Inter-Mountain Republican | 1907-04-22 | Page 5 | Guggenheims Quit Carriboo.

QUIT C IHl BOO i o i o Up tens E Work on n Account of ol Had Mining 11 Vancouver fl H. H C. C April 21 The The 1 startling announcement was vas made this ls week that thal the tho Gur had hail quit quilt operations in III n old tulti Carribon Columbia o in owing it t Is said aill Ii to tn alleged eJI had bati mining minin laws la as ns thc they aff af- af f feet ci placer chums J. J B IS Hohson on of or California who vho has haH neon heln maHu managing th the affairs of the Gur at atC C says that lint 1 ho lie hn has Just ve- ve 1 lUll cI from flom Now New York YOlk where he ho has been heen in consultation with his principals pals who refuse to tu operate under U. U C. C laws lawr fhe They claim that the placer mining n is Ii conducted under special legislation hedged cd nhU around 1 with ith numerous numer ous conditions For Fol Instance if th the mining licence oe e is nut not renewed each ench lU th the right to operate may he be can can- celled So Si that thal through the tho error eOl of ofa If I a 1 bookkeeper pc pei ht a million dollars worth of or pr property might he lC placed in jeopardy Tho government ut also o rt refuses ro- ro fuses fusos U-NI U to allow Chinese l or Japanese to Ut work on the these o claims claims- and as ver very often whites s are ale not procurable and 1 yellow l o labor must be he employed this condition is one of great ship hardship to lo operators Water rl rights are arc granted under a n. alease Ica lease O which h may be cancelled at an any time lime A halt half a a. million dollar ditch under construction llon I Is to bo ho abandoned aban aban- donCel until it H Is ascertained d if it the mining laws t are arfi to be bl changed ed Another Another Another An An- other c complaint i is the riders attached 1 to hills bills placing It it IL in th the power of or tho the lieutenant governor in council to cancel caneel can can- eel cel it It The expect that when the badness of tho the In law w I Is pointed out attempt Will tIlI be he made to remedy it it v. v