Local News from Across the Rainy River District
Mayor McKenzie at Invitation of the Power Company, Performs the Important Function. Marks Another Epoch in the History of Fort Frances. Beginning of an Industrial Development Which Will Create a Great City in this Gateway of a New Ontario. Capacity of Mill, 175 Tons. Will Employ Upward of 600 Men. […]
Several Thousand Acres of Farm Lands Over Ore Beds Have Been Purchased on Option. Mining Experts From Twin Cities Visits the Properties. Diamond Drill Steadily at Work Revealing a Rich Body of Ore. The announcement in the last issue of the Times that a diamond drill was at work on […]
The Early Days of Rainy River When the C.N.R. Bridge was constructed in 1901, there was not the slightest sign of a town, except maybe in the minds of McKenzie, Mann & Company, who had purchased large areas of land along and near the right-of-way for future development. Before the […]
The Projected Railway System to Tap to Richest Country in the World. The Ontario and Rainy River Railway which is being built across the extreme southwest corner of Ontario, will connect the Port Arthur, Duluth and Western line with the east terminus of Winnipeg and Southeastern Railway, and complete a […]
The Rainy River Railway Receives It’s Aid From the Dominion Government On Thursday last the Canadian government submitted to parliament the proposed subsidies in aid of railway construction and in that connection have announced a policy that will be a source of unqualified satisfaction to the rate payers. In Plain […]
The Golden Star Makes a Fabulously Rich Strike. The Ore Being Sacked in the Shaft. Sent Directly to the Mill. Alice A Mine to Have 500 Stamps. Locky Coon shows up well. Gold Bricks from Olive. A visit to the Seine River gold fields will convince the most skeptical that […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
