HAZELTON, ‘B. ces SATURDAY, JANUARY, 1 “1918:

Million . Dollars; Surpassing Yield of Best Previous Year
- By Good Margin, According to Preliminary Report of}

ha inary estimate of British Co-

““Iuimbia’ F) mineral production dur-
“ing 1912 has just been completed,
and” indicates—as forecasted by.
the: Prime Minister in: ‘his New

viet Year's miessage—a bréaking of

‘all - records for this. industry i in
-Britiah Columbia, . both as.to out-
~pplit: quaritities and values. As
_ to'the former, ‘the: figures show

* “totals « for’ ‘the - year of ‘240,000

‘aunces gold: (iricluding both lode
Vand" ‘placer productions) ; 2,900,-
00: ‘ounces | silver; “88,000, a00

a “pounds ‘lead: 51,000, 000 ‘pounds
head copper; . "8,888,500 pounds’ zine;

2, 650, 000 tons. (of 2,240 pounds)
eon]; "and ‘264, 000 tons coke. ‘The:
vs al of the” ‘placer gold ‘paved.
_ within the. Province : during’. the
“year. under. _Teview.-is; “plaged: -at

c 000, aid that ofthe. gold -pro-

tion: from quartz $4,960, 000-~
‘a total: sfor™ the: ‘most. precious
‘tietal of, $5,460, 000. “In een the|«

{907 in money value;

for 1912;

oF

former-of $74, 000 and i in the lat-
ter of $285,287. ‘Silver ‘produc-

ounces in the quantity and $717,-
the - lead
produet is increased by ‘11,127,-
603 pounds, ‘ representing $450,-
479; the copper output has leaped |*

‘ponds, . representirig $8, 766, 856]

5,865, 456 pounds i in. quantity and

more. than trebled. -within. the| |
twelvé-month; and e coal and coke
despite. industrial troublés* ‘which
have materially. reduced. ‘the ‘out-
put: ‘of : ‘Vaneoiiver Island collier-|_
ies, ~ “gairied” in’ ‘quatitity © 654, 983
long tons. and $1, 990,708 in value.

_ The toté money worth: of, Brit-|.- .

ight Columbia’ ’s mineral pr duetion:
both ‘precious: and: ‘econ n<

= = aR
|” DEATH SHOCKS MANY.”

engineering staff, has returned
from’ a vacation tip. to Seattl ee

we regret ‘The: Miner, chron: |
e ‘death: ‘of: “Mark. Care, |"

away. will come aga shock to
sno friends throughout the!
He: was, spending the

sar with-friends- in: the. east,

|was “telegraphed the: announce-

we ment: of his: ‘death.’ “No' particu. .

slate have: as yet. been received,
= ‘Mark Care was a a pioneer pros-

nt | missed i ‘in the: ia strict which: she

"Tit ‘to. develop,

lower coast cities,

.|a gain being thus recorded‘ in the} -

tion. - shows: a gain ‘of 1, 007, 383 |

from 86,927,656. to” 51,000, 000)

in value: the” zine producti ion of |.
last year exceeds’ ‘that of: 1911 by|

$872, 408. in--worth, both’ having |

[news Of whose unexpected, pass-|", '

” t = Charlotte
plans for extensions. of the BOV-| 5
ernment telegraph and telephone Roce

ROL, DEgville is” visiting the

J. A. Riley is at viosent, in
| Pasadena, California. :

Jack Wratfall: came - a

from Telk <Wwa on Tuesday.

D. Fr Carmichael has ‘returned
from, a visit to Vancouver. ;

R. i. ‘McDonell left « on. Phure-
‘day for a visit to: ‘Victoria. ——

“we i. Lamaer has returned
from a visit to Vancouver. . 7 : :

L i: DeVoini ig: spending afew|
days in the Bulkley Valley...

is a Sinith, of Teikewa, “has
gone to Vancouver, on business,

A liandsome railway station ‘als
being erected at South Hazelton.

Wr. i. O'Neill
Saturday from a visit” to Van
couver ae . . ole:

Jocal’ natives . next’ week, for. al:
potlateb. ae

‘Jamed. “Stenhouse returned: ‘ony
Wednesday from’ a vacation: tip
to: Vancouver: ee

: ek 0. Jeniiings, of
_| visitors i in Hadelton:

He ‘OL Tibbals, of. the’ G. T. P.

‘Jobn Quinlaven: lett on: Thurs-

¥:, |day for a visit to.his.old home’ in

| Ottawa, . which’ he' hag. not seen
fo 9 years, ce

|ton board ‘of trade - will’ be - held
on. | Tuesday : evening’ next, in the
rooms over’ the drug store,

Asher ‘Cowan, ‘superintendent
of the Rocher. de- Boule, returned
on: “Wednesday: front ao holiday
;| trip to his home at Salt Lake,

“Relatives are. ‘anxious to ‘find
Julius Lawler, ‘formerly: of. Ha-
| gelton. on - Information will . be

My By lady forvarded by The Miner.

‘in Queen
preparing

Thorne: is‘
-Islands,, .

le “AS

“retired. onl’ :

a property.

twenty. acres”

| pert,’ was ‘ond, . of : ‘the week'a| Th

~ After'a three-monthe’ “stay” in| ‘K to the ewenmer,
the. ‘lower “Coast. cities,’ We. A. [wise es en . 7
Sproule’ returned to town - on “

Wednesday: x oa we,

The annual meeting of - Hazel: ;

LOCAL AND: DISTRICT NEWS NOTES -

‘to meet ‘Mee: Adems' and: their

7 little daughter, who have’. been

vigiting i in Vancouver,

William Baker, of. New Hazel
ton;" a brother of Mra,’ GC.
Hatley, died. at the hospital on

: Friday, of pneumonia. He. hid

bed ill only afew days.

R, L, Gale, J. PR, of ‘telkwa,

route’ to the eoast. He: ‘will visit

; New: ‘York, and on his return will

be accompanied “by his younger |
brother, Vourtney Gale, who will]

oe locate at Telkwa, boos, _—

aN patrons of ‘Hazelton. Hos:
pital should make it a point. to
attend the annual meeting, which
will be held at. the Hospital. on

. the evening of Thursday, January

An interesting ‘eport will
te presente. a

Jack ‘and: Pete Carr spent .a

‘couple of days i in town; returning

to: ‘the: Carr. ranch’ today. “the

pi {Cate brothers are. planning ‘a
Kispiox Indians will join’ the {hydro-electrie plant to be instal-

led: on “their Canyon Creek |

‘The clearing eontractors have

completed their: work. on another

“ot. the © “South:
lagelton:. townsite, éhich TOW,

ta: : Firesents an attractive. appearance

“Vita ‘first. appeatance ast week.
-/ The: ‘Tribune: ig 8: bright’: little

shest, whieh’ will: make" “good if}

Jo its anhounced ‘policy ig “ adhered |:

“The Miner extends: its ‘good

“The: railway - ‘bridge, ‘over - the

“"hMtad creek gulch. was finished on.

Friday... ‘The traveler i is now be-
ing’. ‘taken - down,’ ‘and. itris ex-
n |eete that.on Monday. the track-
‘jlayer will. be ‘at: work * again. |

| gfeel will atone be laid to

Porphyry. creek, where: ‘another
big bridge is to: be. built: ais
bridge will: “be. completed.

about. two. monthg, after’ whieh

more rapid progress will be ‘made, |.
and there is no doubt’ the - ‘steel |

will be laid well into. the : Bulkley |
before spring opens, ° so a

Prominént Pioneer Dead .
New Westminster, ’ Jane Ty]:
The death occurred here today of

bien’ a resident of this.

wag ‘in town on Wednesday, ° enf:

SN GUN “A-NOOT
: WAS IN xsPiny a

day's s- local. option - rate. .
" dry’? organization, won’ twenty- &

Neil McGillivray, father-of Lady :
McBride, wife of. the: ‘premier, ne
|He was. 88 yearyof age, a native .
of Inverneis, Seotland,’. ‘and: ‘has nore

SEVERELY

“ISIS STORNS AND
GOL WEATIER

Beginning of New Year Marked by. Havoc-Creating Atmos- -

-pheric Disturbancés--.Steamer Founders i in B, Cc Harbor oe

-_ - With. Loss of Four. Lives—Another Wrecked i in n Columbia 7 io
_. River, Drowning Twenty-nine a | oo os

From all points’ of the ‘gompass|
come reports of: Severe storms,
reaulting an * great: damage to
property... On. the Atlantic: and
Pacifie coasts gales ‘have caused
numerous wrecks, with eonsider-
able. loss of life. . Wednesday’ r
snowstorm was the: only, ‘share!
this diatrict had in’ the ° ‘general |:
disturbance. -

winter i in. Hazelton...”

- Vancouver, Jan. 8: A wireless

TNs despatch ‘states - ‘that ~ -that ° the

steamer Cheslakee, of the- ‘Union
line, foundered .at the. wharf at
Van-Anda,. Texada Island, “four
lives being lost, - Those drowned

were « Miss.- Mary. Pepper, aged

Bi): “school teacher: cate Manson’ 8
Landing; » ‘Mrs.

~laged 30; school teticher ‘at- Lund;

Jack. Courtriey; logger, and Sun
Lung,’ Chinese ebook,” “Many. of
the -Passengers - ‘pinid: ‘crew: had |
thrilling” _ escapes: ‘from: “death:
Seventeen “passengers. ‘were left

Ve ida; ‘the reat “cortiing to

“ _|Yaseanen.

: An. open ah, ‘chute and. the

The last two days drow
have been: the coldest’ of: the

gale a are supposed te have: been
xeésponaible: for the disaster. The
Cheslakee, which: was built in
Belfast. in. 1910, can- easily be

investigate. the’ occurrence, -

-: Portland, Jan. 8 B—Twenty-
nan fa crew of. thirty-five were
in'th wreck. of the’ oil’
steamer Rosecrar

the Columbia river’ yesterday:.
‘|The vessel was bound: ‘from’ Mon- |

eargo of oil. ;
caréer.of disaster ever.since sha |
was launched thirty years ago ds
the Methven: Castle, of Glasgow. |
Captain Johnston went. ‘down in’
her, after three | previous wrecks,
in none of. which t was he _Fespon-

sible, won oe

Ella. Simpson, “Des. ‘Angeles, Tan,” B: — The mo

three ‘days’ cold snap. experienced:

throughout California; : has been ~

the worst in: thirty: ‘years. Trees”
and. ‘fruit: “have ; been. frozen. in’
many’ “part of: the: orange helt,

It is. estimated | by “the. growers -

that. this year’s crops: of: coranges
and lemone will. sustain-a-loss:-0
‘lat least ‘thirty: million” dollars, 5

| threé-fifths ¢ of’ its value,: cao

“ Sitnon .Gun-a-Noat- the thidtan!.
outlaw, -who - has ‘undoubtedly |

~ | kept.in touch with the Indians of
. Kispiox, | visited ‘the: village ~ a

short time age. : Heavily. armed,
he called on, Rev. R.. W. Lee” ‘for
Toney due him as a. shareholder
in the Indian. sawmill ‘ayndicate.

Advised by Mr. Lee to. surrender.

to the authorities, ‘Simon appar-|
ently: gave the’ matter considera-|
tion, but declined to give himself
‘Op,’ and- disappeared: AS | he. had
come. ‘

° Dry: Towns in n Ontario 7
“Toronto, Jan, 8:

‘J out Ontario as: a: ‘result
~ iPhe|P

nine . contests. «
thé’ Liberal’ leader, a adv
abolition, of bars, we

sect WIN FOR

_AAELTON TEAM

Ae ‘New "Htavelton: “this - atter-
noon. ‘the. ‘Hazelton hockey’ team.
defeated the homie- ‘Beven in ‘the .
secénd game of .the. Ross’ Cup...
series, by. three. goals to twa,
The play Was’ closer: ‘and. some-
what rougher: than i in. last Satur-
day's game. « Beans oo

“Sealers Ask More: Money

- Ottawa, Jan. vi Gg ‘He Barn-
ard, Mm. Pi. Of Vie toria, ou ‘behalf
of the seat hunters’ of the” B, = ¢

4 coast; i is ‘asking the governn

; for, the eet of. a ‘Toyal
= —Seventy.t bars t ommis s10N.:

will be wiped out in May through-| aes id'u

‘of, Mon:

raised, Captain Robertson, agent
of the marine department, will

ingon a-bar in ~

terey, Cal.,” to Portland, with a “
She. has had a.