The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-06-27
WESTERN CANADA
HAS new CAMP
GOLD STRIKE OF IMPORTANCE
REPORTED IN NORTHERN
SASKATCHEWAN

A gold strike of considerable i'm
portance is reported in the Beaver
Lake district, in northern Saskatche-
wan, Canada. The Pas Herald, pub
lished at The Pas, Manitoba, pub
fishes the following details regarding
the new strike in its issue of June 5:
The first authentic reports of de
velopment work in the Beaver Lake
mining district reached The Pas on
Monday. While it has been known
for some time that the Prince Albert
claim, owned by the Beaver Lake
Mining company, gave promise of a
real mine, a number of facts have
made the reading public rather in
credulous.
When, however, such men W Rich
ard Hall, NJ. P. P. for the Cumber-
land constituency, and Stanley Simp-
son, son of the district manager of
the Hudson Bay company, report on
the work now actually under way.
attention must be paid to their story.
The Beaver Lake mining district was
discovered last August, and the sur
face showings were so rich in gold
that absolute secrecy was maintain
ed by the discoveries until a reason
able number of claims were secured.
and the interests of the owners prop
erly protected. Then, when the large
number of samples showing free gold
we're displayed last December a min
iature stampede to the district start.
ed. The winter passed, however,
with very little preparation being
made for spring. Real, genuine min
ing men were scarce in this section
of Canada, and those into whose
hands the news filtered, realizing the
advent of spring would throw more
light on the subject, have patiently
bided their time. AS week after
week passed, and the only reports
available confirmed the fact that the
Prince Albert had been tested to but
a depth of three feet and no work
was in progress, the inactivity of the
company was attributed to various
causes, and suspicion was aroused
that the first reports concerning the
richness of the find had been greatly
exaggerated.
Beaver Lake became clear of ice
Thursday last, and on Friday Messrs.
Hall and Simpson crossed this SOON
to-become-famous body of water in
a canoe. Fortunately a gasoline
launch was at Cumberland, and they
were enabled to make connections
for The Pas.
Cold" said Mr.. Hall, "yes, gold,
and plenty of it.. Within the past
few weeks work has been resumed
on the Prince Albert. They are now
down about ten feet in quartz four
teen feet wide, and the rock is just
as full of the yellow metal at this
depth as it was on the surface. If
should attempt to tell you the truth
you would disbelieve me My advice
is for you to go and see for yourself.
The vein is not fourteen inches, nor
forty inches, but fourteen feet, and
If you want a specimen of rock show
ing free gold you need not hunt long
on the dump. 1t has been uncovered
over 100 yards"
The writer of this article has spent
a number of years in mining camps
and realizes how prone one is to ex-
aggerate when it m to the re-
porting of a gold strike, but it is and
always has been his policy to adhere
to facts. 1t is his belief that the
strike at Beaver Lake is genuine,
and worthy of investigation on the
part of any mining man who knows
the game.