parting’ ‘to. bring’. 8; compressor |
_ plant: here i in'the spring, and will

"Owners of Mining Proper.

- nature! ig brought: from. the: coast

'. the mineg of this’ district, which

' who. purchased the Surprise, on
. and: Duncan,
-Property by) means of a crosscut
_ opened . up, and the companiés

~ will ‘increase ‘their: forces: with
~ the. intention of placing the mines

var

| “ASKS GOVERNMENT LOAN;

: Grand ‘Trunk Pacific Waats To Borrow

. “Heys and. Wainwright of the Ge

-the rally and thie: government,
a :

will be developed by. means of
tunnels. which: ‘will. give. consider-
~ able depth on th

-: PRICE $2.00 A YEAR

.. ties In, Vicinity of Hazelton
Will Do Much. ‘Work. |

ivux OF PROSPEGTORS|

Ore Displays Aitenct: Attention of: Mtn |
ing: Men--Duké Harris Tolls of, Plana,
“for Opening Up Lede © Mines ‘of the
’ Omixiecs District: “This Yean : reer

‘News of: thie most. encouraging

‘lties: ‘by. WS. (Duke). “Harris,
. the well known: “Hazelton mining
man, . who. retutned-on Wednes-
day froma holiday: visit. to -his
home in Vancouver. ° Duke says |"
that various exhibits of ore from

are ‘on. display An: - Vaheouver,.
have ~ “excited mueh. interest on:
the" part. of. ‘prospectors and
mining men, “and he: ‘looks to see.
seekers for’ mineral flocking ‘into
this” district “as | “Boon: ‘aS Spring
_ opens, -
- Mining men’ ‘operating i in: this
_vieinity, . “many “of. whom “maka
inter~ eadauarters in

. develop’ his property by méans of

Company will.sink a shaft on its
big ore showitg.: John Cameron,

“Gleti mountain, . from Thompson
will develop. ‘the

tunnel... The Sunrise, ‘owned .by
the ‘Silver:-Cup people, ‘is to be

which are at present working

on a ‘shipping basis: before the
arrival of the railway.

The: ‘Harris Mines, which has
made':such’ ’ éxcellent~” progress,

big. ore shoots |.. :
which have“ mate ‘the property|;
80 prominent. -D. A, Harris,
superintendent | of : ‘the’ mine, is
now: on his way up the river,

. Fifteen Millions tn Ottawa.” a

“ Otiswa, Jan. - 8: President
T. Poare here today on-'what is |:
said'to be an: important. mission
affecting the” Telations. between

j He oficial atatemenit|

‘day.

Awential

way pro}
said. the.

“Victoria. Replying taanin- ||

‘dey
couver': “and”

BUNS WADE

advocaling. the “Pedce- river-rail-

‘goverment would be. announced 4
in. a. few. dae re

utation. from: Van- |!"
‘New Westminster,

ject,. ‘Premier: McBride: cee
railway: policy of . the {|

- | Hall Association Held
Very Successful Dance|

the large:

dances given ‘in’ Hazelton: .
crowd “which comfortably, filled:
the~ hall: enjoyed to the utmost.
the ‘Tong. program of ‘dances,’ ‘and
many. econiums were passed upon
the arrangements, - ‘which reflect-
| ell great
mittees.’ ‘The tasteful decorations,
| for:. which W. ‘Allison: Was, re-
‘sponaible, Jent- ‘an. added air of
‘gaiety ‘to: ‘the: scene, ' while - the
floor .was in. excellent: condition
and Fred: Spririgsteen, : -who came
down: from Aldermere: for ‘the|,
occasion, .and - was accompanied
‘on the piano by Mrs. Harvey,
furnished . the.‘ best ‘of. music.
‘The number of ladies ‘in’ attend-.
ance was unusually: large, many

| coming from other points 1 in the
, | district, ae

The second. ‘annual ‘dance. of |
the -Hazelton* Hall: Association, |:
which ‘was held last evening, has
©. |hardly.. been : excelled by any of

“” Measures’: for’

‘ipoetai ‘to The atiner). ¢
>: Vietoria, Jan, 11:

number, .of “ successful
A

credit. upon. the: com-

building, =~

King’s * ‘coronation, at: whic

ted,: and ‘the’ coming.to Canad

~The’. “thited
‘Segsion of the twelfth legislative
assembly of British - Columbia
‘was inaugurated at three o'clock.
this ‘afternoon, - ‘with: the usdal
picturesque. ceremonies, The:eos-
tumes of many ladies -.and the
Uniforms of the’ Lieuteriantegov-
ernor’s guard of. honor contribu-'t
ted a. wealth. of: ‘color. to the;
picture which. had for its batk-
ground the. Btately ° parliament]

In the speech, from the throne;
after fitting weferences to :the’

British’ ‘Columbia was represen-

as Governor-general of the: Duke
of. Connaught,:"Hon. TW. Pat-

si °| MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS
THROUGHOUT PROVINGE

Cities” of. * British, Columbia |
“Elect Mayors: ‘and Alder.
men--Faylor Defeated, ”
a big tunnel. ‘The Babine Mining |. ae "

Civic.

~ Vancouver:
former. Heenge commissioner, | a
prominent. Conservative: -
elected: “mayor, witha majority,
of'1,800: ‘over L. D. Taylor, who
has been.inayor for two years,
Women voted for the first time
in Vancouver,. Mrs, Peter Me. |:
Naughton, . the, first woman school
trustee,” had a-majority of 1000,
Nearly all'imonéy bylaws, calling
for $5, 000, 000" expenditure,” were
carried, -

" Vietorias.
Victoria's - ‘new “mayor,
feated. Mayor: ‘Morley by forty-
nine in a total vote of 4,000. The
bylaw. for Sooke-Jake water
works, to cost:. $1, 250,000, was
carrié

Nanaimo:

elected. Thayor. ‘defeating Thomas

Hodgson’ ‘by a majority of 2B.
‘| New Westi
was. re-elected; fe ‘efeating Ald. |":
‘Bryson.

. eleon! i 1.

re-election for: B “fourth: ‘term,

has beea’ thade, but itis reported] ented:

erson, Lieutenant-governor ofthe

gress. throughout British ‘Colum-
~"| bia. . The development of. the
‘| various resources: ‘of the provinee
had been most gratifying, | ‘Tesvas
intimated that the financial atate-
ment to be presented to. the hotge
will:show-a. considerable” expan-
sion of revenue, - Dealing. with’
proposed, Jegislation, thé gover-
‘nor said ‘provision ‘would bemade
for” the establishment of a-dé-

province, said the year had’ been}; 7
one of great-prosperity and: pro-

i Ceremonial Opening of L egiclative ‘Assembly
“Followed By Annotncement of Important|—
Advancement: of : Province.

_ Session Will Not’ ‘Be Prolonged.”

‘be. submitted,

laid: before the house,

public works, necessitated by the}
rapid growth of business through-
out the province, The contract
had .been. awarded for a much
heeded - extension to the parlia-
‘ment buildings, work . on which
is now in progress,
“Owing . to’ the increased de-
mand for ‘transportation facili-
ties, ’?’ the Governor said, ‘“‘mea-
‘gures-will be. placed -before you
‘designed to further encourage the
‘building of rallways i in. this prov-
‘ince,’ : Following @ reference to
ithe: work 0 of clearing Innd for: the
‘provinclal ‘aniversity, -he added
"You will: be asked to provide a
sufficient grant to permit of the
formal opening of the university |.
in 1913, ”

h

a

fartment of” forestry and a bill
dealing with the , conservation
‘and ‘administration of. the tim-
‘ber. wealth of thd. province will

ij All papers relating tothe’ visit
6 Ottawa of the first,. minister
‘and ‘the attorney-general will be
' In this
‘ednnection: ‘the: transfer to ‘the
province of the administration of |.
water rights.in. the railway belt
‘was referred to, “It. was, intima-
4ed that there -would he a. large
increase j in the appropriations for

- elections -
throughout the province -yester-
Special despatches to: the |.

Miner’ give the results as follows:. 2 ° Lee

“were - . held

(Special to The. Miner)
‘Taines. Findlay,

“was

aging rail way
throughout the province, Details
of the program are not likely.to

| be announced for several weeks,
J. Le. Beckwith “tg ‘| there -has been ‘no official an«
He de- ‘nouncement: with regard to the
question: “ot redistribution, and
it is* not- known whether there
will bea readjustment of elec-
toral districts at: this session..

’

Alderman Shaw : was the effect of readjusting taxation

General Election May Be Called :
- for Endorsation of Railroad Act

’ Victoria, Ji an 11:— It. is gener-
ally believed in: the capital that
this will be the final: Session of
the present legislature, -a and that
the government. will go*. to: the
‘people, probably i in April or. ‘May, |’
‘on: measures for. further encour-
construction:

va negotiations _
- ‘Important legislation. having.

will bee brought in during the ji

session. The report of the royal
commission which investigated
the subject was presented tothe
premier-today, and will be trans-
mitted to the legislature at an
early date,
. On the question of better terms
in the matter of the financial re-
lations between the province-and
the Dominion, it is expected that
the administration ‘early. in the
session: Will. be ina position to
announce“ a' ‘satisfactory ° ‘agree-
ment between the two govern-
ments, :

_On good authority iti is reported |.
that: Hon: Mr, McBride’ will an-|:
néunce his’ intention +o. open |.
with -the British
foreign office regarding. the ad-
mission of Asiaties to this ‘prov-
ince,

(Special to The Miner):

Victoria, Janviary 12:—At the
ning session of the house '.t6-{

dayHon.-J. 9. -Helmcken; first’
. \spealcer of the colonial assembly,
and former. premiers Semlin sid
+ -| Bevan .were the chief visitors,
1 Watson of Vancouver moved the.
=(addreasin reply ‘to ‘the speech
n: the. throne, “seconded by
cad of Yale... Both dealt with} -
ti sti dvancement and bright
"| ptoapee p the province. :
1{° "The: provineial. revenue for the |:

Mayor. Selous, moti

' | previous . year, an’ increase. of |
over. one.and “a~ half millions,

se Statement of Provincial. Fin inances —
. Shows Highly Satisfactory Condition

“biti: ‘by $1, 497,000, with. a. “cash

,| past:fiseal ‘year was $10,492,000, ||
:| compared ‘with $8, 84, 000 for the’

{The net expenditure was $8,159,: nf}

-balance in bank and. treasury of
$8,744,000, “Aiialyses of sources
‘of: ‘income show development, and].
expansion: in all - ‘ depattments. |.”
Expenditures have been chiefly:
for -publie works . of ‘permarient
and remunerative chractér, which
will remain substantial assets of
the province,

of: dhe legislators
Sonoleted with-

fy aati: Browstet th
‘Liberal. mein!

Word has heen received -here of
the arrest in New York of John.
McNamara, ‘charged,
with Charles Dean, who is under
arrest at Los Angeles, with com-!-
plicity in the robbery of the Bank
of Montreal here: in’ September,
when $270,000 was "stdlen. °.
Pinkertons, who made the :ar-
regis, have been on‘the trail ‘of
the. suspects: for two weeks, . ve.

Naas river Indians are to’-the ef:
fect’. that: Simon ‘Gun-a-ndot, ‘the:
Indian outlaw; is dead’ pi

Ce

Veteran Mining ‘Wan Dead

Victoria: JB. Hobson, a well
known mining engineer, is dead,
here at the age of 67. He was’
manager of the Cariboo. Hy-’
-draulic Co. and--has, been: for
‘Many years associated with John
‘Hays Haminond: in’ various
mining enterprises... 7

Redistribution May
|. Not. Be. Considered

Victoria, Jan. B ‘Several
references have reeently ~-ap-
peared ‘in the provincial’ press to,
the presentation of-a ‘redistribu-|.
tion bill (based on the recent
census).at the fortheqming ses-
‘sion of the local Legislature, in
connection with which it may be}.
stated, that although the matter
has as yet received no formal
‘cabinet consideration it is highly
improbable. measure of that
nature will be regarded as neces-
sary or desirable at the present
juncture,
‘Representation of a population
of Jess than half ‘a million by
forty-two members may , be re-
garded as numerically ‘quite suf-
ficient, while it is: deemed the
policy of wisdom to allow pepula~
tion _ to settle somewhat before
deciding upon any necessary re-
adjustment of | “provincial con-
stituencias, .

EQUITABLE BUILDING |
~., DESTROYED BY FRE

ary

iI

satoorat

Six Lives Lost and Ten Mil.
lion Dollars Damage Done.
. Will Build Record Breaker,

New York, Jan. 14:—On Tues-
day the nine-story marble ‘build-
ing of the Equitable Life was.
burned, with a loss of $10,000,000,
‘Tt was the home of a dozen great |
corporations, -whose sécuritiesare’
in the safe deposit. vaults, which
are now encased in debris and
ice, which wretkers are clearing
away, It is belisved the contents
are uninjured. The fire. caused
six deaths, Two are missing and
28 injured, The body of Batal-
lion Chief Walsh has heen re-
covered, with those of two:other
firemen, Three employees of th:
restaurant where the fire started
are dead. The’ company -will
erect a 62-atory building on. the
same site,

‘Bank Robbers Caught

~ {Speclal to Phe Miner)
New Westminster, . Jan, 12:—

de

B

1a

in

together

“The

- Outlaw Reported Dead

pa
Reports originating anions the

he. oth
ahr thougti. parties: adelting bis 0

ptuite: have ‘at. times’

GROUNDHOG

[RICH NEW AREA LOCATED

e~ and Stikine Headwaters.

the Groundhog coal fields. will
surprise the mining world is be-
coming more ‘and more evident.
Robert. McDonald and -T. BE
Hankin, who’ returned on Wed-
nesday from the upper Skeena:
report that in the valley of the.
main branch of the river, and
jextending across to the head-
waters of the Stikine, there is 4
newly-discovered cozl field which. .
gives every evidence of being at -
least as important as the adjoin-
ing area, which has ‘been located
for some time, and. upon which

engineers have reported so favor- -
ably as to create not. a little
excitement among the coal | oper
‘lators of the. country,
turned explorers,. wlio located a

‘B.C. Brokerage company - and
associated operators, say the val-
ley-in.which the latest discoveries. _
‘have been niadé® is twerity-flve
miles long, with a width reaching - i
five miles in places,

. largest . number of exposures of

any part of the Groundhog dis- »
trict, says Mr, McDonald, who’
told the Miner “The quantity is

there, and there is every reason,
to believe the quality of the. coal?
is equal to that of the: partially. .

+As testa prove the Groundhog. 7
coal to be equal to the Penrisylva-
nia product, it ig evident. that” wee
the locators have a very high

opinion of the new ground, © °

the Groundhog field, which leaves
the telegraph trail near the. fifth

cabin, is a relic of the Klondike -
rush,

an appropriation from. the gov-.;
ernment for the construction of:

-. | gently - needed in the ‘spring, ©
‘when claim owners: send outfits

posed in the valleys of, the, Mie.
coal field., .

10 FORT GEORGE WN AL

Relwey. Construction from Tete Jaune.

1S BG FIELD

‘Coal Measures of the Upper :
_Skeena and Stikine Are of.
‘Remarkable Extent. .

Hazelton Men Return To Tell of Great
Extension of Field--Located Coal for
- Twentyfive Miles. On Main Skeena

- That. the extent and value of

The -re-

arge area of coal land. for the

The new ‘locations have the

eveloped portions of the’ field.”

The trail to the uppet part of :

and is almost impassable. :
fforts ore belng. made to secure -

new ‘trail, which will -be: ur -

to prospect the’ measures ex- -

Ne :

‘Cacho Westward Must. Be Rushed.

” pactal. to ‘The Miner), .
Vancouver, Jan. 8: Contract

Welch, _ With: Chie

a art ‘paya”
ny’ instructions _

rl ‘gltive 6 singe edane, ee when | stai
[he killed Alex’ eee and Max