an U ioe Ve MK - Stikine rivers, in the northern tion in July last, receives a hand- - some cash consideration and re- ~ ings, located at the northern end - cant, fixed carbon. i MINERS AGTVE “utary to‘ the town of Kitselas. ' siderable promise, _ties in the near future. “Golden Crown group, on the quartz, carrying copper values, ' "occurring ina granitoid formation - din which porphyry. and andesite - are found as.intrusives. | nine, a crown granted property, thi, : afforded for the treatment, of ore «+ trom | this property, ‘bighly regarded. VOL: L ‘NO. 18 rie HAZELITON, B. Oy , BAY l RDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1911 PRICE $2.00 A. YEAR | IMPORTANT BEAL IN COAL One Hundred. and Forty _ Square Miles in Ground. hog District Change Hands HGH. GRADE ANTHRACITE} Analyses of Product Show Remarkably High Percentage of Fixed Carbon— Local Firm Receives Cash Considers: tion and Retains Interest in Property. The consummation.of a coal -Qeal of considerable magnitude, including the. transfer of 140 square miles of coal lands at the headwaters of the Skeena and] 7 extension of the Groundhog field, is announced by the British Co- lumbia Brokerage Co.,of Hazel- ton. This concern, which ac- quired the elaims on their loca- tains an interest in the property, which bids. fair to make big money for all who are interested. |. The: claims have many. show- ings ‘of the high grade Ground- hog anthracite, one of the show- of the property, being an out- eropof 6 feet of clean coal, which analysis shows to contain 78.9 per _The average |. of the a analyses. ‘made-on coal frony the ‘various: measures on these elaima ia well-over. 80 per cent, -: Having Yeached a depth of over 85 feet, the shaft on number three vein on the American “Boy group shows the ore body; which is exposed on the surface for 250 feet, to have an average width| of over afoot. The management of the Harris Mines, the’ opera-| . ting company, estimates that as a result of the work on this vein | there is over $100,000 worth of ore in sight. The 285-foot tun- nel which is to tap number two vein, and which is making good progress, is likely to prove an ore body even larger than that developed in the upper vein. The superintendent is confident that the number two will be tapped before the end of Febyu- ary. Itis not intended to devel- op number one or number four this winter, all work being: con- centrated on the shaft and tun- ne] now in progress. ° fixed carbon. - ‘Fourteen thousand dollars has been paid’ on: account. of the claims. ; Golden Crown Group Will Be Devel- « + @ped—To Install Five- Stamp Mill: Situated | midway | between Hazelton and the coast, and ¢rib- there is a mineral district of con- Experts who have ‘examined some of the prospects declare that there are showings in’ that camp well worthy of comparison with more widely known — propositions. Fred Durham, of. Kitselas, who was in town a few daya ago, in- formed the Miner that active de- velopment will be undertaken by the owners of several proper- |. The west side of Gold ereek, near Kitselas, together with several other claims on the same creek, has recently been bonded ‘by J. D. Wells and Fred Durham to Tacoma operators: for $75,000, The Golden Crown has a four foot. vein of free: milling gold: An en- gineer,-has just. completed the survey of a mill site, it being the intention of the Tacoma’: men ‘to install a five-stamp milk during the winter. . : The development of the ming owned by C, W. D. Clifford; will follow. the establishment ‘of the as means will then be which * is ~ Eeplosion Kills Thirty-three Liverpool : Thirty-three _ per- sons were killed and over a hun- dred injured yesterday in a boiler explosion which wrecked the oil cake factory of Bibby & Co, Presbyterian Ladies ' Entertain Big Crowd| The first entertainment of the Ladies Aid Society of the Presby-| terian chureh, taking the form of |- a ‘'Pie Social’? was held in the|~ church rooms on Thursday even- ing, and was a pronounced suc- The rooms were crowded by young and old of both sexes, and all enjoyed the diversified Verse-writing und competitions, spersed with songs and readings, served to interest, everybody. Those who so acceptably enter- ‘tained the guests of the society were Mesdames Mclean, McAr- thur and McKay and Messrs Hetherington, McBurney, Mori- son, McEwen and Ogilvie. . The ladies of the Presbyterian church are to_be congratulated on the success attending . their first social, The sum realized from the sale of tickets and the auction sale of pies: makes 2 handsome addition to the funds of the-Ladies’. Aid|" Society. cess. program, guessing _(Speclat ta The Mindi) New Weatminate:, Nay. two days’ session tomorrow. ‘TH ‘inter- best in thé. association’a: history,'| Yukon to British “Columbia. resolution will be proposed by & for the proposal is found. in, the scandalous: methods. in: of thousands of Canadiana..” |include the abolition of: the: poll! LOTS OF OnE IN SIG Developnient on Property ° of Hare . Mines Opens Up. Valuable Deposit. . tax in any ease: where. the miner's licence fees are paid; the abolition }of the 2 per, cent. mineral, tax. exe teept ¢ on mines paying 10 per cent, an Imperial. council], and a-reso- Intion from the-Hazelton: Conser- vative association, recommending bution: the m MAKE Oh NGC STR AN ELECTORAL DNISION Provincial Conservative Resolution Askitig for: Provincial Member-—- ‘Many Other ‘Matters’ of Importance’ to bel Discussed---Propotal ‘To Annex Yukon. ] <-|aries- of the new constituency Three ‘hundred delegates from all parts of the province ‘are herd. to attend the ffth anitial convenitidh of the British. Columbia: ‘Congest. vative association, Whish‘opéns. ft convention - promises: to- be tht: Among the repohitions. proposal delegate from Phoenix. The. Phos. nix pioneer gays sifficient € cust ‘tie undoubted extellence of. British: Columbia. mining laws. ‘and theit administration, as compared with. in.the. Yukon which have brought the blush of shame to the:cheeks! . Other queéstions..on which. the} lconvention will he asked to paas | dividends or over; the. creation of| that in any scheme of. redistri- ‘Omineea «District should be made a separate elect- “Association Considers otal district, and that the bound- should be the same as the Omi- neca. mining district; on the ground that it has sufficient. popu- lation, and ‘is a self-contained district, ‘with natural boundaries Abd industries. 5 Yesterday's Procaedings | (Special to The Miner) _ “Ni Westininster, Nov. 24-— | servative convention today, Pre-|; mier McBride ‘congratulated the delegates on the triumph of. the Conier'vative cause in the recent elections. The new Dominion administration, he said, would give every satisfaction: to British Columbia in the claims made by the province; which. would be ‘supported: by the “‘Solid- Seven.” The anhual-report.of the secre- taty: of: the B-C::C. A,. showed the addition of ‘twenty-five local ‘associations during-the year, in- cluding &# number in the northern Mpartof: the province. Four new. genteab:sasosistions b ‘hat also been. formed,’ ‘The eppointment of ry ‘perman- ent: travelling secretary, to keep up the «party's: present. magnifi- cent fighting form, has been proposed. This matter, with all resolutions, will . be decided to- morrow. 4. ing today in the House, drew the bor to recent statements in the Toronto Saturday Night -reflect- ing upon the- labor ‘unions of British Columbia as_ bein: com- posed of blacklegs and crooks whose weapon was dynamite, and charging that the white men of the province were "lazy as compared with Orientals, Mr, Barnard said there was’ nothing to justify such aspersions. F REIGHTERS WAITING Lack of Snow Prevents Heulity of Sup. plies to Valley The mild weather of the last week has had an unfavorable effect on business, freighting be- ing.a matter of considerable difficulty. .On Thursday Super- intendent Williseroft, aecompan- ied by R. C. Ferguson, the bridge foreman, atarted with a piledriver outfit and supplies for the bridge camp at. the head of Francois lake, but owing to the Jack -of. snow was compelled to leave the sleighs at Twelve-mile. for: the present. The roads ave expected to be in a better condition for use within a few days, ‘when the outfit will be taken in’ over: the sleighroad recently constructed between Pleasant’ Valley - and Franeoia,’- Premier Borden has signed an agreement extending the bound- aries of Manitoba to Hudson’s Bay. The Dominion retains - all mineral and ‘timber lands, . In lieu of these a subsidy of -a mil. ion dollars yearly’ ia . " Granted Manitoba. Continuing thé debate on the address in reply to the speech ‘from the throne, Mr. Hazen, ‘on Wednesday, stated the Laurier government, last: May, received nine tenders for the construction of four cruisers and six. destroy- ers, For five months, up to the tine of its defeat, no action on the tenders hed been taken by the late government! | His’ ex- planation of their inactivity was that under conditions - proposed in the contract the ships . would not be completed for six years, by which time they would. have been obsolete. The Minister said he could not‘be -expected to re- in _ Rocher. de Boule Stock’ The first: offering of. “stock. in | the Rocher de Boule,- announced. on Another page, will: be. noted | with’ interest. by ° with.” the! méritg as "Hines praperye Patan commend the acceptance of- any one.of the tenders...The lowest was -over eleven: tnilliona. The Government would take: up . the - Admiralty; : Tp ; House of Commons Proceedings attention of the’ ‘Minister’. of La: |been received in British naval lwhole qiuestion.with: the. Beitish |: thew ann ‘Mr. Borden, in reply toa quest- ion, stated that steps would be taken by the government to do] - all that was possible to insure| ‘the satisfactory. condition of Canadian missionaries in China. Replying to Laurier’s criticism of his position, Mr. Monk stated that.there never’ has: been. any serious difference between him- self. and Mr, Borden on the na- val queation. He was sure the people of .Québec. would accept the government’s policy. ; Policy Plenses London 7 London, Noy. 22:—The Daily Telegraph, whose riaval editor is in close touch with the Admiralty, says the decision of the.Canadian povernment to abandon Sir Wil- frid. Laurier’s naval scheme has circles with satisfaction. The hope is expressed that when the question is referred to the people| of Canada they will give Mr. Borden a mandate either to carry out. a scheme in-line with the Imperial naval policy or to do nothing... The Imperial navy, says the -T earaph, needs ships, not men. From Demtaloa Group On-the Iron Mask’ claim of the Dominion group, Superintendent T. L. Carr, who came.in yester- damaged. day, states that a good start has been: tnade in-the shaft which is| - Four Dead In Storm’ | to be aunk on the ten foot vein. The ofoss-eut tunnel whichis to]: tap the samé lead at a. ‘point 100) feet below. the: shaft, “ jis now ea htahded last: rextremely dificult,. while trans- |-be Offered at auction in this city ~ in the course of two weeks, ’ . During First Week of Session ‘Ottawa, Nov, 22:—G..H. Bar- nard, member for Victoria, apeak- quirements of business men. and residents of the present town of monthly cheques for half a mil- lion, representing the expendi- ture for work done on Vancouver Island and the mainland. This sum does not include the cost of supplies, practically all of which, are being bought in the province, Hon, Richard McBride and Family Have Hon, Richard McBride is here, having so arranged his home: ward journey from New York ag tobe able to attend the conven: tion of the provineial Conserva: tive association, journey was dramatically ‘inter- rupted in North Carolina by a train accident resulting. in the {death of the engineer and severa! passengers; but Mr... M¢Bride ‘tand his family were so fortunate as to escape injury, the car in which they rode being but little]. of Lizzid Keefer ‘was-found ina phowdrift: today. “The unfottan- {ete dirt’ was ‘the fourth’ vieliin bot tle” blizwird ‘of. Batartny, ‘which’ cased the death of, ‘ist Wife Murderer Electrocuted . ‘Richmond, Vaz Henry Cla Beattie, shorily before his death in the electtic chair for the mur-. der of his wile, signed a state- ment confessing the crime. Bring Heavy Mails From End of Steel The lightness of Tuesday's mail was accounted for by the delay in the arrival at Prince ‘Rupert of the Princess Mary, which encountered heavy snow- storms, making safe navigation through the straits impossible for prolonged periods, Thursday’s| mail was a very heavy one, com-| prising eleven sacks. R.’DeB. Hovell, who came up the river during the week, says the mail carriers deserve the greatest eredit for getting the. -mails through to Hazelton under exist- ing conditions. Wagons have not been available for any great part of the route, and the lack of snow has made toboggan work portation by cange is out of the question. Beirnes & Mulvany have succeeded in meeting all difficulties, with very little delay | - in the delivery of mail, and from now on will be able to carry’ all mails on schedule time, barring ‘accidents, TO SELL LIT WY AUCTION | Grand Trunk Pacific Will Offer South Hazelton Property -in Vancouver. (Special to Ths Minar) Vancouver, Nov. 25:—It. is an- nounced that lots in the G. T. P. townsite of South Hazelton will The company is reserving’ a sufficient number of lots to meet. the re- Hazelton, A Big Wages Bill (Special to The Miner) Vancouver, Nov. 24:— The Canadian Northern is now issuing PREMIER IN WRECK. Narrow Escape (Special to The Miner) New Westminster, Nov.. 24:— The Premier's “ (Bpecial to The, Miner): Kamloops, Nov, 28:—-The boiy| * -|888; -North’ Vancouver, . News, - ig : lying POPULATION — OF BL. TOWNS Figures for the Incorporated Cities, Towns and Villages in Province are Published. COAST CITIES GROWING Changes in Numbers of Inhabitants Credited to Towns of Kootenay— Vancouver Island Cities Make Good Showing in Recent Census, Ottawa, Nov, 24:—The census ing figures for ‘incorporated cities, te yns and villages i in British Co-. lumbia: Comox - Atlin — Cumberlana City, 1237; Prince Rupert, 4184; ; Alberni, 891, Kootenay—Fernie, 1287; Fort Steele, 276: Nelgon (exclusive of suburbs), 4568; Rossland, 2827; Cranbrook, 2365; Trail, 1460; Slocan, 189; New. Michel, 662; Old Michel, 1515; Revelstoke, 3010; Nakusp, 347; Golden, 932; Hosmer, 3091. Nanaimo — Esquimalt, 4001; Nanaimo, 8806: Ladysmith (in- cluding South Oyster), 8295 New Westminster—New West-. minster, 18,894; Steveston, 1200; Chilliwack, 1657. ; - Victoria—Victoria, 31, 620, Yate-Carihoo — Grand Forks, {1514;- Phoeninj. -1612)- -Enderby;~ - 835;.Armstrong, 810; Kamloops, a772;, Kelowna, 1668; Vernon, 2671: . Vancouver — Vancouver,. 100,- 7781; JSouth Vancouver, 16,021; Point Grey, 4819. CONSERVATIVE ELECTION. Hazelton Association i in F lourishing Con- | dition— Officers and Com- mitteas Chosen A large increase in member- ship, a satisfactory condition of ) finances and a successful year in every respect were indicated by the reports presented to the Hazelton Conservative. Associa- tion at its annual meeting on Monday evening, There was a large attendance at the school- house when the meeting was called to order ateight. Routine business and reports being. dis- | posed of, the election of officers 4and committees for the ensuing year took place. the names of those elected: . Following are Honorary Presidents, H. §. Cle- ments, ‘M. P., Wm: Manson, M..L. A; President, A. R Macdonald; _ Vice-president, G. 0. Graham: Secretary-treasurer, Walter Noel. Executive Committee: J. M. McCormick, Fred Field, J. A. Macdonald, W. H. Larmer, E. H. Hicks-Beach, E.-C. Stephensoti, James Shaw, J... Macdonald. R. S. Sargent and J, M.- Me .- Cormick were named auditors. - A hearty vote of thanks: was unanimously tendered the retir- ing officers, J. F. Macdonald, R. DeH.: ‘Hovell Wright, respectively President, - Vice-president arid Seeretary for ; the last'term, =. ~ re The. Executive ‘Cominittes. waa : | instructed, to’ ‘prepare. amend. ee ‘| ad constitution: for’ ‘subm ation: to. |: "| the Association wat a. early date, - ‘and, H. ‘Neville - ‘Bitorta to secure: the shipment - of the big fire bell ordered for - the local’ brigade have sd far - proved fruitless, and the bell, we, are told. by the Pri fleter, wets: mid cousin: He os eonltlig. transportation: bureau has published the follow- °