The Miner
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2016-07-29
issued: 1892-10-29
description: The Miner was published in Nelson, in the Central Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia. The Miner was established by John Houston, an outspoken journalist who would later embark on a successful political career, which included four terms as the mayor of Nelson and two terms in the provincial legislature. After leaving the Miner in the summer of 1892, Houston established the Tribune to compete with his former paper. The Miner was published by The Miner Printing and Publishing Company, and the paper's longest-serving editor was D. J. Beaton. The Miner was published under two variant titles, the Nelson Weekly Miner and the Weekly Miner. In 1902, the paper was sold to F. J. Deane, who changed the title to the Weekly News.
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note: tr Tl&e Mines in Kootenay ai*e Among iSae ISicfrest in. America. Tlie Ores are 21igla-4*ra<le in Ciolri, Silver, Copper, an������l lead. NUMBEE 121. NELSON, BEITISH COLUMBIA, SATUEDAY, 00T0BEE 29, 1892. $4 A YEAE. AN OPPOSITION PAPE5S Iff KKLSON. It is only now that we have received full confirmation of the fact that an opposition paper is to be started in Nelson by mr. John Houston. Until we knew exactly whether mr. Houston's threat was to be made good we took no action in the matter; but now that we know, we have no hesitation in laying the whole facts of the case before the citizens of West Kootenay, and appealing to them for a judgment between us . and the promoters of this opposition sheet. We bought messrs. Houston & Ink out of Tee Miner in the end of April, and paid them cash, not only for the plant of the newspaper, but a fair price for the good will of their business. We bought in good faith, and it now appears that mr. Houston sold in that same good faith which has characterized all his business transactions in "West Kootenay. During the summer we have carried on The Miner newspaper to the best of our ability, and we submil that it will stand favorable comparison with The Miner as conducted by mr. Houston. There is always a tendency to look back on the good old days, and this is especially the case in a town when the stimulus of railway construction and real estate excitement has been withdrawn, and it has settled down to the development of a steady trade. This has been Nelson's case this summer; but while her trade has been large and is daily increasing, while she has stood preeminent as the. centre and trade depot of West Kootenay, in the eyes of everyone who had eyes to see, still the general depression over the whole Pacific coast (we might say the world) and the consequent restriction of credit has affected her, and business has been carried on under certain disadvantages, temporary, of course, but none the less real. The Miner could not but share in …
note: Print Run: 1890-1898 ; Frequency: Weekly
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Nelson (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0182733
language: English
lat: 49.5000000
long: -117.2832999
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Nelson, B.C. : John Houston
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source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text