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Rh of a hotel, an office and manager's residence and a number of miner's cottages. The river was crossed by a bridge, and near the track was a concentrator equipped with the latest machinery. Perched high on the perpendicular face of the cliff is the bunk-house near the mouth of the main shaft. From this point the ore was carried in iron buckets along a steel wire cable to the concentrator 3,000 feet below. The cable was suspended over a deep, rocky gulch to an open woodwork tower erected on a projecting spur, midway between the bunk-house and the concentrator, to which it descended sheer. It was customary for the miners to ascend and descend in the buckets, a daily trip requiring much nerve. The ore is a rich galena but was never found in sufficient quantities to pay, and the concentrator and machinery have been sold and removed. The old buildings are rotting away and the bunk-house is now only inhabited by a myriad of mountain rats (Bush-tailed rat; the packrat: Neotoma cinerea).

Macdonald, Mt.—Name: By order in Council, after the late Right Honorable Sir .John A. Macdonald. a Canadian statesman, one of the fathers of the Dominion Confederation, and for many years Prime Minister. As such, he had much to do with the successful completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway, and in commemoration of this association and that of his confrére, the Hon. Sir Charles Tupper. the two portal-peaks standing guard over the gateway of Rogers Pass were named respectively Mt. Macdonald and Mt. Tupper.

Altitude: 9,428 feet.

Location: Most northerly peak of the Sir Donald Range; forms south wall of Rogers Pass. Climb: rock.

First Ascent: Names unknown.

Second Ascent: The late Rev. J. C. Herdman, D.D., with guide Edouard Feuz. Sr.. in 1903. Dr. Herdman and his guide made the ascent under the impression that it was a virgin peak. Having congratulated each other on their good fortune they were about to commence the descent. Immediately beside the Doctor was a great block of rock with a hole in its top-surface filled with water. Casually he bared his arm and dipped it into the hole when, to his amazement and dismay, he brought forth a rusty nail!

Route: Reached from Glacier House by an ascent of the great couloir 1¾ miles east of Rogers Pass Station.

Time required: 7 hours. One guide is necessary.

View: A firstrate view of the entire region. This peak has been seldom climbed, but is one that will best repay the mountaineer.

Macoun, Mt.—Name: By W. S. Green, after Prof. Jolm Macoun, Dominion Naturalist and Botanist.

Altitude: 9.988 feet.

Location: At the south-east corner of the Illecillewaet Névé, overlooking the Beaver River 'alley, the northerly peak confining Glacier Circle.

First Ascent: By the late Rev. .J. C. Herdman, D.D., with guide Edouard Feuz in 1902.

Route: Reached from Glacier via the trail to Illecillewaet Glacier, ascent of the rocks on the right side of the ice-fall to Perley Rock, and a traverse of the Illecillewaet Névé to the base of the