08 Oct 1897
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Newspaper
Golden Era
Location
Golden, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Oct 08, 1897
Page
1
The notice notes that time is running out for shoppers with a handful of bargains left at Ses 660 Speed. Offers cover limited quantities on select items, urging quick decisions before the sale closes.
Fort Steele welcomed Hewitt Bostock M P with a banquet at the Central Hotel amid cross party harmony. The following day Bostock toured the Mission Industrial School and spoke to locals before visiting mines and towns en route to West Kootenay. Meanwhile railway officials Schrieber and Haney drew crowds as Fort Steele prepared for potential line developments.
The Pilot Bay smelter will treat ore at 2.75 per ton. Silver rose to 55 cents then receded. Good ore reported on Gidl's Creek near Donald. Lead strong in St Louis at 4.325c, Copper up in England to 247.62. Hobson begins winter work on Ottertail claim. Bald Mountain ships ore to Victoria Works for mill test. Chanue Mining extends Fifteen Mile Creek shaft 66 feet. Lindsay moves to Ottertail for Sun day claim development. Copper Creek property with Major Clohesy looking up. Contractor driven 29 feet. Robinson Company, Johannes burg, pays 2,073,060 per year in dividends from ore yielding 19 wts per ton gold. Willis reports good from Fifteen Mile Creek foreman. Hopkins shows pay streak seven inches quartz lead on Toby Creek. Keyser buys Townsen d’s toresta in Pictou claim for development. The Mansefield mine, Germanys great copper mine, reports 3.2 copper and .17 k silver, ore last year 642,738 tone treated. Dainard from Copper Creek notes Alberta and Kootenay Co claim tunnel at 46 feet, open cut on Doctor claim shows 8 feet ore well mineralized.
Reports claim B Morijeau struck again at Horse thief Creek while the Le Roi mine may sell to an English syndicate for 3 500 000. Willow River dirt yields 64 per pan. Ruth claim work resumes at Vermont Creek. Lead remains quiet but believed to rebound. Mentions Fort Steele prospects, Perry Creek stamp mill success, and looming silver demand in London.
Mrs R A Kimpton will live at Windermere for the winter as the school addition nears completion late this month. Mr Barron spoke on arithmetic in mixed schools at Vernon teachers convention and assisted with the entertainment. Miners at Bald Mountain tunnel report 80 feet of solid ore with no end in sight. Rev King to preach at Presbyterian Church Sunday at 7 30 PM on The persecutions of the early Church. Dr A Munro surgeon at Kamloops passed through from Winnipeg on Wednesday.
President Hill reports the Great Northern has no present intention to extend a railway up the Columbia valley to the Yukon. The letter notes that the company does not plan expansion to the district mentioned in your inquiry.
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