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_Niws HAZELTON, ‘B CG, WEDNESDAY. JUNE. 5, 1929

“The Silver Cup property on: Nine

und manager has expressed his satis-
faction with it and the mine fureman
and the mill foreman , have expressed

cient, there is the expression wf satis-
faction from the few, men who hava

the big blocks of money invested in.it total staff connected with the Silver
and who put their money in a couple Cup will be forty men until such time
of years ago and stayed with it all the as the new and larger development is

way through, Five of these men ar-

rived Saturday ‘night and went direct-”
ly to the mine where they spent Sun- Jasper Park and then home to Vancou-

day and most of Monday looking over
the property: What they saw convin: |
ted them that they had picked a win-
ner and that very shortly they would :
be recelving dividends on their stock,

The party consisted of A. Lobe, a
broker from Senttle ond for years an
associate with W. B. Dornberg; A. H.

Seil, a banker from Seattle who has o}-

‘big interest in the mine: Mr. Tourtlet-
te, marine superintendant ©. N. R., at
Vancouver; Fred McGreggor, of the
David Spencer Co, Vancouver; and
Van B. Smith of Vancouver, a flota-
tion mill engineer. The party was
headed by W. B Dornberg, president
und genernl manager, and the man

--Avho has taken care of operations from
the start and brought the property to
a successful producing’ mine.

The camp wes examined and then
the mill. The plant was running just
as améothly as anyone could wish and
the concentrates were flowing out the
deier end and dropping into the stor-
iige bins in a regular stream. The
concentrates are a high grade and Mr.,.
Smith was well pleased with the re-

criss, He is remaining. nt the mine for
a week experimenting. with chemicals
with the idea of recovering’all, or near-
ly all, the silver values with the lead.
He hopes to be successful.

The Silver Cup mill is the most efti-
cient small mill.in British’ Columbia.
It is producing concentrates and ‘will

\yproduce better concentrates how, It

“is handling a good tonnage of ore and:

is so built that it’ ean be increased to
a ecnpacity of 150 tons per day with a
very sinall expenditure. Phe men who
‘financed the undertaking. were 80 well
pleased that they’ at once saiy -visidits
of that larger mill, ox. of a mill on, the
rnilway connected with ‘the mine by an
nerini tram. ,. .- me,

When the party got up-to the mine
nN most agreeable surprise was avalt-
ing them. Mine Supt, : Morse. has Ae,
complished a lot of work and the mine
is In perfect shape to keep the amill- #0-
ing to present capnelty for tivo years”
without any, further. development. All
the four tunnels ure itt ore’ and all are
connected with riulses. '

_in and the ore is ready to come down.

‘But the plans of the company ‘are
not to sit down and just, ‘take out what
ore there is in ‘sight. - "The tunnels will
he continued, and. the: mine superiuten-
dant: is satisfied that the ore will run
right through: the mountain, ' ‘and that

_in due course, operations ‘wil’ be from
the south ade of. the’ Hill, ‘Where Is al-

Ho every. reason to. believe that a depth
of at least two thousand - feet will “be

“secured. on the: veing, * To show their
faith in the permanency of ‘the ore. the

. opment on another. Jevel. sone, ‘distance!’

B Chic Stock Holders of thé
Silver Cup Confient a Big
Winner. Has Been Picked

; Prom the top of the hill the visitors
Mile mountain should be a” mine. It got a wonderful view of the country
- has been developed ; ‘a mill has been in- and saw how ensy it would be to put
stuiled; ore has gone through the mill their mill on the railway side of the
aid gone to the sinelter “the, president Bulkley river and to tram fl the ore
That is now the anibition of

RETOSS.
the visitors.

In the ‘meantinie the. general man-
their satisfaction If that is not suffi- ager avill devote his time to producing
possible

concentrates ‘at the lowest. .

cost consistent with efficiency. Th

undertnken.
The visitors left Monday night fo

ver and Seattle.

: FORGOT HIS LICENSE PLATES

Police in Hazelton, Until he *
Got- Plates Down

on a business trip to this end of the
district and .had motored down from
Smithers in. one of his demonstration
cars, but before leaving his home town
he forgot to see that he had his license
plates on. He forgot he was going to
that part of the north where all laws
ave strictly enforced. He also forgot
that the government has changed and
that no matter what his stand-in may

Hotel Omineca und ‘was taking bi
leonfidentlally asked Wiggs If that wa

his car outside.

wanted to know a lot‘ of things, bu

plates. -
‘realized that he was sunk.

As the offense was not one that. car-
vied. a. jail sentence. the offender’ was
perinitted to get: in :touceb: with George
Wall, his partner, in Smithers,’ via. the | °
long-distance phone, and hayeé a set of
by .- car
-thnt very night os he, Wiggs, could not }
Whoev er
,took the plates off ‘that: demonstrator,
The. stopes are: jlo mntter whether Wiges told ‘him too,

license plates rushed | ‘down | .

move until he got his plates.

or not, will he deked some ‘attentions.

[RETURN SUMMER “pxcorisron
TICKETS ON. BALE, ' .

Wiggs O'Neil of Smithers Held up by

W. J. O'Neil, pioneer auto dealer,ad-
vocate of good roads, gasoline tax and

auto licenses, was pinched in Hazelton
on Tuesday afternoon and could not
get home until his infraction of the
law had been corrected. Wiggs was

Bed pee tee eee

PRINCE RUPERT
NEWS LETTER

} FO ++ oo oo:

Everybody ‘loves o-sailor, and: the
people. of Prince Rupert are, no excep- |,
tion, ‘All last: week the trim figures of.
officers and. men of H.MS. Colombo’
weer seen on the strects of the north-
ern port. There was 0 nutual wining
and dining and ‘enterinining. The yis-
itors were an exceptionally’ Smart,
courteous and -hospitable ship's com-
pany, An afternoon was specially
set aside for the school children who
swarmed ail over the cruiser, enjoyed
tea and cakes, and revelled in a “show”
put on by the tars—in which pirates,
strong men, magicians and ‘musicians |
kept ‘them fascinated.

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——

‘City hall wrangling and jangling

ago when the Yate payers were asked
to endorse water extension, street im-
provement and sewer bylaws, The el-
ectors turned all three bylaws down
; cold. -For months Ald.
has been ‘pointing a long and accusing
fore finger at the city engineering de-
partment, claiming waste and incom-
petence. The rejection of the bylaws
was really a protest—a mass demand
to’ know what is really wrong in the
municipal citadel. Thus a eall for &

[Another Mine’

came to a full blown ‘head a few days]

Prudhomme:

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At Usk Works

The Toulon group of five crown-
gyanted mineral claims located on
Bornite mountain and two miles from
‘Usk has been bonded by an English
syndicate and a program of develop-
nent has been mapped out. “Work got
started on the 27th of May, This pro-
perty was developed to a certain extent
some years ago and was then abandon-
ed and reverted to the government. It
is now to be brought to the front by
the new bondholdet's. It is at an ele-
vation of a thousand feet above sea
level and there have been driven three
tunnels all of which show good ore,
It is a gold-copper ore and the pro-
perty boas cdnsiderable merit Cap
John Wilman, superintendant of the
Columario Mining Co., will have full
charge of the work on the Toulon.

AT SEVEN SISTERS MINE

‘A gang of fourteen men are working
on the road from Cedarvale to the Sev-
en Sisters group on Seven Sisters
mountain, This property is one of
the several which the Consolidated
Mining & Smelting Co. have taken up.
in the northern interior. The Consol-
idated has quite a program for this
property. It includes diamond drili-

‘ling and a tunel at a much lower level

Under a Lease|

busy.

show down has at last been made.

—

The drydock plant, once a subject of
dubious praise by short sighted people,
is beginning to justify the vision of its.
founders. For months the yards have:
heen busy and what 1s more, the dock
is going to keep on being reasonably
In addition to’ the building of

than where Gov, Davis was working.
A new camp is also to be installed. A
large force “of «men “will be" employed
as s00n a8 the property is ready.

MINISTERS MOTORED HOME

‘ After attending the annual confer-
ence of the United Church in Canada

be politically, the justice department
of the’ province sees ‘all men 2s equals.
Wiggs parked -his car outside ‘the

leisure in’ the heavily. mpholstered arm
ebairs in the rotunda when in’ walked
an officer of the law and quietly and.

Wiggs replied that it
was and what was the matter with it?
The officer sent him out to look inside.
Wiggs found on his -front seat a re-
quest to visit the pollce station, nid he
also noticed that the, key ‘was gone.
He went to the station and the police

chiefly, why he was driving ‘without a
Heense, or ut least without his license
Wiggs jooked at, his car and.

dD X Railways
have now on sale very.low round trip},
Summer Dxcuralon ‘tickets .to Eastern

smali craft, and o lot of overhauling
and repairing, a contract has just been
awarded for building an eight car
CG. N, Tt baree and steel tug for deliv-
ery at Kelowna. This work will mean
netivity for the vest of the year, and
well into 1920

s

51 Space in Prince Rupert’s most hand-
sone tind modern business premises,
the Besner ‘lock, will soon be practl-
erally all ocenpied. The latest ten-
ants are the Power Corporation of
Canada They will oceupy the corner
store, part of the basement and three
offleces on the second floor. Officials
of the company from Montreal, who
have been in Prince Rupert recently.
for the first tlme, profess’ to.be agree-
ably surprised at the size aud develop-
ment of the city. They say that on
thelr return enst they will venture a.
little plain and fancy hoosting, becausd
it is needed and*deserved.

9

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~The Woman's ‘Auxiliary to the Haz-
eltoft Hospital will give a Rose Dance
‘in: ‘Assembly Halk, ‘Hazelton, on Friday
evening, June 25... The Chappell  or-
ehestra, will supply the music, 2t

eer

: Misa Seott, R. N., of Vancouver will

supery isor at the’ ‘Tazelton Hospital in
-|the absence of. Miss, Ford.

Canada ‘and ‘United States ‘polats;. and | ed" physician in the Hotel Vancouver.
also. Triangle Tour ‘tickets . to Jasper The Doctor will. not: only’ be able to

National Park, routed : Jasper,

posite direction.

“Full: “information,

“Mise. Bird, h. Ne has gone’ to: Bvelyn

~ down the ‘hill: ‘Thin will. be. atnvted: at
” very: ennly date.

¥an-
couver and Prince Rupett,. or.in; op-

travelling public, but being in Vancou-

dates of sale,. limits, ete., from :any|ver may feel the’ pilse: of the . steady. of organizing. a Farmer's: Tnstitute: To'
ent Canadian Natlonal Rallways, : ‘

. : citizens of. the province.
7 declaton awan arrived. at to: start dével- .

Ww,

for a holiday, ‘after which: he, svi, 50. days thle wee

arrive tonight to. fill the position of ground awaiting the moving, of: the ice

avay to resume: work" "at Pacifle on the’
Hon, ‘De: Sutherland, former minis- property ‘taken | over: from’: -Mack Orr
ter of public’ works, has: heen appoint: and’ Russell Smith. ye

keep. his finger. on the: pulse of the meet in the . school ‘house in: ‘Hazelton

which. was held in Vanccouver, Rev.
T. H. Wright returned to Hazelton last
Friday. A. A. Burnett of Kispfox al-
so returned, bringing Mrs Burnett and
son Allister with him, Mr. Burnett
purchosed a car in Vaneouver for use
in- his work in the Kispiox where he
has charge of the Indian Mission.

‘ilutted the cnr over the long trip to:
the north, They had no splendid trip. |
taking it in easy stages and visiting at
several points niong the road.

stated that it was the most successful |

he had ever attended: The church is
showing great growth in every way,

WORK AT BABINE AND PACIFIC

The Consolidated Mining & Smelting

out important developments in the cen-
tral interlor this season. For testing
the ore bodies on H, J, MeDonald’s
Copper island property on Babine
‘Lake the Consolidated has just moved
considerable ‘ equipment ‘in over the
Topley trail and more will be sent in!
so that ainmond: drilling may ‘be' start-
ed The hend driller is already on the

‘from the: Inke 80: -that he may: ‘operate
a scow. Prepartions are “also: under

. The, farmers. of the” ‘alstelct are to
| Saturday night’ at’ 7.30 for ‘the purpose

at. in the. work 8.8. Phillips of the

As!
* |
he was a new driver Rev. Mr. Wright |

Speaking of the conference: Mr. ‘Wright |

Co. is making preparations to. carry |

For Kitimat is

A large pulp and paper mill is one
of the developments which is promised
in the near future in the Kitimat
and Kitsumgallum valleys, with the
mill at Kitimat, at the head of the arm
of the samme name. There are large
stands’ of timber in these valleys, and
when the G. 'T. P. was projected it was
considered they were of sufficient im-
portance to fix the terminus of the rail!
way at Kitimat, instead of Prince Ru-
pert, The railway management deci-
ded in favor of the present terminus.
however, and the timber development
was checked. Nearly. all the timber
has been secenred under special license
before this privilege was withdrawn. ..
The estate of Sir Henry Pellat of
Toronto was heavily interested in the
timber in the Kallum valley An ef-
fort was made to turn the timber hold-

tablished at Remo, but while the tim-
ber was large it did not provide very

was forced upon the promoters that
it was more suitable for pulp than for
lumber, and that a sawmill should be
supplimental to and not the chief un-
dertaking of the company,

W' H. Altemus of East Orange, New
Jersey, was a recent visitor in Princce
George when he stated that steps are
being taken to consolidate the several
individual timber holdings in the two

the Pacific” coast are well advanced,

‘land they are confident that land will

be broken: on construction next year.
It is conceded o be one of the largest
industrial undertakings ‘ever launched
in Cannda, and will mean much to the
central interior and the northern Pact-
fie slope of the province—Prince Geo-
rge Citizen,

j head - assert that the company’s phan
‘for the building of a railway outlet to
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| LOCAL TORIES ORGANIZED ~

There was a meeting of Conserva-
tives. in the Herald office last Thurs-
iday night, and officers’ were elected
and an ‘arganization started It is r
| puinber of years ‘since there was a
Conderv: rutire organization in this town

j fairs of the party locally will be +n
the job in future, Another mecting of

a Non”
|Big Pulp Mill.
Very Probable

ings to account and a saw mill was 65-.

much clear lumber, and the decision |

i but those chosen to look ofter the af- .

" yehe: execntive will be held. about Tyne ;

Wood, secretary,
worthy’s store.

at. W. OF.

ELECTRIC ELEVATOR FOR: FISH,

far off as some would like to bel’cve,
when ‘the Hagwilget canyon,
power will be developed. It-in ane of

develop.”
development would: be. taking care of:

That. is-no. longer an obstacle... {4 Seat.
land, a ‘staitar: difficulty has been. “over
ccome. by’ putting in an electric ‘eleva,
tor for. the fish to use in getting | ove
the. dum.

water:

*} the: salmon which-use the Bulkley nnd ‘ .
| tts: tributaries as spawning eronnd:

20th when bylaws, ete, will ‘be con- |.
sidered ond organization completed. °
Anyone wishing to join’ the Associa: .
tion-may do so by applying to H. Woo)
Lavke-

;The time is coming, and it is nat No

the: ‘biggest ‘power : propositions In thet.)
north - and it is one of the eunlest. th. 0+ |.
One of the ‘ehief obstacles to. -

As. the: spawning “pean i oh,

valleys with the view, to Jaunching a