a : mination of your Mohawk group of ‘NEW HAZELTON, B. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1928 - Mohawk has-Chance te ' — . Make Profitable Mine . Says Mr. A. E. Haggen| . Ed. G. Brown, Vanconver, general manager” of the company developing the Mohawk group of six elaims on the ‘| Four Mile, mountain, near New Hazel ton, spent. last week on the property muking himself thoroughly familar with it: He was accompanied the first two days by A. E. Haggen, M. #., of Vancouver, and by Al. Harris, who is in charge of the work, . Mr. Brown made some yery bmpor- tant announcements to the Herald af. ter his examination of the property. First he has enlarged the force af mer so that development will be pushed or much faster, Recently the ore har been encountered on the other side of the fault which was the cause of the work being suspended years ago, It ‘is the same high grade ore that was ir evidence above the fault. This is the most encouraging feature the owners could have. Development work, say: .Mr. Brown will be continued in the _ tunnels ond as it will be on ore, he ex ' pects they will take out a ton of ship- ping ore per day and at the same timc aecummiate a lot of milling ore on-thc dump to be picked up when d mill is placed on the ground. - The main ob- Jeet at present is to thoroughly test the mine and determine the proper kind of mill to. -handle the ore. Barly this ‘spring the compahy, says the manager |’ will put in‘a short nerial tram-to con-, vey the ore from the dump to the wa- gon road which comes Within 2’ very Short distance of the dump. Recent assays from the face of the m tunnel, ond taken across-two feet, at: | the 50 foot level, give 153 ozs. of sil- me ver, 27 per cent, lead and 20 per cent’ m zinc. pleased with the property and that ii is much better than.be expected wher oe took an interest in it. He is nov prepared to exert all his energies t« | getting it on a good big-dperating bos. is at as enrly.a date as possible: ___ Report of the Engincer The following is the freliminary re- mm cently examined. the Mohawk: —— * “Having spent. two days: in the < ex- : Mineral Claims, Omineca Mining Diy- B ision, British Columbia, I have to re- - port having found two mineral veins. : } developed by numerous open _euts, | on = 4 ‘shafts, drifts and main ‘haulage crosd mee cut tunnel about 600 feet in length. fom! ‘These veins show ore ‘wherever they m have been opened ° up over an’ agegre- . gate length of about 1700 feet. Thir 4 org consists mainly of prey copper of me bich grade as to silver values, with ae ; subsidiary values of lend and zinc ' through the associated mineral gnlenn and sphalerite. An important tonnage’ can he ship: el to the smelter as ervide ore: of ar. “average value of around. $100.00 per on, while a proportionately. large ton: age of concentrating ore may be sim: ea ultaneously made available 8 a. re. me sorve for the: operation of ny init. when . installed. a ia The property, , Ag: exeeptlonally welt. sel pa located to ensure ‘convenience and. low. # cost of transportation, being. within 74 j miles of the’ ‘Canadian: or ieee Rall itt af aay. After’ spending ‘several. montlis-In ae ee fo “enstern - _clttes. ; Myr. Brown says he is more thar |. ' port of B. A. Haggen, M. B,, who re-| ‘Montréal. ‘ond’ “other: . about two nnd a half to three feet ir developed to a vertical depth of abou’ by adit tunnels and cross cuts. Hydr and mill may be had.on ereck- within’ five miles of the mine. - meut, the superintendent being Mr. A‘ experience in’ British Columbia, and hest mining properties here. There is thus every: prospect of the property proving a profitable mining investment Terrace Notes Mrs, H, L. Smith returned on Wed: nesday from a very pleasant holiday of about four months. She visited onc of her former school pupils in Toron- to, her daughter in -Philedelphia, somc friends in New York, Atlantie City and Washington, D, C, She returned via Chicago and visited her son in Carlin, Nevada, then her daughter, Hazel, at Long Beach, Cal, and also renewed friendships in Los Angeles, San Fran cisco, Portland. and Seattle. Eid. Michand returned from the, Ru- ‘pert hospital. on Wednesday and ds ready for the spring work again... « ‘aroma * a Mrs. A. H. Barker entertained four tables at bridge last Friday evening. The prizes were won by Mrs. 0. Sundal aud Myrs, Geo, Little. last week for a couple of days. day evening last. a ———— ee Tom Marsh was in Rupert a couple of Says I Jast Week. " Since ‘returning home’ from the Ru pert hospital Mrs, J.-B, Agar’ has bee: laid Up. with tonsilitia. . : “The young: bloods of the district arc enjoying open ‘air skating on a | shee: of ice. north of. ‘town. 8. o. Gordon- ‘and Pp Hagan « came in over the snow from Alyanch on Tues- day, Gordon was suffering - from a polsoned hand. They made. the - 68 Tnfles in less than four days. Gordon received treatment: here. and then he Weit to “Prince. e, Rupert. iy ' Joa Cook has. been around town the past week: after laying in-hospital for | several months: 7 a2 time and: then’ £0, back to ‘Rupert for os an examination. He ‘will ‘be home -for ao “Mn. and Mrs. ‘Maxin. and family Te- turned ‘to: their ranch on: ‘the. bench* on Saturday ~ mouths on the co abe: after : Spending severn] ‘ ‘The infant. son,.of “te 0 and. Mrs, A 0. Powler ot Smitherg Passed awry on Sunday night ‘ast’ agter an: Jilness of only, 2d hours. os “Wan, Smith returdied: honie last, mites. | ; ‘Tingle: an bv daughters’ Wwho™ may | |e § atte: here. width. The inine can be economically 1000 feet from the Bulkley river slope electric power for operating the mine Nine Mile The mine’ is under capable manage- Harris, who has had extensive mining has successfully developed some of the ~ patter a. Week's visit. 7, |attended by a Intge congregation, —= QUICK NEWS The. roads niust be in aweful shape now. It.took a letter 19 days to get through from Hazelton to Quick. Paul Denhartig, who has been stay- ing with Pete Wilson since he sold his ‘ranch, has got to the coast again. | Several farmers ave short a ' few head of stock which were canght un- der straw: ‘stacks, The pussy willows are now budded. in places and an early spring is pos- Bible. ca “Bob Flockhart loaded a car of f hay this week, Although the car “of wheat londed from here last week for the Pool did not grade well on account of dry wea: ther it still came up to local prices, less about 5 per cent. dealer's commis- sion. ‘No 1. wheat should therefore bring good prices here. | USK N OTES Mis. B..P. Shannon and infant son came home from Prince Rupert: Inst Saturday. Mrs. Win. Gardner of Pacific and Sonny are visiting with Mrs. J. Bell. , The ladies of Usk last Sunday were treated to 2 sleighride by J. P. McCon- nell when he ‘took them on a tour of the town, ; Petes acetate aoe edi eat Mrs. H. 8. Creelman. and children returned ffom Terrace on Saturday if pte ye ot he special young people's service held in Knox church lost Sunday was A talk was give by the pastor on the pro- blems ‘and responsibilities facing the ‘|there you are, | ftoyed it and several other buildings. | temporary quarters and everything. is (No Answers to Bridge Question Yet t Reported Ey erything | seems to be going quiet- ly at Victoria. There‘ have been no great fireworks display thus far. It was intimated by the Premier that an election was not being seriously con. sidered by the Government. at the pre- sent time. Mr. ooley, leader in the house of the opposition, however, says there will be on election this year. So Last : weelx’ Mr. Pooley also gave notice that on Friday last he would ask the Minister of Public Work the foliowing questions :—Is ft propos- ed to do. away with the high level bridge crossing the Bulkley river at New Hazelton? If yes, what is the rea- son therefor? Wave any protests been received against such action? If so from whom? Has anybody asked for ‘the change of location; and, if, so. Whom, and are they all residents of the . district? If. not, how many are not? At the time of going to press we have not ascertained * what answert were glven by the Minister of Public Works. The Votes ond Proceedings of Friday did not report ony. FIRE AT THE PREMIER Last Friday a fire broke out in the ten-story bunk house at the Premier mine at Stewart and completely des- While ‘the ‘fire was a very ‘sérioias one the wwork at the mine has not- been in-. terfered with. The. men have: all: got -Ibeen many sleighing parties |Tunway is long, Short Stories | Close to ‘Home