The British Columbian
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issued: 2017-03-07
issued: 1883-10-31
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note: ) Johnston THE BRITISH COLUMBIAN âIf FUBLIIQIDâ Every Wednesday & Saturday, â âIT â 0. ROBSON & CO. ' OfFIM, COLUMBIA 8TIEIT. EHTMKSE TO EDI- TOiui and Business Oepabtmekt thsouoh t. R. Peassoh k Go's. Boon & Stationery Store. f*EBRIt»Ily Mail, fOayciu-t tl'" forOmoa.i tlforSmea.t payable In Advance. DtliTer«l by Carrier or Aaont, St per quarter, payable quarterly to Carrier or Agent. AOENTS T. N. HlBBEN & Co. VlOTOSM. Ust, HimiiON YÂ«tt I. P. FISHER Advertlalag Agent, 31 Mcrcliant'a Exchange, San Francltcu, Uautliorited to receive Advertlsemente for thia paper. Tint} I) A BED may be round on fllo at 11119 iflrCH Geo. P. Howell A Co.-t Newspaper Ailverlitlng Bureau (10 Spruce St.), where advtrtlalng contracts may be made for It lu NKW Trail. liu §ritiah Columbian. WedMattar llornl.g, Oct. SI, 1S83. Mineral Products. British Columbia first attracted ittoiitioii on account of its rich mines. Tho gold nf Fraser river and'Otriboo tempted thousands of people to 1*1030 shores, ind the value of the precious metal taken from our mines from 1858 to 1882 amounts to $46,685,334. But gold mining to-day furnishes employment to only a. comparatively small portion of our population. The agriculturist, the stook raiser, the lumber- Dan, the fisherman, and. the coal miner represent interests, quite nr important ns the gold hunter. Nevertheless, gold will for a long lime form an important factor in onr resources. This province abounds in gold. Almost everywhere indications of its existence mty be found. It is. scattered all the nay flora the boundary line to Alaska, and from the Rooky mountains to .the waters or the Paoifio, Every person who has prospected to any oxtent in British Columbia bblieves that there are large deposits of gold in many places whioh hnvo not yet been discovered, The rough and mountain. ous character of the country makes prospecting extremely difficult and mining expensive. But when out- railway system has been developed, and our public roads have been impro…
note: Publisher changes in chronological order: Robson Brothers (1882-1883) ; D. Robson & Co. (1883-1886) ; British Columbia Stationery and Printing Co. (1886-1887) ; British Columbian Printing Company (Limited) (1887-1888) ; Kennedy Brothers (1888-1890).
has type: Newspapers
spatial: New Westminster (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0346640
language: English
lat: 49.206667
long: -122.910556
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: New Westminster : D. Robson & Co.
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text