Kimberley The original town site of Kimberley was surveyed by Thomas T and A.S. McVittie of Fort Steele and subdivided into lots. The boundary of Town site at this time was Leadenhall (South), to Jennings Ave (East) to North Star (west).

The St.Mary’s Wagon road to Matthew creek was put in.

Kimberley became a small mining town and for the most part the activity was high on the top of Sullivan Hill and across Mark Creek at the North Star. An aerial tramway was built to carry the ore on the North Star; earlier on the ore was raw-hided down the mountain by horses. There were no fancy buildings at this time as that was a huge expense in those days.  

Some said that Moyie and St. Eugene were very rich and the gold found in the Wild horse and Perry Creek had great tales to tell. The greatest talk at this time was the find at the North Star.

Hotels - The Marysville Hotel (1900-1903) was lost to fire and not rebuilt at this time. The central hotel (1903) later owned by the Bird Brothers, which was used as a hall and Center for village activity. The Royal Hotel (1904) burned in 1908 and was rebuilt and then burned once again. The Falls View Hotel (1900’s-1906) first was in Kimberley then moved to Marysville and then back to Kimberley became a furniture store in the location of Howard Street. Saloon’s never closed, they were wide open barring slot machines, poker tables and at the time the smallest coins were nickels and strange enough at the time it was illegal to sit down.

By 1901, Kimberley housed 41 people and hotels, the post office and buildings were being constructed. Down in Marysville the excitement of the start of a mining smelter was in the works. The Sullivan Mine workings were just below the surface and they were so irregular as to defy any written descriptions. While at The North Star it was getting thin and clean up had begun.