Reduced Smelting Rates Spark BC Industry Expansion
Rumors of a 4.50 freight and treatment rate for Rossland ores gain credibility as British America Corp boosts Northport smelter capacity. Trail’s Canadian Smelting Worker expands to meet competition, lowering costs from 11 to 7 to 6 and now 4.50 per ton. The policy aims to stimulate mining with cheap ore handling and smelting, jeopardizing Boundary press and accelerating Cascade smelter work.
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Rossland
British America Corporation
Northport
Roswland
Trail
Trail Creek
British Columbia
Heinze
LeRoi
Cascade
Boundary smelter planned near Greenwood
Paul Johnson of the British Columbia Copper Co announces a new smelter near Greenwood to process Mother Lode ores. The New York corporation reports its stock above par and Greenwood celebrates the development.
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Greenwood
Paul Johnson
British Columbia Copper Co
New York
Boundary mining boom forecast for smelting era
The article describes the Mother Lode mine and a three mile distance from the smelter site noting readiness for custom work. It foresees multiple mines and the Granby, Mother Lode, and Cascade smelters boosting Boundary country into a global mining and smelting hub with new railway traffic and coke supply driving enormous ore tonnage.
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Johnson
Grand Forke
Greenwood
Cascade
Boundary Country
Notes and Comment on Alaska, BC, and local politics
The column discusses Cape Nome as rich in placers, staying in British Columbia, and a fire at Hotel Columbia on July 17. It critiques political opposition’s slim vote support, questions press dispatch accuracy, and references mining claims around Greenwood Times and Grand Forks with local camp names.
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Cape Nome
Alaska
British Columbia
Columbia
Gladstone to Penticton Smelter Plan Raise Interest
Paul John advocates placing a smelter where water is scarce and fluxes must be hauled uphill long distances. Experts previously declined this location but his new ore treatment method may change outcomes and fortunes.
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Paul John
Vernon News Urges Local Merchants After Circus Shortfall
The Vernon News notes the circus failure to exhibit as advertised and urges sending funds to Haton & Co. It advocates securing goods from home merchants, arguing local business prosperity reflects community health.
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The
Vernon News
Haton & Co
Greenwood Wins Battle Over Mother Lode Smelter Location
Midway boasted the Mother Lode plant would stay at Midway while a Grand Forks correspondent spread misleading tips from Toronto to Vancouver. Greenwood, once seen as unlikely, held the trump card and could afford to laugh last.
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Midway
Greenwood
Grand Forks
Toronto
Vancouver
Merchants Bank Opens Branch at Republic
Local notes report the Merchants Bank of Halifax opening its Republic branch last Saturday. Dr. Frank J. Ewing, a contractor’s physician, was in town Tuesday. Cascade postmaster now stocks old three cent stamps surcharged to two cents. Grand Forks beat Nelson, B C 8 to 7 on Nelson’s ground last Saturday. Camp McKinney has three mails weekly. with daily stage links it should have daily mail. Imports at Grand Forks last month totalled 45000 with over 10000 collected in duty. James Wilkes organized a miners union at Camp McKinney with 45 members and started unions at Phoenix and Greenwood. Joshua Anderson of Columbia was in Cascade en route to Nelson, optimistic about Columbia after railway tracks extend. Chesaw on Meyers Creek now has 26 buildings with 26 more contracts let. daily stages link Greenwood, surrounded by mineral properties.
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Merchants’ Bank of Halifax
Republic
Frank J. Ewing
J. J. Coupe
Land Department
Cascade
Grand Forks
Nelson
B. C
Camp McKinney
Grand Forke
James Wilkes
Western Federation of Labor
Phoenix
Greenwood
Joshua Anderson
Columbia
Chesaw
Meyers Creek
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B.C
W. Beach Willcox
Vbe
Simpson's Newstand
Roaslandelson Thompson Prenonery
John W. Ural
R. F. Petri
Francis & Milne A
Spokane
Wash
Aacade
Thomas Walker
Cascadescade Drug Co
Columbia & Western Railway
Greenwood Times
Burnt Basin
Christina
Deadwood Camp
Greenwood Camp
Grand Forka
Gladstone
Penticton
Cascade Drug Co
Joseph Schaich
Mgr
Calgary
MGM
Bergain
Tances
Ade
Rossburg
Marcus
Sutherland Creek
Baker Creek
McRae Creek
Christina Lake
Central Camp
Graham's Ferry
Fisherman Creek
Summit Camp
Seattle Camp
Carson
Brown's
Smith's
Long Lake
Copper
Nelson, Wash
Graham
Curlew, Wash
Kimberly Camp
Torodack
Waar Republic
Halla Ferry
Brooklyn
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