The Economist
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alternative: [The Nelson Economist]
is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2015-01-09
issued: 1904-01-23
description: The Nelson Economist was published in Nelson, in the Central Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia, and ran from July 1897 to July 1906. The Economist was published by D. M. Carley, and edited by C. Dell-Smith. In August 1898, The Economist absorbed a paper called The Nation. In July 1903, the title of the paper was changed from The Nelson Economist to The Economist.
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note: Twmntwmiwun mutin^sa ['* te Li* IC.'. l,\ /" Atr^'U^M *��fCSL/~L y?^i^ r ' a- -HT*-,-" ���OH?,^a-" /iAJ-ti -f k/?"-��l -' ysk r -M "���'��� r ',7*f A" A$ *?| ,** ��� :^i h" T.-gm VOLUME VII. NELSON, B. C, SATURDAY, JANAURY 23, 1904. ISC N ews of the M mes Reviewing tbe mining and metallur-1 thing is on the ground to complete the gieal progress made during the year I tram, but the weather seriously retards 1903, the Mining Journal, of Loudon, says it will prove a memorable one, particularly in respect to pure science. The Journal speaks of many things of immediate interest to the Pacific Coast, saying: "Turning to gold mining, we "find considerable increases shown in the production bf gold. The world's output for 1903 will probably exceed ��60,000,000 in value. This corresponds with the estimate of the Director of the Mint, Washington. The most productive gold mines at the present time are the Honiestake, South Dakota ; the Simmer & Jack, Transvaal; .the Boulder Perseverance, Western Australia ; the Robinson, Transvaal; the Golden Horseshoe, Western Australia ;. the Champion Reef, India; the Rose Deep, Transvaal; the" Mysore, India; the Waihi, New Zealand ; the Geldenliuis Deep Transvaal; the Portland, Cripple Creek, Colorado: and the Mount Morgan, Queensland. In the Transvaal the geological structure of the goldfieldsia being warmly discussed", jancl itappcars that the conditions at great depths do not altogether conform to the theoretical views hitherto accepted. The Cinderel, a borehole, yielded valuable evidence, the Main Reef being struck ait a depth of 3309 feet. In Western Australia the future gold production of which has been discussed by Mr. H. C. Hoover, the jniines possess a more speculative character as to the continuity in. depth than those of the Rand, but the high average grade of the ore now being Worked, taken with the proved possibility of working 7 dwt. ores and the fact that only 10 per cent, of the known area has been prospected, point to a great…
note: Print Run: 1897-1903 Frequency: Weekly Titled "The Nelson Economist" from 1897-07-14 to 1903-07-11. Titled "The Economist" from 1903-07-18 to 1906-02-17.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Nelson (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0184294
language: English
lat: -117.295833
long: 49.493333
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Nelson, B.C. : D.M. Carley
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source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
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