nnee Rupert's Destiny Forecast T III I Mil y Noted Slogans NEW PROCESS PERFECTED k T 111 W V-f . ... World's Third Best Harbor Seeks Place in' Shipping By LARRY STANWOOD Editor, the B.C.-Yukon Northland Empire "Gateway to the North Pacific" "Key to the Great Northwest" "Canada's Most Strategic Port" "Halibut Capital of the World" such are the slogans which embellish the city and port of Prince Rupert, destined to become the greatest shipping centre in the North Pacific But it is true that develop ! , century ,nv )naic8t(oll iucn ment of the worlds third bestla Mylng certainly 'is well-natural harbors, as well as all ; founded. v the northland of B.C. and thei Kor j't wag not w after ukon, has been painfully slow.Uvhite man lllst setUed FOR SMELTING TITANIUM MONTREAL (CP) The Shawinijran Water and Power Company announced today it has perfected a new electrolytic process to make high-grade titanium metal at lower cost than ever before. J. A. Fuller, president of the company, said plansnow are being drawn up for a large pilot plant as a step toward commercial production. The new process was discovered at the company's research laboratories at Shawlnigan Falls, Que., Mr. Fuller said. , Patents had been applied for in several countries. " ra"n' "a ""en oeen!norlh that he noted pote. clouded and overshadowed by tials of the country around him Mining Empire Opens in North attention to the south. It has been said often, too, that the pioneers with their visions who first pushed back the frontiers of central and northern B.C. were "born 40 years too soon." If the promotion literature written about this area at the turn of the and saw a glorious future. Now, fifty years later, the natural resources first seen by the pioneer scarcely have been exploited. The potentials of development are present as ever, and the future even more glort-ous, for today industry is moving northward. By THOMAS ELLIOTT BrltUh Columbia in4 Ynka Chmmtier f MJnM A vast new mineral empire that Is the best descrip- finn that ra n Ka crirar fn ho 1 r, trm ttrtrn aF r,m tUnt v.w.i ,au. ua tutu IV nv, 114 1 C. t: .11 UU11 Ul tUUUU V 11 Id I mm . . makes up the northern half of British Columbia and the I ndUSUV IS MOVinQ Northward u;hrlto nf tha Vlllnn Torri twyr And this year, more than any As yet scarcely prosp .ted, , i i I in the past, is showing the way to the north. this territory territory has witnessed Z'"? " 'ne va,ue m I IJ III lAJdi numerous important mineral discoveries during recent years! At Tulsequah, on the Taku and from present indications River in northern B.C., Tulse- Jir.Al TIH L TIMBKR STAND of western hemlock kid Sitka, spruce is an example of the forest cover to be Sound along the northern British Columbia coast. These The first $2.50,000,000 stage of the Aluminum Company of Canada's plant at Kitimat 75 miles southeast of Prince Rupert is going into production this summer. The B.C. government road-building programs in the t.J many more deposiu? of valuable ouah Mines Ltd., subsidiary of and r, hemlock hii, used j for the are manufacture of lumber to Uncovered Consolidated A metals wiu be during Mining Smelt-some extent, about 90 per cent of the annual cut in thethe years to come. jing Co. of Canada Ltd., is an liws are some 300 years old. Today, they provide the Indicative of the possibilities mponant Producer ol silver, northern coastal regions is manufactured Into different types of pulp, for which the wood is especially suited. wintry with a vast, natural resource and one of the of the northern half of British leaa- zmc ana PP". This Columbia is the impressive fje.: Property also is equipped with ure of more than $3,000,000,000 8 500 ion mi'l- . to the Pacific Northwest Further west and a few nun- dred miles north1 of Princ Rupert, a fabulous hydro potential is under study by Frobisher Ltd., which plans to develop a gigantic metallurgical empire with an estimated 5,000,000 horsepower available. Meanwhile, northern B.C. mining is off to a new era with more activity and exploration work than ever, in spite of low metal prices and high transportation costs. And in the centre of all this activity is Prince Rupert, closest Canadian port to the Orient, with a year-round, ice-free harbor big enough to hold every ship in the world. 'That in itself is reason enough to make this ritv hicr Peace River area and in the interior will be Joined by the PGE extensions for a new rJorth Pacific Forestry Output that has been produced by NEW FINDS mines in this province since the f Anrt 7ft mi,M ,(h , th. rail line for that vast agricultural area. early days, most of it recovered Alaska Highway where it The Canadian National Railroad's $11,000,000 link with Kitimat is nearing comple i.mi mim-Kii aepasus locaiea in i crosses the B.C.-Yukon border the southern areas. Known tois the now.famPd Cassiar ashes-be geologically favorable for tos mine at McDam)lf B c pro. its All-Time High in 1953 tion. highest em section is believed to pos-,aii, i,rvoniit tit. 1 Hanging in the balance is the in the Forestry In theMorth Pacific, 740 sawmills with a total daily. exnorta hnwv.r that $111,000,000 Westcoast Trans. wiiiniiciis. uudiaiuwu maiKPUS wouiu uic urjwMis ui uuiupHrttuie world astal area reached the peak jcapaclty of 2,047,000 board feeUtimber reserves become scarcer.jbe a contributing factor. mission pipeline to bring gas from the huge gas reserves proaucuon in itoj, snowing Spruce-coast Sitka and In-methods of more economical But as timber stands become nenness ana size. And since gold was first discovered along the Klondike iu per ceni increase over me jterior white represents thelgK'ng of smaller areas wiU more utilized in the southern in B.c.s feace River area say local businessmen. flPVlOUS year, ana aiuea ai bieeest annual cut. followed, be developed. Dortlon of the nrovince. more, River in the Yukon, that lm- bnut $25,000,000. by hemlock, balsam, fir and red! increased power availability; and more exploration of thisiportant section of Canada has Pulp Mill, Elevator Spark Activity i Fifty per cent of the 325.000,- ceaar. i' n nupen woum imeiy ;resource will be centred In the i produced $275.000 000 in new One of the most sensational new mining developments lies north of Stewart, B.C., on the Unuk River. Being developed by Granduc Mines Ltd., and financed by Granby Consolidated and Berens River Mines, this property is shaping up to be another large Inw.irraHn nnnner nrnHnna- V) board feet of sawlogs taken two While most til the heavy log- attract forestry operations even north In which remains the mineral wealth and at the pres i-nnoe Kupert has had P. H, Linzey, Prince Rupert major booms and two reverses, gmg on the coast is confined l'oaay. according to other fores-Icountry'i greatest reserve ent rate of progress will ac- businessman and president of but since arrival of the $40,000,- to forest management licemes count for many millions 000 pulp mill opened by Colum in the future. Jom the woods were cut on the jueen Charlotte Islands. Balance came frtfm areas It retching from Stewart In the torth to Cape Caution in the ' uth. Proof that Canada's Pacificl f and private holdings by felg companies, the provincial government has ample forest reserves set aside as "workine Major Copper Discovery Boosts Mining Activity Northwest is now recognized! equipment and supplies for throughout the world as a ! development of this isolated vast storehouse of mineral : deposit are being flown from Of the total cut, close to 90, circles." or manaeed timber r cent was used in the manu- sales open for general purchase. Minine in the Prince Rupert, Torbrit Silver Mine t Alice wealth Is the fact that some 35 Stewart, landed with skl- the Chamber of Commerce, termed the new shipping project as "a promise of bigger things to come," which could lead to stimulated shipping of mixed cargoes through Princa Rupert. While Prince Rupert is in the centre of the greatest remaining forest reserve in the prov-Dice, gateway to a vast min ture of pulp by three major Most of the future logging by dlstrict received a major boostl Arm at the head of Observatory 'of the largest Canadian, United equipped aircraft in a snow- last year with the discovery oMnlet. Miiline 375 tons dailvJStates and British mlnini? com- Oo1""! valley adjacent to the what is estimated as the largest (production averages 38 ounces 'panies are active in the search ,mine workings, copper deposit In British Co- of gold, 2,300,000 ounces of sil-ifornew metal deposits. Another Interesting new de. mpanies Cnlumbi Allulosesmall operators will be done In So. Ltd., at Prince Rupert, jpublic working circles, forestry Pacific Mills Ltd., at Ocean; officials stale, as much of tne il;and Powell River Co. Ltd.,! private holdings are gradually Powell River, B.C. j being logged off. 1 tnMha- 1 QO (Wl tYU Hs,ar1i t r-l, ,.!.. n..lnDH lumbia. ver, 1.000,000 pounds of lead and unmrnu to velopment of a similar type, bia Cellulose Co. Ltd. on June 11, 1951, its economy has risen steadily and has stabilized. Opening of the mill was followed shortly by reopening of the 1,250,000-bushel grain elevator after a closure of 20 years. Grain shipments totaled 12,300,000 bushels in 1952, and last year 40 deep-sea vessels loaded another 12,000,000 bushels. Bulk of shipments were destined for Japan. And recently new shipping activity was Inaugurated at Prince Rupert with the port's first lumber shipment loaded on a deep-sea freighter bound for the United In its second season of de-,i67,000 de. 167,000 pounds pounds of of zinc zinc annually.! annually.! ' ' ' " 'containing values in copper, sil- eral empire to its north, and to firanHnn Min. T.trf L, ' ...1. velopment, a,.a a - o... Situated Si.t- IT 17 miles lu. ... up .u. the Kit- . "T uy an "", ample 'TC supl"y supply UI OI , ver d zinc, is that of ,'1 ,!. lUlllim-I whs iluuuLru, UUIJ Illill JUiaiTU IlfHI iUll , . Alaska, it is best known for it . : . n .... n rriuuic Laiiiiai. iiitrntr ,'uiiiiimii- Ti- a; v . . the northern and commercial fisheries. rentrnrvrfnai-rt tnm i.ht mllpi fm ranging uui an inien.nve. saun rtiver, me lnrnnt mine ,.. j, ' .. nwprooni Airways, lta., 10- -Ce"..a M.,Ward' fiLm"efr0mldrillins and driving proeram onlwas discovered in 1316 n.rrin, :les are SendlnK PP"8 and cated on Vaneorda Creek trlh- iirinr of the province, east;i'rtnce Rupert, there Is no Surrounded by the best commercial fishing waters in the a 3,000-foot glacier 25 milesiminor prospector's rush which '"P.!0" Pa"lw'n'othe fie!d,iUtary of tne Ppv Rivpr , north of Stewart, B.C. lendured until the earlv 20s and '?"!1'1 . evel7 ,mKlern proximately .39 miies from the f Prince Rupert as far as manufacturing of forest prod nn lha Rnhin mntln. I nto in th rvrt U Hako world, Prince Rupert district .....uuh.k iimr .,,,,, pipe-line road in the am rniH.. Thi. inrhiHe. the Rasir renn for this. .1. expectations are that the oh- gave oirtn to me small town oi this provides an annual average of 150,000,000 pounds of such com supervised by the district (though perfect industrial sites Kuve ft .uw,uuu tc w,wu.uw: "ce rm. Itillometers. geiger geiger counters, counters," j-n.,t ,t- TP -i.--., TT u Meanwhile, across the inlet lirest office located In diamond drilling outfits and Arhi(i,',. -t s xintvcuic nvaiiiriiir wnu lut-at snip- mercial fish as salmon, halibut and herring. new act vny in tne lorm m-oih aids , tnose mfn whose Jiipert I Most of the interior Iping facilities, is lack of heavy forest timber Teserves in the lm- junction with Pelly River Indians, may develop into a very Known as the "halibut capi- tons of ore outlined may be reached before winter sets in. Establishment of such an ore reserve would likely Justify construction of a 40-mlle- railroad to tidewater and sizeable hydro-development, present thinking The cargo of 700,000 board large low-grade base metal mining is laning place ai ine former copper smelter site of Anyox, deserted 20 years ago by Granby Consolidated, co-developers of the Granduc prop t"flucU are finished and rough mher, cedar poles, and hand-n ties, Some 2,000,000 poles mediate vicinity. Good stands are located throughout the area, but only Quite a number of other I waus suppli,ed ro"P mine. ' ''" " companies es have have staked staked claims claims!"? tal of the world," the port processes annually in its plants 90 per cent of all halibut taken in the Pacific northwest, including American, Canadian and Alaskan catches. IH 171,000 ties were produced in pockets, making large-scale in the immediate vicinity of :'".' '!' i go oui erty. OHiOi me company. of Prince Rupert each month. the area in 1953, over and, logging uneconomical ve lumber from sawlogs. present-day methods. this discovery. task it is to uncover, the "hidden wealth." But even with all these modern aids, the main task of finding new mineral deposits rests the same old style type prospector who climbs the rugged mountains on foot and watches for evidence of "float" rock that will lead him to the the veins veins from from which which it it comes. "mes. Granduc has control of some 100 claims on Leduc glacier, 40 Consolidated Mining A Smelting Company Ltd., in its fifth season of exploration work fThe lumber Is produced by j It is the opinion of forestry NICKEL CLAIMS Another spectacular Prince Rupert residents say there is "no need to look back miles up the Leduc River which mineral The lumber is assembled in Terrace and hauled the 90 miles to port by rail. v Carloads are shunted onto a loading dock and ship's slings hoist the lumber aboard from the cars. the' 'round Anyox, has doubled its empties Into tidewater In find in the Yukon consists of a anymore. Weve had our bad Alaska Panhandle, While dis-1 drilling program there this year llnrfre crr-mm rt l.-l,aljwinna- times and - good, but now the trend is ahead." tance of the ore deposit to Stew- in an attempt to prove enough la,m1 ,ifuatP(, ouTli art, Canadian port at the head ; ore to warrant setting up a mill. irreeW nr Wi,n. taw Continuous quality ijear after ijeaH of Porland Canal, is only 25 CM 4 S. which maintains a I Today's Drosoectors. however nf U'hiihnr Railroader Excited First Boom miles, the route lies over rugged, field office in Prince Rupert, is are men who are highly skilled! Discovered by the Yukon Prince Rupert's first attraction was to the deep-sea halibut fishermen at the turn of the peaKs ana iceneins. actively engaged In mining at,in their profession as they pos-! Mining Co. Ltd., it is now con- "Present thinking is that a j Tulsequah on the Taku River, jsess a thorough knowledge of! trolled by the Hudson Bay narrow gauge. 36 inch railroad Operating a 500 ton mill leased mineralogy and geology gained Minine & Smeltine Co which down the Leduc River Valley from Polaris-Taku across the from universities and mining has spent many thousands of -,h rentury, for its 14-mile, river, the company produces an-j schools such as conducted by dollars during the past few ! Word-like harbor always prom-nually some 1S8.000 tons of cop-ithe Chamber of Mines in Van-jyears exploring this impressive I ised 8a'e anchorage while heavy Jlartt it Coke per concentrates from two;eouver each year during the deposit, drlvinir tunnels and gales might blow just outside. But In 1906, a fiery man with principal port of the North Pacific a.id terminal of a transcontinental railway which would connect the Pacific in the north with the existing Canadian National Railways at Jasper, Alta. A real estate boom whjch greeted . the Hays' announcement reached a fever pitch by 1912 as the new Grand Trunk Pacific Railway neared its western terminus and completion. (Continued on Page 4) winter months. 'diamond drilling. It is under- it has heen estimated that stood a large-scale program is, 8 Sleal v''n orougni an over- mines In the area. These concentrates are barged to smelter at Tacoma. Washington, during the summer months. approximately 500 full-tim; planned for this season. and Dart-ttme Drosnecrnr wi Also mntrant fr onnon nignc ooom to me aDongtnai site. He was Charles Melville Hays, a railroad man from the United States, who decided he Aside from copper, other he active in B.C. and the Yukon ! feet of diamond drilling, in ad-metals from Tulsequah Chief Hurinff the summer nf 1Q1d rllimr, t m..n.inm.i.. .j 40 miles to Pacific deep-water in Behm Inlet, offers most attractions. It would cut across the Alaska Panhandle, which means a certain amount of negotiating with Alaskan authorities,'' the weekly Northern Miner reports. I Other possible routes, however, will be studied. One mentioned was that of an aerial tramway or monorail to Stewart. No route will be easy along which to transport concentrates from the proposed 5,000-ton mill. Only active mine at present in the same general area is the many of whom will be financing I geological surveys, is planned j would make Prince Rupert the themselves, while others will on the extensive claim holdings be grubstaked by syndicates and of Canalask Nickel Mines Ltd., and Big Bull mines are 2,500,000 pounds of lead, 285,000 ounces of silver, 6,700 ounces of gold, 11,000.000 pounds of zinc and 41,000 pounds of cadmium annually, A union mine is nnerated at companies. Mill others will be along the White River, in the given grubstakes by the provin-isame general area. Prospectors cial government. Airways and other companies are also planning further work on this favorable nickel, cop- Francoise Lake, about 300 miles i YUKON GOLD A Cominco Outpost Seeking New Foundations for Future Expansion (Continued on Page 6) When thinking of the Yukon, I per-bciring structure that is however, (""uic i umi . !..,,,... ... 1 m -. in , , , . ftnuHH iu rAit-iiu iui over J.UU the large gold dredging opera- , , . Ul' tlons of Yukon Consolidated Gold Corporation at Dawson ! LARGE HKPOSITS City which will again be oper-! Two other important lead, ating with seven bucketline zinc, silver discoveries that dredges along the Klondike , have been made in the eastern River. This operation last year ! part of the Yukon are those of produced $1,416,833 worth of; American Smelting & Refining free gold EXPLORATION 305 FULTON OFFICE ST. Co., at Hyland River, and the Hudson Bay near the summit of the Canol pipe-line road. It is understood sufficient work has been done during the past few years on both of these de-(Continued on Page 4) But eastward from Dawson, at Mayo and Keno Hill, United Keno Mines Ltd. continues to operate its 500-ton flotation mill, producing high-grade silver, lead, cadmium PRINCE RUPERT. B.C. NORTH AMERICAN VAN LINES CANADA LIMITED Nation-Wide Movers Serving the North Country THROUGH CITY TRANSFER Prince Rupert Established in 1923 GREER and BRIDDEN S hW tew; LIMITED mm CmCili M. THE CONSOLIDATED MIKING AND SMELTING COMPANY OF CANADA LIMITED !NOSTU CTAR DDTTI Ifclf tAAHUC General Contractors 215 First Ave. W. Prince Rupert, B.C. I" Aviiie Went Prince Rupert, B.C. 1