The Greenwood Miner
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2015-11-30
issued: 1899-12-29
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note: i^k^\^ ClJ^\a THE GREENWOOD MINER. Vol. 1, No. 48. GREENWOOD, B. G, FRIDAY, DEC. 29, 1899. J.00 Per Tear. / IN DEADWOOD CAMP Development is Going Steadily on There On a Number of Properties.���Machinery in Place on the Buckhorn���Big Returns Prom the Gold Bug. Work on the St. Lawrence claim in Deadwood camp is progressing quite satisfactorily. Chas. Hoffman, Spokane broker, who is largely interested in the property, is authority for the statement that the shaft will be sunk to a depth of 100 feet, and a horse whim installed immediately. Cabins are also to be built at once, and the force of men under Superintendent Peterson increased. The machinery for the Buckhorn mine has arrived and is now being installed. Everything was in readiness for its arrival, and it will not be long before the plant is in running order. The Ah There, Butcher Boy and Greyhound, properties in Deadwood camp, are all being developed. Superintendent Olliver of the Greyhound is in town from Spokane, and is particularly pleased with the work going on. The crosscut on the Ah There, from the 50- foot level, is in 35 feet, and it will be continued until the whole extent of the ore body has been pierced. From the following taken from the Rossland Miner, it will be seen that the second shipment of ore from the Gold Bug, in Providence camp, is of a most satisfactory nature: "Hector McRae, manager of the Boundary Creek M. & M. Co., has received the smelter returns on a carload of ore recently shipped from the Gold Bug, one of the properties of the company located near (ireenwood. The average value of the ore per ton was as follows: Gold, 3.72 ounces, worth $74.40; silver, 130 ounces, worth $75.40; lead, 12 per cent, worth $7.40; total value, $157.20. The total gross value of the 15 tons in the carload was $2,358. This is the highest grade ore yet shipped from the Boundary Creek country. Telegraph company owns a line from here to the Boundary line. In addition lo this, it owns a line which extends from C…
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Greenwood (B.C.)
spatial: Greenwood
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0081878
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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source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
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