* slogd on pretty . for such a long hop. . home: | NEW HAZELTON; B. C., ‘WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1982 a Sg Be E Two Hundred - Work Ingenika ———$— > his succeeded in” raising a buneb. of B ocapttal in his own ‘country for the pur: pose ef developing. placer. claims ‘in ‘the Ingenilia district.) Mn Brown was in rhat country last fall, and it. is under: reliable authority that he stuked ever y. available claim | on the sie crek. that Pete Jensen" ‘inns been ‘aperating ‘on for quite a number af years, Tast.fali late and in the early winter Brown was | flying “about the | United States digging up the necessary funds and 2 week or so-ago. he arrivec in Burns Lake with a dozen and a half men and seventy-five tons of suppHes and a couple of. airplanes, all rendy-- tC fly inte the- Ingenika and prepare for operations on the creek on a large scale Jt is understood that a contract wil! he let to dig ‘a ditch three miles ‘lone hy eight feet wide and three’ feet deep to carry water for the mining. «This will be got underway. as Soon 15 POs ‘sible and when the water is availuble the development, of: the placer ground will be undertaken with sone 200 mer employed. “Tt was reported ut first that this ont fit would-make their headquarters x Mission Point landing field, but au some important improvements have t he mad@ to that field before is ‘gooe for loaded planes, the party had to de vide on Burns Lake and a much longer flight into “the mining. grounds, Ther preferred. to leave from Mission Poin’ if that had been: possible. age phase jae SA ee te ey poe Seinen seater “NO WORD OF 7HE Last PLANT Pilot and Woman Passenger Stranded in Blizzard and Intense Cold Have Plenty of Food Up to the time of writing nothing has been heard of the plane piloted b: ' Graham and carrying as a passenge Mrs. Christofferson of Tacoma. Th plane left Mission Point “Monday last week at 10 ‘o'clock in the mornin in fine weather and all set to mike Nome that night. But something dic not click right for they did not reacl their destination, They were’ seen i gcie Atlin, country once, but snot. since Owing to blizzards almost. continues ly ever since and a temperature rang ing from 20: to 50 below in thot: conn try Ww here the plane is’ supposed to le it has heen impossible to £0 out to look for the iissing plane, either by do: tenm or by plane, TWntil sweather con: ditions change the stranded péople wil linve to remiuin stranded, and make th: best of it. They are understand te. huye a good supply of food on hone but thelr supply of ers was not too li ‘ #, WH. Goddard received word Tues: day: that Mrs, Goddard had undergone nn operation in Yancouver attecessfully nad wns resting. Mrs, Goddard went south couple ‘af weeks aga to consul a-specialist. Ter many friends herr will he gind to Yearn that the aperatio w ns atlece sata owing. to;snow “and + snow -slldes the: ‘onst bound’ train due. heve,at 12.20 a / mm, on Tuesdiy ald “not arrive. until 10.80. woe. . AT _ A sleigh toad, ot. nurses rom the hos: . tt enjoyed ny dyive on “yp nestay- even- tng as far as Mrs. Suwle’shonie i New Hazelton. "A. couple of ‘hours oft musi and ‘social. chat. -wware e enjoyed nd the,hostess served = ee he- vs ‘to ‘BO: Next Summer| A Mr. Brown from. the United States |- melt