Golden Chariot Mine Prepares First Shipment
High-grade copper ore is being hauled to the Oroville station for a trial shipment to the smelter.
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Ore is being hauled in this week from the Golden Chariot mine near the international boundary, preparatory to making a shipment to the smelter. A force of men under the supervision of Silas Fritz has been at work on the mine all winter and it is understood that a great deal of high grade copper ore has been blocked out. The first shipment from the mine will consist of several carloads and later it is the intention of the company to arrange for regular shipments provided an equitable rate for transportation can be secured from the railroad. The mine is owned by a company of Spokane capitalists.
“The first shipment from the mine will consist of several carloads and later it is the intention of the company to arrange for regular shipments.”
The transition from small-scale regional prospecting to industrial-scale corporate mining defined early 20th-century Okanogan economics. Today, the legacy of these hard-rock mines persists in discussions regarding environmental remediation and land use across the borderlands.
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