Mining Locals Report Week of Activity and Rail Rumors
Condor Group progress noted with Great Briton Group to start on Granite creek next week. Lead bounty realization reduces refinery talk while Charles Gardiner travels to Slocan for Lemon creek work. Hewitt Mining expands workforce as 800 foot lower tunnel advances and tramway cable expected soon. Rumor that the CPR controls Kaslo and Stocan road sparks local concern over railway competition and Kuslo emelter plans.
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Great Briton Group
Granite Creek
Charles Gardiner
Hewitt Mining Co
Kaslo and
Stocan Road
Stocan Lake
Kuslo
Big mining feats described in European tunnels and mines
A. J. Bensusan outlines major European mining drainage tunnels and ore treatment setups. He cites the Ernst August Tunnel in Hartz, the Rothschonberger Stolln in Freiberg, the Kaisr Joseph Erb atella in Hungary, and central works at Clausthal with 1200 foot shafts. He notes stamp mills in Altenberg, Dolcoath, and units in Johannesburg, illustrating scale and cost.
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New South Wales Chamber of Mines
A. J. Bensusan
Europe
Harts Mountain
Freiberg
Rothschonberger Stolln
Hungary
Kais R Joseph Erbatella
Clausthal
Hartz
Colonies
Altenberg
Saxony
Dolcoath
Cornwall
Johannesburg
Truanavaal
Slocan Lake Ore Shipments and Totals
Ore shipments from Slocan Lake for 1900 reached 4930 tons and total year shipments reached 8078 tons. The report lists multiple landings such as New Denver Tong Hartney Bosun Landing Silverton Emily Edith Enterprise Landing Twelve Mile Landing Slocan City Two Friends Black River Bondholder Chapleat Speculator Phownik with various small tonnages totaling 3260 tons.
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Slocan Lake
New Denver Tong
Hartney
Bosun Landing
S.essreee
Ve Phownik
Metal Market Leads With London and New York Prices
The English price for lead is £12 8s 9d and silver 271gd. Copper is £69 24. New York on June 20 shows bar silver at 595¢ and lake copper at $17.00. The firm that fixes selling prices for miners and smelters quotes lead at $4.373 at close.
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New York
Lake
Licence Commissioners Renew Most Licences In New Denver
At their regular meeting in New Denver last Saturday the Licence Commissioners renewed all licences applied for with three exceptions and granted a new licence to the hotel at the mouth of Twelve Mile creek. The three refusals were for Henry Steye Pat Griffin and Sething Henderson due to unpaid fees. The board hesitated over the City of Slovan application but chose to grant licences pending settlement between the city and Government.
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New Denver
Twelve Mile Creek
Henry Steye
Pat Griffin
Sething & Henderson
Slovan
Miner Martin Clair Dies in 25 Foot Shaft Accident
The coroner's inquest at the Forks found Martin Clair died of gas suffocation from his own carelessness while working in a 25 foot shaft on Little Skoukum hill near Dawson. The jury urged ventilation before the mine is used again and Clair's body is being brought to Danaon. Clair was a well known miner connected with his brother Thomas Clair in Silverton's Thistle Hotel management.
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Dawson
Martin Clair
Kootenay
Forks
McDonnell
Little Skoukum Hill
Clair
No. 2
Bonanes
Glimpses of heaven in the gloaming poem
A reflective verse by Anna C Porter on dusk and memory. It contrasts twilight beauty with lingering pain and hints at faith guiding joy and sorrow, suggesting a nightly foretaste of heaven and the year God sends His children.
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Anna C, Porter
Local Notes From Slocan and Silverton
Reed returns from the Coast. C H Reeves joins Wm. Hunter Co. Miss Brandon and Mr. Calbick head to Ontario for the summer. Silverton invited to play Nelson during Dominion Day. Church of England to open a new mission room. Election coverage and mayoral race details. Miners' Union demonstration boat service. R G Daigle expands fresh fruits and groceries. Labor Demonstration notes and political contestries. Football plans and business changes in the Kootenays. South Africa dispatches in papers. Lardeau Eagle quip on newspaper conundrums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silverton
Nelson
H. Stewart
Boundary Country
Miners’ Union
Slocan
Angry Woman Confronts Man in Quip at Home
A sharp exchange unfolds as an angry-looking woman warns intruders to back off while a man, Weary William, dryly notes that a husband seldom stays home with a wife who looks like her, a quip that lands as a domestic jab.
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William
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