Mining locals report ongoing claims work and ore shipments
W Horton develops Lemon creek claims while Lee Chisholm and I N Daly assess Fennel creek properties including L H C and Star Pointer. The Hampton ships six tons weekly from Miccan City and the Silver Leaf seeks a Crown Grant atop Fight Mile. Finnett Hilton haul ore from Arlington mine with two teams, and Condor on Four Mile creek closes as a longer tunnel planned.
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Wm. Horton
Lemon Creek
Lee Chisholm
I. N. Dally
Fennel Creek
L. H.C
Aef
Ashcroft
K. W. M Lysons
Greenwood
Finnett & Hilton
Arlington
Slocan Lake
Denver
Marion
Borun ‘Landing
Silverton Alpha
Hewett
Emily Edith
Enterprise Landing
Teelve Mile Landing
Lines City
Arlington Ste
Black Prince
Phoenix
Smith Leads Silver Band Group Nine for Property Survey
E Forle Smith departs from the Silver Band Group to conduct assessment work on the property. He will ship about 500 pounds of samples to the Old Country next week to attract capital for further development. The Silver Band property in the Silver Band Basin at the head of Eight Mile Creek shows a large vein of high grade dry silver ore found in several locations.
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E. Forle Smith
Silver Band Group
Visits to Fisher Maiden Mine and Rockland Group
Frank Watson, manager of the operating company, with Mesara Green wool and J K Clark toured the Fisher Maiden mine this week. They viewed the Red Mountain ore display at Rockland and learned the Red Mountain road start is imminent and Rock Hand group work will begin soon.
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Frank Watson
Mesara Greenwool
J K Clark
Itia
Rockland
Red Mountain
Watron
Rock Hand
Comstock Mines Near Sale To Close Liabilities
Local capital raises to purchase the Comstock Mines Limited and settle debts owed to merchants. The Comstock group on Fennel Creek, floated by JH Bell-Irving in 1896, faced dissolution two years ago after the Thomson group work. The plan envisions acquiring the property and balancing outstanding liabilities, with stock and cash components likely involved.
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Comstock Mines, Limited
Comstock Group
Fennel Creek
Fluey
Comstock Company
JH. Bell-Irving
Thompson Group
Comstock
Canh
Great Britain
End of Era for Local Mine After Capital Woes
After opening with funds and developing ore extraction, 245 tons were shipped and a 50 ton concentrator built. Milling failed after 100 tons of concentrates, funds exhausted, winding up began. Locals view the property as solid but outside capital unlikely, so local money steps in. papers to be signed next week with creditors to receive long delayed payouts.
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Hewitt
Passette
Slocam
Hole Contract System Highlighted In Rossland Mines
Carl A Dayia, superintendent of the War Eagle and Centra Star mines, presents figures in the British Columbia Mintne Record showing cost benefits of the hole contract system over the wage method. The miner’s daily earnings rise from $3.50 to $4.50 or more, and total costs per foot favor contract across drilling blasting and explosives for 1,244 feet vs 1,377 feet under the old method.
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Carl A Dayia
War Eagle
Centra Star
B. C. Mintne
Metal Market Prices Mixed as Markets Adjust
New York August 9 quotes show silver at 583½ cents, copper at $16.50, and lead around $437 per ton. European prices include silver at 26½ pence and copper at £675, with English lead listed at £19. The market notes firm price fixing for miners and traders amid currency and commodity shifts.
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New York
Ameliern
Silverton Waterworks revival eyed with new pipeline plan
Sulverton Waterworks and The Silverton Water and Light Company revive after a dormant period. Promoters plan to pipe water from Hume creek to a reservoir above Alpha Street, enlarging an existing private site to supply domestic use and town protection with gravity pressure. The main line will run down Third Street after import of pipes by William Hunter Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silverton Water and Light Company
Hume Creek
Alpha St
Alpha &T
Lake Ave
Third St
William Hunter Co
Silverton
Friends and foes in a tangle of loyalties and culture
The piece reflects on friendship across temperaments from generous aid to opportunistic bias. It laments women’s friendships as mysterious and critiques social prejudice toward Chinese migrants, noting opium, Christianity, and “the white man’s burden” as harsh forces shaping immigrant life and labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thivan
China
Pekin
Nck
Boxera
America
John L. Sullivan
Mississippi
Paddy Ryan
John
R F Green as Minister of Mines Favours Conservative Gov
The article suggests R F Green M L A may join the Government as Minister of Mines. Government optimism rests on Green accepting a portfolio, signaling continuity of a Conservative administration.
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R. F. Green
Green
Blocan City Mining Division Sees Rising Ore Output
SLOCAN CITY DISTRICT figures show last year's ore production at 2847 tons and this year Ala' rich reaching 879 tons. The data indicate steady mine development despite broader Blocan property disruptions and universal demand for dry ores among smelters.
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Blocan City Mining
Ala’ Rich
Blocan
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