Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1893-10-27
BRITISH COLUMBIA.

ny VIVA Wasp hSt ~ psse WvsA
1t sppsars that the nsighborhsse
has been worked by the patisa
Celestial and that he has strucI
pay OF enormous richness, the gray
sl running - h,gh ss rs cents ts
the shsvsl. There is = settlement
at the nsuth of Rssk creek, the
nearest point to the reported strike.
There was q placer rush into
that ssuntry absat 25 years age
and since then more or less gold
has bssn taken out continuously,
A mining recorder is stationed al
the mouth OF Rock creek. OF re-
cent years the whites have dsns
considerable hydraulieing there
and quite recently the Chinese
have gene to work the placer
ground long since abandoned by
the whitsa
As near a. can be figured ost,
the new strike 10 about ter or fif-
teen miles frsn Rock creek. The
opiaisA seems to be general ansng
nsa familiar with the country
that some remarkably rich gravel
has bees skuck, bat the fear is sx-
pressed that it il net extensive
enough to Justify big stampede.
According to the Victoria
Celsnist a rich gold find ihas bssn
struck in the mountains at the
head Of China creek, running ints
Absrni canal at the head of Barclay
Ssund and within . days journey
Of victsris. There is no question
Of the wealth Of the ere in the dis
trict, for the Hon. Col. Baker,
Minister Of Mines, to whsss notice
the matter was brought, has had it
assaysd by the govsramsnt!sssays
and it is Prsnsanssi to bs a field
OF greater promise than any yet
Known in tie province Of British
Columbia.
The report which Mr.. Carmish-
ssl, the government assaysr, wakes
shows the richness to bs from
IS to $500 a ton, which is certainly
astonishing when We consider that
the district has remained unsx-
plorsd and practically uadiscsv-
cred while niners have gene 600 to
TOO nilss iats the interior and
worked less profitable ore.
Mr.. Wiley M. Weaver. having
returned recently from the mining
tswn Of Hillsboro, The Times
reporter asked hin = tsw questions
regarding the financial condition
OF that locality and the outlook
for the future. Mr.. Weaver said
that the mines in the vicinity Of
were bsing worked rsgu-
larly and more men would be sn-
ploysd before long. Money seemed
easy and there are few cases Of men
being hard prssssd. Everyone Is
satisfied with the outlook, and
while hard times are hitting other
places, Hillsbsrs purssss the svsn
.snsr of its way and continues
bringing to the surface the precious
metal With whisk the eoustry is
blessed. Albuquerque Times.
The distance from Eddy to
Pscss 10 SO Hilss by the railrsad,
sxt the Ris Pssos travels g mseh
'urthsr distance IL geing. Walter
Kinder and two bsstmsa who
wsnt dswz the river state
hat the distance seemed TO be TO |
nilss. As sbsut 70 hsurs slspss
,stwssH feed height at Eddy and
loed height at Psess the distance
vssld Be approximately 42O miles
I the current ran SIX miles per
,our. Thsrs are many abrupt |
- e.. x;-.- e.n-sas tka !
Iallsy frequently. At enc place
he beatasn, after . days journey, |
,ould see their prsvisus camping |
'lscs only tive nilss serth Of
hem, the current having twice
,rosssd the valley without gsiHg |
outhward more than two miles.
There are varioxs falls and series