The substantial progress BRITISH COLUMBIA > THE MINERAL PROVINCE OF WESTERN | CANADA HAS PRODUCED MINERALS VALUED AS FOLLOWS :— Placer Gold, $78,018,548; Lode Gold, $126, or2 BS: Silver. $80,787,008; Lead, $106,976,442; Copper, 967,068; Zinc, $50,612,567; Coal and Coke, $284, 699, 133: stectiared Materials and Miscellaneous Minemals, $50, 175. 407; Making mineral produc- ~ tion to the end of 1926 show AN AGGREGATE VALUE OF $988,108,470} of the mining industry in this prov- ince is strikingly illustrated in the following figures, which show the: value of production for successive 6-year periods: For all years to 1895, inclusive eveseeeh 94,547, 241 For five years, 1896-1900 .....:+.0.--5+ 57,607,967 For five years, 1901-1905 ..... cuneee 96,507,868 _ For five years, 1906-1910 ....... veeeves 125,534,474 For five years, 1911-1915 ....-... veeeeee 142,072,608 . For five years, 1916-192) ......-. teniee 189, 922.725 For five years 1921 to, 1925... Vecscectersceces 214,726,650 Por 1926...... cece ve ee ce cteee en eeeee se eeeeeee 67,188, 842° PRODUCTION DURING LAST TEN YEARS, $429,547, 755 a . and only about ene- miles o£ unexplored any other Prevines in the ie Eayin or any Gear in the British Empire. . Mineral locations are granted to diacoverers for nominal are obtained | by developing such properties, security of which is guarant crown Preetieally all British Columbia mineral properties on which leethioca work has been done are described in one of of Mines. Those considering wining investments should refer to auch reports. They are available without charge on application to the Department of Mines, Vietoria, B.C, Reports covering each of the six Mineral Survey Districts are published separately, an nd are available on application, Reports ta of the Geologi- eal Survey of Canada, Winch Building, Vancouver, B.C., are recommended as valuable sources of information. Full information, together with mining reports and maps, - may be obtained gratis by addressing The Honourable - The Minister or Mines ‘VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA “The Omineca 4 Herald NEW-HAZELTON, B.C. - : Published Every Wednesday . C,H. SAWLE - , PUBLISHER ad Advertising ratea—$1.50 per inch per month reading notices 16¢ per line firet insertion. Oe per line each eubsequént insertion. | SILVER-LEAD MINING LOCALLY — . The: “Hlazertn: : rosy ‘ets for “any: ‘period ‘at’ $1.60 per. "month ; in advance. * elndes . office, consultations,’ medi - 1. inthe hospital. ‘Tickets are ob:* en superintendant at. fae. hospital "his rate “Ins Ee may OP. eines,: ag: well as "all costs’ ‘while: tainable™ in Haziton at ‘the’ ‘drug | store or’ "py “fond fromm. ‘the: ‘medi, po ee qe cS a Ag a result of ‘the operations of the Duke Mining Co. at the Silver Cup on . Nine Mile mountain, it has been dem- onstrated that the silve? and tead val- uey in the sedimentaties go to depth The Silver Cup has attained a depth of |” five hundred feet. It is in the sedi- mentaries. . ‘Nearly: all the prospects Beraees meer ersminemeemss wana i H.C, UNDBRTAKERS || - BMBALMING FOR, baurient 4 Ae JRPECIALTY - qt i ‘A wire: “BO. Box 8 , : will bring us TE LCE ~ PRINCE RUPERT. BC. “B ce os a. a ae! : st - + € cs : v? a ] a . a - _s B | eens: fo on Nine Mile mountain are in the sedi inentaries. Besides: ‘the Cup other pro perties: close by. are the Benny {the old | Silver Bell) the Silver King Fraction, the Barber group, the Hazelton claim, and the Kootenay. ‘Then there: are the well known properties, . American Boy. the Mohawk‘ on Four Mile, and the Bir ver Standard -an, Glen ‘mountain. The Silver: Standerd: has proven itself to 2 depth of ‘nearly five hundred feet aud the American’ Boy has 2 depth of four hundred feet,. There should not be any hesitation on the part of, any min- jug company now to attack a prospect i this district. at depth.” The, pioneer * Provincial Assayer_ Pricé List ‘geit’. 7 ; on Appliextion. so ‘ Prompt *Service is Given to You : , Send in Your Samples 4 _ Smithers, B. C. | operators. have goue down, by degree: and proven the uniformity . and the | permunency of the ore. The next ster is deep mining and this district is now _ on ‘the yerge of deep mining,. Nine Mile mountain has ever yet Women will know This to be True! Haven't you found this to be trus-~-that one .e batch of flour will - give you certain results but that the next time you bought the same brand your results would be quite di big flour: companies employ chemists to see are kept to. a constant standard, Drags, like flours, fferent. that their fiours Now, the may be thoroughly pure. but of a variable standard, Think what this " means in the effectiveness of your doctor’s presereptions. Ormes buy their drugs only from manufacturers who guarantee er cent, pure, ang as the daily round of the sun. that their products are not only 100 ~ but that their strength is as unvary- -ORMES LIMITED The Rexall Store _ Prince Rupert, B.C. " The Pioneer Druggists been prospected.: True, many, celal hnye been staked on it, and some pros: pectars have attempted to put h blank: ‘Vet on the hill, and with # vertnin a- 5 --|mount of snevess. But many uf the fo claims haye run out because no work _[had ever been done on them, and thos _| that have’ not ran: ont have been: held hy’. the minimum amount of work. It is a good. time now for some real PrQs:; ; pecting to be done on that hill. Therc js a market for anything | ‘that has any merit, and the opinion is gaining that this district, betiveen - ‘Terrace and the height ‘of land at, Rose Lake, is going to develop one af the world’s best Sil. ver-lead camps - (bilgh grade). ‘| Nine Mile’ mountain + shas as good,a chance as any hill im the north té6 make a big camp. There will be a mill ic handle the ore when mined and it will ready In lots of time, - in fnet: will -be operating. in ‘fl amalt way very shortly. eee Ybe of ‘sufficient: capacity. tt will -be |: .|It will. be centraly ‘located for Nine, 1 or Provincial Plections) Ad Skeena Electoral District NOTICH is., here y given that I shall, un Monday, the. 21st . day of May, 1928, at the hour; of. 10:00 o'clock in the forenoon, ;at, the - court-howse, ; Smithers, ‘hold .a:. sitting of the, Court Prine Rupert -_ Bd | May. tan is 00d : : Usk. , ere ith May te . of Revision for the purpose of revising Terrace ee "Binh -M —_—— the st of.woters ‘for the sald Dlectoray |e nig | “Tt is tainly certain now that there ; Distriét,’ and ; of heating .and: ‘determin- Pucitic 2: a 20th Moy will be -no . election this June. | July [ pjections to «the: my a tay and August-are not populur “months for _ Ang: ‘any: ‘pind’ al retention: of: ny DAME: son ‘the: said | list, or the’ registerntion ns a. voter-of | Evelyn. s..c.s “14th May {away from: home and: thé farmers: are any npplicant : ‘for, registeration; - and ‘Smithers: ye icin - “May | tuo: busy to’ iittend’ ‘political. meetings. _ for the other purposes :set - ‘forth. jn the dele ne Thus it: looks good for.an’ appeal to the . “provinelal - ‘Hlections: Act | opley 0." oad: May county, in Beptemnber or October, : B. Oy ’ this Litt Rose, Tanke. 24th: May “oq. BUYDS Lake .. 26th Mas * here ig ¥oom ain’ New “Hazelton for ‘i. Hoskins, © PENNA, etree seers 26th. May. several nev ‘houses, At-the:. _ present’]’ Yor. of: Voters, ’ Come FREE |’ ‘OME time ft would: be. hard’. to find a ‘place Canadian Forestry - Association - PRESENTS FREE ee 5.000 feet of new movies, showing — “(THE RED DESTROYER” - . British Columbia’ Travelogue, Provin-. cial News Reel,. ctc. COME Cur arri ives.” FREE Thwangn:: New. Hazelton an ‘Tinvelton.. 52. ‘May Four and Glen mountains, Thus the time Js tipe for ‘real, prospectors to Be into the hills. - 5 “About as mean a trick , ns a aatly paper ean pull is to copy whole stories |. from the Ww eckly press and give no cre dit ‘ta those ‘papers. Then ‘turn nbout and advertise, and boast about what.i wonderful news service It. gives tic | public; that ‘It spares no expense ta get the: news from the’ district. Phat L. {the polley af the Prince ‘Rupert: New! “When you see’ the local policeon ‘tiie highway in his “Galloping Goose” it}: ib as well to take to the bushrwhile tl the. such: festivitles, ag many. elty people” are | mieetoral’ Distrlt and‘".improvements ‘made to*' $10 per acre, including clesiing ‘and cultivat-. : ing at least five Bored before a ‘Crown Grant can be received, ‘ ow Preempt Land.” - nee, ~ SYNOPSIS OF. LAND ACT AMENDMENTS | : PRE-EM BONS! .. Vacant, - wireserved, surveyed . Crown lands. may be pre-empted ~ by.= J. D. Boulding "= HAR ‘British - ‘ subjects . “ " full naw of * Bett and Heavy _— Hardware sj, “Farm ‘Machinery ” Gilbert’s ‘Backsinth Coal Miners Supplies, ete. 1 over: 18° years of age,” ‘and: by. zaliena |. ‘on. _ declaring’: ‘intention. to © beeore.” ‘British subjects, conditional - upon residence, ~" ects pation, and ° “Tmprovement for’. “euricuttairal purnqges. ; Full. information ‘eoneerning « rogplations regarding pré-emptions is given: in © Bulletin |’ No..1; Land Seriés, “How to Pre-empt Land,” copies of which ean be obtained free of charge by, addressing -the : Department of “Lands, |. Vietoria, B.C., or to any Government Agent. | Records will be granted coverings, only}. land ‘suitable for agricultural purposes, and which is -not. timberland, i.e, carrying over B,Q00: board’ feet per aera “west of the Coast Range - -and « +8,000 feet per « -acre _ east of that Ranee. ° Applicatina ’ Foy. preemptiona’ are to 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 can be obtained from the ‘Land CommissionerY: aes ; ’ Pre-emptions must be oecupled for five ) years ‘the “value of |. ” For more detailed information gee “the Bulletin, | PURCHASE? ° : Applications ‘are, received — “for. of . vacant ©. and unveserved, Crown | ‘lands, not being timberland, for agricultural purposes} minimum. priéa of _ first-class (arable) land dis $5 per acré,’ and’ second-claar (grazing): land $2.60 per. ‘acre.’ ; : Farther, information regarding | - purchase, OF _ lease: “ef “Crown lands.. is given. in Bulletin “No. * 10; ‘Land Series; “Purchase © ond “Lease : of “Crown ‘Bands? 0 0 > Mill, - factory, or industrial. "tites on.: 1 tinaber land, not execeding Ads acres, may be purchared or ‘eased, the’ condiitgna: inchidine “Payitient of dtumpage. " Purchase |, Gas AND OIL ‘SUPPLY STATION ve AT City ‘Transf et Y stables : SMITHERS, “B.C. B.C. LAND SURVEYOR . J. Allan: “Rutherford - ‘All descriptions ‘of surveys ‘promptly executed. - _ SMITHERS, I B. C, ! J. 'R: Williams’ PROVINGIAL ‘ASSAYER *. Price lets sent on request o _Axedit Foncier Be. VANCOUVER, B.C, “HOMESITE LBAses : "-Unourveyed Bread,’ ot exededin may: be’, leased .* a3. homiesltes; : jeonditional upon: a’ ‘dwelling: being’ erected. . In’ the’ firat’. year, ‘title. being’. -obtalnable {: after’ tesidence ‘and: impravement, - “eonditiona! { fulfilled a | thas Vand: * hag: «heen in i . ek wae For, araaing: “fand , "tnduatsa t Moms were ce, a re phirpose | 2 axead- not: exceeding 640 ‘aereR * finy be: leaned . “| to. Lye: and. enquiries are ‘made: very |. ” Chss: ——— ‘cur FLOWERS. POTTED: PLANTS " BLOOMING BULBS: