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Newspaper
Golden Era
Location
Golden, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Sep 01, 1899
Page
1
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Continued report outlines excavation work on the Gidden Truarurd mineral claim with copper carbonate and copper glance showing at a 68 percent return. Describes Bugaboo Creek routes, other claims such as Western Grows and Discovery Cut, and notes on galena, iron sulphides, silver values, and limited ore in several tunnels and open cuts on multiple claims including Last Chance Agnes and Magda.
In Welland Ont Miss Hattie Archer testifies to Dr Williams Pink Pills curing her long illness from 1897 to 1898. She describes fatigue loss of weight poor appetite and sick headaches and says after five boxes she regained strength and appetite and feels cheerful. She credits the pills with the complete recovery and warns against imitation remedies.
A writer describes travel from Fort Steele to Windermere 80 miles away along the Golden road. He notes canal Flat, Mud Lake, and the Thunder Hill folly, visits to Columbia City and Peterborough, and a promising Red Line claim on Boulder Creek with a bond of 110 000. The Windermere district appears hopeful for wealth from mining despite past failures.
From Our Own Correspondent Hammond of Osler and Hammond arrives in Toronto to advise clients. Drowned Joe Garand from Sinclair Pass is linked to St. Lawrence. Bank of Commerce executive Smyth visits Cranbrook. Copper ore from Jupiter Star claim at Boulder creek, new mining prospects on McDonald Creek. Law Creek strike by Harry Mitchell Innes Jim Scott Frank Anderson and Andy Clark. Sawmill busy. Kimpton family mourns the death of Clifford Kimpton after an operation at Golden Hospital.
A Virginia editor nearly given up after chronic diarrhoeal illness credits Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with restoring his health. O R Moore testifies he is now hale and hearty. Sold by Henderson Bros wholesale and Victoria Vancouver.
M de Varennes, managing director of Certainty Gold and Mining Co. Limited, arrived in Golden to finalize the purchase of the Porphyry, Iron Hill, and Wagle Cliff claims for about $9,000. Development shows No 1 tunnel at 40 feet and No 2 at 28 feet with a 34 foot pay-chute in No 2. A winter camp will be set, workmen to double, and a road to the mine may be built to ship ore to Hull Mined Smelter at Nelson.
On Sunday August 20 at 10 a.m. Jon Garr fell from his horse while crossing the Kootenay River ford at Sinclair Pass and drowned. Accompanied by William Goundry and Lee Crockett the party left Okotoks Alberta for Emlay Cree Wandermere district to assess two claims. Garr a St Lawrence Quebec native, had two Montreal brothers. Goundry and Crockett searched for his body without success and later moved toward Windermere. Goundry and Crockett then left for Finlay Creek on the 27th.
A meeting of the Young Ladies Athletic Club was held on Monday the 26th. Volunteers were appointed to recruit members: Miss Rania Kenny, Miss Gladys Houston, and Miss Gertrude Fields. They plan to rent Alexander Hall for one night weekly if possible and will use the school house for free if not.
An account describes a trek with a hundred travelers from the Rocky Mountains through the Row Valley to the Great Divide. They admire a stately horse, traverse dark tunnels, and pass into a city laid in a valley, noting lodging seeks wilderness for travelers.
Rheumatic sufferers in Toronto report relief after using South American Rheumatic Cure. Mr Fro T Endos of 424 Sully Street credits the remedy with rapid easing of wrist pain and improved work ability after two years of agony and nine months hospital treatment.
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