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-■»--- Library o._io Logi-lafiva Assum-I. 3u7 THE B, OURML. n VOL. 3., NO/40 ASHOROFT, BRITISH COLUMBIA, FEBRUARY 5. 1898. $2.00 PER YEAR CARIBOO! HORSEFLY! - FORKS QUESNELLE! W.B.BAILEY I GO, STORAGE AND FORWARDINC AGENTS. Goods received, Stored and Forwarded with dipatch to any point in the interior reached by wagon or piidl. train. Consign you goods to onr cure and we will settle railway charges uiul ship unto destination with least possible delay. VV. II. I1A1LKY "i COMI'ANV. Asiienon'. CLINTON HOTEL, Clinton, BC BOARD AND LODGING BY THE DAY, WEEK OR MONTH. Urn Wllion, S|rirlls nml Ciprpj. (load slrrWInR. llc5>l(|ll„M0ri I'm' I'"' Colli UllMOl niul Dos Crak Inrvs of 811.(1118. Httutloe rrrrJ llalrlrri! In ""' vicinity. MAUS11A1.1. - SMITH, Pcppriotbrs. F.W. FOSTER ASHCROFT, : : CLINTON. DIRECT IMPORTER OF QlgfRAL Merchandise; Headquarters tor Miners and Ranchers Supplies, Hour, Rice, Sugar, Rock and Hm Salt, Coal Oil, Blacksmiths and House Coal, -mi all heavy goods purchased ill carload lots and prices light. Riding :U l'acl; Saddles Salt Hunters Outfits, Rilles, Siiot (Urns, Ammunition, etc. Agent for Giant Powder Company of Sun Francisco, full stock on hand a. heir new magazine, Fuse, Caps, etc., etc Geo. Gage & Sons celebrated Dominion Wire Bed Springs, Mailraises, Pillows, &-c. thei. ROUGH & DRESSED LUMBER, SHINGLES, LATHS, J'1CRF/J. UlLLlNRHV ANI) DRESSMAKING department rnulcr oompelonr manngoment irr connection witli store rrt Ashcroll. GOODS RECEIVED timl forwarded to nil parts of the upper ciuinlri ut reduced rates. V. P. R. SIDING to warehouse: and special facilities for handling goml> Orders nod enquiries by mail liuvc f, \V, FOSTER, Drompt attention. MACKAY SADDLERY AND HARNESS CO. MA-..„_.tJ-__S AND IM.OU-BI-I OP -.addles, Harness, Bridles, Trunks, Whips. Spurs, and Harness Trimmings. REPAIRING DONE WITH NEATNESS AND DESPATCH All ord. • by mail promptly attended hi and satisfaction guaranteed ASHCROFT. B. C. CARIBOO EXCHANGE HOTEL. A. H. Walters Proprietor. Board and Lodging at reasonable rates Corner of Railroad Avehuo ami Third Street- Trim & Haddock, LIVERY, SALE & FEED STABLE, ASHCROFT AND LILLOOET.. Saddle, Pud*: utul Driving Horses Tor salo uiul Iii'ro. Rigs kept jit both stables. Special trips mado to Lilloo'oi or points in Oaviboo at any ime. Wire at out' expense for rigs. WltOLKHALI. AND 1U.T.WL D13AL1IIUR IN HAY ANI) GRAIN' TUG ASHCROFT ROUTE. Those (1 osirons o_ making tlio trip to tho gold Holds ot tho northwest; tmd have noi Iln* menus or inc.liiiitt.ioii tn •pay tho existing rules lo transportation opmpaiiyB, will lind tho Ashcroll route, through Cnriboo, Omeulcn and Casslar usafa uud ocououiioiil routai Starting at Ashcron, u station on tho Sno-Cnuudinu Pacific lino, 201 miles oast o|' vWobuvor, autl loudiijg up to .Quosuollo, In tho Cariboo couutry is a splendid Btijgo _*oadiover whioh Her --TajosLy'S-ranila Uro carriod twice a wook. Stages uiako lie run iu three the year iivound, Ai. Qubsuollo iho Frasor rivui* is crossed by :i steam ferry bodl uud. tlio old telegraph trail is takou noi'tliwosl; to lla/loton on the Bkconn river. Prom tliOro tho irail loads north nboul -.ion mile-; to Tola graph orook, on tho Stickine, al tho poinl whoro tho new narrow gungo railway, I'm* wlilnh llu ntraot Is lol I'm* building by the Canadian g.ivorn- monl lo .lev.i-i, Melicn/le nml Mann, enntni.ili.i'S. PrOlll Telegraph creek lo Lulu. Teslin Is about 120 uillO.; Proiti Lake Toslln io Dnwaou Olty Is good boutlng arid llin prnspcoior can tako his choice. 13y the Ilme Ihu ico is oul ul' fako Teslin, which is lho head oftho Yukon river, steamboats now he inn liuill will lake yon .lown tbo 550 mll-Vlo buwRonClty or you cun buy In nib or al tho sawmills now in opera* i i"ii nt, Luke Toslln, or buy a bout, of ivhiol) hundreds nro boing mnmifno- throd, iiiiii drift down (lie smooth water to your destination. There are, it may bu snid on on for all.no rapids oh the pari of lie- river travorsod, except tho Fivo ringer and tho Rink rapids, and any fairly frond boatman enn run i heso with pOL'Caot safoby with a loaded boat, The While llor.se rapids aud Milos canyon, both dreaded places where many men have been drowned and whoro goods must bo portaged a loug way and at great expense, nro on the Lowes rivor, boforo llio Hootnllh- 'ina, the outlet of Lake Teslin joins it. Tho distances given aro only approximately. Prom Quosuollo to Hazleton Is a good trail,* abundant food for ail oftho slock that will or can bo driven along, for at nlmosl nny placo by turning off'tho Irail foi-a mile or two you oauilud unlimited pasturage, the food consisting principally of blue joint and wild peavluo. The distanco is given by (liii'ei-ont pros pec tors as from 2jt0 to •\±~t miles. Father Marshall, nf Stuart's lake, ■••"ho has ridden over the trail from Itiesnello to Hazleton ovory year for llio past ton years told the writer recently that it was not, in his judgment, ovor 250 miles and that ho could easily ride it in ton days in the summer season. Surveyor J. D. Devereaux, who was sent through purposely last fall to examine and report cn the condition of tho trail, left Quosnollo on tho 7th of September ami arrived at Hazleton tlio night of tho 13th day, and estimated tlie dis,tanoout .'i-T miles, lie roportod tbStrail good except for fallen timber across tlio trail in places, From Hazleton to Telegraph Creek tho distance is variously estimated by thoso going over it as from 100 to 210 miles. The condition of this part of the trail is not as good as the part between Hazle- tnuind Quesnollo, for tho reason that of lato years it has not been traveled so much and there is more fallen timber, but not enough so but that fair Lime can be made. Patrick Gannon, a well known nnd reliable man, ami unlil recently a citizen bore, now in Klondike, told liie writer that lie bad driven bands of cattle three yenrs In succession from Quosnelle to Tolegraph oreek und on. to Dense Lako and Cassiar, without the loss of a bead ftxcopt one or two head that met with au accident. This was lu tho years 187T-7S-79, U. P, English, mnv living bore, also told (he writer that iu 1870 he went over tho samo route with ti largo baud of cattle, nnd bis statement is tho same as tlmt of Gannon, viz., thn there nro uo cnlflodltios In the way of going ovorland except at extreme high water some of the streams were then somewhat troublesome to cross but witb a few exceptions all can lie forded easily. The provincial government havo promised that a party of men will leave Quosnollo lu March to bridge such small streams as give (rouble dm* ing high water ami establish ferries on ono or two where there, is no easily way to bridgo. Another party will leave HtizlotOu working towards Quosnelle and one working from Ua/.leton toward Telegraph creek to moot ono t be sent out from Tolegraph creek. Uo it well uuderslond (hat this entire trail is passable now without work, at th proper season. Tlm men sent, inure expected by May 1st to have Ihe eil-; tiro rflilte in pupil shape that, ihere will bo no delay among the thousands thai willi ravel it. Befelnulng :.*ot earlier than April 1st, and a few woelts litter is better, April 1st is about the right time fo tie in Aslicrofl, to arrange llu- ally for the trip,.exceptional seasons a little onrllor start might bo made, Arrange early for your horses, which will cost, you at tlie present prices from 020 to iMOeacli, dopeudlug ou weight and worth. Buy your camp outfit, clothing, and pnaklug rigging at Ashoroft, tho merchants carrying largo stocks of Urst-elass goody. Take DATE OF ISSUE NO. CANADA -^FREE MINER'S CERTIFICATE.j^ UOT TRANSFERABLE, PLACE OF ISSUE VALID FOR ONE YEAR ONLY. Th is is to Certify //,--/ ny- StrrJ- /jcrect- urC- ffitii- cf-c7tf -trie:. iittj)/ nf , r.-tic//j*. nt.-ff/fcer Zct- ez/f^-ffric- Iftrfi-fJ- erne/ ■A.>,;,-,'/tyr-s. „./■„ free nVw -.-,■.■--/•■■ «**y cJ^/»?. c^L*«*^^ */-&C / _ „ / / / Tl;i$ Certificate .-■•. -■- , ,'.<..'.•,,,,*......;■ /,,r/,f,.,s,«v~y'JZ,t,-„,/ '^-^.^^f,-/ A //■/„.i.c<,„„,r/,.,!y . ......v ^J^*A/^W/«^«»-/; „ .'.- ■ ....' :, f- ■ ,y ,-n '/.*-_• /i,uft* /o I r.. /...,/ „ecejitfoj.,yUt („ if,/,'„>/■ //-■ tt***, f.,.. ft, „..//„ ,,,„ r,< yitt»/S, ■-.,.-; fc.iir.t A. f'. y',.,- fA, ,',_•//../,.,-,/-,. ,.f- /ft\. „,,„.-■■. Coittifii'siiiii-fil, I'n bo comu rrsi'fited by the G.ild t 'oinmls- sinner. Mining Rooorddr, or bytinolllcor or agent of tiie Dopartmoilt of interior. Deputy ofthe Minister ofthe Interior. enough supplies with you lo last the trip through and light and necessary articles such as yoti know will he useful, Hour, b:ieon, bean-;, etc at.d heavy supplies ran now be contracted tor at Aslicrofl and guaranteed to be delivered to you on your arrival at Hazleton or Telegraph Creole at vory reasonable rates. You will (bus, by joing light, havo your horses in good condition for your work or for sale when you aro through with thom. It will be remembered that the trail thus traveled is through mining country all the way. Cariboo. Omenica and Casslar, and beginning at Telegraph creek, it will ho remembered the greatest authority on the Yukon, .Mr 0;'il- vie, says that the oountry is full of groat mining possibilities along tbo great mining bolt, reaching down to Dawson city and lying east of Teslin lake. Immense mines will be found that section and tliero is room for 100,000 men to prospect in that vast country. Telegraph Creek- should be made tiie base supplies. Horses should bring tit least us much as the cost of shipping them up, provided that tho steamers would ship ihem. which for many months after lho river opens they will not do. The river boats will ive to much other traliic and tbo nominal rates aro about 8100 each horse, by roll, ocean and steamer. Mow can you go to the gold fields by any other route, and sell your pack animals when you tire through with them for nough poj-haps, to very nearly pay for your years supplies delivered at Lake Tesliu? A Klondiko Map. A reliable map of thc Overland routo to tho Klondike via Ashoroft, Quesnollo and Telegraph creek, showing river crossings, distances camping grounds, etc., etc., will bo out shortly. All persons seeking information as to tbis route should see this map. Send 50 cents or 61 aud go. ouo by return inall, Address Fraser & Roberts, Asbcroft, D. C, Roal C-siote Deal. Thirteen town lots were bought this week iu Asheroft by David Wilson, of Davenport, Wash., from WI 13. Bailey. Several other roal ostuto transactions ulso took' place nud with tho new buildings in process of erection it may well bo said tbat Aslieroft is forging rapidly abend. To tbo fact of this beiug the railroad point for those that will go overland to tbo north- western goldflolds, and thousands will travol it, and the tact that most, if not all, will outllt hero where there are largo stocks onrriod by tho Aslieroft merchants for that purpose, and in connection with tho putting in of tho water works and electric light plants, and the general condition of prosperity In this section, it. seems to bo tbo case that while we havo no boom wo aro so situated that lho littlo village may well expect to'doubloiu population within the noxt fow months, Tbo climate is perhaps tbe best along the Thompson river of any spot iu the Northwest,and California cannot excel it. Tho air pure aud Invigorating, tho scenic surroundings grand, hunting in tho near vicinity, and the finest trout fishing in tho world. Some of those travelim: throngh may well consider if it is not advisable to east in tlieir lot with us and help to mako Ashcroft what it should and will bo in tho near future, ono of the handsomest aud most prosperous litllo cities lu tlio world, Tlio Cariboo company will employ about 000 men on UioirMoroboad ditch next year. It is said work on the dam across the outlet will commence early. Several hundreds of barrels of cement have gone up lately for use iu its struotlon. NBWS I'KO.-I Till: YUKON. A letter written from Dawson by Correspondent D. E. Campbell, of the Post-In tell iuanccr Alaska Nows Syndicate, gives a vigorous idea of life in tbo (anions miuing town as it is today. Dawson, ■ during the dull, dark days of Arctic winter, is one of the warmest places for excitement to be fouud anywhere in the world. Possibly the effort to keep fnun freezing fo death Is responsible for tho desire of Dawsonitos to burn money, but certainly thoy are fast ercmat ing it. The loss of fortunes on the turn of a card is common, Men who lose hundreds are considered "tin horns:" they must get rid of thousands to win consideration as "sports." Tho olllce of the gold commissioner iu Dawson is besieged tit all times by crowds of meuanxiousto record claims. Sometimes they stand in liue for days, With J.OOO placer claims already recorded the demand ou tlm olllco does not abate. New discoveries aro being ■ogularly made. All-Gold and Sulphur n*eek properties are booming. On Xo. 31 l.ldorado, iu whicli Tom Rockwell, of this city, holds a one-third interest, :i streak of pay gravel, 10 feet deep and 100 foot wide, averaging 810 to the pnn, has just been struck. Several pans have gono ns high as 8125. From the Berry Bros, claims on Eldorado this spring will be cleaned up, it is estimated, at least £000,000. Dawson, N.W.T., Dec. 20.—Tlio gold commissioner's olllce at Dawson was established June 17 of this year, and since that timo 1,000 placer miuing laims have been recorded. From prosent Indications BOO more will bo ro- lorded before tho new year, and as tho fee fm- recording is 81">, the revenue for the Dominion government derived from l his source alone, for a period of less than six mouths' time will roach (lie sum of 8(17,o00. Added to this aro the renewal feel, which is 8100 for each claim, tho fee of 82 making a transfer on the records. If a newcomer to Dawson should want tiny evidenco as to the faith tbo population of this community has in tho gold producing qualities ot the Klondike country, all that would be necessary I'or him to obtain this evidence would tie to wall: down to tbo gold commissioner's ollieo and see the vast throng of meu standing in tlie street vainly trying to obtain admittance to tho olllco iu order to record their claims. From early morniug until after closing lime this crowd increases in numbers, and although tbo gold commissioner and his able assistants aro turning out tho work as fast as possible, thero seems to bo no end to tho rush. The olllce of the commissioner is a small frame building, about sixteen feet square, and a dozen mon standing in front of tho desk completely lilts it. They can thoreforc, accommodate only a limited number. Whou tho olllce is opened at il iu the morning, there is a grand rush for ad- mittdnoo, and tlio lighting and scrambling very forcibly reminds ono of lho openim. of n ticket wagon at aeireus. When tho olllce is filled the door is closed aud those who were so unfortur- uale as not. to have boeu near the door, have nothing left them but to wail for tho next grand scramble. Ono of the richest strikes ever inside on Eldorado has just boon mado ou a lay ou No. Ill, whicli is owned by .1. J, Kul ledge, a leading mining man, lato of Juneau, Tom Rockwell, one of tbo best knowu young men of Seattle, and George Alexander, it prosperous farmer from Dnngoncss, Wash. They have fouud pay gravel wbioli is ten feet deep uud about 100 foot wide, and It will average over 810 lo the pan; some pans thoy havo takon out run as high as 812r>, and in no cases woro tho pans from picked dirt. The amount of monoy they wiil tako out this winter will be somewhere in live llguros. Roports como in from All-Gold and Sulphur creeks that rich strikes have been nindo at sovoral places on each of these creeks. Thoso bringing in tho report chum thnt tho dirt found on All-Gold will equal in richness and extent that of tho fnr famed Eldorado. In somo of tbo prospect holes they have got down on this croek they havo from fivo to eight feet of pay gravol, whicli runs Trom 75 cents to 810 to tho pan. On Sulphur creok, nt a depth of 20 feet they have struck bed rock, and tho pay is very rich. A great many men who own olaims on theso creeks, and wbo havo been working lays on crooks which woro known to bo good, have thrown up their lays and aro now sledding thoir outfits and supplies to these creeks, to work thoir owu olaims. Tlieso reports have caused great excitement iu tho camp, and prices of proportios ou tbo twocreeks aro bounding upwards at u lively rate. Tlio following will show tho crudo maimer in which some mcudobusiucss in tliis country. This is a copy of a dood filed in tbo olllco of tho gold commissioner ou tho 10th iust: Dawson dec 7 1807 uo all man by these presants that i William thompson of this placo does by theso presents Sell Transfer and convoy to John Smith, to bo Ids airs ancestors and assigns forever the following property Namely a full ono half interest or all my write and title iu Claim uo ono hundred and six (100) above Discovery on Bonanza creek in the yukou mining division for tho consideration of 810000.00 cash In hand iu wituess whereof i set my hand aud seal. witness William Thompson. Patrick O'Byrue. Katie Mncliae. Tho Immense amount of gold which Clarence J. Berry took out of his Eldorado olaims last season will not bo a drop in the bucket to that which his brothers will take out of the samo grouud this seasou. Prank Berry tolls mo that on claims No, 1, 5, aud 0 on Eldorado, which lio nud his brothers aro working, tlioy hnvo a streak of ravel from eight to ten feet deep which runs from 83.00 to 8100 to tho pan. Thoy havo about twenty holes down, and in all of them tbey have fabulously rich dirt; in a few of them thoy aro workiug down into tho bodrock, and tho pay in those holes runs from 82u to 8U00 to tbo pan, Ou ono dump alouo they now have over 8100,- 000. Theso gentlemen aro also working claim No. 21 below discovery on Hunker, aud there, as on Eldorado, they have also struck tho pay. Ou this claim they havo six foot of gravel which goes from $1.50 to 810 to t'-o pan, The Berry boys will clean up uext spriug at least 8000,000. , TOLE(JRAI>H TRAIL REPAIRS. Tho following letter was received this week from tho Hon. G. B. Martin, shows that the government aro alive to the interests of tho interior couutry and see tho necessity of doing prompt work on the Telegraph trail. Lands mnl U'nrks Department. Victoria, JnnimryflO, isdh, F.S. Reynolds, Sin 1 have the honor to acknowledge the rcceijit ol your letter of tin 2-tlt iii-l., re. improvements of Overland trail from Qucsnelle via Ila/.l.tuii to Telegraph Creuk, 111 reply beg lo say that 1 will have much pleasure In brttiBlng the subject of your letter undor the consideration of my colIc.bties a aa early date. I have Ihc lionor to lie, sir, your obedient servant, GEO. Ii. MARTIN, Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works. New C.P.R. Time Talilc. Winnipeg, Jan. 28,—An improved timo table goes Into effect on the western division of the Canadian Pacific Railway, on Tuosday, February 1st. Trains from the west will reach Winnipeg sovoral hours earlier. Among tho social events of thowlu- ter has beeu the celebration of tho birthday of our two gonial justices of tho pence, Messrs. Barlow nud Johnston. In both cases tho modes wore similar. Quito a few "old bunds" and uow acqunintauces wero invited. During tho early part or tho evening the guests played whist and indulged iu a general social chat. Aftor tbis a tine spread was set before lho guests and tho manner in which tho sevoral courses were treated proved the excellency of tho cook's art or the keen appetite of tho gnosis. Supper being ovor tho toast of tlio evening was drunk with great enthusiasm. Mr. Mclnnes of Aloxnudrin wits present nt Mr. Barlow's and In a neat, humorous and witty speech recounted " the thousand many heavy times" thut passed since they "both pnided 'i tbe burn." Both wore olil acqunntuuees nnd were on the scone in tho early days of hardship, pluck and endurance. Timo has writ- ton very fow wrinkles on tho brow of either and their step is yet us elastic und youthful us over. The rest of the evenings wns passed with toasts, songs and speeches. Such events aa these tend to cherish a kindly feeling, and althDUgh it murks another mile stone, tho tendency is to cheer one on to do moro effectually "the duty that ltest nearest the." All who bad the pleasure in both iastances, in uniting in the celebration, wero highly pleased and enjoyed themselves very muoh. Lou^ life to them nnd may there be many such social gatherings of well-wishera to celebrate again the birthday of two old and respected residents nud may your correspondent be there to get the delicious cuke, etc. *' Auld Lnng Syne" being sung the gntheriug so verv pleasant retired after the singing of "God Save tho Queen" at nu early hour ia tlie morning. The party (.hanked Mr., .lohuston heartily for the manner in which she entertained her guests and ono and all expressed the pleasure they bad during the evening. Mr. Greshem of the II. B. post at Fort St. James, Stuart's lake, ts down, for u few weeks. Tho loog distance was made on snow-shoes. Accompanying Mr. Gresham was Alexander who had assaulted Colonel Weather ley somo time ago, Alexander was arrested nc Port St. James but imaiedlately made his ceapo. Several shots wen. Brail after bim one of which struck him on tho heel. Ho made good his escape and tho constables returned to Quesnelle bringing with them Brewster who supplied the liquor to Alexander and Indians at the Fort. Alexander was maddened with liquor and declares he had uo recollection of his action. Coming to himself and by thoughtful advieu ot Father Moriee he came down and -ntv- Idmself up to tho authorities. He appealed by instructions from the oBfsf of police, hefore Messrs. Barlow and Johnston aud lined ■?..(). which waa paid. There seems to be an absolute need of a constable or Indian agency in the region of Stuart's lake. Unprincipled scamps who call themselves white meu, thinking they are far enough wny from un officer of the law, commit actions which often lead to murder and bloodshed, and none ara worse than the supplying of liquor to the natives. Rey. D. Campbell spent last Sunday week at Bnrkerville. on his return he went to the 150 where he spent two Suuduys. Mrs. Locke nud two daughters who hud been spending a few weeks with her parents ut Barkerville returned by Saturdays stage. A peculiar and unusual phenomin occurred boro on tho afternoon of the iltith, iu the way of a vory loud clap of thunder. It is uot wise to attempt to prognosticate the omeu bnt to speak like an oracle, it may be early spring or lato, or it maybe u warning for those who will go the Poor Man's route to tho Klondike. It may be a signal to come this wny. S. A. Rogors, M. P. P., passed down to-day on his way to the session of parliament, LIL'.OOET. Since Christmas we have enjoyed delicious weather iusomuch that the wuterproof gontlemeu from tho coast arc enthusiastic iu their praises o( our climate. Supplies aro being shippod into Bridgo river preparatory to spring prospecting. Tho mines being developed iu that district are doing splendidly nnd assist materially in keeping up tho iuterest. Ten men arrived hero on Friday's stage who will proceed to Bridgo river to commence operations on tho Forty Thieves group. The B.C. Trust Co. intend pushing forward this property and opening up whut bus proved so far a lino proposition. A bridge is being built across the bend of Lake creek and Duguid & Co., intend moving their suwmill ucross to the opposite poiut. Tbe ledgo recently struck in tho Goldon Cache mine bus proved a very rich one. It is two and a half foot wide at present and has clearly defined walls. It has every promise of boing n permanent ledge uud the true one of | tho Golden Cache olaim. Every pros- ' poet is cheerful at present and Lillooet is to tho tore yet. mm Thc British Colombia lining Journal. Issued every Saturday. F. S. REYNOLDS, Editor and Proprietor. Subscription Price, per unaum . $3,00 AdvurtlsctnontE will not lm discontinued un till paid. Adverllfiliig ratas on upplicnUon SATURDAY, FKBRUARY 5, 1808, YUKON niNINU KUUULATION.-t. Ottawa, Out., .Ian. 28.—Aftor careful cousidorntion, und with thoudviceof William Ogilvie, tbo great Canadian authority on the Yukon country, tho department of the interior has decided upon tho legal conditions which aro to govern placer mining in the Yukon. The regulations in substauco uro us follows: Free minors slinll moan a mule or feuiulo over the ngo of let. but not under that age, or a joint stock company named in and lawfully possessed of valid existing freo miner's certificate and no other. A freo miner's certificate shall not be transfer ruble. This cortilicato may bo granted for ouo yoar to run from tho dato thereof or expiration of the applicant's then existing certificate, on tbo payment thereof of tho sum of 310, unless tho certificate is to bo issued in favor of a joint stock compauy, in wbicb caso tho fee slinll bo 530; for a company having a nominal capital exceeding $100,000, tho feo shall be $100. Ouly ono person or .joint stock compauy shall bo named in a certificate. This certillcato sbull also grunt the holder the privilege of fishing nnd shooting, subject to provisions of laws, tbo privilege of cutting timber for actual necessities, for building bouses, boats and for gonoral miniug operations; for tbo exclusive uso of tho miner himself, but such permission shall not oxtoud to timber which may havo boeu granted to other persons or corporations. Certificates mny bo obtained by applicants in person at tbo department of tho interior at Ottawa, or from the agents of the Dominion land at Winnipeg, Man.; Calgary, Edmonton, Prince Albert, in tho Northwest Territories; Kamloops and Now Westminster,B.C.: •at Dawson, in tho Yukon district; also from tho collectors of customs at Ash croft, Vancouver and Victoria, B. C. No person or joint stock company will bo recognized as having any right or interest in or to auy claim unless he or it or ovory person iu his or its employment shall have u free minor's cer tiflcato unexpired, and ou the expiration of a freo miner's cortilicato tho owner thereof shall absolutely forfeit ull his right and interest unless ho sbull on or beforo tbo day following the expiration of such certificate, obtain a now free minor's certificate. Nevertheless, should any co-owner fail to koep up bis froo miner's certilicate, such failure shall not cause a for telture or act as uu abandonment of tho claim, but the interest of such co- owners, pro rata, according to thoir former interests; provided nevertheless thut a shareholder in n joint stock company neod uot bo a froo minor. Evory free minor shall, during the continuance of bis certificate, huvo thc right to enter, prospect or mino for ■gold, and minerals upon the lands of tho Yukon, whether vested in tho crown or otherwise, except upon government reservations, uud lund lawfully occu pied. A creek, gulch, rivor or gulch, river or hill chum, slinll not exceed 250 feet in length in tho general direction of tho strenm or raviuo on which it fronts and shall not bo moro than 1,000 foot in width. Each alternate ten claims shall be reserved for tlio government of Cauada. That is to sny, whou a o.luim is looafr ed tho discoverer's claim uud niuo additional claims adjoining each other uud numbered consecutively, will bo open for registration. Tho uoxt ton claims of 250 ft. will bo reserved for tho -government and so on. Tho pounlty for trespassing upon a claim reserved for tho crown shall bo tho Immediato cancellation of auy entry or entries which the person trespassing may havo obtained, whether by original entry or purchase for a mining claim, and the refusal of the acceptance of any application which tho per son trespassing may have obtained whether hy original entry or purchase Tor a mining claim, and the refusal of tbo acceptance of tiny application which tho persons trespassing may at nny time inako for u claim. If any freo minor or party of fr miners discoverers a now mine and such discovery shall bo established to tbo satisfaction of I ho mining recorder, creek, river or bill claims of the follow ing sizes shall bo allowed: To one discoverer of claim, 500 feet in length; to a party of two discoverers, two claims, amounting together to 1,- 000 feot in length; to euch member of a party beyond two in number a claim of tho ordinary size only. A claim shall bo recorded with tho mining recorder in whoso district it is situated within ten days after tbe loca tion thereof. Entry shall not bo granted fora claim which has not boou stnked by the applicants in tho manner specified iu those regulations. Au entry fee of 816 shall bo charged tbo first yeur, and an annual foo of 813 for ouch of tho following years, A royalty of 10 per cent, on tho gold mined shall bo levied and collected ou the gross output of each cliiim. Tho sum of $2,500 shall be deducted from the gross annual output of a claim when estimating tho amount upon which royalty is to be calculated, but tho oxcoption sbull not bo allowed unless the royalty Is paid at a banking ofllce or to the gold commissioner or miniug recorder. The following regulations are adopted for the issue of louses to persons or companies who have obtaluod a froo miner's certilicate lo dredge for minerals othor than coal In tho submerged bods of rivors in the provincial district of Yukon in the Northwest territory. The lessee shall bo given tho oxolus ive right to subaqueous mining and Irodglng for all minerals, with the exception ul' coal in and along an tin* irnken extent of live miles of a river. Nu more than six such lonsos will bo ssued in favor of any individual or •ompuny, so that tho maximum extent. of a river in und along which any Individual or compauy shall bo given the uslvo right above mentioned shall under no circumstances exceed .10 miles. Tho louse sbull bo for u term of 110 ■urs, renewable In the discretion of tho minister of the interior. The lessee shall huvo at least one dredge in operation upon the five miles of river leased n within two seasons from the dato of his lease, nnd. if. during one sensou, when no operations can be carried on, he fails to ofticiently work the samo to the satisfaction of the minister of the interior, lhe lease shall become null aud void unless the minister of the interior shall otherwise decide. Provided, that when any company or individual has obtained more thau one lease, one dredge for etudi ITi miles OV portion thereof shall bo held to be compliance with this regulation. The lessee shall pay a rental or 8100 per annum for ouch mile of river so leased to him. The lessee shall also pay to the crown a royalty of ten por cent, on tho output in excess of §13,- 000. ment carries gold ulso, und glacial strata is composed of schists uud argil- lites mixed with still' bluo clay, gray shale and quarts; in largo amounts, and appears to oxtoud for miles. Although I have only proved it in ono place, it shows all the way to Lost creok on tho oast bank of the Munson und ulso Gor- muuson crock in ninny places." Mr. Black will return to the Omonioa shortly to look after the properties in which he is interested." Steamer Corona Wrecked, Nu Diim this i ok i SIMON'S PATENT A iicb deposit ot platinum has been discovered near Fort Worth, Testis, by export miners from California. Tlioy recently bought 300 acres of laud in Jack county, near Jackboro, nnd after sinking u 110 foot, shaft found numerous samples of platinum tit a depth of of 50 feet. Th* Owenlco Country. Mr. C. N. Black, C. E., manager ot two Omonica mining companies, was ono of tlio visitors in the city lost week, in at- tendance at tbo meeting of lho Mining Engineers'Association. Mr. Black was u onlltT at the ofllce of the Mining Critic, und, iu speaking of the Omenica country said: "Iu thut country British Columbia hus u vast area of gold-bearing territory that until recently has been very little explored. The gold bearing trucl thus far discovered is ou the Arctic slope and the streams tributary to tho Peace rivor. Tho difficulty or access, tho uncertainty of rood BiippHog, and the groat oxpouse of transportation have, in spite of the richness of the country. almost entirely defeated all attempts at miniug operations on tm extensive scale until within the last two years, when three companies commenced operations ou Manson, Gormansou and Slato crooks. The nearest railway point is 370 miles distant; the first 220 miles ar-j over a good wagou road; tho remainder of tlie way is ovor a trail, part of it boiug tho famous Telegraph trail. There is plenty of feed for pack horses along tho trail. Boats also could bo used from Soda Creek, ou the Fruser river, to within 00 miles oftho mines. "In summer tho Omonica can also be reached from the coast by steamer to Hazleton on the Skooua river, whence a good trail 150 miles in length extends to tho mines, Tho trails huvo been much improved the past two yoars, and at the present time pack animals can easily got in, tmd thc rate on freight bns been reduced from -?1 to Ki'o cents per pound from Victoria to Manson to und Gormansou creeks. "The Ilrst rush to tho Omenica was in 1800, when rich diggings woro dis covered on Gormansou creok, and the following year gold was found on Mauson uud other crooks. Consequent, however on tbe Casslar stampede nnd the prevailing high freight rates the country was nearly abandoned in u fow years. Ground that wotdd not pay to work then will yield rich returns now when worked by moderate hydraulic processes. "Tho first oight years tho Omonica creeks yielded $1,000,(01 in dust and nuggets, bust year two men took out &48,O0O, nnd at least 830,000 moro wero taken out by other miners rocking and sluicing. Nuggets worth 8200 have frequently been round. During 1SSS tlie largest nugget taken out was worth 800, On Last Chance crook, a tributary of Manson, tho Irwin company of live men took out 300 ounces iu ono week. Four mon took 6103,001) out of one claim. On Black Jack gulch, another tributary of tho Manson, In 1601, live men averaged 8200 por day throughout tho season, "Doubtless the Omenica is a vory rich country. But it Isuot a poor man's country. At tho preseut time u person going there must figure on putting in atloast two years' time aud spending 81,500. There may be new oreeks si ruck for 100 miles north of the Omenica is a district that has never boeu explored by whito men. It lies between Poaco river and tho now famous Yukon; but to explore this country will take ijotTi money and grit. "Tho paystreiikin the Omonioa is undoubtedly a glacial deposit. It is supposed to cross the river at right angles nnd it overlaps at forty feet above the bedrock. It is composed of chlorltio liistsand shale, overlapped in some places by ferruginous cement. This ll.C, Jan. 28.- -Tho steamer ved at Departure Bay lato . bringing down nows of I' the steamer Coronu, with 2-5 passengers aboard. The Corona struck ti rock near tbo mouth of tho Skeena river and at once commenced to sink. Lifeboats wero lowered and the passengers wore conveyed to the bench of the Skoona river. The steamer Al-Kl went to the rescue. She is now on her wny south with tho unfortunate gold seekers. Tho Corona truck the rock on Tuesday morning mw ou, nnd is now lying with storn submerged. It Is feared that the Corona will prove a total wreck and the whole of ber cargo will be lost. It is also reported thnt tho Union Steamship Company's stoniuor Goquit- lam wns wrecked on tho Skoona rivor, Particulars of this wreck woro not obtainable faom (be passengers of the Danube. Seattle, Juu. 28.—A special to tho Times from Victoria snys that news has been received tliero that the steamship Corona, which left Seattlo with 225 passengers January 20 for southeastern Alaskan ports bus boon wreaked now Lewis island at thp mouth of the Skoona river. Hor passengers were all safely landed on Kennedy island. Every pound of froigbt tind baggage is lost. No furthor particulars arc given, The Corona was a screw propellor, 220 feot long, 35 feot beam, nine feet five inches hold, built at Philadelphia in 18SS, and has boon running ou this const ever since. She is well known in southern California, having been on the run thero betweon San Fraucisco and San Diego for some yoars. Sho was n If. knot boat and was fitted nil modern nppllauces. This was to buvo boon tho last trip of the Corona, ns she was to have been transferred to the southern California division on ber return. BALL BEARING GIANTS. No center bolt, Superior to all others Write for prices. B. H. OAMPBELL, Agent, Ashcroft,B. O. See What We l}|u- tor Only io Cents. Take Notice.—You uro given a oboiae of one of thc following articles and Tho Homo il mouths for only 10 cents. Lord Lislo's Daughter, by Charlotte M. Brnome; Book of 00 pages on Crocheting uud knitting: or n stamping outfit of tin patterns, many ljew designs, in- cludiug centerpieces, doilies, eto. The excellent stories, for which The Home is noted, will ho kept up to a high standard, Kuto Sanborn will continue hor bright "Off-Hand Talks," nnd every one of the numerous departments will be Increased aud made brighter. Illustrated, proujlunj list or outfit for anvosslug sent free, The Home Publishing eu„ 111 Milk St., Boston, Mass. "Overland to Klondike." The pamphlet recently gotteif out by thc Mining Journal has been mailed to till enquirers, and to our exchanges and the lending newspapers of Canada and the United Stales. Several hundred copies have already been furnished to the stores and business houses in Ashcroft, and by them sent out (o erjijufrers. Arrangements were made in the cast with different railroad companies that arc interested, and that have already sent out several thousand copies, whereby they will from now ou send them to alt enquiring about thc route. Arrangements are also being made to have a Baltimore bouse publish the pamphlet at that city In large numbers, so a large circulation is assui ed. From this time on the paiitfihtet, containing in all ?o pages, including ten full page views of points and objects of interest along the route, a good and accurate full page map showing the overland route, advertisements, etc., will be sent out by J. H, Clements, Druggist and Stationer, postpaid on receipt ot twenty-five cents. Any advertiser who has not received a copy or copies will fo sv/rptied with the same gratuitously on application. Address—J. II. Clements, Druggist and Stationer, Asheroft, H.C, JAS.McMILLAMCO. INCOHPOHATCD. EXPORTERS AND IMPORTERS. 200*212 FIRST AVE. NORTH. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. Branch: ss whari st., VICTORIA, B. C, J. A. Browne, ma».o(«. . t.--hi|i.iionts Solicited. Write for Circular."*-1 SMITH & BRYSON, General Blacksmiths. Carriage builders. Horseshoeing a specialty. A snttply of iron and wagon maleirial always on hand, Shop on Railway Avenue. - - ASHCROIT, B. C THOS. DUNN ACoLtd -1MPOIITEB5 OF- STUDEBAKEE, MoOoffjiipks piijders and Mmyors, NfoOlnry'ti Faniqus Stoves, Farming 'i'o.'lu and General Hardware. JAMES VAIR, . Kamloops,B.C. Commerolal Hotel, THE BEST .2 A DAY HOUSE IN VANCOUVER. G THOMAS. Proprietor- PITHER & LEISER. Importers ani Wholesale Dealers in WINES LIQUORS AND CIGARS VICTORIA, B. C. Shelf and Heavy Hardware. Placer and Quartz Mining Supplies. 150 MILE HOUSE The distributing point for all the hydraulic mines at Horse Fly, North and South Forks and main Quesnelle River, also the stock ranges of Chileoten and Beaver Lake Valley. At tl is Point will be found a good assortment of GENERAL MERCH AND ISE & MINERS SUPPLI ES Also one of the best Hotels on tke route Information cheerfully given, VEITH & BORLAND Proprietors and Stock Raisers, R. P.RITHET & CO., Ltd. Wharf Street. VICTORIA, B. C. WHOLESALE MERCHANTS, SHIPPING AND INSURANCE. Agents for: Wells Kurgo, Columbia Flouring Mills Co., or Under. j\ Pacific Coast Steamship co's line of steamers between Victoria and San Francisco. Mineral Act, 1896. (FORM K.) Certificate of Improvements. NOTICE. Where located-Soulh Fork of Bridge Rivi ** * ■ •ftn-.r ai. -- .......pfrtM No'. ij;ni)A. und 7Q:il-t,liit_iid, uo days trom thc dale hereof, lo npply to tho mining recorder fora certificate ot improvements, for the purpose of obtaining a crown grant of tlie above claim. And further take notice that action, under flection 37, muni be commenced before the issuance of such certificate of Improvements. Dated this UOlli day of November. 1807, I- 11 UL'lklKH.U 8310 R. fi, SKINNER. JOHN MARSHALL. Klondike. Cariboo. Tho undersigned offer for sule their well-known pack train consisting of the following! 60 head of paok mules with oomplete outllt of packing rigging with eanh mule. 5 head of riding mules with saddles, etc., eto. 8 head of & year old mules with or without packing outllt. These latter are only halter broke. 1 ouly bell mare with saddle, otc, goes with train. Tbis is without doubt tho most complete packing outfits In B, C. and is for sale " en bloc." Por terms, etc., apply to » VIETH &, BORLAND, 150-Mile House, B.C. ^lJLSI Yftiii '-tV HOPE, YALE, LYTTON AND CACHE CREEK DIVISIONS OF YALE DISTRICT. NOTICE is hereby Riven, In «cprdanct * with tlip Statute* that" I'rovinoUrRevV nue Tax and nil taiet levied under tbe A~_l>m- ment Act are now due for the year 18B8. All of the above named taxea collectible within tho Hope, "- ale, Lyttsn and Cache Croek divi. -Ions of thc District of Yale are payable at my office, Yale. Assessed taxes are collectible at the following rates, <elu If paid on or before 30th June, 1808. Three-fifths of one per cent, on real properly. Two and one-half per cent, on assessed value ot wild land. One-half of one per cent, on personal prop erty. On so much of thc income of any person as exceeds one thousand dollars the followinir rates, namely, upon such exceis of income, when the same i- nut moer than ten thousand dollars, one per cent) when audi one and one-imarterof one per cent.: when such excess is over twenty thousand dollars, one and one-half of one per ceat. If paid on or after 1st July, 18DH land. Three-fourths of one per cent, on personal property. On so much of ttie Income of any person aa exceeds one thousand dollar- the following rates, namely, upon such excess, when the same is not more than ten thousand dollars, one and one-quarter of one percent.; when Hticli excess is over ten thousand dollars and not more than twenty thousand dollars, one and one-half of one per cent.; when such excess is over twenty thousand dollar-* one and three-quarters of one per cent. Provincial Revenue Tax Bit for every male Person over the age of 18 yeara. 30- WM. DODD, As-CMor and Collector. Yale, January 99th, 1869. ty Writs ron Quotations. Cable address "Cortes," Vanct 8 and 10 Cordova Street, Vancouver, H.C, I'.O. IKi*. Nn. un. MacKinnon, llcbeck & Companv, ill Hastings street, VANCOUVER, ll.C. MINING BROKERS AND ACENTS. Minlnir companies oread I zed uud limned. I'mm .Uc l>nutl| .1 mul reported till for Iui-inn 0 * nal syndicate!*. Having heen resident« ut III. pwivlnco lm the |>;i-.l twentv six veiim, we are thfirfiH- in apoMtion ti' huni-h tlie musl reliable ln.t.imnlioi. In lie nl.tiilnrd res. pcellMR (lit* vftliijililr inliirrtll re suuiren uf the inuvlnee. Curit'njiniidi'iiee null, tied, O0ee of the u Golden Cache Mines Company, Ltd.," of Lillooet, Ii. C. Oppenheimer Eros. WHOLESALE GROCERS Vancouver, : : : B. C. DOERING & MARSTRAND BRBWIKG CO. Celebrated Alexandri Laser and Porter Specially Recommended, VANCOUVER, • . . B.C. - JtgJJSJUK-WllJ'.M. JVtcPARLANE & CO., ASSAY, MINING & MILL SUPPLIES We are manufacturer- and direct importer-, and carry' a large stock of balance-. Furnaces. Fire Clay Goods, Scientific and Practical Books, Glassware Platinum Goods, Acids, Chemicals, and nil other Assayers' Miners' and Mill requirements. Sole -.Rents for Morgan Crucible Company, Pattersea, Becker's Sons' Balances, etc, If you are a purchaser of this clays of goods Write to us for Illustrated price list. I*. O. Box 355. VANCOUVER. H. C Telegraphic Address: " assay."' Vancouver, B.C. THE IMPERIAL BREWERY AND ■OSA VCT-_.TI_H WORKS OO. Lager Beer and Porter- The Best Quality only Brewed from choice Malt and Hops K A.MLOOP5, B. C. SODA WATER WORKS. In connection v>Hh our Itreweru uthave added a utu and complete plant Irom Sun Francisco far the manufacture of Soda Water, Ginger Ale. Sarsparttla, Ohampatgne Cider and Mineral Water of alt kind*. AU orders from city and eountrg will receive our personal and licst attention. Vour patronage solicited. Special attention to all ordt-rn 'rom Cariboo and way. You will find ourprJCMVjUI make, U an object to give v*your order*. CHARLES HACH, (Successor to Tho Sehl-Krsklno Furniture Co., Ltd.) -MANt-FACTl'ItE-l OF- Furniture, Upholstery, Mattresses, Window Blinds, etc. And direct Importer ot Carpets, Linoleums, Oilolotbs, Cbiklreus' Carriages, Crockery, Glassware, etc. 55, 57 and 59 Cordova St., Vancouver, B. C. Distances 5S-.F-0M*.!; Ashcroft Plan* Cache Creek V, McDonald's Hat Creek • • U.Wtu« ■ • tt,Mite House CLINTON tO-Mttt House Ot-Mtle House Iti'Mitt House M-Mile House - ST-Mile House mi-Mile Home tOS-Mtle House lOS-Mite House ill-Mile House tltt-Milt House 117-Mile House m-Mflt House IST-Mite Hou*} lU-Mile Itousc ■ Kb Utile House I'.l-Mile House , IV,-Mile House m-MILK HOUSE Soda Creek A lexandria Moffat's • A uslraHnn'Manch Hohnnon's Ouesnellt • Cottonu-oad Heaver Pass Stanley Barkerville I M*J*-J»wfJiotttfB-irfincJi t HO-mile House but thc distances are from A sh croft. IHglAtke. . . . Heater Lnke Quesnelle Forks ¥ THE MINING JOURNAL, $2A YEAR IU Hr. Pinch on Klondike. "I vofffircl tho ovorland routo to tho Klondiko uiuoh moro favorably tlmn whon U w.is IlrsL QQHSidoi'od,"saldJohn A, FInoli yostorday. "Ab that timo it appoarod Hint, the coast routes would bo ablo tn Bocommodato tho movomont but prosout iudioiitious uro tlmt tho crowd will soon bo cougostod ou thosu routes, I now look upon tho ovorlund routo us n salety valve "I have viewed this Klondiko rush with muoh concern," added Mr. ITIuob, "Thousands are going who have no conception of the dangora autl hardships. Thoy imly know tlmt tlioy want to reach Kloudiko and pick up some uO lliat tfold. [ f0ar tliero will be great distress lator in the season. IT tho rush couLIuues ut the present rate tho govorumout wiil be called upon tn dispatch vessels lo bring back lho mon who have wasted thoir resources in trying to get ovor the coast routes. "The ovorlund route is muoh safer. oh lt passe try, will tho oxpoi'louco capable o. beot Men taking thi paok horsos um Incur Iili!- rli plottsnuf In suu tho monulnius vast minoral couu- ilyaUno Hold for is) lor or the mon fgood prospootors. to with Iheir own ultle nl sttppl i wil) llu ootuil ry J_> \.\ lish ng Ihis ull III did an list, Hi n pi,... will in l.o.llll III Ik. would oould lllll or mill.-, r Ida twoongi mile an 1 1 nstiil ami would he ns apt tt hunt ro rold in a pile of basall i i olaow IO uoxporlonood men tali mrtho> land 'Ollto wiil l.ft88 throngh i mlnon I conn l*y, ami wiil moot ml ilug mei 11 al ui.-.- the way. From tb iso ihey i gnu valuable in [ormiith n. and v h u tl oy reach lho sourcos if the V k n tii v will iii least know su netliing a lOUt iow to begin work. "1 am couvini 01 till *e is a good wagou n ad all tl way lo Quesnollo, 2'20mllo beyond A hero li. In 18SS 1 wont ovt i* this i\ ut ■ 113 t it* as Okana- gun lak_ 1 dro. Ol 11 llll way lo Con- conuiill; . and Wi nt thoi est ol! the way being denied on that ground. It ap- ponrs that au imperfectly drawn contract, stating no definite limits as to timo, could not bo made to covoi any considerable portion of a man's life* timo. Had the contract with Malloy boon drawn to cover a poriod of two years from date, and its conditions complied with, oight citizens oE Spokane would have shared In tbo "countless millions" supposed to Ho iu that portion oE North Amorion's abdomen represented by Malloys claims. The decision ia a rebuke totho carelessness usually exercised lu such matters. Struck a Klondike. A young man not long ago approached tho Charity Organization Society of Indiunapoiis, Ind., penniless, discouraged and half sick. He begged for employment, rather than charitablo assistance, and a temporary opening was fouud for him. Now ho is making nearly ten dollars per wook in a business ho has established. idlo for weeks because tho resident manager was waiting for authority from Loudon to purchase the requisite pumping machinery, and other oa-ios oould bo cited of just us ridiculous a character. Tho ordinary London director of a mining company knows just as much about business and about mining as a newsboy knows about banking and finance, and wo firmly boliovo that tho abolition of theso fee hunting directors (whose chief recommendation iu many oasrs is that they aro tho sons of titled fathors, and thorofore havo a handle to their names) is ouo of tho patout reforms in the management of English iorporatious abroad. ou horseback, but uow ono can go all the way lo ihe lake ami take the steauie: there fur ihe journoy up iho lake, or pass along lhe lake shore wilh a wafeou. If I were going 1 should tP'Ke a wagou as far Us Quesnelle. solU'jg jt there nud continuing by pack train. One eau take his park horses* nlong in thai, way, aud they will be fresh wheu he reaches lha end of tl'j0 wagon road ul Q ties nolle." PORT SIMPSON. Tho quarter of au Inch of snow which foil last, ulght has already disappeared by Ibo rain. The steamer Danube called iu hero on the ovening of the 19th lnst, euroute to Dyon, Alaska. Among her 8(H> passenger, bound for the Klondiko gold Ileitis woro Mr. Patterson and Mr. Chas. Meline, lato of Aslioroft. Tho Hudson Hay Company's river Hloamor Caledonia will bo limm.hml to- morrow moruliig early and then it wont bo long till tho tug "Chieftain" ar- rlvoH from Purl, Essiiigton lo tow hor to Victoria. Among lhe paysongors who arrivod by llio Btoamor HosoowH.-/. lnst night woro Miss L. Stephenson, ouo of the nurses of lho Port Simpson Hospital who has beon spending a few wooks holidays in Viotorla, and our stlpen- inugisiinlo, Mr. J. Liindsay-Aloximdor, who hus been holding court at tho Skoona. Maslor \V. Lmdsay-Aloxaudor will leave Ihis evoning for Victoria whoro lie will continue, his studios at Colloidal o school. Tho Hudson Bay Company is having thoir wharf repaired to stand tho coming rush in tbo spriug for Klondike Mr. George Cunniugham of Port Simpson is ono of tho guests at tho Hotel Northern. Jauuury 21, 1808. As the subject of deep mining of auriferous quarts, voius is of ten brought up nowadays, it will be interesting to our readovs to kuow the following depths -which some or the prominent mines of California havo reached. The KeD'nedy is Holding profits at a depth of 2,200 feet, the Empire has roaohed 'j.100 feet, tho Lost Star 2,000 feet, the Omaha and Providence 1,700 feet each, tho Maryland 1,000 feet, and tho Keystone, Zelia, Wildman, Utica, Cham- aitd several others depths ranging from 1,100 to 1,400 feet. The Kloudi'.;,. oxcltomot lias siveu rise to a uov, industry in tbis cily, viz., the mao.nfacture of rockers. Thc rocket* \u quo-lion is the invention of Mr. Tetreuu, who has had a lengthy mining oxporiouce in Cariboo and else- whore, tnul is manufactured by Messrs. Totreau .\.- Ogdou at 30 Opponheimer street, whoro it cSn lie seen in operation, ll is named Uie "Common Sense" rocker, an appropriate title, owlngto its simplicity. Tiie rocker is made entirely of oak, and only nuts timl screws are used to put it. together. It cun thus bo easily takon to pieces for transportation, and each part llts together lu convenient form, tho whole only weighing lit) pounds. Tho rillles aro so construatod that the rocker will catch all the gold, while copper plates and quicksilver can be placed, if necessary, to catch flour gold, By actual tests it 1ms been proved thattho roe It or will work all lhe gravel a man can shovel, so that its capacity is much great'er thau an ordinary machiuo madefy a miner in the bush. Tho cost co^piiq is only 820, - Xews-Advortisev Western Mining V/brld: lieforetice was mado in tliosa columns last wook to an action iu court that would havo an important bearing ou grubstake agreements. Au opinion in the case was rendered by Federal Judgo Hun- ford last Monday. As already stated tho action was brought by citizens of Spokane to acquire a share in Klon dike mining claims taken by matt whom thoy had grubstaked. M.A, Olsuuuud seven othor parties were tho plaintiffs In this suit, nud T. H. Malloy tho defendant, tho issue involved boiag the duration qE a grubstake contract, no limitations having boon proscribed whon tho ogroomout was entered into A decision was rendered in favor of the Hauford oxpre.ssf.ng The B. C. Company's Act camo into force ou tho first day of January, 1898, This act requires companies organized outsido of tho Province to register on or before tho first of Jauuary and imposes a fine of $50 a day for oaoh day after the first if registration is not mado. Tho fee for registration varios with the capital of the company, being a littlo ovor S100 for a million dollar compauy. Wo fancy that the majority of tho mushroom companies organized in '00 and '97 during boom times will bo out of business by the first of February. Tho Mining aud Sciontillc Press, of Ban Francisco, in a recent issue cou- tnius an admirablo letter from Almlrln B. Paul, outitled "English Capital in Amoricau Mines." Mr. Paul gives many instances of failure of English corporations formed fo work property iu California and Nevada, and tho reasons therefor. Tho concluding paragraph reads as follows: ' If English investors will allow thomsolvos to bo led iuto unprofitable ventures, it is all thoir own fault, as lliero are any number of individuals in thoso hitler days, having enough knowledge or vein structure, value of ores and of extraction of tho metals, to sloer clear of bad ventures. Mining of today and of twenty yours ago Is us dill'ormil as is ono dollar from live dollars." Tho avorago mining correspondent is either born with, or rapidly acquires, the art of romancing, lo use a polite torm for lying Ho is given lo report some fabulous striko of "ton foot" of oro, moro or loss, assaying in tho hundreds of dollars to the ton. As a matter of fact some one single specimen may havo assayed as staled and tho vein may bo ten feot wido, but usually the amount of material in Ihul tun foot which will assay Lho figure given is less thau ono per cent. Tho accuracy of tlio information given in a mining papor's notes is woll measured by tho way in which reports of such finds aro worded. The futility of attempting to value a free milling proposition by means of assaying hand samples is well known to competent engineers, but tho public may uot know that some abomiimblo export work is dono ou tho baud sampling of ores continuing free gold. The coarser tho gold is, tho moro likely are the results to bo inaccurate, as gold is never evenly distributed in any rock. We know of cases whero hand samples takon from a mine have assayed as high as $2,000 to tho ton but whero the aver- ago value of tho material to bo mined did not exceed 812 por tou. Wo think that the failuro of the Golden Cache mine to realize promises as to tho value of its quartz may very probably be ascribed to this pernicious habit of attempting to value a free gold mine by small samples.—Ceuadiau Miuing Review. Canadian *-v "Pacific Ky. SOO-PACIFIC LINE. The Best and Cheaoest ItOUTE TO All KASTEIM NI1TR, TOURIST CAR SERVICE. 't'o St. Pnill dully, Toronto every Sunday. Montreal and Boston every Wednesday. Montreal and Portland, Mc, every Thursday Tlie Dining Cur service idoilg the line tlio C.P.R. In unequal I ed anywhere. Connections at Vuncouvcr with -ti'tin lines for Cliiim. Japan. Htiwnltim l-lniula a AuBtrnlia. KOOTENAY SERVICE. (inlng east Uolng lortl and smith. Rundi own. Ret lll|) dailv dail\ in :n I'j.r.ii NAKUSP < 1 1 oi nt.):. Till" I.I. KOKKS H.'JI lu.r.r. D SANDON leave V.'ll 18,4(1 HMH-AN CITY li.ui 23.(10 'J't.llll TRAIL ROSSLAND m.ni aa.*-). a nl e NELSON leave in... For full information as to rates, time tS~v.( apply to the nearest ticket agent to A. ... er.l.M-.NTS, or to Agont, Ashoroft. 10. J. CoYi.ir, District IWongor agont, Vancouver. 11. 0. —Till.— CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL R'Y is lho besi line to and from Chicago, Mil- wimkoc nntl till points Enst. Willi ils 0,155 milos ol thoroughly equipped road it roaches nil principal business coolers in Northern minis; Wisonsin, Iowa, Minnesota, Soutn Dakota, North Dakota and Ml-. Michigan THE ONLY LINE Running Electric Lighten antl Slcnm Heated Veslibulctl Trains. Time tables, maps and information regarding routes, rates and oilier tlclails relating to lho road will be furnished on application to nny coupon ticket agent, or by addressing C. .1. Eudv, General Aged, Portland. Ore. Mineral Act, 1896. (FORM F.) :=_-_* -_-2-_-EO*_a dofoudant, Jut liis view of thr jwa: Ido at tlit io fairly i ight in 1': irty Bituu tht lako contract cannot ns to create any ilalntlfl's to prop- in n distant .oroigu counsel by Mnlloy with bis owu thau two roars after tho vas outorod luto, Grub ols will bo enforce by tho courls, but only m pother contracts. His not enough for pnrtios to assort that l hoy Imvo rights iu order to so- euro legal protection, but tlioy must bo ablo to provo In ouch ease n clear and dollttito contract, and by terms and condition, in compliance therewith, rights havo become vested." Tho pl'alutlll's lost thoir caso because tlieir showing wus iiistilllcient, the Dip- plication for au injunction pontic 1'ite There aro many things to admire, but there :.ro more things to deplore in the London methods of organizing, promoting and carrying forward mining operations iu foreign countries. Beginning at the beginning, the large aud o.\cef,sivo profits (whether share or cash is immaterial) given to the underwriters of a company: tho considerable suiris for the rent of an elaborately titled olllco in tbe city, with its salaried tsa crotary aud staff of threo or four clerks, and, worst of all, its London board of salaried directors, who at- tompt tho management of a property from threo to six thousand miles distant, by means of meetings, called on recolpt of a cablegram from its manager, but too often delayed two or threo weeks after receipt of such cable. It may uot bo out of place to say that the ouo thing whioh has made American mine owners the most successful men of thoir class in the world has been the policy of managing nothing at arm's lougth. Wo venture to say that no -■-uglisb investor would care to havo a bank or big commercial undertaking thousands of miles away managed in Loudon, the resident hoad officer of such undertaking being compelled to submit all matters of policy, oven In emergency cases, to the London board; yot this is tho policy which tho investor insists ou wheu he goos into a mining von turn in the colonlos. A correspondent ta tho Financial Nows pertinently observes: "lt has boou tho custom to blame promoters, mining engineers uud experts, cut what about the directors. How mtuiy of thom are really Ut aud proper por-aous to be on trusted with lho interests committed to tholr care, aud with suma of monoy iieui'l;/ equal to the revenues of small klugdou?" Wo fuui.y that it would bo analogous to Mrs. Partlng- ton'f i attempt to mop back tb e Atlantic occu ,n from doorstop, it'ono shiould attorn pt too onviuco tho British investor that his methods aro wrong; jet tho otisiiB are numerous whero tho .-esidont mm ltigor of amiuiug company, . nth its cap itul in tho hundreds of thoi isa'*-*8 of pouuds, has boou obliged to ca bio to Lo.udon boforo ho could iucur au ox- per idituro, oven iu an emergency cas9( exq oodiug £-.00, We know of n linos Anyone wishing reliable informa-1 tion regarding tho overland routo | from Ashcroft to Lake Teslin eau fi soeuro tho samo by remitting 251 cents to J. H. Clements, druggists ;j and stationer, at Ashcroft, for a jjj I copy of "Overland to Klondike, | through "Cariboo, Omenica and Cas- p aiar." Ten full page illustrations ft and a correct map of the roads and | | trails, issued by tho B.C. Mining I Journal, and contains its special | correspondent's report of the actual | present couditiou of the trail, Stir-1 ; voyor J. D. Devoroux having boou f. | sent ovor the routo by tho Journal | | to examine aud report ou tho samo. | | Tho book contaius iu all 70 pages. %^siSt'c-.'2^.^r-iir'izzv- ri'ry.^i-i^.~r-"-^'^~'i2'±-.'iBr; How to expose a humbug— money-back it. How to establish such things as Schilling's Best Certificate of Improvements, NOTICE. District. Wlium '(-.-t.il-Sniitli Furl, of ISmlm* Kiv.r. Take notice that we, Kutit'rt H. Skinner and Julin I". William--, fr-e miitri-'. .vrtilkati-. No. i'.:i-.iM ami Tr. Mil, intt.nl, *-ixtv .lavs from liie date liereof. to apjily to the mining recorder f<ir a certificate of improvements, fur tlie purpose of obtaining* a crown grant of the nbovr claim. Anil further take notice thai action, under section 117. must be commenced before the issuance of .nch certiticate of improvements. Dated this aoili day ot Nov*ember. 1S07. I;, li. SK1NNKK, 3210 JOHNK. WILLIAMS. W.T. SLAVIN /'. O. Box 0, Kamloops, II. c. SIliXKV WILLIAMS, 1M..S..P.A.S. I., I.omi Uiul Surveyor, Civil Etigluoor mid DrougliUmnu, QUESNKL1-.- MOUTH, Ii, C. liuL'in.ering and Survey work. HuporU- Oil mining iiruperlieH. Maps mid iiliiiir* pro- 1 mred of ony portion of Cnribno tlltv*rlct. HUGH COCHRANE, MINING & GENERAL AGENT, NOTARY PUBLIC. iiah-kuvili.e, Cariboo, U. C. PETER BURNET, Dominion and Provincial Land Surveyor. LILLOOET, H.C. Surveys nf any description promptly completed. Ki.iahlc leninismi mineral claims in the Lillonel district furnished al reasonable prices. Do you wunL Ink ? Do you waut typo? Do you waut Stereo plutes 1 Do yon waut to trado Presses . Dp you waut to trado Papor Cutters? Uo ynu want, anything in the way of Frit-Ling Material f wSmwn i'iiiii\i)iiv Co. w. F.C.INNES VANCOUVKB, 11. 0. All (lcs.'i'iptiims of mining properties bought and sold. Correspondence solicited. COLUMBIAN Methodist College, New Westminster, B- 0- (Incorporated hy Act of Parliament, 1808.) This Residential College for both Sexes re-opened Wednesday September 15th, 1897. An entirely new staff of teachers has heen cmia:u'd.;iiul in-.tnii.ii.ii will lici'iven in l'rep nnitorv and Cnllej-e Course- leading uji ti .Matriciilatinn in Ans, Law, Civil Kayinerriin:. Medii-iiie.Tlicdhiwy and I'ruvineial Teachers' Kximimatinn-i. Ladies' College Course including Music and Art. Commercial course including Siiorl Hand and Type Writing. Theological Course for the lirst time. Mineral Act, 1896. I FORM !•'.) NOTICE. MINERAL POINT MINERAL CLAIM. situate in Lillooet Mining Division of Ltllooet District. Where located,—Cayoosh Creek. Take notice that we. li. II. Verity and \\ 111. Wilkinson, iree miner's certilicate No. -lii.n-Ht auk .11,0.7, Intend, sixty days from the date hereof, to apply to tlie Mining Recorder torn Certiticate of Improvements, for thu purpose of ol .lamina: a Crown Grant oflhe ahove cla iui. And further take notice that action, under section 87 must be commenced hefore the Issuance of such certificate nf improvements. WM.'WILKINSON'. Dated this llth day of October A. I), lsiir. g powder flavoriiib -_:.n-ls nnd .[ilccs —money-back them. For sale by Harvey, Bailey & Co. NOTICE. Instruction given on tho Mandolin 1 Goitrtr. Mandolins furnished for 312. lm PR KLL & LOZOTT, Ashcroft Hotel. NOTICE. Two steers branded J W will be sold on in. -anch on lhe 8tli February, 1808, to defray ex Menses of same. THOMAS CURNO.V, 3Btl •'Spences Bridge. S.A.Rogers BARKERViLLE, B.C. General Merchant AND Hotel Keeper. All kiwis of Miners' Supplies 011 llaml. NOTICE. 83 MILE HOUSE. Stages Each Way StopJOver Night. First Class Accommodation for Guests. Good Bar tn Connection, Good Stabling and Feed for Iforses, McTA VI&II and S TROUT Proprietors. COLONIAL HOTEL AND GENERAL STORE. SODA CREEK, B, C. A'. McLEESE, : : ■ ; Proprietor. A Jutl assortment of Dry Goods, Boots, and Shoes, Liquors, Cigars, Hard ware, Hay, Grain, and Miners Supplies, at reasonable rates. WHOLESALE ond RETAIL, A- & J. McRAE, HOTEL & GENERAL STORE. QXJES3STE1XjXjE -?OK_-^„ 33. C /. full assortment of Drygoods, Boots and Shoes, Liquet s and Cigar, Hardware, Miners Supplies. Hay, Grain and Slablins Irtces right. Newly furnished and replied. A quid boarding and lodging house. Bafts reasonable Home looking. Table supplied with the best in the market, and properly served. MRS. O, ARMSTRONG, - ■ QUESXELLE, B.C OCCIDENTAL HOTEL -QUESNELLE, B.C. New management. Hotel headquarters for B. X. stages, tle-ulquarters for mining men, well furnished rooms. Table supplied with everything tn season. Most complete bar in Cnriboo. Stables in connection, Iiav and Oats in quan-ity. F. HOFEUOAMP & A. JOHNSON, Proprietors. COSMOPOLITAN KAMLOOPS, B. C. HOTEL. Cood Stabling in connection. J. H. RUSSELL, - - - Proprietor. J, GLOBE HOTEI , LYTTON, - - - B.C. In consequence of the lato lire, the Globe Hotel has heea removed opposite tlie pnst office and has. the same accommodations as usual. Commercial travelers' trunks hauled to and from station free of charge. A. F. IIAUTIER. Prop. Certilicate of Improvements. NOTICE. BERTA MINERAL CLAIM. Situate in the Lill<K>_. .Miniiif. Division of Lllloovt District. Where liH-iitL-il - Soulli Fork nf Hri-lRc River, Take notice Hint I. C. A. l'liair, free miner's ii-nitir.it-' No. ri_.UD5 hil-iid sixty iiav- hum tlie (lute liereof. to anjily to the tiiiil- ini; rei-.nik-r fur ;i certilicule uf iiii|irovcinents. for llnr [niriio-ic nf obtaining tl crown grant of the ahove claim. Ami further take notice that action, tinder seclion HT. must he cummeiic.d hefore tlie is- BU&nce of Btich certilicate of imiirovements. Dated tliis muti dav or Niiveniber. 1807. 3!*ll> C. A. I'llAlK. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. SI.t'Al'ATI. Ti:NDI*:i.Swill he received l.y the undersiuneil unlit the atitli day of I'.lnii.iiv nexl for the following parcels of property bclonslng to the llarley estate. A pre-i-m[jiinii ni ;i*JO acres of land, known :i. llic I ,iii.evidi' farm. -itu;ited on Drajzoll lake, with all inipriiveiiieiiis. inipli-nienls. liniir-es. and toots lieliincini' therein, also iiichidhif. li" claim to lhe meadows in connection. I'or any further particulars apply to the ill derslgned. 'I'he ri-tit i-- reserved lou-iect anv. or all I .Uis. 80-13 JOHN A, L'KASIiR, Olllcltil Administrator. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. SEPARATE tendera v undersigned until t NOTICE. All Inrrsirrrs lncU'l>l-(l l„ rln' lull'. .Mitlliiw I'lnkCTIon. mlnrrr. ,,l llnrkcryill. censed, rrrtr Tcrilreatctl to nay .uie ll.C. lit' ,,..„.,- .- ,-, ,..-, nmtm.it ol sni'lrlirrlirlili'ilrri'sslo tin- nru i-r-iijriL'il oil or l„.|„ii..l.i- l»l.liivolMnv. IsriK. An.l all ner sonshavinu . liiims uprairil !tn' *:„i\ .k'.'oa>oil -.„,■ rnillesleil lo loiw.n.l llio saiuo lo lire rm- iltrelBirerl on or holiao llio l^yjiv.'jf Slav. 1808. JOHN STEVEKSON, Harkerville. B.C., Jinccnlotn. Jairnary lillli. 1808 88-ir. PACK HORSES For Sale. Tho undersigned is prepared to fur nislt to uny ono requiring tlio Btimo paok animals in any numbor up to 500, woll broken nud for Saddles tind poults for 828 each. Correspondence solloitod. B. P. English. Ashoroft, B. 0. ..ill lie made to the I'arlianU'tit of Canada at the next session thereof, for an act to incotpor uie tlie fiirihoo-CusMiir-i: YuIjoii Railwaycom- t.anv wilh power to construct a rsdway from liie main line ut Hie Canadian I'aulic laihvay at or near Ashcroft. thence in a northerly direction tlironijli Ihe Caiiloo and (. asMar ills triet ln.oiiH' point on Lake reshn. tliencc as as may he nlonff , the mde Ltlke Teslin lo tlie lower end ■ol, ihence folluwinj,' the course as as mav he of the llootalimiua. Lewes and Yukon livers to Dawson city in lhe Noithwcst Territory or to some intermediate point. And willi power, lo construct, eiiiup. operate .md maintain, hianch lines ami all necessary hiidj-es, roads, ways, lenies, wharves, dock-, and coal hunker** In nmnecllnn therewith; and with power to hnild. own, eipup, operate nnd maintain steam and olher vessels ami |lli:,t-i; and Willi power to hnild, crimp, operate and maintain lelemaph aud leleplione Ime-. iu collection with the said railwav, and hranche-. audio generate electricity for the supply liirhl, heat am', power; and Willi power to. i.ropriate lands lurlhe purposes of the it pany, and lo acquire lands, honuses, prlvlle. or olher aids from any j_nveriinient, mun. tialitv or other persons or luidies corporate, nnd to make tratlie or other a.raniieinenh- with railway, steamhoat or other conipanies and wilh power to build wacon roads lo hinged in construction of such railways and in adviinceuf ihe same, and to use wanon roads aheadv coti-liiKtcd.and to levy and collect toll-from all panics usiui: and on ah freiehl Pacini,' over any such roads hm 1 hv lhe com- i.anv. iniili alter lhe pa-ace of ttie Act herehy applied for. and Willi all other usual, necessary ,„■ incidental rii.lits, powers or privileges as may he neces-arv ov incidental or conducive lo theatiaiiimeiitof the ahove ohiects or any of Ihem. LATfitroitn ^ Mi*l)(H'nALl.. he received hv the -illh dav of Kehni- fur tiie followinir parcels of property hehiniiinn to the estate of A. McAlimlcn. 1. The Hidden Trciisiireclaim.aqtiarl'clain, situated on (Jrovise creek, a short distance whove .Mc. .linden's slorc. '.'.The Mary Ann claim, a Odi) foot j.lacer claim on Mcltean'ullat. Antlcrcreek.adioinin^ tin* Nason elaim on the cast. It. Six interests in the Yellow Lion claim, a l.'Jiai foot claim of twelve interests on Cun nimtham creek. , ,. I. One and one-half interest- in the Nnsoi claim nn Antler creek. , :.. 'I'he L'ar-cude Minim; claim, a placerelann of mm feet nn t irouse creek. Short licml claim, a (Km font liydraii- iiii t Irouse creek, f(illv enuipped. and ill Hood oidei lor woikim;. with all tool-, sluice hoses, and pipe and monitor lielonyini! to the 7. A dwelling house, slorc. huteher shon, slahle. and watehoiise on I'mii.e creek, inchid- im: Moves, imtiiliue. di'hes. wood and a lariie iissmlincnt of second hand mlniiit; timls. iMuaiivfiiillieipailiciilais apply to thc un- erslirned. , . , ..... The ll" hi i- it-served t.neiecl auv, nr nil hul". 80-13 . JOHN A. 1M--ASI.I.. Ofilclal Administrator, lie. B.C. January Slst, 1HHH. FURNITURE CARPETS, 011, I LOTHS etc.jetc. Cheapest house on earth, write for prices M. P. GORDON, - KAMLOOPS, B.C Blacksmith, Wheelwright and Wagon Builder HORSE SHOEING A SPECIALTY. Iron, Steel imd Timber kept 111 stoek, anil a sloek of Eastern made Carriages. Bugftlea ami Road Curls kepi on hand al rudneml ... le-... nml also made to order. Manufaetnrer of " Tlie l.eliinnn The Sclter " which all lllaek-nitha should use. All work waiTiihted, and prices lower than ever. All assortment of Collins and Caskets always on hand. ASHCUOFT, B. C. E. C. PRIOR & Co Ltd Victoria, Vancouver, Kamloops. -DKALKUS IN- Agriciiltiiral Implements of all kinds lurecs! slock In Ilii' provinco nnd best ussoniientt American Bain wagons also Canadian Bain siiiiaiilc lor frclsliliii!! and Inrm purposes. Buggies Citrts, Spring Wagons. nil nt prices to suit tho times- Orders filled nromutlv. C. H. CIBSON. MEAT MARKET P.OTSGE. Notice is herehy given tlmt the pailner_liip heretnliire existlm.' between Allison Woods lind Josepll U K'eeler, under the linn name of Wooda & Keeler. tlolllB bltslnosa al "Tilt Welcome" lle_ttuirnnt, Ashernft, has heen Dili dny dlsHidved hy mutittil conaenti Allison Woods will continue the business, to wii nil debts are to be paid imd who wilt settle nil itecotinlH iigiitnsl the stilu llrm. Dntud tills the 17th day of .limiiiiry, A.I.). laiw.. Main trcct, WHOLESALE AjYD RETAIL. Attention and atisftictionguaranleed to customer. AIICROI'TB C. \r I MANTFAtTUIll-US OK Witness: A.CLAWBON, Ai MOOXBV. ALLISON WOODS, JOSEPH L. KEBLKR. RIVETED STEEL PIPE, ORE CARS, ORE BUCKETS, MONITORS & ELEVATORS. Contractors for Complete Hydraulic Mining Plants. 15 Heatley Avemie VANOOUVEE, B. C. l.OCAl. NEWS. W. HlBBliibottfiiii Ims -.cure- tli ouut-uil for bi.ll.llw •'■ U. Clem-lH now bull-lug anil will lionui Llioorec ti-ll willriu ti low ilirys. A. tr. Ulri-h mnl family arrivod baoli in Asliorufl. from '.'■;■-•- ">'■'■'' thla ww* ami will unilto Hi iir l.-ino hi (:"''"' Orook. Tlio I'liinily woro not lilcnao.l with tho oliniilto nl II onat, l'lio Kiiiiiln. piililislrini! 0O11MIIIII.V -asfi-Unii-liU inrril -'W „f n w.rrli ontitloil " llini'i ror Intomllrw Kim. aUtore," ll la woll wrllton niul will bo WOll l-o-ivuil liy Ihr raullllK lillblio. Tho work ivua ilono nt tho Stiiniliinl ollloo, Mossi-, Harvoy, Ulllloy A I'n, havo i'0-oii-yl Blrl lho vaoaiil in ' '-v inn bolwoou tliolrstoro iinrl Hi" Asl. orofl Ua-il. ll will nol lio siii'itriaitiK tosoon noil Irriol .'Ir crvirlorl un II In tho uonr [.Hiiro, li b lm. vnhiiililo ll l.looo or Bn ltorollliilnviioii.it, -orhouvy sii|i|rlio!l to bo sntiniul roil -olivoretl to yon at Uozlolmi and Clio- uorawlion you cull for tlicm on rln ovorl-uil routo writo Iln' iiii---.iKi.-_. Wo .'in. Bivoyot. Ilm Hudson- Iln, Oonipany's KUrmiutcu thai tho BOOtls onlav.lllmni-i ns iliull liopnoltoil and awaitiiiB your lit'rivnl mnl at tlio samo nil s that II uniimli,'.' '..■II tholll I'ur Writo I'm' iMii'tiotllars. K-tX-LI-U UOIUCIITS. Ashoroft, li. 0. r.C. Dimli'vy, n prominent liusitioss nml ininiii'-' iiuiii from Oarlboo, oamo down this wook to Ashorott, anil is mi liia way to tlio coast, -lio roports tho outlook prosporotis for Cariboo. In P T ABHCKOl'T LOrrOB No. 35, . U. U. I. " I. tr. li. 'I'. Ml'.'!* i-vi'rv 'I'll,ii-l;i\' iv.niitin in OiMfullmvs Hull 7:110 n'llnrll. \isilii ■ml ,i^ ,„i,l|i,||y invil-1 to nttiriul. J, 13, UKY-ON, SEC, NOTICE. Hue the reproduction, as Hourly as jiost-llilo, of Hit; milling licenses for Issue by .hum*- U. Shields, ut Aslieroft. Prospeotoi's i'liu also obtain provincial lluousosat this poinl. Tlio mt rl il imi nl ilm Colonist, Times, Nows- Atlvt'i'tisoi-niitlWorld is called to the mol Mini AHlicrofl is in Itovou if tlioy Imvu mi far failed to lind It out. Tlio ii-|it>rlj. fiuim the baUiholoi'S1 ball nrc Hml thoy tlanuod tho lirst nlghl nt Un' i.mi. wunl down In ilm Onward Kmifih liiuitliLimcd nil of tho noxl nl_-.it, nud nt lnst roports Imd roturnod to the I..H imd resumed ii thoro. If limy tlmi't .stop noon wo shall Imvo to send up n comniiltoo to soo wlmt ails thom. (in.' I Ii-od and oighty oouplos aro Gnld to huvo boon prohout Tliiity ,V,?1:-'|..| (. .inhimdiMrirl in h';isc Inr a term nf Khtvi«<Hiu*n-sii( nifiidiwaiidsitiiiilf ul; l.r.itu h uf thf N,ir.*i.-lci' liver and ht mil.-, .mithw-t nl tin* tilfl lluil- ■nrtat Alt'Miiitlria, cmnmciii-ini* ul a ki-il A..I.S.T ninth an f.tlii'ti cast : > and tin- Stock-Taking Sale Previous to taking stock wo will clear out oddi and ends and many lints of goods we are overstocked ia at • - COST P-E-IIC-E-I If you have u few dollars to spend in Dry Goods, Clothing or Boots and Shoes, now is your chance to get good vuluos. McArthur & Harper. Tho ontortutument nlvon in nl-of the EurIIsIi Ohuroh was held on Thurs day ovouius of this woek and was u grout sucuess. MY lire rallies!-- lu say that a lull ucominl of Hie pro- (frammo nml uf Iln- ll.iuuui.il returns will bo furnished fnr uoxt week's issue, Dr. J. B. Soott Terriiuoo Sluukebler and John Alien of Uc.ivediitn, Wis. paid Asbcroft a visit tliis week. Tlioy are now dull n nl tbo const and after il few days in Vancouver utid Victoria wlll-K-lil niiini Ashoroft n cull. Tlioy aro live husflins fotlows nml mny du- oide tomtllto Brilisli Columbia Lliolr homo in the near future. John Moiliio, rn' Qiicrffl-llu forks, now in Vuuoouvor, Is bilstllui! Inr u tolophono lino frnni iii" 130 I" Qucs -olio Forks, 11 is tliucli n Iml nml should bo maSo to pay woll, li ooulrl bo mado to coimocl with tin- iliifovoul miiins whoro Ivor!, is curried nu nml would lie well patroni-ed liy tlm -ou- ernl public. Ily nil means lm ih have a telephone from tlio 100 lu Quosuollo Forks. G.W. liuliliiin mi luu!.- k-owuiistlic "skin tyhc»" in lliis vinininily will bo'rouftor llinko liis lieudiiuartors in Wluuipoit, bul lurpr r ro Ids old frimids occnssioniilly during Ilm sen sun that tlio furs are primo nml tho crows urn fund in abundance, Many n orow will Imvo .iust "caws" for tl.ai.k- fulluoss when Baldwiuaiid liis Parker uro seen nu moro, Tologi'iuns iutIv.u lliis week from Scuttle, asking fur pries lur lull horsos uud paok saddles. By a privuto leller from u frinuil liltoly in Scuttle, lie snys tbo Ovorland -onto is ;i cortuiti win nor, not otio-fottrtll ul thoso iutcildtug to go to tlio coast eu'.i secure si earner fur uny const iiniiil, nml uveu in Seattlo many are lutetiditig to ooino to Ashoroft, outllt hero uud go ovorland. Tlm writer uf tlm lottor saw one party uf -•"' men flint liml ul! iirrungemouts liliulo tu leave Seettlo fur Ash-l'ofl oil tbo ilrst of April. Win. Adams, M. V. P., I'm' Cnrlboo piLSSod down tu Vietoria this week. I'mil!'-'Ilm winter bo iias dune good work for the ovorlund routo by giving ;i few I.-Hers to the eastern press. He v-illjuin willi others in urging, and snys t liore is no doubt but that within a few weeks lite govr Turnout will have nut less tlmn four or livo gangs of mon ut work on llio din-rout sections uf the NOTICE. A SITTING OF THK COUNTY COURT nl l*:inl will hi' hfld :it Ashi'inft. H.C, on Mniidav,lh_ Illli thivul .March. A.D. 18118. tlltlit_hoiiroflOn.ni. Hv OrdiT. JOSEPH WM. BURR, Deputy lU'Ri-lr-r, C.C. of Carihoo. Aslicrolt, H.c, Jan. 30,18U8. 40-B it is roportod that ouo ul' th" mom bors ot this seutiuu doo. uol l'c •1 li ki uuitiug with Ihc rest hi ur..-. ll the huildim* of trails mid v..i;..i I'oiida through tho interior of Lho pr ivluco, ns such proposed iniprovmnoiil would not bent'llL liis [inrtitsulnr ti"i jbhor- hood. Wothinli thero musl !> somo mistitko nboul this being the on ,1*. Intl. it' true such n member Is uu;. lii 0 rep- resent tho community, ho is di id and should bo buriod. Tho whuols i i pro- V filiclj a short-sighted policy. Lot iii 1 huvo tho bariiuolos rtikeil nil'. 1 copy Wo arc in roooipt of a marko of tho tuhind Sentinel nr la. t w..'1'k containing tin* woll written li ttorof Mr. Gtigliotto in whioh ho liuds orious fault with Home oftho business 11011 nl' Kamloops. Uv a lint; nusiyuod \ 0 wero asked t.o reproduce il. Wo -1" not tin so for llio rcusous liml tho S mtiuel hns it good ciruulation iu ibis oction and the letter would nol ba no vs, I lie communication asking reproi nctiou was as stated abovo, uii-ilgtinil, md wo do not know of our personal kin wlodgo anything id' tho facts, h. seem tons if tho stiitoinouts umdo iu tho letter aro truo a serious injustice wa. loiioto Mr. Giigllotto. A largo number id' noli f- in doliuquout subscribers tiro se ll mil this wook. Thoso receiving thuso notices will confer a favor bv n miiipL remittance. Ll is bul Mule i ouch but In tho aggregate \-. a .* m-.ii nrnblc: sum, Wo havo trii 1 nnr ImmI i dilUh" mont in Ashcrofi uotirly three Hlnco, uud in n small comin i ,< pitch j should do his part. Vours is i 0 pay mid tin: .act thai il Is a small su 11 thut (!tlll!it:s :t bill lu bn Lhl'OWn ilii.; - tmd forgotton, rottirn Lho bill nnd 1' you ctinnoL nll'oi'd to pay it suy sn n l'l wo will receipt il. tiuit send it bac ; nnd tako your 11111110 off Ilm bunks, 01 tf yon cannot afford tn pay I'm* it a; <[ .'Tt want lho news n': tliis section * IV SO and wo will contiuno yon nn fl • list. Any wny in uivo satisfnctlo but answor tho notice sent iu soni way uud you will oblijiit us. S. A. Rogors, M. P. P., left town this morning for Victoria, having arrived yosLordny from his homo in Cnriboo. Mr. Rogers assures us thut Cnriboo hns nol looked so woll for tunny sou- Unas as al present, that good tlmos are assured for iln- immediate futuro and that ho will assist in evory way to- 1 wards having inimodiato work ilouoon tho Quosnellc-Tclegraph trail, and he , is uonvlnoetl that thousands will travol Llirough ibi- Interior routo. Whilo Mr. Hogors did not say us much to us wo [judgo that ho will boa oiindidnto for re-election nest spring. Mr. Rogers has mado a painstaking member and bas heavy interests in ibo distriot. Tin' article reproduced this week rrom ibo Seattlo Times shows the folly ul' nusi crowding inlo Skaguay, at loast without money. In a Tew weoks some \u!i begin to movo outfits over tho pussos at Skaguuy and Dyoa uud work at packing cuu bo obtained, hut remember nil, thnt this only lusts for a low wooks, say from at bost, March 1st to April lsl. Thou tho pusses become absolutely impassahlo. The suow, from ."ill io 1i.it) foot deep iu places, bo- comos sol';. Tlio rivors ure raging tor- routs. Suowslitlos nro continuous and all must, .nispeiii] operations uutil tho suow has molted. This menus from r>0 conts to 81.00 per pound for every pound crossed over the rivers. The moral is plain. Tako the overland routo. If you get tired of it and pros- ppcthig turn your horses tho other way nud go home. I'lul To Burn The Al-Ki, 'Kill tho whito-llvored captain and bum Iho ship!" "Ovorbotu-d with tho wholo gang! Como on, boys, drop 'om iuto tho drink!" 'Those ami u t housnnd other phrases, iutorlardod wilh blasphemous oaths woro tho shouts that greeted tho ears of lbe Al K'i's captain und crow us the vessel entered tho harbor at Skaguay and found Hourly two thousand threatening, will, gesticulating men waiting tn rocoivo her," said ono of the ofllcors yestorday. Thosituiitlon ut Skaguuy is clearly shown by this rocoption ueuorded the Al lei nu her arrival thoro after laying twonty four hours on a mud bank off Uuttery Point upon her last voynge. It seems that whou the rush for tho gold fields of Alaska Ilrst sot in thoro wns an insufUelont numbor of white mon at Skaguay to handle steamboat freight on arriving, so lhe agont of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company at .liuiouit would send a gang of Indian stevedores from Lliat point, to unload lbe Al-kl mi its arrival and this prac- tico was continued right along, regard- loss of labor conditions subsequently prevailing at Skaguay. Through tho wholo season tho feeling has prevailed tlmt if mon could only reach Skaguay or Dyoa tbey would bo 'all right" and lind work in abundance at fabulous prices. And it fin happened that, iii consequence of thero being no fixed price for labor in that market, tho wages paid wero based merely nn circumstances nud emergencies arising from conditions at tho timo prevailing. Many men got up thero without a dollur and many others squandered what thoy bud mi arriving ami, as others continued to flack thoro like sheep, without tho moans to carry thom further, '.be town soon became full of penniless, kilo men, whose numbers wore augmented with tho arrival of 111 consequence it is stilted that today there are between 1,500 and 2,000 men up thoro mitnl' work, out of cash ami mil t\f tlio uct.itul necessities of Id". Tiilsls understood tn represent about one-hull! lho population, which is on ibo whole us respectable and orderly as can possibly bo expected hi a now town surrounded by suoh oontli- tions as necessarily prevail up ihere. But there is u limit lo liumuii endurance und though men be as mild us suckllug dovos ami gentle ami refined as civilization can make them, yet starvation drives thom wild and do'- stroys tho efl'oot llmt the refining in-; flounces of civilization have hnd upou thom. Whon, therefore, Llioso men ■ wove crazy for work iu order to | otiru a few mouthfuls uf bread saw tho FOR SALE OR TO RENT. That fitrtn known as the MofUl'a ranch at Alexandria, B. C, consisting of two ure-cmii tions ol (tr.t. acre- more or less, 1G0 of which hnvo hcon parllullv cleared and cultivated. A good larse dwelling house wilh bam. slnble, grnlnery and other o-.thuildiiiR.-i and sheds. There is a never falling spring of water, IB to 30 inches, less than loe yards from buildings, also a grant of -100 incites of water out of •!- Mile creek for Irrigation. A good dairy could be established. The soil is well adapted (er raisinn Iir. t-clas- wheat olher grain and vegetables. The whole will, he sold on reasonable terms ami lime given for pari payment. It will he leased wlthavlcwto ultimate purchase the rem lo he taken na payments hv way of Installments. Wlien payment is made In full a title will he tiuiisfcrrcd Kor further Information apply io ■tn in KOM-RT McLKESE, Soda Creek. H. C. ASHCROFT HOTEL, Wm. Lyne, Proprietor. Directly opposite Depot, ■ • ASIICKOFT, B.C. This Hotel has lieen lately refitted and refurnished. A new wing, 50 x 20 feet, containing nineteen room*, includ ing bath and sample rooms, will be opened hy Oct. 1st. Good table and good service. The only first-class Hotel in town. CAMPBELL BROS. Blacksmiths and Wagon Makers. Wagons and Buggies made to order with tht best of material. Horse shoe ng a specialty. Shop next to Trim & Haddock's stables J". H. 011J_SI\^:il_5Kr»I?,!SP Oru-^s-iai and Stationer, -1IIT1S1I COLUMBIA. ASHCUOFT, A wtll-asserled stock at right ptim. Agent far Sttphtnsim, the A'am/i/ofs Watch Specialist. British Columbia Express Company GENERAL OFFICE, • • ASHCROFT, B.C. STAGE Carrying Royal Muil, Pnssengers, Express and Fast Freight, operating from Ashcroft, mi ihe Canadian Pacific Railway, into Cariboo, Lillooet, niul die interior of Northern British Columbia, nml along the routes leading In Omenica, Cassiar, Pence River mid the Yukon, NOTICE. Notlco i*> hereby given Ihat ao days after tlale 1 Intend to apply to the chief rointni-- -inner of lands and works for permis-ion to lease eifihty acres of meadow land adjoining i.nl 320, Grotij) I in the district of Llllooet, coin ine tu* inn 'H :■ ^-'ikc marked "C, K. Doxat's south-west comer," situate half way between the north-west corner and north-east corners of the said lol, tlicnce cast 20 chains, thence nortli ■10 chains, thence weal '-Jo eluiins, thence south •10 chains to the initial post. JO-IB C. R. DOXAT, per ll.C.Rayson. Clinton, H. C. January ao, 1808. NOTICE. Notice is herehy Riven that 30 days after date I intend to apply to the chief conimi.. sioner of lands and works for permission lo lease eighty acres of meadow land adjoining Lot 2'iS, Group I, in lhe district of Lillooet, commencing at a stake at the north-east cornel of the said lot and marked "C. K. Dosat't north-west coi tier, thence I Ochainscast, thence Mil chains south, thence 10 cliains west, thence 80 chains norlli lo initial post. 40-13 C. K. DOXAT, peril.C.Rayson Clinton, B. C January 20,1808. RAW FUR NOTICE. I, tho uudei'signed roprosentinR Jos- opb Ullmaun of St. Paul, New York and London, Enjrluud, wish to inform my frionds nud tho public Ronerally that I do uot iutend to travel as heretofore. Thoso favoring mo with shipments of Raw Purs can rely on fair treatment, nnd prompt returns assured. Write for pric'o list. G. W. BALDWIN, 40-flm Winnipeg, Man. ouo chance of earning a few dollars by unlonding tlio Al-Ki cut off by a crowd of Indians brought aloug, as tlioy supposed, to cut wages nnd thus tako the bread out of tho white mon's mouths their indignation know uo bounds. A consultation was hold by the disappointed mon aud it was dotermined to rush upou the vessel and seizing the olllcers, drop them overboard and thus unceremoniously usher them iuto eternity. It is a terrible thing to think about. Fiftocu huudred desperate men, anxious for work, plotting to kill the olllcers of a vessel for bringing a bund of Indians to discharge her freight. Somo grudge is alleged to have existed ngninst tho Al-Ki for previous oll'eusos of a liko uattiro and it is cluimod that the plot to murder her ofllcors, cut loose her linos and then bunt tho vessel was mado beforo her arrival in port. The first attack was mado upon tho Indian stevedores, who fought valiantly ngninst fearful odds and were re-in forced by tho mate, who appears to havo been a second edition of Pitz- simmons and to havo put up a good light. He soon, however, begun to get weary nnd wns fast getting winded when thc chief engineer got on shore with nn axe, but was deterred from swinging it and was forced back on tho vessel by his brother ofllcors, But,bo- iug a resourceful sort of a follow, ho ordered the ho_o coupled on to astream I pipe ami the deck was cleared for ao- I tion. I u tlio ineantiino Deputy United I States Marshall McCJinnis appeared on the soenetind by virtue of his authority : ordered all hostilities toueasoaud thou ' dispersed tho crowd, Por awhilo things j looked very serious aud had it not boon ' for MeOhiuis' coolness and valor as well as for tho bravely of tho Al-Ki's meu, there would have boon a moro terrible tale to record thau " longshore man's riot," which was really tho clamor of idle, penniless men for bread and tho determination of a fow moro desporato ones iu tlio crowd to commit wilful murder to right a fancied wrong. —Seuttlo Times, KLONDIKE, M M n o 3 Obtain our quotations on N1NERS' & PROSPECTORS' SUPPLIES Pick-, Shovels, Gnld fans, Gold Scales, I'nek Saddles, Dog Sleighs, River hoats, Tents, Sheet Steel Stoves, Camp Utensils, etc., ete. MCLENNAN, MCFEELY& CO., LTD Vancouver, B.C. Send for lithograpuod Klondiko map aud pamphlet containing routes, trails aud full information—FREE. O b Quesnelle - Qucsnelle *r-_>XJE_ISlXrE--l_Jllj3E_-.- Tlio undersigned having' just laid in n Inner' and woll judo-tod stock of' Groceries, Clothing, Hoots anil Sliocis Mining Outfits, antl n General assort incut, of HiM'dwnrc. is projmrctl In givo good sntisl'netioii in |iriees and i|uality of -ooda as lhe fiillowingwill show: Nu. I Wine ss |k■ i- lllll |m,hiu1h. Extra " 0 Granulated sugar D.Bii " " Granulated sugar in 10 Iti saeks 1.00 Baoou, clear sides smoked ICi cents II'. -leans ni " Flour Hungarian ami X X X X $65 Other goods equally low. j"j^_m:ih]s _reiid. DANIKl HUK-EY. JOHN A. Ml'RKAY Hotel Victoria This hotel beiug new and thoroughly furnished throughout, ts tbo only first class hotel in tho town of Lillooet. Persons calling at Lillooet will receive overy attention by staying at the Hotol Victoria. Good stabling in connection with the Hotol, also the headquarters for the Ashcroft and Lillooet Stage. Charges moderate. HURLEY _. MURRAY, Proprietors. M. DUMOND'S —IS TIIE flace TO BU-- MoClcary's Famous Cooking Stoves, Beaters, etc., Tinware and Graniteioare. Ti and Sheet Metal- ivare Made to Order for the Klondike trade. nca ESTABLISHED 1630. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER 1B40. PAID-UP CAPITAL - - - $4,866,666.67 COLO RESERVE FUND ■ ■ ■ - 1,338,338.33 Head Office, London, England, No. 3 Clement's Lane. _3-=2._A.-_-TOia:-E3S In the Principal Towns of the Dominion of Canada; and Agents in New York 52 Wall street; San Francisco, 121 Sausome street. Branches in British Columbia—Vancouver, Victoria, Rossland, Trail, Sandon, Kaslo, Slogan City. GOLD DUST AND AMALQAM PURCHASED. And Banking Facilities given to travelers for the Klondike. W. GODFREY, flanager Vancouver Branch. "The Welcome" RESTAURANT & CHOP HOUSE. Meals at all hours, day and night. Fresh Oysters in any style always on hand. Private hoxes for ladies and dining parties. RAILROAD AVENUE, .... ASHCROFT, B. C. ALLISON WOODS, Proprietor. See tho new advs. of Robert McLeese, James Ullmau, James McMillan & Co., and others In this issue, Party at Alkali Lake. A surprise party gathered at Mr, fiowe's last Friday and a sociable dance was enjoyed all night. Songs wero sung by Miss Dassault and Mrs, J. Hamilton, with Mrs. Paxton on tho piano. Mr. D. Folkor and Mrs. W. Folkor sang "Twenty Years Ago," in good style. Mr, H. Felkersangacomio song and was highly cnoored, Mr. J. Hudson tho well known carpenter, sang an old timo song of Peace river, entitled tho "Old Pack Mulo," which brought much laughter aud applause. Parties cume all tho way from Lao La Hache, 150-Mile House, Ouward Hunch, Chimney creek aud Spriug Houso. Mr, Bowo deuorvos muoh credit, for his kindness to all, Saturday night, tho samo party drifted to J. E. Mooro's, whore a most enjoyable timo was spent. A basket social will take place at tho Clinton hall uext Friday. No doubt it will be largely attended, D. A. Stoddart, M. P. P., paid Lac La Haohe and tho 150-Milo House a flying visit to see his constituents. Mr. and Mrs, Miller of Churn oreek ferry returned after a couple of weeks visit to Lillooet. Tbe Cliilcotou correspondent suarls ot tho Dog creek athletes for a foot race. If tho Chilooten sports will bring forward native production athletes, any of tbo members of the Dog Croek Athtotio Club will meet the Chileoten sprinters from twonty-flvo yards to five miles. So como upwith your piles of money and wo shall gladly accom modato you. H. S Brown who has boen hostler at tho Mountain Houso, loavos for tho "Falls" (Chileoten) where ho will spend a couple weoks visit with his brother, Weather mild so far and stock doing well. J. N, J, HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY. QUESNELLE MOUTH, CARIBOO Direct IMPORTER B.C ■nm :n WINES, LIQUORS UNO CIGARS Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware, Boots . aud Shoos, Miners' Supplies. Bed Ruck Prices. Ci ods Guaranteed. Quality. Cene ASIICKOFT, BlUTISII COLUMBIA We keep constantly >>» hand a Large niul Well-assorted Stock of General Merchandise. Prospectors ami Miners goiug in viu -A.snono_^B-_? To Cariboo, Omonica, Casslar, Lake Teslin, or through to ■ • is._i-_'OBJ_03:3Es_:_e3 Will do well in examine our Stuck and Prices. ty Correspondence solicited and information given io parties contemplating a trip In ihc gold mines 01 British Columbia and the Yukon district. EAGLE & GENERAL MERCHANTS. Dealers in Groceries, Hardware, Drygoods, Boots and Shoes, Crockery, Drugs and. Farm Produce. THE CHEAPEST CASH STORE IN THE CUP.IGOO DISTRICT. ONWA-D BANOH, 0AEIB0O, B. C,
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