NEW HAZELTON,, B. C..

JULY . 80, 1915.

NUGGET WORTH

FORTY THOUSAND|”

Recent Find Reported from Atlin Dis-
“. trict is World’s: Largest: if Story”
if Province is Authentic

" The Atlin ‘disttiet. of- British |

™ Columbia has the distinction now
me of fathering the largest pure gold
# nugget ever found. The news
ma comes along the government tel-
me eeraph line to Vancouver that a
am Prospector, name not vet known,
ea found a forty - thousand - dollar
ma lump of gold. This is “caleulated
fm from rough weight and it repre:
M sents more than two thousand
gy ounces troy weight... This find
my was lying loose on the hanging’
mee wall of a quariz vein. R. Camp-
ea bell-Johnson, mining engineer of
aa Vancouver, reported the news. to
mm the Province.
. To date Australia has held the
a banner with “‘Weleome Strang-
Ber” and “‘Welcome’’ nuggets, but
: rust now stand. back for this
“‘daddy’’ of them all. |
When this flush of news is
authentically confirmed the effect
of mining to this province can
a not be calculated, and such a new
am incentive will start British Co-
am lumbia off on # new sprint.

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LOCAL EXHIBITS
| TO RUPERT FAIR

Be Secretary Wright Visited New Hazel-
ton People and Gardens in
Interests of Fair

m Secretary Wright of the Prince
my Rupert Agricultural Society paid.
# a short visit to this town and Gis-
triet over the week-end in the in-
f terests of the hig fair. ‘As soon
m as he arrived in town he called at.|.
® the Herald office and in compyny | =
m@ with the editor visited most. of |
BM the local gardens. and met meet
= of the producers;’.He- was sur-
& prised and delighted: with: the|
fm progress that has been made and
= with the appearance of the. gar-
m dens, all of which -are first - ‘year
a gardens... He. enthused. at. once
f over the prospect of a good exhi-
bit from New Hazelton. *

Mr. Wright met. with a good
deal of encouragement and he
secured a lot of information on
the mining and. agricultural de:
velopment in this district. ‘

Prince Rupert desites that. the

® local mining interests: and the
y local agricultural interests . make
| collective © displays: at: the- fair.
. Good prizes are being offered for

for individual articles. a

Aa Agricultutal cep.

+> }eently remarked upon -the- ‘many |7

: day from, Dobrolenka to: the re-

‘ing. increased in energy. “Monday

[BLITZEN SOLD HIS -

Edmonton Men Take a Take a Fifty Thos
7 _ and Dollar Bond—Are to Put —
"Men to Work: at Once

Greenwood. that: Henry | Blitzen
was dead. . Those who know him
in this district and the Babine
know him to be very ‘much: ‘alive:
In fact he is just a- little bit. the
livest man up here, having this
week closed. a deal’ for his’ group
of mineral claims in the ‘Babine
district, The purchasers are a
‘group of Edmonton. men‘and they
took a fifty’ thousand dollar bond
for two and a half years. — The
payments are to be ‘made’ every
six months and a force of’ men is
to be put to work. this season:

’ This property is not. far: from
Cronin’s, which is now working
more than a dozen men. It is ‘a’
high grade silver-lead mine | of
great promise and ‘with its devel-
opment: the: mining. industry in
the Babine should: make’ a rapid
advance as there are a ‘number ||
of good. prospects there. .

- Farms ate Inptoved
The (Prince Rupert’ News re-

improvements ‘made ‘on: Tanches
in the Terrace district: ‘this::year,
This increased development, the
News says is due to the fact: that
the provincial government hadt no

have had to: work: their’ land,

The government’s system of road.
building has evidently been wrong
as it took the farmer off the land
when they were most needed on

~BABINE PROPERTY |

“| than: the fishing: business, The

|per isthe most important: metal

money for: road. work. and the] -
pre- -emptors, and other. settlers | --

property, which. has: had. some dif-

oe
.”

pence RUPERT
__AND MIRING

oc ad

k

to-a realization that the mining] _
industry of this interior: ‘district
is of equal, if not greater, im-
portance te its future: succéss, as
is. the fishing, industry, ‘Ina _re-
cent. ‘issue ‘the: Prince “Rupert
N ews liad the following editorial:
“The. port. of. Prince Rupert
made another atep . forward yes-
terday, when, 100 tons ‘of blister
copper was shipped through from
Granby smelter to New York. :
‘There is ‘no doubt: that ultima.
tely. that mining — will be- even
more important to Prince Rupert

mining. area of this - huge
district has been. merely tapped,
and the shipments of ore through
this. -eity to Granby, and the re-
turn: consignments of metal to
the centre of the wurld’s tharkets
are simply signs of what i is. bound
to, come in the future.
“At the. present ° moment: “ene

in. the’ market, “and the Granby.
Co. is reaping a rich « harvest,:
showing: earnings: of approxima-
tely a half‘ a million | dollars per.
month,’ ‘and with ‘the fourth fur-
nace: blown: in. next: month, ‘the
eariibgs y will show: a steady ‘in- |:
crease, ae

At. the Rea. Rose Wine |, :
some. time. that: the | ‘Red. Rose |.

ficulties: of. its,'-own,. is, being
straightened. out: ‘and.that it will

the land.

resume operations in the hear
future.

moe

od, There are signs that Prinee|-
ae {Rupert i is beginning to’ awaken| ,
“There - was a -report arena

. anniversary. of the war.

tion of war. by Great. Brit:
* "| The: residents ofthe district” are,

Rumors have:been. current for}-2- 9°"

FOR THE HE SOLDIERS)

Movement. Launched to Raise. Eleven
- Hundred Dollars in This Dis-
- Ariet for 3 a Gun’ oe

out Canada for. the different com-
munities ‘to. purchase ‘machine
guns for the. Canadian’, ‘soldiers.
Many guns have already been or-
dered. A. movement. is. how on
foot to raise sufficient money, in
this district. to get a gun for the
boys,

Machine ¢ guns: cost $1, 100. ‘and
the subscription, list has been op-
ened in Hazelton through, the
Board of Trade. _Personsi in ach
‘community. are. being appointed
to receive. ‘contribntions, : At is
not thought ‘that any difficulty
will be experienced i in raising { the
funds, The object is ‘a worthy
one if the boys at the front are
to be expected. to. produce the
bests results. A. ‘machine gun | th
from this district would ‘be a fit- |
ting contribution ‘to mark” the

i Patriotic Concert
In compliance with a requést to|

the Hazelton Board of Trade. from .
the. Lieut:-Governor- a patriotic | ..
concert will be held in Hazelton |.
Jon: ‘Wednesday, Aug. 4th totnark

the anniversary of. the ™ declara-

all expected to ‘attend.

t has finally “ec com-|
pleted his: tram. line.from the Sil-|!
ver Bell to the: back trail and this

‘Petrograd, ‘July 93: — - Official —-
On the Disna and. Niemen rivers
the situation remains unchanged:
On'the Narew’ Sunday and“ Mon-

gion ‘of Novo-Georgievsk- fight:

the: enemy: brought: up immense
reserves above Serock,. On’ both |.
banks’ of the ‘Narew' there have
been - ‘several - -suecessi ul, Russian | i
attacks, “some Gerrnan: detach-
ments being’. compelled. ‘to beat a

led from them by counter attack!

hasty retreat’ tothe region of the | «

village of: Serock. : : We: captured th
both as well'as: ‘the: ‘usual’. prizes a :

Particularly vigorous attacks: ‘in ,
the neighborhood: of. Brubechow | ¢

were successfully: repulsed. On b

the Bug stubborn. fighting: ‘is, go-|.

ing on-in the region of Sokal. ‘and

Potourzhitsa, where a portion of pl
the enemy ’a: forees’: crossed: the }|fe
n the: Dneister, "aelivenge e

X MACHINE GOR

“It has i become ‘the fad thvbugh’d

The boy did not comehome and

Wednesday. evening); .

stains ‘ha ‘been ‘Siscovered me

we the Skeena’ rive

INDIAN AN MISSING. oo:
“HORSE RETURNED —
Was it Stiniuldnts or E or. Foul Phiy—Re- |

ports Differ— Police: are In-
-_ _Yestigating

Gin Sunday: last’: one of Robi. -
son’s horses arrived at: its home.
with’an empty - saddle cand :wet
from’ the up of its ears to the tip
‘of its‘ tail.” AES

Robison i is: ain’ Indiaw living ‘on,
the™ ‘Teserve surrounding -t the old
town’:

One of Robison s boys are a hee.
lieved to’ have -been’ riding ‘the =x
horse ‘and’ attempted: to cross' the: J
Skeena’ river’ above’ the: ‘bridge. :

fend

has” not’ since been: Been (up to.

“Tt: was reported: ‘that ‘the ne a
dians' had - ‘been » getting: stimu -
lants: again. =. o

~ Another: report was: that’ blood .

* The | Police. Aire