The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-04-18

the Virginia Mining Company, which Is
made. up OF Wheeling people. His de-
scrlptlon OF q successful hunt for moose
and caribou Will be found especially
graphic and Interesting.
Special Correspondence Of Intellgencer.
LIZZIE MINE, ONT, CANADA,
April Notwithstanding dnwned clear
and bright. with the thermometer. s de-
greeS below zero. Towards midday,
however, the mercury climbed to the
40 degree mark, and the afr was warm
and .balmy, foretelling OF spring, and
making us think Of the loved ones In
the sunny south. HsI4
AS the hour for church drew near our
thoughts wandered to the Easter head
gear, and we pictured gay femininity
coyly pacing her way to worship ar
rayed In all her spring adornments,
the observed Of all observers.
Easter marks the downfall Of the Icy
snow king: from now on he must bow
to the greater majesty Of old king SOL
Already the snow Is beginning to melt;
in three weeks the most OF 1t will be
gone, and two weeks after that nnvlBa-
ton will be open. ..iF
y IlhNiub wiz llOW WE Glu llOl 1bel fully
caribou in our first hunt, I have been
asked to tell OF some Of our more lucky
experiences. Now. you know the
game ywardens :hereahouts are very
touchy upon the matter Of caribou and
moose. so while i will describe the
events us II we actually participated,
You must consider them entirely as ro-
nance.
One day this winter, Jim and Bob
Rnyburn, two Michigan boys, asked me
to accompany them to Spider Lake, for
the purpose OF examining some mining
claims. So filling our pack sacks with
grub and blankets. and putting on our
snow shoes. We started off. Jim carried
my 1925 Martini rifle, while I had my
30-32 smokeless powder Winchester.
Going through Rupert. Eva. Title and
Ii Lakes. We reached the mile portage
into Gold Lake. Being very steep, up
hin work, snowshoes were of no use, so
discarding them we floundered through
the snow. which often reached our arm
PITS: but finally we gained the summit
and then began the descent. Just be-
fore arriving at the shore my eye
caught the movement OF something in
the brush half q mile away across the
} lake. Quickly nfotioning to the boys,
we nll dropped in the snow and breath
lessly awaited. Again the branches
shook. and then there stalked forth one
Of North Americas grardest beaEts-a
moose. Raising his magnificent head
he proudly shifted the mir, and seemed
to say: Il am monarch Of all ! survey"
The wind was In our favor. so he sus-
pected nothing. and began to browse
on the moss with which the rocks Of the
shore were covered.
A moose Is the quickest animal with
nose. ear and eye-and II you get In his
road. with his feet also-that / know
Of: so making signs to my companoins.
we suaked, wriggied and twisted our
way to within 300 yards of the creature.
Taking steady aim, Jim and Aired.
My! what q jump! Talk about moose
being awkward. you should have seen
tina: fellow run. However, his career
was short, for lucky shot dropped
him, and although he fought vlciously,
and died hard. three bullets were too
much for him. With Immense nnt!ers.
his body the size and weight OF COW,
and his height that OF Il horse. one
would have to go far to see n more
magnificent brute.
We stayed that night Mt the deserted
cabin Of 4 prospector. The next morn
ing the three OF US took n toboggan and
went after the moose. As we were re-
turning saw O caribou walk OUT from
behind a point. Drawing back out OF
sight, Bob and took the guns and
worked around 10 the shore behind the
deer. To our surprise. We saw. out on
the ice. some 200 yards away. not one
but two caribou. Bob being the WISH
tor. had first shot. but failed 10 stop his
deer. Both OF us then opened Are upon
them while they We're running. At my
third shot the nearest caribou pitched
forward on his head. ind turned my
attention to the second one. which was
now $50 yards away. The fourth bull
let from my little Winchester partially
dropped him: but 1t required three more
bullets to finish him.
The execution Of my 20 smolsclcss
Winchester Is fearful: every bone In
the skull OF the first caribou was smash
ell by my bullet The other caribou
bore my trade mark In three places,
and a Martini bail in fourth. only one
wound, however. in vital part. The
caribou are very hard TO ston. uRless
shot In the head or heart, and have
vivid recollections of chasing Il wound
ed one four miles through the brush
and snow before finally getting him.
The ducks will soon be flying, and we
are already anticipating feasts az Mai
lard as change of diet. Potatoes and
other vegetables gave out at camp long
ago; salt pork and beans get very mo-
notonous when eaten three times day
for weeks and months. Our commits
sary did not think OF embalmed beef
when laying In his supplies last fall.
Our Indian hopes to get one more
mall through before the middle OF May.
but the Ice Is getting very unsafe. and