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A BRIEF DESCRIPTION 
 
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 THOS. J. HARDY Preutlent. 
 
 W. M.> LAW Vice-President. 
 
 F. J. MILLER Secretary: 
 
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 L. Y. BiKNiK, (■ Board of Trustees. 
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 GENERAL DESCRIPTION. 
 
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 T THE point where the Kettle 
 river makes its third crossing- of 
 the international boundary, it 
 is joined by a creek of consider- 
 able size, which on account of the above 
 coincidence has been named Boundary Creek. 
 It is along- this creek and its tributaries that 
 the Boundary Creek Mining- District is 
 situated. It lies about 35 miles west of Trail 
 Creek. A roug-h boundary of this district 
 would be the North Fork of Kettle river on 
 the east ; Rock creek on the west ; and the 
 international boundary line on the south. 
 The northern limits may be placed at from 
 12 to 15 miles north from the boundary line. 
 The included area is from 400 to 500 square 
 miles. The surface of the country is in 
 g-eneral roug-h and mountain ous, but none 
 of the mountains are so rug-g-ed but that they 
 
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GENKRAI. DESCRIPTION. 
 
 are accessible ; and there are but few claims 
 to which a ^ood wag-on-road could not easily 
 and inexpensively be built. 
 
 In g-eneral the country is heavily wooded 
 throug-hout ; the principal trees beinj;- firs, 
 tamaracks and pines, which furnish wood for 
 building- and mining- purposes, and for fuel, 
 in almost exhaustless quantities. 
 
 The climate, notwithstanding- the hig-h 
 latitude, is as mild as that of the middle 
 Atlantic states. There is an abundance of 
 rain-fall in the spring- months, althoug-h the 
 summer season is apt to be dry. In winter 
 the snow covers the g-round to a depth of 
 from two to six feet, according^ to locality ; 
 and there is g-ood sleig-hing- from middle 
 November to March as a rule. 
 
 In addition to wood fuel, coai^ is found at 
 several points along- Kettle river : That at 
 Rock Creek is, so far atj the work done now 
 shows, of considerable extent. Its coking- 
 qualities are excellent and it is well adapted 
 for smelter use. 
 
 The broad valley of the Kettle river is 
 admirably adapted for agricultural purposes, 
 and already there are many well stocked 
 farms established which can furnish produce 
 for a larg-e population. 
 
 In its mineral aspect, perhaps the most 
 striking- point about the district is the won- 
 derful variety of ore that is found in so 
 comparatively limited an area. The smelting 
 man can have at will any kind of ore for 
 
ANACONDA. 
 
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 which he may wish, of any coinjx^sition or 
 value, within a few miles from his smelter.' 
 Another feature of the led^'-es in this district 
 is their immense size. DeiJosits of lOO feet 
 in width are no uncommon occurrence, and 
 often they are still wider ; in fact there is an 
 unlimited quantity of ore, and as to quality, 
 it is entirely within the bounds of truth to 
 say that no mineral district ever exhibited 
 better surface showinf^-s for the limited work 
 done. 
 
 The most frequently recurring- ores are 
 pyrrhotites with g"old and copper, copper and 
 iron pyrites (chalcopyrite) with f;"old, iron 
 pyrites with ^old, galena with silver or 
 silver and ^old, zinc blende, magnetic irons, 
 g"ray copper and copper silicates. Of all 
 these, pyrrhotites probably constitute the 
 larj^-est class. Other minerals are limestone 
 of exceptional purity, talc and serpentines 
 often in immense deposits, slates, porphyrys 
 diorites and quartzes. Occasionally free- 
 milling- ores are found, but as a rule these 
 quickly chang-e into base ores with a little 
 depth. Besides the above g-eneral classes of 
 ores, a very larg-e number of varioius minerals 
 in minor quantities are found, and occasion- 
 ally some rare specimens are encountered. 
 
 ANACONDA. 
 
 The thriving little town of Anaconda is 
 located at the confluence of Copper and 
 
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 lioiiiuhirY creek.-, in the jL^eo^raphiciil and 
 natural centre of the niinin;,;" district, and 
 althcui^h but a year old it has several finely 
 stocked stores, two hotels, many residences 
 and other buildings. It is reached by stance 
 from Marcus, Washinj^-ton, on the S. F. & N. 
 R'y., 57 miles. to the south-east; or from 
 Penticton, B. C, about 80 miles to the north- 
 west, on the Okana^'-an Lake. The projected 
 railroads — the Columbia & Western, the V. 
 V. & B. I. & K., and the Spokane & Northern 
 — will connect v/ith Anaconda. The natural 
 roads to Copper and Dead wood camps up 
 Copper creek, and .o Skylark, Greenwood, 
 Providence, Kimberly and Lon^c Lake camps 
 up Boundary creek, and to the Central and 
 Smith's camps, centre in this town. 
 
 THE CA/nPS- 
 
 In the following" general description it has 
 been absolutely necessary to be brief. There 
 are more than two thousand claims now 
 located in the district, and only the most 
 prominent can be mentioned, and these in 
 the most cursory manner. 
 
 N. B. — The Anaconda Commercial Club 
 will endeavor to g"ive any further facts 
 relating to any particular claims, vso far as 
 facts are obtainable, to any person writing- 
 to the secretary for specific information. 
 
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Tlir. CAMPS. 
 
 fiF^IJiNWOOD CA/^P. 
 
 This ciinip is about 5 miles oast of noiind- 
 ary creek and about S north of the inter- 
 national boundary. The lirst discoveries 
 were made in the summer oT IH'il. There is 
 a vva^on-road leadinj^^ throng-h this camp 
 from Anaconda, the distanc- bein^ about 
 5y2 miles. The chief miu'^rals found are the 
 ores of copper and iron pyrites carrying f^old 
 and a small ]Krcenta^e )i silver. The 
 general formation is limestone and ])orpliyry. 
 The ore bodies are from h) to 1(>0 feet in 
 width, the g-anjL^-ue bein^ a calcareous quartz, 
 and specular and maj^netic iron. A very 
 convservative estimate of the assays is from 
 S3 to $60 in f^'old, from 3 to 10 per cent, of 
 copper, and 3 to 5 ounces silver. 
 
 Some of the principal claims are : The 
 *' Stemwinder," probably the best known 
 property in the cainp ; the ore body is very 
 wide, and contains copper pyrites and g-old. 
 
 The ''Knob HilP' and ''Ironsides" are 
 on the same vein as the Stemwinder. A 
 lar^e amount of w< rk has been done on these 
 claims. The lead has been proved by cross- 
 cuts to be over 80 teet wide. 
 
 The " War Kag-le " is a parallel vein to the 
 Knob Hill. 
 
 The " Brooklyn " is parallel to and west of 
 tne Stemwinder, showing;- a larg-e vein of 
 copper pyrites, on which considerable devel- 
 opment work has been carried out. 
 
 The "Phoenix," the "Montezuma," the 
 
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 KIMhKKI^KY CAMP. 
 
 " Victoria," are all leads with exceptionally 
 g'ood sho\vin|4"s. 
 
 The ''(iold Drop" is another valuable 
 claim, both for work done and for the rich 
 ore divscovered. A number of open cuts, a 
 a tunnel 120 feet in len|4'th across the ledi^-e, 
 showin.!4" ore all the way, with wing-s 50 feet, 
 and about 800 feet of diamond drilling;' have 
 been carried out. 
 
 The " Monarch " has one shaft down 75 
 feet besides several open cuts. 
 
 The " Snowshoe " has two parallel veins, 
 with one shaft 25 feet deep and six open 
 crosscuts. 
 
 The '* Rawhide" lies south of the Snow-- 
 shoe and has a very stronf^ lead. 
 
 The "Tamarack" now under bond, the 
 ''Tobog-gan," the *' Pheasant," and the 
 "■ Nugf^et" are other noteworthy claims. 
 
 TMK KI/ABMRLKY CAA\P. 
 
 This camp is on Boundary creek about 16 
 miles north of the international boundary. 
 The first location was made in May, 1896, 
 and already much valuable ore has been 
 found. The camp is about nine miles north 
 of Anaconda ; and a road extends from Ana- 
 conda for half the distance to the camp. 
 
 The chief ores found are those of g"old, 
 silver and copper. The general formation is 
 porphyry, limestone and quartzite. The ore 
 bodies run from 10 feet and upwards in 
 width, the ore assaying- on the surface from 
 $3 to $50 in gold, silver and copper ; but 
 
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 little development work has been done. 
 
 The " Kimberley," the '' Adironda ;k." 
 the "Big- Four/' the "Atlantic," "threat 
 Eastern,'* "Iron Chief," "Black Diamond," 
 and " Black Hawk " are clainivS with g-ood 
 surface showing-s. 
 
 Cr.NTRAL CA/nP. 
 
 This prominent camp of the Boundary 
 District lies about 5 miles to the south-east 
 of Anaconda and extends about three miles 
 in a direction approximately parallel to the 
 international boundary, and from half to two 
 miles from it. A w^ell g^raded trail leads 
 from Anaconda to the camp, and can readily 
 be widened to a wag"on-road. 
 
 The chief minerals found in this camp are 
 iron and copper pyrites carrying* g"old ; 
 g-alena with silver ; and mag^netic iron with 
 g"old. The pyrites and g-alena are mostly 
 contained in white quartz g-ang-ues, and 
 nearly all the ores are of a nature such as to 
 adinit of concentration by water. 
 
 The country rock in this camp consists 
 mainly of slates, talcose rocks, serpentines 
 and porphyrys.. The ledg'es are mostly well 
 defined and in g"eneral run from 18 inches to 
 10 feet in width. The ores avssay from $4 to 
 as hig-h as $200 per ton. Some concentrates 
 have assayed as high as $700 and $800 per 
 ton. 
 
 The Lincoln claim is the most easterly one 
 in Central camp proper. The ledg-e here is 
 
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 aV)out 10 feet wide, and is a white quarts 
 with iron and ropper pyrit.^s. Thi.s claim 
 has been developed Ijy a tunnel and an SO- 
 foot shaft, V)eside about KU feet of crosscuts. 
 
 The '' City of Paris " is a claim similar in 
 nearly every respect to the Lincoln as far as 
 rcf^^ards the mineral deposits. 
 
 West of the Lincoln is the *' LOxing^ton " 
 claim which has a larf;-e vein of copper and 
 iron pyrites. A tunnel has been run in on 
 the hillside for about 75 feet. 
 
 The "St. Lawrence" carries a larg-e vein 
 of copper and iron p3'rites with g-old. There 
 is a 4()-foot shaft here, with a tunnel 70 feet 
 Ion*,'- to tap the same. 
 
 The '^Jack of Sp ides," the '* Queen of 
 Spades," "Excelsior," "St. Maurice," are 
 claims upon which very ^ood ore has been 
 found, notably on the Jack of Spades. 
 
 West of this group is the " Golden Rod," 
 which contains a larg-e body of copper-iron 
 sulphides with g-old. A shaft has been sunk 
 for 75 feet, and a 70-foot connecting* crosscut 
 run. Some very rich decomposed ore w^as 
 found near the surface on this claim. 
 
 North-west lies the " Oro," " Mabel," and 
 "Cornucopia." On the Oro is a 40-foot 
 shaft, showing- a 3-foot ledge at the bottom. 
 On the Mabel some extraordinarily fine ore 
 has been found running high in g^old, silver 
 and copper. A 40-foot shaft is on the Cornu- 
 copia, and a very large ledge of copper and 
 iron sulphides with gold has been penetrated. 
 
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THE CAMPS. 
 
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 Still further north-west is the famous 
 " No. 7 " clciiin. Work on this claim has 
 been steadily pursued for nine months, and 
 a 14()-foot shaft has been sunk and about MX) 
 feet of drifts run. The ore is quartz with 
 ^•alena, ^old and silver, the led^e beinjj;- some 
 2>^ feet wide. The ore is said to assay very 
 well and is easily concentrated. 
 
 The "New York" and *'Gold Dollar" 
 claims to the west of the No. 7, have been 
 well developed. 
 
 DKADWOOD CA/nP. 
 
 This camp lies about 3 miles from Ana- 
 conda to the north-west. It can easily be 
 reached, a g-ood wa^on-road leading into the 
 camp from which trails branch to the various 
 claims. 
 
 The most prominent claim in this camp 
 is the " Mother Lode." Here the led^e is made 
 up of sections of pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite 
 with quartz and zinc blende, and ma^'-netic 
 iron with chalcopyrite. It is nearly 200 feet 
 wide across the ledg-e as far as can be esti- 
 mated. A tunnel now 190 feet long- has been 
 driven across the ore body, 150 feet of which 
 has been in ore. The ledge crops on the 
 surface a distance of 1,200 feet. A force of 
 men is constantly at work here. All the ore 
 Cu.rries g^old. 
 
 The * Morrison " claim has a 25-foot shaft 
 and shows a fine body of rich ore. 
 
 The **Gem," ** Sunset," and ** Golden 
 
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 THK CAMPS. 
 
 Crown '' are r.'il adjoining the Mother Lode, 
 and have ])r<)niisinf;- bodies of pyrrhotite ore. 
 
 The '* Great Hopes " lies to the east and 
 carries a fine vein of pyrrhotite ore. Some 
 hif;"h assays have been obtained here and a 
 g-ood deal of work in tunnels and quarrying- 
 has been done. On the surface is decompos- 
 ed ore which runs well in ^old. 
 
 On the west side of Boundary Creek, ad- 
 jacent to Greenwood, are the **G. A. R.," 
 "D. A.," *' Big- Ledg-e,'' and others from 
 which assays have been obtained in many 
 instances up to $100 and over. On these 
 claims there are men constantly working-. 
 
 Other claims having- fair surface showings 
 are the " Marg-uerite," *' Greyhound," " Iva 
 Lenore," and "Grizzly Bear." 
 
 COPPER CA/np. • 
 
 This camp is about four miles beyond 
 Deadwood camp and seven niiles from Ana- 
 conda ; it connects with this town b^' a 
 wagon-road running- the entire distance. 
 
 The principal claim in the camp is the 
 Copper. Here the surface cropping is 100 
 feet wide and 600 feet long-. The ore is a 
 quartz with gfrey copper sulphides and red 
 oxide of iron. Some surface assays run IS 
 per cent, and some from the shaft 27 per 
 cent, in copper. A shaft has been sunk 50 
 feet and a drift run for 90 feet. 
 
 The " Enterprise " is east of the Copper 
 mine, and is probably underlaid by the same 
 
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 vein. A shaft 7S feet deep has been sunk here. 
 
 The"Kin^ Solomon," south-east of the 
 Copper mine, has a distinct lead of copper 
 ore. A shaft has been sunk for about 40 
 feet and some g-ood ore found. The contacts 
 on all these claims are limestone on the foot 
 and porphyry on the hang-ing- wall. 
 
 The ** lyavst Chance," west of the Copper 
 mine, has several croppings of ore on the 
 surface. Some cuts have been made but no 
 other work done. 
 
 Other promising- claims are the '* Copper 
 King," " Copper yueen," *' Yucatan " and 
 *' Jumbo." 
 
 PROVIDCNCt! CA/AP. 
 
 Providence camp extends along the crest 
 of the ridges overlooking- Boundary creek 
 about one and a half miles north of Anacon- 
 da by wagon-road. The ledg-es are small 
 but extremely high-g-rade and the ores con- 
 centrating-. From the " Providence " claim, 
 which was discovered in 1892, several car- 
 loads of ore were shipped to the Tacoma 
 smelter, and yielded from $100 in gold and 
 and 238 oz. silver to $10 g-old and 438 oz. 
 silver to the ton. 
 
 On the *' Combination " a 60-foot vshaft has 
 been sunk showing- up a fine body of high- 
 g-rade ore. 
 
 Other g-ood claims are the " San Bernard," 
 *' Elkhorn," " Texas," '* Helen," '' Master 
 Mason " and " Big Windy." 
 
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 TIIK CAMPS. 
 
 LON(i LAK[: CA/^P. 
 
 Lon<4' Lake camp is vsituated about 15 miles 
 north (;f the international boundary and 
 4 miles east (^f Boundary creek. A ^ood road 
 about 8 miles in length leads from Anaconda 
 to the Jewel claim and from there trails 
 branch off to the most of the claims in the 
 camp. Lon<;" Lake camp was first discover- 
 ed in the sprin^^ of 1895, and it is, therefore, 
 one of the youn^;"est camps of the country. 
 In contradistinction to the ores found in the 
 majority of the Boundary Creek camps, those 
 of Lon;^ Lake are free milling- and concen- 
 trating-, — some exceeding-ly rich specimens of 
 quartz showing- free g-old have been taken 
 from many of the claims. This camp has 
 also the distinction of being- the first place 
 in British Columbia where tellurium and 
 tellurides of g-old and silver have been found. 
 The g-eneral formation throug-hout is diorite, 
 slate and porphyry. The chief minerals 
 found are g-old and silver running froin $6 to 
 S20() per ton, biit in many instances specimen 
 samples have assayed up into the thousands. 
 
 Among- the principal claims are the 
 *' Denero Grande " and "Jewel," both on the 
 same lead and now under bond. On the 
 Denero Grande is a 20-foot shaft and several 
 crosscuts ; and on the Jewel a. shaft is now 
 down 80 feet. On both claims some very rich 
 ore has been encountered. The shaft on the 
 "Gold Drop " is down a!K)Ut 30 feet, showing- 
 a good body of quartz, containing- tellurium 
 and g"old. 
 
 
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 The " Rhoderick Dhu '' was one of the first 
 locations in the camp and a 50-foot shaft 
 shows up a lar^e vein of free-mill in /^^ (juartz. 
 There is also another vein which has been 
 crosscut in several places on the claim. 
 
 The** North Star," the ''Alice," "Lake 
 View," " Anchor," " Enterprise " and ''Si- 
 lent Friend " are claims all of which are 
 worthy of special mention. 
 
 SU/^^IT CA/np. 
 
 • Summit camp lies about 3 miles north-east 
 of Greenwood camp and about 8 miles from 
 Anaconda from whence it is reached t)y a 
 wag"on-road to the latter camp and from 
 thence by a g-ood trail. The camp, as its 
 name implies, is on the summit between 
 Boundary creek and Fourth of July creek. 
 
 The ore bodies are large and well defined 
 running from ten to fifty feet in width. A 
 fair and conservative average of the assay 
 results will be from 3 to 20 per cent, copper 
 and $3 to $10 g-old. 
 
 Among- the most promising* claims are : 
 The " Oro Denero " upon which a larg-e 
 amount of development work has been done. 
 There are two distinct leads, the ore assay- 
 ing- from $2 to i$22 in g"old, 10 oz. silver, and 
 10 to 30 per cent, copper. 
 
 The " Kmma " has two shafts, one 30 the 
 other 100 feet, both in solid ore. 
 
 On the " Cordick " there is a big- vein 
 assaying- w^ell in gold, silver and copper. 
 
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 THK CAMPS. 
 
 The " R-liell " is on the same vein as the 
 Cordick and has a stronf,'- vein carrying as 
 much as 20 per cent, copper and from 70 to 
 100 oz. silver. 
 
 The *' Lancashire Lass," "Homestake," 
 "Idaho Trinket," "Summit," "Mountain 
 Rose," "Jumbo," "Bray Fogle," and the 
 " Mattie Davis " g-roup are a few of the many 
 promising;- prospects in this camp. 
 
 To Sn.ith's camp belongs the honor of hav- 
 ing the firvst mineral location made on Boun- 
 dary Creek staked within its boundaries, the 
 Tunnel claim being divscovered not far from 
 Boundary Falls nearly 13 years ago. This 
 camp is l^etween three and four miles distant 
 from Anaconda and can be reached by wagon 
 road. The ores are chiefly galena and cop- 
 per and iron pyrites carrying gold. The 
 principal claims are: The " Non Such," 
 "Last Chance," "Republic," "Great Hes- 
 per," " Hecla," the " Golconda " group, the 
 " Ruby " and the " American Boy." 
 
 Wr:LLINGTON CA/^P 
 
 About eight miles dist mt from Anaconda 
 by wagon road, was by some regarded as the 
 most promising section of the Boundary 
 Creek country. The characteristic ore of the 
 vicinity is auriferous pyrrhotite of high 
 value. Among the important claims in Wel- 
 lington camp the " Winnipeg," perhaps. 
 
THK CAMPS. 
 
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 ranks first. Ore in this claim, from avcraj^'cd 
 samples, has returned up to S2,(KK) in ^oU\. 
 The ore on the surface is pyrrhotite, but 
 changes somewhat in character at a depth of 
 about 60 feet, becoming more silicious. There 
 are two shafts, one rather over 30 feet, and a 
 cross-cut showing- the ledg-e to be 16 ft. wide, 
 on this claim. 
 
 The *' Golden Crown," to the west of the 
 Winnipeg", has a marvellous surface show- 
 ing-. The ore, which is pyrrhotite and copper 
 pyrites, assays from S25 to $200 in g-old. On 
 the property are two shafts, one S?> feet, the 
 other 31 feet deep, and several open cuts. 
 Other well known claims are : The " Calu- 
 met," "Buttercup," 'Keystone," ''Ophir," 
 *' Columbia," ''Jim," and "Keno." 
 
 SKYLARK CA/nP. 
 
 Skylark camp situated betweed Lind and 
 Twin creeks, is about 2 miles distant from 
 Anaconda by wagon-road. The ores are 
 copper pyrites with g-old, and hig-h-gradc 
 argentiferous quartzes. From the " Sky- 
 lark " mine ore was profitably shipped not- 
 withstanding the great expense attached to 
 transportation by pack-train — the only then 
 available means of freig-hting-. The " I^ast 
 Chance," " Denver," " Silver King," " Cres- 
 cent," and " Nig-hting-ale " have all been 
 largely developed and promise to become 
 
 mines. 
 
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