For Sale Midnight Mineral Claim in Slocan Area
Extension of the famous Mountain Chief Mine known as the Midnight Mineral Claim is offered for sale cheap for cash. For price list and general information apply to Thos Abricl Nakusp BC.
19 Oct 1893
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Newspaper
Nakusp Ledge
Location
Nakusp, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Oct 19, 1893
Page
1
Extension of the famous Mountain Chief Mine known as the Midnight Mineral Claim is offered for sale cheap for cash. For price list and general information apply to Thos Abricl Nakusp BC.
Seven miles of track laid on the Revelstoke branch with gravel trains following tracklayers. McMartin says the work on the far end is advancing rapidly. Steamers Kootenay and Lytton run daily from Revelstoke with iron. First freight cars left Tuesday for O Learys camp and three cars Wednesday for Manns camp. Witnesses praise Willis Armstrong Hub Glenn and Dave Lyttle for skill and efficiency. Contractors Mann Bros move to New Denver for two miles of line from Three Forks. McLean Bros win grading for mine miles on Slocan lake. Wm. McLean senior has built five miles and runs the business.
The steam tug Nakusp imported from Seattle by Peter Genesle is nearly ready for business. The 38 foot by 8 foot craft mounts Chas. P. Willard’s 30 hp high pressure engine driving a 36 inch four blade screw at 200 revolutions per minute. She ought to be a flyer.
Jake Lerson displays a pleasant smile as his family grows with a new daughter in Kamloops. The birth marks a happy milestone for the Lerson household in the Canadian city.
The huge high grade galena boulder found in Slocan by Jack Cockle sold for 2000 dollars to W. D. Middaugh. It is to be mined and shipped to a San Francisco smelter with a special train from Revelstoke to Vancouver. Photos will document each step for promotion.
J W Haskins and W Miller arrived from Big Bend with quartz samples from the Crown Point claim on Gold Stream between Trench and McCulloch creeks. The rock assays show rich free gold and suggest a valuable venture may lead to a ten stamp mill on site and local crushing.
T. A. Garland announces the Nakusp branch will close by Nov 12 with goods offered at greatly reduced prices. D. K. Book serves as manager. R. T. Lowery, editor and financier of the Leper, departed for Kaslo last Thursday planning a leisurely trip to reach Kaslo on Sunday to avoid Kaslo brass band noise. F. W. Jordan and wife returned from Fire Valley after a two week hunting trip.
Local notes report Harry Shearan and Dan McLennan active on Slocan avenue while Dan Dunn and Alex Even bend railroad gags. Mines deals surface with Reed Robinson group asking 40000 and McNaughts of Seattle paying 70000 for Four Mile Creek properties. The government may appoint a new justice of the peace to Kaslo town.
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