Easter Sunday Mine Contemplates Building Smelter
Directors of the Waukegan & Washington Mining and Smelting Co explore Cascade Water Power for power needs. The Haster Sunday claim on Sulphide mountain near Cascade yields rich ore with assays up to 8000 per ton. The company plans a larger plant and possible Cascade smelter to ship ore locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukegan & Washington Minings and Smelting Company
Cascade
Cascade Water Power Company
Plana
Waukegan & Washington Mining and Smelting Company
Isai Petre
Moffet
Waukegan
Illinois
Stripe
Mountain View claim shows rich copper deposit near Cascade
The Mountain View claim two miles from Cascade on the American side of the Boundary line reveals two parallel ledges 800 to 500 feet long with 7 to 22 feet of copper ore across. About 75 tons of ore are stored on site with samples returning $15 per ton. Owners consider a gravity or aerial tramway to a CPR spur. experts call it a promising property. Also, James Matheson, CPR brakeman, was crushed by a freight car at Farrow near Bulldog tunnel. His left leg was amputated above the knee at Mies Rhodes hospital in Grand Forks. He is 22 and from Lethbridge, NWT.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mountain View
Cascade
V. Monnier
James Matheson
Farrow
Bulldog Tunnel
Grand Forks
Mies Rhodes Hospital
Dra
Northrop and
Westwood
Matton
Lethbridge
Burnt Basin Contact Group Sold to Jacksons
Michael Schaich sells his entire interest in the Contact group of Burnt Basin claims to Henry T. Jackson and Marshall Jackson. The 180 acre parcel includes Contact Glengary Mountain View and Mountain View Fraction north of and adjacent to Mother Lode. The Jacksons now own two thirds with a Rosslander holding the rest. A tunnel 105 feet long cuts 75 feet of low grade quartz, and a 10 to 12 foot wide high grade ore body appears near the surface along much of the Contact claim. The property lies 1 200 to 1 500 feet from the Columbia and Western railway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry T. Jackson
Marshall Jackson
Mike Schaich
Burnt Basin
Contact
Glengary
Mountain View
Mother Lode
Jacksons
Rosslander
Columbia & Western Railway
A New Similkameen Map by Pioneer Prospector Bailey
Mr Frank Bailey a pioneer prospector well acquainted with the Similkameen country has issued a new map of the region with a complete prospectus and travelers guide. The prospectus is sold at the office for 2 dollars a copy and is advised for anyone seeking residence or business in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Bailey
Similkameen
Local notes show small town trades and visits
Brief items report Mahaffy clothing sale nearing, R G Ritchie’s Nelson trip, W H Bear porch on Second Ave hotel, Mrs C Kinney visiting Laurel Ridge, Mrs Wm Anderson hosting tea, William Dinsmore returns from Vancouver with harness shop gear, W S Torney visits Cascade noting town prospects, and miners winning wage raises in Pennsylvania anthracite mines.
Also Mentioned on This Page
White Bros
Jewelers
Opticians
Brper
H. B. Woodland & Co
Fraser & Cos Drug Store
W. R. Megaw
Fisher Block
W. W. Stewart
Bridge Street
Custom House
Robert Prebilsky
M. F. Cross
Proprietress Johnson Block Lodging House
First Ave
Insmore, Grand Forks
J. Lyngholm
Cascade, B. C
Reliable Store
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Pioneer Store
W. M. Wolverton
Washington
Pierre Lake District
C. A. Raught
Arthur E. Stripe
Messrs
Raughi
Mountain View Claim
Monnier
Letad
Michael Schaich Sells
Mahaffy’s
R. G. Ritchie
Nelson
W. Bear
Second Ave
Mrs. C. Kinney
Greenwood
Mrs. Stocker
Laurel Ridge
William Dinsmore
Vancouver
W.S. Torney
Hholt
Torney
Pennsylvania
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