Mining Review
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2011-09-02
issued: 1901-01-26
aggregated CHO: https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/xminingrev/items/1.0183292/source.json
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note: I,. W: m ���������M, ��������� ���������//���������'.'���������, V.OL. 4.���������NO. 33 SANDON, B.'C, SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 1901. Thfl Annnii linn, fiftl * ���������-"-������������������MinMiB^M������������������Mgy,,,,^,^ ilie Queen Bess, fcSMMtf sEte&== $2.00'PER YEAR. This is another of the Slocan proper ties that is pushing; itself well to the, front.. It was opened ajittle over thre ���������years rago'by,what was calletl th'e Dominion' Development and-Agency Co., butj has since passed into the hands of Eng' lish capitalists, and is now at least controlled if not wholly owned by the Queen Bess Proprietary Co. It is what they; call a "grass roots" property', like the Last Chance paying very well on the start, ore being found on the eurface. , It has paid a couple of dividends re -. cently, but the policy of the company is to put all earnings into development and improvement, with the idea of at' _ length owning a large paying property In September last a very extensive tunnel was commenced, and all the pro eeeds of ore from the paying workings have gone to defray the co8t of this undertaking. This tunnel is the lowest working of tlie property, being 400 feet farther down the hill tjian the previous] lo.w tunnel, and is worked by a large] ��������� compressor. A ventilating plant being driven bv water power, being one ot th auxiliaries. This last extensile working is 7 x-9,, and ia now,-in over 1,700 feet, iriaking| 100 feet per month or 3 feet'per day. A shaft 220 feet on "the vein sunk by a compressor plant, is also down from the] last previous working, and a raise t connect with No. 7 tunnel above is now underway, When the latter, is com- ���������..w.hjj jjirtyeu, Hill iiesultingin a draw, that neither team are victors of the puck in Sandon. On the whole the game was fast and evenly; contested. ' ��������� " This, like all games of its class, was not without the usual accidents, but we are, glad to state that no one was seriously, disfigured. The contestants…
note: Print Run: 1897-1903 Frequency: Weekly
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Sandon (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0183292
language: English
lat: 49.975556
long: -117.227222
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Sandon B.C. : Cliffe and Son
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