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THE MINERAL PROVINCE OF WESTERN CANADA
HAS PRODUCED MINERALS VALUED AS FOLLOWS :—

Placer Gold, $78,018,548: Lode Gold, $126,972,318: Silver,
$80,787,008; Lead, $106, 976, 442° Copper, $209, 967, 063; Zine,
$50, 512,657; Coal and Coke, $284, 695, 183; Structural Materiala
and Miscellaneous Minerals,$50,175, 407; Making mineral produc:
tion to the end of 1926 show

AN AGGREGATE VALUE OF $988,108. 470;

The substantial progress of the mining ‘industry in this prov-
ince is strikingly illustrated in the following figures, which .
show the value of production for successive 5-year periods:
For all years to 1895, inclusive :; .' $ 94,547,244
For five years, 1896-1900 -: BT, 607, 967
For five years, 1901-1906 * 9B, 507,968
’ For five years, 1906-1910 .....,........ 125,534,474
For five years, 1911-1916 ......+,.006+- 142,072,603
For five years, 1916-1920 2... ...0...5 0 189, 922,725
For five years 1921 to 1925... .. css scec gee ute n 214,726,650
For 1926........... nr .. 67,188,842

PRODUCTION DURING LAST TEN YEARS, $429,547,755

Lode mining has only been in progress about 25 years, and only about one-
half of tha Province has been prospected; 200,000 square miles af unexplored
mineral bearing Jands are open for prospecting.

The mining laws of this Province are more liberal and the fees lower than
any other Province in the Dominion or any Colony in the Britich Empire.

Mineral locations are granted tp discoverers for nominal fees. Abzolutetitles
are obtained i by developing such properties, security of which is guaranteed by

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Practicelly all British Columbia mineral properties on which development
work has been done are described in one of the Annual Reports of the Minister
of Mines. Thoseconsidering mining investments should refer to such reports,
They are available without charge on application to the Department of Mines,
Victoria, B.C. Reports covering each of the six Mineral Survey Districts are
published separately. and are available on application. Reports of the Geologi-
cal Survey of Canada, Winch Building, Vancouver, B.C. are recommended 3
valuable sources of information.

Full information, together with mining reports and maps,

may be obtained gratis by addressing

The Honourable The Minister or Mines -
VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA

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It’s never in my
Still,

its your job, not mince. Go abead and

.{get yourself drowned, if you want to.”

“Some of your people winter there?”
“Oh, yes, alx or eight families. But
I can't help that. ” .
“No, you can't,” agreed "Guthrie,
catching Etienne'’s furtive look. “Well
we'll have just about light enough to

lerogs in, so Tl start.”

_.As the dogs hurried over the wind
brushed shell of the strait, broken by
drifts and hummocks, split by tide
cracks, irruglar with crushed ice ‘mas-
ses lifted into pressure ridges, the eyes
of the men, on the sled: were focused
far out on what, the week before, had
been impassable black water, ‘Eight
miles out,-halfé way across, Its drift ice,
thrall to tide and wind, had threaten-
ened with swift rulm the eggshell of a

But now, over the shonls, the channel
had been senrled. .As the doz team
to the newly frozen gap. ttienne and
Guthrie went ahead to test the ice with
nxes. In defiauce of the tide, the se-
yere frost had set three inches of. ice.
Anxiously the men swept the width of
the chnumel with glasses. ‘There were
no breaks. So, lead by the seamper-
ing airedale and Guthrie, with Etlenne

the sled, they took the crossing on the
rim,
A half mile. out when fear of ‘thin

felt the ice vibrate beneath his moc-
easins. ‘The sled with the dogs would
go through, -unless they - came with a
rush. Turning as he Tan he waired to
Etienie—their agreed upon signal for
speed.

“Marche! mes enfants!’ The long
earibou thong cracked on the lead dog
errs. With o surprised yelp Castor,
spreading his fect, came with the team
at a wild gallop. On - they * yished,
straining, sliping huskies, nnils scratch
ing the ice for footing, and: swinging
toboggan, urged on by Etienne, for n
brenk through mennt swift drowning,
for the dogs from the drag of the sled:
and freezing in the stinging. wind for
the driver, if he yeached firm ice.

A hundred yards of mad. scramble
and the second dog slipped, slid side-
ways, jerking the leader off his feet.
‘the sled swung in a wide skid. Pass-

ing his thrashing huskies on the run
‘ kefore

Etienne called them to follow.
the sled stopped its swing, the dogs
were up and hyd on. their master’s
heels. A hundred yards and — they
reached the henvier ice—minutes of
suspence, and the lead was crossed.

The two friends gripped hands. be
side the panting dogs.

“Did you feel it?” cried Guthrie.
“Thought I was going through! Felt
like running on stretched canvas.”

Continued Next Week

QUICK 1 NEWS

Carl is haulng his timothy seed to
Barret this week for cleaning,

Kerr Bros, have completed haullug

{thelr tles and. Hugh will soon: be truil-

ing back to the ranch, on the prairies.

1.6. Neale fell’ and erncked, nt few, of

ae Goroanlock ig: getting, out ice for
=B. Morden, Dd, ‘Greane got out. spine

; : ae Kert Brou., and Palner and Shep-
A pad. are now getting out theirs.

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-Beeiitily: there ‘are va’ few! people

iho: ‘have the Iden that the dairynten’
Hand :'the Ihstitate edn’ ’get’ away’ swith:
“(some of their ideus, along the line of
eS securing ‘the’ ‘cout “of. ‘production; ‘at
‘fleaat,} Out | thelr: “produce. ?Yet,-‘there

‘aré. sdmeé: Who" polite: ‘to the ‘old:,Co-dp.

7 and’ any it iy #-imposslble

Men Marooned |

canoe, which challenged its barriers. }

flriving the huskies from the til of ||

fice had left him and he swung along |.
with Shot in front, Guthrie suddeniy |:

7 The . Institute. ‘directors met on- the’
: 18th.” “A loading platform anid a dejiot
: were, -oméng the, items considered.

‘| Owhters .: may form * Ressocl

The Hazelton Hospital ||

The Hazelton Hospital issues tic-
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‘month in advance, This rate in-.
cludes office consultations, medi-—
.cines, a8 well:as all costa while
in the hospital. Tickets are Ob.
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_— SYNOPSISOF
LAND ACT AWIENDMENTS

PRE-EMPTIONS

Vacant, unreserved, ‘surveyed Crown lands
may he pre-empted by British subjects
over 18 years of  age,: and by aliens
on declaring intention to beeame
subjects, conditional upon’ residence,
pation, and improvement. for
purposes... :

Full information concerning regulations
regarding pre-emptions is given in. Bulletin
Ne. 1, Land Serica, ' ‘Haw to Pre-empt Land,"
copies of which can he cbtained free of charge
by addressing the Department’ of Lands,
Victoria, B.C., or to any Government Agent. .

Records will be granted covering . only
land suitable for ‘agricultural Purposes, and
which is not timberland, ive, carrying over
5,000 board feet per acre. west of the
Coast Range and 3,000 feet per acre east
of that Range.

Applications

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for pre-emptions are to ba

Land Recording Division in which the land
applied for is situated, and are made on printed

forma, copies of which can he obtained from the
Land Commissioner.

Pre-emptions must beoccupied for five years
and improvements made ‘to the value: of
$10 per acre, including clearing and. cultivat-
ing at lenot five acres, before a Crown Grant
can be received.

For more detailed information sce the Bulletin,
How Pre-empt Land,”

PURCHASE:

Applications sre ‘recetved for purchase
o£ vacant and unreserved Crown Iands,
not being timberland, for agricultural purpones;
minimum price of first-class (amble) land
Is §5 per acre, and ‘second-clas! (grazing)
land | $2.50 per ‘acre: Further information
regarding purchase or lease’ of Crown
lands is given in Bulletin No. 10, Land
Series, “Purchase and Lense of Crown
Lands." ,

Mill, factory, or industrial sites an timber
land, nét exceeding 40 acres, may be purchased or
leased, the conditions Jncluding: . peyment. of
stumpage. .

HOMESITE LEASES ;

Unsurveyed areas, not exceeding 20 acres,
may be leased . -as ; homesites, conditional
upon 8 dwelling helng ” erected |.
firat year, ‘ ibe ‘Belang abtainable :
realdence and _impreveniant: : -eonditiong
fulfilled a the ~ land _ has - been’
veyed. . Dot

after
_ are
_ pure

‘Leases

For’. gravdng and - Industrial ‘ purhesa

: _, axens not exceeding 640 ‘acres. may ‘be leased

by’ any One. person. or company, ae
e GRAZING | .

c the Grazing’ hed the’:
is ‘divided - into -Srazing: “distr!
range: ~ administered \“: under: the|* !
‘Commissioner, - Anmial” groging permite: “are
issued, based: on’ ‘numbers ranged; .. ptlority,
being: ‘given to established : owner.” Stock
atlons ~" “for” range

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management, - :

: British |

agricultural |

addressed to the Land Commissioner of the’

in the

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LAND ACE
"Hazelton Land District

Tuke’ notiee that sixty days nfter
date I, George Ralph Hodgins, of New
Hazelton, by occupation prospector, in-
tend to apply for permission to pur-
chase the following described Innis :—-
Commencing at a nost planted at the
south east corner of Lot 1388, thener
north 20 chnins, thence east 20 chains.
thence south 20 chnins, thence west 29

taining 40 acres more or less.
Dated, January 23, 1928 a
George Ralph Hodgins

Skeena Electoral ’
District
NOTIQE RE

As provided for in Section 82 of th
"Highway Act”, Chanter 103, Ti, 8. B.¥
G,, 1924, it will probubly be found nee.
essary for their protection to close dur-

-Jing the spring thaw all Highways ing

the Skeeva Electoral District to Motor
Vehtele and nit Heavy Horse Drawr§
Traffic. . Dune notice of any
closing: Will be given, Dut in the mean-

Jtime vehiele owners and. operators wil

plense govern “themselves accordingly,
_ Sigied, 2.

a. “C. MacKay |

“ Distrlet: Dugincer

Distilet, “Bnghieors’ “Offlee, ;

Court House, Prinee Rupert, B. 0.

Dated Sanitary, 9 1028. ,

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