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THE OMINECA MINER, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16 1011

The Omineca Miner

PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY AT HAZELTON, THE CENTER OF THE
GREAT Omineca District or BRITISH CoLUMBIA,

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VoL, I, SATURDAY, Novemper 18, 1911. No. 12,

Renewed Activity in Placer Field

For over a score of years the placer dixgings of the Omineca
river and its tributaries, which had produced millions of dollars in
gold, have been practically abandoned by the individual miners,
who found that the erude hand methods of working the gravels
were of no avail once the shallower and more easily worked deposits
had become exhausted, A few of the old-timers have continued
to go into the Omineca every season, reaping rich rewards when
conditions favored them, but more often failing to make more than
enough to pay their expenses, Large deposits of pay gravel
were known to exist in the old channels, but these were difficult to
reach without pumps and machinery, while the rich benches couid
only be worked by hydraulicking, requiring the construction of
expensive flumes and the installation of plants which were expen-
sive and hard to transport over the pack trails. These difficulties
have until lately prevented the exploitation of the deeper gold
deposits of the camp; but with the general development of the
northern interior and the provision of better freight facilities to
Hazelton, which is the outfitting point for the mines, their
could not be longer delayed, and for the last two scasons there has
been a great deal of activity on the gold-bearing: creeks, Thorough
prospecting of the ground controlled by some half dozen large con-
cems has proved to their complete satisfaction that, with proper
methods of operation, millions can be taken from the gravels of the
district, and in consequence a number of large plants are to be in
operation next season. with more to come, The development of
the Kildare leases on Slate creek, as outlined in our news columns,
is only one of the big projects of the immediate future. The con-
struction of a thirty-mile road from Tatla lake, which is asked for
by the miners, to allow the transportation of machinery to the
creeks, will probably be undertaken by the provincial government
in the spring, allowing the installation of plants next season. ‘The
activity which is certain to obtain in the Omineca river field in the
immediate future will mean much to Hazelton,

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A Permanent Tartff Commission:

With all the customary pomp and pageantry the new parlia-
‘ment has been instituted by Canada’s new Governar-general, and
the Conservative government is launched upon its course, In hig
’ speech from the throne, the Duke of Connaught, in aceordance
with custom, outlined some of the principal measures proposed by
the government, Of these the most important appears to be the
appointment of a permanent tariff commission to investigate con-
ditions as affected by the present schedules and to collect informa-
' tion sufficient to form a satisfactory basis for tariff legislation,
’ There is undoubtedly room for much improvement in the customs
tariffs now in force in Canada, While the people rejected the
reciprocity proposals as being no remedy for existing evils, a large
majority of Canadians believe thatchanges are necesssary. That
all available information should be gathered and made public before
parliament undertakes to cope with the tariff is most sensible, and
the cqurse adopted by Premier Borden and his colleagues will meet

* with the approval of the people,

Redistribution Will Help Province

One of the meastires which is likely to come before the House
- of Commons in the near future is a bill to provide for the redistri-
- bution of seats to afford proportionate representation to the swell-
ing population of the western provinces. | When the redistribu-
' tion is made, British Columbia will gain ‘five seats in the House.
. Itis to be expected that the redivision of the province will allow
at least two seats for the present constituency of Comox-Atlin,
which is one of the largest in Canada, As part of a smaller
district, Omineca will have a better chance of attention to its
requirements than is possible when one member has to look after
the interests of a country as large as half 4 dozen European king-
doms,

‘be made from the 1910
Dominion Forestry Department,
Of the twenty-six native species of wood which together were cut
in 1910 to the extent of four billion, nine hundred million board feet
worth over seventy million dollars, the first nine were coniferous or
soft woods. Spruce and white pine together formed barely one-
half of the 1910 cut, while in the year previous, these two species
made up nearly three-fifths of the total, This decrease in pro-
portion is due not to a smaller cut of the two species, but to a great
increase in the amount of Douglas fir, hemlock, cedar and yellow
pine produced in British Columbia, One-quarter of the. 1909 cut
waa formedof these four species, while in 1910 the total cut of the
four was increased by 70 per cent. .
White pine lumber is undergoing a gradual evolution in its im-
portance to the lumber industry. — Up to three years ago, white
pine stood at the top of the list, when it was supplantéd by spruce,
although the actual cut of the former had not decreased. The
prediction of last year. that white pine had nearly reached its maxi-
‘mum cut has proven true this year, the 1909 cut being decreased
by four per cent, or forty-two million feet. Yellow pine increased
in its cut nearly six hundred per eent in British Columbia during
. one year. This increase of over one hundred and fifty million
* feet was‘duffidient to raise it from fourteenth place in the species
table to sixth place in importance, thus surpaising in one year, red
ping, larch, bilsam'and the four most important hardwoads,

Interesting statistical comparisons may
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A Statement by Hays

“The Grand Trunk system in-
cludes abcut 5,000 miles in round
numbers, of which 1,500 miles
are in the United States,’’ said
President Hays in a recent inter
view. “‘Our southern terminus
is at New London, on Long Island
Sound, and we will goon be run-
ning trains into Providence, Our
southwestern terminus is. Chi.
cago. We touch the Atlantic
ocean at Portland and Halifax,
and are building west across the
continent as. rapidly as possible,
We now have 1,500 miles of track
in operation west of the great
lakes, and the gap between Fort
William, our port on Lake Su-
perior, and the Pacifie ocean at
the-close of work this fall will be
only 410 miles, We cannot work
on the prairies in the winter, but:
can do rock work in the moun-
tains.. We are running regular
passenger trains to Edson, 1,366

miles west of the great lakes and
916 miles west of Winnipeg, and)
shall be carrying passengers from
Fort William, on Lake Superior,
to Winnipeg early next: summer,
We are already hauling a good
deal of freight that way, but the
track is not yet completely bal-
lasted, ”
“The distance from Moncton,
New Brunswick, to Prince Ru-
pert, our Pacifie terminus, ig
nearly 3,600 miles. The Domin-
ion government is building from
Moneton westward via Quebec,
through an uninhabited section

miles, and from Winnipeg west-
ward 1,755 miles to the Pacifie,
of which 916 miles are through
the mountains. It will lease the
line to the Grand Trunk Railway
‘company fora term of 40 years
with an option of extending the
lease for another half century at
a rental of 3 per cent on the cost
of construction, but there will be
no rental for the first seven years
and during the three years follow-
ing any deficit in the cost of
operation will be paid from the
public treasury and charged to
capital. This is practically a full
guarantee for the first 10 years,
and in addition the government
furnishes stations and terminals
on publie lands, ee

“West of Winnipeg the govern:
ment loans its credit at the rate
of $18,000 a mile on the Prairie

section and three-fourths of the
cost of construction in the moun-
tain: section. without timit, and

pays interest upon three-fourths |
‘of the cost for the first seven

to Winnipeg, a distance of 1,800/|

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years. The prairie section will
pay. The mountain section and
the eastern section will not pay
at onec, but the government
assistance will cover any deficit,
“The mileage west of the great
lakes is about the same as that of
the Canadian Pacific, and the two
roads practically parallel, com-
mencing 550 miles apart at the
Pacific coast, and converging at
Fort William and Winnipeg,’

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The Inland Colonist, published
formerly at Kitselas and of late
at Hazelton, has suecumbed to
the stress of competition, and
will suspend publication at the
end of the month. The. plant,
which reverted to the manufac- DRUGCIST
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The building of commercial
vessels which can serve ag
cruisers in time of trouble is
likely to be the eventual policy of
the Canadian government, ac-
cording to an Ottawa. dispatch,
which says this plan is now under
consideration, and that if x plebis-
cite is taken on the navy one of
the questions to be asked the
electors will be whether they
want the government to promote,
by subsidy, a fleet of cruisers ;
which will serve commerce in Royal Bottling Works
time of peace and the British
navy in time of war, In minis- Hazelton, B. C.
terial circles it is said that the ;
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or support the report of the tariff
board, which will be presented at
the approaching session of con-
gress, The December report will
deal with the woollen schedule,
and is likely to precipitate the
tariff fight which has been
looked for, Besides the big wool
and cotton schedules a host of
other provisions of the tariff law,
including proposals to reduee the
duties on steel and iron, cotton |-
machinery, chemicals, reciprocal }
free admission of bituminous
coal across the Canadian border,
et¢c., will figure in the coming
discussion, °

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