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- °