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Newspaper
Golden Era
Location
Golden, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jul 11, 1896
Page
2
The Golden Era Publishing Company argues that opening mining in the western province will boost many sectors from farming to road building. It stresses rapid advertising for mineral claims and notes mining activity could lead to population growth and a strong home market for agricultural produce.
Leading papers discuss a transition in B C mining from simple washings to large scale, capital intensive operations. The Dominion mining bureau idea is floated, with emphasis on broader provincial benefits and London markets.
Mr Browning of the Horsefly mine in Cariboo notes a brick valued at $8,100 from a partial clean up of gravel in sluices with sides untouched. Samuel Pollock of Briceland recalls an earlier dysentery outbreak and credits Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for rapid relief after one dose. Langley Co. and agents in Victoria and Vancouver sell it.
The Anaconda Company is casting the largest copper blocks ever from the Rocky Mountain region for shipment to St. Petersburg Russia. Blocks average 3,600 pounds and measure 638-16 by 42 inches square. An order for 200 long tons equals 420 blocks totaling 448,000 pounds.
J W Venable of Downey, a Los Angeles County pioneer, endorses Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for stomach pains and diarrhoea. He has used it for years and calls it reliable. Sold by Langley Co as wholesale agents in Victoria and Vancouver.
M de Regaurd a French metallurgist claims a process using tetra-chloride or sulphur to treat gold ores and tailings. Water contact decomposes to sulfurous hydrochloric and sulfuric acids, freeing chlorine. He estimates costs for 100 tons per day at about 1.80 francs per ton plus tailings price, with potential to recover all contained gold.
Notice to landowners in the Farwell and Yale Districts that under Canada BC arrangements owners with titles from the Provincial Government may obtain confirmatory grants from the Dominion Government. Owners must send title deeds or authenticated copies to Arthur G. Smith Deputy Attorney-General for examination and release or surrender preparation.
The item lists Nanaimo New West Vancouver Clinton Victoria Kamloops Vernon Nelson Donald as readable place names in a condensed regional reference. The fragment hints at a geographical roster rather than a full event report or narrative.
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