Mining Review
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2011-09-02
issued: 1901-06-15
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note: yi,,y������':y<: VOL. 4.���������NO. 52; SANDON, B. C, SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 1901. $2.00 PER YEAR. !* Tumping Claims - on - the Boundary. A Vancouver despatch to "the Nelson "Miner says: "The most intense feeling has been engendered in Chilliwaek over the recent claim jumping on the boundary line in the Mount Baker mining district. There are but two hotels in the place, and the jumpers and the jumped have had to eat and sleep' and glare at each other at close quarters through the long wet days since the American survey party announced that the boundary line was 3,480 feet south of the observation post which has been reckoned as , the boundary line forthree years. The correct line pushes the rich Anderson properties and the Seattle owned Golden Chariot and Golden Star half way over the line. As soon as these facts, were known claim jumpers sallied forth fromOhilli- waok and restaked all the mineral claims close to 'tlie line on both sides and deliberately squatted on the boundary, starting a town which they called Boundary Cit.y: Mr. Naviers, superintendent of the Golden Chariot and Gold Star, split'in half by-the new survey, lias received letters from members of the Provincial Legislature and E. V. Bodwel', who give it as their opinion that the original locators of the properties now declared in British' Columbia, but staked as United :States territory, will be protected by-Canada, as in the similar cases;of Rossland and Atlin, that they will be only required to. register their claims over again and work them under British Columbia laws. All work Has been slopped on the boundary,'and it if suggested that it is to the interest of' British', Columbia' to have therrfatter .settled, as large sums of money" apnroprirtte'd' to ��������� work - the mines, now solit in halves, have been withdrawn until it has been learned , what British Columbia is going to do about it. The district .is reported very rich, the Lone JhcIc mine on tlie Washington side, have a million tons of ore…
note: Print Run: 1897-1903 Frequency: Weekly
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Sandon (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0183337
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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