Show lN S W OF Whore the tho Earth to Who British ClumbIa Columbia 10 Nov 1 12 Dropped down among 1 sonic of the rich elt ret ml mineral ral bearing mountAins II km west tt em rn ealda Canada and the IP crek creek In and I Is lt I is known knon I as the mOt most MUt ful spot In BritIsh Columbia Several years tr ago o o this spot wal was the tho site o of what II Is how ft a town Front I rol u its In time tho of the stretch of terrItory between the Rocky un and the ocean anti being 01 on the International boundary Ino lute sell frunt the State of Washington the town WiS was clel Midway Midway while being t a mining center baa haa other othe cm corn but time tho anee of invested In or tire getting In the Hok Rock crek creek divIsion IY lace In the m the In th the product of the numerous shaft huf sunk sleep In the bom bosom o Of Mother deJ Mine huntIng I Is on one ot of the utmost thrIlling and enticing pursuits 8 ever In Invented II vented In the human mind The hop hopes smi the uncertainty or of their fulfillment the with and for Cor fortunes bl big linda Are Ireat tun tunes discovered d thit ot of otan an aim outdoor e tence and the Ule latent 1 ma sources called Into play Iy by happenIngs all tend to hold holl the search searcher er R a slave Ilave to hl profession Fite he pU pass tr InK ot of ears a alii tl the Ihl of oC hi bait annot RI lOell the clutches ot of time prospecting lever fever and once a mall out on such luch a career he wi will Ibid nd hi his very blood Infected with the le gems m Mary ver and an are time the stories lorle of oC min minIn mm In ing that arc toll told In amid ld about Midway Probably no one connected with this ba has had more mort Interesting than Robert Hobert C Adam Adaman an adventure toting capitalist t Crol from 1101 nl was wa time founder r iii r of r Midway kiu and 01 Is I the owner or of Immense tracts ot of land 11 Ills holdings In time the Yale alt district amount to more lnore Ulan than 10 1000 and he holtI tle title to 5 50 or 00 anc claims nOW In hI operation Ad ha has tramped ll And amid months month at a time among I snow no I rp Cal d mountain tops top and scaled a I ell wall like to 10 perilous heights In hI or of gold old anti sliver Ills 11 cence would 11 fill n a volume volum pushing tip time the tena tenay district In time 11 direction of oC the U up per ier Arrow lake hike Captain Olt onte losing his hll 11 lIfe lb I followed Boundary creek from Crom for Cor about aboul iti 15 miles anti then struck out to the eastward for Cor n it few Cew mie miles to lo reach time the Greenwood camp le lie remained there a day and n a to replenish lila supplies amid tak In aim Indian guide aImed almeth for tho the lower Arrow lake Time he lower lithe connects with the tp tipper r hod hotly of oC water and Hd time the captains intention was to traverse the lakel by lanoe canoe antI and then branch out Into Inlo the country At R a stub hie pint point ACel Aftem antI and B a halt half days dRYs of at which lie he Is IB an expert Captain Alati Adams mtr R a landing on the west bank of the upper Arrow lake o opposite Rugged mountains barred harred his hll way 1 bul but lie he be beSan San hil hIs hunt Two o of found him on time the ert crest t of oC 1 a peak eal at time the foot Coot or of flowed the Mosquito creek The he side sloping down towards time the stream Impressed time the captain as a hiding for Cor tie de of oC silver le lIe resolved to hi hIs curiosity before returnIng to the Arrow lakes Inke The task he hA hind plAnned for himself was bristling with danger TIme The par spot which lie he to loves Ines was AS situated directly below R a glacer glacier marked clr cliff To fo I It made necessary for him to descend the CalC ot of the rock In Ime some manner The Tue rap cap tam Wa was equal to time the occasIon mind R a light hut but strong piece ot of otro ro rope hue he carrie carried across his shoulders he fastened time the end to a sapling overhang overhangIng In Ing time the brInk and clImbed hand un under der hand to the hale base Thee There Ith n a ni size hick Jilek which hue carried It at lila hlA belt lie he excavated n a hole While In Intent lent on examIning the dirt A large IRrie pIece of oC rock from under tinder time the roo roots Is or of orthe the tree to the captaIns rope rop W was S fixed crashed down time the cliff Ie lIe had hiatt barely time to closely Into the burrow as aR the mass severn several I ton tomma I in III weight swept palt past him Captain Ar ama ams was waR a mind In quarters Ie lIe WIS was not release released un U nl five ot of sl six hours after when n a party ot of prospectors frum froni the gold quartz mines attracted by shots aunts lw lie humid fired from Crom hi revolver lined aWRY away the obstruction rite he was t badly out bruised as the r result of oC hi his but lie he helon lon soon And the 01 comm of oC mis deliverers on hil imis clo close call |