Tae ck Te ve . Me toe - at uf emer rae wr AE OMINECA HERALI D NEW HAZELTON, B.C., JANUARY. 18, 1924 No, 29 ~ Seek New National Park establish a new National O fh known as the Hazelton District is the ambition of the citizens The preliminary steps were taken at a meeting in Hazelton last week when a number of the citizens got together. @ it is understood that officials of the Dominion Parks Board and of S f the Canadian National Railway are in favor of the move and have s requested that a petition be signed by the people of the district f requesting that a National Park be established. in this district. , The meeting the other night appointed a committee to co-operate sof the district. 7 BM with Mr. Jeness in drawing up mes now being circulated for signatures. . It is understood that the Canadian National Railways desire a eee stopping-off place between Jasper Park and Prince Rupert, and we itis generally recognized that there is no place in the Northern fe Interior which can offer anv such attractions for the tourist and mm the sportsman as does the Hazelton district. Soe It is proposed to hold further meetings at which citizens of mee the district other than those living in Hazelton itself will be Py pin vited to attend. Park, embracing the territory the petition and that petition is B Forestry Car to f Stop at Many Interior Points The Canadian Forestry Associ- gation Railway Exhibition Car, mcommonly known-as a ‘Forest aaProtection School on wheels” is commencing a tour of the North- ern Interior on Tuesday, January 22, opening its first engagement int Terrace on that date. The car will be open-for public inspection rom1lp.m. to5p.m. A public meeting will be held at 8 p.m. mt various places, in suitable Halls. The car has travelled many thousands of miles through- rut Canada, attracting nearly half a million people annually, pyery citizen is nrged to visit mehe car, hear the interesting mcctures on forest fire prevention n the evening and see the won- lerful moving pictures which will e shown in connection with the bublic addresses. Lverything is pee, so come and bring the Bhildren and your friends. fee The: protection of our forest fesources from fire is of pressing ‘ublic importance and you are fordially invited to attend these eetings, The car will be at me following places on the fol- ing dates: a Terrace, Jan. 22: Hanall, Jan. ; Kitsegeukla Indian Reserve, nn. 24: Hazelton, Jan.25; Smith- ws, Jan. 26, 27 and 28; Telkwa, mn, 29; Burns Lake, Jan. 80; gidako, Jan, 31, ‘The Canadian Manufacturers’ msociation will ask parliament | Be the abolition of direct taxa- n and a return to tariff for enue. That would save most the worry of the average son, ans Olson- and Austin Good- ugh were visitors at Skeena ssing on Wednesday to see v Fred Griffin was progressing h his big pole contract. che Forestry Car went west OVERHEARD AROUND NEW HAZELTON Last Friday evening a large number of the voung and ‘‘was- youngs’”’ enjoved an informal dance in Marshall’s hall. Music was provided by Messrs. Spooner and refreshments were served at midnight. Miss Martha Ward, of San Francisco, formerly of Hazelton, in renewing her subscription to the Omineca Herald, extends best wishes to old-time friends in this district. Miss Ward speaks of frost and ice on the streets early in January, something ‘'unusual’’ for California, except .once or {Much Work Is Being Done on Dome Claims Sixty men are now working for the Dome Mountain Gold Mining Co, and there are three camps and crews working in four different places.. The result is that the appearance of that por- tion of the mountain is being greatly changed and for the benefit of the operating eom- pany. The surface ore on all workings is very satisfactory and the faith of the operators is thus far justified. Weather conditions have been ideal for mining and of the good sleizhing to get in # large supplies of the heavier supplies to tide the camp over the spring months when the mountain end of the road will be #| pretty heavy. A three hundred foot tunnel is being driven to the Cabin vein to open it up at considerable depth. Another tunnel, between two and three hundred feet, is being driven on the vein to get under the excellent surface showing, and at a depth of 200 feet. | Another crew is drifting on the June vein and this vein is iook- ing’ very satisfactory. ‘On ‘the! Forks vein, where T.J. Jefferson did most of his work, drifting is being continued. Surface in- vestigations on the,Forks claim, have uncovered a new yein a twice or oftener each winter. The girls of the Methodist church in Duncan have organized aC.GILT. group, with Mrs, Hewitt as assistant leader and Betty Bergman as_ president. Rev. J. R. Hewitt was the or- ganizer. The snow that arrived Jast week has not helped out yery mucli as it has been so mild that hauling cannot be done. The weather man is not very popular with the loggers, pole men and tie men, Sinee the above was written the weatherman has had a change of heart and the tem- perature is lower. The Ladies’ Aid of New Ha- zelton has decided to hold a Birthday Social on Burns night, January 25. Invitations are now being sent out, If you do not get one you are welcome anyway. Scotch program and Scotch re- short distance from the original workings and it looks very pro- mising. In the yarious workings con- siderable water is being handled by the pumps, but as the entire plant is working without a hitch the water problem is not serious and another two or three months’ work will make a great difference in the appearance of all the showings. It is just about a year since the Dome Mountain Gold Mining Co. undertook to develop Dome mountain and during the past twelve months a wonderful trans- formation has been made. By midsummer it is expected that Dome mountain will be a real mine and will be producing a considerable quantity of ore, Has New Position Harrison E. Clement, formerly Are Opened Up at Owen Lake Reports from the Owen Lake property now being, developed by the Federal Mining & Smelt- Good Showings © the company is taking advantage |! ing Co., are very encouraging. The four men who have been working there for the past three months on a drift tunnel have shown.up something worth while. A cross cut from the tunnel was run to the foot wall and towards the hanging wall, a total distance of at least fifteen feet. The hanging wall was not encounter- ed and the engineer in charge has not decided yet whether that is the real width of the vein or the intersections of two veins, As the tunnel is driven farther into the hill another cross cut will be made. In that fifteen feet of ore there are five feet of high grade and if that width is maintained for two hundred feet there will be no question uf de- veloping a big mine at Owen Lake. The vein bein worked on is a copper-silver vein and work will be confined to it for some time yet. If this vein continues the owners will then decide upon a, program of development for the several offer veins on the Will Ship From High-Grade on the Lucky Luke selas mountain and one and a half miles below. Usk. A shaft has been sunk 15 feet on the dip of the vein at a point 40 feet in the main tunnel,- which is over 100 feet in length. At the bot- tom of the shaft, drifting both ways on the vein has disclosed ‘a well-defined vein, three feet wide, between andesite and rhyolite, with mineralization well infused in the dyke, also of a shipping variety, composed of chalcopyrite, bornite, chalcocite, carbonates, and oxides, containing high values in gold. The quartz and: oxides pan free gold very encouragingly, The vein shows. a tremendous oxidation near the surface and in the workings, but there is from eight inches to one foot of almost solid ore, which will be shipped and is now ‘in process of sack- ing. It is the intention of the oper- ators of the property to start an- other level about fifty feet lower property, most of which carry a more or less complex ore, The transportation probiem will be a very simple one as a compara- tively small expenditure will put a wagon road from Honston right tothe mine. The wagon road is now built for fourteen miles and there is a fair trail the rest of the way, Fine Sleigh Ride Owing to the kindness of Mr. and Mrs. D. McLeod, of Van- couver, formerly of New Hazel- ton, some fifty young folks were given a sleigh ride on Saturday afternoon. There were two big loads and they travelled to South Hazelton, thence down the big hill and across the Bulkley to Hazelton and then home by the high level bridge. It was an ideal day for the drive and. there were just enough adults on board to keep the youngsters under control. Candy and oranges were provided abundantly and north of the portal of the old tunnel. At this lower level it will enable the minine of the lenses of ore by the stope method and on a much Jarger sceale.. In the spring when the road is made to the main trunk road, it will be only 2000 feet to the rail- Usk siding, and hauling costs will therefore be only nominal. Timber Men Busy The pole and tie camps from one end of the line to the other are now working to capacity and the contractors are wearing re- lieved looks. The snow of the and every available horse and sleigh is now in demand. Im- mense quantities of material have been cut in the bush and the next couple of months will be exceptionally busy. At Skeena Crossing Fred Griffin expects to get out 15,000 pieces of cedar timber this year and he is now working 17 horses getting the The ore carries always from.50 ‘cents to $1 to each unit of copper. way track and a mile more to the . first of the week was general © everyone was home for supper. freshments. F. A. Goddard made a ‘trip this week to the Indian school at Fort Fraser. industrial . The House of Commons will meet on Februarv 28, and the session is expected to be a most interesting one. . -Both poles and ties are being. hauled into town: in considerable! quantities now. . The weather. towards the end: of. the week has: Py been mare favorable. eer aes engineer in charge of the Delta and Highland Boy mines, on Ro- cher de Boule mountain, and now of Salt Lake City and Butte, has been appointed manager of the Premier Paymaster mine and the United Mineral Lands Co. At present Mr. Clement is at the Paymaster mine, in Deloco Town- ship, Ontario, but his headquar-|other than B.C. waa that owned ters will remain at. Salt. Lake City. district, will be glad: to learn; of | 246 OR RS for’ the. ‘highest pro- his advancement.’ ae ont ‘His many friends. in: this B.C. Hens Lead dn the .preliminary summary of results ‘‘Record of : Perfor- mance’. year 1922-1928, held under the auspices of the Do- stuff to the railway. Ah the sawmill men are working every horse they can get, and at. Usk: sawed. the Hayward people’s«new mill. site ia now ready and a bunch of :"....; spruce is piled up ready | to be dueer i ‘ip. her fioek. minion Department of Agricul- ture, British Columbia hens lead the Dominion by a long way. The heaviest producing flock in by Miss .Holdsworth. of . Port Hope, ‘Ont;,. with, a ‘record ..of well over the 250 ene Mark with 150 birds. : flocks were, with one exception, the highest producer. laying 297 © eggs and the second highest 7 producer laying 295: ones. “Each: of these ‘hens: was’ in. a flock of — “For | poultry, B Ge G. leads the, Dominion, oe S, A. D. Davis is meeting with: ~.. | very encouraging results in his. . Lucky Luke development on Kit- down, commencing about 130 feet . Bi