Mines of Kootenay Update From Ymir and District
Miners report two carloads of concentrates sent to the smelter from the Ymir mine. On the Maber claim Erie Mountain group an eight foot ledge is uncovered while Guildford adjoining claim shows ten feet of ledge and a tunnel is begun to strike it. Chehalis group development includes an 80 foot tunnel and crosscuts on two ledges with a five foot wide ledge drifting 40 feet and an another highly mineralized ledge. Assay averages around $16. Wilcox Mine operations push forward at Fourth of July claim with a four foot galena ledge and solid ore. government road extension to Wild Horse awaited for machinery transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Guildford
Chehalis
Ymir
Phil White
Wilcox
Broken Hill Mining and Development Company, Limited
Phil
Wild Horse
Nelsons Big Celebration Subscription List Growing
Nelson plans a July First celebration drawing strong support from citizens. Enthusiasm is evident as the community rallies around the event and a growing subscription list shows wide participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson
Nelsons New City Hall Promises a Creditable Structure
Plans for a civic building describe a 56 by 64 foot two story plus basement block reaching 76 feet with a commanding clock tower. Stone lower walls and brick upper work, ample space for offices library and fire apparatus, four basement apartments for steam heating and chief fireman’s residence, wide interior stairs and metal roof.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Street
New Mattress Factory planned by West Kootenay firm in Nelson
Miner reporter interviews 8 Weaver of West Kootenay Wire Works Trail about erecting a mattress factory on the Nelson waterfront near sampling works. Main building 85 by 70 feet with warehouses, contracts to build soon, barge cottonwood redirected for excelsior use, aims for local and regional supply. Performances by Bittnar Company to follow with "Young Mrs Winthrope" at Monday’s return visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
8. Weaver
West Kootenay
Robson
Trail
East Kootenay
Bittnar Company
Execution in Winnipeg Ends Quietly After 25 Years
Winnipeg on May 27 reports a quiet hanging deemed uneventful after a 25 year span. A murder aimed to seize $60 allegedly tied to a known victim. Separate dispatch from Alexandria notes four plague cases. The Miner's Special Kootenay Number is cited as truth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Si Sta
Alexandria
Egypt
Notice of Bright Prospects Gold Mining annual meeting
The Bright Prospects Gold Mining and Development Co. will hold its general annual meeting on Thursday June 29 1899 at 2 pm at the Aberdeen Block Baker Street Nelson BC for director election and to authorize disposition of property plus other usual business. Secretary Nelson May 29 1899.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bright Prospects Gold Mining and Development Co
Aberdeen Block
Baker Street
Nelson
B. C
Excellent Boating and Salmon Fishing by Pacific Coast
A charming Pacific Coast spot offers boating and salmon fishing during hot summer months. The locale features a delightful setting. Boats depart New Westminster every Monday, Thursday and Saturday with moderate rates. Apply to the manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Coast
New Westminster
Hotel for Sale and Baker Street Property Listings
Hotel for sale priced at 6000 dollars with monthly rent of 160 dollars. Baker Street property offered at 5090 dollars renting 150 dollars per month, leased for six years. Twelve lots in Home Addition advertised as cheap. A 17 room house for rent near Baker Street. Money to loan at special percent. Fire and Life Assurance offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker Street
Sp. Cent. Fire and Life Assurance
Choice lots for sale in Addition A neighborhood
Over two hundred residential and business lots in Addition A are now on the market. Buyers can choose from prime plots suitable for homes or commercial use as the local real estate market expands.
Nelson votes on by laws for city improvements May 1899
Public notice declares electors of Nelson British Columbia will vote on May 29 between 6 and 4 in two wards on six by laws raising funds for sewerage electric light water works public buildings and gas works. Voting places East Ward Fire Hall Josephine Street West Ward Exchequer Gold Mining Company Baker Street. Any landowner 21 or older may vote in their ward. By Order J K Strachan City Clerk and Returning Officer Nelson May 17 1899.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Nelson
Josephine Street
Exchequer Gold Mining Company
Baker Street
Stanley
Kootenay Streets
J. K. Strachan
British Columbia
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Mines OF
Kootenay
Boston
Mass
Calumet and Hecla Mining Co
Frea
G. Burns
Slocan City
Pilot Bay
Ainsworth
Burns
Kaslo
New Denver
J. A. Harvey
Fort Steele
John Phillips
W. A. Carlyle
B.A. O
W. A. Taite
York
England
City
H. B. Taite
Justice Drake
Manhattan
Malone & Tregillus
Queen's Hotel
Steve White
Thomas Madden
Reisterer & Co
Silver King
Turner, Beeton & Co
Kootenay Cigar Mfg
Phorpe & Co
Mary Muallette
John Blomberg
Lake View
Erson
Y. A. Tamblyn
Joseph Sturgeon
Nelson’s New City Hall
NEW Mattress Factory
Lie
T. G. Proctor
Point Comfort Hotel
Plumper Pass
Mayne Island, D.C
Victoria
Vancouver
Crow's Nest Pass
John Bryden
J. Laing Stocks
Offic
Dunean Minos Linited
1. Vincent
H. Byers & CO
Sandon
Sherwin-Williams
Vancouver Hardware CO
IMFP
Hugh R. Cameron
General Broker
Nelson Employment, Agency
Blacksmith
Baker
Carpenter
Jocks
J. H. Love
Ag’t
Baker St
Peter Genelle & Co
E.c. Beer Agt
W. J. G. Dickson
Corporation OF the City OF Nelson
J. L. Vanstone
Nelson, B. C
Kirkpatrick & Wilson
Finit Groceries
London & British Columbia Goldfields. Limited
London
P. O
B.C
J. Roderick Robertson
S. S. Fower
E. M
Nelson, B.C
Nelson Cleaning and Dyeing Establishment
D. Pierre
Clarke Hotel
R. P. Rithet & Co., Ltd
Columbia Flouring Mills
Enderby and Vernon
A. B. Gray
B.C. Kootenay
AGEN
Merchants’ Bank of Halifax
Halifax
Vovi
Scotia
Gress
Atlin
Grand Forks
Nanaimo
Rossland
East End
Thi
Geo. Kydd
Pabst Beer
Milwaukee
Turner Beeroné Co
Victoria, B.C
Vancouver, B.C
London, Eng
West Kootenay Butcher Co
Lowes
Ymur
B. C. Traves
W. P. Dickson
E,h. H. Applewhaite
Kootenay Electric
Gonsiacton
Sao Ees
Josephine St
Lethbridge
Frank Fletcher
W. P. Tierney
Land & Coal Agentere
Cor Kootenay & Baker
JU. McPhee
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