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BRITISH COLUMBIA

THE MINERAL’ PROVINCE .OF WESTERN CANADA
HAS PRODUCED MINERALS VALUED AS FOLLOWS :—

Placer Gold, $78,018,448; Iiode Gold, $126,972,318; Silver,

$80,787,008; - Lead, $106, 976, 442; Copper $209,967, 068; Zine,

$50, 512, 567; Coal and Coke, . $984. 69 9, 133; Structural Materials

and Miscellaneous Minerals, $50, 175, 407; Making mineral produc-
tion to the end of 1926 show

" AN AGGREGATE VALUE OF $988,108 410

The enbstantial progress of the mining industry in this prov-
ince is strikingly il illustrated in the following figures, which
*show the value of production for successive 5-year periods:

For all yéars to 1895, inclusive ........$ 94,547,241

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“For five years, 1896-1900 aveteaeeensens BT, ‘607, 967
‘ ' For five years, 1901-1905 ............ 96, 507, 968
... For five years, 1906-1910 ............. . 126, 584, 474

-For five years, 1911-1916 .,............ 142 072,603
' For five years, 1916-1920 .,.....ccee ee 189, 922,725
For five years 1921 to 1925... Cg nevendenesdes 214,726,666
- For L926. ieee cece elec eect tere ee ens ece ene OT,

188,862
PRODUCTION ‘DURING LAST © TEN YEARS, $429,547,155

Lode inning has only beer in progress about 25 years, and only about one-.
. half. of the Province has been prospected: 200,00) aquare miles of unexplored
mineral bearing lands are open for prospecting.
hy ewgning laws of this Province,are more liberal and the feea lower than
any other Province in the Dominion or any Colony inthe British Empire.‘

- Mineral locations are granted to discoverers for nominal fees. Absslutetitles .
pre obtained: aby. developing such properties, security of which is guaranteed by
erown &

Prcaly all British Columbia mineral] properties on which development »
wark has been dono are described in one of the Annual Reports of the Minister
of Mines, Those considering mining investments should refer to seh reports,
They ara available without charge on application té the Departracnt of Mines,

. Victoria, B.C, . Repoxta covering each ef the six Mineral Survey Districts are ,
published. separately, and areavailable on application, Reports of the Geologi-
cal Servey of Canade, Winch Building, Vancouver, B.C., are recommended ag
valuable sourees of information.
Full information, together with mining reports and maps,

may be obtained gratis by addressing

The. Honourable The Minister of Mines
‘VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA

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. well’ “folks; there is nothing new.
It ig all the same old thing :—work.
Everybody is doing it, and that helps
some. It is the popular pastime. -

There was so much hay to put up
and so'few to do it-that haying was
not cleaned up until August 16th, but
in all our born days we never saw sd
much hay weather in one stretch. We
never got n chance to lay off ‘and lek,

But that hay weather sure mised
the duce -with the spuds-—here’s our
kick coming now. $20.00 a: ton will
not buy many this fall, but. there will
be lots for the plgs at that.

farm recently and got 2 buneh of Teg:
etables for Toronto : Exhibition, Hope’
this does not increase our.taxes. .

‘In spite of the dry wenther we are
familiar with one field of wheat that
took fire pounds of twine per acre, and

pounds to the acre, and the heads are
well filled with good hard grain. ”

The increased aereage this year has
caught alot of people who have al-
ways depended on hirlug - binders tc,
eut their grain and althongh Clark-:
son, Gyunloek ond Johnston and also
Greene have bought binders there is
still a rush to hire one. |

Some grain still unent has been ripe
for several weeks, in fact all grain is
tipe now.. Most of the big jobs ore fin-
ished but lots of 16 ond 20 acre jobs:
are still looking for a binder and, for
the rain to stop.

‘The road drags were npt much in de-
mand this. year, but* there has beén a
good deal of road work ‘done in spite
of the senrcity ‘of, help.” Everybody
has three jobs to do at once and a lot
of work will Lave to go undone should |'
We get an early freeze up.

“Mrs. Joy and children are visiting |
their mele, Fete Wilson,

The Familiy Beneficiary Society
did ‘quite a business around here re-
cently. :

» Doc. Skelhorn reports that the hue-
kleberries up Dome Mountain way are
already dried for winter, . Raspberries

places Saskatoons went to waste—nnd
they, make good sine too,”

MINING MEN AT TERRACE

OW. D. Lowdere ‘of. ‘Toronto, D. A
MeDenty, Calgary ‘and ‘J. ‘TT. Tener of
Vancouver, all interested in mining,
were visitors to Terrace this week,
Mr. Tener has been around New Haz-
elton for several. weeks, It was he
who reported ou- the recent big cop-
per-gold strike *it Alice Arm and in-
duced the Vancouver men to take that
property over. He told the Terrance |1

i] News that he liked the ‘Terrace coun-

try ‘nnd intendei spending  severn!
weeks in this vicinity, Mr. Tener is

‘{o mining, engineer and . is. .connected

influencial intning .men ‘and. financiers
who will go through with anything he
recommends to them. - tt

Ahee APPLE KING: A. VISITOR.

“On. ‘Tuesday ‘A 8. “Grey of Cedarvaio
who is well. Anown, 418 the ‘producer of

dlistrict are-for-the fall and winter! He
Nays the. apple crop 1s; iUeht:: ‘this: year

A but: the. quality - iy- very: ‘good. He has:
‘ disposed , of: almost his ‘entire crop, ‘A

matter® ‘that, does not ‘peem - ‘to: ‘Djease

"| Mr. Grey BO.Wwell ag’ the’ apple “erop, Ag}oo oc.
. |the-‘letigth of thme™it'takes’'the® ‘public oa
2 WORKS | department’: to” remove*n.* “mud:

= side: on the road ‘between: his": placé is
*| thd. MeDonald’s ‘farm: ‘The ‘lide: on-

‘eum: dowk, last: winter.:

The collectors were at Meadowbrook :

a whole erop that took better than 3

were not so plentiful as. usual. but in|

very fine fruit; arrived in’ town to see!
what. the. apple requirements. of. this]

‘The Hazelton Hospital issues. tic-
-keta for any period at $1.50 per.
‘month in advance. This rate in-
eludes’ office consultations, medi-
“eines, as’ well'as-all costs while
_in the’ hospital, Tiekets are.. ob-
tainable in ‘Hazlton: at the “arug
store or by: mail from the medi-
ent -superintendant at the hospital

The Hazelton Hospital. |

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~ SYNOPSIS OF
LAND ACT AMENDMIEN IS

PRE-EMPTIONS

Vacant, unreserved, surveyed Crown lands
may be pre-empted by . British - subjects
over “18 years’ of age, and by aliens
on . declaring : intention ‘to hecomr British
Subjects, conditional upon’ residence, oceu-
| Sorbo and improvement for agricultural
purposes,

‘Full = information concerning. regulations
regarding pre-emptiona ig given in Bulletin
No. 1, Land Serics, “How to Pre-empt Land,”
copies of. which can be obtained. free of charge
by ' addressing the Department of Lands,
Victoria, B.C., or to any Government Arent.

Records will be ‘granted covering only
land: suitable for“ agricultural purposes, and
which is not timberland,. ie, cargying over
5,000 board feet’. per acre weat of the
Coast Range and 8,000 feet per acre east
of that Range. .
Applications for pre-emptions are, ‘te be
addressed to the Land Commissioner of the
Land. Recording Division in which the : land
applied for is situated, and are made on printed
forma, -copies of, which ean he obtained from the

Land Commissioner. .

Pre-emptions must be occupied tor five years
and, improvements made to the: value of.
810, per acre, including ‘clearing ‘and. cultivat-
ing at least five #ores, before a Crown Grant.
can be received,

' For more detailed information see the Bolietin,

How . _ Pre-empt Lang.” mo ~
PURCHASE
Applications are “Tecelved | for _ Burchase

of . vacant and unreserved | Crown -, lands,
not being timberland, for agricultural’ Purposes:
minim. priee of. first-class (arable) land

‘$5 per sere, and second-class (grazing)
tana $2.50 per acre. Further information
regarding “purchage ~ or leaze of Crown
linds is given in Bulletin “No, 10, “Land
Series, “Purchase. and, Lease of. Crown
Landa.’ ”

Mill, factory, or. Industria}. bites on, timber
land; nat excecding 40 acres, may. be purchaved or
leased,

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