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w tAR'BOO, •ull oe:. THE B. C. MINING JOURNAL. ■ ' T ' A L.'E, kODrE;,'iVi VOL. 2. NO. 26 ASHCUOFT, BRITISH COLUMBIA, OCTOBER ?> 1.1390. 82.00 PER Y.UK. CARIBOO! HOUSEFLY! - FORKS fESNELLE! W BBAILFY1 CO STORAGE AND FORWARDING AGENTS- Goods received, Stored and Forward oil with dispatch to any point in the Interior reached by wagon or pack train. Consign you goods to our euro anil wo will settle railway charges and ship on to destination .'"'iih least possible delay. W. li. BAILEY & COMPANY'. ASIICIIOITT, CLINTON HOTEL, ciinton.BC B3ARD AND LODGING BY THE DAY, WEEK OB MONTH limit U'Hiep. Splrlta Mini Ciparpi, G'-od Bit hllnjr. Hi-nitqutirlcra ror lho Caribou Ll linnet mid Dog Ore«k hum of stages. Hunting nud Ashing in ihc vicinity. MARSHALL A SMITH. Ffuprintors F..W. FOSTER A>sacnoFT, ; : cunton. DWELT IMTOnTBR Off _rVit&.3 I llggHAJiJSI Ilea I'ju.-.rtrrs for Miners anil Ranchers Supplies, Hour, Rice, Suqnr. Rod* and Flm Salt, Coal Oil, Blacksmiths &A House Coal, ami all heavy Roods purchased In carload hus and prices light. Riding and HacluSaddles, Hunters Uutfits, Kilta?, Shot Runs, Ammunition etc. Sole Agent for Giant Powder Company of San Fratitisco) full stock on hand a. thxir new magazine, Fuse, dips, etc., etc. Geo, Gage ■_.-' Sons cefobrated Dominion tf "ire tied Springs, M.:ttra\sest Pillows, &t ROUGHS' DRESSEL LCMHER, SHINGLES, LATHS, PICKET. MTM.lNtittY AND DRKSSMAK1XG department under compcien un-uagetnont in c"Uiiiui*tiou with atoie at At-her oft, GOODS HEOEIVKD ami forwarded lo ail parts of tho tipper emmin at reduced mtcs. C. P. It. SIDING to warehouse and Bpccial facilities fnr hu * '■'■\-^ goud> Orders and nn-piiries by mail Imvo J0( \y F0JJX.1I/R. prompt attention. ' ' Wm. MDDUEHY MB HABHESS GO. HAKCFACTURKItS Aim IMl'OUTBUS est Saddles, Harness, Bridles, Trunks, Whips. Spurs, and Harness Trimmings. mmm done with heathess and despatch All orders by mail promptly attended to and satisfaction guaranteed, ASHCROFT, : : : : B. 0. CARIBOO EXCHANGE HOTEL. A. H. Walters, Proppietr Board and Lodging at reasonablo rates. Corner of Railroad Avernio and Third Street. Ashcroft Hotel ftTKlLTl.T FIRST GLASS HOL'HB. » BOARD AND ROOMS BY THE DAY OR MONTH I Rntw -vnannable. Newly furnished annex. HuHd-piKrlcrs fur mining men aud eommarcial travellers. Ojico dny aud night. Opposite C. V. It .depot. Wmv Lyne Proprietor. QU-aXttVKU-B. Tho stoamor Charlotte made her iiiitinl irip to Soda Orook yesterday, leaving the town of Quesnelle ut 10 a.m., uiul reaching her destination In good time. il**r trip has been sattBfaotory, and her machinery id nil that could lie desired. IIFf boilers wore made in Vuttdiiuver. The Char* iutio is u perfect model and moves gracefully through tho water as she Breams atjaii'is't tho rapid current of the FiasKr, The Oharlolto iti under the command nf Oupt. Oditi, and \\r. Mo Arthur is the engineer, both ol Victoria. Long life and prosperity to thoClMrlotle! A dim silv«r had has been located mi tlm Cottonwood this week, The dlauiivdrur awaits the romilt of tlio presldtjnllal f'oitloii before hu inakoa ritiy further effort to develop lho oliiltn, hyplug MI to 1 may pass, A Ofiutruot has been let by Sey- iitmr Bailor, (J. F., to cut a blttlgll und tn the LH.1611 oru-ak trail fiom t'iu liakor oluun. Rov. A. 0 M.i:i 11011 Ii.ib n3 lumod from n four weeks' stay at Uarl-erville. Mr. McKinnimiind Mr. Ilutlon wi 0 havo been occupying ihis "field'' during tho past year, loft Thursday for Athoroft and way ata- lions. Mr. Hulton bus boen nsslgned to Shtiswnp bv tin* suptMUitendaut ol Miihi;u.", Dr. iiu-bertBun. Mr. Mc Kin mm will make a round of hia parish, and return in a few weeks, i'hfie wus nnioli regret expressed at ■lie departure or Mr. Ilutluti. ns he rilled the pulpit at Quosnelle ably and acceptably. Senator Reid and Master Maxwell returned on hist st-ign from Ottawa, looking well nfter I,is trip uud stay it the capital. Mrs. Uowron1s many Irlends wnie ,dsased to see her return from an extended visit down the coast. Last Saturday, Constable Andcr 011 shot 11 splendid specimen of a .widen eagle. Thu bird measured ,ix feet from tip to tip, and was pronounced by good judges, the fultt-t -peciineti ever seen iu this region. Mr. Anderson shot the engle with a 14 Winchester, at a long range. Mr. Bowron, government agent at Jurkurviilo, has been on his /punds, lulding a court of revision and up- >-jul. Sujiramo Court. Mr. J.isiico Dole delivered the f-.il- lowing judgment Ht New Westminster, Monday: The Canndian Pitci- ,ic Railway Co, vs. Woods and 0. P. 11. vs. Parses et ai—In botii these cases thu plaintiffs apply lor leave toj amend their pleadit-jjs by striking; herefrom nil claims for dm .-images, j Nu authority has been sighted against lliu application bi-ing granted, j and Hoe vs. Davies X Chy. D. WO is uu anlhurily in its favor. 1 there* fore make the oider asked for in each i-'i-so. (Josts to be dofeudatilb' costs iu thi? uauso in any event. j C.IMt. vs. Parkes et al-Thls application is made by defendant in. order to have thu trial take place before a judj-e and jurv. Al the time the mi mim ns was inkcnont the plaintiffs wero cl timing damages as well j as an injunction, claim is confined to asking fur an injunction and tlie normal method of trying suuii a case is beforo a judge. Tho defendants have not shown any good ground why it should be otherwise and the onus of doing so is 1 think upon tlicm, aud the defendants have not such a prima facie right to a jury as to throw on the other bide tho burden of showing that the esse can be tiied as well without a jury, vide the Temple Bar 11 P. 1). G, Ingram vs. Coote 35 Chy. U. 117. Tiinson vs. Wilson 38 Chv. D. 72 C. A., Atty- Goneral vs. V} nor 38 W. R. 194 C. A., and as I think tlie case was ono whioh should bo tried by a judge alone I dismiss tho application. Costs to be defendants' costs in the COUBflt The Kaslo water works aro now under construction and will be pushed to completion, the proceeds of tho bond purchase, WifibQ, from' Hewitt Hoatook having been placed to the credit of thc cily. Xhfi London cbrrcspHinloiil or the ffitia* land Miucr, slalKS tlmt thu New Zealand Mid gtiaoral Mining Syudloalo, Llmllod, which has a capital of l&.OUO iu £1 shnr«, "I which 2U,000 Imvo buim issued, is perfecting arrangements id British Cu- iiiuihiu for rcprtJiiautaUon th'uVa' liy a fcuiu iiLlL-iit ex\\vt\\ Tim Carlbo-t w«shnp. The gold brick valued at *33,741, und the result of the cleanup nf a ruu of 14 day.1 and £0 hours in tlie No. 1 pitt of the Cariboo Hydraulic Mining Cumpuny, on Qudsriello river, arrived in Ashoroft lasi Tuesday «v« lllllg bv B.X. BtiigOt under guard of Hugh Coobntuo. The brick was shipped to Vancouver wlcro it will be on exhibition nt tin* bank of Montreal. Hyiiriuiiii'kiiig will be continued until cold woiitber stops operations, rind tho company will hi all probability have another washup in a few we» k* Tho rosultof ibis wash- up is goi-d, nud only goea to show what a rich property tliis compiiny have, and who 1 iu fairly running order, the result of this mine will cipiul anything on the continent. The company havo had considerable trouble with alidos, etc., which cause considerable work, but with good management these ban iors have been overcome, tO-lli-H CAOHtT.CO. Mr. MoKinnon, president of the Golden Cache Company of Lillooet, loft Vancouver ior Europe last Saturday, on business. Mr. McKinnon iiik--s wiih him at mc very fine sum p!<s of oro from tbe Golden Cache group for exhihiiiou ut tho Imperial Institute, On Friday, tho Golden Cacho mines stock made n sharp advanoa of 35 rents, nnd is now transfurrud nt (1.Sij per share. Some few months xgt th 1 Guile,1 Cache stou'. was first issued ut ',!."> cenls and has steadily ndvanoed from that date owing to ac lual results obtained from development woik. Forty • live thousand shares of Um Golden Cache were pur. chased last week by Messrs. Gooder ban and Lj'-ic!'stuck uf Toronto, ul *1 a fchaio, THE LA CIQALE COMEOY. It isseldom thut Ashcroft is visited by uu amateur comedy company of such merit as that which played in lhe lown halt on Thursday evening utider the tile of La Cigale Comedy roitipfitiy. The ubove mmpaiiy is urgHtiiz-ril by amateurs consisting of fifteen people all being residents in tho vicinity of Calgary, N. W. T., and have a special car of llieir own' which is sidetracked ut whatever i,l,ice they wish to piny. 'I'he proceeds above expenses go in aid of ihe Sister's hospital at Edmonton and this company ia aiding in paying uff a debt. Tliu play put on here was a ibrer-'iet farcial comedy "Three Ilats." The ball was crowded tind lhe uudit'uce was not long lu finding out that ihey were getting iheir muiey'i worth. All thu acton* took heir ios ctive parts well, especially Mr. v'. Da Journel as profes sur nf penmanship and A. K. Lee as Dilb3, 1 boy in button*. The party left for Westminster, whero they are billed to play and wiil then make ,1 round of tho different coast cities, and if arrangements can be made will play here ngiin on iheir return east in about three weeks. They havo met with good success on their travels, Th ■ limitations of the tlage-* in tbe halls in sn a ! places preyent the pieces being put on in as effective manner as would be the case if there were larger nnd solid singes. WELLINGTON MlfcE FIRL. Regarding tho reported fil*o in No. 4 mine at Wellington hist week, ihe Enterprise of that place says: Wednesday morning a portion of No, 4 mine was discovered to bo on fire. It way tn an unusual part of the mine known as Cook's level. It is believed to have caught from spontaneous combustion, as there is a sort of shale in this mine which burns in a similar maimer to lime on being dampened. Tlie mules wero taken out of the mino at once and ovary precaution taken lo prevent the fire from spread- ini;. Tho air was shut off by means of sand linn plunking. It is expected that tho mine will be shut down for a month, but no longer. If water was available the fire could be easily sub deed by Hooding but owing to tho dry summer the wator in the stir rounding distriot is low, Luekily thoro have heen no casualties. Tho accident will not interfere fit all with the coal supply. Oii THE* CAMOQO ROAD. Tlio achntil liouao opinj.iiio Win.'H'il!- jtor'a much nn U15 Uunaparte lias beeu moved iu Colu McDihiaid's place. The blacksmith shop ut tin; 20-Mllo houi-e i'i nh'iut completi! I mul will lie oe oupii'ri in -.i rev*, diva hv yiniili -& Bryson, ■j.JJ.Brywh win run tha simp. W. Illy gin In 1 it-, in diti lioi Barpeutcr Work nu I builtllng. Ctsnoral l4ow«. aupurliili-iiitent Hussey nfllieiir' vlochd police 1-* In Malanij, for (lie purpiMii / f (vorkiiis iij> Hie case I'or lliu crown in llio matter^ol tlm umrdtr of S. M, tVoods, Mr. K. Dougherty, of tliu .Maiden cr .rnnch is Having h very nice resilience creeled st his place whioh will hoc* pleletl in a few weeks, Messrs. Julin and Burns uro doing Hie work. Mr. Louder, lho --overnmout roud luro mar, is doing snme mmd work a few miles above Duugholty's riuu-li, on the wagon road, und when com pic tod ii will le grtiilly appreciiilod Mnrshnll & aniiili of Olinlon have nhout 'completed an uddltlon io their sla- hle, nntl hi a few days will atari an addition to llieir hotel. New uddltlon, new range, etc., makes the Clin ion hotel onu ol the finest lintels in the inlcrior, anil uvory- b ■ ly knows Joe Smith never let* the reputation of his house lag. McGiIlivray Bros., arc ruulng the 59- Mile House, and are goitlng n poiul putro nago. Juck and Dunk are well known nlong the road. Wm. Boyd, of the 70-Mlle Unuso, is linviiig Bevenil hulldtugs ereclud ut his place. An addition to his barn nnd a bull liiij to be ust:ii as a schoul house an iimung the iniprovemenla. A. P. Webber, of thu 83-Mile Hmi?e, h li a vi 11c a lur-ie stablo buill at tlmt placo, and will bo aide to accnmitiotiolp any- tliiugOQ'.he niflit. Tliu stages of lhe B, X. gmag e.*ich wny, stop tit this place overnight, James RohiiiBou wljo liu-? been loreman of a road crew all season, between Ihe TO and Clinton, has laid off fur the winter, ..County aourt. Al Ihc counly court held hist Tuesdav, judgment ugabiBt Colonel Wright wns giveu to /our men who worked for him this senson, fur packing their horses, lo the amount ot $11.50each. A case of ti uiuu losing hia blankets was dismissed. Tliu case of Switzur vs, Kosa over a cow. judgment was reserved. Sporting Mows. Oo Tuesday aflcmoon, a verv interesting dog fight took place on Main -timet. \\ llio start (hero were about four people on tlio corner, and near the finish tbe slri-m was crowded ten-deep wiih rubbernecks. The fight was a draw, both dogs getting Ihelr just dues. Death of captain Mcrtlcy ' Monthly, news wus brought into town of the death of Oapt. John Mart ley, who died nt his residence. The Grange, about Dti miles fiom Ashcroft, on Sunday night, Capt. Mart ley was 63 years of ago, and a-mie 10 tlii* provinco in 1862, Duni--* "tie Marquis of Lome's visit, as y iv-*r- nor-genera' in Uto early eighties, he acted us aide do camp to thu mat quia. He was a justice of ihu peaon nnd possessed marked legnl attainments, was a writer of merit and tiio a ithur of songs of tho Cascades. He gained his captaincy in thu Crimean wm. The funeral took place Wednesday, and his last resting placo ts mi bis ranch, which he has made his home for the past thirty years. He leaves a wife and three children. His many friends will regret to hear of his death. He had been ailing for some time and had recovered burnt) weeks ago from a very severe Uinijas. and hud a relapse a fow dnysng.t, which resulted iu his dealh. Okli-r-JtHllra Davie, tvliola Mill in Bt* Joseph'-! hiHplifll, is reported to be I111- prnvliitf It is probable thai when nuffi. itlcuily recnverwl he will spend several moiiiii in Unllfuiiiia. The llij'lu Kcv. Pruderi-il" Temple Btrjliup o! Lutidpn, hfii been kppninted Archbishop of Canlerbucy aud Prlmatoot all fiitulHiid, in succession lu die late Musi {{if, Edward Wllltu Benson. A muil pouch ripped down (he side, con- tnlnlng mull for Itosshuid, B. C, wus futiod up ili'i river, 11 wn- Spokane, on Wed. ritmlay. None of the ni-iil lind been mo. lesled, an probably iho robhors ihoiight Ihis wan lhe registered mail pouch. Through the acclddnlal explosion of some COO pounds ol dynamite, the packing' ilcpnriiiieiii of the Aetna PowderXo.. h>- colcd 10 miles frnni Pittabhrg, waa blown up. Two men, the mil. occupants of tlie building, were blowu to atoms. Letters have be*;n received verifying thc report published in Tliu World some waelts into of tht- dealh in tl'uih Africa nr ox-Ahl J. J. Gavin, fiiruierty of Mount Pleasant, Death was due in tfouih Aft J. call fever. He Inures a wile ami Iwo children. A special meeting of the stockholders of lho Dominion Pulveriser Company will hu in-Ill nl tbeoIJlca of Hie company in Kl-w Westminster on tjalurilay afternoon, November 7th, wlicu btisinois of luriporlance will be brougbl before lhe meeting. The city council ol Victoria have dc ui<lei! logo into committee of thu whole next Monthly nlghl to consider tho pro-( posed In law lo anlliurlsc a loan of f 150,- 0(10 for Hie purpose of buildunr. a ntone nnd steed hriilge across the arm at Point Blllce. C. C. Coinlie, of Clitcagn, was sentenced nt Brniidnii 1 h is wt ok to one year's imprisonment nt hard labor for Uic theft or an express packagu containing three thousand dollars from Oiik bake station. The prisoner onotl bltlorly while being scnti-Nc.i!, pleading Hint mercy be exlen ded to Iiim (or his family's sake. 13. A, Powis, iii-eiii filr several makers f mining macltiiiury, disappeared from '!olMinunW«diii silay.Oei 14ili,aiidliusuut incu been licnrd >f. lie ie well known on lho const, iiiui'.cnlarly in Vuucmiver. He snflVrlngitt Hm lime from a recur- rent atlunk of juu-tlo fever, contracted iu India. A.II effurts to Iritec him have proved fruitiest*. Grnve fears aro onler- cd for his safety. It i.« relaled in Hie Financial Newa thai J a prominent broker of iho London stock exchange nu being quostlnned abotU Brl- Usii Cnliunbittinlnos replied: "Blpss my eoiil! Where Is Bnlit.li Columbiaf On beiog informed ';!' ils whereabouls hu further asked: "Is It under Brills)- pit.- lection I" British Columbia's fame Is ap. paronity nol quite bo'widespread as It might bo !>t*. Chitito went up to Salmon Arm, on llin "Slid mat,, lo buhl an Inquest on what ne-: supposed lo lio Hit; remains of Mr. Row. an elderly gentleman, who recently slrii.cil off into Ilib.Woyds near Hie Aim. arid wns h'-i. From what has been learned, only fra/tr. i-.k of ihe body have been font*J, Hie sitppustihiu being tint the aged man, worn oal by fatigue, had laid down mid buoti n|tacked by btiarSjOr eitier wild anininlfl Which are pienilful io that part "f the country, and luul been almost wholly ilovnurad by llieni.—Benlinol, A'cx. McOrlmmnn, of Victoria, was ;rnulcd mlivor.'P from Archibald MuCrim- noMi nt SeatlJe tin IrVidn.v, ou Ilie gmiiiida of u'U'iiudouiueut and failurg tu provide. An Evil Praotlcs One or tlio moat eerlens problems the government will have to contend with shortly, says the Itosslaud cuneeponden' Id llic Colonist, is Ihe practice which pro- vaits among prospectors ol adopting for their cliilins the names or mints which development lias already made famnus, In tho hope perhaps, of deluding Investors liy giving nn additional mine to their Holdings. No name should be registered in [he saint- dlslrict if it has been previously Atlop'ed for some oilier claim. As mailers stand now the country is lu a stnle of bewtldcting uncertainly, due to Ibis pernicious priollce. Tu one locnllly I find oo less than four locations Hint bear lho same inline. There is another evil practice which cannot be too quickly put a step to. It is the practice of fasten trig I he flattie name on two or three crooks n'B llic case may bo. Aa a consequence wc have two Wild Horse creeks, iwo Snluioo rivers, two Chin-i orecW, and nny uuinboi' of RouU creeks. When anew government l map hIihII lie Iwlied.tlicsG.slrciims oug'ht to I be renaniKil. ami a fruil/iul ■nill'ijeol cuufu* 1 uiuu aud unmuilaly will be put uu cud to. Tin- Sinclair returns from 11 small shipment of ore from Harrison Lake, in which Mr. Tretheway is large'y interested, have boen received at Wflstniiustcr, Tlie remit is said liy those who ar» coniflirned to bo very MtitUftietotV "nd work is to be vigorously proceeded with, Last week 30 reitneta) claims trmo recorded in lho local idTiee, S.-vcral of Ihem are located on thn north side of Burrard iiilei.j oihfrs in tiio Harrison Lata district and Pitt Lake. Some very valuable finds arc said lo havo been made about 25 mUtiu from Fort Dou- glaa.' Fraight Shipments I3olow will bu found llir> dale of d parturc, toaroBter ami daBliiialion ,, Wjiiii, hip :,ed norlli by Aallcrofl'a rnrsvariltiii >i j.- 'ills: 0 rl 23 A Trrai ,11", llnz Crock. . «5.in II IJ llr, ^',11 & 0,1, Q,jb»FI(B. 3111)00 14 A f a-U'c, all,So,ln(Wuli... ..1II81I1I Wn i.v *, Sinli, Oreck .. . 1)2(10 .1 I, l-'.t nr-i f,'„. C'lillUm. lail, Bwla Crwk... .. 22'H) ..2iwa II 1 T B n, 8|„ '■oil & Oil, " . ,. Hilda C'itoIi .. Dili) .. MHO II A \v. mm) 2!) 11 i i,ii ii.J.niiLiilfn'iilip., .. 50011 SI .1 ll IB Tl, ., .11121 Ml aa. a, Dii_jBn\* .... .. IKIIIu S3 C II il» .1 a .ie . .21203 HI.HIll I OaOW'3 rtKCT TIAILWAY. At ,\Vedpesdtiy!n Re*>*i'on nf th« Nortliwt'st AsFionihly at Regina the following reijolulip/i was moved by 0. A. Mngralh and passed unaiMT- moiibly: "That the hou8,e take tho liberty |o draw tiie attefiiion ofthe fude'rul governtneti.t tu the imppraliva nepessiiv I'or tlie immediate construction of the Crow's Neat railway\ that unlesj this ia done the trade ut" tho Kootenay district may bo permanently deflected Into American channels; that ihe Crow's Neat Puss con,* tains large areas of bit ominous* and channel coals of a conking quality? that with this valuable coal thoerec- lion of .inciters and refineries may be expected to follow; that the existocc* of this railway, will at least permit iheso Territoi ies to compvta with Eastern Washington in lhe supply of the necessary largo amount of food products required in tlio mining regions of Southeastern Iiritish Columbia; that heretofore the construction of railways in those Territories has been carried on without due regard to tho vested interests of existing towns, and tbo assembly trusts that in considering this important subject, the federal government will bo pleased to see that the townsitea of Lothbridgo and Maoleod bo uot overlooked, provided the construction of lite railway in question through thestt towns in no way interferes witb tho general purposes which make i'i cori' truction a necessity," Pool Boom In Ross'aiin- Turonto Star —The pool-room bust* iioss ia about dead iu Toronto, mil inr some weeks past several layers ot' otitis iu Toronto have been looking about for a new Geld, They bam just iil-out arrived at a dcoisiao, and have selected no less a plana than liosshmd, B.C., the groat headquarters of tba gold miners. Arrangements are being made very quietly, but it is known that a syndicate witb 010,000 cupiul has just about been formed, nud that arrangements fot* the opening of ihe room hara bten utmost completed. Rossland has it population of 5000 aod this is increasing every day so that tha field may bo a fertile one. It is not expectati that ibo wires will be in operation un? til Home months hence, but quotations wiil be posted 00 the races at New Orloans and San Francisco durin* the winter months. It is thought that business will be brisk as nearly- all the residents of Rossland are of tlio speculative kind. Anxious to pioaas- Tha ''largest living lady'* from on^ of the side shows connected with Sells* Bros.' circus, walked into A Spokane, Washington drug stora while she was there, and looked over i ho druggist's toilet display. . , "You don't seem to have lhe kind 0; face wash I'm used to buying,', she said, turning away. Fearing h« was about to lose a sale, the clerk replied with more haste than discrttion, "We've got some giant powder iri tho back room, don't you think that ivill do?"—Northwest Magazine. Cosnell's Year-Bo;ki li. E. Gosnell, librarian of the legislature, is about to issue u y«M book of the province in which it will bo treated statistically, politically and- historically. The flora and fauna o£ the province will bo dealt with ami special chapters will appear on min- ing, agriculture, timber and fisheries- Tt will bo a book of between 300 and 400 pages octavo. Gad Daatft . On Sunday lasl, the three-year-old b>yt nf Dr. tt, E. Hall, ot Kamloops, met bia, rjealh In a manner which called r>ui (he* sympathy of the whole community for that bereaved purcols. , Dr. and Mre, Hall had- g.nie lo church, leaving their young four, children at home at 'lievmeh, a few unlet south or the oily, Au excavation had- been mado torn Imni foundation',aod alter tlie |-tiieiii" had left, ihe pMldren found, their way into this nntl amused themselves, plottingftwjt) the earth from ihe peipeodi- ouiar sides of the excavation.■ PrewwJy, lhe loose earlli t'nnu al-ovo caved f 11 and' cuit.-rai thiei'- iirthe _.i*ii.'re-i. Two ol tli em managed to oxlrlciito lliemsclves, butt' tlio youusesl, Frank Herbert, a bright little lellnw ui three vtors. wae coui]'!elely. covered, and baruro aastBlnnco arrived lifoi wan extinct. Dr UlSlke held an inqurst ihe vordlcl et Hie coroner's '"*- M»",: .0 Till! Uviii-bk Colttiubia Mttiag J««riiai. nlny. F. s. jlisUfld every Sal KKYNOUhS, Editor and Proprietoi Subscription i'uci, por uui-uiu cJ-l,t 3,00 till paid. Ativcrtltilog mtoaoU application, /vBLlCHOPT.B.l Capt. stuamb Ju -i re (•i the men who do noi be I Hie Rient Uoolt'a Inlet iimoouls io muoli, lie Ii.i* t iruod from Alaska, whero l.e Wl'lll in .Intie lust. He doesnot pretend In lm a miner himself but he took good ineti with him, hud money nnd this morning he gava a reporter for tin livening Times, facts that he aaid were honest in every parixulnr and llmt cannot be disputed by anv man. no mutter how lonu; lie has been it the country or what be itnows aboul it. Capt. Harrington and John Rob nison of Oouperville, hud charge ef the party. Robinson is an old Crtri ! Ih'o miner. He and Earrim_ton loused a pieca of ground on Canyon ereek. li was BUpposed to be one o[ tho best pieces iu lho country. They paid well for it, worked lnnd, had good men Hiid tool: out less than S1Q0U in tfold. Uoiisideiing tlie tliirtj davs t ■ dead work that they did and tin money they spent to ant into tie cot, nt iv wiih their provisionst, ' h< men avetngad fv.-r tho summer abi-ut liu o ii .-« ti uhv ajjiuui. "Wlieu we arrived-,n Sunrise (Jtl\. said Capt, Harrington, "there wei between'2500 ami UOOO mitiers t'*rnk"a Inlet. And they ivmo net ; Tiie Papazo Indians ii.babil h ctiuti try of liroii I plu n. With m luntaill i-iiiigCH between, says the Haluuior- American. The mountain raiiffOi aro remarkably rugged, and rise sharply from the lowlands. All over the plains live tlm Indians. Tlie country is one of the most arid regions on thc faoe of tlie globe, u whole year pulsing sometimes with- oil a dioji of rain, lho -streams rise in iint mountains, but never reach fn' ten. "nd the debris carried by tlie river!, itifjtead of finding its way lo tlm ocean, is spread out upon the plains, tliu livers drying Up before they reach the sea. Soiiland, in tiie stntrt of Sonoru- wns never I'cen iiv a white man until about iwo yoara ago, when il.n lm rcuu of ethnology sent hn expedition to explore that region. The natives ; are constantly vigilant every moment from day lo day, week to week, month td month, ynur to year, expeo ting and dreading th:* approach of an •'iu ni . Thev "ro always prepared for an emergency. The dearth of water was the greatest abslacltt to tlie exploration, Every drop used was carried from 12 to 15 miles by men under heavy guard. Water there is more valuable than gold, and often we measured it ont iu spoon fuis. * In counting lhe dangers and labor of securing wnter wo estimated worth nt from $3 to $4 u quart. is-l ICl.ire-iei: Milkv ul BI-ii ul umi, Ulliliuo _i, IL lm I > UlialllS, Lh , Cull latlliHg unit l; lilt; ".une Hum; or , Annual 17, iNl.j. uih for U a &U J efifin NOTICE. -*. et,-"-». a n jfJU ;_5C?3_?bi Mew Chatham A oarloflil just iriWnd.'itll sizns, auitnlilu Inr li^lit and heavy teamlnff. lOvery wajjnn jniarunteoii to Hluntl anything llmt any Wagon made in Canada ,„• tin? Unit U Stales ,vill stand i'ur fun ur money, il AslioroR. JAN.ES VAIR, - Kamloops, B.C. SMITH & BRYSON, IIA ilDWARa. Can be seen -■ , Bar uiul Shvrt t^eet, I'.'ire H-tye. Manillu titifiM, Minora Pick Afinnvr ShovUs, tick (1,,-mttifirr QDIC K SI I.V E! R , iil an iifmi nre tl l>u tlie Cinnlbur Mining Co. Correspondence by malt solicited, 8uml 10 Cordova utt- t. Vancouver, D. c. uil.iU., Uujf ni}-1 Ullllltiaolllg ni ii _ tuko i Mi eliuiiie, U.uliuu w -. l -juiiiiiK-lieeuicir.. Hll.UA.tl MASON, lJi»ti ereek, Sqil. I'Jlii, k-ftj. ha bn 111 II pi shed, ,vli- The rovor- MOTICB. Notice in Imrcby given tlmt 1)0 days tifte tliitu l luLt-uU lu apply tu tneeliiul commit .inner of imulB iuiU worlie for imrinbul-Jii l piii-i'liiicit ti-iil acivs uf piifl-nul Inuti iiil|->jiiin-_- lul-W ■rroun I, u,i luu imi Hi tililo or Uliiteolen rlvui ia ine illstiietuf Llllooet, diaei'ilwtt Hi full-jus, beguiiili.i; at u |iu»l -unrked H. K, uuriiui uu lim ivc-H utile ul and un tin: tiuiiDd- itry linn ol lul 4+ ure.ii I, llience toutli*)" cnultis lu Buiilhuuil enrtit-r, thenco we»t ?-• elialiiE tu tjuutliweol eui'iinr, tlioneu uurtli Vj cliuina iu uuilliwe*t curiior, ttmncii o*.»t Mi eiiuius tu (ilarliui; iiolut. SI -ja J. D. PUENTIGB. Dou creek, Sept, 18, IBM zenem cksmsths Carriage builders. Horseshoeing a specialty, A supply of imn and wagon Shop Railway Are/r.i, maloitial always on hand. ASHCROFT, B. C, NOTICE THE CONFEDERATION LIFE ASSOCIATION TORONTO— Sir fl*. r, ir»r!.i.-i.l, J. K. M^e-lon.il-l, Ih M.ictlonaltl, W.C. Macloiml.t President, Manetoiny Dim-tor. Insptctor, Winnipeg, Actuary OapiJRl and Assets over $6,000,000 Insurance at-Risk $27,000,000. !iO COi'UlTIOXS, NO RKST IIICTIOH, POLICY CONTRACT A MODEL ONE. Thirty iinyrj craco ailowoti on premiums. J. D. BREEZE, J. Ii CLEMEHTS, Gruoval ,1 gout for B C ,Vanoouvor Ageut, A3horoft- THE CYANIDE PROG S3 Eminently adaoted to Carib o Ores Refractory Gold and Silver Ores treated and reported on -ttk MacArthur-Forrest, Direct Cyan Nation MacArthur-Yates, Amalgamation & Cyanidatiari For particulars apply to TIIE CASSEL GOLD EXTRACTING COMPANY, LU Assaying conducted in all ils branches and mill tests made. ff. FELIM-IURVEY. F. C. S„ Superintendent, YASCOl'VKK, B. C. J, M. BUXTON, & Company. otaries *.tr.****«****,i+**»A»* ***** <*.*****«*.*trlTrt*»****S*f!*** I TURNER, BEETON & CO. 1 305 DEALERS IN lliat 00 dflva nfloi not kuow anything about mhiing. There were buuiu ul that Bort then-, but there were a' ti>" Biime limo Imn dreds uf good minora of yours1 ex- porionoe. Our proepootors oould not M •r. ok find nny 'and to loeale on. lt ««i ; nl! gutie. Why, from ono end uf S'N \ Mile and Canyon oreelta to tlie olliei ■ft."I tho cliiiim Imd been taken up. "And it wus jusl ne well thut wt> d'nl not looate. Why Cunyon croelt. whioh was last year looked upon he tho banner creek, did not pay this Bummer nt all. lt was n genuine failure, with tho oxooptlon of a low 'flluims that paid tbe men fiom %i to K» a day. Then, too, thoro wero thirty or forty days of dead work be Ure any guld was taken out. The truth is, ihat thn boom of Cook's Inlet country was bas«d on Mills creek, which runs Into Canyon creek, nml which is worked hy the Polly Mining Company, There wero a number of S-satllo men interested in il. and tho men roooivod in the neigh' borhood of fcjQ a dny. Uut Mills- ereek ends it. The ereek is all loca ted; but few mon have it, Thero is nothing else in the Cook's inlet couu try and next year it wiil bo dead. '•Six Mile creek wna mined out ye rs ago by tliu Russians. Kvi-Jan- 3_s of that woro brought to light every day in the shape of (-uiflkbilver old nails and ditch beda, S" crook, Canyon creek and Mil. made np the Six Mile district, That ■with Resurrection creel, make* u, lho Cook'B Inlet country. The mi'ii in the Resurrection crook counlry dm not average moro than $1 a day ox eept in rare instances. There aro a few little Blroam», which did not ave- lagQ much belttir. "Up in the Yukon counlry it may be all right, but in tbo Cook's Inlet country it is doad, and if any stories arc sent out to thc contrary, and thpy probably will be, they aro untrue. Some people have an interest in saying that the country is a good ono. Of tho three thousand men who wore' in tho Cooli's Iulet country when 1 arrived there ure not moro than five hundred left. About one hundred of them expect to winter thoro. When X camo through Six Mile creuk oo my ■way home, it Btruck ino ' ' naver gazed on such country. The Chinese pumps and wheels wera idle, sluice luxea were piled up, and there waa only here and there to ba found a miner, Nexl year thoro will be somo return to Cook's Itilot, They have sumll cabins, have done their doad work und will go back to get out what litllo gold is there. But Cook's Inlot as a groat mining country is dead. It never did exist and it never will " -Seatlo Times. Mr. IT. XI. Saunders, who arrived down from Texuda Island yesterday, bhvh ihat h regular gold fever win* canned in Nanaimo on Fridriy by samples Mr. John Mahror Bhowpd from the Lorudale olAlm,atidthe re • ull i.-i a veritable rash of prospectors for the it land. )'r. Mahrer, with a pen knife, picked out fully foO of gold from the new Itd-jn in theolaim. Besides tlmt ho carried buck with him to Nanaimo splendid samples of quartz containing at least $100 in aohl, some of it in quits bugs pieces Men are now employed stripping the leH:*:.' preparatory to sinking on it. The shaft on the Victoria is pro grossing favorably, ihe Oro looking as woll as ever, and on ths Van Audit, '^7 men are at work and the drift. from tlie tunnel is in S5 f**et. There are abotiI 00 tons ol ore on the dump on tl.e Vim Amis, and 50 sacks ready to ship. The road to seawater is being graded from lho mine and preparations are being mado for a shipment of or« just as soon as it can bo hauled o»er the road. Another claim which is bring developed nu Tt-xadit ia the Raven, owned by Mr. Blewett. —Colonist. a starting poiul, ila, 8c|it. ISth, is; P. II. BROWN. 1/7. C. BEKTO.Y, A* CO., LONDON, KVGLAVD,t ♦ WHOLESALE DRY GOOD.O, jj | LIQUORS, MINERS SUPPLIES ETC-j t Ore Ba$s, llosst-U SI eel. ,'tinj description of Euro ?. | perm Goods Indented. ij ! t, Trltgrnphle <„:,!,,,.: -I.,,-,,,-,: i;;-l,;-t„. l;,-,t,„i. lM,„l,m. ) it.-r.tl. ***********(,»»» A**************** **(:****** l,**»f, J NOTICE KErORTS MADE OX ALLUVIAL VANCOUVER, B, tie Address : EllA'totl, r.mc'uvcr, Canada. DEPOSITS. C. ». 'Ilipr-jllll piirchot H f;i-jini ul Lii;,];. 1111(1 " 4tJU H ui Clillciilui; ou tla- uurtli r- tlm dlstrlat nf Lillo foi Iowa; bej;i mi ine at ilm suiitliuast curlier •» liu-n group I, ni u pnst marked N. E. curlier tlienecsouih oilelisins. tiiuiiL-L- w*j_t -Iti ctinlin ilieui'e nnrlli 40 clniiiiB, tln'iiw ne_t ■It) etlullid lliunou uurtli-lileliaiiis, tl.mico east Bt) u.itilti to stiiltilie liuiut. t;. A. UoLLA.M). Victoria, tfupt lS'li, I8WJ, 31 *;S NOTICE Notice is lieroby glvfiii Hint fii day; lulu I intend io m-j|;_ applteatlon to the cliii'l i-ommlshiiitti-r of luntlii mid \\ov\a for purtill-e- rion to jiuruliuri! -iml acres of ]>us|oinl i.ntJ on tii--noitli _ii!u of Cliili-oti-u In ilii.! (lipiiict'ii LiiloocL, di'^'i-iluTl us follows: liL'iiliiiitntc at a |nM nmrlr-Jtl H. K. curiior, it'iout out) tiilli; uoi'Lliwc-t n-.un the junction of tliu ( ltilcotct. and ;*,F Victoria, Eg*-*-, -g-jwy r Vancouver, -UEAI.S11S IN- Kamloops. """«'X, I). McGILLIVRAY. JlftiJiit/ili-'m-er vf all Kindv of STEL AND RO E HYDRAULIC MIMG ?\?V. Estimates furnished of coot of power plants-, m\d putting water on Mining Claims. Monitors, Gates, Vaiveo, Peiton Wheels, etc., furnished at shortest notice and lov/est rates. Head OJftet, Vtm**Hvtr, D C. Steel Pipt Work*, Nctt IVeatminttii' B 0 tottli 8 ■. tin' LUeiicu unulli SO uliuins to Htarting ti^ittt. UI-V18 11. V. UAU'IN. Victoria, Sept. IStli, tSOi*. Fin Will Msot Sharkey San Franelioo lias secured the lulzMinmoiifl Sliarkey battle lift ur ull. li look a little trouble lo gnt tlm men togother, but Manager Groom, of the National Athletic Club kept pegging away aud lias boon rewarded by the receipt of the following telegram from Martin Julian, manager of Ro- beit Fitzfilmmons: "AH right, will aceppt your'-ftcr. Deposit $5,000 as forfeit at once, half of which is to lie paid to Fitzsim inoiiH iu case you lail to pull iff the match December 9. Tide-graph 1500 expenses and wc will leave at oneo." Manager Groom will send the ex- se money, and FJtZflimmons will doublleBi) leave Now York Monday. Tlio contest ia to bo ten rounds, for a purso of $10,000, and is suro to attract widespread interoat ull or*»r tho country. Manager Lynch exprhssed the greatest satisfaction ovor the acceptance of the National Club offer, a» he waa begiuing to fi-el that he would be unable to secure a match. Sharkey will go into training in tho course of a few dayfl, Tradesmen Attention. Agricultural Implements of all kinds lurgfit stock In Hip province anil bust assorinpntt American Bain wagons, ulso Canadian Ruin suitublo for fpoighllni! and farm purposes. Buggies, Carts, Spring Wagons all at prices 10 suit the limes. Orders filled DroinDtlv. WHOLESALE Vancouver, : GROCERS. : : B. C. pens- Epr-cial indueomenls will he jircn the undei'signed to Blacksmiths, Harness takers, Painters, Carpenters and Wheelwrights, Who may wish in catahllsh Ihemaelves in bufiiiieas at one of lhe most central poinis in the Cariboo Dtalnct, viz: Tho well known Btatnl of the 150-Mile House Corr-'spiintience -.illicit-;'!, aud iulbrma- lion cheorfully furnished. Veith & Borland. Proprietors, 150 MILE HOUSE The distributing point for all the hydraulic mines at Horso Fly, North and South Forks and main Quesnelle River, also the stock ranges of Chileoten and Beaver Lake Valley TIE IMPERIAL BREWERY AND Soda Water Works Company. K: AMLOOP5, B. C. I Lager Beer and Porter. Tho bo3t quality | onlv brewed from choice Malt and heps SODA WATEt? WORKS. //; connection with our brewery we have added a nr.v and complete y, t firm San Francisco for the manufacture of-Soda Hater, Gt'ig.r Ale, Strspartfla. Champaigne Cider and AI'meal Hater of alt kinds. All orders from city and country will receive onr personal an I best attention? Your patronage solicited, Sf-ecial attention to all orders from Cariboo and way, J 'ou will find our prices will make it an ebfect to give us your orders, B. WEHRFRITZ, - At tl !i Point will be found a good assortment of GENERA MERCHANDISE & MINERS SUPPLIES Also one of the best Hotels on thc route. Information cheerfully given. VEITH & BORLAND. Proprielors and Slock Raisers. Proprietor. HAMILTON POWDIR COMPANY, British Columbia Stanch Of Mon I real. Incorporatoil 18ol. —UAKUFAOTL'REKS OF— High Explosives, Blasting, Mining and Sporting Powder Dealers in Electr lead office: Montreal. Blasting Appan meh of let: . Safety Fv»e Detonators, Ete. tctoria, H. C. rTorks: Xanafi* that I hail dtiBolate The collsotloil for tho Ihrco customs olflcca for tlie Trail creek mining division for the past ninn mouths of thin year iiiiioiuiis to $115,000, Tho attention of mining mon ant] prospectors ia again turning in Toad mountain in lho Nelson district, ihere having boon BOmo very favorable reports fium llierc recently. A coinpuny hau rcccully lieon formud by Toronto parlies to develop ihe Exchequer clnim, which gives prom iBc nl becoming* mine. Aesnys as high »b $78 In gold Imve been obtained from Sim Exolier-uot1 orc..- Appllc.iiioD liHBhoon nihilo to thc provincial -i'ov-'iuiiu'ut by iho Minister ol Marine ami FlsllorliiB, Otlaiva, foi' accom- moilatlons, for holding lho alttlnga of the Bphring kl-ii commiBBlnn, which ih to meet in Victoria between November 10 and 15. Tiie provincial guverumont will probably place ui tiie disposal of ilia commission, lho reading room and library in ihc new parliament buildings, us those apartments will aonn ho ready for ecoupalloii. These rooms are in tho new main building, jml back of lho legislative hall. A young man who wus scorching lor a record on a bicycle track a low cli.ys a«o was thrown frum his wheel. When pick oil up. Ilia faco was cyanotic and his arms and legs wero twitching convulsively. A physician found ahull nf clawing gum, lhe size of a walnut, obstructing the eu- tranco lo lhe larynx. Tho gum was removed and ths man recovered. 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Hates moderate, i, TJNGLEVi Manager and Superintendent, Plead Office, Ashcroft, JL C. J./.MACKAY, General Agent, R. P.RSTHET &CO., Ltd. Wharf Street. .... VICTORIA, 1). C. WHOLESALE WMtk TS, SHIPPING AjNO IIVSUItA-IVOE. Agenis for: Wi'lls FArgOi Coltimbin Floiirtne Hills Co., of ElKlcrby. Wu iHc Coitsi Kiouifisbtp to's liue of stB»u»ei's bolween Victoria and Hun Fnuieisco. Twenty years practical txperieuce in California, Will examine and eporl n mining properties in Canada and the United States. The equipment and opening of deep gravel drifts hydraulic and gold quartz mines a specialty. (ITJESNELLE FORKS B C Agents for thefohua I fenny Machine M'orks, Hydraulic and Mining Machinery and Hi; Well's Lights; for use in 'Hydraulic Mines. Represented at Vancouver by J. M. FROWSING, corner Granville and George streets, Vancouver, B. C. LA.-5TS. J. A. ^acFARLARSE, F. C. S., Assayer and Mining Engineer. 623 Hastings slue', All tissap t.nd analytical work done in duplmit, care and dis-j>ai.-h. 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