THE OMINECA MINER, SATURDAY, MARCA 4, 1916

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The Omineca Miner
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GREAT OMINECA District oF BRITISH COLUMBIA, ~~~

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VoL. V. SATURDAY, Marcu 4, 1916. , No, 2!

The decisive defeat of Hon. C. E. Tisdall in the Vancouver by-
election last Saturday was a great surprise to the Conservative
party, and nearly as much a surprise to the opposition; for while

. the Liberals, naturally, claimed that ‘their candidate would be
returned, not even the most sanguine dared to predict such an.
overwhelming majority as the final count showed,.

There ig seldom much use in attempting to explain a defeat, but

recognize the causes of the turnover i in the provincial metropolis.

The defeated candidate attributes the result to a combination of ering as agent for James D. A. Me-

_ hard times and a desire for an opposition in the legislature, No BiB, intend, sixty days from, the

date hereof, to apply to the Mining
doubt these reasons weighed with many, for bard times always tell| Recorder fora Certi

of Omineca District,

slope of Mount Selwyn, about eight
in this instance, with a general election coming, itis important to milea below. Findlay Rapids on the
South Bank of Peace River

portunity t' furnish ‘the world:

silver, lead; copper, zine, mercury,

the policy of the banks and of
the governments, both Dominion

altered, and more encouragement
given to the developrnent of the
natural wealth, so that. citizens
would not be forced to go te
other countries for capital to ex-
ploit Canadian industries and ‘so
allowing, as at present, their
ownership to pass out of Canada,

MINERAL ACT

Certificate of . Improvements”

_ NOTICE -
THREE IN ONE MINERAL CLAIM,

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situate in the Omineea Mining Division

Where located—Qn the South-West

with iron and: steel, as well as:
the more precious metals, gold, .

antimony, molybdenum, ete. But}

and provincial, he added, must be |

TAKE NOTICE that I, F. P. Burden,
Free Miner’s Certificate No.

for th bt:
against the gavernment; and there are few on either side of polities rents, Grant of ee coe ghtaining a

who do not admit that a lively opposition in the house is desirable,

charges of laxity i in connection with the Dominion Trust failure—| 191

cate of Improve-

the above claim,
And further take notice that action,

under section 37,. must.be commenced |
But these reasons alone are not sufficient to account for the defent t| before the issuance of such Certificate

of so able and popular a member as Mr. Tisdall, We belive the! °f:!mprovements.

Dated this lat day of J anuary, A.D,
6. 21-35

which hit. Vancouver so hard—found the electorate in a mood to
. believe the worst against the government, while thé ministerial
campaign, embodied in the notorious pamphlet, ‘The Crisis in B. C, an
had a greater effect than was expected by members of the govern-

ment, whose defence apainst the allegations of the parsons was nat]

given the same publicity as the charges. The Lucas’ Jifel suit ;

demonstrated the falsity of one portion of the manifesto, but] NOTICE OF CANCELLATION

otherwise little was done to present the government side of the].
case to the public,

Fortunately for the mini industry of the rovinee, Hon, | the reserve existing on Lot No, 8534A,
y 40 ne ¥ P Range 5, Coast District, by’ reason ofa

Lorne Campbell, Minister of, mines, was returied in Rosstand, |,

although by. a smal] majority, His opponent, the mayor of the Gazette on the 26th of May, 1910, is

city, was undoubtedly § the strongest candidate the opposition could reveled for ne Tee are sale of
' Railway Company. . vs
In Victoria today Hon. A. C. Flumerfelt, minister of finance | 26-84

put up,

“and agriculture, is opposed by H. C. Brewster, the Liberal leader,
and the day will tell whether similar conditions will bring about. a
repetition of the result in’ Vancouver,

Department of Lands,

OF RESERVE =;
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that

otice published 4 in the British Columbia

R, A. RENWICK, |
Deputy Minister of Lands.

Victoria, B,C, oO
February 15th, 1916.

MINING IN B.C. | manufacturing, cheap fael and
_ Alexander Sharp, M. E., de-| water power are required, and |
livered an able address at Van-| British Columbia has these in
couver on “The Mineral Wealth abundance, ~
of British Columbia,” Mr Sharp, . ‘Seventy- six billion tons of coal j-
who is. a pioneer among mining are known to exist in ‘this proy-|
engineers of this’ province, "said: ince,and water power, the cheap-

“With only 20 per cent of the| est’ form of power known, -is Pr the matter of Peace River and all.

mineral hearing area of the prov- illimitable,”? he added. - “Tron, 80 |/
ince. prospected, there have been ‘indispensible in alt forms . of
found in British Columbia as rich industry, is known to exist in|
and as great'mines as there are] inexhaustible quantities, but- has.
_ in the world. Nevertheless con-!so far been undeveloped, with
. ditions are not satisfactory,” since| the exception ‘of a ‘deposit on
~ nearly all the Mines are owned Texada Island, which a few years}
by companies whose headquarters ago shipped 20,000 tons to Wash-|
are outside of Canada, _Among/ington; which - was. used: in the
these are the Britannia, Granby, construction of the. battleships |
B, C. Copper Co., and Nickel Nebraska and Oregon,’’ '

deaviest, @dld_ producer in the! by- -prodiscts of coal,no attention to] to

- province, ‘All of ‘these were which was now being paid in the| Merch, i916, to the . Comptroller ‘ of
originally owned in British Col-’ Province,and compared our meth.| Water Rights, at “the “Parliament
Buildings, .. at. Victoria,- 2 Btatement

umbia, -and were sold out | to/ ods .with. those ployed in, Ger- | 7

of.
American. interests. for. a ‘mess many and the nited - States;

Pr
- sible for- financing. the construe: ‘distillation of being transformed |.,

_ tion of many-of the best baildings, into -coloring’ “material: in - 800) ¢
in Spokane.

of (humiber ‘of explosives; chemicals

‘and drags: were. xtracted : ‘from: for
the’ coal,

o TAKE NOTICE that each arid. every
| person, ‘partnership, company, or muni-
Plate, the first three being cop-|  Mr.- Sharp - went. thoroughly. piballty who, on the 12th day at Baveh,

1909, -had-water rights .on-any: of the
per producers and -the last. the|into the matter of conservinyr the above-mentioned serena, io directed

different: shades, beside a large}, selin toto ff

WATER ACT, 1914.”

Before the Board of Kivestization.

its tributaries within the Province of.
" British Columbia, ‘ineluding - Black
Jack Gulch, Finlay | River, Germangen
Creek, Getmansen Lake, Lost’ Greek,
Loat Lake, Lyon Creek, Manson or
Sawmill Creek, Manson River, Mill
Creek. “Mosquito: Gulch, ‘Omineca
River, Parsnip River, Quartz Creek,
Silver Creek, Tom : Creek, Vital
Creek, and Whittier Creek, :

forward on or-before the Mat. day of

claim in: writing . as. required -by

section 204 of the’ ‘*Wateér “Act; 1914,""|'
of pottage.’ In addition to these | where sulphate of ammicnia, now | Printed: “forms” for-‘ such-’ statement

‘? are the -leading mines ‘of Ross-/ worth $76 per ton ‘as'a‘fertilizer, | (Porm 50 for irrigation, or Form. 61. for .
land, which haye produced $60,- and coal. tat, which, ‘aside from ae oe ie bo obtuined from,
(00,000 td date, and are. ‘Fespon-its natural value, was-capable by'| p. Shek ns ~ Recorders: dn ne

revises! oon

“Hizelton i is. situated ; at ;
. the confluence. of the”

| Bulkley: and: ‘Skeena

a -tivers, a’ mile and: a

Enauiis may ay bea

dressed. to. ak

The he Babee Pal Point iE
for the Great Northern

+ Prospectors, Miners, :
_ Landseekers, Surveyors 7
and Sportsmen will find oe
the ‘merchants of Hae |

zelton prepared to meet

every requirement " in o

- gutfitandsupplies, Hay- op ;

ang, been engaged. for
“many years in outfitting
- partied for the Northern, ”
* Interior; Hazelton busi
ness men ‘are qualified
to give valuable advice |
and assistance: to new- -

Comers. :

- “quarter from Hazelton»
_ ‘station on the Grand
| Trunk Pacific railway:

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