e s ; The Omineca Miner PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY AT HaZELTON, THE CENTER OF THE GREAT OMINECA DISTRICT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. Macdonald & Rauk, Publishers and Proprietors. SUBSCRIFTION RATES: Canada and British Possessions, Two Dollars a year: Foreign, Three Dollars a year, ADVERTISING RATES: Display, $1.40 per inch per month; Reading Notices, 15 cents per line for first Insertion, 10 cents per line for each subsequent ngertion, Legal notices inyerted at B. C, Gazette rates, Vou. I. SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 1912. No. 365. A New and Accessible Prospecting Field Hundreds of prospectors are about to begin their season’s search for mineral in this district, and many more will arrive be- fore the snow is all off the hills. In Omineca district, eyen though hundreds of showings have been found and located, there are many sections of mineral country which will well repay careful prospect- ing. Of the untouched districts, the most accessible and one of the most promising is the region immediately north of Hazelton, extending along the east side of the Skeena at least as far as Kiskegas, As described by those who have seen more or less of it, it gives promise of valuable mineral deposits, and it is certain that the attention of a great many prospectors will be turned in that direction before the season closes, From Hazelton north along the Skeena river the formation, speaking generally, is the same asin the immediate vicinity of Hazelton—sedimentary rocks with diorite-granite intrusions, The ‘‘granite”’ first makes its appearance on Cariboo mountain, north of Salmon creek, where the line of contact is about three miles north of the Salmon and runs in about an east and west direction, The “‘granite’’ continues to the north end of the mountain. North of Cariboo there is a range of high mountains extending for twenty miles or more which from appearances consists largely of granite, with numerous contacts with the older sedimentaries. Diorite-granite appears again in the vicinity of the mouth of Babine river and out of this neighborhood fine looking samples of both galena and copper ores have been brought from time to time by hardy prospectors who were unterrified by the distance from transportation. North of Babine river, in the Atna range and facing on the Skeena is a region which shows every indication of mineral wealth to the superficial observer, not engaged in prospect- ing. The old trail from Bear lake to Kiskegas was used at the time of the placer excitement in the Ingineca country in returning to Hazelton late in the fall after the regularly used trail had become covered with snow. Men who have been over this route express the opinion that it is the most favorable field for the prospector that they know of today if it were once determined that a branch line of railway would be built from Hazelton to the Groundhog coal fields. The mineral showings come directly down to the Skeena river and there are still standing the stakes planted fourteen and fifteen years ago by the earliest prospectors who would notice lode exposures. Some ofthe stakes were planted by returning Klon- dikers who failed of their objective point and in returning from their abandoned trip came by way of the Skeena on the winter ice, In this country is the great possibilily of gold ores being found, Itis claimed in districts on the coast that gold values increase with the distance from the main range of the coast granite, Whether such is the case there or not remains to be determined, but good assays in gold have been obtained from samples from the upper country. ' ’ Phe logie of circumstances will determine the route of a rail- way to Groundhog coal and Hazeltonians claim that all the logic is in favor of the route from Hazelton. For forty-five miles from Hazelton north the construction would compare with prairie work —dry gravel benches and light work. The main coal field is on Skeena waters and it is admitted to be a rise of 1100 feet from the Skeena at the coal field to the summit of the pass from the Skeena to Naas waters. The market for coal is as much east as west, and cost. of construction, easy grade and distance all work together to make the logical route from the main line of the G. T. P. from Hazelton up the Skeena. Many Marine Disasters Disasters of the sea which cost more than 100 lives during the last 50 years: January 30, 1865 — Cazador (Chilian warship), 814 lives, September 7, 1870 — Captain (British ironclad), off Finisterre, | 444 427, November 28, 1873 — Atiantic, White Star liner, wrecked off Nova Scotia, 674. December 26, 1874 — Cospat- rick, emigrant "vessel, took fire and ‘sank off Auckland, 476, March 24, 1874 — Eurydice, British training ship, a frigate, foundered near the isle of Wight, 300, May 31, 1878~- Grossed Kur- furst, German ironclad, sunk by collision with .Konig Wilhelm, Sen ternber 3, 1878 — Princess Alice, British iron steamer, sunk in éollision in Thames River, 700. . December 18, 1878'—Byzantin, - French steamer, sunk in Darda- nelles, 210. - - January $1, 1880 — Atlanta, - British training ship, left Ber- muda, néver heard from, 290. '/ February 17, 1890 — Duburg, Yitish, vier i wrecked in the Turkish frigate, foundered off Japan, 540. Mareh 17, 189i—Utopia, An- chor liner, sunk in collision with British. steamer Anson, off Gibraltar, 574, January 18, 1892 — Namehow, steamer, wrecked in China Sea, * June 22, 1893—H. M. S. Victoria collided with H.M. S. Camper- down 338. . June 25, 1884—Norge, steamer, wrecked on Rockall reef in the north Atlantic, 600. January 30, 1895—Ethe, - Ger- man steamer, sunk -in collision with British steamer Grathie in North Sea, 830, March 11, 1895 — Reina Re- genta, Spanish cruiser, foundered in the Atlantic at entrance to the Mediterranean, 40, February 16, 1898—Maine, U. 5. battleship, blown up in Ha- vana harbor, 300. ; 1898—Clara Nevada, Klondike ‘wold steamship, Lynn canal, Al- aska, 110, July 4, 1898—-La Bourgoyne, French line steamer, in collision with British sailing vessel Cro- martyshire off Grandbanks, 671, February 22, 1901 — City of Rio de Janeiro, Pacific Mail Bteamship Co., sunk at entrance ni Francleso Bay, 122. June 1b, 1804 - — General ‘Sid- cum, excirsion steamer, took fire going through Hell Gate, East River, New York, 1600, Septemher 18, 1905 —~ Misaka, | Admiral Togo’s flagship, Japan, explosion, 600. January 21, 1906—Aquidaban, Brazilian battleship, sunk near Rio de Janerio by an explosion of the powder magazine, 212. January 22, 1906 — Valencia, steamship, Cape Beale, Vaneou- ver Island, 1 August 4, 1908— Sirio, Italian emigrant ship, struck rock off Cape Palso, 350. March 12, 1907—Jena, French battleship, explosion at’ Toulon, March 28, 1908—Matsu Maru, Japanese sreamer, sunk in col- lision near Hakodate, 300. April 30, 1908—Matsu Shima, sunk off Pescadores following explosion, 200, August 3, 1909 — Waratah, British steamer, last heard of leaving Port Natal, July 6, 300. September 25, 1911— Liberte, Freneh battleship, sunk by ex- plesion at Toulon harbor, 228, The Relief of Sianfu By Elstree . Pray God our greatness may not fail, Through craven fenrs of being great. TENNYSON. One of the great provinces of the ancient Empire of China is Shensi, and the capital of the province is called Sianfu. There have of late been rebellions and troubles inChina. Suddenly one day towards the end of last Octo- ber, word arrived at Pekin that the revolutionaries had possessed themselves of Sianfu. There were European residents at Sianfu, Anxiety was general. No communication was to be ex- pected for months. The roads and country between Pekin and Sianfu were strongly held by bandits. But there were men in North China, Sowerby, Nystrom, Keyte, Long, Evans, Fairburn, Palmer, Den- ver-Jones, Warrington {seven English, one Swede, one Ameri- can,) the youngest 17 years of age, formed themselves into the Shenai Relief Force. Sowerby was appointed, leader. Ten mules were hired to carry equipment, The little band was well mounted, and muleteers and servants completed the caravan. Yhey started. Eight days later they were climbing mountains to a pass at a height of 7,000 feet, the animals being led along narrow ice covered paths. The Yellow River was crossed. The band entered the province of Shensi. Wretched people had fled to the mountains. A great city en route had been attacked for days together with all the appliances of mediaeval and Chinese up-to-date warfare, The city had withstood the siege, The Shensi Relief Expedition es- corted out of it missionaries: and their wives and their children of tender years, carrying them out in litters. The expedition pushed on through brigand country. horribly characterised by bar- barism, The Relief Expedition ap- proached the city of Sianfu: one of the largest cities in China: a walled city. Within its walls were .English and Swedish mis- sionaries, Japanese refugees, French Catholic priests, Chinese Imperial post office foreign offi- cials, ‘fhera had been revolution there from the 22nd, October. An orgy of kilting-—-20,000 Man- chus had been massacred. Mis-]: sion school attacked.’ Teachers and children murdered. Some of the missionaries re- fused to leave when the little expedition offered to take them |] away. However the expedition pulled out aparty of 150 persons, including Chinese, and 98 pack animals, ., Ten days. travelling: brought the party to the railway where in response:to their message the British Minister’. at ‘Pekin’ had naga. gent a train to bring inthe entire! °° party, a railway Journey of two days. — The Shensl Relief. Expedition had nesomplinned ite # object. Nine of them, Messrs’ Dr. Quiiten Dentist Painless Extraction, Crown and Bridge Work A ‘Specialty. In Hazelton until May Ist. Office opposite McArthur’s Store. 620 acres of land in For Sale the Buikley valley. This includes the Mosquito Flats with GO acres plowed, fenced and. ready for seeding. COPPOCK, Hazelton, B. C. EF 0 OMINECA AERIE eure Ade Meets every Tuesday eve- ning at eight o’clock in the Hazelton Town Hall. R.O, MILLER, W. Sec. H. F. Guassey, W. Pres. Latest Jewelry Novelties in Gold and Silver. High grade watches. Watch Repairing. 0. A.RAGSTAD, Hazelton Green Bros., Burden & Co. 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