The Greenwood Miner
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2015-11-30
issued: 1899-11-17
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note: 'r /"> THE GREENWOOD MINER. Vol. 1, No. 42. GREENWOOD, B. C . FRIDAY, NOV. 17, J 899. $200 Fer Year. THE SHIPPING ERA Has Begun���The First Direct Rail Shipment From Boundary is Made By the Oro Denero From Eholt���Mining News of the District. The first all-rail shipment of ore from Boundary was made last night from Eholt. The Oro Denero shipped the first carload of ore to Trail for a smelter test. The Gold Bug, Providence camp, shipped a carload from Grand Forks some time ago from which was obtained values as high, it is understood, as $500; and is preparing to ship another direct by rail from Greenwood. The era of shipment has therefore, actually begun. Since the railway graders opened up a ledge on the Hartford group of claims in Wellington camp, uuder bond to H. M. Galer, of the Grandby smelter, and Montreal parties, work has been steadily in progress, and four open cuts have been run. Two of them are each 00 feet long, and 6 feet deep, while the others have an average length of 25 feet. The development work will be continued all winter. R. Henry Ellis reports a good showing on the Shipley, which adjoins the King Solomon in Copper Camp He has uncovered a big lead, and has taken out some good looking copper ore. On the Ready Cash, in Wellington Camp, he made an exceptional good showing, assays taken from the bottom of a 30- foot shaft having run as high as $01 in all values. Sinking in the winze on th e Phil. Sheridan, of the ISarthquake group on the North Fork of the Kettle River, is being continued with two shafts, and the workings are all in ore. Supt. Evans claims he has the same ledge as the Golden Eagle, in rich adjoining property. A surface strike of six feet of good ore is reported to have just been made on the Mystery group in the Burnt Basin, the find was made on the lower portion of the claim, the ledge running into the side of the mountain in such a way that a short tunnel can tap it at a depth of 700 feet. The values are in gold. J. W. Bengough appear…
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Greenwood (B.C.)
spatial: Greenwood
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0081877
language: English
lat: 49.0883330
long: -118.6763890
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Greenwood, B.C. : The Greenwood Miner Printing Company
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