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Vor. I, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1911. No, 14.

A Busy Mischief-Maker

Being like other towns, Hazelton is not without men of the class which finds its chief occupation is stirring up trouble. One of these busy gentlemen called a secret meeting the other day, inviting the attendance of a number of business men. The local press was not informed of the intended meeting, for reasons which developed when the purpose of the prime mover was disclosed. His policy, to which he sought to bind the merchants of the town, was to coerce the newspapers, by a threat to withdraw all adver- tising unless the Government, the police and the “blind pigs’’ were sufficiently “‘roasted’’..

The business men who attended the meeting did not adopt the plan; but the incident affords the Miner a fitting opportunity for a declaration of its principles: This paper is unalterably opposed to the illegal sale of liquor and every other contravention of the law; but it does not believe in publishing to the world the fact that breaches of the law are taking place, unless such publicity will serve to correct the evil. In this case, since the police are doing everything posssible in the circumstances, the Miner has contented

itself with publishing the facts when convictions were obtained. It is to be expected that the merchants of Hazelton, as law-abiding citizens, should oppose the illegal sale of liquor, but a little reflec- tion should show them that the conditions they complain of are not the result of any laxity on the part of the police, but are due to the absurdly light penalties provided by the liquor act for the illegal sale of liquor. The Attorney-general, in presenting the present bill to the Legislature, fixed much severer penalties; but the mem- bers, thinking the act too drastic, removed the imprisonment clauses. Experience has shown that the imposition of fines alone is not sufficient to deter-the blind piggers, and their operations along the G. T. P. construction have given the police and the Attorney-general’s department endless trouble. It is probable that more adequate penalties will be provided during the coming session, In the meantime we believe that the police of this district are doing their utmost to stamp out the traffic, and would suggest to citizens

that they give assistance where possible, instead of indulging in

ill-considered ‘‘roasting,’”’ which will do no good and will only serve .40 increase the difficulties under which the police have to work. We would further suggest that when meetings affecting the -interests of the community are to be held, the press should be notified, Newspapers can do much to benefit the communities in ‘which they are published, and those who control them are entitled to be consulted regarding matters of public interest with which they are expected to deal, No newspaper worthy of the name will consent to be bullied into the adoption of any editorial policy, and if the man or men whose efforts in that direction have just failed will bear that fact in mind, it may save misunderstanding in the future,

Profits in Silver-Lead Mining

Figures from the annual report of the Consolidated Mining & Smelting Co. will prove interesting to the mining operators in this district and to those who are investing in our silver-lead properties. One of the mines operated by the company in question is the St. Eugene, at Moyie. This property for the last fiscal year produced 47,705 tons of ore which, after milling, yielded 7,708 tons of con- centrates. The value of these concentrates were: Silver, 204,044 ounces, lead, 9,012,142 pounds, a total value of $429,044, The

-mining, smelting, general and development expenses in connection with this property totalled $256, 061.13..

These figures show a profit for the year of $172,988 on the operations of the St. Eugene alone, An analysis of the report shows that the ore carried 189 pounds of lead, or, roughly, 9 1-2 per per cent, and very slightly over 4 ounces of silver to the ton, less than half an ounce of silver to each unit of percentage in the lead.

The raw ore was only worth about $6.75 a ton at the smelter and|

practically $3.50 a ton was clear profit. 0

Hazelton ores are about six times as rich insilver as this report shows the St. Eugene ore to be. ore here carries from 25 to 30 ounces of silver, making an ore worth about $20 per ton. Mining costs may never be as low,. but Hazel- ton ores with the same lead percentage ad the St. Eugene are likely to be highly profitable for concentration. ,

The report of the Sullivan mine, also operated by the Consoli- - dated, affords a further illustration of the large profits which may -be realized in silver-lead mining. This mine sent to the smelter 30,065 tona of ore, containing about 20 1-2 per cent. lead and 7 1-2 ‘ounces of silver to the ton, or an approximate value of $18.50 aton. ‘Exclusive of development costs, the charges ‘against the ore were slightly “under $2.80 a ton. Ores in the Hazelton camps, carrying _ the same percentage of lead, give silver values approximating 60 ‘ounces to the ton,.. The greater values obtained in our ores will more ‘than, offset the higher cost of mining, freight and treatment,

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. - Sale of South Hazelton Lots ar A great deal ‘of importance will naturally be attached’ to the - ahnodnepient. made this week. that the Provincial Government has Joined: the. Grand Trunk: Pacific in. the sale by auction of lots in the th: Hazelton. townsite,. Following the participation of the in the sale, we may look for the expenditure of large

in linproving-the proposed’ sit: of the: permanent town, and ||

constiaction of a bridge to connect the presént town with ty ‘that. is. to-be.-

Nine and a half per eent lead)

The, -work of clearing the townsite will

begin with afew days) Sesording to the G. t VP. Drogas,

TH OMINECA MINER, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2 1911.. -

An Infant’s Pathetic Appeal .

A somewhat pathetic figure j is}, that of the five-year-old Emperor |’ of China, who has issued a pro- clamation to his subjects, appeal- ing for their support in the crisis occasioned by the revolution,

His advisers have published his|. . ' Penetang Shoe Pacs

“IT have reigned three years}. and have always acted conscien-|:

sentiments in these words:

tiously in the interests of the people, ButI have not employed men properly, as I am “without political skill. I have employed

too many nobles-in political po-} sitions, which contravenes consti-;

tutionalism,

“On railway matters one whom |———

I trusted deceived me. Hence public opinion was antagonized. When IJ urge reform, officials and the gentry seize the opportunity

toembezzle, Much of the people's |

money has been taken, but no- thing to benefit the people has been achieved,

“On several- occasions edicts promulgated laws, but none of them has been obeyed, .The people are grumbling, yet donot know. Disasters loom ahead, but Ido notsee,...

“The whole empire is seething. The spirits of our nine deceased emperors are unable to enjoy the sacrifices properly while it -is feared that the people will suffer grievously.

“All these things are my own. fault, and I hereby announce to}. the world that I swear to reform|'

and with our soldiers and people to carry out the constitution faith-

fully, modifying legislation, pro-| .

moting the interests of the people, and abolishing their hardships, allin accordance with their wishes and interests. Theold laws that are unsuitable will be abolished. The union of the Manchus and Chinese,.mentioned by the late emperor, I shall carry out now. Finances and diplomacy have reached bedrock,

that we may fall. Ifthe empire’s subjects do not regard and honar fate, and are easily misled by

outlaws, then the future of China.

is unthinkable, I am most anx- ious day and night. My only hope is that my subjects will thor- oughly understand.”’

The most important discovery:

made in British Columbia for

many years, according to a Nel-|

son despatch, is that of a new metal announced by A, G. French, the eminent English chemist who

early in the present year dis- ¢

covered the existence of platinum in the Kootenays. — The new metal belongs to the

platinum group and its existence| §

was never before known, It is-a

white metal, valuable in jewelry|§ | for the setting of gems, the re-|

flecting surface of mirrors, for search lights, instriments, ete. The metal occurs pure in semi-

erystalline grains in short rods} half a millimetre long and atenth|. When bur- |-

of a millimetre wide. nished it is more lustrous than silver or any other of the white metals, tities:

CANCILLATION OF RESERVE,

Notice ia hereby given that the reseryes esta. Dblizhed over vacant Crown Jandain Ranges 4 and 5, Coast District, by notices bearing dates re- spectively of Deeember 17th, 1908, May ith, 1910, and May 25, 1010, which were published in the British Columbia Gazette in the issues of Decem- ber 11th, 1908, May 12th, 1910, and May 26th, 1910,

are cancelled Ingo faragz tha sama rolatoa to the |" lands surveyod as Lota S87, 888, b32, 599, 694, 535, / 2.

536, 507, 638, 629, 640, 641, 1111, 11, 1118, 1114, 1115, 1116, 1117, 1418, 1119, 1120, 1121, and 1122 all in

ranged, Coast District; and lots 4028, 4029, 4080, |.

4001, S022, 2090, 8081s, 8043, 2044, 3594, 88, and 4934, ali in range 6, Coast District. . Lands Depertment, . R.A. Renwick, | Victoria, B, 0, Deputy Miniater of Landa. October 11,1911, :

lowmca ASSESSMENT DISTRICT Hes NOTICE is hereby given thataCourt}@-°

of Revision and Appeal, under the pro- visions of the Assessment Act, 1508, and amendments thereto, respecting |the Assessment Rolla of the Omineca Asseasment District for the year rol2,

“Even if all unite, I still fear|

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