13 Oct 1899
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Newspaper
Golden Era
Location
Golden, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Oct 13, 1899
Page
1
Fragmented text describes a certificate of improvement and regional fractional min near a river area with names like William McNeish and John OTe amid garbled data. It references a division in the northeast and entities such as Fat ei neete and Fre Mine se rei. The passage is partially unreadable.
Open cuts and a shaft descend to 60 feet on main lode. Quartz ore shows galena and gray copper with iron sulfides carrying gold values, prompting further development. Mentions Favourite Mineral Claim below International and Maud Mineral Claim extensions with tunnels, shafts, and multiple quartz ledges showing iron sulfides and galena.
The September school report lists students by division and class with names such as Walter Houston Gladys Houston Thu Bookhout Maggie Archer Bert Hanna Roy Hanna Melville McIntosh Stanley Moodia Leva Malatosh Katie Pughe Harry Moore Percy Lake Bertis Soles Moss Morgan Tony Deserma Blanche Enghlom Joh Rutherford. The average discipline balance is 60.
Fourteen claims on Bugaboo Creek and many mines including Phoenix group, Red Line and Delphine are active with large labor forces. Seale and Welch report a rich lead ore at Number Two Creek. Red Line title dispute settles with Starbird Collett and Robinson buying Larson’s interest for 15000 and bond secured for 150000.
A Merriton resident credits Dr William’s Pink Pills with curing post typhoid nervous exhaustion. After weight loss and heart troubles, Mrs Angle reports better sleep, ceased palpitations, regained strength and weight after six boxes. The ad urges buyers to demand full trademarked packaging.
Notice declares an application to the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for a charter to form a company to construct maintain and operate a telephone system across East Kootenay including townsites and highways Local attorneys Harvey & McQuarter of Bolkhove represent the applicant and a reward is offered for information concerning a theft referenced in the notice.
A Ladysmith despatch to the Daily Telegraph claims Boers have begun war in Natal. It describes a train seized by Kree State burghers, a mounted patrol stoned, with orders to fire only if fired upon, and rumors of the assassination of Mr Conyngham Greene.
The Bear Group of five claims Black Pinr Brows Bear London Copper Bell and Black Prince on Bugabse Creek ten miles from the Columbia River was located on the 29th ultimo by Robert McKeeman and Dan Stadlender of Windermere BC. The vein runs twenty feet wide four feet high and copper ore is solid along 4600 feet with ore body over 500 feet long on the surface. McKeeman Stadlender brought in notable copper ore from the property on the 4th instant.
The Conservative convention at New Westminster closed endorsing the 1898 Liberal Conservative platform. It calls for provincial road and trail construction, improved justice administration, capital labor dispute settlement, government ownership of railways with control and purchase options, fisheries control, state-aided agricultural development, broader London BC promotion, eight hour work law support, education reform, provincial medical aid, immigration of domestic workers, and other provincial interests. Col. Prior elected president. R B Ellis secretary. D B Ker treasurer. T O'Brien attended Golden.
Advert shows Pineapple Pablats claimed to aid digestion and cure many ailments. It touts usefulness for health and sells a box of 60 tablets for 85 cents through C. A. Warren, presenting Dr. Von Stan’s Pineapple tablets as a major medical advance.
The annual Hyak shooting trip is planned for next week up the Columbia River. Officers of the Navigation Company are sparing no effort to ensure a pleasant voyage for those who can participate.
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