Colonial Despatches

Conklin Gulch is a valley in British Columbia which has an elevation of 1,592 meters. It is located southeast of Barkerille and east of Mink Gulch. Conklin Gulch is a tributary of William's Creek and was one of the areas in which gold was found during the British Columbia gold rush.1

The Aurora company, a mining company at Conklin Gulch, is said to have made $1500000 by 1864 from drift mining at the gulch. Conklin Gulch was also one of the central areas for mining placer gold.2 During its operation as a gold mine during the Cariboo Gold Rush, Conklin Gulch and another tributary of William's Creek -- Stout's Gulch -- produced $30000000 worth of gold between 1861 and 1898.3

• 1. Conklin Gulch, Mapcarta ; Douglas to Pelham-Clinton, 13 November 1863, 12536, CO 60/16, p.281.
• 2. Artholl Sutherland Brown, Great Mining Camps of Canada 3: The History and Geology of the Cariboo Goldfield, Barkerville and Wells, BC, CASH: Geological Consulting, June 2008.
• 3. Striking it Rich, Royal BC Museum.