18 Nov 1899
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Newspaper
Silverton Silvertonian
Location
Silverton, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Nov 18, 1899
Page
1
Harry Mahon, major Vancouver Group stockholder, visited the property this week. Fradgley departs to Greenwood to manage a mine for Ymir Mines. A new ledge near the Torpedo vein shows four feet ore, with a planned cross-cut tunnel to tap a thicker ore body about 125 feet deep.
Report describes pipe delivery for Wakefield water from flume mouth to the mill to move 400 miners inches of water and 400 horsepower along a 1440 foot line tapering from 30 to 26 inches. A damaged wagon road three miles away halted freighting. 200 tons of freight in town risked delay to mines.
Thomas Cane is ill with pleurisy and local updates cover a range from a Green-wood visit and militia formation to dances in Slocan City. Mentions include Gallagher & Wilson in town, Father Coute's Mass, a drug store shipment, the Noonday-Carley Mines meeting, and Reverend John G Duncan taking Presbyterian duties in Silverton.
At the Enterprise mine on Ten Mile creek new accommodations for 76 men have been completed. An ore house and track from No. 9 tunnel to the road are finished, the wagon road to Ten Mile Landing repaired, and a small crew works outside to ready for winter. The mine is among the best developed in the district and critics say it should remain open.
At tHe Bosun mine in the Gilverton district a 24 by 44 foot lean-to boarding house is near completion to house 60 workers. The mine plans include expanded operations with a private dock, and ore shipments this year total 580 tons netting $70 per ton. Wakefield tramway cables arrive with a 6350 foot 14 inch thick main run weighing 11600 pounds.
Slocan Lake ore shipments through the current week from January 1 1809 are summarized. The report lists quantities and origins at Slocan Lake points, reflecting output for the period.
The Weekly Globe offers a clubbing deal for 1900 featuring Marion Harland's Cooking Hints and Bits of Common Sense volumes. This Canadian family newspaper promotion notes a regular subscription price of 2.00 and a bundled rate of 2.50 with prepaid postage.
A damaged text fragment portrays a speaker musing on dying tonight and asking for a final act of care, with lines about a corpse, a ten dollar payment, and mourners arriving at a cold grave. The language is fractured and ambiguous, reflecting a distressed emotional state.
A large audience heard James Wilks of the Western Federation of Miners and Rev. Mr. Roberts discuss industrial questions. At Old Fellows Hall a Miners Union was formed with 35 initiates and officers elected including Fred G Carlisle as President and H L Fife as Vice President. The Slocan City Mineral Union begins with favorable prospects and aims to aid nearby unions and secure fraternal benefits.
In Silverton a birth is recorded with the newborn named Regina Alnn born on the 17th to Mrs George A Jackson. A second notice reports a birth to the wife of W J Barker on Monday November 18 in Silverton.
A stranger visited New Denver, bringing booming tales of investment and a promised red-hot supper romance. The town, with its three churches and long-time residents, now sees hotel crowds and a booming diamond market as locals fall for speculative talk and flashy promises.
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