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Third Bdition. 
 
 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. 
 
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 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. 
 
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 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. 
 
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 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. 
 
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 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. 
 
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 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. 
 
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 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. 
 
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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. 
 
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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. 
 
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 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. 
 
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 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. 
 
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 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. 
 
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 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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In view of these facts and a grant of three miles of 
 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 
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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 
 
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 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. 
 
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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. 
 
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\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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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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