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Newspaper
Nakusp Ledge
Location
Nakusp, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Feb 08, 1894
Page
3
Gentle readers bid farewell and urge readers to have subscriptions ready for when the office returns. The note jokes about costs to entertain royalty, devilled crabs, and diamonds, hinting the staff mock a millionaire lifestyle as they travel in a cog.
Reports from Vancouver via the Warrimoo describe vast fever for gold in Coolgardie and its five fields. Explorers recount astonishing yields and the challenges of waterless deserts. Government plans aim to tap subterranean reservoirs to unite the belt of 132 600 square miles of fields.
For the week ending Jan 19, 158 tons of ore valued at 23700 were shipped from Kaslo over the N and F S R. When in Kaslo stop at the Great Northern Hotel Bates reasonable Headquarters for Hudson Bay Co s goods.
Arrival and departure times for the Robson Revelstoke Northport route with north and south bound services. Connections to Canadian Pacific trains at Revelstoke and Spokane Falls lines at Northport. Nakusp stop Wednesdays and Saturdays north bound and Mondays and Thursdays south bound.
Outward sailings from Nelson to Kaslo listed by days of the week with times and arrival windows. Kaslo to Nelson trips detailed including morning and afternoon departures and midweek variations. Passengers bound for Spokane and south advised to choose the Nelson departure from Kaslo at 9 am on Mondays and Thursdays for connections. Information and rates available from steamer pursers or officials T Allan secretary Nelson BC and J W Troup manager.
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