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Ipvospectus.

Ipart jfirst.

ThS SloUgfll desk Mining (.'ompany was orgnni/t-d
January, 1892, by a number of well-known business men of
Tacoma, Wash., for the purpose of ac(|uiring and d veloping
mines, principally, the auriferous alluvial deposits in the Cari-
boo district of British Columbia, and to carry out its intention
the company was incor[)orated under the laws of the State of
Washington, with a capital stock of $500,000, divided into
500,000 non assessable shares of a par value of $1.00 each.

ThO Frelizai&AXy arrangements having been |)errected,
the company secured a valuable grant of mining ground from
the provincial government of British Columbia, embracing an
area three miles in length by one half mile in width of the bed
or valley of Slough Creek. It ii held under 2i fifteen year
crotvn least, issued by the gold commissioner of the district on
behalf of Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Em-
press of India. The conditions of the lease require the annual
payment of $100 to the government and an expenditure of
$S,ooo.oo in development work each year during its continu-
ance.

* * *

This ValuablO Property is located six miles southwest
of the famous Williams Creek, \\\ the same valley of auriferous
drift from the rich (juartz lodes that are known to exist, and
from which by the natural process of erosion the auriferous
alluvial deposits have been supplied. It is bounded on the
east by Island mountain, and on the west by Burns mountain,
whose rocky summits are a mass of quartz veins, yielding from
$10 to $50 to the ton in free gold.

The lulftp at page lo illustrates a section of the richest
portion of the Cariboo district, wherein is located the grant of
the Slough Creek Mining Company. The mountains on either
side that form the valley through which Slough Creek runs
are seamed with (|uartz veins, the source that has supplied
Jiurns, Coulter, Devils and Nelson Creeks with their rich de-
posits of gold. The natural trend of the valley corresponding
with Williams and Lightning Creeks, i)oints plainly to the
presence of the precious metal in Slough Creek in the same
(juantity as those famous wealth producers which have attracted
so much notice to the Cariboo district.

* •* *

Where C&rriTjOO Is. it is that portion of British
Columbia embracing a complete section across the Northern
interior plateau from the C'oast Mountains to the Rocky
Mountain region. Popularly, Cariboo includes an area of
about 60 miles scjuare, and since the discovery of its rich
auriferous alluvial deposits in i860, when gold was taken out
by the pound, it has continued to be the richest gold field in
the world, this being attested by the record of the past thirty
years, the yield averaging six hundred dollars a year to every
man engaged in mining during that period.

* -x *

Production. This El Dorado of the North, Williams,
Crouse and Lightning Creeks, with their tributaries, produced
up to 1861, $2,000,000. On Williams Creek 202 pounds of
gold was taken out of the Diller claim in one day with only two
men drifting. Steel Cv: Co's claim yielded on two consecutive
days 387 and 409 ounces of gold, and in two moi.ths $105,000.
The Canadian claim gave for a time $5,000 and $6,000 a day.

* * *

On Lightning Creek the Campbell and Whitehall
claims yielded in 1861, $200,000. Campbell took out in
three days 1,700 ounces of gold, and eight claims on this creek
paid $2,500,000. Grouse Creek was also very rich. The
Heron claim paid from 100 to 400 ounces per day, and gave
the owners $300,000 in dividends. Besides these, ther'^ were
Jack of Clubs, Lowhee, Chisholm, Last Chance, Vat u;le,
Davis, Anderson, Harvey, Burns, Nelson and Co'ilter •: ".ks,
and numerous gulches and ravines which yielced a large
amount of gold and mr.de many independent fortunes

Xntlie Aurorft, one pan of picked dirt yielded 387 ounces.
Ten claims, with a total of 1,340 feet, paid $i,5io,-)oo, an
average of $1,1 29 per running foot of creek. The Ericson
claim, according to the Victoria fJolonist, produced for seven
consecutive weeks, between June 17 and July 29, 1864, the
following result ; 900, 640, 1,400, 1,926, 1,300 and 2,600

ounces.

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A&tlor Creok '^'so yielded a large nnio'-^' of gold ; one
company made $83,000 in three weeks. The i .'ck yielded
$10,000 per day for some time in 1861, aid many claims
paid $1,000 to the s(iuare foot. The goKj war; 'akcn from
shallow ground, as the stream was never bctton ed, owing to

ti.v in..xperierce of the carlv prosjiector in (\'.c\) sinking and
the expense to open work before any returns were obtained.

* * *

As ftXI Szftniple of the cost of sinking in the deep
ground, the Van Winkle mine cost $40,000 before the chan.
nel was reached ; it yielded a large amount of gold afiewards,
however, throe consecutive weekly cleanups being as follows:
$15,700, $14,000 and $12,000. The Cunningham claim cost
$100,000 to 0|)en work and yielded $500,000. I'he Califor.
nia and Tontine claims cost about the same and paid $500,-

000 each in dividends.

* * *

The Great Sscpense can be easily accounted for. The
pay dirt was all the way from 60 to 150 feet deep; large pumps
were required to keep the water down, and often bedrock
drains were run for the same purpose, which in their con-
struction sometimes baffled the ingenuity of the ablest miners.
Again, in some instances limited means compelled miners to
abandon ground when within a short distance of the coveted
treasure. In consecjuence, many rich places are left, which
ivere too deep and dilificult to prospect.

■* * *

The Fxecedingf statement of facts relating to the pro-
duction of gold and the cost of developing the various streams
in Cariboo during the sixties, are taken from the official re-
ports of the gold commissioner. They constitute an instructive
chapter in connection with the proijert/ of the Slough Creek
Mining Company, as it enables the reader to form a correct
idea of the vast wealth of this celebrated gold region.

part Seconb.

The Object of the Slough Creek Mining Company is to
develop Slough Creek, one of the principal water courses, cut-
ting its way through the gold basin of the Cariboo district as
shown on map at page lo, which, owing to its depth and the
cost of development, has remained a blank in that rich sec-
tion, th^'igh undoubtedly underlaid with millions of dollars
worth of the precious metal. It is a sister creek to the famous
Williams, Lightning, Grouse and Antler, streams from which
the greater portion of the output of Cariboo has been
taken.

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Thiee Miles, l he company owns three miles in length
by one half mile, the entire width of the bed or valley of
Slough Creek, it being the ground sluice for the richest tribu-
taries in the Cariboo district. And estimating 300 feet as the
width of the channel, three miles in length represents three
thousand four hundred and eighty five individual miner's
claims, each 100 feet square.

This Q-rand Affgregatioa of claims is capitalized in
the sum of $500,000, divided into 500,000 shares of
the par value of $1.00 each, and 223,000 of these shares are
set apart and pledged to be sold for the exclusive purpose of
sinking a shaft to the bed rock, where gold is found yielding
600 ounces to the set of timbers, a set of timbers being ten
feet in length, six feet in height and three and one-half feet in
depth.

A Payinff Basis. Careful estimates have been made
of the probable cost of the work necessary lo place the prop-
erty on a paying basis, and at a meeting of the board of trustees
they authorized the sale of a certain amount of treasury stock,
to be sold in series of 30,000 shares each, to meet the
expenditure. The first series was placed on the market and
was sold in Victoria, B. C, and Tacoma, Wash., in ten days.

Soringf Per TllO Chftniiel. fo obviate the difficulties
heretofore encountered in prospecting the deep channels the
company purchased a hydraulic jetting machine, for the
purpose of boring a series of shafts across the valley or bc^. of
the creek, and theieby locate the deep ground. The result
of these operations proved a great saving both in time and
money over 'le old methods, for in ninety days after work
was started four shafts were bored, and the deep channel
located at a depth of two hundred and forty-five feet from the
surface.

SnOOUTAffing Prospects, in each of the holes bored,
gold was obtained from the bed rock. The cut on page 9
shows the machine in operation on August 26th, 1892, at which
time a body of clay was struck that continued to a depth of
160 feet. The prospects generally being of sufficient import-
ance to warrant the trustees in authorizing the sinking of a
working shaft, which was started on the 10th of November,
1892.

BopOltS from the superintendent at the mine are mos^
favorable. He has had sixteen men steadily employed during
the winter and summer. The shaft has been put down seventy
feet, and in connection therewith a dram tunnel 2150 feet long
has been constructed, which taps the shaft at a depth of forty-
five feet and drains the surface water down to the clay.

E;:st9asive Hydraulic claims are worked on the banks
of Slough Creek, which yield handsome dividends, and many
rich gulches and ravines for ages past have empti'^d their
waste into the valley of Slough Creek. A portion of all these
tributary streams is embraced within the limits of the property,
and their combined contributions alone are of sufficient im-
portance to warrant its development. The Island Mountain
Quartz Mining Company has a ten stamp mill at the head of
Slough Creek, and the primitive Arastra is operated success-
fully on Burns mountain, a short distance from the property.

lC>art Chirb.

To Investors, ^''d the public in general, this is one of
the best mining proposition thnt has ever been offered. To
illustrate: One share of the Slough Creek Mining Company's
stock is eijuivalent to 69-.; square feet, and 130 shares equal
one full claim 100 feet scjuare of mining property in the
Cariboo district where claims are known to have yielded
over $ioo,coo, while others have paid $1,000 to the square
foot. The extent of the richness of these mines can only be
estimated by the records of the past thirty years.

* ■* *

No One DoulstS ^^^^^ shares of the Slough Creek
Mining Company's stock will advance several hundred per
cent. It is a safe and sure investment in which there may
be one hundred fold return to the investor. A purchaser
of any portion of the capital i^tock only pays his percentage of
the expense incurred in making improvements, according to
the numbe; of shares he buys, and he becomes a partner in
the property without any additional expense whatever.

•X- * *

Some Headers of these lines not accjuainted with the
geography of British Columbia may ask, where is Slough
Creek, and how is it reached? To such inquiry the Slough
Creek Mining Company would state that it is in the very
center of the famous Cariboo district, between Lightning and
William Creeks. It is a little over 550 miles from Tacoma
or Victoria, 480 miles from Vancouver, B. C, and only Cive
days travel from any part of the Sound via the Canadian Pa-
cific Railroad, connecting with the British Columbia Express
Comi)any's stages at Ashcroft, carrying the royal mail.

* * *

For Barkerville, the principal town and trading center
for nearly all the Cariboo district, stages leave Ashcroft every
Monday at 7 a. m.; and arrive at Barkerville every Thursday
at 7 p. m.; returning, leave Barkerville Saturdays at 6 a. m.;
and arrive at Ashcroft Tuesdays at 6 p. m., connecting with
the Canadian Paci'"'c both east and west bound; only four days
staging over a splendid wagon road, hard and smooth, with no
dust to suffocate. The scenery is magnificent and the hotel
accomodations arc unsurpassed.

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Particular attention is called to the fact, that the Slough
Creek Mining Company owns the largest body of mining
ground in the Cariboo district of British Columbia. Half a
mile square is the limit that can now be obtained by any com-
pany. Mining men and investors who are familiar with this
class of gold properties are invited to investigate this proposi-
tion. They will find that it is uneqnaled in value, and will
command their attention as an investment. Address the
company, F. O. Box 254, Tacoma, Wash.

IReferences.

For the truth of any of the foregoing statements the com-
pany refers to the following:

John Bowron, Gold Com'r, Barkerville, Cariboo, B. C.
I. B. Nason, M. P. P., •« «« "

S. A. Rogers, M. P. P., " " "

Hon. James Reid, M. P., Quesnellemouth, " "

Mbat is Sait) of Slouflb Creeft.

The marvelously rich deposits of wealth explored and de-
veloped in the Cariboo gold fields, British Columbia, are at
present attracting the notice of mining men from the State of
Washington, who are seeking safe and profitable investments
for their capital. The quartz excitement for the past three
years throughout the State of Washington and the northwest
has kept investors in mining properties at a fever heat during
that time; but a reaction it evidently taking place in favor of
placer mining, for now there seems to be unusual activity
around placer mining circles, and Cariboo is spoken of as the
favored center of attraction, where the discoveries of gold in
the valleys and small streams that traverse them would
appear almost like taies from fairyland were they not attested
by thousands of miners and the cold unvarnished fact that
$60,000,000 worth of nuggets and dust have been produced
from these sources. The bed of every gulch or creek in the
district that has been worked has paid the enormous sum of
$50.00 to $1,000 to the square foot of ground, and it is the
general belief, based on well known facts, that there are im-
mense deposits of gold in the deep channels that have never
been explored. Like California and Australia, the deep dig-
gins in Cariboo were beyond the limited means of the average
miner. Thus, the richest placers have remained for the ad-
vent of capital to take hold and develop them.

By consulting the reports of the Department of Mines and
the Geological Survey of Canada, it will be seen that there are
immense possibilities for the investment of capital in this fa-
mous gold field. Gold abounds in every valley, and in every
stream that empties into it. Should there be any doubt in the
mind of the reader as to the richness of this Eldoiado, a ref-
erence to the Review of May, 1891, will set them at rest. In
that issue it was pointed out that 202 pounds of gold v/as ta-
ken out by two men in one day. Thirteen hundred and forty
feet of ground paid $1,510,000, and one pan of dirt yielded
387 ounces — $5,579- These figures are given for the purpose
of showing the operations of the past, when little capital and
machinery were employed, which necessarily confined explor-
ations to the deposits that lay near the surface.

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ground from the provincial goxernment of liritish Columbia,
a company has been organized at Tacoma, Wash., with a capi-
tal of $500,000, for the purpose of developing one of the
principal streams of the gold basin of this district, i'he names
and standing of the gentlemen who compose the Slough Creek
Mining Company whose [)rospectus is published in our adver-
tising columns this month, is a guarantee that they will per-
form the obligations of their lease, which recjuires an outlay of
$5,000 annually for a term of fifteen years. The company
commenced operations last June with a Chapman hydraulic
jetting machine, and bored four shafts, locating the channel at
a depth of 245 feet, 'i'he prospects encouraged the trustees
in opening up a working shaft, which has been sunk 32 feet at
this date. In connection therewith a drain tunnel is being
constructed that will tap pay gravel at 40 feet below the sur-
face. The drain when completed will be over 1,600 feet long.
The capital stock of the company is divided into 500,000 shares
at a par value of $1.00 each. The stock is absolutely non-
assessable. The money derived from the sale of stock is to be
applied exclusively in opening up the property. — The Cana-
dian Mining and Mechanical Review^ January, i8gj.

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Not only mining men, but the public generally are inter-
ested in any new departure cilculated to facilitate the work of
wresting gold from the coffers of that old miser — Nature, who
hidtis away with jealous zeal her hoarded wealth. The Cari-
boo basin has long been known as one of the rii;hest gold re-
gions of British Columbia, if not of the world. In fact there
is no better manner in which to demonstrate the unfailing
richness of the country than the official figures, which show
that for some thirty years past the gold yield of this region has
averaged $600 per year for every man engaged in mining dur-
ing that length of time. The country generally in and around
Cariboo is practically under.ayed with gold, and with the influx
of capital to work up the deeper claims it is not saying too
much to predict something like a return to the old times, when
Williams, Lightning and Antler creeks were producing thou-
sands of ounces of gold weekly. During the past season the
Slough Creek Mining Company have introduced into Cariboo
what is locally an entirely new departure. This is in the
shape of a hydraulic jetting process machine, similar to those

nsed In boring for coal and oil in Pennsylvania. It does not
need any experience as a miner to be able to appreciate the
vast difference in the cost of such a method of prospecting as
compared with the old process of sinking a shaft, and those
who should know are very sanguine regarding the outcome of
the recent develoi)incnts of Slough Creek. — Victoria Colonist.

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The district of Cariboo deserves to have great favor shown
it in the matter of transportation, and has, so far, been totally
neglected, except by the construction of a long and tedious
wagon road. It has contributed to the gold supply of the
world over fifty-five millions of dollars, all of which was ob-
tained from surface diggings, and without the aid of skilled
machinery. It is the firm belief of our men well ([ualified to judge
that there is far more gold waiting to be brought out by scien-
tific mining and the enterprising application of capital than
has yet been produced. A railroad would cheapen the means
of transportation and the cost of mining and living to such an
extent that many mines, now barely paying expenses would
become profitable. Surely if any region of British Columbia
is entitled to have a railway built connecting it with the com-
mercial cities of the province, it is the long neglected Cariboo.
— IVestfrn World, Winnipeg, January, 1893.

BY-LAWS

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The Slough Creek Mining Company

TACOMA, WASHINGTON.

AkTICIiK I.

COKI'dllATK I'OWKIiH.

The corporiite powers of this vorporutlon shall he vpNtcd In a Imarrt of
■even truNtreH, who Hhall he KtockhohU'i's holitlnu' ten or more sIiiih'.s In
llieir own names on the t)ook.s of the corporation, ami a rniijoi lly thereof
kIihII constllutti u <|Uoruui for the tranxaetlon of buHineMH,

AUTICLJC II.

KI.M'TION Ol-' 01''KM KIlS.

The trutileeK Hhall be elected hy l)allot at tli(> annual meotInK ofthe
Hlo<'k holders, to serve for one year and nntil tlieir successors are elected
and<iualllle(l. Their term of olHce shall begin Immediately after election
andquallth'atlon.

AHTICMO Iir.

VACANCIKS.

Vacancies In the t)oard of triisU'CM shall be tilled hy the otlier trustees
In ottice, and sucli persons shall hold ofilce until the first meeting of the
stockholders thereafter.

AKTICLK IV.

I'OWKIl OK THISTKKS,

The trustees shall have power— Klrst: to call special meetings of the
stockholders when they deem It necessary, anil they shall call a meetInK
at anytime upon the written reciuest of st(K-kholders holding one-thliil of
rli;the capital slock. Second: to appoint all otllcers lUid agenis, prescribe
their duties, tlx their compensation and may ri'<iuire from them security
for faithful s(-rvice. Third: to remove all otllcers or agents who shall be
found Incompetent or neglectful of the duties to be performed by tiiem.
Fourth; to conduct, manage and control the all'alrs and busii'ess of the
corporation, and to make rules and regulations, not Inconsistent with the
laws of the Htate of Washington or the by-laws of the corporation, for the
guidance of the otllcers and management of the all'alrs of the corporation.
Kifth: to 'ncur indebtedness not to exceed .i")(K)().(H) In excess of any money
on hand ot otherwise appropriated. The terms and amounts of such
Indebtedn is shall be entered on the minutes of the board and the note ok'
obllgatlo. given for the same, signed t tllclally by the president and secre
tary, shall be binding on tiie corporation.

ARTICLE V. . :0

I riE.S01' TKUSTE H.

It shall be the duty of the trustees— Klrst: to cause to be kept a com-
plete record of all their records and acts, and of the proceedings of the
stockholders, and present a lull statement at the regular annual meeting
of the stockholders showing in detail the assets and liabilities of the cor-
poration and generally the condition of its atliiirs. A similar stfltement
shall be presented at any other meeting of the stockholders when required
by persons holding at least one-half of the capital stock of the corporation.

SpcoikI: to declaip dividends out of tlic surplus profits wiieu sucb profits
sliiill, in tlie opinion ol tlie trustees, warrant tiie same. Tlilrd: to supervise
ail oiHcers and agfiits and see tliat tiieir duties are properly performed.
To cause to be Issued to the stocUliolders In proportion to tlieir several

interests, certificates of slock.

AKIICLE VI.

The officers shall he a president, vice-president, se<Metiiry and treas.

urer; which ollleers shall be elected by and hold oitlce at the pleasure of

the board of trustees, the compensation and tenure ofottl^e of all otllcers

of the corporation (other than trustees) shall t)e tlxel by the hoard of

trustee fi.

.VUTICLK VI r.

I'KKSIDKNT.

The boiir<l of trustees shall, at their first regular meeting, elect one of
their number to act as president, and if at any time the pre.sidnnt shall be
unable to act, the vU^j-presldent shall t'lUo his place and perform his
duties; and if the vice-president, from any cause, shall be unable to ai-t,
Ihey shall appoint some other member of the board to do so. In whom,
shall be vested, f(tr tlie lime bein^ all the duties and functions of his
odice. The president, or in his absence, the trustee appointed as above
provided— I'Mrst: shall preside over all meetings of the stockholders and
trustees and shall have the casting vote. Second; he shall sign, as presi-
dent, all certificates of stock and all contracts and other instruments of
writing which h ive first bo;'n approved by the board of trustees, and shall
draw checlis upon the treasurer. Third: he shall call the trustees together
whenever he deems it ntcessary, and shull liave, subject to the advice of
the board of IrusteL's, direction of the art"ilrs of tlie corporation, and gener-
ally shall discharge such other duties as may be required of him by the

by-laws of the corporation.

ARTICLE VIII.

SECRKT.\RV.

Tlie board shall elect a secretary. PMrst: It shall be the duty of the
secretary to keep a record of the proceedings of the board of trustees and
stockholders. Second: he shall keep the corporate seal of the corporation
and the book of blank certificates of stock, fill up and countersign all cer
tiflcates of stock issucnl and m'lke the corresponding entries in the margin
of such book on such issuance, and lie sh ill affix said corporate seal to alt
papers requiring a seal. Tliird: he shall keep a proper transfer hook and
a stock ledger In debit and credit form, siiowlng the number of shares
is-iue I and transferred by any stockholder, and tlie date of each issuance
and transfer. Fourth: he sliall prepare account books, counler^iijn all
clieeks drawn upon the treasurer and discharge such other duties as per-
tain to his office and as prescribed by the board of trustees. Filili; the
secretary shall serve all notices required either by law or the bylawsof
the ('orporaLon. and in caseof his absence. Inability, refusal or n.' ;.ivi to
do so, then such noticps may be served by an.v person thereunto directed
by flic presideiitor vice-president of the corporation.

ARTICLE IX.

TllKASUKKK.

It shall be the dul.v of the treasurer to keep safely all moneys and
valuables of the company and disburse or deliver tlie same, under the
direction of the board of trustees, on warrants signed by the president and
secretary. At eacli annual meeiing of tlie stockholders he shall submit a
complete stntenient of his accounts for tlie past year, with the proper
vouchers, for their Information. He shall discharge such other duties
pertaining to Ills oftlce as shall, from time to time, he prescribed by the
board of trustees. The Jjoard of trustees shall require from the treasurer
a security for the faithful discharge of his duties.

ARTICLE X.

HOOK.S AND I'Al'KRS.

The books, and such papers as may be placed 0!i file by vote of the
stocUhoMer.-i or trustees, sliall at all times, in business hours, be sub.lcct to
tlie inspection of the board of trustees andof any stockholder.

\RTI('LE XI.

CKKTIFlCATKSCK STOCK.

All certillcate.s of stock shall be signed by the president iiiid counter-
signed by the secretnr.v. and express on its face, its number, date of issu-
ance, tlie number of sliares for wliicli, and the person to whom It is issued,
and bearing the seal of the cor, oration. The certificate book shall contain
a margin on wliich shall be entp. -^d the number, date, numbei' of sliares,
and name of the person p\i)rehsed i. the corresj onding certificateH.

AUT,('LE XII.

TKA.V- KElt OK STOCK.

Shares of the corporation may be transferred at any time by the
holders thereof, or by an attorney legally constituted, or by their legal
representatives, by indorsement on the certificate of stock: but no transfer
shall be valid until the surrender of the certificate and the acknowledge-
menl of sucli transfer on tlie books of tlie company.

No surrendered certificates shall be cancelled b.v the secretary before a
new one is issued in lieu tliereof, and tlic secretary shall preserve the cer-
tificates .so cancelled as a voucher. If, however, Ihe certificates sliall be
lost or destroyed, the board of trustees may order a new certificate issued
upon such guarantee by the parties claiming the same as tliey may deem

satisfactory.

AHTICLK XIII.

.MKKTIN(iS.

The annual fneeting of the stockholders shall be held in the oltlce of
the company on the first Monday in .Tuly In each year, and sliall be called
by a notice printed in one or more newspapers publislied in flie city of
Tacoma, county of Pierce, state of Washini^ton, as the trustees may direct,
for at least ten days preceding the day of meeting, or by notice in writing
by the president, delivered to fach stockholder personally or by mall.
No meeting of stockholders shall be competent to transact business unless
a majority of stock is represented, except to adjourn from day to day, or
Mnlil such time as may be der mnd proper.

At r,ucli annual meeting of the stucklioiders, trustees for the ensuing
year sliall be elected by ballot to serve f jr one year and until their succes-
sors are elected and qualified. If, however, for want of a quorum or other
cause a stockholders' meeting sliall not be held on the day above named,
then a majority of the board of trustees then in ollice may, at any time
during the ensuing year, call a mreting of the stockholders to electa board
of trustees, and a notice of such meclliig, signed by a majority of the
trustees and stating its object and the time and place of holding it, given
in the same manner as above provided; or should the stockholders fail to
complete their election or such business as may be presented for tlieir
consideration, those present may adjourn from day to day until the same

be accomplished.

AUTICLE XIV.

voiiNc;.

'it ail corporate meetings each stockholder, either in person or by

proxy, shall be entitled to as many votes as he has shares of stock as

shown by the register. Such proxies shall be in writing and filed with the

secretary.

ARTICLE XV.

AMKNDMKNTS Ol' IIY-LAWS.

These by-laws may be altered or amended at any regular meeting of

the trustees or at any special meeting called for that purpose by a vote of

two-thirds of the full board of trustees, but such amendment or alteration

shall be first proposed at a nr^etlng of the trustees held at least two weeks

before the meeting at whlcn the vote thereon is to be taken. It shall tie

read by the secretary In open meeting and If approved by a majority of the

trustees present, shall be recorded in the minutes of the meeting, but If

rejected by a malorify vote of trustees present, no further action shall be

taken thereon.

ARTICLE XVL

SKAL.

The company shall have a common seal, consisting of a circle having
on Its circumference the words; "THK SLOUGH f"REEK MINING
COMPANY," Tacoma, Washington. Incorporated 1892.

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A v;r.^i?

TRUSTEES' APPROVAL.

Know all men by These Presents:— That we, the
undersigned, trustees and secretary of the corporation
known as and called The Slough Creek Mining Com-
pany, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing
by-laws ivere duly adopted as the by-laivs of said cor-
^. or at ion on the 21st day of January, A. D. 1892, and
that the same do noiv constitute the by-laws of said
corporation.

IV. H. Fife,
President of Trustees.

Attest.

VV. F. Sargent,
Secretary of Trustees

W. H. Fife.
Henry Drum.
J. D. Caughran.
E. N. Ouimette.
J. B. Clift.
Chas. H. Cobb.
IV. H. Ellis.

Trustees.

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