a wards -

a Q ~ vain Pas:

~ PRICE §2,00.A YUE |

. ‘Meaka Ciatere Scatter ‘Ash.
i 8 Over. a of Miles |

ca Beg wn Believed to he Greitest in His:
, - tory of - ‘North, Pacific—Vaut Columns |
_ ‘of ‘Smoke and. Flame, with. Numerous
. Datonations, Marked Occurrence, sO

news, “Date « “despatches, “while
far from giving all desired: infor-

’ “mation, , indicates :that Katmai;-
and possibly liamnaand Redoubt;
had’ been unvsally;: active, : and
that. ‘Northern: Alaska and: ‘the
adjacent islands had ‘béen- under
8 reign - ‘of, terror. for, days. - A

_-Gespateli~ from s “Cordove: “this |“
: amorning saya ‘that. while . reports
an ‘po far. tell of no losg of life in the
a volcanic zone, the. devastation of |:

_ ‘animal’ and vegetable life: ‘by ash- a

' es and:poisonous gasés-has: been
extensive; In-some places ashes

‘fell.twenty. to thirty feetin. depth, _

Toronto; -
fields of the upper - Skeena ‘river,
as: well ag. those“on “Vancouver
Island and. the Kootenays, will be

_.} visited in: the latter part of Aug-,
_ ust. by-four of the: twenty-five]:

‘| parties ‘of . geologists who -will
(Make tours of: the “Domiriion ' at
ithe “close. of ‘the International
8| Geological Congress, «. which will’
moat hereinAugast and at whielr
there ‘willbe .an_ attendance . of
over 4: thousand. dclegates from
all parts of ‘the world. The
world’s -coal supply “will” be ‘the
chief : subject for. discussion. at!
this. congréss, "At the last session,
jheid in- Sweden three years ago,
the world’s i iton uy was the)
subject. .

ORE EXUGIT FOR

Board: of Trade. Will. Take
~ Steps” to. ‘Have. Hazelton,

i Hundreds of:homes are in rding.: “

Po “At last accounts no news had|:
~\been received: fiom | ‘Afognak or
_- Raspberry Islands, “ The) reveriue|!:

by the TE. 5g ‘cutter. Bertha i in ‘the
neighborhood of. the’ Aleutian iss
ands, A triple. volcano was seen
there to {belch forth: in awe-in-
_Bpiring ‘splendor from the. island:
- group which stretches: ‘out to-
‘Kemskatcha . :from: : the
‘curved: horn of Northern Alaska.
The: Bight was one: of -oxtr
nary grandevi. b r nigh
" report, vast: ‘eolums of flame “and |'
~smoké hurtting upvard
tered’ tonto
“muffled Toar as:
furnace. al

‘that: the: ‘dust’ precipitation . no-| sh

.. ticed in ‘this’ ‘district originates

.|Provineial government,
| peeted they. will be‘ here#

sq (time: “OE ‘thel s proposed: ‘visit - ‘to

|Hazelton and’ an exhibit at’ ‘the
Vancouver Exhibition of the ores.
‘of- the: ‘district , were. " discussed.
‘Tt was: décided: ‘that: a public re-
‘ception i in ‘the: auditorium. will: ue.
held in ‘honor of Messrs. -MeBride
and: Bowser, to give: ‘all: “citizens a
chance to méet the leaders: of. the
“tis ex

the first week i in ‘July:

“Te was thought’ -best that ‘Sain

~ | ples ¢ of ore should be. brought to-.
ar gether. a the Vancouver show.

80: that the’ time allowed is- none|!

we too long: "Remarkable as was. the

" Pastengets onthe ‘mail, steam-
“ship Dora, which: arrived ‘at: Se
a “ward: -yeaterday.’ after: passing'| ‘
_ through the hail: of, ashes: when |!
the eruption was: at its “height, |'

“awesome spectacles...) 0%
.. The first evidence that the. vol:
. ~ eano was preparing to freé itself,
_of the rocks and lava that choked)
sits throat after. long years of- in-,
“activity: came’ early "Thursday,
when: the’ lalla Peningula. was

eae ‘the ee WAS - in

ial the earth:

“Tale

“are buried: under'a foot.of ‘ashes

da the.result-of the eruption of

@ al Volcano, beginning on

_Touradey atternons and nce
No liv

A BE. the ‘volcano
fteted indescribably,

and var Island: vile af

exhibit Of Hazelton ores last | year,
and ‘the. fause of considerable.
en es

The revenue: ‘outter ’ ' Manning
was in port at Kodiak when the
eruption . -began: “and - » furnished
refuge for all thé: inhabitants Of
the: “town, ‘five’ hundred men,
women and. ‘children i in all, doubt-
leas saving: Many’ ves,"
Manning: is now serving distilled
“water. and government, rationg to |”
the destitute. pedple, ’ the “water
supply haying: been polluted :and
f| the aprings. filled’ ‘with ashes

seoolet in this viene

impossible : at this time to
imate, ithe Togs. of: property.

d by the’ noxious

‘June 14: ‘The coal fa

~- VANCOUVER: FAIR |

‘aftamnoon ‘ab ey meetin the’ “matters :
a of the’ entertainment of the’ ae :

during :

Mountain
“| property, is intown,.”

gamation. of ‘toal ‘interests * 4 the
Groundhog district was ‘announ-
ced by-Amos, Godfrey on- his: 6-
turn from Vancouver, early i in ‘the
week, ‘The well-konwn operator
informed: The Miner - that,. under
the » name. of. : Amalgamsted

Groundhig| Anthracite “Coal Byn-

dicate, a carabination had been
effected including the following
interests:

Prudential Tnvastin nit 00%,
‘Vancouver; wat ;

‘Canadian Mining. Operators
Vancovver;

H.C: Gordon; ‘Vanesuver;

RK. “Lindsay, Vancouver!
a A, ‘Skelhorne, Hazelton. .

It. is regarded as probable. that
other. Jarge. interests, will, BOC ibe
~lineluded in” the - - merger,
area included i in: the: ‘holdings if

= = TN TIN
= OF GROUNDHOG ANTHRACITE

: a= Many Interests, ‘Controlling Large. ‘Areas. of
-|:* Goal Land on: Skeena River, Combine to!-
Develop Their Claims-—-Executive Stal and
Experts Leave ‘fc Field. ,

a .

Mr Godfrey, who fi ia: managing :

director. of the: :Amalgamated,. ‘ia
how on’ the’ ‘trail “to. -Grouridhog,
‘accompanied by ‘two noted ‘ coal
experta, George. 'W.* Evang" and
‘Gustave ‘Grosstnan, “with: ae C.
Taylor and « BeooNE: “[owenthal;
their assistants. ° They: will make
a thorough examination: ‘of the

field, and will ‘also'‘report ‘on the.

‘B.C. Anthracite holdings, whieh |.
ere, also” uniderMr, Godfrey's

{/eharee, Frank. ‘A. Jackson. ‘being

{field 1 managet, with ‘Je A. Ghallo-|
‘ner.as foreman. .

FB: Chettleburgh: wil) hével®

immediate: ‘charge of the Amal- |
gamated ‘field, “opetaitions,:" “and
‘with a large’ crew of men expects
‘to have a great. deal of work done}
before: the summer is over.
large-pack train accompanies:

the | ‘party Of new-men who will):
Sixty |

Join ea working foree, °
vill: be: employed, during
ti

Mines upper ‘vein has. gorie“110
feet. At 76 feet a'new.shost: of

countered, .... Assays... returned

continues -throughout. the. adrift;

ing consistent: values,:: The prop-
erty ‘is proving. it: value as de-
velopment proceeds. ‘ ao

h new or Ath of galena ore is re
‘ported by Roy Ridsdale: and. G.
R. Gore, who returned on., Tuesy
‘day. from : Morice- river, .| Near.
‘Owen lake, about: ‘twenty ‘miles
from'the railway, they. have .lo-|

state, there’ are: at: least four
veins. .
‘day's prospecting, the veins,:they
say, show from 21-2 to § feet,
wide, carrying. galena cand cars:
| bonate:.dres; Assays” ‘indicate
that: the ore ‘carries. unusually
high: beéreentages of tedd. This
‘i discovery,: taken: ‘with ° others

previous y. yeported | from* the.

same part-of the district, tend to
show. that: the . Morice, river. sec:
tion is-going to' become known i in
the-near. future as a! good miner-
al. district... Dr" Wrinch and Be

find, |

‘ing his personal ‘attention to “the
development of the:: Hudson Bay.
Mining » Company's
; ‘He’ states.
that the contractors dre. working:
‘three shifts in the tunnel, which
| has been driven. 45° ‘feet,
progress is" being de. | The
‘|tunnel, which .is a diagonal éross-
cut, is ‘to be 400 feet: ‘long, andj 4453
upper vein, Snow did not, inter-.
fere with the work. «A new tra
from Chicken Lake i is now being:
peonstructed, . . . BS

es

gon. 16 showing |?

H
| neling, lone. we

ie north drift on. the. Harris | »

ore, of fine appearance,. was: en-|
valueg of $141 per ton. The ‘ora]"

varying “in width--\from- six ‘to ami
forty-two’ inches, and ‘maintain-|

cated five claims, on which, they].

_As exposed: by: a Pall ;

H. and Charles Hicks Beach ‘are!|’
said: to be Antergeted. in, the, latest :.

aes Freight ‘Schedule |

, vi ive} ots
E G. Stil, M. E., who Js si A ‘freight : train , ‘tehedile has

will give 800 feet of backs ‘on thet

| appearance of :
yours Kispiox rancher ale ha

t, On Four-|"
feet of tun

4 Malloch; -of the. genlopical

survey, arrived from’ ‘Ottawa”on

days toresume hia* examination

of the. renal * fields vof the Upper
Skeena:: .

“Hadette: ‘the: ‘hydraulic
il ni, who has large inter-
ta ‘at Mangon’ creek, «:being..as-

sociated with: G, W: Otterson, |

artived: on: Thursday”: “and: will
_ [leave ‘in a-day or two for, the Om-
:. » [ineca river camp. -, ss

“Phil Hankin is on his: ‘way. to
the: Surprise‘group, the. Hudion} 55
‘Bay. mountain property on which |

native silver. was discovered. Jast]

fall; .:-He ‘will - prepare ‘for -the’

‘coming of the Tretheweys, “who

have an. option on theclaims.

; Hugh Grant Dead os,
Mining’ Recoider Kish) this

 altetnoon received a” telegram
fronm Wrangell, Alaska, annouge-
ring’ the death'there this morning.
“of Hugh‘ “Grant,. well” known:
here as-a pioneer of the: Omin-
ca ‘River placer camps, The’
cause of death was a paialytic.
attoke,, the fifth Mr. Grant’ had
suffered. -

been | ‘arranged ” by the.G.-T, PB

providing for solid-freight. trains

leaving - Prince Rupert ori. Mon-
‘days and ‘Thursdays, The‘ first];

ood} train arrived at. Skéena Crossing
‘on ‘Thuraday’. evening, with 200

tons. of general freight for Hazel-|
| Phe. Injander: brought © 100
tone: up this morning, .and ‘lett

ij | after~.unloading “to: bring . the
-balanea of: the: trainload.: :
: Anhouticed that the boat’ will now
7 handle freight regalatiy: a.

a |. -Samda Dier § ig étigaged in pre-} fe
-\Miminary® development work on |

te it] the - Topsy, : the Bri |
-everyor @ would. ‘be on "P Ys adjoining:

“It dg;

veatigation ft flite the, di
Louis Johnaon, th

been Been sin
ii thé Bulkley slows

of ‘of. accidental:

‘Thursday and will leave in afew’

of the Empire.” sere

‘Naval al Poliey on Reta
~~ Ottawa: ‘Premier “Borden
told a- deputation “af ~’busittess {|
men that the ‘naval: policy of.
the government would ‘be. an-.
‘noiinced on’ his — return ‘from
Great Britain. :

Expert Thinks Highly
of Bulkley Valley

. (Special to The Miner) a
Vancouver, : -duné 14:—In : ‘an

jarticle. e-published here . today, Re}
D. Pontifex, F, RC. TL, pays. al

high tribute to. ‘the fertility. of}
the soil in the Bulkley valley. and} -

to. the climatic and “other con-

ditions prevailing in that district.
He is enthusiastic over-its future
and declares the. settler will be
amply répaid,

‘The rains of the last ~ days
have: raised the river water to a

point near the highest 1 for the

season,

PREMIER MANES PLAN
STATEMENT OF OPINION

Canada Willing to Share Brit-|
ain’s Troubles and, Take
*Part as Britons.

7 “(Bpectal to ‘The ‘Miner)

" Vietoria,. June 14:-At. the. res bie
janest. of the: Montreal. Star, Sit
Richard. McBride‘has : preparéd a

tatément. OD, the, naval quest a)
“tha

“rat

opinion. “simply. ‘asa “Canadian |

bound upin his country’ 8 welfare,
the premier says: that” since. the
Dominion proposes ta spend enor-
mous sumson the improvement
of its Atlantic and~ Pacific: porta

it would be but common sense Ao!

ensure the safety of these ports

by Seeing that thére is a: naval

force’ ready: ta: defend ‘such valu:
lable properties.

. en ‘from: this altogether,” |

: MeBride~’ ‘adds; | - “Canada,
sould fully expect to take. her

part in any imperial ‘burdens - it|!

the ease should demand it. -
“The: plan: proposed by \Sir]”

Wilfrid Laurier, who said, in ef- on
fect, that it was “possible - ‘for;
England to be at war and Canada!”

at peace, is one that has never
been: taken’ seriously by the
Canadian, people. I'am satisfied
that the concerisus of public opin-
jon’ in Canada’ is® “strongly econ-
demnatory’ of this theory. of
Lauriet’s. “England's wars and
troubles. ara alsd_ ours, and. we
will never hesitate - to: take our
part “as: loyal’. Britons. in’ ‘the
maintenance and strengthening

“(Special to The Miner) |
Vancouver, ‘June “15: R. Ge
McConnell, the noted geologist-of
the Geological Survey of Canada,
is: here from’ Ottawa, and will
leaveina few days for the’ north,
to undertake a geological: exam:|
‘ination ‘along ‘the G,.T..P, from | +
Prince: ‘Rupert to” “Aldermere.
‘Some ‘ot the results“or: his ‘work |
will he: “published ‘in ‘an® official

: zh aid |aeat oF
vést_by Corner Stephehsoti ‘aped:: i
che: uty. which Sonal om ry ore ale See ere ee

MeConnell Coming Here -

bo sata

King HonorsBritish Columbia =

_ by Conferring Knighthood.
. on McBride. cae

YOUNGEST INTHE EMME

Several Other Canadians Named i in List

of Birthday Honors—Premier Receives:
Many Congratulations When News of ‘
Preferment Reaches Victoria.

“London, “June 13: “Among: the -
hénors ‘awarded to. mark ‘the
King’s birthday, as announced’

tonight, were knighthoods.for
Hon. Richard McBride, premier .

‘of British Columbia; and: Hon. R:

P, Roblin, premier of “Manitoba.
Each receives thetitle'of Knight
Commander of thé Order of: St..."
John - =
McDougall, of the customa de- -

Michael and St. George. -

partment, and Prof... James -
Macoun, of the department of
‘mines, are created Companions of
the sand order: Joseph Dubue,
lately chief justice ‘of Manitoba,

jis created a Knight Bachelor.

. Vietoria,. June 14:—The prem-

ier today . was. the. rec-pient, of. -

many. congratulations on his. éle- 4
vation to knighthood. Sir Richard, woot

. fas he-will"henceforth be. address- :

~ probably. ‘the oungest ;
inti

ug
iti is contrary, to” ‘dll tradition fora’ °:
‘presidential candidate ‘to be even :
near a nominating ‘convertion, “it:

is bélieved by-his friends. that’.

Theodore Roosevelt will shatter.

precedent and will personally’ at-.. : os

tend the. Republican: convention ~

here next Tuesday.” It is freely” ae

prophesied © ‘that. his ‘appearance |.
will stampede: thé convention in -
his favor,” “Friends of - President 7

Taft, however, feel” sure.’ ‘of se. .
Siring the norination - of . their
“The contest, is per-". ©
haps the most bitter ‘in. the’ his Joe
| tory of the party. oe = a .

candidate, -

Feil Into: Bank |

’ (Special to The atiner) ;
Vancouver, June - 12: —L A...

Van : ‘Horne, © who “arrived chere . ~

yesterday | from - Hazelton, ' fell.
twenty-five . feet ‘through:. the -
skylight . of the ‘Cordova:street -
branch of ‘the Royal Batik’. last
night; ‘sustaining several’ ‘broken -
ribs and. other injuries, He’ wag
taken to the gerieral hospital anid
‘vill recover, Shortly.’ after re:
tiring in the adjoining hotel; Van
| Horne climbed out, of his window.

Jand fell through tho ‘unobserved: we

skylight. His object ° ‘in “getting. :
out of the window is not: ‘known,

‘but it is believed it’ was! an-in- — -

notent: prank, or that he “Wished
to gait a view ‘from the: “bank
Poof, - :

“y

© P. R Spends 3 Milde a
Montréal. : Si
Thonias Shaug sey. sh ab
the work of: double-tracking the :
CG. P,.R. in British Columbi .

guide hook,’ ‘to be’ 2ysered  ve
time for the: Jpteriatonal