Keyword: ore
Rossland Mines c.1900
Hand Sorting Ore at one of Rossland mines c.1900
| Internal ID: | 2309.0013 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1900 |
300 Ton Piece of Ore
Sullivan mine, Kimberley, BC - two miners with 300 ton piece of ore, early years, note candles.
| Internal ID: | 0237.0028 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1915 |
J.F. Armstrong Remembers
Article featuring the offical facts by J.F. Armstrong on the condition of the South East Kootenay while he was appointed government agent.
| Internal ID: | 0052.0074 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | December 18th 1902 |
Prospector Assaying
Newspaper excerpt Butte Inter Mountain grizzled old prospectors being replaced by young college educated tenderfoots who can make own assays while prospecting.
| Internal ID: | 0050.0097 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | December 5th 1891 |
St. Eugene Mine
Lay off of men at Moyie mine, even though mine surpassed previous records of concentrates.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0174 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | April 11th 1901 |
Northeast Kootenay Report
Government Agent's report for Northeast Kootenay. Report touches on wages paid to miners and lumber workers, as well as ore and timber numbers that shipped out.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0220 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | January 30th 1904 |
Last Chance Mine
Newspaper excerpt Nelson Tribune - group of claims near Kuskanook yields high quality ore showing gold, silver and lead.
| Internal ID: | 0050.0235 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | April 19th 1898 |
North Star Mine
Newspaper excerpt Spokane Chronicle - one of the largest mining deals to date in negotiation at Fort Steele, with English syndicate purchasing North Star Mine for $3,000,000.
| Internal ID: | 0050.0238 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | April 19th 1898 |
A. E. Watts
Liverpool man who spent last year in Fort Steele district will be coming back to area with syndicate looking to placer mine.
| Internal ID: | 0050.0242 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | April 19th 1898 |
Golden Age Mine
Railway construction workers uncover ten inches of solid galena while working on a right of way through Golden Age Mine property.
| Internal ID: | 0050.0250 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | August 4th 1898 |
Basin Notes
Newspaper article noting ongoing prosperity and growth in the basin, including new fire hall in Grand Forks, new post office in Greenwood, Chinese still barred from B.C. mines.
| Internal ID: | 0050.0298 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | August 11th 1898 |
Edwards Remembers 1885
An interesting outlook on progress in our area over the last 14 years by one of the first settlers in the area.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0300 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | December 21st 1899 |
Sullivan Mine
Reporting on the first wagon load of ore being shipped from the Sullivan Mine, with the whole town celebrating.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0305 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | May 24th 1900 |
B.A.C. Company
Reporting on the extensive mining operations soon to start up at two locations in the area.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0307 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | May 31st 1900 |
Sullivan Mine
Sullivan Mine in Kimberley finds great strike of ore with high assay values.
| Internal ID: | 0050.0311 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | August 18th 1898 |
Mining
All thoughts in Cranbrook are in the direction of mining.
| Internal ID: | 0050.0316 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | August 16th 1917 |
Mining Notes
Article reporting on the ongoing boom of mining in the Kootenays.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0464 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | January 31st 1901 |
Windermere Mines
Article reporting on the ongoing good reports coming from the mines in Windermere district.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0472 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | January 31st 1901 |
Kimberley Notes
Reporting on lastest Kimberley news, including ongoing shipments from the Sullivan mine with anticipation of a spur railway.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0488 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | January 31st 1901 |
C.P.R. Documentary Movies
Kimberleys' Handley's Hall shows two screenings of moving pictures taken in and around the mine by C.P.R. Developing department.
| Internal ID: | 0052.0566 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | July 21st 1922 |
Bugaboo Creek Property
Newspaper excerpt from Herald - reporting samples of good looking galena and carbonates sent to town.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0601 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | September 2nd 1897 |
Nickle Plate Mine
Hedley, B.C. - Nickle Plate Mine ore train, situated above the town of Hedley, B.C.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0698 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1900 |
Seen As Important
Telegram received from Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works agreeing to grant money for wagon road from North Star Mine to Kootenay River, provided certain amount of ore is shipped out of mine.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0881 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | May 27th 1893 |
Dr. Laudon & Fossil Beds
Tulsa University professor of geology in Cranbrook and district to examine specimens of trilobites found in ore specimans and unearthed from beds of Fort Steele road.
| Internal ID: | 0052.1000 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | July 17th 1930 |
