RE ig eg oe : 7 —* en ci pr eactrent Sage Ee Foren tee SAT *, . Placer Mining District Good Prices Realized . the unworked portion of Manson the construction of a camp to . ; condence toa highly successful accommodate the erew which reach the pole prior to December cable was in reply toa message light lumber of the open building i 14th?’, . Even if he did, says the did not make a fire hot enough wWeits Otterson. ate hits, the shetoon is gee ak Bs Soom a3) famous. explorer, the same meed|#8king the question. ded Who Received Despatch?. Woe : ra - willteave for Manson creek in} The Surprise group, which is OF praise ae ea ded London, Mar. 9:—The message | Tue boller is practically uninjured located on Glen mountain, ad-| grant Scott’ were the conditions| from Christiana does not say that | 2°4 the engine can be-easily re- who eee tate Tee ae joining the Silver Standard, has| reversed. Norway ~ received word from paired, while the belts and saw ‘ gecured and which will be taken - VOL: 1, NO. 28 HAZELTON, B, C. SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 1912 _ PRICE $2.00 A YEAR | (IMINEGA MEN _ “Good Roads” Taylor : VE . || Revelstoke: Hon. Thomas a : . Taylor was unanimously nomin- “Rh . ated by the Coriservatives, Mc- Bride and Bowser were given a Kee reception at a big” meeting ere, They are now in Okanagan, Many Companies Preparing For a Busy Season i in Rich | | for Balkley Land “OTTERSON HERE TODAY A, C ‘haa ai . New Hydraulic Plants and Dredges Will completion of a deal by which -Be Installed by Various Companies! two ‘pareels of. valuable land in Operating. on Omineea River and| tno upper Bulkley change hands Tributary Streams — Miners Arrive at satisfactory prices. Dr, H. C. Wrinch has disposed of 820 acres, situated 81 miles above. Alder- mere and surveyed as lot’ 203, to eastern people, for a cash consid- eration of $25 an acre. Part of Fulfillment of The Miner’s pre- diction that the coming” season would see a great revival of ac- tivity in the rich and ‘historic placer astrit of ine Onfineea lot 1168, comprising 167 acres, er rok - Sivere Ge orge W. has been sold to the same inves- Otterson, a mining man of note, | tors and at the same price per who is well known as a success-|acre, by C. V. Smith. ful operator of hydraulic prop- company, in whieh Mee Ocoee | BEGINNING OF WORK is associated with other mining "men, owns leases covering all -(N SURPRISE GROUP ereek. On this ground, which prospects as high as seven dollars Company Which Has Ac- to the yard, an hydraulic elevator * agp plant was installed last. season, quired Property Will Im- ‘and everything is in readiness} mediately Start Work for actual mining Bs soon as the season opens. For the first ninety ee days’ work the elevator alone Another of the Promising pros- will be used. After that time|pects of the camp is to be devel- the workings will be opened up oped, this time the Surprise}. sufficiently for the installation group, preliminary work on of an‘open lift which will handle|®,- >’. 44: 600 yards every twenty-four which will begin almost at once, ‘hours. The company has one of R. W. Thompson has received “the best water’ powers" in’ the) instructions from J.-F. Cameron, country, has ‘plenty of supplies|who last season acquired the for.the season, and. the manage- r ment is looking forward with property, to proceed at once with _ : a point two miles east of Shan- dilla and seven miles below the bridge. The tails are expected to reach the latter point on Tues- day or Wednesday of next week’ DISCOVERY OF SOUTH POLE | cae. MILLIONS ARE UNEMPLOYED — Contradictory Reports Concerning the Results Achieved by British:and Norwegian Ant- Tracklaying On East arctic Expeditions---Amundsen Anrves in| End of Railway Gap Civilization Fist, ‘but Scott May Have Won Fort George, Mar, 4:— The Grand Trunk Pacific rails are Wellington, N. 4., March t ~ ‘ Amundsen has landed from his| within eighteen miles of Tete under Captain Scott, has-reached aboard the-vessel, The explorer|supplies are being received, and the south pole, acoording to Cap-- Says he is pleased with the result many men and teams are engaged tain Amundsen, the Norwegian /of the expedition, but otherwiselin.preparations for the greatest explorer who headed a competing | maintains absolute silence on the| rush of railroad building Canada expedition, Amundsen. reached ‘subject, He will stay here for} has ever seen, in the effort to here today, i in his ship Fram, in| few days and will then £0 to; complete the 180 miles of road which he also sought the pole Australia, - where he will give a| which will link Fo:t George with under commission from the gov- few lectures. From Australia he! the main line from the east. It ernment of Norway, sailing from will go to Europe. Itis stated|is also the intention to complete Buenos. Aires at the close - of |here that Amundsen denies hav-|250 miles west of this point be- 1910. Scott sailed by way of ing telegraphed anything regard-| fore next winter's snow falls. New Zealand and Ross Sea in}ing Scott, | the Terra Nova,’ the largest and| . In response to cabled instrue- SAWMILL DESTROYED stoutest of Scottish. whalers, tions to ask Amundsen point which had previously won fame|blank whether Scott reached the EARLY THIS MORNING in the icy seas. The.ship sailed pale, the correspondent of the : on its present voyage from Lon-|London Star here cabled from|w..<1: 4 don-in June, 1910, with the best Hobart today as follows: Boiling of interior burner equipment of any polar expedi-/.. “Amundsen refuses to say any- ompany Gurned «== Wi tion in history, and a courageous! thing on, the question as to) Resume Operations Shortly and experienced. ‘staff of explor- whether Scott reached the pole ers, - ee et nob? At an early hour this morning Was Amundsen First? >. | ‘ Scientists here are prepared to|the mill of the Interior Lumber London, March-9:—A despateh| await further details. before'be-|Company, on Two-mile creek, received here, via: Christiana, | lieving the British expedition de-|caught fire, presumably from says Captain Amundsen diséov-|feated in the race for the pole, |Sparks blown from the burning ered the south pole on December 4 Denies Knowledge of slab pile, When discovered by. ge of Scott : ine femal Reena SeNbw- “York; Mar, 9:—The Times|the forman the blaze was al- eady beyond -control, and the Shackleton, commenting on the| here. says it has received a des-|* . conflicting reports, raises’ the! patch from Amundsen saying he|Structure was destroyed. For- question, | Did. Captain Scott) knew nothing about Scott, The|tunately for the company, the the course of a few days. J. Docker, one of the directors, |@ good surface showing of silver- and P. H. Morris, the superin-|lead ore. The property has been to seriously injure the plant. The British Antaretic expedition, ‘Ship, the Fram. No one is allowed | Jaune Cache, Vast quantities of British Coal Strike Spreads, Affecting Workers Engag- ed in Many Other Industri es RAILWAYS DISARRANGED = Efforts of Government to Effect Settle: ment Unavailing—Strike in England - Purely a Sympathetic Movement— Men Demand Seale Uncanditionally London,’ March 4:—The coal strike is now affecting every class in the community. Tens of thousands of workers have been dismissed, and the railway service is dislocated and disor- ganized. Like creeping paralysis the stoppage of the cool supply is nation. The miners are making holiday, They are, as they put it, “Having their fling,” while the nation suffers, The poor go cold and hungry, and their fellow workers are turned into the streets, London, Mar. 7:—The govern- ment is still engaged in an effort © to arrange an amicable settlement of the coal miners’. strike. A movement to inaugurate a gen- eral strike of railway employes has greatly increased public alarm, The statement is made that. an invasion of Great Britain by a’ foreign foe could do no greater damage than is being done by the strike, whieh has now lasted over a week. Suffering is felt everywhere, and in many lines of industry. The number of miners on strike ~ Refuses to Talk _ . | Amundsen, or to-whom ‘the deg-|can be replaced without delay. Hobart, Tasmania, March 9:—|,patch was sent, The mill has a large amount of tendent of the Lost Creek Hy- taken over by the Steamboat sequed the Stesié properties | Mountain Gold Mines, Led. of MANSON UNANIMOUSLY CHOSEN # rests’ sunny i no They have secured a big hydrau- Vancouver, This company, form- lie plant, which will be taken in| ed to operate a group in the dis- to the Omineca as scon as-pos-|trict from which it takes its sible. . The extensive prog pro name, had as its fiscal agent C. vide for an extensi m j development during the season, D. Rand, a well known operator. C..F. Lowe, who is in charge} When Mr. Rand discovered that of the Boulder creek Bibis ee the company's property was of which are to be.worked this sea-|no practical value, he cast about son, also came up the river today, | for a group which would recoup! A number ‘of other concerns at ; operating in the Omineca: river | the shareholders losses, - and camp are now making prepara- finally sueceeded in obtaining the tions for a big season’s work, G.| Surprise, Messrs, Cameron and|_ H. Knowlton will soon return, to| Rand are determined to make instal 2 dredge which he recently good, and as surface indications on the group are those of a mine, In as soon ag the promised wagon] i; should not be. long before thet ‘the transportation of heavy Surprise ranks as one of the show machinery tothe ground. The] properties of. the camp. Myr. -ground owned by Mr. Knowlton | Cameron is expected here early}. tunnel timber contracted for, but piled for delivery and the mill Prince Rupert, March 9:—(Special) William Manson, mem- _| Will be again in Operation within Conservative party for the approaching election. There ing. anyone to place-his name before the convention. Practice. - ally every part of the district was represented by delegates, _ men being_present from Bella Coola, Queen Chariottes, if the Liberals returned to power, It is the general opinion that no combination can affect | Manson’s return. ‘and his associates is of large ex- tent. H.-H, Bodine, who has in April. « spent the last two seasons in test- . ing the ground -with drills, . re- Kettl e Valley Line pighiy proftables = will ‘prove Victoria, Mar. 6:—It has been The Royal Standard: Invest- officially announced that the con- ment Co., of Vancouver, .is pre-| tract for the construction of the _ Opened by Pre remier and Bowser that on his payroll of ten thou- workers nearly half a million are out of work as a result of the trouble. London, Mar. 9:~ The deadlock in the great coal strike continues. The men refuse to abandon their ment, some journals are appeal- . a, ing to the King to ‘act as media-. was only one dissentient,. Dr. Clayton; who failed to find things not included for the people, | tor. The schedule of. distinct de- he said, were motor cars and) mands, as approved by the Min- Stewart, -rrancois Lake, Hazelton and all Bulkley Valley .|flying machines. It had been er's Federation varies greatly, drawn up by wise men, each with according to the general wages tt . f en : eaeetion | is conceded by all, even the Liberals. a fad, and each fad had heen in each district, the costof living, It is believed Clayton will run in spite of the convention’s inserted de ue platform. , ete, It ranges from a minimum verdict, fhe aan volnted B rare of fone shillings and ereven Pence Al le a * per -day ia omerset, Oo seven candies ‘he Liberals hard sot ae decided tn a thee heen advocated by Duncan Ross, 'shillings and sixpence in South who had blossomed out into @|/Wales, Devonshire, Yorkshire great railroad contractor and/and Nottinghamshire. Tt is im- _.{now wanted the province to pay possible to make any general if his workmen got hurt, instead |compromises with the existing Provincial Election Campaign. of paying himself, The Liberal] rates, but that the rate of wages convention had been told by Ross jig not the real cause of the up- e heaval is suggested by the fact -}8and dollars a month he had tolthat ro man in the pits which ‘Kamloops, March 7 —MeBride people of the whole province,’ | Pay insurance companies seven’ first struck earns as low as seven paring to instal a big hydraulic] Kettle Valley line over the Hope and Bowser last night opened |He also expressed pleasure that|Per cent, under present tondi- shillings and sixpence daily, Alt the of Germansen’ ¢1 ereck during next month, and that construc- ~ Mr. Ottergon, who ts thorough- tion work will be started . not . ance and enthusiasm the méeting| ceived scores of telegrams from | an Rosa praying each night’be- economic basis, but is pprely a ir tetbutacies, and never loa was the greatestin the history|all parts of the province com-|bore going to bed!"*- sid Mr./sympathetic movement. “The an opportunity to do missionary "Numbers of men are reported | g¢ “Kamloops, spelling easy re-|mending the course of the gov-|Bowser. — - South -Wales miners feel ‘ugly work among those who are look-|to be on their way up, the river election for Shaw by a majority.| ernment, A. D. Melntyre, 4 Kamioops/ towards the owners, and.some of ‘ing for profitable mining fields, | to take the places of the striking | states that there will be a large railroaders. . a dred he obtained three years ag>-| ministers were given a great re- eral. candidate here, they ‘strike. they. can’ awn. the - Penta Tdehon Montane ond Cal. ‘Although: > the - ‘construction | The premier and attorney-gen-| ception at the station and were ——— collieries themselves, The Eng. - vada during the coming season, |trains are running -to a point eral left Victoria on Tuesday. At| escorted in procession to the place - Gill Meets Defeat sf i ith: ; .|tions. Ross had disclosed that | ke f ten to twel tthe ] the campaign with a meeting |the Liberals in their recent Van tions . may make from ten to twelve. ‘Grd of Germansen creck’ during| Mountains will be awarded early which was an augury of signal|/couver convention, had endorsed he’ never went to bed at night! shillings and more for their ele victory throughout the whole in-/almost every ‘plank in the Con- without paving that, nobody -hours’ work. : - 1 .| would get hurt. magine Dun-| ' ‘ly’ familiar with the great re-| later than May 1. terior of the province. In attend-|servative platform. He had re The strike i in England has. no argely in excess of the four hun-{ Upon reaching . Kamloops the|Jawyer, will probably be the Lib-| their Socialist leaders tel? them if. -Which-he believes tobe the ori-|arid.travel between Van Arsdol ao Bolidly with him. He hadevenjon their, way to the - miceting, |796. ‘The total registration was dollars, . “ginal. e ot where Eve handed] and the end of steel is not. com.| received. offers of support from|The premier, in his. apeech, dealt | 74,000, Mr. Otteraon, who was Adam Ai arily responsible for the economic . -gonditiong tinder which: mankind | from the former. point ‘to Princa | prarnier. aid, ‘“Reatize- that’ the! while. Bowser tore up the Liberal /palgn, says some: of the -tacties| whose services are necessary to finds: it. “hecemiany gold, 4 / ‘Hom. to: rustle for Rupert; to wait t for ‘bettie condi ‘government's policy ia a progres- |: “platform?!, which he character-| of those opposed to Gill wera wii-|keep the coal pita in good Work. Se ‘sive one; Gosigned to benedit the ited a aa a Jokes _Abeut the @ “only worthy of a “Reform” party. ing order to continue Work, a threatening: the whole life of the + is over a million, Of other demands for unconditional accep- ten days, there is not likely to bejtance of their mininum wage 1 parli for ‘Sk 1 1 dis- ’ ; bet nee tele chose tnininetsh ea te vandidate of the any logs beyond thatof the build-|schedule, In despair of a settle- CERI ish miners mean to. show’ their - and he is confiderit. that mining within a few miles of, the bridge, | Vancouver on’ Wednesday morn-|of meeting, passing on the way Atte a strenunss contest, Hilsympathy by taking. a holid Poe ‘in the placer district and other the carriage of. ties, rails‘ andj ing Mr. MeBride declared he had the Liberal headquarters, which | Gill, the recalled: mayor of Se-|/themselves © on strike pay: eo | 7 Treat, impetus ite spent art of supplies “prevents the giving of|never entered upori a.campaign| wad closed and dark, membersjattle, was defeated: by. George| which the Federation is said: ta the winter in Napa, California, | anything like passenger service, |in which he felt the people were|lof.the opposition: party being also Cotterlll, who had a majority: of|have a fund of over tén- ‘miltion. - ‘The Miners’ Federation pasted 7 e ap le which was prim-|fortable, Many aré.turning back promiitient ~