Wakefield Mines Limited to Build Concentrator and Tramway
The Wakefield Group of mines near Silverton plans a 6300 foot Finlayson tramway to connect ore with the new mill and a 6500 foot waterway to power it. A 110 by 80 foot concentrator building will process ten tons per day, with modern machinery and electric lighting, boosting local employment and business prosperity.
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Wakefield Mines
Wakefield Group
Silverton
J. C. Riblet
Nelson
W. C. Boch
Coutiet
White, Rogers &O
San Fisnero
Wakefield Group of Mines
Four Mile Creek
Ooteunway
Hume
Wakefield Mines Limited
Ckbollers
Great Britain
Glascow
Scotland
al Rine Diet Management
A. F. Iotteson
Wakefheld Group of
Wakefield Mountain
Wakefield Company
Colonel Sellers Group on Coffee Creek Builds New Bunk-Houses
The Colonel Sellers Group of claims on Coffee Creek nears completion of wagon road grade and nearby bunk-houses. Owned by John Tinling Geo Fairbairn Chas Brand Wm Hunter of Silverton and Phil DuMoulin of New Denver, the vein runs four claims long and is being developed under Chas Brand.
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Colonel Sellers
Coffee Creek
John Tinling
Geo
Fairbairn
Chas
Brand
Hunter
Silverton
Phil
DuMoulin
New Denver
Coffee
Col Sellers Group Holds Rich Silver Gold Ledge
A granite fissure vein runs north south dipping east with a 3 to 8 inch pay streak carrying argentite and gold. Surface sampling over 1600 feet yields 270 oz silver and 10 oz gold per ton on average, with as low as 30 oz silver and 4.4 oz gold and as high as 708 oz silver and 16.2 oz gold per ton. Eight known preshutes crop out, suggesting strong prospectivity and potential high returns.
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Colonel Sellers
Mining locals report layoff and ore finds at Villa group
The Villa group miners face a short layoff while four pre cars arrive for W C & Koch to aid Wake field concentrator excavation. The Rocklind tunnel reaches 80 feet with 80 more to cut to the big ledge. Keyser visits town seeking specimens and develops the Cinderella claim near Three Forks. A tannet on the Essex Group shows six inches of high grade galena with grey copper. Trade Dollar mine bonding near Mountain Lion in Republic camp nets a $100 000 clean-up by Lansing Hoag and Brandon of Butte.
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Rocklind
Keyser
Three Forks
Essex Group
Trade Dollar
Mountain Lion
Republic Camp
Messrs Lansing, Hoag and Brandon
Butte
UT Bragdon
Slovan
Strike in Silverton Mines Sparks Local Labor Battle
The district remains tense as workers mobilize to fill vacancies left by miners on strike. Local men resist, arguing outsiders take jobs from residents while the labor movement continues to push for better conditions.
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Silverton
Etillon
Silverton Literary Society Formulates Monthly Programs
The Silverton Literary Society held a regular meeting last Wednesday in the church. The club set monthly activity themes and heard a program including readings, music, and a discussion on Woman's Rights. Secretary May Gervoupe Duncan noted several new members and the society's nonprofessional stance amid a potential football challenge from Trout Lake.
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Silverton Literary Society
Mosic
Truth and Justice Anthem by Chas Mackay
Poem praising Galileo and Socrates, defending truth against persecution. Refs a century of thinkers shunned for ideas. Emphasizes endurance of knowledge, justice, and the light of intellect prevailing over hatred and crime.
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Galileo
Van
Chas Mackay
Local Layout Highlights From Silverton Scene
Measles draw Silverton audience as Dan Godfrey’s Band played last weekend. Perry Hill left for Spokane, while bears are reported in plentiful numbers this year. J. Barclay visits his Alberta home. Mies P Wilson stays with Migs Hunter. Hart Hotel hosts a successful dance. D. T. Lowery faces social shame. ITill Bros deliver 65,000 feet of lumber to Silverton wharf this week, part fueling 103 local buildings and mine constructions.
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Mies P. Wilson
Harry Wilson
Win. Hunter Co
Migs Hunter
John Barclay
Innisfail
Alberta
Prairie
Itill Bros
Silverton
Wakefield
Mutual Improvement and Recreation Society of Silverton Formed
Last Monday a large public meeting at McKinnon's Hall established the Mutual Improvement and Recreation Society of Silverton with 42 members. The group plans biweekly entertainments and social dances, the first in McKinnon's Hall next Monday, free to all for pleasant sociable evenings.
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McKinnon’s Hall
Mutual
Travel on Slocan lake hindered by aging transport
Traveling on Slocan lake is uncomfortable for passengers as the P R no longer serves its intended purpose with a slow tug hauling freight. The passenger steamer Slocan sits at Rosebery with little crew and may rot before service returns. Jewelry repairs at Silverton Drug Store will be sent to Jacob Dover. F L Christie, barrister of Sondon B C, will be at Selkirk Hotel every Friday going forward for his services.
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Trout Lake
Slocan
Sandon
Silverton
West Kootenay
Bank of Montreal
New Denver
Slocan Lake
P. R
Seeman
Rosebery
Jacob Dover
Nelson
F.L. Christie
Sondon B.C
Selkirk Hotel
Sweat Shop Slavery Morality Line Calls Wages Issue
Kit in Mail and Empire argues low wages drive youth immorality and despair in sweatshops. Sheurges masters in trade bear responsibility as workers forced toward ruin by cold, hunger, and unaffordable necessities.
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Kit
How He Was Convicted in Ze French Evidence
A fragment recounts a washerwoman finding a letter implicating Dr Re foy s guilt, citing a sleeptalk statement at the Grand Opera House and describing it as a profound sensation reported by the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Lyas
Rue Sebastopol
Zee
Ranmozzaire
Reyfus
Cleveland Plaindealer
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Concentrator and Tramway
Seilers
Sellers
Wakefield Concentrator
Angus McKinnon
South Fork
Kaslo Creek
Morning Glory
Socrates
Perry Hill
Spokane
Silvertonians
Dan Godfrey
Hart Hotel
James 8. Reed
Portland Ore
Hartford Fire Insurance Co
Hartford
Connecticut
Arthur Kirkpatrick
Nova Scotia
B. C
Jake Kirkpatrick
D. T. Lowery
Social Entertainments
J. A. M. Kinnon
Silverton, B.c
M. M. Benedum
Silverton Drug Store
Lake Ave
Silverton, B. C
Lakeview Hotel
Patronise Home InDustries
Oulrpissrssesgesresk Staten Asa Raserararesases
Liebscher
Barry Block
Prees
Silverton, G. C
P. Burns &Co
Trail
Ymir
Kaslo
London
Cascade City
Grand Forks
Sirdar
Midway
Greenwood
Mee
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