THE OMINECA MINER, SATURDAY, JULY 18, 1918

The Omineca Miner

PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY AT

HAZELTON, THE CENTER OF THE

GREAT OMINECA DISTRICT OF
BRITISH COLUMBIA,

By R, 5, Sargent, Ltd.

SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada
and British Possessions, ‘Two Dollars a
year; Foreign, Three Dollarg a year.

ADVERTISING RATES; \ Display,
$1.50 per inch per month; Reading
Notices, 15 cents per line for each
insertion. Legal notices inserted at
B,C. Gazette rates.

SaTurDAY, JULY 13, 1918.

MINING IN 17. :
’ The annual report of the prov-
incial minister of mines, a copy
of which was received by The
Miner this week, shows that the
gross value of the mineral pro-
duction in British Columbia in
1917 was $37,010,392, a decrease
of $5,280,070, or 12.5 per cent,
from that of 1916, but an increase
over that of the previous record
year, 1912, of $4,569,592, or 14
per cent. The gross value of the
metallic minerals reeovered in
1917 was $27,284,474, a decrease
> from 1916 of $4,779,040, or about
15 per cent.

The decrease in value of 1917
production from the previous
year might at first sight appear
to show a serious decline in the
mining industry in this province,
but this condition cannot be at-
tributed to any decline in mining
in B.C.; it is the result of the
combination of several adverse
influences that aeted upon the

. industry as a whole,

When considering the decrease
in 1917 from the year before, it
must be keptin mind that 1916

- wasa record year for high metal
prices and of demand for metals,

It must also be remembered that |

the 1917 production was far in
excess of that of any previous

cyear, except 1916, outdistancing
the former record year of 1912
in value by nearly $5,000,000.

The adverse influences which
retarded production in 1917 may
be defined as industrial troubles,

reduced metal prices for the last
quarter of the year, a lessened
demand for metals used in muni-
tions manufacture and economic
conditions which affected severe.
_ ly the mining of gold.

Coal mining showed a slight
increase in the net production
over 1916. his increase would
have been greater but for various
‘troubles which affected several

collieries, slowirig up production, |p. 1917

which created a shortage of fuel
for the smelters, which were
compelled to close temporarily,
chaving the effect of retarding
metal mining. «
it had been hoped that the
‘the mineral output for 1917 would

reach the $50,000,000 mark, but |,

~ considering the. circumstances

which prevented this, the total
_ reached and the future prospects
_ of the mining indubtry-in British

Appeals For Fur-
ther Support to
Patriotic Fund

“Events which have transpired
since March 21 on the battlefront
in Flanders and France must have
brought home to every man and
woman in the Allied countries a
realization of the awful crisis
which threatens the world. This
in turn must have created in the
breast of every loyal citizen ade-
termination todo everything pos-
sible and to make any sacrifice
which may be necessary to sup-
port our valiant armies and our
governments in their efforts. to
defeat Hun brutality and Prus-
gian autocracy. ;

“Individual effort is absolutely
necessary, This is nota time for
selfish considerations, but it is a
time which imperatively demands
that we work for the winning of
the war; that we conserve for the
winning of the war, and that we
give willingly of our means for
the winning of the war.

“The Canadian Patriotic Fund
has been, and is still, one of the
greatest sources through which

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MAIL CONTRACT.

BALED TENDERS, addressed to the
Postmaster General, will be re-

__ ceived at Ottawa until Noon, on
Friday, the 19th July, 1918, for the
conveyance of His Majesty's Maila, on

a proposed Contract for four years, | .

fortnightly each way, between
HAZELTON AND KISPIOX
from the lst October next. .

Printed notices containing further
information as toconditions of proposed
Contract may be seen and blank forms
of Tender may he obtained at the Post
ffices of Hazelton, Kispiox and New
Hazelton,and at the office of the under-

signed.
E. H, FLETCHER,
P, 0. Inspector.
Post OFFICE INSPECTOR’s| OFFICE,
Victoria, B. C., 3lst May, 1918.
: . 4249mo04db

MINERAL ACT

Certificate of Improvements

NOTICE

QUEENA MINERAL CLAIM, situ-
uate in the Omineca-Mining Division of
Cassiar Diatrict. ;

Where locatcd:—On the southwestern
shoro of Babine Lake, and near Silver

aland. : ;

TAKE NOTICE that I, F, P. Burden,
acting as agent for M. J. Kolb, Free
Miner's Certificate No. 1862C, intend,
sixty days from the date hereof, to ap-
ply to the MiningRecorder fona Cert
cate of Improvements for the purpose
of obtaining a Crown Grantof the ahove
claim. .

And further take notice that-action,
under section 85, must be commenced
before the issuancé of such Certificate
of Improvements, —

Dated this 20th day of December, A

‘Free Miner’s Certificate No.

5) Dominion Lan

FARM LANDS.

OREGON & CALIFORNIA RAIL- i

ROAD CO. GRANT LANDS,’ Title to

same revested in United States by Act | fE -

of Congress dated June 9, 1916.

to be opened for Homesteads and sale.
Agricultura) and Timber Lands.  Con-
servative estimate Forty Fillion feet of
commercial lumber, Containing some
of best land left in United States.
Large Map showing land by sections
and Description of soil, climate, rain-

fall, elevations, etc. Postpaid One| 4

Dollar. Grant Lands Locating Co,,
Box 610, Portland, Oregon,

MINERAL ACT
Certificate of Improvements
NOTICE ¢

CONTACT, SUNSHINE, SUMMIT,
RENO, VALLEY yIEW, GRANITE,

UARTZITE, DOMINION FRAC-

ION MINERAL CLAIMS, situate in
the Omineca Mining Division of Cassiar
District.

Where located:—On Rocher de Boule
Mountain,

TAKE NOTICE that Dalby B Mor-
kill, B.C, Land Surveyor, of Hazelton,
B. G., acting as agent for James Dean,

Two :
million, three hundred thousand Acres | ij

and James Gilmore, Free Miner's Cer-

tificate No, 1095C, intends, sixty da | 5

from the date hereof, to apply to the
Mining Recorder for a Certificate of,
Improvements, for the purpose of
obtaining a Crown Grant of the above:
claims.

And further take notice that action,
under section 85, must be commenced
before the issuance of such Certificate
of Improvements.

Dated this 18th day of March, A, D,
1918. 30-38 Dalby B. Morkill

NOTICE

N THE MATTER OF AN APPLIC-
ATION for the iasue of a fresh
Certificate of Title for Lot 82,
Bloek 8, Town of Telkwa, (Map
817}. .
Satisfactory evidence having been
furnished os to the joss of the Cadrtifi-
cate of Title to the above lands, notice
is hereby g'ven that it is my intention
to issue after the expiration of thirty
days after the first publication hereof a
fresh Certificate of Title to the above
lotsa in the-name of Pete Saari, which
Certificate of Title ia dated 8th Sep-
tember, 1914, and is numbered 6520-4.
Land Registry Office, Prince Rupert,
B.C,, 20th November, 1917. |. :
H. F. MACLEOD, °
14-18

See

. Synopsis OF Coal Misting Regulations

CoaL mining rights of the Dominion,

in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and
Alberta, the Yukon Territory, the
Northwest Territories and in a portion
of the Province of British Columbia,
may be leased for a term of twenty-one
years at an annual rental of $1 an
acre. Not more than 2,660 ecrea will
be leased to one applicant.

Application for a lease must ba ‘made
by the ‘applicant, in person to the Agent

or Sub-Agent of the district in which |!

| SOLDIERS’ AID & EMPLOYMENT

the rights applied for ara situated,

In surveyed territory the land must
be described by-sections, or legal sub-
divisions of sections, and-ia unsurveyed
territory the tract applied for shall be
staked out by the applicant himself.

Each application must be accompani-
ed by a fee of $5, which will be refund-
ed if the tights applied for ara not
available, but not otherwise, A royol-
ty shall be paid on the merchantable
cutput of the mine at the rate of five
dents per ton, .

The peraon operatin,
furnish the Agent with aworn returns
accounting forthe fuil guantity of mer-
chantable cosl mined and pay the
royalty thereon. If the coal minin,
tights are not being operated, auc
returns should
once 4 year, -

_ The lease willinelude the coal mining
tights only, but the lessee mny be per-
mitted to purchase. whatever available
surface rights may be considered nec-
essary for the working of the mine at
the rate of $10.06 an acre,

For full information application
should be made to the Secretary of the
Department of the Interior, Ottawa,
or to any Agent or Sub-Agent. of

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-) W.W. CORY,

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. District Registrar,

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the mine ‘shall |

be furnished at least |

| If you can’t fight you can at least |
stand behind the man... |
who fights for you.

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The Canadian Patriotic Fund 4

Which assists the wives and families of Canada’s gallant

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soldiers, requires millions of dollars to keep the. soldiers’ | :

home fires burning. .
. District Treasurer: Stephen H. Hoskins, Government Agent

“—_

Hazelton Committee: ae
J. EB. Kirby, R. E, Allen, J. K. Frost, J. R, Barker,
and J. G. Powell, Monthly Subscriptions are Solicited

The Canadian Red Cross

efforts to assist in the noble work of this great humanitarian
organization. | a

| The Hazelton Branch requests the support of all in its q

Honorary Presidents: Mrs, (Rev.) John Field; Mrs. (Rev.) |

_W. Hogan -
Chairman: Dr, H. G. Wrinch

Vice-Presidenits: J. F. Maguire, Mrs. Chappell, Wm. Grant’ 4

Honorary Secretary: Miss W. Soal i.

" Honorary Treasurer: H. HL Little, Manager Union Bank ‘> |

Executive Committee:

Mesdames Wattie, Wrinch, Sealy, and Glassey; ‘Rey. John 4

- Field, W. Wattie, John Newiek
Large or Small Contributions will be Gratefully Received |

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COMMITTEE

‘Endeavors to ‘supply soldiers from Hazelton distiict witk ,

Buch comforts and necessities as cannot be readily otitained :
at the front, and will assist them to re-establish themselves _|

in civil life-when they return. The Committee is acting in
co - operation with the Provincial Returned Soldiers’ |
Commission and the Military Hospitals Commission’ .

_ Contributions'te the Soldiers’ Aid Tobacco Fund ure Welcome ‘fl

' Chairman: A, R. Macdonald
Honorary Secretary-Treasurer: Wm, Grant .
Hi. HL Little, R. E. Allen, F; B. Chettleburgh’
H. B. Campbell, H. F. Glassey, G, W: McKay; | Peo

_. By Welch, J. K. Frost, 8, Cline, W. Wattie © oo 1

Columbia’ are’ conditions which
are deserving of hearty congrat-
“ulation,” cars |