If some of our\npoliticians would take this matter in hand at\nonce, and use some of their great influence iu\nfavor of this project, we would soon see steamboats running through from one lake to the\nother. According to the statement of a local\ngovernment contractor, the work can be accomplished for a comparatively small sum.\nSUBSCRIBER.\nSeaton Lake, Sept. 18th, 1899.\nBorn.\u00E2\u0080\u0094On Friday, September 15th, at\nLillooet, B. 0., to the wife of H. Hodge,\na daughter.\nThe boys-are around soliciting funds\nfor the baseball club, to defray incidental expenses.\nMies Mine Cherry went up to the\nCache Wednesday, and will remain a\nfew days visiting Mrs. J. Preston Forde.\nMike Gaynor left last Monday morning, via Lytton, for a trip to Spokane, to\nbe absent a few weeks.\nJames Brett is at present doing assessment work on claims owned by himself\nand brothers on Cadwallader.\nJames McKivor and John Arthur left\nWednesday morning for McGillivray\ncreek, to work on claims for Vancouver\nparties.\nThe fall assize was held at Clinton\nyesterday. The Wilson cattle case of\nAshcroft was on. Attorney-General\nHenderson was in attendance.\nRev. W. W. Hardie and James Sanson\nwill arrive from Clinton this afternoon\nand hold .erviy* in Methodist church\nSunday morning.\nH. Francis Twiss arrived on Monday's\nstage, from Ashcroft, and left Wednesday morning for McGillivray creek to\nlook over some claims for Vancouver\nparties.\t\nCol. G. T. Rives, superintendent of\nthe work going on up Cayoosh creek, left\nWednesday morning via Lytton, for\nVancouver, on company's business. He\nexpects to return in a week's time.\nReports from the Woodchuck claim\non Cadwallader, are very good. E. J.\nTaylor, one of the owners, has been\ndoing development work lately, and has\nshown the property up to better advantage.\t\nA traveling comic minstrel, consisting\nof two men and a dog, entertained the\nre-idents of Lilluoet for two nights this\nweek in S intini's hall. Tne hall was\nwell filled both nights. The second\nevening, after the entertainment, a dance\nwas held.\nThe Lytton-Lillooet road will be open\nfor through traffic by the first week of\nO.tober. Work has been going on in\nfirs.-class shape, and rock work is being\nput in such a condition that no trouble\nwill be had from sliding rocks. All d n-\ngerons places are being taken down,\nwhich accounts for the delay in finishing the work.\n^y Uood Old Lillooet.\nThat the future prosperity of Lillooet\nwill bi attained through the practical\nhard labor of its own miners, is now\nplain enough to all. Outside capital haa\ncut no figure in demonstrating the value\nof our mines. It has been left to the\npersonal endeavor of a few men in our\nmidst to prove the valne of this district\nas a mining field. Within a few months\nwe have proved that there are mines in\nour midst that will pay dividends without the assistance of outside capital, and\nbetter still, this has been accomplished\nby the common miner at a time when\nLillooet was condemned by a majority of\nthe mining \"experts\" along the coast.\nThe unfavorable reports by these m-?n\ndid much towards retarding the progress\nof this district; these adverse opinions\nhad been passed upon properties that\nhave since proved rich beyond all expec-\ntaion. It served to dishearten men\nfrom developing their properties, and\nturned the prospector into other and\nles. profitable fields. Better by far had\nthese \"experienced\" M. E.'s kept their\nopinions to themselves; they would not\nbe exposed to the ridicule they now are\nby the suddep development of some of\nthe richest mines in the country, recently pronounced worthless by themselves. Should outside capital come into\nour midst, voluntarily, well and good;\nthere is plenty of scope for it. But we\nare not going to twist our necks in search\nof the capitalist. Lillooet has lately\ntottered on the ragged edge of adversity,\nowing to the machinations of people\nwho had but their own private ends to\nserve. Now that we are fully capable of\npaddling our own canoe to a prosperous\nhaven, we are not anxious te again encounter the treacherous wake of the\nmining shark and his too-often inexperienced \"expert.\"\nR. T. Ward, of the Horsefly Hydraulic\nmine, arrived in town Wednesday evening. He left next morning for McGillivray creek, accompanied by John Marshall, Wm. E. and T. A. Brett, to examine the Brett group of claims, with\nthe intention to put a ten-stamp mill on\nthe property for an interest. Mr. Ward\nis well-known to old timers in this sec-\nlion, having been here in early days, and\nfor the past few years operating in the\nH.rsefly, with success.\nThere seems 'o be hope for the Lillooet\ndistrict yet, as eastern capitalists have\nsecured some of the best properties on\nCayoosh creek, and are developing them,\nnotably the Ample, where some work\nwas done long ago by that wonderfully\nunsuccessful company, the Home-Payne\nsyndicate. There is no doubt that there\nar. good properties in the district, but\nthe quartz veins roll in and out very\nsuddenly as veins in slate often do. and\nthe slate itself W sometimes of more value\nthan the quartz. This renders careful\noversight of the work most necessary.\nThe district, however, has the advantage\nof good water-power, and the steepness\nof the mountains will obviate the necessity of sinking in most ca es. . It is only\na matter of time when the heart of that\nmining district will be opened by a railroad coming in either along the Fraser\nfrom Lytton, or up the valley of Anderson river from the head of Harrison\nlake.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Kamloops Mining Gazatte.\nMrs. Robt. Cumming returned to Pavilion last week from New Westminster\nwhere she had been visiting relatives for\nseveral weeks. _h\nA special B. X. stage arrived in town\nyesterday aftertoon wit. a commercial\ntraveler.\nReports received this week says Dreyfus was pardoned on the 19th, 2\nTHE PROSPECTOR, LILLOOET, B. 0., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1899.\nTHE PROSPECTOR.\nPublished every Friday.\nSUBSCRIPTION - - - - \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00C2\u00BB2.00\nIk. __ T\n1 'ayable in advance,\nRIC. A. PHASER, Editor and Proprietor.\n- \u00E2\u0080\u0094 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBUR 22, 1899.\n'Ihe mining men who have visi ed\nBridge river and have given such unfavorable reports on properties will, no\ndoubt, now feel, somewhat taken back\nwhen they hear of the success of the\nsame and other properties in the district.\nThey were vtry fiee in ea\ing tl at there\nwas nothing in the district and distributed it far and wide. Buppo'sid mining\nmen h&v, done more to keep the district\nback than anything else, and if the district had, a short time ago, practical\nmen, the whole count*y would have been\nbelter off. La\u00C2\u00B0t year a property was\nbonded for $15,000 and a number of\nshares. Work was done and reports\nwere very unsatisfactory, and the failure on the part of thei-e men wa\u00C2\u00AB circulated. Tnis year, with a couple of men\nworking an arrastia, over half the cash\nprice has been taken out, proving that\nthe men who tried to damn the country\nwere not practical mini: g men; but still\nthey have made a guess or so on some\npr pertyand are considered wise men,\nand are hind by companies. L'llooei\nis well rid of such a class of men who, if\nthey do not make a big thing, abuse t'l e\ndistrict on every opportunity. Lillooet\nis coming to the front again with rapid\nstrides, and if good bona fide milling\nengineers come to the district We con?\nfidently say that, with tire showing's on\nBridge river and the development done\non the mist iinpo-rtairt. properliep,;t.iai\n,;tlney;_an aot give, art (unfavorable report.\nLillooet is principally a free 'milling\ncaoip and will yet show to the World that\nfew are ahead of her in producing the\n.. bullion. The investing public could not\ndo better than keep their eye on thU\nfectior, and with a few dollars judiciously expended, good results should be obtained.\nbe built part- of the distance. The district can well afford to stand the expenditure of a few thousand dollars on improvements of this kind, as the revenue\nobtained exceeds the appropriation several limes.\nThere is certainly not, today, in the\nI whole of British Columbia, a mining\ndistrict wheie free-gold is showing up in\nsuch abundance as is now to be seen on\nthe various clainiB in the vicinity of\nBridge river. Only a short time ago it\nwaB but a matter of speculation as to\nwhether these mines would yield a profit\non development, but the work done this\nsummer has fully demonstrated I hat we\nhave exceedingly rich free-milling rock\nright in our midst. And when it is\ntaken into consideration that most of\nthis development work lms been done\nby men not over-burdened with lichee,\nthe difficulties they have had to contend\nagainst in the matter of trail?, and the\nutter lack of interest shown this di.tri.i\nby our local government, the Li lroet\nminer has done more towards showing\nup our mineral resources than has been\ndone in many other luck-favoied districts.\nAffairs in the Transvaal have reached\nsuch a beligerent attitude that the e is\nhardly a possibility of averting war wi h\nBritain. The Orange Free State will\nsupport the Tra svaal in resisting the\nBritish lion, and the entire B er nation\nseems anxious for the conflict. That\nthey will be accommodated there seems\nto be little doubt, as British troo: s aie\nalready on the ro.id to Kitiger's domain.\nWar correspondents are already on the\nprospective battle-ground, and munitions\nof War arriving daily. It is a war that\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2neither side will derive much benefit\nfrom; and in which the Boer has everything to lose.\nThe murdeiers who sat as judges at\nthe court-martial of Captain Dreyfus, at\nRennes, last week, have requested the\npresident for the pardon of Dreyfus;\nThese men, knowing the man was inno\ncent, condemned him, to save the\n\"honor\" of the army and a few degenerates. The probabilities are that the\nprisoner will be pardoned by the president, as strong pressure has been made\nin his favor. The whole world who has\nwatched the case, is disgusted wilh the\nverdict, and the comments made are not\nvery complimentary to France or her\npeople. In several countries it is the\nintention to boycott the coming World\nExposition in Paris. This will work a\nhardship on France and show them\nthat ;._e people of other countries wish\nto show their disgust of the verdict of\nDreyfus in a plain manner. The physi\nThat there will be immense gold-\nbearing ledges discovered along the\nbanks of Bridge river and its tributaries,\nthere can be little doubt. At prejeii.\nthe country is barely prospected. It has\nbeen \"located\" to a considerable extent,\nbut outside of the few mines that have\nproved up rich, very little development\nwork has been done.\nW! \u00E2\u0096\u00A0__ .\nLjU'oet is about the best mineral district we know of for tbe poor miner.\nHe is not compelled to solicit the aid of\nthe capitalist; he can, with the aid of a\nsimple nrrastra, pound out enough gold\nto make himself in easy circumstances.\nThis is fact, proof of which may be seen\nin ihe operations of the Lorne mine\ntoday.\nMining \"experts\" are not always infallible. They sometimes make aB grave\nmistakes as the uninitiated. The miner's\npick, muscle and energy is quite good\nenough \"expert\" evidence for us in the\nfuture welfare of this district. It has\nremained for this cla.6 of men to prove\ncian attending Dreyfus says that the that we have a bonanza on ground that\ncondemned man is hopelessly ill, and was hitherto considered worthless\nthat he may live only a few weeks; in\nany case only a few months. His perse- ., . IT ,, , . , .\n. , ..... .'.'.;. Prof. H. Montgomery, who has been\ncutors have his life on their hands. . \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 ' , . . ,,-\u00E2\u0096\u00A0. , ., ,\non a tour of inspection, lately, throughout the Slocari, Lillooet and Boundary\ndistricts, lias the following to say concerning Lillooet: \"While a large field\nhas been covered and many properties\nvisited and Sam piled, among the most in-\nt.resttii^'f-''- gfbup of four claims, the\nAmple, 'MWaVcHi Gladstone, and the\n'W'hSleVBitu\"a{. _ *\"!__' Lillooet, three miles\nfrom .h-'Golden Cache, near the town\nVjf Liifobe*.. There is now being completed a jgrjrM'Wa&on road from the main\n..lie of the Cariadian Pacific railway to\nthe properties in question, which will\nreduce the distance hitherto required to\nbe travereed, from 62 to_5 miles. Cayoosh\ncreek affords an abundant water power,\nand all the machinery of the Golden\nCache is driven by this power, and there\nFor the past several weeks gold has\nbeen shipped from the Bridge river to\nLillooet, from the free-milling quartz\nclaims. This week over ten thousand\ndollars' worth of amalgam was brought\ninto town, showing that the country has\nsome producing mines. Fo^,soiBe.,tiAn.\nthe kick from the government has been\nthat there are no producing mines in this\nSection, and it was almost useless to'\nspend money on roads arid\" trails.\nMachinery for the mines has been taken\nin over hoirible trails, and with little\nencouragement from outside people.\nNow that bullion is being shipped, and\nother properties are being opened up, it\nwill be necessary that a wagon road\nis plenty of unused power f\u00C2\u00AB>r other pio-\nperties. A poiass-ium cyanide mill, having a capacity of 80 tons daily, is now in\ncourse of erection, and will be completed\nand in running order before the winter\nBets in. Concerning the four claims,\nthe professor said that tbey contained a\nlarge body of arsenical gold-bearing ore,\n18 feet in width, having values from $8\ni to $50, And an average value of from $12\nto $14. Tne piofos or said that he traced\nthis ore body on ihe surface through tin\nproperties for over 4,000 feet. \"I wat\ninstructed,\" said the piofessor, \"to obtain, if p s_>ble, a conservative estimab\nof the ore in siglton these four claims,\nand after considerable t'Ou.de 1 have\ndone so. 1 am of the opinion thatjthere\nis now in sight on these properties ore to\ntbe value of over $400,000, and I thiik\nmy figures are within the mark. About\nten men are now employed, and the\nowners are Mr. Chaplin, president of the\nWelland Vale company, of St. Catharines ; Mes-rs. Fox arid Ross of Toronto,\nand Mr. Hawley of Vancouver, the same\nparties who lately purchased the Golden\nCache mine. At Bridge river, north of\nLillooet, the Lome mine is being actively\nworked with good results, and a grea.\ndeal of prospecting and placer work has\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 een done during the past summer all\nthrough thiB section.\"\nCanadian\nPacific\nRailway.\nSoo Pacific Line\nPioneer\nHotel\nLL_L_OOET,B. C.\nW. F. Allen Proprietor.\n*\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 m m m x m m\nFirst Class Hotel in every respect. Accommodation\nfor Eighty Guests. Large Annex comfortably f.? -\nnished. Commercial travelers and otherifT*\nreceive every attention by staying at the _i\nPioneer Hotel. Large sample room.\nWELL STOCKED BAH. EXCELLENT .U1SINE,\nHe_-cttr__r.ers tor tlie B. C- Express* SSt<-ine\u00C2\u00AB.\ni ww\u00C2\u00BB.\nDays Across the\nContinent by the\n\"IMPERIAL\nLIMITED.\"\nThe fastest and best equipped\ntrain crossing\ncontinent.\nthe\nDANIEL HURLEY.\nHotel 'Victoria.\"\nXilXiZ-OO-ST, 33. C-_\nThis hotel being new and thoroughly finished througho.it is the only first\nclass hotel in Lillooet. Persons calling at Lillooet will receive every attention by\nstopping at the Hotel Victoria. Good stabling in connection with the hotel. Headquarters for the Lillooet-Lytton stage.\n\u00C2\u00A9 \u00C2\u00AE \u00C2\u00A9 \u00C2\u00A9 \u00C2\u00A9 \u00C2\u00A9 CHARGES MODERATE. tt \u00C2\u00A9 \u00C2\u00A9 \u00C2\u00A9 \u00C2\u00A9 \u00C2\u00A9\nD. HURLEY,\nProprietor\nEXC^LSIOB HOUSE,\n2D. _^_s,_vs__-G^l,| pbop.\nLILLOOET, c \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nThe Bar is supplied with the best Wines, Liquors and Cigars.\nB.C.\nLYTTON STAGE LINE.\nTrains leaving the Pacific\ncoast Tuesday, Thursdays and\nSaturdays connect at Fortj\nWilliam with the palatial I\nlake steamers \" Manitoba, CAMERON & HURLEY\n\" Alberta \" and \" Athabasca\"\nacross the great lakes.\nAs soon as the Lillooet-Lytton road is completed we will run a through stage\nfrom Lytton to Lillooet. At present we have rigs at both ends of the road winch\nwill take you a. far an poesible,-and we supply saddle horses for the rest of th.\ntrip. By starting from Lytton over twenty miles is paved when going to Lillooet.\nIf you contemplate a trip into Lillooet district, write us for information.\nFor full information as to time, rates, elr.\nalso roiiies Of Canadian Pacific Ky., publications apply to any agent C, P. R., or to\nE. J. COYLE,\nAsst. Gen. Pass. Agent, Vancouver, B. C.\nSEATON LAKE\nI\nLillooet, B. C.,.\nHave in stock all kinds of\nDried Lumber, Finishing\nLumber and Mouldings.\nAll orders will receive\nprompt attention. Write for\nprices or apply at the yard.\nLytton and Lillooet, B t\nR.&w.cuMMiNG^;;,^;-\nFlour Milling Produce and\nGeneral Merchandise.\nF__-VII_I01sr. JE3- c.\nPATRONIZE HOME INDUSTRY AND BUY PAVILION ROLLER FLOUR\nFlour and Offal sold at nulLand delivered at reasonable rates.\n<^, <_. <*, G3-__--CNr_-i--R.___Ii STO-E__E_3.;, ^3* -FSv \"=V ,_,\nPost Office and Telegraph Office in connection. Freight teams plying once a *i*\nweek between Lillooet and Ashcroft.\nW. CUMMING, Agent, Lillooet B. C. . : ,\nWM. B. BAILEY & CO.\nStorage & Forwarding Agts\nASHCROFT, __,,,\u00C2\u00A3.\nConsign your goods to our care. We settle railway charges and forward\ndestination without delay. Correspondence solicited. W. B, BAILEY &Co\n\ THE PROSPECTOR, LILLOOET. B. p., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1899.\nThe Injustice of Prance.\nOnly in France, apparently, is the\nhideous infamy of the conviction of Capt.\nDreyfus by the court-martial unappreciated. There, except among the Jewt\nthemselves and the few revisionists wlic\ndemanded a new trial for the unfortunate soldier, the wdict has been hailed\nwith joy and the nation has retired t<\ncoddle the vindicated honor of her amv\nin seclusion, unmindful of the cry of indignation that went up from the who]<\nworld outside of France when the jud>;\nment wa_ announced. The only matu\nfhat seems to puzzle the French nation\nis the punishment that is to be meted\nout to the victim of ihe ghastly farce at\n'Rennes. But even the prospect that\nDreyfus may possibly escape prison\neither by reason of his long confinement\non Devil's isle, or through pardon by the\npresident, does not detract from the\nertieLjoy the populace appears to take in\n_>reyfu.' disgrace.\n^runce now stands alone in the world.\nT)*\" ! is not a nation emerged into the\n:li|\u00C2\u00B0' fof the nineteenth centuiy that does\nnot condemn her persecution of Dreyfu\".\nEngland is ablaze with her indignation\nat the verdict of the Rennes court, and\nin'Germany the press is stupefied at. the\nwanton descent of hated France into the\nslime of the Dreyfus scandal. Even in\nRussia, where originated the persecution\nof the Jews and where Jew-baiting is\nhardly officially discountenanced, the\nnewspapers voice the sentiment of the\np ople against the crowning shame of\nFrance in the conviction of Dreyfus.\nIn England both press and pulpit\npredict revolution for France. One\ndivine compares tie five judges of the\ncourt-martial with Judas Iscariot and\nPilate. The Loudon Times calls the\nDrey fur trial the greatest and most appalling debasement of justice in modern\ntimes and the verdict the crowning\nscandal of the trial. The Cologne Gazette, the official organ of Germany, says\nthe worst enemy ot France could not\nwish her a greater misfortune, ami\nspeaks of the verdict as an insult to the\nkaiser and humanity.\nIn Italy and Hungary the French are\nreferred to as savages, and a movement\nis on foot, with the active eyinpithy of\nt ie Ca bolic cli.urt h, to boycott the Paris\nexposit on. How far this movement\nmay extend is problematical, but it will\nhave its i. flueiice in other lai.ds.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Ex.\nMajor Esterbazy, commerting on the\nver lict in the Dreyfus cate, in the Evening Ne*B, saying tha Dreyfus was justly\ncondemned as the inevitable result of\nthe evidence colleend by Gen. Mer'ier.\nThiB. according to Esterbazy, bore conviction lo the minds of ihe judgis and,\nhe add d, \"The court-martial following\nthe previous finding declared Dreyfus\nguiliy and not innocent.\" Continuing,\nEsterbazy said : '\"I believe the sentence\nwas in accordance with an understand-\ni g wjtli the government. Dreyfus is in\na position to claim a 1 eduction of bis\ns ntence I y one-half. The whole business was a farce, arranged in advance,\nand doubtless he w II soon he libeiated.\"\nCARGILE HOUSE, ashcroft.\nIs now under new management and has been thoroughly lenovated. Culinar\ndepartment unsurpassed. The Bar is stocked with choice liquors and cigars and\nwill be in charge of experienced men. Every convenience for commercial men.\nFRED H. NELSON, - - - Proprietor.\nTHOS. McCOSH,\n__v_z_B_=^c_Ea:___-_isrT taxloir,-\nASHCBOFT, _3. C.\nTweeds, Trouserings, Serges, Winter Goods, etc\nCall and inspect our stock. Good workmanship and moderate charges. Repair\nng and cleaning a specialty. Orders by mail or express punctually attended to.\nM. DUMOND\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094DEALER IN\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nSTOVES,\nHARDWARE,\nTINWARE.\nMINERS' SUPPL1LS a specialty.\nTin Shop in connection.\nASHCROFT and LILLOOET, B. C.\nA scheme for mainland connection has\nbeen recently submitted to a private\ncommittee of the Victoria Ciiy Council,\nby Capt. McKenzie. It provides for an\neighteen knot steamer, capable of carrying 500 passengers, to run from Sydney\nto Vancouver or Steveston, in three and\na half hours, making a daylight round\ntrip possib'e; the vessel to be built at\nVictoria, and far patB'iiger. only, the\nfreight seivice being otherwise provided\nfor. The bonus asktd is $12,.\"00 a year\nlor ten years.\nNew York, Sept. 12.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Cornelieus Van-\nileibilt, head of the Vanderbilt family,\ndied at his residence in this city at 5:45\no'clock this morning from a stroke of\nparalysis No physician was in attendance. The attack was very sudden aud\nentiiely unexpected, and it was impossible to reach any phj sician before death\noccurred. Mr. Vanderbilt was in his\nfifty-sixth year.\nA special \u00E2\u0099\u00A6o the Evening S:ar, from\nQuebec, jays: \"I am assured in the most\npositive manner by ministerial members\nof the House of Commons that it has\nbeen definitely decidtd by the government to postpone the general election\nuntil next year. Theie will be another\ncebsion of parliament before the issuance\nof the writs, but only one moie.\nBAILEY\nHOTEL.\nSilverthorn Bros. Props.\nLYTTON, - - B.C.\nFirst-class in every respect.\nChoice Wines, Liquors\nand Cigars. Sample\nroom free.\nH. SIEFFENS\n>___*>\nLYTTON, B. 0.\n-DEALER IN\nGroceries, Drygoods,\nConfectionery, Tin\nGoods, Flour, Fruit.\nButcher Shop in Connection.\nLTTTOIT.\nAnthony & Robson,\n(Successors to A. Stevenson.\nBusiness established 18H3.\n.post o_r_riC-ES stobe.\nGeneral Herchandise and\nMiners Supplies.\nThe C it\u00C2\u00B0.rcli of England tight continues\nto attract attention, caysalateUesi atch.\nM ) t ol the bishopF, including the b..ho|>\n< I Lincoln and the lit. Rev. Edward\nKLiny, who was triid seveial j ears ago\nJ'nr ritualistic practices, have issued\n'{ _ter_ lo the various dioceses ordering\nobeyance to the archbishop's dedHom-.\nMany of the clergy, however, fiankly\na nounce that they will not do so.\nWord was received from Ashcroft, latt\nweek, t at Jos. ph Brenner, whi e suffering from a fit, of insanity, thiew himself\nin front of an eastltouud freight train\nana was killed. From papers Lund on\nbit- bo ly, it is believed that he was en-\ngagidin minii g in Omit eca, but was\nmere recently from Vantouver.\nThe Dominion Government has decided to relieve some ten destitute parties\nwho are now at Vancouver, and who\nwere found in the Liard and Dea*e river\ncountry. A vote of $25,000 was taken\nlast BeBsion to assist any who had gone\nin prospecting to that country, and were\nfound to be in want.\nAn Ottawa despatch says: \"It is reported here that Justice Walkem of the\nSupreme (out of i-ritbh Columbia intend, retiring at an early date. Nodt-\nta la as to bis motive or as to when his\nresignation will be tendered are obtainable.\"\nAtlin has another paper, the Atlin\nGlole, published by Wm. Baillie, formerly ot tbe Westminster Ledger, the\nInland Sentinel, the Vancouver Budget,\nand the Fort Steele Prospector.\nHALF-WAY HOUSE.\nLillooet-Lytton Wagon Road.\nCHAS. McGILLIVRAY Proprietor.\nFirst-class accommoda\ntion for travelers. Choice\nliquors and cigars.\nHeadqnartersfor stage. Stable in con\nnection.\n TH _CS\t\nMainland Cigar\nFACTORY.\nIF YOU WANT TO ENJOY A GOOD\nCIGAR ASK FOR THE\nBritish Lion\nIf HAMILTON MANUFACTURING CO.\nEnn i risers\nand Contractors\nMODERN MINING AND MILLING MACHINERY.\nSole agents:\nM. Beatty & sons Dredging Machinery.\nOR\nRecent despatches to London indicate\nthat there will be organize 1 boyiotts\nagainst the French Exposition, established in she United States, Germany,\nItaly, Hungary, and Austrian Empire.\nMainland\ni And be sure that each Cigar is branded, other-\ni wise they are not genuine.\nThey are not only made of the Choicest To-\nI baeco but are of home manufacture, and\nshould be patronized by all good citizens.\nWM. TIETJKN,\nManufacturer.\n123 \Vate_ Street, VANCOUVER. B C.\nContractors for the design and construction of complete stamp mills, concentration,\nclornation, cyanide and smelter equipments\nPeterboro Ont., and Vancouver, B. C.\nJ. M. Mackinnon\nMininq Properties\n.Handled\nProperties Bondeo\nVancouver B. O\nCARIBOO & LILLOOET\nSTAGE TRAVEL\nClinton and way points\u00E2\u0080\u0094Monday, Wednesday and Friday.\nAll points in Cariboo\u00E2\u0080\u0094Monday.\nLILLOOET DIRECT\u00E2\u0080\u0094Monday and Friday.\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 Through and return tickets at reduced rates. Special conveyances furnished.\nBRITISH COLUMBIA EXPRESS COMPANY.\nHead Office: ASHCROFT, B. C.\nN. de Kevser,ASHCR0FT\nManufacturing Jeweler, Watchmaker and Optician\nWatches, Clocks, Jewelry, Spectacles, Eyeglasses, Field and Magnifying\nGlasses, Compasses and Aneroids.\nAll orders by mail and express promptly attended to. All work warranted or\nmoney refunded. If your eyesight is defective call and have your eyes tested free\nin the most scientific way. Spectacles and eyeglasses sent on approval to responsible parties. Tell distance you can read the smallest newspape- print and\nage. We will guarantee satisfaction. Repairing department a specialty.\nLeland House\nCorner of Hastings and Granville Strtets. VANCOUVER B. 0\nw:m:_ _H__>_.iv_:ii.TOisr, _?r.o_?- THE PROSPECTOR, LILLOOET. B. 0., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1899.\nLOCAL NEWS.\nE. J. Hooper left Tuesday rrorning\nfor tie Bei.d'Or mines, where he will be\nemployed.\nMrs. H J. Keary returned home Saturday evening, from a weeks' visit to the\nto st cities.\nWm. Cameron came throueh from\nLytton last Saturday, with a load of\npassengers.\nMrp. L. G. Burns and family will\nshortlv leave for the coas', on a visit to\nrelatives and friends.\nAt Clinton, on September 8th,a little\ndaughter arrived at the home of Mr. and\nMrs. E. E. Bell.\nMrs. R. Carson returned home to\nPavilion Mountain last week from the\ncoast, accompanied by her sister, Mis.\nMagee.\nA. McDonal 1, road superintendent,\nreturned home Sunday from ihe East\nLillooet district, having been absent a\nfew weeks.\nJames M'Kivor and W. Durban returned the first of the week from CVd-\nwallader, where they went a few weeks\nago\".\nJ. Preston Forde, engineer in charge\nof the works at the Cache and Ample\nclaims on Cayoosh creek, was in to an\nMonday.\nGib. Ward returned to Bridge river\nlast Saturday afternonn, to work on\nclaims owned by himself and to do a\nlittle prospecting.\nChas. Case and P. Sherwood, interested in the copper group of claims on the\nNorth Fork, were in town for a few days\nthis week.\nPosters are out announcing the Clinton\nraces on October 5th and 6th. Every\narrangement has been made for a successful meet, and there will be quite an\nattendance of spectators.\nWm. Allen, who has been ill for the\npast couple of weeks, is still confined to\nthe house. Geo. Bell is attending to the\nwants of the guests and travelers at the\nPioneer.\nA half-bretd wa. in the skookum house\nSaturday evening, for being overloaded\nwith booze. Before E. S Peters, J. P.,\nMonday morning, hedonattd $6.50 to the\ngeneral fund.\n_ H. S. Southard was in town last Friday evening, on business. The Fountain\nhydraulic mine is working away very\nsatisfactorily, and Mr. Southard is meeting with success, which he deserves.\nNow is the time for the prospector to\ndevelop his claim. Show it upl There\nare dozens of goo 1 properties lying idle\nin this district that will find, an eager\npurchaser this winter if they are properly opened up.\nThe Ashcroft Fair next week, promises\nto be all right, and a good attendance is\n-assured. The managers this year have\nexerted themselves more than heretofore, and will have a first-cla.s exhibition.\nA petition will shortly be circulated\nby parties to ask the Dominion Government to make an appropriation for cleaning out Portage creek, between Seaton\nrnd Anderson lakes, to allow boats to go\nthrough. With McGillivray creek ai d\nthe Anderson lake camps coming to the\nfront, the probabilities are that the\nmatter will he considered.\nFred. Richardson and A. Brett arrived\nin town Sunday evening from Cadwallader creek. Mr. Richardson and his\npartner, C. M. Glum, hive bonded tl e\nAlhambra group and the M ible fiaction\nto the Bend'Or company.\nD. W. Rowlands, clerk in the B. C.\nExpress office at Aslnroft, was married\nto Miss Gr ce Biown, at St. Alton's\nChurch, Ashcroft, on Wednesday, Stpt.\n13ih. Tney left for the east on a short\ntrip, and will then take up their residence in Ashcroft.\nThe Gazette this wei k will contain\nthe proclamation convening the legislature on Thursday, January 4th, 1900\nThis doe} not lor>k as if the S mlin government was afraid to meet the legiela-\ntu e. The session of 1899 comnienced on\nJanuary 5th.\nWm. E. and T. A. Brett returned from\nMcGillivray cieek last Thursday morning, where they had been doing assessment werk on claims. They expect to\ncommence work shortly on the Brett\ngroup, preparatory to putting a mill on\nthe property. Water will be brought in\nfor power, and the probabilities are that\nthey will start work on a wagon road\nfrom tbe lake to ihe pioperty, a distance\nof alout two miles.\nW. A. Carlyle, superiniendent of Le\nRoi mine and all the B. A. 0. properties, has accepted the superintendency\nof the RioTinto copper mines in Spain,\nat a salary of $25,000 per year. Hi-\nsalary is now $8,000 per annum. He was\nformerly Provincial Mineralogist, and in\nthat place made a fine reputation as a\nconservative, able, eomcientious mining\nman. Few young men have risen so\nrapidly as Mr. Oarlyle. He has now a\nworld wide fame.\nGeo. F. Risteen. the well-known C. P.\nR. pnssenger conductor, has been promoted to the position of trainmaster at\nRevelstoke, in place of Alex. Forrest,\nresinned. Mr. Risteen'- numerous Kamloops friends will be pleased to learn of\nhis well-earned promotion, thoug'i sorry\nto lose him as a resident. Alex. Forr> si\nreturns to the road, and will take Geo.\nRi.teen's run between Vancouver and\nKamloops, making his home in Vancouver.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Sentinel.\nJ B CHERRY,\nA. B. THIN. COLL., DUBLIN.\nBARRISTER, SOLICITOR. NOTARY PUBLIC\nLUlooet, B. C\nSAHUEL GIBBS,\nNotary Public, Accountant and\nMinir-t_ Broker\nReports on Mining Properties.\nLILLOOET and BRIDGE RIVER, B. C.\nA.. UFFOBD,\nOPTICIAN.\nVANCOUVER B. C.\nDealer in Watches, Diamonds, Jewelry and\nOptical goods. Our repair department is unex\ncelled for fine work. Leave your orders with\nthe postmaster who will have it attended to as\nwell as if you came nersonally.\nJ\". STOREY.\nWholesale and 1. eta II of _.iuli\nand Heavy Harness.\nSaddles, Vehicles, Saddlery Hardware, and\nHarness Leather.\nQuotations by mail forwarded on application.\n412 HASTINGS ST., Vancouver, B.C.\nR,._E3_. BBBTT.\nPost Office Store.\nBook, Stationery, Soaps,\nFancy Goods, Tobacco, etc\nCANDIES, FRUITS, NUT?\nlALLOOET, B.C\nAshcroft\n- Fair! -\nEstablished 1886.\nIncorporated 11.95.\n-THE-\nINLAND AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION.\n WILL OPEN\t\nWednesday, September 27th,\nAnd will continue for three days.\nGOOD RACING!\nGOOD SPORTS!\nFIRSTCLASS ENTERTAINMENTS\nCome and visit the Fair. We\npromise you it shall be\nthe best ever held\nin Ashcroft.\nGood prizes and good purses\nfor races. For racing program see posters. Send\nfor prize list.\nCHARLES PENNIE, JOS. WM, BURR,\nPresident. Secretary.\nHoard of MaiiH.^rnentj\u00E2\u0080\u0094F. S. Key\nii'.Ids (chairman), J. E. Kni.ht, Henry\nllaivey, J. 0. Bariu-p, Geo. I. Illair.\n1899 PROVINCIAL 1899\nEXHIBITION\nUnder the auspices of\nThe Royal Agricultural & Industrial Society of B. C.\nwill be held at\nNew Westminster\n on\t\nOctober 3, 4, 5, 6.\n$I5000-IN PRIZES-$I5000\n0_P_E3_N\" TO T_3:._3 -W_0_R____D\nA Round of Pleasure for Four\nWhole Days.\nHorse Races. Bicycle Races.\nChampion Lncmsse. Naval and\nMilitary Sports. At|itatic\u00C2\u00BB. C-ym-\nl.liana. Baseball. Kootnal-\nIJimd Tournament,\nMagnificent Illuminations.\nGrand Concert each evening.\nSpecial attraction at the New Westminster Opera House.\nMonster Excursions from all points at\ngreatly reduced rates.\nFor special features see small handbills.\nNo entrance fee charged for exhibits.\nEXECUTIVE\u00E2\u0080\u0094His Worship Mayor Ovens,T\nJ. Trapp, \V. J. Mathers, Geo. D. Brymner, R. F.\nAnderson, Alderman J. F. Scott and Alderman\nM. Sinclair.\nFor Prize Lists, Entry Forms, and full particulars, writ- to\nT J. TRAPP, ARTHUR MAJ.INS\nPresident. Secretary\nW. H. KEARY. Commissioner.\nMclennan, mcfeelei k Co., Ltd.\nWholesale and Retail Hardware.\nVANCOUVER, B. C. *\nMining Supplies. Blacksmith Supplies Mill Supplies\nRailroad Supplies. Contractors' and Lumber Supplies.\nAgents for The Giant Powder Co., San Francisco.\nPaul Santini.\nGENERAL MERCHANT\nLILLOOET, B. V.\nCarries a full stock of all kinds of Groceries\nBoots and Shoes, Hardware, etc.\nMINERS' OUTFITS A SPECIALTY.\n\u00C2\u00BB_ji;\n> Dry -ft.d,\nLILLOOET AND BRIDGE RIVER STORES.\nJ, DUNLOP.\nO-Ej^TEDE^j^Xj _M:_\u00C2\u00A3-3_=^C_E3:A.I_TT\nMiners Supplies.\"\nIill-IiOO-ST, \"B. C.\nBranch Store at Bridge River where a\nfull stock of General Merchandise and Min\ners Outfits are on hand.\nJ. Dunlop, General Merchant, Lillooet, B.C\nC. A, PHAIR\nGeneral Merchandise\nMiners' Supplies a specialty.\nTERMS CASH.\nLILLOOET, B C\n-_3_>__>ri_: of-\nBRITISH NORTH AMERICA.\nTHE ASHCHOKT BHANCH is the most convenient Rank for Lillooet anil nil\nplaces in the Cariboo district. Money received on deposit. Drafts issued and collections made\nin any part of Canada, Great. 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