The Kootenay mines. A sketch of their progress condition to-day
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alternative: The Kootenay mines. A sketch of their progress and present condition, with letters from the Similkameen and Kettle River camps from the special correspondent of "The Miner."
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is part of: British Columbia Historical Books Collection
creator: St. Barbe, Charles
issued: 2015-07-03
issued: 1895
description: "Cover title." -- Lowther, B. J., & Laing, M. (1968). A bibliography of British Columbia: Laying the foundations, 1849-1899. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 129.
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extent: 26 pages : map, tables, advertisements ; 23 cm
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note: THE KOOTENAY MINES. A Sketch of Their Progress and Condition To-day. EDITED BY CHARLES ST. BARBE. Nelson, B. C. The Miner Print. & Pub. Co. L'd. 1895. KOOTENAY MINES. A Sketch of Their Progress and Present Condition, With Letters From the Similkameen and Kettle River Camps from the Special Correspondent of "The Miner," The Kootenay country is that part of British Columbia embraced by the Kocky Mountains on the east, the valley of the Columbia River on the north and west, and the International Boundary on the sou^h. We propose now to deal with the western half of this area. THE SIZE OF THE COUNTRY. Taking its shape roughly as a parallelogram, it is about 160 miles long (from the Canadian Pacific Railway southward) and has a mean breadth of 60 miles. It thus embraces an extent of about 10,000 square miles. THE FORMATION. The general contour of the country consists mainly of three parallel ranges* being all spurs of the Selkirk Mountains, running nearly north and south with two main water basins between them, the Kootenay Lake to the east and the Arrow Lakes, which are parts of the Columbia River, to the west. The geography of these two main river systems is somewhat difficult to describe without a map. They rise close together unde the shadow of the Rockies, and then flow, the one to the north and the other to the south, putting many hundreds of miles between them and finally uniting in the Kootenay country a few miles below Nelson. They both form magnificent internal waterways. The Columbia is navigable from Revelstoke on the C.P.R. for 200 miles southward to Northport, a station on the Spokane Falls & Northern Railway, in the State of Washington. The Kootenay is navigable from Bonner's Ferry, a station on the Great Northern Railway, in the State of Idaho, northward, by lake and river, for over 100 miles and westward another 20 miles to Nelson, which is situated on that part of the river flowing out of the lake. From Nelson to its junction with the Columbia River at …
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has type: Pamphlets
identifier: F5848.K6 S15
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0222483
language: English
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Nelson : The Miner Print. & Pub. Co.
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source: Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. F5848.K6 S15
subject: Mines and mineral resources--British Columbia
subject: Mines and mineral resources
subject: British Columbia
type: Text