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0051
Big Bend News
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Big Bend News

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Newspaper article from The Daily British Colonist focusing on the Big Bend gold rush.

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Article re: letter from man who left Wild Horse Creek. States gold still being found and miners returning from Blackfoot....

KOOTENAY AND THE BIG BEND. – [Despatches to the Columbian.]

Hope, Nov. 3. – Several pack trains came in lately from Similkameen.  The snow was rapidly disappearing at the mountains, only about an inch left.  Packers expect to pack till the middle of November.  The news from Big Bend continues very encouraging.  The steamer building on the Columbia River, below Fort Shepherd, was nearly completed, and would be running shortly to within three miles of Gold Creek.  A great many boats were constantly passing Fort Shepherd on their way to the new diggings.  Fort Shepherd promises to be a prominent point for supplying the Big Bend diggings.

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Internal ID: 0051.0044
Medium: Newspaper
Date: November 6th 1865
Collection: 0051
Publisher: Daily British Colonist
Pages: 3
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Report with excerpt from Columbian. Packers expecting to pack till mid November. Big Bend news continues to be encouraging. Steamer almost built.
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