BRITISH COLUMBIA.

Colonist, Volume IV, Issue 321, 16 November 1860, Page 3

BRITISH COLUMBIA.

'(JOito r ! ; "Miky i-^The !! c;feroti^lft: ?d6-#ft»ye'sfe?dajr<ttj '^ifhM^daMltn^^pif^afi^t^ftlat^a^, y^tlgladd^ttiea'the'neaM^' our 1 Me Siniilkkmkh?abdk|f%hicli lifot;^e uia^ >twblW! Si^ntliß'. iJtbifera^li«'ii f»'bgflSvsbb; iiiucno .doiibtf and iiiicerftiintyJli^srM.f 1 etfgtK turned ; Pbr 'of fiiPty 'dile^^alttng-Bd'cli^reek^W prospect^ ing'paYty Seftii-^diifc' by*Gd?er'nnietit ;b frings 1( tiheihtgHigeiicS>th^fg6M is^be^olataiWeH1 ?ini:payi]ag^ttantitibs''ithei%hb)6fidi^U that from sto 10 dollars" tt !(day' cin 1 bfe i; frn^de • alrnbst 'anywhlireiEl° This "report^1 'is 1 ; stibkaiitiatfed '^by hurnbefs! of-niin'erk 1 Who'; shay,6; Sr ri^ecl- at^Fort • Hope j for ■ pcdvlisibii^ 1 ;Sn&wnO are!, working! on;different f; ppftitfns1 '■oV:t\i$ rGteeUv- •^he>gbld/';unH^";tHe'g|e'beralf: rthat foundl bfti^ray^Hiv^ri is1 * exceedingly coarse^arid/h'eiavyi1 \ Numbersl iWere 'teavtng di^r^hi:ipo'rtWHs fbf the Fraser fdr ttid new ■diggings;arid quiteI'a onjskne'ss1! iii Jtrade 4kisled4ti:Fdrt Htipe. -Th& jcbutilry 1 in^the1 direciioipof Rbblt-Cfr^k'bhyiie^^l iff- 1 Ditsciva^t" * agHejihufals :respu¥e6s" before': r tn(B-rrito:tic^pf' our \ pjopiilatiohi'; iAecbuiits* describe; it 'as a ■:^osbhiagriificent^^^^ >oiQ i of;^th!e pl^ce- Have! Icikg1 a^en^' i%dv!ailtagei!! of -it# ff datar^T: teapabiiities,^aiid UW Happy iii'tlie p^sißs^btf; : dti vculti^ted |roiiti'd and*fauriißrbiis" herdrbf '' 'cattte. j j The" miners; inf cbhseetuenfee,' !^r6yet^ had'in-\he %eke^t^bi^ttce'#bhi th¥lndianfaairies; The distan.c^frb&f6rt-Blbpe-to!:wh§re';tn^ mines are situated is about 70 raileS; lo^^rpiy|i|ot'the'b^ inJtKe Simijkaiheern district in Whi6h; gold 1 ;is foundl 'iftpkyable quantities;'!&li'is^piroved :Hy . parties/working ::ori^ the !'okinakih atid ;Kettle.' ;rkersj^!that;."~on&these';stream^ J ; their/, neighborhood i extensive :fieids !l abbundvi la;!fadt^1 from )i (th|e statements ii which- we have: received .from thel tabsjrau-^ -:thenticsourcesi'v?e^;are 'conviftctifd'-tHat^tHe' jmost tprolifici gold-field iin!theicblbnjyi f;as; well as the most populous' agriculturalfcbni- •. rhunityy; will .in the coarse'of'a short; time5 [be found to !exist;in or about the IbealityWe1 | have/alluded4o. >; With'alfr the dtawbacks :ofcthe vuppericountrjfvweifittd'^the latest •express-that acnew-mininglocality-h^bißehl ■found 16 miles above Alexander on theiPraser'1 ; .River. This'is xhe 'secoiid'that: has been 3is^: covered •in this regibh> during' the? las'l thr'el ■ ■■ weeks; ; Miners '•* were < coming ■ '<■ ddwh! the driver in great numbers to Aleisknder for i theirbsuppliesv ;i -About; fourteeAiGhihanien: i had? made .'their way to ; The' miners bnr*Sie Simrlkameert^arel afraid! that they shall be ''entirely overrun by- Chinese;5 if he feeling, ia bonsequencei'«is great against the Mongbl racb that many'?do rioti scruple tb make open; threats to drive' them away from the diggings by physical force, should" they migrate to the helif gbldifields.

•line bf sbhponers !is abbut being be•tween' :this; place and f! Victoria' and ; alsb Puget Sound. The comn^uhication^ with Victoria'-will1 W one'a^ "'vreek&-lbsd. •' '•' GfiiNESEMUpwards of '11100 Chinamen arrived Hiere by the la§ttwb'br ,tH'fee 'tries' of the Hilnf. o'' We areiassuredlby liumbers of these' 'immigfan^'sV7 th^t i this isyprily ah infiu^^froni1; both:; omria" andQalifbrhia.r r rT '• jGrte!:^.Aibbut?2o|GOO dollars: in gold was •brought;;down by■ the JGovernor iDbuglas yestetday.'/^This' is va large amount,1 wh#i 'U>;iis urid^rstbbiJ^tKat" eiipresses'^rcinil the; 'ft|ji|)ie^c'6tmtry'; had'; hot:; arriye'd wheh; the Dbugl^s stikedk-ZBidi ;:fi- \ »'■■''