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IN THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. -<} 156° i TT - en"**'' 1 •"ll «!«»' ,\^*< ^^••-\, WWCIOB' >**•* \ c\ \ \ Vm* nCM'^r''^ q, nS \\ y\ 511 *»^ \ \ \ \ VI "h / v^ ,cu» i. -i \ \ 1 i ■ ■ \ I4<0° 130» 132° 1 i ^ v^ ,jM»»* ?s« 132° %>*^ K«*» o \3 qO' •»♦»• P.^\ >A 6 \V\ v**^** ts I4.e ^rO W- KiuaUt I fnlrr jlnltl 50 52' u-^^^" \ IfMlMI TW r^ ^^ 128° _ii_ I2'F XIp V Jt-.'< V' i ?■' It- \c .' t t ^■••;' I. 1 -^^^LIMITED,' OPERATING THE LAR(^EST BREAKFAST FOOD MILLS i3sr o-A.2sr^iD^. -m^- Rolled Oats, Oatmeal, Gcrnmeal, - - PEARL BARLEY, - - s:pji.it i^e^a^s, etc • SPCCIALLY PUT UP FOR THE - KLONDYKE TRADE NArieNAL2 • MILLS, Victoria, - YaDcouYer, - WestmiDster - and - EdmoDtOD. j?-:2 2 Hi Bank OF Montreal. es't.a.ex.is:h:i!I5 iei7. CAPITAL, ■ - - ' . RESERVE FUND, UNDIVIDED PROFITS, HEAD OFFICE, SIR nONAI.n SMITH, c;. C. M, c;., Prhsidk.nt. $12,000,000 6,000,000 886.909.98 MONTRFAL E. S. CLOISTON. CJkn. Managkr Branches in all the principal Cities of the Dominion of Canada, in Great Britain, Newfoundland, and United States, and Correspondents in ail parts of the world. BRANCHES IN BRITISH COLUMBIA: NELSON, NEW DENVER, NEW WESTMINSTER. ROSSLAND, VERNON, VANCOUVER, VICTORIA. DRAFTS and LETTERS OF CREDIT issued to all points, and Tele- graphic Transfers made. A General Banking: Business Transacted. GOLD DUST PURCHASED. HALL, ROSS <& CO. FLOUR AND RICE MILLS VICTORIA, B, C. SPECIAL GRADE of FLOUR MADE EXPRESSLY FOR THE YUKON TRADE. LENZ&LEISER, Importers of DRY GOODS sSMJ- WE CARRY the LARGEST STOCK OF GOODS SUITABLE FOR THE YUKON and KOOTENAY TRADE. MINERS' Outfits a Specialty. 9*and II YATES STREET, VICTORIA, B. C. LANGLEY & HENDERSON BROS. WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS. (ESTABLISHED 1858.) VICTORIA AND VANCOUVER, B. C. 'We carrj'- the largest stock of CHEMICALS, DRUGS, PATENT MEDICINES. TOILET ARTICLES, &c., in British Columbia. ft@° Parties contemplating opening places of "business in the Yukon, will find it to their advantage to place their orders with us. I .; Prospectors and Mining Men will do well to purchase their supplies off E. G. PRIOR fi CO. '^LIMITED UABlLITr,- Corner of Government & Johnson Sts. Victoria, B. C. BRANCH STORES AT VANCOUVER AND KAMLOOPS. From many years experience we know what is wanted. We keep a full line of necessary TOOLS and HARDWARE. MININ& Begdlations of the Yokon. Following are the Kegulalions govfiiiiii}; jilaccr mining along the Vukon River and its tributaries, in the Northwest Territories, fixed V>y a recent Drder- in-Council of the Dominion 'iovernment : INTERPRETATION. " Bar diggings'" shall mean any part of a river over which the water extends when the water is in its flooded state, and which is not covered at low water. Mines on benches shall be known as " bench diggings," and shall for th*^ purpose of defining the size of such claims be excepted from dry diggings. " Dry diggings" shall mean any mine over which :i river never extends. " Miner" sh;ill mean a male or female over the age of eighteen, but not under that age. " (JIaim " shall mean the personal right nf property in a placer mine or dig- gings during the time for which the grant of such mine or diggings is made. '" Legal post '' shall mean a slake standing noi li's> ilian four feet alx've the ground and squared on four sides for at least one foot from liie top. Both sides so stpiared shall measure at least four inches across the face. It shall also mean any stump or tree cut off or .s(|uared oi faced to the above height and si/e. "Close season'" shall mean the period of the )ear during whicli placer mining is generally suspended. The period to be fixed by the « '.old Commissioner in whose district the claim is situaied. "Lt)cality" .shall mean the territory along a river (tributar) of the \'ukoi\ River) and its aHluent>. " Mineral " shall include all minerals whatsoever r>t]uM than coal. NATURE AND SIZE OF CLAIMS 1. " Har diggings," a strip of land lOO ftei wide at high water mark and thence extending into the river to its lowest water level. 2. The sides of a claim for bar st, upon one of which shall \>e legally marked the name of the miner and the date uixm which the claim was staked. 4. Creek and river claims shall lie 500 feel long measured in the direction of the general course of the stream, and shall extend in width from base to base of the hill or liench on ea^h side, but when the hills or benches are less than 100 feet apart, the claim may be 100 feet in depth. The sides of the claim shall lie two parallel lines run as nearly as |X)ssible at right angles lo the stream. The sides shall l)e marked with legal jxjsts at or alx)ut the edge of the water and at the rear ..oundaries of the claim. One of the legal posts at the stream shall be legibly marked with the name of the miner and the dale ujwn which the claim was staked. 5. Bench claims shall \x loo feet s<|uarc. 6. In defining the size of claims they shall lie measured horizontally irres- pective of inequalities on the surface of the ground. 7. If any j^erson or i)ersons shall discover a new mine and such discovery shall be established to the satisfaction of the gold commissioner a claim for l»r diggings 750 feet in length may be granted. A new stratum of auriferious earth or gravel situated in a locality where the claims are :.bandoned shall for this purpose be deemed a new mine, although the same locality shall have been previously worked at a different level. 8. The forms of application for a grant for placer mining and the grant of the same shall i)e those contained in forms "M" and "I" in the schedule hereto. 9. A claim shall be recorded with the gold commissioner in whose district it is situated within three days after the location thereof if it is locatetl within ten miles of the commissioner's office. One extra day shall be allowed for making such recorti for every ten miles or fraction thereof. • to. In the event of the absence of the gold commissioner from his office, entry by a claim may 1 <. granted hy any jjerson whom he may ap|K>int to perform his duties in his absence. 1 1. Entry 'hall not lie granted for a claim which has not been staked by the applicant in i^erson in the nianner specified in these regulations. An affidavit that the claim was staked out by the applicant shall be embodied in form " H " of the schedule hereto. 12. An ent'.y fee of $15 shall be charged the first year, and an annual fee of $100 for each of the following years. This provision shall apply to locations for which entries have already lieen granted. 13. After the recording of a claim the removal of any post by the holder thereof or by any iiers(}n acting in his behalf for the purpose of changing the boundaries of his claiiQ shall act as a forfeiture of the claim. 14. The entry of every holder of a grant for placer mining must be renewed and his receipt relinquished and replaced every year, the entry fee being paid each time. 15. No miner shall receive a ^rant of more than one mining claim in -he same locality, but the same miner may hold any numlter of claims by purchase, and any number of miners may unite to work their claims in common upon such terms as they may arrange, provided such agreement lie registered with the gold commission'^r and a fee of five dollars l)e paid for each registration. 16. Any miner or miners may sell, mortgage or dispose of his or their claims, provided such disposal be registered with, and a fee of two dollars paid to the gold commissioner, who shall thereupon give the assignee a certificate in form "J " in the schedule hereto. 17. Every miner shall, durmg the continuance of his grant, have the exclu- sive right of entry upon his own claim, for the miner-like working thereof, and the construction of a residence thereon, and shall Ix; entitled excliftively to all the pro- ceeds realized therefrom; but he shall have no surface rights therein; and the gold commissioner may grant to the holders of adjacent claims such right of entry thereon as may be absolutely necessary for the working of their claims, upon such terms as may to him seem reasonable. He may also grant permits to miners to cut timlier thereon for their own use, uj>on payment of the dues prescribed by the regulations in that behalf. 18. Every miner shall Ix entitled to the use of so much of the water natur- ally flowing through or past his claim, and not already lawfully appropriated, as shall, in the opinion of the gold commissioner, be neces.sary for the due working thereof; and shall In; entitled to drain his own claim free of charge. 19. A claim shall l)e deemed to be abandoned and o|)en to occupation and entry by any jxjrson when the same shall have remained unworked on working days by the grantee thereof or by some person rm his behalf for the space of seventy-two hours, unless sickness or other reasonable cause be shown to the satis- faction of the gold commissioner, or unless the grantee is absent on leave given by the commissioner, and the gold commissioner upon obtaining evidence satisfactory to himself that this |)rovision is not l>eing complied with may cancel the entry given for a claim, 20. If the land upon which a claim has been located is not the j)roperty of the crown it will be neces iry for the person who applied for entry to furnish proof that he has acquired from the owner of the land the surface rights liefore entry can be granted. 21. If the occupier of the lands has not received a patent therefor, the pur- cha.se money of the surface rights must be paid to the crown, and a |iatent of the surface rights will issue to the party who acquired the mining rights. The money so collected will either be refunded to the occupier of the land, when he is entitled to a i>atent therefor, or will lie credited to him on account of payment lor land. 8 22. When the party obtaining the mining rights to lands cannot make an arrangement with the owner or his agent or the occupant thereof for the acquisi- tion of his surface rights, it shall be lawful for him to give notice to the owner or his agent or the occupier to appoint an arbitrator to act with another arbitrator named by hini, in order to award the amount of compensation to which the owner or occufianl shall l)e entitled. The notice mentioned in this section shall be according to a form to l>e obtained upon application from the gold commissioner for the district in which the lands in question lie, and shall, when practicable, be personally served on such owner, or his agent if known, or occupant; and after reasonable efforts have been made to effect personal service, without success, then such notice shall be served by leaving it at, or sending by registered letter to, the last place of abode of the owner, agent or occupant. Such notice shall be served upon the owner or agent within a jieriod to \x Hxed by the gold commissioner before the expiration of the time limited in such notice. If the proprietor refuses or declines to appoint an arbitrator, or when, for any other reason no arbitrator is appointed by the proprietor in the time limited therefor in the notice provided for by this section, the gold commissioner for the district in which the lands in ques- tion, lie, shall, on being satisfied by affidavit that such notice has come to the knowledge of such owner, agent or occupant, or that such owner, agent or occu- pant wilfully evades the service of such notice, or cannot l)e found, and that reason- able efforts have been made to effect such service, and that the notice was left at the last place of abode of such owner, agent or occupant, appoint an arbitrator on his behalf. 23. (a. ) All the arbitrators appointed under the authority of these regula- tions shall be sworn before a Justice of the Peace to the impartial discharge of the duties assigned to them, and they shall forthwith proceed to estimate th« rf,ason- able damages which the owner or occuj^iant of such lands, according to their several interests therein, shall sustain by reason of such prospecting and mining opera- tions. (6.) In estimating such damages, the arbitrators shall determine the value of the land irrespectively of any enhancement thereof from the existence of minerals therein. (<•.) In case such arbitrators cannot agree, they may select a third arbitrator, and when the two arbitrators cannot agree upon a third arbitrator the Gold Com- niissionc for the district in which the lands in question lie .shall select such third arbitrator. (J.) The award of any two such arbitrators made in writing shall Ijc final, and shall be filed with the Gold Commissioner for the district in which the lands lie. In any cases arising for which no provision is made in these regulations, the revisions of the regulations governing the disposal of mineral lands other than coal lands approved by His Excellency the Governor in Council on the 9th of November, 1889, shall apply. i*Mt».U»^hi., .■,« Form H. — Application for grant for Placer Mining and Affidavit of Applicant. I, (or we), of hereby apply, under the Dominion Mining Regulations, for a grant of a claim for placer mining as defined in the said regu- lations, in (Here describe locality.) and I (or we) solemnly swear : 1. That I (or we) have discovered therein a deposit of (here name the metal or mineral.) 2. That I (or we) am (or are) to the best of my (or our) knowledge and belief, the first discoverer (or discoverers) of the said deposit ; or, 3. That the said claim was previously granted to (here name the last grantee), but has remained unworked by the said grantee for not less than 4. That I (or we) am (or are) unaware that the land is other than vacant Dominion land. 5. That I (or we) did, on the day of mark out on the ground in accordance in every particular with the provisions of the mining regulations for the Yukon River and its tributaries, the claim for which I (or we) make this application, and that in so doing I (or we) did not encroach on any other claim or mining location previously laid out by any other person. 6. That the said claim contains, as nearly as I (or we) could measure or estimate, an area of square feet, and that the description (and sketch, if any), of this date hereto attached, signed by me (or us) sets (or set) forth in detail, to the best of my (or our) knowledge and ability, its ^xisition, form and dimensions. 7. That I (or we) make this application in good faith, to acquire the claim for the sole purpose of mining, to be prosecuted by myself (or us) or by myself and associates, or by my (or our) assigns. Sworn before me at this day of 18 (.Signature.) i \ No. Form I. — Grant for Placer Mining. Department of the Interior. Agency, 18 In consideration of the payment of five dollars, Iwjing the fee required by the provisions of the Dominion Mining Regulations, clauses four and twenty, by (A. B.) of , accompanying his (or their) application No. , dated 18 , for a mining claim in (here insert description of locality. ', The Mini.ster of the Interior hereby grants to the said (A. B.) for the term of one year from the date hereof, the exclusive right of entry upon the claim (here describe in detail the claim granted) for the lO miner-like working thereof and the constrnction of a residence thereon, and the exchisive right to all the proceeds realized therefrom. The said (A. B,) lihall be entitle filed an assignment in due form dated 1 8 , and accompanied by a registration fee of two dollars, of the grant to (A.B.) of of the right to mine in (insert description of claim) for one year from the i8 This certificate entitles the said (B.C.) to all the rights and privileges of the said (A.B.) in respect of the claim assigned, that is to say, to the exclusive right of entry upon the said claim for the miner-like working thereof and the construction of a residence thereon, and the exclusive right to all the proceeds realizc^l therefrom, for the remaining jwrtion of the year for which the said claim was granted to the said (A.B.) , that is to say, until the day of i8 The said (B. C. ) shall be entitled to the use of so much of the water naturally flowing through or past his (or their) claim and not already lawfully appropriated, as shall be necessary for the due working thereof, and to drain the claim free of charge. This grant does not convey to the said B. C. any surface rights in the said claim, or any right of ownership in the soil covered by the said claim ; and the said grant shall lapse and be forfeited unless the claim is continu- ously, and in good faith, worked by the said (B. C. ) or his (or their) associates. The rights hereby granted are those laid down in the Dominion Mining Regulations, and no more, and are subject to all the provisions of the said regu- lations, whether the same are expressed herein or not. Gold Commissioner. II KLOM KE. + KLONDIKE. BOY YOOR OUTFITS IN VICTORIA, B. C. AND SAVE CUSTOMS DUTIES. IDSER & CO. Wholesale Grocers. Ill VICTOR/ A, B. C. immt^mmmf WE CARRY THE LARG-EST AND MOST COMPLETE STOCK OF MINERS' OUTFITS. ALL GOODS GUARANTEED. YODR TRADE SOLICITED. mm la Bank of British North America, Ebtailishco in 1836. # Incorporated by Royal Charter In 1840. # PAID-UP CAPITAL. - RESERVE FUND. - £1,000,000 Sterling 275,000 LONDON Offioe-3 Clements Lane, Lommro St . E. C. Head Office in Canada- St. James St.. Montreal H. Stikbma.n, General Manag^er. J. Elmsi.v, Inspector. Branches in Canada— London, Brantford, Paris, Hnniilt.in, Toronto, Kingston, Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec, St. John, N.B., Fredericton, N. R.. Halifax, N..S., Ka.sio, B.C., Rossland. B. C, .Sandon, B. C, Sloc.m City. B. C, Trail, B. C. (Sub-Agency), Vancouver, B. C Victoria, B. C, Winnipeg, Man., Bnindon, Man. AQCNTS IN THE UNITED STATES, ETC. New Vork~5j Wall Street— W. Lawson & J. C. Welch. San Francisco- -1 24 Sansom Street— H. M. I. McMichael and J. K. mbrose. LoNiJON Bankers -The Bank of England, Messrs. Glyn & Co. FoRRiiJ.N Agknts- Liverptwl — Bank v>f Liverpool. Scotland — National Bank of Scot- land, Limited, and branches. Ireland — Provincial Bank of Ireland, Ltd.. and branches. National Bank, Ltd., and branches. Australia— Union B.-ink of Australia. Ltd. New Zea- land — Union Bank of Australia, Ltd. Indiii, China and Japan-- Mercantile Bank of India, Ltd. Agra Bank, Ltd. West Indies— Colonial Bank. Pans— Messrs. Marcuard, Krausset Cie. I- j'ons— Credit Lyonnais. G. H. BURNS, Manager, Victoria. PiTHER & LeISER, importers and wholesale dealers in Wines and Liquors ForfV-n and Canadian Whiskies in Case or Bull^. Pacta einmsly for ffie KLONDYE. When in Victoria Call for Prices, or Write PITHER & LEISER, Yates St., VICTORIA. '3 Extracts from Mr. Ogilvie's Reports to the Dominion Government. William Ogilvie, of the Department of flie Interior, in his report to llie Sur- veyor-General of Canada, dated November 6lh, 1896. says the name Klundak, Klondyke, or Clondyke, as it is variously spelled, is "a mispronunciation of the Indian word or words Thron-dak or Duick, which means plenty of fish, from the fact that it is a famous salmon stream. It is marked Tondack on old maps. It joins the Yukon from the east a few miles above the site of Fort Reliance. Concerning the discovery of gold on this stream, he says: — "The discov- ery, I believe, was due to the reports of Indians. A white man named (!. W. Carmach, who worked with me in 1887, was the first to take advantage of the rumors and locate a claim on the first branch, which was named by the miners Bonanza Creek. Carmach located here late in August, but had to cut some logs for the mill here to get a few pounds uf provisions to enable him to begin work on his claim, the fishing at Klondak having totally failed him. He returned with a few weeks' provisions for himself, his wife and brother-in-law (Indians), and another Indian in the last days of August and immediately set about working his claim. As he was very short of appliances he could only put together a rather defective apparatus to wash the gravel with. The gravel itself he had to carry in a box on his back from 30 to icxd feet. Notwithstanding this the three men work- ing very irregularly washed out $1,200 in eight days, and Carmach asserts with reason that had he had proper faciliiies it could have been done in two days, be- sides having several hundred dollars more gold, which was lost on the tailings lliroiitjh defective apparatus. On the sauie creek two men rocked out $75 in abtait two hours, and it is asserted that two men in the same creek took out $4,008 in two days with only two lengths of sluice boxes. This last is doubted, but Mr. Leduc assures me he weighed that much gold for them, but is not positive where ihey got it. They were newcomers and had not done much in the country, so the probabilities are they got it on Bonanza Creek. A branch of Bonanza, named Eldorado, has prospected magnificently, and another branch named Tilly Creek has prospected well ; in all there are some four or five branches to Bonanza Creek whichjiave given good prospects. There are about 170 claims staked on ihe main creek and the branches are good for about as many more, aggregating say 350 claims, which will require over 1,000 men to work properly. A few miles further up Bear Creek enters Klondnk, and it has been prospected and located on. Compared with Bonanza it is small und will not afford more than 20 or 30 claims, it is said. About 12 miles above the mouth of (iold Bottom Creek joins Klondak, and on it and a branch named Hunker Creek after the discovery very rich ground has been found. One mai. showed me $22.75 he took out in a few hours on Hunker Creek with a gold pan prospecting his claim on the surface, taking out a panful here and there as fancy suggested. On fiokl bottom Creek and branches there I 'I \ ;^| »4 will prnlwbly be two or three hundred claims. The Indians have reported another creek much farther up, which they call Too Much Gold Creek, on which the gold is so plentiful that as the miners say in joke, ** Vou have to mix gravel with it to sluice it." Up to date nothing definite has been heard from this creek. From all this we may, I think, infer that we have here a district that will give 1,000 claims of 5C0 feet in length each. Now, i,0OO such claims will retjuire at least 3,000 men to work them properly, and as wages for working in the mines are from $8 10 J 10 per day, without !).)ard, we have every reason to assume that this part of our terlitory will in a year or two contain 10,000 souls at least, for the new> has gom; out to the coast and an unprecedented influx is expected next spring. And this is not all, for a large creek called Indian creek joins the Yukon about midway between Klondak and Stewart river, and all along this creek good pay has been found. All that has stood in the way of working it heretofore has been ilie sc.nrcity of provisions and the difficulty of getting them up there even when here. Indian creek is quite a large stream, and it is probable it will yield 500 or 600 claims. Farther south yet lies the head of several branches of Stewait river, on which some prospecting has been done this summer and gotnl indications found, but the want of provisions prevented develoj^mant. Now gold has been found in several of the streams adjoining felly river, and also along the lloota- linqua. In the line of these finds further south is the Cassiar gold field in British Columbia, so that the presumption is that we have in our territory along the easleily watershed of the \'ukon a gold bearing lielt of indefinite width and up- wards uf three hundred miles long, exclusive of the British Columbia part of it. On the easterly side of the Yukon prosjjecting has been done on a creek a short distance above Selkirk with a fair amount of success, and on a large creek some 30 or 40 miles below Selkirk fair prospects have been found, hut as before re- marked the difficulty of getting supplies here prevents any extended prospecting. Dallon informed me he has found good prospects on a ^mall creek nearly midway between the coast range and Selkirk on his route. His man showed me some coarse gold, about a dollar's worth, he found on the head of a branch of the Aet.iek river, near the head of Chilcat Inlet, which is of course inside the summit of the coast range and of course in our territory. From this you will gather that we have a very lartje area all more or less gold bf'aring and will all yet be worked. Gcrtwl quartz has been found in place jnsf ..r/s the line on Davis creek (see my map of the 141st sent you), but of what exiont Is unknown, as it is in the bed of the creek and covered with gravel. Good .( ! irtz is also reported on the hills around Bonanza creek, but of this I will be able to speak more fully after my pro- posed survey. It is pretty certain from information I have got from prospectors, that all or nearly all of the northerly branch of White river is on our side of the line, and copper is found on it, but more abundantly on the southerly branch of which a great deal of it is in oar territory also, so it is probable we have that metal too. I have seen here several lumps of native copper brought by the natives from White River, but just from what part is uncertain. I have also seen a specimen of silver ore said to have been picked u|) in a creek^flowing into Bennet Lake, abuut 14 miles down it on the east side. if.' WliWK^nftia* "IP »$ Before closing I may say that every rep to the date of mailing, November 22nd, very rich prospects have been found on the few claims prospected on. From one dollar to the pan of dirt up to twelve dollars. are reported and no bed rock found yet. This means from $t,cxx> to $12,000 per day per man sluicing. The excitement is intense, but at this season of the year it is naturally very local. Writing on December Qlh, 1896, Mr. Ogilvie .said : Since my last the prospects on Bon.uiza Creek and tributaries are increasing in ricliness and extent, until now it is certain that millions will be taken out of the district in the next few years. On some of the claims prospected the pay dirt is of great extent and very rich. One man told me yesterday that he washetl out a single pan of dirt on one of the claims on Bonanza, and found $14.25 in it. Of course that may be an exceptionally rich pan, but $5 to $7 per pan is the average on that claim, it is reported with five feet pay dirt and the width yet undetermined, but is known to be thirty feel ; even at that figure, the result at nine or »" pans to the cubic foot, and five hundred feet long is nearly $4,000,000 at $5 One-fourth of this would be enormous. Another claim has been prospected to such an extent that it is known there is about five feet pay dirt, averaging $2 per pan, and not less than thirty feet. Fnough prospecting has been done to show that there are at least fifteen miles of this extraordinary richness, and the indications are that we will have three or four times that extent, if not all equal to the above at least very rich. On January nth, 1897, he wrote : The reports from the Klondak region are still very encouraging. So much so that ail the other creeks around are practically abandoned, especially those on the head of Forty Mile, in American territory and nearly one hundred men have made their way up from Circle City, hauling their sleds themselves many of them. Those who cannot get their claims are buying in on those already located. Men cannot be got to work for love or money, and development is consequently slow ; one and a half dollars per hour is the wages paid the few men who have to work for hire, and work as many hours as you like. Some of the claims are so rich that every night a few pans of dirt suffices to pay the hired help when there is any. As high as $204 Mas been reported to a single pan, but this is not generally credited. Claim owners are new very very reticent about what they get, so you can hardly credit anything you hear, but one thing is certain, we have one of the richest mining areas ever found, with a fair prospect that we have not yet oiscov- ered its limits. Miller and Glacier Creeks, on the head of Sixty Mile River, which my sur- vey of the 141st meridian determined to l>e in Canada, were thought to be very rich, but they are poor both in quality and quantity compared with Klondak. Chicken Creek, at the head of Forty Mile, in Alaska, discovered a year ago, and fated very high, is to-day practically abandoned. i6 January 21st, 1897. — There are applications in for abouf ^80 acres f land on the flat north of the Kiondak, on the east side of the Yukon, while all the extent of land available for use on it is about 200 acres. Joseph Leduc, who applied for l6o, has only about 1 10 available for use in building on, the rest being steep hill- side, and the most of the flat is a moss-covered swamp. He had laid oul and dis- posed of a few lots for building on in it, making his streets only 50 feet wide, and the main streets along the river even less, the builders going often close to the bank for convenience in getting water ; but I stopped all that, and ha%'e the river front at least 66 feet wide, in most places miich more. ^U streets parallel to the river are 66 feet, and all at right angles to those I have left at 50, as Laduc had them. It seems to me that 50 feet is wide enough in this country, as it is hardly likely there will be much heavy traflic on them. -Had I ffiade the streets running from the river 66 feet wide it would have put a good many people muc\i inco.7ven- ience. I will send out by the next mail a sketch showing the po':Ition of all the applications so far. The American Government has given a contract for four mails this winter to Circle City, at $1,700 each mail, in and out. The mai carriers will take out letters at $l each. January 22nd, 1S97. — A quartz lode sht)wing free gold in paying quantitie hJis been located on one of the creeks, but I cannot yet send particulars. I am coniulent from the nature of the gold found in the creeks that many more of them, and rich too, will be found. January 23'd. — I have just heard from a reliable source that the quartz men- tioned above is rich, as it tested over $lOJ to the ton. The lode appears to run from ihr'.-e to eight feet in thickness, and s about T9 miles from the Yukon River. I will likely be called on to survey \ and will be able to report fully. Placer prospects continue more and more encouraging and extraordinary ; it is beyond doubt that three pans of different claims on Eldorado turned out $204, $212 and $216, but it must be. borne in mind that there were only three such pans, though there are many running from $10 to $50. I have just received a petilnn from the miners to attend to the survey of their claims, they doing all the work and boarding and lodging me. I will be'jin at it in about ten days, and it will likely take me upwards of two months. 1 am glad to have the opportunity of doing it, for I think I can consideralily, if not alto- gether, straighten out the tangle there is there. 17 To Intending Miners FOR Iklonb^ke Remember I WE do the fitting out in Provisions. YOU do the rest. • i If there are dollars in it for us, there may be thousands in it for you. We sell nothing but the best at Lowest Prices. ^r5(^i9e,U/all&<5o. THE LEADINC GROCERS, ^V^IOTOK-I^A., 33. O- i8 Dominion Hotel, VICTORIA, B. C. Board and Room, $1.00 to $125 per Da}: MEALS. 26 CT9. CLONDYKE PARTIES will -^nd Maps, Mining Regulations, and full information as to tne best routes to the Yukon Gold Fields at the Dominion Hotel. This popular Hotel has long been headquarters for mining men, and is practically a bureau of information. We have looked after all the prominent parties that went to the Yukon via Victoria this season. The Northern boats leave the Outer Harbor, il^ miles from ihe cily. We see that guests make proper connection, and our large Omnibus con\eys them to and from steaneis absolutely free of charge. The DOMINION is the largest and best equipped Hotel in Victoria, and for $1.00 and $1.26 per day, gives accomuKidations that in the East would cost $2.oo. Make up your mind to go lo the DOMINION and allow no one to change your purpose. STEPHEN JONES, Proprietor. Traders purchasing Supplies for the Klondyke Goldiields are invited to visit the establishment of J, Piercy & Co WHOLESALE DRY GOODS, The largest manufacturers of Mackinaw Clothing, Miners' Outfits, Tents, Etc., West of Toronto. The Yukon Gold Fields. HOW TO GET THERE, AND WHERE TO OUTFIT. George M. Dawson C.M.G. , tlescril)es ihe Canadian Yukon as bounded to ihe south by llic nor*',ern limit of the Province of British Columbia (Lat. 60°), to the west by the ea.-.tern line of the United States Territory of f^laska ; to the east by thi' Rocky Mountain Ranges and the 136th meridian ; and to the north by the Arctif Ocean. The district, as above defined, has a total area of approximately I }2,(joo square miles, of which, according to the most recent infoimation, 150,768 ■e miles is inclui'.ed in the watershed of the Yukon. " The superficial extent M ine district may perhaps best be realized when it is stated that it is nearly equal to that of France, greater than the United Kingdom by 71,000 miles, ten times the area of the Province of Nova Scotia, and nearly three times that of the New- England States." Whether or nut the whole of this vast area is au'iferous cannot now be said, hut there is reason to hope that in all parts of it paying deposits of gold and s'.ver may be found. Sufficient is already known, althoiigli only a very ^mail p..rt of the district has been jirospected, to rank the Yukon as among the greatest placer gold fields that have ever been discovered. (iold was first discovered in the \'ukon Hasin in 18S1, when a party went up the Big Sa'n^on River, a tributary of the Le\vis, for a distance of two hundred miles and ■ n' gold on all iis bars, many of them paying very well. iJuring the next few .;ir - ■>ie mining was done -on the Uootalin(nui, which flows out of Tosli". L- ' *;•;■! into the N'ukon. In 1886 gold was dug out of the (."assiar bar on ''^f > '». ..a kuer in considerable (juantities. .Since then gold has been 'found on Forty Mil Tr^'k, Sixty Mile Creei^ Miller ('reek. Glacier Creek, Birch Creek, and Uiii, i it by no means least, the creeks tributary to tne Klonkykc, Forty Mile Creek is for the most part in .'Klaska, that is in Ui.itcd Slafjs ter- ritory; the head waters of Sixty Mile Creek arc alsj in AUska. .Miliar. JIacier, and Birch ("reeks were once thought to be in Alaska, but are nov known to be in (.'anada, and Stewart River and the wonderfully rich Klondykc are wholly in Canadi.in territory. The latter How into the \'ukon from the eastward, and the whoK .?'tbf; Lewis, Big Salmon and Hootalinqua Rivers are in Canada. 'ir- > Inci/k'i enters the Yukon near the 64ih parallel of North Latitude. As yet tio ,jaying deposits of gold have been found in the main river itself, the rich placers, "which have excited attention all over the world, being upon its tributaries which enter it from the south. 20 The Klondyke may be reached from two directions. One is by ocean steamer to St. Michael's Island in Bering Sea, and thence up the Yukon River, the dis- tance up the river being 1,679 miles and navigable for vessels of 400 tons. The other is by crossing over lbf> Coast Range of mountains to the head waters of the Lewis branch of the Yukon and descending by boat. The shortest route from Victoria is that via the White Pass and is approximately 1,594 miles. This journey is made up as follows : — From Victoria to Skagway Bay, near the head of Lynn Canal (ocean steamers) 1,024 mile.s. " Skagway Bay over the White Pass to Lake Tagish (pack trail) 36 *• " Lake Tagish to Klondyke, down river. 534 " 1,594 miles. Another available route to i " 'is River is from Dyea or Tya, at the heaa of Lynn Canal, via the Chilcoj. . This distance is a slightly longer thar* that via the White Pass. A third route to the Lewis River is via the Stickeen River to Telegraph Creek and thence overland by pack train to Lake Teslin. The distance is ap- proximately as follows : — From Victoria to Fort Wrangel (ocean steamers) 801 miles. " Fort Wrangel to Telegraph Creek (river steam- ers) 148 " " Overland travel to Teslin Lake 150 " " Head of Teslin Lake to Klondyke 584 " 1,683 miles. Still another route is from the head of Taku Inlet, a little south of Juneau, thence overland by the valley of the Taku River to Lake Teslin. The distance to Lake Teslin by this route is approximately the same as via the Stickeen roufe» To Klondyke, might be somewhat shorter, according to the point at which the trail will strike the Lake. THE WHfrE PASS. The White Pass route starts from Skagway Bay, which is five miles below Dyea, the head of Lynn Canal. The bay is a tine natural harbor with good anchorage for vessels of any size. The largest ocean vessels can .steam directly into this bay. F"rom the harbor the trail follows the Skagway River to its head, which is near the suinnit of the Pass, a distance of 16 miles. The first four miles are in the bed of the ri er and the ascent is gradual. At four miles the canyon is reached, and here the route becomes more difiicult. For seven miles the trail works ii,s way along the mountain side rising steadily for almost the entire dis- tance. This is the only hard pnrt of the route. The nixt three miles is a gentle rise, and they carry the Iraii to the summit, an elevation of 2,600 feet above the sea level. The country here broatleiis out into a valley five miles wide, having a 21 gentle slope to the east. In the twenty miles between the Sumrr.it and Windy Arm on Tagish Lake, the total descent is only 340 feel. From the summit val- leys also extend to Lindcman Lake and Taku Arm on Tagish Lake. As this date, July 20tl , the trail has been cut through to the Summit and work is steadily in progress eastward. A trail has been bla/.od through to Taku Arm on Tngish Lake and can be used for pack animals now. In fact several trains are preparing to start over the trail, and a laige consignment of liorses has beer .sent up to be put on the regular transportation business over this route, which is now open for business. The final location of the trail from the Summit to the Lake has not been decided upon, as the Company making it are seeking for the easiest route, but the country being open and comparatively level, after the Summit has been passed, the lack of a graded trail will not be a serious impediment. A liberal allowance of time would be two days for a pack train from Skagway Bay to Tagish Lake, of which not more than six or eight hours would be needed to reach the Summit from salt water. This trail has been made by the British Yukon Company, the head office of which is in London, and of which E. E. Biliinghur^t, Board of Trade Building, Victoria, B. C, is the agent in Br.tish erything that a man needs to take into the Yukon can be bought i' Victoria as well as anywhere else, and by timing his journey right the prospector, speculator or trader can go directly to the ocean termini of the Passes by steamers sailing from Victoria. Every person intending to go into the Yukon should iiiako Victoria his start- ing point. Goods of all descriptions, either for the outfit «f the individual miner, or for the trader, no matter how large his order may be, can be supplied in Victoria as cheaply as at any other point on the Coast, and as the goods are destined for Can- adian territory it is a direct advantage to buy them in a Canadian city and thereby save the duties. ,1 i v \\ 24 The climate of the Vukon is cold in the winter and very warm in the sum- mer. But though the thermometer registered very low in the winter months, there is very little suffering from cold, and not even any very great personal inconvenience. No hardy man need be deterred from going into the Yukon by reason of the cold. A number of women and small children have spent the winter there without discomfort. Law and order are strictly enforced in the Canadian Yukon by a detachment of the Northwest Mounted Police. Except during the months of December, January and February, and perhaps in April, when the snow is melting, there are no serious difficulties in the way of reaching the gold mines. When shelter houses have been erected along the river, and the British Yukon Company propose erecting them, it will be quite possible to maintain regular communication all the year round from Dawson City to Skagway Bay, and from the latter point there is open navigation at all seasons of the year. The mines of the Klondyke, Stewart River and other Yukon points east of the 141st meridian, or, speaking in a more general way for convenience of descrip- tion, further up the river than Fort Cudahy are all in Canadian territory Hence duties must be paid on all foreign goods entering the country, the same as st other places in Canada. Miners purchasing their outfits in the United States or elsewhere out of Can- ada, must pay duty either at Victoria before taking the steamer, or at Lake Tagish, after crossing the Pass. Attempts have been made by interested parties in the United States to create the impression that the Canadian authorities either could not or would not collect duties. This has already caused distress among miners who have spent all their money buying their tickets and outfits. Goods on which duty is not paid will be confiscated. To save expense, delay and risk of troublesome complications, miners should outfit at Victoria, B. C, where prices are as low as anywhere else. The list showing what constitutes an outfit for an individual may be curtailed in a few respects if a man is very economically inclined. If a party go tc^gether it would not of course be necessary to purchase as many sets of tools as there are individuals in the party. On reaching Victoria, the various merchants advertising in this pamphlet may be trusted to advise miners as to what they ought to take. They make a special business of outfitting. The supply of provisions is calculated for one year. (See list among our advertising pages. ) Since this pamphlet was written, new discoveries have been reported from Stewart River. This stream is seventy-four miles further up the Yukon than the Klondyke. It is reached by the same route, and all tht observations made herein apply to miners going there. c ■^tMYatfMa^AfittinBfeaiHiHii MMlifli iWHliMli " ' *wmtm 25 In the course of another season the transportation problem will be on a very much more satisfactory footiny than it now is. Under the trenty of 1825 with Russia, when the boundary between Alaska and Hritish territory was defined, the free navigation in perpetuity of all rivers flowing across Alaska was secured to British subjects. This right so far as the Yukon and the Stickeen rivers are con- cerned, has been contirmed by treaty with the United States. Canadian steamers will l)e on the Yukon route next year and will afford a means of getting in heavy freight. For information on this point address the Canadian F^icific Navigation Company, Victoria, B C. The Yukon route is only open during the summer months. It is not safe to start later than August 5lh from British Columbia ports expecting to reach St. .Michael's Island and go up the Yukon, and the navigation is not open until June. During the intervening months this route affords a safe, though somewhat long way of reaching the gold fields. The oldest and most experienced outfitters for prospectors and miners on the Pacific Coast, are in business in Victoria—the men who outfitted for Cariboo, Cassiar and Ornineca - and know from actual experience just what you want and how to pack it. Look in our advertising pages for a complete list of Yukon outfit. Heaiparlers4or-^-MiDers'-^Sttiies. We are the only hou.se in Victoria that carries a complete line of MINERS' SUPPLIES. We run two large stores all under one nianagfement, and carry a large stock of MACKINAW GOODS, BLANKETS, UNDER- WEAR, G-LOVES, RUBBER BOOTS, MINERS' SHOES, Etc., Etc. Established in 1858, we are able to give full information as to the resources of British Columbia. Maps and Pamphlets can be had from us giving full particulars of the mines and mining laws. References — Any person that has been in the Province for any length of time. We are known all over the Province. WHEN IN VICTORIA GIVE US A CALL. mm k immi mi Mnsos m I •I a6 Yukon Boots. «•»•»# In outfitting for the far North get the verv best FOOTWEAR. sca£Bjg.aa?ai2s 1 ENGLISH! LC i- BOOTS [ 4S5^IS5aR;-B!R^5!!^-S5Sf!RS5--55!^ *t^3S3!^'B^'&S^^ (CUARANTEED ABSOLUTELV WATfRPROOF,) SNAG-PROOF GUM BOOTS, ARCTICS AND OVERSHOES. Try our Specialties in MINERS' BOOTS. Thousands of these Boots have gone into the Mines. We have the experience and know just what yoti need. CALL ON US before completing vour outfit. CiirWC ONLY SELL BOOTS AND SHOES. ^ K.- B. • ERSKINE, The Leading Boot and Shoe House of B. C. Cor. Covernment and Johnson Sts., VICTORIA B O ! *► W J,-, „,**' 2^ w A YUKON OUTFIT. sa^ 5 t 5BI^^ 'X s rs. 70\X — '• o. 8 Sacks Flour 150 lbs Hacon 150 lbs. Split Peas icx) ll)s. Beans 25 lbs. Evaporated Apples 25 lbs. Evaporated Peaches 25 lbs. Apricots 25 lbs. Hiilter 100 lbs. Granulated Sugar 1% doz. Condensed Milk 15 lbs. Coffee. 10 lbs:. Tea. 1 lb. Pepper 10 lbs. Salt 8 lbs. Baking Powder 40 lbs. Rolled Oats or Oatmeal 2 doz. Yeast Cakes y2 doz. 4 oz. Beef Extract 5 bars Castile Soap 6 bars Tar Soap I tin Matches I gal. Vinegar I box Candles 25 lbs. Evaporated Potatoes 25 lbs. Rice 25 Canvas Sacks I Wash Basin I Medicine Chest I Rubber Sheet I set Pack Straps I Pick I Handle I Drift Pick I Handle I Shovel I Gold Pan I Axe I Whip Saw I Hand Saw I Jack Plane I Brace 4 Bits, assorted, 3/16 to i in. I 8-in. Mill File I 6-in Mill File I Broad Hatchet I 2-qt. Galv'd Coffee Pot I Fry Pan I Package Rivets I Draw Knife 3 Cov'd Pails, 4, 6, 8-qt. Granite I Pie Plate I Knife and Fork I Granite Cup I each Tea and Table Spoon I 14-in. (iranite Spoon I Tape Measure I i>i-in. Chisel 10 lbs. Oakum 10 lbs. Pitch 5 lbs. 2cd. Nails 5 lbs. lod. Nails, 6 lbs. 6d. Nails. 200 feet '^'m. Rope. I Single Block I Solder Outfit I Pair Rowlocks I I4-qt. Galvanized Pail I Granite Saucepan 3 lbs. Car/die Wick I Compass I Candle Stick 6 Towels r Axe Handle I Axe Stone I Emery Stone Some of the foregoing articles are omitted by some miners. Dealers ^ will aiivise ii\ all cases. 28 ^ood6 3fou ^U4t ^ade BLANKETS, Orey or White, all iprndcs. ENAniELLEU TINWAKE, CVP§, IflUOS, PS.ATES, TEA POTS. COOK POTS, FRY PANS, Etc. KNIVES, FORKS, SPOONS, CAN OPENERS, Etc. FIBER EXTENSION VALISES, all sixes; best, strongest and lig-iitest made; no room lasted; well strapped. ITIATTRESSES and PILLOWS, any sixe made to order. FOLDINO CAMP BEDSTEADS, very light, and will pack close. TOWELS, good strong linen and all kinds. We carry the largest stock in the Province and would be pleased to show you our goods. WEILER BItOS., 51-55 Fort St., Victoria, B. C. T. ri. HiBBEfl & CO. BOOKSELLERS AND STATIONERS •VIOTOiei-A., B. c The LEADING HOUSEOF BRITISH COLUMBIA Ill|ap8 ai\d lt\formation of the Yukot\ District a Specialty. , iWKeep constantly on hand Admiralty Charts, Nautical Works of all kinds. iVBIank Books and Staple and Fancy Stationery in endless variety. ASK FOR DR. DAWSON'S REPORTS. "m^fii^^m:£. .39 Bank of British Columbia. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER, 1862. 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WHOLESALE DRY ■ GOODS \\r MML LIQUORS AND CIGARS IS VICTORIA, B. 0. ..iSfiS^ 30 MINERS' - COMPLETE - OUTFITS -FOR- -^OLONDYKE^^^^ -AT- Sam REID'S, Clothier arid ]VIen's pupnishe'i», 122 GOVERNMENT ST., VICTORIA, B. C. THE YUKON HEADQUARTERS. CHEAPSIOC 127 GOVERNMENT STREFT, Victoria, b. c. >Sheet-lron ((anges, $2.75 ns, Kiiivea and F'orks, Picks, Shovels, Axes, &c. Anythiniif and Fvorythimr siMi need. GEO. POWELL A. CO., I2T GOVERNMENT STREET. BOATS FOR THE YUKON I Do not build your boats on the Yukon, but save time and monty by buying the — == YUKOA/ eO.AT— specially made for Miners by ' LEMON. GONNASON Jt CO. Capital Planing Mills, Roolc Bay, Viotoria, B. C. 1 ai O ai Su rp' c^nm •,'i««i^i|M^' - ...f|(wi*a*Jta«»i-' ■' • •- ■•-<;^-.., i-.^T,i^,;-;vii4*.*, *vti«i<«''-'i»"-'-' 31 IfYbuVJ/ai^t the Latest News from Klondyke and other Yukon Mines, or iVom other mines in British Columbia and the Northwest READ li^Colonist DAILY, - - - $10.00 A YEAR. SEWI-WEEKLY, 1.50 " 1^" Postag-e 10 all parts of Canada and the I'nited States. Subscribers in the United Kingdom for Semi-Weekly, must remit Subscription and Postage, $2.50. --A.IDr)RB3SS THE COLONIST, Victoria, B. C, Canada. U11J..A.1.L14JJ rt-k.-'— «*;■. .'...~-, J. j.ftSv.*-)'. -.^r^:*.,'^^ ^ 3» E. A. MORRIS 4 .^v 4, " M/NERS' Supplied. ■FVF»^,»*«l^Vf»«i/ n^WS^fc* P/PH, TOBACCO AND CIQARS. MINBRS' BEST FRIEND, A GOOD SMOKE. ■amp^/^fvmntra^vitf'u^*/' Government St.. VICTORIA, B. C. The B. C. Sugar Refining Co., Ltd. VANCOUVER, B. C. Branch Office, VICTORIA, B. C. 'PUT UPS-*- Granulated, Cube & Bar Sugar IN 50 LB., 20 LB. AND 10 LB. PACKAGES aRMCIALLY aUITBD FOR KLONDYKE To be had of all IVIerchants in British Columbia. »3SrO IDTTT^BT .A.T KZLOlSriDTriCE. « ■m mm D. C. TO THE KLONDYKE. THE CANADIAlSr ROUTE TO THE GREAT CANADIAN GOLDFIELDS AT- KLONDYKE - AND • OTHER YUKON POINTS. c?^= The Canadian Pacific Navigation Company HAVE HUT THEIR FINE OCEAN-GOING ;>TEAMERS ON THE ROUTE From Victoria to Dyea i^' Skagway Bay THE TERMINI OF THE CHILCOOT AND WHITE PASSES. NO DELAY BY CUSTOMS HOUSE OFFICERS, AND NO DUTIES TO PAY ON CANADIAN GOODS SHIPPED BY THIS ROUTE. (I I MINERS SHOULD OUTFIT IN VICTORIA and go North via the C. P. N. Go's Steamers. M For Nrtioulars apply Company's Offloos, Wharf Siraat, Vintoria, B. C. 5?ssa Sf< To the Klondy ke •X« ii)Hi •>(• •X* cX* •y^ SHORTEST, QUICKEST AND ONLY CANADIAN ROUTE % %> TO THE- -HSil IRIonbvhe AND OTHER G-REAT CANADIAN GOLDFIELDS e- - ON ■% M •X« •K» •>'• «X« ex« *K* In Ccmiicction made at VICTORIA, B. C, wi m Steamers Kolnt>- North to the (ir)hliiekls with all il m CANADIAN MEBCIIANDISE SUBJECT TO NO OELAY OR DUTIES, k •X* 'X* cy* vX* 'X* •>* For all Information, Rjitea and Stoomor Accovamo.lntlon, appljr to n»^; ♦» . 4 '11 "Ji." m 1 ii' il iS. est (I