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The British Columbia Mining Journal Cariboo, Yale, Lillooet, Kootenay. VOL.1. NO.l. ASHCROPT, I3RITISH COLUMBIA, MAY 9,1895. $2 PER YEAR. CARIBOO! HORSEFLY! - FORKS QUESNELLE! Harvey, Bailey m Co. (Successors to Waller 11. Gladwin.) STORAOK AND FORWARDING AGENTS. Goods received, stored aud forwarded with dtppulch to i«y point in the interior reached hi wagon or puck train. Cansign your goods to our cure and wo will nettle railway charges and oliip on to destination with loaat possible delay, HARVKY, BAILEY A COMPANY. ASIICRUFT. B. 0. CLINTON HCTEL CLINTON, B.C. BOARD MD LODGING BY THE DAY, WEEK OR MONTH. FXtriXEKT FIPHJKG AKD SHOOTING IN TUE VICINITY. Best Wine*, Spirits and tignr(t.& Good Mhbllng. Headquarters for tliu Cariboo, Lillooet and Dug Crock lines of stages. MARSHALL & SMITH, Proprietor. James B. Uren, GENERAL BLACKSMITH. Horseshoeing, Repairing and all kinds of work promptly executed. CLINTON, B.C. Ashcroft Hotel A HTR1CTLY FIRST-CLASS HOUSE. 9 BOARD AND BOOMS BY THE DAY OR MONTH © Itatci reasonable. Newly furnished annex. Headquarters for mining, man ami commercial (ravv)lfrs. Open dsy and night. Opposite G. P, It. depot. Wm. Lyne, Proprietor. mining NOTES. Operations in the Various Bis- tricsts of British Columbia. PETERS CREEK MINING COMPANY James Peebles, or Stanley, returned last wet It from Vancouver where lie lias just accomplished t'.m formation and organization of the Peters Creek Mining Com pany. James Peebles esq., D. McOilvnry, esq., Charles Douglass, esq-, and II. Abbott esq., are the Incorporators. The new orgv nizutlonwltli a eaplti. «r$'W,000 to Is work a claim on Peters Creek which empties into Lightning Creek l'^ miles below Heaver Pass. Mr. Peebles, who went on to Peters Greek wi 1 set about ten men to work Immediately to sink aaliaft to bed rock, adjacent to a shaft which was lunk and abandoned In 1H7(I, by parties who are now tn the upper Cariboo Country. It Is reliably stated that at the bottom of tfaefnldshaft, about 4i0 feet in dimension, $143 was cleaned up from bed rock, but the water came In In mien quantity that Ibo parlies were compelled to abandon the works, and as at that lime it wan such nn under- tsklngto transport maeblnery the claim wtis almiisloaed until recently claimed by Mr. Peebles. Lightning, Wlllauis aud Crouse Crocks all head In the same region as Peters Creek nud run through the same character of country and lu the same genera! direction. A lot of gohi was taken out of Peters Creek In the Ws but no bydrau* He work Was ever done. It Is reliably statcitjdiat over*!)0,000,000 were taken out of Williams Creek alone aud at one time injttie '00'* ground on that creek was worth fclOOO a foot. About f3,- 000,000 were taken out of each Nelson and Mosqullo creeks which are adjacent. A recent ^organization Is the British Columbia Exploration and Concessions Company, Limited Liability, capital $500,000 in 100,000 shares of $5 each. The provisional directors are J. M. Browning, esq., T. M, Buxton, esq., Charles Wilson, esq., A. St. George Hum- ersley, esq., R.G. Tallow, esq. Prospectus.—The British Columbia Exploration aud Concessions Company has been formed to acquire by subscription, purchase, exchange or otherwise, gob! or oilier mineral claims, or prospects, or Interests in same, and any water rights, lands cr property, that it may be tound necessary to acquire in operating them, from other companies or individual prospectors throughout the various districts of British Columbia, and generally to promote the developmout of gold and other mining ln> dustrtes already inaugurated lu British Columbia. This company will, In snort, endeavor to carry ont In British Columbia what has been so successfully accomplished in the Handt (South Africa) district, and elsewhere, by the existing great trust companies of England. The headquarters of thncompany are at Vancouver and many of the most influential and solid business men of tlmt city and Victoria are anions Us stock holders and pr mutcrs. Operations are to bo commenced lu a short time on a valuable hydraulic proposition In the Cariboo. The prospectus predicts that a flow of capital and prospectors can be turned towards Cariboo, Lower Okanogan, West and East Kootenay; the same aa to Cool- gardle or the Transvaal. The Smoky liivcr outfit are engaged In building a scow at Soda Creek fn which they intend to pursue their way up the Fraser river with their supplies and machinery on board. Drummond and Co. who last year spent the season in sinking shupi on the high binksoftlioQuesnelle rifer just above the junction ol the Beaver, will commence Immediately to run a 1500 fool tunnel to prospect a part of the ground where water pre* vented them from obtaining the depth they wished. The ground shows up well and the owners believe they have an immense hydraulic proposition. A man coining down from the 184 mile bouse says in two days, from the 134 to Ashcroft, ho met by actual count, 73 white men and about 60 Chinese going into Cariboo. At the forks there are now about 500 men waiting for work and only enough work there for about one half that number. Laboring men should not go into the Cariboo looking for work at this time uulesi they have sufficient means to beara disappointment, as in the entire Cariboo country there are now more laborers than cud bo given employment. Messrs. Cameron, Ramos, Acker;, and Brobeck, started a week ago today fur a general prospe Hug trip into the Cariboo country. They go well prepared for a milliner's prospecting with about tcu head ol horses nud a full prospecting outfit. Mr. Cameron is an old time prospector, having ranged the North American hills from Mexico lo Northern AInskn. He Arst struck Cariboo In the 'SO's and had his tips and downs along with thousands nf other prospectors who had their good and bad luck. He was for six years on McKcnsle and Pence Rivers aud for most of that time never saw a woman, and for six months was entirely alone, being even deprived of the company ot a horse or a dog. lie says there Is plenty of gold on die headwaters of McKoiuio river, but the great cost of provisions and th slow season make It difficult lor the minor to make ends meet. He lives lu hopo nf eoim- I y being able to get biuk lo some very <piml "diggings" which he found on the McttcuBiu. __ | A letter from Lnnmln, Gkt.nngnti Co Wish., flitted Apr* 88th., received at this oflke, spctkiug lit regard lo the Slide and Squaw Creek mines of Washington, snysi "I Hod here 120 men on the pay roll, Some building roads and bridges, some surveying, etc.. Work will commence in the mines on May 1st. The pay roll Tor May 19th. will amount to about ♦15,000- About M0 men will bo at work within a week. The parties represented by Ool. Hart would not have expended this amount of money in preliminary work with out a good showing for rich an I permanent quartz ledges, More laboring men than can secure work are now on the ground and more coming everyday. Many settlers arc coming Into the Methow valley. There are thousands ol good homes for settle, s in the Methow and Okanogan vul leys. _____ TIIE PINCH MINING COMPANY. The Gazette announcement Is that "The Finch Mining Company, limited! with head ofncu at Pittsburg, Pa., for the purpose of carrying on mining operations In this Province, has been formed." dipt. Henry Finch, who formed the above Company, Is well known personally to the editors of the Minino Journal,. His scheme for reclaiming the gold from the bars of the rivers of the province Is a uovel one, but a thoroughly feasible and mechanical one, and one that has been tried and Is now In successful operation at Lyt- ton on the Fraser, and another machine will soon lie in operation near the same place. The new machine will bo an elaborate, powerful aud a nearly perfect affair as possible. A lougscow, powerful engine, a centrifugal pump capable of lifting from any ordinary depth of water ISO cublo yards of sand and gravel per hour, Ave horse power engine to drive electric dynamo upward of fifty incandescent electric lights, all contribute lo make the new ma' chine as nearly perfect as can be designed by the inventive Captain. The pump operates on an eight-inch hose and can raise sand and gravel up to a size of 8'£ inches from a depth of 50 feet to a height of over 20 feet above water level. A continuous sluice box is run around the scow inside the house and can be 500 feet long if necessary. When the operation of cleaning bedrock Is being done tbeCaptain who is an expert diver, or one of his men, goes down with the hose, taking along an electric light. The hose Is carried by the diver to any point desired and bed rock Is cleaned as thoroughly as if swept by a broom. In addition to the light the diver also carries a telephone Inside his helmet and talks with his helpers above same as if face to face. The only difficulties are the boulders and any trouble with those Is to be met by blast lug them up aud removing them with a huge crane on the scow, which is also operated by steam. It would seem that the machine would be able to work where no other process would he available. No process lias liil Ucrto successful ly raised gold from river beds and the successful operation of the Finch machine will place it in a uuiqe place amongst gold saving apparatus, for If the centrifugal dredging pump cannot save the gold lu river bottoms nothing etsnean. The Captain does not claim to bo a gold miner but he does claim to have fouud a plan to get the gold bearing grave) out of the river beds and he emptors miners to separate the sand aud gold, of whim operations both are simple to men who understand the business. The history of the South Fork of Ques- nolle, aud the Horse Fly arc well known to all British Columbians. Quesnello was the first of the rivers to attract Ike pioneers who c.une to Fraser river In search of the precious metal and the name of Dancing Bill will oyer be remembered by those who knew him, when ho piloted his frail craft up to the fork of Quesnclle and located what Is now the Cariboo claim, at the mouth of Dancing Bill gulch. The Horse Fly mines, like the Cariboo mines, are no doubt rich la gold and with modern adpllauces sunk u Mr. J. B. Hob- sou has brought to the country for hydraullcklng on an extensive scale, will no doubt yield a golden reward to the enterprising gentlemen who are at the head of the undertaking. These mines have long been known to be rich, but owing to the lock of capital ou tho part of the orig i- ual owucrs the ground could not be operated with any degree of success, until It passed into the bauds of such men as Sir W.C. Van Home aud U. Abbot, of the C. P. R. ... A Montana man has taken hold of a quartz proposition In tho Cariboo onlslantH Mountain'known as Graphite Ledge and is favorably impressed with the results which he has obtaiued by crushing several lots of ore tn the government reduction works. There are many other quartz propositions In Cariboo thai have been partially developed and actual development wilt sliow that the ores of that region will yield treasure In quantity favorable In comparison with the placer mines. THE WHUTIER CONCESSIONS CO. The Whltlior Concession Company of the Cariboo claim near Quesnello Forks, has one of the most valuable properties In Cariboo. Mr. Whltiier, the promoter of ihe enterprise, and organizer of the company, worked hard lor thrco years, and mnde two trips lo London before he finally succeeded In securing tho capital with which tn develop the enterprise. The ground is known by old Cariboo miners to contain vast deposits of gold In gravel that has never been worked, and under- e.cat It the tailings of years or sluicing, and hand ffflflt, and there Is no dispute by men who know Cariboo as to the richness of the groiinl. The motlc of working is by the hydrau. lie elevator, which Is uow extensively used in California and Australia. This class of mining 1b more expensive in opening up than any other, as It requires a large quantity of water with gnat pressure force to elevate the debris. It requires a 600 loot pressure to e'.evate tailings 45 feet, Mr. Wliittler had. to buy out a number of small holders lu order to acquire sufficient properly to interest capital, and now owns one and a half miles of ground. The old Nason ditch which is fed from the head of the Jack of Clubs crook Is main source of supply and will have to be augmented by storage to obtain sufficient water for the purpose required. During the winter or 1803-04 Mr. Whit- tier hud a competent engineer sent out from Loudon to view the properly and several shafts sunk on the ground gave results hiuhly satisfactory to the parlies who were backing the enterprise. On his last trip to London tho company was organized and Ihe pipes and machiuerj were ordered made nt Birmingham .and a lot of it Is finished ami the balance In process of construction. Tho pipe and machinery for the company alone to be taken north from Ashcroft this season is estimated to weigh over 000,000 pounds, and will take all the teams on the n-ud some time to deliver. In commencing work on Ihe mine Mr Wliittler has let a contract for 3,000 feet of tunnel that will strike a point ou bed rock where he will commence operations. Cariboo miners are sanguine tbat the ground Is rich and should no unforsecn circumstance occur to thwart the enterprise there can he no doubt but this will he a great dividend paying proposition and it is to be hoped that such a gigantic enterprise will meet with the success that tho interesting parties anticipate. The Finch Main; and Dredging Company which are working on tho Fraser, about Ave miles north of Ly tlon.are said lo be making about f 30 an hour, the cost of operating the plant being some $20 per day. The fact of the water being 1 ow in the rlveraccounta for their ability to do so well with their light appliances. The latter consist of n six- Inch centrifugal pump on a small scow. There are about 500 men at work on the bars between Lytton and LU looet, and thcse]avcrago from |3.50.to_|fl with a rocker.—Ex. Stern and uncompromising measures should at ones be put In force (o prevent the flagrant acts of theft known as "claim jumping," nnd.to punish the perpetrators Several valuable claims have of late been "joinped" In the Trail creek district and notably the Great Western and the Ool- den Chariot. These claims were purchased by Messrs,' Burko & Jones, of Spokane. Since the purchase the claims have been jumped and renamed. The right, ful owners, however, have determinedly signified their intention of maintaining their right of title in the law courts. Tho Tribune thus notes: "JudgeWalkemshouId presldo at the next session of court in Kootenay. Afterwards there would be few jumpers."—Midway Advance. Johnnn Wulflsohn, R..O. Tatlow, A. Williams, Clias. Slluson, Robert Hamilton, J, W. Campion and C. S. Douglas have been incorporated under the Companies Act, Part 11., 1878, Provincial, for the purpose of carrying on mining operations, formation of companies, etc., with a capital of (500,000 in 5,000 shares of (1 each. Tho Bureau ol Mines has received a letter from Jabez Williams, a Hudson Bay Co. officer tn lUluy River district, eppris- Ing them of important discoveries of gold on an island in Lonely Lake. This shows that the gold district extends to the northern boundary of the Province. WILLOW RIVER. Willow river promises to be In tho front rank of enterprises recently started ln*C*rlboo Mr. Laird, the manager, acquired a lease from government In the winter of 1894 the preliminary work was started by the construe- tlao of shaft house, mess house, etc., and following the example of Mr. Ramos, a Chapman boring machine was placed on the property early In 1605 and a series of holes were bored across the channel the depth of which was 109 ftut. when permanent operations were started, but owing to quantity of water, work was temporarily suspended till more powerful aachla ■ ery was brought to bssr and during the past season the progress of the work has been very satisfactory. In otd times WHIuw river was tho scene of great activity and several millions were elesned up by work done In the most primitive manner sad as asual a large amoimt of the deeper uni] richer ground was left an. touched, and has laid for years waiting tho ad - vent of capital and modern methods. ASHCROFT CHURCH DIRECTORY. St. Albsn's Episcopal—Rev. F. Tolland, Incumbent. Services every alternate Sabbath at 11 o'clock a.m., nnd 7 o'clock p.m. Zlolt Presbyterian Church—Service! at 11 a in,, and 7 p.m. Sunday school (union) at 2 p.m. Y. P. 8. C. E. on Friday evening at 8 o'clock. Rev, A. G. Button, Presbyterian, and Rev, E. Hardwlck, Methodist clergymen, preach on alternate Sundays. All are cordially Invited to attend. _ JOB PRINTING. Io connection wlih Tub Minino Journal,, Is a first-class Job pilntlng plant, and patrons in nny of the different districts of British Columbia can hare their work done In a neat and artistic manner here at Ihe lowest possible rates. MONTHLY REPORT, ASHCROFT SCHOOL, FOR APRIL. Days in session 20. Pupils itclunlly nl- tending during month, 81' Visitors, tf. F. W. FOSTER DIRECT llirOttTEIt CF General Merchandise. CLINTON .... ASHCROFT. Complete outfits for all classes of settlers, miners, farmers and ranchers. PROVISIONS, CLOTHING, BOOTS and SHOES, DRY GOODS HARDWARE, AGRICULTURAL and MINING IMPLE- MENTS, FIELD and GARDEN SEEDS, STATIONERY, DRUGS, PAINTS, OILS, LAMPS, GLASS, CROCKERY, SADDLEKY, MILLINERY AND DRESSMAKING establishment in connection with store at Ashcroft. The largest stocks in the province to select froraat my stores, Clinton and Ashcrnft. Goods received, forwarded and stored at low rates. Abbcikk , ... C, May 3rd, I8»5. F. W. FOSTEB. Dominion Hotel MARK EAflLESON, Proprietor. CLINTON, - - B. 0. The Dominion Hotel is well located in the heart of the village and Is one of the cosiest and most cheerful homes for travellers on the Cariboo road. All Stages In and out call at this house. MEWLY FURNISHED. |RATXS REASONABLE. F. C. LAWRENCE, DRUG STORE. DRUGS, MEDICINES, BRUSHES. COMBS, H81IISG TACKLE, PERFUHERT, PIPES, KNIVES, sad BOOKS. Notions sod Druggist* sundries el all kinds, jfr F. C. LAWRENCE, the Jeweller. MRS. K. STEADMAN, FRUIT AND CONFECTIONERY Syrups, Cold Drinks of ninny varieties, Fruits, Nuts, etc.. Home made and Urnhiim Bread, etc. ICE CREAM AMD CARE DDBISO THE SDMMKll MONTHS. A pleasant place on Railroad avenue. A3UCROFT, B.C. L. M. DENNIS, FIRST-CLASS. Watchmaker & Jeweler ILBARBEBXSHQPJ ASHCROFT, B. C. At ASHCROFT HOUSE. CARGILE HOUSE HEADQUARTERS EOR CARIBOO MINES. This popular house has been newly furnished and refitted and is as com- comfortable and home like a house as can bo found in the district. RATES : 11.00 to 01.80 per day for room and board. G.E. JOH.N60.N Proprietor. Tho Brilli.li (lulinuMa Mining Journal* t'tniMSHED WEEKLY 11V P. S.REYNOLDS AND A. II. BROUFE, Publishers and Proprietors. Subscription Price, per annum - ■ $2-00 Issued every Thursday, ASHCROFT, It. Os, May 0, 1805. seCTgs3Bro«» THE BRITISH COLUMBIA MINING JOURNAL. The British Columbia Mining Journal is pin. before Ihe publiu I'm Him purpose oftidvlng vvoolcly news roffiird ing tlit! rial) plaoor ami quartz mining industries* of British Columbia. After onrofully viewing the situation the publishers decided that no other point in the province could offer the facilities (or tin; gathering ol mining news from the various districts Unit Ashcroft could, nud while tho Mining Journal will endeavor tn give the Ashoroft region n good and reliable gist of weekly news, it will bo principally devoted, aa stated above, to gathering and publishing happenings in Cariboo, Valo, Lillooot and Kootenay mining districts and will endeavor to fill u long felt want in the province - I. e., to be distinctly it mining Journal. At Aslioroi't the 13. C. Express ami Stage tine carrying Her Majesty's mails leaves the Canadian Pacific railroad ami pierces for three hundred miles northerly various rich aud prolific placer mining regions. For 3.!i Tears Cariboo with its multitudinous creeks, gulohos, and canons, the Fraser, with its bars, the Pence Kiver country and dozens of oilier regions, have stand before the mining world as districts ol unqualified richness and now as the season of IR95 opens up, a revival of old time interest is being manifested all over ihe world as regards IMtish (Julumtiia mines, and it is more than probable that for the whole province an era of unpara- lolled prosperity is at hand. The most reliable statistics as to the output of gold from tho mines of British Columbia to be had, from government reports and conservative os- tim ues it is estim He that since the discovery of gold in tho province Caribou alone has added . $110,000,000 ill dust to tho world's store of the yellow metal. When the easily accessible diggings hud been over run by the white miners the out put fell off, but Chinamen ami Indiana and hundreds of white men—where there had formerly been thousands—continued to wash the gravel along tho creeks and rivers tributary to the Fraser, Thompson and Peace rivers. The advent of the Canadian Pacific made transportation of provisions to the mines mil oh cheaper and consequently where tinuiinco n day would hardly pay the old limor, $5 or *0 a .day would pay the latter day miners and mining was again resumed on an extensive scale. When California passed the "debris laws" and hydrauliokhijr, was so seriously inteferod with capitalists of tho world naturally turned tn a field where they could have fair show to invest their" money in productive enterprises without be ing obliged to fight for every privilege they deemed necessary in order to carry on operations. Tliei mining laws of British Columbia are a wise feature of legislation of the province Long ag0 WM reCnRn|zotj t||(, f,(t lh&i mining would phiy an important part prosperity of the country. in the thing wonderful may be looked for in these regions in the near future. The fierce and aggressive warfare against hydraulic mining which has prevailed in the states could not possibly got a foothold in British Columbia, then-lore, capitalists from all parts of the world hftvo no hesitation tu planting their money whore returns arc certain and legislation sensible. To assist, in an humble manner, to advertise the mini's ami report their progress, is to be tho mission of tho Biimsii Coi.uMtitA Minino Journal and in locating at Ashcroft can the best interests of both miners and inquiring public, be subserved. The publishers of the liltinsu CW u.miiia Minino .Iuuiinai, ask the cooperation of all mining men or intor- es.tod persons, and will give mining news as they find it. Tho struggle going on in the states between the gnlditos aud silveritos is being waiehed from Canada with great interest, British Columbia, in addition to great placer ami gold mines has inexhaustible silver ledges which can be operated for their millions as soon as a market is provided for tho white metal. Kaslo-Slooan mines lira! the famous Con.-sol. Virginia in Nevada, but unlike those great mines are in condition to bo worked profitably and even now are paying immense in uithly dividends. A large population are now supporting themselves by mining and shipping those rlcli ores to smelter-; in the vicinity and at Taeoinn aud Everett, The publishers of tho IS. C, Minino .Iouiinai. expect to be able to more than return dollar for dollar for all the support they receive from tho mining and agricultural regions of British Columbia. It is impossible to have a newspaper in orery busy mining camp ami agricultural center in the province. Thus it is that a jour iiul is forced toselect Rome natural point where news centers and where the efforts of the publishers can be rewarded by the latest and most authentic reports of doil gs and progress in the several districts. It is not that we wish to apoligize for having located at Ashcroft, but an explanation is due our northern neighbors who are ceaselessly working for the development of the grand old Cariboo region. As a business venture we have no doubt but a journal could do well st any of half a dozen points in Cariboo, but the gathering of news from all the mining camps would be n very liatd and expensive matter compared with what it will be nt Ashcroft. A prominent mining man says: •'Cariboo is in no sense a poor man's 'diggings" While all practical miners agree that it is the richest country they ever mined in, it is unquestionably the liar lest one for poor men to develop, nud, without the aid of capital, it is impossible In most cases to secure the gold. Last season the Gold Commissioner of Cariboo Issued over 100 leases to miners for placer ground. If the holders of the. leases carry out their intentions of working. Cariboo will take oil an activity this season not seen since 10,000 miners lived and worked at Barkerville mid vicinity. Tho recent murder of two girls in a San Francisco church has furnished the public with one of those exceedingly dramatie mysteries which only grows in intensity as tho search for the real murderer is prosecuted. While the public seems to agree THE INLAND AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION. A meeting of the officers and directors of the Inland Agricultural Association was held in tho Court House at Ashcroft on Saturday, £7tb, of April, 1805. Present: si. C. Barnes, President, Win. Walker, 1st. Vice-President, Chas. Puiinie,2nd. Vice-President, J.J. MacKn , Secretary, Win. Lyne, Director. A letter was read from Mr. T, G. Karl, a Director of Lytton, apologising for his absence and making several valuable suggestions. A letter from Mr. .las. Haddock, was also rend expressing hisregret at uotbeirig able to attend the meeting. Mr. Haddock, however, announced, on behalf of the establishment tie represents (P. W. Foster, General Merchant) that the store would donate liberally, as usual, towards tho Association's exhibition, and the races connected therewith, Mr. Win. Lyne also promised a very handsome donation Others present promised valuabh assistance. Careful estimates were then made of the receipts and expenditures for the cooiing fall show. Ii was seen that by careful management on the part of the association and a reasonable support from the people doing business in Ashoroft, as well as the support of exhibitors of the surrounding Districts, who are sure to have something worth showing and worth seeing, that this year's Fair would not only pay dollar for dollar but outstrip any Fair which has been held in the place. One interesting feature of this year's show will bo that instead of s cash prise, a silver medal will be given as a first prize in a number of cases. As this \s the Pioneer Association of the Interior of British Columbia and the Pioneer Association giving medals and medals may not be given another year, it. is expected that lilts feature will add greatly to the number of exhibitors and the success of the Fair. The date of I his Fall's exhibition will be thuoonstilulutinual (Into of the Association, the second Thursday in October, and will be open on that and the following day. The Association will very shortly issue their usual annual prize list pamphlet which will elaborate all the details of ihe exhibition. No pains will be spared by the Association to not onlv induce n first class exhibition, but to entertain the large crowd of visitors who alwavs .come to Ashcroft to attend the Fair. In addition to the pamphlets, posters will also tie sent out duly announcing ihe date and attractions of the exhibition. Therefore.tluHng tho last two or three that Durrani, the man in limbo, is tin fjiMMJiMimflMmmMimMiM.Mi This space reserved for B. WEHRFRITZ, Buewek. Knmloops, B. C. gaeaeggg tea cca - ^i.'iir—iMsarKiiL am ^ssxssaBBBBTBBaaEUSBBm years, hydraulic operations on an immense scale have been inaugurated in Cariboo and this season will see several of them, notably, the Horse Fly Hydraulic Co., on IJor.-=0 Fly River; the OaribouGold Mining Co., at Quesnello Forks; the Uydraullto Gold Mining Co., onQuesnelle River) the Victoria Hydraulic Elevator Co., represented by Mr. Whittier and bncked by English capitalists, whoso operations will bo on William's culprit, yet the evidence so far adduced is simply circumstantial and plainly shows that oven if ho were guilty ho took cunning pains to cover up his tracks ami to shift the awful responsibility off upen nny one else but himself. The crime stands pa- tent, however, and someone, for Some reason, from sheer fiendisliness and brutality or from insanity's freak, brutally murdered and outraged two beautiful virtuous girls, wliuse innocent lives were Worth more than all such brutes who ever lived. Such hlbltions of fiendish ii ess Creek just below the canon where bo I hFbVted'by'lho mutUnttofw and^lsfi'i many millions were taken out in an | urements on the bodies of those two early day; Hydraulic Co., at Ques- | pftrTa only seems to show that a savage nolle Forks; tho Slough Creek ami many rises in Willow Kiver enterprises, and other organizations and enter| a more or less advanced stage of progress are lu active operation and duly cleaning up thousands of dollars I j;,.|(t per mouth. In addition to Urn big hydraulic plants am thousands of miners working in groups or singly on the burs and in the gulches of nearly every stream in the province. In addition to tho stupendous placer operations hitherto, now being carried on, and in contemplation, tho quartz mining operations of the province are now and havo for years lefonnily of mind really exists in so ciety in spue of civilizing influences. Bob. FitzSimmons says Jim Cor- belt will not fight and .lim says Bob won't. They ought to bo bo made to A dispatch was received at Simla from sir Iloborl Lowe. Commander of the British expedition against L'mrii Kljan.cnii- Irmtaglho nunoitticomonl that ('hitml fort had been relieved by Qui. Kelly den. Oalftorot'* Hying column has reached Delr, ami the. main body is following. A •ciisiitioii lias boon caused in military sail other circles by the discovery liy Sir Robert Lowe at Minnkalat nfa letter to been ranking highinthe milling world I'luniK'nm from ft firm In Bombay, pll'cr- •nil now tlmt qunriz operations in M.o I ""•''" sl"'',ly l,l,1" """' *!"* u,""1 "
Dull, sail, very dull,*'renliul the colonel.
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