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“NEW HAZELTON, B. C.,. WEDNESDAY. MAy 30, 1928

No Zz f

SIX Months Development

— Campaign Started on the |
- Mohawk by Federal Co.

The Omineca’ Herald interviewed
Thos. B. Lewis, engineer in charge of
the Federal Mining & Smelting .Co/’s
operations in this district, and learned
that the company's program on the

: Mohawk property on eur Mile moun-

tein calls for at least six. months de-
velopment and that the first work is

now under way. It is a drift tunnel)

en the 100 foot level, ‘which, when it
goes under the main showings on the
fifty foot level, will give a depth of
some 200 feet on the ore,’

The Mohawk is the first property to
be taken up by the Federal people in
this district and it was taken after Mr.
. Lewis had spent three weeks on the
ground and gave it a very thorough
examination. He told the Herald that
he Hkes it and that he anticipates get-

‘some very fine velnes. at depth and

that he will develop a tonnage of ore
in the next six months that will war-
rant a mill, One of the chief engin-
eers of the company will visit New
Hazelton in n couple of weeks. ,

After the present work on thé 100
foot level’ is completed work will be

{started on the 500 foot Ievel.and this

tunnel will be continued for about 1000
feat. The various levels will be tested

with raises. Theré will also be a lot
of surface work done, such as strip-
ping, trenches, ete. Everything will
be done to prove the ore body and to.
put the mine in shape for a long per-
iod of production once the mill is in-
stalled. Mr. Lewis says that this is

‘lone of the finest countries to work in

he has yet been in, There are no ob-
stacles that need to bother-anyone nt
all seasons of the yerr work can be
enrried on without interruption. He
fully expects to take up two or three
other properties in the district for his
eompany and make this his headquar.
ers in future. He will be ‘bere now all
stiimicr, excépt for a couple of weeks
that he has to visit another camp. Ip
the meantime he ‘will have the work
lined up so that there will be no inter-
ruption during his absence,

To Build Road
To the Babine —
Mining Comp.

The Vancouver “Province in a “recent
issue stated :—Messrs.. A.-J. Harrer
and B.-F.-Messner of Smithers, mem-
bers of the Smithers branch of the B
©. Chamber of Mines, are in the city
following a 16,000 mile trip through
Cannda and the United States in the
interests of mining development in thr
On ‘Tuesday the mer
visited the capital where they impres-
sed on the government the advisibilit .
of building the six miles of roadway
required to give automobiles access tr
the Babine district. Twelve miles o’
the rand is alrendy constructed, auc
with the additional six miles — built.
transportation facilities will be giver
to seventeen mining properties in thi
aren,

+.

MINISTERS ARE CHANGED

As a result of the yecent * conference
of the United Chureb of Canada which

Glosed last week, the following changes |.

in the stationing of minisers -of the
Prinee Rupert presbytery were made:
—Rer. R. B. Cribb’of Dawson goes te
- Creston in, the Koatendy ; Rey. ©. F.
Clarke of Anyox | gues .to . Brittania,
Vancouver presbytery; Rey. J. H.
Young of Huxelton to -Koksilah in‘the
Vieturia presbytery, The successor t:
the late Dr. J. CO. Speucer of Bella Bel:
la is Rev. W: H. Gibson Although an
appointinent was made to the Hazeltor
charee it is by 10 mens, definite yet,
Same one will be. appointed Bon, it ir.
hoped, These appointments Bo inte
effect the first Sunday in July.

Ttev. J. HI. Young has been on the

 Skeenz river for the Inst twelve yearr

part of the tine in. Indian work ond
the last couple: of years in white. work
with superviston over ‘part of the-.In-
finns on the Skeena. | ‘He is well: and:
favorably. known, in’ the, north’. and.

' while he will leave’ many. good friends

hehind ‘he feels that. he would he’ bet:
" ter for n change ot work, : "He has- ak!

i Ai. ways done good work and he will’ take
#i vith him to his ni

; chargé. on Vancou..
ver Island. ‘the: best ‘wishea of all:

“et srt Eons

The . Omineea ‘Herald is ‘$2 A Year’

Silver Cup Ore
Holding Strong
Work c Advances

Wn, ‘Shoritis ‘returned “uesday ‘af
ter spending several days at the Sil-
yer Cup property ‘on Nine Mile moun-
tain, We reports that work is. pro-
gressing favorably on the No. 3 and the
No. 4 tunnels, Since the last report
the lower tunnel has ‘been’ advanced
sixty feet and the ore is holtling streng
while on the upper tunnel the advance
has been forty feet. QGnly one shift
is working in the No. 3. In both tun-
nels the ore is strong and there is all
indientions that it will continue to br
strong on those levels and also that i!
will go down toa greater depth thar
has ever been anticipated in this nov.
thern country. While the toad is ont
of commission for shipments nx big ton-
age of ore is heing blocked out and pre-

|parations are being made for the mil!

which will be installed during the pre-
sent year.

25th ANNIVERSARY AS A PRIEST

Next. Saturday evening Rey, ‘Father
‘Allard, in. charge of. the Roman Cath-
olie chureh at Hagwilget, will celeb-
rate the twenty-fifth ‘puniversary of
hig ordination into. the priesthood and
on Sunday, June 3rd,. will celebrate
the twenty-fifth annlversary: of bis
first mass. To mark this anniversary
twenty-three souls, nll™in’ the yicinity
of Hazelton shntl be ndmitted into the
chureh at the Hagwilget mission. His
Lordship the “Rieht tev erend Bishop.
will: he. present’ on both” days.

HON. DR. MeLEAN COMING

Will address a public meeting in Hazol-
~ ton Friday afternoon next week

Hon. Dr. McLean, Premier of B..0,,
will address a public meeting in As-
sembly «hall ‘Hazelton, . Friday, after-
noon, June 8, nt 2.80 ‘ofelock sharp. AS
the Premier has: to’ address another
| meeting in. Smithers that evening he.
will’ not be able to: stop : at intermed1-
tte points: for®. ‘meetings. “where will
‘be. other speakers : vat. athe . Hazelton
Almeeting ‘and-all: ‘are: invited 46: attend |

‘this is ‘the Premier's ‘first visit to the} '

Jorthern interior ¢ of ‘the: * provnee, « .

ken

by wins and shafts and connected up-

£0: lots ‘of ‘places: they: did: not 0 last:

New Hazelton is now getting its
chante, and it is the Mining Industry
which will make. the. town. The
Timber Endustry has held it together
for-years,‘and will continue to play .
_an important: part, Now. mining is
getting in its good work. The. Sil-
ver Cup is a made mine with a long
and profitable future. .The Federal
Mining & Smelting Co. is now away
on a six months campaign and the
engineer is very optimistic as to the
results of that work. ‘Other proper-
ties will be working, but antil they
start very little can be said In a
year from now ‘there will be several
times the population here that there
is today.

Fisheries Dept.
Are Interested
In ‘Trout Fish’

‘The Dominion Department of Fish-
eries is beginning to pay some natten-
tion to the trout and other game fish
in British Columbia waters: In the
past practically all the attention of the
officials was devoted to the salmon.
But game fish of all kinds have prov-
en to be an asset that is-worth preser
ving. Last aveek end C., Hearn of the
Lakelse hatchery and GC. W. Harrison
of Vancouver, chief inspector, spent 2
number of days in Hazelton and were
guests at the Ominecn “Hotel. C., W.
Dawson, one of the grent exponents of
fly fishing as a sport, accompanied the
visitors to ‘Dutchman’s Lake, . twenty-
four milés up tlie Kispiox and then

ly fishermen will go) to Inapect: the
trout in that lake. They case in thelr
line from shore and the. first cast Bud
got one; He cast again and some kind
of an‘inland lake monster grabbed the
fly, hook, Jeader and part of the line,
lenped into the air, flapped its tale and
hit for deeper’ water. Bud put on an-
other fly and after two.casts he hooked
his second fish successfully. The viss-
tors were very much impressed with
the quality of the fish and the ap-
parent ‘number of them iu. the Inke.
For some time the month of the
creek which serves as an outlet to the
lake has been blocked up to such an
extent that the fish ernnet get out or
in and it is feured that they may be-
come desensed. It is hoped that the
department will consent to having the
blockade: blown out and thus preserve
one of the best fish lakes in the inter-
lor.

Thos. B. Lewts, engineer in charge
of the work onthe Mohawk property
has been a patient at the hospital. for
the past week.

— a

The tram Ine to the Aurimont pro-
perty on Rocher de Boule mountain
will be ready for operation. the end 07
this week. Mining will then start and
it is expected that nr shipment Will he
made at a very early ‘date: There is r

little develonpment.to do before’ they
atart taking out ore. - . J

, With the opening ‘ot the fishing. sea:
son quite a-number: of the: boys’ are
slipping. away evenings and. ‘Sundayr
to the streams and Inkes‘in ‘the neigh.
borhood.: Fishing .is reported: .to be:
prety good although the fish are. too.
partlenlar. yet what- fly. they ‘take.

. Road work is. {n progress: in’ all dir.’
ections Just, now and. before. the. alin:
mer, is over, autoists, should: he. able te

yenr. . There are’ a. couple, of. gangs: “onl

west: of town.

ae .

sonie “niles ° ‘inland; (x. ‘place “where. on-

"Ia -few of the yanehers had time to cel
elrate May 24th, but there was heavy |" last summer by surface work which
motor traffic along the main highways |‘¥4s successful iu showing up a non °f
ber of veins with values in gold-heat. -
ing -arsenopyrite' and in galena and
zine, Assay. valnes in- zola show from
$6 to $15. per to while the galena Cur
ates up to $160 per ton. In allver and _, -
It is planned: to-carry ont a prod
atnf€ expects to leave for her home in gram of work’ that will last ali summer ~
Vancouver on Thursiay night for Aaland this will commence: “early in June. .
ro, - |Further: opening. up: of the. several:
veins by ‘surface’ work will be ‘the ‘de:
velopment cairied ° on during: ‘the “first
part. of. -the : summer; :
lower end - of Nine’ Mile wagon ‘road. tended to ‘proceed ‘by tanner’ ‘of shat

soon as: that part has. ‘beon male pass-

the mein, high: way; - one, ‘east, and: on {her family,

‘New Hazelton Celebrated
Victoria Day With Sports —
’ Great Dance in Evening

for the annual celebration.
miny cars were present.

soon after lunch, but the program did

with the merry makers,

yeny’s. queen. The

last winter by snow and water from o | after,
leaky roof there was no music for the

have any musie for any of their prac-
tices, yet ,under the very capable

er of-the public school, they
through the steps perfectly. -

to the children themselves.

she was crowned by Miss, Jessie Smith, ‘ones,
the: retiring queen.

ball gnme was eniled. This was be-

serve,

The oath of May celebration in New tou’ bet on the natives, but there were
Hazelton this year was quite.a suc-|few takers as the. local boys had not.
cess. ‘There Ws 0 good crowd, about|been seen in -action before. ,
the same size;as usual, and the weath-| whites won in the seyenth by a score
er “Was exceptionally fine, one of the|of 12 runs to 11. It was o good game
finest days the local people ever had |from start to finish and the crowd hed
‘The roads|a lot of. fun:
were also in god shape so that a good |that they have the stuff in them to
At the ath-|make a team if they stay with it ant
Ietle grounds things began to move jattend to business.
In the evening a hundred people took
not begin until? the arrival of the May /in the dance in the community hall
Queen and her attendants, together | where a new fluor had been laid on a
“These were/new foundation.
nll conveyed to the grounds in cars|ments-had also been mnde to the inter~
and upon arrival in front of the May [ior of the ball which added greatly’ to
Queen’s throne n procession was form- the appearance ond to the floor space.
cd and the Queen was escorted to the |The hall is now in good shape and the.
throne where she was cruwned by last} dancers all) declared it the best dance
usual ceremony {since the old days when the hotel din-
was. gone through with and then the |ing: room was used. Grey's orchestra _
youngsters gathered around the pole|froni Smithers provided the music and
and put on their dance. Owing to the Jit was good and snappy.
eommunity piano have been destroyed | did not break up until about three 01

The local boys proved

‘The day was
performance, nor did the youngsters | credit. to those’ workers
fuir. in hand. .
| H-it is proposed to continue to use
leadership of Miss Richardson, teach-|the athletic grounds it. is imperative
went | that better transportation be. provided
There jto the grounds.
is a lot of credit due their leader and | Hagwilget must be -repaired, widened
From the}and mud holes filled, or a new. road
spectators standpoint the: berformance built from the station into- the grounds ,
vould - have been . enjoyed “mora “had } Tf this is. not done. the: tumber: of cars -
there been music. “Miss: Ida: ‘Sebultzick that wll” ‘make the trip: to” ‘the’ grounds -
was Queen of. the ‘May: this: year, hid. next: ‘year awiit be. confined ito the older
This year -a. good number * of
bnew ond nicely finished © cars

Following the May Pole dance the! badly. scratched by. brush on -the road
sports program, including many.events | to the grounds.
for young and old, was run off and|which would be easily bulit and that
kept the crowd amused until:the base.jis from:the main road below Spooner’r
home into the ground. All good: dry
tween the New Hazelton boys and the |ground would be found and not much
Indian team from Old Hazelton re-|to do but cut out. the brush and trees
There were many who’ wanted | and do a Little grading.

a great success ad n
who had af-

Fither the road thro

There is another route

But the

. fmprove-

The dance _

were]

Muy 25 erop reports ‘fram the Balk-
ley ¥Yalley :—Cool and dry with spellr
of heat.» Rain wanted. (Some arriv- ;
ed.on the 27th.) Some. grain still. to , cae
be seeded, but not much. Most grain
is showing up while a good per cent-

shoot.
iy just coming into fair pickings.

Tomlinson ‘renched ‘home Saturday at
ter atending conference ‘in ‘Vancouver,

~ Miss Gladys ‘Miller, of the nursing lead.

holiday. 7

"R dozen | or more ‘men with, a tenm
afl a ‘truck. are’ now, “working. .on. the

Theey are ditching. and: ‘gravelling. As

{ible they. ew will bemoved to ‘the | bodies: ©
apper. end.! 4 a ea mor

"Mrs, Stoynoft of. “Doreen. was A
Jeunes over tlie: ‘holiday: of, Mr. and. Mrs.

Newman,’ She. waa.. accompanied by

°Mr. Mire A: AN

Quick Crop Report Money Secured
Jessie Group on
Hudson Bay

‘Through Stanley “RB. “Rutland, Brit-
ish capital has been sectired for the —
age is two inches high. A small pe ; evelopment of the Jessie group of
centage is up four to six inches. Rye |Mineral- claims and the Jessie Gold
is eighteen inches high and ready te Mines , Syndicate has been formed te
Pastures are backward and on. {handle this, property.
Only |0n the: slope of Hudson ‘Bay -mountair
| towards, the railway.

The Jessie 1

It was. opened.

prove. depth to. the om