The Ledge
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2011-09-29
issued: 1902-09-25
description: The Nakusp Ledge was published in Nakusp, in the Central Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia, from October 1893 to December 1894. The paper was subsequently published as the Ledge both in New Denver, from December 1894 to December 1904, and in Fernie, from January to August 1905. The Ledge was published by Robert Thornton Lowery, a prolific newspaper publisher, editor, and printer who was also widely acclaimed for his skill as a writer. After moving to Fernie, the paper continued to be published under variant titles, including the Fernie Ledger and the District Ledger, from August 1905 to August 1919.
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note: !X«/VU ./ VoLTOsIX. No, 52. NEW DENVER, B. C, SEPTEMBER 25, 1902. Pri;qb, $2.00. Year ADVAKcr Investors to Peruse. i Some Observations Anent the Subject for English & S&SSa&SSStfSSSS SMS SB '3m&58mS8m8& Some of the mining journals of England are either distressingly ignorant, or damnably unscrupulous; perhaps both. The Investors' Review, of London, commenting on the annual' report of the minister of mines for 1901, makes the statement that the more gold this country produces the less fallsjto the share of British investors. "Increasing outputs of gold," it says, "are not necessarily signs of prosperity, as they mav be due to increased surface scratching here and there by half- starved prospectors' not to increased richness of individual mines ' Prom the standpoint of the English investor, wha has, through ignorance. lost hia money in buying worthless mining stock, this paragraph mav sound all rignt; but to the average mind at this end of the wire it sounds ridiculous. " Increased production not necessarily an evidence of prosperity 1" The English press and the English investing public would like to believe that, especially in regard to British Columbia. And tliey would like to make others believe It Since the English capitalist got so badly bit on Whittakor Wright schemes -he-bas^rawa=away_!romJtriiishiMujn_ bia/ and thinks that because he has done *o the country should fall flat, and he cannot believe that it can possiblv progress without him. And tneEng fish press is equally bigoted. If the paragraph quoted above moans anything, it means that the increased prosperity of this proylnce is not evidenced oocause the mineral production has not increased the dividends to the English investor The Review then goes on to state that a vast deal of British capital haw been lost iu placer mining iu British Colum bia, probably including in its estimate tho losses made in Yukon wild catsdur- ing the boom. All the profits derived from British Columbia mines, it declares, have go…
note: Preceding Title: The Nakusp Ledge Succeeding Title: The Fernie Ledger Frequency: Weekly
has type: Newspapers
spatial: New Denver (B.C.)
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language: English
lat: 49.991389
long: -117.377222
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: New Denver, B.C. : R.T. Lowery
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source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
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