The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-26
IN CARIBO0 FELL S.
Development Work in the
Golden Gravel Beds.
MANY MILLIONS stIHG SPENT.
Seattle Nen In IucE-A Cesn-lp O.
s12s 900. and $4,000 Blast
The Land sf Hydraulics

rtwrsSs seem from she statements maze
- g. K Briefly. ~ho has f2sg EstaIi-
s~arr. sns famous gold hskGs cz e-Fl0~s',
r. C. after an absence o. nearly Us
months that ne Seattle boys are sfxletls
IN TIE mining sxir1. and the golden s~ESSa4i
l. setting their way.
II am interested With other SeaStie ~
pie" said ne. in BAEkerwtiie district, AAl
our organization Is known as tie CAEs1foo
Mining and Development Company. cisAs'-
izss Under the laws OF the state o. v ash
layton last spring. TIE property OF lag
company 10 situated sn the cd chGnnSs ..
Antisr creek, one OF the pT1nclpa3 sosA
streams 81 ne district. and our lease en-
braces about two and half miles. 81
about &19 acres OF placer ground, walsh
Mr. BowrSn. the gold commissioner, pro
ngunees one Of the NEST important els
coxeriss In the osG channels male N nlany
years. aad this Is saying good deal, i'E
he IS an otl-Gmer, and was with Sa-sksoo
In It's psImy and most prosperous days.
There ara about five miles OF this osa
Antier channel. and Il Is oar aim 10 get
the waters of Antler creek on f.. We have
avasled ourselves OF al Old ditch thas was
partially completed. Sh-ch We have
cleaned cut ana wi1eDed. and We nave
constructed ]. coo feet Of new ditch ana are
building islde feet Of fsams. Ias lumber
required In this 6ame has 10 be whip
sawed. which is rather a slow process
when compared with me modern saEEaill.
This ditch carries the water I'VE miles and
practically controls the ground The entire
distance. Al low stage OF the stream We
wIn have 200 miners inches. and az higa
stage from go 20 :, 90 inches. which eAa
be used II desired
We will net be ready TO operate giants
before spring. but will have water enough
on the ground 70 enable "a 20 commence
sIuiclng about September 8. ana we will
groGnd-ssaice as long as the ather viii
permit. which is usually until about De
csnosr L
samples OF Pay Dirt.
II have some samples here OF dust that
VIII give an idea OF the material We ara
after and the character OF the ground We
are working IN on the old channel (Hece
MIR. Br1eriy produced two small bottles
containing gold dust.) Tnis Is from twea-
ty-sevea cubic yards OF gravel with no
bedrock. and is valued at SO. Is. the second
bottle Is from thirteen yards. ana is worth
az. Old miners can explain 10 you
whether this IS good pay dirt or not. with
plenty OF Il and water practically with
out limit.
We are employing fourteen men In
what may really be termed dead work.
but We VIII have nearly tkres months 10
devote TO ground-siuicing and work that
VIII be productive. have been asked by
stockholders regarding dividends this
year. Such a thing is among the posi-
Diiiiiess and / should be pleased 10 SEQ 1t.
but they shouldn't expect TOO much from
property In process OF development
Next season they viii have no reason 10
complain On this score For my part. |
am more than pleased with the work al
ready accomplished. This has all been
done through an expenditure not to ex-
coed S.ooo.
While our outlook is simply splendid.
l can say the same remarks will apply TO
the entire Car8boo country. The weather
IS splendid, fully as good as the people OF
tina sound are enjoying. and the mines are
not only in process OF development. but
many Of them are producing a large
amount OF gold.
The Richest spot on Earth.
a property on which a large amount
of development Is being done Is the Carl
boo Gold Fields, owned principally by En-
giish people. among them being Lady
somerset. This property was promoted
py A d. Whittier, an American, who Is
also managing the property. The mines
are on William creek. on what was at one
time known as the richest spot on earth.
and which was all Grifted on during the
early days OF Cariboo. The company an
ticipats expending 100000 In Develop
haeht before they realize a dollar in re-
turh' put so great is their faith that they
put up their money without tia least he's
tfsncy. They SIRE putting a sfran.t, ~
oraullc MT on William creek, and the nina
they are using is twenty-foirr inches in
diameter, all manufactured In ENGLAND
Tney own their own teams and wa~ons
and are doing their own freIrht,nu fyarn
the Canadian Pacific at Ashcroft 10 the
mines ~ 'i9
Another company that have .xbfh,,as
staying qualities and faith in the t-srthoa
country Is the WaTerly They have gnenf
seventeen years and a large arooun, ~
money In development without anything
10 show for II, until recently they struck
II rich. and their first cleanup WAS 4l.1
ounces. From this time forward thew ex-
Grouse creek.
There are thirty hydraulic claims I'm
active operation In the Carfboo countr1,
among ne best being the Bolts. Newman
NaFeriy. Black Jack. Eye-Opener ana
Mosquito. and all are paying At mod
eFaRe eslim2is they viii average 20
ounces OF gold each
Gold Hunters From Seattle.
Three Seattle boys this summer dfScov-
cred placer claim in Mountain Valley.
near BarkeFvtlle. from which thew hava
taken tsoa They w-ere engaged th~ns
weeks In accomplishing TITS. and in nne
instance they had pan ihAi went as hign
50 r.so
'Larkin. Dr. Jcrdan's right-hand man.
Is in the district. and. In fact one stum-
bles over Seattle people at ev-yv turn-
Fully ons-haif The inhabitants Of C-arfbse
are Americans. and they are the chief
rustlcrs OF the country.
a Seattle man has raised quite a uttie
excitement IN quartz mines This Ia : 7
Narsh, who formerly operated on Monte
Cyisgo AID Silver creek In Victoria
Marsh formed company ard leased the
government colonization works at BARK
ervtiie for the purpose OF testing the Black
Jack ores ny the cyanide process. He IS
pattias ten tons CT this ore through win
every prospect Of success and thIs has
started The boys tnto the mountains To-
Catlng quartz claims hitherto looked yipon
80 81 no value. The rebeUioas ores OF
TIE Black Jack have refused 70 give no
fhasr ssrn-tsslz metals trAa~