Miners Union Platform Shapes Labor Election Strategy
Delegates from ten Kootenay miners unions met in Nelson to draft a platform for endorsing candidates. They agree to press for compulsory voting and single tax, seek legal recognition of unions, and push for government railways, mine inspection, and telegraph ownership while excluding Chinese workers. The plan mirrors a prior Slovan City miners union proposal.
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The
Kootenays
Nelson
Labor Party
United Labor Party
Slovan City Mineres’ Union
Tax
Vertonians
New Zealand
Torpedo Ledge Vein Tapped in Cross Cut Mines
A crane-cut on the Torpedo claim tapped the parallel vein at 75 feet depth, revealing ore. Another cross-cut will reach the vein at over 150 feet, while a third is driving toward the vein after 95 feet. The vein appears promising with ore already encountered.
Hewett Mine Again Active With Rich Silver Ore
At the Hewett mine a full miner force works the ore sort, sorting and hauling ore ranging from 125 to 600 ounces of silver per ton. The main tunnel extends over 400 feet with three feet of good shipping ore at the face. About two car loads are sacked and awaiting transport, while dump piles grow.
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Hewett
Old Maid tunnel poised for major silver strike
Assays on ore from the Old Maid tunnel show 60 ounces of silver per ton. The tunnel extends nearly 100 feet with a vein over 12 feet wide. Located within one mile of town on a good wagon road, it is said to be safely worked year round and will begin continuous operations with a trial shipment to Trail Smelter imminent.
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Old Maid
Cockney retells a fire escape misadventure with a broken neck
A Cockney narrator recalls shouting to a friend during a fire escape incident. He claims they fled with a blanket that did not exist and jokes about the broken neck caused by the fall. The tale blends humor with danger from a chaotic moment.
Mining Locals Report Active Ore Work and Prospects
Eighty tons of ore shipped from the Enterprise this week. A carload was hoisted from the Bosun dock on Wednesday. Perre Altaffer finished vegment work on the Vortex claim. Surveyor Bartlett surveys the Noonday underground workings. Night and day shifts drive the Lone Star Group tunnel to tap ore. Experts assess the Queen Fraction and Adela claims near town for purchase. Manitoba vein work aims to uncover an ore chute. Wakefield concentrator mill settles to steady output and expects shipments to the smelter. Thompson Bros. go to Red Mountain for a copper gold proposition with strong surface showing as Red Mountain booms.
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Perre Altaffer
Bartlett
Lone Star Group
Manitoba
Thompson Bros
Billy
Red Mountain
Silverton Forms Waterworks Company For City System
Silverton plans a complete water works system with a new Silverton Waterworks Company. Local men Bowes Jackson Hunter Thorburn Brandon Knowles and McKinnon back the effort and stake Bartlett creek for water. Hydrants won’t be ready by May 24 but next year Silverton aims to field its own team in a water hose reel race.
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Silverton
Silverton Waterworks Company
Messrs. Bowes
Jackson
Hunter
Thorburn
D. Brandon
Knowles
McKinnon
Bartlett Creek
Bilverton
Our Almond Eyed Brethren
An op-ed from Butte Western Mining World denounces Chinese Americans as a distinct, unassimilable group. It accuses humanitarian efforts of failing and laments mixed populations, arguing Chinese should return to China and Caucasians remain separate. The piece frames Chinese as a threat to American society and values.
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America
Namby
Pamby
Dorcas Society
Butte
Silverton Plans Fourth Queen Birthday Celebration With Football Tournament
Silverton set to mark the Queen birthday for the fourth time with a celebration planned around a possible football tournament. A second meeting on April 3 will decide the program and whether grounds will be enlarged for the event, with clubs invited to submit entry suggestions.
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Silverton
Victoria Hotel
Silvertonians
Personal News From Town and Surroundings
Purely Personal paragraphs note Jack Thompson of This tle Hotel visiting London for part of the week. J McMillan of London, brother of Miss McMillan, was in town Tuesday. J M M Benedum represented the local Union at the Nelson convention on Thursday. Ralph Gillette travels to Twelve Mile to oversee mining interests. Frank L Byron returned from Nelson after mining business. Now is the time to plant gardens and feed lawns at Silverton Drug Store seeds. Fred Urban, back from the Boundary, to manage Wakefield mine range. D McRae of New Denver, the heavy kicker, injures his leg and will miss the game for a while.
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Jack Thompson
Thistle
London
J. McMillan
Miss McMillan
J. M. M. Benedum
Nelson
Ralph Gillette
Frank L. Byron
QO. D. McRae
Denver
Silvert on Mining Prospects At Noonday Queen Fraction Lone Star
Bruno Thomas former superintendent of the Comstock Mines arrived in town and inspected promising mining properties nearby. He visited the Noonday mine Queen Fraction and the Lone Star Group. Local prospectors welcomed him and hope for renewed interest in Silvert on sites.
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Bruno Thomas
Comstock
Queen Fraction
Lone Star Group
Thomas
Silyarton
The Man Behind the Gun and the Pun Unstoppable
Obscure verse contrasts weaponry and wordplay with an ogre ominously named the dun. The rhetoric juxtaposes warfare and wit while warning that neither guns nor puns spur escape from danger.
Silverton Notes and Local Notices
Silverton lacks a baker as the staff of life grows scarce while St Patrick's Day funds top eighty dollars for the Roman Catholic Building Fund. A Phoenix branch sale shifts to Michael McBean of Georgetown Ontario. Drive service at Silverton church begins Sunday at 7 30 PM. Jewelry repairs left at Silverton Drug Store go to Jacob Dove of Nelson with one year guarantees.
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Silverton
John G. Duncan
Silverton Drug Store
Jacob Dove
Nelson Jeweler
Blame It To The Unions In London Conflicts
The piece argues that bar room brawls in London are miscast as Union violence. It explains past clashes occurred before unions, debunks a claim that Payne scabs were beaten, and notes a trial showed the accused union man knew nothing of the incident.
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London
Sandon
Economic Misfit and Tax Grumble from a Farmer
A farmer in a humorous verse protests unfair taxes on home improvements and property, arguing the town taxes those who invest in bettering their land while others evade or escape charges. The speaker contrasts harsher levies with a neighbor whose fence and cows roam freely, questioning the fairness of municipal taxation.
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Atter Ona Egoes
Kinnon
Tom
Fis Hotel
Trail
Ymir
Kaslo
New Denver
Cascade City
Grand Forks
Sirdar
Midway
Greenwood
Nelson, B, C
Garanteed
Justin
Liebscrer
the Tailor
B.C
HE William Hunter
Che Wm
Hunter Co., Ltd
Silywerton, B. C
Slocan
Enterprise
Bosun Dock
Lone Star
Adela
Wakefield
Aroun
Brethern
Fred Urban
Boundary
St. Patrick’s
R. C
Bandon
James Rudd
Rossland, B. C
Wm. Hunter Co
Phoenix
Michael McBean
Law of
Walker, McBean & Co
Georgetown, Ont
Stitkin
Lizar Jones
Paul Pastno
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