Our Town Golden at the heart of the Inland Empire
Our Town Golden sits on the Canadian Pacific mainline with steamboat access on the Columbia River. It is a mineral and commercial hub for eastern British Columbia, housing the Golden Smelting Works and Upper Columbia Navigation Co. It serves as the outlet for renowned agricultural and grazing lands in the Columbia and Kootenay Valleys and is a key distributing point for the continent's richest mineral country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golden
Canadian Pactific Railway
Columbia River
British Columbia
Golden Smelting Works
Upper
Local Jottings From a Busy Week In Town
A busy week of town notes covers a Big Store underwear sale, Archdeacon McKay’s evening service at St Paul’s, a goose and fish tale, gun club fees, Oddfellows parade plans, Rheumatic relief from Chamberlain’s Pain Balm, a buggy accident, Columbia Minstrels aid entertainment, a geese hunt with Mr Lang and Mr Plowright escaping harm, and a party of English capitalists with R M Horne Payne touring British Columbia for investments.
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Canyon Creek
Placer Mine
Golden
R. M. Horne-Payne
British Columbia
R. M. Horne- Payne
Sperling & Co
A. C. Mitchell-Innes
Bennett
Horne Payne
Mr. Sperling
Vancouver
Electric Street Railway Co
Robson
Le Roi Mine to Build Canada Largest Compressor Plant
The Le Roi mine plans a massive new compressor plant to be built in Sherbrooke Quebec for 40 drills. The five month project sits on Black Bear ground next to Le Roi, with foundations begun. Output will double to about 3800 tons daily, with bottom ore assays around 280 dollars per ton.
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le Roi
Great Northwest
Rossland
Also Mentioned on This Page
Chas. A. Warren
Parson
General Merchant
Alexander Block
Kootenay House
H. D
Hume
Hudson’s Bay GO
Stephen Avenue
Calgary
Hudson's Bay Stores
Alta
Gilmour
J. G. Templeton
The
Neilsei Furniture Co
Neilson Furniture Co
Alberta
G. E. Acques
City Jeweller
C.O.D
W. Georgeson of
Winnipes
Archdeacon McKay
St. Paul’s Church
Lake
Golden Gun Club
Oddfellows
St. Paul's Church
Frank Shepardson
Southern Pacific Ry
Los Angeles
Cal
Chamberlain
Langley & Co
Victoria
Plowright
Lang
Columbia Minstrels
Laggan
Mr. R. M. Horne-Payne
Hunt
Mining News
Canada
Sherbrooke, Que
Ainsworth
I. Fitch
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