Prospect House Nakusp Bar Offerin g Finest Wines and Cigars
The Prospect House in Nakusp advertises a well stocked bar with the finest brands of wines liquors and cigars available to patrons.
23 Aug 1894
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Newspaper
Nakusp Ledge
Location
Nakusp, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Aug 23, 1894
Page
1
The Prospect House in Nakusp advertises a well stocked bar with the finest brands of wines liquors and cigars available to patrons.
NAKUSP BC The bar is stocked with fine wines liquors and cigars. Robt Madden proprietor advertises a beautifully situated hotel at the lake shore near the Slocan mines and New Denver promising fishing hunting grand-beating facilities for tourists and artists with superb hotel facilities.
Leland House on Slocan Ave advertises a choice location with a beautiful country view. The bar is stocked with top wines liquors and cigars. Dining room offers delicacies of the season and invites calls. Moderate charges.
Local field notes describe Bob Lane shooting a mountain goat, Hugh Madden showing coarse gold from Waneta claims, Calgary investors inspecting Alberta claims, and Nelson Demers sending gold quartz samples for assay. Waneta Co. reports coarse gold removal, Devlin discovers four foot gold bearing ledge near Golden, fishing remains strong, Rising Sun ditch works 150 feet long to drain failings promising $4 daily pay, Bridge Co. plans bedrock shaft as drift yields potential profits.
The Lardeau to Trout lake wagon road stops for the second time in six weeks. Work has resumed in three miles from the destination but funds are exhausted halting further progress. Local men await machinery and ore transport.
The report notes a gold assay of 481 dollars in free milling gold from the golden bagl ore.
A Vancouver meeting discussed creating a Bureau of Mines building to store ore from across BC for exhibition and monthly pamphlets. The plan aims to inform the public, aid minerals research, and potentially start a Province School of Mines with government support. The Arrow boat resumed service after obtaining an engineer's certificate.
Talks run high on shipping ore from the Slocan to Swansea but no shipments yet. W. P. Harvey visits the Slocan to discuss arrangements for a 20 ton daily shipment, with plans and specifications drawn and ready for erection of a modern plant.
The Wilson Creek trail has reached six miles funded by a $250 government grant and equal labor from locals. A further $250 grant could extend the trail toward the Dolly Varden claims to aid ore shipment. Jumbo mine at Illecillewaet ships forty tons to Swansea with a five dollar per ton premium over American smelters.
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