Nelson Daily Miner
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2015-12-08
issued: 1899-09-19
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note: ���_��� />!��� Daily Edition No. 524. Nelson, British Columbia. Tuesday, September 19, 1899. O'inr ���lb, at 1. VI, Tenth Year The Two Roads Now Building Insure Great Activity ANENT_.IGHTHOUI.LAW Mr. Smith Curtis' MiE-Statements Rectified-���How a Saw Kill Beached Dunoan Oity. ���n,- Mr. Q. O. Buchanan, of Kaslo. spent yesterday in tho city. Sir. Buchanan reports tbo outlook for the Upper Kootenny as very bright for ensuing y.'iirs. In conversation with a Miner representative he said: ��� "The Duncan River country is going to be a woutlerfully productive section, bh is evidenced by the im- nii'iifio amount of activity throughout tlm whole region. There aro lurge on; IioiHhs in many places opened sufficiently to show their permanence, and hundreds of valuable claims with enough work done on them to prove that they are shippers in the future. At the present time the shipping facilities aro limited, but that is being remedied as fnst as money and men oan do it. Two ines of railway, viz: The Kaslo, Lardo & Duncan River road nud tbe Canadian Pacific Railroad are building from Lake Kootenay into the h?_rfc-qf thu country. The Kaslo, Lardo & Duncan Kiver road commences at Argenta and runs up the enst bink ol the Duncan river and the O'lnadioU Faoifio Railroad starts at Lardo and runs up the west bank of the Duncan until it reaches Dimcav City, where it crosses tho river nud lunches Upper Kootenay Lake. From ilin lake the Canadian Pncifio Railroad runs un the right bank of the Lardo river for somo miles and then crosses the river and runs up the left bank for Trout L:ike. The Kaslo, Lardo & Duncan Kiver road, after touching Upper Kootenay Lake follows the sarao route to Trout Luke. The country and climate is such that work on these roads ni'Od not be stopped on account of winter, and the roads will bo pushed right along until completed. Tho piling for the K. L _.. D. nad across the head of the Duncan whence it emerges from Upper Kootenay Lake, is all driven, and the bridge …
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Nelson (B.C.)
spatial: Nelson
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0083321
language: English
lat: 49.4933330
long: -117.2958330
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Nelson, B.C. : Nelson Miner Printing & Publishing Co.
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source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. Archives.
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