Mining Review
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2011-09-02
issued: 1900-10-13
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note: VOL. 4.���������NO. 18. SANDON, B. C, OCTOBER 13, l'JOO. $2.00 PER YEAR. Ii. C. Gets Hie Lion's Store. In the mineral exhibit at the Spokane Fair, British Columbia carried olf more than half of the prizes. There were 38 awarded, and this province secured 20. The following were the"winners': For State or Provincial collective ex- h i bi t���������Bri tish Col u m bia ii rst. District exhibit���������Rossland first, Nelson second. Individual exhibit���������British America Corporation. Rossland, iirst. Gold .Nuggets���������Prize won by Ymir district. Free Gold Ore���������Ymir mine,Yinir,2nd. Silver Ore���������Sloean district second. Silver Lead Ore���������Sloean district iirst, Ainsworth second., .Copper Ore���������Gladstone, South Fork Similkameen, second. Copper Gold Ore���������Rossland district first, Boundary district second. Best arranged exhibit���������Nelson district first, Chicago mine, Sandon, second. Exhibit of Zinc���������Prize taken by Earl mine, Ainsworth. Cabinet exhibit���������W. A. Cop-leu, Sloean, second. Technical exhibit���������M. A. Holman' Ainsworth, first. , , Scotch Miners Dissatisfied. Last week word was received at the offices of the Wellington Colliery Company in Victoria that 40 of the miners who had recently arrived from Scotland to enter employ "of the company, were dissatisfied with the outlook' at the . Union mines and had left there for Nanaimo. Mr. A. Lindsay, of R, Duns- muir & Son, said that he was unable to understand why the men refused to work. They <a:ne to this country on the understanding that they were to be paid not less than $3 a day. This was guaranteed them, and as they grew I'tim.'liar with the ..mines they were as Hired that they would make better money than the sum above quoted. ��������� Mr. Lindsay does not consider that Union is an undesirable place to live, and it. is puzzling him to know why the men should have grown dissatisfied. The Scotch miners who went to the Extension mines appear to be getting alon…
note: Print Run: 1897-1903 Frequency: Weekly
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Sandon (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0183529
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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source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
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