Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1873-10-25
BRITISH COLUMBIA.
The Reported Gold Discovery in BIRTHS
COlMmbia.

The Reported Gold Discovery in British
COlwmbia.
VICTORIA, Oct. 17.--Doth papers are
filled this morning with reports of more
discoveries Of rich gold diggings in the
Cassiar country. The steamer Otter
arrived yesterday from the North,
bringing from $1,000 to $4,000 in
dust and number of miners, who
were compelled to leave on account of
the scarcity of provisions. All who ar
rived yesterday will return early in the
Spring.
Tho following is brief account of
these mines, taken from the Col"iS:~-
On May LIST gold was discovered by
Henry Hilbert, Xavier Looyon, and 7.
Talfair, OH creek now known as
Thibert's creek. They got few col
ors at first, but 10 days afterwards, on
tn. Goth of May, the ice broke up,
and they got $40 to n prospect. On
the 23d of May they commenced work
with rockers and made from an ounce
to $40 day to the man, in course gold
On the LIST of July they set steadily to
work with rockers aud made ever after
wards form Sill to five ounces to the
hand per day. The main digsinys are
on bar of the creek. They also worked
on the bench, 10 feet above high wa
ter mark, the frost being still in the
ground. On the bench they made from
one to three ounces u day to the hand.
They got the pay on the bedrock. Pay
gravel is from six inches to twelve in
thickness. They built wing-dam and
made from two to five ounces n day Oh
the bar. This creek is 30 to so feet in
width. 1t runs from west to east and
e!npties into Deasc Lake, but where il
heads is not known. 1t runs through q
range of low hills and the banks are
well clothed with spruce timber. White
fish abound in the lakes, Arctic front
arc caught in the creek running in the
Lake. Dease Creek, Is miles South of
Thiberts creek, running in the same
direction and about the size, was dis
covered by Moore a. Co., who got good
prospects of SO to $22 a pan. When
these informants left, they were work
ing on bar with rockers and making
q ounces to the hand.
MIR. Hilbert has great confidence in
the richness of the diggings. their ex-
tent of course, is not known. William
Waldron is entitled to the honors of tax
ing out the largest nugget vet found in
the new diggings. He found perfect
beauty weighing 81 or. Hilbert took out
the next largest, weighing SO. In COM
ing out the party met men from Ma
naimO half way between Buck $ bar and
the diSgings. They met men at Pack
Saddle creek, II miles above Buck 3
bar and saw Is men at Wmngle who
had come up. Several miners from
Omineca arrived yesterday. Mr.. Grit
fits, of this city, from Lost Greek brought
$4,000. A miner who left the digging
about theee weeks ago came down by
Frying Pan Pass and met with no
snow. There was no snow on the
creeks and mining was going on as usual.
On Lost Greek several claims were max
ing good wages. On Manson several
companies were taking out gold. Jim.
May and party have gone to prospect the
Bear Lake country, at the headwaters
of the Skena. The news of gold dis
coveries at Cassiar had reached Omin-
eca and men were leaving daily for the
new gold fields. Very few will winter
there.
u. s. S. Tuscnrora sailed for San
francisco yesterday to continue the
soupdipSs for the projected Pacific ca
bls,
Disastrous Fire.
VICTORIA, Oct. 20.-A fire broke out
about IL o'clock on Saturday night in
the ground fiat of the store occupied by
Messrs. j. p. Davies & Co., on Wharf
street. A general alarm was sounded.
and the department were quickly at the
scene OF the confagration. Owing.
however, to the dense smoke which
poured through the gratings of the
building. and the substantial manner
in which the doors and other entrances
were secured, slight delay took place
before water was tn upon the sup
posed locality OF the flames. The es-
tablishment was heavily stocked with
merchandise and crockery ware, u sale
having been arranged to take place to-
day, and the damage to goods from
water and smoke, rather than from fire,
Is heavy: The origin of the fire is un-
known, butitis supposed to have ignited
ma large pile of moss, excelsior and
other material used for packing furni-
furp Tho bu;lIl;n l.I,