THE OMINECA MINER, SATURDAY, JUNE. 28, 1917
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The Omineca Miner

PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY AT HAZELTON, THE CENTER OF THE
. GREAT OMINECA DIstTRICT OF British COLUMBIA:

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VoL. Vi. Sarurpay, J UNE 28, 1917 No. 43

Ina letter to the Colonist, James Moore, a well- Known veteran
pioneer and prospector, in describing the mineral country north
of Hazelton, says:

. . + "Tf the government of British Columbia would ‘get
interested"'in opening this rich and extensive mineral district of
Cassiar with railway transportation it would develop the richest
mineral district known in the province. I have no doubt before
many years the railway locomotives will be seen in the valleys of
this great mineral district. There are millidns to be made by the
first financiers who ‘vill stretch out their hands to receive it.

At Telegraph Creek, in 1907, Imet W. P. Ball, one of the
most intelligent prospectors in that section of Northern’ British
Columbia. . Mr, Ball said that’east of Dease Liake and south of
Haskin mountain for 100 miles in extent the country is practically
unexplored, but what is known of it has shown surface croppings of
silver, copper and gold ores, ~He said also that at the head of the
Iskut river he considered is one of the best districts in Cassiar to
prospect for copper, gold, silver, nickel, and iron.
of this river was formerly worked for placer gold.
too, that in this section there is a low pass that could be used fora
railway from Hazelton to the Stikineriver. . . .

“The question may be asked, what extent of mineralized

. territory exists in this Cassiar district? In answering this question

-I may say you could send 500 men out in this district prospecting
for two years, and the chances are that féw of them would meet in
that time. From the boundary line on the Stikine river. to

’ Telegraph Creek ig a distance of 100 miles. North and south of
_this district is also an unexplored ter itory for several hundred
miles on each side of the Stikine river. To my mind the great
-drawback to Northwéstern British Columbia is the want of railway
transportation—even a branch line from Hazelton to -Dease Lake
would open up a rich mineral district, ”

iy far the greater part of the ‘ead production of Canada i is
that. of British Columbia. . For instance, the quantity produced in
1915 (revised figures for 1916 are not yet available), was 46, 316, 000

pounds, and of that amount British Columbia’s ‘proportion was |
So it is manifest that many mining men in this |.

45,877,000 pounds.
: province must be interested in the outldok ‘for incpeased production
of lead. | Again, last year’s average. price in New York: was: 6,858
cents a pound, while not since 1907 chad it heen as high as 5 cents; a
pound, Ina recent i issue ofa widely- circulated newspaper: published

highest price it has ever named for ‘this.’ metal.
producers. are asking as high as Wes eents, ;

_ Every indication points to another’ i increase in “lead production

~~ thig year. on ‘top of the 10 per eent ain’ in 1916. « ee

B.C, Fur Production ,

The lower part
He thought,:

‘worthy ofthe men. “who have

many} "-gwenterations: _ - Winnipeg

in Boston, Mass., the following inforination’ relating to. price and | oe.

~ production’ of lead, was: ‘given: |
The American Smelting & Refining Comijany, i in ‘adbancing’ its
iead uctation 4-cent a pound to 104- cent basis, has established: the|sen
‘Independent mate
carbolic, acid,” "1884; photography, 5)
1839, ‘typewriter, 1843! electric |:
elegraphy 1944; electric’ Aight

The™ fur, crop ‘of the province
for thig year is expected to. ex-
ceed . $1,500,000, ‘the reports re-
' ceived so far having been even

we more encouraging than last year,
“> when the fur exportations touch-
“ed-the $1,500,000 matk. 4

The advance in’ -automobiling
as a pastime is ‘said to be one of.
the caises of the heavy demand’

for furs, .though the war ‘has
made & demand for the cheaper
: furs as linings for winter coats.
_At the other end of the seale the
“War profiteers have. become buy-

_ers of expensive. furs, 80 that for.
all. kinds of furs, from" coyote:

-Fsting to ‘the expensive foxes,

: « there i ida good: demand: ab, chigh

Gama Warden! Williding who mi

fox and beaver fats finding their
way’ to. the ‘market and that it
would be better: ‘nok to sturt. trap-

ping, each season till. the animals

are in their prime, . “In view of
the: diminution of the world’s fur
supply, the: possibilities of making
the fur industry. of British Col-.
unibia * “a very great industry are

‘of moment, as there is’ not ‘an
‘acre in ‘the province. that i is not

eapable’ of sustaining fur-bearing
animals of aome sort...

Asa, result, of ‘the al ‘Yeara’
cloae’ season for’ beay » these
unimalshave been’ ‘restor din |,
many diatticts and afforded |

AVY
trapping laat year. In ‘the south r
Ora,

Okanagan valley: the. clase

! ‘Hing taken a great Interest in the)"

A growth of the fur-eatch: in. the:
_ Province, la of the opinion that

1846; éledtrie ‘ Yocomotive,’

| Gold Discoveries in B.C, |

No one knows the exact date of |[

the first gold discovery in British |f
Columbia except that it was some- |jj
time during the middle fifties. |

The great Fraser strike in 1857 If
and the subsequent stampede to
the Fraser and the Thompson in
1858 marked the commencement |ff
of the settlement of the interior,
and brought about the advance- |[f
ment of British Columbia into a
Crown colony.’ This was the first
of the great gold strikes in the
province,and, occurring at-a time
when the yield from shallow dig-

gings in California was on the
wane,stimulated an exodus of the

‘Yorty-niners,’” who flocked in
thousands. to the new Eldorado.

The Fraser strike was followed by
stampedes to the Cariboo in 1861,
to the Big Bend-country in 1865
and 1866, and to the headwaters
of the Peace river, in Omineca,
during the three years following.
Thibert Creek entered the field
in 1878; it was the fifth of the
series of strikes that: followed
each othersorapidly. Therehave
been other gold finds since then,
notably i in Kootenay and the Sim-
ilkameen, but the’ stampede to
Atlin Lake during 1898, following
close upon the heels of the:great
Klondike rush in, i897, was. the
only one entitled to rank, among
the old-timers,

The Spirit of Canada —
If we Canadians are worthy of.
the name, if we are ‘worthy of
ours great inheritance, if we are

died, the spirit of the day will be
one ‘of service, .

We will serve in the ranles éf
best help our country. oe wal.
‘We will serve on the farms: if

in‘that way we can- ‘best help our,
country, . :

Somewhere, sometiow, we must
Serve, :

immortal principles of liberty that:
the Empire’ has stood for'during

Important Modern Discoveries

». Electro-magnetism,, 1819; pas-|if)
st eailroad, - 1825; . friction’| |

1927: hloroforin, 1881;

1844; séwing mnachine,1846; ether,

breec! ‘YJoading rifle, 1851; eoeuine; |
1855}. -bieyele, “aph5; “submarine |

cable, 1858; alevator, 1861; Gatling |

gun,. 1892}; antiseptie~ guigery,’
1865; dynamite, | 1868; airbrake,

18693: marazine rifle, : 18705. ‘tele-| i

phone; . "1979; -phonograph,. 1877;
ateam, plow; 1879; _ submarine, .
1880; linotype, 1884; ‘automobile,
1885; ‘kodak, 1888; .. kinteoscope,

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_ Only ih that w way ‘and’ in thst |i
spirit ‘can we win. victory forthe ||

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IF YOU CANT FIGHT
~ YOU CAN AT LEAST

STAND BEHIND THE |
‘MAN WHO FIGHTS
| FOR YOU!
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THE CANADIAN PATRIOTIC FUND

Which assists the wives and. families of Canada’s aaiinnt.
soldigrs, requires millions of dollars: to keep the soldiers’
home, fires burning, °
District Treasurer: Stephen H. Hosking, Government Agent
Hazelton Committee:
; dE, Kirby, | R, -E. Allen, J. K. Frost, J. R. Barker,
and J. G. Powell, Monthly Subscriptions are Solicited

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THE CANADIAN RED CROSS.

|
| The Hazelton ‘Branch: request’ the support of. ‘all in nits
efforts to assist in the. noble work of this Breat humanitarian -
. _ organization,
l. _ Honoring Presidents: Mrs, (Rev.) John Fel br, as
me WW, Hogan : i
Chairman: Dr. H, C. Wrineh’

- Vieo-Presidents: 8, AL Hoskins; Mrs. B. R. Cox; W Jean
our armies if in that way we ean i i

‘] rast a

Honorary Secretary: Miss J. 6 Grant. . .
a Honorary Treasurer: H. H. Little, Mariager Union: Banke

- Executive. Committee: -. sd
: Mrs, H.C. Wrinch, - “Mra, R. G. Moseley, Mrs: Chas, Reid:
| Mis Hogan; Rev. John Field, Rev. M. Pike, H. H. Phillip =
Large or Small Contributions, will be be Gratefully Recélyed

RS’ AID: i EMPLOYMENT ‘ foe
| COMMITTEE.

- Rindedvors: to. supply soldiers. from Hazelton: istrict with.

| SOLDIERS.

such comforts and hecedsities ag cannot he readily. obtained :

: ‘in civil le when the en The ‘Committee is acting in

tT: 4 “contrbato to tl eS So ler

i a Chairman: ACR. Macdonald...
‘Honorary, ‘Secretary-Treasurer: an Ke Frost,
Ui A. Little, R B. Allen, BE B. . Chettleburg '

1898; ‘X- -rays, 1895; wireless: tele-|4 4

graphy, 1998; airship, 1901; air-
plane, ‘1905; salvarsan, . 1907...

“The ch ist inventions used in the |