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Vol. 21

NEW HAZELTON, B. C. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 13, 1929.

Big Tndustrial ‘Bpallin

In Northern

Assured for Some Years

. At various plices along “the Cana-
dian National Railway in Northern
British Culumbie ‘the Consolidated
* Mining & Smelting Co. of Trail, B.C
have taken bonds ou mining proper-
ties and ‘have earried out a good deal
of development work. In most casey
ihe work done jas demonstrated the
wisdom exercised in selecting proper:
ties. In every case in the Northern
luterioy work is being eontinued dur-

ing the winter or will be resumed as

early in the spriug as weather will
permit, °
The Consolidated is the biggest win-
ing ond smelting corporation in Can-
nda and one of the strongest, finan-
tially in the world. It is now follow-
ing up its policy at expansion whieh
was adopted n few yenrs ago, but
which bad its birth quite a number of
' years ago in the labratories.

enable” the company to treat ores nat
before treated and to treat them at a
/profit instead of a heavy loss. The
mining company now gets values: that
before were a liability.

The future for mining in Northern
British Columbia is now.very bright.

AM the complex ores in the north can!

now be handled at-a profit by: the
smelter and the mine operator gets
all his values.
sons the Consolidated hos come into
the northern field.

What
- } was accomplished by the chemists has

This is one of the ren-

B. C. is Now

The coming “of the Consolidated Co.

means two or more things. First that

jthe company will within a Year or tivo

eoustruet a smelting .and = refining
plant on the Paeifie coast, and it will

depend more upon its own mines in the
north to keep up the supply of ore
than on privately owned mines, and
with this in view are taking up the
biggest nnd most promising properties:
in the north.

When the smelter has been built and
hundreds of thousands of tons of
frelzht have-been developed it seems
quite within rvegson that the C, P. R.
controllers of: the Consolidated, will
participate in the hauling of that
‘new freight.. Thus the ©. P. R. is go-
ing. to entet the north and take part
in the development of this great coun-.
try. Just where the: smelter will be
built ns not been announced, but it
is a good bet that it will be some place
where the railway can get to it.

The Consolidated now control pro-
perties at Pacific, Cedarvale, Babine’
range, Telkwna and.on. Sweeney moun-,
tain. They also have properties north:
of Rupert in the Portland Canal dis-
trict.

: Conditions in ‘the north are now in’
shape for the dreamer-and the success-
ful investor. Opportunity also offers’
for the man who invests

BASKETBALL IN TERRACE

a

There was a pretty fair crowd at
the basketball ‘games lost Friday in.
The Orange and
the ‘Red’ put -up. one of. the. -cclosest

the G.W.V.A.. hall.

“games of the season, and -the winneyx
was not -known until the finnl. bell was
yung and then the score was 21 to 22
in fovor of the Reds.

The second game was between the

CSfuch School and the City teams, the

“Acrttore belng 25 to 38 in favor the City
teain.The tenins lined-up as follows :—~

Orange—Miss Pillsbury, Miss Reid,
Gladys Kenney, Margaret McLaren,
Carman Smith, Mona Greig, captain.
‘Reds—Mrs. Br ummitt, Miss Davis,
Ethel Moore, Margaret Glass, Betty
Anderson, Helen Greig, captain.

_ ._ Boys Town Team-—Mr. Duncan, D.
Kerr, D. Little, H. Chalk, A. Holm-
wool, captain. -

High School team-——F. Hipp, D. Bur-
uett, St. John Colthurst, 8. MeLeod,
A. Moore, captain. .

The Omineca Heraid is $2 A Year

WONDERFUL BORNITE ORE
- 1)

Usk was Displayed by Jack Hoar

“Last Thursday Jack Hoar left Usk
for California. where he will. spend a
few aveeks, partly on n holiday and
partly on business. For some consid-
ernble time he ‘hag been in charge of
development work on the I, %. L. and
the imme groups just a short dist-
ance from Usk. The Emma is one of
the oldest prospects in that district.
but witil recently very lttle work
had been done on it. The past season
however has made no big difference in
it. Myr. Hoar had some sainples with
him which would make unyone sjt up
and take notice. The samples werd
-‘|heautiful to look at ‘being almost fifty
per cent bornite. These came from.
the upper tunnel where there is a con-
siderable body of the sume class of ore
The work on: these groups will be re-
sumed in the spring. .

‘Silver Cup Mine Resumed

Mill Starts.

Mining has been resumed at the Sil-
‘ver Cup property. Three miners hava
already gone up the hill and on Wed-
nesday night Foreman Thos. Morrisi

und several other miners will arrivd
from the south and on Thureday will.
#roceed up the hill and start to work
ut once. By the first of the week thd
Silver Cup mill will be turning ‘out
concentrntes, The operation - of the

mill is. awaited ‘with. a good. denl of iu-;

terest and the Herald hopes ta state

we

up Next Week

ext fasne that it is operating. with thd:
greatest tmoothness ani to capacity.’

An extrnordinary meeting of the share,

holders is ‘called for next Tuesday ant.
it-is expected that: as a. result the com-
pany will begin’, a campaign of expin-.
sion, “The ‘Silver ‘Cup mine looks so.
good and so much has been proyen by
its development thnt the ‘owners feel

confident of a larger and more exten-’
sive: -eampiign.

ha

. M. Doekrill ‘left Thuraday last to |

attend un agtieultural meeting: in’ Vie:
torle and to!also look ‘nfter the inter-
ests of the-eople.: in Skeenn: Maing. vt

ad

oN

Mr CG. Wr ‘Dawson returned last:
week from A trip: fo. Vancouver, a

it ate in the » ompital,

Se ee

of. St.

{the preservation of sockeye

under -conditlons: not to ‘thelr

B perce

PRINCE. RUPERT
NEWS LETTER |

Prince Ruperts’ skyline—espectally

in the: neighborhood ‘of Cow Bay—is
gradually’ changing. The off compan-
ies are helping do it. The latest to en-
ter the field ‘is the Hoine Oil Distri-~

buters, Ltd, ‘The site of the plant is be-
‘tween the” P. Burns * and Lipsett. &

Cunnigham wharves.
800 foot dock, warehouse,

There will be a
pumping
station, garage ind two tanks.

The pust- nuptial reception, given
by ‘Rey. J. B. and Mrs, Gibson, on the
evening of February 7 was one of the
Social everts of the season. Members
‘Andrews °Cathedral congrega-
tion and muny other friends were en-
tertained to 1 delightful programme of
music,

There iy uo harmony in-the Prince
Rupert Boys Band. This has no re-
ference to the ability of the boys,as
musicians, or to their instruments. It

‘has quite another, and more serious’
meaning. The band master, Thos, ‘Wil-

son, and the band committee agreed to:

disagree, and resigned. A citizens com-.

mittee has been named to try and:
bridge the diffienity.

The ranks of local old-timers are,
thinning. Another—Mrs. John Meeker)
—has crossed ‘the range, Born in the

|shidow of Pikes Peak, Colorado, in|

‘and then, 1860, her whole life was spent in the

asks questions, © ‘| West, It spanned the wests most color-
—:|ful and romantic. period. A resident.
‘lof Prince Rupert: since 1910, she enjoy,

‘led the respect. and good will of all,
From I, X. L. and Emma Groups near. ‘

have

urbane, is back from Vancouver where
Mr. Mayers, learned in the law, amend
ed afew of the power sgreement
clauses.

For something Hke nu month, more
than 200 young fellows wandered a-
round Rupert, looking for work. It is
to their credit—broke and in a town
new -to the ‘most of them—they gave
little if any trouble. Very few solicited
aid, and there was not a single in-
stance of breaking the law.

PRESERVING. SOCKEYE SALMON

———

Has Attracted the Interest of Skeena !,

Member—Told: Legislature ahout
the ‘Plan
- Dr. H. GC. Wrinch, member for this

, viding in the Legislature, made quite

0 speech in the house the other day on
salmon.
He advocates the scheme that was
tried cut by S. BH. Miller in Alaska for
a number of years and ‘which Mr. Mil
ler states works out to perfection. - It
is a system of selecting your fish, or
selective breeding, A barrier | is put
across the creek so’ that no fish may
get up ond then a man, with ‘a net,
lifts the fish, selects the sockeye and
puts them over. the: barrier so they
may zo on to. their breeding grounds

unmolested: by other fish which prey

upon the spawn.
‘So-far ag It goes the scheme sounds
nlright. It may be expensive, but it

‘| they continue to reproduca- themselves |
liking
There

or are - they ‘Nery. - particular?

e

- trout ta, ie destroyed. or: + weducedd.

ina
Milan

for
WH probably proceed to his home in
Toronto.
been in Usk with Capt. Wilnoan
connection with the development
the Columario mine which is located
‘lonly fouy

- The new city council jogs along in’
‘fairly amiable fasnion. There
‘been no eruptions. Mayor McMordie,

‘officiated,

‘ay also preserve . the salmon, The iy

next ‘thing is what. will ‘hgppen to the _

fish not allowed up the ptrenme:. wit’ ,

i|Mill Next Summer on t the
Columario Mines at Usk
Soon to Work Two Shifts

Last Thursday Mr. Hickey left Usk
Vaneouver from which point he

Since last December he har
of

and o half miles from the
railway at Usk. This is the old Kle-
anzn group.of claims; but since the
inning part of the ald company wie
separated from the lumber end, the
nine has heen going forward in a sat-
isfuctory manner,

The Columario Gold Mining Co. has
heen financed in Toronto and ample

Jfunds have been forthcoming to carry

on- qitite an .extensive development
qunpaign. The property is oa very
ensy one to develop. There ure five
Witallel veins. The centre vein wae
selected ond two drift tunnels have
been driven on fit. The upper tunnel
is in 250 feet and the lower tunnel is
in 500 feet. -From these tunnels a
eross cut rims to the other veins. Up
to the present the ore developed ts
yery gratifying. There is lots of it
‘nnd the values are. good, and the ore

is of such character that its treatment

int

will be very easy. Atv. Hickey © says

that all the quartz in the veins can be
put through the mill at-a profit.

The company is not paying much at:
tention to vulues and width of high

grade, The aim is to get a tonnage .
developed an dthen put in a mill, It
ix now assured that » mill will be put
on the pa ‘aperty this coming summer,
For some months the Columario has -
been working 20 men with drills in the
two tunnels. Recently jt was decided -
to put on two shifts and to do this it
meant moving the compressor: up. te
the tunnel. where a new blacksmith
shop and punk house had ‘been built
This work had been accomplished and
it looked. like everything was ready
to ga when the compressor broke down
gud parts had to go to Vancouver for
repairs, This menns a delay. of a
week or two. ;

As sfon as the compressor is ready
to go again two shifts will be pur or
and nbout thirty men employed. The
tonnage of ore will then be develoned
pretty fast and by summer the com
any will be in a position to operate
on a large scale,

BRIDE AND GROOM HONORED

/ Mr, and Mrs, Jas. Smith were the
guests of honur at a banquet given in
the I. 0. 0. F, hall on Thursday even-

ing present it wasn most successful
and’ enjoyable affair. The, early part
of the evening was spent playing whist
and Mrs. 8. N, Kirkaldy and BE.
Kenney won the first prizes while Mrs
Sundal aud RJ Munger got the eouso-
lation prizes, Daneing was. then in-
dulged in until 11.30 when the ban-
quet was served. R. W. Riley presid-
ed .at the feist ond nfter the inner
man had been satisfied the chairman
addyessed the guests of the evening ns
well as the other members and presen-
ted Mr. and Mrs. Smith with a silver
fruit basket dn behalf of the members
of the Native Sons, This was follow-
ed ly addresses by I. I) Kenney, Mx.
Dyson, Mr. Holmwood, Mi. McLaren,
Mr. Johnston and Mrs, Sundal.

gathering then danced until an early
hone. ¥

LAID TO REST THURSDAY

The funeral of the late R. R. Hen-
derson, station agent at Usk, was held
at Terrace on Thursday, ‘the Tth of
February under the auspices of the
Order of Railway Telegraphers.. A
represchtative number of members of
the order Were present. Interment
was nude lu Kitsumgallum cemetery,
the following . friends acting - ‘as. pall
bearers J, G. Steves, ‘Smithers ; W.
I. Miller, Pacific; Dan. McLean, B B, &
B. Dept. GC, N. BR, and A, MeLead, B.
Brooks and § N, Kirkaldy of Terrace.
The frmeral was in charge of the B. ©.
Undertnkers, Prince Rupert and W. E,
Smith -of Terrace. Rev. Wm. Allen
The “late. Mr. ° Henderson
dropped dead in his. honie at Usk last
week.

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THE VALENTINE DANCE

ean

4 There was a satisfactory crowd at
the dance in Hnzelton on Monday last
and all reports nye to the. dffect. that

Ws de Siders of: South: Hazelton da wwouklgoon, he. nig wiwful howl were the Nit Was at successful affair, The ninale
‘ a WAS ‘good and. every think, ‘else waa: dust”

ing’ by the Native’ Sons af Canada. Up-
ward of fifty members and friends be-

The ;

jak their command naw

jan independent wily

“THE GLORIOUS TRA

Stringing the First Telegraph Wires
to the’ West Pictured by Ken,

" Maynard a
ten of the hardy pioneers who suffer-
ed uutold hardships and -privations in’
setteling the grent country west of the
Rockies; their mode of travel with the
ox teams and covered wagons; their
fight for existence and where  self-
preservation. was indeed the first law
of nuture.. These people really had to
return to the primitive in order to
wrest un mere existence from the coun-
try.

There is no question that long after
the Inst pioneer Is dead nnd no’ one
can remember the actual experiences
of these people, that the romance and
tradition of the western settlers will
be an inspiration for rising genera:
tions. ‘The actual heroism of the: pio-
neer ix nlmost unbelievable even in
this day and nge. What will it appear
like one hundred years. from now?

Children of: the “present: gendrptior
with the many marvelous convenicn-
ees, hixuries and inventions they have

_ccan- hinrdly *

visualize the tremenduous odds thai
were avercome to bring these thing:

to pass, However, there is a rami’

ito the whole thing that will never die
4 | There isa glory and glamour of the

enrly day. seout, dressed in his bneck-
skin shirt amd trousers, moceasina a;
his feet und a smooth-hore long Ker
tucky rifle slung under bis arm, that
people of all ages sill respond to. The
ently-day man with. his combination
wit and brawn, when he grew to he
individual -at
the age of .sixteen, .is Indeed of the
past. But what a past!-

ws rood..
anspices of the W. A.-to. the HL ash and
it was advertised to be held on Thurs:
day night, but at the last ‘minute ROURe

fone discovered that Lent began on the.-

da} y . before.
for Monday.

Thus the date was . set

ment: ‘and - ‘located ‘at: Sm

Thos, Brewer, of the. forestry. depart:

to: Vietorin last i week,

-- Many glowing things have been writ."~

The, dance was’ under the .

hooves,