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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 752 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ROSSLAND , an important See also:

city in the Kootenay See also:district of See also:British See also:Columbia, incorporated in 1897. Pop. (1907) 4033. It is situated in a valley 7 M. W. of Trail on the Columbia See also:river and 8 m. N. of the See also:international boundary. It has See also:direct railroad communication with Trail and the Arrow lakes as well as with Northport and See also:Spokane in the See also:state of See also:Washington. Rossland owes its importance to the immense deposits of See also:iron and See also:copper See also:pyrites carrying See also:gold, which occur in the vicinity. The best-known mines are the Le See also:Roy, Centre See also:Star and See also:War See also:Eagle. The city derives its electric See also:light and See also:power service from Bonnington Falls on the Kootenay river.

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