Collection dates, Series #1 of 1 1905 - 1925
Historical
Data
Fred J. Tregillus was born in Plymouth, England. He came to Canada in 1882 and he spent his first two years working on the construction of the CPR and in 1886 he arrived in Barkerville, where he lived until his death in 1962 at the age of 99. He was involved in numerous prospecting ventures in the Barkerville area, along Lightening Creek and in Beaver Pass. Tregillus Creek was named after him. His interests included hard rock mining and his Proserpine claims were eventually sold to the Cariboo Gold Quartz Mining Co. In the early 30’s Tregillus, along with Bill Hong, Elmer Armstrong and Jack Murray , joined Bill Mast, and Fred Becker to operate the Barkerville Light and Power Company. He married Mary House and they had three children, Alfred, Marge and Mildred. As of Feb. 1996, Mildred is living in Quesnel. Anyone thinking of interviewing her should first contact the Wells Historical Society or her family.
Scope
and Contents
The collection includes correspondence and papers related to the Barkerville Branch of the Provincial Mining Association (1903 - 1905), correspondence regarding the Proserpine Mountain Gold Properties, Barkerville (1919), material dealing with the Barkerville - Fraser R. Road (1912 - 1913, 1918), correspondence and papers related to the Bear River Coal Lands (1911 - 1914), correspondence and papers related to the Barkerville Liberal Association (1916, 1917), correspondence, receipts, invoices, order books related to Army and Navy Cooperative Society (1910 - 1926), correspondence dealing mainly with mining at Big Valley Creek and Williams Creek (1912 - 1915), correspondence and papers dealing with Barkerville School (1918 - 1921), correspondence and papers related to Frank Kibbee (1913, 1918), pencil drawn maps (no dates), and miscellaneous material.
See Also
Barkerville Archives
Barkerville Photographs
Barkerville Reference Files
In
this Series:
1. =
BC Mining Association, Barkerville Branch
2. =
Mining Operations
3. =
Coal Lands
4. =
Proserpine Mountain
5. =
Liberal Association
6. =
Army & Navy Co-operative Society Ltd.
7. =
Barkerville - Fraser River Road (Goat River Road)
8. =
Frank Kibbee
9. =
Barkerville School
10.
= Miscellaneous Correspondence
11.
= Maps
1.
BC MINING ASSOCIATION, BARKERVILLE BRANCH
1.1 (21) This file contains correspondence and papers related to the Barkerville Branch of the Provincial Mining Association of which Tregillus was Secretary in 1903, 1905.
- letter from John Keene (Pres. PMA of BC) to Oct. 26, 1903
Tregillus
-notice of meeting Nov. 1903
-minutes of Barkerville branch of PMA Feb. 5, 1904
-letter describing meeting from A. Atkin (Secretary Feb. 1904
Barkerville Branch PMA) to editor Ashcroft Journal
-copy of letter from Barkerville branch PMA to Secretary Feb 9, 1904
BC PMA, Victoria
-statement of cash balance, Barkerville branch Sept 1, 1904
-list of members holding badges No date
Barkerville Branch membership list Feb. 5, 1904
-letter from John Keen to A. Atkin Feb. 20, 1904
-letter from the PMA central executive to A. Atkin 1904
-letter from E. Jacobs to A. Atkin Aug. 20,1904
-letter from E. Jacobs to Legislative Assembly Feb. 25, 1904
-minutes of meeting, Barkerville Branch PMA Nov. 3, 1905
-letter to PMA in Victoria (4 typed copies, 1 hand Nov. 8, 1905
written)
-letter from E. Jacobs to Tregillus Nov. 25, 1905
-By-laws of Barkerville Branch
-Directions for Forming Branches and Electing Delegates No date
to Second Annual Convention
-Report of Barkerville Branch Committee on by-laws, Nov. 21, 1905
-Proposed Amendments to Constitution and By-laws No date
-petition to Legislature from Barkerville electors asking Feb. 10, 1905
that the Crown give grant of placer claims
-receipt for money paid by Barkerville Branch to PMA No date
-letter from J.G. Alexander to Tregillus Nov. 6, 1905
-Notice of meeting of Barkerville Branch PMA Nov. 3, 1905
-2 PMA blank membership cards signed by B.A. Laselle No date
2.
MINING OPERATIONS
2.1 (56) Correspondence mainly regarding prospects held by Apr.18, 1911-Apr. 15, 1915
Tregillus at Big Valley Creek and Williams Creek.
Reference is also made to Pinkerton and
Cunningham properties. The collection includes
thirty letters, including copies of letters written
by Tregullis. The main correspondents are
John T. Towers (of Seattle, Washington),
Winchester Dickerson, Henry Boursin, and
Stuart Henderson.
Also included in this file are 25 telegrams, mainly
concerned with Big Valley and mainly sent
between Tregillus and John Towers.
3.
COAL LANDS
3.1 (25) Correspondence regarding Bear River coal Aug. 18, 1911-Apr. 16, 1914
lands to which Tregillus and Joseph Wendle
had joint prospecting licenses. The property
was located in the Bear River Valley, about
forty miles east of Fort George. The file also
contains three copies of legislation on ‘Coal
Prospecting and Rights of Way’. Included
are letters from:
- Tregillus to William Irwin July 21, 1911
-Wm. Irwin to Tregillus Aug. 18, 1911
-Tregillus (not signed) to W. Irvine Aug. 25, 1911
-Fidelity Securities to Tregillus Nov. 20, 1911
-BC Mining and Engineering to Tregillus Nov.21, 1911
-John Dudwan to Tregillus Dec. 7 and Dec. 21, 1911
-Tregillus to John Dudwan Jan. 4, 1912
-John Dudwan to Tregillus Feb. 9, 1912
-C.F. Galloway to Tregillus Apr. 23, 1912
-notes on Bear River coal land from Tregillus June, 1912
-declaration of work done on Coal Prospecting June 11, 1912
Licenses #6113 and #6118 by J. Wendle and
F. Tregillus
-Tregillus (not signed) to C.A. McAllister with the
following enclosures regarding Bear River Coal:
blueprint map, extract from Fort George newspaper,
copy of Blakemore’s report and analysis and notes
by J. Wendle
-McAllister to Tregillus Sept. 24, Oct. 14 & 24, 1912 and Feb. 18, 1913
-E.J. Chamberlain to Tregillus Feb. 25, 1913
-Tregillus to A.J. Beaudette Mar. 13, 1913
-A.J. Beaudette to Tregillus Apr. 2, 1913
-Tregillus (not signed) to W.F. Dunphy Esq. Apr. 30, 1913
-Wesley and Wiggins to Tregillus May 20, 1913
-Tregillus to Wesley and Wiggins May 26, 1913
-Tregillus (not signed) to James Murphy May 26, 1913
-Tregillus (not signed) to E.A. Haggen Dec. 11, 1913
-John Towers from Henry Bigelow Mar. 25, 1914
-F. Tregillus to H. Boursin Apr. 16, 1914
4.
PROSERPINE MOUNTAIN
4.1 (14) Correspondence regarding Proserpine Mountain March 4-July 15, 1919
Gold Properties, Barkerville, BC. Included are:
-J.J. Malone to Tregillus Feb. 18, 1919
-Preston Locke to Tregillus Mar. 4, 1919
-F. Tregillus to J.J.Malone Mar. 6, 1919
-Tregillus to Preston Locke ` Apr. 10, 1919
-Bert Smith to Tregullis Apr. 14, 1919
-Tregillus to Bert Smith Apr. 30, 1919
-Bert Smith to Tregillus May 14, 1919
-P.W. Racey to Tregillus May 29 and 30, 1919
-J.J. Malone to Tregillus June 2, 1919
-Tregillus to J.J. Malone June 6, 1919
-Robert Bryce to Tregillus, Blair and Carey July 15, 1919
-Robert Bryce to Tregillus July 26, 1919
-4 telegrams; correspondents are Malone and Bryce Apr. 7 - July 27, 1919
(probably related to Proserpine)
5.
LIBERAL ASSOCIATION
5.1 (15) Correspondence regarding the Barkerville Liberal Jan. 4, 1916-Aug. 1917
Association of which Tregillus was Secretary in 1917
In this group there are letters from:
-J.M. Yorston to Tregillus Jan. 14, 1916
-minutes of Barkerville Liberal meeting with object Jan. 27, 1917
of forming Barkerville Liberal Association (J.M.
Yorston, President, F. Tregillus, Secretary)
- F. Tregillus (unsigned) to Yorston Feb. 1, 1917
-motions passed at Barkerville Liberal Association Feb. 10, 1917
meeting
-John Holt to Tregillus Feb. 10, 1917
-Tregillus (unsigned) to J.M. Yorsten Feb. 15, 1917
-J.M. Yorston to Tregillus Mar. 7, 1917
-motions passed at Barkerville Liberal Association Mar. 10, 1917
meeting
-Tregillus to J.M. Yorston Mar. 13, 1917
-form naming delegates to the Liberal nominating Apr. 7, 1917
convention for the Cariboo Federal Electorate
District (not filled in)
-Raymond Leighton to Tregillus Aug. 22, 1917
6.
ARMY & NAVY CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LTD.
6.1 (36) correspondence re: Army and Navy 1910-1926
Coooperative Society, London, England
This contains 2 unused Army and Navy
envelopes, receipts, invoices, order books,
and correspondence. All the material in the
file refers to transactions betweek Fred
Tregillus and the Army and Navy Cooperative
Society. The bulk of the material dates from
1019 - 1913
7.
BARKERVILLE - FRASER RIVER ROAD (GOAT
RIVER ROAD)
7.1 (27) The file contains papers and correspondence 1912-1918
dealing with a Barkerville-Fraser River Road
which would provide an easterly wagon route
from Barkerville to the ‘Grand Trunk Pacific
Railway’
-general report of reconnaissance engineer Dec. 10, 1912
-pencil written summary of general report No date
-monthly time book forms for person employed on No date
road or trail, no entries, Frank Kibbee’s signature
at bottom of page
-letter from Tregillus to Secretary, Board of Trade Dec. 5, 1912
of Ashcroft, re: road
-letter from Tregillus to E.E.P. Cunliffe Esq., Dec. 5, 1912
150 Mile House, re: road
-letter from Tregillus to A. McDonald Mpp, Clinton, Dec. 5, 1912
re: road
-assistant engineer’s report on snow drifts on proposed Sept. 24, 1913
Barkerville-Fraser River Road
-Public Works Dept. Time Book - Roads (Barkerville Sept. 21, 1918
Fraser River Road) for two weeks ending Sept. 21, 1918
8.
FRANK KIBBEE
8.1 (13) Correspondence regarding Frank Kibbee, Guide and Trapper 1913, 1918
-correspondence between E.H. Morrison and Tregillus Jan. 6-Sept. 1, 1913
(writing on behalf of Frank Kibbee) re: guided hunting
trip in Bear Lake area (with Kibbee as guide)
-corrrespondence between ? and Tregillus regarding Aug. 1918
time sheets signed by Frank Kibbee for work done on
Bear Lake wagon road
-time and wages book for Frank Kibbee Aug. - Sept., No year
-unused stationary belonging to Frank Kibbee - has No year
photo of Kibbee and inscription ‘Trapper, Guide
and Owner of Sporting Camps’
9.
BARKERVILLE SCHOOL
9.1 (78) Correspondence relating to Barkerville School. Mar. 22, 1913-June, 1923
Fred Tregillus was Secretary of the Barkerville
School Board in 1919-1922 and possibly longer
-the file includes correspondence re: teaching
positions (applications, letters to the superintendent
of Education), bank statements re:financial status
of school, forms indicating names and numbers of
textbooks in school, letters between Tregillus
and Victoria
9.2 (10) Annual Barkerville School Reports 1918-1921
-these reports include No. of school days,
no. of pupils attending, no. of pupils
at each level of each subject, details of
management, names of maps supplied,
teachers: Eleanor Louise Stevenson,
Charles Hagton, A.L. Wheeler and trustees
Fred Harper and Fred Tregillus
9.3 (49) Monthly Teachers Reports at Barkerville School 1918-1925
-signed by teachers: Irene Savard, Dorothy
Johnson, Terence Crowley, J. Hart Livingstone
A.L. Wheeler, Charles Hayton
10.
MISCELLANEOUS CORRESPONDENCE
10.1 (11) Miscellaneous correspondence 1910-1915
-postcard from McArthur to Tregillus 1910
-letter from Tregillus to Atkins re: option on scheelite Mar. 16, 1916
vein
-letter from Mining Corporation of Canada Ltd. Feb. 6, 1920
(R. Bryce) to Tregillus re: sampling on various claims
-correspondence with Sun Life Assurance Co. of Mar. 1, Dec. 3, 1915
Canada
-part of a letter from Boursin No date
-3 telegrams: 2 from Elmer Armstrong, 1 written Sept., 1921 and Dec. 1919
to W.H. Hamilton
-list of those on Wells Special Police Reserve No date
(including Tregillus)
-clipping from Mining, Engineering and Electrical
Record showing sample of gold mined on French
Creek, BC
11.
MAPS
11.1 (5) 5 pencil drawn maps, all showing similar area: No dates
Pleasant Creek, Grouse Creek, Talisman real estate
and applications and stakes in area, no dates