First
Trading
Post
in
ni
in
Province
Fort
St.
James
first
white
Trade
is
an
active
body
wltrariilw
tly
with
50.
three
of
thm.m
headed
north
settlement
in
British
Columbia
;
paid-up
memben,
mostly
urtiutfjtly
under
liter
the
vrsm.r
and
atarted
an
and
designated
as
first
capital
1
40
year"
ol
joulfitting
business
for
mining
of
the
province
corners
the
!
tJhey
"
th'mcn
m
m
They're
doing
well.
B.C.
UNEMPLOYMENT
TO
BE
SOLVED,
NEXT.
YEAR
TRAIL,
B.C.
(CP)
The
British
Columbia
government
leels
the
unemployment
problem
will
solve
itself
within
the
next
year,
says
Lands
Minister
Robert
Sommers.
Mr.
Sommers
explained
that
projects
that
will
be
of
immediate
aid
to
alleviate
the
situation
include
the
resumption
of
logging
operations
and
work
on
the
government-owned
Pacific
Great
Eastern
Railway.
He
also
looks
to
the
development
of
northern
B.C.
as
a
means
of
doing
away
with
unemployment.
the
sawmills,
the
trappers
nxinepners
oil
And
Roy
iS
Iencer,
who
drilled
today,
the
miners,
the
rm
t7
the
mer-li
1
well
on
hi
village
lot
hit
an
chants,
the
mechanla.
historic
sagas-of
the
discovery
and
early
development
of
Canada's
newset
and
potentially
wealthiest
nrnvinr.
artesian
well
at
300
feet,
piped
the
water
-bo
supply
village
l
.
.
.
...
1
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rtY
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:
"
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.
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r
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i
.
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:
fl
i
"
I
hey
are
the
men
that
.
tadl
thst
arejt
..B
run
m.
mno,
noun
noi
SO
fcomej.
and
renil
md
his
Here
in
th.
,mmr
f
"UCh
'
.
Myhoo,
but
M
lilt
but
With
business
to
tviy
a
4O0
acre
farm.
The
land
Is
trood.
rich
soil
I
;
their
spirt
and
the
r
work
iliovirwrk
1
.
..
.
.
.
.
IJJV?!1
Like
Word
"SlimC
,
which
grows
good
northern
mZlihJ
7.
!
who.M
1
veter,n
'
the
SecoMB
ottk
Second
'
jj
j
world
War.
Bllluht
nut
Port-
finl
4
tr
CI
Sage,
designator
of
historical
erops.
Thois..sand
of
acres
are
available
trtr-ugh
purchase
or
preemption
Jtrom
the
govern-
Silver
Mine
Gives
Steady
Employment
in
Hazelton
James,
because:
"There
are
definitely
more
910m
more
op-1
merit
portuniues
nere
than
In
n
in
any
other
place
In
EC,
and
I
kraml
I
bad
I
know!
A
steadily
producing
silver
I
most
of
the
rest
oi
the
provimlvoiq
sites
of
the
province.
Dr.
Sage
marked
Fort
St.
Jaincs
a
"the
first
capital
of
our
province
..."
It
was
there
that
Simon
Fraser
in
1806
established
the
first
post
for
the
North
West
Trading
Co.
west
of
the
Rocky
Mountains.
Besides
water
and
power,
the
Fort
has
most
other
modern
facilities
today,
such
as
earages.
churches
th?
Indian
mission
is
I1
-.
-
rr"-?rf
r
-A
province,
r
the
get.
mine
which
had
its
beginning
j
in
the
early
railroad
construc
-1
nere
is
lumber
lor
the
sitl
i
ting,
and
plenty
ot
It,
ThereisitT
There
is
the
last
two
years
have
explored
15
properties.
Findings
"have
not
been
over-encouraging"
in
the
immediate
area
of
Hazelton,
said
Mr.
Dunn.
"But
givenany
kind
of
trans
tion
days
is
one
of
the
most!
100
years
olJ
hotel
and
auto
stabilizing
influences
on
Hazel-
plenty
of
lur
lor
trapping,
sa
.sitlqr
ping,
and
plenty
of
told
In
the
creeks
atat
creeks
Ini
.courts,
boats
on
the
lake,
cafes
ton
s
economy.
!
Providing
a
year-round
cav-
and
stores,
telephone
connection
with
Vander-noof
and
medical
services.
portation
system
Into
the
coun
rolJ
for
85
men,
the
Silver
Located
40
miles
north
of
j
return
for
elbow
grease.
.
Vanderhoof,
the
Fort
nestles
onj
"Them
Is
1
tourist
busin-niiud
business
the
shores
of
Lake
Stuart,
a
1
'or
anyone
who
builds
for
wl
UHs
lor
It.
body
of
water
more
than
40
1
No
one
who
wants
to
work
c-i
ihor
work
can
Fort
St.
James,
first
th
Standard
mine
has
been
operating
continuously
since
its
re-capitilization
and
installation
of
miles
in
length
and
headwaters
!
lose.
and
what
more
does
a
rrm
1
foes
a
manl
oldest,
now
-
Fie
newest
commu.
try
nort.i
of
here,
mining
development
would
likely
soar."
SMELTER
NEEDED
Mr.
Dunn
also
looked
at
the
proposed
metallurgical
and
of
the
Stuart
River
which
runs
I
want.'
nlty
(the
vilZage
wai
incorpor.
its
mill
in
1947.
into
the
Nechako.
I
Powney
recently
sold
out
i
I110
fcwi
out
hlsl'W
in
1952
declines
to
bask
in
Development'
of
the
original
VANDERHOOF
boasts
a
main
street
today
twice
the
magnitude
it
was
a
few
years
ago.
The
rapidly-advancing
community
spent
a
million
dollars
in
building
in
1953,
installed
a
new
water
and
sewage
system
and
is
planning
a
new
ice-skating
rink.
Forestry
is
a
major
industry
but
agriculture
principally
beef
and
mixed
farming
is
the
backbone
of
the
Nechako
Valley
of
which
Vanderhoof
is
the
central
trading
area.
The
early
days
of
Fort
St.
s317'11'.
"
oi
the
lirst
estiU!
ft-st
estab-j
James
recall
a
colorful
and
I
"sned
th1
Ite
the
war,
as
,w
war,
and,
property
dates
back
to
1910,
when
it
was
backed
by
Foley,
nyiiio
development
by
Fro-bisher
Ltd.
on
the
Taku
River
as
"a
major
contribution
to
the
Welch
4
Stuart,
railroad
con
dramatic
past,
and
progress
during
the
past
147
years
may
not
seem
striking.
Today,
how
whole
B.C.
mining
picture.
a
setting
of
-lstory
and
beautl-lul
surround
i
a-sss.
"It
takes
I
x-centive
and
determination,"
ssy
Dr.
G.
Mooney,
young
physiciauan
who
is
building
a
medical
clinic.
"Good
things
are
in
the
f
u
trure.
I
don't
se
how
we
can
miss."
wun
nis
staKe
is
doing
prospesqioiii
prospecting
and
mining.
There
are
others
as
enth
us
iIjurlinr
nth
stsias-tic
about
the
Fort
and
Its
vicnlv
til
Its
vicinity.
.
tractors.
The
mine
closed
down
11
years
later,
but
was
reopened
briefly
in
the
'30s.
It
a
smelter
were
located
ever,
a
modern
village
has
re
anywhere
in
northern
B.C,
even
Two
years
ago
it
paid
28
cents
The
Blackburn
brothers
mitlaothers
J
dividends
during
its
peak
Vanderhoof
Stakes
Claim
In
Fast-Growing
Northland
placed
stockades
and
tents.
Situated
on
the
shores
of
Stuart
Lake,
Fort
St.
James
boasts
a
population
of-
more
than
600.
A
power
plant
pro
"This
is
no
sensational
mine,"
low-grade
mines
could
operate
at
a
profit
and
a
lot
of
base
metal
mines
already
discovered
and
known
to
hold
vast
deposits
could
also
be
operated
profitably."
OTHEB
MINES
says
William
Dunn,
superintendent.
'The
veins
are
narrow
and
operations
have
to
be
car
vides
electricity
for
each
home
where
once
a
tallow
candle
was
a
prized
possession.
ried
out
on
small-scale
basis.
Other
Located
near
the
exact
geo
creased
production,
the
re-graphical
centre
of
the
province,
sources
of
the
Nechako
Valley
of
British
Columbia,
Vander-("haven't
been
tapped
as
yet,"
hoof
today
is
seen
as
another
'says
Mr.
Ogston.
fast
growing
community,
stak-
Only
a
small
portion
of
the
mining
DroDertiesI
h.hi
.
.
.
Prior
to
1945,
lumber
produced
in
the
Nechako
district
was
consumed
locally.
Today,
2.000
carloads
of
lumber
are
exported
-
annually
providing
a
But
our
recovery
is
good,
95.7
per
cent."
Production
In
19d3
highest
ing
its
snare
in
new
develop-
832,000
acres
of
agriculturar
payroll
of
$800,000.
in
the
mine's
history
totaled
31,492
tons
mined
of
which
9,833
ALUMINUM
PRCfk
mmORCDP-r-
.
ONLYJI9,MLLAJJVJLL0NNS3
MONTREAL
(CPI-NesU-l-Net
profit
of
Alum
inum
Limited
for
the
year
ended
Dec,
31,
195at
,161,
1953,
was
$19,475,087",
a
drop
of
nearly
$3,000,000
from
the
net
lor
iol
Israel
lor
the
previous
yeau-.
Earnings
per
share,
a
,jmiare,
computed
on
9.0X3,994
shares
of
capital
stock
outstanding,
ww.jni
ling,
were
J2.16,
compared
with
per
share
earnings
of
$2.48
on
a
net
o
Isn
sea
net
of
$22,372,289
in
ZX.952.
Profit
before
depreciatiislisioreelatlon
and
taxes
w
s
higher
than
in
1952,
being
$95,800,000
in
193!
ill
CD
In
1953
and
$93,200,000
In
1952.
Allow-ances
for
capital
costs,
hri
ala-sts,
however,
were
$3-0,600,000
in
1953
against
$37,500,(100
the
pre-siq
srne
previous
year,
Current
assets
at
the
yesv,
aril
the
year
end
were
SigS-VOO.OOO
compared
with
$174,200,000;
current
temurrent
liabilities
$94,100,000,
$79,400
000,
and
working
capital
$101,603,1015
J101,600,000,
$94,800,000-
MINING
Vanderhoof
Is
also
a
Jumping-
menis
in
me
nortnern
nan
oi
land
have
as
yet
been
de-tlie
province.
Iveloped,
although
Vanderhoof
Most
representative
of
its
Roasts
the
only
grain
elevator
booming
growth
is
new
con-
n
the
Canadian
National
Rail.
tons
were
sorted
as
waste,
leaving
a
net
tonnage
milled
of
21,-
where
development
work
has
Fort
was
an
outpost
of
civiliza-been
carded
out
in
the
last
two
tion
;
v,nere
men
with
Hazelton
include
the
Nicholson
Ipokes'ot
gold
panned
during
a
"IT
S.T
'Rummer
in
the
wilds.
r
.0re
.
JT?"
kn0Wn
Today-
hammers
are
ringing
Gu",
UskJ
the
g0,d-
and
buzzing
with
a
SCnC
d"1"
Prop-!
new
tune.
And
again
the
erty
at
Dorreen,
and
American
;
answer
to
the
new
era
is
in
Boy
(silver),
Rocher
Dcboule
lumbering,
and
industry
which
(copper-gold
-silveri.
wrn
,l
.u
,.,:u
559
tons.
off
spot
for
prospectors
seeking
to
explore
the
mineralized
area
structlon
which
last
year
tooned
!
the
north.
A
road
which
the
millinn-rinllar
Frtarlr
omntr
I
n-i
n
.
ll
Ore
yields
about
50
per
cent
silver
with
the
balance
in
zinc
and
lead.
"We
keep
development
work
"
'
uu
ijiiic
nuiirn
on
me
west
than
that
of
any
other
central
;
coast.
runs
185
miles
northward
is
being
still
further
extended
in
an
attempt
to
open
up
a
terri
-
-
......
..
lanto
111
nil?
wuutflMfNI
wnpn
Tungsten
Rocher
DeBoule
(cop-
Crop
failures
have
never
occurred
In
the
Nechako,
and
be
B.C.
community.
Construction
of
a
new
federal
building
at
a
cost
of
$278,000
well
ahead
of
our
mining.
We
do
about
$10,000
worth
of
drill
tory
where
such
deposits
as
copper,
lead,
zinc,
nickel,
anti-
sides
the
production
of
cereals,
its
accessible
supply
is
exhausted,
and
often
leaves
civilization
in
its
wake.
The
Fort
St.
James
Board
of
per-gold-silver)
and
Brunswick
(silver-lead-zinc),
all
in
vicinity
of
Hazelton.
ijnony,
asbestos,
molybdenite,
ing
each
month,"
said
Mr.
Dunn.
FREIGHT
HIGH
yields
a
heavy
tonnage
of
honey
silver
and
gold
have
been
dis
and
milk.
covered
In
favorable
quantities.
Optimism
Is
rife
among
the
residents
of
Vanderhoof.
Fortf
Sol
in
the
Nechako
is
a
deep
silt
and
very
fertile.
Crops
of
wheat
yielding
50
bushels
to
the
acre
and
of
oats,
bringing
70
years
ago
when
the
first
settlers
looked
over
the
site.
TOSH
to
100
bushels
are
Brown
they
were
impressed
and
WANDER
I'
OF
stayed.
Today,
they
are
glad
they
did
nd
invite
others
to
share
their
optimism
and
"look
COLUJ
r.lBIA
regularly.
Developed
farms
as
well
as
raw
Crown
land
are
available
to
new
settlers.
ahead."
GEOGRAPHICAL
CENTRE
OF
B,C.
same
time,
15
new
business
places
built
quarters
and
another
25
established
businesses
nd
industries
added
to
or
extended
their
quarters.
WATER
SYSTEM
A
new
water
and
sewage
disposal
system
taking
advantage
of
a
notable
artesian
well
was
constructed
at
a
cost
of
$247,-000,
and
a
$174,000
expenditure
to
Increase
power
production
heads
the
efforts
for
expanding
existing
facilities.
Home
construction
accounted
for
most
of
the
balance
spent
on
building.
Meanwhile,
population
of
the
village
of
close
to
1,000
has
increased
by
more
than
100
per
cent
In
the
last
10
years.
Sharp
upswing
in
lumbering,
and
keener
participation
in
agriculture
are
held
as
reasons
for
the
growth
of
Vanderhoof.
Heavy
acitivity
In
the
area
by
the
Aluminum
Company
of
Canada
Ltd.
during
stages
of
surveys
and
construction
of
the
famous
Kenney
Dam
on
the
Nechako
has
ceased.
At
the
same
time,
the
superintendent
voiced
a
strong
opinion
against
high
freight
rates,;
main
problem
confronting
operation
of
low-grade
and
base
metal
mines
in
centra)
B.C.
All
the
ore
Is
shipped
to
a
smelter
In
Tacoma.
Freight
via
rail
through
interior
of
B.C.,
thence
Into
the
U.S..
costs
$35
a
ton.
Supplies
shipped
into
the
mine
also
are
costly.
"But
we
are
beating
the
cost
of
shipping
supplies
to
some
ex-tent.
For
two
years
we
have
trucked
in
almost
everything
from
Prince
Rupert"
Meanwhile,
representations
are
being
made
to
the
Canadian
National
Railways
for
cheaper
rates,
both
for
ore
hauling
and
incoming
supplies.
CLOSING
DOWN
Only
other
mine
operating
In
the
area
the
Red
Rose
tungsten
mine
on
the
Rocher
De-boule
mountain
which
towers
over
Hazelton
is
being
forced
out
of
business
for
the
time!
Business
and
Banking
Centre
of
the
Famed
I
ted
Nechako
Valley
Gold
Rush
Trail
Becomes
Highway
Into
Mining
Area
Prospectors
Hail
Road
Completion
As
Start
of
New
Wave
of
Prosperity
An
army
of
men
and
equipment
is
pushing
its
way
more
than
200
miles
northward
from
Vanderhoof.
B.C..
Portal
to
the
vast
mineral
resources
of
northern
B.C.
via
the
highway
now
under
construction
north
from
Germansen
Landing.
The
Nechako
Valley
district
offers
unusual
opportunities
to
investors,
farmers,
ranchers,
lumber
producers,
industrialists
and
mining
companies.
SPORTSMEN"
U3ie;MEV-An
ever-increasing
number
of
spoq?
lo
of
sportsmen
return
year
after
year
foiol
i-ar
for
their
limit
cr:
big
game,
geese
a
w-eese
and
ducks
and
fish.
Numerous
laHiil
ajus
lakes
snd
water-ways
abound
with
s
iDrwith
giant
rainbow
-tr-out.
into
the
heart
of
what
mining
experts
believe
is
one
of
the
richest
mineralized
areas
on
the
continent
Completion
of
the
Joint
pro-
vincial-federal
government
road
into
Aiken
Lake,
a
100-mile
extension
of
the
Manson
Highway,
will
provide
access
Into
that
part
of
northern
B.C
between
"a
wave
of
activity
and
prosperity
such
as
this
country
has
never
known."
1
Road
crews
are
now
pressing
northward
from
Osilinka
River
where
a
hridce
started
last
summer
has
Just
been
com-
being
due
to
high
cost
of
pro
But
no
doubt,
a
lot
of
pros-
duction
and
bringing
ore
to
mar-
i
perity
of
those
recent
days
has
the
Rocky
Mountain
trench
and
rubbed
off
on
us,"
gays
George
!
McConnell
Creek,
the
Cassiar
"gston,
foremost
Vanderhoof:
mining
district
pieiea.
.
ine
Usiiinka
was
nooster
and
past
secretary
of
Prosnectors.
ceoloeists
nnd
!
reacnea
alter
bridging
the
tur-
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AIRE
SHIRE
The
Vanderhoof
and
District
Boartsoard
of
rade
ket.
Red
Rose
has
been
muling
100
tons
daily
in
last
two
years.
Besides
operating
their
mine,
Silver
Standard
have
done
considerable
prospecting
between:
Terrace
and
Bums
Lake
and
In
me
jocai
Board
of
Trade.
mlning
men
who
know
the
area
I
Omineca
River
at
Ger-
manson
Landing,
But
while
lumbering
has
being
opened
by
the
new
road
flourished
and
farmers
have
in-1
hall
its
completion
as
a
start
of
The
180-mile
mining
road
from
Vanderhoof
to
Manson
a
H-Jii
a
a
1
'
'
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j
1
Creek
was
started
as
a
provincial
government
project
in
1930.
The
road
was
a
widening
and
grading
of
a
trail
to
the
feverish
mining
towns
which
receded
into
history
at
the
turn
of
the
century.
Millions
of
dollars
in
gold
had
been
taken
from
dozens
of
the
small
tributaries
of
the
Omineca
by
placer
miners
from
the
Yukon
and
gold
camps
all
over
the
continent.
While
the
placer
gold
rush
fever
in
the
Manson
area
abated
Artesian
Wells
SupD.y
Water
To
2
Villages
One
of
several
"wonders"
of
B.C's
northland
is
the
singular
use
of
artesian
wells
being
made
by
two
villages
for
their
community
water
systems.
Vanderhoof
village
commissioners
recently
made
a
final
inspection
of
its
5250,000
water
and
sewer
installations
which
followed
capping
of
its
artesian
which,
sunk
at
a
depth
of
528
feet
In
1952.
The
well
spouted
a
four-Inch
stream
of
water
five
feet
high.
Installation
of
a
122,000-gallon
storage
tank
Is
expected
to
provide
water
for
6,000
consumers.
Present
population
is
around
1,000.
The
water's
constant
temperature
as
it
leaves
the
ground
is
48
degrees.
It
is
crystal
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Prince
Rupert,
B.C.
clear
and
has
no
major
im
almost
as
abruptly
as
It
began,
many
small
and
some
profitable
operations
are
still
being
carried
on.
Some
believe
that
untold
riches
In
gold
still
lie
In
the
area.
In
recent
years,
however,
new
Interest
has
been
aroused
as
a
result
of
rich
samples
of
silver,
lead,
copper
and
many
other
minerals
brought
out
of
areas
further
north
by
trappers,
prospectors
and
geologists.
As
a
result,
several
expeditions
have
been
led
into
the
north,
although
hampered
by
I
lack
of
adequate
maps
or
trails,
and
inability
by
explorers
to
back-pack
enough
provisions
for
full
summer
prospecting.
Attempts
to
overcome
these
handicap!;
were
pioneered
by
bush-pilot
Russ
Baker,
now
general
manager
of
Pacific
Western
Airways,
who
became
a
well-known
figure
to
trappers,
prospectors
and
mining
men
in
central
and
northern
B.C.
He
is
believed
to
know
the
country
better
than
any
other
living
person.
His
bush
plane
service
and
that
of
other
pilots
made
it
possible
to
land
season's
supplies
on
small
lakes
in
a
vast
unpopulated
area
and
exploration
on
a
larger
scale.
In
1946
and
1947
rich
lode
deposits
of
free
gold
were
located
in
the
area
to
the
itorth
of
Aiken
Lake,
but
further
exploration
was
discouraged
by
i
remoteness
of
the
area,
125
'miles
Into
a
wilderness
from
road's
end
at
Germanson
Land
purities,
but
is
slightly
mineralized.
Another
village
to
make
use
of
an
artesian
well
for
its
water
is
Fort
St
James,
40
miles
north
of
Vanderhoof,
lying
in
the
same
geological
belt.
But
In
this
newly-Incorporated
village
of
600,
two
wells
are
operated
as
a
private
enterprise
one
from
each
end
to
supply
village
homes.
Other
arteslans
have
been
sunk
by
farmers,
some
using
the
wells
for
private
-water
systems
and
Irrigation
purposes,
although
the
Nechake
Valley
of
which
Vanderhoof
Is
the
centre,
seldom
Sees
drought
weather.
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never
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