| THE OMINECA HERALD, FRIDAY, JULY 9, 1926

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THE MINERAL PROVINCE OF WESTERN CANADA
HAS PRODUCED MINERALS VALUED AS FOLLOWS :—
Placer Gold, $77,668,045; Lode Gold, $122,808,190; Silver,
$74,111,397; Lead, $89, 218,907; Copper, $197, 642, 647; Zine,
$39, 926, O47: Coal and Coke, $973,048, 9533 Building Stone, Brick,
Cement, $44,905,886; Miscellaneous Minerals, $1,694,387;
Making mineral production to the end of 1925 show

AN AGGREGATE VALUE OF $920,919,628

| The substantial progress of the mining industry in this prov--

ince is- strikingly il
show the "value of production for successive 5-year periods:

For all years to 1895, inclusive . vaeeeeee $ 94,547,241
For five years, 1896-1900. ..cccesecceees 57,605,967
_ For five years, 1901-1905 .....essseeees 96,507,968
For five years, 1906-1910 ....c.sseseees 125,634,474
For five years, 1911-1915 .......:ee00e . 142,072,603
For five yeats, 1916-1920) .......0008 189,922, 725
For the year 1921 0... cccceee nen eneees 23, 066, 641
For the year 1922/,......-.-+-seeeee eee 25, 158, 848
For the year 1923...0.0-:ceseeeseeeeee 41,804, 820
For the year 1924.. seeaeas 48, 704, 604
For the year.i1925......... teaceeceeeene GL, 492, 242

PRODUCTION DURING LAST TEN YEARS, $404,649,375 7

Lode mining has only been in progress about 25 years, and only about one- ~

half of the Province bas been prospected: :200,000; square miles of unexplored
_ mineral bearing lands are open for prospecting:
-The wining laws.of this Province are more liberal and the fees lower than
any other Provinca {n the Dominion or any Colony. jn the British Emplre,
Mineral locations are granted to discoverers for nominal fega," Absolute titles
are obtained by. developing such properties, security of which is guaranteed by
Wi gran’
Crow’ .B.--Practically all British Colambla mineral Properties npo pon whietr work
haa been dona are described in some one of the, Annua’ Minister

1 Those considering mining investments should pererta ef suc reports,
of Mines. available without charge on ager Hoation: to. ent of Mines,
Victoria, B.C. Reports covering onch of theaix Mine urvey Datel are

Gao ia

arately, and are available on appll
CoO aes eer Canada, Winch Busiaing, Vencruyes b Graze recomnmonded ag
‘Valuable sources of information.

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The Constitution Argument

The press of Canadaare devot-
ing much space on their front
pages and editorial pages to the
action of the Governor-General in
bringing about, finally, the disso-
lution of parliament. The ex-
premier, Mr. King has whined
very considerably and has open-
ly attacked the Governor-General
with the one purpose of covering
up his own great weakness in re-

and we believe the majority of
the people in Canada, believe the
Governor-General took the only
course that was open to him un-
der. the circumstances. Mr.King
has himself alone to blame, and
losing his temper and making
silly statements and silly threats
is not improving his position.

Neither will the people of Can-
ada be fooled by all this consti-
tutional harangue when they de-
sire to have a stop put to the
bootlegging and smuggling that
bas robbed the treasury of this
country of so many millions of
dollars.

The coming contest promises
to be even more bitter than were
the last days of the recent ses-
sion. The Canadian form of gov-
ernment will be attacked, total
independence will find advocates,
and in some sections religious
prejudices will be appealed to in
order to conceal any great policy
either party may have to advo-
cate. The only hope for a sane
campaign is that the constitu-
tional gale will blow itself out
before the campaign starts.

The most humorous feature of
the political: situation at Ottawa]
is the equirming of the Prosress-
ives, who deliberately double-
crossed first one party and. then
the other, with results far from
their own liking. The much-self-
boasted saviours of - the people
haye turned out to be destrovers
of governments,

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There promises to be more half.
truths and whole-bunk handed
out by politicians in. the next few
months than for any other period
in Canada’ 8, history. The Gover-
nor-General will’ ‘be used ‘as a
smoke Bereen ‘to hide ‘the real
issues,

Too. bad the Ottawa govern-
ment eotild not have’ hung. on a
few short months. “The long
hights of late fall and winter’ tire

s | Bo! much better ‘for hearing’ poli:
| tical speeches than are the bright |"
Aan hot evenings, of’ thie dufimet,

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"No ow th at the Propressis yes have

rt voted themselves out ‘of a a alaty

S they are also ‘out. of a. 1 dob: with’

PUBLISHER ;

fusing to accept defeat in the].
House. .The majority of papers, |’

no eampaign funds to pay another |/

campaign’ sexpenses. Who were

the dumbbells?" “ee

goon be listening to more hot-air
political speeches, and the’ candi-
dates will try to educate their
hearers by the sweat of) their
brows.

The election guessers are now
busy figuring out the date of the
next contest. The more general
opinion sets it toward the end of
September,

Skeena berry growers are more
interested in berries and the first
wheat ships than they are in the
next election.

Too bad parliament adjourned
and hung up 48 divorees. Life
sure is tough for some.

Development Of
Strike Presents
Little Difficulty

The reports from the Topley
gold: and: silver discovery have
aroused more and more enthusi-
asim in the interior and there are
those who talk about millions.
Some already refer to it as great-
er than the Premier mine and
richer that the silyer mines in
New Ontario,

The dimensions of the dike a are
now given as 400 feet square and
a known depth of, 50 feet, The

original locators have several op= |?

en cuts which satisfied them and
the end of last week they started
a crosseut tunnel at the 50 foot
level. The ground is so soft the
two men can, it is reported,make
six to eight feet a day.

Reports of assays run all the
way from $30 on the surface to
$112 in the tunnel. The values
are all gold and silver with a lit-
tle lead in some samples,

The locators have erected a
cabin and ore platforms and are
piling up the ore from the tunnel
ready for shipment.

“Pat” Aldous Killed

Manv people in this district
were sorry to hear of ‘the tragic
déath of A. C. (‘*Pat’’) Aldous,
who was killed by a falling swing
of canned salmon ata Vancouver
wharf on Wednesday last week.
Pat was working as a longshore-
tian at the time. ‘ His skull was
fractured, and he passed away at
the Vancouver General Hospital.
The late Mr. Aldous was @ resi-
dent at Hazelton during construc-
tion and townsite days, and he
was, with Murray, local selling
agent for South Hazelton, He
was married to Victoria, daugh-

tet of Chas. Morison,‘of Metla-|

katla, and is survived by his wife
and two sons. He was well

known i in this district, and much.

dympathy i is felt for Mrs, Aldous
and | family,

‘The geodetic survey party on
the railway will move next week |].
from Cedarvalé to New Hazeltofi ||:
where they will: make . headquae.|)

ters for several 'weeky, 98" Fait!

Life is tough. The people wiil||:

wMoe

_R. Williams

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