The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-21
'ClR|D(O ClMEROYS PARD.
VIII Undertake 4 Funeral Journey
70 Parkway Scotland.
MACE = MILLION TOGETHER.

terry, n which HIS wife Was
Hsriea--Robt. stevenson, Of simil-
kansen, ana story OF EARLY Days.
IN In three years 'Cariboo'' Cameron and
Robert Stevenson cleaned up q million
dollars from their placer claim. That
was between 1850 and 1854 Stevenson y
ranch on the 9imilkameen. The remains
~ Cameron are buried on Z blum Of the
Cariboo river. overlooking the exhausted
scariboo. Cameron was = character
among characters in the British Colum-
bla wilds. His hardy wife packed and
tramped over the mountains and through
took him. When she died on the claim
which was At last fulfilling the prophecy
~ their golden dreams, he nearly lost
III reason Persuasion could not avsfi
aGAinst his determination that she should
have religious burial in far-away Glen
kArry. % hfh partner. Stevenson. accom-
ps1isd hin on the long funeral Journey
Several years later. having increased
hi fortune In the diggings greatly,
sCariboo" Cameron returned to Scotland.
Where he gained great renown as public
benefactor. He entertained day and
night, lending large sums Of money to
old friends without exacting security.
Champagne breakfasts. barbscues at
tended BY the entire country side and
tally-ho parties were some Of the diver
siohs he provided for favored guests.
The pace had lasted more than twelve
years, when Cameron found himself q
h poor man again. Nothing daunted, he
determined to make q second cleanup,
4 - ar nj An ~
triumphs. Conditions during his lengthy
absence had changed. without friends.
the former king Of Cariboo, then well
advanced In years. resolutely started
to work on Q new claim from which he
expected great results. Fate. however.
decfeed otherwise. He fell I'll and died
among strangers.
Now his old partner says that Carl
boo" Cameron's remains shall be inferred
with those Of the wife from whom he
never was separated in life. Such IL the
ndelity Of pioneer friendship. Robert
Stevenson h planning to remove Cam
eron's mortal remains from the grave
It the lonely scene OF his early fortune
70 the Scottish cemetery at Summers
town. where he will erect a memorial
monument to two Of the quaintest and
most devoted souls that ever pioneered
the mining frontiers.
XXX
Mr.. Stevenson IL one OF the few Carl
700 miners at present living in the bound
AIRY country. In 1860 he Joined the Col
Inns expedition at Walla walia, bound
for the diggings OF Rock creek. the head
waters OF which Is the present Camp
Mckinney. There were 200 men in the
OUTFIT" he said, land two months were
consumed in crossing the mountains
through an almost unknown region. We
experienced many hardships and priva-
tons, and besides had q number of brush
g with the redskins. in the territory
now known as the Colville reservation
The Indians were intrenched in bluffs
commanding q canyon we had to ira
verse. They disputed our progress. and
We had to night our way through, losing
half q dozen men, but inficting more
severe punishment In return. We reach
ed the mouth Of Rock creek, little north
OF the present international boundary,
on July q, 1850, to find that about forty
miners from the Similkameen had pre-
coded us. The placers were very rich,
tho average per man being $50 a day.
All summer new Corners poured in, and
In September there was a stampede east
to Boundary creek, where $50 a day per
man was easily realized. In the sum-
mer Of the following year the mining
population along both streams. which
then began to give out, exceeded 5000.
Two thousand pack animals were en-
pioyed In hauling in supplies from the
coast
Mr.. Stevenson gives the following correct
version OF the gold quartz discovery, the
location OF which was lost SO many years:
I'm the fall OF 81 Mclean, a Hudson
BAY factor, overlook Cameron and me at
Bonaparte river and showed us piece of
quartz incrusted with free gold The
specimen was the richest ever saw MY
partner and Offered the officer $4,000 IL
ne would conduct us to the locality whence
It came. Mclean, who was killed in the
ChillIcoten Indian war In the following
year. declined our offer, and contented
himself with giving US general directions
For one reason or another postponed
the search for the Eldorado until fourteen
years had elapsed. then started out with
two Indians, and after few weeks con-
tinuous searching discovered what from
McLean's description was the mother lode
The md consisted of six-foot free milling
quartz ledge. The mineral could be traced
over q high mountain peak for nearly 600
feet. ] staked the claim and recorded It,
The locality, roughly speaking, is about
fifty or ffty-iye miles east of the coast,
and about forty miles north of the bound
airy, in the heart OF the Hope mountains.
brought out samples of the rock, and
seven assays gave values ranging from
$1.697 to $3.50 in gold per ton. These as
says can be verified at the government
assay on1ces In Victoria.
II revisited the locality but was unable
to find my claim despite the most diligent
search. Great was my disappointment, but
resolved on q second search the following
year, with the same success. This may
seem strange. but 1t must be remembered
that the district is covered with dense tim
Der and there is great uniformity about
the mountains. This fall made a third
hunt for the claim. and after q month of