The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-18
uyaraulie Mi.i.s In Caribeo.

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The following Is from the report OF
special correspondent Of the Canadian
Mining Review on some Of tho hydraulic
mines In the Carihoo district:
Following the advice Of . friend IS 10
the route by which could see the most
In the shortest time. l proceeded TO the
l0s mile house on tho Cartboo road
thence sixty miles over q comparatively
good road 10 Horse Fly. There ! found
the Horse Fly Hydraulic Mining Com
pany.s gravel mine in full operation. with
William Risset, assistant manager, IN
charge This valuable property ID owned
principally Or Sir William Van Horne
and other officers of the Canadian Pa
cinc railway. Senator Machines and other
capitalists Of Montreal and Ottawa. The
same syndicate also own the Cariboo hy-
drauisc mines. situated on the south fork
of Quesneile river. about twenty-six miles
by trail from Horse Fly. Ar. ]. b. Hob
son. an experienced mining engineer from
California. Is manager OF both these great
properties.
the most perfect water systems and best
constructed canals. dams and waste weirs
that ever saw In any mining district.
Two thousand to 1850 miners inches OF
water Is used In the mine. forced through
four large giants under q pressure. or
head tas miners term it). of about Ito
feet. and used 10 cut down the banks
of gravel. carrying IL over the siaices.
whsre the gold Is caught In the rifles
and tho sand and gravel. or tailings Is
dumped into the Horse Fly river. The
water is brought from Musse. creek
through about twelve miles az canal and
two and . quarter miles OF thirty-inch
steel pipe. The pipe lire Is laid on the
plan OF an inverted siphon and carries
the large body Of water over three deep
depressicns When the water Is not re-
CURED at the mine II Is delivered into
pooling reservoir. which the company
has made out of Rat lake. by building
3 dam at IT'S outlet 30 feet iong and 10
or Il feet high. TIE ditch or canal car
ries from $50 20 anoa miners inches Of
water to one sand tank and another short
ditch from Rat lake reservoir 70 a sec
end sand box carries enough water from
the reservoir 10 make up any quantity
required at the rtne. Up 10 soc9 inches.
or more. II necessary.
When Dan NeCallgm. ne origina!
owner OF the property. sold II 20 Mr.. Hob
son for the syndicate. he had washed out
two small pits. showing faces OF gravel
about lie feet across and bank OF seventy
or eighty feet high. al good-iockinr. we'll
washed free gravel. srcm the bedrock 10
grass roots An occasional chunk OF CO.
the bank. McCasum used an inch pipe
and . small monitor with . two 10 four
inch ncxxle. and OF course his progress
was slow.
The present cc,rrAnv's two strings cs
twenty-five Inch pipe. delivering sgs
inches OF water through tive ard some
times four giants with ak 30 esxht-snch
Monies have washed away several acre.
Of the gravel The past season they had
with. which Increased IN quantity a. the
bark was worked hack. until now the
hara cenientea grave, has closet down TO
the bedrock in many places across She
whole present face OF the workings about
eee feet.
I examined and rannea cut the bottom
gravel IN many places across tbs face,
and In no pan OF gravel that saw wsshA!
tsa fat 30 nn5 god. sometimes ter 20
fwerty coarse coIo-s. ard often as h.gn
- IS cents 20 50 cents 70 the pan was
found In many places even two ana
three feet above tire rock could see me
ge.a sticking IN the cement Much ot the
rold IN this cemented gravel muss have
gone over IRE dump into TIA river. TN
h>taet IN TIRE humps Of cer-ert. wh.ch I.
was impossible 90 break up fne enough
90 ssserst@ she geld. In fact. picked up
several lur~,< Of cerrenfsd gravel on the
dump containing god. believe sna. the
softer and free washing grave ~. ~
found ahead when the other rirn - mis-
nest extensive river esannes :s fogri !
believe that IL vii Re impossible ara an
profitable 70 continue 20 work tbs com
rarvss hank Of rsea g-sves ny tie ny
4rauSie system or account @. the cerrentsa
character az the aenosst as now exrasea
In the present workings Frem what
gwf an confident thas che .rsne oos,t Ne
made 70 pxv coed dividends. /. the r.ca
~essoss strata Of csussntsd gravel was
arsftet cut ana crusaed IN = quartz or
stamp mil Nr. Rsssssf informed IA. that
the proposition 20 eree1 large milling
afx>as on the property asxt season had
ne~u reeo.nnerded ~ Manager FcAssn
ard Was ncw eelng considers. ~ the
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