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Newspaper
Silverton Silvertonian
Location
Silverton, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Mar 30, 1901
Page
1
The Fisher Maiden mine, eight miles upriver in granite terrain, has faced three years of litigation and financial trouble but will resume operations this season. Bonded by the Bank of Montreal to a Spokane syndicate, it will be run by J K Clark. Work begins at once with a small group of miners to be sent soon.
The Condor group will start up with full fare of niners as pack horses can carry supplies to the property. The Condor is a silver lead proposition bought last year by W H Sandiford for an English syndicate. Considerable work has been done and the company plans full development this season, with a new shipping mine expected before next fall.
Work on the Old Maid tunnel is paused due to surface water from melting snow. It lies at 140 feet with a drift of 13 inches containing ore valued from 15 to 40 ounces of silver and 5 to 8 dollars in gold per ton. The Old Maid is a large low grade proposition with promising mining potential.
H L Frank of Butte discusses Alberta coal ventures in Western Mining World, saying the mines are the best in the northwest. He plans immediate machinery and development, aims to build a complete coal plant, and will sell all output to the Canadian Pacific Railroad, which seeks quick supply.
Sandon wines shipped 314 tons last week while Hartney miners were largely laid off. Bosun sent 20 tons, Slovan Star plans to hire 110 men as windfalls ease. Centre Star Rossland to pay one cent per share on April 1 for a $215,000 dividend. Donnelly of Urban Mining leaves Sandon. Slovan Star, Slocan Chief, and Windy City see varying activity as Everett smelter contracts ore.
Andrew Stewart sick with rheumatic fever. New Denver forming a baseball club. W J Twies from Kaslo on business. Mrs Wynne visiting. Spokane wintering resident Kyte returns. Housing demand in Silverton outpacing supply. McRobbie heads to Alberta ranching. D Grant improving property. Union Hall social well attended. Four Mile creek yields little fishing. Purser Wright proud father of a son in Slocan. CPR offers $60 round trip Ottawa delegates plus Pullman. Daigle fresh fruits and groceries. Bacon heads to Bridge River district to work at Lorne mine. Easter CPR fare sale April 4–8. Johnson and bride honeymoon visitors. C McLaughlin ill with typhoid. Municipal politics quiet in Slocan City. Reever recovering after illness. Grant Allen article on British Aristocracy found among his papers. to appear in Cosmopolitan April. Onion sets at Silverton Drug Store.
The Silvertonian denounces an ore export duty as pushed by quattza and the Trade Budget of Vancouver. It argues Britain’s export duty for logs aimed to protect timber, not to starve home industry, and notes Canada has ore surplus with American smelters unwilling to pay. The piece urges the Budget to seek other solutions and echoes the Silvertonian’s conclusions.
Shipments of ore from Slocan Lake points during 1890 totaled 9078 tons while 1900 shipments reached 4930 tons. Through the present week of January 1, 1901, ore shipped from New Denver and outposts such as Bosun Landing Silverton Enterprise Slocan City Arlington Two Friends Black Prince and other named parcels totals appear with small tonnages listed for each site.
The table lists specie holdings of top global banks in latest reports. Gold and dollars totals by nation include England 191,184,100 and 181,573,945, Germany 147,480,000 and 72,976,000, Spain 70,005,000 and 82,725,000, Netherlands 5,269,500 and 28,779,000, Belgium 14,430,000 and 7,215,000, Italy 77,085,000 and 9,321,000, Russia 368,870,000 and 33,908. Associated Banks of New York dates given as March 9 and March 8.
The silver market was dull with minimal fluctuations. London closed 274d with a 4d spread, lead unchanged, English price £13 6s 6d, and New York quotes show copper at $17.00 and lead at $4.37, as the firm price fixer holds steady.
Extract from a Toronto lawyer’s cash book lists routine expenses in November 1990 including wages for a stenographer, meals at McConkey’s, theatre outings with Miss Remington, Daisy’s salary, carriage to Hunt Club, and clothing purchases. Entries reference Miss Remington, Daisy, and two merchants. The tone suggests a personal expense ledger with intimate details of domestic spending.
A Good Expert Bute J D Kendall, a mining engineer and contributor to a London journal, was seen in Bilverton riding wildly on a cayuse from a vacant lot. His reckless stunt cost him two teeth and a pair of gold-rim spectacles. He vanished into a timbered area while carrying samples as sulphur filled the air.
A rugged prospector narrator rails against pretentious science while reciting frontier quips and local vignettes. The piece mixes rustic humor, moralizing lines, and character sketches including May-Belle Clara-Yea and a Chinaman, ending with a notice that all accounts are payable to H Thor of Silverton with receipts to be issued.
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