_ state that there is two feet of

the same characteristics as the
, 110 feet of ‘ore drifted‘on in this:
., lead which averaged about 4 feet

. ed’ to 3 feet solid ‘in, the . bottorn

oe

| NEW: “HAZELTON, Be

manana

MARGE 281

1918 :

BUTTE AND ROCHER DE BOULE
"COPPER COMPANY WILL START

_ tare Veins ‘From: Rocher de Boule Mine ‘Continue Tisoug

oa * Bor ‘Group:---Extend’ Wagon’ Road=—Great Activity on:
., Rocher: ‘de. Boule Mountain. this: Summer. ..: /

The Butts and: Rocher de Boule|

" Copper Company,: owners of the
Highland Boy: group,’ adjoining

the. big Rocher de Boule property
on the. east, ‘will commence devel:

opment. “work on or: before May

15th, ‘and: will operate’. steadily
from that time on, ‘Preparations
are being: made: for: ai short. wag-

on road,. a. continuation of the

one to the Rocher de Boule camp,
also the erection of suitable cab:
ins will take place'as soon as the
weather moderates, The com-
panyeis well fintnced’ by Darties
who are now operating other
properties in the vicinity. : of
Butte, Montana, ‘among ~ which
are the, Butte Central and. the
Butte Alex-Scott,’ both ‘producers
and one.a dividend payer. . The

Highland Boy Group has.a fine
surfacé showing, the leads of ore
having: been traced directly
through ‘from’ the Rocher de
Boule, adjoining. The ore is eX:

ANOTH
AT ROCH

ER

ER BIG STR

actly the’ same as - th

cross-cut dun ely

properties a adjai oining the Highland

ity all over Rocher de Boule this
siuffither, Phege™ payrolls: are:
what’ the. entire New: ‘Hazelton:
district needs to encourage the
settler to develop the ‘surrounding
agricultural: lands, *as).it | gives,

him ¢ : hori ' ‘market’ for his. spro-
| duce, “without which it is a pain-.

trusty: axe’ and: hew-: down: ‘the

towering: timber to make room
for more spuds, . a

KE MADE

DE BOULE MINE|

New Ore, Located in Long. Drift. and: Three, Feet of Thirty Per Cant, Gier
a Copper in: the “Winze==Gold and: Silver. Values Ron a
High on These Latest Discoveries: ns

“Miners arriving in New Hazel-|
ton this week ‘from ‘the’ Rocher
de Boule say the men working in
the breast of the long drift have
opened up. ‘another big shoot of
of 20. per ‘cent, : “copper. _ They.

this solid ore in the face and rap-
idly widening, showing exactly:

solid chalcopyrite. - The so-called
barren spot i in this drift: averaged
about 8 per cent. ‘copper and only.
existed for. about . 12, feet: when
the new: ore was. encountered.
Surface Indications. above © this
new strike: ‘show. an. average of
about 6 feet of ore on. the sur-
face for a ‘distance. of about 200
feet further toward. ‘the west
line, La he “ . :

“In the winze ust ast, of the
first cross-cut, the a

at. a depth. of about: 18 feet below
the: drift, and ig easily th vich-

new. ore coming in. the. drift, with

that in'the winze at the opposite

will. be. the greatest ‘asset to
othe. -séttlers and - ‘merchants of

high ‘tinie ‘that the. merits of: the.
“| the: notice of: outside: mining™ ca

|mining will be the backbone 6

ground, the copper running about
30-per cent, and the goldand’ sil =
ver being much higher, oe

The depth. attained.on. the’ long
drift: | Ow about 180: feet verti-
eal ‘and | will | ‘gain: foot. -for-foot
from” now on.’ ‘Estimating’: the
backs of ore on ‘the 110 feet of
ore. drifted on, with that: which
it is reasonable to suppose exists
below “inthis: ‘particular ‘shoot,
this mine has’ already proven: two
million. dollars worth.of ore at
the’ présent price of the’ metal in
this-one shoot alone. With: the

end of the. workings, itis obvious
now even ‘to: the most conserva-
tive that the. Rocher de Boulé
mine. will: have? a) payroll . that

the New Hazelton district,. i Tti ‘is

entire” country: “was - brought.” to

‘ital’ in: ‘some. “organized: way):

e| entire country.. ae

Tid

ee pw, bi
: ochisr de
Boule, andi in the opinion of. the:
best practical’ miners of the dis-
trict, will be a. heavy” prodticer
from ‘the start as the leads are
large, ‘and a. great depth. can be
attained. ‘by. an’ adit: and. a short,
- The ‘ore ‘has:

Boy. to the east, and: in line with:
the trend-of-the vein system, and.
there is a promise.of much activ-

ful effort for, him to. seize. his

~ |the one “about - ‘which most is
'|known,:is: still-on. the improve-

Sand eight: feet of solid high grade

continued on this:vein.-

to' tap the No. 3 vein; are: in: 12016 a
feet, or ‘about. one-third of the} ws

“Tang properties have been offered
“Tt. ‘them, and ‘few of those meri
‘have! Deen, in’ here. yet.”
are; howe ver, ‘keen’ for every “bit!
lof in ation obtainable.; Now! ;
they 4 a xed up in the’ Rocher’.

‘and: it is the intention’ to ‘go’ ‘thor-
oughly’ into’ all ‘the minerals of
the district.” One or two. : Parties.
will be‘ in to especially examine’
the Owen! lake} ‘property on which
Frank’ ‘Brown and Lou Woods
have : a ‘bond...
“While i in. the south, William was
prominent i in putting through. the
deal on the Highland Boy group, |
and he: ‘says that a big. bunch of |
development. work. will, be ‘done
on that ; property this_year. ” The
prospects on “Highland, Boy are
just as good as they were. on: the.
Rocher de Boule when operations
were ‘started on “that 'p
two: :years- ago, .-They. have. the
same veins and the same high-
[grade ore as Rocher de Boule.

NEW STRIKE AT

«North from Big’ Shaft—Cross Cit

They,

“de Boule: properties, where: ‘eop-)
| per isthe chief. metal; and. there nh
“a lot of Butte and’Salt!*'
Lake’ people come’ up this season, .

trouble with the railway — com-
7 pany’ is now over and the future

_ SILVER STANDARD|E

To Feet of Solid Ore in. Drift: to: the _

STATION GI GRANTED

fs

: GTP: . Pociase Several Hundred Las
hoo — Bis Development. this
7 = Summer i

the “Dominion - Stock. and -Bond
Corporation, ‘Vancouver, . owners
of Fort: Fraser townsite, recently
returned from a business visit to
Winnipeg, ‘wher e. completed
arrangements for a'depot, station
grounds and side-tracks at-Fort
Fraser.’ The. Grand Trank Paci-
fic also’ purchased several hun:
dred: lots in the toy °
“Mr: Salmon - alao' stated that
this spring: will see immense de-
velopment work at Fort Fraser.
Already-a, nuiitber of : fanufac-
turing sites long the river front
have been: ‘pyrchased and ‘¢ every
effort: will/baimake to make ‘Fort
Fraser one ‘dt the big towns of
the’ northern interior, All ‘the’

is clear sailing.

BACHELORS’ B BALL
_INMENSE SUCCESS

| Bcefent Music by Gray’s: Orchestra

The Silver Standard Tine on

“yet. uncovered, and!

ment list.’ “In the: past reports
have been made. of. the two. feet

silver-lead: ore, Reports have
been. made. ‘of. ‘new development
work atid of’ getting’ ten ‘cars of}.
ore down to. the: railway, at New
Hazelton, where it is waiting. for
the G.T.P. to give® out a reason-
able rate. for carrying the ore to
the coast, ‘In the. meantime the
owners ‘of the. property have: con-
tinued the work: One of the ‘last
pieces..of: work: undertaken’ ‘was.
to drift-to the’ north’ on the” big
vein from ‘the shaft, | “It “was
started at the 250 foot level; In
the . shaft. at this point. only. a
stringer: was in: ‘sight. ‘The drift
has: been: ran, for a distance of
35 feet, = ‘The: _vein, has widened
out to twa ‘feet of solid ore. This
is most encouraging’ ‘to’ the own-
ers, as up to the’ prescnt: ‘the ’ big
ore hodies have been/in.the oppo-
site ° direction: - Work ‘Is being
The tun<
hel ‘crews driving the: cross-cut,

od Tone i is ln 120 Feet ue

gathered ‘an ‘the’ hall.

as Prince Rupert, che tues ged
‘chestra from’ Prince Rupert, one| n anoth
of the best on the coast, -furnish- will
ed the’ music, and it. was’ one of
the chief. features of the evening. | vem
every number was encored | sever- | wi
al. times, ‘0
served about midnight and. the |fror
joyful dance was kept up unti] d
nearly daybreak, . Everyone was
enthusiastic-over the: suce
had-been ‘achieved, and the bach- rai
‘lots’ of. Hazelton’ deserv 1

ov large coed Ray .
: Decorated Halt: 7

Suosoded all ge vious efforts on
the occasion ‘of. annual: ‘ball

AT FORT FRASER)” F

eneral - Manager Salmon, “of

Hella vite i

ot Town aaa at Second New
Bridge Disappointed with Hr. Don- Be
oe a — $ Inte: ‘

Board of Trade which: journeyed _

met General Manager Donalds n
of the G.T. Pe. who. stopped. hig
special train at Hazelton:

what the:G.T,P.. was going | to do

{about building-a bridge. fromthe |

old. ‘town : to: ‘connect:.:with: =the
railway. It will be remembered
that. it -was- reported that this,
bridge. had” beer: guayariteed, BY.
whom, was.hot:announced,: The

take: kindly: to. the proposition,
Mr,’ ‘Saunders ‘does “not. want: to
build it'alone,:and now the GT.
P, has: thrown: cold water. upon -
the scheme,:- Mr. Donaldson told -
the ‘committee | thatthe.G.T.P.’

| Town and: Development: Co:. ‘were

_jalready into ‘South: : -Hazelton,
.| townsit# to: the extent’ of | about
$60,000,..and. he. could::not: ‘gee
where they would ever. get: out.
-| Being urged to make a statement, -

he said): thatthe company would
put up: $12, 500, . providing: -the =
Provincial: ‘government put -up:a
like amount: for. a $25, 0 000, ‘bridge, 7
and | then. _ providing :

last: ‘Wednesday ‘night, ‘Tt. was
held ‘in: the. Assembly. halla as: as~
ual,. but those ‘whe had charge of
the’ decorations» displayed ‘won-
derful -skill,’. _ converting | a! bare

ér of beauty. The chief | decora- :
tions were evergreens, Chinese
laniters, bunting and flowers and}:
the effect. was very cheerful and |’ ;
pleasing. The attendance was|
oné of the largest that has. ever

were the local: ‘people ‘there, but

» Refreshments - were

at

build that: bridge? Echo answers,
whol oe :

Not only}. :

Plank fosdways,
many «from: ‘New. Hazelton’ and].
from points down: the line’ ‘a8. far 7

Gray's or- |.

ommittee,

aaa ithe report ‘they | presented to
the Board: of Trade: was most dig. ;

and uncharitable hall into a bow-|*

ig - .
Who: else ean’ he approached to:

aad Clearing

across the., Bulkley river ‘and

The
committee | was. especially: . ape
pointed to ask Mr. Donaldson _

provincial : ‘government .:did:. not. ;

fof what: the; ‘pile up, Low
ora: little: ove 6;