7 THE OMINECA: HERALD, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER: 21,, 1924. ree ot sn ——— ————— “Finished and. Rough oe LUMBER ce , {BRR MS soneD . SEASONED ° FLOORING AND. " SPRUCE SHIPLAP.. om. Rates on application —— __ CARNABY, B.C.. = - “Your nearest supply point’? — — Consumers Now — _ ALL, [FROM * THE FINEST TIM-. “Spital & Pohl Cement Lime BUILDING MATERIALS! Plaster Fireclay Brick Building Papers Roofing : . Sash & Doors 8-ply Veneer Paneling Fir Finish a Specialty ALBERT & MoCArEERY, LTD. Prince Rupert, B.C. ‘Department’ of the Canadian Na- * Hanall Spur, B.C. Royal Lumber Company Note that the name of . our Post Office has been changed from Royal Mills to HANALL, B. C. Manufacturers of Rough, Dressed & Dimension Lumber HEMLOCK, SPRUCE AND CEDAR HEMLOCK, SPRUCE AND BIRCH Flooring Get our prices before ordering elsewhere jare low compared with the war ——————————— - ‘Seeking: ‘Supply: Pos st-war Depression Lifting ':—Should Have Effect‘on _ District et Properties: : In answer to. “enquiries regard. | ing the market value of molyb- denite and the prospective demand for ‘this mineral, received by the ‘Colonization and Development ‘tional Railways, | Winnipeg’, an official of that department atates that New York quotations during the last two months have been nominal at 65 to 80 cents oer Ib. of molybdenite ‘contained in an 85 per cent MoS2° concentrate, the latest being from 70 to 75 cents. From ‘this: must be de- ducted the duty, amounting to 18 eents per.lb. on the above grade of ore orconcentrate. Bri- tish quotations are 50 shillings ($12.50) to 55 shillings (18.75) ber unit of'22.4 Ibs of molybden- ite contained in an 85 per cent. concentrate c.i.f. These prices price of $1.10. per Ib. .f. 0. b, Ottawa, Since the war the molybdenite market has been dead, but dur- ing this period the . béneficial results obtained by using low molybdenite alloy steels has been proved, and: during the last year there has been a. gradual change Te of Molybdenite ; the producer of the raw material British Columbia, and some of the steel and chemical industries supply of raw. material, ation was considered encouraging enough. for the, owners. of. the} property at Quysn, Que., to re-[| open their mine, ‘and they. have been mining and milling eyer since, and have, it is understood, ‘sold all. their concentrates in the ‘United States at market quota. tions. Twoor three other own- ers of Canadian molybdenite pro- perties are contemplating opera- tions in the near future. The Climax .Molybdenite Campany, which owns the largest molyb- denite mine in the world, at Cli- max, Colorado, recently resumed operations. . The C.N.R. official mentioried | further states that there is every reason to be optimistic in regard to the future of molybdenite and feels that it remains mainly with to prove to the somewhat scepti- eal--consumer that: there is an adequate supply of the material, which the producer will under- take to deliver, and live up to his contract. Thére are at least 350 known accurgences of this mineral in. Canal, but only five per cent of these are likely to be producers of any importance. There area number of occurrences of molyb- denite in the Portland Cahal and Skeena mining divisions, Central these are known to contain good ore. In one claim near Terrace for the better, and a considerable massee of molybdenite’ weighing up to 40 pounds are present, | FOR SALE Eight thrifty purebred Now six weeka old, . ibition, | Chas. E. Carpenter -DORREEN, B.C: Duroc-Jersey. Hogs Now is the opportunity. to improve your stock. The gire of these fine hogs was chosen from a prize litter at Vaneouver Bx- Prices reasonable, om | norm Supreme.{a ran in name~ Supreme. in flavor -' A Delicious Beverage a) _ Free’ Coupons in ‘every: tin, | entitling you to: beautiful china ‘cups, of Tat Peo - Ask, For Supreme - SON Left—The trim, Right-—The first life, ' DBelow—Fifty miles . ‘jour over the “fin= ished” = road- bed — smooth riding © and dust-proof. Pi the opinion of he expert ratirosd builder f - the -world prob- ably does not con- an thin a-- perfect pisce of track, ' The best of them a proach perfection. . aid when they do so, * as nearly as human jin- i: gdnuity. and. the expendi. - ture of much money can varry | and Toro dian. Paci modern railroad track. . lasting this particular four hundred men have heen four years, tant one. : The: [fo year by year, a a _egantemm ated, the. need ‘fe y eed Thus, before a |e che as isting rails ‘had to‘ be : ‘ose weighing: one ‘hundrail | JEP eth “ is hundred: odd. miles of: " for’ many. mi ea of. tiling. Re eae { Have you "paid your “subseriition . Beto dated. Po thnow!..: ae tests: a. quarry. was them, they are called “finished,”,’ - and ,that is the term Canadian Pacifte officials 2 are applying. tothe company’s lines between. Montreal to-and to- many other stretches of Cana-. fic track in various parts of Canada. | Tt is's : rock-ballasting. that. is the final touch in construction, and in rock-bal- atretch ‘of mein line three to engaged for, the past: The Montreal-Toronto - -line ig. a traffic rolling ‘over’ it gnows heavier when rock. ballasting or heavier stee anything . else could be “done, taken’ w younds to the, yard, lasting ‘began, ‘thig Tack; :had..to “with ° Tee or. draining ‘tatilities. heh” call after Which “the: big” fob ‘hen, before the detual tack-ba “i IM estof all, it was necessar ito ‘a the r * Nock for the work, Avy. rock: ny not the yeren ound at. Deeks“ Ontariy: a Vou “siglded hard, i me-stone or elf, and “it took cecil tontreal’ and | FINISHED IF NOT POLISHED then came: car-loads - screened and, graded impor-| tie had a ‘good eight: the’ clay" bed of the ‘t ‘then ‘came job: was finished, . ‘Was first was_,.fore- and replated Mery, day... e in he slightest" dégre ed. ) Tpany’s catflcera, | wh Cael ec now: ‘conipleted is tind. of ments . an -high,.grada er man ilephic. the gravel between the ties and the eorner..of the track, raised: the track ‘four or five stone solidly underneath every tle, : first ft and then followed other -car loads: ‘of stone and another ‘gang gave the again tamped: the -stone .underneath,.3o -that eve ‘the’ trimming and’ ‘surfacing Sahg and . the : i i All the time this: ‘wonk’ wis gothe a on: many: jrasean:: gers: ‘and -fretght itraing™ vere passing | inaiy pate Theiy ,running - wre. which prestige licated: the’. matter in “hand; ne typeat of ae shee i - Another ‘stretch. oft ree 4 idtiontlon’ this): bar is rack wifel received similar five thousand car-loads of this to complete \ the work, in actual - ‘A weight well over two million tons. The actual plac- ing of the ballast was a big under- taking. The old ballast’ had first. to be removed,: For that purpoge’ a “spreader” went over it digging out l [ f . number of prospective users if} have been searehing for a steady]. About six mogths-ago the situ Sy The Bulkey Hotel | , and Sample. Rooms in connection um +s at otg ay ae hy es — e ee _ THE LEADING. Hore. "ON" ‘NORTHERN. B. CG. Prince Rupert, Be c. ' European Plan, Rates $1.50. 60 per day up. im i, E. E, Orchard, Owner European or American Plan The headquarters for the e Bulkley Valley. ‘Tourists and Commercial men find this a grand hotel to stop at. ; All trains met. Autos, livery or rigs saddle horses provided, Smithers. B.C. Omineca Hotel Cc. W. Dawson Manager Best attention to tourists and to commercial men. Dining room in comection - Rates reasonable. Patronage is solicited "Hazelton - + BC... | | i. ( l | of. t _{ ig SHACKLETON _ Hotel First-class Dining Room i in connection Rares ARE APTRACTIVE. THOS. SHACKLETON - Pyop. - Birwarmteenatntrrnrmatir wmwsresreee RE Special’ attention to _travellera os arriving or departing on ; night trains ‘Grandview. Hotel | South Hazelton, B.C. H. CARVATH = PROP, ...: j x Dining Room the earth and gravel on either; side of -the track - down to the level of jhe bottom of- the ties, A: ane * of men followed to shovel ott ; of new stone: ballast, ‘already: ¥ |; as to. size, to. be dumpéd