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...East Kootenays, Slocan and other silver-bearing areas of British Columbia, some 500 old sourdoughs and hopeful young war veterans chipped away last week in search of new lodes. Virgin claims were staked out, old claims rechecked. In Silverton, Sandon and many another mine town, shutters came down and hopes went...
...Home started work in the mines of Nova Scotia when he was young. In 1898 he went to British Columbia and worked in the mills of the Slocan Star and the Athabaska, then got a good position in a mill at Ymir. But he had "miner's foot." He went to California. In 1907 he went to Labrador. For a while he ran the King Edward Mill at Cobalt, Ontario, then was off to the Porcupine District, then the Kirkland Lake District. In 1911 he went to the Rouyn District of Quebec and found some gold. Nine years later...
...Rice '05 E. D. Hays '05, J. O. Bailey '06 and S. Smith 3L., are in the University and are eligible. Among the members of last season's squad who have returned are F. W. Wead '05, W. T. Harrison '05, H. P. Pratt '05, T. D. Slocan '06 and E. J. Wendell '07. There is also some good material from last year's Freshman team...
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