The Daily News
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2019-08-29
issued: 1906-09-30
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note: W^m*^ lm VOL. t NELSON, B. C, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 80, 1806 WEEK'S ORE SHIPMENTS (Detailed Tonnage List for Nine Months of 1906 ^■SrotlKNue b Iccirdd Over Lut Yew —ZiicPrn-wtfes-UiKire UjMIMIeklM The ore production (or the upper dls- |trlcta ot the province, now that the year aa closing Its third quarter, Ib showing V marked improvement; on previous [years. The copper-gold shipment* leave lllttle to be desired while the lead pro- i 'duction Ib much better than lt was, with (moire mines opening. One vexatious I cause of delay at present Ib the lack of lot* Back*, owing, It Is declared, to the \fallure of tlio into crop in India, whence ■he demand in this market is supplied. JA. heavy shipment. Is at present being Jmade and It is hoped that this trouble ■will be obviated within a few weeks', IfBut In many of the camps at the present moment hundreds of tons of lead ore i lying on the dumps, waiting for icklng. The Bino Industry so far has not made lithe progress which was anticipated for ,'lt earlier ln the year, due to several | causes which were lately detailed In The I Daily News. A Slocan tine owner, speak- Ilog of thiB subject yesterday to a repre- Isentntlve of The Dally News, said that ffiii demand for sine was daily Increas- "ng and with proper encouragement the upply would largely Increase also. But Ithe trouble was In treating tbe ore after lit had been mined. First of all, ln tlie majority of cases, it had to be separated Irom the lead contents, emailing a heavy fllosB of possibly 20 per cent or more after the ore had reached the niter, the -recovery there was certainly not greater than from 80 to 85 per sent These two losses taken together ounted to a serious charge upon the dustxy and that Industry an infant one. Bene* he advocated a bounty. I It will be noted that the ore shipment, me greatly increased from many mlneB land thnt man/ more shipping mines are tat week to w-ek being recorded upon . —i list. At present there are upwards lot HO minee shipping from…
note: The Nelson Daily Miner was purchased by F.J. Deane in April of 1902 and renamed The Daily News. It changed hands again in May 1908 when it began to be printed by the News Publishing Co. managed by W.G. McMorris.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Nelson (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0382224
language: English
lat: 49.493333
long: -117.295833
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Nelson, B.C. : F.J. Deane
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source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text