, 1896-07-21
CAPITAL.
An Interesting Article From the Seat
tie Post-Intelligencer.

lue loIlON AHS dillClt llOul the oedl-
tie Post-Intelligencer will be OF inter-
est TO many men here from the fact that
Mr.. c. F. Fishback is the gentleman to
whom was given an option for SIS, 900
in the Albany county placers a short
time ago and who is now in the east ar
ranging to sell the local properties to a
foreign syndicate:
An organization of International in
terests and importance was effected
here yesterday by the filing Of articles
OF incorporation of the British North
west Gold Mining company. Limited,
with a capital stock of $4,000, 0OO, hay-
ing its principal offices in New York,
Seattle and British Columbia.
This is the successful beginning of one
of the projects for which Charles F.
Fishback wen east last winter. The
property sold to the new company is
situated in the famous Cariboo mining
district of British Columbia, and COW
ers three of the largest gold mining
concessions ever granted in British Co.
lumbia.
The Fishback mine is a hydraulic
property situated with the others on
the Oesnelle river. well known as being
the most important gold bearing tribu-
tary of the Fraser river. 1t consists Of
over 700 acres and its wafer system
drains oyer AZ souare miles Of mining
ground. The gravel bencbes on this
property include about 400 acres. with
an unnrecedented dentb IN bod -rock
ayeragins about 275 feet of raveI all
of which will nav ot q low sstimata 1o1L
cents to the cubic ward
The Nraud Hydraulic Mininq com-
nanv,s pronertv NOW contro,,ed Inv tho
now comnanv il of even crooter extan+
in va,re and IN addition tbe Rritisb-
N~ortbwes comnany b.s ,oouired On
miles ne r;vor nod of Tho ,,i, o,.s-
nellie river the a,mos, fa Unions rich
nass If which 10 , motter of historv
omong tho old m;re,s NJ 10 r;hoo
Tho NOW oor,rorr rorrosont, ,oroo
canital in New York Roston pbi,ade1-
nbia London ENGLAND and in Wash
ipgton and Rr;tisb Columbia ord 10
headed nv Hon 7 Ed,v.rd Addicks
,yboea oontrol of tho enormous s,s in
tc.asts Of BOSTON and pbi,.de,nb;. b,s
m,ae him , noted so,,ro omoro u,,ti-
miIIiopaires of tho cast Associated
with him arc h,nkers and hrs;ross mon
of he cities mentioned wtbose renre-
sentatives are IN tbe hoard of d,rec-
TORS and whose great inAuence makas
the new Investment , success a,raadv
for tho re,son that tho hoe a
vast nronertv If preat richness and
annie canitaI with (which to deve,on n
Something Of the future of this prop-
ertv NAV he Imagined when II is known
that Manager Hohsop of tbe Cariboo
mine, a short distance from the Fish
,back exnects IN take ont
81 nm mn nor ve,r from . nronertv
m,ch smaller in extent
Tho ~ tho Rr;,,ab.
Mort oomn,nv u,;,, b,vo tho now
oct o,d host m~,ohi,orv o,a ,,o.bods
and boya ,.lo, ororv ,roo,,., BOO.
s,ro tbouso1v.s s,ooo,, +, .ho,,r
venture ,o;,a oorsar,o+ir. h,s,nass
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ne VIII nave charge o. the business al
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oers .he ioiio"ine .ion ene
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