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\ *-■■■■■' ' THE B.C. MINING JOURNAL. Library-.th-tisgi* VOL. 8., NO. 35 ASHCROFT, BRITISH COLUMBIA. JANUARY 1. 1898. $2.00 PER YEAR m .i CARIBOO! HORSEFLY! - FORKS QUESNELLE! W.B.BAILEY I CO, STORAGE AND FORWARDINC AGENTS. Goods received, Stored and Forwarded with dipatch to any point in the Interior reached by wagon or pack train. Consign you goods to our euro and we will settle railway charges and shij) on to destination with least possible delay. W. II. BAILEY A COMPANY. QUGSNELLG. ASIK'IMII-T. u. o CLINTON HOTEL, Clinton, BC BOARD ANO LODGING Bl THE DAY. WEEK OB MONTH. llrsl Wnii« 1-llim.l iill Umi Crook 11111- MAlfSHM-l- S SMITH ml Cl.tr.l. iroi'.rilrililing. IIe«.lnu„rler« for lho C-rlboo, ' of *isc I HrmlW nod flslil llrinlioi! nnd n.lilnt In Ihc .l-lnity. Proprietors. F. W. FOSTER ASHOKOFT, CLINTON. IrlllK.l IMl'OUTKB OF General Merchandise. Headquarters Ior Miners and Ranclien Supplies. Flour, Rtcc, Sugar, Rock and Fine Suit. C-oal Oil, BlackSraUfts and H.usc Coal, and all heavy goods purchased in carload lots ami prices light.*- Riding cud Pack Saddles Hunters Outfits, Rilles, Shot Guns, Ammunition, etc. \ Sole Agent fofCGiant Powder Company oj San Francisco, full stock on hand a* their new magtiiine, Fuse, Caps, tic, etc. Geo, Gage <V Sons celebrated Dominion Wire Bed Sprirtgs,'Ma/tratses, Pillows, &c, ROUGH & DRESSED LUMBER, SHINGLES, LATHS, P/CRE7. MILUNKKY AND DKESSMMUNG department under competeni miyingemont in connection witli store at Ashcroft. GOODS 1IKCK1VKD uiul for warded lo all partS:,of the upper count!*)* tit reduced niles. C. P. IL SIDING to warehouse and special facilities for handling goods Orders and enquiries hy mail havo p, Iff FOSTER orompi attention * ' 0 mUY SADDLERY AND HARNESS CO. M4_.0tW-TUI.EnB AND IMPOHTBRB OF Saddles, Htgfess, Bridles, "trunks, Whips, Spurs, mid Harness .Jfet-nmings. REPAIRING DONE WITH'NEATNESS AND DESPATCH All ordt ■ by mail promptly attended to and satisfaction guaranteed 3-SHCT.OFT. V\ m CARIBOO EXCHANGE HOTEL: -*. A. H. Walters Prgppietor. Board and Lodging at reasonable rates. Corner of Railroad Avenue and Third Street, }f*A j Work on tbe ttinnol opposite town is rapidly progressing. This in on tlio tunnel beiug driven into tlie old channel of tno Quesnollo rivor that tho pro- motors of tho company, known us tho GoldenJProvinco Mines Compnny, believo exists, formed beforo tho present Prasor river flowed down its prosent channel. Tho mon now nt Quosnelle for tho Peace rivor will undertake tho trip uorth on tho ico nud snow before vory long. They havo dogs bought of thc Port George Indians and good brutes for tho servloo required. Tho stores at. Quoshollo and tho various hotels will bo In shape to take care of a large numbor nf men iu tho enrly spring and frnni the iottors of Inquiry received It Is very evident tlmt many will push thole way north through the old Tclogruph trail. Mr. Olson, who has boon ulQuosnQllo for some weeks slates his intoiilinii of putting dredgers on tlio Quosnelle river, and by the way wlien ouo hnlf tho volume of tho Quesnollo river is shut oil' by the (dosing ol' Uio dum nl Qucsnelle lulte, us It is roportod will bo dono next March, why won't there hn some good mining along the bars of the main Quesnelle. Tbo South l-'ork carries htilr or more oflhe waler td the river, and lower tho Quosnelle by ono hnlf ut. its low stago In Muroband April thoro should bo somo very rioh ground exposed. Louses for drodglng purposes only grant the right to ground from low water mark, so any oueshoutd ho nhlo to initio octhe burs of lhe river. Fifty and one hundred dollars per day havo been made ou snme of tho rich bars of the river and why not agaiu if tho bars that hnvo been impossible to work heretofore are exposed. Through To Daw. mi. Anyone with a desire to do so may go from Viotorla to Dawson City in 30 days, carrying 300 pouuds with him— always providing that he takes the Stiokino rivor and Teslin hike route. Such is tho verdict of George W. Otter- son of Honolulu, R. H. Pltz Hugh of Lexingtou, Ky., and P. Bailee of Peter* boro, Out., who arrived down from Telegraph creek yesterday morning. Tbis is tho route par oxeelleuce to the Klondiko, thoy say, and at tho present time, while tho river is frozen, the trip offers none of the multitudinous dangers and difficulties of which so much hus been heard from thoso who to their sorrow have essayed tho Skaguuy or tho Dyea pass. * "Asa mattor of fact," snys Mr. Ot* torson, who Is at prosent enjoying the hospitalities of tho Now England, "there aro scores of men coming down to Wrangel from Skaguuy aud Dyea in order to go through by the common- sense route; aud Wrangel, with its many new and pretentious buildings, cives fair promise of bqpoiniug the most important const city of tbo North." Tho opinion hero quoted is uotbasod on conjecture; Tho threo gontlemen named havo come over the rond and theroforo spotik from experience. "The Stickiuo oilers u perfect rond for sledding at tho prosent time,!' snys Mr. Ottorsou, "beiu.tj frozen solid nud smooth us glass froni six miles nbovo •Wrangel all tho way to Telegraph creok. Tbe snow has fallen just ouougb ter tho closing of tho rivor to llll in ! lumpy places, and over this snow cruot has. como n little rain, nnd moro keen frost, whicli combined gives a easy, and tho othor routes indescribably hard. Thoy soem to strike off for Dyea or Skaguay mechanically whon they como to tho Lewis, and thereby got the worst of ib quite unnecessarily. Traveling to Teslin lako nt present Isa picnic if ono only remembers to tako slods—not toboggans. Tholattofcgathor tho ice-dust, block with it continually und provoko frlotion thnt impodes progress." Mr. Otterson has takon up a numbor of quartz claims abovo Telegraph creek about twelve miles, which look liko a decidedly good thiug.—Colonist. The abovo does not correspond with such authorities as Mr. John Callbrouth who has resided many years it Tele- iinipli oreek aud is familiar with the eooonl rlcltles of the Stickiuo rivor ice. lie states thut the Ico jouruoy is a por lloiia one und should not bounder* taken voluntarily, lu pluoo.. there muy bo solid too Tor many miles but open places ure encountered at times that can not bo crossed and men must camp and sometimes wait until the Ice goes nut before continuing their journey. There is no puck trail along the river from tho mouth of* the Stickine up as has snmotlnioH boon stated. The river bus lu many places precipitous bunks uud if Is uot feasible to turn out at tho cunynus ami cn urountl tho unfrozen wnler of tho river. I*.-**.. Cum ment* on Inland Route. Bossburg Journal; Whou tho outor- prislng business mon and citizens of Spokane start iu on an undertaking they never stop until tholr object has materialized. Whou Spokane began agitating tho travel to Klondike' ovorlund from thoir city tho idea was scoffed ut, and tho Bossburg Journal was among tho ."doubting Thomases." It turned out to be no joke. The ovorlund route from Spokane will bo the popular wny to the Klondike, aud oon vlnoing proofs have been presented domoustrating this to be the most feusiblo routo, especially to the prac ticnl sooker after gold. This route traverses rich mineral sections, and we venture to say by starting the immense travel overland new mineral discoveries will bo made between here and tho Yukon, which will attract as much attention us tho Klondike excitement, and several stampedes to now strikes uro anticipated during tbe coming season. There are already nun (Ire's of men wbo are making Preparations to start in the early spring overland to the Klondiko, and the citizens of Bossburg should exert themselves towards lotting it become known that the road via Echo valley and crossing tho Columbia river here is theshortest und bost road to Ashoroft. Kosslander: Greater good would be gained from the Klondike rush if a pnrt of tho prospectors going north ward were diverted b'y the inland route. They would from time of loav iug the Cariboo wagou road until they reached Teslin take, be traveling through a couutry littlo' prospected, nud in which rich, strikes hnvo boen made—some of thom recently. They would ucvor be far from a Hudson Buy post, which is usually well supplied wiih provisions. So many traveling through tbat part of the province would learn of its resources and decide to develop them, thus leading ' to permanent prosperity. Xoi thport Nows; If the poople from this country must tako the Klondike trip for tbeir health wo suggest that smooth aud unbroken surface oruvlueh I th°bJ8t Ploco t0 outflt is at Northport otfs Is to bSr111(1 thenco go north by tho overland • /Iunn& Haddock,, LIVERY, SALE & FEED £TABLE, AS*CI»*FT AND LILLOOET? Saddle, Paclj autl Driving Horses foible nud hire, Kigs kept at hot li ylnli.es. Spobiol trips inii'lo to Lillauet or points in Cariboo'-at any Ime. Wire at our expense for rig [JARKERYILLE. Messrs. W. M. Ogdou aud P. McKiu- uon are tho owners of a valuable pieco of placer ground ubout oight milos from Barkerville on what is known ns 8-Milo lako. Thoy havo 2,(0) foot nlong tho luke front, 15 to 18 feet of pay grn- Thoy hnvo beon ground sluicing as loug as tho water lasted aud then used rockers. Tho ownerssay that this ground will' yield from 81.00 to 812 to the cubic yard and iu some parts of the grouud with rockers 850 to tho day has boon mado and tbo owners think that for tho season next year they will make front 825 to -?.'> to the njari and that tho ground for this class of work Is practically unlimited. During throe days' slutoliigtliU season, with 251nohos of water, working only H hours por tiny. thoy took out H ounces. Tbis shows that tho good old days of Cnribno are not by uny menus gono. 'I'he owners nre enterprising, luud workiug young men aud richly deserve tbeir good fortune. Willi proper mauagomout they have a fortune iu the ground owned by thom. Mr. .13. L. Totroau und W, I'Yn sor own tho grouud in the rear of this aud it Is rioh hut has wuter for sllllolng ouly a short time. It can only bo worked to advantngo by drifting. ,T. Shearer owns tbo ground on the lake front adjoining tho McKinnon und Ogdou claims, Prom this claim good results hnvo boon obtained. 'I'he next claim of 80 acres is owned by Boyoo, Boody, McKunzio, Kellio und Simon Hold, Prom tho amount of work done on tho Shepherd clnim it has shown up remarkably woll. Tho gold, of which Mr. Ogden had agoodsamplo, is bright, clear gold und worth 817-to S18 per ounce. How The (la-cab--- Initiate. The air wns oold nnd crawly, us of snakes and goblins, iu tho circuit court of Kansas City, Mo., a few duys ugo, according to tho report sent out in tho press dispatches, whon Lenna Wiuslow told how he joined the Maccabees. During tho process of initiation, ho very nearly lost a rib. He says he wns hurt by falling ovor a precipice, whioh according to tho ritual should have boon only two feet high but whioh ho believes must have been higher. He sued the.Maccabees for $25,003. The attorney of tho Maccabees failed to keop tho story of tho initiation out of court. In part his testimony was us follows: . , He was blindfolded. "You will now begin your perilous journey to the tents of tho Maccabees," said a cavernous voice. "¥oU must bo brave, for Ilrst you will pass through the cave of living suakes." Ho was thou led almost nuked into another room around which ho was compelled to run, falling over "rocks" which wero really bigs of sawdust. As ho lay ou the Moor the "suakes" crawled over him. They might havo boon just stockings filled with chipped ico to make the "cold nud slimy" ell'ect, but he was not sure. Then ho was walked up a l'Uggod mountain—plauk -whero ho was told to halt. "You tiro uow on tho brink of a mighty procipico," suid tho voico again. "A ropo swings boforo: jump to it and savo yoursolL" If tho caudi- dato refuses to jump hoTuay be pushed. Winslow bulltod and was pushed. Ilo is not over it yot. •fast timo with atl'y kind of dorfs made.*-* . "** «, "F-ttrnWruugol, the littlo steumc, __ ... __ ... .. Alnskan is running to the point whoro*),* monR!^oh ™*J^ S^Sl valley and prairie route. The advantages of this routo are said to fee many, rigs, WUOLl-fiAIJ. ANU RETAIL DKALEKS IN KAY AND (WAIN. tho ico is takon, and thouci'tuTsjler! graph crook is only a matter ofj4iuo": days sledding with three hntiRvod pounds of outfit. We made tho ono hundred and sixty milos down from Telegraph in fourteen days, breaking our own way on snowshoes. Thoso who como after us will do it comfortably in ton days pr less. There is plenty of (Ire wood and good camping grouud all along tho way; and ou the otlior hanjljpo mountains to climb, no swamps to traverse, no heavy snow to founder in. "Ou tho tm.Ffrom Tolegraph croek j to Teslin .lako thoro was but ouo bad section—the first twolvo miles out. -McDonald, who is' transporting tho supplies aud maohtnory for tho compauy with which P, M. Yorko, oifcVietorfu is identified, put tho mutter before tiio LCiti/.ons of Tolegraph creok recently, with tho rwult that tlioy promptly joined hands with hint aud by united effort put the trail iu Qrst'oloss order in three days. McDonald with his fourteen horsos uud llfteon hand slods is now moving forty-eight tons to tiio lake, with thedotei-miiintioii of making his destination within sixty days und loaving a beautiful trail behind him.*' "This traverses u level, aud linolj wooded country, aud two liuudrod^i' moro people nro now moving up It, advancing all their supplies by relays us thoy thomsolvos move Tho majority of thoso will tako it easily, camping out at Lako Teslin until the river 0am although it is quito practicable for any man who wants to go through I'rom Victoria to Dawson over this routo nt tho presouttime, with three huudred pouuds of outllt, in thirty days. "Sti'ungo to sny no ono hns come gut ofcDawson by this route, although it is expensive sen voyage; a trip through a good prospecting country all of tho way; hunting uud fishing far man, and grazuwojt tho luxuriant grasses for your Taeasts of burden. And still another and hotter reason why you should' soloot tbis proposed prairie routo aud outfit nt Northport, is that whou yoti havo oneo reached tftis placo nud look around and behold tbe possibilities of this great mining and agricultural region sou will have cdiioluded that this is the "Promised Land" and hotter and richer Klondiko than the fur away places and "pitch your tent and loud your assistance to dovelool the homo proposition.—Spokesman*! Review. Charles A. Semliu, M. P. P., leader of tho Opposition, returnod from a visit to Kamloops, whore ho had boen holding a mooting iuthe interests ofthe OppositiolVhppointiug delegates for a 'uuvontionuto bo hold at Kamloops for th« u-poso of selecting an Opposition 'lit o to.contest north Yale. The Stickine U.ui;- O.K. tangs, which he will use to draw sleds. Both ho and Mr. Watson claim that horsos ablo to stand the frigid tompor- ature, may bo used to advantage, notwithstanding the fact that nearly nil the food required by the animals must bo takou along. Thoy say tho snow does uot fall so doep in tho interior us to obstruot tholr travel, and what does full will pack dowu so low and bo llrm that horsos havo no difficulty iu passing ovor it. No estimate was furnished of tho amount each animal could bo expected to draw. A man's power to transport much provision, uuaidod by draught animals, Is uot thought much of. Judge M. G. Munly, whoso legal business has culled him to Alaska on different occasions, expressed tho opinion Ihat (ion. Miles' suggestion of going up the Copper rivor wns totally impracticable, Said ho: "Copper rivor is navigable for probably sixty miles from tide wutei*. Prom this point to its source thero is uo possibility of travol, summer or wintor, so I hnvo been informed. The fall of the channel is heavy, and each bank of the river is n precipitous wall of stouo. Thoro Is a glacial notion on both sidos that mukos travol in tho stream oxtromely hazardous in tho summer, aud I boliove also lu tho wintor. Groat masses of ice are constantly boing discharged from the heights of the canyon's sides iuto the narrow channel below, which makes animal Hfo exceedingly precarious thore. I havo boen informed that this ondition continues to near the source of t he stream. Dalton trnil whioh is commonly spoken of as loading along Copper rivor, is n distance from it, aud ossos tho divide between the Yukon basin aud tho coast ovor a low range of hills." The Skaffiity. The Skaguay News rises to remark editorially: "Every expedition that has started iuto the interior by any other routes, save thoso from the head of Lynn canal, has ended disastrously. The so- called Stickine route proves to be a myth except as to its length which Is fully 180 miles: the Edmonton route Is u delusion; that from Ashcroft, B. C, u snare aud the Dalton trull has proved a mockery to not u fow people." That does sottle it so far as routes, but how about the 3,000 dead horses in tbe reservoir from whioh you get your water supply for cooking at Skaguay, brother Sherpy, for we don'I'supposo a man that writes suoh stuff ever drinks wator. How about the man who chop- ped a treo across your route and charged 25 cents per man for the privilege of walkiug tbe log, and incidentally tbo Skaguay river, n gentle little stream that drowned some .and destroyed sovoral hundred outfits last fall, Has any one ever come buckany way from tho other ond of your Skaguuy routo and do tho floors still rise uud fall with tho tides in your humble homes ut Skaguay. You havn't any pullmnus going your way yet have you? There are half a million peoplo awaiting full particulars. Speak right out iu mcotiug brother Sherpy. Confession Is good for the soul. Have you got a route from Skaguay anyway? Isn't it a fact thut first one lot of officials takes a good por centage of your stuff when you first land, and thou send you along in charge of an officer at 86.00 per day until you get to tho hunting grounds of tho other tribesmen, whero auother little rako olf is made, aud life becomes burdensome to tbo intending Klon- dikor. In a your or two we expect that you who uro loft, if thoro are any still left, ut Skaguay, will depend on the overland, routo from Ashoroft to got your nows, for thoro will not be business enough at Skaguay to have a steamer land thero except when the dog salmon are running, aud even they get disgusted with tll(! climatic conditions of your toWn aud rofuse to run every othor year or so. ULLOOET. Tho Christmas holidays havo boon enjoyed so far by all, good cheer abounding on nit sides. On Thursday the 23rd, the school children and their teacher gave an entertainment fn tbo new town hall. A large number of songs, recitations, tableaux, etc., made up tho program and was enjoyed by all present. The smaller membeis of tbo concert company gave the most enjoyed numbers of tho evening. One especially, Hiss Flossie McKivor, bringing down tbe houso with her inimitable renderings of "Hurry, Dr. Tommy!" and ber song "Alabama Coon." The "Six Little Sunflowers," n tableau, took well with the audience as well as tho other parts of a long program. St. Nic came, ushered In by the booming of bombs and squibs, to nro- sent to the expectant children the gifts on tbe Xmas treo. Over 100 had boen raised for tbe tree by our professional "dlggor-up," Air, Durban, so that a substantial gift was given to each ohild. Tbe singing of "Good Night, Ladles" by the sextet closed an evening enjoyed by all. A Christmas ball was given in Victoria Hotel by Messrs, Hurley & Murray, on Xmas eve. A large number attended and bad a fine time, breaking up only when early day sat on tho mountain tops. It is quite a treat to^nd au Atnort eau newspaper thut is'f.-.u* in rognrd to advocating tho nil-Canadian, or Stickine route iuto tho Yukon country. The Portland Orogonian is lho exception to tho rule. It saya; While high officials of the war doparttnorit ure mapping out tho routo of tho proposed government relief expedition to tbo Yukon mines, and sagely instructing thoir emissaries how to provido for sucli a trip, it might bo well to listen to tho 'omarks of men who buvo beon in thut field and tested the different comforts and conveniences of travel there. L. T.Watson, a mombor of .the Indian council at Suxtnim, on tho southeast coast of Alaska, passed through tliis city a few days ago on his 'Way to Sun Francisco, whoro hu will co-ojurulo with auothfer Alaska miner in pVBt-nr- iug an expedition for the Stewart river country. Mr. Watson has spout seven yours in Alaska, the main portion of tbe timo iu prospecting. Uo has per- solidly inspected many of tlio mountain passes now-ftUi/.ed as routes to\areintereste.l_and/hq//tav?, tho interior, * having, traveled over most of thom ut ull-times of the yoar. Ho pronounces tho Stickine routo entirely feasible for a relief ox- "Overland to Klondike." ,-.T/i4rfrttiiphfel recently gotten the .1Ifinfiig Journal has been rm all enquirers, and to our exchanges and the leading newspapers of Canada and the United States, Several hundre3\ copies have already been furnished fo the stores and business houses in Asheroft, and by them sent out to eiit/itt'rers. Arrangements were made in the east with different railroad lomfanits that Ity sent out several thousand copies^Whereby they will from nuui ou send them to alt inquiring about the route. Arrangements Tho liod of\ar Freight Shipments Below will bo%fouud the date of departure, toatustor and destination of ull froight shipped north by Ashcroft forwarding agents, ih*.JK,I. Cum m I tig. Llllooet *' l t»rt i Adams, Llllooet " 91. J (iiifinon, Cllnlnn "- ai). J Murphy, Soda creek 9,080 9.Q8B 0,0.1 1,2011 ■ 1.3" 1,880 ..lu.iiix-n,i.iU.iU-il- H.100 37, J) WSmlUi. Mnmlorf- 0,100 ■ ■ - - i. M.,„.l..,i. 7.M0 97, W Boyd, 70 Mile MB0O 37.11 Smltli, Unci-Kit- 11,500 97,11G Kiiy-on A Co, UiK'M&SC 10.000 98, A C Mi-l'.nuiM.Miimlorb.... 0,700 3ti, fcPLeei Cliilcotiu -1,097 90. J Dickey, Llllooet 3,800 Total 77,210 podition at all Seasons. frozen highway to within a short ills that stream, ho snjg, uow affords a I /-J) L tauoe of Toyiu hike, where ti-avol may f mt lso being made to have a Baltimore publish the pamphlet al that city in large numbers, so a targe circulation is ass ti ted. From this time on the agalu bo resumed on good surl'ucos of. , , , ico. Trails, from the coast on this \t*HWM. contammg tl) all ;o pages, routo aro woll traveled buck m far us ! including ten full page views of points Tolegraph crook, where tlio main river; and objects of interest aioii'g the route, Is loft to branch off towards Toslln. a ,,,„,,,/ amt accurate full page map Indians in thoso districts, und tho Cos- showing the. overland route, advertise- There Is ■ Place Called Klondike. There is a place called Klondike which lately lias been found. 'Tis known the world over for the richness of its ground. But do not heed the stories they are telling all about Forthe fever will get you if you don't watch out. Sad stories of starvation -hall be brought un pretty soon: _ For half the world Is golrg up to Klondike before June To gather up the nuggets that arc lying all about And the fever will get you if you don't watch out. Once there was a miner bold who would not take advice. But started off tn Klondike the land of -now and ice. He fell Into a river and was tumbled all about And the fever will get you If you don't watch nut. A little further on again a mount: in cume til view: He could not climb its bosom, nor penetrate it through- He paused in disappointment surveying for u route— And the (eve will get you if you don't watcti «W ' ' He started up this mountain, ull white with ice and snow For this lie had concluded wait the safest way to go. He stepped upon a glacier but his feet went quickly out— And the fever will get you if you don't watch out. And when he reached the foot he saw n grizzly in liisjmth, Who showed his teeth and g-towled and pawed the mountain in hia wrath. "Klawlinwyou" sald'tlie miner as lie quickly turned about, ^, i And the |cvw will get you if you don't watch ol't. !*? At last tie reached the'summit high, and by tlie light of day He saw die nuggets glitter In the Klondike far away. And in bis haste and hurry he went tumbling on his route, And the fever will get you if ynu don't watch out. He reached a mighty forest, and upon his hands and knees, For miles and miles, without relief, his way lie' had to squeeze. And the wolves and bears pursued him ou his long aud weary route, A- And the fever will got you If you don't watch out.*' •* \ Anon lie reached the Klondike and with pockets full of gotd He started for that country that his heart hnd known of old. jt But in hb baste and hurry he completely lost his (flute, And the fever will get you if you don't watch out. !, So here and there he wandered, not knowing where to go , Till he found himself most hurled in a jam of ice and snow And knew lie was a prisoner forever without doubt. And the fever Will get you If you don't watch ■***' •»_»• ' A siwash came across bim and compassion :izcd his heart, Aud when the miner said that be great blessings would impart To rescue the |£tte prisoner he quickly set abont, •■-,* And the fever will get^'ou if you don't watch out. _ He charged hlmatl the treasure he had suffered lo obtain • To set hia weary feet on terra Hrmaonce again. So never mind the stories' they are telling all about For the fever will get you i( you don't watch out. a The miner readied the world with his talc of grief and woe ^ _ -* And warned all gold seeker- tu Klondike nol to go. f •» So never mind the stories they are telling all nbout. » j. ' j? Fertile fever will flti yoti if yon don't wftch out. - . Tlillmlner to Pavilion camfttud that all the world might know v ., Of all Ilia sad; misfortunes, and all his grief and woe 4^. He told Ids tale of sorrowvtotlte writer Prowl- about. And the fever will get you if you don't watch star pfoporties, keep up oommunioo* ... , Uon with* tU» coast all winter. The >'^^i^-, will be sent out by J. II. expedition Mr. Watgou expects to work Clements, Druggist and Stationer, with is boiug proDure'd byGoorgo Daily postpaid on receipt or hventy»five and his partner. Thoso two men Imve cents. Any advertiser who has been working good chy.ns on the Stew- {noi,re(eivedtti copy ,„. copies %m H art river, about-UX) miles Trom the con* * ,,,.-, ..,' , ... ilueuce of tho Yukon, for tho past two **T^*^W m years. Mr. Bally is going into Momaua aPP"eatU>n< Address—f. H. Clements, to purchase a nttynbov of hardy inns-} Druggist and Stationer, Ashcroft, B.C. out. -I'ftOWLABOUT. ToProwlabout: We've printed It. . « Don't do it any more, For r&ry time you make a rhyme You opeur^e old score. * And tf you Mn- another spell "* We'l^sc^hat you keep,quiet. * A darkened room, with Irons ou And bread and water diet. - Vbintehs' Devil. w r Be British i-olnmbia Mining Journal. Issued every Saturday. F. S. REYNOLDS, Editor and Proprietor. Subflcriplion Prlco, per annum - - $9,00 AilverllHf'tiif'i.l. will not be dlBCOntlllUOtl uu till paid. Ad.ortt8hiB mtci on application SATURDAY, JANUARY 1, 1898. TO TESLIN LAKI2. S. Ii. McCallum, who loft Teslin hike Novombor 211 last, cume out over tho Telegraph creek and Stickiuo rivor routo. "I wns six days lu coming from Tesliu lako to Telegraph creok," he snid yostorday. "Any person can make it in that time, nud whou the Canadian government has comploted tbo wagou road, tho trip can bo mado in less timo, I camo down tho Stlckino with a party of 12. Wo pulled our outfits over tho ico on slods for about 80 miles. Thoro wo struck tido wator aud the rest of tho distance to Wraugel was made iu boats. "Tho trait from Telegraph creek to Teslin lake is through nn undulating country, partly covered with scrubby timber. Thero is no trouble whatever with pack animals. The now road beiug built by tho government shortons the distanco and follows u comparatively Hat country, the swampy land be iug corduroyed. "Teslin lako is from two to live miles wido, and 80 miles long. At tho head of the lako two sawmills ure running night and day. Thoro must be 100 or 500 mon there waiting for spring, to no down the lako and river. I weut down tho Hootalinqun river about 80 miles, and saw mon at work at every creek I passed. Thoy reported thoy wero malting, with rockers, all the way from ?20 to $30 n day, ono mun reporting $1 day." "What abouttho routo from Spokane to Telegraph Creek?" ' "It is opeu and passable tho entire distanco." "How would yon go over the route." 'Prom hero to Meyer's Palls, ou tho Spokauo & Northern, distance 07 miles; from there to Kettle Palls, three miles; thonce to Eureka, .Id miles; thence to Oro, 39 miles; thenco to Koremos, 20 milos. Thero you strike the old wagon road built by tho Hudson's Buy Company, nnd kept up to date by the pro vinciul government. Prom Keremos to Princeton, tho distanco is 45 miles; thence to tho Nicola valley, 03 milos, All through this valley you can got all tbo feed wnnted for stocj*.. Prom the vulloy to Ashcroft it is DO miles. Thero will bo no trouble about food from Spokauo to Ashcroft. "Prom Ashcroft to Qucsuello it is 220 milos over a good wagon roud. At Ash croft a man cun buy nbout throe day's feed, which will carry him, with the grazing on the rond, to Quesnollo. From Quosnelle to Hazleton it is 120 miles, and it will not bo necessary to carry moro tiffin threo days' food. Thor are ranches all tho way whoro feed can bo bought. With tho oxcoption of threo days of travel, there is grazing till uloug. "Prom Hazleton to Ashcroft thero is good grazing all the way, and plenty of game. Thoro Is a good deal of fallen timber in places, and men should aarry axes." "What Of tho crossings?" "Kvorything is bridged or supplied with ferry Until you got to tho Kispyox which is OOO.feot wido uud very swift. Thore I mado a raft when went over tho route, uud swam my horses. I understand thnt Donald McKay is going to put a ferry in there, aud also ferries ut othor different crossings, Cattlo aro driven alt the timo ovor this trail. '■Prom Port Praser ou to Telegraph creek, you pass through an ojtteusivo aud promising miueral country. On the Nlshituu river, (lowing Into Tesliu lake, thoro aro ledges of uutivo copper from which the Indians havo takou thotr supplies. Thoy beat the copper into shields nnd ornaments. In tho Omenica country thc quart-, is largely silver-lead, lu tho Casslar it is gold.". "What were _K>me of the prices ut Tolegraph creok iitffl Toslln luko wheu you loft?" "At Telegraph croek (lour was selling nt 810 per hundred; baftp, 2o cents por. pound; beans 10 to in cent.; butter 75 ceuts; crackers, 25 cents. At Tesliu hike Hour was soiling at 817 per hundred, and all othor supplies wore higher thau at Telegraph creek. # "AtTeslin lako, Kov. Mr. Fletcher of tho Episcopal church, hold., services every Sunday. Tho Suuday I was thoro ho took up a collection of $12 "Potatoes, wheat, barley aud other field and gnrdeu products aro successfully grown iu t lu»_ seeti-pi. Tho Hud- sou's Bay pooplo aud others have had fields aud gardens for years," l&J In Omenica. ^ Charles Driscoll, an oloMimo mining man who is kuown ioulmost every mining cam]) in tho northwest, ou both sides of tho international boundary line, has just returned from tho Omenica mining rogiou Irhero ho spout the summer with a party of prospectors. He will uot say just whero ho located this yoar nor what success Attended the efforts of his partg. but Says that last year the mon wiw whom he was associated on this venture wont into the Omeuiea district nnd returned fo Victoria in tfio fall with 810,000 worth of Sold dust ns tho result of dO days' work ona placer claim, That thissea- son's work had been as profitable, Mr. Driscoll would neither alllriu nor deny. Tho Omenica district is the place for vigorous, energetic young men to go if thoy wunt to find gold,"said Mr. Driscoll. "1 know somothiug of this district in fact, um well acquainted with ull the northern couutiy, having gone into tho Cassiar in 1800 and having spont many yoars of my life since that time in Alaska and Northwest Territory, I do not hesitate to say that the Oiiienicii country oM'ors a more promising Hold for the prospootor than the Klondike rogiou, It is more accessible its olimuto is better, ils richness has beon proved, uud, bost of ull it bus not yot been one-tentb prospoctod. The country beyond Telegraph crook bus never been prospected by white men, and 1 believe it, isus likely to produce gold ns auy othor portion of tho grout northwest. "Having hud experience in both Muslin uud lhe Omonica, I do not hos- itnte to commond tho hitter us tho more promising, us woll as the oaslor country for the prospector to explore. Tho Omonioa was talked about in 1800, when 1 wns in Casslar, und there were rumors of rich placer dlggiugs. The rumors wero not un founded. Even in that eurly day Omonioa plncois wero producing an abundance or gold but tho diggings woro limited to a small territory, uud tbe greater portion of tho district remain, unexplored to this day," Wo do uot know the Mr. Driscoll above referred to or cun not vouch for his statements, There is goad grouud in Omenica, but wo do uot know of any phenomenally rich strikes boing mado iulhut section of lute. The report of Mr, Driscoll is taken from an oxchango nnd is given simply as what one man says ubout the country. His statement that the ground beyond Telegraph creek bus never been prospected Is unquestionably true. I-Vciulii Rut.a T.i Aslieroft. Some who inlend going totho Klondike over thc overland route will puck their outfits through fro m Spokauo to Ashcroft, on the Canadian Pacillo. Others, desiring to save ti mo, are planning to ship their horses uud outfits from this city to Ashcroft, by rnit und rivor. ThoSpokesmnn-Reviowkos been asked for information us to tho trans portation charges. The question wus referred to tho Spokane Palls k Northern, und Auditor George H. Martin of that road answers it as follows: Spokune, Dec. 21,1807. The Spokesman Review, City. Gentlemen: lure* ply to your inquiry of yestorday. iu reference to rates. Spokane to Ashcroft, B. C, I beg to advise as follows: Rates from Spokane to Nelson are: Ou horses, carload, maximum weight, 20,- 000 pounds, 850; ou horses, less than carload ■Titst (ii) cents por* hutadrcd founds, based on an estimate weight, for ono horso, 2,000, two, 350!. pouuds, throe 5,000; each additiounl horse, 1000 pounds. On merchandise 30 cents to 00 cents per hundred pouuds, according to classification. Wo nro advised by the Canadian Pacillo thut thoir rates from Nelson to Ashcroft-are us follows: On horsos, carload, maximum weight, 20,000 pounds, 8137; on horses, less than carload lots. 81.83 per huudred pounds, based on estimate weight, one horse, 2,000 pounds, two 3500 pounds) throe 5,000 pounds: each additional horso 1250 pounds. On merchandise, rates Trom 02 cents to 81.80 per hundred, according to classification. If further information is desired, kindly advise, Your s truly, Geo. 11. Martin, Auditor. ESTRAYED. ne Hfilit grey liorsL'.iilifiut IB linnds liigh l -i'i ' I i-r.Mn.-,*. I ..iii.1i*.l nn iifc-lu lm early ns can lie rii.--.l-- out a small tijjiire 1. r> iny iiu'inlscs about one month ago ■tier is ivi'iie-teil lo call, Move iirnjicrlv. pay cliaiiics .mil k-iiu-m- llu- animal. li. K. KN-iLISH. Honnnntti', ll.C. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. Notice is lict.hv (,-iveii Oial all accounts iwltig to Uie late A. Mc A limit* n, of Grouse i.fk, iihim In- ]>.-ii<l lo me on or before Ilie 2!Jtti ni .1 .limine. Ikiis. All imrtie.. having accounts nsi tlie saiil ot.ni will kindly .end tlicm i nn- rlnlv rcititiF-.l r bi-lnre saUlilatc. JOHN A. PHASER, Olllcltil Administrator. le-iiclle, Dec. I Bill, 1807. 'MU Notice is hereby given lhal all accounts wlnir to Ilie estate ot th- late (.corse hamiit'l Iiirlev, n( ijiiscueilc, must be -mid tn me on or ■r-fure Ihe arilliol January, 1HHB. All parties avlncaccoimls against tlie said eslate will intlly send tlicm iu lo me duly ccrtillcd on or uoretHit miu. jo A FKaSER OftlcliU Administrator. Qucsnelle, Dec. isih. 1807. ..*«■* NOTICE. . .iitvo fflven m> the business of ranching mi the liuiiiijiaitu ant I shall not be responsible ' ,r auv debts before anil after tbis date, U.K. MUNDORF. Iloiiaimri-', 11. C.Dec 88,18l>7. Mineral Act, 1896. (FORM V.) SIMON'S PATENT BALL BEARING GIANTS. No center bolt, Superior to all others Write for prices E. H. OAMPBELL, Agent, Ashcroft, B.C. SMITH & BRYSON, General Blacksmiths. Carriage builders. Horseshoeing a specialty. A suhply of iron and wagon mateirinl always on band. Shop on Railway Avenue. - - ASHCROIT, B, C STUDEBAKER Two shifts Imvo heen put to work on tho Surprise, ubout one milo from Nelson, Wusk., and it Is roportod thut the showing ou this claim is decidedly ubove the average The ore assays from $~i to 850 iu gold, copper und sil- i Tom l*ui-Idusuu of lho Fathllndoi' mine snid todny: "The report thnt u detil for the salo of the Pathfinder is pendiug is decidedly premature. Thoro is nothing iu it. I suppose you know thnt A, C. Sutton o&this plnco hus been appointed see rotary- treasurer of tlie coinpuny iu the pluce of J. Iil, Walker, who has resigned." '' Atrtpiporlunl milling wile took place thi'-Hrhok, when the Cunsol.tUrifcd Om- onicu Mining Company purchased the interest!} and property of tho Caledonia Mining Compnny on Genuuuson orook for the sum of 835,000. Tho hydraulic claims included in the purchase aro somo 800 acres of rich grouud. The Caledonia company have had an offer from London capitalists of §185,* IKK) for their own uud tlio Consolidated erot^(kj* T-lPpassougor ivgonts of tho Western lliies havo exceeded all former estimates of the number of people who will be handled iu connection witli the Klondike rush next spring. Thoiflkure is placed nt 250,000, This is something like the estimate, whicli was given hy a lending railroad mun to Herman Chap- in a lew days ngo iu Now York, Ho said it was not n question of having big business; it wns u quostiou of grappling witli an nvuluuidic. Arc SchilHng%s Best ten baking powder nilfce flavoring cstrnclf fioila mid spites as good as we say ? Don't you see they att money-back? £0 , For sale l.# Hnrvey, Uailey & Ce. Certificate of Improvements. NOTICE. UltAL MINERAL CLAIM. Situate in the Llllooet Mlnlnu Division of Lillooet Dislrict. Where luc.t.d Smith Fork "f Bridge Ki.... 'lake notice Hint we, Roller! B. Skinner nnO John It. William-, free niiner'seertlHcateB No. <i:nha ami 7.YUH. intend, sixty days from the .Int.- in'icnf,lonjij.|y to Hie mining recorder inr ii m.illcntu >>i liiinrovcilipilts. for thp pur. liuse of iihtalnltiK a crown yriitit of the above And furttier lake notice that action, under .I'ctiim .'17, uiii-t he ceiiiineiiceil before the i-mliiiiv nt sucli certilicate of inijirovi-iuent-. p-ileil this -iiii]-lav nf November. 1HU7. fc. 11. SKINNER. 32t0 JOHN K. WILLIAMS. WjAlOOI-TS. Ki Mineral Act, 1896, Certificate of Improvements. NOTICE. BKI.TA MINERAL CLAIM. Situate in lbe Llllooet MiniiiB Division Of Llllooet District. Where locateil Soulli Fork of Bridge River. Take notice thnt I, C. A. Fhair, free miller's certilicate No. 5BOO5 intend sixty days from the date hereof, to apply to the mining recorder for a certificate of Improvement-, for tlie purpose of obtaining a crown grant of tbe above claim. And further take notice that action, under section :<■", must he commenced before tlie is' siiiuu-L- of such certificate of improvements. Dated this 'Jdtli ilny or November, 181)7. asm C. A. PHAIR. S.A.Rogers BARKERViLLE, B.C. General Merchant AND I Hotel Keeper. All kinds of Miners' Supplies oh Hand. NOTICE. OWNERS of Placer Claims are invited to send a few ounces of the hlack or grey sand, obtained In washing: tlie gravel for gold, lo the "The Provincial Mineralogist. Bureau nf Mines, Victoria." stating the name of the creek from wlilcli the sand is taken, and Its locality. It is believed that PLATINUM, and perhaps IRIDIl'M, are frequently passed over and lost by tlie prospector, as they have much theap- li aianceof Iron in tbe sand. These mineral- are M'vulu.'ihlc as uold, thc latter tnore so, and it the placer will send the black ni'l-rav sand as aforesaid It will be assayed and tbe results given to tlie owner. - 83-80 JAMES MAKER, *, Minister of Mines. Mineral Act, 1896. (FORM F.) Certificate of Improvement*. NOTICE. 1 THIRTY THIEVES MINERAL CLAIM. . Situate In the Llllooet Minim; Division nf Llllooet District. Where located-South Fork of Bridge River. rake notice that wc, Robert H- Skinner and John Marshall, free miner's certificates No. 'WllA. niid 7r.:ilH,inlcnd, 00 daysfromtlic date hereof, to apply to the mining recorder fora certificate of improvements, for tlie .purpose of obtaining a crown grant of the above claim. And further take notice that action, under •section .'(7, must be commenced before the Is- suanca of such certificate of Imprrrvc-nenlr*. Haled this _0ih day ol November, 1H97. it. ...Skinner, aatO JOHN MARSHALL, The Miking Joi knaj. office is prepared to do all kinds of Job "Work. Send in your orders and they will receive attention. McOormioks Binders niid Mowers, MoOUry's Famous Stov Tools nud General Hnnlwnro. JAMES VAIR, . Kamloops, B.C. Oommeroial Hotel, THE BEST $2 A DAV HOUSE IN VANCOUVER. G THOMAS. Fio->rie.o.. ¥ |i E i _. 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CHARLES HACH, * (Successor to Tbo Sohl-Brslums Furnlturo Oojjjtd.) --MAHUrAOTCBfilt OF- Furniture, Upliolstwy, Mattresses, Window Blinds, etc.-., Aud direct importer of Oarpots, Liuoloums, OHolotlis, Cblldrons' CurriiiRos, Orookory, Glassware, otc. 55, 57 niul o\) Cordova St., Vtincouvor, B. 0, THE MINING JOURNAL, $2A YEAR , ^ a/ ..--.-■:■- •'&3tr 5 Woman Mining tlxptrt Arrives. Gniii'l Forks', B. 0„ Deo. 22,*-Miss Giro, au Elnfflish mlninffiwperbi arrived yestorday, Imviug oomo tllroot from Paris. .Slio was on tier way to (.'eutral camp, whero slio is heavily iutorostod in mining pro)mrtics. Miss Giro is a thorough iniiieralof-ist, mid has a most pleasing maimer with strr.n«or,s. Tho novelty of seeing u female miu- inp expert ha9 ('routed a sensation in Ibfiss parts as Miss Giro is the first lady export to appear in this section. Has H-cca-ini for His Dogs. A gentleman who has been freight* itlR in tiie Interior of Alnsl'iiforaunm- ber of years, with (log teams, informs the Nanaimo Koyiaw that it is absolutely necessary to have moooosins fov the feet of the eauiffea to protect them from tho snow and ice. The gentleman referred to is preparing to run a froighting outllt through to Fort McKinney in a short lime, and besides liidooasins for tlio foot of his dons ho bos largo fur robos for them to sloop in. The gentleman treats his canine frioiidt) and servants as if they were human boing.., uud thoy show Ibeir appreciation of such treatment. An exchange prints the following won or can I'd liko to boh boyagal ivitb frooklo ud ll all id Bl ..'or my .noo I'd like to rb ilrotl chores, food lho hogi ami herd Lhu lioun li and lake Ihe mules tho turkeys how toi iiotsiuU. and milk ti bring In wood to bu iu thu suu all da; churn; wear my 1 clothes, and walk fo without a scallered seed lu my hair. lock niuliloaluiii idlt ak the atublo door id watch (hn bin o drink, aud tonuh wlm so ihey will hundred cows nud n. and stand out und churn, and rotbor's cast id ir aiiles lo school and got a licking ovory day for break iug.sonip old riilo, aud then go homt again at. night and do (fco chores once more, milk the cows and feed the hoys and curry mules a score, then creep wearily up stairs to seek my litllo bod, and hear dear old daddy say, "that worthless boy, he doesn't earn his bread." I'd like to be a boy; a boy has so much fun, his life is just one round of mirth from rise to set of sun. I think there's nothing plcasuntcr thau closing stable doors ami herding hens and chas iug tees and doing evening chores." I'd.i*r_iili Creek to T.-lln. Superintendent E. J. Duchesuey b once more eusetmsed in his ofllce up stairs at the depot, says the Kevelstoke Herald. During the trip he tramped 171 miles between Telegraph creek and Teslin lake. Tho^ountry is mountainous but feasiWe for the construction of a railroad. Through the Cascndos along the Stickine thc district is well timbered with heavy pine and hemlock but in the interior the timber is sparse aud scrubby, aud much of it destroyed by fire or swept oil' hy the fearful blizzards imtivo to tho country. Tho navigation of tbo Stickine is gooil aud would require but IiLtlc improvement in tho way of snagging. The construction of the proposed lino would bo costly, and of course would be undertaken at a certain amount of risk, as to both the amount and permanency of its tralllo recuipts. Yet Mr. Duchesuey says that, without professing to bo a mining expert,'in his opinion thero will be a dozen and more Klondikos discovered as soon as thc country is properly prospected, At present, owing to tho lack of transport facilities, there is an immense aroa of country olF the beaten tracks, quite unexplored, as no iH-ospector eau pack in enough supplies to last him during the length of timo required to got in and prospect it properly. Marie $s,ooo Prom a Onibstake. Florence, Idaho, Dec. 20.— Klondiko has no charms for Mr. Hnrdim;, who camo here oight months ago' witb nolluug but a grubstrke and immediately set to work prospecting, hoping to discover and locato tho Whatohoer group. Ho has sold his one-fourth interest in the group for S8.000. He is well satisfied with his summer's work. Tho road from Florence to t ho top of the hill near Mt. Idaho is iu good condition and freighting is done to fair ndvantage. Tho outgoing stago makes tho trip in ouo day but consumes aday and a half coming in, owing to moro up-grades aud heavier loads. R. G. Wood, of Boise Basin, bus been in camp lately examining mining properties for capitalists of Kutland, Vt.,' end has succeeded in bonding valuable placer grouud which will bo worked extensively next season. A hoist and pump will bc placed ou tho Oregon claim next month and the property will bo largely dovolopod before tho next season sets in next spring. A half interest iu tho Coupon, awest extension of thu Banner, has boeu pur chased by R. J. McLean and a .00-foot tunnel will bo driven on tbo ledge. Tho Waverly is making a good record as au oro producer, the average output of late being about 8.100 per day from a two-stamp mill. Frod Zeibor, foreman of lho Bnnuor mine, has resigned and will devoto his time this winter to developing a val uablo property in which ho is interested. .T. M Pearson of Burke succeeds him, E.S. Harding of tho Wliatchcor group has gone to Pullman to spend the win tor. Copper and Coal Too. Ou Stewart and 'Pelly rivors somo prospecting has boen done and gold found, and on tho Hootalinqua in 1893 good pay was discovered and tho richness of tho gold increases as work is continued further down. Somo mon working fifteen feet dowu, found coarso gold, when tbe water drovo thom out and they bad to abandon the work and como out, but thoy determined to return. Thoy did not go back, howovor, as iu tho meantime tho Klondiko excitement knocked that place out. Gold has been found at thc bead of Lako Lo Barge, on tho stream flowing into tho lako at tbis point; in faot thoro is gold evorywhere in this zone, which is 500 miles long by 150 wide. Prospects aro to bo found on the Dalton trail on tho other side of tho Yukon rivor. A man was riding aloug tho Altsok trail whou ho was thrown from his horso. In falling ho caught at tho branch of a troe. As ho drew himself up he saw something shining on tho rock which llxod his attention at once. Ho picked It up aud found that it was gold. Othor excellent prospects have also boen found along the same crook. From theso circumstances and discovorios It may bo assumed that In all this couutry there Is gold, whilo iu this particular zone it is especially abundant. This zone lies outsido of thn Rocky mountains and lislaut from them about l.'itt milos. Auothor product of the country that lenuuids attention Is copper. It is doubtless lo be found somu- wboro lu that district lu great abundance, although the location of the main deposit has yet to be discovered, Mr, Harper was shown a largo piece of copper in thn possession of the Indians indeed 1 havo soon it myself, ll, comes from tho vicinity of tho Whilo rivor somewhere just where has yot to bo dlsclosoil. Silver has also been found, and lead, whilo to work our precious motals wo havo coal iu abundance It is to be found iu the Rocky mountains or, rather, tho ridge of high mountains running pural lei to them iu tbo interior. A deposit oE coal in this range runs right through our territory. At two points near Forty Mile It also croops out, iu ouo place only about forty feot from tho Yukon. Further up tho Yukon on one of its many smaller feeders, ut Fifteen Milo oreek and on tho head of the Thrombi thore are also out erop- piugs of coal, Ou tho branches of the Stewart and on somo of tho Fivo Fingers of tho Yukon, coal is also ox posed. In fact, there is any amount of coal in the couutry with which to work our minerals whou we can get it in the necessary facilities. Bits Of Northwest Life. A littlo romance from the Sheop ranch of Clark Bros. & Co. at Bynum, says tho Great Falls correspondent of tho Anaconda Standard. Thoro is employed there as a sheep herder a man of tbe name of Dan McGoorty. Ho has worked for the firm a number of years and is well known throughout the Teton couutry. Twenty-two yoars ago he left his homo in Now York and came wost. Ho was then a young man, and, as very often happens, left a sweetheart behind him. She lived in New York city, and after Dan had reached this couutry aud obtained a job, he unfortunately lost her address. Horansaoked his memory in vain, tho street aud number Would not return, and ns he knew no ouo elso in tho metropolis, ho gave the mattor up and wont to saving up his money until bo had euough to go back aud got ber. This fall ho had tho requisite sum aud though il years had elapsed he went back aud found her. Thoy wero married and within a few days sho has accompanied him back to the Clark boys' ranch, where thoy reside. A SITTING OK THE COUNTY COURT n( Cariboo will In-In-Ill in A.luTiifl, ll.C, oil Monday, tlie lillli day of January. A.M. I sua, at thc hour of 11 n.m. Hy Order. JOSEPH WM. burr; Deputy Registrar, C.C. of Caribou. Ashcroft, B.C., Dec.». 1807. nam In tlie County Court of Cariboo IIOLD11N AT ASHCROFT STATION. BETWEEN F. Wi Foster, of Aslicrofl Station, Merchant, Plaintiff, A Nn Edward L, Hart, formerly of Chilcotin, Merchant npAKE NOTICE tlmt a plaint has boon -*■*■ entered and ti summons issued against you In thc above county court by F. W. Foster, of Aslieroft Station, for tliu sum of 828,06 for good- -old mid delivered, and an order lias beeu made that publication of n notice of lho entry of sucli plaint la the Iiritish Columbia Mining Journal shall bo (lucmed to bo service ofthe summons upon you. The summons will be hoard at Ashcroft Stn- tiim nn the lOlli ilny of January next at ten 'lock lu tin* fori.I)00II, oil which day you are reunited tu appear, and if you do not appear illier in person »r by your BOllcllor al Ilie (line nd place above lucillioneil such order will bo intlu and proceedings taken as the Judge mav think jusi and expedient. Dated lliis 17th dav uf December, 1807. JOSEPH WM. BURR, an-til Hopo, Yalo, Lytton aud Cacho Creek Divisions of Yalo District. COURTS OF REVISION AND APPEAL will be held under the Act at tlie undermentioned places un the followinir dales, tor the Hope. Yale. Lviton and Cache Creek divisions of Yale district: Court IIou-C Aslieroft, on tlie 27fn of Decc ber, 1807. Clemen Hotel, Spences Bridge, on the 28tli of December, 1807. Court House, Lytton. on the ..(llh uf December, 1807. Court House, Yale, un ttie SOth December, 1807. At 10 o'clock iu the forenoon of each day. JAMES WAI.DLI., Judge of tlie Court of Revision and Appeal. Hope. H.C. Dec. 0, 181)7. Satfl Administrators Sale the undersigned up tu the mtli dav of January, 1808, for the followinir parcels of •..ropiTtv lieloinrinB to tlie estate of the late Lewis Murcan. 1. An lintel in the town Of Stanley known as the Stanley Hotel including furniture, lied*, bedding, bar. harlixtiires. .tovc; and conking utensils;(Uboa stable 20x80 in connection i-lth accommodation for 10 horses. 3. One sorrel burse, seven years old; will vork either double nr single: one cart and harness; ;i one horse sleigh (new) and new set of harness fur same. 3. One and one-thirds itilcrc-is in ihe ll;irk- ;i\v:iv mining claim situated on Williams creek and being an 800 ft. creek claim of eight interests. A cabin on Williams creek opposite tiie stable will be .urnishi'il in inliiKlim: pin- chasers oa application tu me. "' 'mis cash. JOHN A. FRASER, Oillclal Administrator, lesnelle, B.C.. Nov. '27,1887. .'lit! William Kiethly of Castlo Rock killed a swan on Silver lake in Cowltz county tho other day. The bird woighed 25 pounds and measured 8 feet 7 inches from tip to tip of his wings. Mr. Kiethly killod tho swan at u distanco of 400 yards, with a 45-60 Winchester rifle( hitting him square in the neck mid- way.bet.vei'U the head and body, Frank Griffith, while herding a band of sheop for J. T. Powell, on McKay creek, in Crook county, tho other day killed two large eagles and throe coyotes, and wounded another coyote. A 7-year old boy named McCutcheon, living seven miles south of Puyallup, swallowed a quurtor four weeks ago. Tho father paid no attention to the circumstance believing that no hnrm would como from it. The boy complained of trouble in swallowing and finally his mother decided to take him to a hospital in Tacoma to secure medical treatment. He was taken to the Fanny Paddock hospital. Tho lad's chest was photographed and the quarter was readily soen. The physician:', all saw tho coin aud several photographs woro takon. Peter Riugenbach of Whatcom was cutting Itiudliug on tho floor buck of his father's tailor shop in Whatcom tho othor day, Thoro was a trap door which opened through to tho bay. Peter accidentally stopped on tho trap, which gavo way with him aud dropped him into tou foet-of water. As he came tu tho surfuco tho block ho had boon chopping struck him ou tho hoad and sout him dowu again. A loug pole was used to fish lnm out finally. Tho residents of Nelson, Wash., assisted by tho owners of tho Surprise mino near that town, havo completed a substantial bridgo across tho Kettle river directly opposito tho Surprise mino and only about oue milo from Nelson and about seven milos from 1 Graud Forka, Deputy Registrar. Klondike. Cariboo. Tho uudt'i'sigiicd of for for salo thoir well-known pack train consisting of the following: mi head of pack mules with complete outllt or packing rigging wilh each mute. fi head of riding mules with saddles, etc., oto, H head of _ year old mules with or without packing outfit, Thoso latter aro only hultor broke. I only bell marc with .saddle, otc. goes with train, This is without doubt tho most com* ploto packing outfits in 13. C. aud is for salo "ou bloc." For terms, etc, npply to VIETH & BORLAND, 150-Miio House, B.C. Canadian ^_ Pacific K" SOO-FACIFIC LINE. The Best and Cheaoest ROUTE TO ML EA-TEKH I'OIIHTS. Through First-class Sleeping cars aud Tourist Sleeping cars to St. Raul, Boston_Montrealand Toronto wit/tout change. .1Tl!PiPi,ni!lsCar BSfvl,cc lJoJ>K the ■■'■our the C.P.R. Is unequalled anywhere. Connections nt Vnncouver with steamer lines for China. Japan. Hawaiian Ihlamli ;m<! Australia. IM7I.IIJ. doinjr east and south. Read down, daily H.Hfi leavi ia,BQ la.in in.nr. 18.40 RBVRUTOKE arrlv. NAKUSP TIltal-'OHKi-i arrive HAN DON limMv. SLOCAN CJTV TRAIL ROSSLAND anivr N 1.1,Si IN 1,-avi* (liiini; norlli and west ■ Read ifp, daily 1H..-II) ll.U For full information as ta ra/es_ time -H\, apply to the nearest ticket agent to A.L. CLEMENTS, or t0 Agent, Ashcroft K. J. Oovlk, District rassorijfer ajrent, Vancouver. H. C 1897. S, No. 23 In the Supreme Court of British Columbia. In tho Matter of tho Estate of Rafael Valohzuela, decoasod. Between Joseph E, N. Smith, Plaintiff, Aud Joanio Valeuzuela, Defendant, Pursuant to na order made herein dated 98rd November 18117, notice is lieirliy (riven thai It wns thereby ordered that the estate Of Bald Rafael Valen-iiela, deceased, loti'rif Mi-;uluw lake. U. C. (mould tie administered under the direction of the court, and that Ihe n.ual einiuiriew should he made ami accounts taken relating to the estate, Includhijr an enquiry as to who are the ticr-oiis entitled to. ot -interested in lhe real and personal e. tale uf. aid deceased; and it wastherebv ordered that all persons claiming debts or liabilities affecting the estate do on or before the 4th dny of January 1808. .end hv post to the undersigned their Christian nml surnames, aililresse- and iIi'^tiMkhis ilie full particulars of their claims, n statement of their accounts, and the nature of tlie securities, of iinvi held by them: or in default thereof they will b0 peremptorily excluded from the benefit nf the said order. Kvery creditor holding nny security Is to produce the same before thc Judge in Chambers ut the Conn i louse, vie. toriiit H. C. on the -1th day of February, 18HH al Hi,;u) a. in. Iieinp the time appointed for adjudication of tin* claims. And further that notice of said order should be served ti[ion the per Interested In or claiming against said es- ntifl that such service might he duly Journal of nn advertisement giving the gen eral cITcct of the said oiiI.t. Dated and day of December, 18H7. CRI-ASK .<fe CI'I'lASi;. Victoria. ll.C. Solicitors for J. K. N. Smith, thc eseciilor uf the estate. Hit3 NOTICE. MINERAL 1'OINT MINERAL CLAIM, nitiiatc in Lillooet Mining Division of I.Illuoet District. Where located,—CnyoOBh Creek. Take notice that we. K. 11. Verily and Win. Wilkinson, free miner's ccitlllcale No. lii.OKJ iink 'lt),u.7, intend, sixtv days from lhe date hereof, to npply to the ".lining Recorder forn Certilicate of Improvements, for the purpose i if obtaining a Crown Grant ofthe above claim, And further lnke notice that action, under .eclfnn 37 must he commenced before the I: aiance of such ceitilicate of improvements. IMI, VERITY, WM. WILKINSON. Dated this llth day of October A. D. 181(7, 21-8B. NOTICE. Suaved or stolen on or about October SOth, from the 50-Mile Holme, one black a-vear-old llanibletonian lillv; no marks or brands, except a lump on the outside of tbe front right leg just above the ankle. Anyone finding, same will be liberally rewarded. 33.3 MOKT SULLIVAN. CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE &. ST. PAUL R'Y is the liesi line lo ami from Chicago, Milwaukee nnd all poinis Enst. Willi its 0,155 miles of thoroughly equipped rontl il reaches all principal hu-Inces centers in Northern liiini9; Wlsonsln, Iowa, Minnesota, Soutn Dakota, North Dakota and -Mr- Michigan THE ONLY LINE Rnunioj; Electric Liehlcii umi Steam Heated Vestibule.! Trains. Time tables, maps und information regarding routes, rates and other details relating to the road will be furnished on application to any coupon ticket agent, or hy addressing O, J. Eddy, General Alton!, Portland. Ore. NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that nn application will be made to the legislative assemby of the province of British Columbia, at Us next «__. Blon, for nn act to Incorporate a company with power to construct, equip, operate and maintain a standard or n narrow gunge railwav from some point at or near the town of Kevelstoke. tt est Kootenay district, or from a point acrosi the Columbia river, southwesterly from Revel -U'lnn- thn rnlmnliln «-.. stoke; thence following the Columbia and Canoe rivers to Tete Juane Cache; thence hv the most feasible route along the Fraserar.il I'arsnip river to the 50 parallel; tbenee by the most practicable and feasible route to Dense lake: ihence by the most practical route to le-llnlakeon the northern boundary of the province, ot from the Parsnip river nt the 50 parallel by the most practical and feasible route to the northern boundary of the province at a point on the Hard river. Also a branch line from Tete Juane Cache to lhe eastern boundary of the province hv wav of the Yellow Head Pass, Also n branch line from Revelstoke, or across the Columbia river southwesterly from Revelstoke, to Arrow take; thence to Trout lake: thence to the hendwinters of Kootenav lake, and to build and operate tramways In connection therewith, with power to construct, operate, anil maintain branch lines and all necessary bridges, roads, ways and ferries, and to build, own nml mnintaln wharves ami dock., iu connection therewith, and with power lo build, own, equip, and ninintntn steam and other vessels nnd boats, and to operate the same on any navigable waters within lhe province; and with power to build, equip, operate and maintain telegraph and telephone lines In connection with lhe said railwav and branches, ami to generate electricity for the supply of light, heat and power, and with power to expropriate lands For the purposes of the com- pany. and to acquire lands, bonuses, privileges or other aids from any government, municipal corporation, or other persons or bodles.andto levy and collect tolls from all parties using, and on all freight passing over anv of such roads railways, tramways, ferries, wharves and vessels built by the company, and wilh power to make trallic or other arrangements with the railway, stenmbo.lt or other companies, and for all other necessary or incidental rights, [rowers "-'■nvilegcUn that behalf, _ utedat Victoria. British Columbia,this tilth day of .November. 1HU7. u-2-1 HERBERT Ii. A. ROBERTSON, 8 Bastion Square, Victoria, B.C., Solicitor for the Applicants. W.T. SLAVIN ou.in£tAf^tm,f"X''a-ol'a°''''"' P. O. Box I',, Kamloops, 11. C. SIDNEY WILLIAMS, P.L.S.,P.A(S,I.,Ui«I Lund Surveyor, Civil Ei^lneoi' nud DrauKlitatnan, QUESNELLE MOUTH, 11. 0, Enghicerlujr and Survey work. Reports on nihiiiiU' properties. Maps ami plan, prepared of any portion of Oarlboo ulsirlgt. HUGH COCHRANE, MINING & GENERAL AGENT, NOTARY PUBLIC. BARKEHVILLH, - - Carlhoo, B. 0. PETER BURNET, Dominion arid Provincial Land Surveyor. Ul.U.Ol.T, Urf, Surveys of any description promptly com- pleled. Iteliahle reports on lend claims in the Lillooet district furnished at rca.uiial.Ly prices, Do yoti wnnt Ink . Do you waut type . Do yoti wnnt Stereo phitos. Do you want to trado Presses ¥ Do you wnnt to trade Paper Cutters? Do you want anything in tbo way i»t Printing Matorlal. Correspond with the TORONTO TVI'K F0IISIII1V Co. Ltd, 83 MILE SIOTJS-El Stages Each Way Stop_:Over Night. First Class Aaointmtdalioti for Guests. Gooil Bar m Connection ' Slnli/iiig ami [''ml for horsts, MtTAVIS/I and STROU1 In Connection. Good Proprietors. F.C.INNES VANCOUVER, 11. C. All descriptions of mining properties bought and sold. Correspondence solicited. COLUMBIAN New Westminster, B- 0* (Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 180D.) This Residential Colics Sexes re-opened Wed September 15th, 1. enrjnficd. nnd instruct inn will _■_._, nr.-itiirv and Collc|_e Courses te. Matriculation in Arts. Law, Civil L..-. Medicine, Theulof-y ;ii»l I'rovipvinl To-chei-' hx.-im I nations. Ladies' College Course including Music and Commercial course Including Short Hand and Type Writing. Theological Course COLONIAL HOTEL AND GENERAL STORE R McLEESES0M CREEK' B' C* A. McLEESE, ■ . Proprietor. d Hill assortment of Dry Goods Boots, and Shoes, Liouors, Chars, Hard ware, Hay, Grain, and Mtnen^^[rta'sonajl, jfl? *" A- & J.McRAE, HOTEL & GENERAL STORE. G.XTES3SrEL__,-3 FOBa, 13. C. A full assortment of Drygoods, Bonis and Shoes, Ltquo,s and Cigar, llatd- tt'are, miners Siil/,lies. Hay, Grain and Stapling, prises right. Hotel Newly furnished ami •ef/led. A i/nicl boarding and lodging house. Rates reasonable Home 'oohing. Table suppliid wilh Ihe best in the market, and properly served. MRS. U. ARMSTRONG, - - QUESNELLE, B,C OCCIDENTAL HOTEL QUESNELLE, B. C. New miumgoment. Hotel headquarters for IJ!. X. stages. Headquarters for mining men, well furnished rooms. Table supplied with everything in season. Most complete bar in Cariboo. Stables in connection, IJav and Oats in qut)>..jty. F. HOFEROAMP & A. JOHNSON, - - Pra-pruton. i-^H ITAM Special attention t .IINLXC & A! forthe Ilrst time _: called lo the course in •*_.__.■_•..ASSAYING, offered this year Principal. PACK HORSES For Sale. The undersigned is prepared to furnish to uny ouo requiring lho sumo puck iiuinmls in any number up to 500, woll broken and for saddled nud pucks for §28 each. Correspondence solicited. B. F.1Sngl.isu. Ashcroft, B. (.. Tho undersigned is pre pared to arrange for tho wintering of a large number of horses nt reasonable rates. Write or cull ut tho store. F. W. POSTER, Ashcroft, October 14 th, 1897. 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 SU PPL I ES Also one of ihe best Hotels on the route Information cheerfully given VEITH & BORLAND. Proprietors and Stock Raisers. R. P.RITHET & CO., Ltd. Wharf Street. VICTORIA, 11. C. WHOLESALE MERCHANTS, SHIPF1C AIVO IIVSUKANCB. Agents for: Well's Fargo, Columbia FIoih-Ihr Hills d'o,, nl' -iiiicrhy 1'aciflc Coast Sloamsliip to's line of steamers between Virion- niul Sau Francisco. J, GLOBE HOTEI LYTTON, - - - B.C. In consequence of tlio lute fire, the Globe Hotel has J.een removed opposite the post office and lm.s the same accommodations us usual. Commercial travelers' trunks hauler! to and from station free of charge. A. F. HAl'TIER, Prop. FURNTTUEE CARPET-, Oil. -LQ.H- ete.,!etc. Cheapest house on earth, write for prices M. P. CORDON, - KAMLOOPS, B.C Blacksmith, \\ heelwright and Wagon Builder HORSE SHOEING A SPECIAL TV. Iron, Sluel runt Timber kcjit la stork, rtrrrl a stutk of Easier- mnde C.rriaces. Brri,_ies anil Konrl Cirrts kept on liurril nt redirect) prices, nnd nlso mnde to order. Manu-clnrer of " Tire I.elrrnnn Tire Setter " wlriclr nil lllnek.rrilth. should u.e. All work warranted, nnd prices lower tlmn ever. An assortment of Coffins nnd Cnskcts ntwnys on hand. ASH-liOlT, - - - - - - - B. C. E. C. PRIOR & Co Ltd Victoria, Vancouver, Kamloops. DEALERS IN Agricultural Implements of all kinds lat'KCst stock in lhe province anil best nssormcntt -.merican Bain Avagons also Canadian Bain suitable I'or frclghtiiiit and rami pnrposc*. Buggies Carts, Spring Wagons. all at prices to soil tlie times. Orders filled promutlv. C. H. CIBSON. MEAT MARKET WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, Attention and alisfac/ionguaranteed to customers, Alain freer, - AHCROFT, B C. Armstrong & * Morrison, MAXrVACTniERS 0-* RIVETED STEEL PIPE, ORE CARS, ORE BUCKETS, MONITORS & ELEVATORS. Contractors for Complete Hydraulic Mining Plants. VI-.Ileal ley Avenue / VANCOUVER, B.C *"' X V__ _-'*:-•'' V .■-. i_ ■ ""■' MB LOCAL NEWS. John Shields took atrip up Llio Cm* iboo road this woolc, Found.—Lady's capo. Owner win have Btiiue by applying at this olllco. Wm. Dodd, government agont at Yalo, was in town Tor a couple of days this wook. _____ Tho C.P.R. stoamef Nakusp was burned totho waters ecigo at Arrowhead, on tho Columbia river, lust week. Miss Blanche Hull who has been ou- gaged ut l'\ W. Fostor'a store ut Clinton us accountant, returned home Thursday. E. P. Loo roturnod to his ranch ut ; Chilootin the Ilrst of the wook, nfter a fuw weeks' visit to friends Ip Ashcroft nnd neighboring towns. Prank L. Reynolds, son of Dr. F. S. Reynolds, leaves the first of tho week for Westminster to attend school after spendiug his Christmas holidays visiting his pnronts. James Wardlo, of Hope, judge of tho court of revision and nppcnl for Hope, Yale, Lytton and Cache Creek divisions of Yalo district was in towu Monday beiug billed for court of revision ut Ashcroft. Major Moore, representing eastern capital, is still in Ashcroft. His first party of men are at Quesnello, where tho major will go soon. A movo to the northern country will bo mado as soon as it is policy and oconomy so to do. Tho annual meeting of the shareholders of tho Golden Cacho company will be held at the company's olllcos, at Vaneouver, on Thursday, January _!0th. J, M. M11d.inn.1n, president of the compnny, has left Loudon ou his return to British Columhia. Mr. Forgotaon. of Baltimore, paid a visit to Ashcroft last woek and is soon expected to return. Ho expects to bo largely interested in this section of the country in the near future, us he is favorably impressed with the outlook for tho province. Mr. Porgotson represents lurgo capital. i \V. J.Tapgart wont ovor to i by last Monday's stage. Tho JODRNAL wishes its patrons Mefitls a Happy New Year. T. G. Earle, of t-ytton croft the first of the wei was k. Christmas passed of vory quietly in Ashoroft, everybody apparently bavin« a good Lime. H.W. Harvey, of Harvey, Bailoy £ Co., returned Wednesday night alter spending his Xtnas with rolatlvoa in Victoria. Miss Katie Noivlauil loavos Lhe Ilrst of tho wool, for Kamloops, whoro she willnLLontl Miss Boattloa school for another term. Born.-On Monday, December 27th, 1807, at Ross Dim, Victoria, to tlio wife of John Uowron, gold commissioner of Carihoo, ol' u daughter. Olurouco Tlngley of tho ms Mile Houso spent tho past week in Lown visiting his relatives. He Will leave for homo Monday morning. Miss Keo MeReu, sister of Miss Greta HoRoaof Asheroft, and who lived hero for somo time, was married at Rossland last week to a Mr. Massle, W. P. Gibson, superintendent of the Alpha Boll Miniug Company, at Lillooet, returned Sunday from a oouplo of weeks' visit to Vancouver. Misses Adti and Maggio Higginbottom havo returned from a visit to friends at Clinton. J. Etonians shipped three oars of cattlo to WesLmiusLcr this week from John Wilson's ranch. The Westorn Canadian Ranohiug company shipped Lwo cars of cattle to tho coast Thursday night. A proclamation has boeu issued cul' ling the Dominion parliament for tho despatch of business ou Pobruory 3rd, Hewitt Bostock, M, V. for Yule-Cariboo district is expected to arrive this afternoon ut Ashcroft on a visit to his constituents. "The Welcome" is tho name givon to the new chop house opened by Woods fc. Koeler, on Railway avenue. The two young men will try and extend to all us hearty a welcome as thc name implies, They will keep open night and day, and will have constantly on hand all kinds of shell fish. Givo them a trial. Tlioy will also keep fresh broad pies, cakes, etc., for sale. Milton Clements returned from a few duys visit to tlio coast cities Wednesday evening. Ho will now work for his brother. J, H. Cloiuonts, llio druggist, E. J. Coylo, dislrict passenger agont at Vaucouver of tho the Canadian Pacific Railway, visited tho fjillooot district for a fow days, reluming Tuesday evening by B.X. since. K. B. McLennan, of tho Hat Creel- House, left for a visit to Oregon on Tuosday ovonlug's train. Ho was accompanied by his mothor who will visit somoof her children residing in Oregon, H. Trim arrivod in town Friday lorning from his ranch on Westhnm Island near Westminster. TO OUR MANY CUSTOMERS AND FRIENDS We Wish You All -^m A HAPPT HEW YEAR McArthur & Harper, Ashoroft, _e.O. ASHCROFT HOTEL, Wm. Lyne, Proprietor. Directly opposite Depot, . • ASHOROFT B.O. A flerry Christmas -AND- A Happy New Year -TO _A.I_Ij ■ CLEMENTS, The Ashcroft Druggist CARIBOO & LILLOOET STAGE TRAVEL, CLINTON and way points—Monday, Wednesday and Friday. ALL POINTS IN CARIBOO-Monday, Mr, uud Mrs. Poako went, up on Mondays singe Lo Soda Creek ou their way to Cliilcotiu, whoro ihey will take up their residence. They have just come from England whero thoy were recently married. Mr. C. A. Semlin, M.P.P., loader of tho opposition, has requoated Dr. M. S. Wade, of Kamloops, to call a mooting of those opposod to tho present provincial government in the polling j division of Kamloops, for tho purpose I uf appointing delegates to the opposition convention for tho nomination of a candidate for tho north riding. It is understood that tho meeting will bo hold in Kamloops on Saturday, January 8th. William R. Rogers, who had his oyo hurt somo months ago, iu tho Cariboo district, returned from Victoria tho first of tho week, having, after medical consultation, had his oyo removed. Mr. Rogers, when the accident happened, was in tho bush hunting cattle aud ran against the branch of a tree. Ho suffered considerable puin, aud it was pos- siblo tbat he would lose tho sight of the other eyo had ho not had tho injured ono removed. Tho Mining Journal is under obligations to Mr. R. E. Gosnoll, Librarian ofthe Legislative Assembly aud secre- tarp of tho bureau of statistics, Victoria, B. C.,the author, for a copy of Tho Yoar Book,a vory nicoly uud clear ly gotten up baud book of provincial information, The various subjects touched upon by tho writer aro of absorbing interest. It is statistical and we think reliable. Thc illustrations throughout the book ure well gotten up aud of historical interest. Mr. Gosnell has dono good service to tho provinco by issuing the Year Book of British Columbia. Major Perry, of the mounted police who traveled ahead of his party to the coast to look up tho facilities for get- tiug into tho Yukon country with his party, spont a day in Ashcroft this wcok gathering information for tho use of the government. Major Perry, who is a thoroughly business-like ofllcer, fitates that from advices received at Ottawa thero will not bo the destitution and famine so much feared at ouo Lime. Major Walsh did not lose auy of tho supplies that his own party was taking in, but he did lose a part of his outfit that was being taking in for tho party by contractors. Major Porry stated to thn Journal that a party of mounted police would follow shortly bound for tho northern couu- trp KJO strong, und that tho Canadian government would a sufficient number of Senator Reid and Mrs. Reid and tho children came down lost woek from Qucsuello on their way to California, whore Mrs. Reid aud tho children will upend tho winter. Senator Roid will leave shortly lor Ottawa to attend sou. aforlal duties. J. JS. Knight, collector cf customs at Ashcroft. who was culled to his borne at Musquash, N.B., on account of tho illness of his mother, is oxpoctod to bo back in Ashoroft in about a week. His mother's death took place at their : home on Wodnosday,December 22nd, C.M.Sooloy aud 0. II. Olson, both of Tacoma, made around trip to Quesnelle last week whoro they were looking after somo dredging propositions. Mr. Olson, it is learned, will put on a couple new dredges of his own invention noxL spring on the Quesnelle and Fraser rivers. Hilly" t'amerou, stago driver on tho Lillooet road, brought in a lynx which he is reported to havo killed along side of the wagon rond last Tuesday ovening. A. W. Hagar who wont up to Stanley a few weeks ago to look aftor somo miningjproperty returned Tuosday and went to Vnncouver the samo ovening. It is understood that tho terminal of the Pacific division of tho C. P. R„ controlled by Superintendent Marpolo will bi'extended from Donuld to Lag gan says the Golden Era. Tho objeot Is to placo tho distribution of tbo mountain power in tho hands of ono olllcer. Gospel bands und Salvation Army peoplo are preparing to invade the Yukou next spring to point out to the minors tho sinfulness of the greed of gold and their other manifold sins nnd wickedness. Having a dread of religious discussion, it is suggested very timidly, to thoso woll-monniug people, that tho terrorism of a warm hereafter will fail of a salutory effect upon tho old-timers. -Alaska Mining Record. Charles Ramos, an old-time Cariboo miner, is in town. Mr, Ramos hns been iu tho Kootenay for the past few months hut thinks Cariboo boats them all aud will again devote his time to milking known to the world tbe merits of tho northern country. Mr. Ramos says that of all talked about routes the ouo from Ashoroft via Quosnelle to Tesliu lake is the most feasible for any man of moderate means. Mr. Ramos will be remembered as the original promoter of the Slough creek mining enterprise. He says: "My absence of two years from Goldon Cariboo, has not lessened my estimation oftho wealth of her buried treasures and though the Klondike excitement threatens to take away British Columbia's intended emigrants this season I feel sanguine tbat thoy will nearly all return and Cariboo will oneo moro proclaim to tho world the richness of her placers." This Hotel hns been Lately refitted and refurnished, A new wing, 50 x 2d feet, containing nineteen rooms, including t>«th and sample rooms, will be opened by 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 the best of material. Horse shoe ng a specialty. Shop next to 'Trim & Haddock's stables KLONDIKE, LILLOOET direct-Monday and Friday. Through aud return tickots at reduced rates, furnished, Special conveyances BRITISH COLUMBIA EXPRESS Company, Ltd Asli-rort, B.C., Novombor 18,1897. Whilo business .-ors, hi. extra stage will lenvo Ashoroft every Friday mor-intr for 150-Milo Houso, returning loavos 150. Mile Houso on Wednesday morning. Obtain our quotations on niNERS' & PROSPECTORS' SUPPLIES Picks, Shovels, Gold Pans, Gold Scales, Pack Saddles, Dog Sleighs, River Boats, Tents, Sheet Steel Stoves, Camp Utensils, oto., etc. MCLENNAN, MCFEELY&CO., LTD Vancouver, B.C. M o ti D DANIEL HURLEY. JOHN A. MURRAY A fancy dress iiiii-.quei.ule carnival will bo hold on the skating rlpk, Suturdny evening, January 1st, 1808. Tho funcy dross musquornders will Imve tho ice from 8 to 0 o'clock and after tlmt uny person with skates can Ro on the rink, Everybody should take part and assist tho committee in making the carnival a success. It has beon figured out by one of our morohants that four men can buy their outllt, consisting of till things nocos- sarp for a trip into the -Tukon, deluding 20 horses iiuda complete packing outllt, for a sum not exceeding 81,1100, uud arrive nt Tesliu lake iu about teu weoks. At Teslin hike they oan sell their horses and outfit for about 82,000. So by taklngtho Asheroft route a party of four meu eau DUtfit at Ashcroft and by selling their outllt at Teslin lako would be able to have 8100 abovo tho cost of their whole outfit. Tho idea is ■quito feasible and will no doubt bo dono by a groat number of people. Our merchants here will guarantee to outfit pnrlies at lowost possible rates. The advantages of the overland route are gradually dawning upon many of tlie Intending gold seekers. Cuming Alaska Past-tigers. Chicago, Dec. 27.—The western pas- soger agents are making arrangements to handle tho Alaskan trade. The longer thoy look nt this traffic tho larger it seems to appear to them, and now thero is hardly a western passenger man jvho does not expect tho traffic to amount to fully 200,000. Tho chances are that a figure about one- half as largo as that will cover the number who will go from points where tho Western Passenger Association will bc given somo show at tho business. Hotel Victoria This hotel boing now and thoroughly furnished throughout is iho ouly first class hotel in the town of Lillooot. Persons calling nt Lillooet will receive every attention by staying at the Hotol Victoria, Good stabling in connection with tho Hotel, also the headquarters for the Ashcroft and Lillooet Stage. Charges moderate. HURLEY & MURRAY, Proprietors qtt-E.iis.n-ezx^X-i-e:- Tho undersigned having just laid in a large nnd well .elected stock of Groceries, Clothing, Boots und Shoes Mining Outfits, and a General assortment of Hardware. is prepared to give good satisfaction in prices and quality of goods as the following will show: No. 1 Rice $S per 100 pounds. Extra " 9 " " Granulated sugar H.25 " " Granulated sugar iu lOlt) sacks 1.00 Bacon, clear sides smoked 16 J cents lb. 1-enus IS. " Flour Hungarian and X X X X $65 Other goods equally low. EAGLE & PAXTON GENERAL MERCHANTS. Dealers iu Groceries, Hardware, Drygoods, Boots and Shoes, Crockery, Drugs and Farm Produce. THE CHEAPEST CASH STORE IN THE CARIBOO DISTRICT. ONWARD RANCH, CARIBOO, B. O. G. L. I3otts, M.l.., who has been charge of the Cottonwood oopipany'sl works, twenty miles above Quosuolle, for tho past fourteen months, oamo down on Tuesday's stage, and will take u well merited rest ami a vacation, In- oluding-B trip to England. Mr. Butts reports tho work as done for tho Cottonwood company in wood condition so far as it has progressed. A ditch Hume aud tunnel, the latter 1,000 feet long, iu all between nine and fen miles, has been built, although somo work yet remains to be dune. Work cannot bo resumed to advantage ou the have I property before April 1st aud it will mon . require several months to got the thoro to enforce order and regulations, ; property in shapo to produce. Much but does not anticipate any trouble lu money has been oxpondod by the coin- so doing. He will recommend that a ; pany but the work of lixlug the grouud force of mounted police bo sent iu via up is well done and the gravel Branches Laden with Qold. Chicago, Deo. 25,—A special to the Tribune from Now York says: James I. Clements, tho "Eldorado King of tho Klondike," who is at the Lafayette hotel, last night displayed one of thocostliost Christmas trees in the world ou this glad Christmas eve. On this richly laden treo wero 750 §20 piece-, and Klondike nuggets as presents worth 835,000, which brought tho lotul up to 850,000, Yesterday ho purchased a tree five feet high and hud it takon to his rooms in the Layfavotto hotel. Thou he carried up his presents, for which he had ransacked tho shops of Now York. When thoy wero displayod on tho tree both he aud his wife went to tho express olllce and got three sacks con- tabling his nuggets worth $30,000. From thero ho wont to a safe deposit company with which ho had stored the day beforo 815,000 in 820 gold pieces. Thc Christmas tree, which was for the two children, was placed on a table in tho middle of tho room. Withmuch trouble the nuggets woro strung with strong silk cord and hung about tho tree. On the table at the base of the tree tho gold pieces were dumped, A central olllco detective wns detailed to watch the tree. is bo- I lioved to bo good, although ou this ; latter poiut Mr. 13.Its does not say us his work has beeu that of an engineer and not that of exporting the ground. ; Mr. Botts will leave Vancouver for Now S York aud England within a wook and ! will bo absent until March. It is 1 rumored that Mr. Botts has concluded Thoy both stated that from what they | that "it is not good for man to bo had boou ablo t • loam of tho overland ; alone," banco his trip but this is only "routo that it would be very extensively rtiffluw- If true good luck will bo lho used uext season, ' wish of Mr, Belts many friends, Mr • "**s$. Ashcroft and Quesnollo iu the early spring, and thinks thoro ia uo question but it will bo dono. Tho major while here mailed a number of tho pamphlets descriptive of tho overland route to members of tho government, as did Mr. Stevenson, Dominion timber inspector, who accompanied Major Ferry. ! Anyone wishing reliable informs--1 : tion regarding tho overland route | | from Ashcroft to Lako Teslin can'1: I secure tho samo by remitting 25 jjj j cents to J. II. Clomonts, druggist \ | and stationer, at Ashcroft, for a ij copy of "Ovorland to Klondike," | through "Cariboo, Omonica and Cas-- ;,j siar." Ten full pago illustrations i and a correct map of the roads and 1 trails, issued by tho B.C. MINING \ Jouiinai,, and contains its special 1 correspondent's roport of the aotual ■j present condition of the trail, Sur- is | vcyor J. D. Dovoroux having boon § I sent over tho route by tho Journal | to examine and report on the same. I Tho book contains iu all 70 pages. A slight chiuook Monday afternoon caused things to loosen up a little, especially a few small land slides west of Ashcroft, which delayed railroad traffic slightly. P. H. Marvin's New Book. The Editor Publishing Company, of Cincinnati, Is sending out tho following circular about Frederic R, Matvin's book on tho overland route: Tho Gold-Digger's Hand-Book !~Tho Yukon Ovorland — The Poor Man's Routo to tho Gold Fields. Paper. Profusely illustrated nud with map. Price 50 oeuts. An interesting book from the pon of Frederic R. Marvin, a writer, of reputation on tho Pacific coast, is not simply a guido book of tbat route, which will bo tho popular one of those of limited moans, but it is a fascinating story of tho wonderful mining districts of Cariboo, Omenica and Cassiar, Nearly half a century ago, when the Indians yet rulod supreme over the middle west, aud farther east tho flames of civil strife wore smouldering, this northern country was inhabited by tho gold seekor, and from tho creeks wore takou out many million dollars of gold. Tbe history of this couutry, yot practically unoxplorod and which will rival tho Klondiko iu richness, is known to but few. It is not available to tho ordiuary reader iu any other book, whilo Mr Marvin has put it in such a fosMHting manner that it reads like somo strange talo from tho Arabian Nights. Te secure a number of old manuscripts touching tho early history of this country, as well as to obtain a good and perfect description of the routo, Mr, Marvin seut two young meu, John M, Campbell aud Lou Miller, ovor the trail. Thoy secured tho manuscripts and havo furnished from ex perieuco an excellent description of tbis trail. The route is not a new ono. A good portion of it was trod by Uud son Bay men boforo the present generation came on earth. On this trail it was that tho Westorn Union Tolegraph Company spont about 83,000,000 in an effort to string a wire to Siberia. Hero also it was, in the goldon days, that a large pack train of camels was used to pack supplies iu to tlio miners of Cariboo. Tho book is handsomely illustrated with half tones tukon by Mffl Campbell, while an excellent map of tho routo aud surrounding country furnished. Those intending to take a trip to tho gold fields, or who enjoy reading of this wonderful country, will find this book both interesting aud Instructive.—Spokesman-Review. Captain Forest, brother of Alox. Forest, trainmaster at Kevelstoke, returned west Tuesday evening after a short visit to his brother, Captain Forest is on his way to Portland where his ship is at present. The (iolden Cache. There is considorabl e com ment arouud tho city concerning tho recent cloau-up of this mine, Tho result of tho run of 30 days, duriug which 750 tons of oro woro put through the mill, was 84,10 to the ton, or a total return of 83,023. Many assort that this is vory disappoiutiug, whilo others hold a contrary view. Vice-President Skene was soon by a World representative this afternoon and ho spoko freely ubout tho results of the cloau-up. "Wo have boon working ou tho foot-wall," ho said "and I havo faith that tho future of tho mino is all right if worked on more economic principles with water-power as a low grade proposition, lt has boon proven that tho rich ore was only iu pockets, whilo tho bulk Is low grade. Tbe tost of tho past 30 days run is absolutely fair as tho oro was takou from across tho lodgo for tho wholo width." "Will tho mill bo run right along?" was asked. "Tho mill is running today. That is all I onu say," replied Mr. Skene. Further nows from tho miniug prop; sitiou will now bo eagerly looked for.— World. NOTICE. Two ulcers brunt!.il J\V will bo sol.I oil my ranch on the Stli January, 1808, lo tlofrtiy ex« lienaeBof-tmie. THOMAS CURNOW, 3btl SpQttcoa Urklge. HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY. QUESNELLE MOUTH, CARIBOO - - - B.C. Direct IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS, Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware, Boots and Shoes, Miners' Supplies. Bed Rock Prices. Goods Guaranteed. Oualitv. Harvey, Bailey & Co. General Merchants, ASHCKOFT, BRITISH COLUMBIA. keep constantly ou hand a Large and Well-assorted Stock of General Merchandise. Prospectors and Miners going in via AS_HO_i=i.o_i?vr To Cariboo, Omenica, Cassiar, Lake Teslin, or through to • • xs.iLao_csrx>xz-_:_E_i AVill do well to examine our Stock aud Prices. I_gf" Correspondence solicited and information given to parties contemplating a trip to the gold mines of British Columbia and the Yukon district. M. DUMOND'S lb TUE I_A0_ TO BUV— MoGloary's Famous Cooking Stoves, Heaters, ete., Tinware and Graniteware. Tin and Sheet Metal- ware Made i° Order for the Klondike trade. ,*V*-**.,,,**T j
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