Chapter 6 examined Rossland's social structure at the turn of the century. This was the town's fleeting moment of glory but, like so many mining towns along the western cordillera, Rossland's heyday was brief and its decline long. The frenzied activity of the late 1890s ended with the bitter miners' strike which began in July 1901. The dispute sparked an exodus and the community never regained its former prominence.
Publication information: Book title: Roaring Days:Rossland's Mines and the History of British Columbia. Contributors: Jeremy Mouat - Author. Publisher: University of British Columbia Press. Place of publication: Vancouver, B.C.. Publication year: 1995. Page number: 130.