Year: 1878

There being no other business besides
farming, ard nearly all the farms having
to be made out OF the timber, the prog
ress Is comparatively slow.


Mr. Murine, the storckecCer is nm enter
prising man, and Mr.. ThurIow keeps
good hotel; the steamer Dlsp itch calls
with the mail once II week, SO there is a
good chance to ship every thing raised;
yet local saw mill, griSt mill, black
smith shop, and other branches Of indus
try are needed there to bring more mon
ey into that section, before its progress
will he as rapid as desired.


The Larbor is excellent, and water can
be brought in sufficient quantities to the
spit for large steam saw mill at reason
able expense; the matter has been under
consideration several times, to start u
large steam saw mill there. Besides the
local supply Of logs, as long as logs could
be brought from British Columbia, duty
free. this would be the best location 10
secure all the logs from Fmsiers river.
The logs cut into lumber on Burrurd's
Inlet, nearly all come from different
section. Very few logs have peen cut on
that great river, solely because there was
no market for them; this would create the
market A very superior grade OF bog iron
ore is found on he ortheast and south
sides of the bay; distance from water about
two miles. 1t is SAID that hundreds Of
tons are to be found on top of the ground
at least, it is there in sufficient quantities
to justify careful examination, and if all
these reports are true measures should he
taken to induce experienced iron man.
ifacturies to erect sneltng works. Lime
can be pocured by the steamer from the
San Juan Islands very chcaply. Probably
some point on Dakota creek would be
found quite centrally located for water,
charcoal, and for procuring the ore. Fer
profitable working, iron men would not
wish to put up works that would turn
off less than ten ton of metal peF day. 1t
would need a capital of about $75, 900, to
establish such works. They would use
some 20 tons OF ore per day and from
500,to 1000 bushels of charcoal. That
made from fir would be preferred. Tie
hands employed in such mill, the burn
ing of the charcoal snd the digging OF the
orc would not only keep alarge force em-
played, and bring lots of money there;
clear the land and furnish market for
the farmer at home at the same time.
Before it would be any use TO try and
get capitalists to look into the matter
it will be necessary to find out fully how
much iron ore there is there; at what price
per ton it can he got out and taken to
the works; and what percent ofpure metal
the ore will yield.


Provided there is sufficient quantity of
orc there, men interested in such business
would quickly determine on the cost OF
reduction, percentage of pure metal etc.


For some time past Mr.. Hemphill has
been unable to work, or do auy thing
about his place. His neighbors, appreci-
ating his unfortunate position, turned out
to the number of 2s, with nina teams and
plows about May first, they worked two
days, and planted his whole crop; putting
IN peas oats potatoes etc.


They also put in the crops of the Rev.
Mr.. Goodpasture, the methodist preacher
of that circuit.


The Semiahmoo settlement is very
strong in its religious sentiments. Nearly
two years ago, the congregationalist erec-
ted very convenient church. The
venerable father Steward, a gentleman
"a years ofage is the pastor, The metho-
dist are also building house OF worship


The school for that district is taught by
J. N. Lindsey this season, whose farm
is classed in the Birch Bay settlement, in
the above estimates


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