The Princeton Star
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
contributor: Smyth, F.J., 1872-
issued: 2022-07-05
issued: 1920-05-07
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note: THE PRINCETON 21st Year No. 18 PRINCETON, B C, FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1920. PER YEAR : $3.50 Cash Single Copy 5c. Outlines Plan to I Encourage Mining VICTORIA,—An outline of proposals formulated jointiy~by the provincial departments of mines and of industries, for the general encourage- *ment of prrospecting for minerals in British Columbia and in particular for 'the extension! of aid to returned soldiers wishing to'engage in that line of work is made public by tbe Hon. 7m. Sloan, minister of mines. Briefly it is intended that twenty- ' e parties shall be put in the field „,eji of which will consist of two men, "one a practical prospector of experience and the other a returned soldier. The parties will b„e grubstaked and the total number for which provision is being made will be divided among the six mineral survey districts of the province in proportion 10 the population of each district. ' The government would undertake to provide camp equipment consisting of tent, fly, ground sheet, blankets, cooking utensils and tools and. incidentals,' which. at - the end of the contract would' become the property of the propectors or in lieu of such equip ment, the government would contribute $50 towards thje purchase of same..- The prospectors to supply their own personal equipment. Further the government to make a unifipm, iallowanc(fj, for all the province of $1.50 for food and other ex. penses, to each man for each day in field, payable monthly, or as might be arranged. "At the end .of the season, men who had served the full terra of their contracted udertaking, properly attested to, woul|d be allowed to the experienced prospector the sum of $125,, and to the inexperienced man$100. In exceptional cases the resident engineer might remit a portion of the contract time. Freeminers' certificates and services of district engineers is also part of the scheme. MINING ITEMS Hedley | M. Co. Earnings FalLSome The Hedley Gold Mining company earned $31,741 in the year envied December. 31 last…
note: Title changes in chronological order: Similkameen Star (1900-03-31 to 1900-07-28), The Similkameen Star (1900-08-04 to 1900-10-20), Similkameen Star (1900-10-27 to 1918-05-10), Princeton Star (1918-05-17 to 1929-12-26).
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Princeton, B.C.
spatial: Princeton
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0416142
language: English
lat: 49.460278
long: -120.507778
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Princeton : The Princeton Publishing Company
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source: Original Format: Princeton and District Museum and Archives
type: Text