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NEW HAZELTON, B. C, WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 27, 1929

Great Changes

Nine Mile Mountain by
- the Silver Cup Mining Co.

“Some: five ihonths | ago the
visited. the Silver Cup
Nine’ Mile mountain.

mine, The cook honse was in use and
the bunk honse was ‘about half up. °

‘ Lnst week end the writer again vis-
a wonderful lot of

ited, the praperty,
work had, been done in the meantime.

What a change has been brought about

in that short time. Today there is

coinpleted mili on the sit that waa on-

ly a . rough and uninviting hill side.

rough, muddy and full of great stumpy
‘The mill- in Ame of the most up to date
It has‘a capacity of

in the pro ‘nee.
sixty tous, per day, and with the char-
neter of fire to be handled, will turn
out thon! sixteen tons of concentrates
The recov. ery, of the metals will be 100
per cert efficient and the stock hold.
ers wit yet 100 per returns,

Ay ‘stated before in these colimus,
the'ove is handled by gravity from the
time it-leaves the mine until the con-
eéntrates are inthe truck ready to
start down the hill to the sailway.
A 2000 foot tram carries the ore to the

‘top of the mill and from there it goes
* by shoots and endless belts to the big
€onrse crusher, thence to the rolls and
on to the seperator and then into the
flotation tanks and on to the: drier.

It finally drops into bins at the bot-.

tom of. the mill’ from where it will Bo}
through a -skoot ‘inte the trueks. Of
course there are a number of other
things happen to the ore during its
progress through the mill. which Mc-
Taggart, boss of the‘mfll, knows about
ind can talk about, but which would
not be comprehensible to the lay man
If he did hear it in detail,

The mill gets its water supply from
it creek which comes from some place
up the mountain and -runs below’ the
‘Yinill, The supply is adequate for all
preset piixposes and a very complete
system has been installed throughout
the mill and down to the. power house.
The water supply fer the eninp is ob-
- tuned from another souree.
Power for the plant is supplied by
two oil burning engines, one 175 h. -p.
nud the other 75 h, p. ‘These angines
run a generator which supples the
necessary power to the yayions mo
tofs attached to the different machines
Bach unit of the mill is
separately. controled, The responsi-
hility for the“power ond the smooth
running of the machinery to capacity
rests upon Walter Pease and he ap-
INtrenthy knows his job. He ds. pro-.
ducing results.
Bverything ubout the mill and. the

the iaximum returns with the Jeast

ade for increasing the enpacity of
the mill or adding any new device thnt
night further inerease the efficiency,
and without disturbing any of the pre-
xent plant. Along one side of the mill
building ts an electric skip that will
hnil all suppies.for the mine to the
top of the mill.and from there they arc
to be loaded into the tram’ buckets 4 and
tuken up the hill. we
The uilll, power house and camp are

nll lighted ‘by electricity, and a steam.

“writer
property on
At that time the
company bad just about finished clear-
ing the site for the mill that was to he
erected to hnundle the ore from the

vices in’ New. Hazelton church, on
day niorning’ and Mrs. Wright will
duvet them in Hazelton Sunday evens
Rev. Mr, Wright is golng to’ Cedarvale,

next “Thesday afternoon at 3.80.

Made | on

the Asay office, a very necessary ad.
junet to the property. |
. The. first ore was put through the
big crusher last week and the first of
this ‘Week. the rolls were started and
turned out a very fine grade of, mill
feed ready for the ball mill. By the
second day of this week ore would. bd
put through that stage of the opera-
tian and by the end of the present
week there will be a very high grade
of concentrates Tendy for shipment.
Two thousand or more feet above
the mill-a crew of miners are busy
getting ant ore to feed the mill, As
to ‘the supply of ore there is ample for
a1 long term of years and“of a grade
that will make the stock-holders: hap-
Dy when the dividends come round

-W.B. Dornberg, the man responat-
ble for the development of the Silver
Cup to its present stage, will arrive
on Wednesday night and proceed to
the Property on Thursday. He will -be
there for’the final testing of the plant
and to wateh the first concentraes
drop into the bottom bin, -He will be
aronnd the property for some little
time and before he gees to open up a
new property he has in the south ceen-
tral part of the province, he will see
the Silver Cup on the way to a profit-
making enterprise, _
Bringing the Silver Cup to its pre-
sent stage wos no small job. It took

part of the man who was supplying
the finances and on the part of the
jmen who did the acctual work, Nine
Alle Ineuntain {s a new country, -ex-
cept to prospectors. It did not have
a -vory good name ag a winter pleasurd
resort. There was n road that was
a rond in name only. A pack horse
mny have been taken over in safety,
ut the program of flevelopment call-
ed for -antos, tricks and catipivars.
The road had to be widened and that
called for a lot of expensive rock
work. The work was done, Half r
hundred tons of machinery and sup-
Dlies have been taken in, many thous-
ands of feet of Inmber have gone Ix
ind there his been but little delay or
acenunt of transportetion. It is truc
the weather man was exceptionally
good this year and his favorable con-
sideration partly off set the diffleuli-
es put in the way of easy trausporta-
tion hy the late government in closing
down the Hagwilget bridge and eaus-
ing erent extra: expense in getting in
machinery and supplies. Had it been
Known that that bridge was going to
be closed it is donbtfal if any. ~wark ‘on
the Silver mp would have been un-
dev taken.

A ntimher of new Ford cars have 4 ar-
vlved for Norman Cary. They are the
latest models, ,

Robt. Tomlinson will conduct

1A
ite

yt

- The W.h. will meet at Mrs, Sealy! 8

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| _ Posrriox N WANTED

holler has been installed asa central
henting plant. It, has-been tested out}
nnd found. tp. he adequate, although.
the whiter. host been 80. miid that very

cuInp..as- - cook,
work, or any other work that offers.

Capable elderly - woman wanta job in
house-kecper, hotel’

two or three times a year or oftener.

A great denl.of courage, .both..on-the].;

ment: owned squnre, situated in the
henrt o fthe business
pectes re just
not seem feverishly anxious to let go.
So there sare,

ersoll 18 manager of the local branch
of the bank of Montreal, is here, Mr,
Carson sWho. comes
notes 2 echangze of climate:

‘ltnken moré or less. a drowsy, or acn-
demic interest in: mining, is preening
itself ‘on. belng move than a theoretical
mining. centre now that: ‘the Consolida-
{ted Co ‘has opened. an: assay office in

the clty.
this headquarters at the junction af
-{8rd avenue anil Sth street,”

Prince Rupert. ig to: ‘have the privilege
of watching’ tivo | awesome gladiators
In action ‘this “week,.: Dido: Gurvich;

\Slashed Throat
~’ With -a Razor
While le Shaving

Telkwa was startled inst Saturday
afternoon when it was learned that a
man hail committed suicide’ by slash-
ing. his thront with oo razor. That
day Charles Charnand and his wife of
Vancouver arrived for'a holiday for

the benifet of Charnaud’s health, and
they took a room at the hotel. Just

afternoon he was shaving and his wife
left the room for.a few moments, Up-
on her return - the deed had. been
fone. The' deceased. was formerly the
siies, manager for the Auto Service
Club of Vancouver, He had been suf-
fering a long time ‘from a nervous
break down, He left Vancouver in

different places since, Previous to
his joining the Auto Service Club two
yeurs ago he was on the accounting
staff of the B. C. Sugar Refinery.
after the authorities had investigat-
ed the circumstances it was decided an
inqnest was unnecessary. The funer-
al was held in Telkwa on Tuesday at-
ternoon. ;
Besides his wife the decensed was
survived by a brother who is with the
B, ©. Electric in ¥Vancouver,

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PRINCE RUPERT
NEWS LETTER

U ‘Suen, cheerful little ‘Japanese, is
back in Prince Rupert, along with his
wife, They went to Tokio for Japans
124th coronation. Through the for-
eign Office Mr. Suga’ presented to the
emperor a set of beautiful black slate
totent poles from the Queen Charlotte
Islands. The gift ecnused much delight
and interest, in a natlon of artists.

Halibut fishing had scarcely resum-
ed after the lifting of the closed sen-
son ,Wwhen the rearing North- Pacific
reacched out and plucked Valdimir
Tang from off the deck of the Talea.
Tang was u Dane, 24 years old, The
drowning happened at three in the
morning, on the Portloch Banks, Al-
ska. A form crested comber crashed
fheross ‘the ship and Tang Was seen nd
more,

The cities hardy annual has again
raised ity bend, A request has been
made to Vietorin-to sell the govern-

district.
Vietorln

Pros-

50-80. does

A. A. Carson, sneveciing D. CG. Pat-

from + -Asheroft.

4

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!

Prinee Rupert, Which has alw RYS

My. Dunn of Rosslrind, has

January and had been just visiting in’

‘jing his several years there, and in this

mind of all the work to be done before
seeding starts, .

mountain knewn as the Babine Cictor-
ia,

aml Seattle interests, The owner
ths Rohine. Vietovia nnd:-his property

A goud denl of work has heen done on

ver
zram of work has heen mapped out to
i

perty ts in the same neighborhood as
the Babine: Bonanza, or Cronin: group.

Prince Rupert
Presbytery has

The Presbytery of Prince Rupert in
which Hazelton and New-Hazeiton are
included, met in Prince Rupert last
week and was attended by Rev. T.-H.
Wright who is in charge of this: sec-
tion. The reports were very satisfac-
tory ‘and it was learned that the local
Presbytery was the only one in. B. C.
that met all its obligations during the
bast year. Mrs. Sawle and J:

to attend general conference next May.
The church peopie at Terrace will
vegret very much that Rey. Wm. Allen
put in on application for a “change to

change to be made at the next confer-
ence, Mr, Allen was invited to return
to Terrace, but he wishes to make the
change on account of the education of
his children, Mr, Allen has done ex-
ceptionally good work at Terrace dur-

he was ably assisted by Mrs. Alleu.
The moving of Mr, Allen will be a dis-
tinct loss to the northern Presbytery
as well as to Terrace. .
The mission boat Thomas Crosby is
to make its headquarters at Ocean
Falls in fature and it is also proposed
to buitd a smaller boat.
Capt. Olver, for forty-five years the
captain of the Crosby, has retired from
active work and at the recent meeting
he was presented with a big easy chair
Wm. Grant of Hazelton was the lar
delegate to Presbytery.

Geo. Brandon was 1 visitor here the
past week. He hails from Topley,

Mrs, Kerr is having n session with
Quinsy.

W. E. Paddon is now in the tie bust-
ness, :

Pete Wilson is setting nt nice pile of

ties on the siding.
ry ;

We ave glid to know that Fleteh-

er ix home again and also thet Bill

Jolnstan is out of the hospital.

“Phe ive harvest is 1iow in full swing.

Angus is buzzing wood for everyone
who is short,

The Farmers’ Institute meets at Mr.
Neil's on Marche 80th,

These warm days are. putting us in

Paddy Higgins property on Babine

has been tnken over by Vancouver
_ of

are wnong the best-known in the north

he ground. The hew company will
% known as. the Lorrain . Copper-Sib
Mines Ltd., (N.P.L.)' A big pro-
be undertaken this yeor,

The pro-

a . 4h

. Advance piffle would IndJeate that

Uttle use haw been, found for., jt’ thi.
far. Adjoining, the heating, plant

—Apply.by letter to “A. a" Ominéen
: Herald: Office, New Haxelton.

Ure

imerowned King of Skeena pugiltsm, fs
fo meet Fred ; (Parker, mystettous, and.

hard-fentured ‘stranger.
where or other down south. There is
to'be the usual setting--bare hall, gar-
ish lights, tobsceo, juice, restless erowd |
eat! ‘enlig,
hea’ annou heer

from ~ some-

chorid ap d.: sportesses, bally- |’
ments, ‘bloody: noses, and.

the eal of the. referee to “brenk-brenk- | ;
Tireak.! * ;

Successful year

New-
ick were appointed delegates from here

the sonthern part of the province, the

arto. The Production comes

Local Member
Reports house _
Soon to Close

Dr. H. ©. Wrinch, M. I, A, for the
Skeena riding, spent a few days at. his
home Jast week and returned to Vic-
toria on Saturday night. Hig trip to
the north was to see Rev. Thos. Fer-
rier, superintendant of Mission hos-
pitals under the care of the United
Church in Canada. The Reverend
gentleman was here on a business trip
and was taken ill and the Doctor de-
sired to see him before he returned to
the east. ;
Speaking of the work of the Legis- .
lature the Doctor steted that they.
Were getting along. pretty fair, and it
should be wound up in a couple of
weeks. The work was held up a day
On account of the illness of two min-
isters and the premier. The Minister
of Finance was ill and ‘not able to
bring down the budget. The House
was ready for it, It was expected the
sick would be better the firat of the
week,

' In regard to the new bridge across
the Bulkley river the member stated
that the fonds were provided in. the
estimates for a new bridge, but that
the location was not decided upon and
would not be decided upon until the
minister of public. works, Hon. My.
Lougheed got here to see for himself:
What the country looked like. If: Mr,
Lougheed was not able to come then’
one of the other ministers would, and
that visit will be paid at-an. early date.
The local member, Stateg.that he had,

'|put- In“ requisitiony for "large amount” ow

of road work and other public works :
for Skeena, but he could not say how
mauch money would be provided unt?
after the budget was presented.

OH, YOU LOUISE! WHAT, .
“4 SAILOR’'S SWEETHEART”!

Souise Fazenda is an old fashioned
gal with new idens, in her latest War-
ner Bros. comedy, “A Sailors Sweet--
heart.” in which she is co-starred with
Clyde Cook. .
Though a Miss C vnthia Botts, head °
of au exelusive girls’ school, .the
conedenne displayes au affinity for
ankle-length, wasp-waisted clothing
and the dashing © pompadour affliction
of the nineties, . her flair for romance
ix so pronounced that out of the blue
she grins both a high-hat husband
and 2° deep-sea lover! On hoard: ship
on her Roneymoon she looses her hus-
band, and the lover masquerades as
her mate in the episodes which folloy
Then the sponce bobs up again, But
that’s just one of the hilarious sitna-
tions erowded. into the riotous story, -
Cook plays the role of the amorous
but bashful lover and John Miljai
the nnser upulously bigamistic husband
Myrna Loy, Tom Ricketts, and Will:
iam Demurest fire prominently east:
Hioyd Bacon directed. “A Sailor's
Sweetheart” from ‘Harvey Gates’ scen-

to the
Hazelton Theatre next Saturday.

Work: is Progressing at the Rocher

de Boule mine and on Tuesday mext

the third ery of ove will ‘be ‘shipped.

wn “Crawford ‘of Stewart arrived.

Tuesday morning:to spend a-.couple of |...
days ,

With W. 8. Harris.

The: W: A, to the’ He. gh had au Bew-

faye meeting. at the Rospltal, on, Tues-
day afternoon.

: the

- Migs Menzies of. ‘Kisplox. is going [>

Winnipe Bfor a. holiday. and a Rest. Me

wee
yet

“The Ominges Hota tn ho re Rear