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BRITISH COLUMBIA-

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ince ig strikingly illustrated in the following. figures, which.
show the:.value .of production for successive 5-year _ periods:,

PRODUCTION DURING LAST TEN YEARS, $372,604,725'

Lode mining hos ‘only been In progress about 26 years, and ‘only about ane- -
‘half ‘of the Provinee has been prospected;

MINERAL PROVINCE{OF WESTERN CANADA
HAS PRODUCED MINERALS VALUED AS FOLLOWS !—
Placer Gold vo cc ccssuesewenesee Meceenes 8 77,882; 958
Lode Gold ......0s0.005 ’ , 418,478,190
Silver ..... 6B; 824, 579
Lead vo ccc ccc cceten sere eeseceenne acne 70, 548, 578 -
Gopper "487, 489,378
BANG peccecccececcccneeeuenaues devenass 82,382,953
’ Goal and Coke..... ce cece cece eneeeenas 260,880,048
Building Stone, Brick, Cement, ete... 42,226,814
Miscellaneous Minerals .............045 1,481,349

Making mineral production to the end of 1924 show

AN -AGGREGATE, VALUE OF $859,427,386

The substantial progress of the mining industry jn ‘this prov-:

For ali years to 1895, inelusive ........ 647,241
‘Por five years, 1896-1900 0.2.00...) 57,606,967
For five years, 1901-1905 . oa vee nee eeete 96, 507, 968
’ For five years, 1906-1910 . senseewes 126, 534, 474
‘For five years, 1911-1915 ...... verereag 142 072,603
For five years, 1916- 1920 . seveer oe 189,922,725
For the -year 1921 .....1 Fae eeees Le wee eee 98" 066,641
Fot the year 1922.03.20... ... cece eens 85,168,848
‘For the year 1998 roSeeaete 41, 304, 320 ,
For the year 1924... ....cccsecanere reese 48, 704, 604-

mineral bearing lands are open for prospecting,

The mining lawa of

200,000 square miley of usexplored
thia Province are moro liberal and the fees lower than

any other Provitiée in the Dominion or any Colony in the British Empire.
Mineral iocations are granted to discoverers for nominaifees, Absolutetitles

ara obtairied | by ‘developing such properticy,, necurity of which ls guaranteed by

crown Bra practically al all British Columbia mineral properties upon which work

has been done aye descri

in some one of

the Annual Reports of the Minister

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~ Lieence Cd Prosbect for Coal

~The leader.of the provincial
government and ‘the leader ‘of|-
the opposition started the session
off with the usual “your another”

Premier Mackenzie King has)
decided to hold down the pre-
miership as long as — possible, |
Whenhe loses that job he has no-|
where to lay his head—vet..

The mayor of. Vancouver’ bad 2
brain wave recently and mention-
The Rupert
News was so -elated to have’

a potentate that it used a full
page head to tell the people. about
it.
Rupert paper assumed the airs of
manhood even though it cannot:

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Entries for the Proviacial Pa-

ber 25 and following days at New
Westminster, close on November |.
18. The special-prize list is fill-.
ing up welland a successful show
is certain. Northern entries this

sure of prizes, as they have done:
in the past..-

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Mining Notes‘; :

‘sommmearanrs

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The Fiddler Creek ‘property at
Dorreen, which has been under-
foing development during the

‘‘yast season,- was closed down last

Friday for ‘a ‘short time: Mr.
Treadway, who owns the-bulk. of].
the stock,--plans to ‘putin an
aerial tram and. start shipping
ore. There is 2 god deal of ore
in sight; and numerous carloads].
can be sent to the smelter,

Ss. A. D. Davis, left Usk on
Sunday morning for Seattle, He
hopes to raise. sufficient money
\thig winter to enable him to}.
develop a-new group of claims he
located in Centre Basin, on Kle-)-
anza mountain last summer. Mr.
Davis thinks, he has 4 really)’
worth- while prospect, ©

" Reports from Steve 'Young’s
lead property at Cedarvale have
\been so’ ‘favorable ' “that: the’ dis-
trict. mining engineer will. exa-
‘mine it this’fall. The property
is located on the ‘Seven ‘Sisters

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Douglas Lay, resident éngineer

\spent the week-end in ‘the: vicinity
\of Usk and Vanatédol:
D.: Wells he visited local proper-
ties ‘at Usk: and: theri-went. down |
to-investigate--Van, Meter’s and|’
George Little? ss (iscovery, on:-Kler|.

of Mines.: “Those considering mining, investments should refer to such reports. 1
They avallable without charge on application to the Department of Mines, :

¥ietortal‘B.C. Reports of the Geological Survey of Canad o, Pacific Building, a
yeeesaven, are recommended ag valuable sources of information, a)

i (Phe: “Honourable The: Mihister:of Mines! ‘|
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The. Omineca Herald

Rupert mentioned by so exalted. F

It is about time the. Prince. 4. manager. of the Canadian Pacific, i

think any but childish thoughts,’ ,

»- and the Old: Country.

tato Fair, to be held on Novem-.

year should take their full mea-}

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for the department, of mines;

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“P happen’ at‘ level” crossings” with.an |

anza: .mountain,... back. “of. -Van-|

Here and There,

Wishing farewell and bon voyage
to the celebrated writer of “the
‘Searlet Pimpernel, ‘a “bonquet’ of
searlet ‘pimpernels .was presented to
Baroness Orczy,.when, she embarked
with her husband, - Mr. Montagu
Barstow, . on “the 5 488. ‘Montdlard of
“VETS: .Canadian © : Pacific. .:line,: for
-England,.- The. presentation . was
“made Qn. behalf ‘of the company by
“Capt.” Geo. “Webster “and” President
[EW Beatty's ear was’ attached. |
‘Baroness Orczy‘came out: ‘to Canada
.to: assimilate ‘local colour. for, a new
- book, whick wil he eagerly awaited
‘heres i ty

' Motor tourists from the United

States brought $150, 000,000°in rev+

enue to Canada. in 1925, according {
to estimates of government offi. |
cials. | This sum is equal to a,
quarter of the value of the |
Dominion’s" wheat crop and approx+
imates the value of the annual -
mining output of Ontaric, Quebec
and British Columbia combined. -

More -'than . -2,000,000 . “American .
automobiles, it is. estimated, - ‘have |
crossed into. Canada ~ this fall;
They carried in the neighbourhood °
of 9,000,000 persons. or a number |
equal to. the. ‘total ‘population of
Canada, ; : . ;
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‘C. B. Foster, passenger “traffic ;

states that :the success of the crop.
in the West this. year ‘will make’
moncy more free and is bound to '
stimulate travel! between Canada |
To handle:
the expected increased - volume “of ;
traffic, his company, -he states, ;
will run special trains early in.
December. connecting ‘directly with |
‘the company’s Atlaritic liners, sail- :
ing from the winter port of Saint:
‘John, N.B. ° These liners ‘sail on
dates that are. calculated to get
passengers home to any point in the
British Isles or ¢he near continent
in plenty of time for Christmas.

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Taking the North American.
moose over to Europe with a view:
to acclimating ‘it ‘in: Northern |
_ Europe is in part the aim of.
“Heinrich | Carl, ; Count Schimmel-
mann, one of’ the - ‘largest land
“owners in: Denmark, ‘The Count.
and Countess .were. taken to the
Cains, river , district,. where . they:
spent three weeks. During this.
time they walked’ an average of
‘fifteen miles a day for twenty days,
covering three hundred’ miles on
foot, not reckoning the distance
they traversed in’ cance.’ “PHiey .
went to the woods of” ‘Northern j
Quebec, -for. another, shot at the"
elusive moose before sailing for
home .on the . Canadian - Pacific
liner Montnaizn, .

A recent epidemie of motor acd
dents, five of which oceurred in one
night, though luckily noxe of’ them:
proved to be fatal,’ elicited’ the fol-
lowing editorial comment from the
-Montreal, Star,, “That five drivers
of automohiles . should drive their
cars. into | ‘Toving’ ‘traing "within, a°
period of’ “twenty-four hours” in.
Canada would seem to indicate that
carelessness is the nain’ cause of j
accidents. ... The, Jocation , of level
crossings is. either well-known or
clearly’ indicated at a-distanca. that
gives even a fast driver ample time
‘to.. stop.’ .At many. such crossing.
bells automatically. ting. pa. train
are approaching. ° At others, bar,
“patés ara let down. Some are ‘open
—theae almost entirely. in the coun-
try ‘districts. But . despite. al

precautions, aceidents continue to
alarming consistency; ain’ some ins
though the. ‘drivers | were Agtermined,

‘haution.”  ‘Thé’ paper calla’ tor. 4 ‘oan |

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safeguards, warnings, signais, and’ .

gidents, indeed, , it almost, Jooks. as,j]-

to, defy ail attempts | to ensure |

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