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'•ii>™.yorti„.u,g;3iu(i Assembly ° , „. E B.C. MINING JOURNAL. t VOT. so. n9 ASHCROFT, BRITISH COLUMBIA. JANUARY 29. 1898. $2.00 PER YEAR CARIBOO! RSEFLYI - FORKS QUESNELLE! W.B.BAILEY i GO, STORAGE AID FORWARDINC AGENTS. (jroods received, Stored and Forwarded with dipatcli to any point in the Interior reached by wagon or pack train. Consign yon goods to onr care and we will settle railway charges and ship on to destination with least possible delay. W, 11. IIA1L-V A COMPANY. \Sllr'l:ilKI U. < CLINTON HOTEL, Ci..t„n,iu BOARD HND LOUUIf-G BV THE DAY, WEEK OR MONTH. Hot Wh Llll.i ml i'ii;ii11_>. Gimd mulillno. Hrntlqunrlert for ibo Curllin- Irotk lutes of atngtia. IIinning mul Hailing In ihc vicinity. MAI.SUAIX j. S\ 1T1I. Proprietors, F. VV. FOSTER -SHCBOFT, CLINTON. -llt-CT IMl'OllTEB OF General Merchandise. Headquarters for Miners and Ranchers .Supplies, Flour, Rice, Sugar, Rock and Fin. Salt, Coal Oil, Blacksmiths and House Coal, and all heavy goods purchased in carload lots ami prices light. liirling end Pack Saddles Hunters Outfits, Rilles, Shot (inns, Ammunition, etc, Sole Agent fot Giant Powder Company oj San Francisco, full stock on hand a, tiieii ne:o magasine, Fuse, Caps, etc., etc. Geo. Gage ie Sons ceMrated Dominion Hire Bed Springs, Mallraises, Pillows, &-e. HOUGH -- DKESSEI, LUMBER, SHINGLES, LATHS, P1CI.II. MII.I.INKKV AND DRESSMAKING department under compelen. rrlrliriijjoinr'llt irr connection with store lit Ashcroft. GOODS RECEIVED and forwarded to all parts of the upper countrj ut reduced tntos. 0. P. il. SIDING to warehouse and special facilities for handling goods Orders, and enquiries by mail trnvo orompt attention. F. W, FOSTER, IACKAY SADDLERY AND HARNESS CO. UANUrACTUltEHS AND IM. 0.11-1.8 OF .addles, Harness, Bridles, Trunks, Whips, Spurs, and Harness Trimmings. REPAIRING DONE WITH NEATNESS AND DESPATCH All orit- /".' mail promptly attended lo and satisfaction guaranteed ASHCROFT. : : : ■ B. C. CARIBOO EXCHANGE HOTEL. A, H. Walters Proprietor. Board and Lodging at reasonable rates Corner of Htiilronil Avonuo and Third Street. rim & Haddock, LIVERY, SALE & FEED STABLE. ASHOROFT AND LILLOOET. Saddle, Puck and Driving Horses for salt! and liirc Rigs 4cept.it both stubles. Special trips made tu Lillooet or points in Cnriboo at any ime Wire nf our expense fur rigs, WHOLES Al Jfl A Nil IIKI'AII, IH.AM.US IN HAY AND OBAIN. ciTizt_r.-s conniTTEB, Tho following letter wns written at tho suggestion of tbo chief commissioner of lands and works so that tho matter could bo brought up at the noxt regular meeting of tlio cabinet. F. S. Reynolds whilo in Viotorla this week, interviewed Hon. Colonel Baker, Attorney-General Bbortsund Qold Com mlssioner Goro und euch promised their influence to procure a favorable answer to tho request, and it may lie set down as certain that urged on as il will bo by tho members from Ci Ullooot and Yalo, that steps will he taken at oneo to bridge stronms and es tablish forrlos, nud any othor work dono Hint, muy bo noodod to have the overlaud trull iu llrst-uluss condition for tho overland truffle very enrly in lho spring. It has been recommend ed to thu department hy Major Perry who Is iu chargo of lhe mounted politic atrairs for thla sootlon, thnl n bulyof police will be sent. In inly in lliospl'llig via Ashoroft and Qtiosnello It uruph creek. This wilt no doubl hi done. The Hire is now so Midi on horses that to send Hi m by water In tho our ly spring is beyond the moans of tlio ordinary prospootor and menus praotloiilly 8100 per head front \ oroft, provided shipment could h mado on lho river steamers early spriug from Wrangel to Gh Asa fact no horses will be ship] any prlco for some mont lis nftc rivor opons, as with ihe enormous traffic oil'orlug. The start inn of tho work on the Cas- inr Central railroad I'rom Tolegraph orook to Dense lnke, nnd the C. 1'. I., building from Tolegraph creel, to Lnke Teslin, with the thousands ot men and outfits to no forward it will bo almost impossible to ship horses at any price. The moral is plain, go overlaud with animals and if you do not, need them aftor arrival, you vill have no trouble selling them at several times their cost tn Ashcroft, Victoria, B. C, Jan. 24., 18118. To The Hon. G. B Martin, Commissioner of Lauds uud Works, Victoria, B. C. Sir: The committee appointed somo months siuco nt a public meeting held at Ashcroft, to ask thnt action be taken by tho Government regarding some needed improvements on the overland trail from Quesnollo via Hazel- ton to Telegraph Creok, uud who nt that time communicated with the Government on tho subject and wore favored with tho reply stating thut the subject was under consideration, and something would be done its soon ns tho proper season arrived, would most respectfully add to their request made at that time, that from tho now well known fact that thousands of pospec- tors and miners will undertake the trip across with horses and cattle in thc early spring, ft is most imperative to our interests that they be enabled to make tho trip in ns short u timo us possible. More than two thousand letters from parties representing approximately 10,000 men havo beeu received in Ashcroft alone, and from men or parties wbo have expressed their intention of going iuto tho country abovo Telegraph creek over this trail. We would most respectfully cull to your attontlon tho fact that a few bridges should be built early, such as can be readily built with material on the spot, and two or threo ferries established, nnd some fallen timber, thut In some places somewhat obstructs thc trail,should bo removed, All of this work can bo doue during lho month of April, if not earlier, if parties will be sent in from different points, viz: from Quosnelle, Hazleton and Telegraph Creek. If this is dono it will obviate all danger of a blockade ou thc trail and will be thoroughly appreciated by the residents oftho interior, merchants, stock men und prospectors. We do uot ask for expouslve bridges, costly ferries nor a great amount of work on the trail, but do earnestly ask, that u few thousand dollars be expended ut tho earliest time possible in tho season und before high water gives trouble to the thousands that will be ou tho trail by May of the present yeur. 1 havo tho honour to be, Sir, Your obedient servant, P. S. Reynolds. Oftho Citlzou's Committee. Ashcroft, B.C. <r__ "*< v_. w .ty'te^'*". 4S. TliUiUKAI'll UNI! TO Till: K-ON-IKU, £*wfet - M I'i.i J. | "A Was There In 1863. Ex-Mayor D, M. Drumholler, ono of lho pioneers of the stato, vice-president of tho Traders' National bank and a mun whoso knowledge of tho trails und roads of the Pacific northwest is of tho best, is woll informed concerning a largo portion of tho spokano overlaud routo to tho Klondike nud believes it offers a practicable and inexpensive method of reaching the placer diggings of tho north oountry. He has personally traveled over much of tho routo and friends who have traveled over tho remainder havo told of its features. To a Spokesman-Review reporter hist evening Mr, Drumholler Said: "In 1902 I weut through from Walla, Walla with a band of cattlo to tho Car fled iu taking tho trail from Ashcroft until tho 1st of Muy. The suow stnys ou until about thut timo. Theu it goes oil'and the succeeding warm weather brings the grass out early und in pro fusion. If I wero going in I should start betweon th? 1st imd 15th of April, according to whether the season was early or not, and follow tho grass in." How about driving cattlo to Telegraph creok from Spokane1." Mr. Drumholler was nsked. Heroplied: "It would not bo wise to attempt it. Not thnt the rond isn't ull right, though. Thero aro fow cuttle in eastern Washington und thoy tiro high. There uro lots of cattlo in British Columbia which can be bought for about 85 a head less than ou this side tho lino. By buying there you lan also save tho Canadian import [duty, iboo country. I wintered tho stock | "Why don't they drive some of their about six miles from Ashcroft uud did I cattle here for market?" uot hnvo to feed them all winter. They "On account of the customs rcgulti- kept rolling fat on tho bunch grass. Through Chilcotin to thc Telegraph Troll. We are iu receipt of tho following letter uccomanicd by a sketch map showing tho Chilcotin wagon road as far as Alexis crock or some miles beyond) judging from tho sketch. The feed is early iu that section find if as mauy peoplo as now seems probable travel tho overland route, no doubt many will seo tho udvuutngcs of goiug tho Chilcotin road. Tho trail ut lho ond of tho Chilcotin wagon road connects with tho Tolcgruph trail just north of the Blackwater and is said to bo llrsi-clnss with good feed along it. IIima;villc, ll.C, January Slat, IBOB Kditoh Minino Jouiinal,—Donr sin Lei me point out Id yon thu highway from Ashcroft lo Tclugrnpli Creek, as per sketch enclosed* If there is good feed tip lhe wngon mad, how al>(.ut tin*- Clillcolln plains. There isa wagon road frnni Aslicrolt as far as marked on sketch. nnd from there on to Telegraph trail tt good pack road. I.UelleVe the route is -hotter (him tlie wagon roadi nnd certainly much thc host lu point of (CCd. Youra truly NORM AN LlilC. Tho climate of Ashcroft is about tho samo as Spokane, except that probably less suow falls thero than here. I spent aycarand a hnlf at that time in tho Cariboo couutry. Whut do I consider the best route from Spokane to Ashcroft? Well, there uro several routes. I havo no particular choice, but if I was going myself I would go by way of Davenport nud Wilbur, cross tho Columbia rivor at Wild Goose Bill's ferry, cross the reservation aud striko tbo Okanogan *lver at Alma, thenco to Loomis. Here it is a short distance to the Similiku- meon river, which I vf5fild cross at Bortrand's ferry, then follow tho rivor to Princeton, cross tho low divide separating tho Similikameeu uud Nicola rivers, when yon striko a level country extending all the way to Ashcroft. The Ilrst time I went up I followed the Okanogan to Osoyoos luko, then along tho Okanogan lakes and on by way of Kamloops. This is a good road, My chief objection to the road by way of Marcus and Midway is that it is through a rough country, uud longer than tho others. You pass through a well settled country all tho way to Ashcroft except about 30 miles on tho Nicolu divide. 1 can start from Spokuuo and with easy riding stop ut a farm houso every night nil tho way to Quesnelle. Tho road from Ashcroft to Quesnollo is the government road which was built whon I was up thoro. It is liko a turn pike. In fact it is tho (luost road I ovor saw. When I went in I followed tho trail taken by a party in 1861. The party had twenty heavily loaded ox teams aud wont through from Wulluhi to Ashcroft. They rafted their stuff on the lakes. tions. All imported cattle have to remain in quarantine OOdays before thoy can outer the United States. There is only oue quarantine station iu Washington, at Port Towuseud. Imported cattle are subject to a 20 per cent, ad valorem duty also, so It would uot pay to import cattle from British Columbia." "How many horses should a man hnvo who wants to go ovor tho ovorlund route?" "That depends upon circtimstnuces. If heouly wants to go straight through to Toslln lake three are enough—one to rldo and two to pack. I figure it is about a 50-day trip to Teslin lako aud that 150 pounds of grub would bo all he would need on tho trip in. "With light packs from 20 to 25 miles a day could be made. It might bo possible to muke as high as 30 milos a day with light pucks and good horses."-— Spokesman-Review, "Dick" Smite ts Dead. Tho stid news comes of the death, on January 17. in California, of "Dick" Slotfo, known to most of thu old miners of Cariboo. Stejro wus born in Bremen, Germuny, iu 1830 aud tit tho ago of 22 left tho fatherland and emigruted to British Columbia. Ho traveled about tho country prospootiug, Anally settling at Rlohfleld, Cariboo, where he started tho Richfield holel, of whicli ho was the proprietor for about a year, going then lo Big Bond to ongage in tho same business at that place. A couple of years lator the Leach river gold excitement brought him t:o Victoria dislrict, and ho started a boarding house on tho Loach river trail. He remained here until 180' All I know about the routo from I whon Upon Alaska being ceded to the I learned from my Mends. Jerome Harper drove tho Ilrst bund of cattle into tho Casslar couutry. He nnd Newman Sires, who wus iu chargo of the cattlo, hnvo told mo of the routo. I am satistled that tho rond is all riglit to Telegraph croek. Tho grazing along the routo is excellent. Harper and his men told mo their cattlo kept in fluo condition on the excellent grass. "I learned much of tho upper conn- trg from my friends. Probably at tho timo of lho Cassiar and Omonica ox- citomeut I knew personally at least ono uiun in every ton that wont in. One friend in particular used to correspond with 1110. Ho lived near Hazleton for 15 or 20 yours uud died thero sovoral years ago. "I don't think a man would be justt United States, he left for Sitka with u number of others who were leavhlg for that little city, lie stayed there long enough to make a comfortable little fortune after which ho sold his hotel and embarked I'ur California. With his savings he bought a large farm on the outskirts of San Francisco, where ho was* married 11 few years ago. Ib* leaves an only daughter lo mourn tbo loss of one of the most energetic and at the same Umeoponheartod gentlemen il, was ever the good fortune of anyone to know. Colonist. The only surviving daughter of John Brown of Harper's Perry fame, Is Uv-* Ing In a small town in California, in nearly destitute circumstances, She is u toiuporunco advocate. Tho route for lho Ilrst telegraph line into the Klondike Eldorado has just been decided upon, and by the middle of next summer tho lino will bo open for business. Mr.Chus. R. Hosmer, superintendent of tho Pacific Postul Telegraph Company, which in reality is the Canadian Puoiflc Railway Company under another name, is now in Montreal completing the lust details or tho plan, Iu reality tho actual work bns begun and tho surveyors have already aooom- pllshod a good deal between Quosnelle and Fort Fruser - the flrst two points upon the routo-whero the first section of tlio \\v.\s lino is located, Not' since 1800 whon the Western Union Tele- graph Company mnde ii. famous id,- tomptloconnect Asia utul Iho United Stale:*, has a telegraph survoyor bian seen in the country through which the new line will run until lhe present putty in tho Held begun Its journey. The totul length of lhe main lino from Quesnollo to Dawson City will bo 1,-28 miles. Thoro will bo a brunch lino constructed to .Juneau, Aluska, 85 miles in length, nnd auothor branch to Dyea, which will bo TO miles long. The ompony estimates that the total oost f the line uud ils brunches will be in tho vicinity of $100,000. Of course this total cost will depend largely on the difficulties met with in survey and construction for a considerable portion of the route la unknown iu detail. The estimate given, however, is intended Lo cover an increase over the llguros or- Iginully computed, un ample allowance having beeu mado for emergencies. Telegraphic communication with the world exists as far north as Quesnollo in British Columbia, which is some 1150 milos north by north-west of Seattle. This is tho reason for its boiug chosen as tho pointof beginning. From Quosnelle the lino will run north-west, the principal points on the routo being as follows: Fort Fruser, 135 miles distant; Hazleton, 200 miles further on; Tolo- grapb Creok. !U0 miles; hoad of hike Atlin, 210; Teslin river, 178; Big Salmon rivor, .11; Littlo Salmon river, llll: Fivo Finger rapids. 59; Polly rivor,50; White rivor, OOj Sixty-Mile river, .11: Dawson City, 45 a total of 1,423 miles. Whilo the places mentioned are tho principal poinis on the line, Mr. Hosmer states it is the intention of the Company to establish stations ovory four miles. This lino will lo u certain extent bo a government affair, and it is expected it will be utilized vory largely by the -Mounted Police In their communications. In fact tho Canadian Government has really been acting in concert wilh the Company, und the selection of the routo is in great measure duo to the preference expressed by tho authorities. Tho difllcullios of construction are not so great with this line as might be lined. Before making the selection of the route the knowledge of men who have become familiar with the country was oallod into requisition nud combined with the information furnished by a party of men who at the iustauco of the compnny took a prospecting trip somo mouths beforo thero was danger of sources ot knowledge being shut off by wintor. This latter pnrty, Mr. Hosmer stute9, discovered that a fairly direct lino could bo built aud slill n great portion of thc anticipated difficulties avoided. The route does not include the famous Chilcoot Puss, but dodges tho issue by going to tho oust of this monument of death nnd despair. There is uo poiul ou the projected line, Mr. Hosmer suys, where thoro will not be maintained a passable road just so long us tbo weather will permit." In fact the construction of the Use really means a new route to the Klondike, and ouo which is likely lo lind great favor with thoso who prefer au overland journey. Il has boon necessary in planning this lino constantly to boar iu mind tho fact that tho cost of inaintuinunee is likely to bo grout. Along somo portion of the routo tho snowfall is simply enormous—vory liko that iu thu vicinity of Durnngo, Col., where the people expect to be snowed up for weeks regularly every yeur. At every station in the deepsnow seclion it will, therefore, be necessary to store a suf- ticient quantity of provisions to avoid nny danger of starvation of the telegraph employees eveu undor oxtraor- dinury oircumstanous. Tin- mentis a heavy outlay when il, is considered that the uniform rule of a station every four miles will, us stated, be adopted by the company. The olllcials of tho company believe that a force of 400 telegraph operators will bo required tho yeur around Many of those of necessity must bc inured to hardship, and much care will bo exercised in recruiting the operators, ln addltiou to this forco of op orators, it will Lie necessary to have, it is estimated, at least one hundred lii meu, aud tlieir duty will bo perilou fully ns much so as their brethren the big cities beforo the days of the underground wires. Mr. Hosmer does not believe tho company will Hnd il possible to employ the female telegraph operator to any extent, and tho entire Held practically, is open only to meu. A pleasant feature for lhe operators is ihul the sal aries paid will be what ure knows as "top notch." Whal work can be accomplished this winter will bo briskly pushed forward und everything mnde ready for further oxeoution of the task lho moment Lho weather permits, Indeed, tho company expects to break ull records iu tolegraph building. NVws Advertiser New York_r Asks Information. The following lottor rocoivod yesterday, is a sample of tho enquiries thut are now comlug lo Spokuuo in every mail: New York, Jan. 17, 1808. To the editor of Lhe Spokesman-Review -Dear ■: I "'cud lhe Spokesman-Review ''■ily every day, which ought to be a proof thut I am uot a disbeliever in its assertions, but the statement of a few lays ago that the Spokane merchants n,'0 prepared for the rush and able to outllt" any amount of miners which may como to Spokane eu route io the Klondike, I am inclined to doubt because not one has ever advertised to that effect. Tho proper outllt and the proper packing up of it is tho most important thing in going to the Klondike as every man's life depends on his outfit lu thoso regions, i do not know of u single houso in Spokane that has ever udvcrlised to have Klondike outfits for sale, while, on the other hand, I have olfors and price lists from nearly every outfitter on the coast, as well as from Chicago. Several of the Pacific coast merchants have established branch stores right here in New York city. Wo are till much iu favor of the Spokane route, aud will, iu all probability go by this routo. The only thing whereupon wo have uot decided yet w where to buy our outfits. In a pamphlet published at Vancouver, B. a, reference is made to the " Ashcroft route " as a very eusy but lengthy way to Klondike, with Vaocoa vor to outllt at, "where United States made goods can l,e had!" Why not buv thom in U.S. ourselves.' A few days ago J. Hl Smith*, ropr* sonttug the chamber of commarue of Portland; Ore., and Mr. Stormy, late at Dawson City, X.W.T., called upon iu m order to get our trade, even if we take tho Spokane route. In tho course of conversation Mr. Murray said that he has been :...0 miles south of Telegraph creek, oa the Tele- graph trail, ami averaged 20 miles a day easily. He said suow covered the grouud until eurly in June, and Tesliu lake was frozen until that time. I saw H. Maluin, whose let-fr you published some time ago. His party Ls sure to go by the overland route. I read oneo in your valuable paper that a map is to bo compiled showing: ovory hill and stream along the route. I would be very gratefal if you could forward one. I also request you to name a few reliable houses in Spokane that I can communicate with them concerning orders. Tbankio-r you in advance. I remain truly yours. John Fi-uiMEYErt. Fire at Spokane. Spokaue, Wash., Jan. 25. A Are, in which the loss will run to$400,000 worth of property, und in which live lives wero lost, took place last night. The great cistern Block, corner of Post street tind Riverside avenue, six stones caught flro ut 12:45 p.m, ard in three hours was totally demolished. The upper two floors and purl of the third floor were used for lodging purposes. and one hundred and fifty people were asleep when the fire started. While most osciiped with only their clothes. it is thought a number perished. The last out of ihe upper stories report forms lying in the hulls, and womeu shrieking In tho flames. Tho origin of ihe fire is supposed to Imve been in the engine room. The Great Eastern block was built iu 1800, cost 8250,000 and is owned by Louis Levinskl, of Sun Fraucisco: there was 850,000 insurance. Because of the net work of wires surrounding the building it was with the utmost dilllculty that ladders wero elevated. While yoing up peoplo were at tho windows, flames aud smoke bursting out upon them. The crowds of people on the streets below shrieked in sympathy with them. Mrs. II. II. C. Davlos, of Nebraska City, Neb., fell from tho llfth story window, nud died a few hours later. A thrilling rescue was thut of Robert Mason, wife und two-year-old son, from tholr window, tho firemen threw them u rope, which Mason made fast; to the bed. and came down hand over hnnd, carrying the little boy, Mrs. Mason following. As she hung suspended far above the ground, the crowd wutched with breathless interest. Whon she wus grasped ,by the firemen, u shout of joy went up. Vaucouver World: Geo. McL. Brown executive agent oftho Canadian Pa- cillc Rullway Compauy, has definitely decided upon making Victoria his head - quarters. Uo will, however, be seen frequently in Vancouver iu connection with lhe duties of his olllce. It is but a few weeks since Mr. Brown purchased a residence here, with tho intention 1 f making Vancouver his home, but the eumpany has changed his plans. Ho is a worthy man in every way and will be greatly missed hero. » ■.v-.s«e..«.,rr.'ffl! The British Columbia Mining Jonrnal. Issued every Saturday. F. 8. REYNOLDS, Editor and Proprietor, Buhneripilon Price, per annum • ■ 12-00 Advertisements will nol bo 'llBcontltmoil tin tin paid. AdvertlBlng rntoB on Bpplleatton SATURDAY..JANUARY 29,1898. Hn, I'ur The tilottdlde. Went down to Jonc.'a t'other nlghli I leu* drop't In lo nee What's become o' all the hoya- seems inlnhly Btrangc to mi*. Found the old mun nil nlonc, a1 kind «.' reBtluBS llke, A-hntitltij,' on uu ulil mini for ili<- Klondike. ■'Wlint'a come o' Bill?" nesltohlin' Hex he tn mci BCZ he: •■Mc packed liis kit t'other ilny. the Klondike for to sec: He took a thunder'-- sight o' grtih nlong with brother Ike, To hunt for ynller metal on tliu Klondike.' "What's come o' John?" sez I tu him, Stae Into me, scz he: "He's trying to ketch up with UIH -he'll bent 'twist you nn' uie; I fixed htm out a good fit-out, nn' long with brother Mike, He'fi gone for ynller metnl on the Klondike.'. "Where's Mrs. Junes? sez 1 to hlm. Sez lie lie tn tne, si!Z lie: "She's pnckln' up n lot of grub au' ether things (or her un me: An' if the boys don't hurry iip-ttmt's Bill, ike, John ami Mike— We'll beat'em to the dlggln's on the Klondike." -llonsehuld. Mills to thc Klondike It appears that out of six United States mailB sont into tho V nkon from tho head of Lynn canal since July C last only two havo reached their destination, and that uo Canadian mails have got through at all, In view of the fact that people aro coming and go ing constantly, this seems a very extraordinary thing. We are told that many persons who are sent into tho Yukou by people contemplating investment there find themselves completely at a standstill for lack of their correspon donee and that tho persons whom thoy represent are equally at a loss to know what to do. In addition to this thero is naturally very much disappointment and anxiety on the part of tho families of people who are in tho Yukon conntry, duo to tho failure of the mail carriers to get through with tho letters in their chargo. We think everyone will agree with us In saying that this mutter needs to be looked into at once. Men aro com ing out from Dawson nearly ovory day. Tho only people who do not soom able to come through uro those who have u coutract with tho government to do so, Tho postal authorities ought to investigate this and try to discover somo means of iuduciug the muil carriers to do what thoy havo undertaken to do. -"Colonist. Golden Cache The annual meeting oftho Goldon Cache Company took placo Jan. 20th. There was a good attendance. Many very important questions of grave in torost were discussed, but justico could not bo given to thom under several col- umii.. and it would bo impossible to givo a vory brief aud at tho samo timo satisfactory roport. President McKiu- non's remarks, however, in regard to tho outlook for tho Goldon Cache might bo quoted: Ho said his opinion of the property was what it had beon from the beginning—that it was a very good oue. Tho moro dovebpmont that was done showed --it to bo bettor every day. Thoy were, of course, a littlo dis appointed at tho results of tho clean up, bnt thero woro many advantages connected with it tbat had to be taken into coEBideratiou. He was not iu tbe least disuouruged, uor did be think thero was any need for discouragement; in fact, the superintendent at the mino reported it to ho in a hotter condition than over before (Cheers.) lu refer enc-i to tho inflated market value which the shares commanded somo time ago, Mr. MoKiuuon stated that tho directors were in no way rospousiblo for this, but that the fault rested betweeu the shareholders of tho company and the brokers who had boomed the shares. He further added that if auy of tbe shareholders sacrificed their shares by soiling at 30 ceuts per shave, tbo blame rested with tho shareholders and not with tbo directors, and thoro was no law to prevent this. Tho following directors wore nominate:]: Messrs. Mc- Klnnon, Skene, Hamilton, and Mr. Mun- sio of Victoria. Colonist. OOLD ON Till! MACKENZIE There is boing built In Purl Town* send n craft thai will still tho waters of the north and up the Mackenzie river for 1,000 miles. Tho journey is a long ouo and tho vessel Is being built as staunch as timbers of the most select typeoanmake her. Her trip into tho Arctic will commence from bore about Mayl. Tho dimensions of the craft ure A5 feet ovor all, M1..' feet beam audi' depth of hold, und unloaded, will draw only 12 inches. She will measure about twenty tons nud havo a carrying capacity of something ovor thirty tons. She is just tho proper size for an adventurous trip such ns it is intended she will make. The designer and bufldfer of this vessel is John Langlais, a lone sailor. He may bo seen auy day working on tho craft on ti temporary ways on the beach nt Port Hudson, a fow yards beyond lhe mjll wharf; He bus dono all the work single-handed ami has made rapid progress thus far. Ho has been hampered with many obstacles, but has overridden thorn all, ami now ho believes that his future stilling will be smoother than tho pusl, Ten weeks havo been spent in tho construction, and ut least four moro will bo -mutinied before the caulking begins. The rigging eomes aftor. This will be done bg John Locust, ii mate of coasting vessels, who will bo his partner on tho northern voyage. Tho vessel will havo two masts schooner rigged, Tho trip totho Mackenzie river is not lo be a voyage for pleasure, The perils aro too grout and tlio scenery by sea two frigid to undertake any such thing. Nothing Imi, ihe prospect ot a return cargo of gold would ludtioo them to navlguto the Arelic waters, and il is the bright hopes llmt Luugluls outer tains that accounts fm* the bulldlug of a special boat for fhe long voyage llmt he will soon start on. Ltiuglttls has been in that couutry boforo, Home sixteen yours ago at the timoof tho Cassiar excitement he wilh John SheehuN, of litis cily, and a number of others started for the Mackenzie rivor via Port Wrangel. At Port Simpson Mr. Sheohuu and many others returned, but Langlais proceeded onward until the bead of tho river was reached, Thore some prospecting was dime, About forty prospectors traveled north ward along the river until camp was pitched at a place which was neither u town, a village nor a city. It was there that rich croppings of gold were found that Caused happy dreams to course their minds. They delved hard and fast into the bowels of tho earth and averaged aboul 818 euch per day. Tho placo had no name, but tbo gold seekers called it the "poor man's paradise." Bedrock was not reached until scurvy broke out in the camp, and those who were not taken down wilh the disease were obliged to uui'SO utul care ft their less fortunate companions, ln livo weeks' time thirty-sovon men had passed away, leaving Langlais and two other., whom he has not seen since he parted compauy with them on the way out at the head of the Stickine rl Atthisplaca they separated, Langlais coming to tho sound by easy singes. The remains of tho thirty-seven wero buried ou the banks of n guloh at "poor man's paradise." Ever since the return to civilization with his sack of gold, amounting to $7,000, which represented his fortuue for tho three years Ihat he hud spent in tbo now gold llelds of tho frozen north, Langlais has always hud a ban keriug to visit tho placo once more; The trip by laud, however, was a try ing oue, ho reasoned, but nevertheless his determination to return wns strong uud for his part he was willing to brave tbo journey and risk his life. He tried in vain to find u partner to accompany bim, but all attempts in that direction proved fullle. Upon the launching of tho Klondiko gold excitement his con vi'Hon became stronger than ovor in tho richness oftho Mackenzie river district, and finally hosuooeedod in securing Johu Locust us partner to mako tho journey by sou. Langlais and Locust will outfit I'or a threo years' slay, and this time will be spout in loading thc craft with the yel low stulf that they hope to pun out in abundant quantities in the "poor mans1 paradise" of the frigid uorth.—P. I. Author ol War Sonars. Hartford, Conn,, Jan. 21.—A movement has been started iu this city by a numbor of prominent (I. A. R. men towards the erection of a suitable monu ment ovor the roiiniusof Henry Clay Work, author of "Marching Through Georgia," "Nloodomns" and other .*ur lyrics, and whose grave is unmarked by any distinguishing tablet. Middletown, Conn., was the birth placo of the author, but the greater part of his life was spent iu this city aud he died here In 1881. Tares* Uo tlij;hcr. Seattle, Jan in. -Tho expected advance in rate., to Alaska was unuouucod today, Tho seven transportation companies which control nearly all tho business havo agreed on an increase of SU) to thc passenger rale between P ugel sound points and Dyea and Skaguay aud u proportionate increase lo Juneau aud other south-eastern Alaskan point! Tho new rale to Dyea and Skaguay which goes into effect ut once is: First class, 850; second class 835, Tin rule on freight is advanced from 810 to 813 perlou, Sir Charles' Views, Reconlly on his return to Ottawa from Winnipeg Sir. Charles Tupper said io an Interviewer: "My visit to tho west has boon a most interesting one. All my Investigations into the. question have satisfied mi'lhal it is im possible to ovorostimuto tho grout mh: erul wealth of Iiritish Columbia, and that takon in conjunction with the a teutioh drawn to tho Canadian Yukoi will result in groat Influx of populatio to Canada, much of which will no doul: remain iu that couutry. The domn»d for products of Manitoba and tho Northwest Territories iu connection with tho opening of lhe Crow's Nost Pass road and tho great impetus that will be given lo mining development iu British Oolutnbiaandtlio large amount of British capital now being attracted to Canada, must produce a wonderful effect on tho whole of the Dominion, and Iho western country especially, And if," added Sir Charles, "the Government discharge their duly iu lho istabllshment of an all Canadian routo the udvantugo'j to British Columbia, the Northwest Territories and Manitoba, in fact, to tht! whole of Canada, will in my opinion lio vory great. World. A Missing flan His Worship Mayor Ovens hoB received u letter from Thomas Jones, of St, Adelaide de Pabos, Quebec, asking Information concerning the whereabouts of his sou Thomas, who was u resident of Xew Westminster for eight years, being employed most of tho tlmo tho Royal City Mills. Aftor leaving I his city, he weut to Cariboo, and wrote his parents from thoro last March, siuco wheu they havo not hoard from hiui, and naturally aro vory anxious about him, especially as a man oftho ie name was murdered in Cariboo lasl Novombor. There Is good reason to believe, however, that the murdorod man was a Welshman, and not tho Thomas Jonos ubout whom tho prosout enquiries are being mado. It Isroport- d that Jones wus in Kamloops a fow mouths ago, but nothing definite Is kuown tin the subject. Any Information respecting the whereabouts of tho nlssing man will bo thankfully received by lhe Mayor, who will communicate it itt once to tho anxious parouts,—Columbian. "Twenty dollars n pun" beats Klondike, and if the couutry around Tesliu Lake will "pan oul" at that rate gold hunters need not go to tbo Yukon to obtain uu abundant supply of tho yol low metal, Boston, Juu, 21—Reports today from lhe various New England points at which strikes nrc in progress among lhe cotton mill operatives wore, in sub stauco, litllo changed, with tho possible exception of Fall rivor, whoro lho fooling that a general strike is impend Ingsooms to be growing stronger. Anyone wishing reliable Information rogarding tho overland routo I from Asheroft to Luke Tesliu can ' secure the same by remitting 25 cents to J. II. Clements, druggist ! and stationer, ut Ashcroft, for a copy of ■'Ovorlund to Klondiko," : through "Cnriboo, Omenica aud Cos- ; shir," Ten full page illustrations j and a correct map of the roads and j trails, issued by lho B.C, Minino I Journal, aud contains its special correspondent's report of tbe actual ; present condition of tho trail, Surveyor J. D. Devereux having boou sent over tho routo by tho Journal to examine and report ou tho same. : The book contains in all TO pages. It is not surprising that men wbo know something ofthe undeveloped mineral wealth of tho Klondiko be- como out of patience with the Klondike craze. Tho Slooaudistrictnloueyielded more miueral wealth last year than came out of tbo Klondiko, and thatdls- trlct has beon more essentially a "poor man's country" than Alaska. Many of tho paying mines thero havo paid "from tho gross roots," and cost less for development to thc producing stage than the averago Klondike mine. In Alaska the earth is always frozen, nnd hard work and money are required to thaw out the ground and get dowu to bed rock. In a number of Slocau mines the pay oro is fouud at the surface, nnd such claims have paid their owners almost from tho lirst shot. Trail creek is nuother district where fortunes of varying extent have been ■ made by men of moderate means, and the mineral yield of tho Coeur d'Alenes lust year exceeded that of tho Klondiko. Tho Klondike craze exists, however, aud must bo taken as it exists. It is only tho surface manifestation of deop- seatod conditions whicli tho world is making. Tho United States has 70,000- 000 people, aud a largo numbor of theso uro controlled by a desperate belief that Ihey must do something to make their position moro tolerable. Thoir present surroundings show uo gleam of hope. Competition in trade and in dustry was never more fierce. Millions are unemployed aud discontented Thoy have heard of Klondike, and havo been caught by its theatrical setting. Wo aro directly iu the pathway of this movement to the Yukon, aud if we fail to turn that advantogo to tho benefit of our own resources aud tho betterment of the condition of the army of gold seekers coming to theso shores, the blumo will rest with ourselves and not our stars. Somo who start for tho Klondiko will halt in this section. Somo will go to the Yukon, and return to this and adjacent states. Some will remain there to develop that country, All will be fed uud supplied iu largo extent from the farms and cities of the Pacific northwest. Both immediate and future benefits will accrue to tbis section from the rush to the Klondike. -Spokesman Review, All iiltmhis Indebted lo the lute M at haw i'iiikcttun, miner, nf Hiirkervilk-. ll.C., <!<■- n.i-i-il. nrc ir.|iii-.-U-il tn |uiy the amount of -m-li iridH.t.'dii-.'.st.. |]„- 11 n 11 its in IK. 1 un r.r licf-.ri'the 1st day of May. inns. Ami nil iht ■-ims hiiviiiu i-liiims-iiraiiit tlie snlil ileeeusi.1 an- ii-iiui-sti'il to forward Hit' same to the tin- iler. il! m.*<i on or More tin- tstdavof Mav, 1HH8. JAMI.SSTONE. JOHN STKVKNSON, Harkerville. B.C., ' Executors. January LOtli, 1SHH. 88-45 NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that the partnership ifbrutotorc existing between Allison Woods nntl Joseph L. Kecler, under the llrni name of Woods St Keeler, doing business nt "The Welcome" Restaurant, Aslicrnft, has been this tiny dissolved iiy mutual consentl Allison Woods will continue the huslneBB, to whom all debts are to lie paid and who will settle all accountsngntnst the said firm. tinted tills lhe I7lh day of January,,A.D. I SOS. ALLISON WOODS, Witness! JOSEPH I„ K-.1-I.1.I.. A. Cl.AV.SON, A. MOUNJSY. US15 SIM'S PATENT Bole-Milt BALL BEARING GIANTS. No center bolt, Superior to all others. Write for prices. R. H. CAMPBELL, Agent, Ashcroft,B.C SMITH & BRYSON, General Blacksmiths. Carriage builders. Horseshoeing a specially. A sttbply of iron and wagon malarial always on hand. Shop on Railway Avenue. -- - ASIJCROIT, />'. C STUDEBAKER MoO-rl-iokB Bitrrlei- rrrnl M-Wurs, MoOliil'y'i. l'*it[ll-im Slows, li'nrlliltlj Tools umi Gonornl llimlwure. JAMES VAIR, • Kamloops, B.C, Oo_-__x_--a.e-_-ci4a,l Hotel, THE BEST $2 A DAV HOUSE IN VANCOUVER G THOMAS. Proprietor. THOS. DUNN & Co Ltd PITHER & LEISER. Importers and Wholesale Dealers in WINES LIQUORS and CIGAR? VICTORIA, A. C. 150 MILE HOUSE The distributing point for till the hydraulic mines at Horse Fly, North and South Forks and main Quesnelle River, also the stock ranges of Chileoten and Beaver Lake Valley. At tl is Point will be found a good assortment of GENERAL MERCHAND ISE & MINERS SUPPLI ES Also one of ihe best Hotels on the route Information cheerfully given VEITH & BORLAND Proprietors and Stock Raisers. R. P. RITHET & CO. Wharf Street. VICTORIA, II. C. WHOLESALE MERCHANTS, SHIPPING AND INSURANCl*. Agents for: Wells Fnrgo, Columbia Flouring \ ills (,o.. ut Knilcrby. Pacific Coast steamship co'.s Hue of steamers between Victoria ami San Fraucisco. Mineral Act, 1896. (FORM K.) Certificate of Improvements. NOTICE. of Llllooet District. Where liK-atcd-Smith Fork of ]'ridj;_ Hi ver- Take notice thai we, Rnla-rlli. Skinner and John Marshall, free miner's- certificates No. ii:i7i)A.:itid7..:UKliiiU-nd,t»! days (rom the dint h-i ... ■ .' purpose Anil further take notice that m.inn, inul.r s.ctlon H7, must be commenced before lhe Issuance of Biich certificate of Improvements. Dated this -Otli <lav nf Nnvcmlicr. 1807. K. IJ. SKINNER, 32to JOHN MARSHALL. ike. Cariboo. Tho undersigned offer for sale tlieir well-known pack train consisting of the following: 60 houd of puck mules with complete outllt of packing rigging wilh each mule. 5 head of riding mules with saddlos, etc., oto. 8 head of _ year old mules with or without packing outfit. Those latter aro only halter broke. 1 only boll muro with saddle, etc. goos with train. This is without doubt tho most com pleto packing outfits hi II. C. and is for salo "en bloc." For terms, otc, npply to VIETH & BORLAND, 150-Milo House, B.C. [L.S.] TIKIS. R, MclNNES. CANADA. PROVINCE <>l<' BRITISH COLUMHIA. VICTORIA, by lliu Grade of God, of tli. I'liiled Kiu-ili.in i.i iin.,1 llM-L-in and he lnml, Queen, Defender ol Lliu Kallli, &c, &c To (lur faithful Ilie Mciulicra elected loservt in th** l...-i-i.iiiM- .\- .■nii.lv.,f um-1'...vin.i of lltiiish fuliiiiiliia :il (Inr City nf Victoria- (tHl-liT IXii. A PROCLAMATION. DcmtUlMti '|.i.-ii|.!.- nl i liir' I't.ivitu .- nl"'ISntiVli .'nhnul.ia. 1.1..I l.t Ii.i*..- ll... ir ,,.h I. . In Onr L.-Ki.li.lilte; NOW KNOW VK. lhal (nr di.cis causes .m.l, .-■nil.lft.il i. ami lukliii* mi" • ■"ii-Hrr.i. linn tin-ims.' ami ci.iivrnii'iH1-.' of llnr loving sill.j.-cts. YYY h.iv,. tluni-iil lit. l.v and willi tin- ailviccnl Our l.x.■ctilivr I .umnl ol tin- I'mv- ilKVof lllilish..,luml>i.i, I" l.i-ii-by rnnvnkr. ami by ihus. piv-.-nt- niiiun ymi. and i.u-li of vniitliatonTlmis.-iv.tlii' HiHu.I.lv nl liir ninlilh ot 1-Vi.itiarv. ..nr i!i.m-ami ■■(■-•lit huiuhrd ami nim.y-eit-'lil. you huh t I's in Oui >ai,l U'jiis. I.ilui. ■■- r.iinniiifii! <•' i'nr -.ilii I'm-. .ii Our Ciivol Vni.uiu, KOI. Till-: IHNi'AT.'U OK lll'SINKSS. m tit-at. du. :n'l.ainl ciim-Inm- iil.on tlm:.' Hum'.-, wliu'li m i tiir l.t'j.'islatiiu-nl tin- I'rovuu-i'i.l hnli-li t *ntu inl.ia. hy llu-I'oni- ninn Council nl Our said Province may. l.y tlR'fiivouroftiod.hc ordained. "NTl-STl.MuNY \Vi'i:i<i:oi\V.i'h:t.c<.iusi.l tlu'seOiir Letters in lit- made Patent, and lilt-Great Seal ol tin- said l'ro\iiui- lo l,e hi'1-.lllilnalli-.cd: WrrNKsH. the llonoiir- iihle Thomas I.. McInjiks. Lieutenant- Governor of Out-aid I'lnvime nl Iiritish Colitmliia, iu Our City of V -IMPOBTBRB OP Shelf and Heavy Hardware. Placer and Quariz Mining Supplies. B-p Write .oh Quotations. Cttblo ml-tUflB "Conor,," Vmic-' H nml 10 Cordova Stroot, Vnuoouvor, U.C. ..O. Uol No. lol. MacKinnon, Debeck & Company, 6u Hastings street, VANCOUVER, B.C. MINING BROKERS AND AGENTS. Milium com imn lea orittint-Mtl and Moated. Protiurllca liotitlctl and reported on ior foreign o Incal-rvmlli iiles. ihvnm I n ler.aleim. nl the tunvnuv loi lhe |i;,-il twenty six y-.irn.w-* aictheieloicin n liniillnn In llniiish the tiiiwl lell.ihh- inlniniatlon In he olitiilnrd IfH- liecium the valuable minei.d ti.millers ol the |.iovinee, Cones|,nn, lei.ee solicited, Office of the " Golden Cache Alines Company, /-td.," of Lillooet, H. ('. Oppenheimer Bros. WHOLESALE GROCERS Vancouver, B.C. D0ERING & MARSTRAND BIREWI-LTGi- OO. Celebrated Alexandri Lager and Porter Specially Recommended. VANCOUVER, B.C. McFARLANE & CO., ASSAY. MINING & MILL SUPPLIES We are manufacturers and direct Importer-, and carry a large stock of balances, Furnace-, Kite Clay Goods, Scientific and Practical Hooks. Glassware Platinum Goods, Acids, Chemicals, and all olher Assayer-' Miners' and Mill requirements. Sole agents lor Morgan Crucible Companv. Battcrsea, Decker's Sons' Balances, etc. If you are a purchaser of this class of goods write to us for illustrated price list* P. O. Box 35.r». VANCOUVER, B. C. Telegraphic Address: "Assay," Vancouver, B.C, THE IMPERIAL BREWERY AND SODA -W_VTI-X- WORKS OO. Lager Beer and Porter The Beat Quality only Brewed from choice Halt ano Hops K UMLOOPS, B. O. SODA WATER WORKS. In ftinncction with our lircwtry tti: have ivlded a neit and complete planl/i'nm Situ fV«n- ci'hco far the inamifacturc nf Soda Water, (linger Ale, Sarnpnrilla, Champai'tine Cider and Mineral Water of all kinds. All orders from city and country wilt receive our personal and best attention. Your patronage solicited. Special attention In all ord'-rn from Cariboo and way. l'tiw wilt find nnr pricss wiil make il an object lo give us your orders. CHARLES HACH, (Successor to Tho Helil-Krskiue Furniture Co., Ltd.) -UANUFAGTORER OF- iiniittire, Upholstery, Mattresses, Window Blinds, etc. And direct importer of Carpets, Linoleums, Oilcloths, Childrens' Carriages, Croukory, Glassware, etc. 57 and 59 Cordova St., Vancouver, B. 0. -aid I'n irtii-lli ol I i.<'.d ono tliousanil riglit buiidr-il and iiiiR-V--Pvi.i, and in tlie slxt.-lirst yeur of t >ur Keijin. ItyCiinimand. -1(1.01) JAMI.S HAKKH. Provincial Secrclary, Distances I ^t-DFROUq^ Ashcroft Place*' C'nc-ic Creek V. McDonald'* Hut Creek . - m-Mile House • •Jl.Mitc House CUXTO.X ■'■■'■Mil. lion-it- ci-Mile House ;<>-Milc House .*-:■ Mile House. ■ ST-Milc House I-™-Mile House i.'i.Milc Housa WS-Milc House Ill-Mile. Home, us-Mtle Home 117-Mile House Mile House. Mile Home /•.-.im- muse • 139-MOe House tLUMtle House . r.'.-Milc House m-MILK HOUSE Soda Creek A Icxandria Moral's A tistraliun'Ilanch lltiliannn',1 Qucsnelle • Cottonwood Heaver I'ass Stanley Harkerville riaccniielow,Hiiadsbrnnclifro IM-milc House but the distances arc from A shcraft. IliU Lake ... I Ilea ver Lake ... J Qucsnelle Forks . . / S THE MINING JOURNAL, $2A YEAR mmmmmm^^^^^^ fD Dawson OHy '-ems ro, w in wna ono nf 1 In •,,nr|, isod „r Wllllnin ml. rr id ,Uos. Aii-or lioro lust Mnruli im mil 1, v Hie ScrrlUij nnr ill,,' DmniiiinH. Mi Si,II ll O-lobor 3811 AU- Ait.li- IlltlllC llniiat ■ Mill Thomas Pox, one uf tho Seattle's pa . sonBors, has a couple of olulms on'tlio Em-elm, Iml, is not a rich man by any moans; he estimnl.es that thoro wns 910,000 in uuRBOts aboard tho Seattle, 800,000 iti dust and half a million hi paper, whioh shows how widely estimates differ. George Apple, of Applo & Qelst, the pioneer tinsmiths of Dawson, litis n business that is quito us good as tin average mine, and brings down with him 820,01)0 ot- thereabouts to invest in stocks. George Miller hns taken in 1,000 -hoop and is returning with the proceeds nf the stile, leaving 20,000 pounds its yet uudlsposod of -excellent evidence that tho shortage of food is not worth lho name. Lao Pate is tho proprietor of a restaurant and saloon nnd also operates tho ferry across tho Klondike on the road to the mines; ho is out to buy sti] plies aud Cor this purpose brings 88,000 or 810,000 with him. Mr. O. II. Van Mllligou, formerly secretary nf tho Union Club, who left hero for Dawson last spring, found a host of Mends mound him In the Driard ou his arrival rom llu- Norih last night. Ho left Dawson on the I llh of Docom- biM-ami iilihoimli not having brought •out with hlm auy immense amount of wealth, thinks enough of tho oountry to I'elui'ii to ii boforo many months. Ho mado a gdDd hip out to the coast nml Biiirorod no hardship rrom tho oold, Mr Hugh Moo Bliltioy parly. While, Piml I'n sun, whieh lofl. the Not-Ill, ret tils now a guest i Moore lert Daw last, boing vory I'lllll 1'Vlllllt ill! working nu a la; -/a, and Monro s thoro. Mc Moon- was present when the largost nugget yol mined in the Yukon country was (niton out of.IDldorado crook, li was worth (OSS in uold autl was afterwards sold for 8705, Ik also saw 81,1.00 inken oul of tho stunt ereek in two shovolstul nf dirt, Mux Lmudrovillo, one oftho dole gaU-s to the Dominion govorninont, if a guost at tho Viotorla. Flo loft Daw son on Docombor 13, audit took him nhout twiMily-eit-hi days to roaoh the Coast. Mr. Liinilrevillo was very reti- ciont as to his prospects, hut says he Isperfootly satisfied with them, Ho comes from near Quoboc and has been lu tho Yukou country for about three years. Mr. LaiulieviUe says that parties going in before March will no doubt succeed in gottiug through, but thoy will have a hard time of it. If the rush is as large as anticipated ho thinks many Will never reach tho Yukon oountry via Dyea or Skaguay. lie will return in March and will do his outfitting in this city. Frank Slavin, the well kuown Australian pugilist, was one of the first to slip olf tho Seattle when she tied tip. Slavin left Dawson with a party of four and arrivod at tho coast in thirty days. They had six dogs and made no olfort to break tho record. Speaking ofthe discovery of what is termed lhe mother lodo of tho Klondike, Slavin says: "If it is tho mother lode 1 nm uo doubt the discoverer. On August 27 last I started out prospecting for a quartz claim, und struck a very rich ledge which seomod Interminable in length and very wide. Free gold showed everywhere in the specimens I got. I did not remain out long, however, bul returned totho placers und not until November did I prosecute my search for gold quartz. On December'.) I math what I tormtho big discovery, 1 traced tho lodgo for six miles nud found that it crossed the head of Gold Bottom Sulphur, Hunker and Bonanza creeks hut did uot touch El Dorado, if traced further it, would probably strike Ophir and cross Indiuu river about fifteen miles rrom tho Klondiko, "Do 1 think it is lho mother lodo? Well, I can't say whether it is the mother lodo or tho father lode, but I know it is tne richest quartz I havo ever seen. My party located six claims, 1,500 feet eaeli in length, and we tire going to work thom as soon ns we return. I will shortly leave hero for Pittsburg, where I will purchase a diamond drill and other machinery for developing tho mines. Slfivin. who will return to the north nbout Mnroh, snys it is his intention to write a book relating his experiences In tho uorth. Ho thinks that if fifty thousand pe iple attempt to got through by Dyea aud Skagoay not one-tenth will succeed if they tako in their outfits. In his book ho will recommend Victoria as an outfitting poiut. He purchased his outfit hero before nud will do so again. Many miners, ho says, speak very highly of Victoria as nn outfitting point, and he predicts a big rush to this cily oro lung, A sad pioco of Intelligence is thnt cf tho death of Miles, the book-keeper of tho A. (.'. Company at Dawson, who Btartod recently ou a stampede to Moosehldo creek, Boooming exhausted ho fell back on his sled, and when his companions returned to him, having staked claims cn the creek, they found Unit ho had perished of exhaustion and frozen to his sled, lie was a man of middle age, and is supposed to havo (•one into lho north country from Sent tlo, whore his relatives have tioirhome. Colonist, Thoy gather up the small pioces of quartz that would bo passed unnoticed by tho working mon, and pile them in little heaps thut can easily be guthorod up in a shovel and thrown into the mill. They work just ns tbey ploaso, sometimes going down into the mines whon thoy havo cleared up all tho dohris ou tho outside. Thoy live aud work together without quarreling any moio than mon do. They aro quito methodical in thoir habits, and go to work aud finish up in tho samo manner ns human beings would do undor similar circumstances. It is very interesting to watch them at thoir labor, and see how carefully they look after every detail of the work thoy attempt. Thoy cleau up about tho mines, following the wheelbarrows and carts used in mining and pick up everything that falls off on tho way."—Mining World. Mr. Math Sohoolkropf has discovered a hod of yellow ochre on his land oast of Por land. Thoro are oohro bods in tho United States aud Canada, but America rocoivos hor principal supply from the tin aud lead mines of Cornwall and North Wales where largo quantities of wator, charged with ferruginous mud, is being constantly pumped up, and from this water tho colored mud or ochre settles, It is used as a paint, boiug particularly valuable for barns, fences or other out buildings. Mr. Sohoolkropf has prospected ovor quito an urea of ground and finds nn almost exhausblcss quantity of tho clay. Specimens havo been sout abroad for a thorough assay upon which wo hope to roport favorably in tho near future.—Mining World. A Quick AltnlnK Deal. A duck's gizzard was opened recent ly in Idaho and found to contain what was supposed to bo a Klondiko strike, .Besides thirteen largo colors visible there were many smaller ouos. Ono of tho colors was subletted to a nitric acid lest and it ref usod to change color. As it had every appearance of gold nnd being associated with quart/, pohhlos and stream iron, it was generally accepted ns gold. A perfect stream of visitors wore attracted by the imvol Unit, and tolophoilO messages wero S0Ut to lind out whoro the duck o< tno from, as several parlies were anxious to proceed lo tho diggings and locate thn mn.uu. Hut, all Is uot. gold thatglit- torV. Lato In the afternoon a tost wns mado with an elongated pieco. It would not yield ot- bond to prossuro, nud wns prnnounoml bogus. Il, was takon to an assay olllco whoro a professor soon demonstrated it to ho composed of different metals with a trace nl't.'nlil. Under tho great magnifying power of n microscope it still retained the nppenrnnco of gold, but it would uot stand heat and pure acids. The gizzard wns thou panned out and found to contain about 50 colors and a mass of iron andquartz pebbles, Whoro tho duck came from has not yot been learned.—Mining World. Think Hawaii • Rich Field. Princeton, N. J., Jan. 21.—Professor William Libboy of Princeton university, proposes to conduct a scientific .[■edition to the Hawaiian islands during tho coming summer. He will take four or five Princeton students with him nud tho party will bo gone four or live months. Professor Libhey went to Hawaii a few years ago and is thoroughly posted in regard to tho country. He thinks that thore aro scientific .features on the islands, duplicates of which cannot bo fouud anywhere else, His party will thoroughly explore the forests and other places likely to contain specimens of biological or archaeological or botanical value. Tho following latter has beon rocoivod by tho Nows from Gov. Brady. It refers to a matter of much interest to this section, uud it is to bo hoped Lho suggestion of Gov. Brady will bo put to a practical test by many of the people who will go into tho Yukon country tho com'ng spring: District of Alaska,—Exeoutivo OHloo. Sitka, Jan, i, 1808. Editor Nows:—I would advise t'-oso coming to Alaska, who intend to prospect to purchase a few packages of seeds, such as reddish, lettuce, cttb- bago, onions, turnips, oarrols, parsnips barley, oats and rye. Thoso will cost but little, und will noL add much to the burden, and may reward hand* somoly for the care and trouble tl ey have cost. lOvoti the green tops of some of tho vogelubles will ho relished with bacon. I would request thoso who go Into the Yukon valley, to give tho bnrley and nals the best possible tost. Though euoh oue mny do but little, the sum total of eirorts would bo a great deal, and would bo worth thousands of dollars to Aluska. Respect fully, Jons G. BitAAY, Governor of Alaska. Schilling's Best pepper is pepper-hot, and ginger ginger-hot ; but not ginger pepper-hot Schilling's Best tea bakhij- 'KVA.ler coffee llaviMiitfi exttucH- aotla atid ipi.e.. are money-back if you don't like them. >r sale by Harvey, Bailey ik Co. "Seems to mo it costs you a good deal to study," said tho father, as he handed his son money to buy books with. "I kuow it," roplifd the youth, pocketing gratefully a $10 bill, "and I don't study very hard, either."—Harvard Lampoon. "Who is that man I see calling at your houso so often, Sims?" "Tho dootor, I suppose." "No, it's a smaller mau than the doctor." •O, that's the doctor's collector, troit Freo Press, -Do- FURS CANADIAN /*i':;i ^Pacific Ky. SOO-PACIFIC LINE. The Best and Cheapest ROUTE TO ALL EASTERN Mim, TOURIST CAR SERVICE. To St. Pmil tidily, Toronto every Sunday* Monro..il and [.onion every Wednesday, .Montreal ami Portland, Mc, every Tlitiraduy The Dining Car service iloiiR the III the C'.I'.K. I_ iiri-.|iiall_tl anywhere. Connections tit Vnncouver with stei lines for China. Japan. Hawaiian Islands- Australia. •at Aslit-rod at 3.18 W.T. SLAVIN S1HNKV WILLIAMS, IM..S, jyor, Civil 1P,A.S.l„L01Hl Engineer -anti KOOTENAY SERVICE. Ciolnircnst and south. Head down. ■liiilv n.:ir. 12.r>n m.ir, in.;,:. LB.'tO 38.00 'ja.iiu It.iv- KI.VI.1.STI )Klv NAICUSP THKI.1. KOKKS itrrtve SAN DUN SLOCAN CITY THAN, l.nSHI.ANl. arrive NELSON For full information as to rates, time -i-v., apply to the nearest ticket agent to A. I, CU.Ml.NTS, or to Agont, Ashcroft, 1.. J. Ooylm, Distriot Passenger ngout, Vancouver. Ji. 0 Dnutjrlitittiiiiti, QUEBNBLLB MOUTH, lt. C. iuiiriiii.Tiiii-: mid Survey woik. KoporU on mining |ii'ii|i-i-ll-'fl. Mn]>rt and jilium pru- parcil uf any portion vt Co 1.1)00 dislrict. HUGH COCHRANE, MINING & GENERAL AGENT, NOTARY PUBLIC. -AHKEUVIU-S, • - Cariboo. B.O. PETER BURNET, Dominion and Provincial Land Surveyor, LILLOOET, B.C. (•lull. I-V u Ll" ul an. .-lial.le u-t disl 11 promptly com- mineral claim- in .'d at r-imonnbli Do y Do y Do y I )i i y Do y t wnntInk? i wnnttypo. i wiint Stereo plutOB ? i wnnl In trado Presses? t wnnl to trade Paper Cutlers? in von wnnl anything in the wny of nliiiK Material? iti-M'-li .0UPI1Y Co. Ltd. C. CltOMK, Aprent. '„r,l„- BI-.I. \ „ >or, ll. F.C.INNES CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL RY Is Ilie besi line to nnd rrom Chic a.no, Mil. wnnkco and nil poinis Enst. Willi 0,155 miles nl thoroughly fin,iiin|it!d rontl it roaches nil principal business centers in Northern lllinls; Wisonsln, Iowa, Minnesota. Soutn Dakota, North Dakota and Mh Michigan THE ONLY LINE Running Electric Lighted imtl Sleam Heated VeslibuTed Trains. Time tallica, inapB arid information regarding mules, rates nnd oilier lletnlls relating to lbe road will be furnished on application to nny coupon ticltei uireni, or hy addressing C. J. Ennir. General Ai-unl, Portland. Ore. VANCOUVER, H. 0. 83 MI-DIE HIOTJS-HJ. Stages Each Way Stop Over Night. first Class Accommodation for Guests. Cood liar in Connection, Good Stabling and /•'ted for Ijorscs. McTAVISti and S TROUT Proprietors. COLONIAL HOTEL AND GENERAL STORE. SODA CREEK, B. C, R. McI.EESE, : ■ : Proprietor. A full assortment of Dry Goods, Hoots, and Shoes, Liquors, Cigars, Hard ware, Hay, Grain, and Miners Supplies, at reasonable rates. WHOLESALE und RETAIL, A- & J. McRAE, HOTEL & GENERAL' STORE. GiXJES-ISrEIjXj.B FOK£_., 13, C. A full assortment of Drygoods, Boots and Shoes, I.touo>s and Cigar, Hardware, Miners Supplies. Hay, Grain and Stabling prties right. Newly furnished and refitted. A quiet boarding and lodging house. Rates reasonable Home 'oohing. Table supplied with the best in the market, and properly served. C. ARMSTRONG, - - QUESNELLE, B.C MRS. OCCIDENTAL HOTEL All descriptions of mining properties bought and sold. Correspondence solieited. COLUMBIAN JASJcMlLLAMCO. ihcohpoRATIO. EXPORTERS AND IMPORTERS. 200-212 FIRST AVI. NORTH: MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. Bnnch: 55wharfst.(VICTORIA,B.C. J. A. BROWNE, nu.--._-*.- lar-ShlpmnnU Solicited. Write lor Circular.-1*^: A biff rush of miners lately made for Browery creek, Bast Kootenay, whero rich specimens of ooarse gold had beeu found hy placer w:orkers. The creel- is nil taken up now hy claimbolders, who believe it will for ft timo prove thom a Klondike on n small soale, yet wholly devoid of the hardships and perils of the Yukftn.—Mining Critic. One of the tlnest and best equipped railroads is tho Chicago, Milwaukee nnd St. Paul. On our rooent trip through South Dakota, Iowa, Minuo- sota and Illinois we tried this railroad and know whoreof we speak. Tho road is splendidly equipped with fast trains, the coaches aro all furnished with the latest improvements aud it is a pleas- uro to ride with theso people. They employ none but sober, industrious mon who constautly look after the comfort nnd safety of tho traveling public Auyouo tr weling iu the above or adjoining states should take the Milwaukee road by all means if it is convenient to do so. If you wish information concerning this excellent and popular road ask any ticket agent, or write to C. J. Eddy, Gonoral Agent, nt Portland, Or., und ho will gladly give it.—Genesee Idaho Nows. Mineral Act, 1896. (FORM I'M Certificate of Improvements, NOTICE. District. Where located-South Fork of Uriclge H Take notice that we, Robert B, Skinner Jolin K. Wil I iui ns. free miner's mtilicalcs (miMim-l .MOI. intend, sixtv days frnni date hereof, to apply to tlie mining reco for a certificate of Improvements, fur the pose of obtaining & crown grant of the nl claim. Ami further lake notice that action, n section »7. must In- cnnimeiiecd before the issuance nf sm h eeililieale i.f improvements. I luted lliis -jnth day nl November, lM>7. R, H. SKINNER. 8210 JOHN H. WILLIAMS. Methodist College, New Westminster, B- 0- incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1803.) This Residential College for both Sexes re-opened Wednesday, September 15th, 1897. ichera lias been _ e Riven in Preparatory and Cnlleire Courses leadiim li[i ti Matriculation in Arts. Law, Civil l_ii).i[iecrlti|. Medicine. Thenlniry and 1'niviiicial Teailier- l.-aiiiinalioiiB. Ladies' ColK'uc Course including Music and Art. Commercial course including Short Hand anil Type Writing. Theological Course. Special utt MINING St fortlieflrstll Kit further QUESNELUS, B.C, New intitiagouieni. Hotel In? nd quarters for 13. X. stages, for mining men, well furnished 100ms, Table Buppliod with season. Most complete bar in Onriboo. Heudquurle everything 1 Stables in couuectiou, Iiav and Oats F. HOKKKCAMPA A. JOHNSON, qua COSMOPOLITAN KAMLOOPS, B.C. HOTEL, Cood Stabling in connection. J. H. RUSSELL, - - - Proprietor. nd iirnsiuTlus apply . KASTON. M.A.. Principal. il-iii-,!*villi: Willi rilniiiH Captain 13. Moss oftho Transvaal; Hiiys London Tid bits, tolls tho following story of Uio monkeys who work for him iu the mine.., "1 have twenty-four monkeys," ho said, "oil-ployed nround my mines. Thoy do t ho work of seven able-bodied mon. In inituy instanecs they lend valuable uid where a man is At a moetluRoftho B. C. Fruit Grow ■8 Association held at New Westminster on tho22nd iust., the following resolution was moved by Messrs, Hutch- iusou niul Earle, nnd adopted unanimously: "That this sootety pledge itself to do all things possible to make the Provincial show to bo hold at New Westminster the coining fall an unprecedented sueeess and to recommend that the Provincial Government | be requested to increase tho present (.runt from 81,000 to 85,000 with a view to carrying out tho idea of au International fruit fair iu connection with tho show." It was further stitftfestod that sue.li shows ho held ovory fow years and that all the agricultural societies of tho provinco assist the Royal Agricultural and Industrial Society of New Westminster to further tho plans of this Provincial and International Exhibition. "Overland to Klondike." The Pamphlet recently gotten out by the Mining Journal has been mailed to all enquirers, and hour exchanges and the leading newspapers of Canada and the United States, Several hundred copies have already been furnished to the stores and business houses tn Ashcroft, and by them sent out to enquirers. Arrangements were made in the east with different railroad companies that an interested, and that have already sent out several thousand copies, whereby they will from now on scud them to all enquiring about the route. Arrangements are also being made to have a Baltimore house publish the pamphlet at that city in large numbers, so a large circulation is assured. Prom this time on the Pamphlet, containing in all 70 pages, including ten full page views of points and objects of interest along the route, a good and accurate full page map showing the ovei land route, advertisements, etc., will be sent out by J. II. Clements, Druggist and Stationer, postpaid on receipt of hventy-five cents. Any advertiser who has not received a copy or copies will be svppli'ed with the same gratuitously on application. Address—J. II. Clements, Druggist and Stationer, Asherojt, IS. C. NOTICE. MINERAL POINT MINERAL CLAIM, situate in Lillnu.l Minim; Division of I.tllooel District. Wliere located,—Cayoosh Creek. Take notice that we, U. II. Verity and Win. Wilkinson, free miner's certilicate Nn. -10,11-' ' ank -111,0-7. intend, sixtv days fnun tlie hereof, tn apply to tlie Minii-p I. ' "" Ccrtllienle of Improvements, tm dat ing Uecurder fi -.. , is. for tlie purpose of nlilainiiiK a Crown < irant -u'lli- alnne ciaiin, And further take notice that action, under section 117 must he commenced hefore the issuance of such certificate ol Improvements. K.ll, YI.I.ITY. WM. WILKINSON. Dated tliis llth day of October A. D, 1807, 24-80. S.A.Rogers BARKESViLLE, B.C. PACK HORSES Por Sale. The undersigned is prepared to fur nish to any one requiring the sumo pack animals in any number up to 500, woll bi-ol-en and for saddles and packs for &2i soli cited, Ashcrofi, 13. ( each. Correspondence I). P. English. GLOBE HOTEL, LYTTON, - - - B.C. be Hotel ha.- Ii«?n tlie same aceoD__io- tnuik- banlerl tr) HAUTIER. Prop. In -O-S-ijuenceof tlur late lire, the Ki. removed opposite tlie [tost office un<l has datious aa usual. Commercial travelei and from station free of charge. A. F CARPETS. on. ciO-Ha PUMITURL .,„ Cheapest house on earth, write for prices M. P. CORDON, - KAMLOOPS, B.C The undersigned is prepared to arrange for the winteringpt u largo number of horses at reasonable rates. Write or call at the store. F. W. FOSTER. Ashcroft, October llth, 1897. NOTICE. I have iiiven up llic hii-iue. - of ranching on the Honmmite- and 1 -hall not he responsible for anv dehln before and after llim dale. (i.K. MUNDORlf, 1-oiiapiirl., IJ. C, Dec 211. 181)7. NOTICE. Instruction fflven on the Mandolin and (iiiihir. Mandolin, furnished for .13. lm Pl-BLL St I.OZOTT. Anhcroft Hotel. General Merchant AND Hotel Keeper. All kinds of Minors' Sii|i|ilios on Hand. NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that an ilppli-catli will he made to the Parliament of Canada the next session thereof, fur an aet to inciirpi ttte tlie Citriboo-Cn.slnr & Yukon Railway coi panv with power to construct a railwav In the main line of the Canadian Pacific nillw al or near Ashcroft, llience iu a nurtlieilvi rectlon through the Cariboo and Casslar d trlcttoflome point on Lake Teslin. tliencc near as may he along lhe si of Lake Teslin to the lower u thereof, thence followinji the course near as may lie of the llontaliiupia, Lewes tl Yukon river-to Dawson .iiv in the Xorthw Territory or to some Intermedin.!) point, And Willi power, lo const met, eipiip. upcr. and maintain, branch linen ami all iiccr.-.; lirldce-, roads, ways, terrie.-, wharves, doc aud coal bunkers in connection tlierewl and willi power to build, own, equip, oner nnd maintain steam and oilier vessels a boats; and with power to build, equip, oper and maintain telegraph anil telephone liner collection witb the snid railways and homeland lo generate electricity fur tbe supple light, heat and power; and with powerful propria!, lauds for tlie purposes nl the CO pane, and to acquire lands, boiin.es, privdci or other aids from anv government, nuinici pal ity or other persons ur bodies cinp.i.:,!c, and to make trallic or other ii.iaiii'.inieius with railwav, steamboat or oilier cmnpame?.; and with power lo build wagon roads in he used in construction of such railwavs and in advance of Um same, and to use wagon roads already constructed, and to lew and cnllei'i tolls from all parties using and <m ah freight Notice is hereby given that all accounts wing lo tbe late A. McAlinileil, of tirmisc re.-li. um-. be paid tome on or belnie the Will f Jammrv, lHOK. All parties having accounts "ainst the said cstat. will kindiv send lliem „,-„,.. '»'v.-.'flitoljirw.RSgj,*-l». Ollkial Administrator. quesnelle, i>e<-. isth, mn. »4t4 Nolle bereby ihat all I ni tiu- late George Mto iirlev.ofi'usenelle, •lore the *.Mhnl Jatiuary, IstiS. All parti ivitm accounts against tbe said estate w ndlv send ihem In to ine duly certified on *'-"
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