Development Continues On Hartford Claim Near Phoenix
A mining update notes a $25,000 Hartford claim near Hartford Junction two miles from Phoenix with a $10,000 bond paid. Development progresses with a 60 foot shaft and planned crosscuts to access pay streaks while ore shows strong gold and copper values. Five miners work Last Chance in Skylark camp, while other claims including Okana and Old Ironsides advance. telegraph service comes to Phoenix via Corbin line.
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Hartford
Phoenix
Hartford Junction
John Rogers
H. N. Galer
Granby
Grand Forks
David Evans
Gind
Hartford Mi
Mountain View
Summit
Neil Cochrang
Oro Denoro
Okana
Camp McKinney
Cariboo
Geo. B.“Mcaule
Deadwood Camp
Mother Lode
Massam & Laidlaw
Spokane
Jas
Johnstone
Phill
Aspinwall
McRae Copper Mines, Ltd
Billding Cold Storage Warehouse Construction Starts
Excavation for a new cold storage warehouse by Vaughn and Melnnes began this week. The building on Knob Hill Avenue opposite the Belle Vue Hotel measures 28 by 70 feet and rises three stories. It will be modern with new features for cold storage once lumber arrives.
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Vaughn & Melnnes
Knob Hill Avenue
Bellevue Hotel
New Telephone Exchange Planned for Phoenix
Nelson and Vernon Telephone Co plans a Phoeni time switchboard within a month after opening a drug store office of A. P. McKenzie & Co. on Dominion Avenue. The move will create two Phoenix exchanges with a possible third soon.
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Nelson & Vernon ‘Telephone Co
Phoeni
A. P. McKenzie & Co
Dominion Avenue
Phoenix
Railway Inquiry in Montreal Sees Track Work Continue in Spring
Reports from Montreal challenge claims that Phoenix tracklaying will stop this winter. The Pioneer notes sources opposed to Phoenix progress may spread rumors, but officials indicate work will resume after completing the Greenwood to Midway section. A Phoenix spur to Hartford Junction and sidetrack plans support continued construction with carloads moving through in the interim. Municipal elections in Kootenay Yale Greenwood Grand Forks Rossland Columbia show varied mayoral outcomes. Drilling on the 250 foot level progresses with 50 workers on site.
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Phoenix
Montreal
L. C. Crawford
Tronsides
Jay 2. Graves
C. P.R
P. Welch Co
C. PR
C. VR
Midway
the C. P. R
Hlartford Junction
T'ye
Local News Briefs From Greenwood and Grand Forks
Foley Brothers stock of winter footwear arrives as work accelerates on the Grand Forks C P R station. Columbia Telephone plans a Phoenix switchboard and exchange. Sameanson tours the Bull Dog tunnel to inspect an air compressor for a Phoenix camp company. Wm Hunter expects stock ready in weeks and will move into his new building beside the Imperial hotel. Burglars steal $15 from the Phoenix hotel bar after leaving doors and cash register unlocked. Rev Balderston speaks at Greenwood Methodist church. future services at the same time and place. Boundary and Lardo Mining Co organizes at Grand Forks with claims near Eholt. L C Crawford gains Phoenix agency for insurers from London to Toronto. Eight-year-old Elmer Stover badly hurt by dynamite cap. eyesight may be lost. Rambler mine near Eholt reports copper-rich ore five feet deep. operations to continue. Bellevue hotel opening night with Misses Mahoney and Church. Terpsichore fans enjoy. Rail paper shipments delayed between Halifax and Vancouver. Pioneer's stock requisitioned. John G Sullivan of the Columbia & Western railway urges local merchants to take car deliveries to avoid per-car fees. Merchants value timely goods amid rail delays.
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Foley Brothers
Grand Forks
Columbia Telephone Co
Phoenix
Sameanson
Bull Dog
Wm. Hunter
Imperial Hotel
Hunter
Shoenix
B. H. Balderston
Methodist
Greenwood
Boundary
Lardo Mining Co
Lardo
Eholt
Ie Davis
Bellevue Hotel
Knob’ Hill Avenue
Sug Eeeaion
Nort Mahoney
Hazel Church
Terpsichore
Helpi
Halifax
Vancouver
Pioneer
John G. Sullivan
Columbia & Western Railway
Challenge to BC Wrestler or Boxer Size 150 Pounds
Sam Woon of Greenwood offers a public challenge through the Phoenix Pioneer to any man in British Columbia near 150 pounds for wrestling or boxing. He requests contact via the Alhambra Theatre address in Greenwood.
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The
Phoenix Pioneer
Pioneer
British Columbia
W. J. Landry
Alhambra Theatre
Greenwood
B.C
Jist Woon
Dissolution Notice of Phoenix Hotel Partnership
Notice is given that the partnership of hotelkeepers in Phoenix British Columbia is dissolved by mutual consent. Debts are to be paid to Ernest Edwin Weeks of Phoenix Sail and all claims presented to him for settlement. Dated Phoenix this 5th day of 1900.
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Phoenix
Province of
British Columbia
Ernest’ Edwin Weeks
Ac Phoenix Sail
Edwin Weeks
W.b.cocuast
E. Wess
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Phoenix, B. C
Weforting Thompson
Wellington Corp
Mirway
Recorder's Office
Kettle River
Corbin
J. H. McKinney
Sperry Telephone Exchange
McKinney
Lronsides.Co
Jones’ & Jones
L.C. Crawford
London
Western Assurance
British America Assurance, of
Toronto
Old Ironsides Subdivision
Town
Phoenix, B.C
Ren! Foundation
Kootenay
Yale
Mardy
Lloyd A. Manly
Charles Cunnings
Rossland
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