The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1922-10-27
ANOTHER RICH
GOLD STRIKE
New and Sensational Discoveries In
the Old CaribOO, b. c., Placer
Diggings.

Saturday II. Tuller and Geo. A. Alex
| ander, the latter accompanied by his
12-year-old son, passed through Oro-
vile by auto on the way to their home
at Bellingham from Cedar creek, in
the Cariboo country, soma 500 miles
| north of Oroville in British Columbia
The visit of these gentlemen created
considerable of sensation among
those who had the privilege of meet
ing them, as they had in their possess
ion considerable quantity of placer
gold that they had washed out ON
Cedar creek, where they hold placer
mining claims, and where they expect
to return and continue mining within
the next fortnight. The samples that
tney carried was in the nature OF
coarse gold and in color and fineness
varied as they came from different
diggings, all in the same neighbor-
hood
Mr.. Tuller, who is an old time miner
stated that while the Cariboo district
is one of the Oldest placer mining dis
tricts in the northwest ,he deposits
have not been worked out, nor the
country thoroughly prospected. not
withstanding that mining has been go
ing on for over 60 years. In the SOS
there was great stampede to the
Cariboo, and it was during that rush
that gold was first discovered Oh the
Similkameen river, near Oroville Ac-
cording to the report of these Iwo
gentlemen there has been marked
revival in mining in the district this
year, as new deposits have been dis
covered, some Of them paying hand
somely. Mr.. Tuller stated that Ill one
instance an outfit of four men work
ing on ground held by d. T. Ashby and
an old fashioned rocker, are taking out
an average of $1,000 week. The high
est days run on this claim was $1,751.
Other claims on the creek are paying
we'll.
Mr.. Alexander exhibited a bottle Of
nuggets that W would weigh about s1S. He
stated that he and ais young SON pick
ed pan of dirt out of the side hill
some distance above the creek. and
were at work picking and washing for
about two hours recovering the gold
he exhibited.
Both gentlemen were very enthus-
iastic over the prospects and predicted
that there would be another rush to
the Cariboo and that the recovery of
great wealth that marked the first
rush to the diggings would be repeated
again during the next few years.
While on the creek they tried out a
new gold saving machine which they
had taken north with them and upon
t1eir return they will take in larger
machine, being convinced by their ex-
periments that the machine will revo-
lutionize placer mining, as it is simple
OF design, of light weight, hence easy
to move from place to place and 1t
requires only small amount of wa
ter to operate.
Messrs. Tuller and Alexander went
to the Cariboo last spring and have
put in the summer prospecting
through the country, at last striking it
rich on Cedar creek where they locat-
ed claims. The trip out at this time is
for the purpose of securing a larger
gold saving machine, and as has been
stated Mr.. Tuller expects to pass
through Oroville within the next few
weeks on his return journey.
While. they were in Oroville the
gentlemen met Mr.. Coyle, who recently
took out quantity of gold nuggets on
/ the Similkameen, and after seeing the
gold, which is of a much brighter COL
or than that from Cedar creek, Mr..
Tulled stated that upon his return ne
would stop over in Oroville for two
or three days for the purpose of thor
ougly examining the Similkameen
placer ground.
1t is safe to say that when Messrs
fuller and Alexander reach home and
exhibit their gold and report upon the
| prospects held out by the Cedar Creek
diggings sensation will be created,
and although there may not again be
a repetition of the Coeur d'Alene or
klondyke rush in all probability many
will head in for the Cariboo. for the
lure of gold is always too attractive 20
be resisted by tho human family