Gold Fever Spreads as Beaver Lake Find Draws Northward
Town bears the Adventurous Spirit as prospectors race to Beaver Lake north of Cumberland, with Dan Mosher’s discovery sparking a rush. Miners and investors, including W H Bunting and H Bickle, depart for the Eldorado, while The Pas remains the nearest rail link to the site.
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the Herald
Beaver Lake District
Dan Mosher
Klondike
Alaska
California
Mexico
W.H
Dan Mosher Arrives With Mining Plans In Saskatoon
Dan Mosher arrives with six friends at the Opasquai hotel and says Beaver Lake Mining Co will begin operations at once with 100 men and a plant on site. Shares sold totaled 50 000 on the first day. Samples show free milling gold quartz and arsenical ore with assays from 2.00 to 226.80 per ton. Saskatoon reports district rich in minerals and copper silver and nickel indicated by prospector W. H. Hatton and local witnesses.
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Tan. Mosher
Opasquai Hotel
The
Herald
Mosher
Beaver Lake Mining Co
Mr. Mosher
Ance Albert
Sask
Dominion Lands Office
Dan Mosher
Milton Hersey Co., Ltd
Montreal
Saskatoon
W. H. Hatton
Klondyke
Rush to Hudson Bay builds vast railway effort
Major John Leitch reports rapid progress on the Hudson Bay railway from the end of steel to Thicket Portage mile 185. McMillan Bros and the Hudson Bay Construction Co. have hundreds of teams and thousands of tons of supplies staged, with a sleigh road aiding distribution to camps, including a new trading post at Thicket Portage and a growing mining camp footprint.
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John 8. Leitch
French
Mounted Police
Fort Churchill
Thicket Portage
Hudson Bay
The
Herald
McMillan Bros
Lake Sipiwesh
McMillan Brothers
W.B. Sifton
Dauphin
Cormorant Lake
Hudson Bay Construction Company
Alberta Conservatives Express Dissatisfaction
Alberta Conservatives voice unhappiness with government support for Western needs and accuse Eastern Conservatives of dominating the party. The piece notes rail access opening Setting Lake northward, rich natural resources, abundant fish, and a Port Nelson harbor visit by Captain Freenly who disputes claims of an impracticable harbor. It mentions the Marconi wireless setup due by Dec 5 and upcoming operation.
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Mitawa
Alberta
Algonquin Park
Leitch
Freenly
Port Nelson
Hudson Bay
Nelson
Marooni
Escape Follows Bold Bank Heist Suspect Kerfanko Flees Winnipeg
Winnipeg police report Jack Kerfanko escaped from the central station at 2.30 this morning after seizing a revolver and ordering guards to surrender. He lowered from a window using a rope, fled in an awaiting auto on Portage Avenue, and remains at large with the murder and bank robbery case tied to Plum Coulee.
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Winnipeg
Jack Kerfanko
Central
Kersanko
Portage Avenue
Premier Roblin shifts on free wheat in Manitoba politics
Ottawa reports Premier Roblin’s surprise stance on free wheat signals a strategic shift before the Manitoba provincial election. Hon. Robert Rogers says nothing surprising at the Premier’s new position, while observers attribute the move to impending electoral considerations.
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Manitoba
Ottawa
Roblin
Robert Rogers
Redmond
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Prince Albert—Assays
City of
Assizes
Arnold
Bank of Montreal
Plum Coulee
Man
Kerfanko
the Lake Lumber Co
Pittsburg
First Street
Railway Avenue
Armstrong Trading CO
Edwards Avenue
Bill Heads
the Northern Publishing Co., Fischer, Avenut
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