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'by the camp firesA Bird’s-Eye Glance atFairviewReported for This Mining Review.Proceeding southward from Penticton, the first of the mining camps, which are yet destined to render famous as a mineral producing country theOkanagan and tributary valleys, is that of Camp Fairview, which is reached after a somewhat toilsome journey by stage coach. Toilsome, we may say, on the principle thatull staging is more or less tiresome, but that Newman’s Express may he any more so than the average coach will depend entirely on the position of the mercury, the depth of the dust and the direction in which the wind may be blowing. A thoroughly sociable fellow is driver Newman. His stage coach is of the old famous overland type, which in old ante-U. P. days traversed the western plains, and in Mr. Newman is a worthy successor of Yuba Bill, as he deftly handles his four-in-hand, flourishing the lash of his. long-handled whip over the backs of the leaders and chirping a cheery “get-ep” to the team on the pole. A long twenty-eight miles is that which lies between Penticton and mouth of Reed Creek, but one by one such landmarks are passed as White Lake, Spring Station and Myers’ Flat and the first thing we know a quick turn is made around a projecting spur and Fairview bursts 011 the(1t1(view.ir _____ 1.__ 11 /i 1 1 •]1ct(f1
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Okanagan Falls Mining Review
Okanagan Falls, British Columbia, CA
Sat, Sep 16, 1893
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