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CoUectio/v -y^ r' I) ■i' , J, w - * ^B >■ . -i^i ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H * V- f. < f. o Briti^f) Colombia. 2 -1 < it f. o amloops (T)ining Camp. 1 % #► IS An I.® PS : 1397. ^ . ;» i Index to Advertisements. Baillie, Wm., Propertieii for Sale Bank of British Columbia Batchelor, O. S., Properlies for Sale Cosmopolilan Hotel (Rtisseli & Herod, Pro- prietor*) Costley,Tho!t., Livery, Saleatiii Keed Stables Gaglietto, M., Miners' Supplies, Clothing, Groceries, etc Gordon, M. P., Furniture, Carpets, etc. . (irand Pacific Hotel (Dupont & Corning;, Proprietors) Grip Printing and Publishing Co., Kngravers Hopkins & McLean, Camp and Mining' Supplies " Inland Sentinel," The Johnson & Gill, Contractors Kamloops Book Store (VV. T. Slavin, Pro- prietor) Kamloops Brickyard (Johnson & Gill, Pro- prietors) Kault Sawmill (Jos. Grenelle, Proprietor). Lee, R. H., Provincial Land Surveyor 46(1 45" 4.V» 54" 49" 4tl|'S K ihf liiuliiiir nt) 111 till- k'rf'l l/^k Itrilish I'dliiiDhia li'i.rl.»r ilisirirt of \;i\,;. I A ll lii->- al till' jiiiKh.i 'if ihi' iiiMlh .icul I ^ Miiilh hriiiiklK's I'f till I limiipsoM Kiwr, / till llu' C'iinaili;iii l';it Ik' Kailuay, j^o mill's iViiiii the l.'il , 111' N'lifuinivcr, on the I'ai'ifu- t'ii.i>l. N'tf.' lliirix oars ai^ii, iIut a popiilatimi, allrailfil ■ the rich plmvr ili(;(;itij;s wliiili hail been cIlMnvered, ha'' be),iiii to pour Here are loeaitj llie iiiiinerdus ofliceH of both the I'roviiuial and Ddiniiiinn (iiuerninents, aiul here the iinirls nl justify, ii\il and iriniinal, are held. Several vears a),'ii the lily was iiKnrpiiraled, and iminiiipal insiiiuiinns iiilriHluied. I his step for- ward has pnned most beneficial, , nil the wise iidininistialiiin which successive citi cminils have allorJeil, has placed the > li\ in a position which is the oiu \ of her sister municipalities. Previous .,1 S,.nll, II ,,. into the co..i<;ry, Kamloops, Ironi tlicviiilral po-i- tion it ivcupied, .it once became .i place ol iinporl- ancc. The Hudson s ".ly I'omp.in), thai ^jrcat pioneer o( settlemeni in Hrilish North Anieric;!, had alread) established a piist iiere, .iiid this formed the nucleus around which the tr.idinjir business of the pi. ice f;athered, and >,':i\c K.im- loops its start as the commercial cenlre ol the interior. l''or man\ \ears It was the only pl.icc ol importance in the country east of the inininj,' camp at N'ale, anil it was not until the I'anadun I'.u'ilic Kailw,i\ had been built, and the mines of the re- moter interior h.iil be^'iin to be opened, that it had a ri\al. Purinj; the past ten \ears the pro),'ress ot Kam- loops has been sieailv and substantial. It is the seat of ffovernmcnl lor the lasl N'ale district. Ill incorporalion private enterprise had put in a waterworks system ,ind an electric li(,'ht plant. These have since been aciiuired by the city, and miinicip.il ownership iif two very Important jjeneral services has been as .ured practically tv'r all time. Since taklii).; over the old plants, they have been ^re.illv chanijed and improved, so that the service is now ei|ual to any and superior to most of those in the other cities of the rrovlnce. Niitwithstandinj,' this enterprise on the part of the citv, the rate o( taxation Is much lower than in any other city In Hrilish t'olumbia. testlfyinfj to the wisely economical course that has all along been pursued in the j;eneral expenditure. .\s the Illustrations In subsei)uent paj,'es of this book will show, Kamloops is most charminjfly located. The city nestles beneath a range of I fe I : t velvet prairie benches, ""d stretches itself alonjj the south banks of the Thompson River. It is noted for the si'.lubrity of its climate, and enjoys during the year probably a>i many sunny days as anv other city in the nortliern half of the continent, r '.il recently the chief industry iii the country surroundinj^: Kainloops has been cattle raisinj^, but this has now dropped to a secondary position, the enormous possibilities of niininj;^ development havin}^ brou),''ht aboi.t a new era of prosperity. It was only last year, in the middle ol the summer, that the first of the sensational discoveries of copper- }^old or.v-i was made on Coal Mill, situated about three miles to the south oi the cit\. Cattle and cowboys had been ranj^fiuj,' over that hill for many year«, vet it was ne\er suspected that it and nei).rhborin(^ hills held hidden from view in their rocky depths the m.irxellous we.ilth which il now seems certain that ihey contain. Kamloi>ps felt that a fresh elixir had been injected into the \eins of her commerce and industry. The spirit of are invited to come and see for themselves and share in the riches of the land. It will be seen thai Kamloops possesses all the requisite elements for a j;reat smeltinjf centre. .\ glance at the map will show the ease and con- set|uent cheapness with which ore, coal and (if necessary) fluxes could be transported here. The coal of the North Thompson River is a first-class coking' ariicie, and the measures lie only fifty-two miles to the north, where they can be reached nearly the year roimd by steamboat-. Competent metallurfj-ists pronounce the copper- (,'-old ores of Coal and adjacent hills to be perfectly seif-fluxiiif,'. A tramway a few miles lonf;- would brill),' these ores to Kamloops at a merely nominal price, .-nid with cheap coke, landed by steamer at the doiirs of the smelter, the conditions for economical smeltin},'- could scarcelv be impro'ed on, and would be unequalled at any point in the West. These f:i\orable conditions add jfreatly to the value of the ores produced. enterprise was enlarf,'-ed and intensilicd, ; and jjrander hu 're loomini; up. In the course of this book, descriptions will be found of the discoveries on Coal and adjacenl liilK, and in the preparation of these deM.riplioiis the jjreatest care has been taken to set forth in the most accurate manner what they amount to. There is nothinjf to be made by exa>,'f,'eialion, for the plain truth itself is marvellous. l'p«arils of three hundred mineral locations hav ■ alre;ul\ been made in the localities mentioned, and li.e -.liow inj,' is such that the hills may be termed miiuTal masses. l-'urther on in these paj,'es we describe the Knat silver deposits .it Adams Lake, tl'<' coal measures of the North Thompson Ri\er. the ciruia- bar mines at Clipper Ireek (Sa\oiias|, (he (ilen iron mine, the Tranquille hyilr.iulic operations and the f,'reat mica discneries al lOle Jaune Cache. .\ll these will ^'i\e .in idea of llie almost illimitable possibilities of mining; development here. What is needed is capii.il to inau),'urate aiul carrv on llie work in the new mineral sections, I'apitiilists .Vmonjjst the railway ccrtainlies of the future is a line from Kamloops up the North Thonipsnn River into Cariboo. Il is the only feasible roctc lor a railway into thai >,'real district, and liie renewed activity amont; the hxilriiulic and placer miners of Cariboo has already drawn forcible altenlion to the necessity for ),'realer facilities ol IransporlaliiMi. Another railwav will sooner iir later be built soulhw.ird from Kamloops Ihroii^h to Ihe Houndar\ ami I'rail Ireek dis- tricts, conneclii-.ij there with railw. s south into ilie I'nited Stales, west to the Pacific Co.ist through the Mope Mi'unlain Pass, and east to Ihe Norlliwes- ieritlories throuirh the Crow's Nesi Pass, T'rom a1t this it will be seen that the Kaiiloops Miiiinjr Camp is building; on a foundation which t,'ives promise of Ihe xer\ >,'realesl soliditv. (iold, silver, copper, cinnabar, le.ul, iron, coal, are Ihe minerals w hii h cliieflv iibound in the country con- tit;uous to Kamloops. iWB emselves and sscsses all the citing centre, ease and con- coal and (if ;d here. The is a first-class only fifty-two be reached ■e the copper- o be perfectly OS lonn' would lerely nominal by steamer at -onditions for be impro'ed y point in the add {^rciitly to of the future irlh Thompson fe.isible roiiti oiu'r im Kanili>ops »il I'reek dis- • s south into Pacific Coast .. and east to :h the I'row's the Kaiiloops ndalion which iilidily. (iold, coal, are the L- country con- KAMLOOPS MINES. THE CONDITIONS OF THHIK OCCfKRENlK AND COMMERCIAL VAI.CK. (Wrilti-n «pfi-ially fur Ihm ptihtitiilitin b> W. I li..^. Nr» in:iii, K M I WHAT is properly considered "Kam- loops C'anip " is a circumscribed are.i consisting' of that pari of the Kaiii- loops mapsheet, which comprises the mountains known as Coal Hill and Su(;ar I.oaf Hill and the slope to the south as far as Jocko Lake. I-Vom east to west this is, nuii^lily speaking, a distance of about eiffhl miles, and iVom north to south it measures approximately ihrce to five miles. Other camps, from the famous cinnabar mines f Savonas, twenty -fiv^' ^ miles west, to the new camps surrounding^ .Shu.-;wapl-ake, one hundred miles or more to the east, and from the ffold finds of Stump Lake, t w e n t y - fi \ e miles south, {o the silver-lead deposits at Adams Lake, sixty miles f r o m Kam- 1 ii o p s viu North Thomp- son River, .ire conimerciall V Iributary to K a m I o o p s t ity. Hut this brief sketch is lo b confined lo the above outlined Kam- liH>ps Camp a camp, by the wa\ . wilh m ilerials and pri>mise sunicieni ampK lo suppU I he subject nialter of a whi'le volume. I he whole area of the c.imp is occupied by eruptive rocks, cut and shattered hv tr.ip dikes. I he dri;t maleri.il covers all but the lopniosl peaks, :uul I'lc formation is, therefi feel. Ihe line ol (^'realesi local fraclure is Ihe continualii>n of this mountain to ihe norlluvesl, and man. cl.iims are located on the mountain ilself and lo a distance ii( • iboiil two luiles in ihe .ibo\e ilirection. Vo the ^iHitheasI Ihe dislocation is mil observable in the same marked m.inner, but the mimber of ilaims located on Ihe line of strike, wilh ihe l\.\.irable • ippearance of man\ of Ihem, w.>uM indicate the >i"iliiiuily of tin. disturb.ince in ihi' direcliim. I lie ifencral lino of fracture i^n Coal Hill is appar- L.'Uf l*t,.^(S^^,l^ Mill,-. N.trth Th.'mp^iii Rivfr. ently east by north and west by south, :ind the direction of the dykes at \ aryin^j an^'les, northerly and .southerly. The fissure al the Python clairn runs east and west with no si},'-ns so far of being- cut by a dyKe or by faulting,'. .\\ the Iron .Mask the ore is banded aloiij,' a trap dyke beariiiff exactly maj,'netic north (\. j;, I-..] whi'ch forms the foot- w:dl. C>n the Uonnie I'ltta, adjoiniiij,', the strike of the vein is southwest, which is also the direction at the I.ucky Strike. The surface indicttions exhibit fi>ur distinct characteristics. The more common consist of blue and f^reen stains of copper carbonates with some brown or red iron oxide, coloriiif,-- the float in a ^fiven direction. Here considerable di},'f,'inf,' in fjravel is necessary to strike the le.id. In other places the dioritic rock on beinjj broken shows more or less mineral sprinkled through it over a certain space. These places vary from a few- feet to where las at the Py- thon) a space ,?o by ;oo feet is occupied by the split vein. .\gain, less often, the rock shows an iron capping com- posed of de- con-.posed rock .iiul filled with iron pyrites, and here gold m a y s ti m e - times be "pan- ned." Still another, and Ihe least fre- i|uent show- ing, is the out- crop of a vein of ore so rich in copper as to resist decom- position in this dry climate. Not suflicient deveUipment work has yel been done in the camp to demi>nslrate the features which mark the \eins in ,in uii.iltered condition. The ores at the Iron Mask al a depth of (xi feet are still in part taken out with a slunel as clean copper concentrates, running over ->o per cent, in copper, ;i quarter of an ounce in gold and a couple i>f ounces in silxer. The iron in the hard ore is altered to the magnetic oxide, though some little pxrile ami marcasite has been noticeil lately. The gangiie filling the fissure al the Iron Mask consists of talc and lu>rnblende with lime, and the ore is partly cenienlcil with calcite and some free silica. .\ crosscut o( 40 feel failed to disclose an\ hanging wall. A drift of nearly hki feet on the footwall showed ,1 conlimunis pay cluile o( clean ore, in places si'xen feel thick. Twentx-six feel from the footwall another pay streak is cut, showing a thickness of seven inches. Nearly 150 Ions of shipping ore was taken out o( 55 feel ot this drift. The Python has about i,?o feet of development, which has exposed one wall, and is all in more or less good ore. The Lucky Strike has only a small prospect hole, also showing one good wall, and out of this about ten tons of clean ore was taken "pay from the k'rass." The Chieftain shaft is down 50 feet and is in ore of a different character, being copper and iron pyrite, with hematite. The Iron King contains a series of dykes of pure magnetic iron running the full length of the claim. The Pothook and Bonanza show small seams of bornite and coarse gold. Work has only begun here. The Bonnie Ktta shows peacock copper and while pyrites in quart/, mixed through a six-foot vein, which has two perpendicular walls with a complete selvage on each. .Ml the veins having sufficient development show signs of great disturbance and crushing, but not enough work has been done to decide whether they are faulted to any extent or not. To the east, and also to the south, i|uart/ ledges have been located, some of which show an ounce and a half af gold on assay. .Altogether, the camp has as bright prospects ;is any in the Province i.n\ the showings alreadv made, and its location gives it lunisual facilities, llaxing the advantage o( all kinds i>r ores lime, silica, iron and coking coal available by water carriage, it would seem to me that Kamloiips possesses every requisite ti> make it the most advantageous smelter site in this inland countrv. if .\ VKRV promising group of claims on Sugar l.oaf Hill is owned by .Niessrs. Duponl and C'urrie. They are the Smuggler Boy, Little Smuggler, Whale, Lone Star, .Vlon/o and Iron Duke. On the Little Smuggler and Lone Star open cuts of 15 and JO teet have been made, disclosing strong leads of high-grade copper-gold ore. The work is proceeding under the charge i->( .\lr. C'urrie, a thorough miner, and the prospect is capital. .A substantial building for the workmen has been erected on the property. I'here is abimdance of timber in the vicinity. • Kavi.ooi's h.is a never-failing supply of lumber (rough .md dressed I, doors, sashes, mouldings, shingles and all other kinds of building materi.ils of the (irst quality. They i ome lri>m llie extensive mills of Joseph (ienelle, at Ku.ilt. Ilu' K.imloops yard is kept const.intl\ slocked and no delay is occasioned in executing orders of the largest size. Till- Kamloops Bonanza, situ.ited on Dufferin Hill, is owned by }. IL Russell and others. A shaft has been sunk about \i> teet, ami the work is proceeding. They are going down on the hanging wall, and the shaft on three sides is iu rich ore all the way. J. IL .MoMKisoN is down about jo feet in a shall on the luening Star claim, which lies to the southeast of the Lucky Strike claim on foal illll. A shall is also being sunk on the lom Ihumh claim adjoining. \'. THE PYTHON. /'T'LMOST the first— if not //le first — ^ I mineral claim located on Coal Hill was / I the Python. It stands recorded in the I I name of Mr. J. M. Rudd, and is owned \^^i by the Inland Mining and Development Syndicate of British Columbia. The location was made on July 27lh of last year. Imme- diately after the discovery development work was begun by the syndicate, who placed Mr. Robert Buchanan, an experienced and thoroughly cap- able miner, in charge. It required only a few days to put a hole down 10 or 12 feet, and assays were made of the ore produced. The results were highly satisfactory, the ore in some cases showing as high a value as Syq per ton, the chief ingredient being copper, which ran all the way up to 40 per cent. The other metal constituents were gold and silver, in varying quantities. With these values in view, work was pushed steadily forward on the F'yihon shaft, which was sunk to a depth of 55 feet, with a drift of 15 feet in length at a depth of 25 feet, and at the bottom of the shaft one of _^5 feet, also a crosscut going through the mineral on both sides and into the country rock several feel. The mineral appears, similarly with the deposits in the Kossland mining camp, to have only one wall, which is on the south side. This may be only a slip, but sufficient work has not been done to prove it. The bottoi.i drift follows it the whole length of ,^5 feel. The mineral deposit seems to be perpendicular, and the shaft has been in mineral ail the way down. Some ,50 tons of hand-picked ore is on ihe dump, which Ihe assays show will run from 15 to 18 per cent, in copper and about S5 in gold to Ihe ton. Besides this, a large quantity of second-class ore fit for concentrating has been brought to the surface. The ore has been traced on the surface a distance of 700 feet, the great quantity of drift in this part obscuring its further extent. The ores are copper sulphurets or pyrites associated with magnetic iron and magnetic pyrites which carries more or less gold. The ore is very much decotnposed, and in panning the oxides good prospects of gold are frequently found, also a little native copper. The syndicate owning the Python now proposes to drive a tunnel in from the first bench below the shaft, which will crosscut the vein about too feet below the surface croppings and about 141) feet in from its mouth. The present shaft will also be extended down to connect with Ihe tunnel for ventilation, .ind a drift at the end of Ihe tunnel will be rim along the vein east and west. There seems to be no doubt, from Ihe increasing strength of Ihe vein as the shaft goes down, that this new development work will warrant a continuance of il, and in that case it is "--o- posed tc run a timnel from the fool of thi ill, about i,j()i) feet, to crosscut the vein at Ihe S'ofiiot level. This work when completed would permit of active sloping of ore for a number of years. 10 THE COAL MINES. not the first — I Coal Hill was recorded in the d, and is owned d Development "olumbia. The ast year. Imme- pnient work was ced Mr. Robert thoroughly cap- quired only a o or 12 feet, ore produced. :iclory, the ore ^h a value as being copper, per cent. The i;old and silver, .irk was pushed haft, which was HBSCRIPTION OF THK MK.XSIKF.S OF THOMPSON KIVKR. THK .NORTH drift of feet d at the bottom crosscut going les and into the ninerHl appears, Rossland mining vhich is on I he ip, hut suOicient t. The bottoiii .)f .^5 ffet. 'he rpendicular, and he way down. ore is on I he will run from nd about $5 in large quantity of rating has been has been traced > feel, the great uring its further rets or pyrites and magnetic > gold. The ore in panning the are frequently e« down, that irill warrant a :ai>e it is •■•11- foot of thi ,11. ic vein at the hen completed of ore for a POl'R years ago a limited liability company was formed at Kamlnops to develop the coal deposits of the North Thompson. They lie about fifty-two miles due nortli of the city, and are situated on \o-\\'hi- Kwalston Creek, at its junction with the Thompson on the easterly side. The main exposure occurs on the creek mentioned. The company put in a tunnel on the strike of the seam about 50 feel, and then a drift was made on the dip of the seam .ibout 45 feet. Out of this opening some J40 tons of coal w'as taken, mainly from the dip. This coal was brought down to Kamloops, a n d u n de r- went sundry tests to deter- mine its value. 1 1 was assayed by W. Pellew- liarvey and C a in p b e I I Johnson, ol \'a ncouv er, who reported the following : l>KR CANT. Coke 70 Fixed cnr- lx>ii i3\ ..\»h H Vol.'ililr mall«M- lahoul) . . . iS Sulphur I 10 I 'j Kiirthertests were made as to the steam- ingqualities of the coal. .\ i|uantity of it «iis placed on the Canadian ^"" "" * I'acilic Kail- way (."ompany's engines, and the fi>llowing letter ot Mr. R. Marpole, superintendent of the railway, ^hows the result : " I beg to report that the test ^'''i the small quantity i^i North Thompson coal delixered to us lor that purpose was successful in demonsi-aliiig It to be a good sli-aniing coai, suitable lor use on our locomotives. .A :un of about itx) miles, with a standard train, was maile with this coal, and the engineman pronounced it gi>od in exery respect, save that it contained a i|uaMtily ol dirt and slale, which somewhat mililaled against a fair test in steaming. Ki^ his report he adds his opinion that ' it this coal is properlx pickeil ami screened it wii'ild be considered a first-class art'de.'" !'he coke produced, according to the assayers' iiports, waN a firm and serviceable arliile suitable tor the smelling of ores, and this, in conncclii>n with its favorable reception by the r.iilw.iy as a -learning coal, slmw s the commercial \alue of 'he product of these measures. The coal that was taken out w.is really what might be regarded as the croppings. The roof of the tunnel is of hard, sound sand- stone, and comparativel) little timber would be required in mining. Throughout the tunnel on the strike the seam varies from yH to 4' inches in thickness with a four-inch parting of sandy shale and immediately next the pavement a similar sandy shale about four inches thick. On the dip the seam varies from 42 to 54 inches, with partings of sandy shale. The co;-.! is very hard, compact and clean, can be mined with very little waste, and the seam is constantly incre.ising in thickness on the dip. Below the seam which was worked, as described above, there is another seam ten feet below, which measures four feet at the cropping and shows signs of running into the upper seam at no great distance on the dip. The quality of this is not equal to that of the up- per seam, al- though it would prove a good, useful coal. Miners who have ex- amined it hav.; pronounced it cannel coal. There are also indications of other seams of coal underly- ing the.se, to- wards the river, which have not been opened up. riiis ground could be pros- pected togreat advantage withadiamond "" '^'>" drill. There is .in abundant supply I'f fir aiiil cedar timivr im\ the property, ciMuenientlv situated, and the water of the creek could wilh reasonable expedilure be used for power purposes, and always prov ides an abundant supply lor other purposes. I'he grade is most favorable for the construclion of a tramway from any point in the neighborhood \:^i the present tunnel to the river bank or to any intermediate point. The ."41) odd tons o\ coal taken out ci{ the tunAel menliiMied was brought to Kamloops by steamer, and much of it was used by citizens fiir domestic purposes. It was found equ.il, if not superior, to any other British Columbia coal for household use. Prof. (i. M. Hawsiin, in his report on the geologi- cal survev , proiiiuinces it a " true coal." The companv formed at the time mentioned to develop Ihese seams did little niiire than the work alluded 10. The) h.id done enough to demonstrate the \aUie of the seams, and wanted capital to proceed with the work. Hul at that time mineral development in British I'olumbia was at a stand- \ 14: : ^1»! still. The depression in silver had •"scotched" the white metal tor the time heinjj, and the limited market at Kamloops for coal did not seem to otTcr sufficient inducement for capital to justify the ex- penditures that were necessary to properly open up the North Thompson mine. Thus, with abun- dance of coal only 50 miles or so away from home, Kamloops continued to receive its supply fr'jni a point six times as far distant. But the position of affairs has completely chan^jed since that time. The stagnation then prevalent in minin^f has (^iven place to extraordi- nary activity, and three or four larjje smelters, requirinjf a jfood quality of coke, are now in full operation, whereas at that time not one was workinf^. The discovery of what looks like in- exhaustible quan- tities of rich copper-j^old ore near Kamloops, has turned atten- tion to the North Thompson coal measures in the most pointed fash- ion, and there is no doubt that in the very near future they will be thoroufjhiy work- ed. I'"rom what appears in the ex- perl reports re- ffardiu)^ the coal, it could be worked economically, and with the use of bar);;es the cost oi its transport down t h e T h o m p s ii n River to Kamloops would be not much more than nominal. .As soon as the Kamloops camp be(^ins to ship 100 tons of ore a day Ihen will ihere be a demand for one or more smellers, and with these in operation a market for the coal would be bevond iftiestion. I'nder these conditions, the smelters al Kamloops could be fur- nished with coke al a lower rale than at any other point in the Province, while al the same lime the profits to the coal miner mi(4ht be jjrcater. This summer it is confidently expected there will he a revival of operations on a more extended scale at the North Thompsi)!! mine. Hut capital is needed. On the Kimberley claim, owned by W. H. Hrown and others, and situated on Jocko Creek, to the south i^f (.'oal Hill, :i tunnel l(«i (eel li>nf; is run to crosscut the ledfie. About half the neces- sarv work has been done. Mr \V II WhilUk.r MR. W. H. WHITTAKER. IN the rapid movement forward that has marked the profjress of Kamloops durinjc the past few years, no one t>f the younjjer men of the com- n' unity has taken a more active and prominent part than Mr. VV. H. Whittaker, barrister, an engravinjf of whose handsome features adorns this pafje. He is by riirth an Knjjlishman, having,' been born at Stalybridjfe, Lancashire, thirty-two years ago. He came with his parents as an infant to Rhode Island, and lived there till he had reached the age of \2. In 1877 the family moved to British Colum- bia, coming once again under t h e beloved flag of the Old I. and. They took up their resi- dence in \'ictoria, and there the boy of 1 1 grew I o manhood. Ho received his educa- tion chiefly in the Collegiate School ofthe Capital City, and afterwards studied law in the oflicesof Mr. J. I'. Walls and M r . Charles Wilson, Q. C, and was called to the Bar in iKM<), and ad- mitted a solicitor of the Supreme Court of British '"•'lumbia in May, .^•fk). He came to KamliHjps in June of the same year, .inU has since been a permanent resident of this city. In iHi)o he was married to Miss Janet White- ford of .Allan Park, Ont. Mr. Whittaker was mainly instrumental in securing the incorporation of the city, having waged a winning battle in thi- m.itler against the powerful land owners, whose interests it w;.s thought by them would be preju- dicially affected by the establishment al that time of municipal 'nstilutii'ns here. Howe\er, time has amply demonstrated thai their fears were groundless and that the position taken up and successfully maintained b\ the rising md energetic young b,.rrister was the best in the interests of all concerned. Since the incorporation of the cilv NJr. Whittaker has held the olliceof t'it\ Solicitor, and has performed the duties pertaining tliereto with marked ability. He enioxs.i large and lucratixi law practice, .inddeserxedlN shares in the confideiu v and public esteem ofthe community as a whole. 13 ' mmi i im'isammLmm PAKER. rd that has marked hiring tlie past few lt nu'ii of the coin- tive and prominent akor, barrister, an L-atures adorns this i^lishman, having,' :ashire, thirty-two arents as an infant to Rhode Island, and lived there till he h.id reached the ag:e of \2. In 1877 the family moved to British Colum- bia, cominjj;^ once ajjfain under t h e beloved fla^r of the Old l.and. They took up their resi- dence in \'ictoria, and there the boy of 1 2 Jfrew t o manhood. He received his educa- tion chiefly in the t'ttlle^jiate School ofthe Capital City, and afterwards studied law in the offices of Mr. J. P. Walls and Mr. Charles Wilson, Q. C., and was called to the Hat in |HH<(, and ad- mitted a solicitot of the Suprenie Court o( Hritish "•iliimbia in May. .ixHt). He came to KamliHjps in June of the same year, ,inU has since been a permanent resident of this city. In iHi)o he was married to .Miss Janet Whitc- r. Whiil.tker was the incorporation iiiinj; liatlle in thi-- nd owners, whosi- n would be preiu- nient at that time However, time their fears were lion taken up and isin)> ind eiier).jetic the interests of all iralion of the cil\ .e of t'il\ Solicitor, ainiiiff thereto with arjie and lucratixi' cs in the cont'ulenci milv as a whole. m ^rrs-^fST'i-wjwsir^r*";? mmmmmm- yr^'^'T' !S« |M1'".">>. >«&■<•£■■ '»."iW»''»'A'!»-* »».■*! --J Key to Map. / Inland Miniii|; «nil Oevrlop- ini-nl fo. K;iiiilo NciRhbour Mclver \ Blair, (h. Champion Mclver .\ Blair, 17. Tillicum Fri»ken \ l'o»er«, 18. Niwnday M. K. Hall, (i). Sentinel to. Little Ethel 41. Copperopolis . 4i. LotI Cabin n Before the Pawn i 1. Kainloops Bonani 1 i, I'oyole i''. Tony 17 Coss Dupont & Currie, Kamloops. J. H. Morrison, J. H. Woodsidc, Kainloops. F. J. Oeane, P. H'-rod, . F. Rushlon, ' • A. O. Thvnne, X'ancouvir. Russell &Batchelor,Kaniloi'p» !o. S. Batchelor, J. H. Ruiwll, N". N\MK lit .MlM. ^""* »"" AlinKriS m .MtNAUtCH OR OwSKIt. 4**. Oro Fiiio . 4>». Vancouver / "' **• "•'''•elor, Kamloop.. so. Nanaimo . SI. Jusi-in-Time , R. Buchai.n.n, ,SJ. I. u.ky Strike James Ouerin, Si- Tailor ■\ S4- Chemist I ,, 11.. Coal Hill Mining Co., " J.S- Butcher | " ' 56. Miner j S7- Kureka D.W.Rowland, 58. Scotia I .S<). Canada King Bros., •' 60. Albion I 61. Copper Cent 1 64. Breedon A.Craven, " 6.V Dominion f 64. Sunshower Tlioa. Spiiik, f'S- IVdro Dr. Wade, 66. Gold from lirass Knois .\. Whii laker, ■' 67. .Magnet Russell .v. Erickson, ' t)8. I.ucky Dog J. L. Biown, D"n»ld. I Kamloops. 81. Bonanza McDonald lV Ford, " Hi. Pot Hook 1 I Lyons, McDonald \ Ford, 8.,. Iron King I Kamloops. »i. Boss F. H. Kelly, 85. Gold Mask Armstrong i- Russell, " „, , ,» ( Turner, Hardy & Smilh, 8(>. Laura D . . . . ^ ., , \ Kamloops. 87. Gold Cup ... John llephurii. " h8. .Maude O. S. Batchelor, " .S) Shaniroik Smith .'v Hill, " , . ., (Hill, Ford ,V McDonald, 90. Lakeside j Kamloops. ()i. Goodenough Clark .'v Smilh. " q,. Bessie F. H. Kelly, '3 p r ADAMS LAKE MINES. DHSCKIITIDN OF DNK OK THK MOSl I'KHMlslNl, i.Ol.D- MI.VKR llKOri- Ol' MINKS IN IIKIICM lOII'MIIIA TMI-; V.ile lloine>tal feel above the creek. There is a j,'ooil \vat,'on road to the property from Katnloops, a distance of lifty-six miles. The claims beinj; only Ivvenly miles from theC P. R. track, a liltleeast of Shiiswap Station, it is proposed lo put a steamer and scows on the Adams I.,ake, which will reduce the distance by- wagon road lo ten miles, which, in the near future, may be turned into an elei- tric trainway, there being an abundance of water power on the .\dams River, which has a fall of 175 feet in less than four miles. During the summer months com- m u n i c a t i o n can be had by steamer upthe NorthThomp- son, thirty- eight miles, to Lewis Creek, and thence in b y w a g o n road, eighteen miles. r///<'. — For lour of the claims which have had the '"'" '''-i- ' '■■"' most work on, vi/., Ilomestake, Troublesome, Maple Leaf and Argentum, Crown grants have been issued; the other three, Lyttoii, ICureka and Harita .\ppli- cation for certificates of improvement and (. rowi" grants will be made during the coming sumnie The Ciimp. - The Pass Creek X'alley is from a li.ilf-mile to a mile wiJ-?, heavily timbered with cedar, birch and fir, with rugged mountains on both sides attaining a height of from j,o feet of piping. This is considered ample for present requirements, but a fail of 1,800 feet can be had if required. OVo/x^lC. ~ The formation of the.se claims is a talcose schist, light grey in color, dipping to the north at an angle of j^ degrees. Work Dniir. — There have been four tunnels run in crosscutting the ledges. The lower and principal one is 2(kj feet in length, striking the b.iriia ore 175 feel from its mouth. To the west a drill was only run in a few feet on the vein, but to the east one was run some 35 feet. From this an uprise was made to the surface 130 feet, from whicli most of the S<«) tons was taken, the whole o( this distance being in solid mineral. On the Maple Leaf a good cabin has been erected with accommodation for ten men, with an addition to the side for the superintendent and assay ollice. There is aUo a good log stable with room for four horses. One hundred yards from the cabin aspothasbeen selected for the mill site, it being well adapted in every way. .'X tram line has been graded from the mill siteup the side of the moun- tain 840 feet to a point on a level with ore dumps. Ores.—Two distinct class- es of ore veins run pa.-allel to each other. The quartz and lower one carries grey copper, brittle silver, with ,ii!. 11,. ..i'~.vi Ki>ir. some native leaf and wire silver, from which assays run as high as 3,000 oz. in silver and Si 20 in gold. The width of this vein is about forty inches, from which some forty tons are ill present on the dump, the assay value ol which is over !si(X) in gold and silver per ton. In addition 10 this, twenty Ions of suiface ore was shipped to the Kverett smelter, which gave a return of 79'4' M. silver and S3. 71 in gold per ton. The other ore found above "the first consists of barila impreg- nated with a small amount of galena carrying gold and silver. This vein, or deposit, varies in thickness of from I 2 lo 14 feet in the bed of the creek to 32 feet thick soi,\e two feet west. The whole of this is minerali/eo The upper two feet on the barging wall is of too low grade to pay for woiking. Thewhole is banded in appearance, some cii these bands, or ribbons, being much richer than others. From this vein over 800 tons of ore have been taken out and carefully sampled and assayed, giving an average value of $12 a ton in gold and «5 •ilver. Of this ore Mr. Pellew-Harvey, of Van- couver, jjivcs 11 conservaiive estimate of there l)ein|{ 80, OCX) toiiN in sit;ht. Kor the past two years experiments luive been ((oin^; on to tinJ tl>e best metlioj of exlraclio'i at a minimum cost. With cyanide process llie barila ore has been trealeil very satisfactorily, extractions hein^ as hi(»h as iti per cent, with a cosi of less than $4.50 per ton lor irealment, the ore only rei|uirMi^ to be roasleil with 1 per cent, of sail, anil the cyaniUe consumed beinj; less ihan 'wo pounds to the ton, but the hi(;h-j;rade ore could not be treated by this process on account ol the grey copper; therefore, the Russell process was tried, but found loo expensive. The next experi- ments were made by Mr. lico. .Austin Schroter, M.K., of Denver, Col., with the new process which bears his name. Hy this method both the hitjh and low-grade ores have been worked hy him at a cost of less than $4 a ton (including; royalty), to which add a cost of $1 per ton for mininj;, the ore being very easily worked on acc in 1,600,000 shares of 25 cents each. The inanaging director is F. C. Innes, Vancouver, B.C. VV. V. W. I 16 LIMESTONE QUARRIE5. DC K I Mi X\\i past year some Kamloops gentlemen erected kilns at a point a tew miles north ot Kamloops, on the west side ot the North 'I'liontpson Kiver. Here occur immense deposits ol limestone, and the lime luirned from it, which has been in use by local builders for some time, is pronounced of first-rate i|ualily. This season the capacity of the kilns is to be increased, in expectation of a larger demand on account of unusual building activity. The stone would also be of great value as a building material for the walls of the larger class of struc- tures, and doubtless will corne into use for that purpose sooner or later. Crown lands in British Columbia are classified - either surveyed or unsurveyed lands, and may acquired by entry at the liovernment Lands v.)lfice, pre-emption or purchase. Pi:t>iM.h who wjint to keep abreast the news respecting the great mining dislri. of which KaniUiops is tin- centre, should subscribe tor the Inland Stntiiiil, the only paper published at K.im- loops, and one of the newsiest weeklies in the Province. The sdbscription is $.• per year. Ivx-.M\NOK \.v.\-. owns three claims on Sugar l.oaf Hill which are showing up finely. The) are the Chieftain No. i,l hiel'tain No. 2 and Northern. 'Ihree shiifls ha\e been sunk, respectfully 50, 40 and M feel in depth. In the deepest shaft at the bi>ltoiti sume of the linesl ure \et produced in the camp has been struck. .\n average assay shows S5 in gold to the ton and .>(> per cent, copper. .\ssa\s showing over Sjo in gold have been obtained from picked specimens. Hopkins & NUI.kan, the Kamloops general merchants, carry a slock of goods from which a prospector's outlil can be purchased complete lo the minutes', del.'il. He can buy his tent, his picks and show's and Uiills and powder there, alsn hi., blankets, clothing and hoots, his pork, bacon and Kans, H.iur, canned gocds and general groceries; in fact, he can i-nler the store with nothing ;ind come out of it completely eijuipped for the season's work in the hills. I'he stock was put in with a special view to the miner's needs. \'kkv erroneous ideas prevail in some quarters as 10 the actual expense of living in the Province. Ill old days, during the mining boom and prior to the opening of ihel'anadian Pacific Railway, rates were undeniably high. But at present the in- creased shipping facilities and livelier competition have lowered prices all round, and necessaries of life cost no more than in the adjacent United States territory, and can be purchased at a reason- able advance upon ruling prices in Ontario and the provinces of Kastern I'anada. (tood board and lodging at hotels costs from about $■; to $6.50 per week, or jos. to j6s. sterling. Board and lodging per day, $1, or 4s. sterling ; single meal, 25c. and 5r>c. (is. and 2s. sterling); beds, $i.o(^, 50c. and 25c. (4s., 2s. and is.) Rates at some boarding houses arc a shade lower. KAHLOOPS TOW.NSITR SYNDICAI I;. "^^ DI'iSl'RirriON I'f KamliM'ps iiiiil \iiinii\ /\ wiuilil mil hi' mmploli' vmti' mil a low / \ ,mil laMnal'li- riiiiaik-. inaiU- In ri.-(,Mril to llu> liiwiisile Syiiiliial"' aiul llifir pm- ni[|\. Willi llu' ailvi'iil 111 llu' I .iiiailiaii raiil'u- l\ailwa\ ill i><'*'''' liHMlsilo, \\ liiili n)ii-.isti'il nl hill mil.' slri'ol. hl•ill^'^ liuiiul I'liliii'ly iMaili'i|iiali' liir Ml iinpiHlanl a stalimi as Kamlmips, llu- pre- sent 'I'mviisito SyiiiliiaU', mmposcil ol' Mr. J. A. Mara, llnii. U iii- IVh'Ii') . Mr \N'. C. Waul ami mluMs, piiriliaM'J iIk' rili-rsuM pnipi'rlx aiul hail it pliilUil as a liiwii -ill'. A porlimi ol this purchase was IransliTri'il to iIk- railway lOiiipaiiy ami till' ri'iiiaimU'r plaii'il oiilln.'niarUi.l lor sail'. It roiliuiiKK i;rvall> to I ho cn-ilil ol this syndic all' ihal in the twcl\c \carsllK'\ haxc hci'ii ill possession ol this pnipcrlN.mi attempt was over made to iiitlate the \alue I'l the hoUlitin hy the usual well-known boom process, but as careful and coii- scienlio\is business men, tliey placed their lots at an upset price, according to location, and on the most ailv anlaj^jeous •md lavorable urms to the purchasers. I'his haH brouj;ht both residence and business lots within the reach »)t' the iiiiist limited capital ,ind with the >;rati l\in^' resi It that llii j,Towtli has not been ol the mushroom order, but steadily .itul stron(i:l\ pro- 1,'ressive. Now that the streets of the townsi'e are interlaced with the pipes of the city's waterworks and inerhead b> iheir electric ll^'lil wires, h.mdsiime priv.ite resi- dences, as well as commodious business establlsh- ■iienls, are rapidly bein^; erected, man\ iit the '•irmer on double lots surrounded b> carelullx kepi iwns, dotted with tlowers, fruit ami ornamental iiees. It is with pardtmable pride thai the liiwnsite ■ wnerscan look b.ick at the results of their policx in the last decade, aiul to the tulure with an assurance iliat, though somewhat delaxed, they will eventu- 'll\ reap substantial benefits from their fore- iLjlited yet moderate manner of disposiiiji; ol this ; loperty. Nn more ideal siluatiiin for residences in bo ioiind in the Province, and in man\ ref;.nds Hrid.il \,-il r.ilU. K,iml.»'P~. ll.C. nii>,'hl be added in C aiiada. With an altitude just sutlicieni to ensure a j;ood taste of mountain .lir. Net low enough to suit the must debilitated person, w'.h a lemperalure devoid of evlreiiies, dail\ com- municiition east ami west, surrounileil b a raiuh- iiif,' and mining; distriil, the beautiful streams teeming; with lish .uid the hills abinnulin^f in i;ame for the spiMtsnian, there is not the slij,'hicsi doubt but Kamloops will >,'et its fair share of the new era ol prosperity on which this l'ro\ ince is enler- in^,' and in which prosperils it is a certain assertion that the 1 owiisite Syndicate will receive a wcll- meriletl share. - - TllKKkisanalmost unlimited market (or fruit in the Kf"^"' C.inadian Noitli- west and Manitoba and K o o I e n a y , which, on account of their rapidly in- creasing popula- tion, will form a permanent market lor all surplus fruits that can be raised, while the Canadian Pacifi- Railway 'sre- Irijferator cars pass- ing; rijjhi throu(;h ihedistrict from end to end offer a most advantaj^eousmode of shipment for perishable articles. Let the old and new settlers in these rich valleys give still i;reater atte' tion to liorticulture in the future ; send your fruits to the North- west and Manitoba, and receive in re- turn your llour, which can be pro- duced to jjreater ad- vanlajje there, thus making; an inter- provincial trade in natural commodi- ties, which is a de- sideratum to be looked for in building up our vast Dominion. Hv the establishment of a mining bureau in Hritish Columbia hy the Provincial Government, under the superintendency of Mr. William A. Carlyle, of McGill I'nivers'iiy, Montreal, valuable information regarding mineral formations and deposits and mining properties is authentically dis- seminaled throughout the country by means of oHi- cial reports made after actual personal inspection. On account of the dryness and equability of its climate and its possession of all the conditions necessary for the cure of lung troubles Kamloops is destined to be one of the great health resorts of the West ■7 ■Bl '4- r"i! f i! : P ^^ 1 '■ ! 1, MR. JOHN PETERSON. ^~\HK list of prominent ranchers and early settlers of tliis tlislrict would be incom- plete if mention were not made of Mr. Peterson, the earliest permanenl settlcr of what is now the City of Kamloops. Nearly three-quarters of a century have ehipsed since Mr. Peterson was born in the City of Roller- dam, Holland, in the year 1825. He lived there till the atje of 18, when, as is often the case in maritime cities, he em- | — — braced the pro- ' , fession of a sea- | man, makint^; his | first voyaj^e to , the Kast Indies. j Having' acquired a likinjjf f"r a seafarinj; life, he remained at sea steadily for a period of six vears, when, in the year 1841), he made his last and most eventful trip, shippiu}; from Antwerp in the fall of thai year for Cali- fornia. .After a siormy voya^'e of over s e v e n monlhs, he cast anchor i n 1 1', o harbor of San I" r a n c i s c o in June, 1850, the ni^ht preceding the tJreat lire. Men willing to work were at a premium at this lime, wajjes be- ing a secondar\ consider.it ion, and Mr. Peterson obtained imme- diate a. id remun- Mr J.'im ivirr.,, eralive work in the city. However, he shortly succumbed to the prevalent ifold f.:'ver, and presently we find him mining on Trinity River, at which place he spent the following winter. Leaving there in the spring, his next venture was on the north fork of the S.ilmon Ri'.er.in the same -State, and in ihis localin he remained the gre.iter pari of the next eleviii years, occupieil principally in mining and packing to the mines. At the expiration o( the above period, the mines beginning to give out, he lift California for good and in i.Siij came to British Columbia. Profiling by his packing expciience, he at once stjirted a pack train from I.illooel to Cariboo, which occupation he followeil for some years, iroing part of the season to laribi)o, and then on his return making a trip from Seymour Arm to Big Bend, on the Columbia, with supplies to that point, which being completed, he would return and winter at Kamloops. When the first survey o( the C. P. R. started out under Mr. Mc- I.ellaii, Mr. Peterson disposed of his entire pack ain to the (iovernment and was employed by them as boss packer for one season, when he retired finally from the business. In 1868 he pre- empted a plot i^( land, and by subsequent purchase ■icquired an additional half section, these two lots forming what is now known as the upper townsite of Kamloops, as s e e n in I h e frontispiece of this work. On his pre-emption he erected a large building and >tables, which were at that time theonly buildings i n Kamloops, with the excep- tion o( the Hud- son's Hay Ciim- panv's store at ihe west end. In 1885 Mr. Peter- son disposed o\ his Kamloops property to a s\ ndicate know i as the K imloops I'ownsile l.anJ Syndicale, a n d, rcmoN ing I r o 1.1 Kamloops, took up a himiestead .ibout fourteen miles soiilhward Irom her , adding .ifterw ards t o this by the pm- chase of Mr. 1>. Newman's pre- emption and an additional l«x) .teres, making if, all a <>4()-acre block of splendid agricultural and pasture land. I ' which is stocked with fine bands of high-grade cattle and horses. Mr. Peterson is a widower, death having deprived him a few years ago of a most estimable helpmeet in Mrs. I'eterson. Here on this beautiful ranch, beyond the allotted span of three score anil ton years, Mr. Pe* 'rson resides, still strong, h.ile and hearty, carrying his age as though he were twenty ye.irs younger, looking complacenlly back over a long, exentUil and in- dustri.ius lile. possessing a haiulsome competence in this world's gi-.ir.with the right hand I'l lellow- ship and lu>spitalily ever extended to old .ind new iViends. he stands out prominently as one ot our loreinosl pioneers, whose indomilable energy and iiuliislr\ should be cl'.iseh followed and emulated b\ a succeeding generation. 18 I n with supplies ■ted, he wiHiUi \'hen the first iider Mr. Mc- is entire pack employed bv ion, when he 1 iHfiH he pre- sent purchase these two lots ipper townsite Kamloops, as en in t h e ontlspiece of work. On pre-emption erected a larjfe " d i n f,' a n d hies, w h i c h at thai time only huildiiijjs Kani loops, ilh the excep- >n of I he llud- m's Hay C'i>m- my's store at e west end. In W5 .Mr. Peter- II disposed of s Kaniloops -operty to a ndicale know 1 ■ the K iinloops ownsiie I. and indicate, a n d, ^nunin^' froM amloops, took p a honiesleail boil I fourteen iles soiitluvai\l 0111 her .addin^r fterwards t o lis by the piir- lase of \\r. li. ewinan's pre- nplion and an Idilional ild and new as one of oiir le ener(,'y aiKl and enuilaled MR. HEWITT BOSTOCK, H. P. III'^KI-; is no man in liritish Coliiinhia, who is so comparalively a newcomer as .Mr. Hewitt Hostock, win ' occupies any- T I thinj,'- like the atleiilion in the pulilic eye that he does. This ilistinction is. of course, attributable in larj^-e measure to the politicd prominence to which he has allained bv his election lust summer to a seat in the Dominion Parlia- ment as member for the vast electoral district ot ^'ale - (.'.iriboo - Kooten.iy. Com- iiitj as that election did, 1 00, at the moment when the C i> n s e r V a t i v e liov.-rnment o( the country w.is o\ertliro\\n by the \ ole of the people, ,ukI he beiiiff a tlioroufjh-j4^oi >\^ Mipporter of the incomiiifj Liberal Adminisl rat ion , a 1 I eyes were lurned upon the iK'W man, for it uas fell that in his li.iiuls had been placed a trust whose responsi- bilities were of the most momenti>us c h a r a c t e r, as iilfecliii),' the des- liiiies ol the j^real district \vhU.'h he represents. It is ■ t "fierce liK'il that h.'.-its about " the representative o f Miih a district ;il a lime of sueh iin- porljinec in its history as this. Is lie broad enough, lall enough and deep eni>ugli to i;rapple with the ■.ilualion? Is he the man for the occasion y ! luse ire the questions that were asked, and which .ire tunv bjiu),' siilved by Mr. H.iMock by the work lie IS d "iiif; for the constituency, both inside and oul- ^iilc of Parli.imeiil. .Mr. Hostock is an l-:n>;lishm.in b\ birth, li.iviu),' been born at the llermitaj^e, Walth.tm lleilh, Kpsoni, on (he jisl of M.iv, iHd). lie nitriculaled ,ii Trinity "I'olleKe, <.'ambridj;e, in '■'*"<-•, gradii ued with m.ilhem.ilical honors in "^<.v aitd Ih,.- son.' year to.ik his d.'};ree o[ .Master !,\rts. Siibseiiuenlly he read for the U.ir, ,ind Ais cilled at Lincoln's Inn, in iHHH. On the com- :''.■! oil o( his lejj.d studies, Mr. Hostiuk made the ^T.ind tour " of the world, and it was while en ••'.lie oajifh Canada, in 'SS, to the Orient th.it li' first saw aul admired Mritish I'olumbia. lie Mr Ho. Ill H,.M,»k. Mr w.is so much impressed with the prospects of the iovmce that he invested a larye sum of money in the ranch which he own. at Ducks, a few miles east ot Kamloops. I.:...eh successive summer found Mr. Hostock. in Hritish Columbia, lookin- after interests which were constantly increasintj by reason ol the new investments that he was ma'kini/ I he lar>,a> wealth which he possessed he was usin,. in turtherii.j; enterprises of surreal import.uice in the development ot the country, and public attention m this w.iy w.is favorably directed towards him. .\lthoujj-h since 1.SH8 .Mr. Hostock has made annual visits to the Pro- vince, it was not until i8<^3 that he finally decided to take up his per- manent residence here. .\ handsome residence, linished and furnished in the old Kntrlisli style, was built at Nictoria. .Mr. Hos- tock in the mean- time had married Miss C 11 w i e , d,iui,'htcr of Mr. II in,^li L' o w i e , (J. C'., C'li.incellor ot Durham, and I hey took up their abode in the Capi- tal City. .Mr. Hos- ti>ck had started the publication of the N'ictoria /Vo- ;■/'.('(', a weekly paper devoted to politics and litera- ture chielly. The paper was ably conducted, inde- pondeiU and radi- cal in lone, and bejran to exert a new influence in the politics of the Province. It is still bein^ published and b^'ars e\er\ appearance of beiiij,' a prosperous enterprise. .\t the bef;inniiii; K>f 18115 it was expected that the Dviminion Parli.uiient would be dissolved, and a (.jeneral election held within a lew months. The Liberals and those who for one reason or another li.ul become dissatislied with the Conservative liovernment then in power, under the leadership of Sir M.icken/ie Howell, be^an to loiik about for a c.iiulid.ite to stand lor the immense constituency of ^'ale-^.',lrib.lo-Kooten.ly. It needed .1 man with the three essentials of lime, money and brains at his comniand. .\l that time Mr. Hostock had but a \ery limited personal acquaintance in the district, and was loth to accept the nomination which had been iendered him. However, those who knew him most intimatelv believed he was the it., .11 for li •9 I i fr« the place, and they at lenj^tli succeeded in ohtain- injf his consent to run. Once in the field, Mr. Bostock set to work with that ener),'-y and tenacity of purpose characteristic of him, and left no doubt that he intended to win if possible. His opponent was the sittiiij,' member, Mr. John .\ndrew Mara, a ^^entleman who had sat for the constituency, either at N'ictoria or Ottawa, for many years. The election was postponed for a year, and furnished in some respects one of the most extraordinary political canipaifjns in the history of the Dominion. Mr. Hostock, to whose candidature the delay of the election was a distinct advantage, kept up an acti\e personal canvass nearly the whole ot the time, with the result, which surprised friend and foe alike, that he was elected by the lar^'e majority timation of the public than ever before, and the coni- nnmitv is looking; forward to see the younj,' member make a record in his representative capacity liif,'hly honorable to himself and advantanei>us to his con- stituency. KAHLOOPS DISTRICT. ITS RANlHINi;, .M-.KUILTIRAI. A.Sl) HOKTIlll. 11 K Al. INTKRHSTS. WH.AT is known as the interior plateau of the southern part of British Columbia, may be described as an area of land about loo miles in average breadth and some 500 in length, the Kamloops portion of which of 350 i>ver his opponent. It was a case in which hanl and ,^unllai,'j,'irij^ elforl, aided by a party orj^anization which al the close was about as per- fect as it could be in so large and scattered a constituency, got aw.iy with the honors of the day. Since his election, Mr. lioslock has worked in- defalig.ibly lo post himself regartling the needs of the constituency. A chief feature in his make-up is patient and unllagging iiuhisir\ , .oul it is by the exercise of this Ljualilx , more than f \ i he display of any particular brilliancy ol talent', that he will succeed. II genius consists, .is has been saiil, in the cap.'bilily of taking inlinite pains, then Mr. Bos'ock may la\ claim lo a large share of genius, for there is nothing loo minute, in the inxesli^alion of the neetls of his constiui-'acv, 'o claim liis most careful erK(iiiry. lie stands higher to-day in tl:e es- we purpose to take up as a sub-division comprising the following boundaries: Louis Creek on the north, the western end of Kamloops Lake on the west, Douglas and Nicola Lakes and Valley on the south and Big Sliuswap l,ake on the east. This would lake in a plot of land loo miles in length by (x) in widlh and covering an area of <),()tx) sipiare miles, for the reason that in this sub- division is mainly comprised all of the arable and pasture land al present occupied and cultivated. The valleys and hillsides of this section, pre- sumably on account of atmospheric dryness, arc either entirely free from forest or arc dotted only with irregular groups of trees, but are neverthe- less covered with what is considered of much greater importance, the famous buncn grass. In the valleys and on the terraces and slopes the *ii. and the coni- i>im}^ m-.-nibi-'r ipacity liit,'lil> us lo his LiMi- ICT. >RTlCL'l,TrKAI. ior plateau of ish Columbia, area of land e breadth and rtion of which ion comprising; Creek on the s I.iike on the und Valley on e on the east. I KH) miles in n^ an area of lat in this sub- the arable and ind cultivated. « section, pre- c dryness, are »re dotted only are neverthe- ered of much ncn (jrass. In md slopes the K AM LOOPS DISTRICT :;i 8 i'lHJ if*! 1 n F •^ ~> cattle and horses find pasturuj^e, with the excep- tion of hard winters, the year round. The ranj;e, as it is called, may be said to be^in at lulwards' ranch, on the North Thompson, txtendinj,' south- ward to and a little beyond Houiflas Lake, in- cluding the Nicola Valley, and in this bell it may be safely said that three-fourths of the callle shipped to market in British Columbia are raised. Of course, the stock run wild, the rant,'e land belonjfing in part to the Dominion liovernmcni, part to the Local CiovernmenI and part to the ranchers themselves, though the latler holdin^rs are small in proportion to the former. Sloik raising has ahva)s been, and still coniiriiev, ihe principal industry of ihis seclnm of llie inlcrior. stock at this time requiring special care and atten- tion, and this must be kept up, without intermis- sion, till the young grass again appears. The stock raisers of this district as a rule do not ship their cattle to market, that part of the busmess being left to the cattle buyer, who, con- Iractjng with the various butchers at the coast, in Ihe Koolenay and elsewhere, make their purchases Iron) among the differenl herds, as occasion demands. A careful estimate of Ihe number of cattle within the bounds above described places it at4C),o(i(jhead, with an annual shipn em of about 10,000. Taking S.^5 per head as a (air average price for beef cattle. Ihe shipments alone amount to $;,5().oc(). This represents the income, the A KoiiiiJ-ii(i .Ml thf C;iltl,- K.inKiS. lU'.ir KaiiiltHipH. M.C principally, no doubt, on account of Ihe drxness o( the atmosphere, which precludes Ihe possibility of agricultural extension except where irrigation is available. In a brief outline it would be impos- sible to go minutely into particulars regarding the industry of slock raising, but ihe reader should know that ii has many cares and anxieties that are not patent to an ordinary observer. Starling after ihe first branding of calves in the spiing. the rancher's attention is immediately turned towards his hay crop, never knowing what i|uantily he may need for the coming winter; therefore every available ton of fodder is carefully secured for future needs. Hclore winter sets in the calves are separated and brought to Ihe home farm, and -is a rule the younger animals as well, and Ihe rancher must from now on have a continual eye on his herds, in order, should sudden snow storms arise, tlial lliey may be driven to shelter and feed before getting too widely scattered, the breeding capital being the amounts invested in lands, fencing, barns, dwellings, feeding and shelter sheds and the breeding and younger :'ock ready for market Ihe succeeding year. It must, how- ever, be borne in mind, that the entire attention of Ihe ranchers is not devoted to stock raising. Take a glance at the agricultural side of their work. On every ranch where cattle and horses are raised, a large acreage —it may be said every available acre oi land capable o( being successfully irrigated- is diligently tilled. May, as a mailer of course, conies first, but we have many farmers to whom stock raising is a secondary consideration and from whom urban residents get their farm supplies. The farms on the North and South Thompson, Kamloiips Lake and the Nicola Road and \'alley, produce not only sullicieni crops of cereals, roots, etc., for local consumption and sale, but in many instances have a large surplus for shipment. The i% ■'. ' 'A- 1-1 mi soil of these valleys is excellent, bein|; nf a sandy loam, and, as every established farmer has a more or less ample supply of water for irrij^alion, the yield in crops is very lar^e and certain. Kvery year more attention is beinj; paid lo ajjricullure, for as the population increases the demand for farm produce in some lines ofien exceeds the sup- ply, especially in such branches as dairving, poultry and their products, and cured bacon; and, a(;ain, the mining; districts of Kootenay ire distinctly non-agricullural, their supplies of faim produce being entirely imported, either from the I'nited States side or the adjacent portions of the North- west and Vale district. ' It is an assured fact that with favorable freight rates to Kootenay, and an extended irrigation system here, three limes the adapted to the raising of garden produce and fruits. And now that the word Iruit has been mentioned, it is with much pleasuie that we view the fast-increasing area devoted to fruit culture. The SO'' in all tht valleys, but espcciiilly of both branches of the Thompson River and 1 ranquille, is peculiarly adapted for horticulture, and a few years since, where the sight of an embr)o orchard was a rarity, to-day almost every farmer is allotting parts of his holdings for this important industry. Apples, plums, crab-apples, pears, cherries, and the smaller fruits, such as currants, gooseberries, raspberries, straw berries, also melons and tomatoes, are perfect successes in all low-lying and sheltered lands. Peaches and grapes ripen readily in the open air in a southern exposure. UrnntliiiK C.ittli- t»(i tin- K.ini.' present acreage rould be profitably cultivated, but | at present out neighbors lo the south of I Ik- line i have the best of that market. Oats, barley and roots are a very prolific crop ; wheal cannot be ' raised as cheaply as in the Northwest. The potatoes of this district bring the highist prices in any market they are shipped lo. Field peas ar«- extensively grown, especially in (Irand Prairie, principally for feeding hogs, which are shipped to the coast markets or converted into bacon, which finds a ready local s,ile. It is to be hop.-d that in the near future an irrigation scheme, similar lo that in the vicinity of Calgary, may be propounded and laid before the public wherebv the large quantities of water, now (lowing past our farms lo the sea, may be confined by means of artificial and natural reservoirs, and which will be capable o( furnishing water at a reasonable i rate to parlies occupying small holdings specially ' 22 i»ar K.liiili>t>|)«. II.C. Kvery year sees new strides in fruit-tree plant- ing. Orchards are springing up all aroiiiul, some of which are, of course, too >oung as \tt lo be classed .is shippers, but some of the oliler ones are and have been supplying not only local consumplii>n. but have had a >urpliis to export. When the thoiis.inds of young trees that have been planted in the p.ist three or four years reach rnaluriiy, and an income from them is derived, we can venture the opinion that the only regret concerning this important branih i^\ the farmers' work will be that it was not yone into sooner. I.N Hrilish I'oliimhia a bell of rocks, probablv correspiindinj; to the gold rocks of California, has already been proved to be richly aurileroiis. tjeological explorations go to show a general resemblance of the rocks to those of the typical sections of Californiu and the Western States. ^•1 •>>, produce and ruit tins heen lliat we view fruit culliire. ciiilly of bolli ml 1 runquille, Iture, and u of an embr)o very farmer is his important pples, pears, t\ as currants, ^s,also melons n all low-ljinfj jjrapes ripen exposure. il-lree plant- all around, oun^ as \tl of the older ol only local IS to export. ■s that have r years reach n is derived, ! only rc(,'iet the farmers' J sooner. ks, probably ilifornia, has auriferous. .V a general f the typical n States. MR. JOHN ANDRRW MARA. 1"^ UK jfcntleman whose potlrait is j,'ivcn in connection with this brici ski'ich of \u> lire- has played a part of the first inii),Miiludo in the political and coiiimeiiial affairs ot tlu' interior of British t'olumbia. IK- is a iialixc C aiia- dian, bciiiK born in Turonlo, where other members of his family t"or years p.isl have held promiriLMit positions. Mr. .Mara was one of those ad\ei)turinis spirits who, in \K(u, crossed the plains from {•'orl (iarry, and after experienciiifj t h e f,'reiitest hard- ships at Icnjfth found a footin^f in Hritish Columbia, and has contri- buted lar>,'ely to make the Pacific Province what it now is. Mr. Mara's aptitude for busi- ness was slron^ly marked, and it was not lonjf before he came to the front in varii>us enter- prises which have left their mark in the history of the country. He op- ened a (ifenerai merchandise store, which he carried mi successfully. He also built the li r s t steamboats which plied ol^ the Kamloops waters, .md which, during the lime of the construction of the t'anadian Pacific Ivailway throufjh this part of the country, were of incalculable ad- \;intafje in Irans- portinj; materials and supplies over the lon(^ stretch of country between Savonas aiul l^a^'le Pass. Subsequently, .Mr. .Mara became the chief pronu)ter of »he t'olumbi.i and Koolenay Steam Navi^'ation Company, and it was mainly ihroujfh his enerj;y and skiiful manaj,'cmeMt that iMcilities of lra\el and transpiMt were j^iven to the men who first be^'aii the exploitation of the mines ol the now famous Kootenay country. The com- pany, under Mr. Mara's presidency, built a number ol hrst-class river and lake bo.iis and at i;re.it expense rendered travel both che.ip and hixuiious in a country where hitherto the movements oi the pioneers of niiniii},' could be made only with the L:realest of diHtculty. This year the company ilisposed o( its boats and business to the (."anadian Pacific Railway, which now practicallv controls ihe trattic of the Kootenav waters. .Mr. John .\mlrf« .M.trji Since his earliest )ears in the Province, .Mr. •Mara has been act: ely ent,'a),'ed in the politics of the country. In 1K71 he was elected to represent Kooten.iy in the Provincial I,e(,'islature, and con- tinued to sit for that cimstiluency tor five years. At the ),'eneral election of 1K75 he was returned to the l.cf^islat lire lor N'ale district, and was re-elected 111 \H-H. IK' sat in the Provincial I,e).;islatiire till the dissolution iM' the Mouse in iKH(), and durin;,' the last three years of the term occupied the Speaker's chair. In 18K7 he was elected to the Do- minion Parliament for•^■ale, and was returnetl aj.fain without opposition in 1891. Hut Ml. Mara's lonj,' and u n i n t e r r u p ted course of electoral successes was fat- ed to be broken in |H<)(), when he was defeated in t h e j,'reat political s t r u j,'-j;'l e which also defeated the (iovernment which he had supported. In political life, Mr. Mara has been mainly notable for the quiet, yet forci- ble, perseverance which he pursues in attainin^f the objects he has in view. While he is a ready and meas- urably t1 u e n t speaker, he has rarely depended on the efl'ect of his oratory in the House to carry his points, but rather ft^ the assiduity and adroitness with which his operations in the committee room are carried for- ward. Hiiring the memorable debate on the Kemcdial Hill that occurred in the last session of the late Parli.iment, Mr. Mara was chairman of the Committee of the whole House and displayed ffreat tact in that position. He is now out of the House, but, .ipparently, by no means out of politics, and throuijli the ample enerijy which a strong and well-preserved physical constitution affords him, and the mature experience which so many years of parliamentary life have bestowed, he may be expected to be in the flight as,'ain on the first favorable opportunity that presents itself. Mr. Mara resides at Kamloops, where, with ample means and with a wife and happy family suiioundini,'^ him, he is enabled to Toe as ai,''reeable a life as the country permits of, w hich is saying a f,'iiod deal. t ' m MR. MICHAEL SULLIVAN. IT was not till after all his half dozen brothers and sisters had quitted the place of their birth in the County of Cork, Ireland, to seek their fortunes in America, that Mr. Michael Sullivan decided to follow their lead and cross the Atlantic also. At that time (185I1) he was i8 years of age. He landed at Boston, Mass., and in that Stale he continued to live for six years. He was for the most part employed in farming, and dur- ing the compara- tive leisure of' the long winters he contrived to put in a great deal of time at the excel- lent country schools in the n e i gh b o r hood where he was liv- ing. Here he prac- tically laid the foundation of an education which his naturallystudi- ous nature has continued to im- prove throughout the ups and downs of his whole life. There are few men in the community — even amongst the college-bred — who are as well read in g e n e r a 1 literature as he is, and with a mind of peculiar clear- ness and inci»ive- ness, aided by a retentive memory, there is little that he has read that he has not formed a strong judgment upon, either thrusting it aside as useless or adding it lo a fund of general knowlege that is both wide and deep. In 1862 he left Massachusetts for California, making the journey by way of the lslhmu<. of Panama. He stayed a year in the Golden Slate, living at .San Francisco. Thence coming directly to British Columbia, in March, iH()_^, he shouldered his pack and struck out for Cariboo. Here, wilh his accustomed energy, he went into gold mining and continued at il till 1K6S, Ihus passing through the most exciting period in the history of that country. He did not make a fortune, but he made some money, and determined lo give his allenlion in future lo farming and catlle-raising. lie formed a partnership with Ihe late John T. I'sher, who afterwards became Government agent for Ihe district, and who, while in discharge of his ojficial duties some years ago, was most cruellv shot down by a notorious band of outlaws known as the McLean brothers. Messrs. Sullivan and IMier acquired a considerable area of land on Ihe North Thomp.son River, about seventeen miles above Kamloops, a place since well known as Ihe Sullivan Ranch. The partnership was main- tained till iH/'', when Mr. Sullivan bought his partner's interest, and the prosperous business that had by thrift and industry been built up was carried on by hin) alone till iHSy, when he sold out lo Mr. John T. Kdwards, and removed lo his present place o( residence at Shu- swap. Here h e has been engaged in farming a n d callle dealing up till the present year. He is a Justice of the Peace, and a lead- ing member of Ihe Pioneers' Society. Mr. Sullivan has all along been a man of great busi- ness activity, and Ihe wealth I h a I MOW is his hiis been Ihe result of no lucky strike of fortune, but t h e product of the in- dustry of years. 1 1 is well earned a n d well il e - served. As before rem.irked, he is a man of strong opinions, and his inlliienceis power- (iilly fell in any movcmenl, polili- c:tl,socialor other- wise, lo which he may lend his as- sistance. He is a Mr. Muiiat-i siiii;,.iii. man who enjoys the respect of all, and wilh his ample means and robust health he is in a position lo lake advantage of the best that life in Ihe West affords. Till I'rospiil L'laini, on C'v'al Hill, lUMr the I'vlhon. msnid b\ Nt. J. Mvlvor ami K. Ulair, is IioikIihI lo iho Hig Six Mining l.'on)pany, of Ross- land, lor Si5,i»»i. -Vn opon ml of 15 iViM li.is been made, shmviiig a kdf,^^ of abmit three Icol. The ore assays $4 in gold and SiS in coppor to the Ion. Mkssks. Kim. HKoriii-Hs and i>thcrs are the owiHTs of the I'.inada cl.iim, near Jocko Lake, which has bt'i'ii biMuUd U' N'ancouver parlies. .\ shall KX) toet is being sunk on ,1 IhhIv of ore of unusual promise. Ihe boiul (which is iinilerslood lo be Sj^.ikoI will iloiiblless be taken up anil Ihe work shoxed ahead this suinmer with all needed energy. 24 'Kii GLEN IRON MINE. THK lll'C.K IIKI'OSIIS Ol' llll'.H - t.KADK MAlAI- Tl I K ON KAMI.OOI'S I.AKi;. THIC Cilen Iron Mine whs opened some four or five years iijjo by a company of local buxinesN men. The properly is sitiiaied on the south shore of Kaniloops Lake, about 17 miles west of tlie city of the same name. The main line of the Canadian I'acific Railway runs throu^jh the property as it skirts alonj; the rockbound confines of the lake, and it was, indeed, during the construction of the railway thai the iron deposits were orijjinally discovered. The ore is magnetic, containing, according to assay, about 70 per cent, of pure metal, and running' through it is a sufficient quantity of lime to smell the ore I mine without further handling. I!ut the chief j profit of the mine will come when ihc North j Thompson coal mines have been opened and a cheap fuel thus obtained with which to turn the ore into pigs at a smelter built on the shores of Kamloops Lake, directly in front of the mine. Coal or coke could then be brought by cheap water transportation from the coal mine, and of such fine quality is the ore that pig iron should be capable of being produced cheap enough to command the markets of a large section of the West. The business manager of the company oper- ating the (lien Iron Mine is Mr. F. J. Fulton, of Kamloops. They are now busy at the inine getting out 2,0(X) tons of ore, ordered by the smelter at Kverett, Wash., 10 be used for fluxing I purposes. I i f Stonp .,1 Tr:int|uiIU'. K.iml.s,p^ Lake. readily. .A large amount of work has been done on the property, and some jo,on<> Ions ct the ore has been mined and shipped. The shipments have been made chielly to the Tacoma smeller, where the ore has been found to be of the very first quality as a flux for the dry -ores of silver, gold, etc., treated there. The distance between the mine and the Tacoma smelter is in the neigh- borhood of .?oo miles, and, although the railways liavc given a very low freight r.ite. in order to encourage shipments from the mine, there has not been much profit so far in the business. No doubt, however, the time will presently come uhen the property will acquire much value. The ■ire lies in immense bodies, which can be mined md put on the cars at the very minimum of cost. An aerial tramway has been built a few hundred • eel to the mines, and with this equipment the ore IS loaded on to the cars from the mouth of the TRANQl'ILLE HYDRAl L.IC HINES. IliKATIVK llFl.P I'OR INVKSTMKXr- 01- rilK C.KAVEI. HANKS. -THE KkllES POR nearly thirty years a productive indus- try has been carried on at Tranquille Creek, which stream enipres from the north into Kamloops Lake, about eight miles west of the City oi Kamloops. In the early days very considerable quantities of gold were taken from the bed of this creek, the bed in several places being lound very rich in the yellow metal. Hut for many years the '' diggings " have been left wholly, or almost so, to Chinamen, who have been working year in and year out with their ground sluices, and have, apparently, found the pay sullicient for their purposes. Four years ago a company of men from the coast put in an hydraulic as plant, but the works were carried out in a mantier so faulty that, although cunsiderahle money watt expended, no cflrclive work wa.s iicconiplishrd, because, through faults in construction, enough head of water failed to he obtained to wash out the great banks of gold-bearing gravel which exist there. Two years ago Mr. James H. Russell, ol Kani- loops, began a somewhat extensive system of ground sluicing. At a point several miles from its mouth the stream curves round a huge projecting spur of gravel, which was known to be rich in gold. Mr. Russell erected a dam 25 feet high .icross the creek, built a flumeabout i.juu feet long to a point on the northern flank of this spur, and by meansof a tunnel 1 50 feet long pen- etrated through the spur, and be- gan washing the gravel from above at the southern end or mouth ol the tunnel. This point is about ()o feet above the bed of the creek and about (xj feet below the top of the spur. By this means he washed out some 2,320 cubic yards of gravel, which produced §986.17 in coarse gold. This remark- able showing at once attracted attention, and it was resolved to form a company to alter and en- large the work- ings by putting it an hydraulic pUnt of a capa- ciiy sutVicient not only to work out thi; V hole of the gravel in the spur, but also llie immense deposits of the adj.'ining banks, which have >pen discovered on examination to be like- wise ri;h. The report of a competent engineer lo. Mr. Russel on the whole situation was obtained. He repo'ls theatnouni of gravel in the spur alone lo be approxniately 76,.ini and KUiiiU' on TriinMnillc C'rifk titr lltiir.iiili, W.»rkin»f» was 2,320 cubic yards excavated and ashed out. As this contaitied a mean average of all the strata for i)o feet above the present creek, you can figure that the balance of that portion of your lease on the old channel will give you an equal return per cubic yatd. As to the amount ol giavel lying on the bench above the old channel, there were no shafts or tun- nels run to enable me to ascertain exactly the amount, but from general appearances it would be a conservative estimate to say about 700, • : " .'\t points one andthrec-quartcr miles and two and one-qiiarter miles resptclivtiy ;ibove your claim there are two canyons e a c h with walls of solid rock almost pcrpendicu I a r and over nxi fei t in height. At 50 feet height their width does not exceed 30 feet, so lliat they could be damn.ed very cheaply for a ret-- ervoir or lo incVeasc the wot king pressure. There is plenty of good timber all along the creek, and lumber can be dolixcred on the ground for about $20 per 1,000 feel, b. m." The above shows clearly the enormous possibilities of these Tran- quille gold-bearing gravels. A company, of which .Mr. Ilewiti Hoslock, M.P., is president, has been formed to exploit these banks, and, with the nec- essary capital and capable management, there -ocms every prospect that Ihey will be successful in their operations. The work of construction is lo be proceeded with lhi> summer, and by the lime the frosts of next fall come about enough pipii'g should be done thoroughly to test the ground. 26 MR. CHAkl.RS T. COONRY. '^"^W'AN' back in iH.iiS, lwi> years before /■% her Most (iracioiiH Majesty (Juevn / \ Victoria ascendnl Ihe lliroiie »t llie / \ I'liileil Kin^'ilitni, and luiifj bclorc the wilds ol Kritish l'i)liiinhia had been made fanu)ti.t saw the li^'hl of day in Kinjj's County, Ireland. Horn an Irislinian, Mr C'ooney has remained an Irishman ever since, with all the easily reco^ni/ed characteristics of that warm-hearted race; and, thoiij-h it is fortj-four years since, in iK^^, he quit his native shores and, like the storied " Tim Flaherty," came to America " strange w o n • ders to see," his brojjue is as rich and mellow a s ever it wa!<, and the arch- thief. Time, has not yet filched from his lace the smallest feature o f its strongly Milesian aspect. On his arrival thi.s side of the .Atlantic he first took up his residenceat Johns- I o w n , K u 1 1 o n I'ouiily, State ol New N'ork, and f r o m t h e r e re- moved to Three Rivers, Quebec, where for several \ ears he followed liis calliii^j of tan- ner, or r a t h e I leather dresser, l.oavinfj Three Rivers, he went to Si. I.ouis, Mo ,and ilience, in 1S57, to Si I'.uil, Mlii'n. At that time the now m^ Ot,, fa in o u s railvv ay magnate, Jim Hill, was just beginning his railway c.ireer on a small line which was being built out from St. Paul. Mr, C'ooney was employed by .Mr. Hill i^n one of the survey parlies and contnued lor some lime at that woik. In 1858 Mr. C'ooney joined one of the numer- ous parties who, attracted by Ihe reports of rich gold discoveries in Hritish Columbia, crossed the great plains of the Northwest. The party of i.lvenlurous .Vrgonauts that was joined at Korl tiurry by Mr. I'ooney numbered 4?, and, though ill reached British C'olumbia safely, only iwo or I'lree are now known to be living here. Mr. Sam. Moore, of Nicola, and his brother Jiihn (now de- ceased) were of the parlv, as also was Mr, C'harles Montgomery, of C'olvillc Valley, When the parly • lining westward reached the Rocky Mountains, ihey entered British C'olumbia by way of the valley of the Bow River, "'..cy jcurnevi' " down the Kootenay River and eventually It und ti emselves in the C'olville \alley They ihm came norlh- ward viii Kettle River, and it was well on in Ihe winter of \H-^H when Mr, C'ooiiey's eyes first witnessed the beauties ol tlit .oiinlry surrounding the present City of Kamloops. ll'e pushed on, however, 10 l.ytlon, and spent the following year, vvith indilfvrcnl success, in placer mining on the Fraser River. In i«6o he retraced his steps to Boundary Creek, and it was while mining on the Hat there that the 1. ws of the gold discoveries on the famous Williams Creek turned llie atten- tion of the whole country to Cariboo. The miners on Moundary Creek threw down their shovels, deserted their cabins, and, leaving everything behind them, scl off in a hurry for the new field. Mr. C'ooney went into Cariboo with Ihe rest in iHh2. He mined for a while, never, however, striking ii very rich, and shortly vent into the packing business and continued at it till 'fio, when he became the for- tunate purchaser of his present fine ranch properly ;it tiienioulhol Tran- i|uille Creek, on Ihe iiorili shore ol Kamloops Lake, about eight miles distant from the city of the same name. In the busi- ness CI f cattle raising. MrCooney has been eminently successful. When the (iovernment began, in 1872, i''.'n.\, ihe work of sur- veying the route of the present Canadian Pacific Railway, Mr, Cooncy was one of the first surveying p.irties sent rut in this po'l of the country, and thereafter, as ihe constri;- lion of the ro.id was proceeded v\ilh and the demand for cattle and agricultural produce increased, he paid his whole attention to his ranch, which pro>pered finely. .Mr. C'ooney's pl.ice at Tranquille is one of the prettiest in the country, and there the genial "Charlie" with his wife and family dispense a hospitalitv to their visitors which is as hearty as it is unf.iiling. Mr, C'ooney is a type of the suc- cessful " C>ld Tinier," one who by prodigious labor in his younger days, unlliigging industry and an integrity of character which early won him the lespect and admiration of all, has laid deep and strong the foundation on which the progress of the present day is being made. n I i HON. QEORae BOHUN MARTIN. MON. GKORGI': HOHUN MARTIN, Chiel" Commissioner of I.aruls and Works in the (iovernment of Hritish (."oluiiibia, was born in \'orkshire, Kn^j. , necember 25th (Christmas Day), 1841, the son of Capt. Georjfe Bohun Martin, R.N., C.B., who was Superintendent of tlie Naval Dockyard at the time of his death in 1S54. He was commander of the brijj Mosquito at the battle of Navarino, and there won his rank of Post Captain. Mr. Martin's grandfather w a s Mr. Henry Martin, M. v., Nottinff- hamsliire. Mr. Martin's mother was the daiijfhter of .Sir T h o ni a s Brijjfjs, K. C. B., Commander of the Portsmouth Dock- yard, and had tlie distinctionof beinjf the last full .Admi- ral who hoisted his flaj; on the famous friffate \'iclory. .Mr. Martin in- tended to take a career in the navy,, and was five years in the service as cadet and midship- man. He served i:) the Baltic in 1S55, and the next year in India. In 1861 he was ob- liged to re'ire on account of i 1 1 - health, and in i8t)j came to British Columbia. Kor four years he was connected with the Hudson's B a \ Company, part (if the lime as clerk, a n d among the works performed by him when with that company was the cutting of a road from Osoyoos to Koolcnay Lake. In iS<)4 he took charge i^( the Hudson's B.iy post c.illed .Seymour, at the upper Shuswap Lake, then the centre for procuring supplies for Iho Hig Bend camp on the Columbia Ki\er. He left tlie compiuiy in iHd.s, when he bought the ranch he now owns, on the South Thompson River, anil has resided there ever since. His political career began in iKKj, when upon the death of .Mr. Preston Boniiell he conlesleil \'ale, Hon. T. B. Humphrey, Provincial Secret,, r\ under the previous Ailiniiiistr.ition, being his op- ponent, whom he defe.ited b\ a large inajotit). Mr. .Martin has held the seat ever since. Alter the defeat of .Mr. !■". (J. Vernon in i.S<)4, he was appointed Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works in October of that year and was returned by acclamation. Om-: thousand feet of shaft - and tuiuiels have been contracted to be done this summer on the Iron .Mask. K. P. C.AREV has a claim called the Blue Bird, adjoining the Lucky Strike, on which he has three men employed. Thic Ciold Commissioner and Mining Recorder ,it K.imloops is Mr. (leo. C. I'un- stall. He is one of the most elli- cient officers in the service o( the Provincial (iovern- ment, and univer- sally respected. Till- Coal Hill Mining Company have bonded a group of live claims lying in the \ icinity of Jocko Lake to \'ancou- \er parties. The cl.aims are the Butcher, Just-in- Time, Chemist, Miner and Tailor. On the Ciolden Mask J. H.Russell has sunk _^J feel, uid has begun a tunnel to crosscut the ledge 100 tVet below. The pro- perty is one of the most interesting ifi the camp. Ore is plentiful and high grad-.-. Tilt-: Cuild I'up claim, owned by I ', epburn and . ■ .s, is siliialed on Sugar l.oat Hill, not far (roni the Little Smug- gler. The croppings show a well-delined ledge A contract has been let for a iixi-foot shaft. Tui- old reliable Hudson's Bay Company is as ever to the fmnt in providing supplies for miners ami prospectors. At their Kaniliiop branch (abl\ manageil b\ .Mr. L Ogden lir.ih.une) they carry .1 large slock of all mining rei|ui-.iics. I'm t.>tlawa claim, which is owned In Hewitt Hostock, M. P., has been opened with a I'l-tool shall. The ore from this claim shows peaciick and native copper, some exceviliiiglv handsome speviniens lia\ing been l.iken out. This propert) will be thoroughly exploileil during the coming summer. 38 NAVIGABLE WATRR STRETCHES. '^••^ S STATKI) in the introiluclion, Kainloops A% is situated iit the junLtioii of two ini- / \ portant boilics of water, viz., the / \ North and South Thompson Kivers, which meetin),' I'orni the main Thomp- son, tlowiiiff westward from here into Kamloops Lake, eij,'^ht miles distant, the hitter eoniprisiiij,'- a ma^Miificent sheet of deep water, nearly twentv miles in leuj^fth and about four in breadth. This lake again narrows into the Thompson al Sa\onas and eontinues a southwesterly course till it reaches l.ytlon, where it enters ihe h'raser, and thence lo the Pacitic Ocean. Moth the North iuid South Thompson Ri\ers are navi).rable for large steamers throughout con- siderable lengths Ihe north ri\er as far as Ihe Clearwater, a distance of .1 bo III I oo miles, and the south river from Savonas lo .Sicamous, some I 2 o miles. Hefore aiul duiing the const ruci ion of the Cana- dian Pacific Kailway the water slrelch- isof the south branch were iiidivpensable lor lranspi>r- lalion. Dur- ing Ihe latter I'l-riod no less than three large steam- ers, ci>mpar- iiig in si/e «ilh some of those at pre- ■-enl oti the u.v»iiii>.- i i • I o I u m b i a Ri\er, and two smaller ones, found steady work lor nine months in ilu- year, coiueying passfiigers, Ireight and iIk' various railway supplies from Sa\orias to ditVerenl points along ihe route ti< Sic- amous, l-;agie I'ass and Spullamachcen Landing, iliough Ihe completion of l! e e". I'. R. has lo a great degree d.'iie awa\ wilh Ihe demand for water transporlalion on 'he south river and lakes, we slill have two large afd two small steamers in lOmmisson, and .mother on the slocks to be l.uincheil sfuirllv . The Hig Shus",i;- Lake, which is the source o\ ihe South Ihompson, receives at its easleiii boundarv Ihe waters of the Kagle .md Spullama- 1 heen Rivers, and extends from Sic.imous vvesi- vard soinefiflv miles, with a breadth varying frimi •lie lo Iwo miles. At its weslern exiremity it 1 irrovvs into a small stream which coimecis it 'ilh the Liule Shuswap Lake, which again • irrows into the South riiompson River. Lhesc water stretches are a perfect happv hunting ground h)r the sportsman and an ide.il' panorama tor the artist. In the lakes and rivers are to be found many varieties of Iroul. including the rainbow, the silver, mountain and brook trout I he bashful H. f s,ilnu>n have not as vet become sLilhcienllv civili/ed lo cultivate the aaiuaintance ot Ihe artilicial lly, but immense numbers of ihem force Iheir way up and through the l-raser canvons, the main Thompson and lakes on lo ihe spavv ning grounds of the North and South Thompson .md L:.igle Rivers and other inlets of the lakes. I mmen.se flock.s of wild geese and ducks cover these waters, the big lake being never free from wild fowl, oil accoimt of it rarely being frozen over. On and adjacent to the shores are lo be found caribovi, deer, bear, wolves and coyotes, .is well as most of the small fur-bearing animals of British North America. 'The North Thomp- son, as before st.ited, has been proved navigable for upwards of loo miles from this point .and will in the near future be an important laclor in trans- porlalion for coal, miner.'il ores an(.l lime- stone. The coal measures md miiierals >>t liiis river iie fully de- -iiihcd else- v\here in this work; but, in addition to these, there are innnense i] Harries o f limestone on or ne.ir the banks and abundani supplies of wiiod for convert- ing Ihe same into marketable lime. The present season will see increased activity I'li this river in Ihe mamifaclure and shipping of lime and brick, Ihe mamifaclure of which is lo be entered into extensively, and before the season closes we are in great hopes that an exploratory survey party will be seen working on the divide between Ihe C'learwater anil I'ariboo, mapping out the route for the Kamloops and C'aribi'o Railw.iv. Thkhk are l«rj{e areas still open to ihe poor prospector, and there are numerous openings for the capitalist. To the agricultural settler the existence of gold is of double significance. He is certain of a market for his produce, he is not debarred from mining a little on his own account, and he is never deprived of the hope that he will one day become the fortunate discoverer of a bonanza. III. N.>rlh III, 4 \ 39 MR. SAMUEL MOORE. it 1 "\^R. SAMUEL MOORK was born in the / y % City of Montreal in 1835, but removed / m with his pareiiis while still a child to J_ \_ the County of Grey, Ontario, where Ihey took up land and settled. All farms in this district were, of course, in the bush, and the early strug-gles and privations endured by the pioneers in clearinjf their land and preparing it for cultivation, have been so repeatedly told in print that repeti- tion here is need- less. As is well known, bush farms offered but poor induce- ments to farmers' sons as they fjrew to man- hood, and Mr. Moore, on ar- living at the age of 18, determined to strike out for himself, and, ac- companied by his brother John, left the homeste.td in May, 1858, bound for the Red River of the norih, or whnt is known as Manitoba, and with the prover- bial shilling in his pocket. The journey was not made direct, as they had, liter- ally speaking, 10 "work their w a ) . " .Aft er working in Illi- nois during the liariest, he pro- ceeded on his westward jour- ney and reached St. Paul, then :i small trading vil- Mr s.. lage, where, after recuperating for a short time.heshoiddered hi, rifle and pajk.biund northward. Just on the point of leaving, he fell in with a young half-breed from .St. B.miface, who wis ret^irning thither acting as escort to a Sister of tlie St. Honiface Conven' who had in charge fourteen novitiates from Moii. real, on 'iieir way to take up mission wot" amjig *lie Indians of the Northwest, and loii,- in,' this pirty he arrived safely at Kort Garry n ^\\i f.ill of ihi same year. The winter of iSv'^-- 1 wissp;nt in this vicinitv, hiiving obtained em- ployment from .Mr. McD.-rmolt in lakini» out timber on the Assiniboine When spring opened and rumors of the gold discoveries west of the Rockies had reached this place, .Mi. Moore joined a pirly numbering over forty bound lor Uriiish Columbia, The trip across the plains was made up of the usual hardships and few pleasures, the route being via the Assiniboine, Touchwood Hills, Forts Pitt, and Carlton, on to Edmonton. Here the party diverged south to the Bow River and thence into the Rockies via Vermillion Pass down to Tobacco Plains, across the I'. S. boundary, finally coming to a halt at Fort ('olviile, Wash. Here some time was spent, Mr. Moore and others being engaged in the erection of two large magazines, or store houses, and eighteen oiher dwellings for the I'. S Govern- ment. Leaving there and com- ing back into British Colum- bia through the Okanagan and also through liostile bands of Indians, who were at war with the U S. authori- ties, he reached K a m I 00 p s, or rather the Hud- son's Bay post on the north side of the river from the present Kam- loops. After ob- taining supplies ■'• !ho post he l''iOv:r.e(jed down the Thompson '•iiC and on to i-i:l,'„ .-t, where 1 J Litl^nce of til. seas.';' was sn^-i ' oench minmg opposite the town, the winter being spent at I lope, on the Fraser River; he startedmining nex'. season at (Juesnel'e Forks, .^gain wintering Mm.r. ^t Hope. The ntxt season we find him p.icking from 1 ji r- Cariboo, and he continued at this occupatio- .r-warus of four year;-. In the spring ol 1807 „ ;H to Otegon and brought in a band of sheep for Cariboo, which beinj' di.poscd of, he turned his steps towards the Ndi U Valley, where he and his brother look up h')l•le^.|,eads, and then and there acquired the nucl.-' r the spleiulid propeity of which he is nc'A ownc, and which contains upwa,ds of 7,(X)o .teres. Here Mr. Moore resides, and, with the ex ception .,f the Douglas I,:ike Cattle Co., has the largest ranching property, as well as the finest bands of cattle, in the Nicola Valley. His hotne f.trni is beautifully situated at the head, of Nicola Lake, and, with an .tbunlance of water for irri- gating purposes, he is enabled to raise large J'J crops of grain and hay, all of which is required for consumption on the place. Mr. Moore is a widower and has a family consisting of Iwo sons and a daughter, the eldest son being Mr. J. W. Moore, proprietor of the Kamloops Meat Market. In this brief sketch what a retrospect there is. Starling from his iiome a! the early age spoken of, with no capital except willing hands and strong determination, traversing a semi-explored con- tinent, hunting, mining, packing and ranching, Mr. Moore finds himself at the age of 6^ most comfortably settled on a magnificent estate, with a kind and loving family around him and with the knowledge that, under divine Providence, he has been the architect of his own fortune. MR. WM. FORTUNE. IF by any chance (and it is a most unlikely Ih.ng to happen) Mr. \Vm. Fortune should lose remen.brance of where he was born, he • would need only to enquire from the first man he met on the roadway to be remembered of his birthplace, for his tongue is so rid, in the Vork- shire dialect that no man who ever heard him speak could possibly for one moment be left in Ignorance that he was a native of the famous biiglish shire mentioned. And though he affects a Scottish plaid, the ample buckle of which bears the Scottish motto, ■■Gang Warilvr still does his face indicate Vorkshire most unmistakably l-"ul \ U.lr.l~ I.. FULTON & W.ARirS LAW OFFICES. THI: handsome building, of which the above cut is an excellent engraving, was erected by Messrs. Fulton & Ward last yenr, and is occupied wholly by themselves. .\Ir. I'ulton. the senior member of the firm, established himself here in i88q, and afterwards succeeded to iIk' extensive legil practice of Mr Spinks, now 'iidge of the County (."ouri. Mr. Fulton was born egrce ad- M Northumberland, F igland. lie look a d in .Mathc, Tripos, Camlnidge. in i.SS . milled solicitor in Fngland, 1SH7; came out U ario in iSS; and 10 British Columbia in iS.Sq; i1 i-lnilled solicitor in Hrili>h Col umbia in i.Si)ii. and »r in i8gi. .Mr. Cecil Ward, the illed lo the »,i inior member of the firm, joined Mr. Fulton last >i e i-t a son of Mr. W. C. Ward, tiineral M.inageroftheM,«nk of Hritish Columbia. The fir It is about sixty years since he was ushered into the "moving play" of this world, but he does not look that age by five years or more. In i,Sj7 he left his native land, and first settled on this side of the .Atlantic at Hiiffalo. New York State. Here he employed himi-elf for a year or ore at street buildi and those who are fami- lial with that locality will be interested in the fact that it was ^fr. Fortune who, with a team ot eis;ht mules, first ploweil up the virgin soil on Bhick Rock Street up to Hlack Kock Square. He takes some ple.isure in remembering that tact, for since that lime the street has become famous. Leaving the City of the the Bison, Mr. Fori line crossed over to the C'.inadian siile and took up his abode at Si. David's, Here he was emplovod for two years as a tanner, an.l afterwards tor .» time tr.ivelled about the the Ni.igara Peninsula siuithwestern part o I the Province of Ontario, "joys a large and constantly increasing practice. taking orders lor the laiinery with which he was ^ connected. In iSl>j, having heard the reports of the great riches of British Coliiinhia, he made up his mind to join one of the several parties of hardy pioneers who were at that time or(janizing to cross the plains to the Pacific slope. He journeyed via St. Paul to Fort Garry. .At the latter place he joined a company numberin-j twenty-six, of which the late M'. Thomas McMicken (who met a melancholy death by drowning in the Fraser River ai Nv.w Westminster some years ajjol wa.s elected lea 'i ' 't>ng this company of twenty-six were a nai men who have since played a very import wrt in thehistoi_ if Brit- ish Columbia, no- tably Mr. (ieorge Tunstall, the pre- sent highly re- spected stipendi- ary magistrate and Gold Commis- sioner of \' a 1 e district ; Mr. John .Andrew Mpra, ex- M. P. ; ..ir. J. Fannin, Cu'ator of the F'rovincial Museum; .Mr. Bowron, of I.il- looet, and Mr. K. H. .Alexander, the well-known mill- man, of \'ancou- ver. The parly passed the Rock it's through the \"el- low Head Pass. Reatliing thi; head waters of the North Thompson River, the com- pany split up, one party crossing over lo the Fraser River, and the other coming down iheThompson. To the latter part 7 Mr. Fortune was joined. .Arriving at length at Kam- loops, devoid of food, with scarcely any remnant of the outfit with which they started, ;ind with their garments in shreds, they found that the plaie had been totally deserted by the Indians, who had lied to avoid the terrible scourge of small-pox. Mr. Fortune tells of how he and and a companu>M, fagged out and sl,irving, so.iglit shelter at one of the de- serted Indian habitaiions. They threw themselves down on some grass and branches which had been used as a bed by the Indians. I'rescntly llie> de- tected an unpleasant odor, and, turning over the material composing their couch, found ihe stark and decaying bodies of two Indians who had died of small-pox, .ilnmst beneath where thev had been lying! Needless lo say, the luckless travellers sought accommodations for the night elsewhere. Mr. Fortune secured employment with the Hudson's Bay Company, and remained in the service seven years, when he purchased the beautiful properly at Tranquille wheie he still lives. .At about the same time Mr. Fortune mar- ried, at I.ytton, Miss Jane McWha, who still lives to share the joys (and, if there be any sorrows, those also) of her worthy companion through life. Mr. Fortune, in i8f)H, built at Tranijuille the first Hour mill in the interior of the Province ; to this enterprise was added a sawmill, and in 1K7K he built the steamer Lady DufTerin, which for twelve years con- tinued to ply the waters of thelakes and rivers, from Savonas to Kagic Pass. He also built the first house on the site of Kamloops, and took the first team out of Kamloops l:iden for Cariboo. .Mr. Fortune has «ell deserved the success he has achieved and the public respect that is accorded him, .ind may he and his estimable lady live long to enjoy I'oih of them. Till'; tiovern- "cnt or Ciknauian I'.uific agent at poit of arrival wili urnish in for ma- lion as to lands i'pcn for settle- ment in the re- spective districts, • arms for sale, demand lor labor, '.lies of wages, routes of travel, distances, expense of con veyances, etc. A RICH PIfil.D RJR PkOSPEC TORS. IIIK V.\s| MINKKAI. DISINK r l>( TMi>MPSON KIVKK. nil- vnHiii "T^^q'llR III WARD from Kamloops, vi.i the ^^ \:ilie\s of Ihe North Thompson and ^ i learwaler Rivers, is ihe naliiral high- J_ J_ »■!> inli' Ihe gre.it Cariboo iounlr\. It is one of Ihe most prornisinj; Holds liir pi»is- pectors as yet left unexplored in Itrilish t'olumhi;'. Il is not, for the greater part, dilhcult ^^\: ;niess. .ind there is a bell IwenlN inlles wide on eai h side ol Ihe rivers in wliivli muieral e\er> where abounds. Ihe only great property \et disVoveiod and lo some extent developed is Ihe Homeslake group on ja -*> soparalo iirtitk' m Ailiinis F.ake, described in this bonk. To doNLTibf briellv in ordor the loiinti \ iiKlicali'd, — immediately north of thi- Indian Rocrvo, whiih lies across the river on the east side of the North Thompson from Kamloops, and theme on to Kdwards Creek, the formation in the hills is mainly limestone and fjives favorable indications of mineral, and the conditions for prospectin),' are very easy. In Kdwards Creek banks jjold is found. I'onlinuinff north to I.ewis Creek, a distance of J5 miles, numbers of small \eins carry in j,' f,'alena are encountered, the characteristic iron cappiri^s beinjf a notable feature. ICastward aloii^,' I.ewis Creek, about l(> miles, is the Homestake propertv. On the west side of the .\orth Thonipson, .iboul which offers unusual inducements to the prospec- tor, and which has as yet been left practically untouched. M Mosquito Flat a stron;,' vein of f,'alena ore was discovered some years aj^^o. This was worked to some extent at the time, and last year operations were resumed. .About loo feet of shalls and tunnels were put in, and a good deal of ore extracted. Assays showed an average of about 40 ounces of silver to the ton, with a consider- able percentage of lead. The ore, however, was marred by the presence of "blockjack," or zinc, rendering it difficult of treatment. With the new- processes, however, this difficulty will be got over, and the property presents every probability of becoming valuable. A number of good veins have been di-covered and all will doubtless some day Sn, .11 K.imU^taiKe Ironi its mouth, some strong ledger o( white i)uarl/ carr\ ing gold and silver haw revently been discovered and staked. \Vi>rk is iun\ priKceding oi\ two of them and the indications are g04>d for their dexelopnient into paying mines. On the cast sidi.«, ni>rth from I.ewis treek aKnit five miles. Harrier C'reek is met. The hills on both sides ol H.trrier I'reek are highly miner.ili/ed, the principal ore lound being galena Ciiirving siKer .ind lead in considerable ipiantities. Ihe giaxel ol the crt-ek almost everywhere pans out llaky gold, at siMiie places in paving i|uantilies, indicat- 1 >g gold-bearing veins somewhere in the vicinitv. Ihe country is sontt-what nigged and ditVicult to expli>re, but the obstacles are bv no me.iiis in- superable I,) the resolute prospeilor. Northward iViiin Harrier Ireek to the Miisi|uitii I'"lnt is a stretch of coimtrv ,{5 by jo miles, soon be worked, for there is a value in them which must give their product a sure and profit- able market. Hetween Mosquito I'lat and the Crossing Place of the North Thompson is another stretch of about ten miles bearing about the same character- istics as those of the country just described. Still futlher northward are Raft River and Galena Creek. It is totallv unexplored, and not the easiest to traverse, but from samples of lloat which have been brought down (and is said to be plentiful on the trail) the di-trict would justify the expen''''ire of both time and labor in making a thorough exploration. Beyond this point is the grand valley of the Clearwater River, re.iching northward to Cariboo. Fhe whole country from Kamloops northward presents a most .illiiring field to the prospector, and doubtless this summer many will be found working in these hills. 33 ill If riR. JOHN T. EDWARDS. m )|R. JOHN T. KDWARDS, the subject of /V \ this sketch, was born in Monmouthshire, / \ Wales, in 1845, in which district he resided till 21 years of age, when he emigrated to Btitish Columbia. For some lime previous to leaving home, he was en- gaged in the occupation of coal mining, as was also his brother Benjamin, who had preceded him to this country a year previous, so that it was quite in the order of things that he should direct his first steps to the mining regions of the country, and, accordingly, wefindhini located in golden Cariboo earlyin 1866. After a short initiation service into the mysteries of placer workings, he joined forces with the TafTvale Min- ing Company, op- erating ground on Stout's Gulch, re- maining in this connection for a period of two years, with a good measure of suc- cess. The town of Barkerville being almost totally de- stroyed by fire in the year 1868, and many persons in business removing therefrom, .Mr. Ivdwarcis opened up a general store in that place, it being the first building erected after the disaster. This business was carried on with varying success till 1871, in which year he retired from trading, and, moving to Light- ning Creek, he formed a company called the South Wales Mining Company, which was energetically worked under his management till July, 1K72, at which period he sold out his various interests and removed to Kamloops. The above is but a brief sketch of Mr. Kdwards' busy life in Cariboo, as he had engaged in many other ventures than those mentioned, principal among them being his buying into the mining property known as the \'an Winkle in 1H71) for the sum of $250, and which company is said to have returned in dividends since that time upwards of half a million dollars. About the time of Mr. Kdwards' arrival in Kamloops, the project for building the Canadian Pacific Railway began to Mr. J.itlii r. l':J»Ar,l. bear fruit, and survey parties were already being sent out in British Columbia, and when the North Thompson route was selected by the engineers as the most feasible one from the N'elknv Head Pass south, he purchased the splendid property on the cast bank of this river, about twelve miles north of Kamloops, on which he at present resides. .Although the railway did not, as contemplated, pass Mr. Kdwards' door, still it is within easy reach by wagon road, and in the near future will, no doubt, be traversed by the contemplated road to Cariboo. Mr. Kdwards goes in extensively for agricultu.'c and stock raising, both cattle and horses, the hills, sloping gradually back from the river, afTording ex- cel lent pasture land for stock. In the valley, large quantities of hay, grain and root crops are succes>- liilly grown on the wonderlully rich l>i>tlom lands, to wh^ch is super- added a most I'ounteous supply of water for irii- g.iting. Mr. Kdwards has been a Justice of the Peace for a luimber of year.", .inJ frequently iK- iiipics a seat on the magisterial WiMich inimporlant c.ises. He is also a director and a past president of the K.imloops Agri- cultural .\s>.ocia- lion, in matter'> relating to which ho ilways takes a il.H'p and untiring inierest. Thus, at the age of •>2, in iho prime of man- hood, as viewed in the Western coun- try, assisted by a kind and hospitable helpmate in Mrs. Kdivards, and siirrouniled by his f.-miily, some of them grown to years of manhood and woman- hood, Mr. Kdwards can glance backward over the years since his arrival here and truly say, "It is well." Living on the broad acres which his industry has converted into an ideal place ol residence, riding the ranges, overseeing his em- ployees and stock, always with a hearty word of greeting to everv passer-by, hospitable nnil gener- ous in the best of the Western sense, and with the most unbounded faith in the future of this country, this brief sketch leaves him with the « ariiest wivh that long before another decade shall have passed his utmost expectations will be realized. 34 i i THE MICA MINES. TmC mica deposits (if 'I'cte Jaune Cache, situated lo the norih ol Kamloops, have (if late attract*-il jjreat attention on account of their vast extent and the fineness of the mineral. Mica is a mineral hut rarely met with of commercial fjrade, and where a work.i'ile mine is discovered it is of j^real value. The deposits at Tote Jaune Cache were ori^jinally discovered by Indians trapping in that re>;ion. They brouj;!- down specimens of the mineral, and when in 1H87 the Ciovernment of the I'nited Stales offered a bonus for the discovery of a permanent mica lead some citizens of Kamloops succeeded in iriducinj;^ what (lal surface about one and a half miles in width by three miles lon^f. Aloiifj this siKface I found six distinct veins runninfj southeast and northwest, with an averaj;e thickness of from 6 to JO feel. I selected one of the v«ins, and ran an open cut 14 feet lont; and 5 feet deep. On the top, for a depth of about six inches, we encountered smoked or biotite mica. Below that deplh it chanijes l() muscovite or while mica. Suiricient depth, however, was not attained al this point to enable us lo secure the mica crystals in larf,'e blocks. What was obtained was of clear, loiijjh and flexible character. These veins were extendinj,' as fai as the eye could follow them to the northwest. The country was rough, and in order to follow the veins we made a detour back -_,,.%;. . «^" .::./'•.- i- / Ml '\f \l ■ 1' ,^ V. • _ ■ ■ 191 J. H. K.i»*«ll* 1,1411,1 Slunv anj Tiinnrl ,mi Tranmiil!,- Cro-k the Indians reluctantly lo divtilj^e the location of lheir"find." In i.S.SS the Indi.ins conducled a parly of white men from Kamloops to the place of the deposits and several claims were slaked out and recorded, but, althou^'h splendid specimens of the mineral were broufjht down and trips made lo the deposits each summer for some years, practically nothing was done in the way of de- velopment. In i>*'(H John V. Smith, of Kamloops, obtained an interest in the claims, and that vear made an oxploratory examination of them. Pescribinj; his trip, Mr. Smith savs : " Indications of mica became visible as soon as we struck the base of the main mountain, small veins bein^; everywhere exposed in the f(>rnialion. y^n reaching the summit of the ntounlain, which lises a,5CK) feet above the valley, we found a some- 10 the C'.inoe River \'.illey, ;;(; the main trail to Tiie J.iunt Cache, and thence north some twenty miles. Here the facilities for observation were better. We found exposed a series of veins, which it was clear was a continuation of those previously visited, the same number of veins bein^; visible, only much thicker on the surface^ avera).;in^ from 10 feet to im feet wide. Selecting; what I thought to be the most favorable spot, I m.ide an open cut in a gigantic slide which had bi-en brought down by the action of the glaciers above, breaking away from the parent lead and lodging on a proiection about 500 feet below. Here mica was obtained in large bl.icks, of wedge shape, weighing from 51) lbs, to v><' 'hs., the flat surlace ranging between 4 x ti in, and zo x 36 in., and from 3 in. to :o In. thick at the butt edge. These blocks, however, had been greatly damaged 35 by the disturbance in falling from Iheir ori>;iiial position above, and the proportion of clear mineral was therefore not what it olhcrwiNC would have been. The lack of sutficient means at our com- mand made it impossible to tap any of the main veins, but there is no question that the showing; in the slide is an exact indication of what would be found in the veins, and shows correctly the extent of the mineral they contain. Out of an open cut on the slide 20 feet long and 8 feet wide ten tons of mica was taken, showing the enormous productiveness of these veins. " My last summer's operations on these veins showed 35 per cent of clear, crystals free from blemish. Three men in five days' actual mining ex- tracted one and one -half tons, which split and trimmed 1000 lbs. of merchantable mineral. "The mica crys- tals are found in as well-defined quartz ledges as other minerals. In this section it is in silica and spar quartz, generally capped by a com- pressed layer of conglomerate smoked mica. Im- mediately under- lying this is a stratum of spar quartz, which is generally studded with miniature blocks of the crys- tals, and varies from two to eight feet in thickness. Beneath this stra- tum is the silica quartz in which the large blocks of crystals are found. These wedge- shaped blocks occur in the quartz in every im.iginable position and can only be extracted by dynamite usea wilh the greatest possible care in order to avoid shat- tering the mineral. In places I have found hervl associated with the quariz, and am of the opinion that further development will d'sclose lin. Krom the TCle Jaunc Cache I traced the lead s^ .:-C«^^-^«J .,^,--*'^, ..,, J4 M.i.,'!- K.ikIi. S..,.t>i .'I kaml.HTiv .ind stock raising. .After some years spent in f.trming on the South Thompson River with the present Sheriff I'einberlon and others, he. in con- I mction with the late (i. W. Jones, took up the 1 ind on which he at present resides, and which 1.1-day comprises about Srxi acres. Here Mr. Mellors' early expel iencc stood him in good stead, iiid by steady indu>'try has not only made of Hill ' .iren a delightful place of residence, but .1 profit- i'lle farm and ranch as well. In 1.SS5 he bought It Mr. Jones' interest in the entire estate and has oiiLiincd sole proprietor since that time. In uldition to Hill Farm, and some three miles dis- '■■me J50 acres, at Jocko Lake, which includes • ime fine hay and pasture land, and it is from the ■ icinity of this plot that the engraving on page ;i '1 istraling "a cattle round-up" is taken, the 'ounJ-up bein^f in charge of Mr. Mellors himself. relating to ranching and husbandry have placed him aTiiong the foremost of our agriculturists. .\t the present time he is president of the Kam- loops .Agricultural .Association, having been a director of that institution since its formation, and his untiring efforts in its behalf have undoubtedly been largely instrumental in placing the associa- tion in the prominent position it occupies in this community. Mr. Mellors isalso a member of and secretary to the Range Overseers, an elective bodv, whose duty it is to preserve the interests of the 'stock raisers, and has also been captain of the range for some two years past. Retokis that have gone .nroad of the improve- ment in mining in lUitish Columbia during the past vear or two and the uepression of the industry in .Africa has caused many of the American miners who went there to return. Il ■ i MR. LEWIS CAMPBELL. THE sixty-six years which have iiilervened between the date of the birth of Mr. Lewis Campbell and the present day have not yet made any serious inroads on the iron constitution with which bounteous nature en- dowed that gentleman. His (;iant frame is still erect and towering his countenance strong and resolute, and his giip, on life apparently as lirm and unyielding as ever it was. Since boyhood his life has been one of sturdy industry, and the result has been the acquisition of an ample store of thisworld's gear, and that enviable satisfaction which, in the evening of life, comes to the man who feels that he has fought the hard battle of the years success- fully and has tri- umphed in the end. Of Highland Scottish parent- age, Mr. Camp- bell was born in one of the coun- try districts of theStateofOhio, and continued to live there for eightyears, when the family moved to the neighbor- ing State of Indi- ana, and there he passed his 21st birthday. That was in 1853, and in that year, hav- ing attained his majority and cut the traditional "apron strings," he struck out boldly over the plains for Cali- fornia. He located in the norlhern part of the State. He did some little mining, but during the following live years was m.iinly engaged in teaming and packing between Maryville and Greka. In this business he made some money, and when the mining excitement broke out in British Columbia in 1H58, he decided to make a move and play for bigger game. He reached Yale that year and started in with his customary energy at placer muiing. Hut the best of the ground had been taken up, and his opera- tions in that field did not promise either gicat or sudden riches. He quit the shovel and pan and turned again to his old avocation of packing. He was one of the first to take up the trail to Ijllooet and Cariboo. The following year he opened a store at giiesnclle. Hut il look him only twelve monihs to determine that there was more money and less risk for him in packing goods over the trail than in selling them over the counter, so he quit the store and resumed the pack. He con- tinued this business till the fall of 1^)4, when, having acquired means, he went south to Oregon, bought a considerable band of cattle there and drove them northward, settling in |S<>5 on the ranch still held by him at the junction of a small stream (which has since taken the name of Campbell Creek) with the South Thompson about twelve miles east o( Kaniloops. Mr. Campbell's ranch is stocked with as fine a lot of cattle as can be found in the country. The range is an ex- cellent one, and the small stream which flows through a portion of it atfordswater for the irriga- tion of a consid- erable acreage of good land sur- rounding the residence. A fine orchard has been planted and is being added to from yeartoyear, producing an abundance of choice fruit of almost all kinds grown in the country. Mr Campbell has been blessed with a family of sons and daughters who are the joy of the old home- Mr. i.,«,.. i..in.pi«i:. stead and the constant care of parents as kind and indulgent as parents could possibly be. TiiF Honanza and Pothook claims, owned by .\. (i. McDonald and others, lie in a flat valley to the west of Sugar l.oaf Hill. They are out in the open, ami the croppiiigs were found in the banks of a little sliiMiii which carries water only in the freshet season. An excellent frame building has been put up aiul the miners at work made as com- fortable as possible. Tuni.els are being run and shafts sunk on strong leads of line ore, which have every appearance of pernuuieiicy, and everything seems to indicate that these claims will produce a large anuiinit of good p.iy ore. 38 nR. ANDREW NOBLB. IN the year 1H45, in ihe CoiiiUy of Norlli- umberlaiid, in the north of ICn^jlaiul, Mr. Andrew Noble was born, :il a farm lioiisc on the banks of the Tweed. Mi> boyhood was spent on the farm, iuid at the a^jc of 1^ he entered on his apprenticeship as a house carpenter at the village of Coldstream, a short distance from his birthplace, where he resided and xMirkfd for some seven years, when he removed to the famous shipping port of Newcaslleon-Tyne. At thfs lalierplace he worked for upwards of twelve years at his trade, and enjoyed the es- teem and confidence of all with whom he came in contact, both in business and so- cially. Having de- cided on emigrating, and being a staunch supporter of the old dag under which he was born, he selected Canada as a field for futureoperat ions, and accordingly in iKKo we find him settled in liamiiton.Ont. Dur- ing his residence in this latter city he erected under con- tract a con-iderable number of buildings. Hearing that build- ing operations were brisk on the I'ana- diaii I'acific coast, he removed from Mam- illrntoX'ictoria, H.C , in 1 8X1, and remained there conlractingand building till the con- struction work on the I' P. R. was well ad- vanced on the main- land. He then ten- dered for and secured the conlrajct from the Onderdonk Com- ^' pany for the erection of the station houses from \ale to Snvonas, an undertaking which was performed with satisfaction and despatch. In iKKt> we lind him again contracting, this time with the C. V. K. syndicate, and erected for them the large com- p.iny's boarding houses at North Bend ami Kam- li'ops, as well as the employees' cottages, some tight in number, at these points, and during the ^.ime ye.ir he also built in Kamloops the tirand I'acific Motel, the Presbyterian manse and the dwelling houses owned by Mr. I.. Campbell anil Mr. I. Barmerman. Building operations having become somewhat -lack, in the following year, N!r. Noble, with com- iiondable foresight, looked about for an anchor- age place in this new and promising district, and eventually purchased the property on the west side of Ihe North Thompson River, some twelve miles north of Kamloops, and knjwn as the Cold- stream Farm, and from an energetic and success- ful carpenter we now find him transformed into a no less energetic and successful rancher and agri- culturist. Mr. Noble's early farm training in the north country gave him the advantage of being no novice in his new vocation here, and he is regarded as one of our most practical and progressive farmers and ranchers. In addition t^ the Coldstream Farm, which contains some 440 acres, he has leased some 200 acres adjoining from the Hudson's Bay Company, and which gives him nearly two miles water frontage on the river, and he is also fortunate in having an abundance o( water for irrigat- ing Althoughdeeply interested in the f a r m , Mr. Noble spares some time during a slack season to mineral prospect- ing and developing, and this past winter has located a fine- looking ledge of ga- lena ore on Jamieson Creek, about three miles distant from his farm, and which he intends to develop as the season advan- ces. On this claim Mr. Noble has run a shaft some distance in, and which shows a well-defined ledge or vtin of galena, between walls, with a varying width of from four to six feet of pay ore, and ^ ' which will no doubt improve as develop- ment advances. The creek on which his loca- tion is situated has long been known to old- time placer workers, and from present indications will he thoroughly exploited for quartz properties this coming summer. Mr. Noble was married in 1872, and his wife and family of lour children are with him at Cold- stieam, where many who will read this sketch hive enjoyed his hearty welcome and hospitality. He is. and has iieen since its inauguration, a most active member of and exhibitor at the Kamloops Agricultural .Association, and is alsothe statistical ci'llector for the North Thompson and Kamloops districts of the crop reports for the Local tiovern- ment. a position for which he is eminently qualified 39 ii MR. JOHN WILSON. T^^R. WILSON is an Knulishman by birth. /Vl born in a small place called Kirby-Heb- / \, ben.on the borders of Westmoreland and Yorkshire, in 1832. Here his early life was vspent at a,;hor>l and on the farm, but at the age of 17 lie decided to cut loose from the Old Soil and try his fortunes in America, and settled in the town of Logansport, Indiana, in 1849. After two yt»rs spfit in farming, and having contracted a severe attack of ague, he decided on going to Cali- fornia, whither he went viu the Isthmus! of Pan- ama in 1851. After a short time s'^ent in San Francisco, Mr. Wilson turned his attention to mining, his first venture being on the north fork of the American River, the work beingdoneprinci- pally by fluming. After leaving there, his next lo- cation was on the Russian River, and in 1856-57 he m in e d in the vicinity of Peta- luna. Leaving California in 1858, he came to Briti>h Columbia and again follow- ed mining and also trading on the Fraser River for a period of two years. In thespringof 1860 and before the famous gold de- posits of Cariboo had been discovered, he went on a prospecting tour about the Horsefly Lakes and to the east and north of Cariboo, with no great measure of success, turning back from this region to Lillooet and remaining there till the spring of i8f)j, when he joined the rush to Cariboo. Here he started mining in earnest and became the owner of the Tinker claim on Williams Creek, which soon proved a splendid paying property, as high as jixj ounces having been taken from it in a single clean-up. Here he continued for two seasons, leaving the m:"cs in the fall of 1864 The following spring, in com- pany with Mr. Lewis Campbell, he made a trip to Oregon for the purpose of buying mi cattle, and, having succeeded in selecting a good sized band, drove them over the mountains to the South Ml. J..hn Wil...n Thompson River, locn mg them on the land now occupied bv Mr Campbell, this being the con,- mencement of.Mr. Wilson's stock-raising business, which to-day has assumed such large proportions as entitles Mr. Wilson to his cognomen ai one o( the cattle kings of the interior. He resided here for one vear and, moving to Savonas, came event- ually to'Cache Creek V'alley, his presei't place of residence. In 1868 he took up lOo acres of land at Grand Prairie, about twenty miles (rom Ducks Station on the C.P.R., to which he has since added by purchase till it now represents some i,joo acres ol excellent pas- ture, agricultural and meadow land. At Cache Creek he has about I, (KX) acres and about 1,400 more in the vicin- ity of Savonas and Indian liar- dens, and also a pre-emption o n Copper Creek. Onallthesetracts of land and the open ranges ad- joining them Mr. Wilson has large bands of cattle grazing the year round. Not only is he a very large raiser of slock, but a large pur- chaser as well. Hecontractswith meat purvejors at the coast cities foi th.-ir supplies of beef cattle and draws his sup- plies from his own herds and f r o m those of many other ranches in the interior, his ship- ments averaging I 50 head a month, which at prevailing prices would represent a sum approaching Sito.iKX) in the course of the year. Mr. Wilson is an active and energetic business man, and gives his whole lime and per- sonal allenlion to llic industry, and no one in the upper country is more respected and esteemed. his word being taken as readily as his bond. In concluding this article we only re-echo the wish of the entire community that Mr. Wilson may long be spared to carry on and increase his present extensive business, which by his probity, earnestness and foresight he has placed on so firm a commercial basis. Mr. Wilson's home at Cache Creek is ever open to the traveller, andthe charming hospitality of himself and family can be vouched for by very m^ny who will peruse these lines. 40 From Ocean to Ocean Are to be fimnd the pleased patrons of the MUn-Bingham Printing Co., of Toronto. We invite Gorrespondenoe from all who are desirous of something Good In the nature of a Catalogue or any other kind of Printing THE DOnlNION'S BEST. ^^ IDJ|iMPf8&.8{..l?«flirKi)6flA^rt ^9t^ht linorabiuQS in tin^ffif ^^ tuorh totvt matic bi) us. Hlntt for *r *r #^ #- ir »r < #- ji^amplrs of ^TomnuiTial J5;lodi. 4ia ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^i^^^^ 1!i I Kamloops Mining Cannp If m is attracting World-wide Attention READ want to know all about it $2.00 ptv annum lJul)lisi)rti aiiltlrrtvli) at lianiloopg, U. it. (Send for »anipU> copies.) THE INTELLIGENT ADVERTISER SEEKING TO DO BUSI- NESS IN CARIBOO, LILLOOET, AND YALE. THREE OF THE GREAT MINING DISTRICTS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, WILL USE THE COLUMNS OF 8rf?: *nlanli 5'numrl. For Rates address the office of publication or Gray's Advertising Agency, Temple Building, Montreal Mr 0/ \i0 01 Of' Oil ilii iti iAir itt Oil Oif Of ^f Of Oif Oif Oi Oif Oif m m m m m m m m m m m #■*** 43a t^^i I Cosmopolitan i Hotel RUSSELL & HEROD, PROPRIETORS, KAM LOOPS, B.C. The Leading Hotel of the City. The Place where the Mining Men and Ranchers are to be found. (^$^1 4.5" FOR SALE A Block Containing ^6,484 ACRES OF LAND Situated at the head of ARROW LAKE, B. C, across the Columbia River from Arrow Head. li The Acreage is as follows: Bottom lands, partly meadow, easily drained, 3,000 acres. Fair land, suitable for fruit culture - - 1,000 " Wild land 2,484 " The property lies immediately at the head of navigation, where the Canadian Pacific Railway connects with its line cf steamers for the great Kootenay counti\. TO CATTLEMEN shipping into Kootenay it offers splendid advantages as a recruiting place for the stock, the pasturage in summer being magnificent, and many hundreds of tons of hay could be put up every summer. THE TIMBER on the property is calculated as follows : Hemlock - - 25,000,000 feet. Cedar ... 5.000,000 " White Pine - - 500,000 " The timber itself is valued for a very large sum o( money. There is also a larjje quantity of Alder suitable for firewood or charcoal. A stream in the vicinity will develop about 500 horse-power. There is magnificent fishing and shooting in the vicinity, and altogether the prooerty is one of the most desirable now being oPFered in the interi.-,r of British Columbia. For further particulars apply to WM. BAILLIE, KAMLOOPS, B.C. 44a THE Chance OF A Lifetime One of the Finest Properties in British Columbia For Sale. A SPLENDID TRACT FOR CATTLE RAISING, DAIRYING AND AGRICULTURE. AND A VEPITABLE SPORTSMAN'S PARADISE. Contains 1438 acres, beinj; lol> 7.57, NS^, 73,. -,^ and o^s. ^roup ,, Kamloops division of \ale District. Title, Crown grant. Can he convtycd ai K-rt noii.e tree of encumhrances. This estate contains about 43H acres meadow ,ind bottom land, partly seeded to timothy and red top grasses, and 1,000 acres of well sheltered and watered pasluie land. ' Will, ihe exception of 31S acres it is all fenced. Dist:;nce from Kamloops, jS miles direct .S. K., and about 2-^ miles from C. P. R. main line. Hy wagon road from the C. P. R. at ilie ranch of .Mr. Hewitt Bostock, M. P., at Hucks, it is 3J miles south. Salmon River runs lhiou>;h this properJ> for j , miles, affording some of the best sii/mon /rout linking in British Columbia. With the exception of one mile of stream, it is almost the only fishing k'round on this river, as for i« miles above and below this property the river runs through a canyon. For vfihl gifse and Uuck shooting this place is not to be surpassed in .\nierica ; also excellent for lifer, pniirie ihicken, grouw, etc. This property was located in iH.Sr, by the present owner, when thousands of acres of land were vacant to be picked from. It lies in a promising mineral belt, and is most suited for raising aitHe, fetding berf cattle, or for dairying. The only reason the owner has for selling is his having to live in town for the sake of his voung children, and not having sullicicnt capital to stock the pl.^ce and engage help, will sell outright or will lake a partner with capital.* .\pply in person to O. S. BATCHELOR, Olfer« will t>e accepted lor Ihe wtiole or parts of the property 45" KAMLOOPS, B.C. !l R. E. SMITH, DBALKII IN m V fS I i m Dry Goods, Ready- Made Cloth ing, (\-^ Gen ts' Furn ish ings, Boots and Shoes, CF^ Groceries, Provisions, Crockery, Etc . The very spot for Miners and Prospectors to Purchase their Supplies at. MILLINERY AND DRESSMAKING DEPARTMENTS. KAMLOOPS, B.C. BANK OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Incorporated by Royal Charter, rStii.) CAPITAL (with power to increase) RESERVE, ^.fioO.OOO $J,i)JO,000 loo.txxi 486,<)66 HEAD OFFICE, 60 LOMBARD STREET, LONDON, ENGLAND BRANCHES: In British Chhmiiia — Victoria, Viuicouver, New WotMinslcr, Nanainio, Kamloops, Nelson (Kootenay Lake), Sandon and Kaslo (Slocanl. In Mil; I'nitkh Staths — • San Francisco and Portland AGENTS AND CORRESPONDENTS: In Canada -Canadian Bank of Commerce, Merchants' Bank of Canada, The Molsons Bank, Imperial Bank of t anada, Bank of Ni va Scotia, and Inion Bank of Canada. In Rossi.ani) Bank of British North America. In UNiiKnSrA IKS Canadian Bank ot Commerce (Atfency) /V,7r y',>ri . Bank of Nova Scotia, Chiaipo Exchange National Bank, Sfrihuu; H,nh.. Puget Sound National Bank, &v////,-, London and San hrancisco Bank, Tiirnmti. In Ai STHAI.IA AND Nkw Zkai AN.) Bank of Australasia. In Honoi i i . Bish..p & Co. 5,1 y/NGS BANK DEPART.XfKNT. Deposits received from $i upward., and in.erost allowed (present rale) at y, per cent, per annum. Qold Dust Purchased and every description of Banking Bu!iine».< Transacted. Kamlooi-s, B.C.. Nov. ,7,h, .896. VV. H. PEQRAM, Man««.r. 46a Finest Butter, Cheese, Hams, Bacon. .AND ^ ^ Ceylon and Indian ^ ^ TEAS GROCERIES CROCKERYWARE. Canned Goods, Fruits, CofFees, Pickles. J. S. SMITH, We handle only the beet Kooda. The Family Grocer, KAMLOOPS, B. C. JAMES VAIR, I 0^ DEALER IN I Mining Supplies, Slielf and General S Hardware. III STOVKS AM) IINW \KK. Al.l. KI.VDS OK SllhH IKON CAM!' STOVES S iii 3? *" '* M KAMLOOPS, B.C. S 47" ii ■m IV, H. Stephenson., TRr 'A'4TCH SPECIALIST, I. I'. K. W.ilih liH|»M,.r. K.iinU«.|>- l>ivl-u.i DEALER IN Watches, Clocks, Jewelry and Silverware of Every Description. DIAMOND RINGS. ~ * ^ ^ All Kind* of Jawalry Manufactured to Ordar Special Discount on Prosontatlon Ooodo. ■ ncravlnc Naatly Caocutad Rapalrlnc an<< Adjuatlnc Oompllcatad Watchaa a •paclalty. AGENT FOR THE EQUITABLE SAVINGS, LOAN AND BUILDING ASSOCIATION. KJMLOOPS. B. C. >i; E. G. Prior & Co,, 'Limited' Mill and Mining Supplies. IMPORTERS OF % Iron, Steel, Hardware, Waggons, Buggies, and Agricultural Implements. ^ VICTORIA, VANCOUVhR AND KAMLOOPS, B.C. 48 ours truly, R. G. MACPHERSON. The Leading Druggist of tlie Interior. I S4« ff Roderick McLcod and Builder Contractor Plans and Estimates furnished for all classes o! i: jildings. • Office and Factory, Lome Street, - Kamloops, B. C. Get Your Carnp Stove and COOKING UTENSILS from Shotton & Mead TNE LEADING PLUMBERS and METAL WORKERS OF KAMLOOPS. Cook Stoves : Ranges : Enamelled Steel Ware, Tinware and House Furnishings. KAMLOOPS BOOK STORE STATIONERY FANCY GOODS 3 MAGAZINES and -j \ PERIODICALS I Improved NEW WILLIAMS Sewing Maciiines Largest and Best Stock Fishing Tackle In the Interior. TELEPHONE EXCHANGE W.T.SLAVIN, KAMLOOPS. B.C. C. W. WHITE Merchant Tailor KAMLOOPS, - B. C. A Large Range of the VERY BEST IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC CLOTHS Always on Hand. 55" "Tn3^ THE W. THOS. NEWMAN Gold Saving Machine^— «^ AUTOMATIC, Requires no Labor and no Motive Power. Positively guaranteed to SAVE all fine float GOLD, FLOWERED QUICKSILVER AND CONCENTRATES. Fop further paptlculars, descriptive cipculapa. etc., addpeea The W. Thos. Newman Gold Saving Co. MEDICAL BUILDING, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. LOS ANGELES, GAL, U.S., 205 Currior Block. Established 1886. 4fe Incorporated 1805. Mclennan, mcfeely & CO., LTD. WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Shelf an° Heavy Hardware Mill and Mine Supplies. tif .\f;ent for lii.iiil I'owili-r Cii. 122 Cordova St., VANCOUVER, B.C. Kamloops Brick Yard We will be prepared after May 1st, 1897, to *"urnish both PRESSED .-.ND STOCK B?^ CK In any quantities rti jired, from our Brick Yard. JOHr';:;ON & GILL, PROpmiTORa OMNSOTS er GILL J Contractors, Masons, 4r if Bricklayers and Plasterers. Plans Furnished and Estimates Given on Every Description of BUILDINGS Brict^, Lime, Plaster and Cement alwayi in Stock and for Sale. KAMLOOPS, - B.C. R. H. LEE Provincial Land Surveyor CIVIL AND MINING ENGINEER. Kamloops, B.C. S6« AN British Columbia Mineral Law s. Power. VE LVER jiaps. etc., rman :o. Eanada. rrier Block. ILL , #• *r itereps. n Slock ER. INTERPRETATION. In the coiistruclioii of the Mineral Act the fol- ioiving expressions have the foliowin^r nuMniiiL's respectively, unless inconsistent with the coiiiexf ••Mine" shall mean any land in which am vein or lode, or rock in place, shall he mined for f;old or other niinerais, precious or base, except coal. "Mineral" shall mean all valuable deposits of jfold, silver, platinum, iridium, or any of the platinum (,'roup of metals, mercury, lead, copper, tin, zinc, nickel, antimony, arsenic, barium, bisl ninth, boron, bromine, cadminum, chromium, cobalt, iodine, majjnesiuni, rnan^'anese, molyb- denum, phosphorus, plumbay:o, potassium, sodium, strontium, sulphur or any combination o( the aforementioned elemtnls with themselves or with any other elements, asbestos, cinerv, mica and mineral pigments "Limestone, marble, .lay, or any building.' stone, when mined for buildinjj purposes," -.hall not bo considered as mineral within the meaning,' of the Act. "Rock in place" shall mean all rock in place bearing valuable deposiis of minora! within the meanint; of the Act. "N'ein" or "I,ode." Whenever either of these terms is used iu the .Act, '-fock in place" shall be deemed to be included. " .Mineral cl.iini " shall mean the person.il ri^'ht of property or interest in any mine. " Mining property " shall include every mineral claim, ditch, mill site or water ri),'ht used for mining; purposes, and all other !hinf,'s be!on},'infj to a mine or used in the working' thereof. " l.e^fal post" shall mean a slake standint^ "^'t less than four feet above the jjround, and squaied or faced on four sides for at least one t\)oi from the top, and each side so scju.ired or fr.ced shall measure at least four inches on its Lice so far as •M.|uared or faced, and any slump or tree cut oil' .md squared or laced to the above heij^lit .ind si/e " Mill site " shall mean a plot of ),;rtMiml 1, scaled, as delined by the .Act, for the purpiisc o( ereclinf; ihereon any machinery or other works for tt,nl,iininj; water m not, I iMil .ill rivers, creeks and gulches | " Ditch " shall include a Mume, pipe or race, or ilher artihciiil means for conducting water by its j nvn weight, to be used fi)r mining purpo'>es. i " Ditch head " shall me.in the point in a natural ■ atcrcourse or hike, i>r other source, where water ■ first taken into a ditch. "l-ree miner" shall mean a person or joint stock company, or forei-n company named in, and law- fully possessed of, a valid existing free miner's ceriiticate, and no other. "Record," "register," and "registration" shall have the same meaning, and shall mean an entrv in some oliicia! b ok kept for that purpose "Full interest" shall mean anv mineral claim of the full size, or one of several shares into which a mineral claim shall be eipially divided. "Cause" shall include any suit or action. 'Judgment" shall include "order" or ••decree." "Real estate" shall mean any mineral land in fee simple under any Act relating to gold mines or to minerals other than coal. "Joint stock company" shall mean any company duly incorporated for mining purpos^-s under the •'Companies Act," "Companies Acl, 1890," and any company duly incorporated in British Columbia (or mining purposes under the •■ Companies Act, i«i'-'," (Imperial), and shall include all companies, whether foreign or local, registered or incorpor- .ited under the "Companies .Vet." FRi-E ,-iim:rs' certificates and PRIVILEGES. I. .hiy />i'fS(iii over i-iff/i/i-oi ivii/y 0/ Ui;e or any Joint stock compan^ or foreign company, ,iin obtain 11 fnr iiinnr's lYrtiJicntr, for one or more years, by applying to any gold commissioner or mining recorder in British Columbia, and paving a tee ot Oi'.v ""./'"' <''/(^/. !■(•«/•. Ill /hi: iibu/KY of the Mining Rfconirr- the fee can be left with any officer or person in charge of the otlije, and the certificate will date from that time. 2. \ tree miner can, at any time, obtain a ci'r- titiiiiti- iitinmencit.g to run at the i-.x/'/nition 0/ his then existing eer/i/ieii/e, by paying the regular fee and producing such existing certificate. If a free miner's certificate be lost or destroyed he can obtain;. " substituted certificate " on pavment of Sl.lH). _;. A free miner's eeiii/uiile i\ nut Inunteuibte. 4 Any person, or joint stock company, in'ning or working o\\ a mineral claim, mine held as real estate, tunnel, llume, dr.iiii or ditch, Tiv'.'/«ii(/'/;i/i'/V/j;r tiiken out a free miner's eerti/iente, is iiiib/e, on con- viction, to pay a penalty not exceeding S25 00 and costs. 5. Suhjocl to I he provis.) hereinalter stated, no person or joint stock company shall be recognized as having any right 01 Interest in or to any mineral ci.ilm or ,iny mir.eral.s therein, or in or to any water right, mining ditch, drain, tunnel or 57 ■'■r I m flume, unless he or it shall have a free miner's certificate unexpired. And on the expiration of a free miner's certificate the owner thereof shall absolutely forfeit all his rights and interests in or to a'ly mineral claim, and all and any minerals therein, and in or to any and every water right, mining ditch, drain, tunnel or tlume, which may be held or claimed by such owner of such expired frej miner's certificate, unless such owner shall, or or before the day following the expiration of suih certificate, obtain a new free miner's certifi- cate : Provided, nevertheless, should any co-owner fail to keep up his free miner's certificate, such failure shall not cause a forfeiture or act as an abandonment of the claim, but the interest of the co-owner who shall fail to keep up his free miner's certificate shall, ipso facto, be and become vested in his co-owners pro rata, according to their former interests : Provided, nevertheless, that a shareholder in a joint stock company need not be a free miner, and, though not a free miner, shall be entitled to buy, sell, hold or dispose of any shares therein : And provided, also, that this section shall not apply to mineral claims for which a Crown grant has been issued : Provided, always, that if any person or company shall acquire, by purchase or otherwise, any mine or mineral claim, or interest therein, and it shall appear that some person or company through whom he or it claims title has neglected to lake out or keep up a free miner's certificate, according to the provisions of the Mineral Act, such person or company so acquiring such mine or mineral claim, or interest therein, may, within one month from the time when he or it shall first aciiuire knowledge thereof, or if knowledge acquired within one month after the Mineral Act, 1896, becomes law, pay to the Recorder of the mining division in which the claim affected is situate the fee or fees which ought to have been paid by such person or com- pany in default as aforesaid, and thereupon the title of such person or company so acquiring the said mine or mineral claim, or interest therein, shall be deemed to be and always to have been as good and effectual as if no such default had occurred, but this last proviso shall not affect litigation pending at tlie passage of the said Act of iSyO. 6. Every free miner shall, during the continu- ance of his certificate, but not longer, have the rigiil to enter, locate, prospect, and mine upon any waste lands of the Crown for all minerals other than coal, and upon all lands the right whereon to so enter upon, prospect and mine all minerals other than coal shall have been, or here- after shall be, reserved to the Crown and its licensees, and also to enter, locate, prospect, and mine for gold and silver upon any lands the right whereon to so enter and mine such jjold and silver shall have been, or shall be, reserved to the Crown and its licensees. Excepting out of all the above description of lands any land occupieil by anv building, and any land falling within the curtilage of any dwelling house, and any orchard, and any land for the time being actually under cultivation and any land lawfully occupied for mining pur- poses other than placer mining, and also Indian reservations and military or naval reservations : Provided that where any hydraulic mining works, established in accordance with the "Placer Min- ing Act, 1891," have been in operation, the land which may have been uncovered by ''■-• operation of such works shall not be located o, - 'ined upon by any free miner other than the person or persons carrying on such hydraulic works for a space of six months next after the same shall have been so uncovered : Provided that in the event of such entry being made upon lands already lawfully occupied for other than mining purposes, and not being a portion of lands granted to and held by or for a railway company under any railway subsidy Act heretofore or to be hereafter passed, such free miner, previously to such entry, shall give adequate security to the satisfaction of the tiold Commis- sioner or Mining Recorder for any loss or damage which may be caused by such entry ; and pro- vided that, after such entry, he shall make full compensation to the occupant or owner of such lands for any loss or damages which may be caused by reason of such entry ; such compensa- tion, in case of dispute, to be determined by the Court having jurisdictions in mining disputes, with or without a jury. 7. A Jrcf miiiir tiuiy cut timber for mining pur- poses, upon any Crown lands or timber leasehold, or any lands the timber whereon has been reserved by the Crown. 8. .1 free miner may hold not more than one mineral eluim on the same vein or loile, except by purchase; but he may hold, by location, a claim on any separate vein or lode. 9. A free miner may kill game for his own use at any period of the year while prospecting or mining. 10. ;\ free miner shall have all the rights and privileges granted to free miners by the " Placer .Mining .Act. " 11. The holder of a mineral eiaini i^ entitled to all minerals within his claun ; but he is //o/ etititled to mine outside the boundary lines of his claim continued vertically downward ; except on min- eral claims located previous to the Mineral Act .AmendmenI, iHq2. He is entitled id all surfaee rights, including limber for mining or building purposes, so long as he holds the claim. I 2. A free miner's interest in his mineral elaim — save as to claims held as real estate is a 1 hattel interest, equivalent to lease for one \ear, and thence from year to year, subject to the terms and conditions of the Mineral Act. 13. Xo free miner shall suffer from any aets of omission or eommissioii, or delays, on the part of any government official, if such can be proven. 14. Whenever through the acts or defaults of any person other than ihe recorded owner of a mineral claim or his agent by him duly authorized, the evidence of ihe location or record on the ground, or the situation of a mineral claim, has been destroyed, lost, or effaced, or is dillicult of ascerlHinment, nevertheless, effect shall he given to same as far as possible, and the Court shall have power to make all necessary enquiries, directions and references in the premises, tor the purpose of carrying oui ihe oh;ect hereof, and vesting title in the first bona fide acquirer ol the claim. I 58 LOCATINQ MINERAL CLAIMS. 1. A mincrul claim must not exceed i.^^oo feet ill length by /.^oo /i'c/ /// breadlh. 2. All aiiglrs must be riirlit aiifflcx, except where a boundary line of a previously surveyed claim is common to both. 3. The claim must br marked by hvo Icffal posts, numbered i and 2, placed as nearly as possible on the line of the lode or vein, and not more than 1,500 feet apart. The line from i to j is the location line, and the claim may extend any number of feet to the rijjht, and to the left of such location line, provided the total distance on both sides does not exce.'d i.^ko feet. 4. A legal post marked " Discovery post" must also be placed on the lode where it was dis- covered, 5. On No. t post must be written : ~(\) " Iniltal post," (2) the name of the claim, {3) name of locator, (4) dare of location, (5) approximate bearinjT of No. 2 post, (6) length "and breadth of claim, (7) No. of feet to rij;hi and No. of feet to the left of the location line. 6. (Jn .Vo. J post: — ii) The name of the claim, (2) name of locator, and (3) date of location. 7. When a claim has been located, the holder shall immediately mark the line between posts Nos. I and 2 so that it can be distinctly seen ; in a timbered locality, by blazin^f trees and cutting underbrush, and in a locality where there is no timber or underbrush, he shall set lej;al posts or erect monuments of earth or rock not less than two feet high and two feet in diameter at base, so that such line can be distinctly seen. 8. U'lit-n /lie elitim is surveyed, the surveyor will be guided entirely by posts 1 and j, the notice on No. I and the records of the claim. y. /'ost JVo. I must not be mm'cd, and No. 2 onlv for correction of distance by (iovernment survevor. 10. When it is imfwssible to mark the location line as above, place posts as near as possible to the location line, and note distance and direction from such location line. These must be set out ill the rtfcoril of ilairn. 11. /■'cation'i made on Sunday, or on any public holiday, are not for that reason invalid. N.H. /-cgiil posts must, in all cases, be at least four inches square, and not less than four feet above the ground. RLCURDINU MINERAL CLAIMS, ETC. 1. ./// records must be made at the Mining Kecorder's office of the mining division in which the claim is situated, and if. through ignorance, record be miilc in wrong division, this sh;ill not .iffect the title ; but new record must be m ide in proper otFice, within fifteen d.ivs from discmery of error. 2. {a) Tlu liotdrr oi a minjr:-.] claim shall be entitled to all minerals which mav lie within his Jaim, but he shall not be entitled to mine outside the boundary lines (.s actually discovered mineral in place on said location, and that there h.is been on his part a bona fide attempt to comply with the provision'- of this .Act, and that the non-observance of the tormalities herein- before referred lo is not at a character calculated to mislead other persons desiring to locale claims in the vicinity. ^ .( 'nincnil claim must be recorded within fifteen days after location, if within ten miles of the office of the Mining; ReconlLf. Om additional day is allowed for every additional ten miles, or fraction thereof. 4. A mineral claim shall be marked by two lejjal posts, placed as near as possible on the line of the ledge or vein, and the posts shall be numbered 1 and 2, and the distance between posts i and 2 shall not exceed fifteen himdred feet, the line between posts Nos. i and 2 to be known as the location line, and upon posts Nos. 1 and 2 shall be written the name given the mineral claim, the name of the locator, and the date of the location L'pon No. ! post there shall be written, in addition to the foregoing, " Initial Post," the approximate compass bearing of No. 2 post, and a statement of the number of feet lying to right and to the left of the line from No. 1 tt) No. 2 post, thus: " In- itial post. Direction of post No. 2 feet of this claim lie on the right, and . . . feet on the left of the line from No. 1 to No. -■ post." All the p. aculars required to be put on No. 1 and No. 2 posts shall be furnished by the locator to the Mining Recorder, in writing, at the lime the claim is recorded, and shall form a part of the record of such claim. 5. Upon any Mining I\ecort!er issuing a free miner's certificate, or upon any free miner applying to record any mineral claim, bill of sale, or othe.' instrument, the Mining Recorder shall enter in Iht free miners' certificate book the parliculai.i of such free miner's ceriificalo, giving number of certificate, date, place of issue, and to w hom issued. i\ Where a claim has been recorded under any name, and 'he owner or his agent is desirous of changing the same, the Recorder of said mining division maj , upon application being m.ide by such oa"n..r or agen*, and up. mi payment of a fee of twentv-five dollars, amtiui the record accordinpiv : Provided, however, that sui h change of name shall not in any way ifTect or pri'|,ulice any proceedings or execution against (lit ouner of Ih.e said claim. 7. 0>i pitymiiit III the hi-s the locator, or his agent, will receive a certified copy of the record. H. A mini nil cltii»r iiinst b,- rrf work shall affect the title theretii, and it sh.ilj be assumed that up t,i that dale the title to such claim was perfect, except upon suit by the .\!lor- ney-General based upon fraud. y. .1 I'rfr minrr mnv at any lime ahiindioi iihv mineral liiiiiii hs giving notice in writing to Ihe Mining Recorder ; and such notice will give him the right to take any machinery, personal prop. erty, and ore, from the claim, within such time as may be fixed by the tiold Commissioner, or Mining Recorder. 4. A free miner eunnot reloeale a mineral claim, or any portion thereof, which he has failed to record within the legal time, abandoned, or for- feited, without the permission of Ihe Clold t'cm- missioner in writing. Nor can he hold any interest in any portion of such claim, by location, without such permission. 5. In the iihscme of the Minins; Recorder fees and particulars may he left at his ofBce with the odicer or person in charge, and record shall dale from that lime. ANNl AL WORK ON MINERAL CLAIMS. 1. Work iin the eluim itself, or outside of the claim, "with intent to work the same," having direct relation, and being in direct proximity, to the claim, to the value of one hundred dollars, mu.t be done each year, from date of record of mineral claim. 2. An iiflidavil made by ihe holder, or his agent, setting out a delailed statement of the work done, must be filed with the C'lold Commissioner or Mining Recorder; and a " certificate of work" obtained from the Cold Commissioner I'r Mining Recorder, and recorded before the expiration of each year from the dale of record of said clami. V .1 free miner or eom/mnv of free miners, being the owner or liolder of adjoin inf; mineral claims, may, subject to filing a notice of his inlenlions wiih Ihe liold Com nissioner or Mining Recorder, perforir, on any K^nn or more such claims, all the work required to entitle him to a certificate ol work for each claim 4. Anv t;vi> or more free miners holdinx; adjoinins; claims in p irtnership, under the provisions of any .Act for the time being in force, may, subject to filing notice as above, perform Ihe work on any one o. more of such claims to entitle them to a certificate of work for each claim. 5. .Anv money or l.ilior expended in constrncl in:; a fnnnel to dcTi'lof u vein or lode, will be deemed to have been expended on such vein or lode. 6. />; lieu of the abore tunnel work anil recording of same, the holder of a mineral claim may pay to the Mining Recorder of his mining division, the sum of one hundred dollars gel a receipt and record the same each year from date of record of claim. Tl NNEI.S AND DRAIN:^ I OR .■JINERAI. CLAI.1S. !. .A free miner, holding a mineral claim, or Crown grant to mine, can frel a license, by permis- sion of the tiit CERTIFICATR OF IMPROVE^R^TS FOR CROWN (IRANT OF HINERAI. CI-AfHS. I. Whenever the lawful holder of a mineral claim shall have complieil with the following re- quirements, to She satisfactioit of the Hold Com- missioner, he shall be entitled to receive from the liold Commissioner a certificate of improvements in respect of such claim, unless proceedings by the person iMaiminj; an adverse ri^jht under section ^7 of the Mineral Act, i.S()'>, have been taken: — {ii) Done or caused to be done wori< on the claim itself in developiii); a mine to the value of live hundred dollars, exclusive of ali houses, build in^s, and other like improvements, l-'or the pur- p ise of this section, work done on the cl.iim by a predecessor or predecessors in title shall be deemed to have been done by the applicant who receives a transfer of such claim; but in no case shall the cost of surveying; be considered as im- provements or work done on the claim: (A) Pound a vein or lode within the limits of such claim: (c) Had the claim surveyed by an authorized Provincial Land Surveyor, who shall have made three plats i-f the claim, and who shall have accur- ately defined and m irked the boundaries of such claim upon the (ground, and indicated the corners by placing' monuments or leijal posts at the anijles thereof, and upon such monuments or posts shall be inscribed by him the name and the official designation of the claim, and the corner repre- sented thereby, and who shall have, on completion of survey, forwarded at once the ori^jinal field- notes and plan direct to the Lands and Works n.'partment. After a certificate of improvements has been issued in respect of any claim so sur- veyed, prima facie evidence of its location upon the [;round may be j;iven by any person who has seen and can describe the position of s\ich posts purporting to be so marked as aforesaid, an. I the said field- notes, or a copy lherei>f certified In accordance with the "Kvidence Act," shall be received in all Courts as prima facie evidence of the facts which they purport to set t'orth; {Hice, and such notice sh;ill contain — (i) The name of the claim: (J^ The name of the lawful holder thereof: (.;l riie number of such holder's existini; tree tniner's certificate; (4) His intention ti> apply for certificate of ini provemenis at the end of sixty d.iys, li'r llie purpose of obtaining; a C"rown ^jrant; (;;) The dale of the notice; (i-) Inserted a copy of such notice in ihe Hiiiisti I'oliimbia lia/etle or in any newspaper published ■n the Province, and circulated in Ihe district in ivhich the claim is silu aled, fo-- at least sixty davs prior to such application, which insertion can be ■iiade .It any time after the posting; of the noli. e n\ the claim : (/) Shall have filed wiih the Mininj; Recorder a copy of the surveyor's orif,'inal field notes and plat mimediately after posting; the notice on the claim ot his intention to appiv for a cenificate of improvements ; lir) Filed with the .Mining Recorder — (i| AHidavil of the holder of ihe claim, or his agent, in the Form (., in Schedule of this Act: (A) At the expiration of the term of the said oubhcalion, provided no action shall ha\e been commencee and notice thereof filed with the .Min- in^f Recorder, he shall forward to the owner or agent, under Form I of the Schedule of this Act, the documents referred to above, together with a certificate that the notice provided by sub-section (A), sub-section !i/s, the tipplicnyit sluilt sell aiul /raiis/rrh'i^^ claim to anothe , the new holder can have the certificate of impriuemeiils made out in his name, bii/ nfUr ii ii-rliticitc ol niip'-iiviim-nls luis htcn issued the holder cannot rec>)rd any transfer of his rights in the claim until he obtains his Crown grant. ADVERSn CLAIMS. 1. .\ certific.ile of improvements when issued as aforesaid shall not be impeached in any Court on any ground except that of fraud. 2. In case any person shall claim an adverse right of any kind, either to possession of the mineral claim referred to in the applic lion for certificate of improvements or .iny p.irt thereof, or to the ininerals contained therein, he shall, within sixty days after the publication in the Urilish Columbia lia/ettc of the notice referred to (unless such time shall be extended by special order of the Court upon cause being shown), commence an action in the Supreme Court of Urilish Columbia to determine the question of ihe right oi pos,ession or otherwise enforce the said claim, and sh.ill file a copy of the writ in said aclii>n with Ihe .Mining Recorder oi the district or mining division in which the said claim is situate within iwentv-four days from the commencement of said acli -n, and shall prosecute the said suit with reasonable diligence to final judgment, and .1 failure to so commence or to so prosecute shall lie deemed to bi- a waiver of the plaintiff's claim. After fin. il iudgment shall have been rendered in the said action the person or any one of the Ol !l HMI persons entitled to the possession of the claim or any part thereof, may file a certified copy of the same in the oili:e of the Mining Kctonici. After the filing of the said judjjment, and upon com- pliance with all the requiremints of the next pre- cedinjj section, such person or persons shall be entitled to the issue to him or to them of the certi- ficate of improvements in respect of the claim or the portion theroof which he or they shall appear Irom the decision of th.; court ritjhtly to possess : Provided that this section shall not apply to any adi'erse claim filed or action to enforce the same conmenced prior to the date of the Act of 1896 coming into force, but the same shall be continued in the same manner as if this Act had not been passed. 3. If an adverse claim shall only affect a portion of the ground for which a certificate of improve- ments is applied, the applicant may relinquish the portion covered by the adverse claim, and stil' be entitled to a certificate of improvements lor the undisputed remainder of his claim, upon comply- ing with the requirements of the Act. 4. When judgment in such a c ise is rendered by the court, a mrnioriini/um 0/ such judgment shall be entered ii^ the " Record Hook," and if, bv any judgment, the o'iginal boundaries of the claim are changed a plat made by a Provincial Land Surveyor, and signed by the judge who gave the judgment, shall be filed 'n the otTice of the .Mining Recorder. CROWN GRANTS OF MINERAL CLAIMS. 1. Anv lawful iKvnrr «/ u miiieni/ r/tiiiii can obtain a Crown gniiil, by paying to the (lOvern- ment of British Columbia the sum ol At'c hundred dollarx, in lieu of expenditure on claim, after having complied with all the provisions relating to Certificates of Improvement, except such as have respect solely to work required to be -lone on the claim. 2. Tlif holder of a ('erlitiiiite ol /ui/innvmiuts, which has been recorded, in respect of a niir eral claim outside the railway belt, i>, entitled to a Cro7Vn grant ei( sitch claim without the payment of Jive hundred dollars as above ; and in respect of a claim inside the railway belt, is entitled to a Crown grant on payment of five dollars per acre to the .Mining Recorder. (Where the mineral claim is located o\t land lawfully occupied under a timber lease, the Crown grant -hall convey the survey and minerals within the meaning of this .Act (save coal) found in veins or lodes, or rock in place, but shall reserve the timber.) 3. The holder of a minval claim for which a certificate of iinprovenienls has been granted and recorded shall make application for a Crown grant to the (i.ild Commissioner, i.iclosing his certificate of improvements, the t'lown grant fee of live doll.irs, the Mining Recorder's Certificate, Form 1, the field notes and pl.tt, and the allidavit, [•"orm (i, within three months Irom the d.tic of such certificate of itiiprovements, and in lU-fault of such application having been made within such titiie such certificate of improvements shall lapse and become ;ih»ohitely void. 4. The issuance of a Crown i,'rant dr. not nivdlidate a lien on a mineral claim. WHAT PASSES BY CROWN ORANTS OF MINERAL CLAIMS. I. Of waste lands of the Crown : " The right o( all minerals within the meaning i,f this .-Vet (excepting coal) found in veins, lodes or rock in place, and whether such ininerals are found separately or in combination with each other, in, upon, or under the land in the said Crown grant mentioned." J. " Of lawfully occupied lands, the right whereon to enter, prospect and mine f title exi'.iiled subsequent to such Crown grant will) th" .Mining Rvi-order ^.A the district in which the saiu claim is situa'^d ; hut all documents relating 63 to the same may thereafter be rejjistered in the same manner as are other documents of title relating to the transfer of real estate, and ;ill ilie provisions of the " Land Rcfjistry Act," and any amendments thereto, shall apply to such regis- tration. MILL SITES FOR MINERAL CLAIMS. I. Oil uiitHCiifiivd tiiul iinreserveil Crmvn lands, not known to contain mineral, a free miner may locate one milt silc of live acres, as nearly as possible in the form ot a square (7.07 chs. by 7.07 chs.) for each mineral claim held by him. To locale II mill silc — ((/) Place legal post at each corner. (h) I'ost a notice on each post stating : I. Name of free miner. J. Number of free miner's certificate. T,. Interition, in sixty days from date, to apply for land as mill site. 4. D.ile of notice. (<■) Post copy of notice on office of Mining Recorder. ->. ,'l//'f/- v/.v/i' i/rn before nie, etc. 3. The tiold Commissioner wiil then grant a lease for oiii' year. 4. Duriiif; the year, if the lessee place or con- struct woik vr machinery for mining or milling purposes, on said mill site, to the value of five tunulred dollars, and prove the same lo the satis- faction of the liold fommissioncr, he will be en- titled to a I'nr.en i;rant of said mill site on pay- ment eii five dollars per acre : and any tree miner luiw having a lease of l.ind fot mill site, may obtain a CnKPii grant on provi'ig expeiuliture ot five hundred doll.irs as above, arid payment of live dollars an acre. 5. On afyplieation for Ct-o-vn grant for mill site the lessee must : 1. I'ay five doltar\ an acre to the Mining Re- corder. 2. Deposit ■with Minima A'ecorder — {a) Lease of null site. {/>) I'lat of mill site. Ic) Surveyor's original field-notes. {d) Certificate from tiold Commissioner that works, or machinery, for mining or milling, to the value of five hundred dollars, have been placed on the mill site. fe) Application for Crown grant ; and afTi' davit as follows : — AIIIDAVir 01 AIM'I.ICANT lOU CKOW.N I, RANT oi Mii.i, Sin;. I of in the district of free miner, make oath and say: 1. I am the lawful owner of the mill site men- tioned in indenture of lease dated . . . and made between and 2. During the year mentioned in said lease, as the term thereof, 1 put or constructed works, or machiner), for ininiiig or milling purposes, on the said mill site, of the value of at least five hundred dollars. Sworn before me, etc. (6) (.'niieii ff rants of mill sites />ass all the surface rights of the land in the said Crown grant, but expressly reserve all minerals under said land, and the right to the Crown and its licensees to enter and nune the said minerals. WATI-R RIGHTS FOR MINERAL CLAIMS. 1. In measiirinfr witer \n a ditch or sluice the following rules must be observed : [a] The water taken m ,iny ditch or sluice shall be measured at the ditch or sluice head. U>) No water shall be taken into a ditch or sluice except in a trough placed horizontally at the place at which the water enters. (1) One inch of water shall mean half the quantity that will pass through an orifice two inches high by one inch wide, with a contant head of seven inches .ibove the upper side of the orifice. 2. A tree miner holding a inineral claim, mine held as real estate, or mill site, mar ol'tain a ivater right in unappropriated water, for mining and milling purposes, for a period of twenty years or less, on svicli terms as the (iold Commissioner shall think fit. ^. Before making application for grant, post notice e^n a legal post on conspicuous part of the ground where water is to be used, and a copy of such notice on the o^^s of the Mining Recorder for sixty days. The notice shall contain : (1/) Name of each applicant. lb) Number of each applicant's free miner's certificate. ((■) Name or description of stream, lake, or other source, from which water is intended to be taken. ((/) Point of diversion, or intended ditch head. (<■) Number of inches of water applied lor. If) Purpose for which it is required. {g) Pale of notice. 4. //■ more than three hundred inches of water applied for, §25.1x1 must be deposited with the (.iold Commissioner, to be refunded if the grant is refused. 5. A grant of water ri^ht must he recorded within the time allowed for the recording of mineral claim but time inay be extended by the Gold Commissioner; and no grant takes effect until recorded. 6.? 6. Prior to such grant priority of notice shail constitute priority of right. 7. .1 frriint tliilv ncordcd speaks from the date of jjrant. 8. The Gold Coinmissioiur can allow grantee to change the place of diversion^ on giving notice and complying with such terms as the Clold Commis- sioner may require. c). The grantee must commence construction of ditch or other works to convey water within six months from date of grant, and proceed diligently and uninterruptedly to completion, unless stopped by the severity of the weather. Bui the Gold Commissioner can allow such work to cease for any length of time, in his discretion. 10. The grantee must lake all reasonable means to utilise the water granted him, and must not waste or take any water in excess of his requiie- ments. I I. Xo person is entitled to a grant of '.eater foi the purpose of selling t'le sam.', or using it other- wise than for the piupose for which the water was recorded. 12. /'h'crv grant is subject to the rights of free mine X working on the stream, and of any persons lawfully using the water lor any purpose whatso- ever at the dale of such grant. 1 3. The grant shall end and determine whenever the clain. c .■ mine for which it was iblained shall he workeil out or abandoned, or whenever the occasion for the use of the water upon the claim, mine or mill site, shall have permanently ceased. 14. .Any person, with the written sanction of the tiold Commissioner, may bridge a striani, emim or any other plu through an or ■ cases the rigi whether of I he r and entitle him just. ■'">■ ■ • or piinc 'in - or w..i.y 1..4 ihrough ed ; but in all such ■Irst in possession, hi, will prevail. .....n, if the same be 15. In forming or maintaining a ditch, if it be intended to enter upon and occupy any part of a recorded claim or mine held as real estatt, or to dig or loosen any earth or rock within four feet of any ditch belonging to other parties, three days' notice in writing must be given before entering or approaching vvithin twenty feet of such property. 16. Any person engaged in the construction of a road or any work may, with the sanction of the Gold Commissioner, cross, divert, or otherwise interfere with any ditch, water right, or any other mining right whatsoever (or such period as said Gold Commissioner shall direct. 17. Openers of a ditch, flume or pipe must con- struct and secure the same in a proper and sub- stantial manner, and maintain the whole in good repair lo the satisfaction of the Gold Commis- sioner, and must construct and maintain all culverts, etc., necessary for the passage of waste or supeilluous wait-r, and will be liable for all damages occasioned by any part of said ditch, flume, or pipe, or works connected therewith, breaking or being imperfect. 18. .1 ■written notice to the parly intended to be afTecled thereby, posted for ten days on some conspicuous part of any premises referred lo in such notice, and on the ofiice of the Mining Recorder, shall be deemed good and sufllcient. i(l When the term III (I grant for a water right has expired the Ciold Commissioner may renew the same for a reasonable lerm, not to exceed ten years, provided the necessily tor the use of said water for the purpose for which it was originally granted conliinies lo exist. 20. The i'hief Commissiiiner of l^inds and Works may lav out the public roads e\{ the I'rovince across, through, along or under any ditch, water right or mining right in any Crown land wilhout com- pensation ; provided that as lillle damage as possible be done lo the same. % ti 64 The Canadian Pacific FVatlva^^ And 3oo Pacific Isine. rHK. siioRTKsr, i^)i'uKi:sr, and must immfortahle ROl JK l-RO.M Af.l. POINTS TO The Far-Famed Mining Districts of British Columbia The fabulously rkii (.lold and Copper fields of TratUKossliind and Boundary Camps. The woiiderful auriferous deposits of Golden Cariboo. Theexlraordinarily rich Silver-l.ead mines ot the famoun Slocan, Lardeau, Kaslo, Ains- wor(h and Kast Kootenay Canips. The new disco\'erles of rich Copper-Ctold Ores in the Kamloops (Yale) district. All now atiractin^' the iitlenttun of mining people in all parts of the world. 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