The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-02-06
.D|SPLEASED MYTH
 BRITISH CDDUMB|ANS
Atlinites Dissatisfied With
 Parliament's InactiOn.
CAPITAL HOLDING OFF
Jonn Bulls People No more Anx- ious Io Inves, in the Camp Than Americans.

]. C. Dlllow, who has arrived from At- In reports that the Bhtlshers In that dls. tret are disappointed over the failure of the British Columbia government t1 Kill the existing obnoxious laws governing that camp. British capital, he says. Is no more anxious to invest there than Amerl' can, and that whatever British capital to any extent there is that has had Its eyes on the Atlin country, will not seek opportun- ties there until after the Transvaal war is over, and that largely because lt Is thought there may be better opportunities in South Africa after the settlement of the unpleas- antrleS.
 "Atlin people," continues Mr, Dlllow, "are much disappointed at the action of the provincial lawmakers this session. They are eursIng the people that fail 10 remedy matters.
 "There are some magnificent hydraulic propositions in the Atlln country, but only two or three companies are going in now. The plaeers that are being worked through the winter by drifting are not proving phenomenal, but there are several that can be mentioned as paying fairly well. Near ly all the drifting that is being done is be- ing done by owners of the property. h fact that is the Case on all claims with the exception Of one, and the man who !: working that one Is working anothei mans claim without authority and Is hir ing others that he may more quickly g,' through with the illegitln ate venture.
 "No strikes have been made in drifting on Pine except one claim below discovery where sS a day to the man Is being taken out. do not remember the name of the claim or its owner.
 "on Willow Creek. Churchill and Mil llgan are taking s2o day to the man. Their claim is one hundred feet from Pine Creek.
 "On Spruce Creek, several are drifting, tsFing out from 8 to ss day.
 "On Mckee, Old Man Mckee, the dis covrrer of the creek, is the only one work ing. He is taking out wages.
 "rhlrtv cents an hour Is the prevailing te of wages on the creeks. Earth belnG taken out is being thrown on the dump tC be washed up in the spring after the streams open. When it is desired to pros peet the earth being taken out, the miners melt snow and get water for use In the gold pans.
 "The quartz properties of the Atlln dis triet have not proved of real value, bu there are hopes of something of worth 1T that line will be yet found.
 "Manager Featherstone, who has beer ! in charge or the development work on thu Anaeonda and Forman group, on thu water front on Lake Atln, just a little t' the south of the town of Atlln, has gull work on these properties suppose th' work will not be resumed there. The on is, 1 should say, of too low a grade.
 However, Mr. FeatherStone is proseeut' lne development work on the quartz prop critics crossing Pine creek, and which LorI ! Hamilton has bonded from Messrs. ClaN & Watts for s4o,O q ;laIm. The work CTS are sinking shaft, and eross-eu;tini with the hopes of asCertaining whether O not the properties pinch out. The shaft | down thirtv.hve feet. lt Is expected t' know something of the extent and wortl of the ore bodies within a few days. Tn ertpplngs were exceedingly rich, runnlni from 5000 to s7oo in free milling rock,
 Copper lodges at the southern end 0 Lake Atlin promise well, MesSrS. Banner man, Palmer, MeCroskev and Ruperter have claims of copper there of the natur of black oxide. The lodges are twenty ( thirty feet wide and have been traced tw to three miles, and have yielded sample running as high as s32 to the ton.
 "l came from Atlin in three days and eS perlerced no great difficulty or hardship | making the trip.
 "Mushers are in the habit of travelin along the railroad track from Log Cabin the Summit They do so at the risk their lives. travelled there myself wit my dog team and barely escaped being ru down in a cut bv a train. had to thro' my dogs over an embankment five fe' high, and then scramble over myself. escaped the engines pilot by only about seconds. Were the rotary advancing ov' the road one might run away from 1t, bc cause 1t moves only about six miles a
 hour. But there Is danger, and unle'
 heed is given to the warning posted by u railway company to keep off the track someone will be hurt there. Somethlr should be done
 MT. Dlllow will be here indefinitely. ar l may go to Nome in the spring.