Show GREAT GOLD BELT stampede to new mining excitement in british columbia thompson landing B C sept 2 the gold excitement in the corteau diat of british columbia has received another advance by the dk covery of a rich do posit near the north end of trout lake the man who struck it was william davis formerly of vancouver who after staking hia claim came down to trout take city yesterday bringing lumps of quartz bright with nuggets A tam pede followed the of story trout lake city ia now deserted men women and children starting out last night so as to plant their stakes by daylight this morning the dincov eries are in direct line with the deposits at poplar creek indicating that the gold belt is thirty miles long |