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Newspaper
Golden Era
Location
Golden, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Aug 22, 1896
Page
2
The Golden Era appears weekly on Saturdays with morning delivery in the east and west mail routes and rail regions. Subscriptions run prepaid at twenty dollars, with display ads due in the office by a set date to ensure insertion.
In Rossland the Erie reports a foot of clean ore on the hanging wall and high grade assays at San Joaquin. Le Roi shipments rise as a 10 000 ton dump remains steady. A new water jacket furnace at Trail smelter costs 150 tons daily. Mountain View crosscut advances. Cliff shows ore. War Eagle gains a new upraise with steam hoist planned. New shafts and tunneling proceed at Blue Elephant Novelty Hilltop and Le Roi compressor sites. Edward Bouche heads the mining operations.
In the Big Bend season about 20 claims show fissure veins with 3 to 30 foot widths and some veins 10 feet above ground. J W Haskins returns from McCulloch and French Creeks with samples from Orphan Boy. Vancouver Syndicate manager J H Hoar plans winter work and 600 feet of tunneling on Vancouver and Gloster with ore averaging $50 per ton. Gus Lund works Ole Bull and O K claims. G Strong cites Chamberlain’s Pain Balm. Alaska placer mines are transferred to Canadian territory, paying miners tax to British authorities along Glacier and Miller creeks.
The Ivanhoe mine on 0. K. mountain reports its tunnel on the main ledge has reached 80 feet and the ledge shows clear mineral evidence. The Ivanhoe company is in strong financial condition and plans to mine fully, with gold values valued from $2.50 to $8 per ounce.
The Dunvegan logs are being readied for shipping and ore arrivals to Klat Creek siding. Cirihoo Gold Fields advances on their new townsite. The Government trail up the North Fork is due next week, with Green’s trail to the North Star group near completion. About 17 or 18 locations exist in the North Fork camp.
A miner completes the risky trek delivering the first mail to the Yukon mining region and returns with news of operations and local conditions.
Miner Frank Griswold reports a promising find seven miles east of Christina Lake and 14 miles west of Rossland. He and partner Kelling staked five claims after seeing rich surface indications in pyrrhotite ore. Griswold plans a new trail to the claims and expects an important mining camp to develop.
Rumor spread that D C Corbin had taken up the War Eagle mine site in Northport and would build a smelter, but no word has come. The mine may be sold to a London company at about one million dollars after expert review.
A Coal Hill deposit five miles south of Kamloops yields assays of two dollars and twenty five cents in gold and eighty eight percent copper. The property is under active prospecting and has drawn inland capital attention.
Olmer Park New York showcases a fashionable novelty the tandem waltz. The new style features partners moving in unison with arms extended, reducing close contact and eliminating the “wall” temptations of traditional dancing.
The passage notes the tandem waltz as a distinct novelty. It praises the style for preserving a dancer’s line, specifically avoiding damage to a girl’s dress at the back. It comments on how the tandem format lacks the flavor of Strauss waltzing.
To-day sales pitch promises a hair grower that regrows hair on bald heads in six weeks and prevents shedding plus a complexion whitening product that claims to make skin as white as possible in a month. Each bottle costs 60 cents and orders can be mailed to 901 Division Street, Orawa, Ost.
Notice under Canada Dominion British Columbia agreement invites owners in Farwell Yale Kamloops and surrounding districts to apply for confirmatory grants. Owners must send title deeds or copies to Arthur G. Smith Deputy Attorney-General for examination and preparation of releases and surrenders.
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