http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0304833
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2016-06-27
issued: 1909-06-19
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note: §V Wt$§pt£Ut T.llifafT "I '•♦* AM' Vol. 15. CRANBROOK, B.C., SATURDAY, JUNB 19, WOO. No. 25 Canadian Mines are Prosperous. VICTORIA MAN VISITING SPO KANE TELLS OF WORK IN BRITISH COLUMBIA. Coal Strika Depresses and Agreement far From Being Reached. K. Jacobs of Victoria, B. C, see- rotary or the western branch of the Canadian Mining institute, ami correspondent in British Columbia fur the Knginecring and Mining Journal of New York ; the Mining .Journal of London. Kngluud, and other mining journals, arrived in the city lust evening by the Spokane Falls & Northern. He has been visiting a number of coal mines in Southern Alberta aud tbe Crow's Nest Pass section ot British Columbia, going thence to the St. Eugene mine at Moyie, and afterward to Northport, via Nelson. Among other collieries visited by Mr. Jacobs were those of the International Coal a. Coke Company nt Bellevue, nnd Hoyul Collieries, limited, near Lcthbridge, Alberta. These companies all have their bead offices In Spokane. He also had a long talk at Cranbrook, B. C, with John Tod hunter, who for some time past has been in charge of the coal lands ot the Imperial Coal and Coke Company on Fording river, about 30 miles to the north of Michel, in which property Andrew Laidlaw and associates of j this city are largely interested. | Owing to the strike of the coal min era work was at a standstill on all the mines, the owners or managers of which are members of the western Operators' association, and they arc still idle, no agreement between the operators' association nnd the Unit ed mine Workers of America having yet been reached. At Coleman wheru the earnings of the Intercolonial com pany's miners have been generally higher than in any other coal mine in the country, the men have freely expressed their dissatisfaction nt being compelled to be so long idle - they have been on strike nearly 11 weeks-while there is work awaiting them whenever the matter in dispute shall have been settled. The coal handling and pow…

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