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NEW HAZELTON, B..C., JUNE 38, 1915

Silver Bell to

Rocher /

Ore Arriving j in New Hazelton from the Silver Cup Mine ,
Great: Activity: on Nine. Mile

Deboule |

Ship Next Month

i WADE RAPID TRIP
OVER THE HUMP

: Geo. T. Stewart Came Down From the
Silver Bell in Three Hours and
, Half With Good Report

mm | OGeo. T. Stewart arrived from
a the Silver Bell property on Nine
m@ Nile mountain last Sunday even-
me ing, making the trip to town in

fem three hours and a half. George

mms brings in a very satisfactory re-
fa port of the progress of the work
me at that mine... He is now taking

mag out a lot of very high grade ore;

aaa three piecea which he got out on

ey Sunday made a ton when sacked,

fe He will be ready to ship as soon
me as more sacks arrive,

Gone to New Zealand

a The many friends. here of G.

Mm H. Crabtree’ will, be interested

wo to. ‘Know ‘that he “has ‘déeidéd:‘to

§ take a trip to New. Zealand where

7 he ‘will-spend some ‘time.:: He

offered his services. ‘to go to. the

_ al front but on account: of his eye-

BY sight was not accepted, much to
f his disappointment.

| Lots of Assessment Work |

Be Wm. Thompson left last Fri-
F day morning to do. assessment
work on the Adalta group—three
claims lying between the Rocher
Deboule mine and. the Highland
Boy. From: there he, goes over

Hadden will meet him and they
will continue . the work on the
Black Prince. group. .

The Lead Wonder Group...

2, The Lead King group : was. al-

FG lowed to run out by the company
not paying the license money
which was due the last of May,.
is the report going around. It is
understood that. the property, has
been restaked for J: C. K. Sealy,
and is known’ as the Lead Won-
der.

4 sold to the public.. .

Toronto Man Was ‘Here

who has been. located . in Toronto
since last: summer, "WAS: B. visitor,
in this district. Jast week and‘ in-
spected | several properties, *:in-
eluding. the. American: Boy’. and].
boule; “On Satur.

day night. ha returned-to foronto.
where: ‘he Anticipates: making a
deal for’ e

|SILVER CUP NOW

Pack Train Has Been Busy Since last

|this week and will make a ship-

-|fleet Jacks 5,000: men and the
-|whole: navy: should have 18,000

the mountain ‘to, the Rocher :De- |.
boule Wonder ‘group, where Bob| .

-The Lead King: was a lim-
ited company and stock. has. heen

- tand over in: ‘gold and: silver.’
C: B: ‘Claybon, ‘a ‘mining ‘man

ON SHIPPING LIST;

Week Carrying Ore to Depot
at New Hazelton

On Thursday morning iast the} :
first pack train with ore from-the.
Nine Mile mountain: arrived in
town, coming over the mountain
by the old trail. . This is at. Jeast
one month earlier than. previous
years that a pack train could be
brought over that route., The
ore came from the Silver Cup,
which is being operated under-a
lease by the Clothier. brothers.
They will have a full car down

ment to the Trail smelter.

The American. Navy ..

New York, June. 16+ George
‘Von ‘Meyer; secretary... for. “the |:
navy. under Taft, is. urging | for .a
navy -reform. ~He .says..,that 12].
of the 83 battleships are unfit for
service; the submarines are crip-
pled and the number of destroy-
ers is insufficient: .The Atlantic

additional. men. . There should
also be 50,000, naval reserves.

: WILL GREAT OHIO
RESUME WORK?)

ROCHER DE

BOULE SH
AVERAGING ABOVE SEVEN PER €

Join Brown. has a Smaff Contract to
"Keep Him Going Until RP.”
oe ‘Trimble Arrives a

» John Brown went over to the| |
‘Great Ohio- group on: Friday and

has started to work in the tunnel.

He will do fifty feet. or so until
R. P. Trimble arrives; which will
bé some time in duly, when plans
will: be decided’ upon: for future
operations. It is reported that a
compressor plant: will’ be: put in
and that ‘in future the” mining
will be done by machinety.

MINING ENGINEER”

~ COMING JULY it)

spent a coupla of days“in the
- | district last week and’ also: viait-
“led: the’ ‘Rocher ‘Deboule : ‘tnine,

For the Lake Kathlyn Coal, Fields—
“Finandal Men: to ‘Visit ‘Mine a

Frank x Frank passed through
on: Saturday night’s:train on his
way to the Lake ‘Kathlyn coal
fields; He told-the Herald that
he had a mining engineer coming
in on July 1st to take over. the
development work. In 'the mean-
time he expects: seyeral financial
men to’ visit the property.

‘ciation.

|PRINCE RUPERT 10 _
HAVE A BIG FAIR}

Prize Lists are Issued—Fair on Sept.

"22, 23 and 24—Prepare Now |
“to Exhibit: Produce

“The Herald is in receipt of ‘a
copy of the: annual report: for
1914 and the prize list for 1915
of the Northern British Columbia
Agricultural and Industrial Asso-
-The ‘exhibition will be
held this year on September. 22,
23 and 24, and the prize list ‘is
bigger and better than ever.
Now is the time. to prepare to
niake exhibits, Encourage your
stock and field and root’ crops.

" J. Hobin Saw a Mine
M. d. Hobin; of Pritice Rupert,

With‘ the. work. that is’ ‘going’on
at that property ‘he was delight-|;
ed, anid he had‘no idea ‘that: the
Montana . Continental . Develop-

ment Co, had such an extensive}:

plant. Mr. -Hobin returned to

the coast Monday and: at Skeena/

Crossing. was joined by, Mrs.
Hobin, . who -has been east for},
several months ona visit,

S OVER 3000 TONS ORE
ENT. COPPER!

Three thousand tons of ore is
what has been shipped. from the
Rocher Deboule mine .bv ‘the.
Montana, Continental . ‘Develop:
ment Co. since the 26th of. April.

At the’present time the -aver-
age daily. tonnage produced is 60
‘tons. ©: This is ‘béirig: increased at
a rate which‘, will, | by July Ist
give a daily output’ of from 100 to
125 toris. -
. The’ ore is eoppétigold, averag-
ing. U per. cent. copper and $8.00

The ore is handléd once by the
muckers under ground:and is: not
touched again: until it reaches the
smelter—it. is - moved altogether
by: gravity.” oe

“The: ‘entire ‘plant dg the iiost
modern’ ‘that’ money ‘enn buy,’ re-
sulting’ ik the’ ‘maxim
‘tion: atin minimum coat:

Hazelton dist ot

_| although |:

continued by the Rocher: Deboule
Mining. Co. and under the same
management. :

“Last week the editor of: the
Herald visited: the Rocher De-

‘manager, D. Gi Williams.’
Rocher Deboule mine is only a

_|baby yet,; and the extent of the i
ore bodies and the. value of the .

ore has not yet. a:

sent to eee he.

boule mine and there had a-most

interesting interview with. the s
‘The |. &

Production will Reach, One Hundred Tons a Day. Next ‘Moath=-Equipment Most Modern That Can Be if
» Secured==Mine: Will. Continue Operations After Present Lease Expires and Under the
Same’ Management=~Great Work Accomplished in. Short Time at Mine |

tram line which is ‘the most dir-|
ect route, | ‘but certainly not, the
easiest grade, to: the top..of the
Phill... my
Upon reaching the camp ME

Williams extended a warm. wel-| 7

come and: proved himself as good |;

Mr. Williams: gave out the follow. |
ing information: -_

Use Electric Energy. Entirely

|. “The. Rocher Deboulé: mine is |:
1 operated b iby. ‘electricity, hich.-is |

‘the Babine district, was: in town -

; Surf Inlet Mining Co., was a
_ passenger on the Saturday. night

- of ‘the nearby lakes.
. difficult on account, ‘of the small,

a host as he is a mine manager. |
: In the interview that: followed’

; ‘building | campaign - ‘three : years

|GASOLINE BOAT
ON BABINE: LAKE |

For Freight and Passenger: Service— . &£
Silver Island Property Wil.
. Be Operated 8 “ a 5

~

"ohn McAvoy, a. land o ownerin =

for 2. week and left. the first of -
this week for his ranch where he
will put in the summer. He re-
ports that a gasoline launch will
be. put on. the lake this. summer
for: passengers and freight.” A
wagon road has been cut from,
Babine lake to Burns.lake on the
railway, and. supplies. will be
hauled across the. twelve-mile
stretch and then put on the boat.
Besides Cronin’s property and .
the assessment work . to. be’ done
on other prospects, itis ‘under. -
stood that, the. Silver, Island pro-
perty: will be- developed ‘to'‘some
extent this season. ‘He stated
that’ Silver — Island: had’ recently’
been ‘bonded for a hundred: thou-
sand dollars to a ‘Spokane syndi- _
cate who will put a number of
men to work at onee. ve

. Manager of Sutf Intet Here .
Mr, Holland; “manager of tie

train on his way to Toronto, He
reports that: they” are now work-
ing fifty-eight.men at Surf Inlet
and that the ‘property is develop-
ing very satisfactorily. a

* Had a Good Fishing Trip: vo
“A number’ of ‘the boys: we nt
fishing Monday morning’ td one
‘They: Had o
very “good luck with the line: and
brought back a fine large i mess of |
‘trout. ‘The trip-to the lake: “is

amount. of travel that way.

Cannot Collect money

Van couver,, “June 15— J
‘Mclnnes, decides that promi a:
notes given for Y. M. C.ALn wo Og

ago are not collectable, by. y la a8 i

$3 000 i in subseriptio
ffect d.bv, the d