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PRINCE RUPERT, B.C.

tion to the end of 1926 show

show the value of production

. For five years, 1896-1
For five years, 1901-1905
For five years, 1906-1910

'. PRODUCTION DURING LAST

The mining Jaws of

crown &.

Victoria, B.C.

‘ valuable sources of information.
‘ull information, together

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

Placer Gold, $78,018,548; Lode Gold, $126, 972, 318; ‘Silver,

$80,787,003; Lead, $106, 976, 442: Copper, $209, 967, 068:. Zine, .

$50, 512, Ba7:. Coal and Coke, $284, 699, 188: Structural Materials:
and Miscellaneous ‘Minerals, $50,176, 407; Making mineral produc-

AN: AGGREGATE VALUE OF

The substantial progress of the mining industry-in this prov- +.
ince is strikingly iilustrated in the following figures, which.

_ For all years to 1895, ae

acne semen

weve eee ne eees 125,684,474 |
For five years, 1911-1915 ........cccsee 142,072, 3

For five years, 1916-1920) ........... .. 189,922,725
For five sears 1921 to 1925 dese sees csenens ..+, 214,726, 656
‘+ Wor 1926.......... tenes deen enone ane eueeeeeses “GL. 138, 842

Lode mining has only been in progress about 25 years, and only about one-
half of the Province has been prospected:

, « mineral bearing lands are open for prospecting.
, this Province are more liberal and tha feea lower than
any other Province in of tb Dominion or any Colony in the British
Mineral locations are granted to discoverers for nominal fees, Absolute titles
are obtained by developing such properties, security of whieh is guaranteed, by

rants,
‘Practically all British Columbia mineral properties on which development
, work has been done are described in one of the Annual Reports of the Minister
‘ of Mines. Those considering mining investments should refer to auch reports. «|
They are available without charge on application to the Department of Mines, :
Reports covering each of the six Mineral Survey Districts are
published seperately. and are available on application. Reports of the Geologiu
eal Survey of Canatia, Winch Building, Vancouver, B:C., sre recommended as

may be obtained gratis by addressing

The. Honourable The Minister ot = Mines
VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA

$988,108.470

for successive 5-year periods: - .

vecseeee $ 94,647,241
57,607,967

TEN YEARS, $429,547,755.

+ 200,00 square miles of unexplored

Empire.

with mining reports and maps,

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“Monday..: eveningo las puree 3

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HAZELTON,

Christmas

B. C. a ‘ a

hoy

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Smithers N otes..

H,,0: Wrinch, M L. AY Was -atbust:|

ness visitor last Week getting things in

shape’ before’ going . to’ ‘Vietoria.

“phie ‘annual: ‘general: meeting’ 01 of: the
Smithers veterans elected Lt. Col, Gale’
as their resident: for 1928." ‘

‘Charlie Wilson’ has, pow, ot. the: lee

Saepbrmeeke TR tee

: ‘The “ginithers Curling Club 4 is @ hold:
“> ang? the: first’: of! ‘n-series ‘of moccassin
‘dances’ on “Monday. iiignt..

en aie.
“Fas. H. Groat: waa:ielected” president’
of the Smithers ond District. Board: of |
we a

cn ore shag’

Bi yg

ia

Stephens: was |.€l

oda

- Messrs, “Reid, “Henry, Sales, _
and Oulton, Warner, MeGill, Mathews, ini

‘| town: balk

‘Thursday. evening in* the' church, .

| Hoskins: and Oulton. oat

“Whe - Bebeceas held: their /monthly
_{ bridge drive on Wednesday’ last in, the
A. goodly ‘number- were fil
attendance’ and the’ prizes went to’ Mrs,’
Wall and’Mrs. Bennett and to.G.. H,
Windt nnd Geo, Heffernan: eyes

- The; ‘qonual- general: miveting Of St.
| James A nglteiin church’ was’ held’ on
-Mr:
‘Page: "waa elected: ‘people's : ‘warden ‘nnd
J.°H Byrne: was’ appointed! rectors

Soot | :

eg mt

& _—— ry.

' Quarrier turned petalintiy. “There
you go again, Joan,’ always making re-
marks at miy “expense,” then addressed

‘| Guthrie, “I.see from your bowls that

you are not interested in the sclences.”.

‘ With-a significant glance at the girl
Guthrie soberly answered, “No, I feor
I haven't the scientific mind. I waste

history——poetry, too.”

“Poetry?” — With silent deprecation,
Quarrier shook his head as he. took
the chair Gordon offered at the table.

Old Anne shuffled in with steaming
stew and. crisp whitefist, her wide,
wrinkled face alight with pride ju, the
dignity of -her office. Quarrier was
deep in the narrative of his simmer
voyage to the e1st cost ‘¢f Dudsen
Bay in the interests of a Toruuto syn-

plore the region and to exploit. it,. if
comniercieally practicable, the’ copper
and iron deposits known to exist,
when the. sound of coughing. from ‘an
jmner.. Zoom + brought, Guthrie to his
ect.

“Pardon mé,” ‘he said: and left them

Quarrier’s thick eye brows knotted
“He’s -paying the piper now... How an

come up here in this .Godforsaken
country in the ‘first place, ond then
take up with a‘ squaw—Pah!”

The girl he addressed sat ‘tense, her
chin up, :listening,.ay though she had
not heard. In a moment Guthrie, op-
ened the door, his face ‘grey with an-
xiety. *

: Gould: ' You : come,: a “niomient ?" ‘he
asked the. girl. who had risen from the
table, “You said you could. help—
she’s pretty bad?”

Joan. Quarrier hurried to her medi-
cine kit In Gordon’s' ‘room, emerged
and followed him, There to the‘an-

of Anne’s cooking,. they stayed untii
he had finished, ‘At length, when the
opiate had’ brought respite to the suf-
ferer, Jonn and Guthrie returned tc
the living room..

‘I’m sorry,. sir,” sald ‘Guthrie, “that
you should be disturbed—that I should
need the services: of your sister, - but
she’s been a-godsend.” +! :

Quarrier -nodded: stolidly, without
removing his -pipe from his mouth.
Then, os if spurred by & pense of. ‘duty
to the-performance of’ a“task not’ too
disagreenble, cleared his: throat and
began:

“Mr, Guthrie, may I ask how you, e
man of education and - family, ..fine
yourself in a minor position, so to
speak, with the Hudson's Bay Co.?’
aA corner of Guthrie's: mouth lifted.
His rather deep. set eyes shifted from
the questioner to meet the flance of
the girl, half amused at the abrupt
question, half wondering at his answer
“Your question is a fair one,” he
replied. ““E came here for my health.
I came back from overseas with gassed
lungs,” °
“Ah, I see, °
may, I ask?". ,

.. “Montreal”

“*You—you ‘caiv't ‘be a relative of
Charles Guthrie?’ demanded the: other,
his interest gnddenly . aroused. no

_-“Brother.”.....,

” You, ‘a brother of! hares. Guthrie!”
Quarrier’s: proininent -eyes bilged .in
amazement at the factor of Blkwan.

‘ “You are more flattering to my ‘bro.
ther than to me,” and ‘Guthrie. joined
J oan. Quarrier in an amused snule.

“But you’ Ye not staying in this coun.
try—this business, since ‘you’ ve regain-

Where Was Sour home,

ry tt oe

|ed your health?’

“E don't know: I “wither like the

life.”

nor ‘taying. v up ‘tieve; ra presume?”
“Yea, for; net. , coming, home—thls,
summer... 4 oa
Um): rena) a eye Te ds
“Guthri¢ 0%, “and shbting' a. ‘enndic |
forthe.’ ‘September, ‘ight had. fallen,

carried ‘it t6 the sick-room, where old
Anne was on ‘guard. Returning he. lif,

_ |the” ial Tiying-tooth, Jlamp. " And, ‘ir,
thib' mind ‘of’ the ‘woman , who Watched, }
surmise followed . surmise * foncerning:,

Gite ‘fadtor: of : ‘Blkwan,
jhe ‘had: ‘given ” np: ‘for -

her. “were three
autogrmphed “Ukenespe

of a, benntifal.

warden; “Btéphen ‘Hi Hoskins te the'lay:|. ve
: delegate: Hip.’ aytiod.' when. At meets: An : *
ie: ‘tne Rupert: to’ vote for: the new Dis~

Men Marooned |

my time up here reading fiction and:

dicate which had been formed to ex- |.

On educated mun, os he.seems to, can’

noyance of. the man who ate heavily |:

for, in the room}... |

The Hazelton-Hospital qe

‘The Hazelton “Flospital “issdes: tie |
kets for any period ‘at $1.50: per ~
month in advance. ° This rate in- 4
eludes office. consultations, medi- +
.cines,as well as all: costs while
in the hospital. ‘Tickets are ob-,.
tainable in Hazlton at. the drag :
' store or by mail from the medi. *
cal superintendant at the hospital

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SYNOPSIS OF
LAND ACT AMENDHEENTS

ho PRE-EMPTIONS.

”-Vaeant, unreserved, nurveyed Grown land

may: be’ - pre-empted’ “by'” British subjecta
aver 18 years’ of age, and. by aliena
on declaring intention. ta becomn ‘British
subjects, conditional upon residence, orci
pation, and improvement for agricultural
purposes, .

Full. information concerning. regulations
regarding preemptions ia" given In’ Bulletin
No. 1. Land Series, “How to Pre-empt Land,”
copies of which can be obtained frea of charge
by addressing the’ ~ Department of Landa,
Victoria, B.C., or to any Government Agent.

Records will he granted covering © only
land suitable tor agricultural Purposes, and
which is not. * timberland; ie. carrying over
6,000 board feet per. acre west of the
Const Range . and ..8,000--feet per’ Acre “east
of that Range.

_ Applications . for preemptions are. to ‘be
‘addressed ‘to the Land Commissioner of the
Land: Réeording Division: in which the Jand
applied for is situated, and are made. on printed

Land Conimissioner, .
_Prevetnptionia® must Baccoupted for five years

$10 pér ‘acte, inclidiag-ciearing and -cultivats
ing at least . five acres, beffre 9:.Crown . Grant

| can be received, .

For move detailed information vee. ‘the Bulletta,

. How Pre-empt Land. "

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make » PURCHASE

Applications are. recelved for purchase
of. vacant . and | unreserved . Grown lands,

nat belng timberland, for agricultural purpoges;
| minimum price of’ flrat-clasa ’ (erable). land
is. $5 per were, ‘and | second. clase (grazing)
land. $2.60 per iacre: ~! Further information.
regarding : purchase -- Henge’ of Crown:
lands is ‘riven in iulletin No. 10, Land
} Serles, “Purchase and _Lease_ of Crown
_| Lands. ad ; i

Mal; | ‘fartoiy, or Industetal sites on:  thinber
land, ‘not exceeding 46 acres, may be purchanéed or
leased, the conditions including, paymenit , af
stumpasrey l fac.

HOMESITE. LEASES - con

. Unsurvayed: aréaa. “not “ axeeeding “20, acres,
may be leased: - ag. homesttés, conditional
upon a ‘dwelling being erected | in, ,the
flea year," ‘ title: boing”. obtainable after
residence’ and “ improvement conditions * are

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tow yi

WAveaa ‘not, “excooding 640 acres, may he
=f any. one:- perso ior :

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