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From three trailers
to a staff. of seven.

Inventory at Mike's Mobile
Homes Ltd. in Castlegar is a
far cry from the three
Prowler trailers with which
it started nine years ago.

Located at 1685 Columbia
Ave., the business has incre-
ased its stock to include eight
different lines of travel trail-
ers, motor. homes, truck
campers and hardtop tent
campers,

With a staff of seven,
Mike's Mobile Homes has
expanded to include a two-

bay service shop equipped to
handle, all types of required

repairs and hookup installa-_

tions and a well-stocked parts
department.

The company’s staff say
they realized the need for'a
recreational vehicle centre in
the area becayse they have
done a considerable amount
of camping themselves, and
Mike's Mobile Homes is “now
able to give the outdoor
enthusiast a chance to enjoy.
the outdoors and have a
great family vacation.”

Mining and skiing
all part of Rossland

A championship skier and
a hard rock miner might seem
an unusual combination. But if
you travel to the West Koote-
nay town of Rossland, you'll
find their stories tied closely
together.

What binds them are the
mountains near this town,
sister community to Trail. It
was on the slopes of Red

. Mountain back in the 1890's
that the mining claims that led
te Rossland’s voom years were
staked, And it was on the
slopes of Red and Granite
mountains that a young skier
who was to become world
champion learned her. sport.

Now the stories of the
mines and of Nancy Greene are
told graphically in the exhibits
at the Rossland Museum and Le
Roi Mine.

The miners’ story came
first. In July of 1890, pros-
pectors Joe Bourgeois and Joe
Morris staked five claims on
Red Mountain. They went to
Nelson to register their claims,
giving one of them — the Le
Wise — to the deputy mining
recorder instead of paying him
the $12.50 recording fee.

In one of these ironies that
abound in British Columbia's
mining history, the Le Wise —
renamed the Le Roi — turned
out to be the richest of the.five
claims, yielding $30 million in
gold and copper ore in its 40
years of activity. The mining
recorder sold his interest for
$30,000, a good profit on his
$12.50 investment.

Le Roi and the other four
claims were the centre of the
copper-gold mining boom that

created Rossland. There were
3,000 people there in 1896,
7,000 at the peak in 1897, before
the boom burst and the towni
went into decline.

Cominco, the mining giant
that sustains Rossland and

Trail today, bought the Le Roi -

in 1910; it was phased out in
1928, although some desultory
mining activity continued,

Today's - visitors can de-
scend into the Le Roi and take a
trip into the mining past.
Garbed in blanket capes as
protection against the constant
temperature of 5°C, they walk
one of the mine's tunnels to see
displays of the drills end other
equipment that challenged the
rock of Red Mountain. Guides
demonstrate the equipmentand,
tell the story of the Le Roi.

Outside the mine, equip-
ment and chunks of rock from
the mine are on display.

In the ‘museum buildings
themselves, more of Rossland's
history is presented.

The other Part of the
museum leaves mining behind
but stays close to mountains. It
is devoted to the career of
world champion skier Nancy
Greene, who was raised in
Rossland and learned to ski at
Red and Granite mountains,

The museum houses Nan-,
ey skis and some of her ski
clothes, skiing medals including”
the 1868 Olympic gold and
silver earned in the giant
slalom and slalom, and the 1967
and 1968 World Cups.

The Rossland Museum and
Le Roi Mine .are open daily,
mid-May to October.

SROAM, short, for Ski Resort.O;

end Management ts among the. new . Selkirk College.

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yw Only the CREDIT UNION Involves.

YOU Directly.

The CREDIT UNION Is Bound By More
Than Pure Profit Motives:

We're Involved

RETAIL SALES — The Business Baromater of
Our Community —
Retailers, whether large or small, are an im-
portant factor in the financial health of our
town. Asa UNITED, team in the Chamber of
are able to
fore together. "ist the protection and
of thei ine,

terests,

EDUCATION, SAFETY, PARKING, ‘RECREA-

TION, TOWN PLANNING

Projects in these areas are sattectively,
y the Chi of (Ci

close relationship with other agencies of ‘he’

< community, making our town a better place i in-
“which to ‘work and ve. bistere ages

Meet Your

Chamber |

TOMORROW

in our Community ..

TOURIST DOLLARS -

No. matter how you look at it, Tourism is a
vital factor in the national economy, and so it
scan be in any Sammunity. Tourists mean in-
ccensed food sales, retail sales, services, ac-
-commodation, transportation and entertain-
ment. The Chamber is continually exerting ef-
ifget to promote the attractions of the com-
*Munity in an effort to realize the full value of
tourism as a potential community builder.

SAUNICIPAL AFFAIRS

The Chamber keeps in close touch with nat

phases of city g 1 zoning,
scapital i é

which ‘improve the lveabiliy of, our com. °
smut F

nity.

_ will be to; produce a proper:.and

NEW INDUSTRIES CREATE NEW JOBS AND IN-
CREASE PURCHASING POWER

Recognizin the value ot new. industry, the

65a ap-
chon to indweriel eens through 2
stud of the in light of i

}. from which is developed @ sound sa es:
. opprsach; to attract the location of new in-

dustry... The Chamber also ‘serves existing
business and industry, helping them to grow
and remain a stable influence on the com:
munity's economy,

PROPOSED: ACTIVITIES FOR 1980
One of the Chamber's main objectives in 1980,

.in our. Region

the Trail District, for. distribution at the main
or the tourist.booth, travel shows and by
mail.

We plan ‘to relocate .the tourist booth to.a
more effective location gt,the mall — plus ad-
ding more noticeable directional signs.

The Chamber plans, increased support and en-

e eouragement | for the Ratail Committee's job of

co-ordinating ‘and’ strengthening of Trail’s
retail: busingss, Activities, as well as the con-

». tinuation:of (our strong .and influential in.

volvement. in‘the matter.of, road signing and
visitor traffic davelopmey t.and continued in-

visitor's k or information samphiet on

and support af. jhe Commanity, Plan

Process now in progress.

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© Working Together to
Benefit Everyone

-y InBanks, YOUR Money Works for the
“Bank. In A Credit. Union,, YOUR
Money Works for YOU.

Directors see

A. CRAW
itv Vice | President
Chairman Mines §:

Representative to the
Petroleum Resource:

inter-Government

‘ootenay ry
Relations & Government Visitors Association
* Services i if

Cec osaN SAncsien

: ANN IBIITSON
icine Chairman Education

: } . cee nde, Parks &
i irman Lands, Parks
NEW DENVER ee aS Retina formation Pe haan fetsurees enn Housing
WANETA PLAZA :

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Credit FRUITVALE - AKUSP eect b Chairman Chairmen Coraumer : Chairmantinanced
Union” CASTLEGAR ‘Municipal Affairs Alfoirs & Retail Health

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Kootenay Savings

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Tunnel into the Rossiand mine