The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-11
MINES AND MINING.
Interview With the Lieutenant
Governor Of British Columbia.
A MINING BOOM PREDICTED.
A Mineral Country That Rivals south
Africa Or Amy Osher Land Fnziish
Capital Flowing In 10 Develop.

satns q lengthy ard very interesting tt
tsrvlew with Lfssst Cos. DEs1ney. o
British COLUMBIA which IS rsga5ssae3 IN
order 10 show ,hs greAs interest no~ b.
Ing taken In LonAon, In ia ulnss o. this
confinert. ard more particularly in Brit
ssh Columbia
Not every BODY knows that On the Ps-
eifsr si0pe of British Norm Arner3ea there
81 one - the grsst a4rtteroas regions o
iae wGrlc. But certain well-inforre9 per
son. ln The city DO know tha; they vQu3.
not Be AT al surprised K before .ong hers
were boom IL Cul8m sisn GOD com
parable with hose when nave enriched
many, and Impoverished rather moFe.
over -ous1 Afrea as ~ So, A9srralss. y -
that boom - wAz. he wtsest folk n
British Columbia van pn The contrary.
ia0wga they wo9la heartily welcome ths
genuine British capitalist investor. tAeg
don't a. a. desire the attentions q the
British spectator and TIE British pro-
r3oter We caa do or ovu promoting
ans Specializing. thank you" say these
shrsw9 and aar5-headed settlers. ard SIS
most ~ the claims worth having are GOV
r solis .O-al hands ard 10; likely to be
parted WITH except FOR grsaumoniy good
consideration. ths adventurous financing
gentlemen or the lookon; for vendor s.
pro4t VIII not % mach n British Colan-
his HHt az good Judges think the prov
tace has A future, n0w nat the Canadian
Pacific has o3ened Il aue aBniniiate6 shat
excessive remeteness from the wor1's
centers whiea has held II oacE so long
f'n is ~ - ~ eann ~~ with
the province there IS no better authority
iAan the Hon E3gar Dwedney. heutenan.
governor % BTsglxh Columbia, who has
been on brief visit 10 London Mr.
DewEnsy is one OF the pioneers OF Brit
ish Columbia who went ont IN that country
near.y forty years ago IN the gold rash
20 the Fraser river. which for a time
threatened even 10 rival shs. 0. California
and drew = 100 miners from tnat state
The Lieutenant governor. a hrorzet mid
die-aFs1 gentisrr an. whose manner has
that pleasant mixture % English recose
s~3 eiyee Afartfsrass -Na~e s~Fsff- n
the Canadian eolonlst o. the west. talks
freely OF his experiences. re tells YOU
how he went oat 20 Yan,o IN p when
Sir Edward Ly-tton was colonial secretary
and was inducing a good many young Eng
llshmen % good family 10 try thelr Iuck
n aia pat Gloomy. Il was :he articles in
the newspapers on the new gold aslss
which took me- ont" says Nj Dwedney
Il renaern Der reading II the Times how
sold could be picked ~ In the streets q
Yale"
Il hope you got few nuggets NJ
. Dewfney." sali orr representative.
Wei sir, replied the lieutenant gov
ernor there Was gold in the streets of
Yale. But" ne added srily. 4, was not
present in PAYABLE quantities"
Then Ar. Dwefney explains how the
early r'sshes died down II was tn4 remote
ness % IRE province that checked lnri-
grafton. We regard British Columbia no~r
as part % he Dominion OF Canada: but
thirty years ago Quebec was further from
I Vancouver tran Il TOW . from Pektnx
-
va Panama or round Cane Horn BAT
there are men Ia British Columbia To-Day
who made the long i0arnev by wagon
across The North west--a Journey ~ weeks
an3 months Hundreds died hv the wav
and issi their bones % hieaeh upon the
great plains Then when trey had got IN
"a the province 81 was hard % make wav
into The gold distr'cfs among the valleys
snd passes - thar Alpine land - noun
talns ans magnificent scenery. ars. when
The gold aas won, difficult ana costly 70
get = 20 ths wo~ii's markets And IN e~fts
o. al these obstacles there Vas great
golA Industry In british Columbia 20
years. A a matter of fac sorae g.. re e3r
worth e gols has been taken o1it % The
allow al T-aeAf~e@ ~ sha Cs $685. --e-t--
ara TIRE Fraser river Bat sor7e ~ ne
rivers cot worked og'. ans ire a37}t-
srNss in re hanfs - tn miners gve-e
rot z1fe >isni 20 ~reke 7gartx rgfutrg "a,
Now. however" sats or r~1~es4rsta-
tive. y understand hat tire g~es' mir
ing e0terrrise q fhe province = ne
search for r@ef gold r Carieoos"
That IL IS. The aIluv'al wasNfrrx are
stiN hei7g worked as fa -he Koo.a-av
resioa 'here Is = great sH~er ana v-fs In.
dusfry besides which pros As>tsrs are A.
work az over me roa~trv looking fo- -avv
deposits When I WAS stea rafrw ltexr rs
tnt1HfA'a Tiver, rot many weess SGD