Golden BC a hub for mining and lumber trades
Golden on the main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway connects with steamboat service on the Columbia river. It is a mineral and commercial center in eastern British Columbia, hosting gold smelting works, the Upper Columbia Navigation Co., and a thriving lumber industry. It serves as a distribution point for the rich mineral country of the Columbia and Kootenay Valleys and is famed for its scenery.
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Golden
Canadian Pacific Railway
Columbia River
British Columbia
Golden Smelting Works
Upper
Local Jottings From Donald Area Presbyterian Church Erection
Mr Jas Henderson begins building a Presbyterian church and services move to the schoolhouse at 10 tomorrow. Don ald holds elect ion of wardens Beasley Patmore and Baines. Thanksgiving Day closures noted. CPR shops busy, Golden Lumber Co employs about 180 men. Excellencies Lord and Lady Aberdeen visit Donald and depart by special train. Mr Dave Reid of Winnipeg ill in hospital. police court reports assault case.
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Golden Lumber Co
Lord
Lady Aberdeen
Donald
Society of the King’s Daughters
J. N. Taylor
J. F. Armstrong
Alexander Hall
Mr. Warren
Golden
Mining and social highlights from Golden and West Kootenay
The report covers a court hearing on a gang dispute and a long-running trial, plus social events in Golden and Winnipeg area. It notes the North Star mine near Golden shipping ore, with D. D. Mann and F. H. Bacon traveling west to move ore to river landings. It describes coalitions, prices, and market conditions across towns like Spokane Jennings Bonner’s Ferry and Sandon, and mentions heavy ore shipments and regionally paralyzed areas noted along the Kootenay and Great Northern routes.
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Winnipeg Free Press
D. D. Mann
Free Press
Mann
Kootenay River
Golden
Columbia River
Kootenay
Sogeste
Crow's Nest Pass
North Star
Tobacco Plains
Timothy Hay
Great Northern
Jennings
Bonner’s Ferry
Spokane
British Columbia
Three Forks
Sandon
Kaslo & Slocan
Nakusp & Slocan
Slocan Star
Ruth
Not now exactly we are both after copper properties under bond
The dialogue explains bond mining deals where workers can operate copper mines for a set term under an agreement. If the mines prove unprofitable, ownership reverts to the original owners and workers lose only annual payments made, not the full purchase price.
Church Services Planned For Tomorrow Evening And Morning
The schedule lists St. Pauls Church at 7:30 for the evening service, a Methodist service in the school house at 7:80 led by Mr Robins, and a Presbyterian morning service at 10 in the school house conducted by Rev T B Glassford BA.
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St. Paul’s Church
Robins
T. 8. Glassford
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C. A. Warren
Golden, B.C
Kootenay House
H. D. Hume
Prof
General Merchant
Drewry
Golden Key
Slater
Ray Lats Indian
Alexander Block
Kmas Goods
J. G. Templeton
Calgary
Jas. Henderson
Presbyterian Church
Jephson-Creagh
Messers. Beasley
Patmore
Baines
C.P.R
J. Creagh
Alberta Tribune
Creagh
Dave Reid
H. G. Parson
Winnipeg
Reid
J. B. Duly
Court of Assizes
Engineering and Mining Journal of
New York
W. Kootenay
East Kootenay Mines
Capt. Armstrong
F. H. Bacon
West Kootenay Country
Canal Flat
Fort Steele
Church Services
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