The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-03-23
OFF FOR THE CARIBOU
Mining Men Bound for the
Golden Gravel Beds.
TO TAKE OUT MANY THOUSANDS.
The Rich Horsefy ahd Its Richer Com
panion-Owners Anticipate sea-
son Of Prosperity.

Work on the Cariboo and Rorsefy
mines in British Columbia VII begin very
shortly. General Manager J. B. Hobson,
In charge of botn mines, arrived in the
city saturday, and with him were twenty
nine miners from Placer county. Cal.
who have been selected because Of their
knowledge Of hydraulic mining. The two
mines are Incorporated under diff
terent names. though the same parties
are interested In both. While the claims
have been known for some time. they
have never been developed 10 any extent
until they passed into the possession OF
the present company. three years ago.
Those interested are all Canadians with
the exception of J. y. Hobson. who Is an
American. The personnel of the company
IS as follows: William q. Van Horne. r.
Il. Angus. T. G. Shaugnessy. =. A Peter
son. John Castles. George Odds. j. T
Davidson and /. G. Ogden. Of Montreal:
w. ID. Matthews and Osler 4 Hammond.
OF Toronto; Hon d. Maclnness. OF Ham
ilton; H. Abbott and J. d. Townley. Of
Vancouver. and j. b. Hobson. of Auburn.
Cal Gov. kirkpatrick. of Ontario. is in
terested in the Horseny mine. but not in
the Cariboo. General Manager Hobson
was seen at the Northern hotel last night.
and in describing the work already done
on the mines and their future prospects.
said:
The Cariboo mine. which Is larger and
richer than the Horsefiy. has cost the
company 0oDa, or sl0o.ooc more than the
other. The yield from a cubic yard of
gravel from the two mines is 60 cents
and 70 cents. respectively. You can esti-
mate the wealth of the gravel when you
consider that yield of 3i2 cents is about
the average in California. A canal TWEEN
ty miles in length, with a capacity or
5000 miners inches. has been built from
I t-.- Doll nd fn..t RI "a
boo mine, and another canal twelve miles
long with a capacity of 1900 inches, from
the Horsefly river to the Horsef1y NINE
These bitches were not finished until iate
last year, and during the forty-five days
left of the season. from April l TO Octo-
Der 20. $50, 900 was taken from the Caribou
During a slightly longer period 10000 was
taken from the Horsehy. No dividends
have been paid as yet, all the profit 60
ing into the equipment. This season We
expect TO take $500, 900 from the Cariboo.
and 100000 from the Horsefiy.
I'VE really have the privilege of work
ing the year round, as the ground is leas-
ed from the Dominion government. for $40
a year. Beside that, we agree TO spend
5000 a year in Improvements. We have
regular sleeping houses at both mines,
and stores run by the company. Last sea-
son there were seventy-five men at work
In the larger mine and sixty IN the small
er. This year about twenty more Will
be put on. During what is called the
closed season, there have been fifteen men
at the Cariboo. ana seven at the Horseny,
doing winter work, such as putting IN
logs and driving tunnels. The miners are
paid from s. 80 to s. a day. Ten monitors
with a head of 800 feet do the work or
both mines. At Cariboo is Quesnelle Forks.
a small mining town of 2oa inhabitants.
and each of the mines. which are about
twenty-six miles apart. has a postonice
of its own We think We undoubtedly
have two Of the richest mines in the
country
The party left yesterday morning 1or
Vancouver where ii will take the Cam
adam Pacific for Ashcroft, and thence
$50 miles by stage to the mines. W. N
Bissett assistant manager of the Horse
fly, and T. Daisey. foreman of the Carl
boo, were with the party.