Golden Star Sends Out $15,000 for January. Outlook in Seine River Never Brighter. 200 Stamps will be Dropping Before Fall. Railway will Tap the Heart of These Gold Fields. The cleanup of the Golden Star mine for January in the shape of a seventy-four pound gold brick, valued at $15,000, […]
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Rainy Lake Herald
A Veritable Garden of Eden Awaits Settlers in the Rainy-River District. Those Seeking Homes Should Investigate Here Before Leaving The Country. With such a large extent of agricultural land, as good as any on the continent, it seems a pity that our great city dailies do not wake up to […]
Rainy Lake Herald
Reports From All Parts Of Northwestern Ontario Point to a Boom in These Gold Fields This Year. Now is the time to Invest. Never since that days of old Midas have the riches of old mother earth been revealed as they have in the past year. And this is apparently […]
Rainy Lake Herald
Engineer Wm. McCarthy with some forty surveyors and several tons of supplies arrived on the Str. Kenora on Saturday evening and left on Monday by the Majestic for Seine River. In conversation with a HERALD representative Mr. McCarthy said they would proceed to Mine Centre, thence north to some point […]
Rainy Lake Herald
Mining Activity Increasing. A $30.00 Sale Reported. Eastern Capitalists Coming To Inspect Our Gold Fields. Electric Road For Golden Star Mine. Despite the fact that the rush to the Klondike and the war have diverted attention of capitalists from our gold fields, there is considerable activity in mining going on. […]
Rainy Lake Herald
Commenced At Last. We are informed from a reliable source that Mr. White, Engineer for McKenzie & Mann, is now at work with a large force staking out the roadway for the Ontario & Rainy River Railway. The party are now at work where the line diverts from the P.A.D. […]
Rainy Lake Herald
The Seine River Gold Fields Being Rapidly Developed. One Hundred and Seventeen Stamps Will Soon Be Falling Around Mine Centre and Bell City. The Seine River district is fast coming to the front and is now being regarded as the richest gold bearing section on the continent. Within a radius […]
Fishing on the River People fishing at the Koochiching Falls with Fort Frances in the background (top). Above, the building of a canal to be located on the Rainy River where the International Bridge now stands. The canal was never finished. These pictures were taken around the turn of the […]
Fort Frances Museum
Two unsuccessful attempts at making a treaty with the Indians West of Lakehead were made in 1871 and 1872. In 1873 Lieutenant- Governor Alexander Morris of Manitoba was sent to settle the treaty. The area was of strategic importance to Ottawa because of the Dawson Trail which went through Rainy […]
