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Such a contrivance required a man in front and one behind, and could carry as high as 600 pounds. In some cases a horse might be Been in place of a man in front. Here it would require several men to keep the ‘go devil' in an upright position,.or to hold it back on a heavy down grade.” The sharpest grades are the descent to the valleys of the Little and Big Tahltan rivers respectively. In the case of the latter outfits were lowered by block and tackle down a declivity of 150 feet. By June.1st pack trains were attempting the long pull over, and were finding the trail fairly serviceable for fifty-five miles, or as fast as Shcsley * river. Hero the mountain trail substantially ends, and the pathway winds through willow and muskeag. swamps, out of which mosquitoes rise in sanguinary hordes and plague the wayfarer beyond .endurance. Any modern treatise on • contemporary martyrology, in order to ■ be comprehensive, should cataloguethe experience of men started nlo^g these stretches of the route to the gold fields.Men begin to ask themselves how it was that they got sidc-tracked iD this, wilderness, and thus lost a , whole season in a vain effort to get to the gold mines Some men will fell you that they wished to thoroughly prospect the Hoots!inqua route with their eyes open. Others will tell you that they could not consider Chilkoot or White Pass without a shudder; but the majority will tell you that they were booked through to Wrangel or Glenora with the impression that a wagon road had been constructed, aud without the faintest conception ot thePills and got cure things become too Horo'o what M James, of Caledonhas to ea them: 41 had serious * troublo for foni caused by excessive use of tobac timos my heart would beat very and then 6ectned to stop beating commence again with unnatural r “This unhealthy action of rn caused shortness of broatli, weakr debility. I tried many medicii spent a groat deal of money bu not got any help.• v Last Novembor, howovcr, I ref man, afflicted like myself, being clt; Milburn’8 Heart and Nerve Pills, to Roper'ff drug store and bought When I had finished taking it I much bettor I bought another b this complotcd tlio ouro. My he not bothered mo since, and I b recommend all aufforors from hei norve trouble,-caused by exccssf/t tobacco, to give Milburu’s Hea Nerve Pills a fair and faithful trial Price 50c. a box or 3 boxes for 31 druggists. T. Milburn«tCo.. ToronlLAXA-LIVER PILLS euro Constlpa Biliousness and Dyspepsia. Price 2-UForpTW .CR0THE QESTAffTI-RHEUMAl PLASTEf? MADE EACH PLASTCfi IN E^IJELf Arif™ W FRJCt 254^LS0 lNnK0U3 PRICE® 1.00muwmmA\VtUFACTVSCR5 MONT*
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Sandon Mining Review
Sandon, British Columbia, CA
Sat, Aug 13, 1898
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