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Newspaper
Nelson Daily Miner
Location
Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Oct 03, 1901
Page
2
The notice lists subscription rates for daily and weekly editions, with options by carrier and mail, and mentions a London office and special agents in Spokane for advertising and subscriptions. It provides pricing per year and per week, and identifies authorized agents.
A editorial recounts Prince and Princess of York praising Canada as a free, healthy life compared with crowded British cities. It argues more Britons would emigrate if Canada’s opportunities were known, noting Canada’s growing appeal and a hoped increase in British Columbia’s emigrant share. Hon. J. A. Turner sails for London to promote the province, aiming to secure strong British interest and positive coverage of Canadian resources.
The piece argues that the united financial interests and the community of interest concept have reduced or could prevent panics that once followed prosperity cycles. It cautions that a break in cooperation might allow a panic if profitable, challenging the notion that future panics are impossible.
The Rossland miners union replies to Le Roi mine director R J Frecheville and points out misstatements in his letter. With three months of strike nearly worn, renewed mediation by Dominion labour commissioner R K Clute and provincial officials may yield a harmonious conclusion as in the previous settlement. The 1890s contract system played a key role, and officials like Chris Foley, James Devine, Berard Macdonald, Edmund B Kirby offered conciliatory efforts to end the dispute.
Editorial notes describe C F Allen's magnetic concentrator promising dramatic gold savings. The device uses a sluice box with alternating rifles and a Brussels carpet layer. a hollow cover contains its secret. Anodes and an applied force supposedly attract black sands while repelling forces push fine gold into the heavy carpet for concentration.
An article discusses an inventor's claim to a water based flour saving device with 4 000 tons daily capacity and 9 percent savings, then profiles prominent Irish origin magnates Samuel McCaughey in Australia and P Buros in British Columbia, praising Burns for business acumen and vast holdings across Canada.
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