The Phoenix Pioneer and Boundary Mining Journal
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alternative: [The Phoenix Pioneer]
is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2011-08-23
issued: 1912-07-20
description: Devoted to the interests of the Boundary Mining District. The Phoenix Pioneer was published in Phoenix, in the Kootenay Boundary region of southern British Columbia, and ran from April 1898 to May 1916. The Pioneer was published by the Pioneer Publishing Company, which was managed by W. B. Wilcox (from 1899-1908) and Thomas Alfred Love (from 1908-1911). On August 12th, 1910, the headquarters of the Pioneer burned down, together with a large portion of the town of Phoenix itself, and the paper consequently suffered serious financial difficulties. On April 11th, 1911, the Pioneer was sold to Gilbert Kay, who published and edited the paper until May 1916. The paper was published under a variant title, the Phoenix Pioneer and Boundary Mining Journal, both from 1903-1910 and from 1911-1912.
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note: !iS��:��b>sSw^��&&^ i B.C. Mining ' Messrs. Miinro and Gillis ' are visiting- the scene of the recent strike on French creek; .they are accompanied by a, well known placer expert. < . '.Mining men are deeply interested in the recent rich strike of free gold iii the Coronation mine, on Cad- ��� wallader creek, Bridge river district in the Liliooct, ' The annual .statement of the Crow's Nest I'ass Coal company shows that operations in 1911 were conducted at a loss of $200,546 as Ihe mines were closed the greater part of the year owing to lahor troubles. . The production of coal in 1911 was 359,450 tons against 1,209,762 tons in 1910; coke production was 60,659 tons against 194,498 in the previous year. J. R. Cranston, real estate and mining- broker, returned this week from a visit to the Ttilameeu diamond fields, located ten miles west of the town of Tulameen, where he has been for over a month past, says the Rossland Miner. Diamonds are found in a large olivene dyke, which is half a mile wide, stretches for five or six miles in length, and in the sand and gravel in places covering the dike. Those so far found range from the size of a pin head to the dimensions of a kernel of wheat. Small diamonds are worth about $90 an ounce, and are in great demand. , A. W. Thompson, a diamond expert, from South Africa, has been in the Tulameen diamond' field for several months past. He says that the formation there is similar to other diamondiferous sections. He says there is.considerable bkic^clay and the deposits resemble those found at Kimberley and other diamond fields in South Africa. Mr. Thompson is prospecting the creeks and river benches in the vicinity of the Tullameen fields and says he re- yards it as a most promising section for diamonds. He believes that chimneys in the blue clay and iu the olivine dike will yet be found containing- valuable diamonds. Dan Coutney, Mr. Cranston's partner, has several uncut South African diamonds, and when these arc placed in a pan with …
note: Print Run: 1900-1916 Frequency: Weekly Titled "The Phoenix Pioneer" from 1900-01-06 to 1903-06-20, 1910-09-10 to 1911-10-14, and from 1912-03-30 to 1916-05-27. Titled "The Phoenix Pioneer and Boundary Mining Journal" from 1903-06-27 to 1910-08-06 and from 1911-10-21 to 1912-03-25. Published by Pioneer Publishing Co. from 1900-01-06 to 1910-08-06, by T. Alfred Love from 1910-09-10 to 1911-03-25, by Kay and Conway from 1911-04-01 to 1911-06-17, and by G. Kay from 1911-06-24 to 1916-05-27.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Phoenix (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0185689
language: English
lat: 49.1
long: -118.5833333
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Phoenix, B.C. : Kay and Conway
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source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text