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MUOtOCOfY RESOIUTION TEST CHART 
 
 (ANSI and ISO TEST CHART No. 2) 
 
 ^ /1PPLIED ItvMGE Inc 
 
 1653 East Main Street 
 r— Rochester, Neo York U609 USA 
 (716) 482 - 0300 - Phone 
 (718) 2a8-S98>-Fax 
 
PROSPECTUS 
 
 The Three Bs Qfl and 
 Coal Cagapusy 
 of 
 
 Britisfa Giluiiibia, Liinftied. 
 
 NOKnaaoNAL uaibjiy. 
 
PROSPECTUS 
 
 or 
 
 THE THREE Bs OIL & COAL 
 
 COMPANY OF 
 BRITISH COLUMBIA, LIMITED. 
 
 NON FERSONAL UABIUTY 
 
 Incorporated Under and by Virtue of 
 The Laws of BntiA Cohimbia. 
 
 Refittered Office: 
 520 Baatimi Squarv, Vietaria, B, C, 
 Canaih. 
 
 Capitol $1,000,000.00 
 into 1,000,000 
 of $1.00 each, 
 Fidlj paid Had 
 
DIRECTORS 
 
 Lb\iis Hall, Esq., 
 W. F. BE8T, E1M4., 
 J. Ci. Huowx, Esq., 
 A. B. McNeill, Esq., 
 JuHii Jardine, Esq., 
 
 Victoria, B. C. 
 VwrroRiA, B. C 
 
 VlcrulUA, B. C. 
 
 Victoria, B. C. 
 Victoria, B. C. 
 
 BANKERS 
 
 The Royal Bank of Canada, 
 Victoria, B. C. 
 
 SOUCITOR 
 
 H. G. Hall, Esq., - Victoria, B. C. 
 
3 
 
 PERSOIimL 
 
 Lewis HaJl, Esq., D.D.S. Victorim, B. C. 
 
 Mayor of Victoria, B. C. 
 
 VICB-PMBail>«MT 
 
 W. F. Best, Esq., Victoria, B. C, 
 
 Fellow Chemical Society, Berlin. 
 Formerly Dominion Government Analyst for 
 New Bmnawick. 
 
 J. C. Brown, Esq., Victoria, B. C. 
 
 Assistant Resident Architect, 
 Department Public Works ^Dominion) 
 
 A. B. McNeill, Esq., Victoria, B. C. 
 
 Real Estate and Insurance Agent 
 
 John Jardine, Esq., Victoria, B. C. 
 
 Member Legislative Assembly of 
 British Columbia. 
 
 179405 
 
l^REl^ AC K 
 
 In presenting Thk Thhkk lU On- and 
 Coal Company ok HinTisii Columhia. Lim- 
 ITKI). we l)*'"; to statf that we contim' our- 
 selves to fjK'ts in wliat }i]>iM'ars in tlic pajii's 
 of tliis l*ros]K'ctus. ami we earnestly call 
 your attention to the unitjue feature of in- 
 suring each and every stoek-ln)l<ler aj;ainst 
 tliu of his investujent in our Company. 
 
 The PropoHition wlneh we nubniit is, in a 
 nut-shell, niniply ten per cent in dividends 
 per annum on your investment, or all your 
 money back. 
 
 We respectfully call your attention to 
 pajre 17 re ferring to our DIVIDEND OK 
 MONEY BACK PKOroSlTlON. 
 
 Lewis Hall, 
 W. Hkst, 
 J. G. Bi{o\vN, 
 An(41ts B. McNeill, 
 John Jardinb, 
 
IjCX ATION 
 
 Tlu' Properties «>f tin* ( 'omnjiiiy consist 
 of Four Lt»ase«, comprising Lot« 73U7, 7400 
 7401 and 7404 in Group One, Kooteney Dis- 
 trict, British Columbia, covering an area of 
 2.*)1M) jK'res. situated jiloiiji Eder Creek about 
 eleven miles west of tiie Buuii<lury Line of 
 the Province of Alberta, commencing on the 
 south at the International Bounc' y, and 
 exteiulinj; northward nearly the whole 
 length of the four ebvniw di; ctly between 
 several large petroleum seepages, which 
 compels the belief that the oil channels 
 must cross this property. 
 
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 EXTRACT FROM REPORT OF PROFESSOR 
 
 8ELWYN 
 
 Dominion Government Geologist, on the Flathead Valley, 
 South-East Koctenay, British Columbia, made m 1891 
 and Published in the Summary Report of the Geological 
 Survey Department of Canada for that Year. 
 
 Cameron Falls P.rook is a rapid mountain stream eight 
 or ten yards wide. After following it up about a mile and a 
 half on the left bank, Mr. Fernie. my guide, remarked that 
 we must be close to where the oil had been found. W e had 
 scarcely spoken, when, while still in the saddle and on the 
 trail ci^dit or nine feet above the brook, I noticed a powerful 
 odour of petroleum. Descending to the edge of the water, 
 and stirring the stones and gravel in the bed of the stream, 
 co'isiderabfe ciuantities of oil at once rose to the surface 
 and floated away. Crossing to the right bank, it was again 
 seen coming out of the bank some inches above the then 
 level of the" stream. Here, skimming it off the surface of a 
 shallow pool, a wine bottle fuM was soon collected. Ihts 
 can now be seen in the Geological Survey Museum. Sixtv 
 or seventv vards below where the oil was seen, a rocky reef 
 of .-rev sili'cious dolonite crosses the creek and rises to a 
 steep bluflf on the left bank; on the ri-ht bank, seven or 
 ei.dit feet above the creek, a broad, thickly timbered flat 
 ex'tends 150 yards to the base of the bordering mountams, 
 which culminate six miles to the south-west, at the bound- 
 ary monument 6,000 feet above the sea level. 
 
 No work whatever had been done to test the nature of 
 the oil source-^. A comparatively small outlay for some 
 shallow sinking or boring on the flat above described would 
 
 ^ (')n the 23rd we proceeded through the pa^s, crossing 
 the summit and camping on Akamtna Brook, about six 
 
miles down on the Western Slope in liritish Columbia. On 
 the 24th we proceeded down the Valley, and at about four 
 miles north of the 49th para'lel. the trail came down to the 
 level of the Brook, and here, on the edge of a beaver dam 
 pool there were ledges of hard dark blue shale, dippmg 
 East 30 degrees. North 12 degrees. Lifting layers of this at 
 and below the water, a quantity of dark green circular 
 patches of oil rose to the surface, and a precisely similar 
 result followed by stirring up the mud at the bottom of the 
 pool. This place is about fifteen miles in a direct line west 
 10 degrees south from the occurrence on Cameron Falls 
 Creek, the main watershed of the Rocky Mountains, and 
 Mounts Kirby. Spruce and Yarrell intervening. Oil is said 
 by the Indians (the Stoneys). who frequent this region, to 
 occur in other points in the Akamina Brook Valley, both 
 above and below that recorded. The Akamina joins the 
 Flathead River in Montana, about four miles south of the 
 International Boundarv. The beaver dam oil is of a dark, 
 greenish black, and does not apparently differ much from 
 that of Cameron Falls Creek. Preliminary tests might be 
 made here bv sinking a shallow shaft in the shales m the 
 beaver dam pool, and by a boring on the sandy and gravelly- 
 flat country about two miles and a half north of the bound- 
 ary line. 
 
 On the 24th of July we camped in Montana, on the left 
 bank of the Flathead River, about two mil' s above the 
 mouth of the Kish-e-ne-nah Creek. 
 
 On the 25th we proceeded up the Flathead Valley, the 
 trail passing for the most part along high terraces of sand, 
 clay and gravel. At eipht o'clock a.m. we re-crossed the 
 boundary on one of those terraces and then again descended 
 to the river where we off-saddled and waited for the pack 
 train. It arrived at 10.30. and we then ascended again to the 
 high level terrace and turning north, crossed a number of 
 ridges and gullies into the valley of Sage Creek, camping on 
 
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 the right bank at about nine miles above its mouth. 
 
 At about a mile and a half higher up, the creek leaves 
 the high mountains which border its upj^er course in a 
 north-easterly direction up to the main water-shed some 
 twelve or fourteen miles distant, and here at the edge of the 
 water, on the left bank, I found hard dark flinty shales like 
 those at the beaver dam pool on the Akamina dipping South 
 25 degrees to 30 degrees. West 25 degrees. 
 
 Directly the layers of this rock are raised the oil rises 
 and spreads over the surface of the water in such abundance 
 that a short time suffices with the aid of a tin cup to collect 
 a bottle full. Here also a quantity of gas escapes from the 
 cracks and joints in the rock and ignites freely on the appli- 
 cation of a match. 
 
 Less than half a mile higher up, on the right bank and 
 the opposite or west side of the valley, oil was again found 
 issuing from the base of a bank of drift which had here 
 filled the valley and caused the stream to make a sharp bend 
 eastward to the base of the opposite mountain. No rock 
 was exposed here, but every stone in the bed of the creek, 
 especially on being broken or rubbed, gave out a strong 
 odour of petroleum. The oil collected here, a sample of 
 which can be seen in the Museum, differs entirely in appear- 
 ance from those of Cameron Falls Creek and Akamina or 
 Kish-e-ne-nah Creek. Some of it was of a light lemon 
 yellow, but most of it nearly'the color of pale brandy, and 
 with a very powerful petroleum cdour. 
 
 The general geological structure, the character of the 
 rocks, and the physical aspect of the country in the South 
 Kootenay, the North Kootenay and the Crow*s Nest and 
 other passes of the Rocky Mountains have been admirably 
 described by Dr. G. M. Dawson, and the South Kootenay 
 Pass is also described in his report on liie Geology and 
 Resources of the Forty-ninth Parallel, 1875. 
 
V2 
 
 LETTER FROM MR. JOHN WATT 
 
 Who was Retained by the Canadian Pacific Railway Com- 
 pany during the Period that Company was Endeavor- 
 ing to Secure These Kootenay Petroleum Lands from 
 the Government of British Columbia. 
 
 Victoria, B. C. April 20th, 1907. 
 
 Captain C. J. Kelley : 
 
 Dear Sir. — In c()mi)liance with vour request for a state- 
 ment of my knowledge and observations in the East Koote- 
 nay Oil Lands: 
 
 1 went into East Kootenay hv wav of IJelton. Montana 
 and first visited the Oil Sprinj^s on Akamina or Kish-e-ne- 
 nah Creek, wliich is about two miles north of the Interna- 
 tional Uoundary. The Sprinj^ is on the of a heaver 
 dam. and the black shale cro])s out above the water about 
 len or twelve feet square. A small (|uantitv of oil forces its 
 way throuijh the seams of the shale. At' the foot of this 
 shale and down in the water, there is a stead v flow of gas 
 and oil with it. I did not collect a sample, although I could 
 ^ "sily have done so. 
 
 The oil is of a very lii^ht color. Some distance before 
 reaching the sprinj^ 1 could .smell the petroleum. The creek 
 flows in a south-westerly direction into the Flathead River 
 south of the boundary line. About eight to ten miles in a 
 north-westerly direction takes vou into Sa^re Creek X'allev 
 At the east side of the valley the creek makes a short bend 
 toward the foot-hills. At this ])oint in a bend of the creek 
 there are two separate sprins^s. ei.oht feet apart. The «ra.s 
 and oil are continually escaping through the water Black 
 sliale crops up close to these springs, and above the water 
 There, out of a fissure, the oil and gas are continually e.scap- 
 
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 ing. The gas will ignite and burn continuously. During 
 low water, by making a small dam around one of these 
 springs, a fine sample of oil car* he obtained. 
 
 Following the creek up for about three-fourths of a 
 
 mile, it takes a sharp bend to the centre of the valley. At 
 this point there is a gravel bank from which oil is continu- 
 ally running from three diflFerent places, within a distance of 
 thirty yards. So far as we could discern there was no gas 
 escaping. A person could get all the samples he wanted at 
 this point, during low water. 
 
 Aboitt three-fourths of a mile west of the last men- 
 tioned spring, and about one tni\e north of the first men- 
 tioned spring, on this creek, there is another seepage, in 
 black, mucky ground, about twelve yards square, which is 
 saturated with oil. We dug down over three feet, and found 
 the ground mixed with paraffin j wax. Oil can be dipped up 
 from here with a tin cup ; but oil ti» :en from here would not 
 be a fair sample, owing to its having lain on the ground so 
 long and been exposed to the atmosphere. The smell from 
 this spring can be detected a mile away, when the wind is 
 favorable. 
 
 The oil from all these springs, when first coming to 
 the surface, is of the same quility, and with a paraffine base. 
 It is clear, and without tar coloring whatsoever, and equal 
 to water-white oil, which goes to prove that t'lese springs 
 all belong to one oil belt, taking in all the land lying be- 
 tween the first mentioned spring on Akamina Creek, and 
 the springs o.i Sage Creek, and I thin'v further. 
 
 I had considerable experience, both in Pennsylvania, 
 U. S., and Petrolia, Canada, and some experience in Cali- 
 fornia, and I know that the East Kootenay oil is the best 
 quality ever discovered. 
 
 The formation of the country generally is composed oi 
 black shale, sandstone, and soapstone. I have been in the 
 
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 oil belt four times, and remained in for three months on my 
 last trip, and went all over that part of the country, and in 
 my oi)inion it will ])rove to be the richest oil field in 
 America, when developed;* 
 
 Yours tnilv. 
 
 (Si-ned) JOHN WATT. 
 
 DECLARATION OF MR. DAVID BLACK 
 
 Province of Hritish Columbia, 
 City of X'ictoria. 
 
 I. David r.lack, of Victoria, Prospector, do so'emnly 
 
 declare as follows : 
 
 1. That I have several times visited the Petroleum 
 Fields of South East Kootenay, British Columbia, and be- 
 lieve that the oil seepages and springs are among the largest 
 in the world. 
 
 2. I have dipped the crude oil from one of those seep- 
 aj^'es with a common tomato can. ai.d have drenched my 
 horses all over with it to keep the flies off them. 
 
 3. The leasehold property, the approximate position 
 of which is shown in red on the ma]) hereto annexed, is 
 surrounded on every side by petroleum springs and seep- 
 ages. I have had occasion to go over or near the said prop- 
 erty many times, and have noticed oil in different places, 
 seepages and hubbies floating in the creeks. 1 consider it 
 a great misfortune that such a large area of petroleum lands 
 of the Kootenay Oil Field should be tied up in litiiratio i. 
 thus preventiui^ others who were not successful in avoiding 
 conflict, from putting down wells. And 1 make this solemn 
 declaration conscientiously believing it to be true, and ' 
 krowing that it is of the same force and effect as if made 
 under oath and by virtue of the Canada Evidence Act. 
 
 (Signed) DAVID I'.LACK. 
 
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 Declared before me at Victoria 
 B. C, this ^th day of March, 
 1908. 
 
 (Signed) H. G. HALL. 
 
 Notary Public. 
 
 Xote. — The leasehold property above referred to is our 
 
 p» »perty. 
 
 The Government of the Dominion of Canada is keenly 
 interested in the development of its oil fields, the value of 
 which is beyond computation, and it fully realizes that the 
 creation of new wealth by Industry and Enterprise in any 
 part of Canada, adds materially to the prosperity of the 
 Dominion as a whole. 
 
 The Government also believes in the dual system of 
 protectinjif the interests of Canadian Petroleum Oil Com- 
 panies by Bounties and Duties, and at the present time is 
 paying a Bounty of one and one-half cents per jjallon on all 
 petroleum oil taken from Canadian lands, and imposinjf a 
 Duty of two and one-half cents per gallon on all imported, 
 refined petroleum oil. 
 
 The consumption of petroleum in Canada for the year 
 ending March 31st, 1908, was 37,160.955 gallons, and the 
 annual production is approximately io,oo3,ooo gallons. 
 
 These figures show the large home market for British 
 Columbia's petroleum production where the indu.stry is 
 merely in its infancy. 
 
 Also, the high grade of the Kootenay petroleum will 
 enable the producers to successfully compete in the mar- 
 kets of the world. 
 
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 A WORD ABOUT OUR HOLDINGS 
 
 In ftrdcr to ac(|uire coal and petroleum lands from the 
 Government of P.ritish Co unihia. the land must first he 
 staked; then a prospect in<j: license is obtained. Next, the 
 land is surveyed by a I'rovi icial Land Surveyor, after 
 which a lease is -granted which j^ives the lessee the ritjht to 
 work the property, and also the exclusive right to purchase 
 the land at any time durin«if the continuance or within three 
 months after the exjjiration of the lease, upon payment of 
 ten dollars per acre. W e now hold leases of the proper! ies 
 referred to in this Prospectus, viz., Lots 7397. 7400. 7401, 
 and 7404, Group 1, Kootenay District, B. C' (See map.) 
 
 NO SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS 
 
 Unlike most companies, we offer no inducements to the 
 purchaser of our stock except a bona ♦ide dividend on their 
 inxestment. W'e j^niarantee you Ten per cent. 
 
 V\'e further krovv that our stock will he worth a great 
 deal more one year hence, and mc !esty prevents us from 
 even trying to state what it will be worth. 
 
 TRANSPORTATION 
 
 At he ])resent tin.e there is under construction a rail- 
 road i:i the Flathead Valley. Kootenay District. British 
 Columbia, which is to pass on the west within six miles of 
 the Company's Oil Lards, and to connect with the C. P. R. 
 on the north and the Great Northern System on the south, 
 at a distance of about thirty-five miles from the Interna- 
 tional Boundary. The C. P. R. also passes on the west at 
 a distance of about thirty-five miles. 
 
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 FINANCIAL 
 
 As ;>reviously stattd, the Capital of our Company is 
 $1,003,000.00, from which we have paid for acquiring' the 
 leases $45o.o(x>,oo in shares at par. 
 
 One hundred thousand share}" will be placed in the 
 Treasury as Treasury Stock, to he held in reserve for the 
 future use of the Company, if required, in which case the 
 stockholders will have the first right of purchase at the 
 prevailing market price at that time. 
 
 The remainini^ 450.000 shares are offered for sale at par, 
 p.nd every dollar invested in our Company will be pro- 
 tected. 
 
 STOCKHOLDBR8' FROTBCTION 
 
 W e have arranj^ed with the Dominion Trust Company 
 of Vancouver, B. C, a corporation doinjj; business under 
 and by virtue of the Banking Laws of the Dominion of 
 Canada, to issue to us deposit certificates to the extent of 
 the first allotment for sale of our stock, viz., 450.000 shares. 
 
 Each purchaser of shares receives with his share certi- 
 ficate a deposit certificate of equal value in moneys paid to 
 our Company for our stock. Our Company places thii 
 de])osit certificate in the purchaser's bank in escrow en- 
 dorsed to the purchaser, and in the event of our Company's 
 failing to pay dividends averaging ten per cent per annum 
 on the investment, covering a period of twelve years, the 
 deposit certificate belongs to the purchaser. 
 
 lUtt in the event of our Company's paying dividend, 
 as aforesaid these deposit certificates, amounting to 
 >^45o.ooo.oo. shall become the property of our Companv , and 
 all shareholders I)eing members of the Company, arc on 
 equal footing with the officers and will be entitled to their 
 rhare pro rata of this $450,000.00. 
 
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 NO PROMOTION STOCK 
 
 X(» frt'czitijj: out of the small sharehulderH. 
 
 I*a> in}{ for work done. 
 
 "No favors aHked nor Riven" is our motto. 
 
 IssiumI NovtMiiher, Kith 11)00.