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Newspaper
Golden Era
Location
Golden, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Mar 07, 1902
Page
1
After stocktaking sale list of canned goods includes Shore Mackerel 2 lb cans Finnan Haddock 116 oz French Herring 11 lb cans Sardines Munns 4 1b cans four for Baking Powder 41b can one Baking Powder 31b can Baking Powder 120s can Jam or Marmalade 6 1b carton
A BC mining overview touts the Ice River District as rich in silver gold lead zinc and copper with fissure veins up to twenty feet wide. It highlights Waterloo group on Smuggler mountain sixteen miles from Leanbol t station and Mount Hunter and Mount Godsell as scenic backdrops. The article urges prospectors to push exploration and predicts ore treatment within three years.
The Associated Boards of Trade of Eastern British Columbia urge immediate government action to lease 30 000 acres of coal lands with safeguards, fix coke at 8 50 per ton f o b and coal at 1 75, redraw federal district boundaries along the Columbia River, and reform the mineral tax to base revenue on value excluding capital costs. They propose changes to Crown granted mineral claims to promote mining development and reduce tax burdens on low grade ore.
William Marconi on the Philadelphia set a world wireless record during the Southampton to New York crossing. A four word message from Poldhu Cornwall was received 1,551 miles away, and signals reached 2,099 miles to the Philadelphia with an equivalent shore station.
Government statement notes a Toronto contact with a signed contract for Canada Northern construction and a Victoria head office plan. RN: Opposition bolting members air grievances. Speaker Pooley elected. no legislative business yet. A Yukon delegation pursues Waile appointment. Mint branch plan in Ottawa seeks approval. royalty talks and winter road funding discussed.
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