Proposed Amendment 10 to the Mineral Laws
British Columbia legislative report notes MP Mr. Smith of West Jones introducing an act to amend the Mineral Act of 1896. Highlights include limiting work requirements per claimant, Crown Grant surface rights changes, survey cost counted as work, five dollar per acre Crown Grant terms, and new certifying rules for miners plus repeal of water rights provisions. The measure aims to curb adverse claims and reduce license fees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
M.P.P
West Jones
B.C
Government of
British Columbia
East Kootenay Mining Journal aims to cover district interests
A new journal called The East Kootenay Mining Journal will soon launch to detail mining locations, Crown grants, claims, companies, legislation, and district news. The Spokesman-Review notes East Kootenay as a virgin mining field with strong railroad prospects and growth potential for prospectors and miners.
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East Kootenay
Spokesman-Review
Trail Creek
British Columbia
East Kootanay
Canadian Pacific Railway
Crow's Nest Pass
Fatal Mountain Slide Near Rossland In April Tragedy
A rock and dirt slide on Toad Mountain railway near Rossland British Columbia at 2 30 AM traps a tent sleeper party eight miles from town. Six men die one dying and others survive. Survivors move to Rossland by work train. Doctor Bowes rushes in. many details await official list of victims.
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Rossland
B.C
Toad Mountain
Bowes
Radical Conservative critic blasts government over reform bills
Thomas Gibson Bowles M P laments a Conservative majority trampling opposition scrutiny. He argues the present House backs sweeping changes such as female suffrage, a criminal court of appeal, and reforms to evidence and juries, all advanced with levity and closure.
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Dominion
Thomas Gibson Bowles
M. P
Lynn Regis
House of Commons
Criminal Court of Appeal
Anecdotes of a New Typewriter and Odd Notices
A salesman touts a test of a new typewriter, praising speed and savings by its use. A cousin’s nightshirt incident features a businesslike demand for three yards at a specific price. A temperamental farmer seeks a farmhand, insisting on a character reference but ends up mocked for honesty.
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Jook
Realian
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THE
East Kootenay Mining ‘Journal
John Smith
Sioka
Wers
Hardson Sole Proprietors
Burlington
Golden
Kootenay House
Rample
Queen’s Hotel
J. C. Greene
Columbia House
Wm. McNeish
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