The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-18
Romantic Mining Experience on
the International Boundary.
a.. M'k,snsy.s GOLD FIND.
slow Il Caas Into the Psssession 81
: 0onpAny prganissd ~ Geo. y.
y1eAuisy ana YGads Hin = NIL
ikSaaSr scritfcal stock Manipsla-
4iens-Patient Devslopment 81 the
ynetksr Lode OF rock Creek.

or:1imsi appearance IN . Stevens county
Wookly Newspaper, n story respecting
the Cartboo mine at Camp Mckinney that
deserves elaborate correction.
Something insxpiicably romantic at
don With mining The golden episodes Of
$ks great Cariboo placers, immcrtalised
ID mfnine camp song BY "Old Tom
Moore. the hummer sure OF the days OF
-" closed the Iliad o. the Pacific argo-
qauka. ana for nearly forty years Ameri-
On prospectors have found In Caribou .
talismanic titls with which to conjure the
Il ~ Z survivor q the Cariboo gold
liolGs who chftetened the famous quarts
mime Of Colorado that made Jerome b.
Ckahes Independently rich and : United
States senator. This property produced
great fortune and sold TO Europeans for
Scsrcely mining district in the country
placer or quarts. but has its Cariboo clam:
% Il may be readily cofnprehended that
Al Mckinney, when he named his claim
On the free gold cropping he found In =
narrow mountain cleavage near the head
waters Of Rock creek. was inspired BY q
proper respect for tradition and loyalty
70 the pscspector's tensts Of luck.
Fate played some curious tricks with
this particular Cariboo mine. Its loca-
~, - ~ *. f,r,sd. hetwssn ma wstSrs ~
wstts. rsvsr ana the rksnorsn' Il fhus
reisfiveiv near the tumblins river from
which the original CAriboo placers de-
seis - = - oa6 gsfsaysb0e lainef And finaiiv
~ ,;s., ~ vhnrr Il apnea1ed for heir
,vS.r tha nina seep1ad fo fail him wns
trained at the scene Of the Colorado quarts
Cariboo. Mckinney did mot realize the
~ n,,rrhsser ~,,essed befter
~ q McAnlev e nat ! nininr nrn.
,notsr n thu real estate sense ia which
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,ns MI "a ! ts,sntsd M. s,iIiad = ar
IN n..rcne. ~ ths h,,sinesa he cow
hsr.. wyth an NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Scotch
4 shrsvdness mora nracficaI underground
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4, sn~ Ncrthwest. the .nirit ana dssh az
~. ~embler. rare fntsrlirence ana = "a
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~ areScrv s,,Ich cc,orsac. w. ~ n,,s.
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trr~ - fhn f,ns,,r a Acme Ana closed o,,t
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s,1 crsdui,tv III frtenNshir ccr.nirsd II
/ INA n three fortmnes Tor MIN, His
SIfsssht 80 Snrs,a "A Tia s(samn McIrgnrsv
rs:-ts.rn vhtch has ,,,sdA nm, vr3lIior,
sirs sIready.
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go 80 -. ma. 49,, ~ ma s-a.,,
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ee-4srs. ,esars ~ rnech,r~ - v.s ~
s,.sr,, sro,r sss,c,ssn. "a Marcus ana th.rc.
IN rns,es ~ horsehe ~ mn tina KAttIe liver
Tnaiar trait McAuiev hsd means ~ tha
time OF the discovery. and loaned McKin-
nev money! TO develop the Cariboo.
Some years passed without proving the
proparty 10 be worth what was antac,-
pated, and as the boundary country
opened slowly to civilization Mckinney
Rrew DISCOURAGED McAuley advfsAd him
to hang on but he was resolved to sell
and insisted on McAuley taking trip
4 to the camp.
McAuley was IN no condition financially
to handle tn. prospect, but succeeded I'm
persuading PHI ORourke, OF Bunker Hill
and Sullivan fame, and Jack Hanley, the
present general manager OF the Bonanza,
g accompany him In an examination OF
the property. with a view to organizing
company. Aiter having carefuliy looked
over tne, ground, u hourke ana Hanley de-
ciueo not 20 invest IN II.
N mining pariance, they turned 1t
eauey saw WIN uiHerent eyes
80 au .sseea : ,arse part OF ms mn
hrs,s. nn,d n - .s'aes nno ,nosr cs,er
otherwiss rsmad GrssnrvH ,otaa
6 similarity IN the ore strmct,ra and Conn.
try rock,
w "
Upon returning 10 spokana Nc Au,av mar.
! 0uQOeQ James MONOGRAM. father nj the
young ensign who died so heroicaIlv al sa-
moa. and Glenn King. of the Coeur 4. Aisne
TO take the ground floor on his On.
ton which thew did At a small OUTLAY M
pretense was made at splurrinr. Even w
c. Jones, the attorney who attended to
the legal work for the company. received
his compensation in treasury shares az <
cents on the dollar. which was the price
OF the first issue. The Capitalization was
100000 dollar shares.
In spite Of the difficulties a ten-stamp
mill was packed into the Cariboo and In
!. 1894 1t began to grind out dividends. Then
commenced the steady rise OF value in the
stock, the natural dealing in It. and the
inevitable intriguing King and several
minor holders took fright on one occasion.
and McAuley bought most of the stock
offered Not long afterward fault was
encountered in the pay shoot, and second