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 The Atlin Claim Publishing Co, issues a vve|lcly paper and executes all classes of job printing in 
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 There is an effective Volunteer Fire BrigadeHnder the control of a paid Chief. 
 
 Atlin has two places of worship belonging tb^iihe Church of England and Presbyterian denomi- 
 
 nations, respectively. Under the adrrinistration of 
 where patients are cared for by trained nurses. 
 
 Amongst other important institutions of Atl 
 
 the Presbyterian Church there is a good Hospital 
 
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 i are the Provincial Government Offices, Post and 
 
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 Telegraph Offices, The Atlin Abstract Company, Lmited, The Atlin Mining and Investment Bureau, 
 Limited, a School, etc. There is a satisfactory bi-weekly mail service and '■elegraphic communication 
 .with Bennett and Skagway on one side and the Yul^pn Country on the other is well sustained. Before 
 the end of the year 1900 Atlin will be in direct .telegraphic connection with the outside world: the 
 wire is now being laid between this town and Quenelle so as to ultimately join the Canadian Pacific 
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 ■' " " PIN^klTY .* . . 
 
 is situated on Pine Creek, about six miles east of ^AB.in. A good road has been made between the two 
 towns and communication by telephone hjas been owmed up. 
 
 During the minmg season Pine Cit:5^ does most of the retail trade with the principal creeks, which 
 are' in its vicinity. The chief local firm keeping a vrcll-selected stock of general merchandise is CD. 
 Newton & Co^, Besides the above store there ar«an Pine pity branch-establishments of the large 
 mQrcantiie'^mS'of Atjjji^- ^'" 
 
 Good accommodation is available at the Gold 
 
 In the neighborhood of Pine Citv extensive dqvelopments are looked for in the immediate future. 
 Rich gold quartz and fine prospects in hydraulic grot.nd have been found there. 
 
 ^ y^ ^ A R®^ALTY .-^ ^ J' 
 
 of one per cent on 26,580 ounces of gold was collecte 
 This gold was won with pick and shovel from placer 
 
 ouse, The Nugget and The Pine Tree Hotels. 
 
 1 last year by the Government in the Atlia camp, 
 laims; no hydraulicing in the proper sense of the 
 
 term was done last year. Allowing $16.00 per ounct ■, the value of the gold on which royalty was paid is 
 $425,280. This may with certainty be taken as rejk^senting about one-third of the gold out-put of 
 Atlin in the past year — the first of the camp. Ther i Was actually about $1,250,000 taken out of some 
 eight creeks. Until the end of July many of the mi ire valuable mining clanns were in dispute ; and as 
 
 work ceased on the creeks at the end o§; September, | 
 little more than two months' time 
 
 THE VALUE OF THE'FIEI 
 
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 should be gauged by the results of the ab'o^e prospa 
 have arranged to instal hydraulic plants \nd:operate j 
 
 BUT THE PERMAtI^NC^ 
 
 be sum mentioned above was earned in probably 
 
 Ia HVORAULIC mining CAMP 
 
 4ing done last year. Already several companies 
 n,a large way as soon as may be. 
 
 WP the ATLIN CAMP 
 
 will lie ap'parentl'^ in the wealth of its minerafores. The exploitation work done so far has proved the 
 existence of large bodies of rock carrying gold ; as y^ ;t, however, only possibilities are here in evidence. 
 Ledges of rich free-milling gold quartz hive b^en o| )ened up to a depth of twenty feet or more with 
 most encouraging results. 
 
 A MISTAKEN IRfPRESSION 
 
 that the laws of British Columbia prohibit to any but'! 
 or work leases of hydraulic ground and the privilege il") 
 
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 Province. Nothing could be more erroneous. liiis open to anybody — BritiiSh ^bifict or Alien — to 
 take up ground for hydraulic mining purposes, just as anybody may stake and record c^artz or mineral 
 claims and even procure Crown Grants of the latte [. 
 
 
 — -THE MUCH DISClJfeED." ALIEN ACT" 
 
 applies to the small lOO feet placer claim and tOi:his alone; in no other class of mining or cf mining 
 ground are aliens inhibited in the slightest degree. 
 
 DISCOVERY ON WRIGti V CREEK, ATLIN, B. C 
 
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 The " Placer'Minmg Act " limits the 
 placer ground to an area of eighty acres, with a fron,' 
 rental for creek leases is $75 cxd and for other leases 
 twenty years. 
 
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 each lease on a creek to half a mile ; and iivother 
 
 age of five hundred yards on a creek. jQ 
 
 $50.00. The term for which leases are ^X|; 
 
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 to the tourist, the prospector, or the investor lookiig for "likely things" the Atlin country offers ,a 
 most attractive, novel and accessible field. No haj(jjjhip need be encountered. Facilities for travel it> 
 any direction are at hand and the scenery of the region cannot be surpassed. The delightful summer 
 climate that che country enjoys, with its dry, bracing;' air, will be of benefit to the delicate or the robust ; 
 and th9 novelty of the conditions obtaining c?nnot filil to be of interest to all visitors. 
 
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 THE ATLIN D tRICT PROPER 
 
 ions ; these take up the Eastern and Western halves 
 the Dalton Trail on the West to the watershed 
 The North boundary is the Sixtieth Parallel of 
 
 embraces the Atlin and Bennett Lake Mining Div 
 of the District, respectively, and they extend fr(|n 
 between Surprise and Gladys Lakes on the Eas 
 Latitude ; on the South is United States territory.^ 
 
 The country has well-marked physical fcaturrs. Long, deep lakes indicating easy conimunication 
 by water and high snow-clad mountains insuring ai ample summer flow to the many large streams that 
 drain their slopes. , 
 
 The scenery of this region, which has been, aptly described as the Switzerland of Car-^.da, is 
 superb ; and in keeping with its natural beauties is iihe magnificent climate with which it is blest. The 
 summer lasts from the ist of June to the ist of Oc^jber and in this interval there is but little rain-fall. 
 A succession of warm, bright days marks the^Sfcafin : a novelty to the visitor is the constant daylight 
 that prevails for a part of the time. The transitiortifrom Summer to Winter is a quick one and by the 
 beginning of January the lakes are frozen and journeying over the ice begins. The snow-fall has been 
 light in the two winters already experienced — not inore than four feet of snow has fallen on the lower 
 levels— and the spells of fine, sunny weather even ^ this time of year are long and continuous. There 
 is complete immunity from blizzards. \ 
 
 The minimum temperatures registered --and these but rarely- -have ranged between 40 and 48 
 degrees. By the end of May the snow on all but thithigher levels has disappeared, the ice on the lakes 
 
 breaks up, and the lakes are open to navigation at t 
 
 When compared with that of lower British 
 not large, but Spruce and Jack-Pine are to be had 
 the Camp without going far afield. 
 
 The grazing is good from May to October: 
 The profusion and variety of wild flowers and fruits is remarkable. 
 
 Trout, Grayling and White-fish are to be fojund in all the lakes and in the streams 
 is alwa)^s well stocked with fish 
 
 Grouse, Ptarmigan, Snipe and Wild Duck are 
 Cariboo are to be had in winter. 
 
 le beginning of June. 
 
 Columbia and Washington the growth of timber is 
 
 n sufficient quantities to meet the requirements of 
 
 "bunch grass" is found over considerable areas. 
 
 the market 
 
 common in season. Moose, Mountain Sheep and 
 
 THE GEOLOGY AND MINEli ALOGY OF THE DISTRICT 
 
 is under examination by the Geological Survey Department : the work is not yet completed. The 
 usual characteristics of a gold-bearing country are present in a marked degree. There are zones of 
 contact between Granite, Syenite or Gneiss and stra ified rock ; and dykes of eruptive rock — diorite or 
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 diabase, in which are veins showing free gold — prev; 
 action. Many good prospects of sulphide ores carr 
 also some very promising ledges of copper ore. 
 
 The prospects for successful hydraulic mining 
 enormous quantities of rich gold-bearing gravel ml)st favorably situated for profitable working and 
 
 large returns may be expected from the hydraulic in^ 
 
 The two principal settlements of the District ai e the towns of Atlin and Pine City (or "Discovery") 
 
 THE TOWN 
 
 the Headquarters of the Gold Commissioner and Go- 
 site on the Eastern shore of Atlin Lake. The pop'u; 
 fully 1500; in Pine City and o ; the different Creek; 
 of this population was utterly infitted to search for 
 found that its acquisition invoi ^ed labor. 
 
 The aspect of the towns Is indicative of the fa 
 in the future of the country. The Merchants Bank c 
 
 There is everywhere evidence of recent glacial 
 ing gold, silver and lead have been discovered and 
 
 could hardly be better.. There are unquestionably 
 
 ling industry that will shortly be developed. 
 
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 ^ernment Officials — has a beautiful and extensive 
 
 ation of the town during the summer of 1899 was 
 
 there were, besides, about 4500. The great bulk 
 
 ^■old and these people left disheartened when they 
 
 th that financial and commercial institutions place 
 f Halifax, The Bank of British North Anrerica and 
 
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 The Canadian l^ank of Conimerce are all Established in commodious premisci erected by themselves at 
 large cost. Each Bank lias an Assay ()ffi«:c in connection with its premises. 
 
 The visitor will find in Atlin all of the necessities and most of .the luxuries of life, procurable in 
 
 Slcnty and at moderate prices. The principal firms of Merchants doinj; business in Atlin are : The 
 British America Corporation, Limited, J. St. Clair Hlackett & Co., The Parsons Produce Company, The 
 Alaska Mercantile & Minint; Co , Allin Commcrcia) Company, M. J'\)lev & Co., and A. S. Cross & Co. 
 These firms carry large stocks of general merchandise. The Godfrey Hardware Co. and F. E. McFeely 
 & Co. have com|)lete stocks of hardware. The aggregate value of stocks held by the above mentioned 
 firms is some ^250,000 and they do business in well-equipped, ujvtodate establishments. There are, 
 besides, several smaller general merchandise stores, two drug stores, a gents' furnishing store, etc. 
 Messrs. Mahrer and Mead hpve a well-furnished wholesale liquor store. 
 
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 Anything except heavy Machinery can be pu 
 the heaviest operator from importing supplies. 
 
 The Hotel accommodation is excellent. At the 
 rioteis the sojourner will be pleased with the arrangements provided. In addition to these there are 
 some ten or twelve smaller hotels and restaurants which furnish clean and comfortable accommodation. 
 
 There are in Atlin three saw mills with an aggregate capacity of 20,000 i&eX per diem. l"he mills 
 
 "chased here. at prices such as to discourage even 
 Grand, Kootenay and Britis j America Curporation 
 
 bcloiH' to The Atlin Lake Lumber Company, Limi 
 The Yukon Lumber Company. 
 
 The prices of lumber last season ranged frorr 
 
 l\ii$\20 for dressed stuff, 
 imber. 
 
 ted, The Atlin Lumber and Mining Company and 
 
 to $\<X) perihousand lox rough and from $\oo 
 
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 The price in the current year is likely to be from ^60 to $^0 per thousand ior 
 
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 ATLIN GOLD FIELDS 
 
 and the means of approach thereto are probably sp well known that but little need be said under this 
 head. There is a regular and satisfactory steamer service from Vancouver and Victoria, as well as Sound 
 ports, to Skagway : the trip has been made in less than three days. At Skagway the White Pass and 
 Yukon Railway will take the traveller to Bennetl— -a distance of about thirty-nine miles — over the 
 dreadful "White Pass" of early Klondike story. H^'he enteiprising Company that constructed this 
 Railway — probably one of the most remarkable in the world both as an engineering feat and as a scenic 
 route — has made the journey to the Golden North easy z id comfortable. The completion of the track 
 to Bennett on July 6th, 1899, marked an epoch in the history of the Northern Gold Fields and was 
 
 WILLOW CREEIf, ATLIN, B. C. 
 
 an event of which the efficient and obliging Railway Htaff are worthily proud. The enormous difficulties 
 to be overcome in constructing such a Railway as well as the advantages accruing are facts that the 
 traveller cannot fail to^^reciate. Between Bennett and Taku during the months of June, July, 
 August, Septnemiber andn^ctober the John Irving Navjgation Company has a regular service of steamers. 
 The "Gleaner," a v/elT^ppointed boat belonging to this L-ompany, makes the voyage of about ninety-five 
 miles in the night. i^r-J^aku there is a f)ortage of about two miles (traversed by a tramway) to the 
 Western shore ol Atiin take, and the lake is crossed by st'^c^.mer in about half an ' our. In winter the 
 journey to Atlin is feade via Log Cabin (a station pn the W. P. & 
 rc^^d, which is carried" nver the ice on the lakes for a l;jirge part of the distance 
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