. Kamloops mining camp [microform]. Mines and mineral resources; Agriculture; Mining law; Mines et ressources minières; Agriculture; Mines. r"VW''fri*"?''^f I the plains was made nd few pleasures, the ine, Touchwood Hills, to Edmonton. Here 0 the Bow River and Vermillion Pass down the U. S. boundary, Fort Colville, Wash. Mr. Moore and others eclion of two large ;, and eighteen other dwellings for the —1 U. S Govern- I ment. Leaving I there and com- ing back into British Colum- bia through the Okanagan and also through hostile bands of Indians, who were at war with the US. authori- ti
. Kamloops mining camp [microform]. Mines and mineral resources; Agriculture; Mining law; Mines et ressources minières; Agriculture; Mines. r"VW''fri*"?''^f I the plains was made nd few pleasures, the ine, Touchwood Hills, to Edmonton. Here 0 the Bow River and Vermillion Pass down the U. S. boundary, Fort Colville, Wash. Mr. Moore and others eclion of two large ;, and eighteen other dwellings for the —1 U. S Govern- I ment. Leaving I there and com- ing back into British Colum- bia through the Okanagan and also through hostile bands of Indians, who were at war with the US. authori- ties, he reached Kamloops, or rather the Hud- son's Bay post on the north side of the river from the present Kam- loops. After ob- taining supplies at the post he proceeded down the Thompson River and on lo Lillooet, where the balance of I'le season was pent at bench mining c >sile the town, the winter being spent at Hope,on the Fraser River; he started mining next season at QuesnelieForks. again wintering at Hope. The next season we e to Cariboo, and he 1 Av upwards of four >7 went to Oregon and sp for Cariboo, which lea his steps towards ; and his brother took id there acquired the operty of which he is tains upwards of 7,(X)o isides, and, with the ex ke Cattle Co., has the , as well as the finest ola Valley. His home I at the head of Nicola mce of water for irri- nabled to raise large Ml li' crops of g-rain and hay, all of which is required for consumption on the place. Mr. Moore is a widower and has a family consisting of two sons and a daughter, the eldest son being Mr. J. W. Moore, proprietor of the Kamloops Meat Market. In this brief sicetch what a retrospect there is. Starling from his home at the early age spoken of, with no capital except willing hands and strong determination, traversing a semi-explored con- tinent, hunting, mining, packing and ranching, Mr. Moore finds himself at the age of 63 most comfortably settltd on a magnificent estate, with a kind and
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