In response to the numerous letters and telegrams that are being received daily reg the Ashcroft route vid Quesntlle, me river und Telegraph creek'to Lake Teslin, the Mining Journal (British Columbin) of the 28th of August says: The indications now are that the above route will be travelled by thousands of. prospectors beginning in the early. part of next.season. For their information: we publish the following facts and "figures so far as are now- obtainable regarding the route Vieth. and. Borland's. pack train of 65 animals have for many-years past gone from Quesnelle each spring to Stuart's Lake, leave freight there that has come vid Ashcroft for the Hudson's. Bay' Company's posts at-Fort St. James and other points. 'Then the pack train goes on to Hazleton, the Skeena river, takes aback load for Stuart's Lake, does some months' packing for the company across various portages, and returns to the 150-Mile' House -via Quesnelle to the home of its owners. "The time usually consumed in making the trip from Hazleton to Quesnelle, were informed by Mr. John Gillas, who: was with the train -two -years, is'about'25 days, and the trail-is: a good one with plenty of-feed,
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