The B. C. Mining Exchange and Investor's Guide and Mining Tit-Bits Volume 6 PDF Download

Author: Anonymous
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
ISBN: 9781230088938
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Languages : en
Pages : 44

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 edition. Excerpt: ...outlet by consumption through the process of manufacture, Seattle, Tacoma and many other cities must eventually remain mere distributing points, while the cities that take hold with energy and persistence the transforming work will eventually become the centres of population, it is argued." The placid ignoring of Victoria and Vancouver, to say nothing of the smaller cities of this province, as possible factors in the development of the new district, and natural heirs to its wealth, will not make the above extract very pleasant reading to British Columbians. Yet, can it be denied that the whole history of mining in British Columbia has been a sufficient justification for the attitude adopted by our Seattle contemporary? We feur not. To-day practically every man in the coast towns who makes an effort to exploit the province's resources is dubbed a "grafter" or a "crank," his enthusiasm sneered at, his efforts derided and hampered. British Columbia is to-day entering on a period of immense activity and development. Will her citizens play their part in this development, and follow the energetic and courageous example set by their American cousins, or will they sit idly by and let their heritage be harvested for the benefit of strangers?.__i__.l_ii THE FISH CREEK CAMP. The recently issued Annual Report of the Minister of Mines contains an extremely interesting review of conditions in the Fish Creek camp. The known wealth of the district in which the camp is situated, the continual successful development of its properties, and its rapid progress during the past twelve months, combine to make it of peculiar importance in the eyes of the investing and mining public. We take pleasure in reproducing the report. and, ...