Subject: Mining Claims
Free Miner
Rights and regulations of Free Miners under the mining laws of British Columbia.
| Internal ID: | 0050.0210 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | April 12th 1898 |
Fort Steele Mining
Article reporting on ever increasing numbers of prospectors who have take out licenses in Fort Steele offices, with 730 claims located and recorded.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0552 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | July 29th 1897 |
Mining Partners
Col. Baker and son, V. Hyde Baker secured a bond on very valuable property lying on south fork of St. Mary's river. Property has 6 claims on it.
| Internal ID: | 0052.0513 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | June 26th 1897 |
Trout Lake
Newspaper
| Internal ID: | 0054.0130 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | August 22nd 1896 |
Slocan Mining District
View from Idaho Basin, Slocan Mining District.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0522 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1910 |
Bouelkon Claim
West Kootenay, B.C. - mining claim - Bouelkon Claim.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0536 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1900 |
R. McNair c.1925
Personalities of Kimberley, B.C. - R. McNair (McNair Lake named after him). Owner of McNair Property Mine claims on Skookumchuck River. Minister of Mines 1917 report had assay results from his tunnel which ran 10 and 1/2 oz. gold.
| Internal ID: | 0196.0109 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1925 |
Survey Trip
Survey trip above Moyie, establishing a mineral claim.
| Internal ID: | 0515.0093 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1904 |
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 |
War Eagle Mine Rossland, BC, c. 1905
War Eagle Mine in Rossland, BC, c. 1905
| Internal ID: | 2365.0003 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1905 |
Memoirs of Angus Davis
Memoirs of Angus Davis: Miner
| Internal ID: | 3000.0008 |
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| Medium: | Flipbook |
| Date: | 1950 |
2501
Picnic On Perry Creek, 1902 Well-dressed gathering on Perry Creek in front of the Banks and Thompson mining shaft, 1902.
| Internal ID: | 2501.0144 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1902 |
Mining on Wild Horse Creek c. 1940
Panning on William Astor Drayton's claim on Wild Horse Creek c. 1940. Left to right: Jim White, Charlie Smith, Pete Lum, Theresa (Johnson) Drayton.
| Internal ID: | 2507.0049 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1940 |
Blackfoot Country
Article with excerpt from the Oregonian giving information given to them from a reliable gentleman on recent discoveries in Blackfoot Countries. Although the area is not the "vein of solid gold" as recently reported, there is a pocket containing vast amounts of gold.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0067 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | December 22nd 1865 |
Stakers at Beaver Claim
Stakers at Beaver Claim, first in the Slocan, started the rush. Elevation 7550 feet, 30 km NW of Kaslo. In photo are Lardo Jack and Andrew Jardine. Jack Allan, not in photo, but was a partner.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0521 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1891 |
Guarding the Luck Jack Mineral Claim
Guarding the Luck Jack Mineral Claim at Poplar Creek, Slocan City, B.C
| Internal ID: | 0131.0128 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | May 1st 1903 |
Hamilton, John & W.J.
Newspaper article two successful prospectors state that Southeast Kootenay is one of the most fruitful fields for industrious prospectors to be found in the world.
| Internal ID: | 0050.0200 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | April 12th 1898 |
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 |
Mineral Record
Record of mineral locations in Fort Steele district.
| Internal ID: | 0052.0507 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | October 10th 1896 |
McBean
Newspaper excerpt Wardner International - McBean claims Sand Creek district to show development in that area will rank among the best in the Kootenays.
| Internal ID: | 0050.0236 |
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| Medium: | Manuscript |
| 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 |
Moyie City Notes
Newspaper exerpt Moyie Leader - comings and goings of Moyie residents and visitors.
| Internal ID: | 0050.0307 |
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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 |
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 |
Big Bend News
article about the exciting gold finds at the Big Bend Mines. Also first steamboat to make first trip!
| Internal ID: | 0051.0050 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | November 30th 1865 |
More Big Bend
Newspaper article with information from respected miner, states that in his opinion large tract of country will pay. He describes how much miners at different creeks are bringing in.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0056 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | December 4th 1865 |
Big Bend Report
Newspaper article stating Mr. Ashdown Green, C.E., brings word from Big Bend of the richeness of the mines but also of the rough terrain in which prospecting would have to be done in early spring.
| Internal ID: | 0052.0009 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | January 12th 1866 |
Kootenay News
Article re: letter from man who left Wild Horse Creek. States gold still being found and miners returning from Blackfoot. Miners have plenty of provisions and Dewdney trail completed.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0045 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | November 6th 1865 |
Griffith
Newspaper article three claims on Wild Horse have been bonded to English parties for $50,000 and one claim on same creek to Vancouver company for $25,000.
| Internal ID: | 0052.0420 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | May 23rd 1901 |
Placer Claims
Ed. Murphy offering certification of work of placer claims only Perry Creek.
| Internal ID: | 0052.0517 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | November 27th 1897 |
Little Jim, Ktunaxa Hunter
Little Jim of the Kootenay Reervation with horse and cougar or mountain lion pelt.
| Internal ID: | 2515.0075 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1920 |
Hunting and Fishing Camp Near Michel, B.C.
Three Michel fellows enjoying the natural bounty near Michel c. 1908.
| Internal ID: | 2518.0028 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1908 |
Waterloo Notes
Newspaper excerpt Waterloo Growler.
| Internal ID: | 0054.0494 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | September 11th 1896 |
Hudson Bay Company Store at Perry Creek
Old Hudson Bay Company store opened by Michael Phillipps 1869 at Old Town on Perry Creek.
| Internal ID: | 2507.0020 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1875 |
Kaslo Mining News
Newspaper
| Internal ID: | 0054.0146 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | September 19th 1896 |
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 |
Waneta Mining Notes
Lots of mining excitement.
| Internal ID: | 0054.0350 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | February 22nd 1896 |
Centre Star Mine & War Eagle Mine in Rossland, BC
Centre Star & War Eagle Mine in Rossland, BC
| Internal ID: | 2304.0041 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Columbia Avenue in Rossland, BC c.1900
Facing West on Columbia Avenue, showing the north side of the street on both sides of Spokane Street intersection, c.1900. 1. Spokane Mountain later named Lord Roberts; 2. LeRoi Mine; 3. War Eagle Mine; 5. Nickle Plate Mind; 6. Red Mountain; 7. Columbia Avenue; 8. Spokane Street/R.H. Trueman; 9. Traver Hardward; 10. Ritchie Blk; 11. Jas Price tailor; 12. Stussi's store & Post Office; 13. Shirley Bakery; 14. Pacific Hotel; 15. Grand Hotel; 16. Clifton Hotel; 17. Edgren's Store
| Internal ID: | 2315.0012 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1900 |
Le Roi & War Eagle mines, Rossland B.C. 1900
Le Roi & War Eagle mines, Rossland B.C. 1900
| Internal ID: | 2339.0018 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1900 |
New Gold Fields Syndicate
A syndicate from London, England has secured a bond on groups of mines on Sullivan hill.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0466 |
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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 |
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 |
Shareholders Meeting
Upcoming shareholders meeting of Fort Steele Mining Company with hopes that things can be resolved and resumption of work in the mines is imminent.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0597 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | September 2nd 1897 |
Golden & Fort Steele Development Company
Advertisement for shares in a development company managed by men in the Golden/Fort Steele areas, owning two of the most valuable mining properties in their districts.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0604 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | September 2nd 1897 |
Paradise History
Newspaper excerpt Vancouver Province - relates history of Paradise Mine in Windermere District with mining company possibly resuming operations.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0991 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | October 8th 1942 |
Wild Horse Gold
Wild Horse placer mines being worked.
| Internal ID: | 0050.0448 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | September 5th 1900 |
Marvellous Creston
Creston has proved it is remarkable fertile for growing fruit, but many don't know that Mr. Rykert was the first who planted a fruit tree there, much to the laughter of his fellow man. Now Creston is also known for mining, ranching, logging camps, sawmills and so on.
| Internal ID: | 0052.0192 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | August 1st 1907 |
Mining News
Report on the Black Fox claim.
| Internal ID: | 0054.0051 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | May 30th 1896 |
Mining Notes
Mining claim sales and prospecting around Trail.
| Internal ID: | 0054.0430 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | May 9th 1896 |
Spokane Focus
Large article on Trail Creek mining prospects and the towns of Spokane, Trail and Rossland.
| Internal ID: | 0054.0436 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | May 9th 1896 |
Iron Mask Mine in Rossland, BC
View of Stanley 100 H.P Sychronous Motor Driving a Drill Compressor at Iron Mask Mine 1898
| Internal ID: | 2309.0008 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1898 |
Lookout Mountain
Description of mines and mining claims adjacent to Trail.
| Internal ID: | 0054.0447 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | May 23rd 1896 |
Trail Mining News
Lots of mining news for West Kootenay points.
| Internal ID: | 0054.0505 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | September 25th 1896 |
Wolverine Mine
Chartering of the Wolverine Gold Mining Company, Ltd.
| Internal ID: | 0054.0463 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | May 23rd 1896 |
Monte Carlo Townsite
Good description of the proposed townsite near Champion Creek with discussion of the claims thereto.
| Internal ID: | 0054.0449 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | May 23rd 1896 |
Monte Carlo
Promotion of the mining camp at Waterloo Landing and change of name to Monte Carlo.
| Internal ID: | 0054.0471 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | July 17th 1896 |
Mrs. Anderson
Travels to Deer Park and works on claim.
| Internal ID: | 0054.0450 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | May 23rd 1896 |
Deer Park
Deer Park is booming with businesses and mining claim development.
| Internal ID: | 0054.0474 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | August 7th 1896 |
Mine Shaft at Wild Horse Creek, BC 1958
Mine Shaft at Wild Horse Creek, BC June 25th, 1958 Do you recognize this miner? If you do please let us know.
| Internal ID: | 0198.0012 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | June 25th 1958 |
Forge Bellows at Wild Horse Creek, BC 1958
Forge Bellows at Wild Horse Creek, BC Jun. 25, 1958
| Internal ID: | 0198.0014 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | June 25th 1958 |
Forge Bellows at Wild Horse Creek, BC 1958
Forge Bellows at Wild Horse Creek, BC June 25th 1958
| Internal ID: | 0198.0015 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | June 25th 1958 |
Waterloo Claim
Claim development and bonding of same.
| Internal ID: | 0054.0461 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | May 23rd 1896 |
Waterloo News
Newspaper excerpts from the Waterloo Growler
| Internal ID: | 0054.0508 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | September 25th 1896 |
Waterloo
Waterloo townsite is heating up with the staking of the Columbia River claim.
| Internal ID: | 0054.0475 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | August 21st 1896 |
General News
Economic, mining and political news.
| Internal ID: | 0054.0502 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | September 25th 1896 |
Deer Park
Documenting the growth of Deer Park and Brooklyn townsites.
| Internal ID: | 0054.0518 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | June 17th 1898 |
Brooklyn History
A good write-up on Brooklyn.
| Internal ID: | 0054.0519 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | June 17th 1898 |
Smelter
Sullivan mine news.
| Internal ID: | 0054.0215 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | November 30th 1901 |
Great Falls Claim
Newspaper
| Internal ID: | 0054.0238 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | January 25th 1902 |
Kaslo News
Mining news and promotion; Kaslo's first park.
| Internal ID: | 0054.0042 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | May 23rd 1896 |
Sanca Townsite
Newspaper
| Internal ID: | 0054.0098 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | July 18th 1896 |
