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Newspaper
Silverton Silvertonian
Location
Silverton, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jan 12, 1901
Page
1
Our ore shipments for the year total 170 tons all from the Lowett mine, a record for our company. The Emily Edith Mine has ore ready, Vancouver may join next summer due to road conditions, and Silverton has seven mines that will appear on the list soon.
Fifty men at the Emily Edith mine work on development and preparation for a mill next summer. The management plans to ship a few carloads of clean ore to the smelter during good sleighing to capitalize on early output. The Family Edith is growing into the region’s largest mining proposition near Slocan Lake.
The Spokesman-Review reports on the proposed tunnel running under a mountain range, passing deep beneath a valley, and at right angles to mineral leads. Mining men in the district express strong confidence that the application will be granted.
The article reports 1900 metal outputs for Idaho Montana Utah and Colorado with totals and year over year gains. Montana led copper with 23 percent of world production and 61 percent of U S copper. Utah shows combined metals value of about 16 million. Colorado tallies gold silver lead copper and zinc.
Pete Angrinon hauls Hartney ore for shipment via New Denver. The Batchelor Group at Twelve Mile reported a good ore strike last week. Five men are employed at the V and M Group, also Twelve Mile, as ore is being shipped. On Silverton Bay adjoining Emily Edith, work drives a main tunnel to 250 feet with a face showing ore and a 200 foot extension planned. Lone Star Group near town reaches 250 feet with signs of nearby ore in the ledge and galena zinc spar. Tamarack mine shaft in Michigan struck Calumet vein last month end at 4657 feet. shaft measures 7 feet 2 inches by 27 feet with five compartments and cost over 1.5 million dollars. Some Sandon mines are laying off crews due to Smelter Combine contract refusals, affecting Payne 20 miners, Whitewater 30 miners, and Last Chance 25 miners.
N R Ingoldsby while camping near Mammoth on the San Pedro River, Arizona, followed a theft yielding quartz bearing free gold from a canyon ledge. He identified the culprit as a trafing rat and named the mine Rat Hole mine after the creature. The find appears valuable and near a gold-bearing ledge.
Slocan Lake ore shipments for 1909 total 8078 tons and 1900 shipments total 4930 tons. The report lists shipments to January 1901 from Bosun Landing Silverton Hewett Enterprise Landing Slocan City Arlington Two Fields and Teenatte with varying tonnages. The Metal Market notes Lake copper at 16.50 and lead at 4.00 with bar silver at 6. The Carnival prizes were donated by local businesses.
Kaalo resident J D Moore heads through town while Vincent Lade returns to Ferguson. St G Daigle opens a new general store and Chilis Foley is set for the Chinese Commission. The Silverton hockey rink grows. a phonograph show falters. a marriage license is issued to William McIntosh and Letitia McMillan.
An old Cockney man reports a spirit message from his deceased wife saying she is very happy in the afterlife. The exchange includes affectionate questions about happiness and location, ending with the line about being in Pell.
Skating rink opened to crowds with a Fancy Dress Carnival on Monday night. New Denver residents attended, music by the New Denver Quartette accompanied the skaters, prizes awarded to Miss McKinnon Miss Hanks Miss McRae and Gus Webb among others.
In recent days five Liver tonians renounced allegiance to Uncle Sam and pledged loyalty to Queen Victoria. The Miners' Union efforts helped register them. new loyalists include RS Daigle J W Kyte JC Tyree J H Elliott and L M Knowles.
Mr W S Clark eldest son of Mr Thomas Clark station agent at Lytton and Miss May Edwards of Toronto were married at Lytton chapel on Wednesday the 19th The ceremony was performed by Rev Archdeacon Small The bride was supported by Miss Teta and Ruby Clark and the groom by George Clark The couple left for Seattle after a quiet family wedding and will reside there.
James Bowes proprietor of the Victoria Hotel has installed a remarkable ore cabinet in the hotel office. Built by Weiler Bros of Victoria, the oak cabinet sits on a fine desk and holds ore specimens from local camps. The display aims to promote Silverton’s mineral wealth and attract visitors and prospective miners to showcase further samples from mining claims.
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