” THE OMINECA MINER, SATURDAY, JULY 7, 1917

The Omineca Miner

GREAT OmIneca DISTRICT oF BRITISH COLUMBIA. —

PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY AT HAZELTON, THE CENTER OF THE

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. A. R. Macdonald, Publisher and Proprietor.

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reconstruction to take the, place
of war - business. . The require- |}
ments in this. direction—business
that has been sidetracked for the
war—are incalculable. Meager

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No. 45

reports that filter through from
various parts .lead-to: the ‘belief

~ remove its offices to some point other than its present location
in Hazelton ostensibly to be nearer the railroad for the peneral
convenience of the public. The decision did not come unexpectedly
to the people of Hazelton, but,though the government undoubtedly
had the interests of the district at heart in deciding to make a

transferred to Smithers,

The following appeared in the Vancouver Province of recent
date, in its editorial columns, following the decision of the cabinet,
and was evidently written. by someone more or less cognizant of
conditions in this northern country; . - _

Old Hagelton has had a history, but a brief item in ‘the
- Provinces yesterday would almost make it appearas if the. glory
of the old-time trading post had departed, The * provincial
government has decided to move its offices from the erstwhile
trading station and land boom town on the Skeena to the more
central location of Smithers, fifty miles to the east.
The loss of the government offices will be a sore blow both to
Old Hazelton and to the rival town of New Hazelton, some three
or ‘four miles distant,
’ But a few years ago land companies offering lots in the two
towns were setting forth their claims that Hazelton-—it all
depended in which townsite the company was interested—would |
shortly be the Chicago of the North, - And how the government
will take away its local headquarters. Asin the case of Fairview
in the Similkameen, which may be expected shortly to lose the
government offices to Penticton, the pioneer frontier town must.
give way to the latter-day bustling commercial.center.:. .... ,
' - But just as with Fairview, Old Hazelton still.hag hopes of § a
return of prosperity; and from the same . source—pot town lots
surveyed in- thousand and boumed by promotors—but the great
natural resources in the howels of the earth,
Rocher de Boule mountain at Hazelton fives every indication
-of providing some of the richest - mining properties in British
Columbia.” [f it fulfills its promises it ‘will make ‘the Hazelton
° district - prosperous beyond the jimit: of any mere real eatate
activity, and Old Hazelton wiil “‘come back,”’  ”
Meanwhila there is no doubt that Smithers, as a growing
center in ;the ‘rich agricultural district ‘of the Bulkley, is an
" excellent location for the government offices of Omineca,
But we would add that the Rocher de Boule section is only one
that will insure ‘the prosperity of the Hazelton’ ‘district at no far
distant date: Hazelton,-as the northernmost. town. along. the line
of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, is the nearest . point to the
‘vast, untapped treasure chest to the north—the Groundhog, the
Ingineca, with their illimitable supplies of mineral wealth, which
are just waiting for the development they will’surely get after the
war, when a great deal of money for investment will be available,
And all are tributary to Hazelton. -
Hazelton will not die with the passing of the rovernment:
. offices—her future is based upon too firm a foundation for that.

The same. conditions apply both
to zine and lead... -Jt”may bel;
pointed out ins this connection
that the steckholders of copper
companies are still being’ tréated
generously,’ as Indicated... by “the
dividends for May ‘in ‘the United :
States arid Canada, totalling $10, “
000, 000, “comparing with $6, 000, -
000 in May last year, : New divi-
dend- -payer's- are being steadily

The Copper Situation
Evidence that 4 price compar-
. able with’ that existing during

the past few years will be paid
for. base metals in future eon."
tracts is abundant. Under such
conditions, the earnings of copper
mines will ba continued just. as
long as the mines y will stand the
strain, ’ There. ig some.- fear of
exhaustion. _in gone quarters,
which will tend ‘to tighten the
métal market, - Copper i is already
trending higher, and it is. admit.
*, ted that the needs of the ‘Allies this connection it. may. be pointed |,
ini war business alorie willexhaust out, that today, becwuse ‘of the ‘i
“thé ‘available supply.of: metal: for ex ,
: 1917, “with: many doinestie c6n-| an
A eto, get Be

the younger mines will, enter the |
dividend Tanks this year, In:

Ine provincial government has decided, after due deliberation, to

change, no reason has been advanced why the buildings s should bel

‘lof ‘those mines which-have been

© Unless there ts ig a. radical changé|
in this respect, : Canadians will |i
one day Awake and find-that the |
minéral. resources of British Col-
umbia : are. ‘owned, and controlled
by interests living’ to the ‘south,
British: Coiumbia ‘i is nothing if |i
‘not the greatest ininerat country |i
on the continent, .” eT TB tc
aes C. ae Ne 8,

adc ed to the ranks; and many of| wey

that it will be many years before
the demand for copper sinks. down
far enough below the supply -to!
warrant a reduction in the price
‘of the fnetal betow 20 cents a

pound.

Wake Up, Canada!

With ten billion dollars annual-
ly in buying power being injected ff

States, the average business man

ficance and the effect it is sure
to have on the. prospects.of ‘Can-

umbia in.particular,—

make greater efforts than ever
to furnish the muscles of ‘war,

production of copper, lead and

issues. This is particularly true

recently opened and are coming |

moderate producing’ basis, and
‘whose opérations are expanding.
Such properties have untold spec-
ulative’ possibilities, ‘So-far there
fas. been- little discounting the
position these’ properties will.
shortly occupy'or any an ticipation.
of their enormous earning power.

await businesslike - development
to place ‘them. inthe ‘dividend | If
‘class, ‘yet so far thé investors of
Canada have failed to grasp the
situation, and the’ ‘greatest min-
eral area of, ‘the | ‘Dominion. has
been and is. being ° neglected,
because Canadian investors still
regard’ mining asa speculation, |f
while it i is ‘the clednest and most
profitable of: all business enter-
prises.

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can hardly comprehend ‘its signi-||

-Manufacturers in the United|if
States ard Canada will be called ||
upon to keep their wheels going |®
to full capacity, while producers | |
Lof metals will be called upon to}

zine that a bull market for many q
months seems inevitable for metal |i

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into the productive class on aj}

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' British Columbia has hundreds||f
| of .good properties which only iif

.Jtry, that the potential value of | 4
. |every unmined copper deposit is |{f
’ Directly the con-/|

sumption of copper for war pur-|f

ada in general and British Col- |

| This augurs so well for .the J “efforts to. assist in n the ¢ table work of this great humanitarian

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into the industries of the United |}

IF YOU CANT, F IGHT

YOU CAN AT LEAST

STAND BEHIND. ua ]

MAN WHO FIGHTS
FOR. YOU! -

THE CANADIAN PATRIOTIC FUND:

Which assists. the-. wives and. families: of Canada’s gallant
soldiers, requires millions of dollars’ to keep the soldiers’
3 - home fires burning. _ ,
District Treasurer: Stephen H. Hoskins, Government Aont
; 4 Hazelton Committee: .
J. E.- ‘Kirby, R. 5. Allen, J. K. Frost, ‘J. RB: Barker,
and: a G. Powell, “Monthly Subscriptions are Solicited |

THE CANADIAN RED. CROSS

“The ‘lazelton Branch -requests the support ‘of, all in its

: “organization, - ee

Honoraty P Presidents: _ Mrs, (Rev.} John: Field; Mrs. (Rev.
ong Ww: Hogan on

r. H.C. Wyrinch

Vike President: S: H Hoskins; Mrs. E. R. Cox; W- J. Carr

“ Honorary Secretary: Miss J.C. Grant :
Hovoray ‘Treasuter: Hy H. ‘Little, Manager Union Bank

, " Exgtntive! Coinmittee: ;

Mrs, H. C. Wrineh, ‘Mts, R..G. ‘Moseley, Mrs. Chas. Reid,

Miss Hogan, Rev. John Field, Rev. M. Pike, H ‘HL Phillips:

Large ¢ or Small Contributions will be Gratefully Received Tt

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‘SoLDuER ADD & EMPLOYMENT
_» COMMITTEE

 Bnideavors to supply soldiers from Hazelton disteiet wit:

f such comforts and necessities, ag ‘cannot be readily’ obtained

"at the front, and swill. assist them to re-establish themselves _ .
"in civil life when they: return.

“The Committes i is acting i in’.
€0'+ operation: with othe | Provincial. ‘Returned. ‘Soldierst®
a Commission: and the Military: Hospitals COmimigsion'
Contributions t to the ‘Soldiers’ ‘Aid Tobacco Furld are ve Wola
Chairman: A. RSMacdonald
"Honorary Secretary-réasitrer: OK Feoat,
iw H: Little, R. Kh. ‘Allén, F. B. Chettieburgh, 7
H B. Campbell i BE Glassy, G, W. +: MeKay. we

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