PAGE Alo, THE HERALD. Wednesday, March 16, 1977

‘Mining head urges

cooperation

‘The new president of The
Mining Association of
British Columbia believes
strongly in cooperation —
not confrontation -—— with
government in developing
the mineral potential of
British Columbia.

But, differences with '
overnment still exist over

e level of taxation, and J.
Harvey Parliament in his

“new role will attempt to get

more favorable tax treat-
ment from governments.

Parliament, who is also
president of Newmont
Mines Limited Which owns
Granduc Operating Com-
pany and Similkameen
Mining Company in B.C.,
spoke to the Association's
annual luncheon in Van-
couver on Friday.

He said up to a year ago
relations with the B.C.
government existed in an
“atmosphere of con-
frontation.”” This was not of
the Association’s choosing,”
he said. “We had tried

rsuasion and cooperation
ut with little success.”

The present government
has put B.C, on a business-
like basis and removed the
destructive royalty system.

“We think that dialogue is
essential and that input
from involved parties is
necessary and helpful in
drafting proposed new
legislation that will lead to
the full development of the
mining potential in British,
Columbia,’’ Parliament
said.

He said mineral
production is important to
the B.C. economy, but the
industry needs stability and
confidence in government to
attract the large capital
sums needed to finance new
mines.

The industry does not
question that it must sup-
port and abide by
regulations covering safety,
working conditions,

liution and reclamation,

ut it contends it should
have the right to mine when
it has provided the money,
effort and knowledge te find
and develop resources.

“It is hoped that expected
revisions to the Mineral Act,
which regulates how claims
are staked and property
may he held, will alleviate
some of these problems,”
Parliament said.

On taxes, he said the
argument between the
province and Ottawa on
sharing the “take” from
mineral resources must still
be resolved.

“The Association has
proposed a 50-50 federal-
provincial sharing with
provincial taxes allowed
when computing federal
taxes and will continue to
try to obtain more favorable
taxation rate ,” he pledged.

Parliament said the main
factors holding back mining
now are very high capital
and operating costs and the
low price of copper.

In the last five years, he
said, the capital cost of
placing a mine _ into
production has doubled and
operating costs, despite
increases in efficiency, have

increased at about the same
rate.
Copper is now selling at

about 65 cents a pound. -

Today, he said, a price in the
range of $1 a pound is
needed to repay the capital,
pay the cost of money
defray operating costs and

return a modest profit for a.

new copper mining venture.

Parliament went to public |-*'

school in Burnaby and
earned his B.A.Sc. degree in
geological engineering at
University of B.C, in 1945.
He began his career
staking claims
Barkerville and worked

through a succession of jobs
became a x:

in mining. He
mine manager with Granby
Mining Company,

and director.

Parliament
responsible for putting the
Phoenix and Granisle mines
into production and, as vice-
president of Similkameen
Mining, putting that com-
pany’s mine at Princeton
into operation.

Elected vice-presidents of
the Association at the an-
nual meeting were M.E.
Pratt, Vice-President and
General Manager, Utah
Mines Ltd., and Robert
MacPhail, Executive Vice-

President, Operations,
Kaiser Resources Ltd.
P.R. Matthew is

Managing Director of the.
Association.

HEAVY SAVERS
The Canadian Bankers’
Association says there are
almost 22 million per-
sonai savings accounts at
the Canadian chartered
banks.

Mi a

then ;
executive vice-president

Was far

near PP

ae 7

STUDENTS AT NORTHWEST COMMUNITY

COLLEGE joined Lower Mainland students in
protesting tuition fee increases caused hy budget
cuts. Students protested at the college in Terrace, the

school board offices and then travelled to Kitimat to
protest there. Like the ICBC protests fast year Dr.
Pat McGeer was hung in effigy.

Government contracts go metric.

On New Years Day, 1978,
“M’’ day, all provincial

government departments,-

agencies and corporations
will prepare and issue all
contract documents using

- only metric measurements,

it was announced by High-
ways and Public Works
Minister Alex V. Fraser.
The new policy will
conform to the terms of an
agreement made in August,
1976 by provincial and
federal ministers of public
works which calls for
government support of
conversion to the metric
system in the construction
industry by January 1, 1978.

“We make this an-
nouncement in an effort to
inform all contractors who
may submit tenders on
goyernment-sponsored
projects in the future, that
contracts will be called in
metric measurement
throughout British
Columbia,’’ ‘said Mr.
Fraser.

The conversion to metric
measurement follows
months of preparatory work
and planning in industry,
government and business.

The Ministry of Highways
and Public Works and the
British Columbia Buildings
Corporation will produce

The Pacific West Region of Realty World recently held its first annual
Convention at the Four Seasons Hotel in Vancouver. Among the over 200
attendants were local Realty World representatives Horst Godlinski,
Kelly Squires, Frank Skidmore and Hans Caulien. Here Frank Skidmore
is seen receiving an award from Martin Coleclough for the most referrals

in the Pacific West

Region during the

month of January.

Toronto. Nonstop Su perOrange
747 Service from Vancouver

at 2p.m. Daily.

Or pick one of our 5 other dail

y flights from Vancouver.
Orange is Beautiful.

CP Air IA

and issue tender drawings
and documents in metric

measurement terms only, -

onand after January 1, 1978.

In’ order to assist
prospective bidders for
tenders in the construction
industry, it is felt that the
Ministry should conform to
the International System of
Units of the Canadian
Standards Association, the
Metric Practice Guide and
thé Manual of Metric
Building Drawing Practice
of the National Research
Council. Prospective hbid-
ders are therefore advised
to acquaint themselves with
these three - publications
prior to submission of
tenders.

G.L. Giles, Deputy
Minister of the public works
division of the Ministry of
Highways and Public
Works, has issued a call for
the cooperation of the in-
dustry towards meeting the
deadline for conversion, and

has offered the assistance of *.

the ministry sub-committee
for metric conversion
through the Joint Technical
Planning Committee to
assist with any problems in
areas of mutual concern
regarding tenders and other
engineering problems which
may arise,

The conversion date is set
to coincide with
manufacturers who will be
adopting metric
measurement for building
materials after January,

From the Library |

NATIVE PEOPLES:

BOOKS FROM BRITISH

COLUMBIA PUBLISHERS
by Elaine Perry

Many books about the
heritage of Canada’s native

oples have been published
y B.C. publishers. The rich
mythology has been
described in books such as
Thirty Indian Legends of
Canada by Margaret
Bemister. It is a collection
from original sources drawn
together about 60 years ago
and reprinted recently by
the Vancouver publishers
J.J. Douglas. Visitors Who
Never Left published iby
U.B.C. Press is a selection
of legends retold by Chief
Kenneth Harris. Some tales
originated with native
peoples living on the Skeena
and the Nass. George
Clutesi of the Nootka Tribe
has devoted his life to the
restoration of his people’s
culture and Gray's
Publishing | of Sidney
published his collection of
Tse-Shaht fables in Son of
Raven, Son of Deer. In
another book, Potlatch, also
published by Gray’s, Clutesi
reconstructs the emotional
context and detail of the
traditional Nootka
ceremony.

The Days of Augusta,
words and faces of a Cariboo
Indian woman, has been
called ‘‘a contemporary
classic of oral literature”. It
evinces a way of life which
is materially peor but in-
tensely proud and resolute.

Notably, this book published

y J.J. Douglas and
designed by Sally B er won
honourable mention in
Design Canada’s Look of
Books competition in 1973.A -
handsome book published
last year by Hancock House
is Images: Stone: B.C., an
appreciation of the artistic
value of the stone sculptures
of Northwest Coast Indians.
The text is by Wilson Duff,
one of the foremost
authorities on Northwest
Coast Indian Art. An earlier
book published by Gray's,
called Indian Rock Carvings
of the Pacific Northwest is
the first wide collection of
West Coast petroglyphs. In
it we learn that the only
petroglyph on the Queen
Charlottes can be found

about a mile from
Skidegate.
Two books written

especiall for children were
pe lished recently by J.J.

uglas. Sea and Cedar:
How the Northwest Coast
Indians Lived is an
illustrated introduction to
the life of the seven tribes
along the coast from the
Columbia River to Alaska.
The life of the nomadic
Prairie Indians is described
in People of the Buffalo by
Maria Campheil. Another
book of special interest to
young people is Tales from
the Longhouse, a Gray’s
publication which is a
collection of stories written
by the Indian children of
Kingcome Inlet.

Hunters asked to contribute

Game harvest
questionnaires will be
mailed to many British
Columbia hunters within the
next few weeks.

The Fish and Wildlife
Branch asks hunters to
complete and return their
questionnaires a$ soon as

GETTING
‘BOMBED’
IS DYNAMITE!

AND DRIVE.

@®

possible, regardless of
whether or not they actually
hunted in 1976. Last year,
approximately 36 percent of
the hunters contacted took
the time to respond and the
year before only 23 percent
responded. Good response

_ and industrial.

DAVE GOGEL

KAMLOOPS, B.C.
PHONE 376-4991

DEALERSHIP AVAILABLE}

Filtex Built-in Vacuum Systems

Music & Sound AM/FM
Intercom Systems

Ai-phone Electronic, 2-way Systems
A prestige, highly. renumerating product invites inquiries.
{fom plumbing, heating ‘and electrical contractors: Add ;
these products to your present lines - residential, commercial |
FOR INFORMATION, WRITE:

9S7NEWTONSTREET PROGRESSIVE PRODUCTS LTO,

rates are essential to an
effective wildlife
management program.

Although the question-
naires are personalized this
year, hunters’ names on
completed questionnaires
will be confidential.

HEAD OFFICE:

925 TUPPER AVENUE
VANCOUVER, &.C. ©
PHONE 425-7374

yf /

FEDERAL
BUSINESS

and currently 8,600 businesses |
from FBDB for purposes such as:

Purchase of equipment

with training:
To help improve management s
training seminars,

with information on government programs
for business:

At the Bank's branch offices, operators of businesses can obtain information about
any assistance program available from the federal government and others and are
directed to the representative of the appropriate assistance program.

111 million

Purchase or consiruction
of buildings

with CASE counselling:

The FBDB management counselling service known as CASE (Counselling Assistance
to Smail Enterprises) assists small businesses to improve their methods of doing
usiness.

Perhaps FBDB can help your business—Ask for our folder

4548 Lakelse Avenue,
Terrace, 8.C. V8G 1P8

DEVELOPMENT BANK -

to businesses
in British Columbia.

FBDB ASSISTS...

with financing: : :
In 1976, FBDB authorized $111 million in loans to 2,500 businesses in British Columbia
n the Province have a total of $445 million inloans

Working capital

kills in small business, the bank conducts management

Launching a new business

(604) 635-4951