on a

ee ee pee ek fem et

“uk Ge ot

nest sélection af. Ghocalacs and C

Soe We carry-a large stock of Kad
_ Seeds, Camere * Films, Papet ete, .

and Candies, — at

NING: me
{ tonbinued | front Pate, One)

ment of first-class ore from Tex:
ada Island, pending ithe™ hii

fl } tion of some necessary: dévelop-

iment work i in the: chief connec:
ting) ming.

Inthe. Boundary d district a acom-

prvatiyely, Jarge proportion of the
golds dis, obtained -by smelting ores

‘yor: whieh’ the main: valuable metal,

content, is ‘copper.’ | . The Granby

“ 2 and: “British Colunibia. Copper
Companies together produced a-

bout 67,000 ourices of © gold;: ‘the

"i Money value of the} product of

On Sale
iat the .

"SMOKE. THE. NEW. CIGARS~ -

(The Baron. and. Viscount:
- A PRODUCT OF B.C. oy

GALENA CLUB

Hasaton' s
rd Fuivopite >

_

7 SHEET IRON. TIN and: COPPER WORK

of every T every description

~ PLUMBING and IRON I PIPE WORK”

, Galvanized Tron Air Pipes. anf Other Mining Work A Spciaiy _

oo - Prompiness and Satisfaction, Guaranteed

ns K. McLauchlin & Co., Hazelton

=(smelting ore..

=the: Hedley ‘Gold Mining. Com-

pany. was equal to approximately

37, 000. ounces ' of refined rold..

In’ the. Rossland’ camp . (Trail
Creek division) the largest’) pro-

ducer by. far isthe’ Consolidated
‘Mining and Smelting Company |

of -Canada, .weich operates ‘the

j Center. Star-War. Eagle group .of.
‘mines’: and the Le Roi. ~
|¢omes the’ Le Roi No. -2, Ltd.,.
| which also Produces gold-copper |
‘The Trail Creek.
division, like the Greenwood, ‘in
“11912 had a new reducer ‘added to
_ fits | list — the Inland” Empire,

Next

‘That in Greenwood idivision is
Jewel.. Both commenced milling |”
gold ore late j in the year, so. that

.| their, respective yields of - gold

were small,” :
In: the. Nelson: “division; : ‘the

> '/Queen, and Mather Lode, in Sheep

o FUR SHIPPERS.

moet socurat, rlinbla and only Market Bepert: :
Brice List of lta kiud published.

adn Bie Shere ae”

NEN US YOUR MAME ON A POSTAt—-roDAT
hota Trapper’s Guide, buts publication Isaued
tire wooks, which gives You reports of What: in
fr Bars the Markets of lhe World tn Anterican
Bors, This information ta worth hundreds of
“ae rs you.

ea for -wow-rrs PREE
| A.B. SHUBERT -
TemEargeel Mowe in the vid tea dealing in excieshety in~;

Amerlcin
ay. Michigan $},,DepL 62 chads, WL, U.S.A

Commercial Printing—The Miner
Print Shop, .

Blacksmith. _

 vénera Singletrees ‘and general

- Supplies, ” Agency for the
Studebaker Wagons. -

TOM RYAN

N ew Hazelton,

i

‘Stephenson & ‘Crum.

Undértakers and
, Funeral, Directors

"Special attention to Shipping Cities

Hazeuton, B. C.

Creek camp; the Arlington, - at

‘|Erie and the Granite-Poorman,

near the town of Nelson, -contri-
buted most of the Jode gold—Ap-
proximately ‘20,000 ounces, com-

. {ptising:the fotal for the year of
this, division. . The Yankee : Girl
Jat Ymir, and the Second - Relief,

at. Erie, were both .producers,

‘|but to what extent has not vet

_| been. learned, .
* Silver

The production of ‘silver ap-

[pears to. have been the largest

in. any of six or seven recent

‘|yearg.’ It was more than 1, 000, -

000-ounces larger than in: “4911,

jand 450,000 outices greater ‘than

in 1910. To the total of | about

Boundary

_ {something like: 890,000 -ourices,
and the Coast: imines - “102,000 | §

,,|ounces, the ‘Britannia’ mirie hav-|™
ing been. the. ‘chief’. producer on|-

the coast. /The- remaining 2, 408,-

; 000 ounces. came. from” the. ‘Kaot-:
}enay district ‘mines, the vlargest |

part being from Slocan’ mines,
the. largest..producera’. am ong.
which were the. Standard;. -and
Van-Roi, both ‘in Silverton’ camp;
near Slocan Lake, with thé Ramb-
Jer-Caribaoo adding a: fair - share.
In the Ainsworth division there
were “more - than* Half. a. dozen

namely; the No, 1 Silver ‘Hoard,
Bluebell, Utica, Retallack & Co’s:
Whitewater and two:or three
smaller mines, The Sullivan, in
East: Kootenay, added between
‘them 150,000 and 300, 000 ounces
to thetotal. | .

More than’: two-thirds: -of the.

output : of silver wag” recovered at]:

‘the. Trail smelter, ‘and -nearly
500,000 ounces from smelting
ores in the Boundary and . Coast
districts, while practically all the
remainder was contained in. sil-
¥er-zine concentrates sent to the
United States for reduction,

The New ‘York price of silver
was higher all through the year

month in 1911, . Commencing
-with 56,260 cents for. January, it
rose to nearly 64 cents toward:

_ entirely” new.

“have a new stock of Skates, Staps oe
: ~ and other Hardware, including yo
Alan Clocks... Watches, Pocket
od ~ Knives, ‘Rifle. ‘Sights, . ‘Cleaninig |
Rods, Gun, Powder, ‘Reloading

~

——==__

FALL. AND. SEE US

THE ee

Tools, ‘Ammunition, Ete. :

stocks: |

to, ta

Al :

| TEMPORARY PREMISES, ; c rt Bl, p08 our old store. :

F000. pounds,

noun

192 it
ot

the close of the year, giving an
average for 1912 of nearly 61
cents, a8 against 53,304 cents for
1911, so that production in 1912
had the benelit of ‘fully -7 cents
increase in price, as well. as” the |

larger quantity’ mentioned.
Lead

In placing tlie production ‘of
metallic-lead at 38,000,000 pounds
itis thought an -ample: margin

smelting. » The ‘quantity. ‘of! lead.
contained in ores gent ‘te. reduc-
‘tion works. in’,1912 is stated “to
have. “been | between. -44,00, 0000
and 45, 000, 000. pounds, . A rough
apportionment of the source -of
Sais lead i is as follows: East Koot-
endy, ‘mainly from the Sullivan
mine, 16,000,000. pounds:. Ajins-
worth division, 7,000, 000 pounds:
Slocan, in largest part from tke
Standard and Van-Roi mines,
19,500, 000 pounds; Nelson. divi-

 “Ylsion, largely from the~ Emerald:

and Molly.Gibson mines, 2,500,-| >
These figures: in-
dicate ina ‘general way the lead

-Lead-ore receipts: at ‘the Trail

rH amelter- from the St: Eugene
J }mine in 1912 were small, as- com-
.-] | pared with those of earlier years|. -
Others than those: already men-
“3 {tioned who shipped .lead-ore . in
_}| considerable quantity were: the
| Monarch at: Fie; Utica and
'| Retailack & Co’s Whitewater
jmine, in Ainsworth division;

Rambler-Cariboo, Richmurid-Eu-

oR reka and Ruth-Hope. groups, in|
JiSlotan.

j|. Lead bounty matters. are re-|"

"J jeeiving the “attention. of -mine-

owners. in the lead producing dis-
tricts,” for tinder the: existing

payment of
‘shall cease and deter-
mine-on June 80th, 1918."’ Ef.
forts are being made .to obtain.
‘continued assistance in some’ ef-
‘fective form, ”

‘about $65,000, the London - price
of .lead during about seyen
months having been about that
at which bounty ceases to.be pay> |.
able. : There remains something |'

ites emery as “conipared |
with 1911 it is 24,072,000

3, the comparison does ‘not!
orable, - but-i in point of

t is, since the: total ‘of 51,+
000. pown ds estitgated” for |!?
he untity of copper |

has been ‘allowed: for loss ‘in|,

| district copper. imines: contributed for

than the average. of the highest |.

. 4 | like. $700,000 unearned, ‘of. the|
7 Oo original pounty appropriation: of
y 82, 500, 000.

with 1910 is: about 12,756,000"

]} producing districts and the lead-|
7 content of the ores shipped, not
F the. metallic-lead recovered.

mots The amount of
' «4 Lbounty earned in 1912 was. only

Going’ back to earlide|. 24
: “fisioa Lig District core of: :

| ” 20 belt

nO
. Dated Dec. men
shinpers of silver bearing ‘ore— |:

"

) = —

¢ ‘perlod from oné'maofth Upward aval per ,

in advance. . This yata inch

aul tone and médici ines; ba aig ty i cont hile |?
the inable. in Hazelton |

fra” Be Bt
‘rent

‘COAL NOTICES...

aksar Land bistrict—pistrtet’-of
‘Eo: NOTICE that Robert!

Lindsay, : of Vanconver, H.C,

broker, Jatenda to’ apply ‘tor

following’ ‘deseribed “lands:
Commencing at & post. plan
three miles” west! of “Kaj
about fourteen’ miles. vert
west’ of thd" norihwesly corner. 0 af nae sLt+
tense 8609,. Cagstar,” thence: * 7 chains
south, 80 chaing weal, - 80 chai
80 chning east to point: of comm
containing, 640 acras more a Je38, xacwn
us Clatm No. 73.

Paaan

Caastar Land Disirlet—Disiriet of “Caiaier, te
‘Rabert’: Kenneth | |
‘Lindsay: of Vancouver, B, G,: “occupation |:
rbroker, Intends o‘apply for-a “iéen ated rs

|.

Commencing’ at, 4. post ‘planted abo
‘Three milles “west of Klappan “River
rabout fourteen miles north. and

“TAKE « NOTICE-.: thag

Prospect. for coal ard. Detroleum ove
following described -lands:

weat of ‘the’ “‘Northwest:. Sarney ¢
cense., 8600, Carriar, -‘thent

| 80 chains east to polnt’ a! ‘cémmencement,

contalning 840 acres n moro or legs, know | §

as Claim No .
‘ROBERT. KENNETH ‘LINDSAY.
Dated Dec. 15;-191 2,

Cnsstar’ Land. District—pisiitel of Casalar, |

TAKE” NOTICE © that: - Robert ‘Kenneth

Lindsay, of. ‘Vancouver, B, €,,. occupation gl.
broker, intends to-apply for a° Meense to Bi
prospect for coal and petroleum | over. the |

following: deseribed ‘tai

Commencingat 4 post planted about! two A
iam
fourteen miles north and, Nya miles. west i
‘of Caal south ,

hd

Miles west af Klappan “River ‘and ‘al

of the northwess” ‘corner
No. 8609, Casalar, thenee: 80. chains: 3
80 chains ‘west, 80. chains north, 80 chia! wna

1

east to. polnt. of: commencement: *contein- .

ing 640 aeres more or ‘188,, known as
Claim ‘No, 75.
ROBERT KENNETH Lintsat.
Dated Dac. 15, 1912

red

Cassiar Land “Disiniee—Diatrien of ¢ Tassiar }

TAKIE ‘Kenneint.
Lindsay, at Vancouver,” B. C.,. “oceupation, :
broker, inténds to-apply:for ‘a’ Heanse tol;

OTICE. that, Robert :

‘prospect for coal end. petroleum ayer, the
Following ‘deserlbed -landai © -°

Commencing at a post. planted about’ ‘hwo |:
miles west’ of Klappan‘ Hiver-and ‘about |.

fourteen. miles north And: five. miles ‘west

of the northweat -corier “of Goat. License |:
8009, Cassiar, thence’ 80: chaing_ south; 90]-
chains east, 80 chats ‘north, 80, chains].
west to point of coinmencement; contain |.
Ing. 649 acres more. or. : teas, ‘mown ay

‘Glaim_ ‘Oo. 76. :

HOB ERT KENNETH “LINDSAY.
“Dated Dee. 15,7498, ¢

Casslar ‘Land’ Distrlor—biswlet ‘of. Casslar.
~TAKE.: NOTICE. that “Hobert: ‘Kenner
Lindsay, of Vancouver, B,
broker, ‘intends to apply: for a. license Yt
prospect - for eoai and petroleum over ‘he
following - deseritied ‘lands:
commencing at a post planted, about iwo
miles: west of “Kiappan’ River ‘and ‘about

fourteen miles -north and five, Miles: west}

of ‘the northwest corner of” Goal Ligenge

$609," Carris, therice “80- chiding: north, ; 30 |

chaing west, 80 chains “south, 80. chaing
cast to point of commencement, ~ ‘conitaln
ing 640 acres more or. Jeas,. known. an
cast to polit. of cofnmehcement, contain-
Glaim Noy #77.

ROBERT weNWE LINDSAY,

Dated Deo, 18, 1913. one
“kommen

“TAKE - NOTICE. That Reet

Lindsay, of Vancouver, B: G.,’ occupation

broker, intends. to apply. for-a license: ta] *

prospect for coal ané petroteum. over . the
following -deserlbed lands:

~. Commencing al. a past pianted about. two .

miles’ west of Klappan River and” ‘about

~ fourteen -miles “north. and: five : mites: west

of the northwest corner ‘of Coal’ License
‘8600, Cagsiar, thente:80;chains: ‘Hbrih, 80
chalns ‘east, 80 chain south, 80. chains

West to point of commencement, ¢ontain- |"
ing 640. acres. more or _ Tess, known as ie

Claim No, 78"
“ROBERT KENNETH" ‘LINDSAY.
Dated Bee, 45, 1042,

~ SEEEFA DISTRICr..

Ferry, BULKLEY River.
“In accordance with cha:
B.C, 1911, Ferries Act,’.
ment of British‘Columbia ‘invite appli-:
cations for a charter fora ferty to ply
over the Bulkley River abput 3 a quarter,
of a mile above the mouth, os

Applications: will be received. by th ,
(i orks

Hownurable. Minister. of Public

to 12 a'clock noon” of: Wedhesday, .

thet 12th day-of February, “1918.

‘The limits of the Ferry, ‘shall: extend 1
fromr the. mouth of the: ‘river to one] i].

mileaboye, . -.,

‘The charter will . cover a period ex-
piting on 31st, March, 1916; . :

Applicants shall give a des: tiption of We
aS

the vessel itis’ proposed. . to. use,

en st
engetie |
wey ECCUDA OU |
d‘licénse to 7
proapeci for coal and. Detroleum ~pyer the :.
“lige:
anted ; , about |!
pan: Niven‘ :4nd fs
yand atx miles :

rieement. |.

BERT fener Lypsay, .|-

the foites :
not Cea] Lie
‘0°: ‘chalns |.
north, “80 chalns west, 80, chains. apuith, 4

C., sebupation f

. | i ROGERS, Aa Price Rat

apter 85, R:8. |
the. Govern- .

— Cartage and.
|. Express: Sece” '
Seat a ant

Fg

"Wood for for Sale|

a, . Oftice at “ot ;
Ww. W. Wrathall’s:
Po Hazelton

New Harelton Hotel.

Open for Business”

“All: Farnishings New. |
7 EUROPEAN. PLAN
' Rates:
~ Rooms! ‘$1. 00 _ Beds 50e
Gen. & Hartley, Proprietor
be a New Hazelton | ate

~~~8

me

Unio s. S. Coinga any of
of B, e, Coy Lids

“Atvives. “at Pringe. -Rugert
from” “Vaneoiver on’ ‘every
TUESDAY morning and sails
for’ ‘Vancouver every WED.
AY at2 p.m.
The: ““Camosun?? has” ‘the.
largest and most comfortable
rooms of any steamer on-this
Toute,” i

ae)

|THE “INLAND EXPRESS a

STAGE.

ONE. DAY —

‘Piscger and
. Express . Service.
Leaves Hazelton. Mondays and
‘Thursdays at 7:30 a.m,

‘Leaves. Aldermere’ Tuesdays
and Fridays at7:30 a,

= / TICKETS AT.)
~ Hudson’ s Bay Company
_» Haielton, BG.

method ‘of : operation, and ‘the ‘vessel | -——

muat conform in-all respécts-to ‘the. re: |
uirements of the.
et?! and amending Act.

propage:to ask for—>:

‘ont passengers (adults); ‘onck.

teen yeara,
Passenger with saddle-horee: |
Passenger with horse and bug:
. Driver with ‘two: orses ‘&
loaded or ‘unloaded,
Driver with four
loaded or unloaded
Cattle and horesa, per hea.
- Sheep, per head.
Hogs, per head.
ae hable, per: 100th,
périshable, per:
Freight, pirishable, per ‘pO 100 Ib, .

W

. [. The Government of Brittah, Columbia :
is hot os ol bound. to Betept any poe

spplications sub
2B GRIFFITH,”

* Bublie Works: Boginee. cz

a artinent of Public Works,
lctoria, B. C7 15th Jamubry, 191!

CAND NOTICES -

- Conat, :
Teke notice that Donakia. MeN
oF. Kiteelas, “BAW mill manage, inter
Tmt ‘oO; Pure
the sf ese leacrihed. Tans:
Commenting’ at a post planted iat the:
torner of Jot 1428,
south, # chainsen i
ales |

‘northe

“Canada ‘Shipping 7

Foot passengers,, chiktren, dee thir -

‘Calves . and colts under‘ons year old, ; :

_ Applicants shall state:the tolls they oo

S| at ie
horses, and waren, | oo ‘

“Lee Ling, Prop... 7 . . .

Our Work ta Good ahd our Raies: 3 '
Reatunab