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ROCKY MOUNTAINS AND MIMTISII COI.IIMHIA. 
 
 145 
 
 m;iiiiic rhiiviicli'V, iiic larsi't'ly dcVi^lopcd, and tlii<y also occur willi almiidant uiolluscoiis 
 iciuains in Ilic noillicm pari ol' Vancouver Island. In the soutlicrn part ot'llic interior of 
 IJritish Columbia, not I'ar west ,>i' tin- Selkirk and Gold JJanties. rocks also oc, ur niicim- 
 lormahly overlying- the Carboniferous serit's. from which a few fossils, with little doubt. 
 beloni;'iiiu- to the same /Mpine Trias fauna havo been obtained ; ami it is further proba))le 
 , I, ;,!__;, s in California— the ureater part of the auriferous shales are attributable to this or 
 the succeeding Jurassic series. 
 
 In the QueenCharh.lte Islands, Vancouver Island, and on the mainland of the province, 
 however, the Triasic si-ries is laru'cly comjwsed of rocks of volcanic origin, some of which 
 have been lavas wliile others are aytilomerateor ash l)eds. made \\p of fraii'ments of iu'iieous 
 Muiterial. MKireorless perfectly stratiiied. These are min<4'le(l with schistdse and slaty rocks. 
 and in some jdaces with massive bluish lime-stone, di'posited during- i)erio(ls of tran(|uillity ; 
 and it will recjuire the most <'arefnl and systennitic examination tocomidelely separate this 
 IVom the underlyinu- strata. I have little doubt that tht> so-called 'poridiyroids ' of King's 
 Koipato group indicate an extension of similar volcanic activity over the loth parallel 
 region to the soutii. 
 
 A word mav l)e added with reference to the climatic conditions implied liy the !{i-d 
 r.eds of till- interior. The basin in which they were formed has not only been pretty <v.m- 
 pietelycut oil' from the ocean. l>ut the rate of evaporation of its waters must liave been 
 normally in exce.ss of that at which they were re-supplied by precipitation or draiiia->v 
 IVom neiuhboring lands. It is probable that at that time, as at the present day. west.'rly 
 winds prevailed in tliis part of the northern hemisi>hert\ ami. if the North I'a. iiic O.eaii 
 then existed, these would carry, as 1 iiey do now, an abundance of nn>ist ure and all'ofd a copious 
 rainiall on the west coast. As the laml barrier of the inland sea to the west cimiioi have 
 been of very great width, it mu.si have been of such heiuht as to .'au.se the almost complete 
 desiccation of these oceuni.' winds by pre.ipitation before they readied the area o( vupied by 
 thf Triiissic Mediterranean ; and this old mountain range, must, in British Columl)ia. have 
 occupied nearly the position of the Selkirk and Gold Ranges of to-day, at a time wiien tl.i- 
 K'ocky Mountain region proper was still a Hat expanse of Taheo/oic ro.ks. 
 
 ■fo the north, at the present time, between the .')4th and r>i;th parallels, the Cold b'aniiv 
 idmosl complelcly disappears, ami it is through this gap that the Triassic ocean must have 
 llowed eastward to the upper Peace River country and, perhaps, much farther east— though 
 the Cretac(>ous, and Laramie beds, occupying the flat country, render it impossible to 
 trace its deposits in that direction. 
 
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 To the innncdiatc iicitrlihorlinod (if Kimil<)ft])s, or (>v<'ii 
 ti) IJritisli Columbia in ^rcncral, tli(T(> is no need 
 to jioint out the n('('(>ssity of buildinj;. via tin- 
 North Tliompson, a railway to tho Yukon. Tlu* information, 
 therefore, in this i)am])hlet is direetetl rather to iiiose whose 
 interests, np to the ])resent time, haA'e been outsider the Pro- 
 vince and wlio now. seeing; their way to jn-ofitahle invi'stment, 
 are lookinj^ for the rif^ht cliannel into wliieli to direct tlieir 
 enertiies. Some years ajijo, Ix^fore the ('. P. K. was Imilt, the 
 enj^ineers and others who were sc>nt out to locate that road, fixed 
 u])on th«' North Thompson River and Yellow H(>ad Pass, as an 
 alt(>rnative and chea]) route throvii;!! the Rockies. These ])lans 
 ])lans demonstrated tht> feasibility of ascendinj^- the North 
 Tliomij.son, and from the ])oint where a line would leave tlie 
 valley of that rivei- and north to Barkervillo a proix-r survey 
 has also l)een made, demonstrating^ the foa.sibility, and. one 
 mijyht also say, the desirability of the pro])osed route. ■ 
 
 The country, however, is well knowTi. and the information 
 rpspeotinfj: it we have }.::ather(^d from reliable per.sons and now 
 publish. With rej^ai'd to the more northiM'ly part, that is, from 
 th(> Stick(>en River and on, the writer will \i\\i^ the r(\sult of 
 his personal inspection, havinj.? spent eighteen montlis in the 
 district with his family. Tlie C.P.R., which is always ready to 
 build into any country wlun-e thei-e is trallic to be {ijot. have 
 befj:un tluMr survey of a line north of the Stick("en River and 
 ('(mntH'tiuf^ that river with Teslin Lake. Recent reports show 
 that nil existing routes ar(> not abl(> to brinj? supplies into the 
 Yukon fast enough, and wIkmi such a usually well informed 
 pa])(n' as the London S/x'cftifnr comi)ares the Yukon District 
 with th(> Polar regions, it is surely time for some onc^ who is 
 able to spoak with authority to set the public right, and with 
 this intc>ntion we beg to oft'er the map and ini'ornjation to the 
 public. 
 
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 From Spokane to Penticton. 
 
 T ilni's iHit <"inn' witliiu the .scojm' of tliis I'.-imjililct to 
 
 dcscrilK', or even su^'^est, iiny route. But it is on tlu' 
 
 cards that more tliau rmo \mi\ tl\]^\mv^ the ^'ast rc- 
 
 ^ sources of that lower country, is to ])e built, connect- 
 
 iuix with the IT. S. lines. 
 
 Penticton to Kamloops. 
 
 It has lon^ ])eon tho iiittmtion of oortain i)eoi)l(\ whost^ infor- 
 mation and Imsinoss instincts are sound, to huild a railway from 
 Penticton via Nicola to Kandoops. The road would pass throuirh the 
 Himilkameen and N\cola Valleys, and one of the princi])al rea.sons for 
 not j<oinf< ahead hitherto has been the ox|)(mse of tht^ road fnnu 
 Ptmtioton to Princeton, but this heinj^ now rcnnoved hj'' the pro- 
 mised con.stru(^tion of the Penticton and coast railway, tlu^re is no 
 reason why the balance of the distanco to Iviunloops should not bo 
 soon s]KUined. The road would proc(>ed n]) Otter Creek, in th(> 
 famous SiniilkamtMMi country, to Otter Flat : from tliere on there 
 are no ditliculties of any sm-t. The country, hitliertu, hiis been 
 devoted to cattle raising, hut fruit has been sui'ces^fnlly ^rown 
 wherevej- i1 ha-; been tried. The want i>f conHininication with anv 
 
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 iiiiiural nvsonvccH, wliich ant ^rroit, arc only just l)c;;iiiiiinir to he 
 toiiclifd upon. 
 
 From OfttT Flat to Xicola Ijiikc tli<* cnuiitry is a';:ricultunil ; 
 if)uh(l Nicola l^iikt', i)ast t^tiilcliciia (i\ iH-atitiful health resort) aiul 
 Hdckford, miiu'ral claiiiis hav«' hrcii staked and the assays liave 
 Iweii j^ood. wliile at Stniiii^ fjiike, a little further on the line of th<> 
 suj^'^^ested railway, the sujii of !j(l()(),()()() has already been m]i' ut. 
 From Stum]) Jjjikit to Kandoops the eonntry is ih'voted to ' tlo 
 ran^'es, with frnit and vcf^etahles for domestie uso I'ound he 
 houses, and the eonnfry is fnll of copjiei'-hearin^ veins, some of 
 which ixw heinj^ dc'veloped, tht»ui,'h the industry, by reason of its 
 newness, is still in its infancy. That a I'oad would ]«»y, provided 
 tho dilTicult Penticton to Princeton section were j^ot over, there is 
 very little donht. and tht*re seems every i)rosi)ect of its ac<'om 
 l)lishment. 
 
 'illllC KAHLOOPS J 
 
 Of Kamloops itself, it is not necessary to say very much, as 
 th(^ future of Kamloops is assured in any case, Init for the informa- 
 tion of thos(> who only hav(> heard of the city, as a lu^alth i-esort, 
 wt^ will give a few facts. Kamloops is the Uviding city of the 
 interior, on the main line of the C. P. R. It lies at the junction of 
 th(^ north and south branches of the Thompson River, both of 
 which are navigabl(> streams for lon<j; distances either way, and the 
 position it occupies has made it the business centre^ and rcMidezvous 
 of an immcnso district. Thero are numerous ottict's of both Pro- 
 vincial and Dominion Gov(>rnments, and th(^ courts of justice, jail 
 and other ni>cessary institutions are seated in the city. Tln> popu- 
 lation is under 2,000, but increases .st(>adily every day. The electric 
 light and waterworks systems are owned by the niunicii«il govei'n- 
 ment, and the taxation is less than in any otlun" important city in 
 the We.st. The (J.P.R. hav<^ made it a centre, and have a pay roll 
 of ^12,000 a month. The stock-yards are worked to their full 
 a»lMK!ity, to meet the csittle interests of the district. Thi^ mining is in 
 
 
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 llic lim\»l.s of Hi)1i(l nu'ii, "^ntui' <if wliicli r«']»r»'S(>tif Ktjj.'lish coTDivlnit's 
 jnul otlicvs local. To the iiorllj there ari- laru;*' silver deposits; to 
 tlu» \v(>Ht. ciiinclNiv and ii-oii. hotli of* which arc lM'in>^ succcms- 
 fully worjvcd, and tli<> hills to tlic south arc a mass of co]»]M'r ore. 
 F^ydraulic miniiivr is carried on in tlic vicinity, ajid as soon as the 
 North IliviT is opened ii,) opcratiotis will undouhtedly Ite ctdarf,'cd. 
 Coal luiM hiHin found all round in ditterent places, which Dr. Daw- 
 son, thi^ ccl<>l)ratcd Canadian fj;culo;j:ist and head of the dc]»artinent 
 in Canada, says' "is a true coal, rather tlian a li.i^nite, hurniiiK 
 well, and producinj^ a cohci-cnr coke." No serious atteini>t has. 
 how<'V(>r. l)(>cn made to i)rosp(>ct it. Fruit ^I'owinj^. another latent 
 resdiirse, is aniidy rewardin'-T those who have taken uji that branch 
 of afj:ric iltun>. The luniher interests are at ]>rcscnt hi^ enouj^h to 
 sui)])ly \ho city and there* is a surplus to ship, but they an^ ca])able of 
 furtlu'r development. TheHh')])sin Kamloo])s are unequalled by 
 any city of its size in any i)art of th(> world. There is nothinj;, in 
 reason, that can not ])e procured, whether f tr customers who re- 
 quire "Old Country " tlunj^s, or <'anadians and Anu»ricans who 
 may pref(>r somewhat different urtieles. The size and variety of 
 the stocks are really wonderful, and the number of the sho])s cause 
 that lu>altliy competition which is the life of trade and a boon to 
 the ovor-])urchasinf.r ])ublic. 
 
 Kamloops to Barkerville. 
 
 As was stated in the intrcxUiction. a route was survoycfd 
 some years a{?o by the C.P.R, iip the North Tliomixson to the 
 Rockies. And latcM* findir.;? the North Tbcnipson such an easy 
 grade, more* than one .siirv(>y was made to Biirkervilh', the 
 chief town and hea(h]uartc>rs of the Government in the famous 
 Cariboo district. The field notes are on tile, we T)elieve, in the 
 ol1ic<> of Mr. Bell, C.E., and can easily be fifot at. Tlie line, on 
 leavinj^ Kandoops, passes for cif^ht mil(\s through the Indian ri'serve 
 — a tract of hind which, if it were in white men's hands, would 
 yield (>normous w(>alth, as it is ])ossible to irrigate every \mrt of 
 it with the water at piH^sent running to waste. At the end 
 of the reserve are a Heri(\s ol* ranches, all well-to-do and prodm^tive, 
 on both sides of the ri-"(^r, and mineral claims, un worked it is true, 
 
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 but for want of transpovtation facilities. TIk; road wcnilil run 
 along at a very f>;oo(l yradc, tlironj^h a (country dos('ril)tMl hy tho sur- 
 veyors as "fairly wi'll tinil^n-t'd, with open pa tellies containing good 
 Slimmer ranges. The asc<>nt the whoh> dist^mce is v(>ry gradual, 
 while eight(H'n miles is absolutely level. Aljout nint^ty miles frtnn 
 Kandooi)s the Chvirwater RiA^u* empties into the North Thompson, 
 At this place a bridges sliould be built and the former river followcnl 
 up on th(> li'ft bank, th(^ grado being l>ivtter on that side. U]) a 
 little distanc^e tlu; road would di>bouche further to the westward, in 
 order to reach the town of Barkerville and form conne('ti(m with the 
 time-honored Cariboo road — a road down which has been .carried 
 wealth enough to satisfy the most ambitious gold seeker. Th(>re 
 would ])e more dilUculties at this portion of tlie road than any- 
 where else, but as the district has i)roved hitherto the richest 
 portion of British Columbia, it would of course pay to meet those 
 diflficulties. 
 
 Barkervil le. 
 
 Tlio size of the town is (^onsid(n*able when the fact is taken 
 into consideration that Barkerville is '2H() miles from ii I'ailway, 
 althougli of course, in population it is away below the old tigurt^ of 
 7,000 of early days, when the town was the headquax'ters for the 
 miners diirmg the Cariboo (^Kcitem(M)t in the early sixties. 
 The town is prettily situated, and is at present veiy little more 
 than oni' big street, but is capable of di'velopmeut. Being the 
 government headtiuarters for " Golden " Cariboo would in any case 
 give the towni some ini])ort4ni(^e, but as the centre of trade, the de- 
 pot for the rich mines in the vicinity and the fln(^ farming lands, 
 Ejirkerville, on its own merits, is bound to increase. Howevin-, liki^ 
 all other places that are distant from the railwjiy, many lucrative 
 enterjjrises are given the go-by on account of the initial ex])enses 
 for freight and hauling and thc^ distance fnm th(> market. 
 
 Barkerville jto Quesnelle. 
 
 The road, which passe« through a fine country, both agTicul. 
 tural and mineral, follows Ligiitning Crc^^k across the Cottonwood, 
 there is a village and down Qutisnelle Riv(M' to Quesnelhv In 
 
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 ttonwood, 
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 earlier djiys tlie district was well ti'nlx^red, Imt of course the most 
 accessible trees ha\'e biHUi f(>lled. There is, however, fine spruce 
 and other timber to he got ty going a little furl her hack. 
 
 Quesn'ille. 
 
 This is one! of the most thrifty towns in the North, and doi^s 
 a very good l)usiness. The resources are, of course, similar to 
 those of all the nortliern towms, mining and agriculture, fine oats 
 being I'aised in tin* surrounding country, besides wliat hay and 
 crops are needed for domestic and farm use!. Tho mining, as is 
 the case everywhere else in that regit)n, is as far advanced aa 
 tlu^ want of cheap tvjinsportation will allow, but if thei-e should be 
 a railway line, all this uppcu- country woidd be alive with quartz 
 miners, and many h;,'draalic claims would also start up. 
 
 Quesnelle to Hazelton. 
 
 An expt nsive l)ridg(» will have to be huilt across the Fraser 
 River a little abovc' Qucvsnelki, but after that there are no engineer- 
 ing difficulties to contend with, in fai^t a pirt of the distance i.s 
 n(^arly level. A few cnn^ks have to be crossed, but all along there 
 is timljer enough for such ties and bridgework as would be re- 
 (luired. Tlie Blackwater, though a fair sized river, can be crossed 
 with a woodea ti'es.sle bridge, but the Nechacco, about 60 miles 
 further, will require a more substJintial, but still only a wooden 
 bridg(\ After cros.-iing the Nechacco Riv(>r a seri(\s of lakes are 
 pas.sed, and some little swamp land, but nothing that should prove 
 expensivt; to build over. The east hank of the Bulkely River should 
 be followed, pist Morricetowni, a trading post, and on to Hazelton. 
 Tliis district is proving very rich in quartz, besides in ])laces there 
 are found suitable pieces of ground for hydraulicing. Some com- 
 panies are at wf)i'k, but they are practiciilly isolated and no word 
 will be had as to their success or reverse till near (Jhristmas, when 
 evt>ryone comes down to tln^ Coast to .spend th(> winter. It is only 
 when reaching Hazelton that any dilliculties ar(> ri'ached, .such as a 
 i-ock blasting and the piitting a bridge over the Skeena. 
 
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 For many years the Skecma was tlioiif^ht to be too rapid to 
 naviiECfitfi, except by canoes, at certjiin periods of the year. The 
 Hv.dson Bay Co., who have poi-ts at the hea<1 <>f navij^atioii and in 
 th(> Onieneca country dne east, (a country, hy thc^ way, that is 
 likely to ])rove a second Cassiar for its niinei-al wealth) a year or 
 two ago put a steamer called the Caledonia on, which has i)roved 
 to be able to accomijlish vhe difficult task. 
 
 Hazelton to the Stickeen River. 
 
 From Ha/elton to the Stickeen River veiy few have trav- 
 (>lled, and the last time the ti'ail was used for regular traiTic was 
 during the end of the Cassiar excitement, when cattle and sheep 
 were driven oven* to feed the minei's of that rich district. The 
 distance, wiiicrh is about 170 miles, is through a rolling country, 
 l)re.senting no engineering difflcultic 4. and with feed enough to 
 supply the passing wants of the dro-> ers that went in. The coun- 
 try is well watered, and there is not a creek that does not yield 
 gold in some quantity, but the inac^cessibility and the fac!t that 
 there ai-e other i)laces moi-e get-at-able have prevented many i)ros- 
 Ijcctors from troubling it. Tlic^ he d waters of the N!iss, Htickeen, 
 Iskoot and the first South Fork of the Stickeen are all within a 
 niile of one another, and the choice may be made of any route to 
 desc(>nd, Imt from actual knowh^lge we should advis(> the South 
 Fork as tlie best. By kcM^ping well up on tiie east side no difficul- 
 ties are encoiintei'ed and no grade that can nt)t be got over with a 
 little going arc nuid. At the Sti(!keen River, which is navigable 
 from its source to a1)out two miles above the point at which the 
 road would reai'h it, a bridge wtnild have to be Imilt about NO feet 
 above the bed of the river. 
 
 The Stickeen River. 
 
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 discontinued duriTi^' from five to seven months of the summer, 
 and from Ti'letj^raph (Ji-cek, a mile a])ove the confluence of the first 
 South Fork and tlie main stream, the trail eonunences to Tcwlin 
 Liike for the Yukon, and 'oDease Lake for the Mackenzie" and th(» 
 rich Cassiar district. Railways will, however, before l(ni<^ take tht^ 
 place of ])oth those trails, the Stiekeen-Teslin for the Yukon and 
 the Cassiar Central to Dense Ijjxke. 
 
 The Stickeen River to Lake Tesli n. 
 
 The only difficulties to 1k> encunintered by a railway for the 
 115 miles that have to be (Micompassed is the he.iivy grade to get 
 out of the Sticketm Valley. Once out, and it is a mattc^r of grad- 
 ing only, by keeping well up. The country is the same as that 
 before described from Hazelton to the Stickeen. For cattle drivers 
 or iKick trains there is feed enough, with th(> addition of a little 
 grain, to last the whole season. The climatt^ is dry, the snowfall 
 light, and the rainfall scarcely appre(nal)le. The thermometer 
 often remains in the summer for days at 80 degrees, and has been 
 known to exceed 90 degrc^es, while in winter the average is about 
 20 degrcH's below zero, but has been known to reach 5() d(>grees. 
 Potatoes and garden produce can be easily grown with irrigation, 
 while few places can excel the root crops that have been grown. 
 Grain has been ripened, but has never been seriously tried, it 
 being cheaper to importi what grain is wanted. The animals havei 
 wintered out in a mild winter, though, as a rule, of necessity tln*y 
 are fed. A railway charter has been granted from the Stickeen 
 River to the lake, and also to Debase Lake, to tap the rich and c(>le. 
 brated Cassiar district, which produced about $."),000,000 in its day. 
 Both of these lines will, of coar.se, commence from the Stickeen 
 River and connect with navigation. The Stickeen-Tcslin line is 
 .said to be in the hands of the V. P. R., and the Stickeen- 
 Dease line, known as the Cassiar Central, is to be built by a 
 London. Eng.. cf)napany of South African eai)italists. Both 
 lines, recent telegrams inform us, will be proceeded with with tin? 
 greati>st dispatch, so that before ni'xt summer is ovi'r it will be 
 l)ossi])le to ])roc(>e(l with ease and comfort via theSticket^n Rivtn" to 
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 Lake Tcsliii is a fine watoway of about lOO iuili\s iii Icuf^th, 
 and fro]n its north end gently Hows one of the rivers that lijo to 
 nlaki> I'.'f niifrhty Yukon. Lake Teshn, fr(jin whieh flows onv of the 
 many trihutiiries to the Yukon, is an immense body of water about 
 1(U) miles long and ranging from 1 to 17 miles in width. It drains 
 an enormoiis eountry, all the creeks and rivers of whieh (for th(n'i» are 
 one or two largt> bodies of water I'niptying into it) are gold l)earing, 
 and there is every reason to believe that those flowing from the 
 mountains to the east will prove very rich. Tim rang(> draincul is 
 the sam(> rangi> that on its (Cistern slopes supplied the rieh plaeers 
 of Cassiar. (Quartz is known to (>xist, and with improved eoin- . 
 miuiieation will undoubtedly b(^ develop»>d. The lakt> is well sup- 
 plied Avith timl)er of small diamet(M', but good both for fire- wood 
 and building purjioses. A sftw mill has been ei'eetcd and it is 
 now possible for iho mhier to build his own boat and prospect the 
 streams (>mi)tying into the lake or go down the Hootalinqua. 
 
 The Hootalinqua . 
 
 This is not a well known river and has never be(>n thorough- 
 ly explored, though miners who have asce'nded the river from Fort 
 St'lkirk place the current at about 5 miles an hour, and ex])ericniced 
 no (litticulti(^s by reason of bad water. All along th(^ rivtn- art> bars 
 that have nt)t yet been properly mined, though a panful of dirt 
 here and there have proved to be gold-bearing. Passing down 109 
 miles the river is increased by the water's of Ljike Lji Barge and 
 thos(> flowing from what is called the Lynn Canal rout(^ ; 'J(> miles 
 further the Cassiar 1)ar is i)assed ; 7 miles the Big Sjilmon River, 
 wldch brings down a large body of water and in summer could be 
 navigated for some distance by a light draft steamer. The river 
 has never Imm^u thoroughly i)rospected. Little Salmon and other 
 streams are passed and the Five Finger Rapids ar(^ met with 235 
 miles from Lake Teslin. 
 
 The F iv e Finger Rapids . 
 
 These I'apids are the only serious obstruction to navigation on 
 the upptn* Yukon, but one of the blocks of rock that help to cause 
 
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 thein could he hlown up at comparatively small ex^wnso, and the 
 remainin<^ 7)7 miles to where the Polly joins the river arc good. 
 
 Fort Selkirk. 
 
 Near th(^ junction of tlie Felly and the Lewes is the remains 
 of an old Hudson's Btxy post known a.s Fort Selkirk, but the name 
 la now iised to designate the point at which the name Yukon is first 
 used for the riven*. From that place to St. Michtels the distantn^ by 
 water is 1000 miles. 
 
 The Y ukon. 
 
 The public 1)y this ti:ne are so familiar with the names that 
 it is oidy necessary to give them c\o\vn to Ciivle City, the first 
 Alaska town r«iached. After leav. g the Pelly River, which is 
 navigalde for cano(>s a good way up and which is, as is usual in 
 that country, gold-bearing, the White River is passed cm the left 
 and 96 miles distant. (Jne white man is said to have come down 
 the White River, having reached its head waters in Alaska from 
 the sources of the Co])per River and pronounced it a rich country. 
 Ten miles furthi>r on the right bank is tlie Stewai-t, which trom all 
 accounts Avill prove as rich as the Klondyke, (50 miles down on the 
 samt^ side. The fii'st creek that ever proved to be very ricli Jind 
 which has been minetl ever since 1SS7 is next passed, namely, Forty 
 Mile. N(\ir the foot of il^is creek, or r(>ally i-iver, for it contains a 
 large quantit.y of water, is situated Fort Cudahay. Here, up to the 
 time ol tl Klondyke rush was the headquarters of the mounted 
 jiolice and government offices, and the headquarters for mail for 
 the British Yukon. But the U. S. headquarters are 250 miles 
 further on at Circle City. 
 
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 THE CENTRAL ROUTE TO THE YUKON. 
 
 {heroin the Vic/iind ( 'iildni.tt.) 
 
 Very naturally tho proposed route to the Yukon from Kam- 
 loopH to TeHlin Lake is attructinjij much attention at tlie Inland 
 Capital. The Hon. G. B. Martin, Chief Coininissioner of Lands and 
 Work.s, has kindly tm-nished us witli a ma]) showiuf? tlie i^eneral 
 line that ought to be followed. The Co/otiixf is always glad to aid 
 in i^romoting what seems to be for the advantage of any i)art of 
 British Columbia, and tln^refoi'i^ gladly pr(v-*ents, in further detail 
 than hereto, the jiriiioipal points cimnt^cted with ""he ])ropos('d 
 .seheme. 
 
 The roiite siigg(>sted will extend noi'th from Kamloo])s up 
 the North Thompson River, and then iiptlit> Cl<>arwater and across 
 the divide to Tete Jaune Caeh(\ on the Fraser, will follow the 
 Frc'iser to the Grt^at Bend, and thence north to Fort McLihmI, f)n the 
 Pai'snip River. Thence it would take tln^ niost dii'ect course north- 
 westerly to Teslin Lake. An alternate route is to strike^ Barkc^r- 
 ville from the Clearwater, ancj thene(^ follow the Willow River to 
 its junction with tlie Fraser, and th(>nc(" northward to Fort Me- 
 Leod. We suggest tliat wliat would ])robably be as good a i)lan, if 
 not a better one than either, would be to go up the Nc>chacco Valley 
 instead of north to Fort George, and follow the general line of the 
 old Telegrai)h Trail to tlu^ Stickin^n and thnice to Lsike Teslin. If 
 a route via Fort McLeod should b(^ chosen, it is not clear that it 
 would not l)e better to aim for the head waters of the Liard and 
 the Pelly rather than for tliose of the Lewis River. 
 
 A direct line from Tt^slin Lake to Tete Jaune Cache, and 
 thence to Kandoops, is 1.080 miles long, according to the best 
 available plans. It would be possible to construct a railway l)y 
 such a line. Pi'o])ably 10 yvr cent, at leas-^ ought to be added for 
 deviations from an air line, and an additional 10 i)(>r cent, for 
 curvatxtre, or 20 i)er cent, in all, v/hich would give a line nearly 
 l.;530 miles in length. Such a railway would undoiibtedly open a 
 (country alxmnding in natural resources, and its construction can 
 oidy be a matter of time. Among other things that would doubt- 
 less commend such a line to the i)eople east of the Rocky moun- 
 tains is that it could be tajjped by a line through the Yellow Head 
 Pass. While we believe the constniction of such a railway would 
 Ix^ of enormous im])ortance to British Columbia and th(> whole of 
 Canadsi, it is an undertaking of such magnitude and would call for 
 so great an outlay, that we fear it would bt^ very difficult to pt>r- 
 sitade the Dominion government to deal ,,ith it at once. It ought 
 to Ix^ kept in the forefront for jmblic consideration, (^ne thing its 
 discussion will not fail to do, that is to bring into pro7ninenc(> the 
 great undevelopetl wealth of Central British Col umljia. Can Eas- 
 tern peo])le, can oiir own pen])le. fully reali/,(> what it me^ms to say 
 
 
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 of Lands and 
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 ys ^lad to aid 
 f any part of 
 furtlu>r detail 
 "•he ])ropos('d 
 
 Kaniloo])H u]) 
 tcr and across 
 11 follow the 
 oLood, on the 
 conrse north- 
 strilv(^ Barker- 
 illow River to 
 [1 to Fort Mc- 
 j;ood a i)lan, if 
 'chaeco Vidley 
 ral lino of the 
 k(^ Teslin. If 
 clear that it 
 the Liard and 
 
 Cach(\ and 
 to the hest 
 railway ])y 
 )e added for 
 ^)er cent, for 
 a line nearly 
 tedly open a 
 triK'tion can 
 would donbt- 
 ocky mcmn- 
 N'ellow Head 
 lilway would 
 th(> whole of 
 would call foY 
 ilticult to per- 
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 (>n(> thinj^ its 
 )niin(mce the 
 )ia. CanEas- 
 ni(>ans to say 
 
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 that from Ksimloops, nearly 150 mih^s from the southern hcnindary 
 of the province, a railway nearly fourt(H'ii hundred miles long <^''i" 
 be built in British Columbia, connecting th(> gi-eat gold and silver 
 region of the South(>ast with the gold fields in Yukon, and i)aasing 
 for its (>ntire lengtli through a highly mineralized country, with 
 millions of uc^es of fertile land along its route? What a wonderful 
 fact this is ! 
 
 THE YUKON ROAD. 
 
 {From the Ixdinloojix Staixhird.) 
 As we have often jjointed out the Stickeen-Toslin route is the 
 best way to tlie Yukon, but althoiigh that route undoubtedly has 
 far f(^^ver diific'ulti(\s with which the tenderfoot has to contend, it 
 is still ])y nt) means an ide^il route in winter as the first 126 miles 
 has to be made on the ice, a road dependant more or less on that 
 uncertain ehnnent the weather. Not that the wejither in the 
 interior is at any time a bar to travel, but the coi'.st range has to be 
 passed and all the stonns and snows which the Cascade range piles 
 \\Y> on its \vestern side. Consequently any route by way of the 
 coast IS subjcict more or less to the same t^onditions at certain 
 seasons of the year. To none of these conditions is the inland route 
 liable ; it is in the dry belt from start to finish, the Cascades on the 
 West and the Rockies on the East effec!tually shut out all the storms 
 and cyc^lones and th(^ heavy rainfalls that at different times prove 
 so destructive to the works of nature, let alone those of men. We 
 are of opinion that Kamloops is the natural starting point for that 
 rcmte, both by reason of the fact that any railway from the U. S. 
 will of necessity strike the C. P. R. neJir itamloops and also l)ecause 
 from all acc^ouuts the North Thompson is a (iheaper railway route 
 to ('(instruct than any other. 
 
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 Dr. Dawson, C. M. Q., F. G. S., the celt^brated director of the 
 Creological Survey of Canada, says: "The entire range from the 
 extreme end of South America to the Arctic are rich in minerals. 
 About 40 years iigo gold was discovered in Cariboo, which f(ir its 
 area was the l«inner mining district of th(? world till Klondyke was 
 discovered. Then Kootenay, Omenica and Cassiar, all instances 
 the trend of tlie dis(!Overi(\s has been nor th-w^est in a belt that runs 
 practically from the British Columbia Boundjiiy to the Yukon. In 
 all thes(^ districts placer mining has been followed in a greater or 
 lesser degree by the discovery of (juartz almost in exact proportion 
 to the facility of access, and that the.se have not been worktxl ex- 
 tensively is diie to the difficulty of getting maciliinery into the 
 country, and not to any lack of ore. There ar(! untold mines of 
 wf^alth in the Kootenay, Cariboo and Cassiar yet, but it will take 
 time, labour and (!fipit«l to develop them." 
 
 
 

 
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 Practically the whcil(> of tlic pi-oposcd railway won' '-un 
 through u cfmntry rich in placer digging* and prf)l)al)ly <; >,ii"tz 
 lcdg<\s. On the North Thompson are coal, gahma and gold. The 
 l)lacer and hydraiilic^ mines of Cariboo are well-known and beyond 
 that are streams in whit'h gold has been found, sometimes in very 
 • rich pockets, but usually in (luantities not suthcicnt to cause a rush, 
 still enough to be very prolitably worked with the improved 
 UK^thods and cheaper cost that would follow the construction of a 
 railway. With improved methods of mining the Omenica and 
 Cassiar gold fields should be made ])rofitable while the road would 
 traverse quite a largf> area of country siiid to be vc^ry favorable for 
 cattle raising and prokibly mixed farming. — lioK.s/d/Kler. 
 
 Go vi.v Kamloops. — Klondyke, Cassiar, Cariboo, Kootenay — 
 Kootenay, Cariboo, Cassiar, Klondyke. For rhythm avd allitera- 
 tion they cannot T)e beat, "^riiere is the ring of gold in them. 
 Cariboo, Cassiar, Klondyke, Kootenay — Kootenay, (Jariboo, Cassiar, 
 Klondyke — and it is tw(^lve hundred miles from the first to the la.st, 
 with Golden Cariboo and Glittering Cassiar between, while ()min(>ca 
 stands a little to one side, but as bright a gem in Canada's diadem 
 as any of theni — Cassiar, Klondyke, Cariboo, Kootenay. Ring the 
 changes till they echo round the world. — Victoria Colon iftf. 
 
 Mr. Gavin Hamilton siiys : "The interior route is the poor 
 man's route, a good (tattle road and advantageous for freight. 
 Spring opens in tjvii up])er coimtry iMvrlier than is supposed. We 
 used invariably to leiivti Stewart Lfike for Quesnelle with boats on 
 the ISth of April. Heavy goods should go by.steainer till a railway 
 is built. Having lived 2;j years and always travelling in that dis- 
 trict, I am safe in saying few have X)assed tlu'ough that country 
 more often. 
 
 A succ(^ssf ul gardener from the mines writes : ' ' Bjirloy has 
 been ri])(>ned at Fort Yiikcm some distance north of Klondyke last 
 year ; some jjarties took up seed and set out a garden. Potatoes, 
 roots of all sorts, mjmy vegetiibles and hay for stock can be grown 
 to perfection. The summers are very warm and the sun is almost 
 continuous. There is no spring and consequently no early frosts." 
 
 Mr. Arthur Jords^n, of Scindon, has travelhxl the interior 
 route as far Ijjick as 1S88, but instead of going via Teslin and down 
 the Hootalincpia he struck across comitry to Stewart River. He 
 describes the first ])art of the ixmte as well watercnl and ea.sily 
 traversed ; the second as lieavily timlnired and enough bunch grass 
 for horse feed. 
 
 
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 Kl on dyke lust 
 
 'u. Potatoes, 
 
 can 1)0 <i;rown 
 
 snn is almost 
 
 early frosts." 
 
 d the interior 
 jslin and down 
 irt Kiver. He 
 d and easily 
 xh l)uneli grass 
 
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 ay won' ''un 
 
 r)l)al)lv I; ii'tz 
 nd ^'(ild. The 
 in and beyond 
 ^tiines in very 
 ne^mso a rush, 
 the improved 
 istruction of a 
 Omeniea and 
 he road woiild 
 f favoT'ahle for 
 idei'. 
 
 )o, Kootenay — 
 \\ iird allitera- 
 gold in them, 
 jriboo, Cassiar, 
 first to the last, 
 while OmiiKTa 
 mada 's diadem 
 nay. Uinfj; the 
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 ate is the poor 
 
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 supposed. We 
 
 with boats on 
 
 till a railway 
 ing in that dis- 
 
 that country 
 
 
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 (Wholesiilo iiml Retail.) 
 
 Diivct Iinpoi-tcrs 
 (iiul Di'iilcrs ill 
 
 The Headquarters for Outfitting 
 Miners and Prospectors 
 
 DRY GOODS, 
 CLOTHING, 
 ^ MEN'S FURNISHINGS, 
 BOOTS AND SHOES, 
 GROCERIES, Etc. 
 
 W'i' supply Miii- 
 t'l-s' Mild l'rosp('(;(- 
 ors' Oiildls Jit the 
 lowest ejish prices. 
 We Iceep up with 
 tin- (inies. 
 
 -o^?'-o^Keep Your eye on Klondyke. 
 
 Iv AM LOOPS 
 
 ASIK'IJOKT. 
 
 McArthur & Harper 
 
 Imperial Brewing Co. 
 
 •-'"'»•'*' '^"'•""*'' (^_.^KamIoops, B.C. 
 
 * Xaoer = Beer * \-^ 
 
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 IN BOTTLES AND KEQS 
 
 linarantee-d to lie prodneed from the ehoicest 
 Mult and Hops only, no pains being span'd to 
 produce u good article. 
 
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 II Orders ; 
 
 iniipfli/ Filled : 
 
 Also Hanufacturers of 
 
 Soda Water, Sarsaparilla, Ginger Ale, Etc. 
 
/ 
 
 
 
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 Kamloops 
 Townsite 
 Syndicate . 
 
 Hon. C. H Poor-Kv, ^^^ 
 
 President, / ^fV 
 
 Victoria, B.C. 
 
 HOMES 
 
 FOR. THE 
 
 PEOPLE. 
 
 IhB now rapidly increa.siiig population of 
 Kamloops makes it all the more urgent 
 that citizens should secure a home for them- 
 selves while yet it is possible to do so at a 
 SMALL COST. : : : The property owned 
 by the Syndicate and now offered for sale 
 embraces a large proportion of the most 
 desirable land yet available in Kamloops 
 City for building purposes, both business 
 and residential. 
 
 DO NOT DELAY 
 
 For this property must now continue rapidly 
 to increase in value. : : : : The low prices 
 and favorable terms of payment now obtain- 
 able cannot long be had. 
 
 For particulars apply to 
 
 ^""^^^J. J. GARMENT, 
 
 Agkxt, 
 Kamloops, B. C. 
 
 
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 British Columbia 
 Smelting and 
 Refining Company 
 
 Is Now Prepared to Buy 
 
 GOLD, 
 i^i: SILVER ANo COPPER 
 
 ORES 
 
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 Office and 
 Works at 
 
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 HeadQuarters 
 
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 For 
 
 Miners' Supplies and 
 
 General Hardware..... 
 
 Jessop's Stuel Picks, Shovels, 
 Anvils and Bellows. 
 
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 flDincre' Camp Stovco an& tinware 
 
 MADK TO OUDKH. 
 
 JAMES VAIR, 
 
 •X Kamloops, B.C. 
 
 J. S. SMITH 
 
 There is nothing in the 
 line of good St(i]»le Gro- 
 ceries that I do not lieep 
 in stock. Miners pro- 
 visioned on short no- 
 tice. Prices right. 
 
 The Family Grocer 
 
 KAnUOOPS, B.C. 
 
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 Dry NA/ood. 
 
 Send in Your Orders for 
 DRY WOOD at Once to 
 
 THOS. HORNBY 
 
 PIONEER STABLES 
 
 «-: KAH LOOPS, B.C. 
 
 BeST CUMBKKL ^»0 BUAOK- 
 '!lv:rH'S COAL * SALB.... 
 
 J. R. HULL & CO. 
 
 SiKJoessors to 
 Hull Ui-os. & Co. 
 
 ....Butchers. 
 
 Wliobale and Retail Dealers io Seef, Pofk, [tc. 
 
 All Orders in our line Promptly Pilled. Highest Price paid for Hides and Skins. 
 
 A large number of Pack Horses are 
 kept constantly on hand. : : : Also 
 
 Beef Cattle in any quantity. 
 
 MAIN STREET, 
 
 KAMLOORS. B. C 
 
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 Klondyke? 
 
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 A full outfit of all Medicines required 
 put up in most convenient chests. A 
 list given on application. :::::::: 
 
 R. G. /V\ ACPHER SQN 
 
 The Leading Druggist 
 of the Interior : : : : : 
 
 KAIVIL.OOF'S, B.C. 
 
 For Camp Supplies 
 
 GO TO 
 
 
 Between Cosmopolitan 
 and Dominion Hotels, 
 
 Mophins d 
 
 CLOT HINCx, 
 BOOTS A ND SHOES, 
 y^'ik GROCERIES, 
 
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 KamlooPvS, B.C. 
 
 HARDWARE, 
 TENTS, Etc. 
 
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 Inland Cigar Mfg. Co. of B.C. 
 
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 KAMLOOPS. 
 
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 Pfitroiiize 
 
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 For a Good 
 Smoke Try 
 
 New Brick Factory, 
 
 Cor. Seymour St. and First Ave. 
 
 "PRIDE OF KAIVILOOPS,' 
 
 "INTERIOR," 
 
 "LA MORENA." 
 
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 MAIN STREET, KAIVILOOPS 
 
 BEN WEHRFRITZ, Prop. 
 
 Headquarters Nicola and Lewis Creek Stages. 
 Free 'Bus Meets All Trains. 
 ^ First-Class Bar in Connection. 
 
 Sample Rooms for Commercial Travellers. 
 
 EVEFfVTHIIINJG F-|F}ST.CL-ASS. 
 
 (."ulinary Department in Charge of I'^hmkIi VAwf. 
 Only. Whitt) Help Eniploywl. 
 
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 Shotton & Mead 
 
 KainloopK, B.C. 
 
 All parties contemplating a trip to 
 " the diggings " shonld remember 
 that we can ontfit yon in anything in 
 the line of Camp Stoves, Tinware, 
 Enamelledware, Etc. Onr stock and 
 prices cannot be eqnalled, and you 
 save money by dealing with us. : : : 
 
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 Shotton & Mead 
 
 Kiiniloops, nc. 
 
 John Beaton's 
 
 Tlu' Hiy; S|)()l ("ash Store. 
 
 YOIT'IjL always find Il\i.s Sroiv 
 full of BARGAINS in New 
 and Seasonable (Joods. That's 
 why niiiuM'sand others niuk<' their 
 i)ea(l((iiarters with us. Here are a 
 few lines we load in — 
 
 DRY GOODS, 
 CLOTHING, 
 BOOTS AND SHOES, 
 HATS .WD CAPS, 
 GROCERIES, Etc. 
 
 
 "Parties desii'in^ to outfit for the ^old fields will find 
 that we e<vn sujjply tlieni in anythinjj; in tlu^se lines. W(»'ll .save 
 yon money on every dollar's worth you imrehase. Get our i)ri"e:-' 
 hefore huyiufj:. 
 
 JOHN BEATON S, 
 
 The Big Spot Cash Store. 
 
 KAMl^OPS, B.C. 
 
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 E. Q. Prior & Co. 
 
 Limited 
 
 KAMLOOPS and VICTORIA. 
 
 DEALERS IN 
 
 Marfevpaic 
 
 -OP ALL KINDS 
 
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 We devote special attention to the -^ 
 ^ requirements of Miners, and can fur- 
 •^ nish complete Outfits on short notice. ^ 
 
 RELIABLE GOODS. LOWEST PRICES. 
 
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 TV.y . t;rtd*r.g Journal in the 
 
 . ^ti9iH,iir of British Colunnbia is the 
 
 J. T. ROBINSON, MANAGER. 
 
 
 KAMLOOPS 
 
 * STANDARD." I 
 
 All the News That's Worth Printing. 
 
 HE srANl)x\Rl) is II piiiHT Mint is nvul liy i-voryhody, Iiwiiii** 
 il }?ives !iU rill' news of llic district. Its rii-cnliitioTi is goinj; up 
 Ity l(>ii]is (i.iid bouiHls, wliicii is nil iiiiportaiil factor fo Im cori- 
 '^'d' ie<l by fidvertisiM's. Oiii raics iirc not •'chcaii," l>ut arc consistent with 
 ^ ^'h iiUMlity of Tut'", STANiiAitii as a lu'wsiiapi'r. Tticv will lie cuiotcd on 
 cation. 
 
 'Pt-tt? Tnu 'nup\PTMPVr isout" of Mic licstc(iuiiipcd in the 
 i HR JOH UhA AR 1 MhN 1 i.r„,.i„,.(> ,,nd (.ur plant equal t.. 
 
 any cnicr}?cncy. We do not make a s])ecialty of any particidar I'iind of work. 
 
 I, 'atisi- fveryiliiiijj we do is " top not(4i. : : : : : Telefrrapli or write us for 
 
 (|iiotai ions. 
 
 THE KAMEOOPS T'l'<i. \' VVB. CO.. Ltd., 
 
 K.\.Mf.(K)i»s, n.c. 
 

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 M. P. GORDON 
 
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 VICTORIA ST., 
 
 KAMLOOPS, B.C. 
 
 iirer of and Dealer in 
 
 '#^ FURNITURE. 
 
 fVVyYVYYY 
 
 Cornice Poles. 
 
 Carpet.s and Linoleums. 
 
 Window Shades in all Patterns. 
 
 Elegant Parlor and Bedroom Suites. 
 
 LARGE STOCK. 
 
 LOWEST PRICES. 
 
 
 The HUDSON'S Bay Co. 
 
 KAMLOOPS 
 NELSON, 
 
 HAVE GENERAL STORES at 
 
 PORT SIMPSON, 
 
 QUESNELLE, 
 
 VERNON. 
 
 VANCOUVER, 
 VICTORLV, 
 
 And at other principal points in Brit- 
 ish Columbia, Manitoba and the • 
 Northwest Territories. : : : : 
 
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 Intending purchosors will fltul at these Storew 
 the best goods at niodcriitc i)rices. imjjorttHl 
 direct from tlie priiiciijul marlvots of the 
 world. 
 
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 Grand Pacific 
 Hotel 
 
 DUPONT & CORNING, 
 Proprietors. 
 
 Kamloops, B.C. 
 
 The Nearest House to the Railway 
 Station. : : : The onl}' Convenient 
 Hotel for Railway Travellers. : : : 
 
 GOOD ROOMS. ^ GOOD TABLE. 
 
 GOOD IJOUORS. 
 
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 © — GOOD STABLING IN CONNECTION. — .© 
 
 M. GAQLIETTO, 
 
 Keeps constant 1 J' on hjind 
 a Full Stock of 
 
 Miners' Supplies 
 
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 Lines Specially 
 
 Selected for 
 
 Miners' Requirements. 
 
 CLO THING, 
 BOOTS AND SHOES, 
 G ROCERIES, 
 DRY GOODS. 
 
 MAIN STREET. KAMLOOPS. B. C. 
 
 
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 Confectionery. 
 
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 ICE CREAM, 
 
 FRUITS AND NUTS, 
 
 CANDIES, 
 
 SMOKERS' SUPPLIES, 
 
 OYSTERS, 
 
 BON BONS, ETC. 
 
 J. E. HALTON 
 
 KAMLOOPS, B.C. 
 
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 riain Street, 
 
 Kamloops. 
 
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 FIRST-CLASS IN EVERY RESPECT. 
 
 Sample Rooms and 
 Stable in Connection. 
 
 
 Russell & Herod... 
 
 Proprietors 
 
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 Jfank of British Columbia. 
 
 I NCORPOR ATBO Br ROYAL. CHARTER, IBOZ 
 
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 HEAD OFFICE. 60 LOM BArFsTRE ET. LONDON, ENGLAND. 
 
 BRANCHES 
 
 In Bhitish Coi.t'muia— Vu-foriu, ViuuHmver, New Westminator. Xiinni- 
 ino, Kiiuilooijs, Nelson, Siindon ami Kaslo. 
 
 In THK IINITKD Statks— S.'in Fnincisco and Portland. 
 
 A(n<;N"r.^ and CORRESPOXDEXTS in all (he principal cities and 
 towns of Canada, also in Xew Yorli, Chicago, Spokane, Se^ittle, Ta<!onia, 
 Honolviln, Australia and Xew Zealand. 
 
 SAVIX(JS RAXK DEPARTMEXT.— Deposits received from *1 up- 
 wards, and interi'st allowed. 
 
 ;^«>*"'(i()ld Dust puri'hased and every description of Baniilng Inisinoss 
 Iransiicted. 
 
 Kaniloops, B.C., Oct. 1, l«St7. 
 
 W. H. PEQRAM. Manager. 
 
 Ltd. 
 
 Shuswap Milling Co., 
 
 (®_^^Kamioops, B.C. 
 
 (s^^S^S-:— 9 
 
 Manufar^turers of and 
 Dealers in all kinds of 
 
 Rough and Dressed Lumber^j^ 
 Shingles, Do ors, Windows, Sash, 
 
 And everj'thing in the Lumber Line. 
 
 Agents for the H. W. McNeil & Co.'s Anthracite Coal. 
 Stove and Cord Wood. 
 
 Shuswap Hilling Co., 
 
 Ltd. 
 
 .Tamks MclMTOsn. Manager. 
 
 

 
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 First-Class in Every Respect. 
 
 KAMLOOPQ, 
 a. c. 
 
 DENNIS TIERNEY. 
 
 PWOP. 
 
 THE 
 OR/EN-^AL 
 
 NEW MANAGEMENT. •^S^^t' 
 
 GOOO STABLINQ. 
 
 Convenient to Railway Station. 
 
 Kualt Saw Mill 
 
 Capacity, 
 50,000 ft. Per Day. 
 
 Finishiog Lumber and Mouldings 
 
 JOSEPH OENELLE, 
 
 Proprietor. 
 
 AiiKindsof DRIED LUMBER 
 AND SHINGLES. 
 
 Constantly in Stock at the Mills 
 and at the Kamloop.s Yard. 
 
 For prices write or apply to the Kamloops Office or 
 
 at the Mill. 
 
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