PAGE SIX News of the Mines AROUND PRINCE RUPERT Silver Cup Mill. to BeSopn Running Again; Independence Tunnel Strikes Vein; Premier Report on Porter Idaho, Prosperity and Silverado rl T,r lc'u a" "V ra K WTTOP?mir SO ounces of Mmd.larteanr nprto-datf 8ner pr t6n to over . 100 ounces, steel shar'and an ore car. a0 that even a moderate tonnage 't-iJ&$i?i . , J 'ill represent a substantial total ' nIllfeU'0pJmfin aklWS$-aIua. Nojonnage eJtimates can cellenlJWiWkjr whe tfjbe made atHhlllme blause mere-of machinery and pugplies (or tifc dfiftTng has ieen Tone and np T"'1, , ' raises put up. Nor is'it ndvisable vmcn ueveiepmeni worK .s.aoout t0 put mnny raj8es Jn tfce Qre un. to be resumed. u, the tramway ,9 opemtlng M the n ., .... , . ore storage otherwise on a steep finarnllAni Qra atlll hA ni. a ' , T "T . "I "' Z: -ourtansde is difficult. On the j l ried on by hand at the property on&O Porter.Idaho feet of un- ?m Ltd.. In , um? Portland 5 Canal, , and d , good nC!i ''erground wo redone in 1928 near, a the men avnab,e progrew is.balng made Since en-1 'were put t on on constructIon construction work. expenses of a resident customs as-ayer there. The request is now S.D. Johnston CoM Representatives for MILLER COURT & CO., Limited Through our connections we can make prompt execution of buying and selling orders on the Vancouver, Calgary and Toronto stock exchanges. Closing prices from these exchanges posted on our stock board twice daily. Orders from out-of-town cllents.'by wire or letter, will receive our prompt attention. S.D. Johnston Coitd. CIO 2nd Avenue Phone liO Prince Rupert, &C. couiiieruiK me nouuiwest vein ai ir o. in v, n. u ucuui ui iiu ic, me luiiuci .. a. i j. i- i t has been turned to drive on that atively short shoot, and InthePor- h?.". therrth-,, So " the, dr'ft ter-Idaho the values tend to dim-ha. been advanced on the vein for ,nigh rather w, at d ' fCwreg exPre9s a inclusive opinion on acterktles of width and Value. . u It ' y,aaB ,,.... n,i ,t lnese mUers and more informa-; . int 1.0 ..ot.1 ...v.. 41.. are almost entirely in gold and ppr.T-.tJ a , ..., flLed:,.I"l.P'a" u 0 completed. On the SilveradJ a .VIZ T,n T':,T':i 7. ui lc-cut tunnel was started last till ' Hill I.-U11BISI Ol lVU OO II. II. . .,,. rr, . . . , , . '"'"i summer. This tune) was driven ntttm unirlnaa nnH ttitn If4 , fix IaaI maim ! Tl 1" 'T-11 vL Jf 412 'e1 during and when STiV iJ; ,.T 1 about 860 fee furer it should LAnfaS a" xlliarylcut Uie ft of M shown on- J.. Zn , I"! P ' lthe 8urface at dePl" ot about 500 gress is being made m y. the Craw-fert ThIll fl tmr ... fu,','".OT lu Tt Vlu "c,,"-but the location chosen Tim, the b.r & t0 which a tunneJ&uld ",v " ""u"" "l'J'r.. ;be gafe,y drven -Sn.t g. T, 0, . , , . 'suance of the Premier repornhere ',", TttT'im.'' "1 Stewart of a big strike .n the .mines for assistance toward the Prosperity . Hon. Henry fiporgc Carroll, one-time Solicitor-General. Jn the Dominion Cabinet, later a Judge of the Court of King's bench of Wuebec, and now appointed to succeed the late Sir Lomer Gouln as Lleut-Cov. of Quebec. District News BURNS LAKE I! Ilolwrt Pji.rrott has. filed a pre-''enfptt5n on the southerly slope of ! Colleymount and js now building Tff humelliere. r-J. A breakdown in the Silver Cup mjlUneai; Hazelton, has Thurrday ' for iitce'Upn hospital, caused a temporary cessation of operations recently. Re- where she will undergo an opera-pair parts are being obtained from Vancouver and are ex-(tion. pected to arrive at the end of this week. This will allow. , , , - .. the plant to get under operaton sooner than if material had 1 t10 7' to have been brought from further abroad. Work at the 0minecn Hotel at a banquet in camp is progressing very favorably and it will not be long honor of John Yool, manager of before the mill resumes operations and commences a . the local branch of the Royal Dank Steady production of ore for shipment. I ' Canada for five years, who has -I been transferred to Mission. Wal- News of good progress is re- receiving the consideration of theler N- Campbell acted as toast-ceived from the Topley Richfield minister, Hon. W. A. McKenzie. 'master and the presentation of a mine, where extensive development The department of mines has ' nandonie club ,,a,f to SIr Yo1 is under way. The drift tunnel on made a grant of $100 to the Stew- was made by A. M. Ruddy. Other the 200-foot level is getting on well art board in connection with the P8ke included Sidney Godwin, and a cross-cut from it is reported fnrmntinn f n hrnnrh there nf the P Mulville, Hugh J . Macdnn- to have struck body of ore. an entirely new British Mines. THE DAILY NEWS Tuesd IIV, April W FOR ALL bakm,use your MAGIC BAKING POWDER III Mode in Canada - No Alum ! ill A FEW FACTS ABOUT PRINCE RUPERT Prince Rupert js: t ; ir ni i.i: The terminus of the Canadian Rational. Railway. The Central administrative point for the whole of central)! and northern British Columbia. . The nearest point in British Columbia to the' Orient. : The centre of the halibut and salmon fishing-business. ' 1 The centre of an extensive mining and lumliering district. Prince Rupert lias: ' One of the finest harbors in the world. The largest fresh halibut business in the world. The largest fish cold storage plant in the world. A large, strictly modern drydock and shipbuilding plant. A grain elevator leased to the Alberta Wheat Pool with capacity of 1,25.0,000 bushels. A large, modern ocean dock. A new modern lumlier mill, planing and shingle mill and box factory with capacity output of 60,000 board feet dally. Fish reduction plant. A new mill at Porpoise Harbor and another bulldjng alongside ' it seven miles from the city. Railway shops employing about 75 men. Several ship sheds for building and repairing small craft. Provincial government district offices and court house. Dominion government fisheries, custom 4. and other offices. Marine department central station. s u ; r'-.. Dominion government wireless station. -' Canadian National district offices. Dominion fisheries experimental station. B. C. Packers district offices. Consolidated Mining & Smelting district assay office. P. Burns Co., Ltd., modern abattoir. Several docks and wharves used by coasting vessels. Number of fish houses doing an export business. About twenty salmon canneries in the neighborhood, Several fishery supply and shipchandlery establishments Several wholesale houses doing a large business in Ihe jlGS trict. Fine modern retail stores. Good steamship services to Alaska and south toyancoujer and Victoria and west to the Queen Charlotte Islands. Three large oil and gasoline distribution stations. Good hotels and restaurants. Prince Rupert has: Modern high school with first year university classes. Four public schools with over thirty teachers. Seven1 churches representing the most Important dcinonlnn- ,ion- . JS i - V , Paved streets and concrete sidewalks fii the business section. Well kept gnrdens and pretty residences Number of clubs and fruternal organizations. Prince Rupert has: " , ' (l ' No severe cold In winter. No extreme hent In summer. No mosquitos or other Insect pests'. r Great opportunities for boating, fishing and hunting. Fewer climatic or other disadvantages than most places in Canada. A harbor that never freezes. be no difficulty in changing the name of The town of Vanderhoof to Nechako as has Jjeeir suggested. J. W. H. Day, William J. Bowman and William J. Rimes, asi IaV iVafleiH' Are' conducting serv-i ices of the Church of England here regularly . i John Hunt lias returned home from. Carbon, Alta.. where he spent the winter months. Large quantities of ties are be- j ing hauled into town just now. practically all the trucks available being busy on the job. Taylor Bros, have started the construction of a new garage here at the corner of Stewart and iJur-rard Avenue. Fergus Park, . Nulld Lake tancher. has been ill for several weeks . Dr. Rpscon Day of Sao Fran- Columbia Chamber of a,d and.C Mel". tt,e Iatter Priee Ru,)Prt to Belleville, Ont.J will mske another trip this, The tunnel of the Independence The Premier Gold Mining Co. mine at Stewart last Week Struck pvnerhi tn runtime construction of tntendent, are in two classes one nnei-Htinir nm timp thU fnll Iti's moving his headquarters from, showing a solid chalcopyrite and wjj have a length of: five and one-1Iouston toSmithere. tivrltn and zinc-lead that looks like ir.ii. urn i. 4,.,. 1... shipping ore. Values, however, flt rJl,ht inu ,, iPJ A petition is to be circulated in openedijresterday by P. Burns Co. cannot b( nsrprtainpd until assavs .nri...i. j j;thls district a skin ir for the rein- Ltd., with A. J guvcIS Buiiie ujiuiuii kiuuiiu auu -- - . nave oeen maae. ine siriKe ,was aiso cr08Ses a glncier by a long made at a depth of over COO feet gpan. !n iv, annuai report on the on the ore. The tunnel was run porter-Idaho, Prosperity and Sil-525 feet and then a 63-foot cross- verado properties, the Premier Co. cut entered the footwall of the announces -that "on the Prosperity vein. This cross-cut was con- group underground development tinued and 12 feet of ore was pen- aj?gregatlng 2425 feet was done etrated without reaching the hang- durni. 1909. Three veins varvin feet ing ing wall. wan. Diamond viamonu umuiig drilling last iasi In in width width from from one one to to three three f year provH he continuity of this were found by th work and 1 vein for f2fet eyond the point of them drifted upon for wiiere it isnaw naw ecouritered. ecountered. The The nhi nhle HistanpM. HitanpM. Th The riil riit two 1 consider-i far! property is gradually progressing have been only moderatey favorJ toward the status of a producing abIe becauge the ore cur in. mine; , , . , , short shdots of 20 to 150 feet in A large shipment of machinery Jenjrth separated by barren and equipment for thejjearce eof-fionjid r,ble length. ;!ip"!! vyi " :zwmmmm of good " :. ,,,UV where Mr. - !),.... Perry is niu; now IniMitml located, J MUIIllIWJr 111 OlUiirV uHH, WIH-TC "C R, E. Allen, district forester, was a visitor in this district last .he big vein toward which it has the tramway at Stewart to thejveek' accompanied by A. 0. Wad-been driving all winter. Fine look- porter-Idaho and Prosperity prop- (Uflon' tne new fIre inspector. ing samples 01 ore orougm into ertjeS In JUne and the probability, , . , . from a trip to the Babine country, Stewart by Jack Fitzgerald, super- i, it will ho rnmnleted nnrl Martin of the forest branch . r statement , of M road foreman. ar vistinf here with Mrs. Perry's parents, Mr. ami Mrs. James Clark.- Alex SIderls returned last week VANDERHOOF The Jfechako Creamery was re- Anderson of Ed- Keneth . ... Warner as monton in charge. Mrs. Anderson has arrived here from Ed- 'monton to join her husband. Donald Smith and Richard O'Hara were successful In the ex-' Messrs. Taylor Bros, have pur-aminations for assistant forest chased a quarter of section bf rangers which were held here re- land near here, cently. ! ' Hon. R. II . Pooley, attorney-Mr?. WaMer Perrv and dauirh- general, has informed the local ter, who are about U ,m.o've from Board of Trade that there should owns out- (jf the island, i Building and contents of the home of K. Nilk f Fort St. James were completely destroyed by fire lust Wednesday morning. , ' Ben McClelland and his brother! of Milestone, Saskatchewan, have' arrived here and taken up a quarter section of land north of the Kechako river. They will reside on the Copper place. LADY HEATH TO HLlOME E.NdlSE SA' The ist ingu .hea a'.'iatn 13 learning a"! fc ;ines and w l' tour I r, :cd stut.ci :c!l ng n; ' is Engine Co SPRING IS HERE AND BEARS ARB OUT Bruin is hunrgy when become, out of his hole after livin n his own fat du? ? Pis winter months, and is also quarrelsome. The true purpose of a Budget i ETfcitV year you spend a, large proportion of ih mm y" got. 0 much for elothlng. So igu fojtjkb. 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