Show THE mackenziee MACKEN SOURCE there is prospect of a gold mining region being opened up at no distant date to the north of canada as the search for the precious metal will contend against even the rigors of a seral semi arctic pioter B R 0 mcc amnell of the Dominion geological survey has just returned from the lar jar north region of the findlay river and bri ore the news that his big party definitely determined that the gold range on the domineca river extends to the findlay find lay river he brings back a few specimen and states that it will pay prospectors who venture into that country even at the present high rate of opera tinor the domineca Omine cs holds fields once had fiad over 2000 ailers but they are now nearly worked out the rho most moist important part of mr mcconnell Is work for the time being at least Is the geographical information jor matIA he obtained regarding the source of the Mac mackenzie mackenzue kenzle river this thie stream the largest to in worth north america except the mississippi has never been traced to its head be fore the knowledge of the source whence it ladues has been obtained from indian report and while this may be regarded as aa sufficient elent to ID a sea goo eral era sense there was waa no assurance ranee that it was waa correct in fact mr mcc indell ndell in his hi four months trip has ban determined ter mined that it to ie not nol strictly so ao na curate oo 00 rate ri it was the ath of june jane when the dominion party started on its ita trip ot of discovery leaving queenelle lor for the i north they proceeded un up the frazer river to giacomo giscome portage ind then 0 traveled down choked or aked river to fort i mcleod from there they followed e parsnip river to where it to Is entered by the findlay at which point po int they began to ascend the latter stream the was wait traced to its head and then findlay river for tue first time recorded in bastory was explored to its source by white men the river is about iao miles loh long and except for a number of rapids to Is navigable to canoes owin owing 9 to the rapid raplee about one fifth of the distance was traveled on foot the country is very mountainous some gome of the peaks rising five to six thousand feet from their base and to 10 an altitude of about nine thousand loot feet above sea level in these mountains mr mcc noell discovered a lake which the indians called Febu tade it is twenty five to thirty miles lung long but only from a quarter to a halt half mile wide this laate he be says say he positively determined doter ter gor mined to be the true source of the mackenzie river around the edge of the jake are ioa ina luense glaciers aud ami the coming on ot of winter in the atie latter part of august warned the party that they must hasten out it if they valued their safety aney accordingly did so and thereby escaped the fate ol 01 so be many northern explorer they say the cou its is only go a d for gaining aou and hunting bunting as it to is too cold tot tor agriculture ane mining of gold they think will be the baube ot of soon opening up the country to tran for supplier lle when many people will vill flock in Mean meantime the report of the geological survey will 4 warrant in an alteration in geographical geographic ai I 1 nials of that part ot of the country |