Download or read book British Columbia Mining Record, Vol. 2 written by Alexander Begg and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-04 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from British Columbia Mining Record, Vol. 2: August, 1896 Again, the principle in any country is limited in its application by the character or enterprise to be undertaken, in the same way that Government ownership should be circumscribed. There is a great difference between operating a railway or a system of waterworks, and running a cheese factory or a grocery store. In the very nature of things, these are certain businesses which for all time to come probably will be better and only successfully man aged by private firms and owned by individual concerns. On the other hand, without any manner of doubt, there are many industries and trading institutions that in this country can be success fully operated by the cooperation of labour. Min ing, I believe to be one of such industries. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.