Fresh Gold Discoveries Spark Prospectors’ Stampede Toward Camborne
Fresh quartz discoveries on Menhenick Creek ignite a rush as prospectors push up the gold bearing belt toward Isaac Creek and Camborne. Locals report dozens of new locations along Pool Creek and surrounding creeks, with gold visible to the naked eye and potential galena associations near Mount Eva.
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Menhenick Creek
Isaac Creek
Thomson
Camborne
Pool
Tse Guvek
Kootenay
Pool Creek
Scott
Butler
Suble
Lexington
Colorado
Gilens
Mount Eva
Clear Dowk
W. Bauer
BeR Ty convention report and railway news in Milwaukee
A rough report from BeR Ty convention in Milwaukee notes Patwell a traveling passenger agent of the G P R is visiting. McMinns and others advertise cheap rates to the Pan American. A man injured near a work site loses part of his hand and may require amputation. Also announced is a CP Rail Victoria manager appointment succeeding Christie. Montreal despatch mentions machinists in Grand Trunk and eastern Canadian Pacific unions prepping for a possible labor dispute, with non union workers expected to support any action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kamloops
Streight
Victoria
C. P. R.telegraph Company
Willian
Christie
Montreal
Canadian Pacific
Sultan Embassy Sent by Morocco and Other Headlines
The dispatch notes a royal embassy from Morocco to King Edward, with congratulations in London. Andrew Carnegie commits ten million for Scottish universities, and Alaska’s Klondyke cleanup progresses amid local theft and crime reports. In Tonowro a jail raid results in possible execution, and a not guilty verdict is recorded in Yonkers regarding a Sunday Law case. Quartz findings in Fish River cnamp are described, while machinists strike discussions grow at central unions and factory concerns threaten broader work stoppages.
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Morocco
Andrew Carnegie
Central Machinists
Klondyke
Tonowro
Frank Rutledge
Aurora
Lonpos
Edward
Tor
Thitey
Ideal mill site in Comaplix spurs lumber trade on Fish River
The town of Comaplix sits on Kuotenaay Lake with mountain scenery and year round deep water. The Pioneer Mill, run by Fred Robinson Lumber Co, operates 12 miles by steamer to Arrowhead, shipping cedar and pine to Calgary with a recent cargo worth over $600. Locals include John Lewis foreman and J Fred Robinson as general manager. Numerous mining firms and a growing transport network rely on Comaplix, with government road work and a new Fish River line planned and pack trains carrying supplies to the camp.
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Comaplix
Archer Demi
Tive
Fred Robinson Lumber Co
Mike
Fish River
Calgary
John “Lewis
J. Fred Robinson
North Koot
Conmplex
Hei
Ieee
S. Carey
Frei: Robinson
Wide ‘West
Arrowhead
Reveletoke
Trout Lake and
Big Bend Co
Lardent
Camborne
Magee and Shields
C. Bullard
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C. B. Hume & CO
Bhepore
Kirkcaldy
Scotland
C.B. Hume & CO
the Herald
Milwaukee
Patwell
G.P
Winnipeg
Loth
OC. PY Reaven
Fieets
McMinns
Hungary
Andrew Carne
W. G. Girard
Cnamp
Fred Milling
Menghenick Creek
Venteil Confederation
Interntional Association of Machinists
Imembere
Ibis
Central Federation
Slike
Vita Membera
Interational Association of Machinists
Con Stand
Booth
Mr. Booth
Steamboat
Afi AN
Fred Robinson ‘Company
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