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THE HERALD, Wednesday, April 20,.1977, PAGE AS

During the years since -

: 1890 there have been any
- number of lode claims

, Staked both by individuals.

* and companies. Most of
them have faded from
. Memory, however, there
' are several which will bear
. mentioning as each of them
considerable
magnitude.

_ One of these properties

‘was on the north side and
near the upper end of the
_ Big Canyon, a mile or 80
‘ west of Usk. This show was
held and worked by Moodys,
father and -.son, who
headquartered at Usk.

They. installed a small
compressor and other
equipment required for a
medium sized mining
venture. For some reason
not known to the writer, but
: it could be surmised a lack
of sufficient ore.

Another property a few
miles east of Usk was known
as The Nicholson Creek
Mining Co. Buck Shannon
was the moving factor at
this mine. Mr. Shannon was
evidently an expert
_ promoter. He would go
south in the fall and return
in the spring with sufficient
funds for the seasons
operation.

The Nicholson Mining was
no two bit operation, They
had a large diesel powered
compressor together with
modern underground

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camp, Pilacksmith and
machine shop, ete. Buck
was not only a good

' promoter but was a first

class mechanic. Prior to his
mining venture he had been
master mechanic in one of
the larger sawmills. He had
also held a position as Tie
and Timber Inspector on the
railway.

Inspite of Shannon’s other
accomplishments, Buck
lacked one very necessary
adjunct and that was ore at
the mine. Some of the men
who worked for him said
that Buck always main-
tained if they went far
enough underground: that
eventually they would ‘‘hit
the jackpot’. Such faith
seems (© be unbounded.
providing | a ays in
someone else is supplying
the ‘funds’,

The largest mining (lode)
venture was sparked by the
‘big gun’ in mining who
headquartered at Usk,
Captain Wellman. The

- concentrator.

captain was a big husky
Norwegian who liked his
whiskey and was reputed to
be quite the ‘ladies man’.

No matter what his likes
or dislikes he sure was a
promoter from the head-
waters. First of all, after his
arrival and with hired help
he did some extensive ex-
ploration, Gold Creek side of

iumario Mountain. . His

‘prospecting crew worked

their way up the mountain
and near the height of land
some very promisin
showings were discover
and located.

Give the Captain credit,
he was very thorough in the
process of exploration. He
carried out some intensive
work on this high level
showing and from all
reports it had every in-
dication of an extensive ore
body. All of this wasn't done
in a month or two but was
carried on for possibly 18
months.

The rumours then began
to circulate that Captain
Wellman was forming a
mining company and in-
tended to install a 25 ton
The next

rumour, which turned out to

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Terrace Little Theatre

Robin McColl, well known
in Terrace as both a director
and an actor, will direct the,
play ‘Adaptation” as his
entry in Drama Jubilee.
Drama Jubilee is the Skeena
Zone Regional Drama
Festival scheduled for the
R.E.M. Lee Theatre Friday
and Saturday evenings, May
6 and 7.

Winner of the Drama
Jubilee, to be adjudicated
by Irene Watts from Jab-
berwocky Childrens Theatre
in Vancouver, will appear in
the Provincial Festival in

_ Kelowna in June. There are
three plays from Terrace
_’ and one from Prince Rupert

entered in Drama Jubilee.

“adaptation” looks like a
most interesting play that
Robin McColl likened to the
winning play of Per-
formance ‘76 — ‘The
Trouble with the Women’s
Movement is that it has no
Sense of Humour at all’’.

“Adaptation” is a comedy
that takes the form of a TV
quiz show — a quiz show of
ife.

It ins with the con-
testant being born, follows
him through all the foibles of
life and ends with his death.
Much use is made of en-
semble work to poke fun at
‘all facets of life and to

Ottawa announces
shipping proposal

Joint cost-sharing
agreement to provide ferry
and coastal freight and
passenger services for the
province of B.C. was an-
nounced Monday by
Transport Minister Otto

_ Lang and Premier Bennett.

The agreement provides
for a payment of $8 million
for the first year. In sub-
sequent years the federal
contribution will equal the
previous year’s subsidy
adjusted to the Consumer
Price Index for the city of
Vancouver and will be
reviewed after a five year
period. Mr. Lang said he
was delighted to be a party
of an agreement that deals
effectively with B.C.’s long
standing claim to assistance
on mainland to Vancouver
Island ferry. connections.

The terms of the
agreement gave _ the
province the responsibility
for providing coastal ser-
vice ‘as wel
which services will receive
financial assistance. The
province has also agreed to
assume full responsibility
for any assistance and
supervision of services in
freight and passenger
ferries in the coastal waters
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portray varying themes of
contemporary American
e,
. This one-act play has a
cast of four who play a
and total of 32 roles. Tony
asello plays the part of the
Games Master directing the
contestant Glenn Grieves
through life, Paul Kjeckstad
and Marlene Xenis, both
winners of the best actor
and best actress awards in
last year's zone competition
round out the east. The
actors slip from role to role
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props such as hatsand signs §-

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History of mining

by C.L.M. Giggey |

be fact, was that the
Columario Mining Com-
ny, as they were now
own, had obtained a 150

ton millsite on the road to.

Usk at the lower level of
Columario Mountain; that a
6000 foot gravity cable tram
from the mill to the mine
site was to be constructed

for the transportation of ore

for milling. were also
installing a complete line of

modern mining equipment.

The actual mining plan
was to drive a 600 foot main
hulage tunnel which was to
contact the ore body at
depth. Everything seemed
to be moving along ac-
cording to plan. The mill
was built and the 6000 foot

the
sup-
posedly towards the cre

y, they had encountered
several small stringers of
milling ore and this ore was
utilized to get the mill tuned
up for the day when the
tunnel reached the ‘main
ore body’.

Even at this late date it
seems unfortunate to relate
that when they reached the
place. where the ore body
was supposed to be, all there

tunnel advanced,

“ADAPTATION” — Tony Bosello (cabbie), Glen

was in evidence were a few
small stringers, much the
same as encountered while
driving the tunnel.

There were a number of
people from Terrace em-
ployed at the Columario,
among them was one of the
office staff, head
bookkeeper, who, after the
company was forced into.
bankruptey, said that for
several months before the
crash, the mill was being
run on mostly country roc
with little or no appreciable

recovery,

~ The mill, together with all
mining ean pment, was
repossessed by the suppliers
and so ended another
mining venture.

Hindsight being better
than foresight (old saw) but
some of the knowledgeable
mining people said that if
the Captain had proceeded
with his original plan of the
2% ton mill installed at the

high grade showing that it .

could have paid off,

The Hazelton-Smithers
area is a cat of another
colour. For an instance, the
Silver Standard at Nine Mile
Mountain. This mine
operated for years on a2
paying basis. Also, the
Guggenhime Interests who,

a a

Grieve (Caby), Paul Kjekstad (father) and Marlene
Xenis (mother) rehearse Robin McColl’s production

for Drama Jubilee.

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during the First World War,
shi thousands of tons of
high grade copper ore from
the Hocher de Bule. Also
during the Second World
War this same property was
mined for. tungsten. This
was done as a war effort,
sponsored by the govern-
ment and very likely would
not have been a financial
success as a commercial
enterprise.

In the Smithers area, the
Duthie Mine, which was
mined successfully by the
Silver Standard people, also

‘the Glacier Gulch project

where many thousands of
dollars have been and are
still being spent developing
a molly deposit.

A little further east in the
Houston area is _ the
Emerald Glacier mine,
which has many thousands
of tons of high grade lead
and zine ore..

This Emerald pelts the
project was develo, é
stage of installing a con-
centrator and mining
equipment and shippe

concentrates for a couple of
seasons. The company has
jain dormant for some time,
due to economic conditions,
but certainly not for lack of
eommercial ore.

In conclusion, the reader
will likely surmise that the
writer has tried to
downgrade the mining
potential in the Terrace
area. Not so!! To wit, four
claims on Marcon Mtn.
seven on Thornhill Mtn. and
three placer leases on
Douglas Creek. Some of
these claims have been in
existence from the 1907-1909
period, staked by the old
time prospectors and bought
in later years by the present
owner,

Presumably, this calls to
mind another (cold saw)
naeee ‘is’ goldin them ther

Thanks to the editor of the
Herald, should he decide to
print this.

FINAL NOTE

The writer recognized his
obligation to explain his use
of the word ‘promoter’. This
was with no aspersion cast
on the character of the
persons referred to in this
article.

On the contrary, it should
be applied as meaning the
ability of the promoter to
raise funds, i the sole
purpose of developing w
appeared to be a legitimate
mineral showing.

Unfortunately, the several
projects in the Terrace area

-were casualties of geologic

formation which indicated
good surface showings but
id not continue at depth.

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