. Kamloops mining camp [microform]. Mines and mineral resources; Agriculture; Mining law; Mines et ressources minières; Agriculture; Mines. â w-TSl ' ;,. !P ^fi Mi ! ! m\:\ ill 4i MR. MICHAEL SULLIVAN. IT was not till after all his half dozen brothers and sisters had quitted the place of their birth in the County of Cork, Ireland, to seek their fortunes in America, that Mr. Michael Sullivan decided to follow their lead and cross the Atlantic also. At that time (1856) he was 18 years of age. He landed at Boston, Mass., and in that State he continued tn live for six years. He was for the mo
. Kamloops mining camp [microform]. Mines and mineral resources; Agriculture; Mining law; Mines et ressources minières; Agriculture; Mines. â w-TSl ' ;,. !P ^fi Mi ! ! m\:\ ill 4i MR. MICHAEL SULLIVAN. IT was not till after all his half dozen brothers and sisters had quitted the place of their birth in the County of Cork, Ireland, to seek their fortunes in America, that Mr. Michael Sullivan decided to follow their lead and cross the Atlantic also. At that time (1856) he was 18 years of age. He landed at Boston, Mass., and in that State he continued tn live for six years. He was for the most part employed in farming, and dur- ing the compara- tive leisjre of the long winters' he contrived to put in a great deal of time at the excel- lent country schools in the n ei gh b o r hood where he was liv- ing. Here he prac- tically laid the foundation of an education which his naturallystudi- ous nature has continued to im- prove throughout the ups and downs of his whole life. There are few men in the community âeven amongst the college-bredâ wlic are as well read in g e n e r a 1 literature as he is, and with a mind of peculiar clear- ness and incisive- ness, aided by a â ' retentive memory, there is little that he has read that he has not formed a strong judgment upon, either thrusting it aside as useless or adding it to a fund of general knowlege that is both wide and deep. In 1862 he left Massachusetts for California, making the journey by way of the lsthn:us of Panama. He stayed a year in the Golden State, living at San Francisco. Thence coming directly to British Columbia, in March, 1863, he shouldered his pack and struck out for Cariboo. Here, with his accustomed energy, he went into gold mining and continued at it till 1868, thus passing through the most exciting period in the history of that country. He did not make a fortune, but he made some money, and determined to give his attention in future to farming and cattle-raising. He formed a partnership with
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