‘NEW HAZELTON, B. C., WEDNESDAY..15, MARCH 188

No. 39

Written by Douglas Lay, resident niin-
ing engineer, for the Minor of Van-
tHHVeL,

Mueb interest: focuses at the present.
time on the veins in the Barkerville
rea, by renson of the recent very grat-

ifving development operations of the€

Curiboo Gold Quarts Mining Co. Ltd.
The commencement of actual prodite-
tion at this property. in the early days
af the New Year. niuarks the opening of
anew cinpter in Caribou history. and
idds sunother stirring event to those
which the old town of Burkerville has
experienced during a loug life.

Will the gold values go down? Will
the snecess of one compnny he followed
ly that of others? In short, will there
he a Barkerville  lede--gald — cnunp’
These are questions which are upper-
nest in the mfads of manny at the pre-
sent time, when the air is full of deals
dnd the rumours of deals,

A. dispassionate consideration of the
available facts does uot support the
view that there is likely to be only one
producing mine in this aren, buat on the
other hand clearly indivates that argu-

nents advaneged. a considerable time

ago for developments at many differ-
ent points have been grevily strength-
ened hy recent developments.

But is for the very reason that pros-
pects ave favorable that it is of high
importance thet the aren gshonld re-
coive, trom the inception of activities
onward, the highest measure of geolo-
gic, engineering and directive skill, and
itis highly gratifying that snch an ex-
cellent start has been meade in this
ilivection. In the -earliest days af a
camp’s history, it is partienlarly dle-
stable that there should be no waste
af money through ill-ndvised effort,
ind all the more so in view of the dif-
ficult times through which we ware now
pussing.

The porpose of this brief article is
to review au few of the broad facts con-
corning this area, which seem iinport-
gut, ratler'tlinn, to enter into nay erent
detail.

The fact of broadest tuterest is one
which is probably of great importaice
from. the commereial standpoint, viz.
ihe age of the vein of the Barkerville
wera, This is. as was detewmined by
the Inte Dr, Uglow, pre-Missixsipian
and quite possibly | Prewumbrkin Tn
either cise Vast geologic tine semirates
the nee of these veins from that of al
Inost every other Tode-nunernt tTeposit
of importance in the Province, which
ix to be attributed to the familar Jara
Cretuceous (oven extending info Ter.
tury) age of the Const Ringe. mad py
allel bntholiths aud satellites, ‘The
present development, therefore mnths
not only a new chapter in Cartboo hts:
tory, Tmt anew chapter In the wining
history of the Province. In. yley. of
the importance of, Ltr eaniibrivay niner-
qibution ducthe ‘gold eumps of the Can-
sidinn Shleld wod in eather parts of the
world, the age of the mineralization in
the Barkerville nren is one of srrest-
ing interest. Certaln importunt — dif
feyences in characteriatios from: those
‘wt the youiger: mineralization ares
justifiable antleipation.

It is, however, to be noted Chat there
ave a onmnber of the younger Thrn-Cre-
tneeous quartz velns in Carfloo dist:
thet, but the older — pre-Mississtpian

Lode-Gold Veins in
The Cariboo District

A New Chapter in the History of Mining There.

a ee

bounded on the
and trending
Both Barkerville and |.
Stanley ave situnted within this strip,
the foremer being close to the north-
eustern boundry, and the latter close
to the sonth-western bouudry.

wnd ten miles wide,
south liv Carihoo Lake,
to the latter.

The veins of these two different ages
Ulustrate tery markediy the interde-
pendance of Jode-geld and placer de-
posits, which his not been observed by
glaciation. Thus while valuable pli
eer deposits originated from the young
er veins, the richest placer deposits oF
the Curihon, with the single exceptio:
of Cedar Creek. are directly traceable
ta the ancient veins, Agnin. the envH-
est. attempts at Jode-gald mining in the
Cariboo, some seventy yerrs ago, were
all directed to the ancient veins with
the single exception, possibly, of veins
uf the Quesnel Quartz Mining Go on
Hixon Greek, which are quite possibly
of Juva-Cretuceous age, It was the
free gold in the outcrops of the an-
cient veins that afforded the earliest
workings that visible and tangible
mineral showing, which, when all is
said aml done, is the pith and marrow
of. _fustification for the initiation | of
mining “enterprise. .

Common sense readily suggests what
is proknbly the correct yeason for the
facts cited in the preceding paragraph,
namely, the ancient veins are inherent-
ly richer than the younger veins.

he valuable report of the late Dr.
W. L. Uvlow, studied in the light of
developments to date, affords such in-
sight into this ancient vein system, but
doubtless we ave yet mmeb to learn
on the subject. Oue broad fact of gh
importince ix the strong evidence ob--
trined to date, that within the area
previously mentioned to which — these
vicient velus are confined, there are
certiin zones that are of inarked pro-
Inise. ‘lhe geagraphic distribution of
these zones is therefore of the vitnost
importance. and is well known, brut the
width of these vones is yet te le de
termined, These gones are (1) a zone
in length about 25 miles passing thro
Isluand Mountnin new the south-cast-
ern extremity. It is luteresting to note
that this zoue Js practically easincident
with Bownn's line BP, “Cpper limit

velps ave confined so fur as known to,
aostiip of country ahott a miles long

af richer placers‘on creeks” shown on
his map af the Cariboo Mining District

(2) A stintler zome in the vieiuity of
ure Mountain nene Stanley; and (3)
“another zone in the region of Yruke
Penk: near Keithley, Of these (1) ir
by fav the most important, Lt is also
referred to as the Barkerville belt and
in it oceurs the property of the Carlbao

Jold Quartz Wining Co. Ltd. and ite
course is marked at intervals hy many
prospects of meovit.

Torning ta the question of the com-
paunsen af the imlieralizing influence
of the ancient barhellth, and that. o7
the famillar Jura-Cretaceous—The for-
mer in the Barkerville are ts undonht
edly very depply buried, that pr ERNE PS
nbsonee of “soning, that is. toe Sty, ais
was Cleaviy polnted ont by. Dr. Uglow.
inusmuch as the mineralization at the
surfnee is of the medium of high tem-
perature class, there is ne venson to
apprehend that the charneter of the
ininetalizition, or {ts geld content, as
diseldsed below the “one of. oxidation,
will be subject to any ‘sudilen change
within depths reached by Mining opera
Continued on Page 2

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Lpectors,

Poultry Talk in
New Hazelton
On March 22

Arrangements have héen completed

for a visit to New Hazelton from Mr.

James Allen, poultry expert with the
provincial department of agriculture.
He will give an address to the people
here at the hour of eight o’clock in the
evening of March 22 (Wednesday) in
the community hall, The lecture Is
free and nll are invited to be present.
Mr. Allen is a breeder of poultry in-a
large way himself.- He has had many
years of experience and he has made a
hig sueeess of the industry. He made
a tour through the northern interior
Inst year and wherever he spoke there
has been a request for a return “visit
this yerr. The poultry business is one
of the main industries in this provinee
nnd a great many people are not only
anaking their living by it, but are mak-
ing money. It is a money making bus-
iness and it is growing, and there is
no time [ke the present to get a start
But the poultry business is not the
easy business that many consider it at
first. ‘Phere is a great difference be-
tween keeping a few non-descript hens
in the baek yard, and keeping poultry
Like any other business, the. person
who starts right has no tiuch better
chanee of suecess thin the one who is
haphazard. Hear Mr. Allen, and then
fet your boys and girls interested in
the game. Start them early and in a
faw years they will be in the business.
Hear My. Allen on Wednesday night,
Mareh 22, in New Hazelton conununity
hall.

add

DR. WRINCH SPERCHIFIES

According to the presé of the south
Dr. H. ©. Wrinch, M.L.A., has been
speechifying in the legislature. ‘The
Doteor does not believe in union gor-
ernment. He does not blame the pre-
seut governments or any other govern
ments for the depression, but he does
think that the Liberal party wnder the
leadership of Hon. T. D. Pattullo,
would do very much better than has
the Tolinie gacvernment, or even the
Bennett government. He was oppos-
eil to the 1 per ent tnx on small wages
He advocated the appointment of a
hoard to fix prices for farm produce,
Imt when Hon. Mr. Brut asked him
what be would do in @ise of foreign
counties dumping their surplus into
Cnnada at lower prices he said that a
good strong gxevernment could haudle
that. He ndvoedted inflation of cur.
reney ‘to mn extent that. would provide
fnuds to de publie works aud thus de
way with unemployment,

NEW PLACER BULLETIN

Worl is expected at any moment as
to Whether the Mines Department will
be nble to find sufficient money to per-
mit the annnal series of addresses by
the resident mining engineers to prtos-
pectors or not, These lectures are Wn-
doubtedly of much value to the pros-
and would be especinily at the
present thine when “interest. is xo Keen
fu lode gold mining as well as placer,
In any case there will be a new bullet-
iu issued by the department on placey
wining, and Lt will be out In thme for
prospeetors to. get hefore the spring
season opens.

SHOWER FOR THE BRIDE

Mrs, Sarvent gave a shower at her
home'in Hazelton on Friday evening
last in honor of Mrs. Perry York (nee
Miss Vivian Chappell) at which a very
nice gathering of friends of the bride
were present. At the proper time a
toboggan laidened with’ ‘gifts of all

the bride all kinds of happiness.

fis

Try To Create
Interest Local

Lode-Gold Now

One of the good things about the big
gold rush to the Cariboo is that the
ground there is not extensive enough
for all who are in, or are going in to
stake, there being o strip only twenty
five miles in length. There is another
parallel strip a little shorter and some
ten miles west. In between these two
strips are the Rocher de Boule moun-
toin, Hudson Bay Mountain and Dome
niointain, Lode gold is known to ex-
ist. on all three of these mountains and
full information can be had from the
departinent of mines at Victoria, and
an effort will be made this year to get
some of those people who cannot get
located in the Caribuo to look closely
inte the possibilities of the three lo-
eally known mountains.

At the present time there are lode
fold operations on Hudson Ray morn-
tin, on Fone mountain and te Bob
Creek, about nine miles fram Houston.
In the Usit district. the nerthern end
of the western strip referred toa abave
the Columario Goll Mines (Co. Ltd.
has: enrried on operations for a nmn-
ber of years and are alouc to resume
work again rhis spring. They have ¢
lot of growud proven Wp an! are about
rendy to put in a mill There ave in
the Usk district other Jode gold pro-
perties which hare hid considerable
development work dope on them, and
then at Breiftie and Cedirvale there
are ode gold possibilities. tn Recher
de Boule it is known that gold exists
in a niunter of properties and so on

brough the district.

“The “Cariboo gold excitement is the
higrest thtus that has bit Fritish Col-
unibia at any time and there wil! be
work in thet-counity this spring and
sunuuer for bundreds, if net thons-
ands of men, That hunt for. gold is
volug to spread, in fact is spreading,
to the cowiry lying between the two
big strips- of high ylelding country.

‘Then there is the Manson creek dis-

he carried] on this summer, nod the
mines department urges pruspeetors to
look for the gold velus in any comtry
from which the placer gold comes. Tt
ix known that all the placer in the
Cariboo cones from the lode gold depo-
sits, dud the sime applies to the coum
try in between the big deposits,

When the matter of gold mining is
considered the outlook for Bricish Col-
unbia’s immediate future is - brighter
thn many would imagine, The next
few years in this provinee will be the
best the province has ever had. and ev-
en the gold boom days of Rossland will
be left in the shade,

As there is such keen and general
{nterest in the gold rush to the Cari-
boo the Herald is publishing in this is-
sue an article on °The Gokt Veins of
the Cariboo” written by Douglas Lay,
for The Miner, of Vancouver. Mr, Lay
probably has more information about
the Carihos and its gol] deposits than
any other man, and he is certainly the
best quulified person to write on the
subject.

kinds was hauled in by a real sleigh
dog and stopped in front of the guest
of honor, After opening the gifts a
couple of games were played and the
bride received a lot of advice, as well
as many beautiful and useful gifte—
the Intter she accepted, but the former
is still under advisement. Light re-
freshments were served und the party
fot away in good time after wishing

BLACKFLIES BITE DUCKLINGS

A high percentage of the mortality
among ducklings through disease ia
caused 1s enused through the bite of

‘the most abundant species of Blackfly

triet where a lot of placer mining will

Earthquake in

Los Angeles a
Heavy Blow

The earth quake which was report-
rd over the radio last Friday night
from Los Angeles nnd along the south-
ern coust of California, was one of the
worst that section ever felt, Abont
140 were Killed, and many millions m
dollars worth of damage was done to
property. On Monday night the scien-
tific men reported over the radio that
the shock was by no means what is
classed as a major shock. In severity
it was not to-be compared with the San
Francisco quike of a few years ago.
nar with the quakes in Japan. The
damage to property was due, they said
to the buildings not being built sub-
stantially enough to withstand earth-
quake shocks, and the deaths were due
nx well as the thousands that were in-
juved, to the falling of muterial from
the buildings in which the people were
These selentifie men advocate that all
buildings in sections that are apt to he
in earthquake seetions, or that have
been effected in the past, should he se
constructed that they would withstand
an entth quake. The buildings thit
wore so Luilt were in nu way damiag-
ed by the recent quake.

While the Los Angeles quake may
not have been a major quike it was
severe cnongh for most of those who
experienced ite

Authorities were on ‘the job immed-
intely nnd organized forces to care for
the injured and tc protect property
from robbers. Others searched the
ruins for dead and injured, and at an
enrly hour strong forces were busy
clearing the streets, ond preparations
were underway for rebuilding ‘the city
bigger and better than ever.

Moberly-Tomlinson

On Saturday last Miss Anna Lucre-
tia Tomlinson was united in marriage
to Walter Wishaw Moberly in the lit-
tle Indian church across the river from
Cedarvale. Rev. Canon Rushbrooke of
Prince Rupert performed the ceremony
The bride was attended by her niece.
Miss Kathleen Tomlinson and Miss
Rosalie Wilwain. The bride is the
third daughter of the late Rev, Robt.
Tomlinson, one of the first Anglienn
missionaries on the Skeenn, and she
was born on the Skeena. Frank Brace
supported the groom who is a son of
the late Henry John Moherly, a Hud-
son Bay factor who wrote severnt
books. Following the wedding a re-
ception was hell at the home of En-
sign and Mrs. Tomlinson and abeut
a hundred guests gathered around s
well Indened and nicely arranged trli.

in Canada which transmits a parasite
to both domestic and wild ducklings.
The disease is apparently harmless ta
ndult dueks. This species of biacktly
is invariably the culprit when fisher-
meh and enmpers are tormented by
swarms of pests Referring to the
wide distribution of this pest, C. R.
‘Twinn, says, “My own observations in
the Ottawa district and elsewhere and
n study of the specimens in the Natur
aul Muse and of specimens from cor-
respondents in various parts of Hast-
ern Canada, support this statement.
It is not surprising therefore to learn
that the disease caused by this pest
is common in the Dominion, Dr, C.
H. Weaver, Animal Pathologist of the
Dominion Department of Agricultura!
informed me that the disease is pire-
valent during the fly season, particul-
arly in the northern districts, and that
there is a tremenduous amount of ft
among domestic ducks: He expressed
the opinion that the short crop of wild
ducks -complained of by hunters and
sportsmen are probably caused by this

disnse, which apparently oceurs in
eyeles, os