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THE B.C. MINING -JOURNAL. ■ii VOL. 3. NO. 27 ASHCROFT, BRITISH COLUMBIA, NOVEMBER 6, 1897. $2.00 PER YEAR CARIBOO! HORSEFLY! - FORKS QUESNELLE! W.B.BAILEY i GO, STORAGE AND FORWAHDINC AGENTS. Goods received, Stored and Forwarded with dipatch to any point in the Interior reached by wagoii or pack train. Consign you goods to our care and we will settle railway charges and ship on to destination with least possible delay. W. I!. HAIU.Y IX COMPANY. ASHOROFT, CLINTON HOTEL, Clinton, bc BOARD AND LODGING BY THE DAY, WEEK OB MONTH. Krst WIiiob, Spirits nnd ClgnrgB, Good Blubllng. Head-martera for the Cariboo, Lillooet nnd Dog (.reek hues of singes. Hunting und Ashing ln the vicinity. MARSHALL & SMITH, Proprietors. F. W. FOSTER ASHCROFT, : : CLINTON. D11IE0T IM.OI-.-R OF General Merchandise. Headquarters for Minora ami Handlers Supplies, Flour, Rice, Sugar, Rock and Fine Salt, Coal Oil, Blacksmiths and House Coal, and all heavy goods purchased in carload lots and prices tight. Riding ?n<\ Pack Saddles Hunters Outfits, Riiles, Shot Runs, Ammunition, etc. Side Agent for Giant Powder Company of San Francisco, full stock on hand a. their new magazine, Fuse, Caps, etc., etc, Geo, Gage & Sons celebrated Dominion Wire Bed Springs, Mattratses, Pillows, &(, ROUGH & DRESSED LUMBER, SHINGLES, LATHS, PICKET. MILLINRKY AND DRESSMAKING department under competent management in connection with store at Ashcroft. GOODS RECEIVED and forwarded to all parts of the upper country at reduced rates. 0. P, R. SIDING to warehouse and special facilities for handling goods Orders and enquiries by mail have orompt attention. F. W. FOSTER, MACKAY SADDLERY AND HARNESS CO. MANUKACT0HEII3 AND IMl-tlTEllS 0" ..addles, Harness, Bridles, Trunks, Whips, Spurs, and Harness Trimmings. REPAIRING DONE WITH NEATNESS AND DESPATCH All ordc-- by mail promptly attended to and satisfaction guaranteed ASHCROFT. B. C. CARIBOO EXCHANGE HOTEL. A. H. Walters Proprietor. Board and Lodging at reasonable rates. Comer of Railroad Avenue and Third Street. Trim & Haddock, LIVERY, SALE & FEED STABLE. ASHCROFT AND LILLOOET. Saddle, Puck and Driving Horses for sale aud hive. Higs kept at lmtli stables. Special trips made to Lillooet or points in Cariboo at any inie. Wire at.our expense {or rigs. WIIOI.USAI.K AND UETAII, D-AI.-U- IN HAY AND (lltAIN. THE MINING JOURNAL, $2A YEAR TELEORAPH LINE FROM ASHCROFT. Asked us to whether the C. P, R, had uny plan for providing telegraph communication to the Klondike, C. 1?. Hosmer, general manager of C. P. R, telo- graphs, who is uow in Vancouver, stilted that ho understood the Government hud this very important matter uudor consideration, uud were enquiring Into tho most fooslblo menus of nc quiring it. Mr. Hosmer thought I'rom what information lie was able lo gather that tho most feasible route was rrom Ashcroft, viu Quosnelle. There were uo Insurmountable didloultlos in either tbe construction or the iniiintenmio'j ol the telegraph route through this distriot. lt is within tho reoollootlpn of some of the older selllers of Ihe province thnt the telegraph system or 1800 and '(17 was projected wilh a view of connecting Asm nnd America by Ash crofi, Klondike nnd Uld Bolt ring Ben. Surveys wero Hindu of Iho entire routo and away buok in lliose duys it was considered ii practicable one. Mr. llos mer suid that since timl time copper wire Imd come inlo tologl'llph use. nud ns It weighs about nthlrdof whul iron wire does, its use is nn Important factor In the question of packing nml transportation. Mr. Hosmer thought tl line connecting Quosuollo, tho prosent terminus of tho Government line, with Dawson City, if decided upon within the next few months, might easily bo in operation by this time next. year. The present lino between Ashoroft and Quesnello is easily maintained, and as somewhat similar conditions prevailed beyond, thero is no reason why, In his opinion, constant and reliable communication could not be kept up all along tho route. Telegraph stut ions could be established about every forty miles, tho same as tit present exists between Ashcroft and Quesnelle. This telegraph lino would bo tho best police system the country could have, to say nothing of a variety of other uses that the telegraph offices might he put to. Progress at Telegraph Creek. Frank M. Yorke, head ot the expedition who intend building a sawmill and a steamer for service ou Lako Teslin in the -spring, arrived in Victoria on tho str. City of Kingston Wednesday. Ho came down to Port Towuseud on the Alki, whero ho caught tho Kingston. Mr. Yorke has returned for more pro- tisions. His party are all well aud making good progress in getting tholr goods to tho sawmill and other good§ belouging to tbe expeditious huvo beeu taken in to u point ubout 40 miles from Telegraph Creek, whore thoy uro enched. The heavy machinery is still at Telegraph Creek aud no attempt will be made to tako it in to Luke: Teslin until tbo snow fulls and renders' the trnil lit for sleighing. As soon as suow falls work will bc couuneuced immediately, and it will not bo loug until all tho property of tho expedition is ut the lako und work begun on the sawmill. The stoumer will bo built ut tbo sawmill on its completion. Another passenger who cume down on the Alkj was E. J. Duohesney, the engineer, who has been surveying a routo for tbo railwny which tho C.P.R. propose to build this winter from Telegraph Creek or Glenora to Lake Teslin, whero connection wiil bo mado with steamers. Prospectors going from Ashcroft in tho spriug nud arriving ut Telegraph Creek will thou bo enabled to roach tho gold fields of tho Yukon with ease; a railway from thero to Luke Teslin uud up Lake Teslin by steamers. The Yukon Regulations. Victoria, Nov. It.-At a meeting of tho Board of Trade today, the Hon. Clifford Sifton, tho Minister of tho Interior, intimated that tho Government would open up an all-Cauodjan routo to tbo Yukou, and that everything possible would be dono to turn tho trado iuto Canadian channels, bnt ho decliucd entirely to advocuto a law to prevent aliens from holding claims. Several members suggested that this should bo done, but tho minister entirely Ignored tho question. After January 1st miners will not bo allowed an exemption from duty on 100 pounds of their baggage. Customs officers aro to be established on all tbo routes; arrangements mado for a mail service, and tho establishment of bnnks and for the transportation of gold. Tho question of compelling miners to take out licenses beforo goiug into tho country uud the establishment of a mint will receive further consideration, Tho regulations reserving alternate eluiins will bo nbrogutod and, tho claims reserved en bloc, but Mr. Sifton snid tbat. it would bo tho policy of tho government to collect a royalty on tho output of gold. Spokane Prult Fair. The following little bit of international courtesy und good feeling is pleasant reading, showing as it does how tbe part taken in sending exhibits from British Columbia is appreciated by the Spokuuo people. The letter, which is addrossod to Mr. J. R. Anderson, deputy minister of agriculture roads ns follows; Spokune, Oct, 27, 1807. Dour Mr. Anderson: I bog to acknowledge tho receipt of your letter concerning the slight tokens of our cs- toom which Mr. Hutcouhson wus good enough to convey on our behalf. Our president, Mr. -lolin A. Finch, and the entire management of our fruit fair uro very much gratified to kuow that their simple tokens have beeu graciously accepted by the recipients as an indication of the high esteem lu which our neighbors of British Columbia'aro held by everybody connected with und interested in our fruit fair, which dtir iug the past four yours has done so much to develop the resources aud ad vortlse tho possibilities of tho entire Northwest. Wo fully appreciate the great tribute you havo paid us iu having sent so far uud ut such grout ex peuse tho mnguillcout nud to those tin familiar with tbo resources of your province, the surprising oxhibit uf fruit nnd other products from y;mr-fnvorod province. Thanking you personalty for tho friendly Interest you have nt all times taken iu our behalf, aud with the kindest regards of our mnnnge- ment, II. Bomtbii. Manager. Ilrlllsli Columbia Appointments. Lieutenant Governor E. Dowdnoy'a termor olllce expired Tuosday. Senator Mcluuos has beeu appointed Lieu- tenant Governor to succeed him, and Mr. Wm. Templeman of tho "Times," Victoria, has beon appointed to sue coed Mr. Mclunos In tho Senate. Mr. Templeman had the solid support of tho Liberals, and many of tho Conservatives of British Columbia for the Governorship, and would havo undoubtedly got that ofllco had ho insisted upon it. It was tho personal wish uf tho Premier tbat ho should take an active part in political life here. The Senate requires to be strength- tied, and Mr. Templeman will bo a good acquisition to tho Government party in tho Upper Chamber, where it is now weak, It was ou these grounds that Mr. Templeman gavo up tho Lieutenant-Governorship, aud has become u senator. Mr. Templeman has the united support of tho Cabinet, and his coming to Ottawa is expeoted to strengthen tho party nil over British Columbia. Far A Million. Chicago, Nov. 3.—-A special to tho Times-Herald from Benton Harbor, Mich., says: An English syndicate bos purchased RICH CASSIAR. Among Ibo passengers on tho Atlantic express ou Wednesduy were Charles R and Mrs. Law, of Vancouver, who aro on route to England, snys the Winnipeg Free Press. Mr. Law is the manager of tho Golden Province mines of Quesnello, In tho Cnriboo district, aud is en route to the old country to organize u syndicate for mining oper tions iu British Columbia. Ho lias just returned, a month ago, from a prospecting tour along the hoadwat of tho Yukou, west of the Cassiar mountuius, and carries with bim specimens of dust and quartz that demon strato the richness of lhe couutry. 0rio' of tho nuggets is tho largest ever seen*lu this city, nud is heavier and considerably more valuable than tho specimen in possession ol' Pat Galvin, and found iu the Klondike fields, It weighs .It! ounces, and is valued at 8700, "These new gold Holds are lhe richest in the world,".said Mr. Law, "and the yellow metal is of a superior quality to that found iu the Klondike region. Tho new fields are comparatively easy of access." Mr. Law proceeded up the Stiokluo rivor to Telegraph Creek, and from that point followed the old Cassiar trail to tbo eastern watershed of tho Yukon, between Teslin lake nnd DoilSO lake. The nro placer deposits gold, and underneath the gravol is rich quart/., and in evidence of tbis the gentleman exhibits specimens cf gold in .piartz matrix, from which it originally came. Mr. Law believes there will be a great rush of placer miners into this district, and this will bo followed by quartz mining. The projected routo of tho C.P.K. service into the Yukon will be of material aid iu reaching the new fields, as that enterprise contemplates to ruu a railway from Telegraph Croek to Teslin lake, and from this last point prospectors will havo no great difficulty in reaching the cold fields of northern British Columbia. Speaking of his explorations on the trip, Mr, Law, expressed tho opinion that the Cassiar raugo was the source of supply of the gold iu tlie plnccr districts of the Klondike, uud that there wus a Icd«o extending 400 miles through the country, aud would bo found to be rich in quartz. Since returning from his uorthoru tour, Mr. Law visited the Cariboo district, und says thero aro still rich deposits in the territory. Ho Frnuk Piscator's gold mines in Alaska,' points out that in the early rush to paying 81,000,000 for threo claims.- No. i the Cariboo prospectors ouly worked li on Bear creek and two rich claims along tho eastern slope of the range of ou Eldorado. The syndicate pays 820,- mountains, while the now llelds.spoken 000 down and tho balance of 8980,000 at of iu this interview, are located on the the end of ono year. Phiscator weut J western slope. Mr. Law's syndicate up to Alaska iu February, 1806, and | will operate in the now gold Holds on cleaned up 836,000 iu seventy days J the west slope of the Cassiar range, from claim No, 2. on Eldorado creek.' where rise the waters that drain iuto Since bis return to his home near this Teslin lake uud form the source of the city ho has purchased homes for all i Yukon'river, a district moroaccessablo his relatives nnd paid off mortgages, than tho Klondike, and which will be for others, oxpendiug about 815,000 in | tupped by the C.P.R.next,year. "These tbis way. Ho doesuot like tho climate uow discoveries, combined witb tho of Alaska und therefore concludes to | continued rush into the Yukon," said Fatal Boiler Eaploslon. sell. j Mr. Law, "will have a material influ ence iu tho building up of Victoria and Vaucouver as commercirl centres, and this improved business will spread and A boiler explosion occurred Wednes- j bo faIt throughout the Domin day afternoon at the Royal City mills nt Vancouver, two men being killed _.,.., . . . . . . V a ii Firc nt Vernon. and oue seriously injured, G.Sully and Geo. Forbes being killed and Chas.1 -Ww Nows l,t,-«u mm completely Phillips slightly Injured. The nool dont occurred during the lunch hour, whou ovor 100 men wore awuv- Tho boiler was blowu sixty yards and the burned out ou Thursday Afternoon, All of tho employees were out when tho fire started, and when it wus discovered it was bursting through tho eugiuo houso wrecked. Five meustaud-1 windows aud roof. The Vernon News ing close to the boiler miraculously os-1 w«s to have moved into its largo new cuped unhurt. Tho big smokestack block °»Friday. The loss on plant fell on the blacksmith shop in which ■•U(1 stot;k will be 85,000; insurance in wore a fow men but all escaped injury, I the Royal company 83,000. The build- although tho building was wrecked. I »u« was owued by tho townsite com- Forbes was a nephew of Sully, and his ' P««y» f-u-d tho loss ou it is about 81,000, mother lived in Vancouver, his father j It is iusurod. Wulfl'sohn &, Bewlcko's boing away in tho Boundary orook dis- < block, which was ouly about 20 foot triot, ! f-'0"1 th News building, caught lire several times, but tho brigade, with the To Klondike By Blcyete. citizens, managed with tho lire engine Chicago, Nov. 2.—Cyclist J. A. Bro- J to quench tho blaze. The damage to giel left the corner of Washington and | the Wulifson & Bowicko building will La Sallo stroots at 9 o'clock this morn- J be about 9200. It is covered by in- ing, bound for tho Klondike via El suranoe. Paso, Los Angeles, San Francisco and ■ .,..„„, . Seattlo. Brogiol is an honorary dis- The Klondike social. charged United States soldier. He ox-1 The Klondike nnd basket social held poets to arrive in Seattlo about tho I i» tho town hall Monday evening, middle of Fobruary. 'November 1st, in aid of the funds for Tho only route which eau possibly the repairs to, nnd the purchaso of nn be attempod by a bicycle is tho Ash- j organ for, tho Presbyterian church, croft routo. was ouo of tho most successful enter tainments over hold in Ashcroft, both socially aud llnancinlly. The wholo affair was novel and unique. Three routes, tho Ashcroft, Dyea and pr New Vork elections. The most sensational political campaign in the history of New York j posou Kamloops. to tho Klondike gold ended Monday night. Not a day for | floWs wero B0lectod and three boys tho past mouth has boeu void of oxcit- j witll puoi-B 0„ their bucks, represent ing Intersts. Crokor, Tammany's old -Dg prospectors starting out. Tho louder, assumed the management of pro8p00toi*s on the Dyea und proposed of fun wus had by all the boys in the bidding and they all camo out pretty good in (he shapOOf grub und partners. The programme during lho evening was short aud vory good, Mrs. P. G. Campbell excelling herself iu a couple of Scotch songs, Aftor lunch, the singing of "God; Save the Queen" closed the evening' entertainment, Tho proceeds amounted to 812. The Skallnc Rink. All those interested iu thc skating rink are requested to meet at the Roc roatlou Club today at 12:."p to discuss business matters connected with the rink. It is hoped (but us lurgo a crowd turns out at this meeting as there does on the rink when the ice is good. With a little work on the rink beforo tho ground freezes it can be put in first class condition and thereby save money during tho winter months. A committee will he appointed to look after nll'airs, and those who ure uot on the lomuiitteo, but who wish to have good ce, should got iu and do a little work occasionally besides kicking. The com mittoo lust year fulfilled thoir duties admirably, nnd it wus through them that thero was so much good sknting during the season. Tho rink is kept, up by funds subscribed by tho pooplo of town, uud ull those who havo occasion to use it should not begrudgo tho small contribution asked for by tho committee. This year by ull pulling together und helping tho committee, with the aid of fair weather, iho rink should eclipse any former yonrs. Be sure nnd attend the meeting at a quarter to one, this (Saturday) noon. MlntiiK Utlitntlon. Two cases iu connection with locul miniug companies came up in the Supremo Court at Vancouver, Tuesday, before His Honor Jndgo Bole. Tho lirst was that of tho Goldou Cache Mines Limited vs. Mineral Point Mining Company. This suit is to decide tho question of title to tho Mineral Poiut miniug claim. The prosout application is to add Messrs. R. H. Verity und William Wilkinson, of Hrnntford, Out., as defendants, and decision was reserved. Tho othor case wns in re Goldon Eagle Syndicate aud Goldon Cache Mines, a petition having beon preseuted by Dr. Carroll for tho court to define bis position as trustee of 100,000 shares in the Golden Cache Mines Limited. The case was adjourned to tho 0th iust., leave beiug grunted to examine ou uftldavits filed. tbo Tammany candidate aud succeeded in electing his man Robert A. Van Wyck, by a plurality of 115,000. Ovor 820,000 In duty has boon collected utTugish luko by .Canadian Customs ollloors from men who bought goods in the Uulted States. Meu who Kamloops routes, meeting witb many difllculties, had lo turn bade und go ovor the only route, tbo Ashcroft, reaching tbo gold Holds in good time. At tho gold Holds were several boys with uniforms und guns, representing tho mounted police. The claims wero all marked out aud anyone buying a did uot havo tho money, paid tho duty j miners' license could secure admit in labor. Speaking oftho exemption | tunoo and if lucky In his claim would from duty of 100 pounds of minors' outllt, the Hon. Mr. Siftou said that tho ofllcers woro treating the men just as thoy would treat people entering Canada from any other point, A man's personal baggage, that is, clothing iu use, or thut hud boou used, ts not taxed but on everything else they have to j some of tho gay gallants to send tli pay duty. |prIoo.upto n protty good figure. LoL got a prize. Another interesting part of the evening's fun was tho sale of tbo lunch baskets by auction, Mr. .Tames Haddock mado a first-class auctioneer, and kopt the baskets goiug. A little rivalry iu a fow of thc baskets mndu Response to Resolutions. The following letters have boon received by Mr. D. O'Hara, secretary of tho public meeting held ut Asbcroft on the 20th inst: The Ranch, Monte Creek, Duck-, B.C., October noth, ihdt. Tu Daniel 0'tlnra, _&-*., Anhcroft. Dear Sir: I hug to acknowledge the receipt if your letter of the 30th hint., enclosing resolutions endorsed hy a public meeting. I will hat copies of the resolutions no forward to till- respective inin later- who ureal the head of the departments which deal with the mat- iiK-ntion.il in euch. I hope to pcr-aiade Mr. Sifton to -top off ut Ashcroft, in wlilcli ciise slmll nlsu Ik- (here and as soon us I know fur ertnln that the minister is coining 1 will communicate willi you. Yours sincerely. Hewitt Bostock. l-itmls-ind Works Department. Victoria, October aoth, isn7. Sir: I have tlie honor to :icknow]edge the receipt of your leller t.f lhe SOtll lnst., encloa. big copy uf resolution*- missed nt ii public meeting held at Aslieroft. I wiil submit Hie same to tbe lixeeutlve Council at the earliest possible date. 1 have the honor to lie. sir, your obedient servant, (!ko. 11. Martin, Chief C olil 111 I sal u n er nf Lands and Works. 'in Daniel O'Hara, l.sq., Ashcroft, B.C. Hon. C. Sltton. Hou. Clifford Siftou, Minister of the Interior passed through Ashcroft on Friday night, on his way east, after a several weeks visit to the north to get information about, the Klondike gold llelds. It was expected that lie would be ablo to stop off a day with us, but us he could uot spare tbo time, u dele gation composed of James Haddock, H. W. Hurvey aud Daniel O'Hara met him at tho station, nud on being introduced by Colouel Wright, u written account of their wants was laid beforo the minister, as on uccount of"the lateness of the hour it was considered better in tins form Mr. Sifton treated the delegation vory courteously und snid that the wants of the district would recoivo his earnest attention. Aboul. tne issuance of miner's licenses for the Northwest he said they would iu all probability be issued nt such points as Ashcroft. The delegation put considerable stress on tbe river improvements above Quesnelle, aud the vast country it could open up for prospectors uud large c-mpauies operating iu the northern districts. With Mr. Sifton's aid aud tho information supplied him by the delegation, these necessary improvements will most likely receive quick attention at headquarters. Mr. Siftou continued ou his journey as far as Revelstoke where he will meet Hewitt Bostock, M,P, Four oars of cattle were shipped west from J, Wilson's ranch Tuesday Lo ,1. Heliums, QR05SLV MISREPRESENTED. The Spokesman -Review of October 28tb, coutahis a long interview with Charles Driscoll. a prospector, who gives a description of the Cariboo and Omenlea districts. Speaking of tho routo to Klondike, ho says: "Ono must get a better idea of tho points on the route. For instance, thoro Is the 150-Mllo House that I see mentioned iu tho paper lutoly. It is rimlly 17:1 miles from Ashcroft, nnd is not a house alone, hut a small town. There are two hotels, two stores uud two Hudson Buy pack trains that make two trips every summer Into the Ome nlea mining district, going on the last of those trips us fur as Stewart rivor. "Thore is no -feed for horses from Ashcroft to Turks cf Quesnello, which is tho name tho town goes by up north, not plain Quesnelle, nor Quesnelle Month, as ono of your correspondents puts it. There is no grass along this part of tho routo of nuy consequence, as the couutry is takeu up by ranches and all the grass land is fenced. One can stop at u houso every night, however, and the price of a meal will be 50 cents, for either yourself or your horse. It will not be necessary to carry feed, but thero Is no use expecting to find grass uloug thc way, uud this fact should be emphasized, as exactly tbe iimtrary statement has been made. "Forks of Quesnelle is quite a town aud there tho bulk of the outfittiuif should be done. There are live hotels aud three outfitting stores, and the latter curry everything that u mun needs tn take Into the minim.' regions. They havo catered to this trade for years and are better acquainted with tho needs of a miner thnn merchants dowu here can be. Food supplies are what I especially refer to. They are not much more expensive there than iu Spokane. "Our party started from Lyttou. the Indian agency at the mouth of the Thompson river. We bought our horses there, paying 812 to fct! apiece for them. Thero were 28 men in the party, aud beside euch man's saddle horso, wo had .72 pack animals. When we got to Forks of Quesnelle we found a steamer that took us across the river at small expouse. From the Praser tu tho north the couutry was grassy and tho game plentiful. It is :m ideal country in summer, and we enjoyed ourselves." Auy person who knows anything at; all about the route uud who has read tho whole of the article cannot help but smilo nt tbe ignorance displayed by Driscoll and the untruths eonnecte-i with it. Thc first thing, the distanco of the lEJO-Mlte Houso from Ashcroft is 185 miles, uot 17*.., and is uot a towu but n rauch, owned by Messrs. Vieth .fr, Borland, who run a hotel and general store in connection with it, and who owu the pack train referred to. Thero is also a blacksmith and harness shop at tbis place, which is tbe central point for the whole country around. Tho reason that it is called the ISO is that iu early days the distances were computed from Lillooet, which is l."> niiles more distant from it than Ash croft is, and when the rood was chnuged to this place the road houses still retaiued their old names. The towns of Quesnelle and Porks Quosuollo, Driscoll has got badly mixed. Tho town of Quesnelle is the place at which to cross the Fraser river for nil points north, and there parties cuu get all the necessary supplies. To strike the Forks of Quesnelle the prospector would have to go out of his way ovor 100 miles, in a different direction altogether. There is plenty of feed along the road during tho summer months, as quite a number of teamsters "bunch grass" all the way up tho road every year. Ho also says that his party started from Lytton with 78 horses. We mny state for Mr. Driscoll's benefit that there hns not been tbat number of horses started from Lytton, sine, the railway was cjmpletcd, for the upper country. In 1887, Driscoll and a party, according to his story, spent some time in the Yukon, going in by Chilcoot pass, and came out with a few thousand dollars apiece. Speaking of tho hardships he says: "Wo rarely stepped outsido our cabins, which wero connected with each other by tunnels uuder tho snow, oau never bo forgotten. The mosqui* toes that swarmed in summer will linger, too, In memory. I havo seen tho mosquitoes on tho hendwaters of the Missouri, and 1 thought thoy were the most vicious in tho world, but they don't compare to thc Alaskan insect. I hare seen them iu such swarms that they obscured the sun, and no man could endure tho torment that would follow the exposure of his skin to their fury for even tho shortest time. We wero well supplied with netting and so managed to escape them. The Indians of the interior are a childlike people. Tbey warded olf the mosquitoes by coveriug themselves from head to foot with mud." His false roports cannot injure this country one iota, as anyone knowing anything about tbis district would judge, from his report, that Driscoll had never beon iu the country. Wo hope in the future that he will be a little moro careful in the statements ho makes to newspapers. The Iiritish Columhia lining Journal. Issued every Saturday. K. S. REYNOLDS, Editor and Proprietor. Subscription Price, por annum . fJ.Ul) A-Jverll.un.cnls will not be JtscotiUimcd im tlll paui. AdvortlBlng ratca on appllcatloi THE UOLUKN OriCNICA. Mttuyyonri ago, whon thodU | St. Mary's Mis _|_n. J About fifty miles oast of Vaucouver, and oloso to tho O.P.R., on a littlo omi- aukua .i"»- '"•*'■■'■•; *; "\~ """ . . thr. lunula stands u neut l'.ttlo church. On ,1 the Cassiar district atootodjlio | ^ ^ rf .^ ^^ SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 0,1807. tipohani* To Klondike. The development of Alaska will pro coed along lines similar to thosp llloug which California, Oregon and Wash lugtou were luiili. up. The lirst immigration to these statoBClimo almost entirely by sen. But when tho real rush began, it was found, as is always lhe ense, that waler truusportutiou could not keep puce wilh tho deinnud. Capital is required to put mi linesof boats, nnd capital is cautious, nud prefers to await some development. Consequently tho water routes to California and Oregon became congested, the accommodations wero inferior, and the charges excessive. This set men to picking out overland routes. Theso were soon found, and ovor thorn poured the greater part of the movement. Even with the present movement In to Alaska, the water routes are incapable of meeting tho demand lor transportation, nnd to go to the Klondike, either by St. Mlchaol's, Dyea or Skag- way, when these routes are open, requires a small fortune. The obstacles to overland traveling to the upper Yukou are trifling in com pnrison with the obstacles which beset tbo first overland immigrants to California, The latter bud to face hostil Indians, to cross two great ranges of mountains, aud to puss over desert wastes uud for the greater part of the distance wood aud wuter were scarce. Spokane is nearer the Klondike thau is St. Michael's, at the mouth of tho Yukou. It lies in the same intor-moun tain basiu as tho Yukon, aud au overland routo can bo followed from this city to tho gold fields which will be comparatively free from severe mountain climbing. Along this route wood nud water aro abundant. There is game iuthe forests and fish in the streams: und whut is of Importance to tho pros pector, there is abuudaut evidence to support lho belief that the route for the greater part will follow tbo mining belt which geologists sny extends from Mexico to Alaska. The experienced und successful prospector always wants now ground to prospect, Even ifli were set down in the Klondike next summer, bo would immediately set about searching for new miueral aroosi nnd tlieso are ns likely to be found along the overland route from Spokani as iu any other part of Alaska or the British possessions. Spokuuo is the natural starling point for American prospectors taking tiie overland route by way of Ashcroft.lt hus direct rail connection with ail parts of tho Union, It has the supplies the prospector will wnnt. From this point ho can proceed quickly by rail aud stonmor lo Ashcroft, or ho can buy Ins horses hero uud go overland tho en! ire distance, It would be ill-advised to urge men to uttempt this route in wintor, with tbo present condition of the trail. But it will bo another mutter next summer when the route has been opened up by advance parties, aud the weather for the entire distance will bo us pleasant and tbe spring us early as iu the New England states. There are possibilities in this overland routo which the business men of Spokuuo can not afford to neglect. Spokesmau-Rovlow. Edison's Latest Invention. Tho Electrical Engineer, Now York, publishes tho (irstaoconnt of Mr. Thos, A. Edison's success iu recovering by electrical means the iron in low grade ore. The inventor's experiments have been carried on during the post six years ut the old Ogdou iron mines, a few miles from Dover, N. J., where ho bus built up a plant covering several acres of grouud nnd which nfter many experiments is now capable of producing daily from 1,(100 to 1,5C0 tons of almost chemically pure irou. Tiie ore worked contains on the average about '2i> per ceut. of iron, und resembles iu nppoaraucoa very pure quality of grain rook, Mr. Edison states tbat th re are 2O0,0O0,C00 tons of this ore on tho land immediately surrounding his plant, from which can be produced 5O,OOO,0C'J tons of iron. His process, in brief, consists in blustiug tho ore from tho mountain sidos, nnd theu by menus of steam shovels and miniature cars, con veying it to massive crushers, where it is broken up nud pressed on to other mills, whero it is pulverised. The pow der ts then allowed to fall in close proximity to tho electro-magnets, which deflect the irou to one side nnd the non- metallic matter falls to tho other sido by gravity. From the timo the ore Is blasted until it is resolved into this metallic form and compressed to brin. quotts for shipment, the process is entirely automatic. Tho government advertisement calling for models of the proposed statue of the Queen to bo erected iu front of tbo Parliamentary buildings at Ottawa, restricts tbo offer to Canadian sculptors, but up to the present not a single ono has boen received from a Canadian artist. Ou tbo other baud several designs havo beon received from British artists. It is likely the government will havo to remove some of tbo restrictions contained in tho advertisement. men who hud beeu mining in tho slml low diggings of ihe Omenica to the more easily worked propositions of the newer country, a stillness ns of death settled down upon Manson an.l Slate creok, where the deserted eluiins were the ouly remaining evidences of Ullriches which had 1 i taken out. H was a loug ilme before work was resumed, und it required lho keen oyo and excL'lleul judgment i>r llll exported man to devise a plan whereby iiul could be induced lo invest In the nttompl In exploit tho descried diggings in the hope ot ultimate prollt. Equally inaccessible ns tbo Klondike. 000 miles d'OIll MlO nearest railway point, wrapped in tuiponetrablo suow and loo for more than half lhe year appi'OiUllmlllo only by means of u trail abandoned twenty yenis llgo |p|d used since theu only by an oaoasloutil huu* (er, Hie Omenica country w;|S admittedly uot the most attrnotlvo Held for luvostmonl, But tho d.lrd Miuing & Mllliui: company, composed principally of Ottawa capitalist--, nitty an oppor tUUity, hi spite of the many disadvantages, for profitable Investment, und from Colonel Wright, the suporluten dent or tbo company, some informal ion Ims been obtained which tends to show the faith tlio wombf-l"-. of iho company buvo in that little known wgtoii ns a gold producing dislrict. Threo years ago Colonel Wright weut iuto tiie Omenica nud located several liydrauiio claims, and now the compauy own fifteen beuob olflinw !!mi olght creek eluiins on Mauson and Hint creeks and Kildaro gulch. Work has been actively carried ou for two sen sous, sixty Hi on employed during tin past summer, und Ihi'f-o and u half miles ditching and two miles of Hump Imve been built. The more statement of these fuels conyeys to tbe average render but a slight conception of the amount of work which has had to bo done. It is necessary to go somewhat, more fully into details, The lasli taking n body of sixty men by trail and canoe a distance of six hundred miles, u journey occupying live weeks, the transportation of supplies sulllcieut to feed the men employed during tiie sea son, tho conveyance of all the plant and material for tho wor!.; these things thought of for a moment will be seen to bo undertakings of much more moment than Is apparent at a glance. Forty thousand dollars, ut u conservative estimate, has been invested up to the present time in the work on tbe .3rd company's proporty, nud not a dollar lias been taken out. Next season, however, with 5,000 inches of water rrom Manson creek, a supply which can be increased almost nt will from the east branch of tho creek and from Kildaro gulch, Colonel Wright feels confident of returns being made from tho hydraulic work which will prove the wisdom and .profit-making nnturi of tho investment. Colonel Wright having como direct from tbe mineral counlry, reports that he met on his way out o party of eug noors who hnvo been sent in by tbo Dominion govorment to investigate and roport upon tbo navigability of the Stuart river for steamboat traffic, Upon tlieir report nmeh will depend, for if, as is probable, light drauu'lit boats can get to Fort St. James, freight can bo handled within 75 miles of the diggings on Manson creek, whicli moans a reduction in freight charges to but n fraction of the present figure, " The Omonica country," says Colonel Wright, "is most emphatically not a poor man's country, und although two old timers have beeu working for years on Manson und Lost creeks, thc most noteworthy find to be recorded is tbat of u two und n half ounce nugget taken by a Mr, McKinnon out of tbe latter uamod crook." On Slate crook the company are put- Hug in a hydraulic elevator of tbo Evans design, made by the Risdon Iron Works of San Francisco, and it is confidently expected thnt good results will bo obtained. The result of next season's work will ba looked forward to with a great deal of interest, nud if enterprise aud hard work deserves sue cess tho l.'Jrd company should have a goodly measure of it. Colonel Wright will interview somo members of the provincial government in tho hope id' inducing the government to do some much needed work in the Omonica. He will return to Ottawa for the winter, starling again in March from Aslicrolt for the country of hardships und vast possibilities, which be hus every hope will provo itself again iu 1897 deserving of tho name " The Golden Omenica."* -Victoria Colonist. two lurgo buildings, plain but solid. Theohurch and the two buildings form what is known as St. Mary's Mission. Tho huge buildings are sohoolB for Indians. In one the < Iblntc Fathers and Brothers have chargo of tbo Indian boys; In tho other the sisters of St. Ann train tho Indlun girls, There are about seventy children gathered there from tbo different Indian tribes of the lower Fraser, Nearly thirty years has this mission beeu founded, und over siuco somo native children have been instructed there. Quito a variety of tip: yirln' plain nnd i-iiuu.v work was exhibited at tbo Westminster exhibition iu 1B9">, nnd the Aniens were awarded seven first and two second prizes. tint ol1 school hours tho boys learn to till tho farm, Thoy aro also taught sliocuiukiug nud carpentry. Thoy have a nice brass baud. Although quito young thoy have attained fair proficiency. Tbey wero great favorites during the Westminster exhibition, Everybody liked to seo the dusky youugstors lu tholr crack cullers' stilts marching In tbe processions lu splendid step under Brother Collins' direction. Thoy were chosen to play at the station when Their Excellencies tho (ioyeiuor-donoral (ind Ludy Aberdeen arrived. They played ugulu at Bt, Mary's Hospital, when Ludy Aberdeen visited that institution. They played also tho othor day whon Hon. Clifford Sifton, Minister of the Interior, went down lo the flOflafc, Today Rev, Fntber Chtrouse is Superior of St. Mary's Indian boarding school, and witb him are Rev. Fathers Richard, Iledard, Whelan nnd Plcotty, tpid pros, Collins, Munsfleld, Guillet and Buckingham. - Missionary Jtotiord, Lower McoU Notes. On tho 18th iust., Constable Caueel- lor passed through town in search of the escaped prisoners Louis uud Sluqi ot'LytUvn, Thoy luid eluded him in some way aud ho passed on ahead of of them. Aftor several days of fruitless search ho was nbout to return to Lytton without his men, when they unexpectedly turned up at the court' houso nt Nicola Lako nnd gavo themselves up to tho authorities, and wore conveyed back to hoadquarfors at Lytton by Mr. Cauoollor, Wo woro glad to see them again iu tho bands of the authorities, as they arc a bad pair nud no doubt a few good lushes mingled with their sentences would be very wholesome fare for tho likes of thoso, whoso only object is to get good grub iu tho prisons, and nine times out of teu are worse whon thoir term has ox pired thau thoy wero at first. Herman*.'s Hoard ol (laid. A dispatch from Berlin to tlio Chi ittgO Tribune, says tbat tho thrice locked vaults of the Spuuduu fortress o opoued a few days ugo for the annual ex initiation by tlio Secretary of tlio Treasury to see that the 800,600,- 000 in gold, whioh tho Reinstog votod iu 1871 ns u fund for fi nit oxponses in tlio next grout war, war all right. Bar- in von Thieliunn selected a few bags at random, counted the gold in them, louutod thn number of bags and weighed the whole amount. Home dozens of workmen wero occupied for sovoral hours In tlio grotesque mediaeval function. Tho sum oats up 88,000,000, interest yearly. The tunnels of tho world nro estimated to number nbout 1,142, with a total length of "ill miles. There aro about l.O^o railway tunnels, 12 subaqueous tunnels, 00 oanal tunnels uud -0 conduit tunnels, with aggregate lengths of about 850 miles, Teacher —Name six uuimals of tbe frigid zone. Tommy.—Four polar bears und two seals.—Detroit Free Press. Tho Clever expert- -Is this tho skull of a man or woman?" inquired the prosecuting attorney of the famous expert. "It is a woman's skull," replied the anatomist. "How do you know? "By the worn appearance of tbo jaws. "Now," said tho attorney for tho do- fence, "here's a skull. Can you tell us to whut specios it belongs? "It's the skull of a lawyer," replied the expert witness. "Howcan you tell?" "By the cheek bones." FOUND. A roan mare branded "00" oil left hip. If not claimed within tliirtv days will be sold for expense of keep. Apply Hennon Nlcholls, Springfield. Soda Creek. 34. lm NOTICE. Tenders will lie received liy the undersigned fm ilvivins iiii.ie .'i' .('red font tunnel on .'ie Min-.nil Point cli'iii. tm Cayoosh creek, at d*e discovery post, also for extending present tunnel one liiimireil feet. The lowe. L or uny tender not necessarily accented. Addii-!--* all t-Miiii-iiiiii ii'-.it i-jiiisio R. H. VERITY, Pres. Mineral Point Mining Co., Bran .ford, Ont, LAND NOTICE. Sixty days after date we Intend to apply to the chief commissioner of lands and works for "■mission to purchase 100 acres of posture iclnearO-Mllo Lake, on 150-Mile House .. .d Horsefly road, which is more particularly described as follows: Commencing at a stake marked initial .lake. ear east end of lake, and running east fnii,* in ins. ihence nnrth forty chains, thence _onlii foi.v chains, thence west forty chains to point f commencement. 10-28 VEITH & BORLAND. NOTICE. When' located.—Caynosli Creek. Take notice thai we. R. 11. Verity and Wi... Wil-iii-oii. free miner's rerliiinite So. _<l.i. Hi imk -Hl.e-17. Intend, sixtv days from thc date ik-n-m'. in ii|i|il\-in Hie Milling Recorder fora Ci'Tiicale of fm-miveiuents. for the purpose oi; nlii;,imiiLr a Crown (.rant ofllie ahove claim, Ami (urllier take notice thnl action, under seclion :i7 must he commenced hefore tlie is- . mince nf such certilicate of iinjmivi-Tiicnl-, H.H, VKRITV, WM. WILKINSON. Dated this Hth dav of October A. D. 1B07, 84-81. S.A.Rogers BARKERViLLE, B.C. General Merchant —and— Hotel Keeper. All kinds of Miners' Supplies on Hand. SMITH & BRYSON, General Backsmiths. Carriage builders. Horseshoeing a specialty. A suhply of iron and wagon rnateirial always on hand. Shop on Railway Avenue. - - ASHCROIT, B. C STUDEBAKER ■WA.O-03STS. McConnicks Binders and Mowers, McClary's Famous Stoves, Farming Tools and General Hardware JAMES VAIR. Kamloops, B.C. Armstrong & Morrison, MANUFACTURERS OF RIVETED STEEL PIPE, ORE CARS, ORE BUCKETS, MONITORS & ELEVATORS. Contractors for Complete Hydraulic Mining Plants. 715 Heatley Avenue VANCOUV EK, 15.0, CHARLES HACH (Successor to Tho Suhl-Erskiuo Furniture Co., Ltd.) MANUFACTURE. OF- Furniture, Upholstery, Mattresses, Wi winds, etc. Ami direct Importor of Carpets, Liuotouuis, OilolotltB. Olill-i'Oiis1 Oarringos, Crookory, Glasswuro, oto. 55, 57 and 5'.l Oordovn St,, Vancouver, K,0 IUNI-1, llt'KI.-Y. JOHN A. SI I'll 1! A V Hotel Victoria This hotel being now and thoroughly furnished tlivou-jhonfc, is the only tirst class hotel in tho town of Lillooot. Persons culling at Llllooet will receive every attention by staying at the Hotel Victoria. Good stabling in connection with tho Hotel, also the hendquarters for tho Ashcroft and Lillooet Stage. Charges moderate, HURLEY & MURRAY, Proprietors f tr, CD ■ CJ a ag <V H _? Distances Ashcroft Places Cache Creek C, McDonald's Hat Creek ■ lo-Mit-House • ■ f0..U-_- House ci.iyTOX .■"■Mile House ui-M-'e House ?0-M-'e House SJ-Mtle Horn* • ■ S...M''rJIou-!t !■ ■'-.'.!:ie Houxe I'-'-.Mile Houst li.i-.Vile House Hi-Mile House lid-Mile House 117-Mile House m-Mtte Home l.l-Mtlc House l,v,-Mile House ■ m-Mlle House l'l-Mile House . IV,-Mile House ro.MII.K HQVSK Sotla Creek A lexantlrla .tlo fat's A ustraltan Ranch Bohanon's Quemielle . Cottonwood Heaver Pass Stanley Barkerville PlaccshtloioJtoadxbreinckfl'OM I'O mile House but Ihc distances art frotn A ah roft' Jity Lab Heaver lake Quesnelle Fork* | 3. f 1 Certiiicates of Improvements. Goldfinch Mineral Claim. Situate in Richfield Mining Division of Cariboo District, British Columbia. Where Located — On Lowhee Creek. near Barkerville, B.C. ing as aRpnt for the Oriole Syndicate Limited (foreign) Free Mincr'a tertlAcutc No. 6U8.A, intend, oo days fro in the date hereof, to apply to the mining reeorderforacertiticatf of improve ments. for liie purpose of obtaining a crown grant of the above claim, And further take notice that action, under section 87, must be commenced before tlie issuance of such certiticate of Improvements. Dated I'- " ' ' - " 19-30 NOTICE. Where located: On South side Seaton Lake. Take notice that the Golden Eagle Moan. tain (iohl Mining company, Limited Liabi-iiy, free miner's certificate No. (1050A intend bixfy days from the date hereof, to npply to the min ■ lag recorder for a certificate of Improvements, for the purpose of obtaining a crown grant of the above claim., And further take notice that action, nnder -election 87, must be commenced before the issuance of such certilicate of improvements. Dated this 10th dny of Sept, 1807. 20-81 NOTICE. Where located :-C«yoosli creek. Take notice that The Excelsior Gold Mining Company, Ltd. Liability, Free Miner's certificate No. 8,a08A| intend, 00 days from the date hereof, to apply to the mining recorder for t. certilicate of/improvements, tor the purpose of obtaining a crown grant of the above claim. And further take notice that action, under section 37, must be commenced before the issuance of such certificate of Improvements, Dated this seventh day of September, 1807, Excelsior Gold Mining Company Limited Liability. PerJ.C:. Seymour, I're.. FOR SALE OR RENT. or'for rent, terms reasonable. The location for business is as goOdasatiy in Ihc upper country. Address. N.S.Clark, Quesnelle, B.C, THOS. DUNN & Co Lti. -uiroKTEns or- Shelf and Heavy Hardware. Placer and Quartz Mining Supplies. Or Write for (Juotatioss. 8 and 10 Cordova Street, Vancouver, B.C, Cable address "Cortes," Vancouver. P.O. Box No. 104. MacKinnon, Debeck & Company, 6lI Hastings street, VANCOUVER, B.C. MINING BROKERS AND AGENTS. Minino companies organized and floated. Properties bonded and reported on for foreign o local syndicates. Having been residents of tlie province for the pnst tvcnty-slx years, we n.e therefore In a position to furnish ihe most reliable information to be obtained respecting tlie valuable mineral resources of the province. Correspondence solicited. Office of the "Golden Cache Mines Company, Ltd.," of Lillooet, B. G. NOTICE. Notice is hereby given lliat thirty days after dale 1 intend to apply to the chief commi. inter of lauds and works for permission to leas.- fnrtv acres of iinfiirveyed crown land about one halt mile cast of tlie Hit-Mile Hou.e, Cariboo road, i-ommeiK-imi at a .lake.tlit-ni-e'JOcliaiiiSMHiilii thence yo cliains cast; tliencc md chains north, and thence 20 chains west to point of commence tnent, Also SU acres about one mile West Of the rta-Mile House, thence west 10 cliains; llience north 2<>clioiiis; thence east -III chains, and thence soulh 20 chains to point of commencement, Also -to acres about four miles west of the 88-MUu House.commencing at a stake, and thence east au chains: tliencc south 20 cliains; thence wesl 'in chains, and thence north 20 chains to point of commencement. S. TINGLEY, 88-Mile House, B.C., Oct. o, 1807. 2327 Lillooet District. A court of revision and appeal, under ihe "Assessment Act 1888" anil amendments, will be held at the court house, Clinton, on Wednesday the loth day of November 1807 at 10 o'clock in the forenoon. 85- F. SOUES. Judge of the Court of Revision and Appeal Clinton. October 18th, 1807. TABLE. Showing the Dates and Places of Courts of Assize, Nisi Prlus, Oyer and Terminer, and Genoral Gaol Delivery for the Year 1807. FALL ASSI/.KS. Clinton , Thursday Richfield Monday.. Kamloops Monday.. Lvlton Friday .. Vernon. Monday.- New Wi--tiiiin.ler.Tiu-f.il.iy Vancouver Monday. Victoria *lm..day. Nanaimo Tuesday, ,_J8rd September. ..37th September. ..1th October. ..8th October. ..llth October. .2nd November ,8th November. ,10th November. .93rd November, Oppenheimer Eros, WHOLESALE GROCERS Vancouver, B. C. DOERING & MARSTRAND BRE"WHsTC3- OO. Celebrated Alexandri Lager and Porter Specially Recommended. PITHER & LEISER. Importers and Wholesale Dealers in WINES LIQUORS and CIGARS VICTORIA, B. L. 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In connection with our Brewery we. have added a neu and complete plant from San Fran, clseo for the mauu/aeture of Soda Water, (linger Ale, Sarspartlla, Champaigne Cidtr and Mineral Waler of all kinds. . . All orders from cily antl countrg urill receive our personal and best attention. Your patronage solicited. Special attention to alt ordtrs 'rom Cariboo and way. _*c*u wllljlnd our pr'icM will make it an oltject io give tts)your orders. J, M. BUXTON, & Company. Notaries Public, ' DEALERS IN Mines & Mining Shares REPORTS MADE ON ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS. VANCOUVEP B.C. ' _ Cable Address : Buxton, Vancouver, Canada. EAGLE & PAXTON GENERAL MERCHANTS. Dealers in Groceries, Hardware, Drygoods, Boots and Shoes, Crockery, Drugs and Farm Produce. THE CHEAPEST CASH STORE IN THE CARIBOO DISTRICT. ONWARD RANCH, CARIBOO, B. C. KLONDIKE, Obtain our quotations on TUNERS' & PROSPECTORS' SUPPLIES l'ic-s, Shovels, Gold Pmis, Gold Scnles, Puck Saddles, Dog Sleighs, Kiver Boats, Tents, Sheet Steel Stoves, Oauip Utensils, ete., etc. • • • McLENNAN,McFEELY&GO.,LTD Vancouver, B.C. Oomm.eroia.1 Hotel, THE BEST m A DAY HOUSE IN VANCOUVER, O. THOMAS. Proprietor- THE MINING JOURNAL, $2A YEAR 7' OVERLAND VIA ASHCROPT. The Mining Journal is in receipt of many letters and telegrams of inquiry regarding tlie overland routo to Teslin Luko from Ashoroft. Tliis article is published .so that a copy of tho Minino Jouhnal sent in reply will answer tlio majority of tho inquiries, Thoso wishing detailed Information from week to week cun find it by reading tho paper regularly. 1st. Ashcroft is on tho railroad lino 202 miles east of Vancouver, tbo terminus of tho Canadian Pacific Railway, 2nd. Prom Ashcroft to Quosnelle, 220 miles, thero is a first-class wagon road, open tho year round, and at Quesnello thero is a ferry on which the Fraser river can be crossed. Au ovor laud trail leads from thero to Hazleton, the distance being not far from 300 miles, and a good trail. FromHa/.letou to Telegraph Creek, ou tho Stickeen river, tho trail has not beon very much used of Into years, hut is passable, and tho government has promised to havo it put in llrst-class shape early in tho spring. Tiio distance from Hazleton to Tolegraph Greek is said to he 210 miles by the old Dense Luke trail, nnd somewhat shorter by a cut-olf trail. Prom Tolegraph Oreek to Teslin Lake it Is nfi mill's nver ii good trail, The total distanco from Quosnolto; whore tbo ovo.laud trail bogius, Is thoroforo about 07ti miles. Thoso llgiiros uro not given ns ii>si>luto, imi approximate. You can loavo ■Vsluiraft about April lulh toMny 1st, on gnihii, and leave Quosuollo Mny lsl, but yotl mny require, IT leaving this oorly, to pack it small supply of mils for llio lirst few days n.ior leaving Quosuollo, 3rd. Tlio trull Is good from Ashcrort to Teslin Lllkp. A fow days uftOl* lour ing Qiiosni-llii .hem is a great nbilii- danoo of peuvinn and blno joint, making splendid food for slock. Ijuuibor can be gotlon at TobIIu Luke for boats, nnd (ho trip down Teslin Lake and the _IooU.llt.qtM river to Dawson is easy. The only rapids of nny aocouut is the Five Finger rapids of the Yukon, which can be ruu by good boatmen wiih safety. There are hundreds of miles of unexplored ground near the overland trail known to bo rich. It is believed that mines of great valuo will be fouud iu this.nuoxplorod seqtioUj and as it Is iu British Columbia, whero laws are enforced nnd there is no reservation of alternate claims, thero is no royalty as in the Northwest Territory. The Hue between British Columbia nud the Northwest Territory is the 00th degree, crossing the north end of Teslin Lake. Horses and outfits can be bought at any part of the Cariboo road from Ash croft to Qucsnelle. For detailed information regarding prices write to the advertisers in this paper. Game is fouud iu fair quantities, aud tlsh iu every hike nud stream in abundance Flies and mosquitoes pre troublesome for n few weeks. Horses cost from 815 to $30 each, A magazine will bc issued by tho MiN'so JodrnAIi as soon as the report of its special correspondent, Surveyor J, D. Devereaux, who is now mapping the trail, is received. It is hoped that this information will be received so that tho book aud map can be issued enrly in November. Tho illustrations nre now being eugrnved iu Chicago. Henry George Dead. Now York, October 20. -Henry George died at the Union Square Hotel about 5 o'clock this morning, after speaking at several campaign meetings last evening. Mr. George returned to the hotel about 1 o'clock. He ate a light supper and immediately retired. About 3:30 this morning he awoke and complained of suffering severo pains. Ho theu became unconscious, from which ho did not again recover. Apoplexy is given as tbo cause. He was a candidate for tho mayoralty of Now York city and had mado a hard light up to last, His son Henry George jr., was nominated to take his father's place. Houry George was styled tbo " work- ingmau's friend " aud has devoted his life to tho cause, In tho early days during tho Prasor river excitement ho lived a short lime in Victoria whero he conducted a store for his brother. Although the formation of auriferous lodos has iu most instances been extremely slow, it is evident that gold, under certain conditions, may be deposited in appreciable quantities "within comparatively short periods. When gelatinous silica, obtained by tho decomposition of an alkaline auro- silicate, is heated to redness in a current of steam it assumes either a beautiful, unalterable rose color, or a reddish tint with visible grains of gold, according to tho proportion of precious metal present, aud tho conditions undor which the precipitation has boou effected. Application will be made at tho next session of Parliament at Ottawa for an act to incorporate a company to build a railway from Rossland to Arrow Lake, Okanagau Lake and tho city ot Vancouver, and ulso to build branch lines. Tbo traveller iu China will notlco that tho women do not wear thoir hair in queues. The reason for this is that it is the general belief that tho women will not go to Paradise Tho yellow men declare that their wires and daughters have no souls. The United States Supremo Court today refused to grant a writ of habeas corpus in tho case of Henry Craemer, who is under sentence of death for murder in tho State of Washington, ntUrming thc decision of tho Washington Circuit Court in refusing to interfere .-Seattle P. I. Cats aro to bo dropped from tho German military establishment; they havo now an allowance of 94,(30 a yoar apiece for training, medical care, food and budges. Tlioy nro employed to protect tho depots of military stores from mice. Prof. Lofller, however, having discovered a typhus bacillus fatal to mice, this will bo substituted for the cats. .Says tho Newport Pilot: It lias been proposod by some of the mining men -jitidttowspapers jn British Columbia Id have tbo mining laws changed so thnt before a mineral locution is allowed to bo recorded ono huudred dol lars worth of assessment should bo completed. Tho objection to this proposal Is that it would discourage prospecting. Tho prospector is a most useful factor in the initial development of any minorni region; without his < efforts progress must bo slow, and if ■ all he docs is to hunt up locations, ho has done a service that is worthy of substantial reward. That ho should havo a year in which to try to iuduco some ouo olso with moro capital than ho to go on and do tho work, is not too much—it is iudeed an encouragement that is in the highest degree worth bestowal. lu cases, oh icily surface lodes, whoro sulpliinos nro not present, sigiin of their former existence nro usually evident from tho iippenruuco of tho gniiguo. Auriferous quartz in such aasos is generally corroded, pierced with holes nnd cavities corresponding lo nnolout crystals, or else traversed with certain oehreoiis votnlcts, or stutnod uud mottled by oxide or iron. OortOS obtained iu Mexico livo emeralds of wonderful slzo aud beauty. One wns like a rose, another lu tho shape of n horn, a third in thut of a llsh witli diamond eyes, a fourth like a bell with a pearl for a -clapper; tho tlfth was n cup with a foot of gold, and with four littlo chains, e;ieh ended with a largo pearl. Ho hud also two ouiernld vases, worth 3C0,00O crowns •u'h. Tho lato Lord Eldon had occasion to discharge a coachman whom ho suspected of purloining his com. lu a few days after ho reeeived a letter from a merchant inquiring into tho man's character, aud his lordship's reply was thnt bo was sober and a good coachman, but he entertained suspicions that he had cheated him. Tho man came next morning to return thanks to his lordship for procuring him so excellent a place. My master," he snid, "was ooutent to find thnt I was sober and a good ■oneliman, but as to choaticg your lordship, he thought the devil bimselt could not do it." Tho occurrence of gold unaccompa- uied by any signs of pyrites or sulphides is explained by assuming tho presence of a small quantity of easily soluble ferrous sulphate us the precipitating agent. But in most cases, if carefully studied, it is often possible to to distinguish a system of reticulated ins of n different tiugo corresponding doubtless to a llssurutiou of tho gelatinous silica aud tho concentration of the gold with some traces of sulphides of iron; very frequently theso colored streaks are nearly parallel with the apparent Hues of deposition of the quartz, While, therefore, auriferous quartz is, us a rule, seamy, stained, mottled and of a hyaline character, at times rose colored in the upper parts and blue in tho deep portions of the veins; the pure milky or chulccdouous quartz is nearly always sterile. It is said, however, that gold has been found in a flaky whito rock in Australia. At Greenwich, Conn., is now to bo seen iu operation under the supervision of tho inventor, H. Van Hoereu- borg, a motor carriage running upon a highway, propelled by force taken from wires which are supported by polos along the side of tho road. By au ingenious devico tho trolley, or rather a flexible metallic cable attached to tho carriage, is conducted along tho circuit wiro in such a way that two trolley vehicles may pass each other, and each may turn round or puss from one side of tho street to the other at tho pleasure of tho driver. Free from tho bondage of a railway track, aud the tyranny of tbe dispatcher uud switchtender, the electric stage coach may stop and start when it likes, calling for pussengers at their doors, on either side of the roud, und rolling merrily along the highway, regardless of wind, snow or too, its only limitation boing tho poles und wires which give it motion. Messrs. Crago and Brewster returnod from tho Rosoborry mino on Cnrnos creok on Sunday morning, says tho Revelstoke Herald, Mr, Brewster roports that in running tho lower tunnel, a ledge, of which tho existence was unsuspected, has been struck. Tho oro is of vory promising appearance. Tho development to dato on tho mino consists of an upper tunnel run ou tbe lend for 93 foot aud two crosscuts ut the end of 30 foot ouch way, nnd a lowor tunnel on whioh the working pnrty nro operating uow and which is iu US feet. This was run to cut tho load, with a view of running along it again totho starting point of the upper tunnel, aud tho discovery of oro just made in the course of running it beforo the main lodgo wus reached was therefore not in the culcutations. Mr. Brewster is well satisfied with tho result of this season's operations on tho Rosoborry aud ovory indication points to the fact that ,tho company havo secured a most valuable proporty in tho claim. How Cold H-lals Sometimes nix. Professor Roberts-Austen's discoveries on tho subject of the inlerdifl'usi- billty of metals is most interesting reading, says tbo Colliery Guardian, Tho facts have beon to some extent known to savauts before the meeting of tho Royal Society, at which more public attention was drawn, but on that occasion the results were mado moro clear. It was theu shown that solid metals may bo made to mix themselves as if tho atoms were living creatures. Professor Roberts-Austen has, in fact, discovered pieces of metal engaged iu tho very act of mixing themselves up one with tho othor. Of course tho interest of thi'i is that tho Interd if fusion of whicli wo speak hns boou found to take place when tho metals woro cold, and, though this property iu metals to bo capable of attaching themselves ono to the other wheu cold has been talked about before, nothing so clearly proved has hitherto boon at tho service or the metallurgists and chemists as tho facts adduced by Professor Huberts Austen. Ho shows that whou oloau surfaoos or lend and gold ure held together in tho absence of air ut it tomporaturo of 10 degrees for 1 days thoy unite firmly and can only bo soparutod by it force initial to one-third or tho brouklng Strain of tho lend. The professor hns ulso proved thut If a pinto of gold bc laid under one of lend about three tenths of au inch thick in three days gold will Imvo risen and diffused itself iho top ofthe olber metnl in a very appreciable quantity. No. 1, ivcst-ouiul jinases Aslieroft Z-i'i dully. No, 2. cub .bound •' " 84*2!) " For full particulars as to rates, time £"c, afpt) to the nearest ticket -.it to A.L. CLEMENTS, or lo Agent, AShcroft, K. J; Oovi.tr, District Passenger agent, Vancouver. 11. C. Canadian Pacific, Kootenay Steamer Li Ai.'owhond-Trail Route, "Nnkuip." You lind out for nothing whether Schilling^ Best (CI liaklllgpoivdci coffee llitvonnt; extract! soda and apices are what you want; for, if not, you get your money again. Por sale by Harvey, Bailey & Co. Kamloops, Yale and Similka- raeen Divisions of Yale District. Notice is hereby given that all placer claims legally held in the Kamloops, Yule and Slmll- kamcen divisions of Yale district, will he laid over from the 1st November to the 1st May ensuing. <■• C. TUNSTALL, 2(3.3 L Uold Commissioner. Kamloops, October 30th, 1607. COLUMBIAN Methodist College, New Westminster, !$■ C (Incorporate! liy Ait of Pnrllnment, ISO-.i This Residential College for both Sexes re-oponed Wednesday September 15th, 1897. An entirely new -iuT n eaeliers I ns liecn -W-ir.-.anil 1 ..rmi'liii'iwill ,.errrveirIn I'rer malory and Coi'ese Uoirrse. ea.l.ni; np 1" Mar. cultitlon in Atli, Law, Civil bnMcerraf, Medicine, Theology am! Provincial I eachere Examinations. Ladles' College Course including Music ami Art. Commercial course including Short Hand nnd Type Wrltlnil. Theological Con ir AYINO, for tire lire! llnre. For further particitlr and prospectus aoply naviculars and |.im-!hvnis am KKV. W. tl. -ASTON. MA, principal Klondike. Cariboo. Tbo undersigned offer ior snlo thoir well-know ti pack train consisting of the following: CO head of pack mules with complete outllt ot packing figging with each mule. 5 head of riding mules with saddles, etc., etc. 8 head of . year old mules with or without packing outfit. These latter are only halter broke, 1 only boll mare with saddle, otc. goes with train. This is without doubt tho most complete packing outfits ia B. C. aud is for sale "eu bloc." Por towns, etc., apply to VIETH & BOI.LA2.D, IJU-lIilo House, B.C. $50 REWARD The above reward wilt be jiaid to any party or parties (or such Information as will lead to the conviction of the party or parties who stole the nut and collar from the saw arhor in the .i'wmlll 1 id on ix in-; to the undersigned company at Man-ion creek, In the fall of I8D0. TiiK-iBBn. Mining a Milling Co., Ltd, North Bend, October 10th, 1807. 3B-lm canadian ^Pacific SOO-PACIFIC LINE, Shortest, Quickest, and Cheaoest ROUTE TO ALL EASTERN TOM'S. W.T. SLAVIN *[/ awl lift CusloiHH Broke) SIDSUV WILLIAMS, 1M.S. j Land Surveyor, (Jlvll Dr.uiL'litsiniiii, // floods. ttmloops, ll. C .P.A.S.I.J.QiUi Eniilnoor autl \o;:i..:oda','.o.i class S'eesp.'.". F/rsl-dass Tourisl Colo;.'i unsurpassed, car, Dini.n* ft Day Codchts Steeping atid Veeji.g ess QUESNELLE MOUTH, D. C. Engluoeihi,-? mil Survey woil;. ..opoit-i 01 |i;>._ilo." oay [io o'-i of La.. joo blsM-*.. HUGH COCHRANE, MINING &GE-ERAL AGENT. N0TATIY PUEI1C. IHAllKKIIVil.l.K, Cni'.boo, ll, c. PETER BURNET, Dominion and Provincial Land Surveyor. ULLOOET. H.C. iiion promptly coin- Surveys if pny tie pie (.-ii. l.pi'iii'e 'en ihe Ut'ooet (■'*■,. 'c; i mineral t shed iit re: SOUTH BOUND; rem! down. !. Wed. Fri. 1 p.m., Do ARROWHEAD " .JJWW-&. NAKUSP ) I'Jn DeJ l s UK.m.&r( ,K)I1S0N 9p.rn.Ar TRAIL TH UOUNO- read up. V:'.n. Ar ARROWHEAD »,;' SI,-!!!; aI|nakus-* ^{robson .,::o i).m. De TRAIL CiiniR-:. oi's at Arrowhead with C.P.R. to < .nun I!eve!stoke and all points east and -i; at I..-);.', p with Nakusp & Slocan R. to I from S'.ocnn points] at Uoli-on wiih (.'. & K. to nntl irnm Nelson and Kootenay Lake -is; nt Trail williC. &\V, R. to anil from •stand; nl Trail wilh Str. "Trail" to and from Wnnelu. Northoort and Sookane. Trail-Northport Route, Steamer '•Trail." (Daily except Sunday.) i Bn.m. De TRAIL Ar -'.so p.m.) ■I Ou.m. At WANKTA De C |i.m ■ ( ■O.-.in.A-jNORTHPORTtle p.m.) onnections at Northport with S.F. & N.R. ■ and from Spokane anil way poinis; at Trail Iih . & WM. tn and frnni Rossland, and it'n Str. "Nakusp" to anil from Hobson, Na- ispnnd Revelstoke. Lake Route, Steamer " Kokanee." (Dally except Sunday.) n. De NELSON Ar0.30a.m.) n. Ar KASLO De 5.30a.m. [ v, .nine oth and every second Sat- wiilfftStcumer leaves "Kaslo at 10 p. i>.-,'s Kerry; returning leaves Hon* ■ Sunday at noon. Hens At Nelson with . & KM. to INiri'im. Trail, Rossland, N ilk lisp, inutl .I'.K. points; at Nelson with R, iu nntl from Spokane nnd way K.'sin wlili K. & S.K. to and hum its* at Uonner's Ferry with U.N.U, Kootenay H.OOi J8 i iiribvVii1' m. fur i:<i ner'a I-'er and .Viii. l,Vvi-'.;n MILLER, ,c, RAYMOND G. I.ii.ial Agent, • AmuM in Uic. MV.I oi hii-hic-si Do you want lnlt ? Dp you wnnt typo . Do you want Btoroo plains ? Do you want to trado Presses t Do yon wnnt to trado Paper OuttorsV Do you wnnt anything in tlio wny of Printing Material ? Correspond with the TORONTO TIT- I'llliiVIIIIV (lo. Mil. J. C, CROME, Agent. O'Ji) Cordova sin-i-i, \ an.oiivcr, H. . NOTICE. October Hth, IS it will h onx McL, yiiuritlinrc amount lu snid lo the F.C.INNES Mining Broker VANCOUVER, 11. 0. 83IMZILIE HOUSE. Stages Each Way Stop Over Night. First Class Accommodation for Guests. Good Bar tn Connection, Good Stabling and Feed for Dorses. A. F. WEBER, : : Proprietor, COLONIAL HOTEL AND GENERAL STORE. SODA CREEK. B. C, R, MeLEESE, Proprietor. A Jit/l assortment of Dry Goo,ls, Roots, and Shoes, Liquors, Cigars, Hard ware, Hay, Grain, and Miners Supplies, at reasonable rates. 1VHOLEHAI.K unit RETAIL. A- & J. McRAE, HOTEL & GENERAL STORE. CaXTESlTELIj-B FOBj B. C. A full assortment of Drygoods, Roots and Shoes, Ltqttot an Cigars, Hard mare, Miners Supplies, Hay, Grain and Slablitt/,. trues right. HOTEl* Newly furnished and refitted. A oiuet boarding and lodging house. liatls reasonable Home cooking. Table supplied with the best in the market, and properly served. MRS. 0, ARMSTPONG, - ■ QUESNELLE, B.C OCCIDENTAL HOTEL QUESNELLE, B.O. New mnuu(iRiut'iit i'or mining men, wall Motel hetulqunrters I'm- 11. X. stages, irnifilipil moms. Table siippiiod with season. Most complete bar in Carihoo. Stables in connection, Iiav anil Outs in quantity. K. HOPUROAMP k A. JOHNSON, Hentlqutt iters everything in I'ropr I'lie i-i*_;ti. is reserved to change tliis sclie dule al any lime without notice. Kor tickets, rates, etc., apply at company'* ofliee. Nelson. T. A" LAN, J- W. TROUP, Skcrbtaby. manager, Nelson. Ii.. CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL RY is llic bcsl line to nnd from Chicago, Mil WMikPC nntl all points East. Willi ils 0,155 miles of thoroughly equipped rond it reaches all principal business centers in Northern minis; Wisonsln, Iowa. Minnesota, Soutn Dakota, North Dakota and Mh Michigan THE ONLY LINE -UUDiDR Eicclilc Lighten umi Slcunv Hcntetl Vcslibuled Trains. 'line, tallies, roups nntl information re- „„',,-» imtlra, inlcs nnd other tlcl-iln S.i« S- 'or1'0 roatlwlil ^ furnished un ".J,., in nny <o,l|iou ticket agonl, or iippucnioB -' jj Q(.ncra| Agin , by addressing u- *J"-"> u"w " ' Portland, Ore. rf mining mil sold. Coi'i'eapondence solicited. All descriptions properties Innm-lit NOTICE. s hereby en thn Plica win lie lll.Kll- in tin- h -i-llUM i-r.-mlriv.il llll province nf Iiritish Cnhiiiiliia ;it Us next -e.- sioii l.v Tlie Trusls ami (iimantee C.niiiiany i Limited i a i-urporati-m iiu-i>rp.ii;ileil in On- i.ii-iu unrU-r "'i'he Oinarin Joint Muck tiiru- panies* Letters Patent Art." and under "Ilie Trials C.iiiiiMiiv Acl is:iri." mi r'u- 'Jllli dav of Ir'ebrnarv. IH!'7. f.iran ;u-, i-ntitinniii^ ami conferring upon it the powi-rs nf the san chiii- punv us the saim- ;n-in-:irr- in the I.el ler- l-atent ileiiiisiteilintlntariiiwiihthei'rr.vnuial Kej-'is- trar and upon the appniv-.il ol ilie I.»■iiieiiiuil ■ (iovi-rnor-in-Conni*il. and with its rnnsent that the said i-innpnny may lie appuinted hv iinv ind.lireof the supreme and enmity conns llf Hie province nl llnli.li f.iliiinl.ia tnexeenle the ntlice of executor, administrator, trnste receiver, asr-if-iiec. ;;nanlian nf minor nr con mitleeof a lunntii without niviii» security; iiml for all further and neees--ir\- powers ai mav lie iiiculeiiial nr conducive to the attain mem of the ahove objects or any of them. Dated October Oth, 1807. HERBKRT I-:. A. KOllKKTSON, « Hnstlon Square. Victoria, H.C, Snlii-itnrforTlie'l'ru.ts and (hiaraiitee Company, Limited. ai-80 MAaorv & co, \Vatcliinnlx.orH, JoTWolors, Opticians. 150 Cordova street, Vnncouver, H.C. ainsprimis 7i> is 7" COSMOPOLITAN KAMLOOPS, B.C. HOTEL. Good Stabling in connection. J. H. RUSSELL, - - - Proprietor. GLOBE LYTTON, HOTE - - B.C. Il rTKI. has bi In consequence of tlie lute fire, the Gloiie removed opposite tlie post office nnd lins tlie same aceommo diilirnis as usual. Coiniirercial travelers' trunks hauled fcr nml frnni station free of clnirge. A. K. HAUT1ER, Pn,[ FURNITURE CARPETS, Ull, CLOTHS ete.,!ctc. Cheapest house on earth, write for prices M. P. CORDON, - KAMLOOPS, B.C. ; jewel- ........ repairs, Mull orders 150 MILE HOUSE The distributing point for all the hydraulic mines at Hoi'^e Fly, NortU and South Fork, aud main Quesnelle River, also the stock ranges of Chileoten and Beaver Lake Valley. Blacksmith, Wheelwright and Wagon Builder. HORSE SHOEING A SPEC IA LT V. Irou. Strrirl rrirrl 'I'lmlter kept In stock, ait- a ntuuk ol Eastern marie CtrrUnc Buu'iiie, mil Uond Carts k,-|rl. on liniitl nt reduced prices, nntl nlso mado to order. Manufacturer of " Tiro l.i'limnn Tire Setter " wlilcli all Blacksmiths should u«e. All work wonnntcd, nntl uriccs lower than ever. An assortment of Collins and Caskets always ou lraud. ASHCUOFT, - - - - - - B. C. E. C. PRIOR & Co Ltd Victoria, Vancouver, Kamloops. DKAl.RRS IN Agricultural Implements of all kinds lurccst stock In (hi- province anil best assormentt American Bain wagons also Canadian Bain suitable for frclchtlim and farm purposes. Buggies Carts, Spring Wagons. all at prices to suit the times. Orders filled promutlv. C. H. GIBSON. NOTICE. is hereby glved that thirty days afterdate! tow-fld making application to i ho ch'of ooimii'-.s-o lev of lands and wo-.ks for poi-JMss'oa to lease eighty notes of meadow laud about four tiiilos i_0-i.il wost of the SvMilo House ou tho Cnriboo woffOD toad, bordering on un uuuantod luko, oomiuenclu^ lit a stake marked "A" tueuoeeast20 chain. , thenco north *20 chalus, theuoe west 2( j chains, thenco south 'JO ohaida to th' 3 initial post marked "A"1 D.D, O0..1.B?.-, , 87-MIIg Houso, B. C. 50th Sept. 1807 . At tt is Point will be found a good assortment of fiENER.U MERCHANDISE & MINERS SUPPU ES Also one cf the besi Hotels on the route Information cheerfully given VEITH & BORLAND, Proprietors and Stock Raisers. NOTICE. Sixty days niter tlutc I in trnil lo ui't-Iy \o f lie L-liic?c()iiiinissi(ini--rtii InitclBtlllU wiirks, for IK r- --Ion to pnrL-l111.1L'luu Bcrca nf imsionil f-*i >d Bltua liiiHt near Uie Allttlll lllkc Utid LBOMHoHotit WPffffOIl rtiacl, about one mile smith from Chin ncy creuk, tli.in_L-t.n-t -10 chains, Un.-iRc.om 'i 40 cnalpB, thence'wert 40 chains, ihence mwi n to stnitltiB point. L, A. HOK'l'ANO. Sprhiff House, B. C-, 1st Oct. 1807. 84-^ 1 R. Wharf Street. Ltd- VICTORIA, R. C. p.RITHET &. CO WHOLESALE MERCHANTS, SHIPPING AND INSUHANCI MEAT MARKET WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. Mam treet, Attention and atisfaetioitgutiranteed to customers. AHCROFT.B C. Agents for: Fioiirlnir Hills d'o., (ir Kutlerby. ., ,„ *.?"*.Karg0*,Vn"","b, Vif smam\I'twccn VKiovlnanil l*„.i-c Ojast i'iimslii|i co'.s li/" •" ™ '■"" "" San Frniicisco. Soda Creek-Quesnelle. The Steamer "Charlotte" will leave Soda Creek .ov Quesnelle on Wednesdays antl Sundays. Returning will leave Qucsnelle lur Soda Creek on Tuesdays and Saturdays, making close connection with the B. C. Express both ways. During the season of navigation goods consigned lie- youd Quesnelle will lie stored and forwarded free of charge for such storage and forwarding. JAMES REID, Manager. LOCAL NBWS, Sovortil potty robborloa Imvo takou lilnwj horo ilitriirB tbo |mHl wook. Sovrrrol oar lontls r.r Anltorolt pota- loon have boon shsiipoil wost iii tlm prist wook. B, Olrrrrito, BtlllOI-lutOlldoUt Ot tlio brlilRO dopiiiliiionl, 0. P. H„ was in town tlio lirst uf llio wook. ,1. II. Quiuu of Briilgo Orook wns ron jitJ nt tbo Ashoroft botol Tlmrsrlny. A fow moro nocossriry Improvements huvo boon iiiurlo iirouuil tbo 0. P. 11. BtlltlOU I],iiisr. Vostorduy, Novombor 5tli, wns llio iinnivorsuiy "IHro GunpOWllor Plot, (luy I'-uwkos' rlrry. in nr-liM'TT'tiil- 1 i A low of tbo boys colobnitod Hul Imvooir in town, us v.us quito noticcublo Monday mornlus, Moudiiy's Btiwo tn Lillooot took Hi" tollowiti- ixiamii-orai WIlHiitn llnly- moro, A. U. (Iruy und 11. Atwood. Miss Northootto, or Vio.tririir, ll slstor •>t Mrs. B. Bowron, of Qttoniollo, wont np mi Monday's slngo ou a visit. 0. Wlillior wont ni' "ii Un' stugo Monday ti iko iirmuit nts for tbo tyiui! up of tbo stoutitor Charlotto In ber wintor qniu'tors. li. 11. Anderson, of Quosuollo, who oiuiro dowu lust wook willi tin- piisouor Williiiins, to lho Kiimloops jnil, ro turned homo Monday morning. Tlm diinoo proposod liy thoyo Hilt pooplo will tako i.liioo in llio town mil >n Monday ovoniug next. t'lius. 1' lio uiul Mrs. Potlllio of Ponuloston sporrt, Sunday und Mini lay In luwn visiting t'rioiuls. Thn wintor sorvico mi tho OkauaRau branch ot tho 0. 1'. R. went into ott'eet yesl orday, Trains now loavo Slcamoits Monday, Wednesday mid Saturd y. Mr. Tbotuas Crosby, presideut ot tho Methodist Couferonoo in British Columbia will looturo in tho Town hull on Tuesday, Nov. Oth. Subject. "Experiences of 11 Missionary." I'\ W. Foster is having an addition built on tho mu* of bis largo general store ut Ashcroft lo bo used for the milliuory ami dressmaking department of his establishment. Claims are still being sold in Lillooet of Bridge river property and u few of tho prospectors have a winter grub stake. Business is protty lively and from tho appearance of things in goneral it will keep up. Miss Blanche Hall will leave iu a low days for Clinton, where sho will lie employed in _?, W. Foster's store iu connection with olllce work. Miss Hull has mauy friends iu Ashcroft and they will be pleased to hear of hor success at Clinton. Monday night or Tuesday morning some of tbe hoys who wore out on a timo, broke ouo of the panes of glass in the bow window or tho new annex of the Ashcroft hotel. The pooplo who cut up late at uight should bo moro careful in the future as tricks of this kind put people to groat inconvenience. Chas. A. Semliu, leader of the opposition iu the Provincial legislature, is on a tour of the Kootenay districts, accompanied by P, C. Cotton, M. P. P., of Vancouver, to enlighten thomsolvos on the needs of the country. Tho opposition party are confident or success at the next election. Smith .t Bryson, general blacksmith, etc., received this week per C. P. K. a ear loud or new sleighs aud wagons for tho Cariboo trade. They havo a full assortment of both kinds of sleighs and wagons for freighting and farm use. See their stock beforo purchasing elsewhere, us they can quote you prices which will suit any person. The Lillooet people are well satis- lied with the postal facilities now in forco thore, the transferring of tho post ofllco and inaugurating tho money order business, whicli is now fully established, and so far as Lillooet is concerned is now on an equal footing witli other important towns in British Columbia. Thc semi-weekly mail service between Ashcroft and Lillooet direct is vory much appreciated. John A. Murray of the llrm of Hurley it Murray, proprietors of tho Hotel Victoria at Llllooet came iu on Tuesday's stago and went up to Kamloops the samo evening to visit his old friend Alox. McLean, formerly champion oarsman of British Columbia, and who '•Johnny1' trained for yoars. Ho roports busincs'i good aud is vory cn- thusiastic over tho late strikes made in the Bridge river sectiou. The addition to the Hotel Victoria is about completed aud tbo furniture, etc., is all ready to bo put hi. Mr. Murray re- returncd home yesterday, S. Tlngloy will build an oflluo on his ■oporty behind the B. X, oflluo for his own use. Work will bo coinmoueed in a few days. DRY GOODS, CENTS' FURNISHINGS ami HOOTS & SHOES. ,1, McPhoo's road gang and .1. l'.aton larpentoi'S outfit moved west t Kpinco's Bridge this wook, whoro they will do some work. The foundation Tor lho Methodist church is boiug prepared ou Bancroft street aud work will bo commenced shortly on tho building. Milton Clemouts, for tho past few months connected with the B. X. stables ut Hat Creek, is now employed nt Trim A- Haddock's livery stable. J. li. Groonllold, of the post olllco Inspector's stall', oamo over from Lillooet last Suturdny ovoniug where ho had boon transferring tho pout olllco business. Mr. J. H, Vicars has assumed the du ties of Provincial Jail warden, in place of W. J. Norfolk, who has filled the position temporarily since 0, S. Bachelor resigned. Mrs. Foster and tho Misses Foster, and F. W. Foster, jr., camo dowu from Clinton Saturday and left lhe same evening for Victoria to spend the next fow months at their wintor residence thero. L. M. Lapointo, the well-known cattle man, has just cotnpletod the purchase iu eastern Oregon of about 0,000 sheep, Theso will bo fed thore nnd brought over to the coast in carload lots as desired. Mrs, Bowron, wife of John Bowron Kold commissioner of Cariboo, camo dowu on Tuesday's staffe accompanied by her sister, Mrs. Moody, from the B3-Milo House, whore she had gone to meet hor, on their way to Victoria to visit relatives. C. C. Westfold aud A. MeNaught, engineers, who havo beeu looking attho obstructions in the Fraser river abovo Quesnelle returned Tuosduy evening by stage and loft tho same uight for the west, where they will make tlieir report to tho government. A. F. Webber, who lately sold his stock at the Hit.Mile Houso, is in town, having straightened up his business allairs and will probably leave for Don- mark about Tuesday night with his children. He will most likely return to this country in a short lime. James Francis, who was hurt a cou. pie months ago, iu the Koso CJulch hydraulic mine near Quesnello Forks, by a slide, camo down on the stago Tuesday and wont to tho coast where he will receive medical attendance. In tho accident ho had olgbt ribs and his leg broken iu two places. He received all the medical aid possible at the Forks. D. Murphy, barrister, etc., has opened up business iu Ashcroft, having his olllce in the front of the new annex of tho Ashcroft hotel. Mr. Murphy is au old timer iu this part of thc country, and his abilities as a lawyer well known to the public. Mrs. Murphy, who has beon at tho const for some time through illness, is slowly recovering. I). O'Hara was up at Kamloops and Ducks interviewing Hewitt Bostock, M. P., this wook. Mr. Bostock will likely visit Ashcroft tho lirst of tbo ok. Tho Interior department at Ottawa has adopted "Klondike," as the official spelling Tor the famous river. "Stick- ine" will be lho correct spelling horu- aflor, Instead or "Hllckeeu," Mr. Brlgbtun of San Francisco, who hns spent some time iu tho Horsefly nnd Forks Quosnelle, lookiug at tho mining operations going on, rotutuod Tuesday night and left for the wost. Friday morning, tbe snow fall at Barkervlllo was 14 Inches and still snowing! Quesnello had a light shower of rain; Soda Croek lino weather, and at the l">0-Milo House two inches of snow. Ool, Wright relWPpd from tbe coast last night, whero ho Imd boon for thp past week. He Intirvtewed Hon. Clifford Sifton and explained the neces- snry improvements that tho district needed. (i. GillesplB, of tllO imnkpf B.C. ind Messrs. Bannister and Uavrldgo of Vnncouver, spont about a wook at the 70-Mile House on a shooting oxpe. podition, returning Woduosday eve- ultltf by special. flore New Goods Arrived this week. See them This month lins been a record breaker with us, which shows ihat our Well-Assorted and Up-to*Date Stock, together with the Low Prices, aro being appreciated by the public. Over.-*line's nnd .lubber** for Men, Women nnd Children just arrived. Every Customer is pleased with the beautiful Silverware we nre giving away Free, Larue numbers of letters aro being received daily by tho merchants and at this ofllco asking for information concerning the Asbcroft route to tho Yukon. All available news at band is sent these enquirers and without a doubt tho crowd that will go in via Ashcroft will surpriso everybody in this vicinity as the numbor will bo twice what is anticipated. Tho trail will bo gone over as early as possible and tbo government will do what is necessary to have it put in condition. Tbo rivor iui provomeuts for which an appropriation will bn made, will be most likely passed by an order in council, work will then bo able to bo pushed ahead this year and early next spring. Tli telegraph officials iu selecting tho Asbcroft route shows its feasibility us thoy have thoroughly looked into tbe routes with tbo intention of seeing which was the bost for tho laying of tho wire, This means that as soon as capital takes things iu band a railway will be built from Ashcroft connecting tbo proposed railway from Telegraph crook to Teslin lako. The distances, cost, etc., of the railway survey, of building a road up tbo Bonaparte has been pub Iished in other issues of tho Journal aud is approved of hy all surveyors and engineers who have investigated the different surveys and routes. Mr. V, Bai'iihavdt, who until a few weeks ago was a conductor on the C. P. R„ has leased the Belle Vuo Hotel at Mission-City from Mr. Whidebuuk, and assumed charge of that well-known hostelry oil Monday last, tho 1st., lnst, Mr. Bnrnbardt, it will be remembered, was in charge of the lirst train that steamed into Vaucouver on May 23, 1887, aud has u largo circle of friends hero who will wish him success in his new venture. News-Advertiser. Wm. Rogers, who is known ull nloug the Cnriboo roud, and who mado a trip up to Quesnollo witb Harry Strout's ox-team lately, is iu town suffering from a sore eye. While bunting for tbe cattlo in the brush up tho road he run against a spruce branch which struck hint in tho eye, causing considerable pain. Everything possible w,.*. dono for bim, relieving the pain somewhat, but bo has not been ablo to use tbo sight of his eye since. He will go to the coast iu a fow days to consult au ocoulisl. His many friends hope that ho will not lose Ibo sight of his eye. R, II. Campbell aud son came dowu ou tho stage Tuesday from Harkerville where Mr. Campbell had beon setting up the elevators for the Cnriboo fluid Fields Company. This company will bo able to commence operations the lirst thing next season. The deepchan nol diggings iu tho Horsefly, which Mr. Campbell hns been superintending are still successful so fnr us they havo gone nnd he is well pleased with the results. Next Spring work will be coinmoueed again and success is hoped for on all sides. Mr. Campbell loft for the coast, where he will spend a few days beforo going to Culiforuiu for the winter. For the convoutonoo oi tlm publto and until such time as private boxes ere placed iu the post ofllce, tho ofllco will tin pppH every Sunday morning for the distribution o. mail mutter on l.v. from 10 to I0.:m o'clock. M'ARTHUR «HARPER, ASHCROFT, B C .), Hunter, who has been teaming on tbo Cariboo rond for some time, shipped his teaming outfit this wook to th o point of construction of tho Crow's Nest Pass Railway. The outfit consisted of two carloads. John C. Woods and party left Ashoroft this wook with about eight horses ona prospecting trip. Tbo party will spcud most of tho winter iu the vlolu- ity of Chimney creek and will proceed thenco to the Omenica aud Casslar districts. Thc B. X. stuge lino will only ruu one through stage a week to Barker- ille for the rest of the winter, leaving ovory Monday morning. The steamer Charlotte is luid up for tho winter and stages will run between Soda Creek und Quesnelle. J. C. Cruse, station agent at Savonas is at the coast, this week on his holidays, and will take in the Sound cities also. Mr. Wood is relieving bim of his duties during his absence. Mrs. Cruso left about a week ago with ber mother for the Northwest, where they will visit for awhile. J. Patterson, who prospected for quite a while around Ashcroft, last summer, and who owus a couple of claims in tho Highland valley, returned Friday from a few mouths' trip iu the vicinity of Quesnello Forks. He goes to the const iu a fow days with the intention of disposlug of his Highland valley property. Joe Peiletlcr, alias "Cariboo Joe," and W. Little, who stolo a band of horses lust week from near Kamloops, belonging to Vic and others, and started for the States with them, were arrested over in the Gruuite Creok country aud brought back to Kamloops. Great credit is due to the provincial officers who effected tbeir capture. Robert Stevenson, of the Granite Creek Mining Company, was up before the magistrate at Nicola last week on a chargo laid hy H. Hunter, assessor at Granite Croek, of not furnishing information of tho amount of gold taken out iu tho washup of tho company's ground during May and September. Mr. Stevenson furnished tbe desired information to the magistrate. Walter Byron, who assaulted and robbed a cbinamau near Luduer's Landing last week, and who escaped from Constable Bullock-Webster while being taken to jail, was arrested Wed nesduy by Constable Burr and Detective Sutherland about seven miles east of Ashcroftaud brought to towu. Constable Marquette of Mission came up and took the prisoner down to Westminster Thursduy uight. L. G. Burns, proviucial constable at Lillooet, passed through towu last Saturday evening on bis way to Vancouver, to complete a deal ou some mineral claims which he owns ou Bridge rivor. Tbe ofrer was 825,000. Besides those chums he also owus several others which are equally ns good, He had some lino samples which ho exhibited to a fow while iu town. Mr. Burns' many friends will bo pleased to hear of his good luck. Tho Hon. G. B. Martin, Chief Com missioner of Lands und Works, has made n donation of Sii to the Kamloops Knot hall Club, and has promised a silver cup to bo competed for by tho football clubs of tbe Interior. Football is essentially a winter's game and wheu oneo it gets tube understood by tho players, is sure to tako a firm bold, The fact tbat a cup bos been promised is sure to put enthusiasm iuto many of the surrounding clubs, and next year wo may safely say tbat football will bo one of the recognised games of the Iutcrior. Some bard contests will bo fought for the cup.--Sentinel, Just received frum the east n consignment of the latest model for 1897 of AIR TIGHT HEATERS FIRST-CLASS Goods at Riglit Prices. Mail Orders looked after promptly. J. H. Clements, Druggist and Stationer, ASHCBOFT, - BC ary s famous COOK STOVES fin and Sheet Iron Waro made to order AU or promptly filled. )UM0ND, Aslicrolt, It ('. ASHCROFT HOTEL, CARIBOO <_te LILLOOET STAGE TRAVEL, CLINTON and way points—Monday, Wednesday and Friday. ALL POINTS IN CARIBOO Monday. LILLOOET direct Monday aud Friday. Through and return tickets at reduced rates. Special conveyances f urn ishod. BRITISH COLUMBIA EXPRESS Company, Ltd Wm. Lyne, Proprietor. Dirodly opposite Depot, ASHCROFT, B.C This Hotel has beon lately refitted and refurnished, new wing, HO x 20 feet, containing nineteen rooms, incl ing hath and sample rooms, will he opened by Oct. 1st. Good table and good service. The only first-class Hotel in town, Work on the Golden River Quesnelle dam near the Forks is cutting down its staff of men for the winter. Captain Scott, of Princeton, has gono to the old couutry iu couuectiou with tho Anglo-American Miniug Company's business of Similkamccn. Tho Canadian Pacific Railway Company's earnings for the week ending October 31st were 8853,000; for the same week his t year, $790,000. N. Clark Wallace, M.P. for West Vork, and grand master of the Orange Association of Canada, Is at prosent visiting Kamloops looking ut tho miniug properties in which he is interested. The report is published at Ottawa that Mr. W. W. Mclunes, M.P.. of Nanaimo, is likely to resign bis seat in the Dominion Parliament aud cuter local politics as a member of Premier Turner's cabinet. George Adams, who was for yoars C. P. R. baggage-man ou tbo express train, and who left for tbo Klondike gold fields during the rush was drowned in some of tbe rivers of that district. He was well known all along the railway. One of the police patrols sent to survey the overland route from Edmonton has forwarded bis report to Ottawa to the effect that the trail is practically impassible ftom fallen timber uud a large stretch of alkali country. W. S. Gore and wife came in from Big Bar Saturday afternoon where be had been superintending the const ruction of tbe dredge recently built there. It Is running first rate at present aud about a dozen meu are stilt retained around the dredger. The success of tbis dredger will be a great epoch iu the history of Cariboo. The death occurred Tuesday at New Westminster of Flora Ross, who for many years' past has beeu matron of the provincial asylum for the insane iu that city. Mrs. Ross was formerly a resident of Victoria, the Ross family having large interests there. The funeral will take placo at New1 Westminster. Tho Atlautlc mail business wns settled today. Tho Beaver Line gets tho contract for -E500 for each weekly trip from Liverpool to St. Johu, calling at Halifax coming and going. Tbe amount is tho same as tho Allans have been receiving. Tho only possibility of a hitch being likely to arise is tbat tbe Cauadlau Pacific, which is workiug with the Beaver Lino, objects to Halifax as a port of call, Audrew Ouderdouk, tho well-known railway contractor, narrowly escaped losing his life lu thc terrible accident to the New York Central express near Poughkeepsie, ou the Hudson, last weok. He was proceeding from Montreal to New York, but, for somo roasou got off north of Albany. Tho sleeping eur In which he had his berth was submerged aud every passenger lu it either killed or drowned, Mr. Ouderdouk hns had a few close calls, but this may rank as the closest of all. Mr. Ouderdouk bad the contract of building tho Canadian Pacific from tbe coast to Kamloops aud is well known to old timers along the railway. G. E, Johnson, proprietor of the Car- gile House, was over to Lillooet last week on a visit, "Go it. Vancouver aud Viotorla! One of you may bo the Liverpool und the other the London of Canada, but without us, the Newcastle of Canada, you can do nothing—you'd freoze,"—Nanaimo Review. Freight Shipments. Below will be fouud the date of do part-ore, teamster aud destination of nil freight shipped north by Ashcroft forwarding agents. CM. 20, K Maxwell, Quenni'lle..... . n.o»o " ao, Si-dii & i-'_._-_iiT.it. H;itk j. urn.*.- i:..n:.(i '* :.n. li Ar.l-.uu-. I.illm.i. 3.0-15 Nov. 1..I Unlhnn, 1B0 ... 12.B00 " I. 11 C Rayson &Co. 150 H.500 " l.W llnutii-r. tjm.-A-Sml;i O. . l'-!.»U0 " 2, J .M YotMoti. Lilli'Wl *• :i. (i Adams UllmuM " 3, K Ynreton. Ullooet " 8, M Kllliim. Soda Creek.... " 3, M Hnrn.. Clinton " I. D McLcod. 150 " 4. J (Jaiinon. Clinton. " 4, P Onrrlgnn, Pavillion.. ... " ■!. J Jackni.m. Chum Creek.., 4, W Patrick, 2,000 11,800 . 5,:mn *J,One 1,200 . 7.0UH . 7,000 .111.710 "Women," said tho cyuieal boarder, "seem to bc an utter failure as negro minstrels." "Of course," said tbe Cheerful Idiot. "It is too much of il strain for a woman to keep her face corked up for three hours." "Will auy man in this audience who has suffered ueglect at homo owing to his wife's attention to public duty, rise and show himself?" screeched woman's righter at a crowded mooting iu London recently. Oue man jumped to bis feet aud held up his right hand, lt was her husband. "Fathor," said the son, "I havo not taken a drop for throe mouths." The father consented to trent his sou to a cocktail as a reward for his abstinence, but remarked as he saw bim drinking it: "Tommy, I kuow 1 am driving a nail into your coffin." "Drive in auother nail, father," wus Tommy's smart rejoinder. ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that ull debts-owing to the estate of the lale Louis Morgan must he paid to me on or hefore November 27th, 1B07. All parties linvlng claims agntnsi llio said estate will please send them In to me duly certified on or before snid date. Sfl-20 JOHN' A. PRASER, Official Administrator. Qucsnelle, October aoth, ihov. PACK HORSES For Sale. The undersigned is prepared tu fur uish to auy ouo requiring tbo samo pack animals in auy number up to 500, well broken aud for saddles and packs for -328 each. Correspondence solicited. Ashcroft, B. 0. B. F, English, Tbo undersigned is prepared to arrange for tbo wintering of it lurgo number of horses at reasonable rates. Write or call at tho store. F. W. FOSTER. Ashcroft, October Uth, 1807. CAMPBELL. BROS. Blacksmiths and Wagon Makers. Wagons and Haggles made to order with fhe best of material. Horse shoe- ng a specially, Shop next to Collins 6* Haddock's stables Quesnelle - Quesnelle QXJE3lSr*J_E_IX_iX_i-E-!- Tho undersigned having just laid in a large and well elected stock of Groceries, Clothing, Boots nnd Shoes Miuing Outfits, and a General assortment of Hardware. is prepared to give good satisfaction iu prices and quality of goods as the following will show: Xo. 1 llice $8 per 100 pouuds. Extra '• fl " Granulated sugar 9.25 " Granulated sugar in 10ft sacks 1.00 Bacon, dear sides smoked 16. cents lb. Beans (ij " Flour Hungarian and X X X X $t)5 Other goods equally low. Cr_-.3Vn.--S IR-EI-D. 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. Coods Guaranteed. Oualitv. Hang, Bailey k Co. General Merchants, ASHCROFT, BRITISH COLUMBIA. We keep constantly on hand a Large and Well-assorted Stock of General Merchandise. Prospectors and Miners going iu via ASHOROFT To Cariboo, Omenica, Cassiar, Lake Teslin, or through to • • XSLlLiO-N'.DIX.L-E.I Will do well to examine our Stock and Prices. jy Correspondence solicited and information given to parties contemplating a trip to the gold mines of British Columbia aud thc Yukou district.
Title changes in chronological order: The British Columbia Mining Journal (1895-05-09 to 1896-05-02), The B.C. Mining Journal (1896-05-09 to 1899-04-29), and Ashcroft Journal (1899-05-06 to 1967).
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